Iowa News Roundup Sparks Wage and Labor Tensions
In Des Moines Burlington and surrounding towns a wage debate grows across large city stores and department shops. Workers, many from country towns, claim pay as low as 2 to 4 dollars weekly and demand fair wages. Across Iowa Italian laborers face clashes during a grading job strike. A Burlington speed mail crash kills Mrs. J. D. Gant and two children. other reports note a Denison woman confessing a past murder. Local events cover deaths, fires, crops, and civic notes from Mason City to Dubuque.
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Vast Iowa and Midwest News Flash From 1900s Era
A sweeping grab bag of 1900s Iowa and Midwest notes including accidents in Ottumwa and Des Moines, church contracts in Waterloo, a big apple crop discussion, floods and damages across Kansas and Missouri, railway depots planned for Mt. Pleasant, and local civic plans in Marshalltown Dike Gladbrook and Keokuk.
Prodigal Returns After 23 Years Wandering Home
James J Delmadge, missing for twenty three years, returns to his mother and family at Deimadge farm near East Oldenham Orange County New York. He had left after stealing four items as a youth and was last heard of via a brief note from an Albany aunt. Stranger visitation led to a joyful reunion with brothers John and the mother. He planned to settle at home after years seeking fortune on the western frontier. Chicago Journal reports the family’s relief and reunion.
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Dallas
Burlington Railrond
Mt. Peasant
Wiliam Cowin
Des Moines
Wathing
Keokuk
Lown
Gus Carlson
Pols County
A. H. Fox
D. B. Henderson
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United Brethren
Gladbrook
Dubuque
Rey
John Stampton
Stenaile Haynes
Humboldt
Liveryman
Iowa
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Ottumaya
Dea Moines
Chicago
John TL
Beacon
Oskatoosa
Rock Island
Burlington
Great Western Railrard
Cornell Bluffs
Arthur Hess
Iowa City
Tiffin
Thomas Ladd
Neola
Bickley
Dr. Bickley
Ben Ferris
C. G. Brakeman
A. M. Wood
Burlington High School
Oak Park
Y. M. CG
Madeline Whitmore
Pairfield
Becker
Jesse Levi
University of Chicago
Janes Levi
Mra. Adating S. Littlejallin
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Amanda Anderson
O. W. Ackles
Isaac Allen
Jack Maher
Ackles
Atlantic
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Eorge Slies
Isaac Rhodes
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Deimadge Farm
Oldenham
Orange County
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Delmadge
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Albany
John Delmadge
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Chicago Journal
Names for Rural Estates Reflect American Love of Odd Monikers
A discussion of how Americans imitate European practice in naming summer homes, with examples like Constable and Wadderway. Noting use of monosyllables such as Toft Holm and Tor, the piece discusses local Long Island names Maycroft Birchwood Beechtoft and the charm of creative estate names.
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Tom Young
New York
Long Island
Gilchrist
Phix Nance
N. T. Wills
Hudson
Idlewid
Eagland
Toft
Croft
Holm
Maycroft
May
Hermann Aldrich
Beechtoft
Roosevelt and Burton feud linked to Jerusalem scheme
The article reports a rift between President Roosevelt and Senator Burton of Kansas over Burton’s Jerusalem World’s Fair scheme. It notes Burton’s promotion of a confidential letter and ensuing political fallout, plus a cascade of war department and government finance items, including army deposits, deserter funds, stamp book profits, and a civil service rule change allowing veterans back into federal jobs.
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St. Louis
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Washington
Gomsipa
Jo Core Conrad
Getting Even at the End Seat in a Boston Transcript Tale
Mrs Wimble and Mrs Wamble exchange about a conflict over end-seat hogging on a transit ride. Wimble recalls clinging to the last seat while others had to climb over, then describes taking revenge by riding two miles past her stop to prevent others from getting it. A brief, penny-plain anecdote from a Boston Transcript column.
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Dewey
Bosaie Berry
Albert Vaprona
Mic Berrya
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Boston Transcript
Balloons Atmoat Suto Tested In Austria Flight Difficulties
In Austria tests, researchers showed the challenge of damaging a four war balloon in midair. A balloon fixed at 7,000 feet resisted efforts by gunners lacking range knowledge, finally lighting on round sixty four and only tearing slightly before a slow descent. An undertaker’s solemnity mirrors the odd truth that Alness often follows drinking water.
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