Will Report on Insane Asylums and Tuberculosis Dangers
Des Moines Aug. 27 The Iowa board of control nears completion of its inspection of county insane asylums and will issue rules in September. Reforms will curb basements for patients separation of sexes and stricter staffing. The state health board warns of tuberculosis dangers and cow milk contamination. The Graded System for convicts will be adopted at Fort Madison in October following Anamosa results. Revision of the constitution to be voted later. reasons cited by Maj. Fleming. Immense Iowa corn crop anticipated with no frost before Sept 1. youth Earl Ragsdale in China service and Dr. Howard Seager appointed for Army China duty.
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Des Moines
Board of Control
Downie
County Board of Supervisors
State Board of Health
Iowa
State Board of Health of
Boards of Health
Anamosa Penitentiary
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Fort Madson Penitentiary
Anamosa
Gov
Shaw
Sioux City
Royce
Cini Cinemasosmnn
Maj. W. H. Fleming
John R. Sage
Towa Weather and Crop Service
Howard W. Seager
Philippines
China
Seager
Fort Cook
F. W. Bicknell
Grand Army of the Republic Veterans Welcome in Chicago
Chicago welcomed the Grand Army of the Republic for its thirty fourth encampment with special services across churches and a grand Coliseum program. President McKinley declined attendance, sending a telegram of regret. About 90,000 arrivals with 18,000 veterans filled lodgings and 21,000 found free shelter in schools as Duke d Arcos and other dignitaries attended the dedication and ceremonies.
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Chicago
Grand Army of the Republic
Union
McKinley
Albert D. Shaw
Republic
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
MacArthur
Chaffee
China
William M’kinley
Shaw
Grand Army
Washington
Court of Honor
Avenue of Fame
Jackson Boulevard
Twelfth Street
Michigan Avenue
d’Arcos
Juan Riano Y Gayangos
Legation
John C. Black
Hobart C. Chatfield-Taylor
Coliseum
Daniel E. Sickles
Duke d’Arcos
Clara Barton
Red Goss Society
J. J. Tobias
Bureau of Information
J. A. McCartney
Lodging House Committee
Umbrella Burst Into Flames In Burlington Street Scene
A farmer riding a flour load on Jefferson street faced a startling spectacle as an umbrella overheated by the sun suddenly burst into flames. Dozens of onlookers witnessed the fiery incident during the three week heat wave in Burlington.
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Burlington
Jefferson Street
Red Cross to Begin Indian Famine Relief Work
The American National Red Cross announces immediate famine relief efforts for India under powers granted by the last congress. Headquarters for this relief branch are opened in New York.
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New York
American National Red Cross
India
Hospital to treat Nagasaki wounded at Presidio
The large government protected base hospital at Nagasaki Japan has been abandoned. Wounded and sick from China who would have gone there will be brought directly to San Francisco and treated in the general hospital at the Presidio.
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San Francisco
Nagasaki
Japan
China
Presidio
Ice and hail sweep Larved Kansas with heavy damage
Hail stones as large as walnuts fell for half an hour in Larved Kansas on August 27 damning fruit and foliage, killing many birds and small animals as the ground froze over in a sheet of ice.
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Larved
Kan
Dewey Birthplace Shrine in Admiral Dewey’s Home
The home where George Dewey was born on December 26, 1887, remained with the Dewey family until after his father’s death. Captain Edward Dewey then sold it to T. R. Gordon in 1889, who moved it to its current site in February 1890 and has lived there since. Gordon and wife host visitors to the shrine and praise Peruna for his wife’s catarrh relief after years of illness.
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George Dewey
Dewey
Edward Dewey
T. R. Gordon
Gordon
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus, C
Benne Plant Medicine for Children's Summer Health
An advertisement touts Extract of Benne Plant as a family remedy for summer bowel trouble. It claims safety for children and urges parents to keep a bottle in the home and obtain it from J. and C. Maguire Medicine Co. of St. Louis, Missouri.
Nebraska land of plenty offers cheap excursions to see farming
A railroad promoter urges workers renting farms to visit Nebraska through cheap rail excursions on the Chicago and North Western route. He touts Nebraska’s grain fruit cattle and hog profits with easy land terms and abundant churches and schools, inviting information on The Corn Belt and The West Nebraska Grazing Country.
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Nebraska
Corn Belt
West Nebraska
P. S. Eustis
Chicago, Ill
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ST. Mary’s Academy
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Sisters of the Holy Cross
Conservatory of Music
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Mary's Academy
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Camden, K. J
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Fithlan
Newtor, Ill
Sterling Remedy Company
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