Death notices and obituaries from Iowa towns
Reports from Iowa Falls Becker Minnesota and nearby detail the deaths of Judge Forest Cook aged sixty seven en route home to Galesburg Illinois and Mrs Nellie Ely Tully. Also noted is the death of Mrs Alexander Marriage of Ellis township and the funeral of Mrs Ethel Snyder Lake nine days after birth of a daughter.
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Iowa Falls
Judge Forest Cook
Nellie Ely ‘Tully
Des Moines
Galesburg
Ill
Union Cemetery
Trinvis
Cook
Marriage
Becker, Minn
Alexander Marriage
Ellis Township
Ales
Chalmsford
England
Thin Country
Minnegota
Big Lake
Marringa
Friends Church
Childrian
Ethel Snyder Lake
Cottage Cemetery
Farm Tools Meg Co Incorporated and Related Firms Forming
News of several new Iowa corporations filed at Des Moines and Fort Dodge includes Farm Tools Manufacturing Co of Waterloo with 21000 capital led by Geo E Lichty Frank J Fowler and Ben J Howrey. Fort Dodge sees Security Trust and Savings Bank capitalized at 75000 with local investors listed. Bradshaw Co Fort Dodge forms a 380000 clay products firm led by H R Bradshaw E P Bradshaw Geo M Bradshaw. Salem co operative mercantile group organized for retail support with local residents as incorporators. Des Moines Oil and Development Co formed with 50000 capital to lease and acquire oil finds led by Jacob Wold H H Warris Lewis B Cohen and Adolf Roscoe.
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Des Moines
Artileles Oil Incorporation
Farm Tools Manufacturing Co
Waterloo
Geo. E. Lichty
Frank J. Fowler
Ben J. Howrey
Fort Dodge
Security Trust and Savings Bank
E. P. Bradshaw
Geo. M. Bradshaw
Salem
Trenry County
DB. A. Hartley
W. C. Savage
Theodore Hampton
Prank BW. Becker
DB. A. Fenn
W. J. Moaky
John Bentler
W. J. Russell
State fair showcases farm exhibits across Iowa counties
Des Moines reports eleven counties submit county exhibits at the state fair under a new plan encouraging counties with agents or organized clubs to participate. Twenty three individual farm exhibits mark the largest entry yet, with seasoned exhibitors returning and new exhibitors joining the display, judged on product quality variety and presentation.
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Des Moines
Cerrofordd
A. M. Avery
Muscatine
J. W. Merrill
Tica Maines
A. L. Higgins
Linn
A. G. Thurman
Jasper
A. T. Mose
Wright
Wieklinton
M. L. Mosher
Montgomery
I. J. Davidson
Black Hawk
A. A. Burger
Henry
Don Wah
C. W. Davis
iinLo Sons
Minnesota
Tolwand
Inky
Hog Collision Hails Hartley Auto and Porker Dispute
A Hartley Iowa area wreck involves a large 200 pound hog that ran onto a public highway between Hartley and Paulina causing injuries to three residents and prompting a damage suit over ownership. The hog fled the scene as the drivers, Adolph and a passenger, sustained minor injuries.
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Hartley
Paulina
Injaf
D. Koppenburg
Alonday Thignt
W. T. Dolph
Fr. Kieppemburg
Adolph
Illicit love affair sparks costly divorce and suits
Sioux City reports a tangle around Claude FE Wirick and Mande Price Clark. Clark claims a $35,000 inheritance at risk. Wirick faces a $20,008 damages suit for debauchery and seduction after his wife filed for divorce and $36,000 alimony.
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Sioux City
Claude FE
Clark
Wirick
Mayor and Pastor Clash In Urbana Violence Incident
An altercation between Mayor Charles Moore and Rev. Frank Wood known as the fighting parson led to a gunshot at Wood's Urbana home. A forty four caliber bullet struck the house, bloodhounds failed to locate a suspect, and officials pursued no concrete leads. Wood, a retired pastor now in contracting, and the mayor reportedly argued over wiring inspections in a recently built Wood project.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles Moore
Frank Wood
Urbana
Woot
Waterloo
Wood
Moore
Katt
Terguson
Progressives Tee Up Meeting To Back Tariff Board
Black Hawk County Progressives plan a Tuesday gathering led by J I Wyllie of the state committee to map strategy for 1916. Des Moines committeeman M L Fuller cites growing support in Waterloo and Cedar Falls as Belt confirms local attendance. The group signals insistence on a permanent tariff board as a core Progressive plank to impact upcoming campaign.
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Progressive Party
Iowa
J. I. Wyllie
Sgourney
Progressive State Committee
Deg Stormes
M. L. Fuller
Des Moines
Y. Ts. Belt
Big Lady
Black Hawk County
Mr. Belt
Permanent Tariff Board
Street Car Robbers Take Cash on Sioux City Car Ride
Armed bandits boarded a Sioux City street car near Twenty eighth and Court streets around 11:80 p.m. They demanded money from conductor George E. Webster and motorman James Westcott, taking Webster’s watch and cash while clipped against their own. The robbers, tall and slim, wore masks and fled after a short ride, leaving police to search city terminals for suspects.
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Sioux City
Greenville Barn
George Overmire
Edwards
Becker
Jake
Webster
Wescott
Court Street
Lund
Slip of a Girl Borrows Horse for the Night
A ten year old girl, Gertrude Robinson, lives with her mother at 610 West Drummond in the Belding flats. Missed from home at 8 PM, she reportedly left with a horse tied near the Goelz blacksmith shop. By 11:30 AM she appeared driving a buggy to a store at First and Madison, identified as the runaway Gertrude.
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Mason Guy
Gertrude Robinson
Belding
Drummond
W. H. Patton
Hanford
Commercial Street
Goelz
Robinson
Gorman
First
Madison
Unnamed Woman’s Bizarre Night With Patton Property
A woman in custody claimed a horse given by a stranger owner of Mr Patton’s property. She said she and two small dogs stayed in a buggy all night at an unknown woman’s home. The buggy was left and later Gertrude was returned home. The county police investigated but details remain unclear.
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W. JH. Patton
Gornan
Hines Burial in Manchester Iowa Funeral Held
Funeral services for T C Hines were conducted yesterday in Manchester Iowa with interment in St Marys Cemetery. Surviving are widow Grace Keiser and daughter Felon of Charles City and his mother Mrs M B Hines. A K C lodge member, a delegation accompanied the remains to Manchester. Ernest Lawman, a Manchester harnessmaker, secretly wed Miss Dawn Hatter on August 7. The couple will reside in Manchester where Lawman runs a business. A Manchester Woodmen picnic is set for Sept 8 at the fair grounds with plane demonstrations, ball games, and stunts inviting regional members.
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Manchester
As. T. C
Sir. Mary's
Hines
Chester
Charles Guy
Grace Keiser
Felon
M. B. Hines
Cecil Hines
Charles’ City
The
K. C. Lodge
Ernest Lawman
Dawn Hatter
Lawman
Woodman
Woodmen
Iowa
Fair Grounds
Manchester Woomén
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Horlick
Sterling Gum
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Davidsons Punture Store
Bridge Street
Waterloos Center
Ente
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Library
Davidsons
T.C. Hines
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Tailor
Park Avenue
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