Tragic Unknown Man Killed by Northwestern Train in Tama
In Tama County two swift fatal railroad incidents leave no identification. A unknown man about 36 with dark hair and a mustache is dead after a train strike near Tama. he carried $80 and a work pass book from Chelsea 1909. A second man, James Montgomery, found at Malvern in a deep cut carries $50 and letters naming relatives in Clinton Mo and Los Angeles.
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Tama
Northwestern
Montour
Chelsea
Council Bluffs
Malvern
James Montgomery
Clinton
Los Angeles
Cal
Coyote torn to bits by angry dogs
In Baltimore on October 14 the Green Spring Valley Hunt club faced trouble with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals after a coyote was torn to bits by dogs during a hunting incident.
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S&p. Co
A. Redmond G. Stewart
Green Spring Valley
M. I. FH
Coyote
Coyote Turner
Diedeman
S.plc A
Mary EB. Shearer
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Baltimore
Green Spring Valley Hunt Club
Metropolitan Opera Tenor With Melba
Albert Quesnel, the French Canadian tenor, secures engagement with the Metropolitan Opera company and Melba for her Canadian American tour and 1911 12 Australian season. Melba, impressed in Paris, signs him for her concert tour and Grand Opera season. Quesnel previously starred with Opera Comique Paris and led a strong stateside following before going abroad. Melba’s early public debut story closes with a humorous note about Nellie Mitchell. Wear Harry Monroe, Chicago’s mission worker, speaks at Grace Church Monday evening.
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Albert Quesnel
America
Metropolitan Opera Company
Haseen
Melba
New York
Chicago
Paris
Alr
Quesnel
Australia
Mr. Quesnel
Opera Comique
Europe
Neltie
Nellie Mitchell
Harry Monroe
Grace M. EL ¢Hurch
Him
Burglars Enter Des Moines Drug Store
Thieves rifled the Wilson and Miller drug store cash register last night at Fifteenth and Grand Avenue after pulling it to the rear of the store. Several dollars in stamps and cash were taken while stock remained untouched. The broken register was found this morning and police search for the thief continues. OBITUARY Edward Smith born January 26 1872 in Orange township Black Hawk County Iowa died October 3 1910 aged 38 years. Survived by father Wm F Smith three brothers and three sisters. Funeral held at home with pastor W S Johnson and interment at Waterloo cemetery.
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Tes Moines
Wilson & Miller Drug Store
Fifteenth
Grand Avenue
Edward Smith
Orange Township
Black Hawk Counts
Wm. F. Smith
W. S. Johnson
Central Church of Christ
Waterloo Cemetery
Indict Seven In Alaska Gorl Gage Case
Seven men including C. F. Munday H Stracey Archie W Shields E E Siegley Cornelius Christopher George Simmonds and Mortimer C Sweeney were indicted in Tacoma Washington on charges they used dummy names to file coal rich claims in Alaska tied to the Ballinger Pinchot inquiry. Indictments cover about 250 acres in Behring Strait district related to English and Simmonds groups.
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Washington
Dummes
Stracey
Christopher Sumimons
Alaska
Behring Strait
Cunningham
Seattle Men Named in Alaska Indictments Face Bond
Indictments returned in Alaska were reported to Commissioner Dennet via two telegrams from Special Agent Christensen. Seattle figures Munday Simmonds and Christopher were arrested late yesterday and released on bonds of 2500 dollars each.
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Dennet
Christensen
Munday
Simmonds
Christopher
Seattle
Sugar Price Cut and Local Shifts Reported
Sugar refined prices dropped five cents per hundred pounds in New York on October 15. George Van Duyn shipped a carload of cattle to Chicago. Harvey and Ollie Foulk traveled to Minnesota for business. Beatty visited Cedar Rapids. Mrs. S. D. Dane of Waterloo visited the farm. Frank Huppert sold hogs at the Waterloo market. Charley Marticle returned from recent travel.
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New York
Hear Harry Monroe at Grace M. E. Church Monday
Chicago mission worker Harry Monroe speaks at Grace M. E. Church Monday evening. Mrs. J S MacGowan of Vinton visits her brother Austin Burt and family for a few days.
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J. S. MacGowan
Vinton
Austin Burt
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Moncey
Ihear
Monroe
Grace Mo
Iowa State Bank
Metropolitan Opera
Des Moines
Grace M. E
Don’t Mies
Gorl Gage
Washburn
Stanwood
Rufus, Farrington
Tampa
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Churely
Prospect
Black Hawk Bank
Prospect Hills
Prospect Alls
Waterloo
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