Segregation debates at Iowa state institutions
Notes from the capital report a Iowa quarterly meeting of heads of state institutions discussing segregation of the feeble minded and stricter care laws. Judge Kinne advocates segregation to prevent propagation, while Curator Aldrich features a mastodon tusk exhibit and Iowa bank statistics show rising banks but falling deposits. Legislative measures target grain elevator siting and railway cooperation. Ada Hazelwood commutation approved. inaugural plans face venue changes. a senator comments on political corruption risks.
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Des Moines
George Mogridge
Institution For
Glenwood
Kinne and Robinson
Board of Control
Witte
Clarinda
Mogridge
Kinne
Iowa
Aldrich
State Historical Society
D. F. Schell
Sheldahl
van Hyning
Verdict shifts blame from Sleator in Adel wreck case
An Iowa coroner jury in Adel finds three Des Moines men dead after a Des Moines and Spirit Lake division head end collision due to operator David W. Sleator’s alleged fail to deliver order No. 8. The verdict spares Sleator blame, citing his youth and inexperience.
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Adel
Milwaukee
Des Moines
State of Iowa
Dallas County
Iowa
Henry P. Lodis
Frank Finnicum
Oscar Dyer
Walter Ward
Spirit Lake
David W. Sleator
Clive
Flynn
Waukee
W. W. Litten
H. P. Lods
D. W. Sleator
Highland Park School of Telegraphy
Luther and Ruthven
Eleator
Litten
Stomach Evidence Sought in Meyer Case Death
Iowa City report states Mrs Meyer of Belle Plaine died under mysterious circumstances. Her stomach was sent for analysis and her remains were exhumed at Keister Minnesota. Investigators now believe she died about nine days before discovery.
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Iowa City
Lassitude
Enrn
Morton
Dynamite Blast Endangers 25 Men at Reservoir Site
Twenty four sticks of dynamite thawing for use at the new reservoir near the water works exploded, narrowly missing twenty five workers. The blast shattered nearby windows three miles away and left a huge crater, while workers escaped just in time.
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Marshalltown
Murdered at church near Centerville shocks town
A jealous farmer shoots his wife at Salem church, then kills himself after a public outcry. Mrs Horn, age 15 at marriage, died from multiple bullet wounds. Horn, a well to do farmer southeast of Centerville, fled but died by self-inflicted gunfire at daybreak. Neighbors hunted through fields all night to avenge the crime.
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Mra
Ll. W. Horn
Horn
Centerville
Iowa Beats Own Records in Corn and Hay Production
Secretary Wilson announces Iowa will harvest 221 million bushels of corn the nation’s second largest yield, leads in oats and ranks second in hay. Total principal crops cover about 17 million acres with livestock value near 276 million dollars. Governor Cummins asserts 30 million acres profitably used with soil products valued at 230 million and livestock at 270 million, signaling statewide prosperity.
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Chicago
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Iowa
United States
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Cummins
Lve
TEACH BETTER BUTTER MAKING Iowa College Course
The Iowa State College dairy department will offer a two week winter course in butter making and farm dairying starting January 4. It welcomes experienced butter makers and those with one year of creamery or cheese factory work. Highlights include overruns and hand separators, with emphasis on improving cream quality and proper cream handling for better butter.
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Iowa College
Ames
Iowa State College
Fatal Wood Saw Accident Ends Life Of Local Farmer
Oelwein reports Fred Glade a prosperous farmer living two miles southeast of town was killed instantly when a portable wood saw fly wheel broke striking him on neck and face severing the jugular vein He was about 60, wife and several children survive.
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Oelwein
Fred Glade
Here
Glade
Fire at Soldiers' Home in Marshalltown
A fire at the Soldiers' Home in Marshalltown began yesterday afternoon and threatened the residence of Commander C. C. Horton. Fire crews from the home and uptown battled the blaze, which was extinguished before major damage. Upper story rooms were soaked, and total damage was estimated under $500, mainly from water.
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Marshalltown
C. C. Horton
Home Fire Department
Cape Breton Coal and Iron Co Drives Hawking Profits Hype
A Canadian mines official releases an estimate of Cape Breton Coal and Iron Company holdings claiming 13 000 acres of coal lands with vein thickness from 25 to 60 feet and 1000 tons per acre per foot. Projected coal tonnage reaches 325 million with potential profits around 325 080 000 at $2 per ton. The firm also owns 12 000 acres of iron lands and other minerals amid active stock buying and speculative price rise.
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Cape Breton
Iowa
Cape Breton Coal and Iron Co
Des Moines
Island
Signurea
Cape Breton Coal and Iron Company
Silent fugitive from Iowa trains threat letter escape
A Rock Island suspect known as the silent man escaped Mercy hospital in Des Moines after being brought there for questioning about anonymous threats to dynamite Rock Island trains. Officials warn he is believed to be the sole clue to the letter writers and may be outside the state. Police across Iowa have pursued possible leads as trains were diverted in the wake of the threats.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
Earlham
Saunders
Mercy Hospital
Iowa
Cherry Asked to Account in Railway Promoters Suit
A. B. Shriver, trustee for the Des Moines and Southern Railway promoters, sues KF W. Cherry in district court to obtain an accounting and division of sale proceeds. The petition alleges a contract obliging Cherry to share proceeds from the road’s sale and to grant the promoters an option on their interests. Cherry allegedly sold the property for 90000 without informing other promoters.
