Solons to be Busy in January Iowa Legislature
Iowa lawmakers prepare for a long session beginning January 8 with major work ahead. Key items include primary elections, educational board control, railroad issues, pure food law, and many constitutional amendments. Inauguration ceremonies are waived, so the assembly will organize and begin work immediately.
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Pew
Iowa
Educational Board of Control
Reformatory
Ate
Supreme Court
Assembly of
Cummins ‘Longeis
Wit Aldes
Lt Wl
Bad Driver and Suit for $10000 in Waterloo Female Plaintiff
Miss Sadie Crance of Waterloo sues Charles Banfiell for $10000 after injuries while riding as his escort. She alleges defective harness and improper control of the horse. Also notes Banfiell winked and invited her on the drive during the incident. Six months for embezzlement awarded to Peter Vinnigan by Judge Smith in Mason City for stealing $250 from Mulrooner boarding at his restaurant.
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Dil
Kean
Tetua
Charles &. Banfiell
Sadie Crance
Waterloo
Wink
Miss Crance
Peter Vinnigan
Smith
Mason City
Young Won
Mulrooner
Miners Misfortune Amid Powder Blast At Tort Dodge
Miner Varry Marile of the Holiday Creek Conl Company mines at Tort Dodge is likely to lose sight in both eyes after a premature powder blast tamping mishap. The shot reportedly failed due to friction from drill work near the powder. Claton Loses Old Resident AW 13. Young, 61, longtime Clinton resident and prominent figure, died after an illness of rheumatic heart affects.
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Varry Marile
Holiday Creek Conl Company
Tort Dodge
Drilla
Claton
Young
Clinton
Ivy
Untimely Death of Olive Noas at Pleasaint Heane
Olive Noas aged 15 daughter of Bayt Muss a prominent Pleas aint Heane farmer near Ottunwa died after jumping from a Waggy in a runaway. Her neck was broken and she died instantly.
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Olive Noas
Bayt. Muss
Pleasaint Heane
Ottunwa
Iowa Public School Directory Reveals Growth and Costs
The Iowa Public Instruction Department published the 1906 school year directory with tables on school numbers, teachers, and costs by town city and rural districts. It notes increases in schoolhouses from 105 in 1848 to 13,904 in 1905, rises in teachers from 7, etc. It cites total payments to teachers rising from $5,787 in 1848 to $6,745,410 in 1905 and state maintenance costs growing to $10,789,610 in 1905. It mentions uniform text books in 51 counties, limited manual training, with West High Des Moines first to adopt in 1898 and Marshalltown offerings nationwide, plus limited kindergartens in 26 cities.
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Towa
Department of Public Instruction
Taoisur Aan
Salarion
West High School
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Dubuque
Cadar Rapids
BLOCK DAMAGED AT ARMSTRONG AS WINDLESS FIRE RAGES
A fire in Arm strong damaged most of a business block early yesterday, threatening total destruction. Losses include Pat Jackman property valued at 2500, J W Pugeley hotel building 1200, George Stewart office and warehouse 1300, inquiry office 200, and implements 1000. Fire started in Jackman’s vacant building and was checked by firefighters who sacrificed part of the block and directed streams to the north to spare the rest.
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Armstrong
Pat Jackman
J. W. Pugeley
George Stewart
Jackman's
Shiealy
Mothers Reunited After 42 Years Separate by Theft
In Mason City Mrs Jennie Meloy and her mother Mrs Putney of Nashua Neb discover they had been separated since infancy when an aunt stole Jennie from her poor widow mother and she was adopted under a different name. A chance resemblance and later correspondence led to a full reunion after forty two years.
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Mason City
Jennie Meloy
Putney
Nashua
Neh
Cccident
Birth rate drop in Iowa belies underlying reporting gaps
Biennial Iowa health board report shows nearly 50 percent fall in births from 1902-03 to the next period, but officials say the decline is largely due to physicians’ reporting omissions. The study notes 108,100 births in 1902-03 and 102,168 in the following biennium.
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Towa
State Board of Health
Kennedy
State Board Snys
Iowa
Trappers Harvest in Iowa Fur Trade Booms
The Iowa fur industry is in a thriving historic period with both Indians and whites shipping mink, muskrat, weasel and other hides to Chicago St Paul and Milwaukee markets. J J Heller of Jefferson sold 1400 muskrat skins to a local dealer, the largest single Iowa trapper sale ever, while Des Moines County's Howard Williamson operates a wolf ranch profiting annually from wolf rearing.
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Sime'n
Iowa
Mt Hidea
Indiana
Ghicago
St Paul
Milwaukee
Numhera
Sminiler
Crank’ J
Heller
Jeferson
Des Moines
Howard Williamson
Willing may be tried again on technicality
Willing, convicted in Waterloo District Court for arson at Allendorf store, may be brought from Anamosa penitentiary for a second trial during the term of court in Black Hawk county. His attorney seeks removal to Black Hawk jail. Supreme Court reversed on the word malicious and the legality of his confession amid threats. Both sides favor a prompt second trial.
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Arnon
L. G. Willing
Waterloo
Thetelty
Anamose
Willing
Blacks Hawk County
Supreme Court
Wiking
Pleads Guilty to Murder in Toledo Court
Toy Hull of Yama pleaded guilty to the murder of Dan Leary through his attorney in a Toledo court before Judge G W Burnham. Hull showed nervous strain and was in a pitiable state as sentencing awaited after the trial of William Conn, also indicted for Leary’s killing.
