State Labor Federation outlines session agenda in Iowa
Des Moines May 29 Considerable interest attaches to the annual state convention of the State Federation of Labor to be held in Dubuque June 8. The legislative committee will report on its work at the Thirty-third general assembly and suggest laws for the next session. Pensions for workers and income tax funding are debated as possible issues. The convention may last four to five days with representation rules outlined for locals, state craft groups, and allied councils.
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Des Moines
State Federation of Labor
Dubuque
General Assembly
State Federation
Cummins
Congress
Garst
Iowa City
Building Trades, Metal Trades and Printing Trades Councils
Negroes Will Revive Old Time Folk Songs
In Tama, Iowa, at the State Federation of Colored Clubs convention, over 200 delegates heard voices urging a return to folk songs. They sang Roll Jordan Roll and My Lord What a Morning as part of a campaign to curb ragtime and revive race folk music.
Farmer Eli Hill shoots wife and son then kills himself
Iowa City report says Eli Hill a farmer shot his wife and young son yesterday then killed himself. The boy is probably fatally hurt and the wife is in serious condition, while Hill sustained only a flesh wound.
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Iowa City
Eli Hill
Hill
Petition Seeks Retention of Mitchellville Manager
Des Moines Iowa May 29 two hundred of two twelve inmates at the Mitchellville industrial school have signed a petition to the board of control requesting that F P Fitzgerald be kept as manager of the institution.
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Des Moines
Mitchellville Industrial School
Board of Control
F. P. Fitzgerald
Sisters Name New Mother Superior
Dubuque Iowa May 29 Mother Pius frogan was today elected Rev. Mother Superior by the Sisters of Mercy, succeeding Rev. Mother Agnes Healey who retires after a six years term. Healey opened hospitals at Waverly Clinton Fort Dodge and contributed wings to Sioux City and Dubuque hospitals and an asylum in Dubuque.
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Dubuque, T
Pius Frogan
Sisters of Mercy
Agnes Healey
Mother Agnes
Waverly
Clinton
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Dubuque
Iowa
Episco pals Hold Off on Diocese Split in Iowa
Dubuque May 29 Episco pal convention adjourns and agrees to delay any division or coadjutor appointment for Bishop Rice until 100000 is secured and invested, a process that could take years. Geo Henry of Des Moines re elected chancellor. A J Boss registr ar. R H Bell named to the deanery. Des Moines to host next meeting.
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Dubuque
Morrison
Rice
Geo. Henry
Des Moines
A. J &. Boss
Muscatine
R. H. Bell
Thieves steal $10,000 in silks from San Francisco buyer
Santonious Perinos, buyer for Sing Fat Oriental House, San Francisco, was robbed in Des Moines of two valises containing costly silks valued at $10,000. A stranger he paid 60 cents to carry them failed to stop at the hotel, after having been in New York buying silks looted from Turkish harems during the recent trouble.
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Des Moines
Santonious Perinos
Sing Fat Oriental House
San Francisco
Dermnos
New York
Ordinance Restricts Pleasure Boatmen in Des Moines
Des Moines city council ordered life preservers for each passenger on all boats in city limits. The ordinance requires boats to carry lights at night and bans anyone under 19 from riding in canoes. The measure cites recent drownings as reason for the rule.
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Des Moines
Brennan
Iowa finds temperance drinks may contain alcohol
Des Moines reports that Iowa Pure Food Commission analysis discovers some so called temperance drinks sold at soda fountains and grocers contain up to 2 percent alcohol. Commissioner Wright says prosecutions are unlikely but a warning to dealers is probable as the campaign to regulate dairy and ice cream quality expands statewide.
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Des Moines
Chemical Laboratory
Iowa Pure Food Commission
Iowa
Wright
Wounded Timber Wolf Attacks Man Near Ralston
John Nicholson narrowly escaped death when a big timber wolf, shot earlier, leaped on him during a wolf hunt south of Ralston Iowa. A companion used a raincoat to cover the wolf and stop the attack before the animal was killed.
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Ralston
John Nicholson
Nicholson
Cooper of Hamlin Takes Shanklin's Place
Des Moines Iowa May 27 At a meeting of the nomination committee of Upper Iowa University in Fayette Professor Richard Watson Cooper of Hamline University St Paul was elected to the vacancy caused by president William Arnold Shanklin. Shanklin has accepted the presidency of Wesleyan University in Middletown Conn and leaves for his post early in June.
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Des Moines
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Richard Watson Cooper
Hamline University
St. Paul
William Arnold Shanklin
Shanklin
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Mystery envelopes deliver cash to Panora residents
Des Moines May 27 Panora residents received over $1,000 in unsigned envelopes. Joseph Roberts, a retired farmer, got 250 in greenbacks from Oregon. A widow named Lapeggit received 225 from Des Moines signed Your friend. Dr Amelia Pigner got a 600 draft from Des Moines. Source unknown.
