Orphans' Home land purchase and school transport plan noted
Des Moines reports stateboard purchase of the Tondorff tract adjoining the Orphans' home to supply a garden and work area. A new transport plan by State Superintendent Berrett aims to move rural children to township centers using busses, with Buffalo Center in Winnebago County cited for success where six buses carry ninety eight pupils daily and six teachers are employed.
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Des Moines
John Downie
State Board of Control
Davenport
Davienport
Tondorff Tract
Orphans’ Home
Berrett
Twenty-eighth General Assembly
Buffalo Township
Winnebago County
Buffalo Center
Barrett
Notables attend State Epworth League conventi on and Mary Gordon case in Missouri matter
In attendance were Bishop Isaac W. Joyce and Dr. B. L. Berry among Epworth League leaders, with a large Eleventh convention noted as the biggest yet. Separately, the Mary Gordon case before county and state officials traced inheritance issues tied to alleged mixed blood claims and insanity charges. Missouri law barred inheritance by any nonwhite, and a private Missouri asylum was considered.
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Isaac W. Joyce
Minneapolis
Epworth League
B. L. Berry
Chicago
B. L. Paine
Ocoln
Nebraska
J. C W. Coxe
Washington
Iowa
General Board of Control
Lucy Ryder Myer
S. L. Hamilton
Los Angeles
Cal
San Francisco
Mary Jordan
Missouri
Mary Gordon
Threshers' National Protective scheme exposed in Iowa
The auditor of state uncovers a swindling operation targeting farmers near Minburn. The Threshers' National Protective association, based at 531 Wabash Avenue Chicago, claimed to insure threshing machines but sent no policies. C. E. Miller sent notes to justice of the peace H. E. Boyd, claiming innocence while seeking money. The auditor confirms the scheme is fraudulent and unauthorized in Iowa.
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Minburn
H. E. Boyd
Insurance Department
The
Threshers’ National Protective Association
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Wen
C. E. Miller
Concern
Boyd
Iowa
Spain Orders New Navy from French Builders
Paris reports the Spanish government has placed orders for eight 12 000 ton ironclads four 8 000 ton armored cruisers and 100 torpedo boats to be built by French yards. Total program to be completed within ten years.
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Spain
Paris
Steyn Refused to See Paget at Pretoria Peace Talk
Belated dispatch from Pretoria reports General Botha received Paget's flag of truce respectfully and allowed surrender talks only while Boer fighters persisted. President Steyn refused to meet the flag bearer, signaling No surrender talks.
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Steyn
London
Navy
Pretoria
Botha
Paget
Death Sentence for Boxers Proclaims Sentences Pronounced
Pao Ting Fu November 3 The commission of inquiry into outrages on missionaries here has sentenced to death Tien Yang the provincial judge Wang Shung Un the military commandant General Kiu and two officials for their roles in the Boxers uprising.
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Pao Ting Fu
Commission of
Tien Yang
Wang Shung UN
Kiu
Son of Des Moines Doctor Arrested for Forged Checks
Geo Muitchins, son of Dr. E. K. Hutchins, was accused at the Des Moines police station of obtaining money by false pretenses through forged checks. Victims Smith & Smith, saloon owners at West Third and Locust, reported two checks cashed in September drawn on Des Moines National Bank and signed T. M. Fee. One for 10.25, the other 15.28, endorsed by Hutchins inlead with similar handwriting. Victims sought settlement out of court but filed the case after failed attempts. Police had previously received frequent complaints of Hutchins passing bad notes, but authorities delayed action hoping parents would cover losses.
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E. RK. Hutchins
Des Moines
Geo. Muitchins
E. K. Hutchins
Smith & Smith
West Third
Locust Streets
Des Moines National Bank
T. M. Fee
Hutchins
Fever Scare Abating at Iowa State College
Ames Nov 3 Typhoid fever scare at Iowa Agricultural College eases after Dr Kennedy confirms college findings. About five new cases in ten days, 100 to 150 students sick or home ill, some in early stages. No deaths beyond the initial two. classes small with low morale as authorities keep students on campus.
