Round Payne man builds large ax leaves trade
Ma G A Holder of Round Payne reports a booming business selling ax leaves to florists. He will pay neighborhood women and children up to 3000 this winter for gathering leaves along mountain ravines, packed in 25 leaf bunches sold for 25 cents to florists. Labor yields include $1 to $1.50 daily for collectors. Separately, local oil field shows natural gas production caused by nature, chilling augers and freezing gas on pipes, leaving 22 of 520 wells in Rockland township affected this month.
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G. A. Holder
Round Payne
Nature
Rockland Township
Transatlantic wireless messages reach Kiev station
The Kiev wireless teleg raphy line linking Sevastopol with St. Petersburg has picked up Marconi transatlantic messages and press dispatches from Paris and Casablanca. Distances from Glace Bay to Kiev are noted at about 3750 miles as signals reach Ireland.
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Sevastopol
St. Petersburg
Marconi
Paris
Casablanca
Glace Bay
Ireland
Electriga Fire Destroys Elevator and Grain at Whiting
A lightning bolt sparked a blaze in Whiting Iowa destroying the I E F Smith double elevator, 20000 bushels of grain, a hay filled box car and several small buildings. Loss estimated at 15000 dollars. Conductor Charles Siebert alerted the crew and trains helped move burning materials while heavy rain helped limit damage. Depot and other freight were saved. hay near town also burned.
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Whitlng
Smith
Charles Siebert
St. Paul
Siebert
Sioux City
Arrest Two For Assault On Old Soldier At Newell
Warren Dale and Ralph Layman, both 20, were arrested by Deputy Sheriff Baker in Storm Lake Iowa for assaulting Samuel Carson an elderly veteran found nearly murdered in his cottage about three weeks ago Dale confessed implicating Layman Layman's father stood bond at 1500 and Dale remains jailed The second item notes Council Bluffs Chief Nicholson urging biweekly fire drills in all public schools following a Cleveland disaster
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Storm Lake
Warren Dale
Newell
Ralph Layman
Layman
Baker
Samuel Carson
Dale
Varina
Pocahontas County
Council Bluffs
Corneil Riffs
Charles M. Nicholson
Board of Education
Cleveland
Ohto
San Francisco Sightseeing Plan For Admiral Evans Fleet
A San Francisco sightseeing itinerary plans a 30 mile automobile tour for officers and a pony ride for enlisted men. The committee proposes spending 6600 on trips, picnics, and excursions, with decorated autos, parades, and a short drive to the valley. The route includes Market Street, California to Montgomery, Chinatown, Kearney, the panhandle, and the Queenstown area before returning downtown via Pacific Avenue.
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San Francisco
Vlley
Cliforna
California
Montgomery Short
Slontgomery Avenue
Flower's Aid
Rome
Pie Eater Sets Record In Remarkable Feat
Winer Mina Mareh f-W. brye, a veteran highway trades clerk, is celebrated on his birthday for a bizarre record eating pies at a wall. He claims distances of twenty seven miles between towns, and his travels total about two billion and eighty million miles around the world.
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Mina
Mareh
Th. Brye
Detroit banker shoots self amid financial worries
Dewenit Hance, 58, first vice president at Union Trust of Detroit, died by self inflicted gunshot early today. Friends cited anxiety over complex affairs and ill health. Union Trust officials deny any mismanagement affecting the bank or linked to the receivership of another institution and deny rumors of entanglements tied to Hance’s conduct.
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Union Trust Conpany
Hante
Whinnery Dentist Dies After National Dental Convention
Dr J A Whinnery of Marshallton La dies after a cerebral trouble developed following an extraction at the National Dental convention last summer. He was a prominent local dentist and well known in the state.
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Marshallton
Thelinle
Minneaupelis
J. Ja Whinnery
15000 Owa Miners Face Work Shutdown March 31
Des Moines Iowa March describes the coal mine agreement between operators and miners expiring March 31. Failure to reach a new deal in eastern states could force a nationwide Iowa shutdown with about 190 idle workers in Town coal mines.
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Des Moines
March
Dni Town
Marel
Miners' Counsel John H. Murphy Dies in Denver
John H. Murphy longtime general counsel for the Western Federation of Miners and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, died in Denver after a lingering illness. Born Ottumwa Iowa, 46 years ago he shifted from railroading to law, helped pass the federal eight hour law, edited the federation magazine, and rose to prominent legal leadership among labor.
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Denver
John H. Murphy
Western Federation of Miners
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Mr. Murphy
Ottumwa
Union Paiie
Ogden
Utah
Murphy
Oden
Intal
T the Bar
Ar. Murphy
Des Moines Street Car Employes Win Wage Increase
Des Moines March 6 A potential street car strike was averted as the arbitration board approved a roughly five percent wage increase for one employer of the company. The workers had sought forty percent but will accept the new scale, valid for two years, easing Des Moines’ fortnight of unease.
