Chain Brings Luck to Lovers Amulet Weds Many
A silver key chain worn by private secretaries at Town State College is described as a matrimonial amulet. Seven young women reportedly married shortly after receiving the chain from predecessors, with Miss Anna Kiernff and Dr. Adolf Shane among the latest pair. The chain’s passage lists several former holders and their marriages, including Miss Gertrude Harlan to I. Price and Miss Patience Wormley to H. O. Earl of Newton, followed by others who wed high-profile spouses.
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Town State College
Henry
Drof
Adolf Shane
Anna
Kiernff
Hnw
Gertrude Harlan
I 0. Price
Patience J.wornley
A. A. Irwin
Ora Brandt
M. Toward
Bess Dunham
TH. Melonald
Bess Disbrow
Thvight Davis
Phone Companies War In Iowa Battle Over 20 Million Merger
Independent telephone firms in Iowa resist a proposed 20 million merger as Bell interests push to consolidate. Early clashes surfaced in Marshalltown, with Bell moves later reaching Dubuque, Nevada, and Story counties. Webster City’s R J Martin and Rockwell City’s GC Hieldogle helped block actions, signaling a larger fight between independents and Bell in a state wide consolidation effort.
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Bell
Iowa
Marshalltown
Dubuque City
Bell Company
Nevada
Story Counties
R.J. Martin
Webster City
GC. P. Hieldogle
Rockwell City
Big Bell
Missing $1,000 Package Strikes Adams Express Des Moines
A Des Moines Adams Express Office reports a missing $1,000 currency package from three identical consignments. Despite efforts by top detectives and Superintendent Swift, the fate of the package remains unsolved as officials comb Chicago for clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adawn Express Company
Des Moines
Adamn Express Company
Theother
Dex Moines
Express Company
B. I
Stratton
Swift
Adams Company
Chicago
Ethil
Filipino Soldier Wins Iowa Medal Amid Racial Claims
Santero Baluyut, a 20 year old Filipino battalion adjutant born in San Fernando Pampanga, receives a coveted Iowa Governor’s medal for being a superior soldier in the University of Town college regiment. Americans admitted his merit though the award sparked pride among Filipinos and curiosity at the Iowa City campus where he studies engineering after earlier attending the University of Davis. The Modern Woodmen of America filed a federal suit in Des Moines seeking 420 755 40 against bank executives and national banks in Chicago New York and Kansas City.
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Iowa University
Sntero Baluyut
Iowa
University of Town
Satero
Santero
Tle
San Fernando
Pampanga
P. 1
United States
University of Davis
Iowa City
Chicago
Woodmen of America
Des Moines
James H. Jaminson
First National Banks
Chariton
L. O. Murray
Camptroller
First National Bank of Chicago
National Park Bank
New York City
Nafloat Bank of the Republic of Chicago
National Bank of Commerce of
Kansas City
Attorney General Seeks Rail Rate Discrimination Case
Win Bue Railroads and Iowa Attorney General pursue a petition under TDOT law to prosecute interstate discrimination before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Targeted defendants include Minnik Central Dubuque and Dunleith Bridge Burlington and A B Stickney as receiver for Great Western. Discrimination alleged in passenger rates from Dubuque to East Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
If. W. Byeratia
TDOT
Staite
Interateate Commerce Commission
Minnik Central
Dubuque
Old Story of Smooth-Talking Swindlers in Monred County
A report details two strangers who arrived in Monred county and swindled farmers out of about $100. Posing as vision specialists from St Louis, the men offered promised treatments with no cost if unsuccessful. Farmers were pressured into signing notes and are now alerted to be wary of similar schemes elsewhere.
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Karnera
Monred
Che Gnine
St. Louis
Albin
Mey
Kingdom
Iowa files suit against Western Union firm for 898500
The State of Iowa sues Western Union Velograph Company of New York for 898,500 alleging violations of state law on foreign corporations. The petition by Attorney General Byers has two counts: 100,000 for failing to pay the fee on capital stock and 708,500 as daily penalties for doing business without compliance since September 1886. The case targets the company’s capitalization of 100 million dollars and its alleged lack of registration.
