Des Moines Notes on Levee, Interurban Assessments, and Inebriate Reports
Des Moines reports describe a stone and brick levee around a power plant to withstand floods. Attorney General Mullan rules interurban vs local assessment for Boone Cedar Rapids and Marion lines. May 1903 inebriate escapes rise at Mt. Pleasant Cherokee and Independence institutions with dozens escaping or paroled.
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Des Moines
Street Car Company
Frank Pelton
Mullan
Executive Council
Boone
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Mt. Pleasant
Cherokee
Independence Inebriate Department
Iowa drops women department at St Louis exposition
State commissioners decide against a dedicated women’s department or a board of lady managers. A threewoman committee will assist exhibits related to women’s work, report in a week or ten days, and operate under the executive committee with limited spending.
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Iowa
Executive Committee
Council Bluffs
Competing Plans Rise for City Flood Protection
Citizens propose varied flood defenses including narrowing river walls with masonry to speed drainage, widening river channels to handle surplus water, and straightening the Coon River, reflecting deep divisions on the best approach.
Trolley Line Revival Aims Des Moines to Webster City
Webster City reports revival of the Des Moines to Webster City electric trolley project. L W Reynolds of Boone is credited with reviving the plan. Side lines to Ames and Story City are proposed with possible extensions. Construction eyed for next year.
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Webster City
Des Moines
L. W. Reynolds
Boone
Ames
Story City
Governor Cummins Proclaims Flag Day Observance Statewide
Governor Cummins issues proclamation urging that June 14 be observed across Iowa. Officials call for formal observance in schools, government buildings, and public events to honor the flag and its meaning.
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Cummins
Graduates Admit to Practice by Diploma Says Judge
Judge Smith McPherson rules that all Iowa State University law graduates may practice in the U.S. district and circuit courts in the district. Shenandoah Baptists plan a church. Sioux City First Christian Society to erect a building. Scranton Methodists announce a $15 000 building. St Vincent's Home to be expanded at Seventh and Peoria Sioux City. Aurelia to gain a new hotel 33 by 80. Davenport bids close June 13 for M D Peterson hotel project.
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Smith McPherson
Law Department
State University of Iowa
United States
Shenandoah “Baptists Wi
First Christian Society
Sioux City
Methodists of
Scranton
West Grove Methodists
St. Vincent’s Young Ladies’ Home
Seventh
Peoria
Aurelia
M. D. Peterson
Davenport
State Geological Survey Plans for Season and Coal Study
Iowa's state geological board outlined the season field program focusing on clay investigations in Clayton Clinton Bremer Winneshiek Benton Emmet Palo Alto and Pocahontas counties and a coal prospecting phase. Prof Udden Leonard Savage MacBride Calvin will guide areal work with clerks from Iowa State College aiding in slag studies.
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Des Moines
State Geological Board
Iowa Geological Survey
Beyer
W. H. Norton
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
Iowa Survey
States Geological Survey
Clayton
Clinton
Bremer
Winneshiek
Benton
Emmet
Palo Alto
Pocahontas
Palo Alito
John Andreas Udden
A. G. Leonard
T. E. Savage
Brent
Weather Wreaks Havoc on Warren County Crops and Bridges
Wet weather reduces Warren County crop projection to two thirds with an estimated $750,000 losses. Late forage crops like millet and Hungarian may recover some ground if warm weather returns. County supervisors estimate $5,000 in bridge damages and township road losses near $8,000.
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Indianola
Warren County
Nonunion smith threatens to kill labor leader in crowd
In Sioux City on June 8 William Van der Burg a non union blacksmith of 411 West Seventh street solemnly threatened to kill T. J. Berman president of the Trades and Labor assembly and business agent of the Union Labor League unless Berman ceased efforts to drive the non union man’s customers away. Berman had Van der Burg arrested.
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Sioux City
William van der Burg
West Seventh Street
T. J. Berman
Trades and Labor Assembly
Union Labor League
Berman
van der Burg
Control at Des Moines and Ft Dodge Railway Ends Rock Island Lease
Edwin S Hooley leader of Evansville Terre Haute rail and New York stock broker wins control of the Des Moines ft Dodge railway. New directors replace Des Moines allies of Rock Island signaling possible Illinois Central takeover and bond redemption actions planned for July 9 and June 11 meetings. The 138 mile line from Des Moines to Ruthven via Ft Dodge has been operated by Rock Island for 18 years.
