Death row notes and prison updates from Iowa capital
Hartman of Cherokee in Ana prison near death while awaiting execution for his sweetheart's murder. Bank robbers Brooks and Ips face Dec 18 hanging at Anamosa under Sheriff Vista, as their appeals proceed. Warden Hunter reports Wesley Elkins improving after schooling at Cornell College. divorce granted in Maguire case after forty seven years of marriage.
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Des Moines
Hartman
Ana
Hunter
Amosa Penitentiary
Board of Conconference
Ips
Brooks
Buena Vista Y Bank
Carda
Ana- 8
Sheriff Vista County
Supreme Court
Anamosa
Busse
Ore
Wesley Elkins
Cornell College
Cedar Rapids
Hun
Iowa and St Louis railroad completes section north Melrose
The Iowa and St Louis railroad, now building from St Louis to Melrose on the Burlington line in Monroe county, has finished another section north of Melrose. Bids will be sought soon to allow heavy grading and bridge work to proceed in winter. The final 30 mile sector extends north from Melrose to the Big Vein coal district along Cedar Creek in Marion county and then toward Cottonwood west of Knoxville, in a rich coal area to unlock thousands of tons currently lacking rail access. City Assessor French plans cigarette tax enforcement, collecting from thirteen eastern properties and similar west side cases, with documented purchases used as evidence against illicit sales. He also aims to crack down on illegal liquor dealers, predicting a high number of tax assessments for properties selling liquor unlawfully.
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Iowa and
Cedar Creek
Marion County
Cottonwood
Knoxville
French
Mlegally
Board of Supervisors
Evi
Council Bluffs
George L. Eads
South Omaha
Neb
Eads
Tibbets
Callaghan
Secret Service
Webb
Cedar Rapids
Temporary Iowa Association to Form On Fifteen Clubs
D B Lyons, temporary president of the Commercial Association of Iowa, is informed by secretary Thomas H Simmons that literature has been distributed to state commercial organizations. A permanent body will form once fifteen clubs sign on, with Lyons confident the target will be reached quickly and active work to boost state commerce will start within weeks.
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D. B. Lyons
Commercial Association of
Iowa
Thomas H. Simmons
Cedar Rapids
Coroner's Jury Links Merchant's Death to Business Failure
A coroner's jury in Ireland ruled the merchant died of heart failure brought on by business failure. The verdict traced the failure to speculative losses and the claimant's inability to get ahead, citing the cascade of financial distress as the cause.
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Ireland
Snowball treatment restored flow in Brown county well
A sixty foot well in Brown county Ti dried for years until a farmer filled it with snowballs. Water returned and has flowed again since the snowball method was applied, restoring the well’s output.
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Brown County
Birdsall Nominated to Run in Third Iowa District
Hampton Sept 26 Republicans of Iowa's Third district nominated Judge B P Birdsall of Clarion Wright county on the third ballot to fill the seat left by Henderson's withdrawal The convention endorsed the Iowa platform and denounced the Dingley tariff as breeding and sheltering trusts The move favors Birdsall over Ransier Edwards Sweet with Hardin county backing Birdsall and a strong campaign planned
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Hampton
Third Congressional District
B. P. Birdsall
Clarion
Wright County
Henderson
Iowa
Horace Boies
C. E. Ransier
Independence
M. F. Edwards
Butler County
Burton E. Sweet
Waverly
Birdsall
C. EB. Albrook
Eldora
Hardin County
Hardin
Sweet
Ransier
Black Hawk
Butler
Republican Party
Third
Des Moines
St. Louis
Roosevelt
D. B. Henderson
Colonel Henderson
Great demand for feeders drives cattle trade surge
Des Moines reports indicate record cattle feeding in Iowa as frost damaged corn. Farmers rush into cattle and feeders, sourcing money and stock from banks. Sioux City and South Omaha report heavy feeder shipments, with Chicago and Kansas City markets showing strong demand for stockers and feeders.
