Railroads Build Bridges Too Short Damaging Iowa Lands
Des Moines July 10. Iowa farmers suffer at least 500000 in losses from floods after railroads replaced wooden trestles with steel or concrete, shortening openings and backing water onto corn fields. State Railroad Commissioner N S Ketchum says many bridges are too narrow, causing widespread damage and pending litigation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ketchum
Vail
State Railroad Commission
Lowart
Tragic Lake Manawa search ends in widow's drowning
The body of Mrs. Mary Kranninger, 58, wife of John Kranninger, was recovered after she went out to find a missing son during a storm near Lake Manawa. Her drowning followed crossing a dense, flooded ravine while lantern light faded, leaving five sons and four daughters in mourning.
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Council Bluffs
Mary Kranninger
John Kranninger
Lake Manawa
Kranningers
School For the Deaf
Dentist Clifford Butterfield Drowned in Oklahoma
Clifford Butterfield of Vinton Iowa a dentistry graduate from the University of Iowa was drowned at Poteau Oklahoma where he had gone to practice He was to marry on July 15 and the wedding was canceled by the tragedy.
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Iowa City
Clifford Butterfield
Vinton
College of Dentistry
Universty of Iowa
Poteau
Oklo
Former Des Moines detective seeks parole to stay on San Diego police
Eli Hardin once Des Moines chief of detectives awaits a gubernatorial parole next week to keep his San Diego police job. He argues continued pay is needed for his wife and two disabled sons, or they will require county aid.
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Eli Hardin
Des Moines
B. F. Carroll
San Diego
Cal
Hardin
Poultry Booth & Co. Oyster Seller Pays Fine
Des Moines Iowa July 10 S E Margon receiver for Booth Co settled with authorities by paying a 15 fine and costs totaling 74 90 for selling oysters in Sioux City that Food Commissioner Wright could not approve.
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Des Moines
S. E Margon
Booth & Co
Siouxity
Wright
O. K
Des Moines to Host Senators in Gridiron Style Banquets
Des Moines will host a Senators and Congressmen visit with J P Dolliver A B Cummins and Isa Tree returning from Washington. A mammoth banquet for 400 state newspaper men is planned and a separate banquet may greet Taft during army maneuvers in September. The events aim to echo Washington Grid Iron Club banquets with impersonations by notable national figures.
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Des Moines
Senclub
Les Moines
J. P. Dolliver
A. B. Cummins
Isa Tree
Iowa
Washington
Taft
D. C
Aldrich
Serena Payne
Sherman
National Capitol
Earl McElgren Found Dead in Denver
In Denver, the body of Earl McElgren of Sioux City Iowa was found early yesterday. Police suspect murder after a large sum of money he had disappeared and wounds seen on the body suggest foul play rather than a car accident.
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Denver
Earl McElgren
Sioux City
McElgren
Iowa red book features three women from legislature
Des Moines July 9. The 1909 1910 Iowa official register appears with half tones of three female aides from the house of representatives Ruth Woodruff Mabel Elwood and Mollie Heist joining more than 100 legislators. Editor Guy S Brewer notes the 912 page bulkiest edition with county histories and full judiciary lists.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ruth Woodruff
Mabel Elwood
Mollie Heist
House of Representatives
General Assembly
House
Senate
Guy
Brewer
Supreme Court
Mrs Alice M Tam Seeks Mitchellville Reformatory Top Post
Des Moines announces Mrs Alice M Tam wife of late Col J B Tam a former Democratic governor candidate has declared her candidacy for superintendent of the Mitchellville reformatory She is among 90 applicants for the position currently held by Superintendent F A Fitzgerald The board of control will post the appointment after full consideration of the large field of candidates.
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Des Moines
Alice M. Tam
J. 8. Tam
Itchellville Reformatory
Tam
F. A. Fitzgerald
Board of Control
Fitzgerald
Boy Girl Occupant of Deaconess Home
Waterloo Iowa July 9 Mrs Dell Standish who returned from St Paul spoke with Miss Pearl Watters formerly Karl Wilson. Watters known here as an awkward boy is now a comely young lady and occupant of a deaconess home.
