Causes of High Prices Rise in 1900s Sparks Debate
Senate majority led by Lodge releases a lengthy report on why prices climbed from 1900 to 1910. Factors cited include higher production costs, rising land values, increased demand for farm goods, immigration, reduced soil fertility, better banking in rural areas, and distribution and advertising costs. The report notes field work was limited by lacking funding and highlights industrial combinations and overcapitalization as contributors.
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Senate
Senator Lodge
Lodge
Postal savings banks history across nations
An examination notes the origins of postal savings banks in Great Britain in 1861 with agitation dating to 1807. A table lists where systems exist, their establishment dates, depositors, and deposits per latest reports. The text also reports unions settling disputes and a misprinted paragraph about rewards and a railway incident.
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United States
Great Britain
England
Existance
Iowa farmer swindled out of 3000 in Griswold gull game
Council Bluffs dispatch reports Henry Welitch a prominent farmer near Griswold was swindled of 3000 in an elaborate gull game. A stranger posed as a buyer for Welrichs home farm and used an accomplice to entice Welrich to gamble with a large cash stake. The pair fled with Welrichs money after depositing funds and leaving a box of waste paper in place of the expected pay off.
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Gelawold Granger
Council Bluffs
Henry Welitch
Griswold
Welrich
Griswold Bank
City council to challenge telephone rate hikes
Marshalltown city council from Minowa? and seeks to test the ordinance that caps telephone rates. The Bell-owned Marshall Telephone Company has raised charges to about 60 cents monthly for offices and businesses. The council orders City Attorney Northrup to demand restoration of old rates under the ordinance or face legal action, including revoking the franchise and blocking street use for poles.
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Marshalltown
Minwovri
Bell
Marshall Telephone Company
Northrup
Telephone Company
Fire destroys Belle Plaine restaurant and damages barber shop
A blaze ripped through the Warley building in Belle Plaine destroying the Iowa restaurant owned by Den ver Starrs and badly damaging Wm. Nusbaum’s barber shop and pool hall. The fire, fed by a gasoline storage tank explosion inside the rear of the building, also damaged the second floor used for a public hall.
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Warley Dalhing
Tentaar
Poot Hall
Rualpool
Warley
Belle Plaine
Iowa
Denver Starrs
Wm. Nusbaum
Bride killed by train in Arion on honeymoon
Mrs Mary Sherwood, a bride on her honeymoon with Frank B Sherwood, was killed by an Illinois Central train in the yards at Arion while returning to the depot. The couple had married at Vail and were en route to Sioux City to visit her parents before heading to Cottonwood. The tragedy struck as Mrs Sherwood stepped out for a stroll while husband checked baggage.
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Arion
Mary Sherwood
Illnois Central
Frank B. Sherwood
Mary Broderick
Vail
Sioux City
Cottonwood
Sherwood
Girl of 17 Ends Her Life at Dubuque
A 17 year old Dubuque girl Clara Brune, living with her widowed mother, leapt from Eagle Point high bridge into the river after a jealous quarrel with her sweetheart. A note declared life not worth living for him. Also reported: attorney R M Hanley, a former Union Pacific official, shot himself at Walnut Hill Cemetery near Council Bluffs. Governor Carroll offered a $300 reward for the James Hardy family murder and the State Federation of Labor met at Waterloo.
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Sweatheart
Hfe
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R. M. Hanley
J. N. Baldwin
Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha
Walnut Hill Cemetery
Council Bluffs
Union Pacific
Carroll
James Hardy
Marshalltown
Drowns In Attempt To Rescue Camp Swimmer
Carroll Kolster aged 17 and Harald Cottrell aged 16 drowned while swimming at Camp Douglass near West Des Moines. Kolster died trying to save Cottrell after a day outing with a Sunday school class. North McGregor suffered a disastrous fire destroying the Reliance elevator plant and damaging Hagenfick Brewery buildings. Households of Hagenfick and others burned. The fire’s origin is unknown. Mrs Herman Grunwald of North Fort Dodge died from kerosene burns after pouring fuel into a blaze. husband unable to save her. A one year old boy, Nordon Keller, narrowly escaped after swallowing kerosene. Irving Tustit, 18, shot himself in the face with a .22 revolver. doctors report poor recovery.
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Carroll Kolster
Harald Cottrell
Camp Douglass
Wes Moines
Kolster
Cotrell
North McGregor
Reliance Elevator
Hagenfick Brewing Co
W. H. Hagenfick
Otto Klemer
C. W. Ambers
Herman Grunwald
North Fort Dodge
Bhooty
Town City
Irving Tustit
Unprecedented Hog Scalps Reported in Oxford Township
William Bigga of Oxford Township Johnson County reported an unprecedented haul of seventy three ground hog scalps. Mary O Donnell elected president of Chicago Women s Press Club. Rural route farmers discuss good roads in Larchwood meeting. Sioux City burglars steal about 4 in dimes and 3 in pennies from W L Ogden Co. Rock Island Railroad plans 26000 freight depot and paving two blocks of Iowa City streets near new station. Cedar Rapids Balligene to State Hospital to treat weed allergy?
