Brothers Reunite After 45 Years Believed Dead
Jacob Veile of Iowa and Richard Veile of Wisconsin, two brothers separated for 45 years, met by chance at Clinton Hotel. A misspelled register entry led to letters, and a renewed family bond as they learned the other was alive.
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Rothers
Clinton Hotel
Inn
Jacob Veile
Richard Veile
N, Wis
Clinton
Windsor Hotel
Mad
Howay West
Voile
Grinnel
Madmell
Cyclone Wreaks Havoc Across Iowa Towns
A tornado-like cyclone swept parts of Appanoose, Wapello, and Keokuk counties, destroying houses and barns, blowing apart farms, and killing hundreds of poultry. A burial ground at Mt. Zion lost all but one tombstone. No deaths were reported. The storm path traced from Union in Appanoose to Ottumwa, Sigourney, and Blake. No injuries confirmed despite extensive damage.
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Mwa
Ape Wapello
Keokuk Cou
Kansas
Mt. Zion
Union
Appanoose County
Tra
Blake
Ottumwa
Keokuk Woman Dies by Her Own Hand Over Loss of Husband
Mrs E Sage aged 48 of Keokuk consumed carbolic acid this morning grieving over her husband the late Eli Sage who died last March. She is survived by two married daughters living elsewhere and a single daughter Miss Delia Sage of Keokuk. The family came from Canton Missouri sixteen years ago.
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Sarah Sage
Keokuk
Eli
E. Sage
Delia Sage
Canton
Judge declares Iowa antitrust laws unconstitutional
Maines Ia July 1 Judge Me declared the state anti trust statutes unconstitutional under the fourteenth amendment and the Iowa constitution The ruling asserts the laws would block trust formations and arrest four prominent insurance figures in the state and aims to stop trust actions locally
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Iowa
Maines
Meas
Pes
Davenport Lawyer Injured by Firecracker Accident
Charles N a leading Davenport lawyer attending a meeting in Ston Ia July 1 suffered severe lacerations to fingers and facial burns when a large cannon cracker exploded in his hand during the event.
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Charles N
Davenport
Ers
Bloomfield Firm Forms to Mine Aine Coal in Davis County
A Bloomfield coal company formed by G. P. Fryberger and V. Bezzenberger plans to mine in Davis County near Soap Creek after prospecting finds a seven foot coal vein at 112 feet. Shaft reached 225 feet with no further signs. project aims to sink and equip new shaft as miners prepare.
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Soap Creek
Omfield
Davis County
Bloomfield Coal Company
G. P. Fryberger
V. Bezzenberger
Deep Coal Mine to Open at Carbon in Davis County
A coal mine at Carbon will open after about three months of preparations and equipment setup. Twenty five miners will start under G P Fryberger with a high quality vein noted as the deepest in the county. Carbon offers strong shipping via shaft to rail cars and the company plans to organize and elect officers within thirty days.
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G. P. Fryberger
Davis County
Old Bureau for Sale by Muscatine Woman
Muscatine woman asks Governor Cummins to help sell a Virginia made bureau from 1788 now over 117 years old. She notes recent high prices for an antique violin and a chair, offers to provide references, and explains the piece has a storied history across several states including Iowa, has been well kept, and revarnished only once.
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Des Moines
Cummins
Virginia
Iowa
Hartwick Church Deed Restricts Musical Instruments
A Hartwick warranty deed filed in Montezuma restricts church use by banning any organ or musical instrument in the Hartwick Christian church and voiding the conveyance if such instruments are used or if unauthorized festivals occur. The grantor is H. B. Smith and the grantees are church trustees.
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H. B. Hartwick
Montezuma
Barnhard
Hartwick
H. B. Smith
Christian Church of
Mistake Brings Carbolic Acid For Medicine in Hedrick
Hedrick Iowa June 29 J C Burns a well known local grocer mistook a bottle labeled beef wine and iron for medicine He tasted it and found it to be diluted carbolic acid He swallowed some of the liquid with most of it burning his mouth The Burns firm has traded here about twenty years and recovery is expected in a few days
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Hedrick
J. C. Burns
Burns
J. C. Burns & Son
Henderson Stricken by Stroke in Dubuque
Former Speaker D. B. Henderson is confined to his hotel in Dubuque Iowa after suffering a slight stroke affecting the right side. His condition is serious but improving and relatives deny a second shock. he may leave his rooms in a few days.
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Dubuque
D. B. Henderson
National House of Representatives
Henderson
Mysterious blaze devastates Mt. Pleasant district
A morning fire in Mt. Pleasant Ia caused about 20000 dollars in damage to barns shops and sheds and threatened local churches. The blaze spread from a stable east of Taft's hardware through multiple buildings before being checked by firefighters and volunteers. No horses were lost and most property was insured.
