Many Iowa News Bits From Musca to Council Bluffs
A chaotic Iowa roundup recounts typhoid traced to infected milk in Musca. divorce trial ends in annulment and release of an 11 year old child wife. A boy driver Hink dies after a wagon incident near Arthur. a Milan man commits suicide amid financial woes. A Davenport investigation into a bank cashiers loans follows a $10,000 bond demand. Saloon keepers drown at Lake Manawa during a duck-hunting outing. Waterloo brewery petition signers miscount reveals required names. council halts adjournment after a tense session. Rural wage increases. a man near Bivouac struck by a train, his body badly torn. Descriptions mix accidents, crimes, and local politics in a bustling Iowa day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musca
Gertie Trusty
Washington
Scott
Frank Hink
Arthur
Hink
Seriou
Anton Suffolk
Fermour
Milan
Seymour
Bis
South Main Street
Connell Bluds
Martin Lowing
North Hayne Avenue
Chicago
Lake Manawa
John Pinnell
William Haskell
Smiley Baxter
W. R. French
Claus Junge
Ph. J. Marin
Ildacoun
Logan
Garfield
Battle
Lave
John Fiitchroft
Bivucos
Murderer Cackley’s 1868 case ends in Fort Madison
A crowd gathered for a district court verdict as Charles Cackley, once a fugitive from justice, pleaded guilty to the murder of Reuben Fenstemaker in Farmington in 1868 and received a ten year sentence. He had earlier escaped, married, and lived freely until his capture brought him for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olmwood
Waterloo
Lucinda Greek
Onawa
Joe Moore
Qonawa
Monona County
Fort Dodge
Cardiff
Jand
Charles Cackley
Keosauqua
Reuben Fenstemaker
Farmington
Eichelberger
Fort Madison
Cackley
Missouri
Washington County
Altorneys Bailey
Morrison
Gertia
Refore
Petiton
Scott
Leeper
Lebanon
Nas
State Fair Grounds
Iowa State Agricultural Society
Horticultural Hall
Thomas Norton
Columbus Junction
Brooklyn
Virginia
Eur
W. T. Wood
McVey
Iowa
Duncan
Wood
Iowa Supreme Court
State of Iowa
Joseph Raphael
Charles Raphael
Black Hawk
Blair
W. Brown
Brown
Raphael Boys
Raphaels
Nebraska
Iowa Legislature Debates and Bills Across Sessions
Des Moines reports show the legislature passing a state board of regents plan for educational institutions, rejecting a measure to kill the bill, and House actions including woman suffrage debate, river and railroad provisions, and pardons. Senate actions cover taxation, drainage, insurance, and infrastructure with multiple bills approved or amended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Board of Regents
Iowa
Senate
House
Majority Committee
Crossley
Frank Hall
State Historical Society
Fish and Game Commission
Hoch
Fountain
Board of Educational Central
Anamosa Penitentiary
Frank Hatl
Secretary of State
National Guard
Board of Control
Davenport
Fes
Committee On Judiciary
Sarah Kuhn
Courtright
Jake Bed
Robinson
Emmet
Dolly
Charley
Polly
Wall Street
Sandy
Congress Aids Post Office Reform and Grading Rural Carriers
In Washington the Senate debated post office funding and approved amendments raising letter weight to four ounces and enlarging rural delivery staff. The House passed seventeen DC related bills, including a Carnegie Institute incorporation. Subsequent days covered debates on pure food oversight, coastwise laws to the Philippines, and pensions, with notable floor clashes over executive orders and judiciary investigations. The miscellany ends with a Syracuse anecdote about Patti, a piano teacher to a young American girl, and her humorous class questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Renata
Morgan
House
Boesches
DeArmond
Missouri
Grosvenor
Hepburn
Secretary of Agriculture
Quarles
District of Columbia
Carnegie Institute
Hanna
Messrs
Foraker Beatt
Cockrell
Platt
Connecticut
Cullom
Blackburn
Hiking
Fairbanks
Daniel Perkins
Depew
Beveridge
Dolliver
Swayne
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Philippines
Postoffice Department
Culbertson
George W. Beavers
Post Office Department
Lodge
Portland
Ore
Birdsall
Iown
Spooner
Post Office
Des Moines City Auditor Acts to Ban Council Member Purchases
City Auditor John Lucas notifies new Des Moines council members that no goods or contracts may be sold to any alderman directly or indirectly. He will enforce the law strictly, halting patronage and preventing payments on these bills. The move aims to curb aldermanic influence and curb favored contracting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John Lucas
Lucas
Roy
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pligiai
the News
L. D. Robinson
California
THE
Legislature
Young
Capitol
OQ Commission
Educational Board of Control
General Assembly
Iowa National Guard
Hartshorn
State House
Railroad Commissionura
Lee
Commission
Senator Young
Garst
Kendall
Representative Temple
Abe
W. Bourke Cochan
New York
Dalzell
Gregvanor
Gibson
Caldernead
Lacey
Adea
Syracuse
Adeling Patti
Board of Supervisors
District Court
Brendel
Grand Jury
Board of Supervie Ors
Themeelvan &S
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!