New Chief Executive of the Hawkeye State
Des Moines reports F Carroll assumed the office of governor after years as Iowa auditor. Born 1860 in Davis County, he has Scotch, Welsh and Irish roots and trained at White Elm district school, Wapello High, and North Missouri Normal School. He married Jennie Dodson in 1886. they have two sons Paul and Jean.
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Bergday
Stat
Davis County
White Elm
Wapello
North Missouri Normal School
Kirksville
Jennie Dodson
Missouri Institution
Paul
Jean
Carroll
Davis County Republican
A. Moore
James B. Weaver
J. A. T. Hall
John J. Hamilton
Iowa
Inauguration of Governor Carroll and Clarke in Des Moines
Chief Justice Evans administers the oath to EB. F. Carroll and George W. Clarke in a crowded Des Moines hall. Governor Carroll delivers a lengthy address praising railroad commission powers and law enforcement. Mrs. Carroll, recovering from scarlet fever, attends briefly after precautions. quarantine to be lifted later.
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Des Moinés
Evans
EB. F. Carroll
George W. Clarke
Senator Smith
Senate
Carrol
Railroad Commission
Carrell
Clarke Names His Committee Chairmen
Lieutenant Governor Clarke announced senate committees and chairmen including Smith of Mitchell for Ways and Means, Dowell of Polk for Judiciary, Maytag for Appropriations, Saunders for Railroads, Bruce for Agriculture, Allen of Pocahontas for Schools, Clark for Public Health, Gilliland for Cities and Towns, Stuckslager for Banks, Whipple for Insurance, Mattes for Telegraph, Sammis for Corporations, Cosson for Suppression of Intemperance, Hunter for Labor, Nichols for Highways, Peterson for Inspections, Savage for Libraries, Larrabee for Charitable Institutions and Printing, Fitzpatrick for Mines, Burgess for Constitutional Amendments, hn Liew for Congressional and Judicial Districts, Bennett for Senatorial and Representative Districts, Brown for Military, and McCullough for Compensation of Public Officers.
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Clarke
Senate
Ways and Means
Smith
Mitchell
Dowell
Polk
Maytag
Saunders
Bruce
Allen
Pocahontas
Clark
Gilliland
Stuckslager
Whipple
Mattes
Sammis
Cosson
Hunter
Nichols
Peterson
Savage
Moines
Larrabee
Fitzpatrick
Burgess
Hn Liew
Bennett
Brown
McCullough
Henry County Farmer Wins Corn Sweepstakes
Ames Iowa January 16 J C Frame of Henry county won the grand sweepstakes prize for the best car of corn at Ames He will receive the Allee trophy and a De Laval cream separator as the premier award in the event
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Henry County
Ames
J. CC
Unclear statutory list tied to public lands and bills
Fragmentary OCR reads like a roster of names and topics including public buildings horticulture fish and game rules and bills. Limited readable entities include Wilson McManus Adams and Allen with scattered subjects such as public lands engrossed bills Korotled bills and commerce and retail trade.
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Gates
Buren
Allen
van Public Buildings
Tastor
Francis
Fallkems
Wilson
McManus
Adams
Elevnth District Man Appointed Requisition Clerk
Governor Carroll announces H. Wood of the Eleventh district appointed requisition clerk succeeding Edward Peterson. The new position carries a salary of 1500 dollars.
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Des Moines
Carroll
H. Wood
Edward Peterson
Hart Receivership Filed For Council Bluffs Waterworks
Edward W. Hart, manager of Council Bluffs Waterworks, filed pond and assumed receivership after being named by Judge Smith McPherson. The franchise expired three years ago and renewal efforts are in litigation amid a municipal plant funding dispute.
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Council Bluffs
Edward W. Hart
Council Bluffs Waterworks Company
Roosevelt
Congress
Waterworks Company
United States
Smith McPherson
Kanean City
Des Moines Faces Possible Pension Agency Closure
Washington January 16 Des Moines is threatened with loss of its pension office as the House appropriations committee reported a pension appropriation bill striking out 17 of 18 agencies and centralizing business in Washington. Rep Tawney says he will push to lop off agencies, risking Senate retention and a full rearrangement this session.
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Washington
DD. c
Des Moines
House Committee On Appropriations
House
Senate
Representative Tawney
Appropriations Committee
Tawney
Swick Dies After Personal Crisis In Kentucky
Charles D. Swick, prominent Iowa Odd Fellow who confessed to a shortage in his accounts, shot himself in Louisville Tuesday and died last night ten minutes before his wife could reach him. He faced a personal crisis after the confession, in Marshalltown Iowa.
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Marshalltown
Charles D. Swick
Iowa
Louisville
Senate designates February 10 for electoral vote count
Washington date January 16 Senate acts on concurrent resolution designating February 10 as the time for counting the electoral vote in the House. The measure sets the procedural date for formal tallying of votes by Congress.
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Washington
Senate
House
Insurance Department Bill Drafted by Dowell in Iowa
Senator Dowell of Polk county drafts a bill to create an independent Iowa insurance department led by a four year term commissioner. The governor appoints the commissioner with senate confirmation, bond required, and payrolls set at 3500 for the commissioner and 2000 for a deputy. Whipple expected to chair the senate insurance committee.
