Des Moines Temple Authorized by Mystic Shrine
Articles filed show Cedar Rapids city water company with capital stock of 776000. The Imperial Council of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine approves a Des Moines temple with exclusive jurisdiction over Boone Story Marshall Dallas Polk Jasper Madison Warren and Marion counties after a prior compromise among older temples.
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Drs Marxes
City Water Company of
Cedar Rapids
Imperial Council of the Nobles of the
Mvystic Shrine
Washington
Des Moines
Boone, Story
Marshall
Dallas
Polk
Jasper
Madison
Warren
Marion
Iowa
Despines
Supreme Court Denies Rehearing in West v. 11 Saloon Case
The supreme court refused a rehearing in the West vs. 11 saloon case, upholding that saloon consent petitions filed before October 1, 1807 under the 1897 code were invalid. The decision, which closed Des Moines and many other state saloons, ends any chance to overturn the prior ruling.
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Supreme Court
Des Moines
Sureme Court
Eld
Theatre Trust Foes Face Rival Attractions Ahead
Manager Foster of the old opera houses joins a theatrical trust to bar W F Chase of the Auditorium from booking acts. Meanwhile Chase has arranged top road companies as Maurice Barrymon and a large cast occupy the house and Arthur Dunn with another big company is slated for next week.
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Foster
Theatrical Trust
W. F. Chase
Chase
Maurice Barrymon
Arthur Dunn
Mothers Congress Focuses on Home Topics
The Chautauqua committee for the home department plans practical demonstrations and discussions during the assembly July 10 24 focusing on home life issues highlighted at the congress.
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Mothers’ Congress
Chautauqua Committee
de- Gael
Iowa State Congress of Mothers Organized With 58 Clubs
The Mothers Congress forms the Iowa State Congress of Mothers with fifty eight affiliated clubs. Mrs Isaac L Thillis chairs the meeting, a constitution is adopted modeled after the national body, bylaws to follow, and officers are elected led by President Mrs Isaac L Hillis Des Moines. Des Moines saloon cases head toward the supreme court with a June 4 petition canvass and possible district court appeal.
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Mothers’ Congress
Iowa State Congress of Mothers
Isaac L. Thillis
National Congress
Iowa
Isaac L. Hillis
Des Moines
Julia Clerk Hallam
Sioux City
Rose Jerrell
Oskarloosa
E. S. Burgin
8. A. Romans
Denison
Supreme Court
Spurrier
District Court
Iowa Equal Suffrage Group Plans Vigorous Campaign
At the Iowa branch National Equal Suffrage Association meeting seven members led by state president Mrs Belden mapped a vigorous campaign. They discussed last winter’s legislative effort and pledged thorough county organization, with a state convention planned for October in Des Moines or Waterloo.
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Iowa
National Equal Suffrage Association
Belden
Romans
National Committee
Des Moines
Waterloo
British Forces Near Vaal River Close to Johannesburg
A dispatch from Lorenzo Marquez reports British horsemen within forty miles of Johannesburg near the Vaal river as the Pretoria migration begins. Women and children travel by train to Machadora en route to Leydenburg, with trains arriving at Lorenzo Marquez carrying many German passengers bound for Europe.
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Johannesburg
Lonnox
Lorenzo Marquez
Vaal River
Pretoria
Machadora
Leydenburg
Europe
Des Moines Chautauqua Dates Shift to July 10 24
Des Moines executive committee moves the Midland Chautauqua to July 10 24 after failing to secure June talent. Highlights include Dr. N Dwight Hillis Dr R S McArthur Dr Leon H Vincent and Father Cleary with Congressmen Dolliver and Champ Clark debating imperialism. Also listed are Russell Palmer liquid air Judge I M Towner Mrs Ballington Booth and others plus Edison Vitagraph acts.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Midland Chautauqua
Assembly
N. Dwight Hillis
R. S. McArthur
Leon H. Vincent
Father Cleary
Dolliver
Champ Clark
Russell Palmer
I. M. Towner
Anna B. Shaw
Ballington Booth
Eva Schontz
Stoutenborough
Peck
Solomon
Cecilia Ep
Smallpox Reported in Lorimor Union County
Des Moines reports several smallpox cases in Lorimor Union county the board of health has set a strict quarantine and local authorities expect to contain the outbreak The disease is the light form common in the state and initially misidentified as chickenpox It is believed to have been brought from Fraser by arriving residents
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Union County
Des Moines
State Board of Health
Lorimor
Fraser
Daley and Brewer Given Long Sentences in Assault Case
Winterset May 26 Judge Applegate sentenced Daley and Brewer for assault and robbery. Daley drew twenty eight years at hard labor in Fort Madison penitentiary and Brewer twenty three. They left for Fort Madison immediately. Each was found guilty on four indictments with Brewer acquitted on two indictments against Daley.
