Ballot outline for November election noted in Des Moines
Notes from the capital describe the November ballot size matching 1896, listing seven national and state tickets with five via petition. The piece covers the Iowa supreme court ruling on stamped documents in a forgery case, and reports on final findings in O'Brien county land entry disputes, plus a mastodon tooth exhibit near Polk City hailed as possibly the largest of its kind.
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Bes Moines
Repuba
Democratic
Social Labor
Social Democratic
People's
Prohibitionist
United Christian
Congress
Standard Oil seeks control of Des Moines ice plants
The Standard Oil company aims to secure control of most Des Moines ice plants through A L Clinite of Crystal Oil. Clinite has options on all but two plants, with others likely to follow. The Des Moines ice business represents about 1.5 million dollars in investment, while local ice men say profits are lower than expected and are willing to sell at the right price.
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Standard Oil Company
Des Moines
A. L. Clinite
Crystal Oil Company
Clinite
M. J. Westlake
Jersey City
Leading Irish-American of Sion City Dies in Sioux City
John Brennan, an Irish immigrant with national renown, died suddenly at his Sioux City home. Once a reporter, he shifted to law and politics, aiding Blaine’s 1884 campaign and later editing the Northwestern Catholic. He had heart trouble in recent years and planned to attend carnival festivities.
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Sion City
Sioux City
John Brennan
Brennan
United States
James G. Blaine
Spain
Northwestern Catholic
Ingratitude of a Girl Seeks Club House Cheese Tragedy
A twelve year old colored girl in Ottumwa confessed to placing fifteen grains of strychnine in a jar of club house cheese in the Sargent home. The aim was to kill the employer's family. Nobody was harmed. She was discharged from larceny charges and sent to reform school.
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Ottumwa
Emerald Hamilton
W. L. Sargent
Sargent
Mr. Sargent
Peculiar Liquor Cases Heard By Iowa Judge
Judge Wakefield returns from Onawa after hearing two peculiar injunction cases over liquor sold from barges on Holman island in the Missouri river. Mrs. I N Holman and others contend nuisance needs abatement while defendants claim Nebraska operation excludes Iowa injunctions. Missouri channel shifts drive the dispute and written arguments are due before a decision.
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Sioux City
Wakefield
Onawa
I. N. Holman
Holman
Expensive Small Pox Case in Independence
Independence October 6 The city’s winter smallpox case proved costly. The board of health hired Dr J H McGready for care at 800 in charges. The board of supervisors reduced the amount, the case went to court, Judge Platt ruled for the physician noting authority to hire and fix pay. Total cost reaches 1500.
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Independence
Board of Health
J. H. McGready
Board of Supervisors
Board of Survivors
Death by own action of a Young Farmer
Ottumwa October 4, Frank Grant a young farmer six miles south of Florida in Davis county was found in the maw of his barn with his throat cut from ear to ear. His three year old son discovered the grisly scene and raised an outcry attracting the attention of the household. No motive is known though his wife had been ill for weeks and it is suggested he may have brooded over her condition leading to a troubled mind.
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Ottumwa
Frank Grant
Florida
Davis County
Prisoners Escape From County Jail At Muscatine
Three convicted burglars sentenced to three years in the penitentiary escaped Muscatine county jail by filing hinges and prying the outside door with an iron bar. Named are William Morris Kennedy and Walker. Morris has been recaptured and given two more years. the others remain at large.
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Jal
Muscatine
West Liberty
William Morris
Kennedy
Walker
Morris
Wreck at Oelwein Switch Accident Reported
Oelwein October 5 The south bound 8 CG R N passenger train leaving at 6 10 p m ran into an open switch a block south of the depot The passenger coaches did not leave the rails but no one was hurt The engine plunged into the sand and toppled onto its left side Engineer Funk stayed at his post Fireman Norris jumped as the engine left the rails
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Oelwein
Funk
Norris
Kerr Insurance Case Won By Jury In Federal Court
In Council Bluffs Oct 2, a jury ruled for Mrs Jessie Kerr Manila in a suit against Modern Woodmen of America to recover 5000 policy on late husband James R Kerr contested on the grounds he died by his own hand. Kerr shot himself about three years ago after a prior arrest for signing. De George W Vanderbilt plans a 1100000 dairy building addition at Baltimore Farms to expand equipment.
