Capital notes on building fund warrants and factory inspection
Des Moines July 19 1902 report details the state treasurer paying 20000 in time warrants tied to the building fund levy and the legislature's disapproval of such anticipations. It covers 49100 warrants issued 1898 and the Burlington Savings Bank purchase, plus notes on future due amounts and losses. State Labor Commissioner Brigham and Deputy Holder return from Davenport to enforce new factory inspection law with focus on child labor, safety devices, sanitary conditions, and fire escapes, with 60 and 90 day correction windows and limited funding for inspections.
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Des Moines
Burlington Savings Bank
Burlington
Brigham
Davenport
Twenty Ninth General Assembly
Scott County
Julius Lischer
Lischer
Governor appoints George W. Dyer to Story county bench
Governor Cummins announces the appointment of George W. Dyer of Nevada to succeed Judge William S. Kenyon in the Eleventh district after Kenyon's retirement. Dyer, about sixty, is an experienced attorney known in Story county but less so statewide. Kenyon resigned to focus on private business interests.
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Cummns
George W. Dyer
Nevada
Kenyon
Boone
Story County
Dyer
Iowa firms plan campaigns to recruit European emigrants
Commercial organizations in Iowa aim to reach Northern Europeans before they depart home and persuade them to choose Iowa. They will send circulars and pamphlets in native languages via newspapers and circulate them in large numbers. Possible agencies and commissioners may be placed in major cities across Sweden Norway Denmark Russia Germany Ireland Scotland and England. Southern Europe will be avoided.
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Iowa
Europe
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Russia
Germany
Ireland
Scotland
England
Fragmented overheard dialogues in a shop scene
A garbled exchange shows a man asking for typewriter ribbons and a clerk replying about hair color. Various residents including Miss Eastside and Miss Westside comment on appearances and past wearings. A clergyman mentions a neighbor and surgeons, while Taimer voices a cautious dissent about being a mouthpiece.
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Eastside
Westside
Parish
Smith
Hearing on Railroad Assessment in Des Moines
Des Moines reviews on railroad taxes as executives hear arguments from Campbell Wallace and others. Governors Cummins and officials push for 25 percent of actual value, with railroads demanding higher assessments and state officials weighing market value.
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Des Moines
Messrs. Baldwin and
Sturgis
Burlington
Knight and Carbut
Illinois Central
Crandon and Stevens
Northwestern
Carr and Dudley
Milwaukee
Seevers
Iowa Central
Woodruff
Great Western
Carroll Wright
Rock Island
Board of Supervisors
Clinton County
Miller
Hamilton County
Judge Stevens
Boone
Iowa
Carr
Buena Vista
Cerro Gordo
Chickasaw
Floyd
Clay
Kossuth
Lyon
Sioux
Shelby
Caroll Wright
Moines
G. W. Sewer
Oskaloosa
A. S. Dudley
Frank T. Campbell
Campbell
Cummins
Executive Council
W. W. Baldwin
Baldwin
The
Street Railway Company
Edison Light Company
Water Company
Savery Hotel Company
Henry Wallace
Albert E. Clarke
Minneapolis
Minneapolis & St. Louis
George H. Carr
J. L. Stevens
Martin
Fahey Sentenced Four Years for Railroad Robbery
Fahey, one of seven jail escapees recaptured in Chicago, pleaded guilty to holding up Fritz Goth in the railroad yards. Judge Wheeler sentenced him to four years in the Ft. Madison penitentiary. Accomplice John Plumb drew three years. Mike Sheehan remains at large.
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Fahey
Council Bluffs
Mike Fahey
Chicago
Wheeler
Fritz Goth
Ft. Madison
John Plumb
Kahey
Mike Sheehan
Abolition of Days of Grace in Iowa Law
Des Moines reports that Iowa has abolished days of grace for negotiable instruments. Attorney General Mullan concludes the measure enacted last session eliminated days of grace, despite earlier doubts and conflicting opinions. Banks’ inquiries prompted the ruling. Dallas Representative Clarke sponsored the bill.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mullan
Merriam
General Assembly
House
Clarke
Dallas
Lightning Fatality Shocks Maquoketa Farm Family
Peter House, 65, brother of Judge House, was instantly struck dead by lightning while checking stock on his rural farm near Maquoketa. Two cows also died. He leaves a wife and four children. This marks the third accidental death in his family in three months.
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Maquoketa
Peter House
Judge House
Mrs Lavalleur Granted Bail in County Murder Case
Newton July 16 Mrs Hannah Lavalleur freed on 1500 bail after county jail detention on murder charge. Her son in law posted bond and the case now waits grand jury action.
