Hustle or starve the drive for success in modern life
Iowa editor argues that persistent effort builds wealth and reputation, citing self made figures and urging readers to act. A Des Moines story details a tragic double tragedy as John B Gregg murders his wife in front of their children then commits suicide after a divorce petition.
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Webster
The
New York Weekly
Des Moines
John B. Gregg
East Des Moines
Gregg
Teresa
Fern
Des Moines Robbery Highlights Union Meeting Disruption
Randall Green a former Enterprise miner held up Union Local No 384 after a meeting in Scandia hall. He flashed a revolver and demanded money then fled with $1 from the table while $300 remained visible. Police quickly arrested him, and he was identified by several miners.
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Randall Green
Union
Des Moines
Enterprise
Scandia Hall
Roundsman Breeding
Badgley
Green
Gladstone as Reader and Bibliophile at Hawarden Castle
A Nine teenth Century article portrays William Ewart Gladstone’s life as a devoted reader. From Pilgrim’s Progress to Homer, Aristotle to Augustine, his lifelong study shaped a vast library that grew with Hawarden Castle. He sought second hand lists eagerly, valued religion history and philosophy, and balanced theology with Shakespeare and Scott.
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Gladstone
Aristotle
Augustine
Dante
Butler
Hawarden
Shakespeare
Scott
English and American Railways Compared
A critique of rail systems in England and the United States, noting each country's self tailored approach. It highlights English financing and American carelessness as defects, explains their roots in local conditions, and discusses advantages like English baggage handling and punctual trains versus American through travel.
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Ray Morris
Atlantic Monthly
Sach
Canton Physic Street Earns Unusual Fame
The city of Canton contains a street famed as the strangest in the world. It is roofed with glazed paper on bamboo and lined with sign boards. The row houses all belong to apothecaries and dentists, earning the name Physic Street.
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Canton
The Graduate Sheds Shyness Amid Majority Trends
The piece notes that many graduates are modest and reserved despite prevailing traditions. It highlights a common character trait among new degree holders and suggests a broad pattern across cohorts.
Big Drain Survey Under Way in Hamilton County
Webster City surveyor E. B. Fox and a team survey the old Town lake bed in Rose Grove township for a new drainage district. The planned district will encompass about 20 000 acres, with the lake bed as the principal portion. All surrounding farmland draining into it will be included. cost estimates have not yet been made.
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Hamilton County
Webster City
E. BE. Fox
Old Town
Rose Grove Township
Clay with potential gas finds at Garden City well
Drillers report blue clay at five feet depth near Mrs Annie Feehan's east Garden City site ideal for tile and brick. A 125 foot well on T O Langland farm yields gas that flames several feet high when lit. North adjoining acres and D M I F N railroad land lie atop similar underlaid clay, believed gas-bearing.
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Garden City
Annie Feehan
T. O. Langland
Feedan
D. M., I. F. & N. Railroad
Horse and Wagon Plunge Off Keokuk Bluff
A delivery wagon with horses and driver fell 65 feet from a First and High street embankment in Keokuk. The driver Elmer Alberts was separated from the wreck and escaped serious injury though he was bruised. The mass of horseflesh and debris remained in a near unrecognizable heap.
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Keokuk
DeYoung
Elmer Alberts
Worker Slightly Electrocuted While Connecting Live Wires
Andy Kneateson, a Union Electric employee in Dubuque, was seriously injured when his hand slipped from a shield and he touched a live wire supplying 600 volts from the head car to the trailer. He is expected to recover.
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Dubuque
Andy Kneateson
Union Electric Company
Horse Bite Fatal to Wealthy Farmer Near Coon Rapids
John Wallace a prosperous farmer living four and a half miles east of Coon Rapids died at Dr Henry hospital from injuries after a vicious horse bit him on the left arm tearing flesh to the elbow. He was tending the horse days earlier when attacked and neighbors rushed him to town for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coon Rapids
John Wallace
Dr. Henry Hospital
Wallace
Auto Airship to Open Iowa State Fair First Day Show
Des Moines reports the Knabenshue airship to perform auto air shipping over the Iowa State Fair grounds on opening day next month marking the first successful aerial craft appearance in Iowa. The fair promises an educational and entertaining week with top stock and farm product exhibits alongside a unique amusement program. Horse and cattle entries close August 1 and other entries August 25.
