Will Investigate Board of Control and Education Bills
George Neal of Fort Madison arrived after a meeting with the governor and urged an immediate investigation of the prison and board of control and proposed replacing Chairman Dowan. The senate adopted house amendments to the board of education bill and sent it to the governor, while also approving laws on bawdy-house injunctions, teacher certificate renewals, and feeble-minded residents entering the state institution. The house advanced drainage law revisions and the senate stood by the state fair amphitheater funding.
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Joel Maines
George Neal
Fort Madison
Board of Control
Dowan
Senate
House
Board of Education
Des Moines Woman Granted Divorce and Ten Thousand Alimony
On her nineteenth wedding anniversary Mrs P. Cline was granted a divorce and alimony of $10,000 from her husband, a Madison county farmer, after a sensational divorce hearing in Des Moines Indiana.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Contractor Confesses Forgery Spree
Charles Grady a contractor aged 45 confessed to forging total of $4 000 after being arrested while attempting to pass a $450 check in Des Moines Iowa He said he spent the money seeking a cure for paralysis and illness
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Des Moines
Charles Grady
Grady
Strangers Hunt Stolen Treasure Near Shenandoah
Two men with searchlights were seen in a field near Shenandoah at 2 a.m. as police chased them. They were likely the remaining Imogene bank robbers seeking the $2,000 in stolen money, but the men escaped capture.
Decision limits governor power in removal cases
Des Moines reports Attorney General Byers rules that governors cannot remove officials with fixed term unless constitution or statute allows it. The ruling affects State Pharmacy Commissioner Keltz and states removal now requires a criminal charge and conviction. Governor Carroll sought guidance in this case yesterday.
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Des Moines
Byers
Carroll
Keltz
Pullman Hold Up On Denver Train Stolen About 400
Two highwaymen in masks robbed a Pullman car on the Denver Rio Grande line at West Denver early today. They took about 400 dollars from six passengers and a colored porter while waking other occupants and threatening violence. The car was detached and the robberies occurred after the engine was moved to the yard. William W. Wallace of Muscatine Iowa lost 142 dollars.
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Denver
Denver & Rio Grande
West Denver
Statter
Norning
Judge sentences Lanripsen for import and marriage elopement
In Creston Indiana on March 27 Judge Mc Pherson of the federal court sentenced Haim Lanripsen to 90 days in jail and a $1000 fine for importing Marie Jensen from Sweden for immoral purposes. The couple, married in Sweden and eloped, had Jensen ordered deported.
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Creston
McPherson
Federal Court
Haim Lanripsen
Marie Jensen
Sweden
Castro discusses revolution on departure from Paris
Former President Castro and his Venezuelan supporters left Paris for Bordeaux today. At the station he confided that he intends to reestablish power in Venezuela by a revolution if necessary.
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Paris
Castro
Bordeaux
Venegzuela
Elizabeth Green Granted Divorce After 20 Years
Davenport Iowa March 27 Elizabeth Green separated from her husband Thomas Green twenty years ago was granted a divorce today because he beat her two decades ago.
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Davenport
Elizabeth Green
Thomas Green
Tornado Hits How ard School House Kills Two Students
Reports say a tornado crossed from Oklahoma to How ard school house near Grandfield, killing two students and seriously injuring another as it swept across the area yesterday.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Oklahomia
Howard School House
Grandfield
Rescued Woman and Maniac Driver Die in Clinton Iowa Train Tragedy
In Clinton Iowa on March 26 a mother Mrs. Page and cab driver Ross Vickery were killed when a Chicago and Northwestern train struck a woman and her daughter at DeWitt. The daughter survived as a raving patient, under guard in county jail.
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Clinton
Loca
Etta Page-Gerhardt
DeWitt
Ross Vickery
Clinton County
A. G. Page
Gerhardt
Ida Sweet Dies After Train Meds In Charles City
Ida Myrtle Sweet 22 left Des Moines for Charles City after a skit factory job when a cough led to hysteria. She took pills prescribed by a Des Moines doctor on the train. Local doctors could not identify the pills and sedated her. she died Monday leaving a mother and two siblings, one in Farmington Wash.
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Charles City
Ida Myrtle Sweet
Des Moines
Burgham
Farmington
Wash
Cow Steps On Man Crushing Knee In Wet Boone Ground
Charles Smith of Boone was leading a cow on a wet day when his footing failed and the animal stepped on his left knee, crushing bones and bruising flesh. He was taken to a doctor and will be unable to walk for several weeks.
