22 Mar 1910
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1910
Page
1
News from Marshalltown confirms Bessie Purvis among victims as authorities report forty five fatalities after a terrible automobile wreck near Gladbrook. Relatives in Washington mourn as morgue identifications continue.
The list of identified dead from yesterday’s wreck includes Loren Allsehlager Oeden Towa A P Adams Wilmar Minnesota and many others with unclear identifications Names cover Cedar Rapids Waterloo West Branch Vinton Muscatine Washington and other Iowa towns plus Cedar Rapids Chicago and Ontario locations The piece also reports Miss Bessie Purvis and Mr Fred Colton among victims and notes funeral plans and survivor stories.
A list of names from Iowa Minnesota and surrounding states appears with injuries described as chest bruises right tee bruised splin ter in chest and head injuries. one entry notes injuries probably fatal. The terse fragmentary report includes towns Vinton Davenport Waterloo Reinbeck Inland and Independence.
The funeral service for Fred Colton is set for Thursday at 1 PM in Columbus Junction in one of the city churches. A special train will be operated from this city to Columbus Junction to accommodate many local attendees.
J. H. Atwood serves as attorney for the Swope estate regarding the Dr Mydo poisoning case. The filing concerns legal representation and case proceedings. The document notes Atwood's role and the estate's position in the matter.
Philadelphia March 22 The striking carmen repudiate the Penrose Mahon agreement after Mahon accepted terms and shook hands. Penrose returns to Washington and Greenwalt weighs a state wide strike while Transit officials grow irritable. Illinois cloudy south unsettled north tomorrow.
A youngHungarian told police at Harrison Street station that he killed Mrs Annie Cleghorn at 57 West Seventeenth Street using a small knife. The body was found decapitated and mutilated. He claimed multiple prior murders in Chicago and was taken to the station by Dr I Blake Baldwin.
Weather bureau warns Missouri River will reach flood stage Wednesday night and cover low lands along the riverfront. Kaw River has risen rapidly across the area.
Market estimates show receipts 12000 with mixed hogs light to heavy shipping grades ranged 10 40 to 10 90. Cattle 3000 steady. sheep 12000 steady. Washington City market lists steady natives and western sheep and lambs with mixed grain and flour prices. Hogs more active at 10 70 to 10 80 bulk. cattle and sheep steady. various farm staples and feed prices noted.
John A. Babcock files case against North American Live Stock Commission Company U and Stock Yards Chicago Illinois alleging business dispute and financial claims between parties in the stock trade.
Indictments returned in Chicago name National Packing company and ten subsidiary concerns for Sherman anti trust violations. Also named in a government suit in equity are Armour Co Swift Co Edward Tilden Louis Swift Barnard Swift Charles Swift Frank A Fowler J Ogden Armour Arthur Meeker Thomas Connors Edward Morris Thomas Filson L Heyman Continental Packing Co. The case portrays beef packing firms buying live cattle nationwide and shipping processed beef from Chicago to markets across the United States.
Robert Green a former banker from Waynetown Indiana and George Wolfe escaped from Elyria county prison. Green struck turnkey Van Dusen with an iron bar fracturing his skull. They were pursued by a posse after Green who had been sentenced to thirteen years in Michigan City and later arrested in Cleveland for horse stealing in Oberlin.
Mexico City March 22 T. A. Kenyon seeks a federal concession to explore Texécco hills caves for Aztec treasure. He says he possesses an Aztec code that reveals burial sites. The Montezumas lost wealth is said to be worth many millions.
Paris March 22 Col Roosevelt will be the guest of Ambassador Bacon during his stay here. President Fallieres will host a reception in honor of the former president.
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