Buttermilk Explosion Sends Man Flying in Mason City
An explosion occurred when a barrel of buttermilk detonated after a man named William Carter placed a lid and jumped on it. The blast hurled Carter several feet. he escaped injury though the surrounding liquid splashed everywhere.
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San Hura
William Carter
Mason City
Carter
William
Tix
Mr. Carter
Woman Confesses Guilt In Attempted Arson Case
Mrs. Mary Moyers of Winfield, under $8,000 bond, confessed to attempting to burn her step-daughter Misa Levleny’s home in Thortington. She described entering Trevisay residence with a chloroform sponge plus soaked corncobs, firing a sponge in the upstairs room, then escaping after the cobs ignited.
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Fella
Sten-Dathter
Mary Moyers
Winfield
Money County
Thortington Grand Jury
Misa
Levleny
Trevisay
Terfany
Dubuque Mayor Found in Monastery After Disappearance
Mayor H A Shank of Dubuque, who had vanished, was discovered at a Trappist monastery eighteen miles away. Reported health issues and a desire for seclusion are cited as motives for withdrawing from public life and pursuing monastic discipline.
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Hi. A. Shank
Dubuque
H. A. Shank
Dubuqi
Despondent A J Keefe Takes Trophic Drug In Oluimgt
Despairing resident A J Keefe of Oluimgt dies by self harm after taking a toxic drug. Town City Elks raise funds of 30000 for a new house to be built in summer. A washing machine accident injures a month old child and a year old sister at Moone, severing two fingers.
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A. J. Keefe
Oluimgt
Taki Tuorphine
Elks
TMK
Tevns Inger
Pieter Hying
Moone
Linad
Prohibition Nominee Eugene W. Chafin Profile
Eugene W. Chafin, a Wisconsin native and longtime Prohibitionist, is noted as a prominent party figure in Illinois. A lawyer by training, he ran for Illinois and Wisconsin offices, led the Dwopworth League, and authored Lives of the Presidents and Lincoln, the Man of Sorrows.
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Eugene W. Chafin
Wisconsin
Tilinoix
Dss
Diinois
Lewis
Walworth County
Wisconri
University of Wisconsin
Waukesha
Wis
Dpworth League
Corn Crop In Splendid Shape In Tri State Area
Special reports from Sioux City and surrounding tri state area describe corn ahead of normal growth by one to two weeks. May and June rains unsettled farmers in Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota but recent warm weather spurred rapid growth. Flooded Missouri valley lands show strong recovery and grain yields improve. South Dakota reports especially promising wheat oats and other small grains with harvesting underway in some sectors.
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tri-State
Sioux City
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Missouri Valley
Rail and Railroads News Roundup
The Soo road resists court issues while other lines accept Wisconsin commission rulings. Wabash moves HQ to Cleveland with a new million-dollar Pittsburg depot to rent. A Richmond grand jury indicts Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and a freight agent for rebating. Burlington seeks a $200 million mortgage filing in St Paul, with a $100 thousand registry fee and full real estate disclosure. Ontario sustained by court as Gould properties enter receivership in a debt over $29 million. Canadian Pacific to plant 1500 miles of pine along tracks from Winnipeg to Vancouver for snow clearance and timber uses. Knapp ICC reaffirms Rhinelander Paper rate case, Duluth to Rhinelander pulp wood rate cut to 6.95 cents. paper rate considered lawful.
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Soo Road
Superior
Wisconsin Commission
Wabash Railroad
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Federal Grand Jury
Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Richmond Gralm
National Car Wheel Company of
New York
Poledo
Ohio
Worthington
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Gould
Tis
Canadian Pacific Railroad Company
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rhinelander Paper Company
Northern Pacific
Chicago and Northwestern
Duluth
Minn
Rhinelander
Wis
Household Notes and Recipes from New York Papers
A collage of domestic tips and recipes drawn from New York Times and New York Press columns. Includes lemon juice on fruit, mending lace curtains, washing milk glasses, loosening glass stoppers, and the sun’s benefits at home. Also features white hands care, Poor Man's Pudding, Marshmallow Pudding, Asparagus with Mollandalse sauce, Sea Foam Cake, and Suet and Raisin Pudding with foam sauce.