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Des Moines
Edwin S. Hooley
Evansville & Terre Haute Railway
New York
Des Moines & Ft. Dodge Railway
Rock Island
Illinois Central
Hooley
Jeffries
Terre Haute
Ind
Norbert Heinsheimer
Roswell F. Vail
Lawrence B. Pearson
Mr. Hooley
W. H. Stillwell
John S. Dille
E. C. Finkbine
Nathan Seeley
Carroll Wright
Iowa
Des Moines & Ft. Dodge
Ruthven
Ft. Dodge
Des Moines Reports New Electric Railway Plan
M E Springer promotes a company to build an Albia to Buxton Hiteman Hocking Hilton and Hynes electric line in Monroe county mining towns. It would also redevelop Albia with a city gas heating and water works, with extensions toward Ottumwa Centerville Des Moines.
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Des Moines
M. E. Springer
Albia
Buxton
Hiteman
Hocking
Hilton
Hynes
Monroe County
Springer
Ottumwa
Centerville
Tracey
Harvey
Bussey
Knoxville
Albie
Northwestern Railroad
John Z. Evans
E. H. Gibbs
Oskaloosa
Western Canada Immigration to North of 49th Parallel
Canada sees rapid wheat land settlement with 40 672 immigrants in four months. Most head to Winnipeg, driven by Northwest wheat prospects. British arrivals lead, Americans and Continental Europeans follow. U S competition looms in grain markets. Agents offer government data and low fares to free grant lands. EK. T. Holmes—315 Jackson Street, St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Canada
Dominion
Committee On Agriculture and Colonization
Northwest Territories
Winnipeg
Great Britain
United States
Ireland
Europe
EK. T. Holmes
Jackson Street
St. Paul
Minnesota
Drowned Narrator in Cedar River Tragedy Near Fonda
Elliott Post, 19, of near town, drowned while swimming in the Cedar river at Fonda. He and companions reached a treacherous spot. not a strong swimmer, he vanished. A four hour search recovered his body.
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Fonda
Elliott Post
Cedar River
Des Moines Boy Wins Columbia Finance Scholarship
The Columbia council awarded forty one scholarships across eighteen states and several territories. Guy E. Snider of Des Moines received the finance scholarship while Anna A. Abel of Lawrence Kansas won a scholarship for women.
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Des Moines
New York
Columbia Council Today
Guy E. Snider
Anna A. Abel
Lawrence
Kan
The Empress Eugenie and the Paris Pamphlet
The piece notes Paris disliked Eugenie in the early Second Empire and ridiculed her. A contemporaneous pamphlet sold during her marriage praised her, with biting humor on the title page proclaiming the portrait and virtues of the empress all for the sous.
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Eugenie
Paris
Ten-year-old girl’s fire sparked by a lost nickel
In New York Annie Cody dropped her mother's nickel in a janitor’s apartment. She lit a match under a bed, causing a fire that spread through the airshaft. Neighbors rescued her and her sister as twelve engines fought the blaze, causing about twenty three hundred dollars in damage, though the nickel was recovered.
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New York
Annie Cody
Annie
Filipino Seeks Supreme Court Tour of Washington
A Manila man, a wealthy Mestiz-Chino Filipino, lost a civil case in the Court of First Instance and appealed to the Supreme Court. He hired an eminent American lawyer to explore a US Supreme Court entry, hoping to be the first Filipino there. He cares little for cost or the outcome, seeking prestige and a Washington trip this fall.
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Manila
Argonaut
Court of First Instance
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington, D. C
Flood Wrecks Mills Amid Broad Destruction
Torrential rains sweep Spartansburg and surrounding counties washing away rail bridges and mill structures. Pacolet Clifton and Glen dale mills suffer heavy losses with thousands homeless and mills totaling millions in damage.
