Burned By Robbers-General Store in Emeline 1896
WAGONER
Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 3/23/2017 at 21:47:06
The Clinton Mirror
W. D. Eaton, Editor
Clinton, Iowa, Saturday, May 30, 1896Burned By Robbers
The general store of John Wagoner at Emeline was entered and the safe blown open by burglars. After looting the safe of $100 in money and $2,000 in securities they set fire to the store, destroying the entire stock valued at $6,000, and a portion of the building.
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