Utopian Belt at Ascona Seeks Simple Living
A small벨 utopian colony of 38 members at Ascona on the Italy Switzerland border follows simple rites for three years. They abstain from meat rely on fruits and herbs wear a single garment no hats and initiate new members once they obtain land to sustain themselves. The founder is Belgian and there are sixteen women. A New York Letter notes beliefs about restaurant success and street corners.
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Ascona
Italy
Switzerland
New York
Merged wonders and notes from a bygone era
A collage of varied items from Idaho geography to hotel college ideas. It notes Swiss hotelkeeping influence, a grand Chinese royal visit with railway car usage, Maine’s large vat, untapped Indian Territory riches, London church mosaic absence of English workers, metaphysical humor, temperance medicine analysis plans, Osage wealth, Atlantic City hotel patronage, the return of the Bray derby hat, and a Paris engineer’s electric sprinkler priced at 3000 dollars, finishing with Swiss salvage efforts.
CROP OPTIONS FOR IOWA FLOODED LANDS
Iowa State College agronomy reports late crops and forage plants to salvage land after unprecedented rains. Suggests 90 day dent corn varieties planted by June 26, or substitute corn hay, sorghum such as Minnesota Early Amber, millet, and soybeans as high-protein forage. Recommends sowing rates, harvesting methods, and notes on curing, with emphasis on stock feed value and market prospects.
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Ames
Department of Agronomy
Iowa State College Experiment Station
Towa
Tice Tarmer
Last Commencement Marks End of Hull Institute
The Read ob airectors of the Hull educational institute decided to discontinue the school due to lack of funds. The institution, 21 years old, trained county officers and local professionals. graduates include Alma Williams Julia Nettinga Marie Loepp Anna Hook L. B. Sutten and Okie Morford. Prospects to move the school to Rock Valley or Sibley were discussed, with no definite steps yet. The final encampment exercises Thursday drew a large audience and seven graduates.
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Hull Educational Istitute
C. L. Davidson
The
Congregational Church
Profesor BR. G. Town
Rock Valley
Sibley
Deeds Defective Prompt New Quit Claim Deeds
Property owners in Hull Indiana face widespread deed problems. Many lots bought from Hull Townsite Company were signed only by W W Hazard, not on behalf of the company, triggering the need for new quit claim deeds.
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Hull
Hull Townsite Company
Bk. W. Hazard
W. W. Hazard
Officers Named in Magonie Grand Lodge Roster
Waterlolo Ia June 6 Appointive officers of ficers named Deputy Grand Master C W Walton Dubuque Senior Grand Warden F L Billa Davenport Junior Grand Warden G T Harm Moravia Senior Grand Steward Clark McClain Maxwell Junior Grand Steward J H Halford Manning P e Marshal E G Dilley Sioux City Grand Tyler A N Alheroon Washington Crom Bowen Des Moines reappointed to board of trustees Thomas Lambert Babula reappointed member of trustees Brand lodge charity funds
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B.G. Dilley
Sioux City
Magontie Grand Lodges
Waterlolo
Magonie Grand Lodge
C. W. Walton
Dubuque
F. L. Billa Davenport
G. T. Harm
Moravia
Clark McClain
Maxwell
J. H. Halford
Manning
G. Dilley
Forgot Husband's Name Delays Des Moines Deed Signing
A Des Moines widow could not sign her deed to her son because she could not recall her latest husband's surname. She married again after her first husband William H. Van Hyning's death and remained uncertain whether the surname was Burdick or Murdick. Officials postponed the transfer awaiting further evidence.
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Des Moines
William H. van Hyning
Chicago
Woodland Cemetery
Charles Hward
Twentieth Street
Mary
Murdick
Burdick
Carl Smith
Ewald
Two Des Moines Women Injured In Charitable Runaway
In Des Moines Iowa on June 6 Mrs George B Hippee wife of the Des Moines City Railway general manager and Mrs Albert G Manish wife of the superintendent were thrown from a carriage during a runaway on East Court avenue. They leaped to avoid the carriage plunging toward the river and suffered serious injuries including a broken arm and other hurts.
