Elections In Tow a Cities Vote Under New Plan
Voters in several towns cast ballots under a municipal government plan with Democrats scoring mayoral wins and Republicans securing council seats. In Des Moines Democrat A J Mathias defeated Republican Hugena W Waterbury. Cedar Rapids elected John T Carmody as mayor. Burlington re-elected Mayor Dred L Anton Kircher with council gains for Democrats, Sioux City reelected Democrat Mayor W G Bears, Council Bluffs elected Democrat Thomas Maloney, WaterloO re elected Republican John Rector, and Clinton elected Republican A A Crockett as mayor.
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John
T. Carmody
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Dred L. Anton Kircher
Sioux City
W.G. Bears
Council Bluffs
Thomas Maloney
Robert Wallace
John. Rector
Waterlolo
Clinton
A. A. Crockett
Plans For Ground In Arkansas Summer Life Alleged
Iowa State News reports rumors that Hon. R. G. Cousins, recently withdrawn from a congressional race, plans a rural summer retreat in Arkansas to live simply. After sixteen years in national duties, he seeks a quieter life, writing during adjourned periods while returning to Tipton in summers.
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Plana
Des Moinen
R. G. Cousins
Arkansas
Sumer
Iie Tite
Collaing
Congress
Goca
Tipton
Coustis
White elected president of Iowa Miners district
W W White of Jerome was elected president of the Iowa district of the United Mineworkers of America at a Des Moines convention. Jacob Ritter became vice president, Edwin Perry of Oskaloosa re elected secretary treasurer, Harry Bowe elected auditor, and W H Rogers of Buxton named national member. The miners urged Congress to create a commission to investigate mine disasters as Iowa lawmakers are urged to support a Senate approved bill with 105000 dollar appropriation.
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Senate
Iowa
Cyclone HITS IOWA TOWN with Injuries and Losses
New Boston Iowa was struck by a tornado causing church and building destruction and injuries. A balloon cloud moved east along the Santa Fe road with reports of farmhouse damage in its path. Also an Ames bulletin claims oats yields can rise from 20.5 to about 40 bushels per acre with ten years of research. In Dubuque a servant girl Jomps from a window, sustaining a wrist sprain while delirious at St Josephs hospital.
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New Bottom
New Boston
Atchison,Yopoka and Santa Se
Ames
Kittie O'Connor
Didward Carney
Dubuque
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Atlantic Boy Trampled by Runaway Horse Incident
Annaway Horse Injurer Boy, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Y B Spence of Atlantic, narrowly escaped death after being trampled by a runaway horse ridden by two lads. He suffered numerous bruises and cuts to face and body and lies in a precarious condition. Nearby, Lyle Burkhalter near Lewis fights a severe blood poisoning from a hog bite while Charles Peterson near Marne battles a similar infection from a machine-related injury with possible amputation risk.
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Annaway
Y. B. Spence
Atlantic
Spence
Lyle Burkhalter
Lewis
Charles Peterson
Marne
Iowa City Pioneer Dies in St Louis Visit
Ileas a pioneer commercial traveler of Iowa City dies of paralysis in St. Louis where he was stricken while visiting his son in law Dr GN Seidlitz. He was 80 years old and had lived in Iowa City forty years. A widow, two daughters and one son survive. Timekeeper shoots overseer in Mason City. FP H McDonald, a timekeeper at Northwestern States Moorland Co., shoots and probably mortally wounds George Stevens, overseer. They had an 8 quarrel earlier, later renewed, McDonald arrested. Railroad pays liquor king fines. Chicago Great Western indited five counts for sale of intoxicating liquor on its trains in Iowa. King pleads guilty to one count and pays 300. other counts dismissed. Old Soldier Dies a More Robber HB Williams, Civil War veteran and Soldier's Home inmate, dies after injuries from stopping a runaway team at Marshalltown hospital. Walter Wycof, Massena pioneer, dies at Creston hospital after waiting for operation. he observed others before collapsing.
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St. Louis
Ileas
Iowa City
H. McDonald
George Stevens
McDonald
States Moorland Company
Mason City
Stevens
Railroad
King
Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
Old Soldiver
HB. Williams
Lome
Marshalltown
Tie
Clark Street
Broadway
Brooklyn
Russia
United States
Cohen and
Ives
Park Street
Goldstein
Hidridge Street
Broome Street
Manhattan
Selig Silverstein
Ventive Street
Guch Street
Siiverstein
Ignatz Fillebrand
Third Avenue
H. Bickman
Prospect Place
Miles O'Reilly
Mercer Atreat' Etation
O'reilly
Silverstein
Whole Family Seeks Divorce in Ottumwa Case
William Carnes seeks divorce from Rosa his second wife alleging drunkenness after their 1907 marriage and August separation. Samuel Carnes files for divorce from Orphan Helen alleging a statutory offense after a brief marriage. Charles Carnes faces a divorce suit from Effie alleging cruel and inhuman treatment after an eight year marriage.
