The Parting Journeys Of Dick Barnett And Grace
Dick Barnett, village schoolmaster of Extoh, leaves five years of teaching in a stark estate town. He parts from Grace, the daughter of the Ellison family, planning a move to the city to prove his talent and marry when he is established. A confrontation with Mrs. Ellison forces a tense, uncertain farewell as he slips into the night.
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Dick Barnett
Extoh
Cas
Jim
Guv'nor
Barnett
Straonger
Ellison
Ime
Mrs. Ellison. Yen
Grace
Mystery Hints at Tragedy After Grace's Fainting
Roleho discovers Mia Chizon collapsed on a dark road. He carries her to safety, notices a widening bloodstain on her white silk waist, and recoils with horror. As he seeks help, a sudden grasp on his shoulder triggers lantern-lit confusion and a rush of voices, ending in oblivion.
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Grace
Mia
Chizon
Pia
Praise for Joe and Dan in Kansas City fire horses
A Kansas City Star excerpt notes a Harper's Weekly illustration on higher education of horses. It highlights the famed fire team Joe and Dan, their Paris exposition display, and their successors Buck and Mack. The piece praises the trained teams of city, military, and show horses, detailing their signaling, harness, and a dramatic flame arch leap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
Isana
Harper's Weekly
Kansas City
Joe
Dan
Europe
Jon
Buck
Mack
New York Police Department
Kansas City Fire Department
United States
Hale
Remarkable figures reveal vast U S railroad network
From a wagon line on Lackawaxen creek to a rail system eight times around the world if laid out straight. Nine circuit progress drives twelve miles of new track daily with five workers per mile and 240 new hires daily. Rail tonnage surpasses all seas ships and half of Europe’s rails. One in fifteen workers supports a household through wages, whether fireman conductor or lumbering tied to ties.
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Lackawaxen Creek
United States
Europe
Evry
American Drinks Abroad in Lincoln Story
The New York Times recalls Mike Woolf, famed delineator of mam in life, visiting a Lincoln hostelry years ago. He asks for American drinks, confirming availability with a polished staffer who offers a whisky cocktail, then inquires hot or cold. The anecdote highlights cross cultural slang and drink expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Mike Woolf
Lincoln
Mike
Substitute bill aims to please governor in Iowa railway measure
Des Moines reports Mossberry introduces a substitute for the vetoed Mats berry bill. The new draft removes the railroads debt limit and broadens eligibility to include those operating in other states, addressing Governor Cummins objections. Other bills discuss Soldiers' Home reforms, fire escapes, notary acknowledgments, and local matters.
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Des Moines
Cummins
Malsberry
Hobart
Thia
Iowa
Claussen
Young
Washington
Board of Control
Dowell
Reward Offered for Murder Arrest in Iowa Case
A $750 reward is posted for the arrest of the murderer of J. E. Brain erd, whose body was found March 1 between Missouri Valley and Logan. Brain erd carried $3,000 when last seen. Governor Cummings provides $260, with Harrison and Monona counties adding $260 each.
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Iowa
Missouri Valley
J. E. Brainerd
Logan
Brainerd
Cummings
Harrison
Monona
Hermit Gottleild Wain Found Dead Near Eldora
Eldora reports the death of Gottleild Wain hold an aged German hermit living alone near town found by the marshal and Dr B O Koeneman health officer with his dog present. He had been ill about ten days and a physician treated him but did not deem the case dangerous.
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Eldora
Cald
Gottleild Wainhold
B. 0
Koeneman
Campaigning for Ele Skogerson Opened in Sioux City
Miss Mary Skogerson campaigns for her father Ele Skogerson, Republican candidate for superintendent of markets. She toured the city floor of the Republican convention distributing ballots, then moved through factories and shops seeking broad voter support.
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Sioux City
Mary Skogerson
Ele Skogerson
Skogeraan
Falls Down Elevator Shaft In Des Moines
Des Moines reports a 75 year old man named James Adams fell into an elevator shaft at Morchants Transfer storage, suffering skull fracture and internal hemorrhages. He was unidentified at first, found with $855, a $300 note, and three gold watches. He was hospitalized at Mercy. Also Burlington records the death of Miss Mary Potter, daughter of the late T J Potter, from heart trouble while she slept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
James Adams
Morchants’ Transfer Company
Schultz
Adagis
Mercy Hospital
Burlington
Mary Potter
Thomas J. Potter
Burlington Railway System
T. J. Potter
Charles Hutchins
Willam Potter
Miss Dickson Comes for Fortune From Long Lost Flame
Miss Rachel Dickson of Middletown Kentucky is en route after a telegram revealed she inherited thirty thousand dollars from Peter Barclay in Ringgold county Iowa. Years earlier Barclay and Dickson were lovers but broke up over another man’s attentions. He later married in Iowa, his wife died, and he left no other will. Dickson said she never heard from him after they parted.
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Mount ‘Ayr
Rachel Dickson
Middletown
Ringgold County
Towa
Peter Barclay
Miss Dickson
Bareley
Pete
Waterloo Dairy Company Incorporation Forms Filed
Articles of incorporation filed for Iowa Dairy Separator Company in Waterloo with 100000 capital, 25000 paid in, principal business in Waterloo. Object to manufacture separators and dairy machinery, 20 year term with renewal option, starting March 31. Officers to be president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and directors who are stockholders. initial directors W. W. Marsh and C. F. Dailey.
