Rain and washouts disrupt Rock Island line in Iowa
Des Moines reports a night of storms bringing high winds and record rainfall of 1.53 inches. Rock Island trains were delayed as washouts occurred at Minburn and Shelby, with a bridge and main line damaged. Wires went down, communications were cut, but repair crews moved quickly to restore service. Lowlands west of Des Moines flooded and corn damage noted.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
Minburn
Shelby
Atlantic
Barn Struck by Lightning in Pleasantville, Iowa
Pleasantville, Ia. Aug 15. A severe storm struck the west part of town hitting T. R. Brown s property and burning it to the ground. Renter Bert Richards lost about 20 tons of hay. Fire department saved the residence, smokehouse and other buildings. This is the second lightning caused fire in two weeks, following the Chicago Burlington & Quincy depot blaze on Aug 2.
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Pleasantville
T. R. Brown
Bert Richards
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey
Socialists Nominate Frank Rice for Congress
Ottumwa August 15 The Socialists of the Sixth district nominate Frank Rice of Avery for congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Ottumwa
Socialists
Frank Rice
Avery
Walsh Calls for Kansas City Platform at Iowa Dem Convention
Ottumwa reports Charles A. Walsh secretary of the National Democratic committee issued a letter urging reaffirmation of the Kansas City platform at the forthcoming Iowa Democratic convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Charles A. Walsh
National Democratic Committee
Kansas City
Iowa
Exalted Ruler Pickett Heads West for California Trip
Salt Lake Aug. 15 Past Grand Exalted Ruler Pickett and party leave for San Francisco and other California points. After California they visit Yellowstone National Park before returning to their Iowa homes.
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Salt Lake
Ruler Pickett
San Francisco
California
Yellowstone National Park
Iowa
El Kahir Shrine Meeting Teases September Festivities
Cedar Falls residents hear of a planned El Kahir lodge event between September 15 and 20. A Cedar Rapids recorder mails a note hinting at mischief and rivalries involving Bill Williams and others, suggesting a lively period after dark leading up to September 20.
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Cedar Falls
Shriners
J. W. Geiger
Cedar Rapids
Bill Williams
el Kahir
Wile
Robinson
Bassett
Arlington
Old Berk
Healthful Woman Described as Sunshine and Strength
A promotional medical notice extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as restoring happiness and health in women with nervousness and female weakness. It includes a testimonial from Mrs. O. N. Fisher of New York and urges readers to avoid substitutes, offering Common Sense Medical Adviser for purchase by mail.
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Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Gang of Thieves Routed in Iowa Statewide Sweep
Burlington and Mt. Pleasant police report capturing three members of a suspected gang of thieves operating in the region. One member fled after a house robbery in Mt. Pleasant. another was seized in Burlington with a woman companion. The gang reportedly stayed in town this week and made visits to nearby towns. Names given as Housted McGuire and Griffith. Local authorities call the captures an important development.
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Burlington
Mt. Pleasant
Housted
McGuire
Griffith
Estherville Republican Sold to Nichols
Estherville August 15 Geo A Nichols of the Estherville Republican buys out Mr Jenkins interest and becomes sole proprietor. He assumes all liabilities and will collect all accounts due the firm.
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Estherville Republican
Estherville
Geo. A. Nichols
The
Jenkins
Boone Residents Mobilize to Keep Fraternal Choppers HQ
Aug 15 Boone reports strong local effort as Des Moines Sioux City and Davenport push to gain the Fraternal Choppers of America headquarters. A committee collected names for a new camp to deter moves and a state convention in Boone in October will decide theHQ fate.
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Boone
Choppers of America
Des Moines
Sioux City
Davenport
Hog stealing arrest shocks Mound Prairie farmers
Colfax August 15. Hog thefts by Harry Weaver a fisherman camping along Skunk river sparked farmer concern after seven hogs from Ross and six of Campbell Brothers vanished. Weaver confessed to stealing 13 hogs, valued about 400 dollars, and disposing them in Des Moines under the name Traver. He waived examination, held on $800 bond, awaiting October trial. Authorities suspect an accomplice.
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Colfax
Mound Prairie Township
Harry Weaver
Skunk River
J. B. Ross
Weaver
Des Moines
Ross
Campbell Brothers
Newton
Traver
Inquest Finds No Blame for Rhodes Wreck
Marshalltown August 15 Coroner F P Lierle finishes the inquest into the Milwaukee road disaster at Rhodes county last week that killed 16 and wounded 40. Seven road employees were examined and the verdict finds no one at fault. The cause cited is a misunderstanding between conductors of the work trains who had agreed to protect one another with flagmen.
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Marshalltown
F. P. Lierle
Milwaukee Road
Rhodes
Werdit
Another Town Girl as Missionary
Ottumwa Aug 15 Miss Anna Foster daughter of T D Foster head of John Morrell Co packing plant renounces society and will leave for Japan in a few days as a missionary Rev D A Murray a Presbyterian minister accompanied her at a farewell reception in the First Presbyterian church attended by a large crowd. They will be gone for eight years.
