Iowa News Roundup on Horse Racing and Citizenship
Pardon Secretary Richards discusses voting rights for inmates and those who paid fines, noting constitutional limits and governor restoration powers. Iowa’s horse racing grows, Cedar Valley circuits attract 30 entry classes, and breeders profit as eastern markets buy standout horses. Col. C. C. Horton reports Marshalltown soldiers home now has 630 members and rising, with projections of longer appeals and better conditions.
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W. S. Richards
Towa
Iowa
Cedar Valley
Waverly
E. H. Curtis
la Porte City
H. G. Conger
Cedar Rapids
J. W. Griffith
Oskaloosa
W. C. Burrell
Waterloo
L. Baker
Carroll
J. E. Jerome
Marshalltown
J. F. Finkle
Davenport
J. van Tayle
S. M. Bush
Independence
A. H. Farwell
J. van Tuyle
Oldest Woman in Iowa Jane Smith Celebrates 102nd Birthday
Miss Jane Smith of Marshalltown turns 102 in a quiet family celebration. Despite many years she remains sharp and socially engaged, with deafness as her only noted limitation.
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Jane Smith
Marshalltown
Miss Smith
Appointed Missionaries From Texas Named To India
The Baptist board of missions appoints Prof and Mrs A Loughridge of Marshall Texas as missionaries to India. They previously lived in Cedar Falls where Prof Loughridge taught Latin at the state normal school until three years ago. Both graduates of the state university, they bring ten years of foreign mission experience.
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Baptist Board of Missions of the
United States
A. Loughridge
Marshall, Tex
India
Gedar Falls
Loughridge
State Normal School
Thiele Slain by Husband in Villisea Streets
Ida M. Thiele was stabbed three times by her husband on a Villisea street. The couple had not lived together for four years. He returned recently, attacked her, and was arrested as angry locals threatened lynching. he was taken to Red Oak for safety.
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Ida M. Thiele
Villisea
Red Oak
Sudden deaths hit Oskaloosa in a single day
Four well known Oskaloosa residents died in one day. Mrs Naomi Deskin was found dead at home by her husband returning from work. Fifteen year old Charles Lafayette was struck and killed by an Iowa Central car. Lincoln Cox died suddenly at the paving works where he worked. Charles Huffmire, a farmer, hanged himself at Union mills.
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Naomi Deskin
Charles Lafayette
Iowa Central
Lincoln Cox
Charles Huffmire
Union Mills
Jealous Husband Fires at Wife in Des Moines
Elijah Heathcote, a contractor, forced his wife to the ground in her Des Moines apartment and fired a revolver four times. He accused her of infidelity and is jailed as the victim lies near death in hospital.
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Elijah Heathcote
Des Moines
Heathcote
Crop Outlook for Iowa From Washington Weather Bureau
The weekly report notes weather much warmer with copious showers in portions of the state. Crop conditions improved with corn well cultivated and showing better color and stand. Small grain and early oats and barley heading. clover harvest began with fair yield. Fruit generally promising but plums and apples well below average.
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Washington Weather Bureau
Iowa
Child Killed by Lightning Near Hawarden
Pearl Brest, 13, daughter of W. A. Brest ten miles southeast of Hawarden, was struck by lightning as she stood beside a stove. The bolt entered the chimney and followed the stovepipe, instantly killing her. the remaining family members were unharmed.
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Pearl
W. A. Brest
Hawarden
Murder near Belknap shocks rural community
Frank Bennett a prosperous farmer was found dead by the roadside near Belknap. He had been shot and his skull crushed with a heavy instrument, likely the butt of a gun. The killer remains unknown and no motive is evident.
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Frank Bennett
Belknap
Apple pie order and other notes from older times
A reviewer in The Lancet speculates a female fly may have 25 million descendants in one summer. Marine life can live for years, crabs may reach two decades. Hepzibah Merton baked apple pies weekly to stock her pantry, arranged in apple pie order. Cement use grows in South Africa, with Malays laboring on many structures. The British Court of Appeals ruled Campania’s nine knot fog speed excessive under admiralty rules.
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Hepzibah Merton
South Africa
British Court of Appeals
Campania
Tasmanian Conjugal Status Tabs Public Census
Below the equator Tasmania began recording the conjugal condition of the people as unmarried married widowed and divorced. The Argentine president told congress that paying off the floating national debt is finished. Patagonia’s many islands boast evergreen forests with vast timber potential and mountain ranges resembling Chile and Peru in geology and possible minerals.
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Tasmania
Argentine Republic
Patagonia
Chile
Peru
Ambrose McKay Recovers After Dodd's Kidney Pills
In Rockbridge Missouri Mr Ambrose McKay a noted citizen and Masonic member recovered from long standing Diabetes and Rheumatism after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. His pain disappeared and he improved to near full health with the remedy gaining local reputation.
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Rockbridge
Rockbridge Lodge
A. F
A. M
Ambrose McKay
McKay
Dodd
Bright
Missouri
Notable Iowa obituary and incident roundup
News in Brief lists deaths of James Plaister in Dubuque aged 78 and W. H. Barris in Davenport aged 83. Frank Butson killed near Geneva. Seneca Hazard found dead in Des Moines. Henry Schupper a Britt farmer commits suicide. Other items: Clark Marshall elected Iowa State Auctioneers president. Clinton bridge project. Iowa Society of Opticians elects H. P. Holmes. Jane Smith marks 100th birthday. White Cloud post office discontinued. Dubuque enameling works sold for 100000. Eddyville fire losses. Dubuque Edward Brown dies at 50. Janesville to Boise mail route abandoned.
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James Plaister
Dubuque
W. H. Barris
Griswold College
Davenport Academy of Sciences
Davenport
Frank Butson
Geneva
Marshalltown
Iowa State Auctioneers’ Association
D. B. Marshall
Mount Ayr
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Mississippi River
Clinton
Iowa Society of Opticians
H. P. Holmes
Des Moines
Jane Smith
Seneca W. Hazard
White Cloud
Mills County
Hastings
New York
Chicago
Eddyville
Edward Brown
Board of Supervisors
Dubuque County
Janesville
Boise
Cedar Falls
Henry Schupper
Britt
Schupper
From the Fatherland German overseas schools abroad
The report estimates German forests yield 38 million tons of timber and firewood annually, plus 4.6 million tons imported. Germany supports 125 schools abroad with campuses in Constantinople Buenos Aires Antwerp Brussels Bucharest Pretoria Johannesburg. In Brazil 29 schools Chile 12 Romania 12 and in British dominions 12.
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Constantinople
Buenos Ayres
Antwerp
Brussels
Bucharest
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Brazil
Chili
Roumania
British Dominions
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