Korns for Head Banker at Modern Woodmen Meeting
Den Molick of Des Moines backs Korns for head banker as Modern Woodmen of America treasury, valued at 4 million dollars with 12 to 15 million annual circulation, moves from Mason City to Des Moines for the next national meeting at Poorka incline. Eight hundred delegates attend. McNelder cannot seek re-election per order rules. Korns enjoys near-unopposed support and is expected to win.
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Wordman
Woodmen Vot
America
Mason City
Des Moines
Poorka Incline
Ceers I
A. Korns
Beuker
C. I. McNeitler
Moxon
Korns
Korus
McNelder
Grant Alimony Suit Filed by Mrs. James Grant
Mrs. James Grant sues her husband James Grant a Marshalltown landowner for heavy alimony claiming cruel treatment and neglect. She seeks $500 temporary and $7,000 permanent alimony and separate maintenance. The suit also names daughter Mrs Fred Clark and her husband for fraudulently transferring property to defraud the daughter’s equity.
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Marshalltown
Gerge
James Grant
Ayoree
Marshall
Omman
Fved Chirk
Fred Clark
Iowa Travelers Unite Form New Commercial Congress
Four traveling salesman associations including the Traveling Men's Protective Association and the Americans will affiliate May 25 in Waterloo. By-laws will be set and officers chosen for the Commercial Travelers' Congress of Town. The aim is united action to secure legislation such as hotel inspectors and better railroad accommodations. About thirty thousand members will join the movement as it expands to other states.
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Min
Waterloo
Commercial Travelers’ Congress of Town
United States
Davis Pleads Guilty in Des Moines Slaying
Edgar Davis admits guilt to the murder of his wife in Des Moines. He pleads guilty to a second degree charge before Judge McHenry and receives an eighteen year term at Fort Madison. Len Davis, the baby of Ed Baylis, has been adopted by its grandfather, John P. Davis.
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Peneieer MM
Des Moines
John P. Davis
Attempted Arson at Valne Factory in Thai City
A failed attack on the Jown Paint Manufacturing Plant in Fore Dodge involved five assailants who piled shavings in a heap and lit a wooden partition. Weather conditions kept the flames from spreading. the mill was saved and damage was limited.
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Valne
Thai
Jown Paint Manufacturing Company
Fore Dodge
Wan Giscoverell
Shouts to Protect Mother Lead to Fatal Family Shooting
A Dubuque youth shot her father in the head while defending her mother during an attack. Misa Maude Fleming, 20, says the father Mont Fleming threatened the mother. she was arrested and released on her own recognizance. Community sympathy grows for the nurse Wein Hin. Separate items note a Des Moines marriage, a missing mound discovery near Berry, and several accidental shootings involving youths.
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Misa Maude Fleting
Mont Fleming
Dubuque
Fleming
Des Moines Man Gambles Away Fortune in Court Defense
Bennett Seigel of Des Moines faces a US Court of Appeals battle over a bankruptcy discharge after creditors accuse him of defrauding them of more than 11000. He claims a lifetime gambling loss of 100000 and says his pawnbroker earnings vanished. His Des Moines furniture business led to bankruptcy in December 2004. The federal district court denied discharge. the appeal reviews the recklessness cited by Seigel’s attorney.
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Des Moines
Bennett Seigel
United States Chcutt Court of Apporls
St. Paul
Seigel
Federal District Court
O. Li. Carter
Bergel
Child Burned to Death in Barn Fire Near Spencer
Six year old George Inter son of Mr and Mrs Grant Mate of Spencer died when a neighbor's barn haystack caught fire. The child was trapped as flames grew, firemen freed him but he died. Other items report Hiley Colland arrested for abducting a year old girl and a marriage in easter Mo after elopement, plus Frederick Thompson settling $5000 with the estate of Mary Aftoshnik over a fatal car crash in Watertown.
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George Inter
Grant
Hiley Colland
Marean
Ottumwa
Collins
Geneva
Sarah Hynuthnek
Ottumws
Maygon
Frederick O. Thompson
Dex Moines
Boston
Mary J. Afe- Intosh
Watertown
State Happenings and Local News Briefs
A brief Iowa roundup notes Bessie Beatty aged 1 died of heart disease while working as an operator in Newbury. A tornado near Dubuque damaged farms and killed livestock. West Liberty’s Cyrus Kelley, at the soldiers' home in Marshalltown, was admitted April 24. Donald McGregor and Margaret Calhoun, both 18, wed recently in El Paso, Texas. Dubuque dredge boat with eighteen steel pontoon barges to serve as bridges, completion in six weeks. Clear Lake water level dispute headed to Mayen City court. Iowa Dental Society elected C W Gruner president. officers re-elected. State board of control report upholds some charges of incompetence at Des Moines county poor farm. Railroad commission replies to criticism over interstate rate investigations. Prof C C Nutting of University of Iowa invited by Dutch for Siboga Expedition results work. Webster City hailstorm. an inch in twenty minutes. windows broken, crops spared. Muscatine warehouse collapse injures Julius Seelmer and Weary Kaufman. serious injuries and doubtful recovery for Beth arg.
