Thirteen Fined for Drinking Wine That Was Going to Waste
In Fort Madison Iowa on November 29 a federal court in Keokuk fined 123 defendants a total of 7300 dollars plus costs for taking part in a wine derailment on Santa Fe tracks. Judge M J Wade condemned the elder participants and warned of harsher penalties for future offenses. The incident began when a leaking tank car from California to New York was left on a switch at Argyne, sparking a wild gathering as villagers and nearby residents joined the revelry and disrupted sleep with drinking and merrymaking.
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Fort Madison
Keokuk
M. J. Wade
Argyle
Wade
J. W. Lundeen
Leonard Johnson
P. Hatton
Joseph Wagner
John Brinke
John Fickle
Edward Wagner
William Gabel
Benjamin Dunn
Robert Price
Lester Wagner
William, Abeil
Lester Fickie
California
New York
Argyne
Vandalism at Village Church Sparks Rail Police Probe
A village church window panes were smashed and the building marred. A call to Fort Madison brought police and railroad special agents who tried to recover the missing wine. A number of arrests followed.
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Fort Madison
Stock Salesman Guilty in Iowa Appeal
M. I. Brady of Emmetsburg was convicted at Rock Rapids for selling stock in a corporation after his commission expired. He received three months in jail and a $2,000 fine and plans to appeal. Brady says he sold only stock he personally owned in the Sioux Falls Stock Yards Company and not for the firm. He was indicted on complaints from two Larchwood residents and faces a separate fraud indictment.
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Rock Rapidsi
M. I. Brady
Emmetsburg
Sioux Falls
Compan
Larchwood
Butler County Man Indicted for Bigamy
A Butler county grand jury at the November term indicted Lahr for bigamy. Evidence shows he married Velma Wengert at Boons Ia on April 24 1929 while already married in Butler county to a daughter of George Wengert of State Center. The first wife bore a child and Lahr deserted the second wife in mid December 1918.
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Butler County
Lahr
Velma Wengert
Boons Ia
Thutler County
Wii
George Wengert
State Center
Butler county news rounds up mixed cases and local shifts
The Floyd county sheriff detained Clyde and Jim Helton of New Hartford as they faced charges of obtaining property under false pretenses after trading a Beaver township farm for a Charlton City restaurant and substituting a more valuable farm. Paul H. Jones resigns from Hunter Lumber to manage Bristow’s lumber and implement business as the Jones family moves there. Auntie Griswold, Butler county's oldest resident, died at the county home aged 97. Local pupils Mattie Moore and Forrest Field ranked high in state eighth grade exams. A Wilkison farm west of Allison reports a large corn yield from 28 acres averaging a strong output.
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Butler County
Ofscourt
Floyd County
jAllison
Clyde Pnd
Jim Helton
New Hartford
Thhey
Grand Jury
Beaver Township
Charlen City
Bristow
Paul H. Jones
Hunter Lumber Company
Ias
Shottlif Broth
Era
Mra Jones
Charg
Arvilla Breed
Vermont
Aaron Grisywold
Cen
Butler
Mattie Moore
Forrest Fiield
Shell Rock
Local Request for Prompt Delivery of Groceries and Supplies
A list of grocery and household items shows prices and quantities including beef cuts, pork products, lard, pasta, beans, and canned vegetables. The notice emphasizes prompt delivery for the assortment, with several items priced or described for quick purchase.
Farm boasts 72 bushels per acre and plans to rise higher
Duncan Wilkinson, who once owned a Bristow area farm along the West Fork river, claims his current farm yields 72 bushels per acre with potential to exceed 75. He notes his largest prior corn rate was about 25 bushels per acre and argues the same labor should yield a strong farm.
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Duncan Wilkinson
Bristow
West Fork River
Sandy Belt
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