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Ames
Iowa Agricultural College
Kennedy
State Board of Health
Attempted Bank Burglary in Alli son
Allison November 2. An attempt to burglarize the Bank of Allison failed as the outer vault door was drilled and gunpowder poured in. The explosion did not breach the bolt and the burglars fled without a second attempt. Tools from a local blacksmith were found inside. no drills recovered. No clues to the burglars’ identity. presumed professionals and that they had time to escape.
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Allison
Bank of Allison
Poisoned Indian Chief in Iowa Tribe Feud
Circumstances point to poisoning of Much-E-Push-E-To head of the Muchwaki Iowa bacs and Foxes. He recently died amid tribal factional strife on the reservation. Push-E-To-Ne-Ke-Qua leads the rival faction as recognized chief.
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Toledo
Iowa
Despondent man hanged himself in Colorado barn
Ellis Wheatley, about 45, living five miles southwest of Colo, Colo, hanged himself in his barn. Found by his hired man who entered to unharness horses. He never married. His mother left four years ago to live elsewhere, and Wheatley had been living alone. Despondency is thought to be the cause.
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Colo
Ellis Wheatley
New $100,000 Hotel Planned in Fort Dodge
A movement by leading business men to form a stock company for a new hotel valued at $100,000. Twenty prominent citizens are sought to subscribe $5,000 each. Backers include Hon. B. T. Meservey and George W. Mason, both noted local businessmen.
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Fort Dodge
T. Meservey
George W. Mason
Tiny Babe Found Dead in Box Car Near Riverside Mills
Davenport reports the unidentified body of a newborn baby discovered by section men in a box car near the Rock Islands yards and Riverside mills. The infant’s identity remains unknown.
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Davenport
Rock Islands
Riverside Mills
The Gun Was Loaded
Levi Thompson aged 20 son of W J and Mary Thompson was accidentally shot four miles southwest of Carbon while checking if a muzzle loading shotgun was loaded. He was cleaning the weapon when it discharged tearing off the back of his head. His 14 year old brother Eli and his wife were present.
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Carbon
Levi Thompson
W. J
Mary Thompson
Thompson
Uster
Eli
Iowa Apples Win at Paris Expo Honors
Des Moines reports Iowa apples won top prizes at the Paris exposition. Elmer Reeves of Waverly and F O Harrington of York Center exhibited for the State Horticultural Society. The awards include gold and bronze medals and diplomas, with official confirmation expected from Director Brackett.
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Iowa
Albia man faces lynching scare over assault case
Ed Booker a colored man from Albia was arrested in Monroe county for assaulting widow Sarah Hovel and allegedly kidnapping and attacking her 11 year old daughter. Sheriff John Doner, fearing mob violence, moved Booker from Albia toward Fort Madison after a brief detour to Ottumwa. Booker allegedly brandished a .44 caliber revolver and threatened to kill both Mrs. Hovel and her daughter.
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Doner
Fort Madison
Ottumwa
Ed Booker
Albia
Monroe County
Sarah Hovel
John Doner
Booker
Hovel
Confesses Crimes in Iowa After Stolen Grip Arrest
Oskaloosa police arrest v. W. Lynch on a charge of stealing a grip from Iowa Central station. He confesses to further thefts including $300 from an Illinois Central package at Manchester in 1899, a bolt of green silk and $5 from Adams Express at Toronto in 1891, a package with $125 and a dress pattern in Arkansas, and a $25 robbery in Gainesville Missouri.
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Oskaloosa
V. W. Lynch
Iowa Central
Illinois Central Railway
Manchester
Earlville
Adams Express Company
Toronto
Arkansas
Lynch
Gainsville
Secretary grants land to O'Brien county homesteaders
In Primghar on November 1 the secretary of the interior finalized a decision awarding thirteen quarters of disputed O'Brien county lands to homestead claimants who have lived on the land for fourteen to sixteen years. Known as forfeited Sioux City and St. Paul lands, they had reverted to the United States after a 1895 Supreme Court ruling. The lands were sold by the railroad to various parties, who opposed the settlers, but the present decision secures about 2080 acres at roughly $50 per acre, valuing the total at about $100,000.
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Primghar
Secretary of the Interior
O’brien County
Sioux City
Des Moines
Town Defeats Chicago in 17 to 0 Football Victory
Town defeats Chicago university 17 to 0 on Marshall Field before over 5,000 spectators. The stubborn contest ended 0 to 0 at halftime with Chicago dominating early possession before Town surged ahead in the second half. Chicago and Town are the credited teams in the bitterest game this city has seen this year.
