Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-10-07
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Albert Conrad, Jail breaker and al.
legged burglar, wanted at Cedar Ra
pids, is held in Iowa City.
The new gas rate of 1885 granted
to the gas company at Anamosa, isn't
profitable, the company AYERS.
Mrs. j. R. Wood of Clear Lake was
severely injured when the auto in
which she was riding went OF .
bridge.
Milo Sargent Of Alton has left for
Montreal, where he has a high posi-.
ton in the League of Nations or.
ganization.
Charles j. Gambling, a merchant
of Iowa City, is regaining his voice,
temporarily lost as result Of an
interurban wreck.
A $1,000 bakery is being con.
structed at the University of Iowa.
1t will put out from 1900 to 1900
loaves of bread day.
Rex Goodenough of Forest City, au.
to mechanic, has left his wife and
family, after suicide threats. No
trace of him has been found.
The Atlantic Canning Company at
Atlantic, paid out over $45,00O for
sweet corn this year. They packed
a total of 100000 cans of corn.
Edward Gerber Of Burlington
locked himself in the bathroom in his
home in California, and turned on. the
gas. He was dead when detectives
arrived.
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Robinson cut OF
three of her children in her will
The three disinherited children
brought suit to break the will, and
won 100000
Iowa City and Johnson county
bankers are forming an organization
to fight bank robbers. They will al
so introduce news burglar detecting
equipment
Paco Stephens, shoe dealer, wal
found dead in his back yard at Perry
A hanging electric light wire neal
him indicated that he had been killed
by the current
L. c. Stout of LaHarpe, ILL.,, an avi
ator, was Instantly killed when his
pane crashed to earth near Birming
ham He is survived by his mother
Mrs. Polly Stout.
Five hundred stockholders Of th'
Midland Packing company at Siou,
City, now in the hands of receivers
have named representatives to con
fer with the receivers.
Clammers near Bellevue are max
ing money this year from the sale o
the shells, the meat and occasiona
pearls. The meat from the clans 1
being used as fish bait.
About 1000 telephone users II
Mitchellvi7le, Colfax, and Altoon
will discontinue their phones if tn
telephone company enforces an in
crease of % cents month.
Joe Stoner, young farmer livin
three miles east of Granger, was sho
and instantly killed by unknown me
torcyclists on the Daniel Boone trai
between Grimes and Granger.
John Robinson of Sioux City, 2!
is in Jail at Council Bluffs, charge
with kidnapping. He is alleged t
have taken Ruth DoZan, IA, to Cou1
Gil Bluffs az married her there.
Two boys, William McKarney, 1
years old, and his brother, Lawrenc,
Of Oelwein, Iowa, who have bee
missing from home were taken int
custody at Des Moines and returne
home.
Four strangers wrecked Cadilla
car near Atlantic. They secured
garage man at Lewis to drive thel
to Atlantic. and caught a train frol
there east. The Cadillac had bee
stolen in Omaha.
Six horses were burned to deaf
and other property loss totallin
nearly $4,000 resulted when til
barn on the farm of Louis Jensel
two miles north of Swaledale we
destroyed by fire.
Fred Christianer, Iowa's oldest Cd
Fellow, died at Mercy hospital, Ok
Moines. He would have reached IL
age of 81 years had he lived unit
next November. For sixty-thrt
years he was an Odd Fellow.
Glen Raridon, Of Newton, II ye;
old sen of A. G. Raridon, is dead ,
a result of having attempted {
board moving freight train at Ke
logg. He fell beneath the whee,
and died in few hours in hospit
at Grinnell
Culver Kennedy of Sioux Cit
pleaded guilty in District Cou
to the charge of robbery and vi
sentenced to five years in Il
state reformatory at Anamos
He was enroute to the reformatory
two hours after sentence had bet
pronounced.
G. w. Pratt of Fort Dodge W
robbed of $25 in cash, after he hi
been enticed into house in D
Moines by two Negro women, Hell
and Bell London.
At the opening session of the Q
per Iowa Methodist conference at O
vein Bishop Stuntz announced t
following transfers into the conf,
ence: G. w. McConkey, ]. K Ha
kins, R. B. Falk, H. A. Crumb, B.
Hanscom, J. H. Bounds, s. ]. Smi1
Harry Farmer. A. S. Watson, F.
{ Maynard, ]. w. Atkins. The folio
ing, were transferred out: j. II. q
ham to New England.
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