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Des Moines
Sioux City
Iowa
South Dakota
Army Post Water Contract Reassures Des Moines
Des Moines officials say reports of a Fort Des Moines closure due to a $50,000 water loan are unfounded. A 1902 contract with Des Moines Water Works requires a twelve inch mains extension to the post, with the Army paying 10 cents per thousand gallons and a monthly minimum, for ten years.
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Des Moines
Army Post
Lucas
Water Company
Gross
Washington
War Department
Quartermaster General’s Office
H. F. Gross
Des Moines Water Works Company
Fort Des Moines
H. 8. Patton
Army Post Tract
Judge Birdsall Nominated for Congress in Third District
Judge Benjamin P. Birdsall born Weyauwega Wisconsin October 26 1858. He moved to Alden Iowa 1870 studied at Iowa State University and read law with C M Nagle. Admitted to bar 1787 and served on Eleventh Judicial District bench 1893 to 1900. Now practices law in Clarion Wright County with his son.
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Benjamin P. Birdsall
D. B. Henderson
Weyauwega
Waupaca County
Wisconsin
Iowa
Alden
Hardin County
Benjamin
State University
Iowa City
C. M. Nagle
Hampton
M. J. Furry
Clarion
Wright County
Nagle
Eleventh Judicial District
Tax ferrets end county tax sweep in Waterloo
Waterloo, Sept 25 The tax ferrets completed a year long review of county tax books raising 50 000 in cash and uncovering about 40 000 in unpaid taxes. Some debtors will pay up others will contest in court as lawsuits loom.
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Waterloo
Quote exchange on aging women in humorous family dialogue
Freddy asks when a woman is called an old hen and the father answers that it is when she becomes hopelessly set in her ways. The exchange shows a humorous paternal view on aging and behavior.
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Freddy
Pop
Haguewood Girl Progress Report from Iowa School
Des Moines reports the annual update by State Printer Murphay on the Linnie Haguewood fund for the deaf and blind girl. Linnie has spent summer with her parents and now attends the wind school in Gary under Miss Donald. She studies history and language, writes well, and is skilled in sewing. A fund balance of 281 remains with an additional private fund of 650 available.
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Gary
Des Moines
Murphay
Linnie Haguewood
Iowa
Wlind
Donald
Murphy
Mother and Child Perish in Oil Can Fire
Mrs Hiram Moon and her young daughter perished in Nashua after an oil can ignited while she started the kitchen fire for breakfast. A stove flare trapped both, leaving the mother burned chiefly on the face and chest and the child charred over much of the body. The father extinguished the blaze.
Not Guilty of Embezzlement in Whittemore Elevator Case
Algona report: Manager Thompson of the Farmers' Co-Operative Elevator at Whittemore is discharged by Judge Bailie after a seven day trial. No fraud evidence appeared though directors claimed a $14,000 shortage was due to Thompson's crookedness, they could not prove it.
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Thompson
Whittemore Elevator Company
Algona
Farmers’ Co-Operative Elevator Company
Whittemore
Bailie
Three Sard Monte Game Snags Iowa Farmer Near Nora Springs
John Bishop, a farmer near Nora Springs, was saved $5000 after a three card monte scam. Two sharpers deceived him into taking a Chicago draft to join their game, but the cashier’s advice and Bishop’s suspicion stopped him from entering. A stray line notes a wife’s typical quarrel with her husband when she believes no one will hear it.
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Nora Springs
John Bishop
Here
Chicago
Bishop
Sultan Allows Russian Torpedo Boats Through Dardanelles
Constantinople reports the sultan permits four Russian torpedo boats to pass the Dardanelles. The ships are destroyers in reality and the decision is viewed as violating an international convention. Other signatory powers are expected to act.
