Rail line suspends operations as motorists fill need
Residents along the Missouri North Arkansas railroad cope with a July 31 suspension due to financial troubles. Motor transport and cross-line bus and truck service replace rail, affecting hundreds of thousands and leaving five counties without rail. Efforts hinge on a potential sale to a trunk line to satisfy receiver's certificates.
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Associated Press
Harrison
Ark
Missouri North Arkansas Railroad
Opersons
Oplin
Helena
Arkansas State Line
Joplin
Missouri & North
Eureka Springs
Misari
Seligman
Bergamo
Missouri Pacific
Ozark Mountains
Jong
Missouri & North Arkansas
St. Louis
Rescued Just in Time from Saund Pit
In West Union Iowa on August 22, 150 workers with 10 teams and four army trucks pulled John Smith and Henry Larson from a 16 foot sand pit after a cave in while digging a cesspool near schoolhouses. Smith could not stand or speak at extraction. Larson followed 15 minutes later in better shape. Both avoided permanent injury due to ladder and board walls. Heavy rain the night before loosened sandy soil.
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West Union
John Smith
Henry Larson
Clermont
Smith
Larson
Subpoenaed man is murder victim Centerville Ia
William Crip Hamilton veteran Centerville taxi driver was shot four miles east of town Saturday night. Police theorize bootleggers and gamblers killed him to shut him up about illegal booze operations. Hamilton’s body with bullet wounds was found by three local boys four miles east of Centerville after police followed a bloodhound trail from his car.
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Centerville
William
Crip) Hamilton
Here
Hamilton
Ganz
Hleen
Beicome
Moulton
Ward Daniels
Sam Hayes
Ross Henshaw
Sheridan Bottoms and Centerville Shootings Linked to Grand Jury Case
Police suspect a gang member connected to a grand jury witness rode with the victim and opened fire on the roadside or halted him before a fatal shot. Sheriffs expect soon arrests. Bradshaw, Wilcox, and Fadden used aliases in Waterloo lodging. a burglars kit, three revolvers, and 300 rounds found in Wilcox and Fadden room. The group arrived at 2 o'clock.
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Sheridan
J. Leonard
Centerville
Grand Jury
Stromberg
Bradshaw
Sherif Bassett
Cedar Falls
J. Wilcox
F. Fadden
Waterloo
Wilcox
Fadden
Fort Dodge Bandit Escape Story From Posse Read
Unnamed Fort Dodge bandit escapes from pursuing posse after a confusing exchange reported with multiple aliases for two captured suspects. A separate fire alarm at Locust and Fifth and a small blaze on a water works coal pile caused minor damage.
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Fort Dodge
Posse
Locust and
Fifth Streets
Sp. Om
Sycamore Street
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Impressions of
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Columbia Universit Oo
College of the City of
Joe Strombere
Joe Nelson
Iifer
Everett
Germany
John H. Bradshaw
Samnelose
Fisk
Alaska
Phelry
Curlew
Bronson Inguranes Agency
Tinasae
Nannlo
United States
Europe
LEE Optical CO
Sycamore St
Palace Theatre
Llccett & Myers Tosacco Co
Hesterfield
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