Fairbanks in Ames Inspires Warm Welcome to Iowa
Vice-President Charles W. Fairbanks arrived in Ames Saturday morning amid festive displays on Onondaga Street. Business houses closed early as crowds cheered the visiting dignitary who praised Iowa, its schools, farms, and prosperity, dispelling prior notions of him as aloof. Rivals and locals, including A.M. Wentworth of Marshalltown, joined the reception.
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Ase
United States
Charles W. Fairbanks
Amies
Onondaga Street
M. Wentworth
Marshalltown
Karl
Cedar Rapide
Ames
College
Fairbanks
Fair Lowa
Farma
Census Count Sets Grun dy School Fund at 90 Cents Per Pupil
AvupDiToR EvsMINGEn reports four thousand six hundred six children of school age in Grundy County. Based on the apportionment from county back-end fines paid, the fund totals 64,216.40 dollars, yielding 90 cents per pupil for the treasurers of the districts. List shows per township counts for Black Hawk Dike Morrison Lincoln Reinbeck Melrose Beaver Palermo Colfax Shiloh Fairfield Washington Conrad and others, totaling 4,696 children.
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Avupditor
Evsmingen
Grundy
Our der of Children
Black Hawk
Dikea
Grundy Center
Holland
Morrison
Lincoln
Reinbeck
Palermo
Colfax
Shilob
Fairfield
Washington
Garman
Beamso
Pleasant Val
Conrad
Minnesota railroad inquiry reports inflated values and long inspection
A Minnesota legislative commission reports railroads are valued at about 50 000 dollars per mile including bonds while physical value is around 27 000 dollars per mile. The inquiry may take about two more years and covers about 10 000 miles of road. In Sheldon Chute church vandalism saw a hat stolen from a choir member and cut up.
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Minnesota
Towa
Local Gossip Misreads Names at Wateriog Report
A brief, garbled item recounts a man named Jim accused of drunkenness in Wateriog. The fragmentary text misnames Ackley residents and reflects noisy, unclear reporting with several garbled words.
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Jim
Ackley
Wateriog
Soldier Boy Quits Service From Hooolulu Hawaii
A letter from Avever Krummel in Honolulu Hawaii reports Sergeant Krummel will quit Uncle Sam’s service after fifteen years. He has served in Cuba with General Shafter during the Spanish-American War and in the Philippines, Boxers in China, and rounds the globe via Europe and the Suez Canal. Born in this city, he is in his late thirties. The note mentions other local items about a photography lawsuit and a druggist sulfur price joke, then farm seed notes and seed oat quality warnings for Emmetaburg area.
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Avever Krummel
Benty Krummel
Thin City
Hooolulu
Hawaii
Uncle Sam
Krummer
Narvice
Spa
Cuba
Shafter
Ching
Beno
Philippines
Honolulu
Europe
Suez Osna
Orient
Krummel
Local Notices From Grinnell Area Underscore Mixed Ventures
County Auditor F G uve paid the bounty on five young wolves last Tuesday. They were captured on the E L Clock farm in Reeve township by J W Merrin. An effort is being made by shippers to induce the O N W By to expand the Eldora branch to Union, making Union the terminus instead of Eldora Junction. Dysart merchants plan to quit banding but a depot has opened and one man will handle farm products. Wm Swenson of Radcliffe filed for bankruptcy claiming 25 dollars exempt and 450 debts. Odd Bellows of Caion will build a 44 by 100 cement block two story building costing about 7500. Chatauque dates set for Eldora this summer July 14 to 20. Bardin county postmasters meet at Town Palla January 1. A new bank to be organized at Parkersburg with capital 220,000, almost fully subscribed. Butler county district court May term set for Alli son starting May 6. Hewpton banks report deposits around 991,000,000 across the county.
