Coal famine looms as Iowa mines shut down
The strike spreads to a nationwide scale with Iowa confiscating all available coal including that on cars. Des Moines reports no sale of coal across the state and orders rush shipments to other cities while mines suspend operations. Oskaloosa notes a circular delaying agreements and suspending all mine work for an estimated two weeks.
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Iowa Central
Marshalltown
Towa
Towa Central
Des Moines
Missouri
Kansas City
Omaha
St. Joseph
Oskaloosa
Special Lot Wash Goods and Fabrics Sale At Discount Prices
A large selection of wash fabrics offered at reduced prices. Items include Scotch Tweeds 38 inches wide at 44c yard equivalent. Mohairs in brown black navy and red 50 inches wide at 48c yd. fancy Boutonne navy blue 38 inches wide at 46c yd. dark navy Mohairs 38 inches wide at 46c yd. black Mohairs at 59c yd. 58 inch Scotch Tweed 89c yd. 46 inch wool Voile Colliers champagne blue black 87c yd. Also Flake Voiles 15c, dotted Voile 14c, plain Voiles 25c yd, and other fabrics like linen blue black pague 25c yd, crepe voile, chambray prints at various prices.
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Ancy Boutonne
Ancy
Ladies' Tailor Made Suits and Skirts Line
A downtown store offers a large line of ladies suits and skirts with No 3041 all wool broadcloth suit at 10 dollars. Jackets are Eaton style with silk serge lining and braid trim. seven gore unlined skirts match. Other suits 10 to 30 dollars. skirts 1.98 to 12.50. Shoppers urged to view line to save money.
Coal for Sale in Des Moines as Prices Rise
Des Moines faces coal shortages with orders rising while state economies strain. Kansas supplies are en route, and operators warn of a long, bitter winter as nearly all of Iowa feels the impact of higher prices and scarce fuel.
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Nes
Kansas
Des
Iowa
Des Moines and Similar Situations Elsewhere
Des Moines faces a situation likely mirrored in other places as conditions unfold and observers assess local impacts and responses. Officials consider measures and monitor developments amid ongoing concerns.
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Des Moines
Townsend will contest ends with verdict in Davis County
Bloomfield April 2 the town send will contest concluded as jurors returned a verdict late yesterday afternoon setting aside the original will. Miss Edith Townsend granddaughter of the late J W Townsend and not provided for in the will is declared the winner with Judge M A Roberts presiding.
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Bloomfield
Townsend
Davis County
Edith Townsend
J. W. Townsend
M. A. Roberts
Noted Cedar Rapids Man Dead
Cedar Rapids reports the death of Zelotes Farr aged 80. For twenty four years he led all Masonic bodies in the city and he was a 32d degree Mason.
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Cedar Rapids
Zelotes Farr
Victories for Mr Hearst Reported in April Iowa
Report from April 4 in Iowa notes victories attributed to William Randolph Hearst and his Chicago American against major trusts. It claims the Supreme Court rulings vindicate Hearst backed efforts against the Chicago gas trust and coal trust, portraying a national impact on his presidential nomination prospects.
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Iowa
Randolph Hearst
William St
Art
Supreme Court
Chicago
Liam Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Cabinet Talks on Canal Move Toward U S Panama Transfer
Washington April 1 Cabinet session focuses on Panama canal deal with the United States to pay the Canal Company 40 million dollars and Panama 10 million upon transfer of property and concessions. A stockholders meeting set for April 23 will finalize action and completion of legal steps.
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U. S
Panama
Washington
Panama Canal
United States
Panama Canal Company
Canal Company
Proponent Wins Downs Will Case in Washington IA
In the famous Downs will dispute Hon John J Seerley closed the argument around 10 this morning. The jury began deliberations after 1 30 pm and returned a verdict in favor of the proponent. Judges instructions were given and exceptions noted, with plans for appeal to a higher court.
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Washington
John J. Seerley
Murder and suicide ruled in Lembe tragedy near Keokuk
Keokuk April 1 coroner's jury ruled that Mr. and Mrs. Christian Lembe were killed in a single incident. Witnesses found their charred bodies in the Montrose home after a fire at about 12 30 Tuesday morning. The verdict states Lembee shot his wife, set the house ablaze, then killed himself.
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Keokuk
Christian Lembe
Montrose
Lembee
Des Moines Man Seeks Divorce Over Constant Talk
A. B. Shover petitions the district court for divorce claiming his wife talked continually keeping him awake. He alleges jealousy fits and refusals to cook meals followed by assaults including being struck senseless and threats with a revolver. He married August 25, 1899 and seeks relief for rest and nourishment.
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Des Moines
A. B. Shover
District Court
Shover
Charles City Holds Auction Under Commercial Club
The first auction under Charles City Commercial Club drew 2500 to 3000 out of town attendees. Farm machinery from incubators to threshers sold well while many fine horses brought fair prices. The monthly street auction aims for summer success.
