Distance Tariff Implemented by Railroad Commission in Iowa
Iowa joins two lines in a joint 80 percent distance tariff effective Thursday. Minimum car shipment rises to 30 000 pounds, up from 24 000. Transfers at junctions may incur charges. no switching tracks will be added unless needed. A fireman Byron Potter told of an incident while a man named Neish lies near death after a severe injury.
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Railroad Commission
Les Moines
Efre
Iowa
Chicago Car Western
Burlington
Afton
Byron Potter
Dr. Elerick
Neish
Painful Round House Accident Leaves Painter Near Death
Ottumwa Iowa August 1 A traveling painter and barber identified as Neish lies near death in Ottumwa hospital after a night in Milwaukee round house. An injector used to drain a steam engine sprayed scalding water and steam on him while he slept. He escaped and staggered away along the tracks before collapsing.
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Round House
Ottumwa
Oked
Barr
Tumwa
Milwaukee
Neish
Roundhouse
Beating Husband Driven Out of Strawberry Point
O G Greenwood a local barber attacked his wife after finding no supper at home. Neighbors called police to stop the disturbance. The woman is reported to be in serious condition. Greenwood was arraigned in police court and ordered to leave town, pursued by angry residents.
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Strawberry Point
O. G. Greenwood
Greenwood
Drowns While Bathing Off Sand Bar Near Burlington
Irving Showalter 21 drowned while swimming off a sandbar with companions near Burlington Iowa. He had been diving from a springboard and swam into deep water before sinking out of sight a third time. The body had not yet been recovered.
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Burlington
Irwin Showalter
Noah Harrison Arrested for Backyard Morning Ablutions
Ottumwa residents accuse Noah Harrison of daily ablutions in his backyard in broad daylight triggering a peace disturbance charge. The incident cites last Sunday afternoon as the offense date.
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Ottumwa
Noah Harrison
Neat $70,000 Travels in Search for D F Shover
Sioux City Iowa August 3 reports a $70 000 fortune seeking D F Shover believed in Sioux City or vicinity Cousin D D Shover has taken the money to a Sioux Falls bank awaiting contact He will stay in Sioux Falls a week until D F Shover can claim the funds without direct access to the bank until a personal meeting occurs
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Sioux City
D. F. Shover
Sioux Falls
D. D. Shover
Totin
Northwest
Pioneer Isaac Emmons Injured In Farm Accident Near Iowa City
Isaac Emmons aged sixty a pioneer near Iowa City is badly hurt after a hay rack overturned on the Huffman farm he was hauling a load of hay the heavy weight crushed him internal injuries include a crushed hip and two broken ribs surgeons doubt his recovery He is the eleventh in his family to be injured in the past year with burns shocks lightning explosions and falls resulting in multiple broken limbs and one death.
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Isaac Emmons
Iowa City
Huffman
Emmons
Reduced Burlington Mail Cars Cut Service and Costs
Government limits 60 foot cars on trains 11 and 22 between Chicago replacing with 40 foot cars. Mail car on Burlington route No 5 west of this city will be removed and added to No 15 due to cost saving policy. Passenger traffic remains heavy with agents reporting rising ticket sales and July receipts expected to match last year.
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Burlington
Chicago
United States
Hinsdale Resigns as U S Marshal Deputy in Iowa
Charles M. Hinsdale chief deputy United States Marshal in the southern Iowa district resigns due to ill health. He plans travel to recuperate. Marshal Frank B. Clark of Ottumwa has named a successor but will not announce the name for several days.
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United States
Frank B. Clark
Des Moines
Charles M. Hinsdale
Iowa
Hinsdale
Newton
Ottumwa
Your Sense of Touch Is Dullest on Your Back
A psychologist notes that the sense of touch is least sensitive on the back, where nerve endings are fewer compared to fingertips and face, affecting tactile perception and temperature discrimination.
Son of Cedar Falls Editor Proves Hero
Roy Jarnagin, son of Cedar Falls Record editor, rescued Ralph Jennings from Cedar River drowning after three attempts. He swam to the sinking youth, dragged him to shore, and with Gail Dayton’s help revived Jennings, a 21 year old man. Friends plan to present his act to the Carnegie Medal commission.
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Roy Jarnagin
Ralph Jennings
Cedar Falls
Cedar River
J. W. Jarnagin
Jarnagin
Jennings
Gail Dayton
Carnegie Medal Commission
Senator Bitten by Rattlesnake Near Strawberry Point
Waterloo Iowa August 1 State Senator Byron Newberry father of the Iowa pure food law was fatally bitten by a rattlesnake on his farm near Strawberry Point He was in an oat field when the snake struck his ankle and he could not escape the bite
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Waterloo
Byron Newberry
Strawberry Point
Girl defies mob to guard ball in Cedar Falls game
May Moran of Cedar Falls wields a club and brick bat to stop a dozen boys from reclaiming a foul ball during a Bloomer girls game. Police intervened but the ball yard remained under Moran and her mother’s control with three league balls left near the field.
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Cedar Falls
May Moran
Miss Moran
Iowa Butter for the Navy Contracted at Manchester
Iowa will supply 217000 pounds of butter for the Navy. A Manchester creamery packed three pound cans hermetically sealed for one year shelf life. One hundred workers filled the contract under a government inspector. Butter fat tests at 94 percent.
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Iowa
Navy
Manchester
Linotype Operator Ends Life Beside Machine
Will Barnheizer, linotype operator at the Times office in Oskaloosa Iowa, ended his life around 4 AM by placing a mailing sack over his head and using a gas blower. He was found dead at 6 AM. he leaves a wife and young daughter. Authorities cite financial worries as a suspected cause.
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Linotype
Oskaloosa
Will Barnheizer
Times Office
Quote on classification and wisdom by John A Howland
A concise adage on not labeling opponents as fools, urging restraint and wiser judgment. It presents the idea that disagreement may reveal a wiser view that places all parties in the same class, encouraging open-minded discourse.
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John A Howland
Appalling Train Wreck Casualty Figures Reported
Interstate Commerce Commission bulletin shows three months ending March 31 with 20 563 total casualties among passengers and on duty employees. It records 421 deaths and 4 920 injuries, 3 001 crashes including 323 collisions and 229 derailments, and $3 500 000 damage to equipment and roadway.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oldest Iowa resident Aunt Lucy Williams dies at 120
Davenport reports Aunt Lucy Williams aged at least 120 and possibly 125 dies at the county poor farm after a life beginning in Charleston South Carolina as a slave. She joined the Tenth Iowa Infantry after the war and later served as a nurse and church worker with quiet fortitude.
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Davenport
Lucy Williams
Iowa
Lucy
Charleston
S. C
Tenth Iowa Infantry
African Methodist Church
County audit finds near two hundred missing cash
Mt Pleasant Iowa August 2 reports by experts Worthington and Richman cover five years ending April 1 1907. No embezzlements or defalcations found though under $200 cash is outstanding and $6603.83 should be in the treasury due to accounting errors and uncollected or unauthorized fees. The 148 day examination cost 1580 dollars and investigators plan tax ferret work in Des Moines and Indianola next.
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Mt. Pleasant
E. C. Worthington
C. H. Richman
Board of Supervisors
Messrs. Worthington
Richman
Des Moines
Indianola
Child Hurled Twenty Feet in Waterloo Balcony Accident
Waterloo Iowa reports four year old Harlow Bragaw son of Sam Bragaw a local barber was hurled twenty feet from a balcony into a brick alley. He was found unconscious with severe head and body bruises. He remained unconscious eighteen hours but is expected to live.
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Waterloo
Harlow Bragaw
Sam Bragaw
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