Iowa news notes range from fines to fatal barn fire
A broad Iowa roundup reports fines for fishing violations in Kensett and Muscatine stabbings linked to a dispute over an umbrella. It notes a veterans reunion in Hardin County, a gas company sale in Red Oak, a Marshalltown Ben Hur convention, and a Hastings pile driver death. Additional items cover a Clear Lake Junction depot plan, a Nevada moving house, Sioux City fair rail rates, a new auditorium site, a local postal misuse case, and various accidents, fires, and community events across towns like Correctionville, Williamson, Cambridge, Ames, and Hampton.
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Lime Creek
Nels Thoon
Kensett
L. Medgarten
BR Companion
Unoen
Noah Tutt
Ben Johnson
Muscatine
Tutt
Hardin County Veterans’ Association
Iowa Falls
W. R. C. Hall
Chessa Weaver
H. G. Pratt
Loren Hesselwood
J. 4. Funk
Atlantic Gas and Fuel Company
J. A. McWaid
F. A. Kidder
Red Oak
Kidder
Ira Utter
Waterloo
Guthrie
Marshalltown
Unity Court
Peter Neilson
Correctionville
Nelson
Charles Stulik
Williamson
Keller Farm
Cambridge
H. N. Bundy
E. M. Overton
Hastings
Fast Mail
Overman
Canesville
John D. Lawson
Ames
Kellogg Street
Dodge
Des Moines & St. Paul Toom
Clear Lake Junction
Great Western
Clear Lake
Nevada
Fred
Klove
Briggs
Lyon Street
Sioux City
Milwaukee and Northwestern
South Dakota
Auditorium Company
Booge
Sevanth
Douglas Streets
Wis Ler
Felix Siepel
Dougherty
United States
W. H. Johnston
Florence Saddler
Grand
Hampton
North English
An Ensign Receives Mild Reprimand for Bold Guard Action
An 1805 incident in camp tells how a new ensign halted his general at gate. The general demanded the countersign, the guard sergeant whispered it, and the general rode off. Morning review led to a minor censure, with one officer noting a boy ensign had captured his own general.
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Robert Blakely
A Real Southern Gentleman in All That the Word Implies
The writer recalls Buck Evans a colored man from Virginia and Isaac B Davis master at Stannardsville. Davis protected a wounded Union soldier and urged humane treatment for all foes while Confederate and Union forces were present. A Confederate officer advised respect for Davis and his property, and the soldiers returned what they took.
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Buck Evans
Virginia
Isaac B. Davis
Stannardsville
Buck
Mr. Davis
Dr. Butler
Visited Italian Historian Ferrero Plans American Lectures
Noted Italian historian Guglielmo Ferrero, linked with President Roosevelt, accepts invitations from U S universities to deliver eight English lectures on Roman history at Lowell Institute in Boston and conduct French lectures at Harvard. He will visit Roosevelt in Washington, speak at Columbia and Chicago, tour major cities, and end in New Orleans observing remaining Latin traces of the old French colonial era.
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Guglielmo Ferrero
America
Roosevelt
Augustus Caesar
College de France
Paris
English
Lombroso
Verrero
Boston
Lowell Institute
Europe
Rome
Harvard University
Augustus
Washington
Columbia University
New York
University of Chicago
North America
South America
California
New Orleans
Ohio City Farm Cares For Wayward Boys With Humane System
Cleveland operates a city farm housing about 120 youths under 16 in 15-cottage family groups. Each cottage has a master and matron overseeing varied work from livestock care to carpentry, with life lessons and devotional hours guiding daily routines. A pet dog Nero’s death after a humane rescue attempt illustrates the boys’ compassion and potential for reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Jefferson Cottage
Madison Cottage
van Buren Cottage
Suffragettes Leave Lasting Mark On Downing Street
Two suffragettes smashed windows at 10 Downing Street and reglazing revealed ancient crown glass unchanged since the house was built. The irregular panes ensure the windows will never match the rest, giving the activists a lasting historic trace of their protest at the prime minister’s residence.
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Downing Street
London
Labor Saving Devices in Eight-Year Marriage
A brief oddball quotation from the Yonker Statesman discusses labor saving devices. The exchange features a man named Sam noting modern efficiency and a remark about a marriage spanning nearly eight years, reflecting light social humor from the period.
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Sam
Yonkerg
Professional Cards Abbreviated Legal Notices in Atlantic Iowa
Abstracts opinions Title real estate and probate law offered from offices at corner of 4th and Chestnut Streets Atlantic Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4Th
Chestnut Streets
Atlantic
Iowa
Ben U. Wood
Wood & Savery
John H. Wood
Chestnut Sts
Homeopathic Physician Surgeon Advertises Iowa Hospital Training
A homeopathic physician and surgeon formerly an interne at the State University of Iowa lists contact details with a house phone at 461 Black and office at 263 Black in Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interne Hospital
State University of Iowa
Ofice
Atlantic
Wills drawn and probated by T. B. Swan
T. B Swan handles wills drawn and probated with reports on trustees and guardians and their appointments. Probate practice is a specialty in general law business at Atlantic.
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Tratera
Bualnese
Atlantic
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Iowa News
John D. Steck
Des Mioines
J. S
Mason City
Alexandria
Monster Glee Club
Thornton
Hagle Grove
Vincent
Nuel
Chapin
C. Zimmerman
Cuglielno Ferrero
Cleveland
Ohio
Hig
Lohmann
Mr. Lohmann
Nero
Monroe Cottage
Chas, A. Grubb
Attorney AT Law
G. R. Miller
Gillespie Building
Cuptom
Atlanta
C. G. Clark
R. A. Gamble
Ceteopathia and
Gala
T. B Swan
DR. C. L, Campbell
Musson
Res
W. Savery
U. S. Mullins
The
Atlantic Infirmary of Osteopathy
Waewon
Bell
Atlantic, Iowa
Nels Brown
ChestNut St
Butler
M. H. Butler
Moscon
Bane
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