Long Litigation Back for Retrial Prohibitory Amendment Debate
A Des Moines supreme court order sends the $2,000 loss case involving a Des Moines National Bank to retrial after testimony issues. The defense links the case to eight to ten handlers and a related bank defalcation. the matter may not be tried again. A Prohibitory Amendment circular cites four year state costs of drink and institutions totaling 5.6 million dollars, with drink-share allocations. Davenport Arsenal remains guarded with 3,000 workers, while Rock Island contract talks lure east firm labor. gopher control via car exhaust gains traction in Council Bluffs.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Des Moines National Bank
Bank of Irwin
Carroll
Irwin
Irwin Bank
Express Company
Towa Constitutional Prohibitory Amendment Association
Iowa
Pate Davenport
Rock Island Arsenal
Teachers Stand Behind Chehok in Disciplinary Trial
Clear Lake teachers defend Superintendent Chehock amid a pending trial set for next Thursday. They allege he punished a young female student by removing her from a classroom after she refused to leave, asserting the action was within his authority.
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Clear Lake
Chehock
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Chehoek
Sleepless Nights and Headaches Stop Overindulgence Remedies
Don’t blame your stomach for sleepless nights. A 10 cent box of Dr Whitehall’s Megrimine is advertised to quickly ease headaches and neuralgia from overeating. Available at local druggists or directly from The Dr Whitehall Mégrimine Co in South Bend Indiana.
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DR. Whitehall
Suicide linked to romance and election loss in Iowa City
Miss Marie Lalla, 25, died at her Iowa City home after drinking two ounces of carbolic acid. Reports say a broken romance with a sweetheart who married another and a defeat in a local diamond ring contest led to despondency. Her sister found the body.
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Iowa City
Marie Lalla
Embroiderers Meet as Oasis of Local News
Otterville notes report the 1914 Embroidery circle gathering with Mrs. Matt Weber presiding. Others recall visits by Lew Ferry from Washington state and Rev. Nicholson filling the Hopkinton pulpit. A horse loss, travel plans, and family health concerns punctuate a warm week.
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Otterville
Charlie Davis
Waterloo
Matt Weber
George Weber
W. H. Gissel
Rev. Nicholson
Hopkinton
Lew Ferry
Washington State
Ferry
New York
Jacob Smith
Manchester
George Bantz
Frank
Western Freight Traffic Hearing Progress Report
Chairman Clifford Thorne reports progress from a ten week hearing in Chicago before the interstate commerce commission on 40 western freight rates and railroad finances. Briefs due June 10, oral arguments June 22 in Washington. Shippers’ team gathered inside information on bond issues from New York bankers including Morgan and Judge Gary, then sent staff to secure data for the commission.
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Des Moines
Clifford Thorne
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Commission
Wright
Iowa
Financial America
Stock Exchange
Nebody
Beard the Lion
New York City
Morgan Banking House
Gary
Steel Corporation
Morgan
New York
Public Service
Raman
Thorne
Massachusetts
Interstate Commission
Defense
Workfox
Defeated Azores Cruise Confuses Ship Captains
A damaged report notes a three funnel warship resembling Karlsruhe halting a schooner 100 miles west of the Azores. The captain, with a German-accented officer questioning, insists the ship is not British. Boston marks 216 year old gift to King Chapel.
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Azores
Gennan
Pendaleton
Norfolk i
Boston
William III
King Chapel
Prepare Defenses Says Bonaparte
Charles J. Bonaparte, former attorney general, urged President Wilson to mobilize a rapid defense. He warned that a belief we are too proud to fight could invite aggression and urged calling Congress in extra session to fully arm the nation and clearly declare the defense posture.
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Baltimore
Charles J. Bonaparte
Wilson
Germany
Congress
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Nodh Island
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Frederickson
Athold Chehock
B. W. Schuneman & Co
Wangler Bros. Co
C. J. Miller
J. R. Joder
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Mors Tutt
Gillian
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Margie Giarvey Et al
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Tacobeing
George Heinz
See
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Rainbow
Mary BL
Hemaworth
Frank A K Boupgartz
Wolf Leto
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Hel Ricker & Hratnober Land Co
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Doavpl Setruler
Matilde M. Terwon
Sehulerta Piil
Cedar Valley Development Co
Flarrison
Pleagant View
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Sergornter Cromilla
Bonaparte
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