Freight Car Loot Traced in Council Bluffs Case
Secret service teams from multiple railroads and local police probe box car thefts in Council Bluffs that have drained between $300,000 and $400,000 in goods over eight months. Great Western losses top $250,000, with Northwestern $75,900 and Union Pacific around $50,000 as efforts target suspected small gangs and insider involvement.
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Secret Service
Council Bluffs Terminal
Charles Rossman
The
Great Western
Fort Dodge
E. P. Elliow
Milwaukee
Chicago
Ward
Wabash
St. Louis
Government
C. King
Milwaukee Road
L. A. Bigley
Charles Colbert
James Moore
Walter Deeds
John White
Altho
Omaha
Bigley
Colbert
Great Westen
Seccret Service Department
Rossman
Northwestern Railroad
Union Pacific
Body of Another Jowa Boy Coming
Cascade Iowa Aug 17 Duncan Dreibelbis of Swatch Grove has received word that the body of his son Corporal Alexander Dreibelbis who died at Liverpool Aug 3 1918 had shipped from New York City Aug 15. He died of bronchial pneumonia on the third day after his arrival in Liverpool en route to France.
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Cascade
Duncan
Dreibelbis
Svotch Grove
Alexander &. Kelbis
Liverpool
Jaud
New York City
Dreiethis
France
Sugar Beet Crop Promises Heavy Harvest in area
Britt Iowa August 17 The sugar beet crop near Britt shows strong growth after July rains, with many fields in excellent condition and expectations of one of the heaviest harvests in recent years. Northern Iowa Sugar and Iowa Valley Sugar build dumps along rail lines, while John Sheets Hutchins controls the largest beet acreage with 400 acres in Hancock County. A Dickson brothers lease for 40 an acre signals solid profits despite high rents.
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Iowa
Iowa Valley Sugar Company
Britt
John Sheets
Hutchins
Hancock County
Dickson Brothers
Fight in courts for a possession of child
In probate court Marie Schoel seeks to adopt Lucia Alice Ciancianigni, eight, under a plan to move her to France. The girl, once with the Child Placing Society, has ties to New Haven via guardians and relatives. Grandparents oppose NJ decree, action to set jurisdiction.
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New Hay Cona
Lucia Alice Ciancianigni
Marie Schoel
Springfeld
Chartreuse
France
Child Placing Society of
New York City
Miss Schoel
University
Giovanni Ciancianjani
Florence Hickox
Pittsfield
William G. Schauffler
Lakewood
N. J
New Jersey
New Haven Court
Fanny
Gilson
Chartreuse Elysee
Chicago
Deserter News Cascades From Hannibal Case
Hannibal Missouri reports Louis VY Moss a reserve in the royal engineers who served in France for a year and a half seeking U S citizenship restoration after serving with British forces. He learns his draft board certified him a deserter and he must report to a military post. He earlier enlisted in 1917 in Salt Lake City and went to Canada for service before sailing to France in January 1918. Meanwhile local road projects extend concrete work toward Ventura and a traffic accident near Nora Springs leaves one dead and another injured.
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Hannibal, Mo
Eforts
J Louis VY
Moss
Hannibal
Royal Engineers
France
United States
State Department
Great Britain
Ross
War Department
Jefferson Barracks
Rows
Salt Llake City
Utah
Montreal
Cerro Gordo County Pushes Road Paving Progress
Cerro Gordo County advances paving on primary roads with progress reported from Mason City Iowa on August 17. The county works on improving routes, with crews operating across multiple townships to speed construction and complete segments planned by the county engineer. The update notes ongoing grading and surface work and anticipates completion milestones in coming weeks.
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Mason City
Cerro Gordo County
Chicago man killed learning to drive in Keota
Frank Dapkin of Chicago was killed in an automobile accident in Keota Iowa on Sunday morning while learning to drive a Ford. He ran the car into a ditch and died from the crash.
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Keota
Frank Dapkin
Chicago
Ford
Widow and child left in wake of tragedy mention
A fragment notes a 31 year old man was visiting relatives when a fatal incident left a widow and their child. The text underscores loss and family impact from the event.
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