Inebriate Hospital Overfull Forces Admission Freeze
Des Moines reports the state asylum for inebriates is overfull and orders limit admissions. Men are to be graduated before new entries, while women remain sent to Mount Pleasant. Knoxville facility to close until space frees up. district judges to halt new commitments. Clerks will file applications and await notice from the superintendent.
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Des Moines
Board of Control
Mount Pleasant
Knoxville
Willhite
We Board of Control
Eleras
Jourth
Murdered Des Moines River body found in Iowa town
Indianola reports the body pulled from the Des Moines River believed to be George Baker. J C Baker identifies the victim as his son after a December disappearance from Indianola. Des Moines Bridge death theory dismissed. family suspects murder after a Des Moines river dumping.
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Indianola
J C Baker
Knoxville
George
Forshear
Harvey
Sity
Des Moines
George Baker
Des Moines Union Bridge
Pleasantville
Baker
Judgment Won But Collecting Hindered by Boy’s Limited Assets
Miss Maggie Hansen of Council Bluffs won a $1,500 damages verdict against a year-old boy for an assault by Harry Searle Jr. The court freed the parents from liability, saying they could not have prevented it. The boy’s savings bank holds only a few pennies, making collection doubtful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Hansen
Vernon Clark Held on Murder Attempt Charge in Denison
Vernon Clark, once courting Minnie Thompson, a telephone girl, was arrested for an attempted murder in Denison. A shot at Thompson missed and struck a door. jealousy is cited as the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Web
Vernon Clark
Minnie Thompson
Suitor asks for daughter's hand in old New York tale
A terse exchange unfolds as Sulter asks to wed the daughter. Wather responds with a sharp test of culture asking whether he can play bridge in the style saber is used to. The scene hints at social ritual and family honor in a New York setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saber
New York
Primary Bill Defeated In Iowa Senate Vote 29 to 21
Des Moines Feb 28 The state wide primary bill was defeated in the Iowa Senate by a 29 to 21 vote. Senator Crossley vowed to offer a similar measure in 1907. Democrats largely opposed the bill with only Stirton and Lyons voting for standpat against it. Debate stretched all day as the roll call listed 21 Yeas and 23 Nays with detailed names of lawmakers.
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Des Moines
Thia
Crossley
Stirton
Lyons
Standall
Senate
House
Hayward
Yeas—Brues
Dowell
Eckl Ss
Ericson
Garst
Hopkins
Hughes
Kimmel
Kinne
Lewis
Maytag
Smith
Mitchell
Turner
Warren
Wilson
Fayette
Winne
Young
Calhoun
Washington
Nays
Bleakly
Brooks
Courtright
Crawford
Dunham
Blerick
Gale
Gil- Hilland
Harper
Hartshorn
Hasselquist
Hogue
Jackson
Jamison
Jones
Lambert
Molsharry
Newberry
Saunders
Spaulding
Stookey
Stuckslager
Taylor
Wade
Whipple
Clinton
Lee
Stanhope Fire Seen as Incendiary, Wipes Block
Webster City, March 4. Stanhope town suffered a major blaze at 4 am destroying seven buildings on the west side of the business street from Hanson to the block’s end. Loss around 15000 with only about 3000 insured. Fire began in the Hanson building housing Stanhope Mail post office and Berggren restaurant. Incendiary origin suspected as town remains terror stricken after a prior silo fire. Post office and several stock stocked fixtures were destroyed. Water works are absent.
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Webster City
Stanhope
Hoye Brothers & Mathie
Hanson
Martin Telephone
A. H. Berggren
Stanhope Mall
Stanhope Drug Company
Willams Harness
Temple - Hardware
Berggren
G. D. Dick Furniture and Undertaking
Thorsen Drug
Hendrickson Not Guilty by Insanity Verdict
Bedford jury acquits James Hendrickson on insanity grounds after a one week trial in the State vs Hendrickson. The defense contends he was justified for killing James Westside who disrupted his home and wife. Veterans of the civil war express satisfaction.
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Bedford
James Hendrickson
Hendrickson
James Westside
Fatally Hurt By Dynamite In Mason City
N G Thorne, worker at Mason City clay works, was fatally injured by a premature dynamite blast. While wiring for a discharge, he stepped away ten feet and was buried under debris. His spine ribs and face were severely damaged. doctors believe he cannot live. The incident occurred March 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
N. G. Thorne
Great Northern Acquires Union Terminal Property in Sioux City
The Union Terminal Railway company assets including depots and trackage in Sioux City were sold to the Great Northern railway for about $1,250,000. The purchase grants strategic access to Sioux City, as reported March 2. A Philadelphia Ledger editor note about inclosing stamps and poetry is mentioned in passing.
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Sioux City
Union Terminal Railway Company
Great Northern Railway
Great Northern
Funeral of former Speaker Henders on held in Dubuque
The funeral of former Speaker David Z. Henderson was held in Dubuque after a state of mourning. The funeral included a guard of honor by the Dubuque militia, six wagonloads of flowers, a riderless horse, and services at Linwood Cemetery with Knights Templar and G. A. R. involvement. Iowa officials attended, and a military volley and taps marked the grave. Judge William J. Haddock, longtime secretary of the University of Iowa board of regents, died in Iowa City from paralysis.
