Labor unrest and political clash across Iowa headlines
A sweeping column notes strikes in St. Louis and Iowa politics with a focus on Bryan support, the primary law, and civil reform. It cites Des Moines coal bids, Zion City concerns, and the Great Western railroad shop relocations at Oelwein, highlighting worker tensions and regional economic shifts.
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Iowa Coal
Des Moines
Great Western Railroad Company
Oelwein
Iowa
Dubuque
Ft. Dodge
Great Western Railroad
Former Iowa State track star Clarence Henninger dies in Wyoming fall
Clarence Henninger, captain of the 1906 Iowa State College track team and a standout athlete, died after falling eighty feet from a water tower under construction in Farneyville, Wyoming. He graduated in mechanical engineering last June and worked for Des Moines Bridge & Iron Works. His death ends a career noted for track victories and fair play.
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Clarence Henninger
Iowa State College
Farneyville
Wyoming
Des Moines Bridge & Iron Works
Tech
Henninger
Des Moines
Drake Stadium
Ames
Pastures Still Green as Forecaster Notes Corn Safe from Frost
Forecaster Sage reports last week saw abnormally high temperatures with five days of brisk winds then two colder days lowering weekly average to 4 to 6 degrees. Light frosts occurred Sunday morning in northern central and eastern districts with ample rainfall and local excess in northern and eastern counties. Corn crop is warmest for September and about 70 percent ripe with cutting underway. 30 percent requires 10 to 15 more days of ripening. Pastures remain unusually good for the end of September.
Run and Unrun
A quotation from the New York World contrasts trying to run everything with ending up running nothing. The remark notes occasional emotional range while housekeeping.
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New York
His Position
Peckem explains his wife called him head of the family after a man who called to collect a bill spoke to Meeker. The exchange is reported in Chicago News with a humorous tone.
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Peckem
Meeker
Chicago News
Pliny Quotation About Conscience Reveals Hidden Truths
A terse adage notes that many men discover too late they cannot conceal sins from their own conscience, underscoring inner accountability and moral awareness.
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Pliny
Bought the Other Half in Bower McCartney Meat Market
Gene Nelson sold half of Perry Bower’s stake to Charley Nibel who then acquired the McCartney interest, creating a name change in the shop set to take effect after the first of the month. Nibel previously worked as a cutter at the Knudson grocery and meat shop.
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Charley Nibel
Billy’ McCartney
Gene Nelson
Perry Bower
Bower & McCartney
McCartney
Nibel
Knudson Grocery
Bill Hook Marries Bachtel of Fort Dodge in Des Moines
Bill Hook a 1905 Iowa State College mechanical engineering graduate and former editor of the ISC Student and Cody Enterprise marries Miss Bachtel of Fort Dodge. The couple plan a Des Moines home and a road trip through Iowa to Waterloo What Cheer and Fort Dodge before settling.
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J. W. Hook
Ames
Bill
Mechanical Engineering
Iowa State College
ISC
Cody Enterprise
Cody
Wyoming
March Bridge Company
Des Moines
Bachtel
Fort Dodge
Hook
Iowa
Waterloo
Humboldt Independent
Hook-Bachtel
Surprised by Her Friends at Birthday Party
Mrs Harry Alberts of Boone Street was surprised Monday by friends from the Tilden pennant factory who visited for a quiet evening to celebrate her birthday. The gathering included games and music and ended with a sumptuous feast. A hand painted salad dish was left as a keepsake.
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Harry Alberts
Boone Street
Tilden Pennant Factory
Slattervilles apostate in McClure October
Casper Day's story portrays a Jewish tailor who renounces his faith amid the fusion of Poles Slavs and Jews in an American Spirit crucible. A balcony scene over a saloon, a public dinner with ham and eggs and whisky, and the hero's mine toil illness and ultimate sacrifice illuminate a vivid tale of heroism set in a sordid world.
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Casper Day
McClures
Day
Orioles to Give Concert at Y M C A College Chapel
The Y W and Y M C A fall lecture series opens Saturday evenings with the Orioles concert company in the college chapel. Four performers under Redpath Lyceum Bureau Chicago present a varied program featuring Miss Bargett reader, Miss Molynaux violinist, Miss Tinker contralto, and Miss Anderson pianist.
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Y. W
Oriole
Redpath Lyceum Bureau of
Chicago
Bargett
Molynaux
Tinker
Anderson
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Zion City
W. D. Lawrence
Minneapolis
Brooklyn
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Omaha
Northwestern
Rock Island
Illinois Central
Milwaukee
Standard Oil Company
Shanks” Henninger
Mr. Hook
H. E. Passig
Protestant Episcopal Church
Sage
Cole
A. L. Potter
Ames, Iowa
Bill Hook
Benedict
Pennant Department
Crucible
Orioles
Lyceum Bureau Company
Loughran& Bauer
Cleveland
Mutual
Canier Bros
Herman
Canier Bros. & Herman
Fowler's
B. A. Lockwood Grain Co
Frank N. Fowler
Parley Sheldon
B.J. Shelden
S. A Keenan
Story Co
National Bank of Commerce
Kneatle Kachod & Kubue
First National Bank
Firt National Bank
Marehalltown
Savings Bank
Sorenson & Gamrath
Union National Bank
W. M. Greely
E. W. Stanton
Henry Wilson
A. Dodds
Asst
Bankers National Bank
Thicago
National City Bank
Valley National Bank
Citizen's National Bank
Lowa
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