Saloon numbers drop under Iowa mulct law
Des Moines June 19 The Iowa Official Register shows saloons under the mulct tax decreasing while tax revenue per saloon rises. From 1906 to 1908 the number of saloons fell from 1,770 to 1,612 across 40 counties, 40 townships and 224 cities and towns, with tax receipts rising about 23 thousand dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Secretary of State
Grundy
Monroe
Muscatine
State Auditor
Breach of promise case and divorce petition tied to farmer
Des Moines June 19. Ben Banning wealthy farmer is defending a sensational breach of promise suit in court while named as co respondent in a divorce petition filed by 70 year old D B Clark alleging Banning stole his wife’s affections and wrecked his home.
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Des Moines
Ben Banning
D. B. Clark
Banning
Government sends special rep to Des Moines on peonage charge
A U S special representative arrived in Des Moines to investigate the Greek peonage claim raised by a bootblack who led to the arrest of Steve Platisking, owner of all bootblacks in the city.
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Pes Moines
United States
Des Moines
Bootblack
Steve Platisking
Drake University Receives 50000 Gift From T P Shonts
Des Moines reports a $50,000 endowment from T P Shonts of New York, a leading financier and Drake University board president. It is the largest lump sum gift to the college, to be added to the maintenance fund for general purposes. The announcement followed the commencement exercises and came as a surprise.
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Des Moines
Drake University
T. P. Shonts
New York
Carnegie Library
Fr. M. Drake
Master of Arts degree conferred on Major Byers
Major 8 H Byers of Des Moines received the Master of Arts degree at Iowa Citys commencement exercises. The honor recognizes his wartime service and diplomatic work, and his stature as a poet and writer. His notable works include The March to the Sea and Iowa in War Times.
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Iowa City
H. M. Byers
Des Moines
Major Byers
Iowa
Columbia
S. C
Switzerland
Europe
Post Office Safe Looted in East Dubuque Robbery
Five men used nitroglycerin to blow open the East Dubuque post office safe at 2 40 this morning securing money and 50 dollars in stamps. Four held guard while the fifth blew the lock and the group fled with their haul.
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Dubuque, Ta
Boy Dies In Rain Barrel Accident Near Carnarvon
Carl Fischer four years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. G W Fischer, residing one mile east of Carnarvon, Iowa, drowned after falling into a rain barrel while hanging over it. Death occurred near Sac City on June 19.
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Sac City
Carl
G. W. Fischer
Carnarvon
Five Brothers in War All Living Civil War Survivors
J. H. Scott, a Civil War survivor and resident, turned seven on Tuesday. He served as a private in the Third Iowa battery and can recite his company roll from memory. He is the second youngest of five brothers who all served. the youngest is 70 and the oldest 84. Pierson, Le., June.
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J. H. Scott
Third
Iowa Battery
Mr. Scott
Pierson
Father Captures His Robber Son in Iowa
Davenport Iowa report of 19 year old Luke Nees Bit being jailed at Leclaire for robbing the post office last night. His father called him at Princeton a few hours after the robbery.
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Davenport
Luke Neésbit
Leclaire
Princeton
Betts Seeks Iowa Expansion and Fourth District Run
Cresco Iowa June 18 Arthur Betts announces candidacy for congress in the Fourth district backing an extension of Iowa to include nine South Dakota counties amid his campaign.
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Cresco
Arthur Betts
Iowa
South Trikota
Convicts Plan Minstrel Show at Fort Madison Prison
Des Moines June 18 Warden Sanders reports graduates of Williams College University of Michigan and Missouri State University are among Fort Madison convicts. He says the prison is preparing a minstrel show for the next holiday with musicians and comedians while the new wall is being built and guards stay busy. Sanders will attend a conference on June 22.
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Des Moines
Williams College
University of Michigan
Missouri State University
Fort Madison
Sanders
Literary and Historical Society
Iowa
Bloodhounds Fail to Reveal Quarry
Bloodhounds from Atlantic Iowa arrived in Mason City last night and followed the scent to an old building where thieves arranged the plunder then to the Chicago Great Western depot where the suspects were believed to have taken the morning train for the Twin Cities. Mr Glanville's loss totals more than $2 000.