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F. G
Uve
E. L
Reeve Township
J. W. Merrin
Eldora
Union
Dysart
Hir Farms
Wm. Swenson
Radcliffe
Odd Bellows
Caion
Bardin County
Palla
Pew
Parkersburg
Butler County Districk
Allison
Hewpton
Hardin County Finances for 1906 Reported by Auditor Vigars
County figures show 1906 expenditures including court and jail costs, courthouse expenses, election, salaries, and road and bridge projects. Notable items include miscellaneous 9 840 47, jail 327 47, courthouse 82 825 24, roads 80 892 470, bridges 32 419 06, insane care 471 43, criminal prose cution 7 667 39, and poor farm 5 438 67.
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Vigars
Hardin County
Court House
Grand Jury
Justice Court
Death Record and Local Obituary Notes
Death of Rev Jobo Van Derlas, longtime German Presbyterian preacher in German Township, born 1816 in Elbergen Netherlands, died at home after illness. He emigrated 1846, married twice, had many children, with pastorates in Platteville Freeport East Friesland. Also notice of Mrs Max Dentel’s death and Dan Cannon burned to death in South Dakota.
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Jobo van Derlas
German Presbyterian Church
German Township
Yaara
Elbergen
Province of Netherland
Netherlands
America
Mise Cather
Adelheid Loffers
St. Louis
Adelheld
Ben Folkers
Ackley
John VanDerlas
Rock River
Dane
Platteville
Wis
Freeport
Ill
East Friesland
Iowa
Fatal fire at brick hotel follows barroom blaze
A man burned to death Tuesday at a brick hotel in Aurot 8 D near the barroom he tended as a lineman for the Weeters Union Telegraph Co. Firefighters recovered the body after the blaze. Gartol's father resided at Algonabie and was buried in Geneva last Thursday. A separate incident reports Walter Beverly, a colored man, fatally injured by a vicious stallion in Mason City while training the animal for yard work. the horse struck Beverly's head and chest, tearing his arm from the shoulder in its third attack of the year.
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Aurot
Weeters Union Telegraph Co
Gartol
Algonabie Tetrasha
Geheva
Stallick
Rem
Walter Bavery
Mason City
Beverly
Tim
Hovtlere
German Presbyterian School Dedication Draws National Church Leaders
About 460 to 500 visitors from Ohio to Colorado gathered in Dubuque for the German Presbyterian Theological School of the Northwest annual meeting and the commencement and dedication of the new building. Noted church leaders attended, noting the church’s growth. The structure cost $105,000 and dedication was conducted by Rev. Drake of Palermo township with related pastors from Grundy County and nearby congregations.
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Dubuque
Ohio
Colorado
German Presbyterian Theological School of the
Northwest
German Presbyterian Church
Grundy County
Ackley
Esat Friesland
Engelke
Weat Friesland
Agera
Drake
Palermo Township
Supreme Court rules life policy claims survive suicide deed
The U S Supreme Court holds that insurers must pay face value of a $5,000 policy despite the death by own action. Mrs James Whitfield of Kansas City sued American Life Insurance Company over her husband’s suicide. Justice Harian Nolds notes intent to defraud can void coverage. the decision overturns many state rulings and threatens fraternal insurance practices.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Mfe Tnsurance
Mra
James Whitfield
Kansas City
Aaton Life Insurance Company
Hudanda Life
Tneured
Kapvas City Star
Harian
Free the Missouri convict and other fragmented briefs
The Morning's Briefs report Roostvent urging release of a Missouri inmate who served seven years and returned to prison after escape, marriage, and family life. Other items note unsettled Delaware Democrats, Montenegro revolt, San Francisco mayor confession, Pennsylvania miners alive, Rooseveat editorial work, tariff talks with France, and a Guatemala president incident. George Wilson Outumwe connected to a disrupted wedding and arrest.
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Roostvent
Missouri
Tammy
Tiger Smiles
Soamrry
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
Rooseveat
Sam
France
Guatemala
George Wilson Oegr
Cobie-Roeben Wedding May 8 In Prosperous Times
The Cobie Roeben wedding is set for May 8 at Mrs Cobie’s home with Miss Flora Cobie and William Roeben preparing for the ceremony. The piece notes a generally prosperous trade climate, citing Francis of a large apparel firm reporting exhausted undergarment output and prices rising, while predicting continued favorable business conditions through the presidential campaign.
