Keokuk Man Disappears From Sanitorium Visit
A Keokuk man vanished after visiting the sanatorium at Cramam Hospital in Keokuk. Police and family report he appears to have returned home earlier than expected, prompting an active search for answers.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1911
Page
3
CAN'T BLUFF THE JUDGE McPherson Calls a Bluff
The last squad to leave for the border line departed on the 11:25 Rock Island train. Major Withington, Lieut Brewer, and Captain Lange led the party toward Kansas City for transport to San Antonio Texas to report to the commanding general. Officers school will be daily with all troops in attendance. The local captain expects to improve company efficiency on return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Border Line
Rock — Island
Withington
Brewer
Lange
Kansas City
Department of Missouri
San Antonio
Tex
Crack Infantry
Man Missing From Keokuk Hospital Implicates Night of May 13
Alfred B Clark a Graham hospital janitor is missing from Keokuk with anxious wife and friends awaiting word. He was last seen around midnight May 13 after an evening with his wife in town. He returned to the hospital where he worked and remained there until the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Iowa
Alfred B Clark
Graham Hospital
Clark
Missing Clarke Sought By Police In Unanswered Search
Police chief Schevera issued a public notice describing Clarke as 5 feet 9 inches tall, 145 pounds with light brown hair and blue eyes. He wore a blue serge suit, soft hat, patent shoes and a light blue necktie with a C tie pin and Tang ring. Friends fear mental imbalance after a dawn stroke last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schevera
Bong
Missing Money Sparks Court Deliberation on Release
A man held for thirty days over a missing sum faces court review to determine whether he should remain jailed or be released. The proceeding focuses on the amount and responsibility, with authorities weighing confinement against the possibility of posting bail or alternative measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monney
Gavel Made From Solomon’s Temple Stone Moves Lodge Honor
Mount Vernon’s Maronic lodge received a gavel carved from stone from King Solomon’s temple. The gift, given by a member, honors fraternal ties and lodge memorabilia. Pastor Alexander, who recently returned from a trip, secured the gavel in the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Maronic Lodge
King Solomon's Temple
Trey
Wo. Alexander
II. Methionnet Episcopal Church
Derna Saleti
Some Large Iowa Families
The Phildia coal camp near Woodward clocks twenty three children born to Mr. and Mrs. John Harris with eighteen surviving. The Harris family includes several coach miners and is cited as a counterclaim to a Perry Chief Roosevelts family boast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodward
Enterprise
Perry
Roosevelt
Phildia
John Harris
Here
Kaloosa June Year and Opt They Must Drag Roads
General Cosson rules that funds are available right away. Local official outlines road project timeline and immediate financing. Citizens urged to prepare for construction start and contract bidding.
Iowa State Bar Convention To Be Held In Oskaloosa
The annual Iowa State Bar association meeting will be in Oskaloosa on June 29 and 30. The program, announced by President J. Carney of Marshalltown, features jurists from Iowa and nationally, including Justice John C. Sherwin and Gov. John Burke, with addresses on law education and employer liability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nual
Iowa State Bar Association
Phriday
Carney
Marshalltown
Alevander McFerran
Oskaloosa Presbyterian Church
John F. Lacey
Oskaloosa
A. Carpeter
Columbus Junction
John C. Sherwin
Iowa Supreme
Mason City
John Marshal
Wd. Ly Carney
Particularist Society
FB. Dawley
Cedar Rapids
W. R Lewis
Montezuma
Ralph Otto
Iowa State University
Iowa City
John Burke
North Dakota
Nuzum Hopes to Avoid Jail by Raising 1600 in 30 Days
Des Moines judge threatens jail if farmer John M Nuzum fails to raise 1600 within thirty days to cover 6000 he claims was stolen. Nuzum previously testified bankruptcy left him with only 1600 from cattle sale kept under his pillow, prompting contempt actions and a caution from Judge Smith McPherson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John M Nuzum
Indianola
Smith McPherson
McPherson
Nuzum
City Council Orders Paving on Church and Center Streets
Shenandoah Iowa May 25 the city council ordered asphalt concrete paving on Church and Center streets and portions of Valley and Seventh avenues about twenty blocks totaling 20 000 square yards Two inches thick over four inches of concrete base costing 1 80 per square yard
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Iowa
Church
Center Streets
Valley
Seventh Avenues
Girl Burns As Gas Stove Fire Affects Boone Iowa
Alta Cansdale, daughter of Mrs. W. M. Cansdale, is in serious condition after her clothing ignited from a gasoline stove last night. Her mother and neighbor Mrs. Bushman were also burned while aiding in the rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Iowa
MacLean Nominated for U S Commissioner of Education
