Iowa News and Local Updates on Officials and Trials
Iowa News reports Council Bluffs wins a national horticultural show with St Paul aid, new officers elected led by J. P. Hess. Judge Platt affirms county road crossing authority, while Belle Plaine plans a four to five mile sewer system funded by bonds and taxes. Various cases include Everett Robinson alias Harry Elwood cleared, Kinney acquitted of manslaughter, and Mercy Hospital seeks Carnegie hero fund recognition for Joseph Cludry.
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Council Bluffs
St. Joseph
St Paul
J. P. Hess
Iowa
J. H. Shawhan
Payette
Idaho
Professor Close
College Springs
George W. Reya
Freaman L. Reed
Council Sluis Town
Board of Supervisors
Railroad Commission
Platt
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Belle Plaine
Harry Elwood
Everett Robinson
Rock Island
Osceola
Albert Kinney
Oskaloosa
Ifttie Bertha Harlan
Kinney
Jesse Harlan
Dubuque
Mercy Hospital Association
Carnegie Hero Fund
Joseph Cludry
Sybilia
S. D. Alexander
Winterset
Alexander
Burlington
Muscatine North and South
Wrick Junction
J. A. Maltby
Eliza Briarvay
Brooks
J. Kirkendall
British Cabinet Ministers and Golf
The exchequer chancellor and cabinet ministers are judged by golf skill. Alfred Lyttelton is the only truly accomplished golfer among ministers, while Balfour is the best known yet overestimates skill. Asquith lacks both skill and drive, and no minister can play golf too well or the country would distrust the premier or foreign secretary.
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M. P
Alfred Lyttelton
Balfourn
Asquith
First Biblical Illustrative Art In Catacomb Frescoes
The earliest Christian imagery appeared in symbolic frescoes within catacombs, marking the initial art form used to illustrate biblical scenes and narratives for believers and visitors.
Gophers to Banquet in New York Date Announced
The Minnesota society of New York plans its annual dinner at the Waldorf Astoria on December 13 with reserved sun parlor seating. over 100 guests may move to the main banquet hall. President Timothy Byrnes aims for record attendance, with notable invitees including Senator Knute Nelson, Rep. Tawdy, and several railroad presidents. Speakers include ex Senator Towne and ministers from Minneapolis churches. The society, comprising leaders in finance, railroads, and professions, invites Minnesota residents in New York for Christmas shopping week to contact treasurer W R Richards.
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New York
N. Y
Minnesota Society of New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Timothy
Byrnes
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Knute Nelson
Washington
Tawdy
Winona
Mellen
Underwood
Winter
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
James J. Hfl
Great Northern Railroad
Charles A. Towne
John Wesley Hill
Metropolitan Temple
Fowler Methodist Episcopal Church
Minneaspolia
David James Burrell
The
Marble Collegiate Church
Westminster Presbyterian Church of
Minneapolis
Albert Shaw
Aditor
Review of Reviews
Minneapolis Tribune
Minnesota Society
Minnesota
Metropolia
Society
W. R. Richards
Fire Smoulders 24 Days in East Grand Forks
A colossal pile of slabs and sawdust near Grand Forks Lumber Company and the city pumping station has burned for twenty four days despite continuous water. Officials consider liability questions for damages to the city from water use. Approximately 10 million gallons have been used with an estimated 6 million more needed. spontaneous combustion is cited as the cause.
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East
Grand Forks
Minn
M{il
From reformatory to prison in Minnesota
Dan Jornberg, held at St. Cloud reformatory for assault on Lizzie Schwinteck June 18, pleaded guilty before Judge Giddings to a greater crime. Sentenced to 16 years at Stillwater and remaining time at the reformary. Lindsay Garlock, found guilty on the same charge last Friday, received 20 years in the same institution.
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St. Cloud
Dan Jornberg
St. Cloud Reformatory
Lizzie Schwinteck
Elk River
Giddings
Stillwater
Reformatory
Lindsay Garlock
Ostby Murder Case Witness Declares Bjorn Ostby Sane
Dr. George Sweeny of Minnesota University, longtime chair of medical jurisprudence, testified that Bjorn Ostby was sane when he killed his father J Ostby. Sweeny is among the state's leading experts on insanity and mental disease and served as a witness in the case.
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Duluth
George Sweeny
Minnesota University
Bjorn Ostby
Sweeny
Minnesota to Russia Corn Shipment of 888 Bushels Planned
Minnesota plans a transfer of 888 samples of the finest U S corn to Russia for the Russian government. Professor Michael, a noted corn breeder, will leave December 1 to take the Minnesota product. A. F. Anundsen of Detroit’s First National Bank will obtain the corn, urged by a letter from Professor P G Holden Ames Iowa. Minnesota reports a record season with 58 464 000 bushels, 92 percent quality, and 34 4 bushels per acre, surpassing Iowa’s yield.
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Minnesota
Russia
United States
Michael
Russian Department of Agriculture
Dee. 1
A. F. Anundsen
First National Bank of Detroit
Anundsen
P. G. Holden
Iowa State Agricultural College
Ames
Iowa
Detroit
Eberhart Pushes State Reform For Inspections
Gov A O Eberhart at Minneapolis rally urges stricter oil standards and harsher penalties to cut inspection costs. He argues boiler inspection should be businesslike with inspectors paid for actual work, not for political tasks, and advocates reducing state spending on routine checks.