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Des Moines
George B. Hippee
Albert G. Manish
Des Moines City Railway Company
East Court
Hooley Syndicate Seizes Control Of Des Moines Fort Dodge Board
In Des Moines on June 6 a meeting of the Des Moines and Fort Dodge Railroad directors and stockholders saw Hooley syndicate representatives secure control. Norbert Heinshelimner Roswell I Vail and Lawrence B Pearson were elected as new directors all New York men. The board hints at pressing Rock Island to sell at a high price, while Rock Island says it will not back down and may build a Des Moines to Grinnell link to cut the Des Moines and Fort Dodge out.
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Des Moines and
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Des Moines and Fort Dodge Railroad Company
Hooley
Norbert Heinshelimner
Roswell I. Vail
Lawrence B. Pearson
Rock Island
New York
Giowrle
Waterloo police tackle Attorney General Mullen near president
Waterloo le June 6 Attorney General Mullen will long remember the result of President Roosevelt arrival as he was tackled by two Waterloo policemen and hustled back into the crowd while attempting to reach the train platform to introduce the president. Officers believed he was too eager and risked harming the executive. The joke is the officers did not know the state official who has lived here fifty years. Burglary at Whittier Cedar Rapids In June 6 The store hall and the Hotel Pierpone at Whittier Linn county were robbed of 10 in money and merchandise and 75 in postal funds last night. The post office was in the same building. Commencement at Inwood In June 1 The commencement exercises of the Inwood high school will be held in the M B durch this eventing. The class numbers eleven: Missey Lena Eaton Vera Washburn Flo Hew rett Amy Sherman Ong Albertson Messrs. Geo Hanson Albert Johnson Philip Tronsrue Elmer Bulote Fred Renshaw and Elon Lane. Professor Bankert in charge of the school for the past year has been secured as principal next year. Bad Fire at Clinton Creston In June A disastrous fire last night at 11 30 o clock damaged the business section of the city. Moffit s livery barn and the Creston Steam laundry were destroyed. The loss was about 10,000 insured. At one time the west end was threatened but rain aided firemen . The origin is unknown. Albania has a population of million and a half nearly all Madjmedany.
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Waterloo
Mullen Willl
Roosevelt
Whittier
Cedar Rapids
Hall
Pierpone
Linn County
Inwood
Inwood High School
M. B. Durch
Missey Lena Eaton
Vera Washburn
Flo Hewrett
Amy Sherman
Ong Albertson
Messrs
Geo. Hanson
Albert Johnson
Philip Tronsrue
Elmer Bulote
Fred Renshaw
Elon Lane
Bankert
Clinton
Creston
Moffit
West End
Bummit
Des Moines
America
Samuel Steinberg
West Third Street
Kishinef
Buster
Sam
Russia
Hushinet
Means Much to Iowa Jobbers in Western Freight Changes
Western Trunk Line association abolished the Council Bluffs Omaha bridge arresting long running feud. Omaha jobbers gain a larger western circle and can shift up to 20 percent of their Iowa trade to margins, altering freight rates where Council Bluffs paid more for coal and flour while Omaha paid less into Iowa. Des Moines and Sioux City competition and Chicago market prices shape profits as shifts unfold.
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Council Bluffs
Western Trunk Line Association
Council Bluffs-Omaha
Omaha
Western Lowe
Iowa
Union Pacific
South Omaha
Councell Bluffs
Des Moines
Sioux City
Chicago
East
Des Moines Wife Appeals to Come to America From Kishinef
A Des Moines man, Samuel Steinberg, awaits his wife and children from Kishinef after a brutal three day Easter massacre. Her May 15 letter details horrific injuries, fear, and the appeal to move to America. She longs for safe bread and water, urging escape and reunion with her husband and father.
