Defense Loses Motions in Dobbins Case at Council Bluffs
Judge Green overruled objections to W H Bedford's testimony and to striking Ballew's testimony. The trial heard from witnesses on the conspiracy claim and the sequence after the Ballew fleecing, with Elmore Markley Centerville and others testifying to finances and travel after the incident.
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Ballewag
Iowa
First Mabray
Council Bluffs
Dobbins
Green
W. H. Bedford
Ballew
Emmet Tintey
East
Elmore Markley
Centerville
I H. Young
Ottumwa
F. W. Minter
Princeton
Craig
Kansas City
Clint Melthrope
Girl Scarred for Life in University Club Initiation
Margaret Schindheim, a liberal arts sophomore in Iowa City, will bear lifelong scars on her hands from silver nitrate burns tied to initiatory exercises by the Camera Art Club. Other members allegedly struck her hands with the initials CAC as part of the university group activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Margaret Schindheim
Camera Art Club
Liberal Arts
Dairymen Elect Officers In Iowa State Association
At the Iowa State Dairymen's association annual meeting four hundred dairymen gathered in Cedar Rapids. W. H. Barney of Hampton was elected president Fred W. Stephenson of Lamont became vice president W. B. Johnson of Des Moines named secretary F. L. O'Dell of Ames treasurer Governor Carroll spoke in the evening session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Johnson
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Dairymen's Association
W. H. Barney
Hampton
Fred W. Stephenson
Lamont
F. L. O'Dell
Ames
Sandy Quickly Captured Alleged Slayer of Huckster
Des Moines reports Alex Sandy, accused of fatally stabbing Ben Baker in a street fight, was arrested after a running chase near the Agar packing plant. Detective Brunnemer with McNutt and officers pursued in a police car, capturing Sandy within an hour of the killing. Baker, a huckster, died from a pocketknife wound. Sandy, a former Iowa penitentiary inmate, had been released only months before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Alex Sandy
Ben Baker
Brunnemer
Agar
McNutt
Sandy
Baker
Iowa Penitentiary
Quarrel Between Unions Splits Labor Convention
A Toronto resolution accused the International Association of Machinists of hiring union elevator constructors on strike in Chicago. It urged immediate withdrawal of machinists from such work, triggering a heated debate on Chicago labor politics and a vote to investigate the controversy.
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Toronto
Ont
International Association of Machinists
Chicago
American Federation of Labor
Echo of Guiness Case Another Victim Identified
Laporte Ind November 19 Another victim of Mrs Belle Guiness archmurderess was identified as Tonia Peter Lien of Rushford Minn Samuel P Lien who had just returned from a three year Pacific Ocean cruise identified a watch found in the burned ruins as belonging to his brother Tonia
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Laporte
Ind
Belle Guiness
Archmurderess
Tonia Peter Lien
Rushford
Minn
Samuel P. Lien
Pacific Ocean
Guiness
Tonia
Cairo Sheriff Ousted Over Lynching Allowance
Governor Deneen declared the Alexander county sheriff's office vacant after Sheriff Frank E. Davis allowed William James, a Black man, and Henry Salzner, a white man, to be taken from custody and lynched by a Cairo mob in an uxorcide case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Deneen
Alexander County
Frank E. Davis
William James
Henry Salzner
Cairo
Port appraiser’s view on Corsa removal sparks comment
Niagara Falls November 19 George W Whitehead former appraiser of the port of New York 1902 1906 says H C Corsa was removed for reasons entirely satisfactory to me. The statement presents a personal appraisal of the personnel change tied to port administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
George W. Whitehead
Port of New York
H. C. Corsa
Miner Charles Smith Fatally Killed in Johnson Coal Mine
In Boone Iowa on November 19 Charles Smith a miner died when coal fell in his workroom at the Johnson Coal company mine. He leaves a large family.
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Boone, Ia
Charles Smith
Johnson Coal Company
On Trial for Murder of Roommate in Dubuque
Joseph Belandenberger stood trial in Dubuque for the murder of his roommate Joseph Schranz after being charged with the homicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Joseph Belandenberger
Joseph Schranz
Colfax Miner Die From Exposure Found North Of Town
The frozen body of Samuel Beckham a Colfax coal miner was found a mile and a half north of Colfax lying across the Newton Northwestern tracks. The incident occurred on November 19 with authorities treating it as exposure related death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colfax, Ia
Samuel Beckham
Colfax
Here
Newton
Taft Opens New White House Office Building
President Taft returns from the Pacific coast and the south to find the new executive office building completed and furnished. Built over the Roosevelt tennis court, it doubles office space at an approximate cost of 100000 dollars. The westward main office overlooks the grounds and the Washington Monument with an elliptical, high ceiling interior. Mahogany furniture with green leather and an oak floor distinguish the room.
