Des Moines Postmaster Harris Cleared On Government Accounts
Postoffice Inspector Stewart reports J M Harris, former Des Moines postmaster, has clean government accounts and no desertion charges. Harris reportedly left with Miss Ottie Ferman amid marital strain. Employers may pursue embezzlement claims of 3500 to 1000 dollars.
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Des Moines
Postoffice
Stewart
Foote
J. M. Harris
Ottie Ferman
Harris
Iarris
Jarris
Jay M. Jackson
Lorimer
P. D. Thomas
Williamsburg
Governor Frees Des Moines Man After Long Prison Term
Governor Shaw paroled William Harris of Des Moines who was sentenced in 1896 to twenty five years for the murder of George Frank. The suspension carries good behavior conditions to abstain from liquor and avoid bad company. The crime occurred on the night of September 9, 1896 at Sixth and Walnut streets during a crowded state fair.
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Shaw
William Harris
Des Moines
George Frank
Frank
Harris
Ead
Sixth
Walnut Streets
Interurban Road Right of Way Secured Near Union City
A dispatch from Union in Har din county reports right of way secured for six miles on each side of the town for an interurban line running from Waterloo to Des Moines. It says the Des Moines Inter Urban company backs the project and signs contracts for right of way in its name.
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Union
Hardin County
Waterloo
Des Moines
Death of Dr Frank C Hoyt Superintendent at Mt Pleasant
Dr Frank C Hoyt superintendent of the state hospital for the insane at Mt Pleasant died in Kansas City on the 21st shortly after arriving there. He was returning from Fort Worth Texas where he had been ill for a month. His wife was with him. The cause was a complication of diseases with tuberculosis believed to underlie his illness.
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Frank C. Hoyt
State Hospital For the Insane
Mt. Pleasant
Kansas City
Fort Worth
Tex
State medical board admits two Barnes students after suit
The state board of medical examiners reversed a denial by secretary Dr J F Kennedy and will admit two Barnes college of St Louis students to an examination. A suit to compel admission was pending but the board's action ends further court action, with notice to the college on deficiencies under Iowa law.
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State Board of Medical Examiners
Barnes’ College of St. Louis
J. F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Board of Control to Monitor Farm Operations at Institutions
The board of control will require weekly reports from managers of institutional farms. A plat will be kept at the board office detailing crops and livestock, enabling rotation checks and ensuring farms reach peak productivity.
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Board of Control
Cownie
Kesler sells stake in steam engine patent for 10000
Louis Kesler sells a quarter interest in his steam engine patent to G W Marquardt president of Marquardt Savings Bank for 10000. The deal includes rights in both patents and model engines and a five horsepower unit for the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo. Kesler touts potential to haul freight New York to San Francisco for under five dollars per power unit using crude oil and water. Brussels note says Belgian senate rejected an anti British resolution on May 25 with 37 to 22.
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G. W. Marquardt
Marquardt Savings Bank
Buffalo
Kesler
Kesler-Ellyson
New York
San Francisco
Brussels
Senate
M. LaFontaine
Transvaal
Belgium
M. de Favereau
Great Britain
Prohibition State Convention Elects Officers in Des Moines
In Des Moines on May 23 the Prohibition state convention chose W. L. Ferris as permanent chair and C. T. Nichols and H. William Nichols as secretaries. They nominated A. A. Coates for governor and other officers, adopted a platform endorsing Carrie Nation and banning liquor, and reported over $2,000 for campaigning. The platform also backs anti cane temperance laws, equal suffrage, a seven day rest, and religious freedom.
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Des Moines
W. L. Ferris
C. T. Nichols
Pilot Mound
H. William Nichols
New Providence
A. A. Coates
Perry
A. B. Wray
Afton
J. A. Harvey
Ella Moffett
Marshalltown
Carrie Nation
Congress
Martin Mulet
Prosecution Witness in Peterson Case Hovers Between Hope and Despair
Clinton May 25 Mary Block the prosecuting witness in the state versus Frank Peterson, who faced a sensational rape trial, attempted suicide at Miles by ingesting laudanum. The 15 year old girl was saved by a physician. Peterson was convicted and later had his sentence reduced on appeal.
