Whiting Fire Destroys Elevator And Grain In Lightning Blaze
A lightning bolt set the F. E. Smith double elevator in Whiting Iowa ablaze. The fire killed 29 000 bushels of grain and a hay filled boxcar plus several small buildings. Loss estimated at 15000 dollars. Conductor Charles Siebert spotted the blaze and alerted the town as the engine moved cars away. Heavy rain aided containment and the depot escaped. A nearby hay stack also burned.
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Whiting
F. E. Smith
Charles Siebert
St. Paul
Siebert
Sioux City
Arrest Two for Assault on Old Soldier at Newell
Storm Lake Iowa March 9 Warren Dale son of a Newell liveryman and Ralph Layman son of E T Layman were arrested by Deputy Sheriff Baker charged with assaulting Samuel Carson an old soldier found near death in his cottage about three weeks ago in Newell Dale 20 confessed implicating Layman Layman 20 denies the charge Layman's father posted $1500 bond Dale remains in jail
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Storm Lake
Warren Dale
Newell
Ralph Layman
E. T. Layman
Baker
Samuel Carson
Young Dale
Varina
Pocahontas County
Layman
Dale
Council Bluffs city strengthens school fire drills
Fire Chief Charles M. Nicholson orders pupil drills in all public schools at least every two weeks and will visit schools and respond to alarms as needed. The move follows the Cleveland disaster and aims to boost safety.
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Council Bluffs
Charles M. Nicholson
Board of Education
Cleveland
Ohio
Sightseeing autos to tour San Francisco fleet officers
San Francisco on March 9details of a planned sightseeing tour for Admiral Evans fleet officers using ten large autos with a 6509 expenditure planned for trips and picnics. A separate pony ride is arranged for sailors. The eight mile city loop includes Market California Montgomery Chinatown Kearney Union Market and Ocean Boulevard with a parade style route and extra cars to assist disabled entries.
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San Francisco
Admiral Evans
Committee On
California
Montgomery Street
Montgomery Avenue
Chinatown
Bush Street
Kearney
Union Market
Panhandle
Ocean Boulevard
Olff House
Stanyan Street
McAllister
First Avenue
Presidio
Broadway
Pacific Avenue
Deviladero Street
Pie Eater W H Frye Sets Long Service Record
Winona Minnesota March 9 W H Frye a veteran railway mail clerk since 1869 will mark his 74th birthday in July He is a pie lover who has eaten many pies at railway lunch counters If a line of pies were placed between Winona and LaCrosse twenty seven miles long he would have eaten pie equivalent to an eighteen inch wide strip He has traveled about 2 000 000 miles about eighty times around the world.
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Winona
Mine
W. H. Frye
LaCrosse
Detroit banker Ellwood T. Hance dies by self-inflicted gunshot
Ellwood T. Hance aged 56 first vice president of Union Trust and former Detroit post master shot and killed himself citing worry over financial issues and ill health. Union Trust officials deny any link between Hance's death and the bank or its receiver City Savings, despite his financial difficulties.
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Detroit
Ellwood T. Hance
Union Trust Company
Hancce
City Savings Bank
Hance
Dr J L Whinnery Dies After Dental Clinic Stay
Dr J L Whinnery, a prominent local dentist active in the state, died this morning after lingering cerebral trouble following a National Dental convention clinic in Minneapolis last summer during which he had a molar extracted.
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Minneapolis
J. L. Whinnery
Marshallton
Iowa Miners Face Mass Idle by March 31
Des Moines March 6 The existing agreement between Iowa coal mine operators and miners expires March 31 and failure of eastern states to reach a new accord leaves about 15 000 Iowa miners at risk of unemployment.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Miners' Counsel John H Murphy Dies in Denver
John H Murphy born Ottumwa Iowa 46 died in Denver after a long illness. A veteran railroad master mechanic turned lawyer he became general counsel for the Western Federation of Miners and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and edited the federation's official magazine.
