No Legal Holiday Says May 31 Not Legally Reserved
Des Moines report notes Attorney General Byers informs Ft. Madison city solicitor that May 31 is not a legal holiday under state law, so saloons cannot be forced to stay closed. He warns the Monday after Memorial Day and the following Monday after July 4 may also be affected when dates fall on Sunday.
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Des Moines
Byers
Joseph R. Frailey
Ft. Madison
Supreme Court of
Nebraska
Iowa
Iowa City elects finance committee for state board
The Iowa state board of education met in Iowa City and elected a finance committee with W R Boyd Cedar Rapids as president D A Emery Ottumwa as secretary and Thomas Lambert Sabula as member. Emery also serves as secretary of the board of nine. Offices will be at the state capitol and the committee begins July 1 with executive powers over the state university at Iowa City the agricultural college and the state normal at Cedar Falls.
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Iowa City
State Board of Education
W.R. Boyd
Cedar Rapids
D. A. Emery
Ottumwa
Thomas Lambert
Sabula
Emery
Agricultural College
Més
State Normal
Body Still Missing in Cedar River Drowning Case
In Waterloo area residents focus on Chris Anderson who drowned in the Cedar River weeks ago. His body remains unfound and his widow faces a $6000 life policy dispute with the insurer unless the body is produced. A $1000 reward is offered to spur another recovery effort. Two other men died at the time of the drowning. Oats crop in Webster county appears a total loss due to rotting seed and cold damp soil delaying planting. Farmers begin plowing oats and small grains in preparation for corn.
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Iowa, Falls
Chris Anderson
Cedar River
Waterloo
Anderson
Popejoy and
Dows
Here
Fort Dodge
Webster County
Sugar Beet Industry Expands in Iowa With 300 Workers
In Iowa, the sugar beet industry shows progress as the Iowa Sugar company stations sixty families of beet workers, about 300 people, tributary to Waverly and the Rock Island and Great Western railways.
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Iowa
Waverly
Iowa Sugar Company
Rock Island
Great Western Railways
Fatal Horse Kick Slays Man Near Keota Iowa
A fatal accident occurred five miles south of Keota at the Temple home when a man named Clifford, while handling a horse in a corner, was kicked in the abdomen after striking the animal with a curry comb to coax it out. He died from the injury.
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Oskaloosa
Temple Home
Keota
Clifford
Iowa Fourth at Cedar Falls in intercollegiate contest
In the interstate oratorical contest at the State Teachers College Cedar Falls the judges awarded first to Tinois, second to Wisconsin, third to Kansas, and fourth to Iowa, with Missouri in the league. Sidney reports wolves shot as two old wolves and fourteen young ones were brought to the county auditor by farmers from the county’s northern part.
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Iowa
Cedar Falls
State Teachers’ College
Tinois
Wisconsin
Kansas
Missouri
Sidney
Farmington school board figures in illegal warrants case
Fairfield May 10 The Farmington school board B I Ketchman treasurer George C Junkins H F Barton Joseph Steinmeyer M L Barger and Fred Venk fall were arrested on a bench warrant for paying warrants totalling 11044 40 deemed void by the district and supreme courts. They were convicted by Judge Keichelberger and bound over in bonds of 100 each. Henry Mulvihill was dismissed due to illness. News reached Farmington by telephone with local approval.
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Fairfield
Farmington
Keichelberger
van Buren County
Pardon Bid for Fort Madison Prisoner After 31 Years
William B. Glyndon, 70, has spent thirty one years in Fort Madison state prison since 1878. The Iowa state board of parole unanimously recommended a pardon, citing grave doubt about his guilt. Governor Carroll now holds the final decision on granting freedom to a man described as a possible miscarriage of justice awaiting his twilight days.
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Des Moines
State Board of Parole
William B. Glyndon
Fort Madison State
Carroll
Iowa
United Conviction
Glyndon
Fort Madison Penitentiary
United States
Real valuation canvass aims to set railroad assessments
Des Moines May 5 Secretary A H Davison of the executive council mails a circular to Iowa county auditors seeking a comparative statement of real and assessed land values. The 1909 effort follows a prior canvass that boosted railroad assessments about ten percent, with state totals rising from 51 307 950 in 1902 to 63 457 7016 last year. No personal property or city real estate comparisons will be made.
