Mysterious Will O the Wisp May Be in Exton
Job Hendricks elates over a found paper and plots to enter a new town while Grace Ellison visits Dick Barnett in jail. Dillison pursues evidence to free his client as Ellison receives a wary visitor who hints at a dangerous escaped convict named Will o the Wisp, bringing tension to the Exton case.
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Job Hendricks
Elligons
Dilison
Eef
Job
Bilson
Peter
Farrenford
Dick Barnett
Mttle
Sean
Exton
Bluebell
Grace Ellison
Ellison
Mr. Blivan
Dillon
James Dillson
Hellison
Eilleen
Briges
Mr. Dill- Bon
Will O the Wisp
Ari
Martin Prater
Begon
Frale
Blifson
Ely
Mr. Elson
Know Nothing Leader Charles A Phelps in Massachusetts
The late Dr. Charles A. Phelps of Boston nearly survived the Know Nothing era. He was an original Know-Nothing leader, later presiding officer in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature, and gained influence that helped shape the era's Republican national administration.
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Charles A. Phelps
Boston
Massachusetts
Fisheries Profit Comparison Between Sea and River
A report from Norway compares fisheries profits, showing sea catches yield three times more revenue than river fishing, indicating the higher value and volume of marine fisheries versus inland catches.
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Norway
President Roosevelt to Attend Harvard Commencement This Year
President Roosevelt is to attend Harvard commencement this year. He has numerous engagements this month including the dedication of the Ohio building of the new Methodist university on the 14th and a Carnegie Hall event in New York on the 20th for the Presbyterian board of foreign missions.
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Roosevelt
Harvard
Ohio
New Methodist University
Carnegie Ball
New York
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Hobart Apples Sent to England by Sixteen Steamers
About 250000 cages of fno Manian apples will be shipped from Hobart to the English market over the next three months. Last year’s shipments were 12000 cases less. The exports will be carried by sixteen large ocean-going steamers.
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Hobart
Campaign to end live pigeon shooting gains pace
A broad anti pigeon shooting campaign spans New York Illinois and Iowa aiming to revive a former ban. Chicago arrests four Audubon club members during a match while supporters argue cruelty is overstated and compare the sport to other killed game.
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New York
Towa
Tran
Revivalist Sermon Sparks Grammar Debate in Pasadena
A visitor recalls Dr. Edward Everett Hale preaching in Pasadena California and notes a grammatical slip in his sermon. The remark highlights a minor dispute over correct grammar during the Western revivalist’s visit.
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Hale
Edward Everett Hale
Pasadena
Cal
Roosevelt Helped Fund Tombs Angel Memorial Statue
President Roosevelt was among early contributors to a fund for a monument honoring Mrs Rebecca Salomo Foster, known as the Tombs Angel, who died recently at the Park Avenue hotel in New York.
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Roosevelt
Rebecca Salomo Foster
Park Avenue
New York
Currier Urges Funds for Paul Jones Statue in Congress
Congressman Frank D. Currier of New Hampshire urges congressional appropriation for a statue to Paul Jones. He asserts Jones was not a rough privateer but a genial, abler, braver, patriotic and unselfish figure who headed and fought ships.
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Frank D. Currier
New Hampshire
Congress
Paul Jones
Mr. Currier
Jones
Unclear local incident report in small town
Fragmentary OCR text describes a 10 foot tank and a minor offense context in Waverly West Virginia with a drunken prisoner repeatedly packed into a vehicle and rolled around town by villagers, but details are garbled and ambiguous.
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Waverly
W. Va
Graduation Exercises End Two Evenings in Toledo High School 1902 Class
The Toledo high school class of 1902, numbering 27 graduates, completed exercises over two evenings with a performance of Our Country on Thursday. State Superintendent Barrett addressed Charles City graduates, as the 1902 class there included 21 girls and two boys, with diplomas awarded Friday night. The exercises spanned three days in total.
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Toledo
Barrett
Charles City
Charles V.ty
Charles City High School
Grinnell Holds Commencement For 60 Academy Graduates
Exercises at Grinnell Iowa began with the graduation of 60 academy students. Officials note past classes reached near one hundred, but state high schools' growing thoroughness has reduced numbers. A campus pipe of peace event, planned after Friday's exercises, was postponed due to heavy rains.
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Grinnell
Iowa College
Academy
Bank of Rockford Charles City Formed in Iowa
June 10 report states the Rockford State Bank organized to conduct general banking in Rockford Town replacing the Rockford Banking Company whose corporate existence expires by limitation. Capital stock is 26000 with indebtedness limited to two thirds. organization perfected under Iowa law.
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New Bank of
Rockford
Charles City
Rockford State Bank
Rockford Town
Rockford Banking Company
Iowa
Pythian Picnic at Radcliffe June 10 1902
Sixth annual Hardin County Pythian Picnic will be held at Radcliffe on June 10 1902. John C. Crockett, candidate for clerk of the supreme court, will serve as president for the day. Dy. FP. W. Porterfield of Atlantic grand chancellor, K of P of Iowa, will attend.