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Peterson
Clinton
Mary Block
Frank Peterson
Miles
Mary Black
Supreme Court
Charles Wessels
Teeds Grove
Judge McPherson Sets Bankruptcy Fraud Precedent
Des Moines reports Judge Smith McPherson issued an order and opinion in Morris Glucklich Perry case. The court required $570.15 cash and 300 cans of goods to be turned over to the trustee within ten days or face jail. The ruling labels the petitioner as perfidy and perjury amid a $20,000 bankruptcy dispute.
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Morris Gilucklich
Perry
Des Moines
Smith McPherson
Morris Glucklich
Polk County
United States
Disappearance of Emil Swan A Local Mystery
Emil Swan, a young farmer from the county northwest of Salem, vanished from his Mt Pleasant area farm weeks ago. He lived alone after a divorce, leaving a well kept farm and personal property unguarded. Neighbors call him peaceable. no legal actions or known causes for his disappearance have emerged, making the case puzzling.
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Mt. Pleasant
Emil Swanson
Salem
Fairfield
Grinnell Wins State Meet With Points Sweep
Grinnell's athletes won the state field meet yesterday in Des Moines. Drake finished second and Ames third with Grinnell totaling 42 points, Drake 32, Ames 26, State University 17, Cornell 9, State Normal 8, and Simpson 2.
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Grinnell
Des Moines
Athetes
Drake
Ames
State University
Cornell
State Normal
Simpson
Herriott Gets Guthrie Delegates for State Convention
Guthrie Center May 24 John Herriott was allowed to select the sixteen delegates to the state convention. His candidacy for governor was endorsed with strong resolutions.
Sioux County Convention Endorses Brown for Railroad Commissioner
In Rock Valley on May 24 the Sioux county convention endorsed Ed C. Brown for railroad commissioner and Hon A B Cummins of Des Moines for governor, reflecting local support for the ticket.
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Sioux County
Cummins
Rock Valley
Ed C. Brown
A. B. Cummins
Des Moines
West Des Moines High Wins Narrow State Meet
Grinnell May 20. West Des Moines high school won the state high school meet by one point over Grinnell. The top three race scores were West Des Moines 27 Grinnell 26 Correctionville 25.
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West Des Moines High School
Grinnell
West Despines
Correctionville
Insurance Agent Arrested in Dubuque Case
Insurance agent Nic Engle was arrested on embezzlement charges for allegedly taking 1400 dollars from Mrs. Mary A. Deuhs. The Deuhs case ties to the late George B. Burch whose estate is reported to total over 750000 dollars.
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Dubuque
Nic Engle
Mary A. Deuhs
George B. Burch
Filing Fees Attaching to Corporate Charter Extensions
Judge Conrad rules that under the new law all corporations renewing articles or extending corporate existence must pay the filing fee. Lamb & Sons of Clinton sought mandamus to compel issuance of the incorporation certificate after amending its charter for twenty years. Des Moines May 5.
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Des Moines
Conrad
Lamb & Sons Company of
Clinton
George J. Dobson
Secretary of State
Lamb & Sons Company
Sen
Mandamus
Supreme Court backs usurious rates for building and loan loans
Des Moines May 26 The Iowa Supreme Court upholds 12 percent usurious interest contracts by building and loan associations. The court affirms that the 1898 curing act created vested rights and that repeal in 1900 did not impair them, protecting loans made before the act.
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Supreme Court
Des Moines
Charles A. Bishop
Polk County District Court
Forty eight Shorthorns sell for 815390 at Des Moines sale
One of the season’s best Shorthorn cattle sales, the Martin Flynn sale at the fair grounds drew a large crowd. Fortyeight head brought 15390 with an average of 320.60 per animal. H F Brown of Minneapolis paid 1030 for a cow, and H W Weise of Sutherland, Iowa, paid 1000.
