Twain's Remedy for Strikes in a Riverdale Interview
The interview with Mark Twain at his Riverdale home reveals his dire coal shortage views. He mocked reporters, warned about winter fuel needs, and suggested arbitration as a remedy, noting he would not be drawn into further discussion. Twain emphasized self reliance and criticized high coal prices while explaining the landlord’s role in heating.
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Shaw
Treasury Department
Samuel L. Clemens
Riverdale
Mark Twain
Harlem
Mr. Clemens
Lts
Mr. Twain
Clarkson Files Sensational Suit in District Court
Richard P. Clarkson former editor files a counter suit against John C. Tate clerk of courts and ex political manager over alleged damages from last spring’s campaign. Clarkson claims the race for Judge Prouty's nomination was highly bitter and costly, asserting national reputational harm from accusations of a corrupt political machine. The piece also notes local fraternal lodge activity and growth in membership and relief payments for the year ending Sept. 30, 1902.
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Richard P. Clarkson
Dex Moings
John C. Tate
F. Prouty
Captain Hull
Tate
Clarkson
Hig
Aull
Rebekeh
Rebekan
Grinnell Inventor Pursues Airship Venture
Grinnell resident John BF Whitmore has designed an airship aimed at aerial navigation. He seeks capital for building a test ship and plans to use a new Edison storage battery with nine to eleven cells. The craft relies on a proven flotation mechanism and he asserts it cannot crash to the ground.
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Grinnell
John BF. Whitmore
Whitmore
Mr. Whitmore
Odd Fellows Grand Lodge Session at Clinton
The grand lodge of Towar Odd Fellows held its session at Clinton last week. The grand master presented an extensive annual report in printed form, a volume over two hundred pages, detailing the administration and condition of the order for the year just closing.
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Grand Lodge
Towa
Odd Fallows
Clinton
Order of the Annte
Eleven Pairs of Twins Father James Weir of Sough Omaha
Eleven pairs of twins, father James Weir of Sough Omaha, visited Boone, notable as the father of twenty two children, eleven twin pairs. Each birth produced a boy and a girl. The first two daughters married twin brothers and soon bore twins. All offspring are healthy and of average size. The parents are well educated, healthy, prosperous and well dressed.
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James Weir
Sough
Omaha
Boone
Double Life of a Dubuque Brewer Revealed
Jacob T. Kock died in Dubuque last May after living a double life as a wealthy Prescott brewer named Theodore Cook. His wife won a divorce with nearly $20,000 in alimony before the decree, and after his death her son was named administrator of the estate as the court allowed the judgment with interest.
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Jacob T. Kock
Dubuque
Prescott
Wis
Theodore Cook
Switchmen Strike Demand 5 Cent Wage Increase in Chicago
Chicago October 27 Grand Master Morrissey and Vice Grand Master Lea arrive to back 7000 yardmen in the Chicago district who seek a 5 cent an hour wage rise. Railroad officers expect an answer by next Friday as the move traces to a June Kansas City decision by the joint chairs of the two unions. The national vote is still in progress with three fourths of ballots in. In Chicago district the vote was nearly unanimous in favor of the demand.
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Chicago
Morrissey
Brotherhood of Railway
W. G. Lea
Igield
Kansas City
Seals Committee On
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Order of Railway Conductors
Chitago
Indians Glad to Go to Work in Pine Ridge
Sioux Warriors are being dropped from ration rolls and placed in work programs across Pine Ridge. Since July 1, about 400 Indians per day have been employed earning $1.25 for a man and $2.60 for a man and team. Tasks include road work and building water reservoirs for stock. three large reservoirs are in Wakpu mint, four in Medicine Root, and six in Pass Creek districts. Over fifty warriors have joined railroad crews, with others ranching near the reservation. In a separate incident, a scaffold collapse at an American Sugar Refining chimney in Williamsburg, New York, killed John Mulroy and John Williams of Newark and injured Henry Cooker.
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Broux Falls
Indian Bureau
Pine Ridge Reservation
Prowe
Wakpumint
Medicine Root
Pass Creek
New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Williamsburg
John Mulroy
John Willams
Newark
Henry Cooker
Willams
Mulroy
Cooker
Waterloo Democrats Plan Monster Barbecue on Novem ber 1
Iowa brief items note a Waterloo monster barbecue set for November 1 and an eagle seven feet seven inches long killed near West Union. Des Moines Pythians consider building a riverfront club house, and Dubuque mayoral target Joseph Ishord was declared insane and placed in an asylum. Haverville Hav erhill church dedication occurred with Archbishop Keane officiating. The Dubuque Carnival Company shows a $75 balance after event expenses. a poultry show with about $1,000 in prizes is planned for late November. 513 pensioners are listed in the final snippet.
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Waterloo Democrats
Weat Union
Des Moines Pythians
Joseph Ishord
Berg
Dubuque
Haverhill
Marshall County
Archbishop Keane
Dubuque Carnival Company
Dea Maines
Danish West Indies Sale Treaty Rejected in Landsthing
London dispatch reports Denmark’s Landsthing defeated second reading of the Danish United States treaty for cession of the Danish West Indies by 32 to 82. The cabinet met after the vote, pledging no resignation. A commission to investigate economic prospects for the islands was planned, amid pro safe sentiment and political turmoil. Two elderly members, Whygenon and Ruben, aged 97 and 87, were brought to Copenhagen from distant homes as anti safe leaders urged transport.
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London
Danish West Indies
Denmark
Whygenon
Ruben
Copenhagen
Iowa notes and industry from Marshalltown to Dubuque
Reports show Soldiers Home at Marshalltown paid bounty totaling 13129.36 for the last quarter. Dubuque’s pearl button factory plans include 300 extra workers. Iowa sent 59 farmers to a congress in Macon Georgia, the largest delegation aside from Georgia. State taxes flow into the treasury with over 1,000,000 received in a single day last week. State Superintendent Barrett praised Iowa school buildings for attractiveness and utility. Sioux City ministers denounce sensational revival methods. Clarinda capitalists form a pressed brick plant, committing 20000 dollars. State Bank Examiner Whelan says Iowa banks are sound with no imminent danger. The Gilman failure in New York affects a few Jewish banks, but no contagion expected.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Farmers’ Congress
Macon
Georgia
Barrett
Sioux City
State Bank
Whelan
Gilman
New York City
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Iowa State Epworth League
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Epworth Herald
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Heybot
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Charles Swain
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