Senator Cummins visiting the White House endorsed George S. MacLean of Iowa City for United States commissioner of education to replace the retiring Commissioner Brown. Cummins presented former Simpson College president Charles F. Shelton to the president. Shelton led a committee inviting the president to speak at Mountain Lake Park College, where he is now president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Sen. Cummins
White House
George S. MacLean
Iowa City
United States
Education
Brown
Cummins
MacLean
Charles F. Shelton
Simpson College
Shelton
Mountain Lake Park
Trinidad's Rubber Industry Plans Big Expansion
Trinidad expects to grow its rubber sector with a plan to plant about a million rubber trees in the coming years, signaling a major intensification of agricultural and industrial rubber production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
Unclear OCR shows anti Jewish propaganda and interurban rail plans
Fragmentary report notes promotion by Joseph Rauh and others of anti Jewish rhetoric. It references Chicago residents and $82,000 diverted to May 28, plus a $2,000 odd urban stock and $100,000 city allotment for an Interurban Railway line with Davenport and other cities, hoping operation by summer 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowa City
I. Ae
Davenport
Moen
Bloomfield Girl Blinded in Rail Explosion Suit Dismissed
Judge in district court dismissed Ima Johnson of Bloomfield Iowa suit seeking damages from the railway company after a May explosion blinded the girl. The court ruled the Chicano Rock Inland and Pacific Railway was not liable under the circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise
Rop Towelo
Ima Johnson
Bloomfield
Iowa
Chicano, Rock Inland & PacCific Railway Company
Mysterious Woman Dies at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines
Authorities and nurses seek the identity of a young woman who gave the name Mrs Rose upon admission from Omaha. She lived at the Victoria Hotel but neither city has records. The body is in the morgue and a post mortem will be held as investigators search for relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Mercy Hospital
Mrs. Rose
Omaha
Victoria Hotel
Victoria
Iowa Road Dragging Work to Begin This Year
Des Moines reports that road dragging is to continue in Iowa with no cessation. Attorney General Cosson announces a formal decision allowing the 1 will township road dragging tax to be levied this year and used in 1912. He urges township trustees to district the townships promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Cosson
Dolan Falls From Trestle Near Milwaukee Bridge
The body of Thomas Dolan was found near the south approach of a Milwaukee railroad bridge in Ottumwa Iowa. He lay head down in soft dirt with signs of suffocation and a minor bruise from a fall about twenty feet to the ground. Three miners discovered the body Monday while on their way to Bear Creek mines. No other injuries suggesting violence were observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Towa
West End
Thomas Dolan
Bear Creek
Iowa scientists cut short voyage for U S orders
A message from Laysan Island says Iowa University scientists are well but must return around June 1, earlier than planned, as Thetis is ordered to Alaska. The team gathers rare birds while thousands of bird skeletons slaughtered by the Japanese are found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
Laysan Island
Iowa University
Electrician Baxter Powers Farm Chores With Steam of Light
Council Bluffs residents report Richard Baxter a gardener near Omaha uses electricity to run farm tasks. His system feeds grain waters hogs and opens chicken coops via a switchboard and wired network linking barn yard grain bins and animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Richard Baxter
Omaha
Nebr
Baxter
Faeda
Joe Kon
City Board Bans Shylock Portrayal In Class
Bronx City board of education, with dissent, votes to ban the character Shylock from the Merchant of Venice in school curriculum. Controversy centers on depiction of Jewish race and offense to Jewish students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronx City
Towa
Lv Uise
Shylock
Lay
Board of Education
Doers Luntary
Stomach Relief Claim At Lemmon's Pharmacy
A Lemmon's Pharmacy ad promotes MI-O-NA stomach tablets for instant relief and quick stomach strengthening. It pledges to cure indigestion and all stomach ills or money back, citing a testimonial from Dennis Stephen of Coudersport Pa who says the product did him more than $25 worth of good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Lemmon's
Dennis Stephen
Coudersport
Hot after them we chase mail order diamond prices
G. W. Hobson declares we are hot after mail order houses on the price of diamonds. He asserts they cannot touch us on quality and price and invites customers to make a comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Hobson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nieuy
SAN
Inpontio, Ten
Cramam Hospital
Prs
Prom Home
Dail
Clarke
Tempe
State Bar
Kaloosa
Hwe
Pushes
Connell
Oskaloosa, Towa,iy 2
the An
Pierce
R.V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
McLean
Graham Opera House
Cole Younger
Joseph Rauweh
Toses
Devph
Patal
Bar
Merchant OF Venice
Saving Foods
Rothschild’s
BANKS
Washington
Washington County Savings Bank
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
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