Doan Kidney Pills Proven to Relieve Back Pain
Mrs. Robert Broderick of San Antonio credits Doan Kidney Pills with relief from kidney pain, backache, headaches, and dizziness after 1902. She asserts lasting improvement, urges sufferers to try the pills, and notes a free mail offer from Addie Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. Also mentions Russ Bleaching Blue and foot comfort ads.
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Robert Broderick
Virginia St
San Antonio
Tex
Dean
Bartle
Buffalo
N. Y
Relief Rains Aid Eddyville and Oskaloosa Flood Victims
Water in the Shunly and Des Moines rivers recedes revealing property and crop damage. A relief train with clothing tents and food reached Eddyville. About four hundred people are homeless with limited means. A local fundraiser has raised around one thousand dollars for sufferers.
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Eddyville
Oskaloosa
Des Moines
World Fixates On Man’s Weak Spot, Hammers It Repeatedly
The world fixates on a man’s perceived flaw and hammers away at it at every opportunity. This relentless focus pressures the individual amid public scrutiny and social punishment, highlighting the toll of collective criticism.
Magnet Pile Killer Cures Piles
A humorous note on misinformation and overstatement circulates as a cautionary tale. The piece mocks sensational claims about cures for hemorrhoids and urges accuracy in reporting.
When Your Grocer Says He Does Not Have Defiance Starch
An ad style line notes reluctance to stock Defiance Starch until 12 oz packages sell. It claims starch not easier than cold water type yet contains 10 oz per package and sells for some money. The passage also references a woman and a juror in a misread line.
Central's George H Daniels Opens Travel Information Bureaus
George H Daniels of the New York Central installs information bureaus across major cities including Brooklyn Syracuse Rochester Buffalo Niagara Montreal Toronto Cleveland Detroit Indianapolis Cincinnati Louisville Chicago Denver San Francisco and Portland to promote the line and sell tickets. The effort aims to boost leisure travel and department earnings through advertising and visitor guidance.
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New York Central
George I Daniels
Th Central
Brooklyn
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Niagara A
Montreal
Toronto
Cleveland
Detroit
Indianapolis
Cincinnti
Louisville
Louis
Chicago
Denver
Los le San Francisco
Portland
Ore
New York Herald
Travel Offer from Missouri to Indian Territory and Texas
An advertisement details a $15.00 rail fare from Missouri to Indian Territory and Texas via M., K. and T. R with liberal stopovers and a final return on July 7. It urges readers to visit Texas and to request further particulars by writing "Katy" Louis. Also promotes foot comfort cures by F. R. McCarthy of Jefferson Iowa at 26 cents.
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E. Z
F. R. McCarthy
Jefferson
Iowa
Defiance Cola Ware Starch Ad Promises Superior Size
An old advertisement touts Defiance Cola Ware Starch as having 16 oz for 10 cents, claiming other brands are only 12 oz. The piece also notes a Parisian doctor inventing a harmless chalk bullet that merely marks the hit, and mentions masked duelists shooting with no regard for consequences.
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Defiance Cola
Katy Rail Trip Promises Texas Progress and Prosperity
A Missouri to Indian Territory and Texas journey via M K T ay with stopovers south of Clinton Missouri and Kincaid Kansas to July 1 1908 final return by July 1 1908. See Texas in all its glory and progress. Write Katy St Louis for details. A well wisher is one who invests in oil lands.
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Missouri
Texas
Katy
Louis
Indiar
Clinton
Kincaid
Kan
St. Louis
More Flexible and Lasting Starch Ad Promises Superior Hold
An advertisement claims Defiance Starch provides better, longer lasting finish than rivals with one third more holding power for the price. A separate note states a woman misses a train seven times out of ten.
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Hall & Pierpont
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Hannah Dreves
Cresco
Thomas C. Robinson
Control FT. Dodge Line
Western Canada
Pacolet
South Carolina
Clifton
Spartansburg
D. C
Southern Railway
Glendale
Noridgzes
Columia
S. D
Piedmont
Converse
Clifton No. 2
Clifton No. 1
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Converse Mills
Seneca River
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Presbyterian Church
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NEW Information Bureaus
George H. Daniels
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