Iowa items recount fires, deaths, trials and rail wrecks
A sprawling Iowa roundup reports Cedar Rapids man recants a past trial testimony, a Strawberry Point family narrowly escapes a midnight blaze, and a Hesner home burns. It notes rail derailment near Muscatine, farm institute news, stock sales, apportionments, prison sentences, and a widening list of local incidents across towns from Mazon City to Des Moines.
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Charles Jack
Anamoss Reformatory
John G. Gates
Cedar Rapids
Jack
Traer
Guy Phillips
Strawberry Point
George Hesner
J. N. Stacks
Jefferson
Iowa
Bostom
Mazon City
Mason City
Albert Lea
Owatonna
Humboldt
Ft. Dodge
Marshalltown
Eldora
Estherville
Emmetsburg
Clear Lake
Charles City
Joseph Dewey
Fred Slaughter
Rockwall City
Anamosa
Dewey
Slaughter
Rock Island
Muscatine
Calhoun County Farmers’ Institute
Rockwell City
Mr. Ayr
H. ©. Beard
Johnson County
Northwestern
Council Bluff i
Farmers’ Institute
Williamsburg
H. H. Fairfall
D. D
Iowa City
Charles Okey
Prescott
Will H. Englert
Bijou
Jowl City
Willam Cross
Milwaukee
John Williams
James Burns
Chariton
Derby State Bank
Iowa Retail Shoe Dealers’ Essociation
Des Moines
D. H. Talbot
Sioux City
Me. Talbot
McCook Lake
Portland Cement Company
Henry Neyen
Farmers’ Elevator Company of
Dillon
Croft Seed Company
Orgon
Moulton
A. C. Croft
William
James Hendon
William C. McAllister
Cornell Blutts
Tie Head
McAllister
Frm
Board of Appraisers
Frank
Barnes
Marcus
Clare
Hood
Lahift
Griffin
Thomas Nuirby
Harry Lundstrum
Marshall County
William Reed
Thirlby
Tripoli
Bremer County
Waverly
Gilman
Seager
James Novak
Bank of Gilman
Institute of
Clinton
Jesus Christ
Samuel McCauley
Nevada
Knights of Pythias
State Street
Kelly
George Refsnider
Wapkousa
Fort Dodge
Iowa Beef Cattle Plan Aims to End Famine and Boost State Output
Iowa officials and the Iowa Beef Cattle Association announce specials in late February and March to educate farmers on beef production. A beef cattle expert will tour institutes and trains, while cattle trains will travel Rock Island and Chicago Northwestern routes to teach efficiency. The state seeks input from successful cattle men on profitability, with $7,500 allocated by the last legislature to fund these efforts.
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Des Moines
America
Iowa
W. J. Kennedy
Department of Animal Husbandry
Ames
Lows Beef Cattle Association
Frokensor Kennedy
Beeft Producers’ Association
Rock Island
Chicago & Northwestern
Union
Kennedy
Grading Inmates At Knoxville Inebriate Asylum Sparks Controversy
Des Moines reports superintendent Done Olive outlines a plan to grade inmates at the state inebriate asylum in Knoxville by severity of condition, separating beginners from advanced cases and varying food and treatment. Officials and Governor Carroll are urged to investigate.
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Carroll
Union
Des Moines
Canada
Done Olive
Knoxville
British Duke Prefers New York Life to England Home
The duke of Newcastle arrives in America to establish headquarters at the Metropolitan Club in New York while spending months in Philadelphia. He enjoys photography and fishing, is a former ward of Gladstone, and oversees vast estates. His wife the duchess manages hunting and horse breeding at Clumber. Their heir is Lord Francis Hope, who remarries after a divorce from May Yohe.
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New York
Atlantic
England
United States
Plains
Far West
Duke of Newcastle
Haster
Metropolitan Club
Philadelphia
Smart
William 2. Gladstone
Great Lake
Clumbor
Ninth Lancers
Clumber Harriers
Newcastle
United Kingdom
Clumber
Francis Hope
Conductor Dies After Fall From Moving Train On South Side
Harris a 32 year old Chicago conductor was fatally thrown from an elevated car on the South Side after the train lurched forward while he leaned out to inspect a block signal stopping the train. He was found dead in the alley below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falla
Chicago
Harris
Churchess City Votes Wet Sundays in L A Suburb
Vernon, a Los Angeles suburb, reportedly the only incorporated city with no church, voted for wet Sundays. Three saloons operate there and most residents favored permit. Kitty women voted, and results indicated public taste leans toward alcohol sales on Sundays.
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Los Angeles
Vernon
United States
Seven Years of Misery Ends for Mrs Bethune
Sikeston Missouri woman Mrs Dama Bethune credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending seven years of illness including monthly bed rest, cramp, backache, and nervous debility. She says the remedy helped with displacements inflammation irregularities and related symptoms after other medicines failed.
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Sikeston
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia 5
Pinkham
That Was Adding the Alt to Injury in Trolley Tale
In a crowded trolley car a young lady stood in front of Mr Jinks and refused to take his seat. He pretended not to know her and remained seated until she spoke and questioned his manners. He rose angrily, blaming her dance for his behavior and defending his actions as the ride wore on. Representative Mann comments on the exchange as a political squabble echo.
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Mr. Jinks
Jinks
Not a Brass Band Booth-What in Charity and Philanthropy
A fragment from a historical column riffs on charity versus philanthropy with wordplay. The text mentions Ho attending a meeting and the risk of being removed, plus a jokey aside about hiring a prese agent, conveying a humorous tone and speculative social commentary.
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Booth
Charity
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H. H. Funiall
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Owa
Pegwood
John W. Harmon
Creston
Jacob Huber
Blakesburg
Bruce A. Shaw
Davenport
Earl Tiffany
Logan
Carl J. Zurbal
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Fred L. Mehannad
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J. H. Applegate
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Clase
J. G. Mitchell
Efficiency Bureau of the
Greater Des Moines
C. C. McClaughry
State Reformatory
Sam D. Woods
State Board of Parole
MecClaughry
Elliatt Implement Company of
Ellott
Curtis Lumber and Millwork Company
Box Fuel Company of
Oskaloosa
Roach and Musser Sash and Door Company
Wort Dodge Culvert Company
Dubuque Brewing and Malting Company of
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Duke
Duke OP
Eveasion
Piso
Post
Fostum Osreal Company, Limited
Battle Dresk, Michigan
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