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Oress
Minnesota
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Railway Corporation
Tmust
Des Moines
A. B. Shriver
Des Moines & Southern Railway Company
KF. W. Cherry
Cherry
Robson Death Murder Found by Coroner Jury
The coroner's jury in the death of Dick Robson ruled he was killed by a blow to the head inflicted feloniously by unknown persons. Signed by J. C. Rose Wm. Baylor and Er. Perry. A $500 reward is offered for the arrest and conviction of the responsible individuals. Arrests are expected within days.
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Audubon
Dick Robson
J. C. Rose
Wm. Baylor
Er. Perry
Iowa Central freights crash injures three near Searsboro
Oskaloosa reports two Iowa Central freights collided at Searsboro today injuring Conductor George Alexander Engineer Ike Steddon and Fireman Chancy Moffat though none were seriously hurt. The caboose three flour cars and the engine burned and traffic was delayed twelve hours.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa ‘Central
Searsboro
George Alexander
Ike Steddon
Chancy Moffat
Caboose
Baby Scalded In Kitchen Accident
Washington report says William Sheets and wife had just poured boiling water into a tub for a scrub when four year old George Sheets, walking backward, fell into it. The right side of his body skin peeled away with his clothes. the face escaped contact with the hot water and will not be facially disfigured.
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Washington
George
William Sheets
Union Pacific Land Agency Advertises Kansas and Nebraska Lands
The Union Pacific offers 400000 acres in Kansas wheat belt at six to nine dollars per acre plus Colorado grazing land at 1.50, Nebraska ranch land at 1.75, and Kansas ranch land from two fifty to five dollars per acre. Terms include one tenth cash and the rest in ten years with monthly excursions on the first and third Tuesdays. A separate item reports a Des Moines area fire destroying a farmer’s barn and twelve valuable horses, noting the loss to C H Weedman and that the stock were blooded animals. the report cites a misprint in the sporting column and poor handwriting in the original dispatch.
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Union Pacific
Great Wheat Belt
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Union - Pacific Land ‘Agency
Des
Maines
Clarion
C. H. Weedman
Wall
Lake
Weedman
Iowa
Cuban Bill Passes Senate and Panama Debate Rages
The Senate approved the reciprocity treaty with Cuba by a 57 to 18 vote, reducing duties on Cuban imports and US exports to Cuba. The same session hosted a lengthy isthmian canal debate led by Hoar, Gorman, and Foraker on Panama independence and treaty implications. The House recessed for holidays after approving related post office investigations.
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Washington
Senate
Cuba
Spooner
Bailey
United States
House
Isthmian Canal
Republic of Panama
Hoar
Gorman
Foraker
Panama
Loomis
New York
Mr. Hoar
Massachusetts
Morgan
W. S. Buchanan
Beacon
Buchanan
Bacon
Pettus
Alabama
Post Office
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Chariton Democrat
Dewey, Pub
Chariton
Ada Hazelwood
Walker
Capitol
Sleator
A. C. Hutchins
B. I.’, Merical
J. A. Kenyon
Newton
Charles Griebeling
Farmer
Cape Breton’ Coal
Robson
Dalton
Lowa
B. C. Ditmas
Wells Urer
M. W
F.H.M
Laura Fite
Laurel Bose
E. W. Drake
Seseess J. H. Stantog Board of Biperviatti
Grosisr
W. Kent
G. W. Larimer
Emacs
Oi, N. Bowes
TM. Stewart
Eevee
Treqburer
Marahal
H. Jonee
Theo. Barnes
F. E. Manning
B. B. Vana Dyke
C. P. Connell
F. J. Yengel
H. Palmer
D. A. Enslow
Sess
A. D. Gray
Joseph Braden
J. A. Campbell
Cal Eatate Insurance
Voce Over Smyth's Clothing
Chariton, Ia
Ateet
W Side Square
Jowa
Ss. C. Hickman
Ttorney
Ofice
Hickman Building
East Side Square
Chariton, Iowa
M. Stuart
F.Q. Stuart, CO
W. Bruarse
Stuart & Stuart
Union Block
National Bank
Theo. Barnes M. ED
Crocker-Beesley
Wes Side Square
J. A. McKlveen
M. D
Ors
Southwest Corner Square
F. A. Saum M. D
Pheones
Offoe
Elkenberry Block
E.L. Field M. D
Stanley's
N. E. Corner Square
A. L. Yocom M. D
First National Bank
W. J. Ford
Steopath
Stocker & Ensley Block
West Side
S. W. Thomas M. D
Newbern
Marion
Lucas Warren Counties
North Main Street
Lodge Directory
Chariton Lodge No. 68
A. F
A. M
Masonic
Masonic Hall
Immanuel Commandery No
Manos
Engle
Chariton Lodge
Castle Hal
Orariton Lodge
G. F. Sana
Oda Falewe
Odd Fellows Hal
Rebekah
Chariton Camp No
Case Mouse
Odd Fellows Hall
R. NA
Chariton Lodge No
Peulekra Hall
Penlek
Iseminger Fost
Iseminger Relief Corps Mo
ETO
Tyeadey
Eaak Monte
A.O. Uw
Bn Ball
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