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Dell Standish
St. Paul
Pearl Watters
Karl Wilson
Proposal for St Paul to St Louis Motor Boat Race
Burlington Iowa July 9. Thomas H Hughey commodore of the Illinois Valley Yacht club Peoria offers a $600 purse to promote a motor boat race from St Paul to St Louis on the Mississippi open to all motor boats 40 feet or longer representing any recognized US yacht club.
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Middle West
Thomas H. Hughey
Illinois Valley Yacht Club
Peoria
St. Paul
St. Louis
Mississippi River
United States
Indian detective seeks annulment of marriage to white wife
A. F. Bernard, an Indian detective and Carlisle graduate, says his marriage to Mrs. Pearl Renae Kruger Bond, a white Kansas City woman, is invalid. He plans to sue for annulment in Des Moines after claiming the Illinois Bond divorce makes their Indiana marriage illegal.
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A. F. Bernard
Carlisle
Chicago
Pearl Renae Kruger Bond
Kansas City
Bernard
Indiana
Illnois
Iowa Railroads Report Decline in Gross Earnings per Mile
Des Moines Iowa July 8 All Iowa railroads show lower gross earnings per mile for 1908 versus 1907. A. H. Davison notes standings, with several lines posting gains in net earnings per mile despite reduced freight rates. Net earnings per mile vary among major lines, others show small losses.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Railroad Commission
J. C. Davis
Northwestern
Iown
Executive Council
A. H. Davison
Council
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Great Western
North Western
C. BR. D
Des Moines Union
Des Moines Western
Sioux City
Itowa
Chicago
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St. Paul
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Omaha
Dubuque & Sioux
Iowa Central
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St. Louis
Wabash
Albia
Centerville
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Crooked Creek Ry. & Coal Company
Newton & Northwestern
Iowa dairy cow contest tops in state with prize pot
Waterloo Iowa July 8 The best cow in Iowa contest gains momentum as May entries grow. Leading May cow Jessica of Oaklands 17392 a Guernsey owned by Grant M Enlow of Fairfield yielded 904 pounds milk and 6.5 percent test with 58.7 pounds butter fat. Second place Natula Queen Alasta is a Holstein owned by McKay brothers Buckingham producing 1 860.3 pounds milk at 3.1 percent test and 57 66 pounds butter fat. Prize pool from donor W W Marsh Waterloo totals 1000 with 260 for first 150 for second 100 for third and 500 shared among next ten cows based on butter fat.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Jessica
Oaklands
Grant M. Enlow
Fairfield
Alsarta
McKay Brothers
Buckingham
Inka Tritomia Alcarta
Jersey
W. W. Marsh
Fire at Arnold's Park destroys Cook grocery loss $10000
Fire swept the water front district at Arnold's Park Iowa early this morning. The Cook grocery store burned to the ground with an estimated $10000 loss and about one third insured. Several other stores suffered damage though totals are not yet complete.
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Arnold's Park
Cook Grocery
Gore Sees Wrights and Baseball in Washington
Senator Gore of Oklahoma, blind since youth, follows the Wright brothers flights at Fort Myer using his wife and keen hearing as guides and also enjoys watching American League games with help from Mrs. Grove who assists in following the play.
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Washington
Fort Myer
Sugar Refining Company pleads not guilty in antitrust case
New York July 9 American Sugar Refining company in the United States circuit court today entered pleas of not guilty to indictments against it as a corporation charging conspiracy and combination in restraint of trade and monopolizing raw and refined sugar.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
United States
Disagreement With Crop Bureau Report
A dispute arises between the Western Grain Dealers' association secretary and Iowa crop bureau official Mr. Chappel in the July bulletin over corn and oats crop estimates. Wells assigns corn 1 percent behind last year and oats 7 percent behind, while Chappel claims corn 447 percent ahead and oats 1 percent ahead. Des Moines report by George A. Wells.
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Western Grain Dealers’ Association
Chappel
Iowa Crop Bureau
Wells
Des Moines
George A. Wel
Pretty daughter missing prompts police search in Des Moines
Des Moines hotel owner John Ton neheaar pleads for police help after three days of searching for his 16 year old daughter who left Friday. Suspected elopement with Clarence Pringle, 18, is under consideration.
