Secluded Cave In Sioux City Reveals Hobos Haunt
Sioux City reports a hidden cave near Interstate Brewery serves as a hobo hub. Thousands of tramps pass through daily using a coded system to locate rendezvous in cities like New York and San Francisco. The cave shows signs of long occupancy, including graffiti and bones, with police raids occasionally breaking up clusters.
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Ottumwa Poll Tax Funds Street Work in City
Ottumwa Iowa reports poll taxes funded most street projects over the past year. Commission Bromhurst notes more than 6000 dollars yearly entering the treasury via cash or work. The old system required appearing to work or pay 3 dollars. now noncompliance triggers civil action and costs. Since January four thousand two hundred dollars collected. nine hundred cash and eight thousand three hundred in work.
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Ottumwa
Commission- Bromhurst
Missionary Trail picnic accident injures guest party
Miss Lori Henton, a member of an automobile party in Sellevue, was seriously hurt when a road section collapsed under the tar, tipping the group of five into a ditch on Sunday. Henton was attempting to continue the drive when the incident occurred.
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Sellevue
Lori Henton
Miss Henton
Wheat Yield Surpasses Early Fears in Nodaway
Nodaway reports threshing under way with yields exceeding expectations. A field produced 37 bushels per acre and many fields range from 2 to 20 bushels. Corn nearby needs rain, with some plants showing root firing that could shrink overall yield if dry conditions persist. In Council Bluffs, a separate auto crash killed James F. Record, a noted orchardist from Greenwood, injuring J. Griffith and F. S. Brown.
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Farm Hands Bemoan Wages and Conditions in British Contrast
Eagle Township farmer James Bard, with brothers Joseph and Alfred Maynard, reports Waterloo dairy workers griping over low pay and harsh long hours. Maynard, recently back from Cheshire England, contrasts Britain’s farm methods and wages with Iowa, noting English workers sometimes earn only a dollar per week and workers in Iowa would dream of such pay. He recalls a seven mile swim trophy from Eton Hall, won by British aristocrats.
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Eagle Township
Waterloo
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Alfred Maynard
Black Hawk
Maynard
Iowa
Cheshire
Ngland
America
Ory
Linkeyestate
Acarcely
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Duke of Westminster
Eton Hall
Victoria Dridg
Cheshire Proletariat
Million Dollar Mystery Episode at Palace Theatre
At the Palace Theatre the fourth episode unfolds with Brainy plotting to steal a million by duping Florence Grey. He impersonates her missing father, traps her in a top floor room, uses a snake to threaten, but she escapes by extinguishing the lights and fleeing as the fire-like scene unfolds.
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Franchise sought to route Cedar Rapids street line
L 5 Cass president of the Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern interurban proposes asking Cedar Rapids voters for a franchise. A special election and $1500 to $2000 expense will be borne by the street railway. The line would enter Cedar Rapids, traverse the loop, serve an underserved city area, and prompt universal transfers amid three street transport providers. Additional real estate transfers listed include Waterloo and nearby parcels valued at $1 each.
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Samson at the Majestic Draws Crowds
The 6 reel feature Samson at the Majestic remains popular with large crowds. J Warren Kerrigan stars as Samson in this biblical epic praised for his performance. Spectacle features vast scenery, costumes, and 1,200 actors. Showings continue through the week.
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Violations of Humane Laws Decline in Black Mawk County
Humane officer Mrs Burkitt reports scarce violations in the summer months and notes hearse owners show more feeling for animals than in the past. The county records a improving trend as authorities acknowledge fewer cases and greater compassion.
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Mra
Hurkitt
Burkitt
Cruelty Case Involving Equines Along Lo Ran Avenue Road
Josiah Klingaman led an investigation into a farmer accused of cruelty to a team of horses along Lo Ran Avenue. He ordered one animal shot after the inquiry. The report notes both animals were in poor condition and references Mrs. Burkitt’s remark about bonnet usage for horses in heat, plus an unrelated local ad for firewood by Nauman Co.
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Lo- Ran Avenue
Josiah Klingaman
Oldest River Pitot Loses His License
St Louis July 22 After more than forty years at the wheel on the Mississippi steamboat Majestic incident inspectors revoke the license of Stephen K Withrow 71 of Homer Minn the veteran pilot cited for carelessness neglect and inattention to duty during the June 20 sinking near St Louis The action followed an investigation into the accident by Inspectors Downs and Bower
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Mississippi
Stephen K. Withrow
Momer
Minn
United States
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Withrow
Downs
Bower
Homer
Indian pardoned joins Blackfoot tribe in Montana
Spopee the Piegan Indian pardoned by President Wilson on July 7 after 34 years in the government hospital for murder has been adopted by the Blackfoot tribe. Indian Commissioner Sells said formal adoption will give him full rights in the tribe and eligibility for 320 acres of land.
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Davenport
Scott County
Washington
Browning, Mont
Ex-Governor Boies Coat Theft Trial Sparked
Des Moines Iowa July 22 Ex Governor Boies did not need his $100 jury overcoat in California. A Nebraskan Claude Aubrey is accused after a requisition from Grundy County Sheriff to Auburn Nebraska to stand trial for stealing the ex governor’s fur overcoat worth over $100 during the winter visit.
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Boies
California
Claude Aubrey
Grundy County
Aubrey
Auburn
Neb
Report on retrenchment committee fuels political fray
Outward signs of discord over the report to the legislature on retrenchment and reforms show politics entering the matter. Republicans say no report exists, while Democrats claim a report is ready and being pushed into the campaign to discredit Democrats.
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Des Moin
Committee On
Democrata
Wilmering the famous trotting stallion shipped to Fort Calming
Wilmering a renowned trotting stallion owned by K Billings, with a long record, has been shipped from Gurl's Neck farm to Fort Calming Colorado to be tested at the army remount station. Billings declines a price but will present him to the government, while another notable stallion will replace him at the farm.
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Colo
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Willings
Gurl's Neck
Is Your Baby's Milk Clean
A fragmented note questions milk quality for infants, contrasting clean sources with back yard supply and concerns about illness and safety of breast milk versus questionable milk from unknown producers.
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