Iowa Horticultural Society Elects Officers in Des Moines
In Des Moines on December 10 the Iowa Horticultural Society elected President M J Wrage of Waukee, Vice President W A Burnap of Clear Lake, Secretary Wesley Green of Davenport, and Treasurer Elmer Reeves of Waverly A committee was appointed to cooperate with the Iowa Louisiana Purchase Exposition commission to secure an adequate display of Iowa resources.
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State Horticultural Society
Des Moines
Iowa Horticultural Society
M. J. Wrage
Waukee
W. A. Burnap
Clear Lake
Wesley Green
Davenport
Elmer Reeves
Waverly
Iowa
Charged With Forgery in Marion County Auditor Arrest
Ottumwa dispatch reports G W W Vanderbilt auditor of Marion county arrested at Knoxville on December 10 for forgery and tampering with poll books. He faces charges as a public official. The case centers on alleged manipulation of election records and ballots.
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Ottumwa
G. W W. Vanderbilt
Marion County
Knoxville
Reece to join coal operators as commissioner
Des Moines reports John P. Reese of Albia formerly president of the United Mine Workers of Iowa and 6th district Democratic congressional candidate will work as a commissioner for coal operators. He cites his refusal to be UMW vice president under Mitchell. In disputes he will represent operators rather than miners.
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Des Moines
John P. Reese
Albia
United Mine Workers of Iowa
Confress
United Mine Workers
Mitchell
State Agricultural Society Elects Officers in Des Moines
The State Agricultural Society in Des Moines on December 19 elected officers with W. W. Morrow as president and C. Cameron as vice president. H. L. Pike of Monona county was chosen director for the Eleventh district to succeed C. Cameron. other directors were retained. The treasurer reported a cash balance of 36, five or 12.
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State Agricultural Society
Des Moines
The
W. W. Morrow
Aften
C. Cameron
Alta
H. L. Pike
Monona County
Elear 5
Pioneer Iowa educator Prof W Bartlett critically ill
Cedar Falls reports Prof W Bartlett, professor of English language and literature at the Iowa State Normal School, gravely ill at home. A pioneer educator, he began teaching in 1857 at Western College Toledo, later leading roles at Denmark Academy, Memphis, and the State Normal, with a 43 year Iowa teaching career and 27 years at the Normal School. He was elected president of the Iowa State Teachers' Association in 1885.
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Cedar Falls
W. Bartlett
Iowa State Normal School
Bartlett
Iown
Western College
Toledo
Denmark Academy
Denmark
Lee County
Iowa
Memphis
Tawa State Normal School
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Leader of a Gang Arrest in Burlington
Howard Smith, deemed leader of a four man gang linked to five months of thefts from slot and telephone machines in Chicago, was captured by Burlington police. He was handed to Chicago detective Somer and sent to the city. Smith, once a local livery stable worker, fought another employee and was jailed. Police found papers and statements that suggested his identity, leading Chicago authorities to be notified. Detective Somer facilitated the transfer.
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Burlington
Howard Smith
Chicago
Somer
Smith
Hartwell Warren
la Crosse
Wis
Warren
Cassville
Boston
Ames
Minneapolis
Louisville
Hollister
Northwestern University
Carrington
N. C
Kitty Bondurant
Thomas Baker
Corbett
James Jeffreys
Bob Fitzsimmons
Thos. Gallagher
Jas. Casey
Elyra
Mead Bros
Rochester
Owen McKay
William Davis
Senate
Quay
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Germany
Merchant Row
Korner
J. J. McCarthy
Joshua R. Holton
Francis Southwick
Perry Thumball
United States
Theft gang alleged loot averages about $100 per lift
Police report the gang operated in Illinois and Iowa and likely carried out numerous burglaries during the past summer and fall. They reportedly cleared about $100 from each machine lifted, with an aggregate theft total implied by the average.