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Denver
John H. Murphy
Western Federation of Miners
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Mr. Murphy
Ottumwa
Union Pacific Railroad
Ogden
Utah
Murphy
Federation
Des Moines Street Car Employes Get Raise in Wages
Des Moines raises wage scale after arbitration averts a street car strike. The employer gains about 15 cents above the current rate while workers drop from a demanded 40 percent rise. the new scale to remain in effect for two years. A separate item notes a posse seeking a missing woman, Mrs. Tippley, as efforts to locate her continue.
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Des Moines
Board of Arbitration
Moorhead
Mi A. Tippley
Tippley
Nebraska
Greer Farm
Here
Holstein Girl Is Star in Mathematics
Miss Mar guerite KK. Schroeppel, a Holstein high school valedictorian who enters Coe College in 1905, will graduate with honors in June. She completed the four year science course in three years, excelling in mathematics and earning the Knox scholarship for her freshman and sophomore work. She has supported herself, spending under $200 for three years, and is barely 19.
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Holstein
Marguerite KK. Schroeppel
Coe College
Holstein High School
Schroeppel
Knox
Coe
Placards Threaten Spanish King to Be Torn Down
Placards in Barcelona announcing an assassination attempt on King Alfonso during his March 12 visit were removed by police today. The warning circulated publicly in the city, prompting security measures ahead of the royal visit.
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Barcelona
Alfonso
County Blacksmiths Form Association in Moville Iowa
Woodbury County Blacksmiths and an auxiliary to the state group organized in Moville Iowa with Kingsley Bronson Sergeant Bluff Correctionville Midway represented. Monthly meetings scheduled. next gathering to be in Correctionville. Copenhaver presided as vice president A C Rethbun served as secretary.
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Moville
Woodbury County
Japan refuses to arbitrate in steamer dispute
Pekin reports Japan will not submit the Tatesu Maru case to arbitration. Tokyo threatens force to recover the vessel held by China at Huang Ou. China proposed British commander arbitration, but Japan rejected the overture and warned of further measures to secure release.
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Pekin
Japan
China
Huang Ou
Canton
Fearing Robbery He Ends His Life in Burlington
John Chubb, a wealthy and eccentric bachelor of Burlington, Illinois, shot himself after years of fear that strangers would seize his wealth. He owned the Chubb block on Jefferson street and was a leading baker, with a fortune over 100000 dollars. his brother had died by suicide two years earlier.
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Burlington
Ira
John Chubb
Chubb
Jefferson Street
Hart M Kee Alleged Iniquities Described By Wife s Attorney
In Paris in Judge Dikes court Mrs A Bart McKee seeks divorce with counsel Maitre Barboux detailing the alleged iniquities of Hart McKee. He is accused of tying a cord around his wife s neck to drag her and of wandering the home in Adam like nudity. He reportedly wore various outfits and in that garb pursued the maid who fled his advances.
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Paris
A. Bart- McKee
Adam
Lumber Grove near Castana Yields Big Timber Profit
On the J. B. Ordway home farm west of Castana a four acre cottowood grove planted 38 years ago was harvested producing 176000 feet of lumber from logs cut last fall. Manufacturing cost about $9 per thousand feet, finished lumber worth about $23, netting roughly $14 per thousand and about $2400 total. The entire yield supports farm needs including a new residence for William Ordway and repairs to farm buildings.
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Castana
Maren
Ordway
William Ordway
Ex President Pensions Spark Outcry at Indiana Uni
Bloomington March 7 Dr Johnston head of Latin at Indiana University provoked uproar by saying Roosevelt and all ex presidents should be shot when term ends unless pensions of 109000 a year are provided. He claimed ex presidents are near physical and mental wrecks and that without pensions death would be best.
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Bloomington
Ind
Johnston
Indiana University
Roosevelt
Tinois College
Jacksonville
A&de
Claims brothers conspired to rob him for 150000
Des Moines March 7. Alleges two brothers plotted to seize his thirty thousand dollar estate by charging insanity over corn, causing his wife to die. Shuman Trowbridge of Des Moines and Harry Trowbridge of Denver named as defendants with Dr T C Coe and Lewis Gaylord.