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Des Moines
Knabenshue
State House
Iowa
Tve
Fire at Montour devastates one third of business district
A blaze in Montour destroyed about one third of the town's business section on the afternoon of the 25th. Losses total around $10,000 with James Stewart's restaurant starting the fire from a gasoline stove. Fire units from Tama and Toledo aided as the town faced potential total ruin.
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Marshaltown
Montour
James Stewart
Clara Tolifaro
E. L. Gould
W. I. Millard
Ruggles
First National Bank
Tama
Toledo
Hay Fork Accident Injures 99-Year-Old’s Nephew
A 99 year old farmer Clyde Naylor’s his nephew fell in a hay loft at his farm and a hay fork pierced the boy’s abdomen two inches. The fork was removed and doctors fear intestinal damage though the lad rests easily under care.
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Perry
Clyde Naylor
Drowned Man in Wapsie River Near Anamosa
A young man named Glass drowned while bathing in the Wapsie river just above Anamosa. An inexperienced swimmer went beyond his depth as a companion could not assist. His body was recovered after several hours a short distance from where he disappeared. Glass worked on the paving gang and was little known locally.
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Anamosa
Glass
Wapsie
Woman Bitten by Mad Dog in Iowa City
Mary Prybil, 20, was badly bitten and torn by a dog. Arms and legs were lacerated. surgeons fear hydrophobia. The dog was killed and burned by angry citizens.
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Iowa City
Mary Prybil
Cloud Burst Delays Rail Line and Crops Near Quawa
A cloudburst drenched Illinois Central track north of Quawa washing out about 1500 feet of rail and crippling traffic to Cherokee. Crops sustained damage as the heavy rain impacted the area and interrupted service.
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Sioux City
Illinois Central Railroad
Quawa
Cherokee
Iowa City Boy Hero Rescues Drowning Pair in River
Earl Kurtz and Leo Cole fell from a boat on the Iowa river north of town into twenty feet deep water. Harold Fitzgerald, son of a Canadian American boat maker, pulled them to safety after a fierce struggle. The young rescuer has saved several others over the past five years.
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Iowa City
Iowa River
Earl Kurtz
Leo Cole
Harold Fitzgerald
Junior Fitzgerald
Belford Says We Live in the Millionairium
The Hon. James B. Belford of Denver remarks that society is in the millionairium era not the millennium, highlighting economic shift and wealth concentration in contemporary times.
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James B. Belford
Denver
Court appoints receiver for Zion City property
Judge K M Landis places Zion City lands and industries in a trust for the Zion estate with John C Hately as receiver. The court rules Dowie has no private claim and Voliva’s transfer was invalid. An election for ecclesiastical leader is set for September third Tuesday.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Zion
Wilbur Glen Voliva
Dowie
K. M. Landis
United States District Court
John C. Hately
People of
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Shiloh
Zion City
Judge
John Alexander Dowle
Voliva
Granger
Tabernacle
Leaves of Healing
Landis
Interparliamentary Union Ends London Conference
The London meeting adopted a resolution defining contraband as arms and munitions, and called for protection of private property at sea. It urged Hague talks to reduce armaments and asked governments to fund future conferences. Next session reportedly slated for Berlin in 1908 with King Edward hosting Thursday lunch at Buckingham Palace.
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Interparliamentary Union
International Council
Berlin
House of Lords
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Battle With Pulajanes In Leyte Death Toll Reported
Gen. Wood reports a Pulajanie outbreak in Leyte with two constabulary detachments defeated and 12 and 15 killed in two actions. One constabulary lieutenant died and a sergeant wounded. Brig. Gen. Lee sent to scene to quell the outbreak. The Twenty fourth U S infantry engaged 360 Pulajanes with 150 enemy killed.