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Des Moines
Board of
Wrbitration
Missing Woman Traced by Local Posse Near Moorhead
A posse searched the vicinity of Moorhead Iowa for Mrs A Tippley who vanished from her home while her husband milked cows. The Tippley family recently moved from Nebraska to the Greer farm five miles south of town.
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Moorhead
Mareh
A. Tippley
Jill
Tippley
Nebraska
Greer Farm
Here
Holstein Girl Is Star in Mathematics
Miss Marguerite KW. Schroeppel of Holstein will graduate with honors from Coe College in June. She left Holstein High School as valedictorian in 1905 and earned a four year scholarship to Coe, entering in 1905 and finishing the science course in three years. A gifted mathematician, she has studied all mathematics offered, worked her way through college with less than $200 cash spent, and received the Inex scholarship for her junior and senior years. Her success shows that sacrifice can secure a college education.
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Holstein
Marguerite KW. Schroeppel
Coe College
Holstein High Scheol
Misa Schroeppel
Schroeppel
Inex
Coe
Threaten Life of Spanish King Post in Barcelona
Placards warning of an attack on King Alfonso were posted in Barcelona and announced for March 12. Police tore them down and delayed the threat.
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Barcelona
Alfonso
Ue Yisilt
County Blacksmiths Form Association in Woodbury County
Moville Tu March 6 The Woodbury County Blacksmiths association auxiliary to the state group was organized here with Kingsley Bronson Sergeant Bluff Correctionville Midway Moville represented The monthly meetings begin with the next at Correctionville W F Copenhawer presiding Officers A C Rathbun Kingsley president J J Stalley Moville vice president Faulkender Correll tionville secretary and treasurer
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County Blacksmiths
Moville
Woodbury
Vic
Faulkender
Correllionville
Japan Refuses Arbitration Over Maru Vessel Claim
Pekin reports Japan threatens force to retain the Japanese steamer at Huang Ou near Canton. China proposed arbitration via the British China Station commander, but Japan rejected the offer and warned of further steps to secure release of the vessel.
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Pekin
Japan
All Maru
China
Huang Ou
Charciol
Chita
Canton
Foreign Board
Fearing Robbery, He Ends His Life in Burlington
John Chubb, a wealthy Burlington bachelor known for eccentricity and secrecy about his fortune, shot himself after years of fear that strangers would steal his wealth. He owned the Chubb block on Jefferson Street and was once a leading baker. his fortune exceeded $100,000. His younger brother preceded him in death by suicide.
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Burlington
John Chubb
Chubb
Jefferson Street
Hart McKee Allegations Described by Wife's Attorney
Paris March 7 Mrs A Hart McKee sues for divorce in Judge Dikes court. Her counsel Maitre Barboux described alleged iniquities, including tying a cord around her neck and dragging her, and walking about in pajama clothes with her blue silk dressing gown, then making advances to the maid in the kitchen.
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Paris
Mra. A
Adam
Quasi-Professor's Extreme Plan For Ex Presidents
Bloomington Ind March Dr Johnston head of the Latin dept at Indiana University stirred excitement with a statement that President Roosevelt after leaving office and all ex presidents should be shot unless the government provides pensions of 104000 a year. He told a Latin class and argued an ex president is so worn that only such funds would justify life and that swift death would be best.
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Bloomington
Ind
Johnston
Indiana University
Roosevelt
Illinois College At
Jacksonville
Claims brothers conspired to rob him in Des Moines
In Des Moines March 7, Lewis Trowbridge of Omaha filed suit in federal court seeking 150000 damages accusing his two brothers Shuman Trowbridge Des Moines and Harry Denver of circulating charges he was insane over corn which led to his wife's death. Dr T Clift Coe is alleged to have conveyed the charge to the sick wife and Lewis Gaylord of Fremont County Iowa is a fourth defendant.
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Des Moines
Lewis Trowbridge
Omaha
Shuman Trowbridge
Harry
Denver
T. Clift Coe
John Hay poem hero debated by ex governor
Davenport March 7 Former Governor Sim R Van Sant of Minnesota said John Hay wrote Jim Bludsoe years before the Warsaw burned and that engineer Over Fairehild fueled and owned the steamer Fashion killed near Warsaw in 1860. He cited J W Van Sant and Henry Whitmore as river veterans corroborating details.
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Davenport
Sim R. van Sant
Minnesota
Dakota
Minn
John Jones
la Crosse
Jim Blud
John Hay
Jim Bludsoe
Warsaw
van Sant
Henry Whitmore
J. W. van Sant
Jim Bludgoe
Whitmore
Jim
Bludsoe
Galena
Walter J. Blair
Davene Part
Hay
Bludsne
Fairehild
Snow
Prohibition Leader Swatlow Seriously Ill in Harrisburg
Rev Silas OC Swatlow prohibition candidate for the 1904 presidency is seriously ill at his Harrisburg home with typhoid pneumonia. The condition is serious but not improving, prompting concern among supporters and relatives.
