British Flag With Lexington Conspiracy Revealed
Boston authorities recount a British flag claimed from the Lexington Con cord battle of 1775. Emma F Knight of West Medford Massachusetts holds it as a relic handed down through Israel Foster and later descendants. The flag bears 13 buff stripes and a worn edge suggesting a cut corner. A distant Foster branch may hold fuller saga. A separate notice notes a large pelts trade near the Illinois river shipping $100000 yearly to Europe.
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Boston
Emma F. Knight
West Medford
Mass
Gen. Gage
Lexington and
Concord
Israel Foster
Essex County
State House
Lexington
Foster
Israél Foster
Marblehead
Salem
Diers
Charlestown
Washington
England
Manchester
Mrs Dolph Convicted in Clinton Manslaughter Case
Irene Rolph, 17, was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of her husband Fred Dolph. The lengthy trial, out seventeen hours, reflected a compromise between first degree murder advocates and those doubting full responsibility. Key notes include the defendant consulting her attorney before reporting the death and returning from Joliet after a quarrel on the previous Thursday.
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Clinton
Irene Rolph
Clinton County
Dolph
North Clinton
East
Old Main Streets
Holferan
Baby shoots mother in tragic Mason City accident
A four year old boy in Mason City found a revolver hidden under a pillow while playing with his mother Mrs Charles Hall. The gun discharged injuring her intestines and she lies between life and death after surgery. The boy does not understand the harm and the city mourns.
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Mason City
Charles Hall
Hear Rates Cases in Ottumwa Set for May 26
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Clark will visit Ottumwa on May 26 to hear three cases of alleged discrimination in freight rates against railroads. The Ottumwa Commercial Association brought the actions. Cases involve Ottumwa Brick and Construction Company and Ottumwa Boxcar Loader Company against Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad and against Rock Island, with another Milwaukee case noted.
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Ottumwa
Clark
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Ottumwa Commercial Association
Ottumwa Brick and Construction Company
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company
Ottumwa Boxcar Loader Company
The
Milwaukee
Rock 'Sland
Conner Secures Fort Dodge Post Office Funding
Congressman Conner of the tenth district pledges that Congress will approve an appropriation of not less than 125000 dollars for a new Fort Dodge post office. Town officials say the current space is inadequate and a larger building is urgently needed.
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Conner
Fort Dodge
Tenth District
Congress
Typhoid Epidemic Strikes Rockwell City Banquet Victims
Forty typhoid cases reported in Rockwell City over three days, all from a Methodist revival banquet on April 14. Prominent men affected. two women ill from a lunch taken home by a banqueter. Pastor Robert Reedy admitted to Methodist hospital in Des Moines. Des Moines nurses dispatched to aid.
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Rockwell City
Robert Reedy
Des Moines
Disease in Dairy Herds Rattles Webster City Milk
Webster City dairy cattle show 68 percent tubercular after tuberculin tests on 34 head from O S Cleveland herd. Twenty three condemned and shipped to Des Moines. Milk price drops to 10 cents a quart as debate grows over test accuracy and purity of city milk. Stanley Conklin pushes central sterilizing plant while town weighs impact on local industry.
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Webster City
O. S. Cleveland
Cleveland
United States
Des Moines
Stanley Conklin
Father Shot by Daughter in Family Quarrel Near Winthrope
Mont Fleming about 50, a farmer north of Winthrope, was shot in the temple by his 22 year old daughter Maude during a heated quarrel with his wife. The bullet from a 22 rifle is unrecovered. Maude was arrested but released on her own recognizance. The family, once respected, was torn by internal trouble. The case has caused countywide sensation, second only to a noted Williams family murder.
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Dubuque
Fleming
Mont Fleming
Winthrope
Buchanan County
Maude
Williams
United States vs Chicago Great Western Jury Penalty Set
Federal jury found the Chicago Great Western railway liable for failing to provide cars with safe ty coupling appliances. A penalty of $090 was fixed. Illinois Central had pleaded guilty on a similar charge days earlier. The case was widely watched as a test for future actions.
12 year old Walter Anderson runs away after taunts
Fort Dodge reports a 12 year old boy Walter Anderson fled home after school mates teased him for misspellings. He slept in a box car in the Illinois Central yards and returned ill the next day. Police and neighbors searched for hours without success.
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Fort Dodge
Walter Anderson
Illinois Central Yards
Andersons
Train Robbers Try a New Game Near Mason City
Three men on a Milwaukee passenger near Mason City beat traveling man T. C. Echenrole of Cleveland Ohio in a vestibule as the train neared the city. They took his money and valuables then leaped from the moving coach and vanished.
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Mason City
Milwaukee
T. C. Echenrole
Cleveland
Echenrole
Waterlooan Dies of Nosebleed
Mrs. Patrick Joyce died in Waterloo from a nosebleed after two weeks of hemorrhage. Aged 40, she was the wife of a passenger conductor on the Illinois Central and leaves five children, the oldest 15.