Woman badly burned when kerosene can explodes in Marshalltown
Mrs. Ben Olson placed a five gallon kerosene can on the stove and left the room. She returned to find the can exploded and her stove and house badly damaged. Her husband helped rescue their child from the blaze.
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Marshalltown
Ben Olson
Alec
Trail of death haunts Mrs McKnight in Grayling probe
Accused of murdering her brother John Murphy and linked to a chain of mysterious deaths spanning Alpena Saginaw and Grayling the widow Mrs Mary McKnight faces examination at Katkasia jail as investigators exhume three bodies at Fife Lake finding strychnine in Murphy’s stomach previously and again this time the organs removed from all three bodies.
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Mra MéKnight
Michaldtre
Mary McKnight
Katkasia
John Murphy
Fire Lake
James Ambrose
Jane Ambrose
Mra. McKnight
A May Ambrose
Yee Ambrose
Eliza Cheiker
Sarah Murphy
Ernest MeKknight
Schneeburger
Saginaw
Mra. Curry
Snetnan
Dorothy Jenson
McKnight
William Murphy
Asa Valentine
Baby Murphy
Murphy
Payne Takes Time as Cabinet Meets in Washington
President presided over a morning cabinet meeting with all members present except Shaw in New York. Each official gave a brief report on departmental conditions while Postmaster General led the briefing. Chief Examiner A R Gerven resigned from the civil service, accepted by the president, who named Frank M Higgins to the examiner division. The Christian Herald sent a $10,000 relief fund check to the Secretary of State for famine victims in Kwang-Si China.
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Washington
Shaw
New York
A. R. Gerven
Civil Service Commission
Frank M. Higgins
Examiner
The
Christian Herald Today
Kwang-Si
China
Steamer Martha's Vineyard Collision in Dense Fog
In Woods Hole Massachusetts a steamer Martha's Vineyard collided with an unknown high schooner in heavy fog off Vineyard Haven. The vessel was badly damaged, one man seriously injured, and several passengers were taken below deck for care as the fog hampered rescue efforts. In Paris a duel between M Berteaux and Guye de Villeneuve erupted from a fierce parliamentary dispute, with De Villeneuve slightly wounded in their sixth clash.
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Woods Hole
Mass
Martha'’s Vineyard
Vineyard Haven
Paris
M. Berteaux
Guye
de Villeneuve
Chamber Deputies
Reult
SerRartty
Waters Rise as Madison Levee Breaks and Towns Flood
News from St Louis reports rising rivers flooding Madison county farms and villages Oldenburg Mitchell and West Granite. Fifteen workers from American Car and Foundry perished as a levee gave way. About 600 residents displaced. The city braces with flood patrols and widespread disruption along railways and gas service.
Kaw river flood nears townsite rescue in Topeka
Topeka June 9 The Kaw river dropped two inches per hour Friday night. With the rate of disappearance the entire townsite will be dry by Sunday noon. Rail traffic remains halted on the Rock Island and Union Pacific lines. Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific report progress on west and south routes but east lines stay jammed.
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Topeka
Kaw
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Misouri Pacffc
Work of Rehabilitation After Flood In Kansas City
Thousands of workers with shovels and brooms are moving into the flood bottoms to restore the wholesale and stock yards district. Rivers are receding rapidly and damage to tracks is being repaired. Little sickness is reported. Santa Fe trains rerouted through Bloomington via Chicago and Alton due to flooding near Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Santa Fe
Blomington
Bloomington
Chicago and Alton
Chicago
St. Louis
Thiflogda
Kanaag City
Great Pearl Found in Muscatine During Dredging
June 6 report from Muscatine states Bert Rony, a shell digger, found a pearl while dredging the river. The bead, described as large and valuable, has drawn attention from local lenders and traders who question whether it will fetch a price. The finding adds to a string of curiosities unearthed along the Mississippi shore this season.
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Muscatine
Bert. Rony
Tutsestoo
PANO
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