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Pythian
Radcliffe
Eldora
Hardin County Pythian Pienic Association
John C. Crockett
Supreme Court
Dy. FP. W. Porterfield
Atlantic
Iowa
Boy Drowns In Linn Creek At Marshalltown
Boniford Langdon aged 7 years drowned last Friday evening in Linn creek that runs through Marshalltown. The swollen stream was swift and deep after recent rains as the boy played along the bank with companions and lost his footing, slipping into the current.
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Marshalltown
Boniford Langdon
Linn Creek
Langdon
George Dobson Elected Captain of 1903 Cornell Track Team
George Dobson of Mt Vernon has been unanimously chosen captain for the 1903 track term. A former Cornell flat man for three years, he also played left end on the football team last season.
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George Dobson
Mt Vernon
Des Maines
George L. Dobson
Dobson
Cornell
Wolf Hunt Aimed at Cedar River Wolves By Farmers
June reports a bold wolf presence along the Cedar river bottoms prompting a farmer organized hunt. Anticipation centers on killing at least a dozen wolves to curb damage from sheep and pigs losses.
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Uustatine
Cedar River
Iate
Jate
Prisoner Surrenders in Fishburn Case at Cornell Bluffs
Six fugitives remain at large after a man identified as Fishburn, charged with larceny, turned himself in at Cornell Bluffs on Thursday evening. The seven-prisoner group had set sail earlier, but only one surrendered while the others evaded capture.
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Cornell Bluffs
Fishburn
Saved Life by Skin Grafting in Cushing
Little Ethel Bennett, badly burned, received a skin graft after a physician advised the only hope was extensive grafting. Over a hundred pieces of human skin were attached from volunteers including her parents, brother, Dr and Mrs Bullock, and Mr and Mrs Bert Wyman to cover the affected skin.
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Cushing
Ethel Bennett
Bullock
Bert Wyman
Sudden Death Near Pilot Mound
Pilot Mound June 10 Alfred Larson an affluent Boxholm farmer died suddenly from heart disease at his farm seven miles northwest of Pilot Mound.
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Pilot Mound
Alfred Larson
Boxholm
Speed Recorders Taken Off on Rock Island Lines
Des Moines reports speed recorders, once a fixture on the Rock Island for 15 years to curb speed, have been removed after a formal order by General Manager Goalnow. Trainmen welcome the change and joke that the Dutch clocks are out, allowing faster movement under safety rules.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
Goalnow
Prisoner Pleads Guilty in Glenwood Attempted Murder Case
Karl Garman pleaded guilty to attempted murder in Glenwood for the April 14 shooting of his father L. M. Garman, a grain stealer. He received a five year sentence to Fort Madison penitentiary after the quarrel over farm affairs.
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Glenwood
Karl Garman
L. M. Garman
Fort Madison
Indictment for Lottery by Da Videon Brothers
Sioux City report states Da Videon Brothers with the citys largest department store were indicted by a federal grand jury for violating postal regulations in conducting and distributing six thousand dollars in prizes to holders of lucky numbers on purchase tickets.
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Sioux City
da Videon Brothers
Elire
Federal Grand Jury
Central Shopmen May Strike In Iowa City Visit
General Superintendent M Sweeney of the Iowa Central met with a local Machinists Union committee to discuss workplace differences that could lead to a shop strike. The contention centers on union dictates over shop workers who are members of the association.
Crusade Against Fakes Targets Diamond Schemes
In Des Moines on June 7 authorities plan actions by State Auditor Merriam and Attorney General Mullan to prosecute operators of diamond contract schemes and home building companies. Cases may test Griswold law provisions to force compliance and curb fraudulent practices, with penalties of one to ten years in prison.
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Des Moines
Towa
Merriam
Mullan
Chicago
Nevertheles i
Twenty-ninth General Assembly
Danish Baptist Election at Cedar Falls
The Danish Baptist conference elected officers for the coming year: President C. H. Henninggen Harland, Vice-President A. H. Rachenbach Council Bluffs, Secretary Treasurer O. P. Anderson Newell, Assistant Secretary John Christensen Pine Creek. Next conference set for Oak Field Shelby county.
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Cedar Falla
C. H. Henninggen
Harland
A. H. Rachenbach
Council Bluffs
O. P. Anderson
Newell
John Christensen
Pine Creek
Oak Field
Shelby County
National Guard Company Authorized for Cresco
General Byers has authorized a Cresco National Guard company location replacing the Independence unit. The Independence company may reorganize a second company to take its place, while efforts proceed to organize the Cresco unit.
