Tobacco Raising in Iowa and Death of Judge McHenry
Iowa notes report a large tobacco expansion in Fayette County with Elgin warehouses boosting winter work for 50 to 200 workers and high yields. Judge W H McHenry, Des Moines pioneer lawyer and first Des Moines mayor, dies Sept 9 after long service on the Polk County bench. Veterans from Fortieth, Twenty second, and Mexican War groups hold annual reunions with officers elected for the coming year. ghost tale surrounds the Rankin murder on Big Island near Burlington as hunters flee in fear.
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Drs Mores
Iowa
Frank D. Jackson
Warren S. Dungan
J.B. Knoepfier
Bowman.overnor
J. M. Joseph
E. A. Ort
Supreme Court
A W.C. Weeks
E. #. Woodrow
John Idle
B. O. Aylesworth
J. A Reed
J. A. Harvey
Elgin
West Union
Edgerton
Wisconsin
Elgip
M’henry
W. H. McHenry
Des Moines
Polk County
Locust
Walnut Street
Fortieth Iowa Infantry
William Blaine
Knoxville
H. G. Nelson
Monroe
B. Carns
Newton
F. W. Cozad
J. ©. Schrader
Iowa City
H. Townsend
Thomas Allan
San Diego
Cal
J.G Switzer
Thomas Rogers
J. W. Lee
Josiah Given
H. W. Groom
M. B. Priestly
N. AV. Rozelle
I. M. Griffith
Robert Rankin
Burlington
Big Island
Rankin
Elic
Gas stove blast in Creston kills Maxwell family
A gasoline stove exploded at W. B. Maxwell’s Creston home, fatally burning his wife and daughter Stella who were refilling the burner as flames remained. The house burned to the ground.
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W. B. Maxwell
Creston
Stella
Pension Bureau report outlines growth and reforms in 1893
Pension Commissioner Lochren submits the annual report showing 966,012 pensioners, a net 89,944 rise, with 24,715 increase claims and 31,990 new pensions allowed. Payments totaled $156,740,467. 115,221 claims were rejected. funds for 1895 estimated at $162,631,470.
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WasxHineTon
Lochren
Secretary of the Interior
Bureau
Board of Revision
New Mexico
Iowa
United States
Double Murder Arrest in Sioux City
Jack Skinner, a notorious character, is arrested by Sheriff Unger in Sioux City for the murder of Martin Schultz and his wife near Cherokee on August 16. A $1,500 reward is offered for the arrest and conviction. Skinner was near the scene and fled after learning Schultz had money.
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Jack Skinner
Sioux City
Unger
Martin Schultz
Skinner
Schultz
Managers at Allen Institute sued after death of patient
Sherman Peterson died after drinking what he thought was whisky but was bichloride of gold at the Allen Institute in Vail. H 8 Jackson and Arthur Clute, managers of the institute, were arrested for criminal negligence but released when parents refused to authorize prosecution.
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Sherman Peterson
Allen Institute
Vail
Peterson
Jackson
Arthur Clute
Clute
Revolver Rescues Davenport High From Hazing
A Davenport high school hazing ritual ended when John Wilson, pressed by classmates sliding him down a steep bank, drew a revolver and fired into the crowd. No one was injured and the practice is said to be permanently ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport High School
John Wilson
Prohibition Republican Party Fills Governor Vacancy Nominee
The state central committee met in Des Moines to fill the vacancy from L. 5. Coffin's resignation. Bennett Mitchell of Crawford county was chosen as the nominee. He lives in Crawford county and is a Methodist preacher.
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Prohibition Republican Party
Des Moines
L. 5
Coffin
Bennett Mitchell
Crawford County
Mason City Suicide Leaves Wife and Child After Real Estate Deal
Peter Erickson, of West Superior Wisconsin, hanged himself in Mason City after a four day stay closing a real estate deal. He left a note on his person reading I am about to lose all I got and can live no longer. He resided with his wife and child.
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Peter Erickson
Mason City
West Superior
Wis
Big Fire at Conwa Destroys Multiple Shops and Stables
A blaze at Conwa started in B. F. P. Thompsons dry goods store and quickly engulfed sixteen buildings including another dry goods shop two groceries a drug store business offices the post office and three livery stables. Loss estimated at 40000 with 13000 insured.
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Conwa
B. FP. Thompson
Fire at Early Destroys RK H Allen Store and More
Fire at Early wiped out RK H Allen dealer in implements with seven thousand dollars loss. G A Harlan also suffered building and stock loss of five hundred. Barrett Carton faced three thousand. W F Dean lost butchers stock buildings and barn valued at fifteen hundred. Insurance deemed small.
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RK. H. Allen
G. A. Harlan
Barrett & Carton
W. F. Dean
Fourteen Kingston Farmers Indicted in Killing of Bradshaw
A Quincy grand jury indicts George W Nations George Daugherty P Henry Kistner George Kistner John Tomlin John M Moore Alexander M Sims Edward Lutener George Callahan William Campbell Daniel Beltz William Beltz John W Bowman and C P Buffington for willful murder of Solomon P Bradshaw. They allegedly attacked at the Breckinridge home July 19 wearing white caps. State’s attorney to prosecute with help from Attorney General Maloney. Gov Altgeld offered rewards.