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New York Times
Labor unions and wage shifts reported across regions
The article notes 40 percent pay cuts for upholsterers in Guelph, wage gains for clerks and barbers in San Francisco, and a 25 cent daily rise for workers in Revere. It covers New York stenographers efforts, Western Pennsylvania coal contracts, a Spokane labor temple plan, and global labor activity from Australia to Cuba.
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Guelph
Gut
Irene
Denver
Colo
San Francisco
United States
Canada
America
Phe Hodenrri Era
San Juan
Porto Rico
Chester
Trailel
Western Australia
Umion
Cusaterton
Voronta, Ont
Structural Building Trades Alliance
Central Labor Union of
Spokane
Wash
Perc Nng
Crusade Against Factory Conditions Prompts Health Reform
Disclosures to the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis reveal dire factory and workshop conditions in Philadelphia. Labor groups unite to challenge corrupt factory inspectors, citing neglect that contributes to thousands of consumptive deaths and millions in annual losses.
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Iladelphia
Pennsylvania Society For the Prevention of
Agin
Fire department autos praised for street safety view
Commissioner Wells reports on the Boston fire department vehicle use noting a strong safety case for motorized apparatus. He concedes risks to pedestrians and nearby riders, citing incidents where wagons knocked people down and injuries occurred, while asserting rapid control and quick response.
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Boston Department
Hissloner Wells
Gafety
Viders and
Niles
Hedged Clarification of New Horse Stabling Project
In response to growing demand municipal authorities constructed a new slaughterhouse complex for horses. The brick buildings cover 3800 square yards, cost about $20,000, and include stabling for 200 horses. The principal building features extensive facilities and modern machinery with stalls capable of handling 50 animals.
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Dap
Ganniul
Fragmented extract of historical dates and figures
A garbled register of dates, rulers, battles, and events from varied eras. Entries mention Venice, Constantinople, Charles VII, Bodleian Library, Turka at Vienna, noble and colonial milestones, battles, political actions, and assorted calamities with many OCR errors and unclear context.
Odds and Ends From Various Regions
Reports on farmland shifts near Cameron Texas with land values rising to $170 per acre as irrigation expands. A barn fire on Charles Bort’s Michigan City Iowa farm kills 180 head of livestock. Connecticut and New England farmers recruit immigrants for New York and Boston farms. Cleveland tests indicate denatured alcohol from pine and plane waste. results pending confirmation. W T Thrdwick raises $1,000 from Maryland land clearing in Mikin county after seven years of poverty. Dr Whitten at Missouri College of Agriculture shows asparagus can be grown late and tender with careful selection.
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Cameron
Cleveland
Ohio
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Yraglu Mour
Ren Moluen
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Stevenelli Zaunuir
Walter Johnson
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Leonardo Talarico
Prohibition Party
Eugene W. Chaitin
Abeb Antanen
New York Press
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Martaate
Brodwihna of Locomotre Engineers
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Cuba
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Toledo
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Oklahoma
Arkansach
Kaneag City
Stenographers Ol Accountants” Union
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Constantinople
Charles VII
France
Rhelma
Toan of Arc
Oxford
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Noquemont
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Tocke
John Sobieski
Vienna
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Topo Clement XV
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Charlotta Corday
Pomparte
the Pyramida
Lower Drynt
Port Macktuon
Nautilus
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Salamanca
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Queen Victoria
Ioneer Cunard
Halifax
Tomas Corwin
Treasury
Victoria Bridge
Jonkent
Confederate Congress
Techmond
Fort Wagar
Lincoln
Bon
Lissa
M. Preynat Paradol
Washington
Pheodore Miron
Henry Wari Beecher Eile
Halsrand Canal
Thayeh Issi
Manuel Gonzales
Mexico
Aner
Port Buford
Diggy Wash
Arizona
Teoston
Manitoba
United States Naval Squadron
Annapolis
John Paul Jones
Deace
Salvador
Guatemala
Salem
Ifty Avex
Columbia
California
W. TL Thrdwick
Jand da Mihin County
Texas
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