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Waterlooan
Waterloo
Patrick Joyce
Illinois Central
Dairy Firm Fined for Substandard Milk in Dubuque
In Dubuque Justice Skemp's court the Iowa Dairy company was found guilty of selling milk not up to standard and fined 25 dollars.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Colton Crowned World’s Champion Linguist
Boston reports Miss Mary Elizabeth Colton of Easthampton has won global recognition as the world’s champion linguist by speaking 40 languages fluently. Once a vocal teacher near Yale, she studied Hebrew, Sanscrit, Persian, Chinese, and other tongues, distinguishing herself with roots entirely different from Western languages.
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Boston
Mary Elizabeth
Colton
Easthampton
Far East
Ion
Miss Colton
Farmington (Conn
Yale
Prof
Spooner
Afghanistan
Augusta Prohibition Leader Seaborn Wright Nominated
Seaborn Wright, a longtime Georgia legislator and founder of the state prohibition law, is touted as a Prohibition party presidential nominee at the Columbus convention. A Rome resident with a substantial fortune, Wright is a Democrat and former Populist gubernatorial candidate, aged 50, noted for oratory and legal success.
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Columbus
South
Georgia
Wright
Rome
Floyd County
Moore
Wheat Growth in Canada Matures in 90 to 100 Days
Canada sees wheat reaching maturity in 90 to 100 days under current growing conditions. Researchers note variability by region and weather patterns, with yields influenced by soil moisture and temperature during the growing season.
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Canada
Currency emergency bill cleared by house amid vote surge
Washington May 12 the house approved an emergency currency bill by a 1388 to 16 vote. The measure authorizes up to 500 million dollars in emergency currency via the national clearing house scheme and is the conference committee’s draft with two minor changes. Several named reps from Wisconsin Pennsylvania Michigan Kansas Washington New York Ohio California opposed or left the conference before the vote.
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Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Vreeland
New York
Burton
Ohio
Weeks
Massachusetts
McKinney
Illnois
Knowland
California
Committee On
Banking and Currency Committee
Aldrich
Conference Committee
Clearing House Associations
Conference
Cooper
Wisconsin
Brumm
Pennsylvania
McMoran
Michigan
Murdock
Kansas
Daragh
Campbell
Cushman
Washington
Waldo
Kennedy
Keifer
Fowler
New Jersey
Prince
Illinois
Hayes
Want Total Abstainer Conference Urges Abolition and Unity
The Methodist Episcopal General Conference at Lyric, Baltimore, May 12, invites Methodist Protestant church union, urges a total abstainer for the presidency, denounces race track gambling, and asks New York to back Governor Hughes in the crusade. Presidents Roosevelt and Bryce may attend when British Methodist delegates are received. May 20 set to discuss bishops elections and assignments. Bishop M C Harris reports on Methodist work in Japan and Korea. The committee on episcopacy to report by May 20 the number of bishops to be elected.
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Methodist Episcopal Conference
Baltimore
Methodist Protestant Church
New York
Hughes
Roosevelt
Bryce
British Methodist Church
General Conference of
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lyric
M. C. Harris
Japan
Korea
Farm Wagon From Sky Smites Muscatine Tornado Toll
A tornado ripped through Moscow township near Muscatine at 1 30 PM leaving three miles by 300 feet path. Homes of John Will Jr John Cromer John Umland Cyrus Sattherthwaite destroyed. A calf flying a half mile unharmed, livestock losses high, $50 000 damage. Mail wagon crushed by falling farm wagon. Power house stack toppled. fireman trapped. Heavy hail accompanied the storm.
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Muscatine
Moscow Township
John Will, Jr
John Cromer
John Umlandt
Cyrus Sattherthwaite
Illinois Mines Resume After Six Weeks Idle Period
Springfield May 12 Work resumed yesterday in all coal mines in Illinois able to reopen after six weeks of idleness. Mines in the state reported crews back at work and production gradually returning to normal levels.
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Illinois
Springfield
Ill
Ostrich Feather Symmetry and Banana Bank Run
An ostrich feather shows perfect bilateral symmetry when held upright, unlike most feathers with uneven stems. A banana skin at a Pittsburg bank caused a fall by a young lady, sparking a crowd and leading to a perceived bank run as depositors hurried to withdraw funds for several hours.
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Pittsburg
Formerly Interne Hospital State University of Iowa
A fragmented historical record mentions a state university hospital with unclear context and a listed office contact at Black building for a Biack, including a phone extension 263. The snippet provides limited details on location or role.
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Interne
State University of Iowa
Biack
Atlantis
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C, G, Clark
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DRS. Finley & Finley
Atlantic Infirmary of Osteopathy and X-Ray Laboratory
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Bell
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Nels Brown
Chestnet St
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M. M. Butler
Musson
A. H. Goodspeed
Etoragion
L. L. Nutt
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