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Kingston
Bradshaw
Quincy
George W. Nations
George Daugherty
P. Henry Kistner
George Kistner
John Tomlin
John M. Moore
Alexander M. Sims
Edward Lutener
George Callahan
William Campbell
Daniel Beltz
William Beltz
John W. Bowman
C. P. Buffington
Maloney
Altgeld
Postponed examination in Mineral Range train robbery case
Hoveuron Michigan September 23 The examination of prisoners suspected in the Mineral Range train robbery scheduled for Friday has been postponed again with no date set. The delay suggests Pinkerton claims of confessions and money recovery may be bluffs.
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Hoveuron
Mich
Pinkerton
Sugar Shortage Shuts Chicago Candy Factories
Sugar scarcity in Chicago causes candy factories to close as wholesale dealers limit sales to retailers. About a thousand workers lose jobs in the past week due to the shutdowns of four confectionery manufacturers.
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Chicaco
Union Pacific workers vote against wage cut plan
Omana Sept 23 Fifteen thousand Union Pacific employees have voted on a 10 percent wage reduction and the result is unanimous opposition. The federation scheme is under consideration and enforcement of a cut would prompt a large strike.
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Omana
Union Pacific
Diamond Thief Frank Sher cliff Sentenced to 17 Years
Logan Iowa September 23 Frank Sher cliff alias Kid McCoy the diamond robber was sentenced on Friday to seventeen years in prison at hard labor.
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Logan
Frank Shercliff
Kid” McCoy
Great Meteor Lights Sky Over St Louis Dawn
St Louis residents reported a brilliant meteor Friday before dawn traveling from the Great Dipper region toward the southeast before disappearing above the horizon. In Menominee Michigan Henry E Hall an American Express agent died suddenly Thursday morning from a chloral overdose at about age forty five after twenty two years with the company.
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St. Louis
Menominer, Mich
Henry E. Hall
American Express
Multiple Iowa incidents and losses across towns
News in brief reports a conductor dying after a fall in Mallard, bank resuming in Le Mars, fires at Fort Dodge, Creston, Sigourney, and Rowley causing extensive losses. It notes suicides, a walling of a Sioux City merchant, rail and coal fires, thefts, a murder attempt, a bank robbery arrest, and endowment gains at Grinnell and Mason City.
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Cheary
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Mallard
First National Bank of
le Mars
Fort Dodge
George Gardner
David Stapleton
Charles Kehm
K. McCulloch
Rock Valley
James Gardner
John Wall
Creston
J. J. Novak
H. S. Fairall
Daily Republican
Iowa City
Fairall
Matt Sefeik
Jacob Feldenheimer
Sioux City
Ayrshire & Springer
H. L. Thoop
Mount Pleasant
Sigourney Grubber Works
West
Henry Mohland
Elbert Jacobs
Independence
Iowa Central Railway Company
Excelsior
Henry H. H. Shepard
Cerro Gordo County
Mason City
Elmer E. Johnson
Charles Preston
Rodman
Samuel L. Copeland
National Bank
Moorhead
Minn
Pollock
Garner Academy
Garner
Forest City
Iowa College
Grinnell
Laura Crane
Paul B. Woolson
Toledo
John 3. Woolson
Frank Poggenpohl
Town City
J. W. Stocker
Logan
Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry Volunteers
Hahns & Lades
Rowley
van Orsdol Bros
Death on a Siding in Indiana Train Crash Kills Eleven
A Wabash passenger section and a freight train collided on a Kingsbury siding, killing eleven and injuring many. The disaster left townsfolk to search wreckage as surgeons arrived from Ashley, Peru, Wolcottville, North Liberty and Westville. a boiler explosion worsened the carnage.
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Kingsbury
Ind
Kasessuny
Wabash Siding
Herbert Thompson
Thompson
J. H. MckKenna
Butcher
Hyde Park
Mass
Harry French
Bell Ringers
London
Eng
Charles Birke
San Francisco
Nellie B. Tucker
Newton
James Coulter
John Greene
Ashley
Warren G. Rider
Phoenix
Ariz
P. C. Zelle
Berlin
Germany
Lyons
James D. Roundy
la Moille
W. Burbank
New Orleans
William Adama
England
Orphan Bell Ringers
Hattie Hutchins
A. T
Barber
BH. J. Watkeney
William Haskins
Edward Rush
Swien Canfield
Ironwood
Mich
Mrs. L Canfield
H. W. Ryder
Phenix Park
G. S. Hodgson
Dover
N. H
Mrs. S. 4
Seaviy
Somerville
Albert Morton
Frank P. Dow
Fair Haven
Wash
James G. Wookly
Whitman
Hattie Rogers
Dolbier
Green Avenue
Brooklyn
Olive Hill
Summersworth
Annie Hill
N. & Kelly
Boston
Peru
Wolcottsville
North Liberty
Westville
Mrs Kate Robb Burned in Mishap at Creston Iowa
In Creston Iowa on Friday morning Mrs Kate Robb mistook gasoline for water and poured it into boiling water. The resulting blaze enveloped her in flames and she died at 3 PM after being gravely burned. Her brother Engineer John White was severely burned trying to smother the fire. Mrs Robb was the wife of Hon W H Robb a Populist leader and editor of the Independent American.
