Unveiling of Chief Mahaska Statue at Oskalooza Park
A bronze statue honoring Chief Mahaska was unveiled in Oskalooza public park on Wednesday. The ceremony, organized by the Independent Order of Red Men, featured a parade of Red Men, pioneers, and citizens. The statue was erected by Des Moines pioneer William Dewey Edmundson as a memorial to his father, with flags carried by Amanda Martin and Semira Philips.
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Ted Meme
Coke
Ceremonien
Oskalooza
Chief Mahaska
Onkalooza
William Dewey Edmundson
Des Moines
Mahaska County
Amanda Martin
Semira Philips
Osha
Joosa
Mahaska
Mehaska County
Towa Fa
Case County
Poor Prospects for Wheat Around Elliott
A countrywide ride around Elliott shows wheat and oat crops exceptionally small and sickly for this time of year. Winter wheat looks unlikely to reach half a crop while spring wheat may be plowed under for corn. Ground erosion from recent heavy rains worsens the outlook as May ice measured three-fourths of an inch in tanks and fruit damage is suspected or total.
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Eliott
Eliot
Bicycle rider driven through plate glass in Greenfield incident
Harvey Gray of Greenfield Meets was riding a bicycle along the sidewalk when a sudden gust of wind hurled him into the plate glass window of the Steele building. The glass shattered into hundreds of pieces and Gray suffered severe cuts to his face and hands. His derby hat saved his head and his back clothing bore a long rent. Doctors expect the injuries to be non dangerous.
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Harvey Gray
Greenfield
Steeler
Gray
Wreck Kills One Injures Two On Chicago and Northwestern
A Chicago and Northwestern wreck near Mazon City leaves Fireman Clarence Storr dead and Conductor McCune badly injured, with Engineer Quigley shaken. Asa Tone engine backed from Toice to assist a stalled stock train. the tender fell fifteen feet, Storr trapped, McCune crushed near the boiler and burned. He survived three hours before rescue.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Clarence’Storr
McCune
Quigley
Mazon City
Asa Tone
Toice
Storr
Manners of Des Moines Train Disruptions After Windstorm
Des Moines suffered heavy disruptions as a ferocious windstorm and cloudburst hit central Iowa. Chicago Great Western trains delayed until late at night while Burlington tracks were damaged and Rock Island service was less affected.
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Des Moines
Chicago Great, Western
Burlington
Rock Island
Huttey
Murder and double tragedy on North Branch farm
Herman Rohrer a 76 year old German farmer shot and killed his son in law Auguat Lass after a quarrel over field plowing. He then set the body on fire, fired a second shot, and killed himself with a temple shot. Both families lived under one roof, leaving wives and a daughter, Mrs Henry Conrad Jr. The community is deeply shocked.
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Herman Rohrer
Son-in-Lary
Auuguat Lana
North Branch
Auguat Lass
Lass
Rohrer
Ms Temple
Rohrer Farm
Lassa
Mis
Henry Conrad, Jr
Miss Jeannie Hand Ends Life Over Wedding Postponed
Miss Jeannie Hand, about 20, died at her uncle's Corydon home from strychnine after learning fiancé Wagner, who pledged to wed, had become married and left for Kansas City. The couple had planned a wedding next week while both worked at the Miller White ranch. the tragedy occurred Saturday afternoon after she learned of the delay.
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Jeannie Hand
Corydon
Wagner
Kansas City
Mies Hand
Miller- White Ranch
Coryden
First anti treating saloon to open in Des Moines
The United States will see its first anti treating saloon opened in Des Moines on May 22. A. B. Kirkhart, who runs fifteen local saloons, received the permit and plans to expand the concept to all outlets if successful. Clerks will promote butter milk and other soft drinks as substitutes for liquor and discourage the liquor habit as much as possible.
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Dar
Des Moines
United States
Kirkhart
Centerville Newsboy Rescues Drowning Child from River
A 14-year-old newsboy Earl O H air of Centerville plunged into the Burlington Railroad reservoir to save 8-year old Beulah Bengon as she neared drowning. He seized the girl just as she sank the third time and she was restored to consciousness after a long effort. The reservoir was fifteen feet deep.
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Centerville
Earl O’hair
Beulah Bengon
Burlington Railroad
Webster City and County Obituaries and Notices
The district board elected Su perintendent Johnson of Charlton to lead Center vil la schools. Charles Stoddard, early Webster City settler, dies at home. Miss Clara Cooper of Montour becomes suddenly blind en route home from California visit. Former Senator F. Jewett dies by suicide at his country home near Plymouth. Memorial Day to be observed in De Witt with Hon. L. F. Luton as speaker. Herman Knoll, 60, of Haverhill drowns in a cistern. body found by wife. Nineteen town schoolmen seek Council Bluffs High School vacancy after S L. Thomas resigns. W. B. Lewis, 63, of Chariton dies. longtime grocer and former postmaster. Alfred Hamilton, Creston high schooler, fractures arm in pole vault practice ahead of Creston meet. Antituberculosis cards to fathers and mothers of Iowa printed. Mattie Corliss, 54, inmate of Waterloo poorhouse, elopes with 60yearold inmate Charles Dale. she believes she is still a girl.
