Regents Elect Old Faculty at Iowa U Seeks New Hall
The University of Iowa regents reaffirmed the existing deans Tuesday, re electing all college heads while naming several new staff appointments. They also plan to ask the next legislature for 125000 dollars to build and equip a women’s hall in Iowa City.
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Board of Regents
University of Iowa
Liberal
L. G. Weld
Iowa City
Charles Noble Gregory
James R. Guthrie
Dubuque
George Royal
Des Moines
W. Ss. Hosford
W. 8. Teeters
Carl E. Seashore
William G. Raymond
W.L. Bierring
W. L. Bywater
Ernest L. Ohle
Washington University
St. Louis
Georg M. Sharrard
University of Kansas
Cornell University
Morris M. Leighton
John P. Jeffrey
Grandview
Can
Roland M. Stewart
Toledo
Myrta G. West
Irwin
George H. Mount
Fairfield
L. Schneider
University of Wisconsin
Supreme Court upholds Roenfranz verdict against Rock Island
Iowa supreme court affirms lower court ruling awarding Geo D Roenfranz 6000 dollars against Rock Island Railway stemming from a Belmond gravel pit accident. Roenfranz, brakeman, injured his foot during a flying switch as he tried to pull a coupling pin. Attorneys were M J Groves of Lsthlerville and J G Myerly of Des Moines.
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Lstherville
Supreme Court of Iowa
Geo. D. Roenfranz
Rock Island Railway Company
Roenfranz
Belmond
M. J. Groves
J. G. Myerly
Des Moines
Upper Des Moines Editorial to Convene July 16 in Humboldt
Humboldt Indiana is set to host the Upper Des Moines Editorial association meeting on July 16 with a concurrent chautauqua session. The event will gather editors for sessions and community programming.
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Humboldt
Upper
Des Moines Editorial Association
Chautauqua
Firemen's Tournament Deferred By Rain At Onawa
Rain forced postponement of the Onawa Firemen's tournament planned for today. The local committee and Maple Valley Firemen's president E Connell set July 22 as the new opening date with a rain or shine plan. If July 22 is rained out, races move to July 23.
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Onawa
E. Connell
Lake City
Maple Valley Firemen’s Association
Onawa Fire Department
Assault on 10 year old girl shocks Boone Iowa
D B White Whittemore, 55, prominent church worker, is jailed on $2000 bond after confessing to assaulting 10 year old Lucy Ashley in Linwood Cemetery. The victim lies in critical condition at Eleanor Moore hospital. Mrs Whittemore, educated and social, is devastated.
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Boone
D. B. Whitemore
Lucille Ashley
Eleanor Moore Hospital
Linwood Cemetery
Whittemore
Iowa delegate struck by automobile in Chicago
A. N. Henderson 87, delegate from Story City Iowa, president of the First National Bank, was hit at Jackson boulevard and Dearborn street by a car owned by Louis Kuppenheimer. He suffered a cut to the left leg and severe bruises. the driver was not detained.
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Chicago
A. N. Henderson
Story City
Jackson Boulevard
Dearborn Street
Louis Kuppenheimer
Kuppenheimer & Co
Henderson
First National Bank
Hull's majority reduced to three in precinct results
June 20 report from Des Moines shows Hull's overall lead cutting to three votes after precinct tallies. Third precinct swing minimal, while Fourth precinct adds four votes to Prouty and Seventh precinct's gain of two narrows the district margin further.
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Des Moines
Prouty
Hull
Alimony Granted in Hartje Divorce Case
Judge Fraser awards Mrs Mary Scott Hartje 26750 incidental expenses 7000 counsel fees and 416.66 monthly alimony starting January 6 1908 as part of the Hartje divorce suit filed by August Hartje in Pittsburg Pa.
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Pittsburg
Robert S. Fraser
Mary Scott Hartje
August Hartje
Hartje
Wartie
State Labor Federation pushes for Iowa legal reforms
A. U. Urick reports the Iowa State Federation of Labor adopted a platform urging nine man juries in civil cases, labor lien reforms, contributory negligence jury trials, parent driven age proof for child labor, boiler inspections, and street car safety. They back parcels post and Beveridge child labor bill and aim to ban interstate child labor goods.
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Iowa
Beveridge
State Federation
Urick
Shot by Cupid Then Nichols Shot Himself
John Nichols a 21 year old rural mail carrier went into an abandoned cave and shot himself through the temple in a love affair tragedy reported from Diagonal Iowa June 18.