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Boone, la
Charles Smith
Whipple Bill Passes House For State Board Of Education
Des Moines March 26 The house passed the Whipple bill creating a state board of education for the three state educational institutions. The day also saw the senate defeat the Fitzpatrick bill requiring corporate annual reports and approve a $100,000 appropriation for the state fair grandstand. Senate actions included a $1,000 allotment to the state entomologist to combat the brown tail moth and indefinite postponement of the alleged objectionable advertisement bill.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Senate Committee On Public Health
Moon
Senate
House
Whipple
Board of Education
Warden Nabs Three in Prairie Chicken Case
Des Moines reports State Game Warden George A. Lincoln arrested three men in Spencer for trapping more than 100 prairie chickens and shipping them out of Iowa amid a five year closed season law. J. D. Carson faces trial. other suspects unnamed. Birds seized at Marion and Chicago shipments tied to the case.
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Des Moines
Senate
George A. Lincoln
Spencer
Iowa
J. D. Carson
Lincoln
Carson
Chicago
Marion
Burglars Break into Doon Post Office
Burglars gained entry to the Doon Iowa post office at dawn, took about 50 dollars in cash, left stamps untouched, and destroyed the safe with nitroglycerin after cutting a panel from the door.
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Doon
Purity Congress to Be Held in Burlington
Recording Secretary Mrs Wise announced that the National Purity Congress will convene in Burlington Iowa during the first week of October.
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Purity Congress
Burlington Des Moines
Wise
Burlington
Black Hand Bomb Outrage Shocks Chicago Home
A Black Hand letter led to a bomb exploding in the hallway of labor agent Joseph Macaluso’s Clark Street home in Chicago. The blast tore a floor hole, shattered windows, and threw Macaluso and his four family members from their beds.
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Chicago
Joseph Macaluso
Clark Street
Macaluso
Des Moines Plan Saves City by 200000
Des Moines March 26 The first year of Des Moines commissions government ends with a 20000 surplus over expenditures. The prior year under the old system showed a 180000 deficit. Advocates say the new plan saved the city over 200000 in the past year.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Commission
Treasury
Appropriations Apportioned For Iowa Institutions
Des Moines reports the 1.5 million dollars for extraordinary appropriations will be distributed with minimal friction. increases for state colleges and institutions, permanent improvements, new buildings at Oakdale Mount Pleasant Eldora and Glenwood, and land near the state prison and capitol. Militia funding rises, amphitheater and historical building work advance. epileptic colony land purchase not planned. Senate and house actions include new contracts rules and welfare measures.
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Des Moines
General Assembly
Oakdale
Mount Pleasant
Eldora
Glenwood
State Prison
State Capitol
House
Senate
Iowa
House of Representatives
One Imogene bank robber caught in Des Moines
Des Moines March 24. The bank robber caught near Imogene Saturday night was taken to Sidney from Shenandoah this morning. A roll of bills totaling 1500 dollars was found in a hedge where the robber dropped them before capture. The other two robbers remain at large.
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Des Moines
Imogene
Sidney
Shenandoah
Bank Robbery Suspects Arrested Near White Cloud
Shenandoah Iowa March 24 Two men suspected in the robbery of the First National bank of Imogene of 5000 were arrested yesterday afternoon near White Cloud and will be brought here today. They refuse to give their names. No valuables found. Three men are now under arrest, a third taken Saturday evening after a running fight with officers with a fusillade of shots exchanged.
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Shenandoah
Ila
First National Bank
White Cloud
Editor McCabe Spurs Road Improvements in Harrison County
Logar Iowa March 24. J C McCabe editor and publisher of the Logan Observer and a pioneer road advocate has spurred public road work in Harrison county. county warrants show road fund expenditures rising from 3501.51 to 19924.99 through 1908. Missouri bottom land owners praise roads personally supervised by McCabe. Despite severe winter, the contrast between skilled and unskilled road construction is clear and editorials have stirred public demand for better roads.
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Logar
J. C. McCabe
Logan Observer
Iowa
Harrison County
Missouri
McCabe
Mississippi ice goes out late
Tee in the Mississippi river went out at this point late Sunday afternoon. The average date for the breaking up of the tree here is March 16. It is a singular thing that nearly every case of lockjaw on which I have held inquests came from Essex.
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Dubuque
Mississippi River
Essex
London Hospital
Governor Curry of New Mexico resigns
Santa Fe N M March 24 Governor George Curry telegraphed President Taft his resignation as governor of New Mexico.
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Curry
New Mexico
Santa Fe
N. M
George Curry
Taft
Appointment of Actuary in State Department
Springfield reports John A. McKerr an actuary and insurance examiner for the state is appointed actuary in a department by the Superintendent. The date and some wording appear garbled but indicate a formal appointment in the Illinois state insurance system.
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Springfield
Ill
John A. McKerr
State of Laws
Iowa Legislature Backs Minor Bills as Big Ones Held Back
In Des Moines on March 22 the Iowa Senate and House pass a small set of state wide measures while major items stay blocked. Notable actions include hospital funding tax methods and a law change on kennel and road district rules. A clash over gambling law and church raffles also advances. Governor seeks removal of Pharmacy Commissioner Keltz amid a travel voucher dispute.