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Dubuque
David Z. Henderson
Ovary Church
John CG. Sage
George D. Perkins
Slanx City
Congress
Linwood
Knights Templar
G A. R
Iowa General Assembly
Herriott
Clarke
William J. Haddock
Iowa City
Board of Regents
State University of Iowa
TWO BABIES BURN TO DEATH IN OWA TOWN
Hampton, March 3. Strapped to a chair and placed near a cook stove, the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. George Ahrens burned to death while the mother was away. The five year old sister attempted a rescue, her clothing caught fire, and she was severely burned, dying a few hours later.
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Hampton
George Ahrens
Five Years For Rutledge In Brother In Law Killing
Centerville March 5 a crowded courtroom heard Judge Pichelberger sentence Monier Rutledge to five years in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison for manslaughter in the killing of OL Street. The jury had returned a verdict last Tuesday after a twenty day trial. The defense motion for a new trial was overruled after argument. Rutledge gave a brief reply when asked why sentence should not be passed. the case is likely to be appealed to the state supreme court.
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Oskaloosa
A. G. Knowles
Emma McFadden
Knowles
Martin J. Murphy
Mmnors
Fort Dodge
Jack Murphy
Sellars
Marshalltown
Murphy
Manson
Clinton
Wyckoff
Webster City
Genezeo
Hillyard of
Dows
Hoane
Clarion
Amber Fern Prowse
Wobu Prowse
Manchester
Hardin County
Dakotas
Radclife
Highmore
Adtieu
J. H. Shriner
Aldon
Council Bluffs
Christne Merkert
Peter Merkert
Minden
Merkert
Rock Island
Carnsforth
Martin
Brooklyn
Poweshisk
Will Rayburn
George Nagel
Grinnell
Chet Bryan
Express
Henry Hawkins
Montezuma
Des Motes
United States
James Batley
Knoxville
Scott
District Court
Mason Olly Ag
J. W. Boggess
Younglove Boggess
Boggess
Dewey
Omaha
New Bridge
Harvey
G. Haker
Melton
Des Moines
Indianola
J. L. Miller
Walter Fieldings
Buxton
Eling Thomas
United Mines Workers
Cricket
Fielding
Dodge Township
Ing
Centerville
Pichelberger
Monier Rutledge
OL Street
Rutledge
Eichelberger
Fort Madison
Supreme Court
Sunday Sunday Baseball Sheds Light On Senate Prohibition Bill
Des Moines March 1 The senate passed Garst bill banning Sunday theatrical or athletic exhibitions with admission charges. Vote 20 to 3 with three nay votes and many absences. If enacted it could strain Iowa league baseball. Also reports Supreme Court ruling forcing witnesses to answer in Standard Oil hearing in St Louis. Bourdispositions remind weeds lack sweet perfume.
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Des Moines
Senate
Crawford
Gale
Wilson
Elerick
Illiiland
Hayward
Hogue
Uopkins
Jackson
Jamison
Jones
Landbert
Maytag
Newberry
Smith
Des
Tornado Ravages Tahiti and Tuamotu Islands
A destructive tornado swept the Society and Tuamotu islands on Feb 7 and 8, inundating Papette and destroying seventy five buildings including the American consulate and a French government building. Estimated damages reach $1,000,000 in Tahiti with heavy losses feared in lagoons. Shipments in Papette harbor escaped damage, while vessels near Tuamotu faced danger. One fatality reported, the quarantine station guardian in Papette. A schooner submerged near Anna, Tuamotu, while another rode out the storm in Makemo lagoon.
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Tuamotu Islands
Tuamotu
Papette
Papettae
Anna
Philip Micheali
Belief the czar fled widespread in Siberia reports
From St. Petersburg March 3 Arthur Leiner of New York returns from Irkutsk with a striking claim that in much of Siberia czarist rule was abolished and a republic believed to be established in St. Petersburg. He notes towns along the railway accepted the republican regime as telegraph and rail lines failed in December and only later did news reach distant districts.
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St. Petersburg
Siberia
Arthur Leiner
New York
Irkutsk
Tobolsk
Kainsk
Kransnoyars
Fearful loss after Baltic ice breakup near Finland
Helsingfors reports fear that 809 fishermen and their families aboard the jeg in the gulf of Finland are doomed after ice parted and storm drove them into the Baltic. Earlier a party of about 1000 with horses fared similarly, and a 200-person block drifted ashore at Fredericksham. others’ fate remains unknown.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Gulf of Finland
Baltic Sea
Fredericksham
Mutiny On Russian Navy Ends With Death Sentences
OdessaMarch4Lieutenant Schmidt who led the Sebastopol mutiny last June was sentenced to hang three other mutineers were to be shot and twentyseven to prison twenty of the accused were acquitted The condemned men appealed to the court of cassation with executions set for March8 Dora Cholly proposition noted and Town Topics line inserted
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Odessa
Russia
Schmidt
Sebastopol
Court of Cassaon
Rockefeller offer for TB hospital to aid poor children
John D Rockefeller offers 125000 dollars for a seaside tuberculosis hospital for children, announced by R Fulton Cutting president of the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor. The gift hinges on matching funds by June 80, 1906 and enduring maintenance.
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John D. Rockefeller
New York
John D Rockefeller
R. Fulton Cutting
New York Association
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Davenport
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Peter Mesmer
Sunnyside Avenue
H. White
Audubon
Hillis
Ellis
Tabor College
Boston
Andrew Carnegie
Uni
Pacific Coast
Peoria
Rockford
Philadelpia Ledger
Owa Town
Rogers
Jefferson City
St. Louis
H. H. Rogers
Jolands
Papatte
Tahiti
Gzar
Dora—“Cholly
Nora
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