Iowa Condensed State News Highlights
A sprawling Iowa miscellany reports a failed laudanum suicide attempt in Usecola, arrests for animal cruelty in Mt. Pleasant, and the death of Mason City capitalist E. B. Lloyd. It notes highwaymen robbing J. N. Shahan in Sioux City, Ford’s death in Monmouth, oil tests in Cedar Rapids, and a large marble find in Van Buren County. Also covered are legal cases, bridge work, a Des Moines opera house fire, obits, court rulings, and incidents around Ottumwa, Des Moines, and Keokuk with varied local tensions and civic notes.
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Lando Sims
Mt. Pleasant
E. BR. Lloyd
Mason City
First
Board of Supervisors
J. N. Shahan
Sioux City
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Ford
Monmouth
Olin
Iowa
Bonaarte
van Buren County
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C. W. Meyers
Creston
Cedar Rapids
J.P. Rollins
Barnhart
Allerton
Kentucky
Independence
P. D. Watson & Co
Creston Water Works Company
Watson & Co
Water Works Company
Judge Towner
New
Burlington Railroad
New Market
J. T. Combs
Boies
Theodore Kortemyer
Dubuque County
Anamosa Penitentiary
Couch
Matthews
Des Moines
Iowa Seed Co
Gilbert P. Ripley
Olaigow
Keokuk
Elva Goodrick
Blanche Harrison
Denver
George W. Perrigo
Hanover
Tnd
Dubuque
Galena
East Dubuque
Licksburg
New Orleans
Typhus Outbreak, Robbery Suspect, and Fires Hit News
Reports in New York describe typhus among Russian and Polish Jews arriving in the city with all victims sent to North Brother Island. Marion Hedspeth, linked to a Glen dale train robbery, was captured in San Francisco after being restrained in a post office. authorities found five revolvers and $10,000 in valuables. New York Democrats protest a February 22 state convention date, while Grover Cleveland’s name draws cheers at a packed hall. Governor Thayer hands power to Boyd, ending a year-long Nebraska dispute. News from Dexter notes the death of C. H. Edwards, a government teacher killed by a whisky vender tied to Indian sales. A hotel fire in New York’s Hotel Royal claims about 30 lives among 150 guests. James G. Blaine releases a letter denying a presidential bid, citing family wishes and health. A Stockton telegram reports Edward Daniels of Sells’ circus dying after a long illness. The piece ends with a memory of the Afro Caucasian leopard boy linked to Mt. Pleasant and Fort Madison.
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New York
North Brother Island
Marion Hedspeth
St. Louis
Glendale
San Fransisco
Thayer
Nebraska
Boyd
Dexter
C. H. Edwards
Kate Island
Alaska
Mr. Edwards
Hotel Royal
James G. Blaine
Washington, D. C
Clarkson
Republican National Committee
Janes G. Buavnn
Stockton
Cal
Edward Daniels
Sells
Mt. Pleasant
Lee County
Joseph Hoflman
Charles Stewart
Fort Madison
Tennessee
Short hand clubs invite youth to study together
An article promotes winter shorthand clubs for young learners. Each two hour weekly session uses turn about reading exercises with notes written by others and read back. An older member leads, lessons come by mail, and a club may form in many towns. Interested readers should contact University Extension in St. Louis for enrollment details.
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University Extension
Louis
Short-hand Class Offered by University Extension
The article promotes a forthcoming series of shorthand lessons taught by Prof. Moran. It highlights the value of shorthand as both an art and a business and invites readers to join a special class offering individual autographs by mail. Membership details and the Box 22 address in St Louis are provided.
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Claas
Nail
Moran
Couras
Bucretar
University Extension
Loulg
Iowa Senate and House Return to Session in February Deliberations
Des Moines reports show the General Assembly reconvening with bills on livestock disease restrictions, agricultural funding, and electoral reforms. Notable actions include measures for veterinary safeguards, funding for the agricultural college, and proposals tied to prohibition and woman suffrage debates, along with routine committee reports and pending resolutions.
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Senate
Des Moines
Reinier
Dairymen’s Association
Wiin Bg
Iowa
Norris
State University
Rock Island
Dayton
Algona
Vendee
Perry
Peter G. Gallingall
Apnate
Washington
United States
House
Congress
Henderson
Boyd In The Chatr: New Governor Installed In Lincoln
The New Gavarger May Make Many Changes Horpe of the Week Gov Boyd is installed in the office at Lincoln Nebraska Feb 10. He arrived with Omaha citizens and went to the capitol where a crowd gathered. Thayer offered help but was rebuffed. Boyd held an informal reception and suggested possible Republican officeholder changes, but gave no hurry.
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Gfbe
Gavarger
Gov
Boyd
Spurgeon Funeral Procession Arrives in New Haven
The body of Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon arrived by steamer from Mentone to New Haven at five this morning. Deacons and elders of Metropolitan Tabernacle gathered at Victora station to greet the train, with a vast crowd reverently showing mourning as the coffin was placed in a hearse and moved toward the Tabernacle.
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Fabernacle
London
Spurgeon
New Haven
Mentone
Metropolitan Tabernacle
FIGHTING IN GUATEMALA OVER ELECTION HAWKS PECULIAR COUNT
Mail dispatches from Guatemala report Jan 12 clashes as crowds tried to seize ballot boxes. Troops and police fired, leaving over sixty dead and about one hundred wounded. Rumors claimed President Barillas planned a coup to stay in office, which he denied.
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Sitty
City of
Mexico
Guatemala
Barvillas
Five Die in Bethel Grain Mill Boiler Explosion
Five people were killed when a boiler exploded at Salton's mill in Bethel, Arkansas, five miles south of Paragould. The blast occurred Saturday morning as customers waited to have grain ground, mangling bodies and scattering remains, with the boiler blown about 140 yards away.
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Litt Rock
Ark
Salton's
Bethel
Paragould
Million Fire Destroys Block in Memphis Auction Row
A fire swept Rosin and Hurst’s auction store at 822 Main Street and spread to three adjacent buildings, consuming the entire block in about three hours. The wholesale district center suffered heavy damage with losses estimated at 1 million dollars.
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Memphis
Mewrsis
Tenn
Rosin &Hurst
Main Street
FATAL ELECTION RIOTS IN ARGENTINA PROVINCES
The congressional coalition won nationwide in Argentina with eight killed and thirty six wounded in rioting in Santa Lucia and Piedad parishes after yesterday's polls. Separate dispatches note U S political moves and domestic disasters from Washington and London to San Antonio.
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Buenos Ayres
Coalition
Santa Lucia
Piedad
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