Peruna Praise From Virginia Woman Leader
RS Col E J Gresham of Herndon Virginia praises Peruna Medicines for curing catarrh of head and lungs after doctors gave up. She cites six bottles as worth a king's ransom and urges others to try the remedy. The letter promotes a Peruna booklet for women titled Health and Beauty sent free by The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Gresham
Daughters of the Confederacy
Herndon
The
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Col. E. J. Gresham
Peruna
Union
Prominent Iowa Farmer Dies Saving Barn Fire Near Newton
Frank Leveler, 72, tried to rescue a buggy from his burning barn two miles northeast of Newton and perished. His body was found among the debris with severe injuries. The family is under arrest amid suspicions of involvement. Leveler’s stepson Henry Myers confessed to setting the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Leveler
Newton
Leveler
Henry Myers
Attempt on Des Moines Doctor Prominent Physician Targeted
Jealousy over a divorced wife led Jesse Hammond a leading cigar dealer to fire at Dr. E B Walston, a Des Moines physician. The shot missed by an inch and Hammond surrendered at the police station. The divorce had produced tensions over Walston's attentions to Mrs Hammond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Walston
Des Moines
Jesse Hammond
Walston
Hammond
Dr. Walston
Cyclone Hits Bayard Van Wert and Weldon Causing Damage
A cyclone struck Bayard Van Wert and Weldon demolishing buildings and causing heavy property loss. In Bayard two grain elevators and several homes were toppled, in Van Wert houses barns and trees were damaged, and in Weldon a farmhouse was destroyed with three children injured. No fatalities reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayard
van Wert
Weldon
Suspected Thief Nabbed in Burlington by Secret Service
W. B. Mahannah once an express messenger was arrested in Burlington by government secret service men. He is tied to a $20,000 package from a Chicago bank to Burlington. The arrest followed an attempt to redeem money that had been partly burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Mahannah
Express
Burlington
Chicago
Washington weekly crop report highlights improving conditions
The Washington weather bureau notes drought relief from copious showers in Towa with grain and grass improving, potato planting underway, large areas prepared for corn, southern state planting begun, soil in top condition, fruit blossoms early, and some wind damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Weather Bureau
Towa
Des Moines Saloon Murder Suspect Morris Shea Freed
Morris Shea, jointly indicted with William Smith for the alleged murder of Charles Johnson in a Des Moines saloon two months ago, has been discharged after the court ruled the joint trial evidence did not justify detention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Shea
William Smith
Charles Johnson
Des Moines
Grinnell Boy 18 Found Working in Rail Shops
Roy McNamara, missing for six weeks from Grinnell, is located working in the Big Four railway shops. His father, Rev. J. McNamara of Onawa, says the youth refuses to return home, preferring the machinist work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy McNamara
Grinnell
Rev. J. McNamara
Onawa
Avoca Pioneer Enos Riley Killed by Rock Island Train
Enos Riley aged 82 a pioneer of southwestern Iowa once wealthy and prominent was killed near his Avoca home when he started across a bridge and failed to see an approaching Rock Island passenger train until it was too late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enos Riley
Iowa
Avoca
Rock Island
Local Tragedies and Political Notes From Iowa
Reports from Colfax, Extra, and surrounding towns describe deaths from accidents and suicide including Sam Hise at John Ross farm Colfax and Mrs. George Plants on the Extra farm. Other items note John Field's death in Dubuque, D B Henderson reelection bid in Waterloo, and windstorm damage to a Pocahontas church and Hartley school. Also covered are a Hilton self defense release, federal building funding for several Iowa cities, a May Ottumwa convention for a colored women’s clubs federation, and a Carlton sewer collapse death near Carroll.
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George
Extra
John Field
Omaha
Dubuque
D. B. Henderson
House of Representatives
Waterloo
Pocahontas
Nora Conway
Hilton
Congress
Iowa
Centerville
Atlantic
Marshalltown
Iowa City
Boone
Ottumwa
Iowa Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs
Howard Padgett
Hartley
William Phillips
Carroll
Rural free delivery expands in Iowa with multiple routes
Rural free delivery will start July 1 in Iowa with new or expanded routes at Grinnell Kellogg Orillia Delaware Delhi Earlville Estherville Manchester Golden Hazelgreen Masonville Monti Ryan Hopkinton and post offices at Chester Greeley Broadway to be discontinued and staff assigned to various carriers.
