Conger Recalled and Veterans Honor Parade at Encampment
The piece recalls Major Conger’s welcome home reception as United States minister, a grand parade of veterans including Senators Dolliver, and the officers installed at Opera House. It notes Des Moines plans for next year and details state dairy statistics, creameries, and butter shipments led by Buchanan, Bremer, and Chickasaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conger
Julien
United States
Towans
Haven
Davis
Dolliver
Newman
Vicksburg
Gatha Coates
Ml Sons of Veterans
War Corps
Opera House
Guardsdat
Grand Opera House
Priont
Davenport
H. Byers
Glenwood
H. M. Pickle
T. G. Keokuk
William Center Point
Newman Falls
Buchanan
Bremer Gold
Chickasaw
Tayette
Jones
Delaware
Clayton
Butler
Dubuque
Nossyth
Hardin
Blackhawk
Hamilton
Palo Alto
Winnesbiek
Mitchell
Story
Buena Vista
Howard
Allamakee
Linn
Audubon
Green
Winnnebago
Heroic Rescuers Save Child From Burning Cascade Home
A two year old girl in Cascade was rescued from a burning building by a brave man named Schuckle after flames trapped the child in a bed closet. The mother, Mrs Van Wie, was undressing the baby when the fire erupted at eight o clock, threatening the entire room. Schuckle risked himself to reach the infant and pull her free, suffering injuries to hands and arms though none were life threatening. The cause of the blaze remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
I. A. Cascade
Schuckle
Mra
Man Fatally Stabbed Over Poker Dispute at Stable Grounds
A quarrel after a poker game left Milcah William Sales of Mary fatally stabbing Tom Richard of the horse stables. The assailant fled. Richard died from a left back wound and other injuries. A separate account notes Mahanke, a veteran, dying from injuries after falling from a boarding house window in Dubuque. Authorities pursued leads as details emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milcah William Sales
Mary
Tom Richard
T'E
Tran
Mahanke
Dubuque
Mercy Hospital
Sioux City
Open lands in Clay County listed for homestead entry
Over 860 acres of Iowa farm land in Clay County near Ruthven and Spencer opened for homestead entry after survey corrections. About 600 acres swamp land to be State land. remaining high and dry land considered prime farming ground. First filers may secure Iowa farm land at $2.50 per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay County
Iowa
Des Moines
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Ruthven
Spencer
Lost Island
Round
Trumbull Lakes
Iowa University student awarded bravery medal
Miss Carolyn Jarvis of Burlington becomes the first Indy student at the State University of Iowa to receive a bravery medal. She saved R. M. Fagan from drowning after a canoe capsized during river recreation near Coralville, hauling both canoe and man to shore through deep, strong currents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Jarvis
Indies
Irving Literary Society
Fagan
Ministers oppose Sunday opening of saloons in Dubuque
Fourteen new rural mail delivery routes were established from Carroll County. The Third Iowa Congressional District now has more rural routes than any other district. William Johnson, a Deep River farmer, accidentally shot himself in a case necessitating amputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Carroll County
Iowa
William Johnson
Deep River
Weather review shows widespread rains easing droughts
The week brought generally favorable conditions across the spring wheat region and lower Missouri valley with extensive rain and cool spells. Frosts hit Oregon to the upper Midwest, while California and Oregon report strong harvests though eastern areas saw insect damage. cotton and tobacco prosper, apples drop widely, and overall crop prospects vary by state with Hessian fly and drought lingering in parts of the Midwest and Ohio valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheat
Missouri Valley
Missouri
Washington
Oregon
Rocky Mountain
Mississippi Valley
Lake Region
Central
Middle Atlantic States
Rocky Mountains
Ohio Valley
Dakotas
Minnesota
Michigan
New York
California
Idaho
Cotton Belt
Ouness
Carolinas
Kentucky
Ohio
New England
Maryland
Delaware
Georgia
Istilets
Indiana
Sih
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Bicycle Corps In French Army Planned For War Drills
The French minister of war orders mounted infantry companies to test bicycle mobility. General de Lancrofy will prepare a report and plans for trials aligned with grand maneuvers to evaluate the bicycle corps.