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Bigga
Oxford Township
Johnson County
Mary O'Donnell
Council Bluffs
Chicago Woman's Press Club
Larchwood
W. L. Ogden & Co
Sioux City
Rock Island Railroad
Iowa
Iowa City
Plenie Party Buried Near Jaws River Narrow Escape
A party of eight traveling by double buggy in Iowa City wrecked over an embankment by the Jaws River. All escaped death but were shaken as authorities investigated the incident. The group included attorney NM and others not clearly identified in the fragment.
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Oliver Driver
Lone Tree
Iowa City
Guy Baker
Jaws River
de Uy
Attorney NM
Tongs
Jown Diy
Jacob
Vertigo in a Burt Orpington chicken causes and remedy
Reader seeks help for a Burt Orpington that became dizzy, staggers, and tips its head to one side after a week of apparent health. The advice cites vertigo from brain pressure due to overfeeding, suggests rest, light feeding, and a castor oil dose, noting birds recover quickly with prompt care.
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Burt Orpington
MD. Angwer
Cully
National Poultry Journal
Homing Instinct in Buff Orpington Hens Fascinates Town
A bidder sold six Buff Orpington hens who vanished and returned next morning with leg bands. Four hens later reappeared at the buyer’s home, then one led a path across streets factories and depots to the seller’s driveway. The remarkable homing instinct or intelligence of the birds is noted by a reader.
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Pigeose
Not Laying Eggs and Poultry Advice From Farm Pages
The text advises poultry keepers to feed hens heavily when pullets stop laying due to feathering and moulting, arguing that eggs resume once egg material is stored. It urges cautious jobholding before full poultry venture, notes poultry’s farm value comparable to major crops, and mentions chick care and feed during hatching.
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Farmers’ Home Journal
The Porter’s Dilemma on a Train
A porter and two women argue over a train window at High Passover and Hilsdon Cross. A commercial traveler suggests leaving the window open until one freezes, then closing it to suffocate the other as a joke on the trip.
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Hilsdon
London
Too Much of One Thing in a Church Story
Representative Harry Maynard recalls a Virginia church where one year excommunication for blood fights was followed by reinstatement at the mourners bench. An old negro interrupted a revival with a blunt plea about constant fighting, ending the meeting. The scene illustrates persistent church strife.
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Harry Maynard
Virginia
Darkey
Pahson
A Horse Lover Luncheon Tale From Cedarhurst
James R. Keene, famed horseman, remarks at Cedarhurst luncheon that love of horses has not comforted his life and kept them in their place. A father and mother debate whether their newborn foal is extraordinary, contrasting passion with restraint amid a playful, muddled exchange.
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James R. Keene
Cedarhurst
Muserbal
Washington
Stez
Chicago Trade Review Highlights Weather Bumps and Investment Shifts
R G Bun Co notes Chicago trade volume mixed with rising payments but fewer trading defaults. Warm weather boosts leading rotation and interior demand while seasonable goods, apparel stocks, and heavy movements in grain and lumber appear. Buyers and country merchants show optimism for fall expansion. textile price uncertainty remains. Bank clearings fall 4.4 percent from 1909, with bond markets conservative and fewer new-building permits, Walla yes figures show varied district activity.
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Chicago
R. G. Bun & Co
Banka
Wallayes
Trade and weather shape late spring business trends
New York reports irregular and relatively quiet trade, with Western distribution showing improvement in contrast to slower trade elsewhere. Warmer weather favors crops and activity in the West, Northwest, and Southwest, while lingering cool, moist Atlantic conditions hindered development. US and Canada business failures for the week ending June 16 totaled 178 and 27 respectively, with year-over-year comparisons noted.
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Atlantic
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Market Prices Across Cities for Cattle and Grains
Regional commodity table lists cattle hogs and sheep prices in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York Buffalo Toledo with wheat corn oats rye barley and seeds quoted as No. 2 grades and mixed varieties. Prices range from a few cents to over nine dollars per unit, reflecting regional variations in supply demand and grade.
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Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Northern
New York
Toledo
Joseph Ay Young Named Head of Morgan Quentform Interests
Joseph Ay Young, former general superintendent of the Southern Pacific Medhyey in San Francisco, has been elected president of the Northwestern Canmorcind Companies and the Akwe Breameblp Company. He now leads all Morgan Quentform Interests to Alaska and beyond.
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Joseph Ay Young
Southern Pacific Medhyey
San Francisco
Northwestern Canmorcind Copanies
Akwke“Breameblp “Company
Alaska
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