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Des Moines
Martin Flynn
Fair Grounds
H. F. Brown
Minneapolis
Minn
H. W. Weise
Sutherland
Iowa
17-Year-Old Murphy Heir Found Safe In Old Farm Well
The 17-year-old son of James Murphy a local wealthy farmer vanished weeks ago amid a kidnap rumor. He was located in an old well on the Murphy farm after a search found nothing. A reward had been offered earlier.
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Hudson
James Murphy
Boy Gored by Bull at Blairsburg
An 11 year old son of C P Holt postmaster at Blairsburg was gored by a bull last night in a pasture. He was caught on the horns and thrown, then trampled unconscious with severe abdominal injuries believed to be fatal.
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Blairsburg
C. P. Holt
Poweshiek County GOP backs Cummins for governor
Brooklyn reports Poweshiek county Republican convention supported A. B. Cummins for governor with organized backing in the May proceedings.
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Poweshliek
Cummins
Brooklyn
Poweshiek County
A. B. Cummins
Woman Drowns Herself in Iowa River Near Iowa City
Mrs Anna Horskay 46 commits suicide by jumping into the Iowa River just north of Iowa City on May 23 as despondence over her mother's recent death. She urged her sister to join, but was dismissed as a joke. After midnight the husband was awakened, search began, and tracks of bare feet led to the river where her body was recovered.
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Iowa River
Iowa City
Anna Horsky
Tillman and McLaurin both resign to seek people’s verdict
In Columbia on May 27 the two senators B R Tillman and John L McLaurin delivered resignations to Governor McSweeney with plans for a joint canvass. Tillman seeks re election for six years while McLaurin faces two years. If Tillman is sustained McLaurin’s seat empties. if McLaurin wins he takes Tillman’s term. The pair proposed an October November or summer vote. disputes arose over timing and term limits. The state committee will coordinate county by county campaigning with direct primary voting and legislative confirmation.
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Columbia
D. C
United States
B. R. Tillman
John L. McLaurin
Gaffney
McSweeney
Tillman
United States Senate
McLaurin
MclLaurin
McLauurin
O Connell Aims Nine Hour Day For Railroads
President James O Connell of the International Association of Machinists says he will urge a nine hour day with no wage cut on all railroads. If suppliers refuse, a strike may involve about 100000 workers, including 40000 machinists, shifted to Toronto for the convention.
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Washington
James O'Connell
International Association of Machinists
Toronto
O'Connell
Funston Praises Octopus Meal as Political Credit
Kansas message from Captain Adna Clark recalls a Funston letter praising eating an octopus while in the Philippines. Funston notes he did one thing to burnish his image for a future political tilt and jokes about the devil fish being a tough, unpalatable dietary choice.
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Lawrence
Kan
Adna
Clark
Kansas
Philippines
Frederick Funston
Aguinaldo
Funston
Mine Disaster at Senghenydd Colliery Claims Many
An explosion at Universal colliery Senghenydd Rhondda Valley traps miners as rescuers struggle. Five bodies recovered, seventy eight miners missing, wreckage heavy and hopes fading.
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London
Universal
Senghenydd
Rhondda Valley
Dowie Held to Grand Jury in Zion Case
Chicago may 24 the coroner s jury found Dowie H W Judd and Mrs Sprecher and Mrs Bratsch to await grand jury action in the case involving Emma Lucy Judd wife of Zion official Dowie. Carnegie gift to Scottish universities approved London may 21 Andrew Carnegie provides 2 000 000 pounds for free education at Edinburg Glasgow Aberdeen and St Andrews to Scots only with trustees managing the fund. Between the ages of one minute and eighteen years a girl is always interesting.
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Chicago
Emma Lucy Judd
John Alexander Dowie
Zion
H. W. Judd
Sprecher
Bratsch
Carnegie
London
Andrew Carnegie
Edinburg
Glasgow
Aberdeen
St. Andrews
Woman Health Question and Mrs Pinkham Advice
A patient describes a sex related illness and confusion in treatment. The letter explains how Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Mass receives symptoms by correspondence to tailor guidance. Confidentiality is asserted and many women report recovered health after using her remedies.
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