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Des Moines
I.a
Lewis Trowbridge
Omaha
Shuman Trowbridge
Harry
Denver
T. C. Coe
Lewis Gaylord
Fremont County
Lowa
John Jones Not Hero in Hay Poem Says Governor
Former Governor Sam R. Van Sant of Minnesota, visiting Davenport, disputes dates in a Dakota press story linking John Jones, Warsaw ferry pilot, to the poem Jim Bludsoe. He recalls engineer Oliver Fairchild as the poem’s model and notes Fairchild died in 1860 near Warsaw. Captain Walter J. Blair of Davenport confirms Hay’s note on Fairchild.
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Davenport
Sam R. van Sant
Minnesota
Dakota
Minn
John Jones
Warsaw
la Crosse
Jim Bludsoe
John Hay
Governor van Sant
Henry Whitmore
Oliver Fairchild
Hay
Prohibition Candidate Swallow Stricken With Typhoid Pneumonia
Harrisburg March 7 Rev Silas C Swallow prohibition candidate for the United States in 1904 is seriously ill at his home with typhoid pneumonia in Pennsylvania.
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Harrisburg
Silas Co. Swallow
United States
Editor Guy Mills Targeted in Iowa Shooting Attempt
Des Moines March 7 Jake Arnold was arrested for assault to commit murder after trying to shoot Guy Mills editor of McCallsburg. He allegedly used a rifle. Mills had published a harmful item and a crowd gathered as Arnold fired toward the crowd, striking a man’s hat.
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iDes Moines
Guy Mills
McCallsburg
Jake Arnold
Mills
Arnold
Golver Arnold
Spotted Fever Claims Three Youths In Bluffs Area
Three young people died in Harlan over the weekend from cerebro spinal meningitis causing alarm in Bluffs Iowa. George Billings aged 12 and Charles Wirth aged 19 died Sunday and yesterday respectively. A 6 year old Bartlett girl also died. Schools closed and public burials barred. A revival was suspended and the church fumigated amid epidemic fears.
Interurban railway promoters target Primghar stock sale
The promoters of the proposed interurban railway say sales in Primghar territory have exceeded 15 dollars per share and they are confident of selling 20 000 dollars in stock. A small survey change is planned between Primghar and Hartley but the road will enter town about as planned.
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Primeraria
Primghar
Hartley
Pioneer Banker A. Weir Dies at Peterson Home
A. J. Weir, a prominent Clay County banker and grain dealer and president of the First National Bank, died suddenly at his Peterson home. Born in Scotland in 1852, he emigrated to America at age two and moved to Clay County in 1885. he was a leading figure in local business and community affairs.
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Weir
Clay County
Peterson
Secotland
America
First National Bank
Spencer, Sr
Andrew Carnegie Gives 63500 for Coe College Hall
Cedar Rapids March 6 Andrew Carnegie has given 63500 for a new science hall at Coe college. The donation supports construction at the Iowa institution, reflecting Carnegie’s ongoing philanthropy in education.
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Andy
Iowa College
Cedar Rapids
Andrew, Carnegie
Coe College
Accident Ends Young Man's Outing In Staithland Woods
Will Mc Donald, 20, son of James McDonald of Stodney Savings Bank, was accidentally shot by a companion during an outing in the woods near Staithland Ta. The bullet pierced his left side and he died almost instantly.
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Rodney Young
Staithland
Will McDonald
James McDonald
Stodney Savings Bank
Stranger Attacks 11-Year-Old Girl Near River Road
Iowa City police hunt an unknown assailant after a stranger seized 11 year old Anna Hole man and robbed her of 50 cents along the river road last night. She broke away and escaped uninjured as authorities extend the dragnet.