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Ottumwa
Anna Foster
T. D. Foster
Iowa
John Morrell & Co
Japan
Miss Foster
D. A. Murray
First Presbyterian Church
Apostle of Sunshine visits Hardin county institute
Eldora August 15 Dr A A Willits famed Apostle of Sunshine aged over 82, visiting Iowa Falls Chautauqua and addressing Hardin county normal Institute. Once Beecher associate and pastor in Philadelphia and Louisville, he helped raise 330000 for a Louisville hospital. His son sails on Towa, another son is a Philadelphia physician, and Willits is a noted painter and friend of Theodore.
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Eldora
A. A. Willits
Sunshine
Iowa Falls
Hardin County Normal Institute
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Louisville
Towa
Montevideo
South America
Charles Willits
Willits
Ka Jogenh Jefferson
Theodore
Roosevelt Admired Leader In Talks And Lectures
He greatly admired Roosevelt and enjoyed discussing him in talks and lectures. He also had an intimate personal acquaintance with the late William McKinley.
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Roosevelt
William Mckinley
Bucy Held to Grand Jury in Forgery Case
N A Bucy rural mail carrier charged with forging 2000 dollars in notes placed with State Bank of Iowa Falls as collateral for a loan. Preliminary hearing completed, bound over to Eldora grand jury convening Aug. 25. In default of bail he is jailed. He allegedly forged notes to obtain funds for a home, keeping tight records and replacing due notes with new ones.
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Bucy
Iowa Falls
N. A. Bucy
State Bank
Eldora
Spiritualists Camp Meeting Set For Marshalltown
The ninth annual Iowa Spiritualists association camp will open in Marshalltown Aug. 15 in a North Third street grove. Electric lights and city water will serve the grounds. Noted speakers include Rev. Harry J. Moore of Chicago, Mrs Jennie Hagan Brown of Fort Worth, Mrs Marian Carpenter and F E Carpenter of Detroit, Max Hoffman of Chicago, Mrs A J Albright of Philadelphia, and Mrs C B Bliss of Boston.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Spiritualists’ Association
North Third Street
Harry J. Moore
Chicago
Jennie Hagan-Brown
Fort
Catholic academy to open in Fort Dodge with nun instructors
Rev. P J Burke pastor will dedicate the new 40600 dollar Corpus Christi Catholic academy on September 2. A letter from the Sisters of Charity of Mount Carmel in Dubuque says they will take charge as instructors but securing sisters remains difficult due to high demand.
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Ft. Dodge
P. J. Burke
Corpus Christi Catholic Church
Sis‘tergj ‘of Charity of
Mount Carmel
Dubude
Ottumwa Labor Assembly Seeks State Organizer
Ottumwa Iowa August 15 The Ottumwa Trades and Labor assembly shows strong interest in the Iowa State Federation of Labor permanent organizer race. A seven member committee including A E Holder L M Jaeger J H Strief Miss Mae Frost John P Reese J J Jacobson A M Warner will vote and send results to Secretary Strief with the outcome to be announced.
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Iowa
Ottumwa
Ottumwa Trades and Labor Assembly
Labor Unions
Iowa State Federation of Labor
A. E. Holder
L. M. Jaeger
J. H. St
Global briefs report wide ranging world events
The wire service item notes NSW woman franchise bill passage, a Kentucky ex-sheriff James L Sutton suicide in Williamsburg, Paris skyscraper plans, Roumania invites Tolstoi with burial assurances, Santos-Dumont sails to France complaining of prize, Dr M M Sweeney suicide after stroke, skeleton discoveries near Bromley Kentucky, Hamilton Ohio fire at T W Howell & Son store and bank damage, Vivian Sartoris and Frederick Roosevelt Scovel engagement in Cobourg, Dr C G Jennings bitten by hydrophobia infection, and East Palestine Ohio post office robbery with $600 cash and $600 stamps seized amid a gunfire exchange.
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New South Wales
James L. Sutton
Williamsburg
Cumberland River
Paris
Queen Elizabeth of
Roumania
Tolstoi
Alberto Santos-Dumont
France
New York
Touraine
M. M. Sweeney
Weelevue Methodist Episcopal Church
Bellevue
Jacob Burk
Bromley
Cincinnati
Hamilton
T. W. Howell & Son
Second National Bank
Cobourg
Ont
Grant
Vivian Sartoris
Frederick Roosevelt Scovel
Scovel
Chevalier Scovel
Detroit
Roosevelt
C. G. Jennings
Woodstock
McHenry County
Illinois
Jennings
Chicago
East Palestine
Ball in Chicago asylun inquiry quieted
Harry H Ball the key witness in the Kankakee asylum inquiry was brought to Chicago on a writ of habeas corpus and Judge Chytraus set a Monday morning hearing. Bail was offered but Ball declined remaining in jail. The episode shows political maneuvering around Len Small and the investigation.