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Cupid
Nichols
Diagonal
John Nichols
Weather crop bulletin reports mixed conditions across Iowa
For the week ending June 15 1908 average temperature and sunshine were below normal statewide. Rainfall was below normal in the northeast and above in the southwest with daily showers but four rainless days. Cultivation of corn progressed, wet areas hindered work, but overall crop condition improved, though acreage may shrink. Small grain and potatoes thrived in cool weather. cherries and strawberries promising. apples expected light. George M. Chappel, Section Director.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Marion
George M. Chappel
Auto Ado Drowns Four Off New York Pier
A pleasure-party auto ran out of control on West Fifty-sixth Street, plunged from an open pier into the North River, and sank with four victims aboard. The dead are Adeline Berdon 19 Rose Coleman 23 John Coleman 8 Virginia Knight 8. Chauffeur John Bauer escaped and aided by police was taken into custody. John Nolan leapt clear as the car neared the dock. Bauer had earlier driven the guests home and invited them for a ride.
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New York
West Fifty-sixth Street
North River
Adeline Berdon
Rose Coleman
John Coleman
Virginia Knight
John Bauer
John Nolan
Bauer
Maine Sends Largest Delegate to Chicago
Chicago June 18 Maine may not provide the biggest delegation but claims the largest delegate. Arthur Moulton of Portland weighs 443 pounds and stands about five feet tall. He is causing excitement as he moves through the Auditorium and hotel lobby, dealing destruction to chairs and meals before his first breakfast.
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Chicago
Maine
Arthur Moulton
Portland
McFarland Named Consul General at Large by President
Marshalltown Iowa June 17 The appointment of G. McFarland former editor of the Times Republican to be consul general at large for the European station is seen as the most significant voluntary ascent in the consular service He will supervise London Paris Vienna Berlin and other major capitals with a $5000 salary plus travel and subsistence expenses.
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Marshalltown
G. McFarland
Times-Republican
Euron
United States Service
McFarland
London
Paris
Vienna
Berlin
Europe
St. Petersburg
St. Gall
Switzerland
Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Nottingham
England
Reichenberg
Austria
Robert E. Mansfield
Lucerne
Workmen Invade Old Line Field
Des Moines Iowa June 17 The A. O U W in supreme sessions amendments today permit issuing cash loan values and paid up insurance certificates with extended insurance features This is the first break of the fraternal order entirely by old line into the field occupied by insurance companies
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Des Moines
U. W
Enine Insurance Companies
Boat capsizes on Mississippi. two men drown in Burlington
Burlington Iowa June 17. While shifting positions in a row boat on the Mississippi River Sunday afternoon the craft capsized drowning Joseph Coenenberg and Wm D Johnson the sole occupants. Johnson's body has been recovered.
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Burlington
Mississippi River
Joseph Coenenberg
Wm. D. Johnson
Johnson
Ida Grove Adds Five Rural Routes After Exam
Ida Grove Iowa June 17 Howard Curry and David Koch topped a rural carrier exam last week. Both begin July 1 with routes of 28 miles east and 2914 miles south. The town now operates five routes after revisions to cover nearly every farmhouse.
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Ida Grove
Howard Curry
David Koch
Bite of Bulldog Ends Spanking Fiasco on Amsterdam
New York report describes a bulldog named Mike from Mrs. Priscilla Holz’s restaurant on Amsterdam Avenue who bites tailor Joseph Rosenberg after he tries to spank his daughter Esta who was patting the dog. The incident interrupts the spanking and leaves Rosenberg fleeing.
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New York
Amsterdam Avenue
Mike
Priscilla Holz
Avenue
Sixty-seventh Street
Joseph Rosenberg
Esta
Rosenberg
Mrs. Holz
Evelyn Thaw and Husband Reconciled in New York Case
Evelyn Thaw and her husband are reconciled and will not be separated, stated by her counsel Daniel O'Reilly. She visited him in jail at Poughkeepsie, confirming the arrangement.
Not Insane, Merely Honest
Columbus report says Frank Holland of St. Paris Ohio faced a sanity inquest after paying outlawed debts and damages caused as a youth. Probate Judge J N Owen found Holland not insane but more honest than the average man.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank Holland
St. Paris
J. N. Owen
Holland
88 year old doctor weds 87 year old Rome woman in Jordansville
In Jordansville New York on June 17 Dr Adam Miller aged 88 married Miss Celia Watson of Rome aged 87 The ceremony joined a notably aged couple and was reported as a local nuptial event reflecting a rare marriage of senior partners.
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Jordansville
N. Y
Adam Miller
Celia Watson
Rome
Philippine War Romance Ends in Des Moines Wedding
Fertile imagination frames a tale of L A Woodring and an Manila native who fall in love amid wars. He rescues a Spanish senorita, she earns $200000 from her father’s plantation, and they marry in Des Moines after decades of military service. They plan a worldwide honeymoon route.