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Iowa City
Anna Holeman
Hydrophobia Kills Inoculated Rabbits In Iowa
Iowa City report by Dr Henry Albert state bacteriologist says hydrophobia caused the death of rabbits inoculated from horses bitten by a dog from Des Moines The department confirms the diagnosis by Des Moines surgeons A dog that bit a girl at Belle Plaine shows signs of rabies
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Iowa City
Henry Albert
Pacteriologist
Des Moines
Belle Plaine
Three Owa Towns In Line For New Public Buildings
Senator Scott reports favorable from the committee on buildings on public building appropriations for Ottumwa Fort Dodge and LaMars.
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OWA
Scott
Committee On Buildings
Ottumwa
Fort Dodge
LaMars
Billy Sunday Town Goes Wet
The city election yesterday produced a sweep for a clean democratic ticket. Barney Hrmidt representing the liberal element was elected by 600 votes. The dry faction, who earlier in the year closed all gens, faced a setback as the wets gained control.
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Marth
Ciliuscaline
Barney -Hrmidt
Drys
Emigrants and Stockmen Robbed by Bluffs Gang
Council Bluffs, March 4. Special Union Pacific officers led by Detective Wiszard say they have uncovered an organized gang within railroad employes conducting a graft at the transfer yards. Four men were arrested after third degree questioning and confessions reveal a scheme in which fake inspectors claim rule violations to extract payments from emigrants and stock shippers, with cases including a stockman paying $15 to avoid delays. Authorities expect more arrests.
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Council Bluffs
Union Pacific
Wizzard
Havelso
Wiszard
G. 8. Wright
Great Western
South Omaha
Notable Oskaloosa Attorney L C Blanchard Dies Suddenly
Oskaloosa report says L C Blanchard a prominent attorney and Republican figure died in heart failure after an hour of illness. He formerly served as circuit judge and state senator.
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Oskaloosa
L. C. Blanchard
State Senate
Oldest editor in America marks 92nd birthday in Charles City
A. B. F. Hildreth, born February 29, 1816 in Chelsea Vermont, celebrated his 92nd birthday Saturday in Charles City Iowa. He started the Charles City Intelli gencer in 1856 bringing a printing outfit by ox team from Galena Illinois and retired over twenty five years ago. Hildreth was active in Vermont and Massachusetts journalism and helped advance educational institutions including the state university.
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America
Charles City
A. B. F. Hildreth
Vermont
Massachusetts
State University
Original South Carolina secession ordinance found in Waterloo
In Captain A. Mitchell's home at Waterloo Louisiana the original 1860 South Carolina secession ordinance was found. The vellum document shows five hundred thirty three signatures per line and was secreted in a Cheraw area abandoned house since the Civil War. The fortieth convention date and the document’s age are noted, with the Confederate army headquarters nearby.
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Waterloo
A. Mitchell
Benton County
South Carolina
Charlestown
Mitchell
Cheraw
Rich Man Receives Six Leap Year Proposals
In Edwardesville Tk on March 4 six marriage proposals arrive for C W Terry president and attorney for the McKinley railway system. The six women from society think the dated leap year plan is warranted following a whist club discussion. Terry says he will choose a partner within two weeks.
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Dwardesville
C. W. Terry
State and Trust Bank
Gener
McKinley
Terry
Wa gErheeler
They Counted Wrong in Mrs Campbell Birth Claim
A retraction from Steubenville Ohio disputes a report that Mrs. Geo Campbell gave birth to five children. The item was sent to the office and denied as inaccurate by the Associated Press.
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Geo. Campbell
Steubenville
Ohio
Iowa Students Pass Rhodes Exam in Iowa Colleges
Iowa Rhodes scholarship committee in Oxford reports collegians who passed the examinations. John S Huff Muse tine Iowa university Jacob Larse Decorah Luther college William Millen Cornell college Robert Clar Clear Lake Grinnell onlay. The Iowa committee will tour the state as representatives.
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Iowa City
Rhod Scholarship Committee
Oxford
Englada
McLean Day
John S. Huff
Muse Tine
Iowa University
Jacob Larse Decorah
Luther College
William Millen
Cornell College
Robert Clar Clear Lake
Grinnell
Iowa Committee
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Tars
Marguerite E. Schroeppel
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Monona
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Bluffs Gang
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