Iowa News Highlights From Waterloo to Des Moines
Tearing down Walnut Teet Baptist Church in Waterloo uncovered 300 pounds of honey. Harold Towns of Red Ldt injured by a revolver accident. Dubuque stabbings and Gowrie murder indictment. Church anniversaries, wealth in Des Moines, and a string of local incidents across Iowa.
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Waterloo
Brkmen
Harold Towns
James Smith
Dubuque
C. J. Lapp
Melbourne
Lapp
First Congregational Church
Igona
Ireland
Mount St. Flare Academy
Sisters of St. Francis
Clinton
R. J. Hartung
Des Moines
Granville Ryan
Hartung
Ryan
Boone Investment Company
Boone
Quinn Wire and Iron Company
Cranton
Grand Jury
Fort Dodge
Wilbur Carr
Nicholson
Gowrie
Evans
R. M. Wright
Provisions and costs of provisioning historic ocean fleets
The article details average provisioning costs per mile for express Atlantic steamers, with figures from 1907 on passenger totals, eggs, meats, seafood, bakery goods, dairy, vegetables, fruit, cigars, wine, beer, and supplies. It notes large volumes shipped to Bremen storehouses and that much provisioning goods were bought in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
St. Louis
Southampton
Kronprinzessen Cecilie
Lloyds
Central Park
Battery
Bremen
America
Ocean Food Supply On Steamship Dining Demands
New York reports emphasize vital sea travel food supply and a la carte dining aboard ocean hotels. German Atlantic liners serve diverse items, with shipbuyers stocking for each voyage. In 1907 North German Lloyd catering costs exceeded $4,000,000 while coal topped $7,000,000 as fleets logged 6,254,703 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ocean Hotel
Lloyd Line
Wolf of Badenoch Identified in Dunkeld Excavation
Edinburgh reports workmen uncovered bones beneath Dunkeld cathedral including Bishop Sinclair and the notorious Wolf of Badenoch, Alexander, earl of Buchan. Lord Tullibardine matched jaw bone shape to old charters, linking remains to the cruel royal figure who burned Elgin cathedral and oppressed clergy.
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Edinburgh
Dunkeld
Sinclair
Wolf
Badenoch
Alexander
Earl of Buchan
Tullibardine
Robert II
Scotland
Fife
Buchan
Robert III
Elgin
Buried Treasure Tale Tied to Pittsburg Case
William E. Moore of Meriden reports to a Pittsburg paper about a secret stash of 600000 francs in gold buried in a Paris area suburb after being stolen from a wealthy Pittsburg woman. Moore claims the butler buried and later reburied the money, and says he can locate it using a map the butler gave in 1899 before dying in London in 1901. He is currently working in a Meriden cafe.
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New Haven
Conn
William E. Moore
Meriden
Pittsburg
Paris
Moore
London
Sweepings as City Asset in Los Angeles Public Works
Los Angeles public works officials reveal a $600 monthly gain from street sweepings used as fertilizer. Rivalry among fertilizer firms reduced city costs by about $20 daily previously paid to gather and cart the material. Ashes from the garbage incinerator add further revenue, with savings and earnings increasing as dead horses are incinerated and ashes are sifted for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Board of Public Works
Prof Wager claims leaves have eyes and see
In Dublin, Prof. Wager shocked the Association for the Advancement of Science by arguing that plant skins act as lenses and form clear images. He displayed photographs taken through plant eye lenses, noting shade plants show pronounced photographic effects. He produced images including reproductions of Pross, Darwin, and Hurxley with distinct features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Wager
Association For the Advancement of Science
Pross
Darwin
Hurxley
A Hoodooed Editor Keeps Publishing
A quirky paragraph collection shows a country editor plagued by a hoodoo. It weaves and jokes about preaching, por ous plaster jokes, grist and harvests, and ends with the editor staying resilient and printing the paper as usual.
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N. F. Douglas
Iowa Falls
Episcopal Church
Minnesota
Douglas
Iowa
Allen Judd
Morrison
Fremont Voters’ Association
First
John C. Tremont
Fairfield
F. M. Mossberry
Columbus Junction
Frmont-Lincoln Association
Lincoln
Mount Pleasant
Geo. W. Haines
Easton Place
Polk County
Scherr
Marguerite Malone
Carl Malone
Greenfield High School
J. M. Persons
Mt. Ayr
Rernson
Alva Alexander
Modale
Flarrison
Red Oak
Smith McPherson
Marshalltown
Grand Lodge of the Odd Fellows and Allied
State Assembly
Rebekahs
Andy Boothe
Colfax
Jeanette Fairgraves
Harlan
A. G. Dwier
Nevada
John M. McDonald
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railroad
Woodbury County
W. T. Cloud
Zearing
Cloud
George HE. Spear
Methodist Church of
State Center
Cedar Falls
H. C. Boysen
Boysen
Martha —&. Ross
Insanity Commission
Clarinda
Des’ Moines
Moffett Studio
Chicago
Charles P. Taft
William H
Cincinnati
Ocean Food Supply
Bost
Connecticut
Roosevelt
Underwood & Underwood
N. Y
Africa
Mombasa
British East Africa Protectorate
Onche
Fentanas
Harlan Babcock
Kalamazoo
Wow
Pennsylvania
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