Boy Returns Stolen Horse After Guilt Confession
Texas youth Jack Gordon, 21, was captured in a hayloft near Dunkerton after attempting to return a stolen horse he took earlier from John Padget. Sheriff F. M. Shores and deputies moved him to Waterloo where he awaits sentencing in county jail. Gordon, a rover with no parents, claimed he planned to return the animal but was nabbed before completing the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Gordon
F. M. Shores
O’alenna
Waterloo
Sheriff Shores
Dunkerton
Gordon
David Harum
Cayuse
Geo
John Padget
Dewar
Canfield
Funkerton
Mrcus
Fierdon
Fie
Chenges
Shores
Aure
Glasses tightened at Buchanan and local notes
City in brief reports requiring glasses tightened at Buchanan. Mrs B A Black travels to Montreal to visit Palatines. Glenn Brown leaves for Northwestern Law school in Chicago with graduation planned next June. Central committee sets plans for new party campaign. East market sees a line of wagons, light patronage, rain fears. Orange township apple cider appears on market. Mrs J K Macomber of Des Moines hosts debut tea in Waterloo at Hotel Chamberlain introducing Arabella and Bertha. Duck season expected to be good with hunters out and cold weather driving ducks south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side
Orange Township
J. K. Macomber
Des Moines
Waterloo
Arabella
Bertha
Chamberlain
Antion
Thomas Welstead
New Hospital
Independence Avenue
Maywood Addition
America
United States
Deere
Little Boy
WM. Holland
W. F. McGarvey
Mouldy Oats Linked to Horse Disease in Iowa
Port Dodge Iowa September 25 mouldy oats fed to horses due to corn price are causing cerebral spinel meningitis in Webster County and beyond. Dr D K Baughman Iowa state veterinarian urges mixing corn and oats to stop spread. Symptoms include tongue and lip swelling and partial paralysis. purgatives and nerve tonics are used for treatment. Epidemic resembles the eight year ago outbreak in the state, not those in Nebraska or Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Dodge
Webster County
Iowa
D. K. Baughman
Baughman
Nebraska
Kansas
Commerce Body Suspends Rates Across Missouri to Kansas
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended a Missouri to Kansas rail rate hike proposed by the Kansas City Southern from Sept 20 to Jan 28. The through rates cancellation would raise first class charges up to 90 percent, and the commission calls the increases unreasonable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas City & Southern Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hadley to Reply to Roosevelt in St Louis Speech
Jefferson City Mo Sept 25 Governor Hadley will answer Colonel Roosevelt in a St Louis speech next Saturday to Roosevelt’s statement He added in Joplin Monday night that he still may join the progressive national campaign and that his position will be clarified Saturday.
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Jefferson City
Hadley
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Joplin
Cold snap grips Waterloo with record low and frost
A ten degree fall early today dropped the thermometer from 60 to 50 then four more degrees later as a sharp cold front moved through. Snow was reported in Minnesota with neighboring states snow covered while Iowa faces more snow or heavy frost tonight and a chilly stretch ahead. Coal and fuel dealers see rising demand, clerks report sturdy winter wear and fall styles being prepared for, while iceman orders dwindle as ice sales drop.
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Buchanan Optical Company
Minnesota
Iowa
Waterloo
Summerman
Sleep Becomes Death Slumber in Chicago
Mrs George F Warding Jr wife of a Second ward alderman died after being found with a chloroform soaked towel over her face. Two weeks earlier elder daughter Panelone age 14 died. Neighbors and relatives recall her grief and prolonged sleeplessness before the fatal incident.
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Chicago
George F. Warding, Jr
Panelone
Roosevelt Expected to Speak at Waterways Meet
In Little Rock Arkansas Col Roosevelt was slated as a lead speaker at the lakes to the gulf deep waterways convention today. Governor elect Jon T Robinson addressed congressmen and Mississippi River valley business leaders urging cooperation to develop natural resources of the region and linking river navigation to the Panama Canal project.
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Little Rock
Ark
Col. Roosevelt
Jon T. Robinson
Arkansas
Congresse
Mississippi River
Hawkeyes Say Housewives Lazy
Chicago report on Hawkeye Fellowship club meeting condemns housewives as partly responsible for high living costs. Emerson Hough blames middlemen for large profits and urges direct buying from producers. O G Peterson urges households to return to carrying home meats vegetables and fruit in a family market basket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hawkeye Fellowship Club
Emerson Hough
O. (. Peterson
Six foxes bring forty five thousand dollars in Alaska trade
A Massachusetts buyer paid 45000 for six foxes in Alaska to stock a New Hampshire farm, highlighting the high value of breeding stock. Grays at about 1500 per pelt and up to 5000 per animal in past market, with blue foxes as rarities. The piece notes rising interest and Canada’s lead in fox farming.
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Worcester
Mass
Massachusetts
Alaska
New Hampshire
Canada
Dominion
United States
Insurance Gds Probe Death Of Fisher In Minnesota Woods
Chicago reports say Harry W. Fisher was shot and killed on his Baldwin Michigan fruit farm two years after obtaining a 260000 life policy from Northwestern Mutual Prudential and Mutual Benefit. He had been pursuing a 45000 Travelers accident claim after losing his left arm in a hunting accident. Arebach gave a public statement denying responsibility saying the shooting was accidental and claiming Fisher helped arrange the trip. The widow stays secluded as investigations continue.
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Chicago
Harry W. Fisher
Baldwin
Mich
Fisher
Northwestern Mutual of
Milwaukee
Prudential of
Newark
Mutual Benefit of
Duluth
Travelers’ Insurance Company
Minnesota
Llaim
Arebach
Orower
Harry Fisher
Harry
Sant
Indicted in death case and hotel vice charge
Grand jury returned murder and abortion indictments against Mrs Florence Ohl who is accused of causing Bertha Mahana's death a 17 year old girl. Charles Cotter former Waterloo hotel owner is indicted for keeping a house of ill fame. Effie Bailey forgery and counterfeiting charges were dismissed.
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Florence Ohl
Poyner Township
Bertha Mahana
Charles Cotter
Waterloo Hotel
Cotter
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Europe
Charmeuse
Lore Ally
Roch
Waterigo
West Ptfth
Buchanan
B. A. Black
Montreal
Boyce
Majestic Theatre
Glenn Brown
Northwestern Law School
Progressive Central Committee
J. H. Hildebrand
Commerce Body
Lenat
Teddy
Waterways
FOXES
H. W. Fisher
Waterloo Conservatory of Music
Miss Irma Haight
Detroit
Vocal Music
Miss Reed
Taight
Prowell
Conservatory
Alice Nielsen Grand Opera Company
Clarence Eidam
Sybyl Sammis Mac Dermid
Ludwig Becker
Pasmore
The
Conservatory of Music
East Fourth Street
Scott Proweld
Florence
Ohl
Chas. Cotter
Crime In True Bill
Luther Monigold, Pron
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