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Des Moines
Senate
House
Carroll
Fitchpatrick
Iowa
State House
Feely
Iowa City
Cedar Falls
O’connor
Stillman, Hackler
Sheet and Kellogg
B. F. Keltz
Keltz
Davenport
Byers
Sioux County farmer hanged self in barn
Peter Van Gelderen a farmer living near Orange City Iowa hanged himself from the barn rafters Thursday evening and was found dead. The motive for the act is not known.
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Sioux County
Orange City
Peter van Gelderen
Fort Dodge to Get New Daily The Fort Dodge Republican
C. D. Hellen will manage a new daily newspaper in Fort Dodge Iowa with a $60 000 capital starting the first of the month Robert Healy is reported as an investor The paper will be named the Fort Dodge Republican
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Hellen
Fort Dodge
C. D
Robert Healy
Joggy the Musical Mouse Gains Fame in Des Moines
In Des Moines a gray mouse trapped in L. A. Cumming’s studio under the city library sang opening bars of famous arias. The mouse’s singing, heard as a half hum and half whistle, saved it from drowning and drew attention to his unlikely talent.
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Des Moines
L. A
Robbers Loot Bank at Imogene and Escape with 5000
The First National Bank at Imogene Indiana was robbed at 3 am. robbers stole 5000 and fled likely toward Omaha. Bloodhounds pursued, but townspeople were unaware of the raid until workers found the wrecked bank.
State not liable for Jones reward in Muscatine case
Des Moines March 22. Iowa Attorney General Byers ruled that because Harry Jones hanged himself, preventing conviction for the Muscatine murder, the state cannot be held responsible for the reward.
British Women Patent Seekers Expand to Flight and Rail
British women have filed patents for inventions spanning flying machines, railroad cars, and wireless telegraphy, showing broad inventive focus beyond traditional fields. The move highlights growing female participation in early aviation and transportation technology.
IowA Rubes Play A Mean Trick On Hens
New York dealer Paul Mandeville sued H Koch of Newark for 322 dollars in a circuit court in New York yesterday over a car of eggs. The defense claimed Iowa eggs were ordered but Missouri eggs shipped. The jury ruled for the defendant. Testimony included humorous expert observations on differences between eggs from Iowa and Missouri and how hens’ lighting alters egg size. The judge questioned the reliability of the hens’ differences and discussed factors like temperature and shipping.
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New York
Paul Mandeville
Chicago
H. Koch
Heisley
Missouri
Stanley McCormick named hopelessly insane heir to vast Harvester fortune
Chicago reports Stanley McCormick youngest son of the Harvester inventor is hopelessly insane and restrained in Santa Barbara California. He is a Princeton graduate and former polo star with an estate valued at about 12 million dollars. He helped found the International Harvester company and is married to Katherine Wirt Dexter of Boston. The couple split time between Boston and a New Mexico ranch.
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Chicago
Stanley McCormick
Santa Barbara
Cal
Princeton
Orientala Club
Harold
Harvester Works
International Harvester Company
Cyrus H
Katherine Wirt Dexter
Boston
Wirt Dexter
Miss Dexter
Italy
Lucerne
Switzerland
America
New Mexico
Wealth Hidden in Poor Miner’s Clothes Revealed
Danville Illinois March 26 Daniel Sheridan a coal miner who died recently in poverty was actually wealthy with estates over 500000. Nurses discovery of 200 acre farm near Worthington Indiana and 10 acre farm near Cissna Park Illinois valued at 175 an acre uncovered millions in relatives and a brother George dead three years ago worth 2200000.
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Danville
Daniel Sheridan
Lakeview Hospital
Sheridan
Worthington
Ind
Cissna Park
Ill
George
Central
Ilinois
Mrs. Corey Plans School of Dramatic Art for Poor Talent
Mrs. William Killis Corey wife of the steel trust president announced before a failed effort to found a city school of dramatic art. The project aims to foster artistic talent among poor children of both sexes and will be endowed by a large sum with the entrepreneur directing inception and development. No building chosen yet as they plan to confer after returning from Paris next autumn.
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New York
William Killis Corey
The
Steel Trust
Mabelle Gilman
Chatueaun
Paris
Tornado in Texas Leaves Fatalities and Injuries in Laredo
A tornado struck Laredo Texas on March 26 killing one person and injuring four others. The storm damaged property estimated at 76000 dollars and destroyed all wire communications north of the city.
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Laredo
Tex
Bethlehem Firms Cut Furnace Workers' Wages
Bethlehem Pennsylvania March 26 reports companies operating furnaces in the Lehigh valley will cut furnace men wages by 10 percent. The reduction affects between 2000 and 4000 workers.
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Bethlehem
Lehigh Valley
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