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Mason City
Atlantic
Chicago Great Western
Twin Cities
Lutheran Conference Concludes Sessions at Clear Lake
At Clear Lake Iowa on June 13 Rev F O Merstad summarized key work of the Evangelical Lutheran churches of America meeting focusing on Pottawattomie Indian claims. Merstad as missionary and tribal representative highlighted a potential 450000 land claim case under 1832 treaty seeking federal investigation. A La Follette led congressional panel will probe this summer with Merstad’s aid. conference to close today with next meeting planned for Lodi Wisconsin.
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Clear Lake
F. O. Merstad
Carter
Wis
National Conference of Evangelical Lutheran Churches of America
Merstad
Pottawattomies
Interior Department
Lake Michigan
la Follette
Lodi
French bar J0 8 steel stock hits New York deals
New York June 18 opening weakness in the stock market followed yesterday’s selling. United States Steel shares dropped a full point, with Northern Pacific Rock Island Amalgamated Copper and Great Northern also down early. JPMorgan officials attributed French opposition to Paris listing, amid political factors affecting steel stocks.
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New York
United States Steel
Paris
Northern Pacific Railroad
Rock Island
Amalgamated Copper
Great Northern
J. P. Morgan & Co
War rant reveals missing teller Endemann at Jefferson Bank
New York report states a war rant was issued for Paul Endemann paying teller at the Houston street branch of Jefferson Bank. The bank, small and serving poorer customers, shows he is missing and his accounts allegedly short.
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New York
Paul Endemann
Houston Street
Jefferson Bank
Endemann
Heinze and associates plead not guilty in indictments
In New York on June 18 F Augustus Heinze his brother Arthur P and former United Copper director Carlos Warfield pleaded not guilty to indictments. District Attorney Wise said a trial was likely set for Monday with leave to demur denied by Friday. All three posted 2500 bail.
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New York
F. Augustus Heinze
Arthur P
Carlos Warfield
United Copper Company
Wise
Franco American extradition treaty ratified and promulgated
Paris reports that the Franco American treaty of extradition has been ratified and yesterday promulgated locally.
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Paris
Iowa farmers won’t sell crops of corn
George M. Reynolds of Continental National Bank reports from Iowa that banks are well loaned and farmers hold 50 to 75 percent of last year’s crop. They will not ship to market until a clearer picture of the growing crop emerges and fear buying high priced corn for their own use if the crop is short.
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Chicago
George M. Reynolds
Continental National Bank
Iowa
New York
Burlington Identity at Risk as Hilllines Rumor Grows
Burlington Iowa June 17 The rumor that James J Hill will drop the Burlington name and rename the railroad system to Great Northern or Burlington and Northern gains renewed currency. Analysts doubt the branding will change due to asset value costs and stockholder interests, with John Stevens linked to potential leadership of the merged systems.
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Burlington, Ia
Burlington
James J. Hill
Hil
Great Northern
Burlington and Northern
Hill
Colorado Southern
John Stevens
Panama Canal
New York, New Haven and
Hartford Road
The
Pension fund set for United Norwegian Lutheran pastors
The Des Moines convention of the United Norwegian Lutheran church approves a pension fund of at least 100000 dollars for pastors and professors. Pastors pay 200 dollars within two years of ordination, with annual dues. If ill, they receive 500 dollars yearly. widows get the pension while unmarried. If a pastor takes another call he loses the pension but gets his payments back. A financial agent will be elected.
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Des Moines
United Norwegian Lutheran Church
Woman killed in kerosene explosion at home
Des Moines report June 17 states Mrs. Em I Dall of Hudson Iowa was burned to death when attempting to start a kitchen fire with kerosene. She was alone in the house at the time.
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Des Moines
Em! Dall
Hudson
Silk Thieves Loot Silk Store in Mason City Heist
Mason City officials report expert silk thieves last night broke into the R. G. Glanville dry goods store stealing silks and fancy linens valued at upwards of $1,000. No crew has been reported.