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Des Moines
Dowell
Polk County
Senate
Office of Auditor of State
Executive Council
General Assembly
Insurance
Insurance Commissioner
Whipple
Senate Committee On Insurance
Fatally Burned in Gasoline Explosion at Lamoni
Mrs. Cecil Eckart, 48 operator for the Mutual Telephone Co at Lamoni, Ia, was fatally burned in a gasoline explosion while preparing breakfast alone in her home. She ran into another room with flames enveloping her clothing. a physician said there was no hope of saving her life.
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Mt. Ayr
Cecil Eckart
Mutual Telephone Company
Lamoni
Here
Two Men Injured After Misreading Rail Right of Way
Waterloo Iowa dispatch reports Fred Heide and his hired man Fred Koepke were killed or injured after driving along railroad tracks by mistake. A Rock Island freight struck the team, hurling them several feet. Heide died. Koepke was sent to the Presbyterian hospital and may die.
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Waterloo
Rock Island
LaPorte
Fred Heide
Fred Koepke
Presbyterian Hospital
Koepke
Quarry blast victim dies at Iowa City hospital
John Ches heck aged 65 was blinded by a premature dynamite blast at the Cedar Valley quarries and died in a local hospital in Iowa City on January 15.
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Iowa City
John Chesheck
Cedar Valley
Young Stenographer Drowns In Mississippi River
Elof Feyerdahl, 20, of Burlington, employed as a stenographer with an engineer gang on the new Iowa Central bridge project, drowned while skating on the Mississippi near Keithsburg. The body had not been recovered.
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Burlington
Elof Feyerdahl
Keithsburg
Fire at Creston CA Destroys $10,000 in Property
Fire in Creston Jan. caused $10,000 loss in the business district. Cigar factoryCharles Zoehriaut suffered $4,000, upholstery W W H Hoke $3,000, dress club T C Hoover $1,000. Remaining losses were on buildings. Cause unknown.
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Creston
Jan
Charles
Zoehriaut
W.W. H. Hoke
T. C. Hoover
Despondent Farmer Fatally Shoots Self Near Knoxville
Despondent farmer Rosa Cecil, unable to collect payment for a quarter section sale, rose at 2 AM and shot himself near his Knoxville home. The incident occurred in Des Moines, Iowa, with authorities noting self-inflicted gunshot as the cause.
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Des Moines
Knoxville
Rosa Cecil
Three Huskey Brothers Rescued After Freezing Near Sioux Rapids
Tom Ike and Will Huskey, driving home from Sioux Rapids Iowa, were nearly frozen when their team ran away and threw them to the ground. A passerby found them in a frozen state and medical aid saved them.
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Sioux Rapids
Tom
Ike
Will Huskey
Rembrandt
Notable Assignments Named for College Honors
The record lists several positions and honors including T. T. Anderson of Indianola as Messenger to Washington and to the Federal Judge McPherson Almer Stern of La Gan. W. M. Black of Des Moines is named for Mail Certificate and also serves as Teller with W. F. Ray of Allgon. Marsh Bally of Washington is Secretary of College and Guyers of Des Moines is Clerk.
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Washington
T. T. Anderson
Indianola
McPherson—Almer Stern
1Lagan
W. M. Black
Des Moines
Marsh W. Bally
W. F. Ray
Alligon
Guyers
Brew
Iowa electors name Anderson messenger for Taft win
Des Moines Jan 4 Jon FT 7 Anderson elector at large chosen messenger to carry Iowa vote for Taft and Sherman to Washington. He hosted a Savery hotel banquet after the 29th ballot amid 15 minute intermissions. Anderson editor of Indianola Herald and brother of former Rep J M Anderson. Washington Jan 14 Iowa delegation urges Taft keep Secretary Wilson for Agriculture. Dolliver Cummins and all Iowa members sign.
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Jon
Anderson
Iowa
Taft
Sherman
Washington
Senate
Towa
Electoral College
Savery Hotel
State House
Auditor of State
Breakly
Messenger
Indianola Herald
J. M. Anderson
Augusta
Wilson
Congress
Dolliver
Cummins
Taft T
Secreta Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Iowa Governor Garst to Attend Washington Inaugural Ball
Des Moines reports Governor Garst has accepted an invitation to attend the March 4 inaugural ball in Washington as Iowa’s representative beyond the governor and staff. He was unanimously chosen by the Iowa delegation.
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Des Moines
Garst
Washington
Iowa
Express Messenger Dies After Swallowing Teeth
Harry Pratt express messenger on the Central branch died from complications after an operation to remove false teeth swallowed a week earlier while asleep in his car at Onawa. Funeral was held yesterday and his body shipped to Monroe Wisconsin for burial.
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Cherokee
Harry Pratt
Central Branch
Onawa
Monroe
Wis
Young killed by Great Western freight train in Dubuque yards
James Young, about 24, was killed while riding a freight train in the North Dubuque yards. Found papers show he was born in London, England. The body was mangled, cut in two, and sent to Dubuque, Iowa.