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Council Bluffs
Jessie Kerr
Manilla
Woodmen of America
James R. Kerr
United States
Kerr
Sigamg
George W. Vanderbilt
Baltimore Farms
TRAIN ROBBER KILLED IN MIDNIGHT TRAIN HOLdup
A Kansas City bound Burlington line express robbery ends with one robber killed by Express Messenger Charles Baxter after dynamite blasts and a firefight near Council Bluffs. The dead man, unidentified, had a black suit and about $15, while a companion fled as a posse pursues him.
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Council Bluffs
Kansas City
Burlington Road
Charles Baxter
Union Pacific
Moquito Creek
Donnelly
Frank Holman
Baxter
Engineer Donnelly
Messenger Baxter
Omaha
Fritz Bernhardt
Cornell Bluffs
Hark
Knight
Robbers Haul In $600 At Sioux City Gambling House
In Sioux City on October 8 two masked bandits entered the Morgan gambling house at 411 Fourth street after 5 a.m. They forced the manager and three patrons to surrender their cash, then locked them in a back room and escaped with over $600. Police, notified within twenty minutes, failed to capture them.
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Sioux City
Fourth Street
Burglar Bagged By Goldfield Farmer
T R Beveridge a farmer three miles south of Goldfield woke to a burglar in his room. He grappled the intruder pulling him from the bed. A chair strike and a held leg until help arrived. The sheriff transported the suspect to Clarion for grand jury consideration as watch sessions continued.
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Goldfield
T. R. Beveridge
Beveridge
Clarion
Another Sioux City Robbery Reported in City
Sioux City on Oct 8, M L Hubbard of Mondover Wisconsin, a capitalist, horse buyer and cattleman, was robbed of a gold watch, 200 dollars, 32006 in notes and a credit letter for 10000 from Bank of Mondover. He had stopped in town to view a carnival before continuing to Idaho to buy horses. The money and securities were in a pocketbook in his coat in his room and were missing upon return.
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Sioux City
M. L. Hubbard
Mondover
Wis
Bank of Mondover
Prominent Young Men Arrested in Fort Dodge Case
Prominent young men Tom O'Hara and Peter Coyne were arrested for holding up the Minneapolis and St. Louis railway night agent two weeks ago. They allegedly attacked the agent, robbed the safe, and locked him in a box car. At a preliminary hearing they were bound over to the grand jury in $1,000 bail. The arrest has created a sensation.
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Fort Dodge
Tom O'Hara
Peter Coyne
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway
Grand
Killed By Cars at Oelwein Train Yard
William Marks an unmarried man about 35 was killed by an east bound freight train while icing a meat train for the C. G. W. Railway company in Oelwein. The accident threw him head first between cars and he died an hour after being taken to Pattison's hospital. His parents live in Ohio. Typhoid fever is delaying shipping at Manila.
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Oelwein
William Marks
Marks
C. G. W. Railway Company
Pattison’s Hospital
Ohio
Mystery submarine torpedo boat built off Stam ford Conn
A nearly fifty foot submarine torpedo boat is under construction at Ware Island off Stam ford Conn. Built with secrecy, the craft uses electricity for motive power and has a conning tower, two torpedo loops, and a water jet propulsion system operated by two 1,000 horsepower engines.
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Ware Island
Stamford
Conn
Painter of Fame and Sittings By Lehmann Long Career
A veteran portrait painter, Lehmann, aged 81, counts among his sitters the Prince of Wales, Mr Gladstone, the Duke of Cambridge, Pope Pius IX, Lord Leighton, and Cardinal Manning. Born in Hamburg, he settled in London in 1866 after 16 years in Rome, shaping a remarkable career with many distinguished patrons.
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Olf Lehmann
Prince of Wales
Mr. Gladstone
Duke of Cambridge
Pius IX
Lord Jennyson
Cardinal Manning
Lord Warwick
Lehman
Lord Leighton
Royal Academy
Lord Leighton Ws
Mr. Leaman
Hamburg
Lond
Rome
London
Chinese Surrender to Russians in Manchuria War
Dispatches from St. Petersburg report Russian forces clash with Chinese near Niu-Chwang. Fleischer's 6000 men engage vast grassland, with 2 officers killed and 18 wounded. Chinese force of 14,000 in touch. further fighting not anticipated as 1,500 Chinese surrender and Ching seeks to negotiate.
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St. Petersubrg
Old Niu-Chwang
Fleischer
Artamanoff
Grodekoff
Amur
Prince Ching
China
Chunk Zu
Rovers
Tsitsikiar
Manchuria
End near in anthracite strike as miners win wage boost
Philadelphia reports independent coal operators agree to a 10 percent wage increase for striking miners. Notices to implement the raise will appear at independent collieries today. Some operators propose lowering powder price to $1.50 per keg, offsetting the overall advance. No additional concessions are expected from big companies.
