Shepherd Faces Jury In Million-Dollar Poison Trial
Chicago, June 11. W. D. Shepherd goes before a 12 juror panel in a high-profile case over alleged poisoning with typhoid germs to gain the McClintock estate. His wife attends in prayer, Prosecutor Crowe argues guilt, Judge Olson presides, and defense leader Stewart seeks to limit evidence about Billy McClintock’s mother’s death.
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United Press
Chicago
Billy McClintock
W. D. Shepherd
Trig
Shephaord
Loch-Leopolt
Shepherd
William McClintock
Robert B. Crowe
Harry Olson
Billy
Olson
Crowes
Willam
Scott Stewart
McClntock
Stewart
Wedge Olson
State Briefs Oreston and Other Local News Items
A roundup of short items reports Floyd Hall in critical condition after a motorcycle collision. A Wood Brothers workshop fire causes about 50 60 dollars loss. Jamey McDonald and Fred Walton face trial for alleged wood theft from Jones county farmers. Iowa Wesleyan College opened summer school with 162 students from across counties. Clear Lake chosen for a retail harness association convention. Herbert Hoover to visit Legrand then attend his son Herbert Hoover Jr’s wedding on the Pacific coast. James Ernest suffers fatal burns from a kerosene explosion after a neighbor incident. H F E Gleisman of Doon Iowa dies by self-inflicted gunshot at a Sioux City hotel. Cornell College diplomas awarded to 156. Grinnell College president W J Main treated for appendicitis but not seriously ill. Lieut. Gov. Clem Kimball returns to Excelsior Springs Missouri traiter.
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Cedar Rapids
Jamey McDonald
Fred Walton
Apamotta
Jones County
United States Secretary of Commerce
Pacific Coast
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Emmetsburg
James Ernest
Sioux City
H. FE. Gleisman
Doon
Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Grinnell
WF. Main
Grinnell College
Bluffs
Clem Kimball
Excelsior Springs
Pigeon Race Winner From Dunville to Bayonne
A race covering 400 miles from Dunville Virginia to Bayonne New Jersey was won by a pigeon owned by Stanley Lynch of Bayonne. The bird completed the journey in two minutes under twelve hours.
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Dunville
Bayonne
N. J
Stanley Lynch
Multiple Local Incidents Across Iowa and Nearby Regions
Reports detail a range of events from electrocution of Payne 26 near West Chester to injuries from a fall. In Des Moines a death follows prior injuries to Mrs. Sarah Clarke. Shenandoah census data show rural decline with 23 540 towns and 9 664 rural residents. Cedar Rapids sees burglars fail a Fraternity Jewelry safe smash stealing 150 dollars in jewelry. Farm Mutual Insurance organizing in Iowa with directors named Espe Neat Nelson. Iowa City contract awarded for 19 000 cubic yards dirt on a poor farm road west of here at 33 10183.
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Moines
Sarah . Clarke
D. A. Hkeireles
Shenmadoah
Kage
Cedar Rapids
Paolica
Fraternity Jewelry Company
Ccdar Rapids
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company
Iowa
Knute Espe
Des Moines
Bere Neat
Mount Vernon
Iowa City
Chris Nelson
Hills
County Board of Supervisors
Here
Friend Helped Wounded Vet Die After Pity Act
Oakland police accept theory that John Pedestartes, a wounded French veteran, was aided to death by a friend moved by pity. Pedestartes could not have tied himself to the bed, authorities say. The veteran, long tormented by Verdun wounds, had previously attempted suicide by gas months earlier. The landlady reported hearing two men and later saw one leave the room.
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Oakland
Cal
John Pedestarres
Verdun
Iowa Announces New Physicians Licenses
Iowa state board of medical examiners lists new licensees including Owen W. Preece of Waterloo. Dr Preece recently moved to Iowa and will join the practice of Drs. O Keefe and Drown.
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Hong
Iowa
State Board of Medical Examiners
Owsen W. Preece
Waterloo
Dr. Preece
J. EB. O'Keefe
Heer
Flo
Tickets for 1908 Chautauqua Set For Monday Opening
Tickets for the 1908 Chautauqua will go on sale Monday. The event opens in a large tent at the corner of Jefferson Street and Third Avenue with 187 canvassers to ensure funds. Hints of a varied program include a lecture by former Kansas Governor Hents J. Allen on July 2 and a finale by the Davies Opera Company performing Olivette on July 7.
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Ailvahen
Tetioa Chautanaua
Fefferson Street
A. Cohacen
Threamnitzes
Gertrude Nurig
Snasan
Daly Ordor
Davies Opera Company
Oil seekers busy in every block of Oklahoma
Braman Oklahoma June 11 oil boom grips the town of 1000 with a gusher at the northeast rate. Every block hosts drilling and one well per block rule. Parks and schools gain cash and royalties as council and board of education profit from oil contracts.
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Oklahoma
Braman
Okla
Kay County
Burkburnett
Saya
Elmer Miller
King Petroleum
Vt Block
Conservation Bureau
The
Corporation Commission
Board of Education
Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Company of
Wichita
5. P. Jocelyn
Lew Wentz
D. B. Pinney
Dr. 4
Garrison
A. D. Garrison
Fred W. Bacher
A. O. Via
R. E. Burks
First National Bank
C. W. Hicks
W. H. Helmerich
Hicks and Helmerich
Eamblinis
Panea City
Wentz
Moore Refining Company
Arkansas City
Tonkawa
Oid Enaneerna
Chin Great Tonkawa Eld
Ahant
Boy Blowing Horn Will Not Blow Safe
Portland report quotes Glen Woods, Oakland public schools music director, claiming curbing youth crime depends on engaging youth in music. He says “Peach a boy to blow a horn and he will be too busy to blow a safe” and criticizes reliance on professional orchestras for a musical America.