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Des Moines
A. H. Davison
Executive Council
Iowa
Cummins
Attempt to Extort $500 Threat Targets Centerville Merchant
Nathan Chapman, a prosperous South Center merchant, received a black hand letter demanding $500 under his doorstep with life threats. He and his son guarded the shop all night but no one appeared, and no life or physical harm has yet occurred.
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Centerville
Nathan ‘Chapman
South Center
Wille
Chapman
To Vote Bonds for Water Works, Leon
The city council has decided to call an election to occur on June 10 to give citizens the opportunity to vote on issuing bonds totaling 36000 dollars to install a water works system in the city.
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Leon
Will Withoff Inherits German Estate In Waterloo
Grundy county day laborer Will Withoff, after twenty years, falls heir to an estate valued around $30,000 in Waterloo.
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Waterloo
Will Withoff
Grundy County
Trio of James sisters reward trip for brave officer in Trenton
Police officer Hamilton Crisp earns a European three month vacation funded by the James sisters, longtime Trenton residents who run a private girls school. Crisp’s daring burglary capture prompted the offer though his leave will reduce pay. he tours Europe with the trio aboard an American liner.
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N. J
Hamilton Crisp
Europe
Greenwood Avenue
James
Enema
Lillian
Mary
Picadilly
Avenue Bois de Bologne
Crisp
Three James Sisters
Board of Police ‘Commissioners
Evansville Youth Triggers Explosive by Wireless Device
An 18-year-old Evansville youth named Charles Williams placed three ounces of his own explosive in a tree three miles away from his i seated position and used a wireless instrument he invented to detonate it. The blast shook the city and caused widespread alarm.
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Williams
Marconi
Avansville
Ind
Charles Willams
Evansville
Package containing 218000 dollars lost on Omaha streetcar
A South Omaha bank sent a package of indorsed checks to the Omaha clearing house by messenger on a street car. The messenger forgot the bag on boarding and only realized the loss at the bank. After hours of searching, a streetcar conductor found the package and kept it until the day's end, returning it unopened to its owners.
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Omaha
Neb
South Omaha
Boy 16 Bugged Now Strapped to a Board at Seabreeze
Four years ago in Seabreeze hospital at Coney Island a tubercular boy named Joe was strapped to a board to endure ocean air and care. Now recovered, he leaves the institution with doctors declaring him cured. A statewide fundraising surge followed his initial photo, aiding the Seabreeze home and other sick children. Joe’s story inspired donations from Rockefeller and supporters, and he later celebrated with a circus visit before returning to Manhattan.
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New York
Joe
Seabreeze
Coney Island
Manhattan
Roosevelt
United States
New York Association For Improving
John D. Rockefeller
Explosive Mineral Found Near Spokane in 40 Acre Deposit
Dr J M Gooding and partners unveil discovery of 40 acre randanite deposit north of Spokane in Stevens County Washington. Claims the rare mineral could yield over 2 million tons and replace charcoal in powder making, potentially shaping a major Northwest industry if rail rates stay fair.
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Spokane
Wash
Blue Creek
Stevens County
Pacific
Northwest
Powder Trust
J. M. Gooding
Wallace
Idaho
Trust
Gooding
Lawyer Ad for Abstracts and Real Estate Practice
Attorney at law offers abstracts, opinions of titles, real estate and probate services. Located at the corner of 4th and Chestnut Streets in Atlantic Iowa.
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4Th & Chestnut Streets
Atlantic
Iowa
Miller listing for offices in Gillespie Building, Atlantic IA
G R Miller of Butte 2 offers office space in the Gillespie Building Atlantic Iowa. Musson phone line lists Office 896 with a truncated entry tlantte.
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Butte
Gillespie Building
Musson
Tlantte
Res
Dr C G Clark Former intern Iowa hospital state uni
Dr C G Clark, formerly an interne at the Hospital State University of Iowa, lists contact numbers with a house line at 61 Black and office at 263 Black, Atlantis.
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Interne Hospital
State University of Iowa
Black
Office
Atlantis
Probate Practice Atlan tia Wills and Guardianship
Wills drawn and probated with reports for administrators and guardians and their appointments secured. Probate practice a specialty. General law business transacted. Atlantia.
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Atlantia
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