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Daley
Brewer
Winterset
Applegate
District Court
Fort Madison
Ritchie Appeals to Courts from Ottumwa Case
Sam Ritchie accused of leading a burglary gang that robbed the El Don bank in 1897 has begun habeas corpus proceedings. Ottumwa police chief HM C Williams and Dick Dodd have gone to Baltimore to identify the captive and pursue connected testimony.
Boy Run Over by Wagon in painful accident
In Indianola on May 2 an accident killed the nine year old son of A G Weston, a laborer at the new Presbyterian church. The child rode a dirt load, fell beneath the wagon, and the hind wheel passed over his stomach, dying within an hour.
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Inpianola
A. G. Weston
Land and Loan Company Assessment Compromised for Rolfe
Pocanontas May 28 The land and loan company of Rolfe paid $37,000 in monies and credits and the town board raised the assessment to $400,000. The assessment is compromised at $96,000 with $5,000 back taxes due. Other similar cases from the town are in court but unlikely to be heard this term.
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Pocanontas
Land and Loan Company of
Rolfe
Five Baby Wolves Exhibit at Des Moines Market Window
Five small wolf cubs displayed in a Sixth Avenue meat market window near Des Moines. About the size of a domestic cat with sharp features and lively but harmless behavior. Captured in the Moon River bottoms near a town west of Des Moines.
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Des Mores
Sixth Avenue
Moon River
Des Moines
Tama Man Dies In Freight Train Fall At Dayton Hollow
Roland J. Alexander of Tama fell from a freight train in Dayton Hollow and died from a neck dislocation. He was a brakeman who traded runs to take a brief vacation and was returning home when the accident occurred.
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Tama
Roland J. Alexander
Dayton Hollow
Death of Gus Schultz Reported by Soldier in Luzon
A letter from Wilbur Sparrow of the Twelfth United States Infantry near Grand Isle Luzon confirms the death of his comrade and neighbor Gus Schultz, adding a sobering note to Council Bluffs friends.
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Philippines
Council Bluffs
Wilbur Sparrow
Twelfth
United State Infantry
Grand Isle
Luzon
Gus Schultz
Saloon War Looms in Fairfield as League Moves
Fairfield on May 25 faces a brewing clash as the Anti Saloon League fights to close all saloons. The group has appealed to the district court and is determined to remove saloons from the town.
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Fairfield
Anti-Saloon League
Blanchard Declares Candidacy for Supreme Court Judge
State Senator Blanchard announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the position of supreme court judge at OskaLoosa on May 25. He seeks to advance to the statewide race in the coming election.
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Blanchard
OskaLoosa
The
Supreme Court
State University Wins State Field Meet at Des Moines
State University captured the state cup with 51 points at Des Moines yesterday, Grinnell second with 27, Ames 24, Drake 14, Penn 7, and Cornell 7. A pole vault record went to 10 feet 6 inches. Firsts included Snider of Grinnell in the 100 yard dash and Chapman of Drake in pole vault, among others.
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State University
Grinnell
Des Moines
Ames
Drake
Penn
Cornell
Snider
Banschbaugh
U. L
Brown
Warner
Palmer
Crouch
Choate
S. U
U. 1
Lowe
Wilson
Rayner
Smith
Chapman
White
The Givin Murder Case Near OskaLoosa
Henry Fields a colored miner at Hocking is charged with the murder of Waddie Elgar a colored man shot at the depot in Givin during a clash between white and colored men. Inquest witnesses say Fields fired the fatal shot from around the depot corner. Fields has disappeared and a reward may be offered.
