Elgin Echo Briefs From Iowa Highlights
A compilation of local Iowa items includes Qlanders among horse thieves near Sidney, an anticigaret league in Sioux City, Billy Sunday revival meetings at Glidden, Traer building a brick city hall and jail, and various church, university, and civic news. Notable notes cover a Waterloo robbery, Des Moines fuel theft, Mt. Pleasant pastor changes, Iowa poultry shows, and a Dubuque sidewalk injury damages ruling.
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Sidney
Sioux City
Evangeliat
Billy
Qlidden
Traer
Deep Creek Parish
Clinton County
Gov. Cumming
McKinley Club
Omaha
John Walsh
Waterloo
First Christian Church
Des Moines Bay
BE. L. Coons
Congregational Church
Mt. Pleasant
Bloomfield
Lone Wesleyan University
Tipper Lowa Poultry Association
Mason City
Traeria
Yn. District Court
Dubuque
Catherine Sheridan
M. BE
Onawa
Hamilton
M. B. Broadus
Burlington
Progresso
San Francisco
Keokuk and Western Railroad
Centerville
Iowa
Bank of Sioux Rapiis
Rolfe
John Wiedman
Milwaukee
Nelson
Marion Stem
Mitchellville
Knotyn
A Horseflesh Dinner Proposed by Berlin Butchers
Berlin December 1 members of the society for the Prevention of Cruelty to animals declined an invitation to a horsemeat banquet by the Bleischer Zeitung. The newspaper reports the society plans a dinner of 400 guests itself. A hotel keeper is arranging a menu featuring horse fillet with wines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Prapars G Wenu
Nelson
British plan mule depot expansion at Lathrop Mo
Agents of the British war office arrived in St Joseph Missouri to reestablish a mule depot at Lathrop near the city. England seeks 300000 mules and horses to ship to South Africa for logistics and farming, promising top prices for feed and tack. The move could net western horse and mule raisers up to a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lathrop
St. Joseph
British War Office
England
South Africa
No More Beans Sand Cure Craze Hits Boston
Boston followers of an occult fad swallow sand sold by self styled Professor William Windsor who claims the grit is gleamed and purified by a special process and helps digestion. The Sand Cure movement gathers adherents as they drink or ingest the sand by the teaspoon for supposed health benefits.
Had Money To Burn Led To Missing Stockmen
A resident of South St Joseph, Kirkbridge of Bouth Street, Joseph, was entrusted with 38,000 by two South Dakota stockmen after a night of drinking. The men claimed to be from South Dakota and vanished by yesterday, leaving the custodian with the cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josaph
Dee
Joe Sen
Kirkovine
Bouth St. Joseph
South Dakota
Ben
Kirkbridge
Capture and Sink the Entire Navy at La Guayra
Ten German and four British cutters captured the Venezuelan fleet at La Guayra Venezuela on December 11. The fleet was ordered to surrender without a shot fired, three vessels were sunk, and the Ossum was spared after a French protest. German and British residents were arrested as tensions rose and demonstrations erupted in Caracas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Guayra
Tutmo and
Margarita
Ossum
Caracas
la Guayta
Rockefeller Plans General Education Board For National Endowment
John D Rockefeller leads a push to incorporate a General Education Board to fund wide educational endowments surpassing Carnegie. The board would receive gifts from Rockefeller and other magnates, enabling schools from elementary to higher learning and teacher training, with Rockefeller seeking broad cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
Washington, D. C
John 2. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
General Education Board
Rockefaller
Carnegie
Nelson A. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Senate
Rockefeller
Plana
Soldiers On Guard At McKinley Tomb In Westlaw Cemetery
Lieutenant Cowan commands a detachment guarding President McKinley’s tomb in Westlaw cemetery. An Adjutant from Fort Wayne, Michigan, reports orders to relieve the detachment as the regiment heads to San Francisco in March for Manila duty. A Columbus Barracks company is slated to relieve them in the cemetery in the coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Philiippines
Denton
Ohio
Cowan
President McKinley
Westlawn
Ft. Wayne
Miach
San Francisco
Mani
Philippines
Westlaw
Ft. Brady
Mich
Twentieth
Columbus Barracks
German cruiser Vineta captures Venezuelan gunboat Restaurador
Lagualra December 13 reports the German cruiser Vineta seized near Guanta the Venezuelan gunboat Restaurador formerly George J Gould s yacht Atlanta. A Vineta crew boarded the Restaurador and the captured ship was sent to Trinidad.
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Vineta
Restaurador
Guanta
George J. Gould
Atlanta
Trinidady
Venezuelan Port Turmoil and Foreign Naval Moves
At La Guaira British and German subjects were released after arrests. The German cruiser Vinsta and British Retribution departed, likely bearing Venezuela’s response to foreign demands. Government forces reinforce with 2000 troops and 18 guns from Caracas. Volunteers from La Guaira arm up as news spreads of the gun boat Bolivar’s capture by a British cruiser. General Ferrer arrives with 2000 troops. eight hundred more expected. Indefatigable remains, others sail for Trinidad.