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Philadelphia
Dirksen IAS Surrendered Amid War Turmoil
London reports a British convoy attacked on October 1 near Veyteid as sixty mounted Boers overwhelmed twenty five wagons. Twelve men escaped. fate of the rest unknown. A Boer derailment near Pretoria injured five Coldstream guards and nineteen others.
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London
Roberts
Pretoria
Veyteid
Coldstream Guards
Chinese court undergoes degradation under foreign pressure
Shanghai dispatch reports astonishment in China as an official viceroy notification confirms court members are degraded under foreign pressure. A new German cable from Cheboo to Tsim Tan has been opened, with cities said to demand indemnity totaling about 4.9 million pounds ($200 million).
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Shanghai
Cheboo
Tsim Tan
Three Men Sought in Canton Portends McKinley Plot
Chicago dispatch reports a new photofile warning of an assassination plot against President McKinley. Detectives say three men may be coming to kill the president and extra police are deployed to watch strangers, with a notice to target two Italians likely accompanied by an old man. Authorities say the alert originated with the federal secret service after an anonymous letter.
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Chicago
Oct
Chicago Record
Canton
O. Sys
Teadecmatic
McKinley
Robertson
Robertsoni
Secret Service Department
United States Secret Service
Trouble Over Boundary Line at Mount Baker
Vancouver B C October 4 The boundary dispute at Mount Baker tightens as U S customs seize goods from Chilliwack claimed to cross into the United States The provincial surveyor Deane says shifting the line back could yield a two mile wide new land strip containing valuable American mines.
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Vancouver
B. C
Mount Baker
Chilliwack
Deane
Canada
Degradation of Chinese Officials Reported
Washington October 2 Mr Wu Chinese minister confirms imperial decree degrading Prince Tuan Kang Yi and other officials for their roles in recent China troubles. The dispatch to the State department through Consul McWade at Canton corroborates the information.
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Washington
Mr. Wu
Prince Tuan
Kang Yi
China
State Department
McWade
Canton
Remarkable Shooting Score in Dupont Trophy Duel
Kansas City on October 3 reports J. A. R. Elliott defeated Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake Iowa in the Dupont trophy shoot with a score of 99 to 98 percent.
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Kansas City
J. A. R. Elliott
Fred Gilbert
Spirit Lake
Iowa
A. B. Chase Piano Gift to Mrs McKinley
Kinley bought for A B Chase piano as a special delivery souvenir for Mrs McKinley in Washington private parlors. The company offered a free Century to Century view souvenir with White House scenes from 1800 and 1900 for those who buy a piano before January 1 1901 via Norwalk Ohio or Nathan Ford of Des Moines.
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Kinley Bough
A. B. Chase
Washington
A. B. Chase Co
White House
Norwalk
Ohio
Nathan Pord
Sixth Avenue
Dae Moines
Odd Ancestry Tales And A Madera Robbery Misread
A jumble of historical notes mentions Solomon Leighton of Burchester born 1797 who may live into three centuries, a Scottish relation to the Duke of Argyll, and a remarkable Madera railway incident. Henry W Melveny of Los Angeles, returning from a ten day interior fishing trip, is mistaken for a road agent when he attempts to buy a ticket after a prior robbery at a neighboring station. The Madera station agent, armed, is calmed when an assistant identifies Melveny as a Los Angeles lawyer, ending the standoff with laughter and mutual explanation.
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Solomon Leighton
Burchester
Henry W.melveny
Los Angeles
Madéra
O'Melveny
Madera
Llao
O. K
Fragmentary 1900 Ads and Notices From Newark Area
A garbled mix of early 20th century advertisements and stray notices mentions Germany beer, Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup, Piso's Cure for Consumption, a Jersey City marriage fee, and a Russ Bleaching Blue endorsement. Additional garbled lines reference maple street Norwich NY, baldness cures, and ancient printing in China.
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Jersey City
Tros. Robbins
Maple Street
Norwich
N. Y
Swanson’s 5 Drops Claimed Cure All For Many Ailments
A dramatic testimonial laden advertisement touts Swanson’s 5 Drops as the universal remedy. It claims to cure rheumatism and countless ailments, offering 300 doses for $1 and urging households to keep a bottle for sudden sickness or pain. The lettered endorsements from readers in Missouri and Illinois praise instant relief and life saving effects.
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Swanson
Neur Va
R. Smith
el Dorado Springs
Chicago
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