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New Guard Company
Gresco
Cresco
General Byers
H.cg
Independence Company
Independence
Oebveln
Iowa Congregational Meeting Chooses Creston for 1903
The sixty fourth annual meeting of the Iowa State Association of Congregational churches will convene in Creston on the third Tuesday in May 1903. Voters debated seats with Creston, Osage, and Dubuque, and after informal and formal ballots Creston won.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Association of Congregational Churches
Creston
Osage
Dubuque
Creston Co
Sugar Plant for Sioux Cityz
Sioux City news confirms a company is forming to build a beet sugar factory of immense proportions in Sioux City within months. The plant is projected to cost 360000 dollars and aims to commence operation for the 1903 crop. William Gordon, just back from New York, reports the plan.
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Sioux
Marriage Secret Well Kept in Des Moines Column
Des Moines reports a marriage between John Ahern of Clinton and Madge Taylor of Des Moines at St. Pauls church in Mankato Minnesota during late summer 1897. Miss Taylor later vacationed in Clinton to visit her fiancé until an earlier engagement faded.
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Des Moines
John Ahern
Clinton
Madge Taylor
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Mankato
Minn
Miss Taylor
Iman
Des Moines Fort Dodge Rock Island declares 7 percent dividend
Des Moines and Fort Dodge branch of the Rock Island Railroad holds its annual meeting and declares a 7 percent dividend on preferred stock. The board rejects a dividend on common stock. J R Flower and J C Wollister resign from the directory. new directors elected include W L Scow W H Hooley Nathan Iveley. Officers named include C N Dimore president A B Stillewell vice president I C Hayne treasurer Carroll Wright secretary.
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Fort Dodge Railway
Des Moines
Fort Dodgy
Rock Taland
F.C. Hayne
J. R. Tille
Hes Moines
J. R. Flower
J. C. Wollister
W. L. Scow
W. H. Hooley
Nathan Iveley
C. N.dimore
A. B. Stillewell
I. C. Hayne
Carroll Wright
Des Moines Fair Commission Sets July 1 Meeting
The St. Louis exposition commission, summoned by the governor, will meet in Des Moines at 10 am on Tuesday July 1 in the capitol executive offices. It will select a permanent chairman and possibly a temporary secretary and discuss funding for the Iowa exhibit at the St Louis fair.
Dairyman Henry Dibert Ends Life On Tipton Road
Henry Dibert, a young dairyman of Muscatine, hanged himself at the Schwalm farm near Tipton road, two and a half miles north of the city. He had been despondent over a broken engagement with a woman he calls Effie, reacting to a recent letter announcing the breakup.
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Muscatine
Tlenry Dibebert
Schwalm
Tipton Road
Dilbert
Effie
Frats Give Up Charter from Alpha Chi Rho Chapter
Phi Upsilon of Alpha Chi Rho at the University of town returned its charter to the national organization and withdrew from the fraternity saying the national body handicaps local chapters in recruiting. The move affects Trinity college, Pennsylvania Polytechnic, and Columbia University chapters as the national fraternity began at Trinity two years prior.
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Iown City
Phi Upsilon
University of Town
Alpha Chi Rho
Phi Pysilen
Iowa
Trinity College
Jeayes Dul
Pennsyvania Polytechnic
Columbia University
Des Moines School Board Awards $67,777 Contracts
Des Moines West Des Moines School board awarded contracts for new buildings additions and repairs totaling 67777 dollars. Bidders must furnish bonds equal to 40 percent of the contract and complete work by set dates. Daily penalties of 10 dollars for small contracts and 25 dollars for larger contracts apply for delays.
Collateral Inheritance Tax Report From Des Moines
Deputy Treen uver of State McQuiston reports May receipts of 6226.70 in collateral inheritance taxes with 26 estates settled. June credit to date totals 5795888, aiming for 100000 by year end, exceeding biennial averages.
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Des Moines
McQuiston
Durin
Plans for Court Action by Investment Company
Describes expected court action by an investment company whose articles of incorporation the Secretary refuses to file. Mention notes on building and loan concerns and a test case linked to Marke who ran a diamond contract firm. States state officials consider precautions in incorporation and possible suit by the attorney general or state auditor against certain diamond contract concerns.
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Dey Moines
Investment Com
Execreive Council
Marke
Efrewit Crea Tollet
Ferry
Motive Council
Central committee to set date for state convention
The state convention date is to be fixed by the central committee when convened. John Earl, noted as a key worker, served as temporary chairman of last year’s Des Moines convention. Members currently out of state may delay scheduling until the committee can meet.
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Ietieo
John Earl
Des Moi
Shopmen's Wages Raised At Northwestern Shops
A June wage order increases hourly pay by one and a half cents for machinists, wipers, helpers, and other workers at Northwestern shops, excluding foremen, clerical staff, and boiler makers who keep standard wages. impact amounts to roughly a dollar and a half per day depending on position.
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Boone
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