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Ilinois
Iowa
Missing Sherman township farmer George Baker leaves wife
Newton, Dec 10. George Baker, 2 young farmer of Sherman township five miles west of Newton, disappeared a week ago after sending a note to his wife who married him six weeks earlier. He reportedly planned to wed another Newton girl, then married Miss Blair. He rode to Ira on horseback, bought a ticket to Chicago, left a note on the saddle, and the riderless horse returned home to alert Mrs. Baker.
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Newton
George Baker
Sherman Township
Miss Blair
Baker
Chicago
Elopement Ends As Father Intervenes In Nevada Incident
Rosalee Force aged 16 daughter of Rev W Force pastor of United Evangelical Church of Zearing eloped with Victor Fitch 20 barber. They traveled by livery hired by Fitch to Nevada where marriage license was sought. Father learned of actions by telephone warned clerk C M Soper against license. Rev Force came on first train and retrieved his daughter.
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Nevada
Rosalee Force
Presmiss
W. . Force
United Evangela Church of
Zearing
Victor Fitch
Fitch
Chance
C. M. Soper
Mr. Force
Elopement at Tabor Ends in Surprise Marriage
Mr Walter Graham and Miss Laura Havener married after eloping from Tabor. The couple obtained a county marriage license at 6 20 and wed with a willing minister. Abe Havener pursues Graham in Lincoln Neb seeking return and claims daughter age disputable at 17 versus 19.
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Tabor
Walter Graham
Laura Havener
Graham
Willin
Abe Havener
Lincoln
Neb
Soldiers' Home Hospital Faces Patient Overload
Marshalltown December report shows Iowa Soldiers' Home hospital at capacity with ninety two patients in wards this morning. As daily sick call rises, those needing medical skill are sent to the hospital, forcing discharge of patients only partly convalescent to free space for new admissions.
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Soldiers’ Home Hospital
Marshalltown
Iowa
Electric Road Planned From Boone To Webster City
L W Reynolds announces that next summer he and Eastern partners will build an electric railroad from Boone to Webster City and Frasier, about sixty five miles. After completion the line will extend into southern Minnesota toward the lake region, linking regional hubs.
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Boone
L. W. Reynolds
Webster City
Frasier
Minnesota
Lake
Heavy Damages Asked in Iowa Central Railway Case
Mason City December 11 a personal injury suit against Iowa Central Railway seeks $20,000 in damages for Mrs L Bonnell of Glenville Minnesota. The case is set for tomorrow in Freeborn court.
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Mason City
Iowa Central Railway Company
A Woman's Risk and Dr Pierce Remedies
A trapeze claim contrasts female risk with male courage and strength. The ad promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for female diseases, promising regularity, relief from weakness and inflammation, and improved sleep. Includes testimonial from Mrs. Mary Conway of Appleton and offers private consultation.
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Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Mary Conway
Appleton
Woman Claims Injury From Train Crash Switch Error
Mrs Bonnell of Minnesota sues in district court at Albert Lea claiming injuries from a February accident when an Iowa Central brakeman allegedly threw a wrong switch causing a passenger train to crash into a car she was riding. The incident occurred about a year prior.
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Minnesota
Albert Lea
Bonnell
Iowa Central
Muscatine Horse Thief Detectives Elect Officials
The Muscatine County Horse Thief Detective association oldest in the state, organized in 1857, held its annual meeting. It has 275 members, Joseph Gibbs serves as president and J. B. Jester as secretary. In the past year only one horse theft was reported and the horse was recovered, though the thief remained at large.
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Muscatine
Muscatine County
Joseph Gibbs
J. B. Jester
Miss Murphy to Be a Sister in Mercy Order
Dubuque announces Cecelia Murphy of Harper's Ferry choosing a life in the Sisters of Mercy taking the name Sister Mary Gregory XXVII. The death of Sister Mary Monica Curtin of the Presentation order, who joined five years ago at age thirty, is reported.
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Miss Murphy
Dubuque
Cecelia Murphy
Harper's Ferry
Sisters of Mercy
Mary Gregory
Mary Monica Curtin
Presentation Order
Land deal tops regional sales at 64000 dollars
Ames businesses report one of the largest land deals in the area as M. K. Smith sells a Johnson and Cass county tract to a Kansas City firm for 64000 dollars. Purchaser is M. C. Dakin of State Center, a respected farmer and stock raiser in Marshal county.