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Town
Chicago
University of Town
Chicago University
Marshall Field
Iowa
Palmer Held for Larceny in Cedar Rapids Night Theft
A. A. Palmer, recently from Des Moines, was held to the grand jury in Linn County on a $500 bond for larceny from a building. Allegedly he entered the Arcade hotel room of two young men and stole $25 cash and a revolver from trunks, facing additional petty theft charges.
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Cedar Rapids
A. A. Palmer
Des Moines
Grand
Palmer
Arcade Hotel
Frank Rudd Drowned in Boyer River
Dow City mourns as Frank Rudd, longtime resident, drowns after his boat capsizes while trapping near the mill. Hearing cries, bystanders tried to reach him with a pole but he vanished over the dam while attempting to save the craft.
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Frank Rudd
Dow City
Boyer River
Tragedy in Cedar Rapids Leaves Six Orphans
Eugene Rittenburg, in a drunken crisis, went to his father's home and shot himself. The 40 year old man, with six children and a bereaved mother, cannot survive his self inflicted act. The incident occurred last evening in Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Eugene Rittenburg
Skeleton of a Woman Found in City Street
Ft. Dodge police and residents were startled when Street Commissioner Welch unearthed a woman's skeleton on Eighth street. Flesh and clothing were gone, leaving bones and long light hair. Later findings showed the site was a former Catholic cemetery and the remains belonged to a body not moved when the area was relocated.
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Dodge
Welch
Eighth Street
South African Situation Improves as Roberts to Return
London reports the South African situation is improving. Lord Roberts will soon return to England with most of his staff. Cape Town plans send refugees back to Johannesburg and a 7000-strong garrison is prepared at Bloemfontein. Boers remain active with raids on trains and towns while British losses stay heavy in October.
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London
Lord Roberts
Eland
Cape Town
Johannesburg
Bloemfontein
Reddersburg
Pretoria
Koffkontein
Knox
de Wet
Parys
Daily Express
England
Twenty Six Not Found After Tirrant & Co Fire
New York reports a revision showing twenty six missing from the Tirrant & Co drug house explosion and fire. No bodies found by last night, though fragments were recovered. melted rubber mistaken for flesh earlier. investigators probe explosive quantities for possible prosecution.
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New York
Tirrant & Co
Judge calls it all gambling in market dealings
Chicago judge Vail declared dealing on the Chicago board of trade and in a bucket shop are practically the same, calling both gambling or speculation. The ruling followed the closing of a case by the Central Stock and Rain Exchange seeking an injunction to stop the board from receiving market quotations. decision postponed pending briefs.
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Chicago
Vail
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Central Stock and Rain Exchange
Boers Retain Train Loot and Fire Capetown Mail
A Boer commando captured a British outpost near Geneva on October 28 and held up the Capetown mail train. They looted cars and passengers, destroyed the mails, and set the train on fire before decamping ahead of an armored train. Ninety men were initially captured but later released.
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Capetown
Navy
Geneva
Japan Accepts Anglo German China Agreement
Berlin Nov 1 Japan formally replies to the Anglo German China pact unreservedly acceding to its terms. London Navy 1 the Japanese minister here said yesterday the note to Lord Salisbury announced unconditional assent to the agreement on China.
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Berlin
Japan
London
Navy
Lord Salisbury
China
Aguinaldo Death Rumor Reported From Manila Hospital
James C Hussey of National City received a Manila hospital letter dated September 1 from Private James Thompson of Company C Twenty seventh Infantry. Thompson says a Filipino patient nearby claimed Emilio Aguinaldo was really shot dead, but the fact was suppressed for political reasons.
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Aguinalido
San Diego
Cal
James C. Hussey
National City
James Thompson
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Manila
P. I
Emilio Aguinaldo
Yangtse Region in Danger Amid Emissary Poisoned Moves
Shanghai correspondent reports the empress dowager sending emissaries to raise armed forces to exterminate converts and expel foreigners in the Yangtse region. Yu Chuan, an anti foreign general, is named military governor of Yangtse district.
