Dynamiter loses in death plot to escape marriage
Ottawa Illinois reported a 23 year old country teacher Iola Bradford injured in a dynamite explosion at her one room schoolhouse as she lit a fire aimed to end her engagement with Hiram Reed 24 whose bonds total 45000 dollars on charges of assault and bombing. Reed admitted placing the dynamite saying he feared marriage delay and hoped to avoid further ties. Bradford faces possible death with Reed facing long prison term even if she dies.
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Ottawa
Ill
Iola’ Bradford
Hiram Reed
Reed
Miss Bradford
Hanson
Iola
Farrer
Chillicothe
Grace Johnson
Black Hawk Folk Arrive in West for Iowa Picnic
Hugh Geiger reports arrival by auto of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hoff and two children of Orange township and Glen Sweitzer of Black Hawk township. Hoff found work quickly. Clippings describe LaVerne Town reunion on Thanksgiving, held in city park with clear weather. Attendees include Pomona residents D. F. Schrock family, Lichty family, Pomeroy kin, Wolfe family Los Angeles, Dietz Ontario, Miller Pasadena, Reber, Weimer, Frantz Long Beach, La Verne attendees Meust Lichty Schrock Shirk Montz Crowe Geiger Smith Gnagy Rothrock and others.
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Hugh Geiger
Waterloo
LaVerne
Cal
Paul Hoff
Orange Township
Glen Sweitzer
Black Hawk Township
Hoff
D. FP. Schrock
A. M. Lichty
Sans
Kenneth
Bud
Roderick Pomeroy
Alice Klingaman
I. J. Scalf
Pomona
John Wolfe
Los Angeles
Susan Dietz
Ontario
Harvey Miller
Pasadena
Emma Reber
W. L. Weimer
Homer Frantz
Long Beach
la Verne
J. W. Meust
Josie
Ephriam Lichty
Perry Schrock
Ralph
Wayne Schrock
F. M. Shirk
Maurice
A. L. Montz
Doyle
G. R. Montz
R. R. Crowe
Olive
Violet Crowe
J. R. Smith
Beulah
W. H. Gnagy
Mildred
Cathryn Rothrock
Trappers Busy as Fur Demand Drives Trap Prices High
The rise in fur wearing boosts steel trap orders and trapper numbers. Dealers report unprecedented trap sales as manufacturers struggle to keep up. Muskrat pelts now fetch 75 cents to $1.50, about 14 times the value 40 years ago, with legal seasons and protections noted for rivers and dens.
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George Huntley
Cutler Hardware Company
Iowa
Cedar River
Louisa County
Cedar Falls
Colin Bros
Theatre listings and a Philadelphia murder report
The page previews multiple film offerings at Crystal Palace Plaza Rialto and Strand venues with stars Lloyd Hughes Mary Astor Dorothy Gisit Laura Plante and Lon Chaney among others. A separate Philadelphia dispatch reports John Payne 40 shot to death by a double barreled shotgun in a house across the street police link the killing to cane war fare.
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Crystal
Lloyd Hughes
Mary Astor
France
Evans
Venice
Palace
Tom Tyler
Tom
Plante
Lon Chaney
Clara Baw
Rosie
New York
Gamin
Philadelphia
John Payne
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Peature
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Pioneer Bank
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Wonder
Logan Avenue Coal Cotvell
Logan Aye
Armory
Lloyd Wells
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Wharsday
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Colored Orchestra of
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Fred Wamm
Victor Recording Orchestra
Watkins Coal & Lumber CO
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FOX. News
Johnson’s Gardens
Hector
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