Downfall of Old Iowa Town Fredonia Missed Capital Vote
Downfall of Fredonia shows a once promising Iowa town that nearly became the state capital. Laid out with Iowa statehood, it narrowly failed to secure the Burlington to Iowa City capital move by one vote. Once a railroad center on the Rock Island system, it has since slipped from prominence as trains no longer stop there.
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Fredonia
Town Falls
Towa
Iowa
Burlington
Iowa City
Rock Island
Hawkeye
Quaker College Out Of Debt After Successful Fund Drive
The yearly meeting of Friends in Oskaloosa on September 14 raised 30,500 dollars to wipe out Penn College’s floating debt. Twelve subscriptions of 1,000 dollars each were recorded. President A Ronenberger agreed to stay five more years. Rev Charles Sweet of Des Moines helped coordinate the effort. A move to repeal the Fifteenth Amendment is outlined by Senator Carmack of Tennessee in the Commercial Appeal.
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Society of Friends
Oskaloosa
Yearly Meeting of Friends
Penn College
Charles Sweet
Des Moines
Friends
A. Ronenberger
Memphis
Tenn
Commercial Appeal
Congress
Carmack of
Tennessea
Senate
United States
Carmack
Crop Damage in Washington Reported Across Eastern Districts
Reports from Spokane indicate widespread crop damage in eastern Washington due to two weeks of heavy daily rains. Wheat harvest is about two thirds cut, with much grain stacked and swelling from the downpour, except in the Big Bend area.
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Washington
Spokane
Wash
Big Bend
Walla Walla County
International Boundary
North
Idaho
Baseball box scores and a quip on Mike's Poodle dog
Summary of multiple scores across leagues with teams such as St Louis New York Chicago Brooklyn Cincinnati Boston Minneapolis Kansas City St Paul Milwaukee Louisville Indianapolis Columbus Toledo and Denver plus a humorous Chicago News snippet about a blooded dog and a quip by Zalih.
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St. Louis
New York
Chicago
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston
Minneapolis
Kansas City
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Louisville
Indianapols
Columbus
Toledo
St. Joseph
Colorado Springs
Denver
Peoria
Omaha
Des Moines
Mike
Bogan
Zalih
Chicazo News
Explosion wrecks cars and towns in Bay City disaster
In Bay City Michigan a dynamite explosion in yard cars killed switch men Clarence D. Hopper and Roy Boucher and injured others. A locomotive backed into a dynamite car loaded with rifles and shells, blasting a large crater and wrecking about 300 houses as the shock traveled miles.
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Bay City
Mich
Clarence D. Hopper
Roy Boucher
Michigan Central Railroad
West Bay City
Robert Roblin
William Noble
John Cecil
Hoover
Boucher
Entire Train 18 Ditch, Iowa Injuries Reported
An east bound Great Northern passenger train derailed one mile west of Dassel Minnesota. An unknown man riding the day coach was killed. Several passengers were injured though none fatally. Two coaches overturned down a 25 foot embankment at speed. The wreck was blamed on refrigerator car trucks leaving track. Injured include A K Hennessey W W Horne Charles Conkling W Hanover Robert Boucer W N Purdy. Explosion on Cruiser Olympia kills Marine and injures several sailors amid alcohol smuggling findings. New Orleans dock strike settled. sixteen ships to start today after a three year agreement. Morgan line workers still out.
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Iowa
Great Northern
Dassel
Minn
Great Northern Railroad
Here
A. K. Hennessey
St. Louis
W. W. Horne
Charles Conkling
Belleview
W. H. Hanover
Colorado Springs
Robert Boucer
W. N. Purdy
Belmond
New Orleans
Agenta
Morgan Line
Brothers Named Nelsons Lose Boat In Storm At Rogers City
In Rogers City Michigan on September 14 William and Ward Nelson, prominent local lumbermen, sailed from town in a boat bound for Spencer's dock twelve miles north. A gale struck and the boat leaked under heavy ballast, prompting a shore search to Cheboygan that found no trace of craft or bodies. Each man had life insurance of seven thousand dollars.