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Newbury Telephone
Dubuque
Cyrus Kelley
West Liberty
Soldiers’ Home
Marshalltown
Uremin
Donald McGregor
Margaret Calhoun
Muirfield High School
el Paso
Texas
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Clear Lake
Mayen City
Iowa Dental Society
Des Moines
C. W. Gruner
Waterloo
P.M. Hunt
G. W. Slingluff
Burlington
T. F. Cooke
H. E. Yolland
Iowa City
State Board of Couthiel
Des Moines County
State Railroad Commission
George C. White
Story’ County
White
Iowa Railroad Commission
General Assembly
C. C. Nutting
University of Iowa
Webster City
Julius Seelmer
Weary Kaufman
Onch & Musser
Muscacine
Knaufman
Seelmer
Beth Arg
Theis
Roosevelt Conference on Conservation of Natural Resources
Washington White House hosted a historic gathering of presidents governors industrial leaders and experts to press for conservation of forests waters and mineral wealth. The meeting featured Roosevelt Carnegie White and Mitchell with Bryan Gray Johnson among guests, stressing forests soils rivers and energy as a unified national policy.
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T. C. Chamberon
University of Chicago
I. C. White
West Virginia
William Jennings Bryan
George Gray
Delaware
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Andrew Carnegie
University of West Virginia
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Gifford Pinchot
Destruction on the Yangtze River at Hankow
The Titan reports a vast Yangtze flood disaster near Hankow with about 10 000 dead. A sudden 26 foot wave swept through junks sampans and huts, drowning thousands of Chinese sleeping along the river and wrecking boats and sheds. The riverbank remained strewn with corpses and debris for miles.
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Yangtse-klang
Hankow
Seattle
Titan
Sampana
Missionary teeth miracle in Fiji island ordeal
An unnamed German missionary on a Fiji island faced death when a medicine man challenged his teachings. He dramatically removed and reinserted his false teeth to prove a point, convincing the tribe he had performed a miracle and driving the medicine man from the village. The tale highlights dangers and dramatic encounters faced by missionaries in remote Pacific communities.
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Washington Sur
Fiji
Wit of the Youngsters Comic Classroom Dialogues
A collection of children’s classroom quips and mispronunciations. The snippets include exchanges about spelling chicken when too young, lessons on power of kings, heavenly visions, and a sharp comeback about a parent’s baldness. The humor centers on innocent misunderstandings and parental interruptions.
Selfishness topic sparked by a clergyman tale
A clergyman urged less selfishness in a talk, noting people often put themselves ahead of others. He shared a humorous Vermont art student story about a shared studio with a Wisconsin journalist, where a cat eats a chop and a remark about the other’s failings ends the tale.
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Wisconsin
What It Says Brianley Do You Believe That Money Takes
Ardupp answers with certainty claiming money quickly disappears, as if a satiric monarch grits his teeth at traitors and neighbors alike. The dialogue hints at skepticism toward wealth and the lure of giving or keeping.
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Unity and federal role in natural resource policy debated
A Washington conference highlights national unity through conservation and development of natural resources. The piece notes early state sovereignty gave way to a single nation integrated by commerce, with federal and voluntary cooperation needed to manage common prosperity, civil infrastructure, and water resources. It cites telegraph and telephone franks, drainage benefits, and pending retirements of key engineers as part of ongoing national policy shifts.
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White House
United States
Mississippi
Maine
Florida
Washington State
Timeline of historical events from the weekly historian date list
A compact chronicle listing key dates and occurrences from 1471 to 1907, covering battles, political moves, births, territorial changes, and notable deaths. It notes events such as Tewkesbury, the appropriation act, Nassau’s Stadtholder, Rhode Island’s stance, Norfolk occupation, the U S Post Office establishment, Bonaparte’s defeat, British actions in Surinam, Robert Morris’s death, York evacuation, and other varied 18th and 19th century milestones.
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Rhode Island
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Mixed Sports Notes From Aqueduct and Penn Streets
Rosoben, once a premier sprinter, is badly beaten at Aqueduct. Two Cornell four-oared boats collide on the river. both retire. An English lawn tennis team may tour America this summer. Tennessee politics hint at repealing anti-pool laws next winter. Amex farmers train for weight events with hopes for Chicago conference. Tom Jones leads American League first basemen with OL, Williams leads second basemen with LWW, Lord fourth basemen with 1000, Wagner of Boston shortstop with 1000. Despite anti race track laws, Memphis hosts running and trotting homes Montgomery Park and Ti tigs Park. Indiana University may crown a new world champion if prospects pan out. Long John Miller, varsity high jumper, aims for fame like Le Roy Satay, who became pole vault champ two years ago. Miller clears 0 feet 2 inches.
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Aqueduct
Cornell
America
Amex
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