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Creston
Kate Robb
John White
Robb
W. H. Robb
End of Wisconsin Forest Fires Rain Quells Dreaded Flames
Rain fell across Wisconsin on Thursday, extinguishing widespread forest fires after weeks of danger. In La Crosse, the Cody Powell Coffee Company led by W. T. Cody President and Mayor Powell as manager organized to produce coffee from various articles, with an initial 20000 pound experimental batch already marketed.
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Wisconsin
Buffalo BU
la Crosse
Wis
Cody- Powell Coffee Company
W. T. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Mayor Powell
Prison for a Preacher in Pontiac Seduction Case
Rev. Thomas E. Heddle, Highland preacher, convicted of seducing a young member of his flock, sentenced to two and a half years in Jackson prison.
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Pontiac
Mich
Thomas E. Heddle
Jackson
Sinking of Haitian cruiser Alexandre Petion claims eighty lives
Report from New York describes the loss of the Haitian warship Alexandre Petion on September 6 near Cape Tiberot. One survivor says there was no warning as the vessel sank head foremost. eighty aboard drowned, including prominent officials and diplomats.
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Alexandre Petion
New York
Republic
Hayti
J.S. Dunham
Prinz Wilhelm I
fort-au-Prince
Petion
Cape Tiberot
Port-au-Prince
San Domingo
Molini
M. Cohen
Haytian
Mexico
Port Roment
Tiberon
Port Au Prince
Importance of Easy Grades in Road Improvements
Mr. F. A. Dunham outlines a method for Union County New Jersey roads stressing precise location, grading and profile work to create easy grades. He argues early grading reduces future earthwork and drainage issues, while post pavement grading destroys accumulated work and elevates water problems.
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F. A. Dunham
Union County
N. J
New York
Grading and Telford Foundation Paving Techniques Described
The article details grading to ensure drainage, using cut or fill to create gutters and underdrains. It explains a twelve inch pavement depth with telford foundations of trap rock or granulite, knapped to a rigid mass, rolled with a five ton roller, and a clay cushion before macadam screenings to prevent sifting.
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Telford
Macedam
Battle to the Death Over a Cherokee Strip Claim
Hennessey Oklahoma September 23. James A Liddle reports via telegram that his brother father and nephew were killed in a claim dispute near Waukomis. Williams of Texas killed three on one claim including Liddle kin after a broadaxe and a gunfight. A posse seeks Williams now. vigilante justice looms. Skeleton River corpse bears a death threat placard. unrest rises among settlers after open land for settlement sparked killings robberies and disappearances.
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Hennessey
O. T
James A. Liddle
Waukaumis
Liddle
Williams
Texas
Waukomis
Skeleton River
Peruvian Crater Becomes Active After 150 Quiet Years
Panama reports Ubina volcano in the Peruvian Cordilleras has erupted after a long quiet period. Volcano emissions obscure the sky and a strong earthquake swarm hits nearby regions. Simultaneous Cotopaxi activity is claimed to have relieved the pressure. Casualties and damage rise in interior areas.
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Panama
Ubina
Cotopaxi
Dairy conveniences improve milk testing efficiency
A Rural New Yorker note describes simple add-ons for the Bab cock tester to speed dairy herd analysis. A glass burette, funnel, reservoir bottle and a hot water can with a rubber tube are shown and priced at 1.90, 1.70, 0.10 and about 0.50 dollars respectively, promising time savings in testing flasks.
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Babcock
New Yorker
Two Men Killed at Mill in Prentice Area
In Prentice Wisconsin on Friday two workers at O J Fryklund's mill in Mellen were killed when a load of slabs tipped onto them. The victims are described as a Swede and a German and their names are not known.
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Prentice
Wis
O. J. Fryklund
Mellen
Whose are the yearning eyes and trembling tear
A somber poem fragment questions whose eyes and tears reveal a mother's grief and love as the speaker asks whom these emotions belong to and where God might hear such plaintive pleas. The verse centers on maternal devotion and divine appeal.
Barber's quip and tenant wit in comic lines
The brief exchanges deliver a wry joke about life as a string of scrapes and a tenant who, having spent all his money on a spree, fears rent. A pun pairs Wool with worsted to conclude the light exchange.
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Buffalo Courier
Syrup of Figs Promoted as Pure Laxative Remedy
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and relieves colds headaches and fevers. It claims kidney liver and bowel benefits without weakening them and notes the California Fig Syrup Co. as the sole manufacturer with bottles priced at 1 and a dollar.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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