Americans Flee Death Threats as Villa Forces Move In
El Paso reports Pancho Villa pressed Mexicans and Americans to evacuate Santa Rosalia and Durango. Dr. Shackelford, a Frankfort Kentucky native, fled with only a suitcase after Villa’s men seized money and valuables. Twenty five American refugees reached Zacatecas and then Mexico City, many penniless, while foreigners fled Durango amid widespread looting by rebels.
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Tex
Elg Shackelford
Santa Rosalia
Chihuahua
Mexico
Pancho Villa
Dr. Shackelford
Frankfort
Villa
Willa
Texas Line
Conchas Dam
Durango
Mexico City
Zacatecas
United States
East High Faculty to Hold Banquet After Alumni Game
East High School staff members and their guests will gather next Friday evening in the east side building for an informal banquet after attending the alumni game. Miss Mary L. Day will oversee the culinary portion and talks on school topics will follow.
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The
Orange & Black
Elk Run
C. W. Kline
Fred J. Miller
East Side High School
East Side
East High
Mary L. Day
Monument to mark old Oregon Trail boundary
Lanham Nebraska September 24 dedication planned for the marker marking the Oregon trail crossing between Nebraska and Kansas two miles from Lanham. Governors Morehead Nebraska and Hindges Kansas will accept the marker with Mrs Warren Perry Nebraska state regent of the D A R to unveil it.
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Lanham
Neb
Nebraska
Kansas
Morehead
Hindges
Warren Perry
Ex-convict sentenced to ten years for forged check
L G Strath pleaded for parole but Judge McHenry imposed an indeterminate sentence not to exceed ten years in Fort Madison. Strath, an ex-convict, passed a forged check on saloon keeper George Manger in Des Moines Iowa on September 24.
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Des Moines
L. G. Strath
McHenry
District Court
Fort Madison
George Manger
Satoonkeeper Freed of Murder Charge
Isaac Richardson saloonkeeper was found not guilty by a Scott County District Court jury of murder related manslaughter charges in Davenport Iowa. The case alleged he caused Arthur Wundram’s death by serving liquor to a minor and leaving him in a cold barn overnight. The attorney general Cosson’s office prosecuted.
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Davenport
Isaac Richardson
Scott County District Court
Richardson
Arthur Windram
Wundram
Cosson
Deg Moines
James Fairlin Appointed Actuary in Minolta Insurance
Springfield Iowa Sept 24 James Fairlin of Des Moines Iowa was today named actuary of the Minolta Insurance department. Mr Fairlin presently serves as Iowa state actuary and will assume duties shortly.
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Springfield
James Fairlin
Dea Moines
Minolta Insurance Department
Fairlien
Towa
Jurors Praise County Home In Mt Vernon Township
The grand jury found no complaints from seventeen inmates at the county home in Mt Vernon township praising steward Glen Morris and wife Mrs Morris for sanitary conditions humane care and orderly premises The visit also extended to the county jail with no censure found.
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Mt. Vernon
Glen Morris
Morris
Officers to be named defendants in Barrett suit
Detectives John McSweeney and Tom Morris were served notices that they will be defendants in a suit filed by William Barrett seeking 2750 from each officer for alleged false arrest assault and battery and threats. Barrett was arrested October 9 for peeking through windows of Mrs. Cropper on Cottage street and released after police chief warned him to stop. A Tabernacle Chapter convocation for Royal Arch degree work is set for 6:20 with members and visitors invited.
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Tom Morris
William Barrett
Barrett
Fred Cropper
Cottage Street
Iman
Ankeny Street
Bnt
Tabernacle Chapter
Royal Arch
Mra
Presbyterian Church
J. B. Snowden
Cedar Falls
T. J. Elwick
W. FM
M. & Church
Ella Stoddard
H. Sanford
Weet
Coral Stoddard
Eva Stumma
Nevin Shane
William Stumma
Shady Grove
Thomas J. Elwink
Shane
Dora Shane
Chicago
C. N. Shane
Waterloo
Karl Morse
James Morse
Omaha
Minnie Langenbaucher
Los Angeles
Cal
Morse
Moose Building Company Ground Purchase Sealed on East Fourth
The L. O. of M. Lodge closes ground deal at East Fourth Street for the Moose Building project. Articles of incorporation prepared by James T. Knapp for a $30,000 company. Ground bought from E. M. Storm. price not disclosed. Moose home planned with two upper floors for members and a large ball room.
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Moose Building Company
Moose
Pine and
Fourth Streets
James T. Knapp
E. M. Storm
Norwegian steamer Sunk in Baltic Sea collision
A Hamburg America line steamer Graft Waldersee was sunk after a collision near Hamburg on September 24, according to dispatches from Hamburg Germany. The incident details remain incomplete in the brief report.
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Hamburg
Germany
Stesiuship Graft Waldersee
Night collision sinks Norge on Elbe voyage
The liner Graf Waldersee struck the Norwegian steamer Norge at night on the Elbe, ripping a hole below the waterline and causing the Norge to sink immediately. No casualties occurred on either vessel. Graf Waldersee had departed Philadelphia on September 11.
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Elbe
Norge
lMner
Graf Waldersee
Philadelphia
Payment dispute over county institute duties prompts inquiry
E. J. Cable, a professor at the State Teachers' College, Dubuque, claims he has not been paid $150 for his services at the recent county institute in Dubuque County. He says County Superintendent Smith engaged him and he has written multiple letters without response, asking whether other instructors were paid and whether he can garnish the superintendent’s salary.
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Dubuque
Board of Supervisors
E. J. Cable
State Teachers’ College
Seder Falls
Istitute
Dubuque County
Smith
Divorced Couple Quickly Reunite in Iowa District Court
In Council Bluffs on Monday Sept 24 Claude and Maude Binkely were divorced in district court but soon reconciled deciding they could not bear life apart.
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Council Bluffs
Claude
Maude Binkely
Mife
Remarriage Ceremonies Conducted by Justice Coopes
The couple were remarried here Tuesday morning by Justice of the Peace J. K. Coopes. Local Courier notes the efficiency and savings from the informal ceremony.
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Justice of the Peace
J. K. Coopes
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