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Board of Education
Johnson
Charlton
Centervilla
Charles Stoddard
Webster City
Clara Cooper
Montour
Iowa
Redding
Cal
F. Jewett
Plymouth
de Witt
L. F. Luton
Clinton
Herman Knoll
Haverhill
L. Thomas
Council Bluffs
W. EB. Lewis
Chariton
Cleveland
Alfred Hamilton
Creston
Antituberculosia Department
State Board of Contract
Mattie Corliss
Waterloo
Charles Dale
Billion of Gold Gone Shocks World Supply
The article reports a startling claim that about 2 billion dollars of the world’s gold has disappeared since discovery of the Americas, reducing available supply to about 11 billion dollars while national vaults hold key portions. It cites US dominance in gold reserves and rising output in the decade ending 1908, noting major holders like Germany, France, Russia, the UK, Japan, and Canada.
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American
United States
Germany
France
Russia
United Kingdom
Japan
Canada
Boyle seeks pardon for kidnapped Whitla case
Mrs James H Boyle once Anna McDermott Chicago remains hopeful to free her husband serving a Uta sentence for kidnapping Wille Whitla She plans a personal appeal for intercession in her cell to the stolen boy s mother Mrs J P Whitla but Whitla resists further contact Boyle attacks Harry Forker as linked to the case and may concede if Forker story is retracted
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James H. Boyle
Anna McDermott
Chicago
Uta
Wille Whitla
J. P. Whitla
Mather
Boyla
Boyle
Harry Forker
Whitla
Buhl
Train wreckers steal over $20000 in western robbery
Bandits robbed passenger train No 2 between Colbert and Meade Washington, securing more than $20000. Six or more attackers fled after detaching the engine and mail car, sending the engine back to collide with other cars. Twelve people were injured as the wreck followed the robbery with a large reward offered by Great Northern for captured suspects.
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Colbert
Meade
Wash
Great Northern
Tan
Morris to Build Plant in Oklahoma City
Morris & Co of Chicago closed a deal with the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce to erect a large packing plant. The facility will process about 1,000 cattle, 2,500 hogs, and 1,500 sheep daily, employing 1,600 to 1,700 workers. Preliminary construction plans will start at once, signaling a major shift in the state's live stock industry from Kansas City and Fort Worth to Oklahoma City.
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Millon
Oklahoma City
Huvec
Chamber of Commerce
Morris & Co
Chicago
Gay
Kansas City
Fort Worth
Tex
Boy Hero Saves Bridge in Kentucky Fire
A 12 year old, Lewis Williams, son of Mr and Mrs L G Willamen, prevented the destruction of the Louisville and Nashville railroad bridge two miles north of Hopkinsville Kentucky by spotting a fire near the bridge and telephoning the railroad station. A switch engine rushed men and water to the scene and the flames were extinguished swiftly with no traffic delay.
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Piames
Tragic Jewelers Death Follows Family Quarrel
August Pops, a jeweler at 3564 South Broadway in St. Louis, fatally wounds his wife after being fatally wounded by his son. The deadly confrontation follows a family quarrel at their home, ending in a blood tragedy.
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Sony Sings
August Pops
South Broadway
St. Louis
Prohibition Debate Echoes Across Newsrooms
An assortment of editorials from major papers argues over prohibition. Callouts include Indianapolis Star, St Louis Post Dispatch, Toledo Blade, Kansas City Journal, New York World, and Washington Post. They discuss brewing influence, enforcement, and the Michigan ruling on treating friends in dry territory.
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Indianapolis Star
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Kansas City Journal
Missouri
Maine
New York
Michigan Supreme Court
Michigan
Washington Post
Abdications Stir Turmoil Amid Ottoman Crisis
Across several papers reports claim Exit Awaul Hamid Sultan Abdul Hamid and Sultan Pat ten abdicated simultaneously while commentary mocks the sultan’s failed grip as Young Turks surge. Witty quips ridicule his four thousand wives and halted palace security as Europe watches the unfolding upheaval.
Fashionable hats and political satire across papers
A collection of satirical lines about millinery, buttons, and hats from papers like Milwaukee Sentinel Cleveland Leader Baltimore Sun and Atlanta Journal, plus quips on suffragettes D A R and revolutionary spirit. References to wheat prices and bread costs tie the humor to current events.