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Des Moines
John Tonneheaar
Bondurant
Clarence Pringle
Iowa Enacts 166 New Laws With Broad Civic Impact
Des Moines July 7 Iowa adds 166 general and other laws to the books effective soon many regulate public safety alcohol sales and gambling New rules include Cosson acts empowering citizens to pursue officials for lax enforcement Moon law limiting saloons liquor sale records by county auditors Bruce law banning drinking on trains Trimmer club search warrants for cigarets Proudfoot anti cigarette rule building owners liable for immoral use Clarkson and Peterson employer liability Burgess outward swinging doors fire safety and other provisions affecting licenses cousins marriage secrecy bucket shops and hunting licenses for residents and nonresidents.
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Iowa
Cosson
T New Cosson
Bennett
Senate Railroad Committee
James FE. Bruce
Bruce
Fred Hunter
Polk County
Proudfoot
Thirtythird General Assembly
Saunders
Peterson
Clarkson
Senator Burgess
Road authorities urge farmers to control roadside weeds
Des Moines July 6 The Iowa and Illinois railroad asks the railroad commission to enforce a law requiring farmers to cut noxious weeds along rights of way and adjacent fields The commission vows strict action against weeds on railroad land noting cooperation needed from farmers to prevent seed spread The list of noxious weeds includes quack grass Canada thistle cocklebur wild mustard sour curled dock buckhorn plantain wild parsnip horse nettle velvet weed burdock
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Iowa and Illinois Railroad
Railroad Commission
Iowa
Rail Commission
Illinois
Commission
Mr. Ketchum
Canada
Desperate Heat Drives Farmer to Suicide in Barn Near Vandalia
In Des Moines July 5 authorities report Jack Fleming a well known farmer from near Vandalia ended his life by swallowing carbolic acid after a day in the corn fields. His body was discovered this morning Fleming leaves a wife and five children.
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Des Moines
Jack Fleming
Vandalia
Fleming
Nonunion Bid Wins Contention In Des Moines Printing Case
Iowa Supreme Court declares city charter ban on considering nonunion bids unconstitutional. George A. Miller Printing Co sued to stop awarding a 1908 contract. Miller’s lower bid lost in lower court but the high court ruled for Miller and opened city bidding to nonunion printers.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Geo. A. Miller Printing Company
Register and Company
Miller
Supreme Court
Charity Worker Resigns Longtime Civic Post
Mason City Iowa July 5 Miss Clara Lunbeck resigns as state agent for the Orphans home at Nenport and the girls reform school after five years. She will not return to state service and plans to work anew. Lunbeck served 19 years with the Children's Home society prior to this move.
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Mason City
Clara Lunbeck
Orphans’ Home
Nenport
Girls’ Reform School
Lunbeck
Children’s Home Society
Keokuk Implements Commission Plan In City Vote
Keokuk voters adopt the commission plan for municipal government by a wide margin 2119 to 559 with every ward approving. The measure replaces the previous system and triggers filling vacancies in the alderman posts Butler Democrat wins in the Fourth Ward by 28 votes and Roberts Republican takes the Sixth Ward by 37. No organized opposition appeared to the plan.
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Keokuk
Commission
Butler
Fou
Roberts
Oceannuel
You Can’t Tickle Iowa Women Without Consent
Des Moines July 6 Supreme Court of Iowa holds that touching a person without permission constitutes assault. Louise Keller objected to Geo. A. Rooney tickling her chin and pinching her arm and won damages.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Supreme Court of the State
Louise Keller
Geo. A. Rooney
Marshalltown Goes Absolutely Dry
Marshalltown Iowa becomes entirely dry after a state action by County Attorney Egermayer. Saloon operators who transfer permits to others lack wholesalers permits and must stop sales. two Des Moines Malt Company saloons are closed for missing licenses. First time in years the city is fully dry under the prevailing law.
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Marshalltown
Egermayer
Des Moines
Actress Cecelia Loftus Weds Dr. A H Waterman
London reports Cecelia Loftus the actress married June 9 in Kensington registry to Dr. A H Waterman of Chicago. Upon returning from her American tour she will pursue legitimate drama while Waterman plans to practice in London.
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Cissy Loftus
London
Doctor Cleminson Charged in Murder Indictment
A grand jury in Chicago returned a murder indictment against Dr. Hal Cleminson. Forensics testified that Mrs. Cleminson died from chloroform poisoning.
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Chicago
Hal Cleminson
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