Inquest Begins Delayed By Ongoing Investigation
Davenport reports the coroner’s inquest into the deaths of Rock Island engineer Calhoun and fireman Kinney halted for now as newer testimony from injured trainmen is sought. Calhoun’s body was found in a corn field. Kinney’s body near the wreck site beside engine 1465.
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Davenport
Iowa
M. Calhoun
St. Kinney
Valley Junction
Rock Island
M. H. Archer
Kinney
Calhoun
Smalley
Stuart
Death From Wood Splinter At Muscatine Island
James Adams an aged Muscatine Island resident died at his Fruitland home after a sliver of wood pierced his hand two weeks earlier. Blood poisoning set in and the hand grew very sore despite medical care. The attending physician and relatives disagree with initial sandbar puncture reports.
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Muscatine
Dec
James Adams
Muscatine Island
Fruitland
Adams
Old Hotel Register From Griggsville Exposed
Webster City resident F W Heron shows a hotel register used as a scrap book. Dated September 14 1837 it lists Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. The Griggsville Illinois hotel, a Pike county pioneer town near the Mississippi, had slow growth.
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Webster City
F. W. Heron
Andrew Jackson
Martin van Buren
Griggsville
Ill
Pike County
Mississippi River
Chicago
Miss Effie Porter Spends Day in City with Friends
Miss Effie Porter of Ainsworth spent yesterday in the city socializing with friends and visiting local spots.
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Effie Porter
Ainsworth
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Emnants
Hobson & Gove
Bhoe
Marion Ave
Tf Wilber Miller
Payne Bros
D. J. Witt Man
Rankin Mauck
Ashington
Owa
St. Louis
Charles City
Clement L. Webster
Floyd
Interstate Investment Company
Bavaria
Interstate Investment, and Development Company
U.S. A
Floyd County
The
Interstate Investment, Company
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Edna Pearl Stone
J. F. Lee
Gordon
Des Moines
Department of Agriculture
M. McDonald
Durham
Packard
Johnston
H. L. Pike
HA Baxters
Washington National Bank
East Side Jeweler
John Shields & Son
Canton III
Mystic
Ottumwa
Centerville
Carterville
3Rd Vein
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Athens
Columbia Pharmacy
Southeast Corner Square
Portland
Mason Transfer & Storage Co
City Feed Yard
Washington
Miccall Bros
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