Tobacco for convicts and butter on bread at Iowa prisons
Des Moines reports state board of control's return to tobacco rations for convicts at Fort Madison to aid discipline, with nonusers receiving equivalent value for other items. Also notes butter added to prisoners’ bread, and Swalm and wife visiting Iowa from Montevideo. Additional items cover state banking gains, land openings in Clay county, and archival letters from early Iowa governors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John Downie
State Board of Control
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Hunter
United States
Albert W. Swalm
Montevideo
South America
Iowa
Col
Clay County
State Historical Department
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Robert Lucas
John Chambers
Indian Affairs
Territory
Aldrich
Chambers
Lucas
Congress
Dolliver
Allison
State Board of Central
Soldiers’ Home
College For
Mount Pleasant
Independence
Clarinda
Anamosa
Fort Madison
Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home
Gov. Chambers
Brooke
Fort Crawford
Iowa normal institutes set with varied summer openings
State Superintendent Richard C Barrett announces the Iowa normal institutes with dates and host towns. Most sessions run two weeks, beginning in June through August at sites including Des Moines Burlington Dubuque Spencer Marshalltown Osage Mason City and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Co. Barrett
Iowa Normal Institutes
Adair
Greenfield
Allamakee
Lansing
Appanoose
Centerville
Audubon
Benton
Vinton
Black Hawk
Waterloo
Boone
Bremer
Waverly
Buchanan
Independence
Buena Vista
Storm Lake
Butler
Allison
Calhoun
Rockwell City
Carroll
Cass
Atlantic
Cedar
Tipton
Cerro Gordo
Mason City
Cherokee
Chickasaw
New Hampton
Clarke
Osceola
Clay
Spencer
Clayton
Elkader
Clinton
Crawford
Denison
Dallas
Adel
Davis
Bloomfield
Decatur
Leon
Des Moines
Burlington
Dickinson
Spirit Lake
Dubuque
Emmett
Estherville
Fayette
Franklin
Hampton
Fremont
Sidney
Greene
Jefferson
Grundy
Grundy Center
Hamilton
Webster City
Hancock
Garner
Hardin
Eldora
Harrison
Logan
Henry
Mount Pleasant
Howard
Cresco
Humboldt
Ida
Ida Grove
Iowa
Marengo
Jackson
Maquoketa
Jasper
Newton
Fairfield
Johnson
Iowa City
Jones
Anamosa
Keokuk
Sigourney
Kossuth
Algona
Lee
Fort Madison
Linn
Marion
Louisa
Wapello
Lucas
Chariton
Lyon
Rock Rapids
Madison
Winterset
Mahaska
Oskaloosa
Knoxville
Marshall
Marshalltown
Mills
Glenwood
U. Mitchell
Osage
Polk
Starts a new church in Sioux City by Rev. C M Wickham
Rev C M Wickham, acquitted of hugging and seducing a congregant, has founded Central Christian church in Sioux City with about 40 families. He explains leaving town would hurt religion but now seeks to prove innocence via church trial. Officers chosen and Sunday school organized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Wickham
First Christian Church
Sioux City
Central Christian Church
Marriage of Delbert Huey and Maude Coombs Causes Court Battle
In Mills county a rushed marriage between Delbert Huey and Maude Coombs laces with age disputes and forced separation. Huey’s mother implicates perjury over the bride’s age after the groom's mother swore she was 18. Coombs insists the girl is 15 and seeks to annul the marriage signed by the bride who says she wed against her will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Huey
Maude Coombs
Pacific Junction
Mills County
Anna Coombs
Manning Sells Black Horses in New York Prompting Purchase
F. J. F. Manning of Charles City sold a team of black horses in New York City for 5000 dollars. Buyer Miss Marie Wilson a noted theatrical figure planned to add her own coach and pair after seeing the team. Mystic and Margarold were part of a load Manning shipped from Charles City nearly a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. F. Manning
Charles City
New York City
Marie Wilson
Mystic
Marigold
Manning
Superintendent Attacks Ministers On School Interference
In a Des Moines address Superintendent Sheakley of West Des Moines schools condemned ministers for meddling in school affairs. He argued clergy should not inquire into teachers religious affiliations or the moral tone of schoolbooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Ministerial Association
Sheakley
West Des Moines
Lightning Strikes Schoolhouse and Church in Storm Toll
A thunderstorm struck Littleton killing Miss Jane Harvey and Paul Roberts and injuring the other children. The same storm hit a Hazleton Methodist church during a county Sunday school convention injuring several attendees and shocking many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littleton
Jane Harvey
Paul Roberts
Hazleton
Peruna praised by editors and readers for catarrh relief