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Mason City
R. Glanville Dry Goods
Ouster Case Against Des Moines Mayor Under New Law
Des Moines June 17 Attorney General Byers will send a representative to Marengo to prosecute the ouster case against Mayor A M Henderson under the Cosson law. This action is without precedent in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Byers
Marengo
A.M. Henderson
Cosson
Iowa
Wounded officer in critical condition in Des Moines
Captain John Co. Raymond of Fort Des Moines is in Mercy hospital with a critical chest wound from a Sunday shooting by Corporal Crabtree. He remained between life and death after surgery and showed only slight improvement overnight with stable condition reported today.
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Des Moines
John Co. Raymond
Crabtree
Fort Des Moines
Mercy Hospital
Sloan Company Sells Telephone Exchange
Sloan Iowa June 17 The Sloan Telephone Company exchange owned by Sloan businessmen has been sold to W R Barnard. The Clark Automatic system will be replaced by a manual switchboard.
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Sloan, Ia
Sloan Telehone Company Exchange
Compo of
Sloan Businessmen
W. R. Barnard
Clark
Boy Drowns in Gravel Pit Near Iowa Falls
Peter Anderson aged 18 drowned at a gravel pit pond in Iowa Falls after jumping from a boat into eight feet of water. He and three companions were swimming when cramps struck and he did not survive before help arrived.
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Iowa Falls
Peter Anderson
Mrs Cleveland testifies in Brandenburg grand larceny trial
Mrs Frances Folsom Cleveland widow of Grover Cleveland testifies in the supreme court on a charge of grand larceny linked to a newspaper article attributed to ex president Cleveland. She repudiates the article and the case is adjourned to after a murder trial completes.
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Cleveland
New Hampshire
Brandenburg
Japanese Purchase of U S Gold Ingots to Back Reserves
San Francisco reports the Japanese government bought 2 250 000 dollars worth of gold ingots from the United States Mint to bolster its reserve fund for issuing bank notes.
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San Francisco
United States Mint
Arkansas Capitol Occupied by Governor and Officials
Governor Donaghy and two state commissioners entered the unfinished capitol building in Little Rock, breaking a contractor locked door. The costly project, near a million dollars spent, is about half completed and has long spurred graft and political contention among legislators.
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Little Rock
Ark
Donaghy
State Commission
Capitol
Caldwell & Drake
Shonts Sees Bright Business Outlook for Drake Trust
Des Moines June 17 Theo dore P Shonts president of Drake university trustees said he expects a wonderful business revival after the crop season Your Iowa crops are immense He also said President Wilson of Harvard was wrong in saying western college men lack eastern scholarship potential.
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Des Moines
Theodore P. Shonts
Drake University Trustees
Iowa
Shonts
Wilson
Harvard
Iowa counties to earn interest on fifteen million dollars
Des Moines reports a new Iowa law forces county treasurers to place county funds at interest at 2 percent starting July 4. Estimated statewide county deposits total 15 million, yielding 300000 yearly in interest and potential tax levy reductions. Discussion includes abolishing school treasurers and letting county treasurers handle school funds.
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Des Moines
General Assembly
Aged Woman Killed on Bridge by Freight Train
In Ottumwa Iowa June Longcor and her granddaughter were on a Des Moines river bridge when a Chi Milwaukee J Paul freight train struck. Longcor died from a severed arm and internal injuries while her granddaughter was injured. Mrs Mary Dyer escaped by jumping into the river.
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Ottumwa
June Longcor
Cor
Des Moines
Chi , Milwaukee & &J. Paul
Mary Dyer
Longcor
Unconstitutional Ruling on 1560 Statutes in Iowa Case
In Iowa Falls on June 17 Judge RR Wright declared statutes in effect since 1560 unconstitutional in the case Abbie J. Foster et al v. Board of Supervisors of Hardin County et al. The audit in 1905 ordered a land plat for taxes, costs were charged, the owner paid before sale, and a refund claim was denied. The judge found sections 922 and 923 of the Iowa Code unconstitutional and ordered a tax refund.