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Iowa
Grinnell
Poweshiek County
Chester
Kellogg
Jasper County
Orillia
Warren County
Delaware
Delaware County
Delhi
Earlville
Estherville
Emmet County
Manchester
Golden
Hazelgreen
Greeley
Masonville
Monti
Buchanan County
Ryan
Oliver M. Wright
Eliza A. Wright
Hopkinton
Broadway
Des Moines Mayor Proposes Bloodhounds and Prison Labor Plan
Special correspondence reports Mayor James Brenton proposes two grim steps to deter tramps. He wants two bloodhounds to pursue suspects and to employ city jail inmates on a 195 acre cemetery site and on city streets and parks for labor and beautification projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Brenton
Des Moines
Des Moines Man Wins Columbia Fellowship Over $500
Harold Bowman of Des Moines has earned a Columbia University fellowship worth more than $500. He wrote theses on corporation liability for ultra vires torts and on the Iowa Board of Control. Bowman, 26, is a Des Moines native and a former Ann Arbor graduate with bachelor, MA, and JD degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Bowman
Des Moines
Columbia University
Iowa Board of Control
Bowman
Gov. A. B. Cummins
Carroll Wright
Ann Arbor
Mich
New Veterinary Surgeons Appointed by Governor
The governor, on the recommendation of State Veterinarian P. C. Ka, appointed veterinary surgeons across Iowa. New appointees include Henry E. Talbot Des Moines John J. Repp Ames D E Baughman Ft. Dodge J W Griffith Cedar Rapids J D Inger Waverly J G Parslow Shenandoah Peter Malecomb New Hampton L A Shipley Sheldon D H Miller Harlan G E Noble Osage S K Hazlet Oelwein C B E Stewart Chariton S H Johnston Carroll J R Sanders Corydon W L Evers Iowa Falls E C Piper Ida Grove W B Niles Sidney S H Bauman Birmingham W H Austin Newton J H McLeod Charles City H C Simpson Denison G A Johnson Sioux City Augustus James Dysart F J Neiman Marshalltown F A Dalton Dubuque Bernard Harmon Decorah
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Henry E. Talbot
Des Moines
John J. Repp
Ames
D. E. Baughman
Ft. Dodge
J. W. Griffith
Cedar Rapids
J. D. Inger
Waverly
J. G. Parslow
Shenandoah
Peter Malecomb
New Hampton
L. A. Shipley
Sheldon
D. H. Miller
Harlan
G. E. Noble
Osage
S. K. Hazlet
Oelwein
C. BE. Stewart
Chariton
S. H. Johnston
Carroll
J. R. Sanders
Corydon
W. L. Evers
Iowa Falls
E. C. Piper
Ida Grove
W. B. Niles
Sidney
H. Bauman
Birmingham
W. H. Austin
Newton
J. H. McLeod
Charles City
H. C. Simpson
Denison
G. A. Johnson
Sioux City
Augustus James
Dysart
F. J. Neiman
Marshalltown
F. A. Dalton
Dubuque
Bernard Harmon
Decorah
Mining Merger Near Ottawa Sees $500000 Property Deal
A $500000 mining property deal near Ottawa signals a step in a proposed mining merger. J E Evans, a Monroe County coal landowner and Aynes millionaire, has options on all local coal land and was approached by eastern capitalists seeking to buy. Evans requests $500000 for his holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
J. E. Evans
Aynes
Monroe County
Evans
Ninth Annual Corn Belt Editorial Meeting in Le Mars
The ninth annual meeting of the Corn Belt Editorial association will be held in Le Mars on May 22 and 23. Speakers include E. W. Caldwell mayor of Sioux City Jud Welliver of the Tribune Sioux City J E Jerome of the Vidette Storm Lake and G L Caswell of the Review Denison. Editors and their wives will be banqueted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Corn Belt Editorial Association
le Mars
E. W. Caldwell
Sioux City
Noted men coming to speak at state university
Booker T. Washington has been secured by the commencement authorities to deliver the graduates address in June. He will visit Des Moines to lecture around the same time. In the fall Grover Cleveland and economist James Bryce are expected to speak to state university students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booker T. Washington
The
State University
Des Moines
Grover Cleveland
James Bryce
Economist
Birds Butterflies Flour Mills And Mineralogy Highlights
The article notes at least 185 butterfly species in Mexico and Central America. Minnesota hosts 307 mills capable of about 120000 barrels daily, with Minneapolis mills producing over one sixth of national flour consumption. It also recalls Dr. Thomas Dunn English as a versatile figure with a valued mineralogy cabinet and influential opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Central America
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Thomas Dunn English
A Soldier's Narrow Escape From Bright's Disease
George Manhart of Watts Flats New York recalls a death verdict for Bright's Disease. Four years ago doctors told his wife he could not live two weeks. After taking Dodd's Kidney Pills from Clark's drug store he rapidly recovered and now at eighty feels as strong as a twenty year old.
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Watts Flats
N. Y
George Manhart
Bright
Dodd
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