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Des Moines
L. A
Woodring
Oes Moines
Maursia
Pennsylvania
Vicksburg Hospital
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Philippines
Manila
Cassa Deliasco
Stewart
Montana
United States Hospital Service
America
Woodrmeg
Globe
Young Man Kills Himself On Eve Of Wedding
Council Bluffs Iowa June 15 Almost on the eve of his marriage to Margaret Coyle a prominent young man and clerk in the Sergent Shoe store Robert Brown shot himself after police and a bank clerk tied to a diamond theft case Brown was weighing exposure of two stolen diamonds valued at 450 and a second stone given to his fiancée A note to his mother explained the act while Scarr the bank clerk and Brown's employer speculate on his guilt or innocence and the case ends with no further action taken on the diamonds Brown's parents live at Grand Island Nebraska.
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Council Bluffs
M Margaret Coyle
Robert Brown
Sergent
Brown
Homer Scarr
First National Bank
Scarr
Scarr Brown
Mies Coyle
Cumberland
Grand I Neb
B. M. Sar Brown
E. E. Brown
North Kimball Street
Grand Island
Margaret
Campaign spending totals for Cummins and Allison in Iowa
Des Moines June 15 Governor Cummins filed sworn campaign expenses totaling 4769 dollars 15 cents covering headquarters and personal costs. Senator Allison reported 60 dollars for postage and 2000 dollars to his manager J T Adams with other amounts uncertain.
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Des Moines
Cummins
Allison
Hayward
J. T. Adams
Leuque
Prouty
Sweet
Picket
Ketchum
Buffalo skull found in creek near Buck Grove Iowa
Roy Moffit, while repairing a fence, found a buffalo frontal bone with horn processes in good preservation in the Buck Grove creek bed. Measurements show horn tips totaling about 27 1/4 inches and eye socket width around 14 4/4 inches, suggesting horns could reach 33 to 36 inches if attached. The bone is split along the sagittal suture but otherwise intact.
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Creek Buck Grove
Roy Moffit
Local boy whipped for truth telling by father
A parent disciplines a child after the boy tells the truth, illustrating a controversy over consistency. The speaker notes the father's inconsistent behavior as he chastises honesty while condemning the boy for speaking up. This brief exchange highlights parental discipline problems.
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Binkins
Pawnbrokers Looted by Undutiful Sons
Des Moines leaders I Fenberg and B Siegel report their two sons Joe Fenberg and David Siegel aged 18 and 21 vanished last night with 2000 dollars in jewels. Young Siegel also locked his father’s safe with 10000 in diamonds and watches, giving him no way to access the contents.
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Des Moines
I. Fenberg
B. Siegel
Joe Fenberg
David Siegel
Siegel
Fighting Sheriff In Bantam Class In Iowa Fight
Ida Grove Iowa reports a bantam bout where Sheriff McLeod and Eddie Walsh argued twice and exchanged lines and blows. Walsh ripped a lie at McLeod. the sheriff doffed his coat and the pair traded in a Corbett Fitzsimmons style, ending the third round about even.
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Ida Grove
McLeod
Eddie Walsh
Walsh
Sandy Little
Corbett- Fitzsimmons
Iowa
Not Wife But Servant’s Pay Limited to 21 Years
The supreme court accepts that Mrs. Margaret Asher, not Mrs. Elias Pegg, has a claim to Elias Pegg’s estate for 21 years of services, totaling 10,500 dollars. A written agreement between Kas Pegg and Mrs Asher to marry was not deemed a valid marriage contract by the court.
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Logan
Supreme Court
Elias Pegg
Margaret Asher
Elias
Labor Federation Elects Urick President in Des Moines
The Iowa State Federation of Labor re elected A L Urick of Des Moines as president and scheduled the 1909 convention to be held in Dubuque.
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Federation OF Labor
A. L. Urick
Clinton
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Yesterda
Despines
Dubuque
Christian Conference Names Its Officers
The 34th annual session of the Iowa State Christian conference at La Grande elected E. C. Kerr of La Grande as president A. M. Hanson Le Grandé as vice president Bruce Witmar Orient as secretary and Dr D M Helfenstein Des Moines as treasurer.
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Marshalltown
Iowa State Christian Conference
la Grande
E. C. Kerr
A. M. Hanson
le Grandé
Bruce Witmar
Orient
D. M. Helfenstein
Deg Moines
Ashe Sentenced for Forcing Wife to Serve Mistress
Richard D. Ashe of Janesville Wisconsin was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to holding his wife as a prisoner to wait on his mistress. The June proceeding resulted in the term imposed.
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Janesville
Wis
Richard D. Ashe
Juliette Williams Weds Joseph Letter in Stunning Directoire Style
Washington on June 15 reports Miss Juliette Williams daughter of Col. John R. Williams united in marriage with multimillionaire Joseph Letter in a directoire styled gown of white satin and Mechlin lace. The ceremony linked beauty at twenty with wealth at forty in a notable Washington wedding.
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Washington
Juliette Williams
John R. Williams
Joseph Letter
Chicago
Directoire Fashi
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