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Yangtse
London
Shanghai
Daily Express
Yu Chuan
United States
Empress Dowager to be Removed in China Reforms Discussed
Washington reports, citing informed Chinese affairs circles, that three core questions dominate at Peking. They seek removal of the empress dowager from government, creation of an indemnity fund via customs revenue, and replacement of the tsungli yamen with a foreign affairs minister.
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Washington
Peking
China
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Trustee for His Sister Countess Castellane Appointed
Paris reports that George J. Gould was named trustee for his sister Countess Castellane after a suit over Boni Castellane’s alleged sprawling debts. Records show total indebtedness near $5.7 million with assets in real estate, mortgages, loans, art, and other charges.
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Paris
George J. Gould
Countess de Castellane
Comte Boni
Castellane
Countess Castellano
Count Boni
Avenue Malanoff
M. Wertheimer
German forces win mountain engagement near Chinese wall
Berlin reports a Second German infantry detachment under Major von Forster defeated a larger Chinese force in a mountain pass near the Chinese wall. Five guns seized, German flag raised over ram parts. von Forster wounded or killed and Chinese casualties around fifty. Observers doubt Chinese organization for a winter campaign.
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Berlin
Tageblatt
Peking
von Forster
Chinese Wall
Tsi-Ting-Kuan
Tuan
Twelve Killed in West Virginia Mine Explosion
Twelve men died in an explosion at the Southern Coal and Transportation mines in Berrysburg near Philippi West Virginia on November 5. Pit boss Ollie Marks and several others are named among the dead with injured Will Marks and James Jackson expected to die. Mules at the mine mouth were killed and cars blown forty feet from the track. The blast likely resulted from an accidental dynamite discharge. Property loss described as light.
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West Virginia
Philippi
W. Va
Southern Coal and Transportation Company
Berrysburg
Ollie Marks
Albert Brown
Pack Adams
Andrew Blackwell
Lawrence Duncan
Will Marks
James Jackson
Alvord Freed then Nabbed in Bank Note Case
Cornelius L Alvord of First National bank was discharged by City Magistrate Flammer for lack of jurisdiction. He was re arrested by a US marshal and presented before US Commissioner Shields who set bail at 150000 for examination in New York on November 3.
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Alvord
New York
Flammer
Cornelius L. Alvord
First National Bank
United States
Shields
Heavy fighting in Shan Si frontier mountains
Pall Mall Gazette cites a Iehow dispatch dated October 28 reporting 1500 Anglo German troops storming the Tzching Hu pass. Chinese forces held a crest position and resisted with enfilading fire. German numbers, British cavalry and sappers suffered 80 casualties each side, while the defenders were relieved.
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London
Pall Mall Gazette
Iehow
Shan Si
Tzching Hu
Fragmentary Note on Women and Perceptions
A fragmented passage reflects on women and perceptions of motherhood and friendship, with unclear context and aims. The text presents uncertain claims about suffering, social judgment, and personal relations without concrete facts or identifiable individuals.
Terse ad copy on stomach relief and clock claim
An OCR fragment promotes Tetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for digestive issues and stomach upset. It oddly adds a claim about a clock that talks with its hands, suggesting sensational marketing rhetoric and unclear origins. The text references Chinese immigrants and foreign powers in a vague political context.
Care for bowels with CASCARETS Candy Cathartic
An advertisement promises cure for ailments by restoring bowel health with CASCARETS Candy Cathartic. It asserts nature’s aid, painless, easy movements, and low starting cost, warning against imitations and noting the C C C stamp on each tablet.
Catarrh Cure Ads and Odd Bits From Vintage Notices
A collage of old advertisements and quips including Hall’s Catarrh Cure claims and endorsements, Allen’s Foot Ease promotion, cleaning soap pitches, and miscellaneous proverbs. The page weaves patent medicine pitches with humorous lines about wealth, responsibility, and social pretensions.
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State Agricultural College
J. W. Lynch
Bucket Shop
George Gould
Countess Castellane
Hall
Cheney & CO
Cheney
West & Truax
Lhasa
Ace & Marvin
Ohio
Adams
Ganson
Iso
Joan F. Borer
Trinity Springs
Ind
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Swanson Rheumatic
Lake Street
Oklahoma
Morgan
Dick T. Morgan
Perry
O. T
Towa
Beautiful Land
Tacitus Bussey
Lowa
Kodakis
Schmel
Main ST
Kansas
Mt Kansas
Thompson's
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