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Mt. Pleasant
Taft’s Hardware Store
Albert Roper
Taft
Dyall
Whittaker
Big Ross
Burlington
Methodist
Congregational Church
Ross Barn
Roper
Dyall Gallery
Brazleton House
Savings Bank
Crane’s Hardware
Yearns for Iowa farmer who befriended Illinois woman
An Illinois woman seeks help tracing a handsome Iowa farmer her widowed friend met at the 1904 St Louis World's Fair on October 5 6 and 7. The farmer, a Jefferson county resident with three children, reportedly escorted her to her boarding house and may wish to remarry. John J Wahling of Cincinnati appeals to Iowa acquaintances for information to locate the farmer and reunite the couple.
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Illinois
St. Louis Fair
Iowa
St. Louis
Jefferson County
John J. Walling
Cincinnati
Ohio
John J. Wahling
Lowa
Washington Pioneer John P. Babcock Dies at 77
Washington Iowa June 29. John P. Babcock died of a complication of disease aged 77 years. He came from Ohio in 1855 and settled north of town. He was born in Rensselaer County New York. In boyhood the fame.
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John P. Babcock
Washington
Ohio
Rensellaer County
N. Y
Local man remembered as longtime Baptist church leader
A prominent Baptist church member who recently moved from Ohio to Washington County and then became a leading figure in the congregation is mourned. He leaves a wife and three children.
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Ily
Ohio
Washington County
The
Baptist Church
Peculiar death shocks Osceola mail carrier
Douglas A. Mellor, a mail carrier on Osceola route No. 3, died at 3 30 this afternoon after a few hours illness possibly from wood alcohol or tainted liquor. An autopsy was expected. He left a wife and six children in poverty. Mellor carried $1000 life insurance with the Woodmen of the World.
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Douglas A. Mellor
Osceola
Negro Wins Elwell Memorial Scholarship at Cornell College
Boone Iowa June 28 The first Elwell memorial scholarship to Cornell College goes to Henry Coleman a colored lad. Coleman was the unanimous choice of the committee and will begin four years work at Cornell College this fall after graduating this year as valedictorian. The scholarship was established by J K Elwell in memory of his wife.
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Boone
Elwell
Cornell College
Vernon
Henry Coleman
Coleman
J. K. Elwell
Roosevelt blamed on rail rates and political maneuvering
Charles A Edwards argues in a Washington letter that Roosevelt's rail rate stance is a political ploy to aid Taft and boost Republican power. He criticizes the administration for shielding rebates and calls for enforcement of railway laws, highlighting testimony from fruit-grower F S Gurney and shipper concerns with Armour and Pere Marquette lines.
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the Tribune
Washington, D. C
United States
T. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Morton
Navy
Moody
Taft
Colorado Fuel and Iron Co
Fuel and Iron Company
Messrs
Judson
Harmon
Elkin
F. S. Gurney
Hart
Michigan
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Congress
San Jose
Western Michigan
Lake Michigan
Armour Service
Boston
Armour Car Company
Commission Merchant Trust
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mattie
Charles A, Edwards
Seventeen Beef Men Indicted in Sherman Act Probe
Federal grand jury report after a three month inquiry with over one hundred witnesses indicts seventeen leading packing industry figures for Sherman act violations. Four Schwarzschild and Sulzberger officials face rebating charges to railroads. Bills also voted against Armour & Co Swift & Co Nelson Morris & Co Cudahy Packing Co and Fairbanks Canning Co.
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Federal Grand Jury
Chicago
Schwarzschild and Sulzberger Company
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Nelson Morris & Co
Cudahy Packing Co
Fairbanks Canning Co
Plaintiff Wins In Boiler Explosion Fight
In Fort Dodge a federal jury awarded McDonough 7600 damages against the Chicago Great Western Railroad for injuries from a boiler explosion at Clewein shops. The suit sought 25000, claiming disability and lasting agony after nine days of trial.
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Ft. Dodge
McDonough
Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
Clewein
Indian Denied Right to Sue in State Court for Pony Killing
Tama county district court dismisses a Sac and Fox Indian’s action against railroad trespass and breach of tribal relation, ruling the suit cannot proceed in state court. The case may be appealed, affecting about 346 tribal members and local merchants near the reservation.
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Vinton
Pony
Tama County
G. W. Burnham
Thieves Captured After Burglary in Richland Iowa
Richland Iowa June 29. Last Sunday Mr and Mrs Levi Bray returned from church to find their home burgled a screen removed from a window and entry made. The men were captured near Pleasant Plain and brought back to town. They pled guilty and were taken to Sigourney to await grand jury action. Names given as George Ramsey 19 and Guy Scott 18 with unknown age.
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Richland
Levi Bray
Pleasant Plain
Sigourney
Grand
George Ramsey
Guy Scott
Wrecked Northwestern Engine Delays Traffic at DeWitt Iowa
A Northwestern freight engine was totally wrecked at DeWitt Iowa on June 29 causing a traffic delay for several hours. The locomotive left the track when the firebox dropped while attached to a stock train near the depot. The wreck train was dispatched from Clinton and it took hours to clear the tracks.
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DeWitt
Iowa
Northwestern
Trafic
Clinton
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