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Ottumu
Ottumwu
William Carnes
Rosa
Samual Carnes
Helen
Samuel
Charles Carnes
Effie
Monticello Woman Attempts Suicide in St Louis
Rosa Vifian, Monticello daughter of Mrs. Vifian, once French governess to a wealthy St. Louis home, drank carbolic acid for unknown reasons. A roomate aided with ink, called an ambulance, and she was hospitalized in precarious condition. Also noted is a 10-day-old O’Hern girl in Claire weighing under three pounds, healthy but too small to be clothed in available outfits.
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Monticello
St. Louis
Rosa Vifian
Vifian
Babe of Love
Maurice O’hern
Claire
Young Married Man Disappears Near Shenandoah
George Law, a young farmer recently married near Shenandoah, has vanished and relatives search in vain. His uncle T G H Porter, who rented him the farm for the coming year, suspects foul play.
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George Law
Shenandoah
T. G. H. Porter
Various Iowa news items from Davenport to Atlantic
Benny xwarner captured in Des Moines after escaping from Soldiers' Orphans home. A woman gave birth to twins on a Great Western train and at a Waterloo hospital. A new Bohemian lodge forms in Iowa City named Zagadni Cesko Bratrska Jednota. W N Keiser schedules Iowa Electrical Association meet in Des Moines April 22-23. Contractor John D McKey nearly dies from ammonia mix up. Engagement announced between Chafee McCulloch and Alexander McDonnell for April wedding. Three Council Bluffs men plan a 16 day walk to Denver for a $1510 wager. Socialist party rules require resignations filed with state committee for ousting if elected. Steamboat season opens with the Bloxe arriving at Burlington. Opium layout found in Otumwa. suspect fled to Des Moines. Novadi women’s clubs to furnish library cases and preserve records. ABe incident: washing machine water scalding injures Atlantic area child.
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Benny Xwarner
Davenport
Des Moines
Great Western
Waterloo
Iowa City
Zagadni Cesko Bratrska Jednota
Western Bohemian Fraternal Association
W. N. Keiser
Iowa
Lafayette Lamb
Clinton
Alexander McDonnell
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Council Bluffs
Denver
William M. Welch
Burlington
Keokule
Charles Saunders
Beattie House
Smoky Row
Ottumwa
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Novadi
John Stolley
Atlantic
Household Mirror Cleaning And Sewing Machine Tips
Practical tips from early newspapers advise cleaning mirrors with a soft rag and alcohol to remove dim or spotted surfaces, using cheesecloth for best drying. Sewing machine guidance suggests threading issues and thread breakage addressed by a touch of soap along the stitching line to ease feed through multiple fabric layers.
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Indianapolis News
New Haven Register
Silk Handkerchief Care and Nail Beautifying Tips
A collection of home care and cooking notes drawn from period advice. Silk handkerchief care covers washing, drying, and whitening with starch and blue. Nail care recommends warm olive oil soaks and soap jelly for oil removal. Recipes include cheese balls, cheese custards, corn meal muffins, grab salad, and celery and nut salad with detailed steps and ingredients.
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Aix
70 Killed in Mine Explosion at Hanna Wyoming
A double blast at No 1 shaft of Union Pacific Coal in Hanna Wyoming entombs about seventy miners after a prior fire. A rescue effort by fifty divers and workers, including State Mining Inspector D M Elias, fights to reach bodies as town suffers wrecked buildings and panicked crowds.
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Porlah
Hanna
Wyo
Union Pacifle Coal Company
Aoresco Barty
D. M. Elias
Rock Springs
Briggs, Burton
Dodds
Knox
Charles Harris
Wuane
Murder on the Santa Fe Express No. 115
Robbers boarded the Santa Fe passenger train between Florence and Newton early Sunday, murdered messenger O. A. Bailey of Kansas City, looted safes for at least 1000 dollars plus jewelry, then fled. Bailey was found dead on the floor at Newton with head battered. A Wells Fargo reward of 1000 dollars is offered.