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Waterloo Dairy Company
Waterloo
Iowa Dairy Separator Company
Witerloo
W. W. Marsh
C. F. Dailey
Waterloo Wholesale House Announces New $20,000 Firm
W. E. Swift of Saginaw Mich has drawn local capitalists into a company to be named W. E. Swift & Co. incorporated for 20000 dollars to manufacture and sell baking powder and extracts to jobbers only. Officers: President W. E. Lift, Vice President J. E. Shanewiss, Secretary T. B. Clifford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
W. E. Swift
Saginaw
Mich
Swift
W. EB. Swift &Co
W. E. Lift
J. E. Shanewiss
T. B. Clifford
Archbishop Keane Names Sioux City’s First Bishop
Archbishop Keane announces Rev Dr Garrigan of the University of Washington as bishop designate of Sioux City. Consecration expected May 4 at Springfield Missouri, installation in Sioux City a week later.
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Keane
Garrigan
Sioux City
Will
City
Newa
Town
Dubuque
Rome
University of Washington
Springfield
Mays
Appeal in Railway Damage Suit Opened for Hearing
Dubuque April 1 The case of C G Prowse versus the Chicago Great Western tried last year in U S courts at Fort Dodge before Judge Shiras ended with a verdict of 17950 for the plaintiff The railroad has appealed and a hearing is set for May 36 at St Paul In the U S court of appeals Longuevillea Kintzinger are attorneys for the plaintiff The verdict is considered unusually large but many expect the judgment may stand in Shiras court
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Dubuque
C.G. Prowse
Chicago Great Westjern
United States
Fort Dodge
Shiras
St. Paul
United States Court of Appeals
Longuevilla & Kintzinger
Crystal Lake Bank Cree and Olson Bluffs Dispute
The Omaha National Bank filed an answer in the petition of intervention by State Treasurer G. S. Gilbertson and C. J. Thompson in the bankruptcy case of W. H. Crenshaw. The bank seeks to declare a $5,000 certificate of deposit issued by Crystal Lake Bank a binding obligation on Gilbertson and Thompson and asks to be treated as an innocent holder without notice. Crenshaw is alleged to have never owned or possessed the Crystal Lake bank. In Glenwood, the body of 16 year old John Helms, inmate of the state institution for the feeble minded, was found in a cornfield seven miles south after disappearing March 17.
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Moore
Fox River Township
Davis County
Black
Tilladale
Mills County
Utterback
Kinross
Senate
Bachman
Twenty-eighth General Assembly
House
Crystal Lake Bank
Council Bluifs
Omaha Natonal Bank
G. S. Gilbertson
C.J. ‘Thompson
W.H. Crenshaw
Omaha National Bank
Crenshaw
Gilbertson & Thompson
Omaha Natiional Bank
Crystal Lake
Cornfield
Glenwood
John Helms
State Institution For
Here
Helms
Counterfeiter Arrested Near Fort Dodge on Train
An alleged counterfeiter named James Long was arrested at Clare while boarding an outgoing train. He is accused of passing bogus dollars on a restaurant keeper and a depot agent at Clare. He was brought to Fort Dodge and held over for the federal grand jury.
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Fort Dodge
James Long
Clare
Federal
Minerva Girl Sends Lace Handkerchief to Mrs McKinley
Ruth Nichols, daughter of Mr and Mrs Warren Nichols of Minerva, sent a lace handkerchief she made for Mrs William McKinley on her tenth birthday. Mrs McKinley replies with thanks and sends knit slippers made by her own hands from Canton, Ohio.
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M’kinley
Minerva
Marshall County
Ruth Nichols
Warren Nichols
Willam McKinley
Canton
Miss Nichols
Mra. McKinley
Latter Day Saints Conference Set for Lamont Meet
The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints holds its world conference at Lamont starting April 6 with the quorum of the twelve apostles present from England Canada and Colon. Joseph Smith presides with A M Smith and B E L Kelley as counselors. Zion's Religio literary society and General Sunday School convention auxiliary to the church meet April 3 to 5.
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Latter Day Saints’ Conference
Lamont
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Gomer ‘T. GriMths
England
RC. Evane
Canada
Joseph Smith
Smith
Ll. Kelly
A. H. Smith
E. L. Kelley
Lishop
Zion's Religio-literary Society
General Sunday School Association
Bohemian Benevolent Society Officers Named at Wilber
The Greed lodge of the National Bohemian Benevolent Society. officers elected include President A. Novatny, vice president J. Solda, secretary Alvis Blota, treasurer FS. Solda. All officers reside in Celar Rapids, Indiana. Dr B H Breues of Omaha elected chief physician. Constitution changes place women members on equal footing with men in insurance and benefits.
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Bohemian Benevolent Society
Wilber
Neb
Greed Lodge
National Buhrumian Benevolent Society
TB. T
Highland College Reorganization in Des Moines
Des Moines reports the resignation of Prof. C. C. Rearick and retirement from Highland Park college. A new governing team forms with H. Longwell as president, J. G. Rounds as treasurer, Z Thornburg as secretary, and trustees J. B. Dille and R. A. Crawford. No change to faculty. Longwell noted as a known educator and author.
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Highland College
Des Moines
C. C. Rearick
Highland Park College
H. Longwell
J. G. Rounds
Z. ©. Thornburg
J. B. Dille
Dixon College
Dixon, Jr
R. A. Crawford
Longwell
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J. B. Harsh
Rocky Mountain Smelting Company
Florence
Col
Telegrama
Chicago
Denver
American Smelting and Refining Company
Cum
Klawits
Polgon Umi
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Germany
Hia
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Cuba
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Weat Indies
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