Real Estate and Farm Listings Mixed Classifieds
Multiple local notices advertise a range of properties for sale including a sixteen room rooming house on east Bridge Street with modern amenities and hot water heat a good house with barn and three lots on Lansing a seven room house with cellar and lot a harness shop in a town the only shop there plus a 160 acre farm with new barn valued at about $1000 barn worth $1000 and price per acre around 45.00 Also offered are a De Laval cream separator and farm or rental properties to rent.
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Murphy’s
California
East Bridge St
Lansing
Train Timetable Notes From Chicago to Minnesota and Iowa
Schedule lists northbound and southbound departures and arrivals across Chicago Des Moines and Mason City routes. Mentions times 3:35 PM 7 740 PM 11:40 PM 1185 PM and 4:08 AM with cities Fort Dodge Council Bluffs Omaha Lyle Manity and Mason City.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago
Des Moines
Cara City
Fort Betes
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Lyle, Manity
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Lyle Council Blue S
President urges data on railroad wage conditions amid possible pay cuts
Roosevelt asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate wage conditions on railroads as several lines, including Louisville and Nashville, reportedly plan wage reductions. He calls for data to inform public opinion and potential mediation or arbitration if disputes arise.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
Congress
Interstate Commerce Coommission
Commissioner of Labor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Louisville and Nashville
Kidnappers Sentenced in Chicago Case
William Jones also known as William Birmingham and his wife Alzina Jones were found guilty of kidnapping eight year old LiL ian Wulff. Jones received thirty years and Alzina twenty five in state penitentiary. The mother cried out in protest as the judge upheld the sentences.
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Chicago
William Jones
William Birmingham
Alzina Jones
Kersten
LiLian Wulff
Jones
Oscar Wulff
Wulff
Momence
Til
Undertaker Employee Confesses to Robberies of Bodies
Minneapolis dispatch reports R. C. Russell a former undertaker staffer admitted to police that he robbed bodies in his charge. He is accused of taking $100 from a man who died by self harm and a gold watch from Eliza Odegard’s body. Russell is held to the grand jury.
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Minneapolis
R. C. Russell
Russell
Eliza Odegard
Taking of Next Census Bill Advances in Congress
The House spent most of its session on the thirteenth census bill with many amendments. The measure was changed to limit the census to the U S mainland plus Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Debate will continue. Earlier Mr Henry of Texas urged action on an employer liability bill and a notice before federal injunctions.
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Washington
House
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Henry
Texas
Boutelle
Tillman complains over use of name in railroad land scam
Senator Tillman rose to a question of privilege in the senate to denounce a scheme that used his name to lure investors in railroad grant lands in the Northwest. He said letters from Wisconsin and other states promoted the fraud and he had not invested or claimed land. He asked the post office to issue a fraud order to halt the scheme.
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Washington
Senate
Tillman
Northwest
Wisconsin
Post Office Department
Battleships Efficiency Backed by Navy Chief and Senator
Senate debate centered on the Aldrich currency bill and a call for naval construction investigations. Senator Hale, head of naval affairs, cited Admirals Converse and Capps defending the navy and voiced belief in the ships' effectiveness, while Senator Johnston of Alabama spoke on defense issues.
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Washington
Johnston
Alabama
Hale
Committee On Naval Affairs
Senate
Converse
Capps
Fire Claims Two Lives in Winterset House Blaze
In Winterset Iowa on February 20 Mrs Stinson aged ninety six died in a fire that destroyed the home of Mr and Mrs Roe Deeter. Neighbor Mrs Albert Mills died in the excited crowd. Mrs Deeter, Stinson’s daughter, suffered severe burns on hands and face while Nester sustained minor injuries.
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Winterset
Stinson
Roe Deeter
Albert Mills
Deeter
Nester
Swedish Lutheran Ministers Elect President At Minneapolis Conference
The Swedish Lutheran ministers of the Northwest gathered in Minneapolis on February 20 with about 400 pastors from the region. Rev. Krantz of Duluth was chosen president of the conference.
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Minneapolis
Northwest
Rev. Krantz
Duluth
Indiana Doctors Lost on Blizzard Relief Expedition
Chicago reports a severe blizzard isolating Vincennes in Indiana as seven physicians volunteer to aid flood victims in Hells Neck and Knox county. Communication is down with Orville and Hells Neck, five miles of水 separating rescue teams from dry land. A relief party sails from Hazelton when conditions ease.
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Chicago
Indiana
Vincennes
Hells Neck
Knox County
Scott, Beard
Caney
Fairhurst
Moore
McDowell
Orville
Hazelton
Stalled Trains Plagued Michigan Snow Drifts
Detroit February 20 reports show thirteen passenger trains stuck in snow across Michigan with some lines still blocked. Traffic halted on the Kalamazoo Lake Shore and Chicago line and only one train ran on the Port Austin Pere Marquette division. The Allegan branch of Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and the Midland Bay City Vassar route of the Michigan Central are blocked, with the Wolverine Flyer buried on the Michigan Central.
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Detroit
Michigan
Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railroad
Port Austin
Pere Marquette
Allegan
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Midland Bay City Vassar Division
Michigan Central
Wolverine Flyer
Snowbound Flyer Delayed as 100 Men Dig Out Drift
Near Comstock a drift trapped five locomotives while passengers were moved to a different train. The east bound track carried them past the drift as 100 men worked with shovels to free the snowbound flyer. Interurban electric line traffic and rural route postal delivery were disrupted.
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Comstock
Rock Island Limited Stall Delays Westbound Run Near Prairie Home
The Rock Island Continental Limited express was stuck in a snowdrift near Prairie Home twelve miles from Lincoln since Tuesday afternoon. A rotary snow plow cleared the tracks and the train reached Lincoln, allowing the eastbound Limited to depart shortly after.
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Lincoln, Neb
Rock Island
Prairie Home
Lincoln
Tragic Snowstorm Collision Claims Two Immigrants Near Wittmer
In Johnstown on February 20 Mohamet Farh an Arabian and Pieskali Ahias a Hebrew were struck and killed by a fast Pennsylvania train near Wittmer while walking after a snowstorm. Ahias’ body was cut into several pieces. Both men resided in Portage.
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Johnstown
Mohamet Farh
Pieskali Ahias
Wittmer
Ahias
Portage
French Forces Face Setback Near Rabat Tangier Dispatch
Tangier reports General D Amade pushing beyond Settat as Mulai Hafid followers cut communications. Anxiety rises at Casa Blanca with Spanish troops preparing to defend, marines landed from the Kleber, and a French column near Rabat said defeated by tribesmen with heavy losses.
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Paris
Tangier
Maroc
Casa Blanca
D’amade
Settat
Mulai Hafid
Casa Blanco
Kleber
Rabat
Three Burned to Death in Parkersburg Home
In Tallyho near Parkersburg West Virginia Mrs John Angus and her two young children perished in a house fire caused by an exploded lamp Mr Angus was at church miles away and rushed home to find the roof collapsed and attempted suicide by leaping into the flames but was stopped by neighbors
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Parkersburg
W. Va
John Angus
Tallyho
Angus
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Cosmo Theatre
Nazareth
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A.B. Weseman
Corner Bridge
Franklin St
Rochford Land
John H. Rochford
Peter Caprey
Great Western Railway
Commerce Commission
Gath
Mainland
Lief
Grave Peril
Morocco
Brighton
Liovele
Aina Fy
W. Brige St
Austin, Minn
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