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Harry HS “Ball
Kankakee
Chytraus
Len Small
Chicago
Harry H. Ball
Ball
Asylum City
Follett W. Ball
Eldon Cassaday
Civil Service Reform League
Bradley
Charles B. Campbell
Campbell
the Tribune
Charles Bell
Hanna
Cooper
Kankakee County
Murphy
Col. Buckingham
Ball Jwilk
Jack
Nichaels
Two Weeks Before Report From Illinois Charity Board
Springfield Aug 15 J Mack Tanner secretary of the state board of charities returned from Kankakee saying the board would not release any material beyond the report to Acting Governor Northcott until the full report is prepared. He expects two weeks to complete it and noted the document will settle all testimony from the hearing. He could not confirm any division in the board that would produce two reports.
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Springfield
Ill
J. Mack Tanner
State Board of Charities
Kankakee
Northcott
Colonel Tanner
Ross Sentenced to Death in Wil low City Killing
Bottineau North Dakota August 15 William Ross who killed Thomas Welch at Willow City and stole his team on July 5 last has been sentenced to death.
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Ross
Bottineau
N. D
William Ross
Thomas Welch
Willow City
Council Bluffs Whisky Sparks Mockery in Davenport
A Davenport Republic and its rival papers mock Council Bluffs liquor and a man jailed after drinking two quarts. The exchange notes how the Davenport brand seems tame next to Council Bluffs whisky and jokes about riots and morgue imagery.
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Council Bluffs
Davenport Republican
Davenport
Bargain Day Announcement Highlights Republican Prosperity
The Republican party advertises shared prosperity as it promotes a bargain day event. It emphasizes economic gains reaching everyday citizens and outlines actions intended to spread benefits nationwide.
Funeral of Late Senator McMillan In Detroit
Detroit observes the funeral of Senator James McMillan with simple rites at his residence. Officials from federal, state, and city levels attend. private internment follows at Elmwood Cemetery. Carmaker plants suspend operations and steamer services pause for 10 minutes at 2:30.
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Detroit
Mich
James McMillan
Congress
A. T. Bliss
Alfred H. Barr
Jesus
Barr
Elmwood Cemetery
Rock Island extension eyed to Springfield Illinois line
Springfield, Aug 15. Assurances were given that the Chicago Rock Island Pacific railroad will build an air line from Morris through Bloomington and Springfield to St Louis. Assistant General Passenger Agent Patterson canvassed merchants to gauge support in this city. Springfield lies about five miles off the surveyed line from Grundy Center to St Louis. if enough encouragement is offered the line will reach Springfield.
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Springfield
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Morris
Bloomington
St. Louis
Patterson
Grundy Center
Russian Duke Bor Arrives in Chicago Tonight
Grand Duke Bor, first cousin of the czar, arrives in Chicago and is greeted by Consul Schlippenbach and prominent Russians. He is hosted at the Chicago Club by Charles R. Crane. A stockyards visit and lunch with the Russian consul are on the agenda before the party travels to New York and then Europe.
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Chicago
Boris
Schlippenbach
Charles, R. Crane
New York
Europe
Prospects Brighten in Dun's Weekly Trade Review
Dun's weekly trade survey reports improved prospects from labor adjustments, though anthracite strike and freight blockades restrain distribution. Cereal markets firm, leather prices rise, cotton crop optimism supports raw material terms. Wheat and corn export figures reflect a softer year versus last season.
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New York
Dun
Texas
United States
Bradstreet
Anthra
Proclamations of Chinese War Indemnity and Order
Washington reports two Chinese edicts of August 15. An imperial decree outlines plans to meet the war indemnity and warns heavy taxation could oppress the people. It also accuses officials of diverting funds from the public. A Yuan governor decree orders citizens to disarm and guard against another Boxer disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Yuan
Chi-Li
China
Illinois Wheat is Good
Springfield Aug 15 The Illinois department of agriculture reports the wheat harvest from Aug 1 with 1 774 000 acres harvested 36 589 000 bushels collected total yield 20 bushels per acre the largest on record and equal to 1894.
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Illinois
Springfield
Ill
Jaois Department of Agriculture
Heinz brothers drown in Pike bay accident
Cass Lake Minnesota August 15 George and Henry Heinz young son of Nis Heinz fell into Pike bay today and were drowned.
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Cass Lake
Minn
George and
Henry Heinz
Nis Heinz
Pike Bay
Afro-Republican League Endorses Roosevelt for 1904
Springfield C August 15 The national Afro-Republican league today endorsed Roosevelt for president in 1904.
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Roosevelt
Springfield
National
Afro-Republican League Today
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