Million Stolen in Fraternal Tribunes Insurance Scandal
Rock Island officials reveal a stated loss of about one million dollars from a broad insurance looting scheme. Five additional fraternal groups are now under inquiry as witnesses from distant cities may testify. A grand jury hearing is set for Mediapolis as factions contest the case.
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Island County
Fraternal Tribunes
Washington
D. C
Seattle
Wash
Arizona
Rock Island
Illinois State Insurance Commission
Grand Jury
Knights of the Globe
Life Endowment Society
Fraternal Crystal Light
Farmers’ Federation
Independent Order of Mutual Aid
Mutual Reserve Life Association
American Home Circle
Springfield
Halley's Comet Seen As Educational Wonder
The article notes Halley’s comet returns regularly long before Christ and is part of our solar system. It has long frightened humankind with bells and prayers but now is viewed as a marvelous educational phenomenon, guiding people toward knowledge and a view of God's laws.
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Christ
Halley
Earth
Mercury
Jupiter
Socialism and a farmer exposes three shipwrecked sailors
Professor Thomas Nixon Carter of Harvard discusses socialism as not a universal remedy yet a future force for justice. A tale follows Higgins Wentworth who quizzes three shipwrecked sailors about their captains Williams Everett and Jones. He mocks the trio for sailing with three captains.
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Thomas Nixon Carter
Harvard
Maria
Higgins
Hliggins Wentworth
Baldy
Higgins Wentworth
Everett
Captain Jones
Higgins Wenthworth
What Everybody Wants Good Health Medical Tip
Advice urging kidney health and early use of Foley's Kidney Remedy to prevent serious illness. Mentions Lemimon's Pharmacy and McKlitney Drug Co as sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Lemimon
McKlhitney Drug Co
City Bus Line Phone Orders Handled by Frank Rogers
Call up Phone No. 589 Black and leave orders which will be promptly attended to by Frank Rogers. Provide street and number.
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Frank Rogers
Borrowed Smiles and Sardonic London Tales
A collection of short, witty vignettes from London Tatler humor columns. A four year old Eunice mishears bees as cooking honey, a rooster theft rumor unsettles a chicken fancier, a wife feigns headache to avoid a fashionable hat, and a widow reacts to an asbestos stockholder letter. The set includes a quip on whooping cough and a crowd scene at an equestrian show.
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Eunice
Les
London
Miss Lulu Cherry To Do Piano Tuning
Miss Lulu Cherry will perform piano tuning services. Telephone orders to 621 Black for arranging tuning sessions.
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Lulu Cherry
Candidate for County Auditor of Washington County
A candidate declares for the Republican nomination for county auditor in Washington County. He states intent to run in the June primaries and notes the decision rests with Republican voters.
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Washington County
Polk County Court House to Close at Noon Saturdays
Beginning May 28 the Polk County courthouse in Des Moines will close at noon on Saturdays for the summer. Attorneys and clients are urged to finish weekly work by noon or delay until next week. Marriage licenses must be secured before Saturday night to avoid missing the chance. The Saturday afternoon closure, begun last year, is likely to become permanent, following a petition from officers and employees.
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Des Moines
Polk County Court House
Toon
Board of Supervisors
Man In Red Oak Attempts Suicide After Wife's Death
William Bratcher aged 35, of Red Oak, in a state of despair after his wife’s death two months ago, consumed carbolic acid in an alley behind his boarding house and was found unconscious. Friends intervened to stop a second attempt the next morning.
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Red Oak
William Bratcher
Iowa State Hellenic Society to Meet in Grinnell
The Iowa State Hellenic Society, formed by Greek professors from state colleges, will hold its first meeting since organizing last fall in Grinnell on Friday May 27. Principal address by Dr. J H T Main of Iowa College Grinnell. Professor Sherman of Drake University serves as secretary.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Hellenic Society
Grinnell
J. H. T. Main
Iowa College
Sherman
Drake University
New York
Monroe
Nancy A. Herrick
Mediapolis Divided Over Local School Question
The town of Mediapolis debates a proposed school measure amid a split community. Residents discuss funding and governance as officials prepare for further consideration.
Collision near Tyrone halts traffic after failed orders
Ottumwa May 26. The operator at Maxon failed to deliver orders to extra 2079, causing a head on crash with time freight No. 78 at mile post 312, a mile east of Tyrone, at 6 23. Engineer M J Canny and Fireman William Bunch of No. 78 were injured a scalp wound and a broken leg. Both engines and sixteen cars derailed and two tracks were blocked for hours.
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Ottumwa
Maxon
Extra
Mile Post No
Tyrone
M. J. Canny
William Bunch
No. 78
Bunch
Fatally Poisoned at Home Mrs Dalhoff Dies in Hospital
Mrs Frank Dalhoff died at St Anthony's hospital after being poisoned by canned salmon eaten a week earlier. She had been lingering between life and death since the incident on a Saturday night.
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Carrol, Ja
Frank Dalhoff
St. Anthony's Hospital
Family affects by poison fish from can
Several days of illness followed by deaths as a family partook of salomon from a Saue can. Mrs Dalhoft's grief not traced to the canned fish until too late to save her life. She leaves a husband and five small children. She was about 35 years old.
Ottumwa Sons of Veterans to Honor Civil War Dead
Ottumwa event to decorate graves at local cemeteries with relief by the Sons of Veterans of Ottumwa. Attorneys W. A. Work and W. W. Cory to speak at Ottumwa Cemetery and Father James Foley to deliver the Memorial Day sermon on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Iowa
Sons of Veterans of
W. A. Work
W. W. Cory
James Foley
Fire Burns Fatal Threat At Sundrell Restaurant
A. Hedges, a Sundrell restaurant cook in Marshalltown Iowa, was seriously burned yesterday morning lighting a kerosene fire. The blaze damaged the restaurant and the burns may prove fatal.
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Marshall Town
Iowa
A. Hedges
Sundrell
Gipsies Over Comet Scare Ends As Band Disappears
A band of gypsies who gathered for the May 18 comet scare left town by nightfall. The residence of Mrs. Benjamin Phinck was robbed during the disappearance.
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Art Dodge
Benjamin Phinck
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Parrott
Mediapollo
Boys’ Magazine
Just
China
Williams
Airdome
Lippinecott’s
Howard Benn
Lowan
Iowa Hellenic Society
Mediapolis
Rosenwak! & Well
Chicago
Faela
Sons OF Veterans Will Aid
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Bradfield CO
Atlanta
Poprio
Rochester, N. Y
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