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Iowa Falls
RR. MM. Wright
Abbie J. Foster
Board of Supervisors of
Hardin County
Jay Newcomer
Iowa
Wright
Breaks Girl's Glasses Damage Eye In Mason City
A boy throwing a missive struck Agnes Kelly's glasses in Dougherty south Mason County. The glasses shattered and pierced the eye, requiring an oculist to remove fragments. Doctors fear possible loss of sight as the injury remains serious.
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Mason City
Agnes Kelly
Dougherty
Lutheran Conference Completes Officers and Trustees
At the national conference of Evangelical Lutheran Churches of America in Iowa, Leonard Peterson of Centerville S D was elected treasurer. O Jacobson of Taylor Wis and A A Jorden of Clear Lake Ia were named board of trustees members. Rev S M Stenby of Clear Lake and J T Erickson of Boyd Minn were chosen as Iowa elders. Attendance rose to its highest level since the conference began.
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Clear Lake
Ernoon
Ground to death under motor wheels in Burlington
June 16. Sarah Irwin aged 15 daughter of Eugene Irwin a motorman was ground to death beneath the wheels of a street car as she attempted to board while it was moving her mother witnessed the tragedy last night.
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Burlington
Sarah Irwin
Eugene Irwin
Bank Defrauded On Bogus Certificates in Iowa City
Iowa City June 16 John Bauer a stranger cashed bogus certificates of deposits at the Iowa City State bank. The certificates were signed by the Citizens State bank of Elwood Indiana. Pinkerton detectives are pursuing him. believed to be part of a multi state gang.
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Iowa City
John Bauer
Iowa City State Bank
Citizens State Bank
Elw
Ind
Pinkerton
Webster Captured in Des Moines Killings Case
William Webster, a Black restaurant keeper, who shot and killed Henry Tolbert in his Des Moines restaurant Friday night, was captured in a rooming house in St. Joseph on Saturday.
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St. Joseph
William Webster
Henry Tolbert
Des Moines
Anonymous gift totals 40000 for church home project
An anonymous donor, a woman, gave an estimated 40000 to the United Norwegian Lutheran church of America. The gift funds a new home for the aged at Wittenberg Wisconsin. Separate plans call for a 75000 building at the Deaconess Home Hospital in Chicago with about 20000 already raised.
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Des Moines
United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America
Wittenberg
Wis
Chicago
Secretary's Son Weds at Traer in June Ceremony
Miss Nelle Stevenson wed George Wright Wilson at the Stevenson home five miles west of Traer. The ceremony was by Rev. J. N. Currens with about 75 guests including Secretary James Wilson and Professor James Wilson. The couple reside on the Wilson farm near Traer.
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Traer
Robert Stevenson
Nelle Stevenson
George Wright Wilson
James Wilson
J. N. Currens
Washington, D. C
State Agricultural College
Brookings
D. D
Marjorie Towne
Rockford
Genevieve Thompson
John Stevenson
Cedar Rapids
Roy Stevenson
Cole
John Thompson
Berlin
Wilson
Evangelical Lutherans Name Their Officers
Clear Lake Iowa June 16 The national conference of Evangelical Lutheran churches of America enters its second day with about 200 delegates. Rev E M Stenby president reelected, with Rev E Anderson of Taylor Wisconsin named vice president and Rev A L Weak of Minneapolis as secretary.
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Clear Lake
National
Conference of Evangelical Lutheran Churches of America
M. Stenby
Conference
E. Anderson
Taylor, Wis
A. L. Weak
Minneapolis
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Kooser’s Grocery
Ames, Lowa
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M. J. Adams
Ames, Iowa
Daniel McCarthy
Luke
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Story Street
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Union National Bank
Ames
W. M. Greeley
BE. W. Stanton
Henry Wilson
Cashier Co
L. Siverly
Ass’t, Cashier
Frank E. Morris
Fees Gate Stable
Hack
Onondaga
Gale
Posegate
H. M. Duckworth
Esa
James O'Donnell
Cadd Marble and Granite Works
Beonk
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Hyland Ave
Fullerton
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