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Towa Bays
Missouri Land
Ames
M. K. Smith
Kansas City
Johnson and
Cass Counties
M. C. Dakin
State Center
Dakin
Marshal County
Nemaha Library Opens With Fine Program
Nemaha on December 10 saw the reading room and library opened to the public with a fine program. The reading supply is of the best and the room is sought each evening by many patrons, reflecting the association’s role in improving and enlarging local character.
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Nemaha
Thompson Gets Ten Years For Statutory Rape
New Hampton Iowa December 10 The Chickasaw County district court adjourned Judge L E Fellows presiding The only sentence pronounced was against John Thompson convicted of statutory rape upon a woman 75 near Jerico He was sent to Anamosa penitentiary for ten years
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Thompson
New Hampton
District Court of
Chickasaw County
L. E. Fellows
John Thompson
Jericco
Anamosa
Washington Happenings Report January 15 Exams and Patents
Town notes list civil service exam for janitor and fireman in Clinton construction service on January 15. Rural letter carriers appointed in Prescott. substitutes named. Des Moines post office November receipts total 332,902 up from last year. Iowa patent grants include Bloomer, Brostom, Finch, Rayne, Gibson, Littig, Merrill, Norton, Van Houweling, and others for various devices and improvements.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
Clinton
Carl F. Oliver
David R. Rutter
Jetter Drriers
Frank Keever
Matt Wilson
Prescott
Des Moines
F. L. Merrill
Nora Springs
James A. Norton
Odehobb
George W. Parsons
Newton
Christian C. Schwaner
Winterset
Arthur van Houweling
Pelia
Court to Rule on Three October Term Cases
Keokuk Dec 10 Judge McPherson has the three cases under advisement that prolonged the October term. The Adams Express demurrer on whisky sales without license. Fort Madison Waterworks seeks writ of mandamus to force a city tax for hydrant rentals. Removal of trustee in bankruptcy case of J H Mitchell Ottumwa is also considered.
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Keokuk
McPherson
Adams Express Company
Fort Madison
J. H. Mitchell
Ottumwa
Pennsylvania live stock breeders and dairy union meet in Harrisburg
A joint convention of the Pennsylvania Live Stock Breeders association and the Pennsylvania Dairy union opened in Harrisburg with several hundred members attending. The two day program features talks by Dr. C D Smead and Prof C S Plumb and showcases a large dairy products and machinery exhibit.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Live Stock Breeders’ Association
Pennsylvania Dairy Union
C. D. Smead
New York
C. S. Plumb
Ohio State University
Alabama M E Conference Session Opens in Montgomery
Several hundred delegates and visitors gather in Montgomery for the Alabama conference of the M E church South. Bishop A Coke Smith presides and the week features notable speakers and routine proceedings to be enlivened by addresses.
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Alabama M. BE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
M. E. Church
South
A. Coke Smith
Big Shrine Meeting In Arkansas City Kansas
The Mystic Shrine of Kansas holds a large gathering in Arkansas City with visitors from across the state. Initiation of candidates began this afternoon and a banquet will close tonight marking a gala event in the fraternity’s history.
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Shriners
Arkansas City
Kas
Mystic Shrine of
Kansas
Southwest pet stock show opens in San Antonio
San Antonio hosts one of the largest pet stock shows in the Southwest with thousands of entries. The event, under three associations, features chickens turkeys ducks geese and small animals and runs through the week with strong expected attendance.
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San Antonio
Texas
Southwest
Texas State Poultry and Pet Stock Association
West Texas Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Texas Langshaw and Buff Poultry Clubs
Army Orders Two Million Clothes for Soldiers
Uncle Sam plans to outfitting soldiers with new clothes costing about two and a half million dollars. Bids will be opened today by the quartermasters in New York Philadelphia Boston and Chicago for olive covert cloth drab serge bronze coat buttons buckskin gloves calfskin shoes canton flannel drawers and related items.
