Senator Ericson Birthday Portrait Highlights Iowa Statesman
The Intelligencer marks Hon. Charles John Alfred Ericson’s sixty seventh birthday. A Story and Boone county representative in the Iowa Senate since 1896, he rose from Swedish immigrant to Boone bank founder and community benefactor, aiding libraries and dairy exhibits and serving in state and national affairs. The piece traces his early life, business ventures, and public service, ending with a reflection on agricultural history and seed corn notes.
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Charles John Alfred Ericson
Story
Boone
Iowa State Senate
Sweden
Iowa
Senator Ericson
America
Moline
Inl
Eric Nelson
Ericson
W. B. Allison
United States Senate
The
Intelligencer
Two-Cent Fare Law Passes Despite Rail Road Opposition
The Iowa legislature agrees to a two-cent fare per mile to take effect July 4. Support came from Col. Lafayette Young and J. S. Clarkson while the press shifted stance during the session. Railroads face pressure to earn legitimate profits without stock dividends. the outcome hinges on losses from smash-ups and blockades and broader western adoption of the two-cent rate.
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Iowa State College and State Dairy Association
Iowa
Mississippi River
St. Louis
General Assembly
J. 8
Clarkson
Iowa State Register
Lafayette Young
Cass County
Senate
Col. Young
Western Roads
Wall Street
Ninety Years Ago A Summer Without Warmth
Pa Smith of the Scranton Journal recalls 1816 as a year with a summer frost and none of the citizens remembering it, noting history records a cold, out of season period and the impact on the era.
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Pa Smith
Scranton Journal
booster spirit for Ames town and local merchants
The piece urges Ames residents to invest locally and support nearby merchants. It argues towns build by improving property and buying from local suppliers including farmers teachers and professors. It criticizes out of town shopping and mail order reliance as harming the town’s growth.
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Ames
The Globe Shines in New York News Scene
The Globe stands as a modern New York daily built by Samuel Strauss and Allan Dawson, differing from eastern papers with a Western-influenced style. Notable items include rural mail carriers' 900 pay raise, Senator Spooner resigning to practice law, and remarks on fireworks and the Carnegie Trust presidency.
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Globe
New York
Samuel Strauss
Allan Dawson
Des Moines Leader
Register
Ames Real Estate Talk Promotes Lending and Development
A column urges loosening credit on real estate loans and pushing development in Ames. It frames the city’s hopes and fears around growth, notes that many business blocks are owned by lodges and women enjoying steady returns, and calls for decisive action without delays.
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Ames’ Best
Spring Weather Warnings For Overcoats And Wet Feet
The notice urges readers to keep overcoats ready and ensure footwear stays dry as spring arrives. It emphasizes practical preparation for seasonal showers and lingering damp conditions.
Interurban Franchise Digestion Heads Before Jury
The pending interurban franchise matter in Ames moves to a jury review as hearings proceed.
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Ames
Housing Shortage Hits Ames as Move-In Nears
Slater notes a housing shortage in Ames with several residents needing to relocate by month’s start. Many affected renters have no available housing and must move out.
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Slater
Ames
Explosion Injures Two Score at Rich ards Colliery Near Mount Carmel
A blast of 1000 pounds of dynamite at the Richards colliery dynamite storehouse near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania injures about twenty and fatally harms Lewis Dowie of Mt Carmel. The blast wrecks offices and shops, tears up engines, and creates a fifty by fifteen foot hole. About seven hundred workers are temporarily unemployed.
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Pottsville
Richards
Susquehanna Coal Company
Mount Carmel
Lewis Dowie
Mt. Carmel
Start on trip to Congo Free State
A party of eight or nine led by Chester Beatty of the Guggenheim Exploration Co and 8. P. Verner of the American Congo Co sails on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to Cherbourg then to Africa for an eighteen month stay in the Congo Free State. They plan exploration from Leopoldville Stanley Pool as headquarters for the syndicate’s mining and rubber concessions.
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New York
Chester Beatty
Guggenheim Exploration Company
P. Verner
American Congo Company
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Cherbourg
Africa
Congo Free State
Beatty
Verner
Europe
Congo
Leopoldville
Stanley Pool
New York Herald Bosses Admit Guilty Plea in Mail Matter
In United States circuit court James Gordon Bennett owner and William Gillam advertising manager of The New York Herald pleaded guilty to sending improper matter through the mails. William Rand counsel for the Herald said the plea was entered for Bennett and Gillam. Sentence set for April 2 with maximum fines up to forty thousand dollars.
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New York Herald
New York
United States Circuit Court
William Rand
New York Herald Company
James Gordon Bennett
The
Herald
William Gillam
Des Moines Publisher's Traveling Agent Kills Self
C M Mitchell a traveling representative for a Marshalltown Iowa publishing house shot himself in a crowded waiting room causing panic among women and children. Despondency from ill health and the recent deaths of two relatives were given as the motive.
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Des Moines
C. M. Mitchell
Marshalltown
Ila
Mitchell
Death of a Carnegie Partner
Colonel Homer J. Lindsay assistant to the president of the Carnegie Steel company died at his home in the east end of Bright's disease after an illness of several months. Lindsay was one of Andrew Carnegie's young partners having started with the Carnegie company as a telegrapher at age 18.
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Carnegie
Pittsburg
Homer J. Lindsay
Carnegie Steel Company
East End
Bright
Colonel Lindsay
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Company
Train Robbery Near Pittsburg Kans Ends in Death and Wounding
A Missouri Pacific train from Pittsburg to Cornell was held up by two bandits killing a Black man and wounding a white man. They took about $100 and some watches, then escaped as the train neared Cornell.
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Kansas
Pittsburg
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Cornell
Ruef Trial Must Proceed Despite Writ of Error
Judge Dunne overruled Judge Hubbard's writ of error and ordered the Ruef trial to continue today. A bench warrant was issued for Abraham Ruef and the court recessed awaiting his appearance.
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Ruef
San Francisco
Dunne
Hubbard
Abraham Ruef
Fall from Stepladder Fatal in Clinton Factory
Hans Drella a factory worker was killed when a stepladder collapsed causing a fall while operating machinery in Clinton Iowa on March 5.
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Clinton, Ia
Hans Drella
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