WIFE GOES ON STAND IN MURDER TRIAL AT ROCKWELL CITY
Mrs Brown testified to clear her husband and described the day’s testimony as the feature of the murder trial in Rockwell City Iowa. The defense rested after her account and court adjourned with a jury verdict expected later today as doctors and relatives described events surrounding Emma Brown’s death.
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Rockwell City
John M. Brown
J H
J. F. Lavender
Robert Healy
Uase
Bown
Brown
J. W. Anderson
C D. Fulton
Emma Brown
Ida Calmer
Misa Calmer
H. Mullarky
Burger
Billy
J. M. Brown
Clayton
O Ther
Nana
Mittidadaga
Ini
Ina
Emma
Uve
Lone
China Denies Flames and Death Rumors Amid New Regime
Official dispatches from Peking deny reports of fires or Prince Ching’s death and say the dowager empress Yehonala is not ill. Prince Ching has sent letters to President Roosevelt and other powers seeking sympathy for the new Chinese regime as foreign observers express confidence in Beijing’s handling of the crisis. Provinces remain quiet and the government operates smoothly.
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New York Synodical Conference
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
Roosevelt
Hach
New York Conference
Peking
Singapore
Prince Ching
Yehonala
Board’ ‘of Foreign Affairs
Pu Yi
China
Thirteen Tubercular Cattle Condemned at State Hospital Herd
Mount Pleasant Iowa reports the state hospital herd of 195 dairy cows examined for tuberculosis. Thirteen head were condemned as badly infected and unfit for any use. Postmortems were conducted at Ottumwa. eighty-nine cattle condemned, leaving 106 free of disease. Sixty-six per cent of condemned cows were not fit for milking or meat. Local notices mix with unrelated ads and court testimony fragments.
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Mount Pleasant
Ottumwa
Norton Is Acquitted in Local Tragedy Mystery
Robert G Norton was not indicted by the Monona county grand jury over the killing of Eugene Fyock a 16 year old boy near Nortons melon patch. The jury deliberated over two weeks weighing evidence and the motive that other armed boys were involved. The case remains unsolved as questions linger why the party delayed reporting the incident.
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Onawa
Robert G. Norton
Monona County
Eugene Fyock
Norton
Melon Patch
Mrs Gould Granted $25,000 Annual Alimony
Supreme Court Justice Bischoff awards alimony of 25,000 per year payable monthly to Katherine Clemmons Gould while her suit for separation from Howard Gould is adjudicated. The amount matches what Mr Gould has been voluntarily giving. she had sought 120,000 annually.
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New York
Supreme Court
Bischoff
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
Falls From Train Die Unknown Laborer in Bagley Indiana
Falls from a passing train left a man unconscious near the tracks in Bagley Indiana. Found by section men late yesterday, he showed a crushed skull and internal injuries with unknown identity. In his purse were two keys and $2.15 in silver. He was about 25, 5 feet 8 inches, 175 pounds, smooth shaven with dark hair.
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Bagley
Forged Letter Ties Suicide to Lost Love in Burlington
Burlington Iowa November 20 detectives investigate Irwin Timmerman who killed himself after receiving a forged letter signed Lena Janssen. The note claimed she loved another and ended their betrothal. Timmerman had football injuries and stored the note with a promise of affection. Detectives seek the writer and anticipate sensational exposure of forgery by prominent people.
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Burlington
Irwin Timmerman
Fort Madison
Lena Janssen
Miss Janssen
Fleet Not Going to China Navy Says No Truth to Reports
Washington announces there is absolutely no truth in reports that the Philippine squadron plans to proceed to Chinese ports. The fleet was instructed to keep away from the battleship fleet and will not meet at Manila. any move would be made public immediately.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department Today
Manila
China
Campaign fund cited for Republicans in New York
The national Republican committee will reveal a campaign fund of 1.5 million dollars with about 15 000 contributors when the list is filed in Albany next Monday, per the New York Evening Post.
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New York
Albany
New York Evening Post
Tragic Wagon Jump Fatality Near Rutledge Camp
John Colvidie a 63 year old bachelor and Rutledge company store teamster was killed instantly when he jumped from a wagon at 6 o'clock this morning the accident occurred as a wagon broke a wheel spooked by a violin being played by Gargie and his brother David who were driving nearby.
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OtLomwa
John Colvidie
Rutledge
Gargie
David
John
Distillery Warehouse Fire Ravages Bardstown Distillery
Louisville reports a major fire destroying the Tom Moore distillery warehouse at Bardstown in Nelson County. Whisky valued at $400,000 burned as flames spread to the distillery itself.
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Louisville
Tom Moore
Bardstown
Nelson County
Schevalier Perjury Sentence Linked to Horn Will Case
In Lincoln Nebraska on November 19 Mrs Alphia M Schevalier was sentenced to five years for perjury in the Horn will contest. She testified Helen Horn died without cash or personal property, but police later found over $4000 in Schevalier’s possession.
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Lincoln, Neb
Alphia M. Schevalier
Horn
Lincoln Frost
Helen Horn
Strange Malady Strikes Avoca Youth
Avoca Iowa November 20 Albert Sorrenson nineteen year old prominent young man has lay unconscious for three days and nights. Physicians cannot determine cause or relief. Some doctors fear poisoning from diseased kidneys may be involved.
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Avoca
Albert Sorrenson
Sorrenson
Des Moines Man Killed Riding Freight Near Mitchellville
Dick Henefick of Colfax died when he rode a Rock Island freight between Colfax and Des Moines and was run over after the train started at Mitchellville. He had boarded No 888 and was resting on a brake beam when the accident occurred.
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Des Moines
Colfax
Dick Henefick
Rock Island
Mitchellville
Henefick
Brooklyn
Valley Junction
Mitchallyie
State to prove Lamphere arson in Gunness case trial
Associate Counsel Sutherland said the state will not use several subpoenaed witnesses in the Lamphere Gunness murder case, claiming enough evidence has been shown. The defense strategy centers on Lamphere possibly firing the house, while Mrs Gunness allegedly disposed of the children, and the trial is expected to proceed with limited witnesses. Judge Richter is examining reports of witness tampering as the case moves toward completion.
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Congress
Laporte
Ind
Sutherland
State’s Attorney’s Office
Gunness
Tamphere
Lamphere
Mrs. Gunness
Helgelein
Burlington woman attempts suicide in river rescue
Mrs Peter Anderson of Monmouth Illinois jumped into the Mississippi River in Burlington to die. Louis Wilbur cabin dweller pulled her out she was unconscious revived with difficulty she is said to suffer nervous prostration and is under medical care in Burlington Salt Works Destroyed in Kingman Kansas
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Burlington
Peter Anderson
Monmouth
Louis Wilbur
Preacher Van Ness Speechless After Throat Operation
Dr Z G Van Ness a renowned Methodist minister in town underwent throat cancer surgery in Chicago City. Surgeons removed a vocal cord part of the other cord and trachea portion. He formerly led Cedar Rapids district and pastored major churches in the Upper Iowa conference.
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Marshalltown
Z. G. van Ness
Jews City
van Ness
Mon Vernon
Ceda Rapids
Upper Tow
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