Iowa High School contest honors in Independence
The sixth annual Iowa High School Association contest at Independence on May 2 featured twelve contestants. Edith Payne of Des Moines High School won first in humorous, Stella Skiff of Newton first in dramatic, and Mattie Jenkins of Cedar Rapids second. Judges included J. W. McClellan and Miss E Blackburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa High School Association
Independence
Des Moines
Marion
Blackburn
Benton County
James Edwards
Iowa Normal Monteiy
Nevada
Breda
Double lynching and riots alarm West Virginia village
From Charleston a May 1 dispatch reports a mob of 500 hanged Scott Hill and Brown Hill after they killed A J Woods and his 18 year old son Alvin near St Albans. The article also notes later killings including a Baltimore stabbing, a New Jersey forest fire disaster, and various international, trade, and crime items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Scott Hill
Brown Hill
Charley Spurlock
A. J. Woods
Alvin
St. Albans
Hill
Rev. Stamp
Jack Dobson
Adkins
Boone County
Spurlock
Mud River
Dobson
Hills
Wood
Mies Woods
Young Woods
Stump
Baltimore
William Benton
James
Benton
Senate Debates Tariff, River Bill, and Education Actions
Reports outline verdicts in a Price case with a not guilty ruling and statute of limitations. Treasury figures show debt decreases and cash on hand. Committees push river and harbor funding, shoreline projects, and pension measures while discussing tariffs and education policy. A May legislative clash includes ship bills, land and foreign ownership concerns, and a call for liberal provisions for Missouri river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wylie
Price
House Committee On Commerce
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
House
Orippi
Cairo
Ilinois
Illinois
Des Moines
St. Paul
Missouri
Ohio
Allegheny
Monongahela
House Committee On
Morrill
Georgia
Washington
Jefferson
Converse
Pete Ion F
Shas
Territories
District of Columbia
Helena
Army Engineers
Missour River
the of the Interior
Sit
Indian Education
Ocean Children
Crcation
Ena
Wasa
Washington Monument
Senate
Snes
Beck
Frye
Dawes
Committee On Raptions
Indiana
Washiveton
McMillen
Committee On Commerce
Dubuque
Secretary of the Interior
Estes Park Co
Colorado
Aykes & Ie Shew
Activas Falkner, Oe
California
General Land Office
van Wyck
West
Wasumetox
Va Wyck
Territories Committee On Public Lands
United States
Ppa
Norwegian farmer murder attempt ends in suicide after tragedy
Edward Thompson, 22, a Norwegian farmer from Roland county, returned drunk and tried to kill his wife Cora Grindem with a pistol. After fracturing her skull with an axe, he fled, later dying by plunging into a deep well. The couple, married two years, had a troubled history and faced arrest in Chicago.
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Boston
James Nicholson
Gilman
Port Jervie
Monticello
N. Y
Roland
Edward Thompson
Sto- City
Thompson
Paul Omens
Cora Grindem
Chicago
Mises
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Brahem Enima
E. Duncan
Nh Tig Publisher
NH. Queal & Co
Amber Dealers
Ames
Iowa
Bsolitolit
John H. Queal & Co
Nickols & Maxwell
Gurous
Louie Bosworth
Bosworth & CO
Seeeeeer
Lovie Bosworth
Nsurance Agency
Ek Emstrbest
Dr. G. Meredith
J. L. Bartlett
Boyd Building
J. la Bartlett
Ames, Iowa
Yyer
Uarrig Remedy CO
ST. Louie
MO Jae
McGee
Scott E. Smith
James Reynolds
J. M. Tuttle
Washington, D. C
Propond National Soldiers’ Home
Tuttle
Charles J. Reed
Fairfield
Iowa Jersey Cattle Club
Kimball House
Davenport
Jersey
Ottumwa “Courier
Creston
Gazette
Ottomwn
Kidd
Woodbine
E. F. Butter
Butler
Eagle Grove
Eugene N. Scott
Secretary of State
le Mars Land & Stock Feeding Company
Des Moines Edison Light Company
Marshalltown
Iowa City
Ist
Charles T. Wykoff
Knox College
Isl
J. D. Mackintosh
Wabash College, Inc
Burlington Insurance Company
Burlington
Fire and Tornado Insurance Company
Bank of Rock Rapids
First National Bank of
Rock Rapids
J. D. Carpenter
Beloit
Nora Springs Coal and Mining Company
Nora Springs
C. H. Johnson
Fritz Hoberlin
Helstein
Galva
Ida County
Ottumwa
B. F. Chapman
Osceola
David Fessler
Fort Dodge
Council Bluffs
Storm Lake
Knights of Pythias
Wool Growers of the
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Hoover, Hughes & Co
Relief Committee
Pennsylvania Railroad
Donovan
Dodson
Duchy of Lancaster
Wimpole
Cambridgeshire
Liverpool
America
Canada
Kirby
Wichita
Kansas
Ink
Rev
Phillips
Thompson Falls
Washington Territory
Spokane Falls
Minnesota
Department of Agriculture
Prairie
Civilized Tribes
Indian Territory
Bushyhead
Union Pacific
Omaha
Academy of Music
Cincinnati
Columbus
General Pavilion
George Bedell
Isaac Jacobson
Greeley
Thetis
New York
Chandler
Lincoln
General Hancock
Sandy Hook
Tallapoosa
Atkins
Assais
Jewett
Erie Railway
K. Kooper
Hannibal & St. Joe
Central Iowa Railway
West Side
James Maxwell
Jacob Dobson
Hill Boys
Griffithsville
Moses Glessner
Glessner
George Sampson
Dayton
Gainesville
Florida
Wm McHugh
British America
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward's Island
Propaganda
Rome
Egypt
Mahdi
Gordon
Evelyn Barivt
Khartoum
Baring
Equator
Soudan
el Mah i
France
England
Assembly of the
Chamber of Deputies
Minister of Marine and Colonies
Paris
Matin
Tynan
O'Donnell
Toronto “Globe
Lynch
Mexico
Bank of Montepio
National
Associated Press
el Trevino
Monterey
Marseilles
Gibraltar
San Roque
Zorilly
Ireland
Michael Davitt
Australia
Henry George
Parnell Party
Davitt
Fitzgerald
Lowry
Connelly
Armstrong
Murphy
Gannon Dosabue
Higging
Pat
Michael
Washington Matters
Congressional
Hewitt, Kelley
Waite
Edhe
Morrison
Randall
McKinley
Findley
Deuster
Poe
Bramm
Clay
Eaton
Hewitt
Hammond
McComas
Cox
Wes Commission
Brainerd
Brown
In- Matson
Holmes
Beokne
Duno
Waegineton
Frank Pilley
Aegonnutural Pacific Railroad
Nai
Laughae
Sen Wetemnick Wilson
Abelee
Bram
Kean
Lyman
Rice
Skinner
Spooner
O’farrall
Laird
Coke
J. D. Taylor
Taylor
Girls In Business
Elizabeth Phelps
May St. N
Sorrento
Schiller Club
Lear
Schiller
Igalas
Story County
Coramus
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