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Charles City
Commercial Club
Armory Project for Company D Under Way in Washington
The armory of company D is a certainty with funds secured incorporation papers filed and construction set to begin soon in Washington on April 1.
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Washington
Thick Skull Saves Him
Brighton April 1 A horse toppled Sam Richardson and stepped on his head but his thick skull saved his life as bystanders rushed to assist and he escaped serious injury.
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Brighton
Sam _ Richardson
Refused to Break Jail Graves Held for Murder
An inmate double life murder suspect Charles W Graves refused to flee Des Moines jail as accomplices L M King and Charles Andrews broke their cell lock with an outside guard. Authorities believe the pair obtained funds for a meal in Santiago while Graves faced a prima facie case of wife murder. Bloodhounds hunt the two escapees as authorities pursue them.
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Charles W. Graves
Graves
L. M. King
Satan” Andrews
Appropriation Bill Passed for State Charities
Des Moines April 2 The house unanimously approved the state board of control appropriations bill carrying 889000 to the state charitable institutions. No changes were made to the bill as reported from the committee.
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Des Moines
House
State Board of Control
Call Titles Foolish Crowds Professors in Southeast Iowa
Iowa teachers condemn senseless titles in a profession that crowds ranks with cheap professors and honorables. At Muscatine on April 2 officers were elected for the Southeastern Iowa Teachers association including Hollingsworth as president and Chevalier as vice president. The enrollment totaled 499, the smallest in years, attributed to Holy Week weather and Muscatine location.
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Iowa
Muscatine
Southeastern Iowa Teachers’ Association
H. C. Hollingsworth
Albia
W. F. Chevalier
S. K. Stevenson
Town City
T. M. Clevinger
Mediapolis
Anna White
Fairfield
Indict Equitable Agents In Iowa Building Loan Case
In Council Bluffs on April 2 the grand jury indicted managers and solicitors of the Equitable Home Association of St Louis for violations of Iowa building and loan laws. Local manager F R Beeman and S A Hughes were arrested and bound over on $1000 bond. Penalties include up to $10,000 or ten years in prison, or both.
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Iowa
Council Bluffs
Equitable Home Association of St. Louis
Towa
Southwestern Towa
F. R. Beeman
S. A. Hughes
Father Gives Up Children in Des Moines Adoption
Mrs. Ernest Rifen, a canvasser from Jewell, seeks to recover six children bound out while she was away. Her husband signed the adoption papers to the Town Children's Home society in Des Moines. Neighbors say the children lacked proper care and Mr. Rifen will not apply to reverse the adoption within twenty days.
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Jewell
Ernest Rifen
Town Children’s Home Society
Des Moines
Funeral of Miss Mattie Fawcett
The funeral of Miss Mattie Fawcett who was burned to death at her home south of the city was held this afternoon from the H. T. Bird undertaker rooms. The services were private but well attended by neighbors and friends. Rev. J. S. Miller of Center township conducted the service, and interment followed at Forest Hill cemetery.
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Mr. Pleasant
Mattie Fawcett
H. T. Bird
J. S. Miller
Center Township
Forest Hill
Electric Line Across State From Lansing To Mississippi
Promoters seek funds and right of way for an electric railway stretching northwest Iowa to the Mississippi River. Farmers and business leaders support the plan to run from Lansing or a river town to a Missouri River area in the far northwest.
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Clarion
Iowa
Mississippi River
Lansing
The Washington Horror Identifies Murder Victim’s Wife
The Washington, Iowa murder case reveals the Montrose couple’s daughter, previously thought a Washington resident, is the wife of Harry Snider of Coppock. Snider traveled to Montrose to aid in identifying the remains of C. L. Lemlee and his wife, who had mainly lived with Snider for the past two years.
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Washington
Montrose
Harry Snider
Coppock
Snider
C. L. Lemlee
Valentines Senders Arrested In Disfavor Campaign
Cedar Rapids April 1 authorities arrested Theodore Struckmann and Joseph Myers for sending valentines with blasphemous language to their sweethearts and bound them over for further action by U S officials.
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Valentines
Cedar Rapids
Theodore Struckmann
Joseph Myers
Ames Man Appointed Head of Alabama State College Animal Husbandry
Newton C. Rew, an Ames graduate, has been appointed head of the animal husbandry department at Alabama State College in Auburn. He won out over thirty applicants and is the sixth Ames man to secure a similar position this year.
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Ames
Newton C. Rew
Alabama State College
Auburn
Ala
Rew
Stormy Jordan Dies in New Hampton After Liquor Raids
Charles City April 1 George Fertig known as Stormy Jordan of Northern Town has died at New Hampton. Fertig defied liquor laws for years and featured in scores of raids creating a notoriety in the region.
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Stormy Jordan
Charles City
George Fertig
Northern Town
New Hampton
Fertig
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