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Taft
Pacific Coast
White House
Roosevelt Tennis Court
Washington Monument
One Body Taken From Death Shaft In Cherry Mine
In Cherry Illinois on November 19 the mine disaster victims’ remains were located, about 300 bodies found in the second gallery. Explorers struggled with poisonous depths as a surface recovery concealed one body briefly before handing it to the undertaker. The first identified body was Ole Frieberg, with nineteen others inaccessible near the ventilating shaft, as workers pressed on to reach all 300 in the St Paul mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry
Ole Frieberg
St. Paul
Goldie Martin Freed After Divorce Record Found
Des Moines report says attorney Burkheimer secured notice that a divorce decree from Goldie Martin's first husband J M Boston was filed Oct 29 1907 in Lucas County. The mistaken identity case led to the bigamy charge, but with the divorce found she will be released on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Burkheimer
Goldie Martin
J. H. Collins
Lucas County
J. M. Boston
Nordie Martins
Dr H L Sherer Ends His Life in Lehigh Iowa
Dr H L Sherer aged 45 of Lehigh died at his home from burns after swallowing carbolic acid an hour earlier. A Tipton native, he had lived in Lehigh only four weeks with his bride of a few weeks. Depression from heavy drinking is thought to have caused the self inflicted tragedy. his mother resides in Tipton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh
Fort Dodge
H. L. Sherer
Tipton
Thanksgiving Proclamation by Governor Carroll
Des Moines area 1909 announcement letters sent to 4000 newspapers and ministers declaring November 25 a day of Thanksgiving. The proclamation praises prosperity, divine blessings, and urges statewide worship and gratitude to God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Carroll
United States
Americans tried and executed for rebellion in Nicaragua
In Managua on November 19, Americans Cannon and Grace were tried by a fair court martial under government direction. They were charged with placing dynamite mines intended to blow up government steamers carrying troops entering Greytown river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
Messrs
Cannon and Grace
Greytown
Evening Meal Suggestions for the Invalid and Aged
The evening meal should be light and early, not later than six. Digestive organs relax at night, affecting sleep. Toast and milk or rice and milk and similar foods are good for invalids or the aged. avoid indiscriminate mixtures. Proper meals aid undisturbed sleep and conserve vitality for endurance, though healthy individuals may not see immediate benefits.
Pioneer Man Ends Life in Cushioned Moment at Riceville
Ed Mosher a 67 year old pioneer and one of Mitchell counties oldest settlers died by suicide in Riceville Iowa. He used a razor to cut his throat in a frenzy brought on by nervous prostration after years of failing health.
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Marshall County
Riceville
Ed Mosher
Mitchell County
Chicago Market Report November 19 1909 Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices
Opening market records 17 000 receipts with hogs at 7 70 to 8 10 for light and 7 75 to 8 25 for mixed packers. cattle 4 000 slow and weak with beef steers 40 to 9 26 and native sheep 290 to 5 10. Second report shows hogs 18 000 receipts with bulk 7 95 to 8 20 and cattle still weak with steady to lower tone for sheep.
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Chicago
Texas
John A Babcock Care of North American Live Stock Commission
John A Babcock listed care of North American Live Stock Commission Company at U S Stock Yards Chicago Illinois serving as contact in the livestock trade notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Babcock
North
American Live
Stock Commission Company
U. S
Century Magazine Editor Richard Gilder Dies in New York
Richard Watson Gilder author and editor of Century magazine died of heart failure in New York City at age 78. Born 1844 in Bordentown New Jersey he began writing at twelve and later edited Newark Morning Register Scribners Monthly and finally Century magazine from 1881 until his death. He was also noted as a poet with several verse books and acclaimed lines cited in American anthologies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard Watson Gilder
Century Magazine
Bordentown
N. J
St. Thomas Register
Flushing
Long Island
Bell and
Evarts
Landis
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Newark Morning Register
New York Monthly
Scribners
Register
Scribners’ Monthly
Mr. Gilder
Holland
Gilder
The
Bandits Get Life Term In Mail Train Robbery Case
Judge Munger overruled a rehearing motion for five men convicted of holding up the Union Pacific Overland Limited train on May 22. Each was sentenced to life imprisonment at Fort Leavenworth. Names include William Mathews D W Woods Fred Torgenson Frank Grigware and Lawrence J Golden. Appeal planned and prisoners to be moved to Leavenworth tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Triax
Omaha
T. C. Munger
United States District Court
Union Pacific Overland
Government seeks higher bail for Walsh in bank case
Chicago attorneys asked the circuit court of appeals to raise John R. Walsh's bail from 50000 to 250000 while awaiting a rehearing decision. The motion argues changed circumstances heighten incentive for flight beyond the court's reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Circuit Court of Appeals
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Fast Mail Train Wreck Kills Two in Georgia
Savannah dispatch reports the Florida fast mail on the Seaboard Air Line wrecked two miles south of Denmark South Carolina after a rail removal. Two people died and three were injured as the train, traveling about forty five miles per hour, left the tracks. Authorities pursue alleged wreckers.
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Savannah
Florida
Denmark
S& C
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Judge Green
Whitehead
Boone Mine
Teing
Cabinet
Royal Baking Powder
DR. Sherer
Trentury
T. J. Allen
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Century
New York City
Seaboard Air Line
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