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Santa Fe
Florence
Newton
Wellaargo Company
O. A. Balley
Kansas City
Ford
Balley
Bailey
Strong City
Peabody
Emporia
Batley
Wells-Fargo Company
Discharge Order Targets Foreign Workers in Pennsylvania
An order by the Pennsylvanian Railroad seeks to dismiss all foreign workers and hire native Americans or naturalized citizens. Cocaine era firms previously pursued alien labor limits citing efficiency and disorderly conduct, prompting foremen in Pittsburg to resist the move. Headquarters reportedly issued peremptory directives to department superintendents to dismiss foreigners immediately.
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Pennsylvanian Railroad
Coke
Pittsburg
Haight for Kites at Great Height
The Prince of Monaco has dispatched kites to reach 14 760 feet aloft in a bold test of aviation curiosity. The venture aims to showcase aerial reach and engineering in a display of imperial sponsorship.
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Haight
Prince of Monaco
Rockefeller Gift Joins Firemen Fund Total
Rockefeller subscribed one thousand dollars to the New York firemen fund. With other subscriptions received the total funding reached twenty two thousand five hundred nine dollars and twenty eight cents.
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Jobo
Rockefeller
New York Firamen
Roosevelt entertains Wyoming Indians using sign language
Brief notices report President Roosevelt entertaining a band of Wyoming Indians by correctly using their sign language. Mrs. William J. Lemp Jr seeks divorce from a St. Louis brewer with a $900,000 payment. The New York Metropolitan Company's grand opera season 1080 spans twenty weeks from November 16. Paderewski will give a piano recital at the Plaza Hotel, New York, April 30, to aid the city’s music school settlement.
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Roosevelt
Wiliam J. Lemp, Jr
St. Louis
New York Metropolitan Company
Paderewski
Plaza Hotel
New York
Music School
Weekly review of Chicago trade and finance conditions
In the Chicago district trade shows steady recovery with improved mercantile collections and rising distribution in general merchandise and food products. Factory outputs lag last year, distant delivery cautious, but spring demand and wholesale deals remain satisfactory. Bank liquidity improves, deposits rise, and the discount rate for commercial paper sits around 6 percent. Failures total 80 in the district, up from 32 last week and 22 a year ago.
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R. G. Dan & Co
Chicago
Reading
Bome
Barmera
Aga Vile
Economic overview from Bradstreet's weekly commercial report
In the first week of spring retail trade expands in some areas while manufacturing output grows more slowly, with caution in buying and replacements driving demand. Industrial activity remains irregular with short hours widespread. iron, textiles, leather, and shoes show subdued conditions. Shoe shipments are 26 percent below last year. Bankruptcies US 280, Canada 40 for the week ending March 26.
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New York
Enainesa
United States
Bradstreet
Grain and livestock price summary across cities
Chicago prices span cattle 4.00 to 7.40, hogs 4.00 to 6.40, sheep 3.00 to 36.75, wheat No 2 62c to 98c, corn 68c to 85c, oats 52c to 63c, hay timothy 0.50 to 10.00, prairie 8.00 to 12.00. Indianapolis hogs 3.50 to 6.35, cattle 8.00 to 7.00, wheat 0 to 6c, oats 0, St Louis cattle 4.50 to 7.25, hogs 4.00 to .80, wheat 6c to 1.00, Detroit cattle 4.00 to 8.60, hogs 4.00 to 4.05, Milwaukee grains corn 62c to 68c oats 52c to 58c rye 0 to 78c, Buffalo cattle 4.00 to 7.00 hogs 4.00 to 4.50 sheep 4.00 to 5.50 lambs 5.00 to 9.85, New York cattle 4.00 to 7.10 hogs 3.60 to 6.90, wheat No 2 red 0 to 1.00, Toledo wheat No 2 mixed 0 to 5e corn 68c to 0Te, oats 56c to 58e rye 0 to 0e prime clover seed 13.35.
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Chicago
Indianapolia
Ste
St. Louis
Corp
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Parker era campaign figure William Manning dies
William T. Manning, longtime campaign manager for Alton B. Parker in 1904, died of pneumonia in New York. He acted as Parker's aide during the campaign and remained active in political circles in the city.
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William T. Manning
Alton B. Parker
New York
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Iowa State News
Cousine
Watleot
Pright
Creston Hospital
Walter Wy‘cof
Strange
New York Press
Philadelphia Record
Messenger
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Union Square
Saya
Haymarket
Gapt
Reilly
Comfesnen
Soviatiste Call Meeting
The
Socialist Party
Merrid Jolquit
Robert Twenter
University Settlement
Caroline Stokes
Slater
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Hunter Hiuself
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