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Washington, D. C
Wuncle
Sam
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Ambishions Cited for Brilliance in Tribune Quip
The exchange notes Ambishions has reached frame level as the Philosopher questions the feat. The Cheerful Chap confirms, brilliant lines from others now credited to him, reflecting a witty reassessment in Cincinnati Commercial Tribune commentary.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
New baseball league forms with six cities and two to come
General news by wire reports a new baseball league organized with Grand Rapids Dayton Marion Fort Wayne Evansville and Terre Haute among its eight members. The seventh and eighth slots are unsettled. Also noted are a counterfeit S80 gold certificate discovery a forgery arrest of Rev G W Washington in Metropolitan and various sports and crime items across multiple cities.
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Fenner
Sally Bitere
Drenner
Dr. Fenner
bOc
Fredonia
Grand Rapids
Dayton
Marion
Fort Wayne
Evansville
Terre Haute
Wilkie
Secret Service
Lyons Register
Roberts
Garfield
G. W. Washington
Metropolis
Chester Ellsworth
Auburn
Chicago University
Detroit
Mich
Michigan University
Patrick Ryan
Hugh Burns
Great Northern
Grand Forks
N. C
Crop report shows wheat acreage up 5.1 percent nationwide
The monthly crop report from Washington on December 10 states 34,000,000 acres of wheat, up 5.1 percent from last year, with a $9.7 value against $9.7 in 1901. It lists winter wheat statistics by state including Illinois Nebraska Michigan and notes rye provisional estimates at 99.3 percent of last year’s acres and rye condition at 98.1 percent on December 1.
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Washington
Av. Com
Illinois
Nebraska
Michigan
Ocean Steamship Arrivals List of Passages
Ocean Steamship arrivals include New York to Manitou from London and Oceanic from Liverpool and Queenstown to Liverpool. Queenstown Celtic from New York to Liverpool and then proceeded. Belfast Ramorehead from Montreal. Glasgow Astoria from New York. Hambure Pretoria from New York. Liverpool Bavarian from St Johns Halifax.
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New York
Manitou
London
Oceanic
Liverpool
Queenstown
Sylvania
Gaston
Celtic
Belfast
Ramorehead
Montreal
Glasgow
Astoria
Hambure
Pretoria
Bavarian
St. Johns
Halifax
Sousa's Band Sets Sail for Annual Abroad Tour
Sousa and his band depart New York today for Pyrone for their annual tour abroad. Concerts will be held in London and major English cities and possibly the Continent, before returning to the United States next spring.
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Sousa
New York
Pyrone
London
England
California tour advertised by Santa Fe Railway
Private compartments, ample dressing rooms and observation parlor, all daintily furnished. Perfect dining car meals. Chicago to California in less than three days. Why stay at home. The California tour described in our books mailed for 10c in stamps. Address Passenger Office Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway Des Moines Ia Santa Fe.
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Chicago
California
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Des Moines
His Little Joke in New York Flats
A brief quip from the Chicago News notes that crowds in New York flats make large families impractical. The joke recalls moving to doubled up rooms as a reason for a larger family not being feasible in tight spaces.
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New York
Chicago News
Town Crier Boosts Old Town With New Baby
In a humorous Chicago News item the drummer quips about an antique town while the oldest resident confirms a town crier exists, announcing Mrs. Buster’s new baby. The exchange highlights local character and tradition.
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Buster
Chicago News
Proved It Blobe Quips About Black Sheep in Family
A brief Philadelphia Record item notes Blobe telling someone to his face that he was the black sheep of the family. Blobbs asks what was said and the reply is a single Bah.
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Blobe
Blobbs
Philadelphia Record
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M. P. Snyder
Los Angeles
League
ARMY
Uncle Sam
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta, Ga
California Fig Syrup CO
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McKinley Tomb
the Monthly Crop Report
Santa Fe
the Town Crier
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Davenport, Towa
Opfich—Mccullough
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