Extensive testimonials from Clem G. Moore and other readers acclaim Peruna as an effective catarrh remedy and tonic. Moore reports four years of suffering alleviated after using Peruna, while others from Arkansas and Washington endorse the product and invite inquiries for personal consultations with Dr. Hartman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clem G. Moore
Advocate-Democrat
Crawfordsville
Peruna Medicine Company
Dr. Hartman
Pan
Sey Hartman Sanitarium
Columbua, Nic
A Glorious Sight From Western Canada Advised
The letter from a Duluth reader recalls wheat yields of twenty five to thirty bushels per acre and dense shacks across fields. He notes longer winters near Duluth but mild dry Chinook influenced Canadian weather. The writer urges settlers to seize new Saskatchewan Valley lands opening this year and to contact government agents for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Western Canada
Duluthi
Japan
Canada
Saskatchewan
Arctic gun creeps over ice edge after months of dark
A fragment from the Philadelphia Record describes Mr. Ojibiwockky waking Mrs. Ojibiwockky with a question about time. He replies Quar'er pash February, revealing it is really half past May, and the paper notes it will not pry into family affairs.
Pan American Exposition Travel Rates Announced
Special exhibit travel offers to the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo begin June 1 and run through summer. Round trips at one third fare with 15 day return. another option is one fare plus 1.00 from west of Cleveland or Cleveland east with 10 day return. Weekly coach excursions on Tuesdays in June through October at one cent per mile with a 3 day return. Contact C A Terlin, T P A, Ft Wayne Ind, for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Cleveland
East
C. A. Terlin
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Truthful Habit Earns Harsh Judgment in Philadelphia Times
A Philadelphia Times quotation draws a stern mother's remark about a son described as a terrible child who cannot stop telling the truth when guests are present. The anecdote highlights blunt honesty as a social fault in a domestic setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Allen's Foot-Ease Ad Turns Tight Shoes Easy
Foot powder promises relief for burning aching feet and sore toes. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. Address: Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York. Ad message ends with a quip about hidden sorrow and tiredness in Atchison Globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen’s
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
Railway booklet highlights Spirit and Okoboji Lakes resorts
The Burlington Cedar Rapids Northern Railway issued a booklet describing the Spirit and Okoboji Lakes resorts in Northwestern Iowa. Free copies will be mailed on request to Jno. G. Farmer, Assistant Pass. Agt., Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway
Spirit and
Okoboji Lakes
Iowa
Jno
G. Farmer
J. Pass. Agt
Cedar Rapids
A relic of the old masters The ancient schoolhouse
A Philadelphia Bulletin item notes an old schoolhouse tied to historic masters and lasting through time as a relic of early education and architecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Bulletin
Tiny pleasures and cure cited in early 1900s notes
A Norwich New York resident credits Piso's Cure for Consumption with saving her life three years prior. The item also contains a brief proverb from the Atchison Globe noting that a small thing may delight a small man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Robbins
Maple Street
Norwich, N. Y
Believe Whooping Cough With Hoxsie's Croup Cure
A brief excerpt notes a home remedy claim for whooping cough with Hoxsie s cure and a line from Joanna Baillie praising mercy despite severity, mentioning nausea as absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoxsie
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State Board of Review
Mississippi
Ohio
Andrew Jackson
Virginia
Kentucky
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New York
F. W. Bicknell
Henry Vasquette
Chicago
Barrett
Percy W. Moss
Pa Ld, Ark
Wm. T. Zenor
Wer, D. C
N. Capital Street
Washington, D. C
Moore
The
Nickel Plate Road
Atchison Globe
Heaven
Joanna Baillie
L.douglas
Dougi
Dougies
F. Ley
Mmn Cmtion
Ottawa
Monadnock Bik
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Milwaukee
Wis
McInnes
Detroit
Mich
Sane Gunge
N. Bartholomew
Big Pines
T. Ho
Indianapolis
Hecate
ANA
Astr
Babe Fae
A.atower CO
Boston
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Cascar Rae
Sterling Bebed, CO
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