Ames seeks 679000 for biennial education fund
Des Moines reports Ames requests total biennial funding of 679000 for educational departments and facilities at the state college, with 391009 for special purposes and 189000 annual support. The package covers agronomy, engineering, extension work, laboratories, and construction, while central heating cuts are noted.
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Des Moines
Maytag
State University
State College
Ames
House
Clinton
Ida
Kendeal
Corrie
Buchanan County
State Board of Health
Senate
Whipple
State Board of Education
Balkema
Senate Appropriations Committee
Supreme Court
Madison County
Tax Revision Hearing on Mortgage Exemption in Des Moines
Des Moines lawmakers held the largest hearing on the proposed tax revision measures including mortgage tax exemptions and an added filing fee. Senator Hunter and Representative Ward explained the bill to delegations from Sioux City Davenport Dubuque and other areas with ex Senator McCoy opposing. The session covered tax dodging double taxation interest on money and related issues with more hearings likely.
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Des Moines
Hunter
Ward
Sioux City
Davenport
Dubuque
McCoy
Insane Passenger Stabs Three on Chicago Great Western Train
An Austrian miner Martin Oleman on a Chicago Great Western train near Bondurant attacked three men in the smoking car. William M. Davis and Guy Richards farmers from Butler County and Conductor R Gann were stabbed with Davis in critical condition. Victims slowly recover. Will Dawson of Butler County to leave Mercy hospital soon. Oberman is described as desperate and dangerous. Also report: Cascaden foundry in Waterloo burned for about $16 000.
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Des Moines
Martin Oleman
Bondurant
William M. Davis
Guy Richards
Butler County
R. Gann
Davis
Maniac Oberman
Chicago Great Western
Will Dawson
Board of Supervisors
Mercy Hospital
Dawson
Hd Dawson
State Railroad Commissioners
George Dawson
Waterloo
Illinois Central
Oberman
Cascaden
Farmer Murdered Near Portsmouth in Robbery
Portsmouth Iowa February 13. W J Breger a wealthy farmer aged 60 was murdered and robbed near his home on the town outskirts. His skull was crushed with a blunt instrument and his wife survives. Unknown persons are unidentified.
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Portsmouth
W. .J. Breger
Northwest Iowa Racing Circuit Dates Set With Nine Weeks
The Northwest Iowa fair and racing associations formed a nine week circuit starting late July in Rockwell City and ending in Sioux City late September. Races include trotting and pacing classes with at least 200 dollar purses and a potential two extra events. Officials A La Denio and J P Mullen announced the plan after linking with the Minnesota and South Dakota circuit in a 15 week continuous schedule.
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Northwest Iowa
Cherokee
Rockwell City
Sioux City
Fonda
Sac City
Alta
Sheldon
Rock Rapids
Sutherland
Onawa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Dakota
A. la Denio
J P. Mullen
Child Killed by Falling Tree in Iowa Town
In Rudd near Charles City Iowa a one year old son of Mr and Mrs August Lafke was killed when a tree fell while his father and a hired man were cutting trees The child ran toward the falling tree and was crushed under it dying about a half hour after rescue.
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Charles City
Rudd
August Lafke
Woman Dies After Poisoning Incident Near Eildon Ia
Mrs L A Myers of Eildon Iowa died after taking poison while visiting her father. The death occurred on the road near her father's home after leaving a dentist appointment. A family dog led to the body as it whined and barked until the father followed. No motive is known.
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Ainsworth
L. A. Myers
Eildon
Mad dog scare tightens Burlington streets
A mad dog ran through the business district at noon injuring three people who were bitten but not seriously. Police cornered the animal in a livery barn and shot it. Mayor orders all dogs locked up citywide.
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Burlington
May Work at Night on Panama Canal
Panama city reports plan to finish the canal sooner by night work under electric lights. Dr. Gorgas and team test mosquito control to allow extended night shifts building cement locks before Taft’s presidency ends.
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Panama Canal
Panama
Mr. Taft
Blanche Walsh Likely Ends Stage Season Due to Illness
Kansas City February 13 Blanche Walsh the noted actress remains confined in the University Hospital with stomach trouble. Physicians report her condition still alarming making a return to the stage this season unlikely.
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Kansas City
Blanche Walsh
University Hospital
Miss Walsh
Windsor town defines drunk by any amount of alcohol
Mattoon Illinois February 13 Windsor council in a town of 1400 population ten miles west of here passed an ordinance that designates a man as drunk when he can be proved to have had one glass or one bottle of intoxicants The ordinance arises after a case where a man proved to a jury he was not drunk because he did not stagger
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Mattoon
Ill
Council of
Windsor
Here
Three Lives Lost in Chicago Warehouse Fire
In Chicago on February 13 two bodies were recovered from the wreckage of the Wabash railroad warehouse after a blaze that caused about $600,000 in damage. A third body is believed trapped in debris. one recovered man was identified as watchman Thomas Malone who died attempting to reach the fire alarm box.
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Chicago
Thomas Malone
Malone
Mystery Surrounds Murder of Woman in Ottumwa
Reported murder of a woman in Ottumwa sparks a broad search for clues. All suspects released as investigators pursue a lead. the victim, who was to wed Sanford Carlson of Wyoming, had planned marriage this week.
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Ottumwa
Sanford Carlson
Wyoming
Legislature Echoes in Des Moines Debates and Court Rulings
Des Moines lawmakers consider bills on county road fund use in cities and raising industrial school entry age to 18. Senate backs caution on workers with dangerous machinery while the Supreme Court reverses prior liquor shipment rulings. A Bruce bill to probe state board control garners attention but seems unlikely to pass.