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Des Moines
Panora
Joseph Roberts
Oregon
Lapeggit
Amelia
Dutch Princess Shoes Made in America for Baby Princess
In Brockton Massachusetts on May 28 a Brooklyn firm supplied 17 pairs of infant shoes for Holland's future ruler. The items include satin from Queen Wilhelmina's wedding dress, cloth of gold and silver pairings, white Parisian kid, and brocaded satin valued at 100 per yard. Calfskin also features among the selections for various conditions.
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Brockton
Mass
Holland
Brooklyn
Wilhelmina
Pennsylvania judges to earn higher salaries
The Pennsylvania legislature voted to raise annual salaries for common pleas judges from 8500 to 11000 dollars, enhancing judicial compensation.
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Pennsylvania
Common Pleas
Tony Biddle Shocks Philadelphia Society
Philadelphia May 28 The boxing bout between Tony Biddle and Jack Johnston the negro heavyweight at Merchantville N J provoked sharp comment in smart society after initial approval of Biddle sparring with Jack O Brien. Biddle faces pressure to quiet the uproar from conventions.
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Philadelphia
Tony Biddle
Jack” O'Brien
Smart Society
Jack’ Johnston
Merchantville
N. J
Biddle
Undertakers Hope To Halt Tuberculosis Spread At 29th Iowa Meeting
Fort Dodge Iowa May 27 The Iowa Funeral Directors Association opened its 29th annual convention with J E Westcott of Sioux City urging sanitation and disinfection to curb tuberculosis. He argued embalmers’ laws are strong and that funeral directors can aid the fight through expert sanitization and public health cooperation.
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Fort Dodge
Ila
J. E. Westcott
Sioux City
Iowa Funeral Directors’ Association
Iowa
Union
Confession Fails To Free Betsy Smith In Murder Case
Betsy Smith, serving a life sentence in Iowa for poisoning her husband in 1904, was denied a pardon after her daughter Cora McCamty confessed then recanted. The state parole board found the daughter's statements insufficient and kept Betsy imprisoned.
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Des Moines
Betsy Smith
Iown
State Board of Parole
Deing
Board of Parole
Man killed by Northwestern train near Des Moines crossing
Webster City Iowa May 27 H C Zittell of this city was struck and killed by a passenger train while walking home on the Northwestern track near the Des Moines street crossing. The body was found this morning after the accident and the city had recently failed to compel a flagman at the crossing.
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Northwestern
Webster City
C. Zittell
Des Moines
West Point Bank to Pay All Creditors in Full
Assignee H. J. Schroeder of the defunct West Point bank announced that all creditors will be paid in full on May 28. The bank, which failed February 18 1908, has liabilities of 124 791 dollars. Riley Smith a Hancock County farmer and bank president surrendered all but 80 acres of land to liquidate the debt.
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West Point Bank
Fort Madison
H. J. Schroeder
West Point
Riley Smith
Hancock County
Dil
Robbers Plague Red Cross Drug Store in LeMars
Burglars broke into the Red Cross drug store in LeMars Iowa early today and carried off the cash register. The register was found badly broken near the railroad tracks. About five dollars was taken. A derby hat bearing the name of a Sioux City firm was located near the register.
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LeMars
Red Cross
Sioux City
Lincolnton man hanged by posse after fatal shooting
Albert Aiken, a Black man, was captured after wounding white farmer John Spires near Lincoln ton. A posse of about 100 men hanged Aiken in the aftermath, amid a tense racial feud in Georgia.
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Lincolnton
Albert Aiken
John Spires
Des Moines Youth Dies In Canoe Tragedy
Don Wagner twenty son of J A Wagner superintendent of the Des Moines Union Railway drowned in the Des Moines river when a canoe overturned. Dorothy Vorse his rescuer clung to the canoe and was saved as the craft swept downstream. Henry Cheshire and Evel Knott were on the craft but escaped before the fall. Wagner formerly captained West High School football team and was well known. This marks the first drowning in Des Moines that year.
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Des Moines
Don Wagner
J. A. Wagner
Des Moines Union Railway Company
U. L
Dorothy Vorse
F. W. Vorse
Henry Cheshire
Evel Knott
Wagner
West
Tramp Killed in Train Fight Near Crescent
Ben Sloane and Jack Pyatt were captured after a train confrontation near Crescent. James Wallace, who fought with them, was beaten and thrown from the train at high speed, dying from the injuries. Wallace's body was found near Crescent and an inquest is planned in Council Bluffs.
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Council Bluffs
Ben Sloane
Jack Pyatt
Northwestern
Missouri Valley
James Wallace
Pyatt
Wallace
Sloane
Sam H. Shoop
West Sixth St
Youth Dies After Poisoning at Ledge's Resort Near Boone
Virgil Hayatt, a high school student, was poisoned Saturday night at a summer resort near Boone Iowa. He collapsed and died after fast transport by car to a local hospital. His companion alerted his mother and authorities as medical help arrived.