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St. Paul
Gov
A. 0
Eberhart
Minneapolis
Million for post offices in Minnesota towns
Major W Haverstick, inspector for the U S treasury, says about 1 000 000 dollars has been appropriated for new post offices in Minnesota towns including Minneapolis and cities such as Austin, Alexandria, Brainerd, Crookston, Faribault, Moorhead, New Ulm, Red Wing, Rochester, Virginia and Willmar. He notes Minneapolis will get a fine building once plans are worked out but no new post office for two years due to construction complexity and Washington driven timing.
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Vinton
Iowa
Clara Narber
Benton County
John Clifford Brown
Ohio
Fearn
Alaska
Joe Voeguin
Des Moines
Fairbanks
Mia
Lizzie’ Blocker
Bolinger
Davenport
Charity Mia Aiken
Glidden
Ethan Aiken
Charles Hix
Hedrick
Reynolds
Mildred Steckel
Bloomfield
Alvara Trenier
South Bend
Ind
Oskaloosa Associated Charities
C. W. Rutherford
First Baptist Church
John Pendray
W. W. Taylor
Mason City
Ida Flagner
Taylor
Boone
Lee
Hamilton
Wright
Franklin
Hardin
Carl Nyquist
Muscatine
Galesburg
Rock Island
Creston
Baptist Church
Iowa City
Harold Chaffee
A. B. Chaffee
Chaffee
Grundy Center
Red Oak
Hamburg
Riverton
National Grange
Magonic Temple
Magonic Lodges
W.F. Byers
Newton
Skunk River
Sioux City
Thal
Tom Welsh
Roy Hill
F. l. Trafton
Jefferson
Wilson Avenue
Welster City
Dee. É
Lake City
Minneapolis
United States
Minnesota
Major W. Haverstick
United States Treasury Department
Austin
Alexandria
Brainerd
Crookston
Faribault
Moorhead
New Ulm
Red Wing
Rochester
Virginia
Willmar
Haverstick
Federal
Washington
Governor Ebherhart names Minnesota delegates to rivers congress
Governor Adolph C. Eberhart appointed a group to represent Minnesota at the national rivers and harbors congress in Washington on December 10. The list includes J. G. Aaronson of Stillwater, I. J. Phelps, Harry A. Tuttle, W. H. Bustilis of Minneapolis, Frank J. Waterous, P. W. Herzog, Warner of St. Paul, and others from St. Peter Red Wing Hastings Stillwater and Duluth.
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St. Paul
Adolph C. Eberhart
Minnesota
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Washington
J. G. Aaronson
Stillwater
I. J. Phelps
Harry A. Tuttle
W. H. Bustils
Minneapolis
Frank J. Waterous
P. W. Herzog
218 Warner
A. Joungon
St. Peter
John H. Rich
Red Wing
Indictment Stands in Mankato Murder Case
Judge Pfau denied defense motion to quash the indictment against Jank Smith who pleaded not guilty. Smith is charged with complicity in the murder of WH J herbeter. His attorney may seek a postponement to the February term as the court plans to set criminal case trials on Friday.
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Mankato
Pfau
Jank Smith
Smith
WH. J. Herbeter
Toothache Joins Bear River Prospector in Long Ride
A Utah camp tale from a New York Telegram item recounts a prospector traveling about 200 miles to Salt Lake City for a tooth extraction. Upon arrival, a crowd helped him pull the tooth with a string, prompting a humorous exchange about not having a string earlier. The joker note ends with a quip about the prospector’s plight.
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Gail Hamilton
New York
Bear River
Utah
Salt Lake
Gum
Dean's Kidney Pills credited with cure after fifteen years
Mrs. Rachel Ivie of Henrietta Texas reports fifteen years of kidney trouble and two years housebound. Dean's Kidney Pills restored her health enabling normal work at nearly eighty, with the ad advising to remember the name Dean's and noting price five 50 cents per box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. A separate vignette mentions a six year old weighing machine question and Dr S F Spohn elected mayor of Goshen Indiana, with a note on refrigerated staterooms aboard three new ships between New Orleans and Colon with cooling radiators for fruit transit.
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Rachel Ivie
Henrietta
Taxas
Dean
Dean's
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
New Orleans
Colon
Genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna Ad Text
The advertisement touts the California Fig Syrup Co. product as a superior, genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, stressing unique plant derivatives and original manufacturing methods. It warns buyers to insist on the full company name on the package to avoid imitations. A note reports the death of Pony Moore at age 80, a famed minstrel known for his humorous routines.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Senna
The
Californias Fig Syrup Co
Pony” Moore
Moore
Chicago
Lize Johnsing
Liza
Calhoun White
Darky on Trial for Bigamy in Criminal Court
A Walker County Messenger correspondent recalls a Georgia courtroom tale. A darky named Crum was found guilty of bigamy. Judge Reynolds quipped about giving Crum the minimum sentence, provoking Crum to plead he’d rather go to the pen.
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Darky
Walker County Messenger
afcReynolds
Crum
Jedge
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Iowa News
Neimeyer
Edward
Waverly
Leroy Ware
Seymour
Fort Madison
Sanders
Grant Fox
Sidney
Nebraska
A. G. Murray
Missouri Valley
N. Y. Gophers
Glans
San Parlor
East Grand Forks
Ostby Boy Bane
Dr. Sweeny
Gov. Eberhart
Postofi
U. S. Treasury
Fices
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Prospector
5. F. Spohn
Spohn Medical Co
Spohn
Goshen
Great Britain
France
Germany
Holland
Department of Trade and Commerce of
Canada
Kingsley
Sansales
Erry
David Paineler
Pierce
Golden Medical
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
N. Yu
Northwest
Iuy
Andersch Bros
Dent
Ineapolis, Minn
Colt Distemper
Ape
Agenia
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