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State House
Des Moines
Ritter
Brandes
Inman
Miller
State Board of Health
Dabney
Kendall
Senate
Charles Miller
Bremer
State Board
Bulletin
House
Allen
van Buren
Lee County
Supreme Court
Washington County
Iowa
28Th General Assembly
South Dakota
Federal Supreme Court
Bruce
State Board of Control
General Assembly
Carroll
Clarke
Feeley
Senate Committee On Elections
Peterson
Wright
The
Tribune
McCollum
Dobbins Indicted in Princeton Missouri Fake Horse Race
John R. Dobbins, tied to a gang of confidence men, is indicted for larceny of 30000 dollars from T W Ballew of Princeton Missouri via a October 12 1908 fake horse race. Detectives pursued the swindlers as two gang members were arrested in Denver and another fled to Chicago. Dobbins reportedly held in New York with a Des Moines requisition. The gang operated openly in a prominent business block using an automobile with no concealment.
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Council Bluffs
John R. Dobbins
District Court
Grand
T. W. Ballew
Princeton
Ballew
Denver
Jones
West
Chicago
Dobbins
New York City
Des Moines
New York
Iowa Legislature Advances Parcels Post and State Bills
State House reports progress on parcels post support with a concurrent resolution by Representative Fenn of Clarke county. The Senate and House consider bills on juror pay, bailiffs, sheriff mileage, clerical approvals, and multiple legalizing acts. Several measures address tax, road, veterans, and county authority with debates and committee actions across both chambers.
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State House
Dee Moines
Congress
Fenn
Clarke County
Iowa
Senate
House
Polk County
Peterson F
Bruce
Board of Control
Ronwell
Oil Well Likely To Become Volcano In Mexico
Dos Bocas oil well, famous for months of flames and smoke, has turned into a geyser with fears it may become an active volcano. Evidence includes a great volume of boiling water and a large eruption of volcanic stone reaching up to a thousand gallons daily.
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Mexico City
Dos Bocas
Triplets Celebrate 51st Birthday in Clinton
In Clinton Iowa on February 12 the state’s oldest triplets Ida Golden Ada Cady and Clinton Burlingame marked their 51st birthday anniversary at the Golden home on Barker avenue. Forty relatives attended as their aged mother, who celebrated her 80th birthday on Christmas Day, joined the trio. The Clinton triplets are the oldest in Iowa and the third oldest in the United States.
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Clinton
Iowa
Ida Golden
Ada Cady
Clinton Burlingame
Fulton
Golden
Barker Avenue
Highland Park Citizen Shot in Des Moines Shop
William Eddy a prominent Highland Park resident was shot dead by an unknown assailant. His body lay in a blacksmith shop where the killer concealed the corpse overnight.
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Des Moines
William Eddy
Highland Park
Short weight peas seized by officers
Davenport Ia February 12 900 cases of canned peas valued at 1500 seized for violation of the national pure food and drug law in interstate shipment. The peas were owned by Smith Bros Burdick Co and produced by Wisconsin Canneries Co Manitowoc Wis. The action cites mislabeling showing 24 cans two pounds each but weighing 24 ounces per can eight ounces short per can.
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Davenport
A. Brown
Des Moines
Department of Agriculture
Smith Bros. & Burdick Company
Wisconsin Canneries Company
Manitowoc
Wis
Two Oklahoma Senators Found Asphyxiated in Guthrie
Guthrie Oklahoma February 12 State Senator G O Johnson from Fort Cobb was found dead and Senator P J Yeager from Tulsa was near death at the home of Mrs Mary Thompson where they roomed Yeager gave a partial statement saying he woke in the night lit the gas then went back to bed Officials suspect the jet was left open and gas filled the room
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Guthrie
Okla
G. O. Johnson
Fort Cobb
P. J. Yeager
Tulsa
Mary Thompson
Yeager
Midland Theater to Be Rebuilt If Insurance Plan Fails
In Fort Dodge Iowa John Schaupp a local capitalist pledges a $60000 theater project for spring if the Des Moines Life Insurance campus does not reconstruct the Midland theater destroyed recently He will begin work by March promising a Fort Dodge playhouse that would be a credit to the city
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Midland Theater
Fort Dodge
Des Moines Life Insurance Campu
John Schaupp
Schaupp
Fort
Ballot and Baby Line Up Well Says Suffragist Speaker
In New York on February 10 Mrs Belle Chivera of the Equal Suffrage league spoke at the Berkeley lyceum tribute to Abraham Lincoln. She argued the ballot and the baby mix well and asserted Lincoln would have joined the suffrage cause if he lived to see its rise.
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New York
Berkely Lyceum
Belle Chivera
Equal Suffrage League
New York City
New York City Federation of Woman's Clubs
Abraham Lincoln
Denman Thompson in Critical Pneumonia Illness
New York Feb 10 Denman Thompson veteran actor of The Old Homestead is dangerously ill with pneumonia at his home in West Swanzey near Keene New Hampshire. Relatives have been summoned to his bedside.
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Denman Thompson
New York
West Swansey
Keene, N. H
Couple Celebrate 67th Anniversary in Wapello
Rev and Mrs Woodruff of Wapello celebrate their 67th wedding anniversary marking a long life together. He, 89, began as a physician before answering a ministry call with the Baptist church, noted for broad education and his association with James A Garfield.
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Wapello
Woodruff
Baptist Church
James A. Gareld
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