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Boone, In
Virgil Hayatt
Boone
Bank robbery suspect in Badger preliminary hearing
George Lytel faced a preliminary hearing on May 26 for alleged participation in the Badger Iowa bank robbery where several thousand dollars were taken. He produced witnesses claiming he was in Norfolk Nebraska on the robbery day, but Badger citizens identified him as seen there the night before. The case is taken under advisement.
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George Lytel
Badger
Norfolk
Neb
Gas victim remains unconscious after 140 hours
George W. Jensen, a district court grand jury member, lay unconscious for 140 hours in his Ogden hotel room after inhaling gas. Doctors report his respiration and heart action are fair and he has begun slight nourishment with hope of recovery.
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Council Bluffs
George W. Jensen
District Court Grand Jury
Ogden Hotel
Jensen
Tragic double tragedy ends in Ottumwa
In Ottumwa a miner named George Edwards killed his white wife with a pocket knife after she refused to return to him and their two children. He then killed himself five minutes later, dying at the scene.
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Des Moines
George Edwards
Ottumwa
Edwards
New Franchise Proposed for Des Moines Street Railways
Des Moines May 26 Councilman MacVicar introduced a resolution that the city solicitor draft a full new franchise for the street railway company. If agreement is reached between the company and residents a lawsuit in state courts may be avoided after a Supreme Court decision.
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Des Moines
MacVicar
United States Supreme Court
Burglar Shoots Mayor in Home in Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids the mayor Carmody was shot in the abdomen during a home burglary after the intruder robbed Father Toomey of a gold watch and $25. The mayor was hospitalized and expected to recover as the city offers a $600 reward for the burglar. The incident caused great excitement.
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Cedar Rapids
Carmody
Toomey
Escap Carmody
Banker’s Son Burglar Forged Checks In California Case
Mason City Iowa reports Blaine Taylor son of T B Taylor banker was arrested in Los Angeles for forging checks totaling about 8000 dollars. Taylor related to prominent figures including a former Minnesota governor and a Fargo judge, linking him to notable Midwest connections.
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Mason City
Los Angeles
California
Blaine Taylor
Blaine
T. B. Taylor
Haon
Upper Iowa
van Sant
Minnesota
Pollock
Fargo
N. D
Des Moines Press Censorship Effort Sparks Debate
The Greater Des Moines committee attempts to censor local coverage by pressuring editors to suppress news on city hall quarrels corruption crimes and other scandals. Editors resist citing freedom of the press and equal law for all, drawing broad public discussion.
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Des Moines
Greater
Panicky Iowa Farmer Buries Gold In Panic Era
A West Union area farmer in Iowa, amid a recent financial panic, brought eight thousand dollars in gold to a bank inside an old milk can. He had buried the savings to hide it, dug it up, and then deposited the treasure after fear of discovery.
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Mason City
West Union
Mother Earth
Newport Palace Sold Belvedere property changes hands
Newport R I May 24 Rosecliff the marble palace of Mrs Herman Oelrichs on Bellevue avenue has been sold to Thomas F Walsh the Colorado millionaire for 250000 a sum believed to be about half the original cost.
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Newport
R. L
Fusion of Chain of Stores in the West
New York reports the planned fusion of over 80 dry goods stores in the West into a single company, the United Dry Goods company valued at 51 million dollars. Merchants' company and John Claflin control interests in several western stores and in others through his Claflin organization.
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West
New York
United Dry Goods Company, Incorporated
Delaware
Merchants’ Company
John Claflin
Claflin Company
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T. L. Rice
B. F. Nickerson
General Cement Contractor
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Laws Association of Cement Users
A. B. Maxwell, M. D
Kooser’s Grocery
Ames, Iowa
C. L. Waltmire
Bell
M. J. Adams
Daniel McCarthy
Luke
McCarthy & Luke
Attorneys-At-Law
Story County Bank
A W. Crary
Brose. Hardware
Seventh Street
Boone, Iowa
Union National Bank
Ames
W. M. Greeley
B. W. Stanton
Henry Wilson
C. L. Siverly
Asa’t. Cashier
Frank E. Morris
Gale Stable
Hack Line
Aly
Lowa
Onondaga
Gale
E. F. Posegate
H. M. Duckworth
Ectasian
Ames, Lowa
James O'Donnell
Cadd Marble and Granite Works
Boone and
Nevada
Hyland Ave
Colle Fullerton
Aden
Great Northerb
William Myers
Fitzgeralds
Episcopalians
Cooper
Hamlin
America
Tony” Biddle
Mr. Westcott
United States
Donald Wagner
Tramp
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Newport Palace
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