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Flora Cobie
William Roeben
Row’r Francis
Aline
Inter Eete
Change in Rural Mail Hours Through Summer
Rural carriers will leave the post office at 12 oclock instead of 10, continuing through the summer months. This shifts delivery to mail received on the 10:28 and 11:27 trains benefiting rural readers. Some additional steps may be saved by cutting corners at times, though risks and labor for maintaining the post route persist.
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Comsercina
Jasve
Tus Worzy
Death of A. L. Henderson at Atlantic Iowa
A. L. Henderson, aged 80, father of Mrs. C. J. Doepke, died at the family home in Atlantic Iowa early Saturday. He had just celebrated his 80th birthday about two weeks earlier as family and friends gathered to honor him. Deep condolences are sent to Mrs. Doepke and relatives.
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St. Mary's Church
Mary O'Gearn
Eugene Karnley
M. Mesgher
Mina Lizzie Quinn
Thomas Kearns
Earlville
Mra
Daniel O'Heare
Eldora
C.J. Doepke
A. L. Henderson
Charles J. Doepke
Atlantic
Iowe
Dosphea
Father Died in New Jersey and Family Letters
Intelligence reaches of a death in Chester New Jersey where the father aged 69 passed away at the family home. Mr 6.008 and his brother Charley Lad visited him while he was feeble. Investigations into a bank shortage caused by misappropriation of funds show a loss of 8260,000 and several individuals have turned property over to the bank.
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Joan Croor
Chester
New Jersey
Charley Lad
Jantares
Bank of ‘Seymours
Cracis Roll Birth Report for Osterland Family
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Herman Osterland on Friday morning. The brief notice records the new arrival in the Osterland household, noting the birth timing and family details for local records.
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Cracis Roll
Mr. J
Mra
Herman Osterland
Prank at Station Triggers Train Dash Detour
A lighthearted prank at The Old Se Noble station caused a rush as passengers fled for the eastbound train after a package was grabbed and a false signal sent by the agent. The crowd laughed and waited for a real departure as no train appeared for about fifteen minutes.
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Sicco
Atending Paasangere
Biggest yet together movement organized by lumbermen group
In Minneapolis on April 18 30, Ben Hollin of the Northwestern Lumbermen's association announced a new unified effort. Two thousand nine hundred members across Iowa Minnesota North and South Dakota and parts of Nebraska will submit claims to railroads while roads will accept them in good faith. Central Iowa association attended with Secretary Greatway. Churchill and Cumming are noted as reformers with missions, though the text questions their certainty.
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Minneapolt
Ben
Retary Hollin
Northwestern ‘Lumbermans
Iowa
Minga
Washing Fruits and Risks to Children
A Plainspoken note on rinsing apples and dates to reduce insect and germ exposure, warning that wash improves taste and safety for children. The article mentions a Milwaukee baby removed from a cowestoker vehicle by Charley Olvy, unharmed, and two Winthrop boys who ran away and were found near Iowa Falls and returned home.
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Winthrop
Iowa Fall
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Hes
Pantarchy
Sheldon Chute
Methodist Church
Sheldon Mail
Soldier Boy
August Krummel
Uncle Sams
Disiikins Onp Skote
Algona
Raymord
The
Ampton Recorder
Gomery Ward
Hardin
Vigara
Max Dente
Max Dentel
Iast
Milderbrand
Meinzer
South Dakota
Dan Cannon
John
Mra. Carrol
Genova Novergl Yeura
Heleg
Rev. Drake of
U.S
the Week
O'Heatne
St Mary's Church
Michael
Thomas
Daniel
John Mesgao
Meagan
James O'Beare
John O’hearn, Jr
Wits
Oaksloosa
Lawler
Quillen
Stephen Clark
Jong Herrington
Ovkalooss
Mise
Margaret O'Hearn
Lattimer
Town
Lawa
Jean
Phrakot
Winston Churchill
Cumming
Milwaukee
Charley Olvy
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