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Rogers City
Mich
William and
Ward Nelson
Spencer's Dock
Cheboygan
Tornado Hits Bloomington Area and River Flood Damage
A September tornado near Bloomington caused extensive property loss including the home of Mrs. Sarah Carter, injuring her and her eldest daughter. Farm buildings of Frank Allen, John Bush, and William Herndon were destroyed. A severe hailstorm followed, damaging crops. Four died in Sibley Indiana as river flooding washed out bridges and blocked rail lines including Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha.
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Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
Bloomington
Sarah Carter
Frank Allen
John Bush
William Herndon
Sibley
D. W. Wempen
Little Rock
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis
Hurricane Strikes Florida Causing Widespread Damage
Jacksonville dispatch reports a powerful hurricane sweeping South Florida with 65 mph winds at Miami and 75 mph at Jupiter. The East Coast rail car shed collapsed, boats sank, hotels and cigar factories damaged, many buildings unroofed, and crews saved from a stranded Standard Oil steamer near Boynton. Vast interior damage feared.
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Tampa
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Miami
East Coast
Hobes Sound
Standard Oil Company
Boynton
Jupiter
Almeria
Desoto
Ybor City
Middle
Stock Slump Favors West as Omaha Sees Prosperity
At a banquet in Omaha on Sept 14 A B Stickney president of the Chicago Great Western Railway predicted an era of strong western business and expanded trade for market cities. He argued Omaha becomes a market town by natural economic law, while Chicago remains preeminent as a trade center.
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Stickney
Omaha
West
Wall Street
A. B. Stickney
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Commercial Club of
Chicago Great Western
Urgent Demand for Recruits in Iowa War Drive
Des Moines reports that Captain F. H. Ely leads a rapid recruitment push per a War Department order to ignore prior limits and seek infantry volunteers for tropics. New stations open in Fort Dodge Burlington Le Mars Ottumwa and Sioux City with plans for more Iowa towns over 6 000 population.
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Iowa
Des Moines
F. H. Ely
War Department
Tropics
Fort Dodge
Burlington
le Mars
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Didn't Care to Be Presented in Washington Society
A naval officer's wife recounts a humorous Washington society moment. An army and navy gathering guest asks to be presented. a congressman arrives with a lady on each arm. She declines, saying she has two Indies to look after, a remark that prompts light amusement amid the evening. Grace In Old Forests described with notes on elm, oak, pine forms and their graceful, moving branches.
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Washington
Behind Her Bark
Two women discuss a quiet neighbor who favors discussing classical topics like Aden of Troy Homer and Juliet over attention to local happenings, noting her studious nature and lack of interest in neighborhood gossip.
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Aden
Troy
Homer
Juliet
Washington Star
A Sure Sign of Firm Wage Talk on Streetcar
A young man speaks of the business of our firm in a voice carried along a street car signaling that wages have been raised to zero per week, a sign of likely wage inflation and economic pressure on workers.
Prize Winner Naggsby Laughs His Own Joke for Top Prize
The Baltimore American notes Waggsby Gargster won the prize by laughing heartily at one of his own jokes. The Indianapolis Journal shares a quip about a college brotherly tenor and second base. Ballybunion scene shows Terence O Grady amid a lively, teasing moment in the Mittle house. London Telegraph adds a tale of neighbors jokingly codding.
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Naggsby
Waggsby
Baltimore American
Terence O'Grady
Ballybunion
Bridget
Terence
Tay
London Telegraph
Spaniards miss final word on horse arrival in Americas
In a Century magazine excerpt John Gilmer Booed notes a long debate on when horses appeared in the Americas. Paleontologists point to fossils showing equids across the continent in the second period, yet no horses existed in America when the first Europeans arrived.
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Spain
Doren
America
John Gilmer
Deafness Cure by Catarrh Treatment Promoted
An ad claims deafness stems from inflamed mucous tubes and catarrh. It touts a remedy from Mall's Catarrh Care, offering $100 for uncurable cases and directs readers to request free circulars from F J Copiny & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Toledo
Wall
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Vatican
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