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Cardenal
Lentz and Fally
la Guayra
Vineta
Messrs. Bleldwick, Prince and le Page
Harbor Corporation
Banke
LaGuiara
Vinsta
Retribution
Venezuela
Caracas
Caracay
la’ Gulara
la Gulara
Bolivar
General Ferrer
Castro
British Germans seize Venezuelan ships at La Guayra
Report from Caracas details the seizure of Venezuelan vessels by Anglo German forces at La Guayra. Thirteen boats with 240 sailors boarded docks, disabled Margarita, Osun, General Crespo, and Tutumo, lowered Venezuelan flags, towed ships outside harbor, and later claimed the ships sank. British Retribution helped. Germans allegedly ate aboard meat prepared for crews.
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Caracas
Ia Guayra
la Guayra
Vineta
Falk
Margarita
Rayo
Venezuela
Ecuador
J Shah
Retribution
General Crespo
Vesela
Genera Crespo
Tutumo
la Quayra
Curaco
Trinidad
Noted Traveler Analyzes Castro Indirectly in Venezuela
Dr. Passarge, returning from Venezuela, says President Castro is a full blood Indian and energetic yet overconfident. He cites Germany's paused pressure and Venezuelan railroad officials as factors shaping Castro's rise and Venezuela's drift toward decay under Bruce Blanco. The color question influences politics as Negroes and Indians gain influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Passarge
Venezuela
Castro
Andes
Germany
Dr. Passerge
Bruce Blanco
Venezuelan government orders town abandonment in Le Guayra
At Le Guayra on December 13 the British cruiser Charybdis with Commodore Montgomery flag, the German cruiser Tiger Vinete, and the training ship Stosch arrived and took positions over the town and forts. Merchant ships were kept out by the Indefatigable captain, while ammunition was moved to Caracas, signaling an intention to abandon the town.
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le Guayra
Charybdla
Montgomery
Stosch
Indefatigible
Caracas
Iowa Teachers to Meet This Month in Des Moines
The forty eighth annual Iowa State Teachers Association session will be Dec 30 and 31 and Jan 1 and 2 in Des Moines. Officers include President Charles Eldred Shelton and Secretary W F Barr. Prominent educators will address the convention, with committees portraying a busy program of papers and discussions. A state teacher examination will be held Dec 31 and Jan 1 in Des Moines with notices on renewals for certificates. Rail and hotel rates have been arranged to encourage large attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Des Maines
Charles Eldred Shelton
Indianola
W. F. Barr
Des Moines
G. W. Samson
Cedar Falia
Adam Pickett
Mr. Ayr
D. A. Thornburg
Grinnell
Milas Agnes J. Robertson
Cherokee
Cedar Rapids
R. V. Veneman
Boone
G. A. Axiine
Humeston
Perfor “I” Savery
Minnie Walker
Elizabeth Fisher
Julia Scurry
Hill M. Bell
da Moines
J. BE
Williamson
Fairfield
K. T. Oldt
Dubuque
D. M. Kelly
Cedar Falls
W. H. Norton
Mt. Vernon
Washington
Martha Stabb
O. M. Biot
Corning
Ackley
J. Hook
Decorah
F. ¢. Bnalyn
Council Bluffs
van Ness
Denizon
George W. Mullin
Ft. Dodge
G. D. Adams
Dag
Moines
Z. C. Thornburg
A. Y. Storm
Mary Zoik
W. I. Cremer
Waverly
Legislaion
S. H
R. C. Barrett
House of Representatives
Capitol Building
Richard GC
Barrett
Board of Examiners
New Rapid Fire Guns Awarded to Bethlehem Steel Works
Bethlehem Steel Works awarded a tract for thirty fifteen pounder rapid fire guns and mounts at 3030 dollars each. Washington report notes Republican members of the house committee on banking and currency agreed on recommendations relative to financial and currency legislation expected for early consideration. Details of recommendations not yet fully worked out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Steel Works
Washington
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Can Patch Sells for Forty Thousand to M W Savage
Minneapolis reports M E Sturgis of New York arranging the sale of the pacing stallion Can Patch to M W Savage of Philadelphia for $40,000, the highest price for a pacer. McHenry to handle Can Patch in exhibitions in 1903 and 1904, with a short stud season in spring. Dan Patch details follow in the article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
M. B. McHenry
M. E. Sturgis
New York
Can Patch
M. W. Savage
International Stock Food Company
M. BE. McHenry
McHenry
Mr. Savage
Bi. Rectum
Dan Patch
D. A. Messner, Jr
Oxford
Ind
Joe Patchen
Zelica
Wilkenberry
Indiana
Windsor
Harrod II
Cleveland
Searchlight
Connor
Riley B
Columbus
Brighton Head
Providence
Philadelphia
Syracuse
Cincinnati
Davenport
Mempasa
Women Want Him Lieutenant Governor Receives 500 Proposals
Kansas Lieutenant Governor-elect D J Hanna said he has received about 500 marriage proposals from women in the United States and Canada. He will not release the letter contents yet while he studies them, noting many come from intelligent women and some from chooteachore. Governor elect Bailey reportedly has more than 1000 letters. A separate item notes German societies in London and Henley regatta committee discussions.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kas
D. J. Hanna
Hill City
United States
Canada
Bailey
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Valentine Blohm
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Aldrich
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Carnegie Institution
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George Foster Peabody
Morris K. Jessup
Robert C. Ogden
William H. Baldwin, Jr
J. L. M. Curry
Frederick T. Gates
Walter H. Page
Albert Shaw
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John D. Landis
George E. Roberts
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