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Givin
OskaLoosa
Ilenry Fields
Hocking
Waddie Elgar
Fields
Mills County Apple Prospects Improve For 1953 Season
Glenwood May 27 The indications point to a large Mills county apple crop with the best prospects since 1953. If favorable weather continues Glenwood may host the largest apple carnival yet. Horticulturists cheer as a 7 day rainfall period ends and moisture returns. All grain and grass crops are promising and Queen Mills will likely yield a solid fall showing.
Two Drown in Towa River
Cenar Fallis May 25 reports Henry Ha eroft and Samuel Schrader both of Ackley drowned while fishing in the Towa river. The bodies were recovered. Both men were to be married soon.
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Towa
Cenar Fallis
Henry Haeroft
Samuel Schrader
Ackley
Phoebe Reeves Caught in Elopement Attempt
May 25 Briatonp. Phoebe Reeves 16 daughter of a farmer tried to elope with John Mellrath a bartender. She was captured and became a raving maniac. Mellrath is jailed.
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Briatonp
Phoebe Reeves
John Mellrath
Mellrath
Senate approves redivision bill creates Creston federal seat
Burlington dispatch reports the United States Senate passed the measure to redivide the southern district of Iowa, creating a new federal court seat at Creston. bill awaits presidential approval to become law. The item follows a long string of crime and college notes including the Bradly bank explosion and gang arrests, plus a football result from Coe at Cedar Rapids.
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United Stats Senate
Iowa
Creston
House
Burlington Dispatch
William Penrod, Jr
William Penrod
Sam Farrington
Penrod
Boer Peace Delegates Meet Secretary Hay in Washington
The Boer peace commissioners met Secretary Hay who declined comment. Hay released a statement detailing the delegates advocacy for U.S. intervention to end the South African conflict while he and the president emphasized impartial neutrality and could not accept foreign intervention.
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Washington
Hay
South Africa
United States
Pretoria
Lord Salisbury
GOOD TACTICS OF BUERS RETIREMENT WITH GUNS INTACT
Lord Roberts with two infantry divisions moved near the Vaal river as General Hamilton and General French led cavalry scouting west of the railway. Dutch burghers retreat but do not become a panic rabble, regaining guns at the Rhenoster river despite turned flanks.
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Lonnox
Lord Roberts
Vaal
Hamilton
French
Aldershot
Redvers Buller
Spion Kop
Rhenoster River
William S. Taylor as Chief
Kentuckian William S. Taylor leaves politics to run Provident Savings Life Assurance Society in Indianapolis as executive manager. He may attend the Republican National Convention as a Kentucky delegate at large. office location may move later.
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Taylor
Kentucky
Monument to Army of the Potomac Forged in Fredericksburg
President McKinley and his cabinet attended the Fredericksburg ceremony as a cornerstone was laid for a bronze and granite monument honoring the Army of the Potomac. General Butterfield donated the shaft. Colonel Hill accepted on behalf of the War Department amid Masonic rites.
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Fredericksburg
Frederickspure
Fifth Corps
McKinney
Miles
Army of the Potomac
Daniel Butterfield
National Memorial Association
Butterfield
Secretary of War
Colonel Hill
Twenty seven English killed at Schroeper's Nek clash
An official bulletin reports that sixty British cavalry clashed May 20 with eighty Swaziland commando at Schroeper's Nek. The fight lasted an hour with twenty seven British killed, twenty five wounded and eleven taken prisoners. Twenty five horses, two maxims and ammunition were captured. Federals suffered one killed and one wounded.
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Pretoria
Swaziland
Schroeper
Nek
Neeley Arrested in Havana Post Office Funds Case
Charles F. W. Neeley, former chief financial agent for Havana's post office, was arrested by a U S marshal on a civil suit warrant filed by the United States accusing him of wrongful conversion of 45300.
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Charlies Neeley
New York
Charles F. W. Neeley
Post Office Department
Havana
United States
Powers Arrest In Goebel Case Near Barberville
John Powers brother of Secretary of State Powers was indicted for Goebel assassination and arrested in the Barberville mountains. Governor Beckham issued an order dismissing the democratic soldiers.