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Constantinople
Dardenelles
Great Corn Stalk Reaches Unusual Height Near Indianola
Charles Peck of six miles northeast of Indianola brings a 16 foot 2 inch corn stalk to Warren County fair. The highest ear sits nine feet from the ground, prompting farmers to wonder how to harvest. A self styled doctor warned of trouble from impostors.
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Warren County
Indianola
Charles Peck
President Roosevelt Undergoes Minor Operation for Drainage
Sept 29 reports state Dr Newton M Shaffer joined the president's physicians in consultation. An incision into the small cavity exposed a slightly affected bone and thorough drainage was established. Surgeons express confidence in a speedy, uninterrupted recovery and expect the president back on his feet soon.
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Washington
Cortelyou
Newton M. Shaffer
New York
Rixey
Lang
O'Reilly
Shaffer
Urie
Still
George B. Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Shaw to buy bonds to ease money market stress
Washington reports the treasury will purchase 5 percent bonds from the 1904 loan at 105 until October 15. New York brokers anticipate October interest payments totaling about 14 million dollars to relieve financial conditions. Berlin notes American markets show strong activity despite the money squeeze and warns against overspeculation and overcapitalization.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Treasury of the United States
New York
M. Shaw
J. P. Morgan & Co
United States Steel Corporation
Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
Stock Exchange
America
Corinth Burned Man Confesses in Whitfield Murder
Tom Clark alias Will Gibson, a young negro, was burned at the stake in Corinth Mississippi after confessing to the August 19 murder and assault of Mrs Carey Whitfield. He claimed prior killings on an excursion train and an assault on a negro woman.
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Corinth
Miss
Tom Clark
Will Gibson
Mississippi
Carey Whitfield
Clark
Whitfield
Committee of Twelve
Moros Killings Prompt Mindanao Reconnaissance Strike
Manila reports three infantry companies under Captain Eli A. Delmnick left Camp Vicars Mindanao to reconnoiter Moro forts and recover stolen arms. They encountered slight resistance and destroyed the Butig forts. A fanatic Moro charged alone. General Sumner plans a second expedition against the Macu sultans.
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Manila
Eli A. Delmnick
Tenth Infantry
Camp Vicars
Island of Mindanao
Butig
Sumner
Vicars
Mexico Studies Silver Question Declares Caution in Policy
Mexico City reports the government will await developments on the silver issue and the gold standard. It will not act precipitately, continuing inquiries into silver production, circulation, and consumption and the potential advantages or disadvantages of depreciation. The stance mirrors the London Statist advice urging careful study before monetary change.
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Mexico
City
London
Cubans Must Be Patient As Troop Withdrawal Awaits Treaty
Washington reports that U S officials will order the withdrawal of remaining troops in Cuba only after the permanent treaty under the Platt amendment is signed. The pact would set Cuba’s foreign policy limits and U S protections, with conditions on coaling stations Isle of Pines and troop removal.
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Washington
Cuba
United States
Isle of Pines
Cable Ready in 80 Days Between San Francisco and Honolulu
San Francisco reports that messages will pass over the Pacific cable within eighty days. The Silverton carries the cable and is due in sixty days. After shore anchoring and testing, the line will reach Honolulu in December with Guam and Manila as subsequent touch points. The project cost about 12 million 500 thousand dollars.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
Richard V. Dey
Clarence M. Mackay
John W. Mackay
Silverton
Ocean Beach
Guam
Manila
Tragic Verba wedding fire near Moscow claims many lives
A fire at a Verba barn wedding near Moscow causes panic as a cigarette starts the blaze. In minutes over 100 guests suffocate or burn. women and children are among the casualties amid a chaotic stampede. The disaster follows a wedding attended by 400 peasants.
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London
St. Petersburg
Verba
Moscow
It Takes Nine Tailors to Make a Man
A traditional proverb about the complexity of crafting a person and the role of a constable in securing him. This line reflects a humorous view of societal control and the labor behind justice.
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Delmnick
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