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Tama Oliy
Dan Leary
Toy Hull
Yama
G. W. Burnham
Toledo
Hull
Tudge Burnham
Flull
William Conn
Leary
Conn
State Happenings From Green Mountain to Des Moines
G S Lane appointed postmaster at Green Mountain after J Strain’s resignation. A new savings bank charter received by Farmer, capital of 10000 dollars. Mississippi Valley Telephone Co of Muscatine to underground its wire in Muscatine. L Y Canfield of Murray settles with company for 1000 after his son’s death in a Rock Island wreck near Fairfield. Rock Island elevator near Council Bluffs to increase grain handling. 2000 cars awaiting machinery. Peter Rich, pioneer ex-Noble resident, dies at Wayland of a paralytic stroke. Albert Ledoux of Mascatine indicted and given nine months in Fort Madison penitentiary for saloon burglary. John M Patmore elected secretary treasurer and director of Anoka Water Works. Mr and Mrs E S Bartlett of Grinnell celebrate 50th wedding anniversary. Epworth Leagues Des Moines district set for June convention including 63 towns. Carl Shields of Des Moines accidentally shoots his foot. ball removed later. James Wolson of Sidney injured skating. arm and jaw fractures but will recover. An anonymous $200 back taxes gift to Polk County treasurer. Two Denison boys arrested for shooting Conductor Shoop’s wife on a train. they claim it was a duck hoot. Rock Island freight No. 95 ditched near Malrfald. four-teems cars off track. no injuries. track blocked hours.
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G. S. Lane
Green Mountain
J. Strain
Hns
Farmer
Rock Island
Council Bluks
Peter Rich
Noble
Wayland
Albert Ledoux
Mascntine
Fort Madison
John YI
Patmore
Water Inc
Anoka
Des Moines
Carl Shields
James Wolson
Sidney
Polk County
Denison
Conductor Shoop
Northwestern
Malrfald
Gars
Revolt in Santo Domingo Shapes U S Policy Clash
Morales of Santo Domingo leads a volatile island upheaval as factions clash and Moraden Morales escapes. Washington weighs policy while Morales, born Porto Plata, faces exile after multiple revolutions and a self declared rule. U S aims to protect its clerks and receivers while fearing a long revolution.
A Disastrous Season on the Great Lakes Losses Reach Record
The Great Lakes navigation suffered immense losses with 79 vessels destroyed and 740 total casualties. Vessel losses total $4,775,000 in value and cargo losses about $750,000, marking the worst season yet. Lake Superior bore the highest toll with 168 disasters. the November 28 storm caused an estimated $1,750,000 in property damage and could rise as ships ashore are freed. Marine underwriters face heavy payouts. some big companies may pay $2 to $1 in losses against premiums. The steel trust avoided marine insurance, swelling the industry’s peril. premiums would run around $750,000 annually if insured. A surplus built in 1903-04 is threatened by the season’s devastation.
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Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Lele Y Wuron
Detroit
St. Clair
Boo Passage
Lake Ontario
Steel Trust
Notable Names in Arts and Industry Mentioned in Brief Notices
A collection of brief items notes D a Rhodes scholars at Oxford called Rhodesters, Brig Gen Thomas I Barry slated as president of the Army War College, Henry II Shaw of Boston gifting Purdue a model locomotive, Sigmund Neumann a 19 year old author of a play Storms, Anthony de Rothschild as herd boy at Marrow School, and a Milwaukee program to provide breakfasts for poor public school children funded by the Woman's School Alliance.
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Oxford University
Thomas I. Barry
Manchuria
Army War College
Henry II, Shaw
Boston
Purdue University
Sigmund Neumann
Frankfort
Anthony de Rothschild
Leopold de Rothschild
Marrow School
England
Milwaukee
Woman's School Alliance
There’s millions in the soil and sheep profit tips
A 1904 era farming note highlights sheep on small farms as a profitable option when fencing is possible, plus turning lands to lamb production after harvest. It covers lambing in fall, feeding lambs, seeding rape, turning lambs into fields, and finishing for market. It also includes notes on growing Catalpas, post growth, and nitrogen from air via clover.
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Ilinois
Feeding Warm Mash and Corn Fodder for Poultry and Cattle
Guidance on when to feed warm mash to flocks, favoring morning feeds in moderate weather and night feeds in cold weather. Emphasizes avoiding excess mash, adding wheat bran, meat, and vegetables for appetite, and using corn fodder efficiently by shredding or cutting early in the season. Also notes appetite and egg effects, and suggests root crops to boost palatability.
The Girls of Caddo Cause Chasing in Town
A tenderfoot in Caddo provoked local laughter by pursuing two young women after an attempted advance. The chase crossed yards and a tamale patch before the man leaped a wagonyard fence. He survived, kneeling to plead that he not be killed as the girls kept smiling at him.
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Caddo
South McAlester
Ind. T
Mexico Addresses Large Scale Irrigation Problems
The Mexican government is focusing on the challenges of large scale irrigation. Officials plan assessments and potential policy measures to improve water distribution, efficiency, and agricultural output amid environmental and logistical hurdles.
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Morades
Santo Domingo
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San Criatobal
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Morales
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