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John Powers
Frank ¥Fort
State Powers
Goebel
Barberville
Beckham
Roberts Advances as British Cross Vaal River
War dispatches report Roberts forces crossed the Vaal on the queen's birthday near Paris with scouts at Viljoons Drift north of Wolvyoek. Varying claims say the British crossed Grobler drift near Parys and the Vereeniging bridge was destroyed as federals advance on Heilbron and Wolvehoek.
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Vaal River
Lonpox
War Office
Roberts
Wolvy Hoek
Orange Free State
Paris
Hamilton
Boschbank
Viljoon’s
Hunter
Vryberg
Pretoria
Vaal
Grobler Drift
Parys
Vereeninging
Dutoit
Heilbron
Wolvehoek
United States Delivers New Note on Indemnity Claims in Constantinople
In Constantinople on May 24 United States Charged Affairs Lloyd C Griscom gave Tewfik Pasha a new note after four weeks with no reply to the April 24 démarche on indemnity claims. The Porte, believing the matter postponed, awaits a prompt settlement and signals limited patience with past indulgence.
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Constantinople
United States Legation
Lloyd C. Griscom
United States
Tewfik Pasha
America
Warning to China on Boxers Suppression by United States
The United States informs China through Minister Conger that it expects the Boxers to be stamped out promptly with assurances for Americans in China. London reports Boxers destroyed two villages, massacred converts near French missions, with 26 soldiers fatally ambushed and reinforcements sent from Ichang.
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United States
Wasni Neaton
China
Conger
State Department
London
Shanghai
Szuchuan
Ho Peh
Shi Nan Fu
Ichang
Kruger Not Pursuing Peace Talks Says AP Report
London May 25 The Associated Press reports no direct or indirect news from Kruger to Salisbury or any British department about stopping hostilities. Peace remains a military progress issue and timing is uncertain. Boer delegates are said to press the United States before Kruger pursues direct negotiations.
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London
Associated Press
Kruger
Salisbury
United States
Moore and Hamilton Elected Methodist Bishops on Seventeenth Ballot
Dr D H Moore and Dr J W Hamilton were elected bishops by the general conference in CuicaGo on the seventeenth ballot. Moore received 535 votes to Hamilton's 510. The conference adopted changes from the revision commission and approved admission of women to the annual conferences, ending years of debate.
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CuicaGo
D. H. Moore
J. W. Hamilton
Methodist Church
General Conference
Moore
Hamilton
Commission On Revision
Transvaal Government Rejects Unconditional Surrender
London May 23 The Transvaal government says it will not consider unconditional surrender and will fight to a finish. Pretoria informs foreign consuls that Johannesburg will be defended and that the government will not be responsible for injuries to persons or property during defense measures.
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London
Transvaal
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Ocean going vessels push up St. Lawrence to Montreal
Large ships reach Montreal as ocean going vessels traverse the St. Lawrence River well beyond the usual limits, moving substantial cargo from the Atlantic.
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St. Lawrence River
Montreal
Sleep Changes the Verdict and Sleepless Minds
A jury sealed a verdict overnight then returned to disagree after sleeping on it. The passage promotes Hostetters Stomach Bitters claiming to calm stomach issues and induce sound sleep, urging use for insomnia and digestive troubles as a cure.
Morley’s Wonderful Eight Promises Quick Pain Relief
Advert sees Morley’s Wonderful Eight claimed to cure cholera diarrhoea cramps lameness sprains lumbago swellings and many pains. Recommends sale by agents in every town and urges quick relief of internal or external suffering.
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Morley
Early Printing Invention Traced to Chinese Note
The oldest printing specimen is a 1368 Chinese bank note now in the British Museum. It predates Gutenberg by thirty two years, marking an early milestone in the history of printing and currency.
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British
China
Johann Gutenberg
The Two Thirds Anticipation and One Third Realization
A concise reflection notes that most troubles arise from two parts anticipation to one part realization. It stresses how expectations outpace outcomes in daily life.
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