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Portland
Ore
Glen Woods
Oakland
Gal
National Federation of Music Clubs
Peach
Woods
America
Braman Oil Boom Sparks Townwide, High Stakes
Oil speculation surrounds Braman as maps hint at a northern Kay county structure with Braman atop a peak. Every tract near Braman leased, Amerada and Helmerich deals total hundreds of thousands, sparking a rush of derricks, workers, and new infrastructure as investors chase a potential multi-sand find by July.
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Tonkawa
Hicks and
Helmerich
Oklahoma
Braman
Amerada Petroleum Corporation
W.H. Helmerich
Reiter- Foster Oil Corporation
Eldorado
a_ Burkburnett
Drumright
Principal Begins School Census In East High District
Fred J. Miller, Mast High school principal, starts collecting census data on all school age youth in the east district. He expects completion in six weeks, unsure of a material rise from last year’s totals. Last year’s census counted 2 902 boys and 3 040 girls aged 7 to 21, with compulsory ages 6 to 16 showing 1 665 boys and 1 662 girls. West district census to begin Monday, Merle Francis in charge.
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Fred J. Miller
Mast High
East High
Miller
Merle Francis
Baltimore
University of Iowa
Treasury official attacks U S tax system and inheritance tax
Under-Secretary Garrard B. Winston told the National Association of Credit Men that the 1924 revenue act is discriminatory and wasteful. He urged a complete tax revision to ease business and repeal the federal inheritance tax while noting vast tax exempt securities and the burden on capital investment. Approximately 20,000 elephants are killed annually for ivory under current rates.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
Garrard B. Winston
National Association of Credit Men
Mellon
America
Winston
Congress
J. Winston
Ex Pastor and Klansman Sentenced to Five Years
Rev B O Jones once pastor of a Baptist church and former West Virginia Klan officer began a five year term at Moundsville prison after being convicted as an accessory in the shooting of Dan Washington, a Black man, by hooded assailants along a country road while he met a white woman.
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Fairmont
W. Va
B. O Jones
West Virginia
Moundsville
Dan Washington
Washington
Tax reform critique on inheritance and capital levy effects
The speaker argues excessive tax rates waste funds and hurt investment. He contends lowering rates aligns tax exemptions with taxable investments and reduces government waste. He also claims inheritance taxes may cost more than benefits and long term capital levies erode wealth and initiative.
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Winston
Sheriff on Trail of Autoists Who Shot Motorcycle Officers
Clinton Iowa June 11 George Howland and Ferdinand Alexander Clinton county motorcycle officers wounded in a shooting continued to fight for life in a Clinton hospital Sheriff Cook leads the hunt for the assailants. The trio in a green Cadillac Phaeton 1920 or 1921 Nebraska plate halted on the highway between Dewitt and Davenport. clues pour in as two Marshalltown suspects are released.
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Clinton
George Howland
Ferdinand Alexander
Clinton County
B. R.cook
Dewitt
Davenport
Cook
Tiey
Nebraska
Marshalltown
Develond
23 Ton Monster Bones Mounted in Chicago Museum
In the Field Museum paleontological gallery, Prof. Elmer Riggs and J. Abbott display massive dinosaur thigh bones from Argentina’s San Bernardo hills. The bones suggest a creature 90 feet long and 25 tons, with the largest bone weighing about 930 pounds.
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Chicago
Waa
Field Museum
Elmer 5. Riggs
J. 3. Abbott
South Frineries
Riggs
San Bernardo
Chubut
Argentina
Marshall Field
Prof
Prof. Riggs
Colorado
East Africa
Boca Neuguen
Buenos Aires
Fossil Finds Highlight Scarce Dinosaur Remains Abroad
An expedition reports dinosaur fossils are exceptionally scarce in the country, underlining rarity of finds outside major dig sites and suggesting limited local paleontological material for study.
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America
Thaw Returns to New York Shunning the Dance Floor
Harry K. Thaw reentered New York and Broadway after a week in Winchester Virginia and spent the night at a cabaret. He received greetings from Rialto belles and sipped water and orange ads while chorus girls and a review were shown. Thaw declined to dance saying he had not kept up with modern groups.
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New York
Tratfic
Harry K. Thaw
Broadway
Winchester
Walcomes
Rialto Belles
Lillian Russell
Thaw
Runaway Waterloo Youth Believed to Be Hiding Here
Police search for 14 year old Jesse Dickinson who ran away from 743 Magnolia Street days ago. Reports say a boy answering his description has been seen in Waterloo’s north end over several days, while his parents await word.
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Jesse Dickinson
Magnolia Street
North End
Lemon Juice Whiten Skin Promises Safe Fairness
A home remedy claims mixing lemon juice with Orchard White creates a quarter pint lotion for whitening the face neck arms and hands. The ad asserts it softens brightens reduces freckles sunburn and tan and can be applied after preparation without irritation.
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Cengwa
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Gegun
Treasury Officer
Aaya Tax
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ALL Wrong
Lec’y Winston
Kluxer
Negro
Gotham
Independent
Saturday Evening Post
Oil Men of America
United States
Black Hawk Oil Company
L. T. Jones
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Cedar Falls
Rainbow Drive
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Lincoln Ste
Dysart
Masot City
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