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Washington
Philippine Constabulary
Leyte
War Department
Wood
Manila
Jesse M. Lee
Department of the Visayas
Former Monk Eugene Kraft Dies in Chicago
Eugene Kraft, formerly of Marshalltown Iowa, was found dead in Chicago. A printer by trade he had strong European family connections. Kraft spent two years as a monk in a Belgian monastery.
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Marshalltown
Eugene Kraft
Chicago
Europe
Belgium
Forest Fires Threaten Birch and Northern Lumber Plant
Fires rage northwest of Marquette as Birch and the Northern Lumber company’s sawmill plant and timber valued at about half a million dollars hang in the balance. Mayor Culver of Marquette, GM of the company, coordinating efforts and calling for assistance.
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Michigan
Marquette
Mich
Here
Birch
Northern Lumber Company
Culver
Robbery at Moscow Jewelry Store on Tverskoe Street
Ten armed men raided a jewelry shop on Tverskoe Street in Moscow seizing gems worth several thousand dollars and escaping. No arrests have been made.
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Moscow
Tverskoe Street
Visible Cotton Supply Figures From New Orleans
Secretary Hester reports the world visible cotton supply at 2,394,955 against 2,565,379 last week. The American cotton total stands at 4,287,955, up from 3,399,379 a week earlier.
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New Orleans
Hester
Utah Chief Justice Bartch Resigns to Resume Law Practice
Supreme Court Justice Salt Lake City Utah Geo. W. Bartch, chief justice of the Utah Supreme Court, tendered his resignation to Governor Cutler on Wednesday. The resignation takes effect October 1 and Bartch plans to resume the practice of law.
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Supreme Court
Salt Lake
Utah
Geo. W. Bartch
Supreme Court of Utah
Gov. Cutler
Bartch
Harriman Lines to Become Floral Routes
Union Pacific officers in Chicago plan large greenhouses across Nebraska Wyoming Utah to place fresh flowers in dining cars and all trains. Greenhouses to be built at Grand Island Cheyenne Denver Ogden with free distribution of roses carnations year round. California and Sunset route areas to supply outdoor blooms. aim for floral prominence across Harriman lines.
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Union Pacific Road
Chicago
Nebraska
Wyoming
Utah
Taple
Gran 1 Island
Neb
Cheyenne
Wyo
Denver
Coil
Ogden
California
Sunset
California and Southern
Union
Southern Pacific
Oregon
Courage Quotes From Historical Figures On Bravery
A collection shows Elizabeth Kulmann and J Brisben Walker defining courage. Sophocles and Lorimer quote public figures on bravery and fear. Sydney Smith Leigh Hunt Rochefoucauld and Helen Williams Post contribute further maxims about courage and personal resolve.
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Elizabeth Kulmann
J. Brisben Walker
Sophocles
George Horace Lorimer
Sydney Smith
Leigh Hunt
Rochefoucauld
Helen Williams Post
A cascade of flawed figures from an old era
The passage recalls several archetypes a calamity that almost happened a sycophant turned ally a feared man praised yet unworthy an actor self-critical an embezzler misjudged a refined criminal a horse sold with promises true or false a sinless aura before a flurry of accusations a thriving man who boasted of future deeds a prizefighter who endured the grind without losing nerve.
Coffee blamed for stomach trouble in Oregon man tale
An Oregon man credits coffee with causing years of stomach distress and says a switch to Postum cured him. He recalls a life‑threatening decline on December 2, 1902, and asserts he recovered after abandoning coffee. He cites local business references and offers a sworn statement. Look for The Read to Wellville book in packages.
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Oregon
Postum
Nat'l Bank
Trust Banking Company
Grant's Pass
Ore
Poster Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Ife
Wellville
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London
Pulajanes
Rob Jewelry Store
Harriman Lines
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