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de Lancrofy
Hospitals urged to hire towns for contagious disease care
The Connecticut Board of Health argues for town hospitals to isolate and treat contagious patients. Typhoid data show 692 hospital cases with low mortality versus 1,163 private cases with about 20 percent deaths. Col. James G. Miner, former Confederate navy assistant secretary, dies in poverty at Mileford Ohio at 82.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut Board of Health
James G. Miner
Mileford
Ohio
Y M C A Jubilee Recalls Global Growth Through Years
The article traces the Y M C A origin in 1844 with George Williams in London and its rapid rise to 5 132 branches in 50 nations, 621 000 members, and 1 439 U S branches with 252 000 members. It notes key milestones including Montreal and Boston adoption in 1851, Civil War impacts, railroad involvement, and 1877 Indian work beginnings, plus a jubilee convention in Boston with notable attendees.
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George Williams
London
United States
Montreal
Boston
Boston Association
Canada
Railroad Department
Cleveland
Old South Church
Maryor Hart
Gov. Pates
Henry MM. Ward
A. M. Phan
O. T. Williams
W. DE. Dodge
New York
William J. Dodge
Stonmary
Howard Williams
Tondon
Ireland
C. T. Williams
Que
Tames Stokes
New Yorks
Thornton
Atlanta
Gap Soo
Gap Soo. Spencer, St. Powis
G. J. McCormick
Chicago
Ilm
Moore
W. S. Pattee
Minneapolis
SB. W. Woodward
Washington
D. G
Shoburn Rosas
Portland
Ore
C. Cass
Nova Scotia
Tames
Hardy
Louisville
Henry Waterhouse
Ilawail
C. G. Michonet
A. G. Knobel
Tisheville
N. CL
Lienry W. Stone
Ove
Melinley
Frontiers and finance paced by interviews across the nation
A roundup of short interviews features Amele Be, Kate Mills Boyd, and others. Topics include crime prevention heredity Irish politics Chicago clergy oil as ship fuel frontier shifts Western markets and investments shaping future growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ars
Kate Mills Boyd
Chicago-Dy
Stamp tax overhauled under new revenue law effects on checks
The revenue act cuts stamp use on telegraph and telephone messages and many financial documents after July 1. Bank checks and other items lose stamps, reducing government receipts by an estimated $40 to $45 million. The change prompts questions over whether stamped checks can be redeemed and how refunds will be handled, with banks and businesses watching the process closely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Bureau
The
Revenue Bureau
the Treasury
Internal Revenue
Secretary of the Treasury
Bureau
Treasury
New Taxation Changes and Rates Listed for 1901
The report outlines numerous revised duties and new taxes effective April 1 1901 including rates on bank checks bills of lading for export certificates of deposit and many other items. It details modifications to cigarette and cigar taxes tobacco products fees conveyance legacies and various broker and exchange duties among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Bureau
Fidelity
Guaranty
Manntfest
United States
Wmis
Driwiin
Vash Fivkers
Nabaccco
Denis
Custom House
Freigut
Illinois Breaks Record with Fast Battleship Trial
The battleship Illinois averaged 17.31 knots on the Cape Ann course, besting the Alabama and Wisconsin in class. The record shows Illinois as the fastest in its class in the American navy, with Wisconsin at 17.12 knots on a Pacific coast trial. Also noted are birth rates in New England cities from the 1900 census and a notice of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward H. Seymour’s promotion to admiral.
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Cape Ann
Tis
Illinois
Alabama
Wisconsin
Pacific Coast
New Mugland
Wall River
Holyoke
New Bedford
Waterbury
Conn
Cambridge
Edward H. Seymour
China Station
Fashionable Boston to Dance a Band
A lively note says Boston's fashionable set can now dance a band. Reports mention lime burners in San Jacinto California using crude oil as fuel. Phya Phetchada named Siam's minister extraordinary to the United States. A large contingent of school teachers sails for the Philippines to teach there. A citrus shipment forecast claims four million hoaxes from California this season. Yavapai County Arizona assesses Senator Clark copper property at 8.9 million with a 24 thousand tax on United Verde mine. Semar for Clark's Arizona property will cost him 219 thousand annually. Sophronisba Breckinridge, daughter of Col. W. C. B. Breckinridge, passed Chicago University exams for a PhD after previously earning an MS. She becomes the first woman lawyer to join Kentucky appellate bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
San Jacinto
Cal
Phya Phetchada
Siam
United States
Philippines
California
Yavapi County
Arizona
Clark
United Verde
Sophronisba Breckinridge
W. C. B. Breckinridge
Chicago University
Kentucky
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Ison
Con
Downe
Henry
Delane
House of Rothschild
Orewon
Washiton
Amele
John Hayes
Limerick
Daly
Maude Gonne
Sarter I. Harrison
John V. Moffitt
Kansas City
A. D. Carey
Cheyenne
Wyo
C.R. Kemn
Salt Lake City
Astern
Far West
Western Railroad
Western Securities
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