Robbery Probe Links Victor to Iowa City Murder Arrest
Historical report detailing the arrest of Guy Baker in Iowa City for first degree murder connected to a fatal fight at Baker and Douglas livery barn in Muscatine after a clash over a book account. O. P Driver died from injuries. Baker previously faced assault charges and bail conditions.
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W. J. McDonald
Iowa City
J. W. Rife
Guy Baker
Baker & Douglas
Muscatine
O. P Driver
Baker
Driver
Priver
DeLane
River
Tragic end to Niagara carnival stunt as wire walker dies
Niagara Falls June 16 Oscar Williams a local stuntman attempting a wire crossing between the United States and Canada hung mid river for five minutes before rescue by the Maid of the Mist. An unidentified man also leaped from Luna Bridge into the river during the carnival crowds.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara
Oscar Williams
Williams
Maid of the Mist
Luna Bridge
Luna Falls
Dubuque Arrests Reveal Independence Burglary Ring
Frank Mitchell arrested in Dubuque by Marshal Mason of Independence ends a crime wave in Independence during the first week of June. Tabor's drug store Gates hardware DonovAn Gleason saloon looted. Knives and loot found. Mitchell, a former Independence resident who just finished a Cedar Rapids horse theft term, and Nellie Larvin of New Hampton named as the couple.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Independence
Frank Mitchell
Marshal Mason
Tabor
Gates Hardware Store
Donovan & Gleason
Nellie Larvin
Mitchell
Cedar Rapids
New Hampton
Lone Tree Towa Duty Update
Lone Tree Towa report notes acting on the instruction of County Attorney. The fragment indicates official legal actions or directives but lacks detail on purpose or outcome.
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Lone Tree
Towa
Invited Wife To His Funeral In Desperate Act
In Eldora Iowa Fred West a well known local man attempted suicide by drinking carbolic acid after telephoning his wife who had left town. He warned his parents that he and his father and mother would be dead by 3 pm and was chased by his mother and father as he tried to carry out the threat.
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Eldora
Iowa
Fred West
Sewer Gas Claims Life And Illness In Des Moines Family
In Des Moines Iowa on June 16 George Grimes aged 1 died Stella Grimes 3 is seriously ill Guy Grimes 8 and Eleanor 6 are sick from escaping sewer gas at C C Grimes home. Grimes returned from night work to find his son dead and others ill. earlier return may have saved the family.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George Grimes
Stella Grimes
Guy Grimes
Leanor
C. C. Grimes
Grimes
Wardens Arrested in Iowa City for Intoxication
State Deputy Fish Wardens D. N. Franks and F. P. Lamb of Cedar Rapids were arrested in Iowa City on June 16 charged with intoxication after failing to convict an alleged violator of fish laws.
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Iowa City
Iowa
D. N. Franks
F. P. Lamb
Cedar Rapids
Raid at Mason City Yields Beer Seizure During Woodmen Picnic
Sheriff Holdren filed charges after raiding a local feed yard where more than two dray loads of beer were seized. The cases listed C. M. Hayden as consignee and over two hundred people were in the yard buying and drinking during the Northeast Iowa Woodmen picnic drawing about two thousand visitors. Hayden was bound over to the grand jury.
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Mason City
Iowa
Holdren
C. E B. Tower
W. A. Dean
C. M. Hayden
Hayden
Grand
Owens Airship Crashes to Tree Top in City Park
New Jersey boy Fred Owens piloted a dirigible balloon from Belleville to New York City. His craft collided with a city hall park chimney, disabling its motor, then drifted to a tree atop in Brooklyn near Gates and Nostrand avenues where firefighters rescued him.
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New York
Fred Owens
New Jersey
City Hall Park
Manhattan
Belleville
Passaic
Brooklyn Bridge
Gates and Nostrand Avenues
Parental Blunder Brings Pearl Name to Life on Stage
A dashing brunette declares she powders her face thickly to live up to the name Pearl given by her parents. The remark highlights stage persona and family expectations in a light, eyebrow raising moment.
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Pearl
Lincoln Memorial Plans and Public Lands Debate
Washington dispatch reports rising pulp and paper costs after Quebec duties and export limits. A Lincoln memorial fund seeks 5 million dollars, with Hannis Taylor as temporary chairman. Gifford Pinchot flags a flaw in the public lands withdrawal bill affecting water power sites.
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Monument In
Washington
Pinchoton
Western Union Cace
Lincoln Memorial Association
Hannis Taylor
Spain
Gifford Pinchot
Congress
God Made a Good Job Not To Have Seams
Little Edwin at his bath studies his skin and asks if God made a good job not to have any seams. He peers at his arms and back in the mirror and voices the humorous inference to his mother.
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Edwin
Jealousy Lives Upon Doubt Says La Rochefoucauld
The quotation notes that jealousy thrives on doubt and ends or becomes fury when doubt turns to jealousy, attributed to La Rochefoucauld.
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Steck’s
Steck’s Jewelry Store
Mexico
Dubu
Que, Iowa
Montezuma
Hester W. Rowe
Powethick County
Pinkerton
Iency
United States
State Department
Rowe
Belemwison
Forsee
Poweshiek County
Mexican Southern Railway
Ruth Ward
Jerseyville
Cardus
Ladies’ Advisory Dept
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
Windsor
S.J
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Owens
Bird Man
Pulp and Paper Situation
Lincoln Memorial
Treasury Department
Quebec
Herbert Knox Smith
Pinchot
Bill
Labor
Senate
House
Western Union
Western Union Telegraph Company
District of Columbia
Taft
Ballinger
Francis Burton Harrison
White House
Harrison
Wickersham
Gardners
Niger
ACCU
Zimmerman Co
Washington County Savings Bank
Washington National Bank
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