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Prohibition
Harrisburg
Silas OC. Swatlow
United States
Tres to shoot an Iowa editor
Des Moines Iowa March 7 Jake Arnold was arrested for attempted murder after trying to shoot Editor Guy Mills of McCalla burg Mills had printed an item Arnold did not like Armed with a revolver he confronted Mills a crowd gathered and Arnold fired a shot at the editor though missing his target The incident is investigated as assault to commit manslaughter and details remain unclear
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Des Moines
Guy Mills
McCallaburg
Jake Arnold
Mills
Arnold
Arnold Peat
Lumber grove near Castana yields sizable Iowa profit
In Monona County a 38 year old cottonwood grove on the Ordway home farm west of Castana produced 176000 feet of lumber from two four acre blocks. Manufacturing cost about 1 per 1000 feet, finished lumber valued at 23 per 1000, profit around 14 per 1000 or about 2400 total. Net per acre nearly 600 over 38 years. All lumber to be used on the Ordway farm for a new residence and farm buildings.
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Iowa
Ordway
Castana
Cottowood
William Ordway
Spotted Fever Claims Three Young Lives In Harlan
Three deaths linked to spotted fever sparked a citywide fear in Harlan as schools closed and public burials halted. A 13 year old and a 19 year old died, along with a Bartlett family child aged 6. A revival was suspended and church fumigation ordered amid outbreak concerns. Great epidemic fears spread through the community.
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Harlan
George Billings
Charles Wirth
Bartlett
Stranger Attacks 11-Year-Old Girl Near Wer Road
In Town City Ta on March 5 a man seized and robbed an 11-year-old girl as she walked the Wer road. He dragged her into the woods, but she broke free and escaped uninjured with 60 cents taken. Police expanded patrols and hope to arrest the suspect before sundown.
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Town City
Anna
Holeman
Wer
Hydrophobia Kills Inoculated Rabbits Near Des Moines
Dr Henry Albert state bacteriologist reports hydrophobia death of rabbits inoculated from horses bitten by a dog near Des Moines This confirms fears raised by local residents A dog that bit a girl at Belle Plaine shows signs of rabies indicating potential outbreak concerns and ongoing monitoring by health authorities.
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Henry Albert
Des Moines
Three Iowa Towns In Line For Public Building Funds
Washington March senator Beott reports committee action on building the lois for public building appropriations. Ostumwa Dodge and Mare are named as towns next in line for funding. The action signals potential construction grants for public facilities in these Iowa communities.
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Iowa
Washington
Beott
Committee On
Billy Sunday era town goes wet in decisive vote
A garbled report indicates a local town shifts to a wet status amid a political sweep. Names and dates are unreadable, but the core event shows a change in temperance policy influenced by prominent figures.
Emigrants and Stogemen Robbed by Bluffs Gang
Council Bluffs March 4 Special officers of the Union Pacific led by Detective Wizzard and police say they have unearthed an organized graft gang of railroad employees preying on emigrants stock shippers and others at the transfer yards. Four men confessed after sweatbox questioning and many more are expected to be charged. The scheme involved bogus inspectors who delayed or halted loads then extorted payments to overlook violations or speed up transfers. One case saw a stockman paying $15 to avoid delays on cattle cars bound for South Omaha.
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Council Bluffs
Union Pacific
Wizzard
Focal Police Department
Knnefer
Wigzard
G. Wright
Great Western
South Omaha
Prominent Oskaloosa Politician Dies Suddenly
Oskaloosa reports the death of L. C. Blanchard, a prominent attorney and Republican figure, ex circuit judge and state senator, who died of heart failure within an hour. The notice notes his longtime public service and local prominence.
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Oskaloosa
L. C. Blanchard
State Senate
Rich Man Gets Six Leap Year Proposals
Edwardsville, March 4 Six bona fide proposals of marriage from as many society girls were made to C W Terry president of the State and Trust bank and general attorney for the McKinley railway system Known as a staid man he was perturbed by the written offers Following a whist club discussion a plan arising from Mrs Wheeler of Oregon prompted the effort Terry says he will capitulate in two weeks
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Edwardsville
C. W. Terry
State and Trust Bank
McKinley
Terry
Uloy
Wheeler
Oregon
Aggociated Press denied: five births report questioned
From Steubenville Ohio on March 4 the report claims Mia Gee Campbell gave birth to five children. The Aggoc ated Press is requested to deny the story absolutely.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Cee
Mia
Gee
Campbell
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