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Cleveland
Milwaukee Sentinel
Detroit
Baltimore Sun
Atlanta Journal
Tornadoes Sweep Three States Kill Several in Destruction
A series of tornadoes struck Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma late Friday causing multiple deaths and injuries. The Hollis area near moordin was wiped out while Great Bend region reported two dead and twenty injured. A Santa Fe engineer William Ackerly and conductor Frank Nicholson were killed as a work train was wrecked. Widespread damage to farms and property, downed wires, and rail disruption followed with reports of missing families and ruined equipment.
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Missouri
Oklahoma
Farma
Mount Washington
Fairmount Park
Kansea City
Hollis
Moordin
Thype
Hekstrom
Great Bend
Wiliam Ackerly
Santa Fe
Kinsley
Frank Nicholson
Ackerly
George Meredith Dies at 81 in London
The novelist George Meredith died at 3 36 Tuesday morning in London from heart failure after illness started May 14. Born December 12, 1828 in Hampshire England, he studied in Germany before turning to literature. His career grew with Diana of the Crossways in 1886 and later works like The Ordeal of Richard Feverel and Rhoda Fleming are cited as enduring.
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George Meredith
London
Meredith
Wah
Hampshire
England
Germany
Richard Leverel
Rhoda Fleming
Poisoned wine death clue linked to ex legislator
A report states that carbolic acid was found in port wine in the office of former Texas legislator John Kennedy. Kennedy died March 13 from heart failure after bottles were taken from a cabinet and tested by an analytical expert. The investigation, prompted by Kennedy's son, is before the police court. Kennedy was a Houston lawyer and longtime state legislator.
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John Kennedy
Wilson
Kennedy
Polida
Houston
Tex
Texas
Woman Slayer Arrests Self In Little River Village
Mrs Myrtle Brewer widow and heiress daughter of wealthy parents at Little River near Lyons Kansas confessed to killing Frederick Arn a bridge carpenter. She went to the marshal's office and asked to be jailed after stating she had killed a man. Arn's body was found in the Brewer yard shot through the heart, the bullet believed fired from a window of her house. She claimed Arn had annoyed her.
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Ody
Sheila
Myrtle Brewer
Little River
Lyons
Kan
Frederick Ann
Tunnel Collapse Blocks Rio Grande Tracks Near Leadville
About 600 feet of the famous tunnel in Tennessee Pass on the Denver and Rio Grande railway near Leadville, Colorado, caved in the other night. No casualties were reported, but the tracks will be blocked likely for three days.
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Tennessee Pass
Denver & Rio Grande Railway
Leadvilte, Cola
Chronology of historic events from 1600s to 1908 notes
A dense timeline of diverse historical items from 1602 to 1908 including exploration voyages by Columbus, colonial charters, early American governance developments, the first medical school, copyrights, armory sites, sieges, religious and educational institutions, rail and cable ventures, constitutional changes, notable disasters, landmark buildings, and royal and civic events. It lists names, places, and dates such as Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York, Newport, Seringapatam, Norwalk, Trinity, Philadelphia, Haymarket, Lincoln, Pelee, and Mount Pelee among others.
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Newsport
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Lord Cornbury
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England
William Patten
Newport
Harper's Ferry
Tippu Sahib
Mysore
Seringapatam
The
Richmond Inquirer
Richmond
Theological Seminary
Andover
Maas
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York City
Transylvania University
Kentucky
New York Herald
Natchez
Migs
New York and New Haven
Norwalk
Alexandria
Grant
Wilderness Battlefield
Spottsylvania
Lincoln
Springfield
Ill
Philadelphia
Middleton
Batoche
Saskatchewan River
Washington
Freder Ickaburg
Theodore ‘Roosevelt
Board of Police Commissioners
Baldissera
Abyssinia
Adigrat
Atlantic ‘and Pacific’ Railroad
Gallup
N.M
Jacksonville
Fla
Pierre
Martiniane
Mount Pelee
John Winthrop
New London
Opinion Declares Married Women May Keep Names freely
Kansas Attorney General Jackson rules that a married woman may keep her own name unless she chooses to change. The opinion also states a husband may assume his wife’s surname or both spouses may change names without court action, reflecting legislative discretion.
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Malden Nomex
Jackson
Kansas
State chemists review benzoate effects and Remsen Board findings
A special eleven member commission of State chemists reviews Chief Chemist Wiley’s experiments on benzoate of soda as a food preservative and the Remsen Referee Board findings. The panel plans new tests and will report at the next convention of the association.
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Bensonte
Convrention
Food and Dairy
Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Anda Ag
Remsen
Wiley Rolinga
Association
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