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James Young
Great Western
North Dubuque
London
Eng
Dubuque
Auditor names Frank M. Abbott as assistant insurance examiner
The Auditor of State Bleakery named Frank M. Abbott of Creston, former superintendent of schools, as assistant insurance examiner on January 14 in Des Moines.
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Frank M. Abbott
Creston
Des Moine
Man Shoots Self in Louisville Restaurant
A man believed to be D. D. Swick of Marshalltown Iowa shot himself in a Louisville restaurant. He left a letter to his wife and a note to the police chief naming himself Swick.
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Louisville, Ky
D. Swick
Marshalltown
Louisville
Swick
Chemicals Explode Causing Major Fire Loss in Dubuque
A Tuesday morning blaze in Dubuque caused about $21,000 in damages at Midland Chemical and adjacent Clark Roller Awning, with Clark suffering around $13,000 and Midland about $8,000 in losses, insured for $2,500 and $4,900 respectively.
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Dubuque
Midland Chemical Company
Chemical Company
Clark Roller
Clark Company
Jond Company
Representative Kendall Names Ottumwa Postmaster Pick
Representative Kendall in the Sixth district backs Nate Kendall for postmaster at Ottumwa to succeed Fred W. Wilson. Senators Dol liver and Cunmins will make recommendations to the president. Nimocks is the suggested candidate but confirmation is uncertain. The post office may revise rules on reappointing long-serving postmasters. This marks Kendall’s first major recommendation.
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Washington
Nate Kendall
I. A. Nimocks
Ottumwa
Fred W. Wilson
Dolliver
Cunmins
Nimocks
Post Office Department
Kenndall
Westfield Man Shot Self in Head in Opera House Block
Timothy Kimme blacksmith, about 46, found dead in his Westfield rooms from a self inflicted 32 caliber revolver wound in the right temple. A prior shoulder wound on his shirt suggests a previous attempt. He had recent family troubles and a December spree. coroner notified, investigation planned.
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Westfield
Timothy Kimme
Kimme
Treasurers Resigns Township Treasurer Ida Grove
Ida Grove Iowa January 18 H M Terhune the sole Republican elected on the county ticket this fall resigns the office of county treasurer due to poor health never having held the post. The board of supervisors is in session and I N Shearer the outgoing treasurer was appointed to fill the vacancy. Terhune has suffered ill health for some time and this winter worsens.
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Ida Grove
H. M. Terhune
Board of Supervisors
I. N. Shearer
Terhune
Coroner Demands Dean Howard Letters in Inquest
Coroner Newton orders Sid Bell of Drake University to produce letters found with Dean Howard's effects after his Thanksgiving death. The letters are said to bear on Howard's passing and several intimate friends are set to testify about his health during today’s inquest.
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Dex Moines
Newton
Sid Bell
Drake University
Dean Howard
Howard
Oleson Named State Bank Examiner in Iowa
Forest City Iowa January 13 John Oleson cashier of the Winnebago County State Bank has received the appointment of state bank examiner It was among the first acts of the new state auditor Mr Bleakley
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Forest City
John Oleson
Winnebago County State Bank
State
Bleakley
Shack Fire Claims Local Character in McGregor
In McGregor Louisiana a shack on the river bank burned to the ground after a morning blaze. Owner Barney O'Brien, badly burned, crawled from the flames and died hours later. Neighbors and a doctor found him in rough condition, with incoherent speech cited as to his illness. The old man was known as a reclusive, solitary figure with no living relatives and a faithful old horse.
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McGregor
Barney O'Brien
Fire Destroyed Barn and Stock in Iowa Farm Loss
Joshua Holliday of Oskaloosa Iowa reports a fire last night that burned his barn four horses the season's grain and hay and farm machinery. Loss estimated at 5000 dollars with no insurance. Origin of the blaze is unknown.
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Oskaloosa
Joshua Holliday
Hawarden Hotel Destroyed By Fire in Iowa Town
Hawarden North western hotel, owned by Will King, was wrecked by a stove fire early Saturday morning, with damage nearly total. Loss fully covered by insurance.
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Hawarden
Will King
Lake View Methodist Church Burns Down in Iowa
Sac City Iowa dated January 18 reports the First Methodist church in Lake View burned to the ground last night. The fire likely started from the furnace and the building, erected about ten years ago, was among the county’s finest. Estimated loss about $5,000 with partial insurance.
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Sac City
Congress Scored For An Inadequate Jail
Washington report to Congress warns that the federal jail district workhouse and other institutions are in poor shape. Justice Stafford, head of the commission, condemns conditions and faults Congress for not supplying a proper jail and sufficient funds.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Congress
Roosevelt
Stafford
Supreme Court of the
Carmen Strike Threatens Iowa Central Shops
Marshalltown Iowa Jan 13 a strike of the Iowa Central shop force including machinists and car repairers at all division points is threatened if W D Toler of Monmouth Illinois who was recently acquitted of manslaughter in the killing of George W Davies a Central employee in the shops last summer remains employed Notice will be served on the company that a walkout will follow Toler employment Three hundred men affected.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Central
W. D. Toler
Monmouth
George W. Davies
Toler
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