Emery Wheel Explodes Wounding Worker in Mill
Cedar Rapids reports Joseph Sto dola injured critically when an emery wheel burst at Leach's Planing mill during the morning. Injuries to the head are described as probably fatal.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph Stodola
Leach
Planing Mill
Tragic Squall Drowns 14 Waiters and Waitresses at Sea
A 19 foot whale boat with 16 Oceanic House staff from Star Island capsized off the Isle of Shoals during a squall. Fourteen drowned, including Henry Farrington and W. A. Alward both Harvard law students. Rescued: Alice Hagerty and Skipper Fred Miles. Bodies still missing: Farrington Alward Bessie Chase Eva Marshall Isabel Kapuska. Fishermen and doctors tried but failed to revive most victims.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Oceanic House
Star Island
Isle of Shoals
Fred Miles
Henry Farrington
Cambridge
Mass
W. A. Alward
Frederickton
Bertha Graham
Danvers
Minnie McDonald
Cambridgeport
Sake and
May Adams
Cathering
Elizabeth Boews
Saxonville
Bessie Chase
Malden
Anna Sheehan
West Medford
Eva and
May Marshall
Haverhill
Isabell Kapuska
Laura Gilmore
Exeter
Alice Ha
Soldiers Wreck Leavenworth Resort After Stabbing
About 1,000 soldiers surrounded a Main Street resort in Leavenworth Kansas and wrecked doors windows and furniture in revenge for the fatal stabbing of Eli Loucks a member of Co F Sixth Cavalry by a Negro. Loucks receives a serious abdominal wound after John Graham confronts him near the depot. Troop F Fourth Cavalry rode in to quell the riot and disperse the crowd.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Main Street
Eli Loucks
Co. F., Sixth Cavalry
Joseph Wager
Loucks
Sixth Infantry
John Graham
Missouri Pacific
Graham
Fourth Cavalry
Tyree
Santa Fe VP Predicts Record Corn Harvest Across Nation
Pau Morton first vice president of the Santa Fe railway predicts a bumper corn crop, estimating 2,509,000,000 bushels for the country. He says western railroads will handle increased traffic as yields surpass the prior high of 2.2 billion by at least 10 million bushels.
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Chicago
Pau Morton
Santa Fe Railroad
West
Morton
Union
Vatican to ease Philippines religious tensions with US help
Rome July 19 Governor Taft received a letter from Rampolla papal secretary of state praising Secretary Root's views on Vatican steps in the Philippines to pacify the people under American sovereignty. Rampolla says Vatican representatives will soon contact Philippine authorities on four points outlined by Root and believes a new era of peace and progress will begin.
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Rome
Taft
Rampolla
Root
United States
Vatican
Philippines
Arbitration advocated to compel corporate dispute settlement
Judge Murray F. Tuley urged state law requiring corporations to submit all industrial disputes with employees to arbitration under penalty of charter forfeiture for refusal. He argued corporations as state creatures must at least partly engage in arbitration for the community's sake while labor concerns should also be brought under legal accountability. Tuley was elected president of the Illinois State Bar Association for the coming year.
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Cummins
Albert G. Phillips
Buena Vista County
Phillips
Anamosa
Register and Leader
Iowa
Chicago
Murray F. Tuley
Illinioi State Bar Association
Tuley
Association
United Mine Workers Urges Fund to Aid Anthracite Strikers
The United Mine Workers of America Congress adjourned after opposing a general strike and calling for a fund to aid anthracite miners. It endorses a 50 000 grant to districts 1 7 9, voluntary donations, and a 10 percent assessment on most members with 1 percent on several districts. Local unions to send funds directly, 25 percent cut from national leaders, and drive to solicit business and public subscriptions.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
National Treasury
Iateé
Wilson
American Federation of Labor
Floods Above St. Louis Worst in History of Mississippi River
Keokuk July 21 exploration of flooded districts shows conditions beyond belief for seasoned river men. The flood is rapidly worsening with levees as bulwarks against further losses. Losses are projected at six million dollars, potentially more as waters rise beyond Keokuk to Hannibal, mostly on the Missouri side.
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St. Louis
Mississippi River
Keokuk
Associated Press
Missouri
Hannibal
Chaffee Relieved to Command Department of the East
General Chaffee is relieved of command in the Philippines and ordered to assume command of the department of the east at Governors Island New York. Major George W. Davis will relieve him of the Philippine division by order of Secretary Root. The transition takes effect after September 30 1902.
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Washington
Chaffee
Philippines
Department of the East
Root
Geo. W. Davis
Governor's Island
Newark
Notre Dame University Ad Offered for Prospective Students
The Notre Dame University in Notre Dame Indiana invites readers to request a free catalog and details on terms and courses. The institution features a preparatory school and a commercial course for young men, with St Edward's Hall for boys under thirteen and a focus on thorough class work and devotion to student interests.
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University OF Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Indiana
Notre University
West
ST. Edward's Hall
Notre Dame University
How to iron a summer shirt waist at home
Practical home ironing directions for summer shirt waists with Defiance starch. Steps include smoothing, damp cloth touchups, ironing order from top to bottom, and airing before storage. Also contains promotional lines for barber training and a laundry product.
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The
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Iowa Barber College
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Mohe
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