Locust Pest Dies Out in Iowa After Seventeen-Year Plague
Des Moines reports from forty counties show the seventeen year locust visitation fading with only four counties noting notable insects. Secretary Wesley Greene records a sharp decline in damage to fruit trees since 1888 and 1871 outbreaks. The next central Iowa visitation is due in 1912, with Lee county affected by a different thirteen year group.
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Des Moines
Wesley Greene
State Horticultural Society
Scott
Clinton
Jackson
Muscatine
Greene
Illinois
Lee County
Bryan Favours and Condemns Lecture Tour Remarks
William Jennings Bryan, passing through Sioux City en route to South Dakota, questions being grouped with Theodore Roosevelt. He praises some Roosevelt actions such as post office graft prosecutions and rail discriminatory fights, while opposing aspects including the Paul Morton affair and the Bowen Loomis matter. He also commends Taft’s denunciation of John F. Wallace.
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Sioux City
Iowa
William Jennings Bryan
Roosevelt
Mr. Bryan
South Dakota
Paul Morton
Taft
John F. Wallace
Iowa Presbytery Meets at Bonaparte Conference
The Mid Summer Conference of Iowa Presbytery will be held at the Bonaparte Presbyterian Church on July 10 and 11. Dr F F Stoltz of Ottumwa will speak on The Great Revival at Hand and Our Part In It. Ministers from Bloomfield Morning Sun Wapello Mediapolis and other communities will participate.
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Bonaparte
Ottumwa
Iowa
H. J. Every
Bloomfield
Wm. McKay
Morning Sun
W. H. Cooper
Wapello
W. G. Ogleve
Mediapolis
F. F. Stoltz
W. E. Fisher
Montrose
C. E. Bradt
Wichita
Kan
J. K. Alexander
New London
W. P. Nicholas
Mt. Pleasant
Willis Parsons
Fairfield
Billy Sunday Nets High Daily Return In Illinois Revival
The Rev. Billy Sunday wrapped up a one month revival in Illinois with a purse of 2891 dollars, averaging near 100 dollars daily. He also raised 2250 dollars to fund a tabernacle while recording 971 conversions.
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Billy Sunday
Illinois
Iowa Falls
Ilinois
Harpoon Fork Injures Glidden Man Near Carroll
James Cuthbertson of Glidden Minnesota was badly hurt when a harpoon fork fell from a rack while unloading hay on the Ingersoll farm a mile west of Glidden. The fork pierced his arm above the elbow and pierced his side to the lungs. He was treated in Glidden and taken to Mercy Hospital in Carroll.
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James Cuthbertson
Glidden
Ingersoll Farm
Here
New Mercy Hospital
Carroll
Woman Jumped From Train Window in Desperate Act
In North McGregor Iowa on July 6 Miss Clara Meyers aged 20 leapt from a train window in a botched suicide attempt. She landed near the tracks but was reported alive with injuries. Police and railway staff assisted her as she was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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North McGregor
Clara Meyers
Captain Hart A Mexican War Veteran Dies In Audubon
Captain Hart a veteran of the Mexican war died suddenly at his son J M Hart’s home in Audubon this morning. He was found in bed after breakfast. Burial is planned for Saturday at Templeton where his wife rests.
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Captain Hart
J. M. Hart
Audubon
Templeton
Davenport Banker Thomsen Shot on Fourth of July
Hans C. Thomsen prominent Davenport banker and cashier of the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank died after being shot on July 4 by an unknown reveler with ball cartridges in his revolver. He was a leading figure in local business circles.
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Davenport
Hans C. Thomsen
Thomsen
Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank
Priest injured by firecracker during Earling parade
In Neola Iowa on July 6 Rev. Father Hummert of Earling suffered severe burns and finger injuries when a lit firecracker exploded in his hand during a Fourth of July street parade.
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Earling
Neola
Father Hummert
600 Iowa Soldiers Move Into Camp Cummins
Des Moines July 6 600 Infantry regiment troops from the Fifty sixth Iowa National Guard begin settling at Camp Cummins near Fort Des Moines for an eight day camp. The unit comprises twelve companies and a Northwestern Iowa band drawing from Mason City Ida Grove Webster City Rock Rapids Sheldon Algona Fort Dodge Sioux City Boone Emmetsburg Sac City and other towns.
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Des Moines
Mason City
Ida Grove
Webster City
Rock Rapids
Sheldon
Algona
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Boone
Emmetsburg
Sac City
Appeal From Anti-Trust Decision in Iowa
Des Moines authorities announce a plan to appeal Judge McVey's ruling that the Iowa anti-trust law is unconstitutional. County Attorney Jesse A. Miller will seek a constitutional ruling from the Iowa Supreme Court with a fall decision hoped to prompt a new trusts statute at the coming legislative session.
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Des Moines
Jesse A. Miller
A. H. McVey
Supreme Court
McVey
Miller
Hail Hits Villisca Area Causing Severe Crop Loss
A severe hail storm north east of Villisca Ia yesterday afternoon damaged corn and small grain with some fields reported as total losses. A second hail storm around ten miles southeast caused similar damage to grain truck gardens and potato fields with little chance of future harvest.
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Villisca
Villisea
Man Seeks Marriage License Not Knowing Bride's Name
Sioux City Iowa July 6 Reuben Holbrook aged fifty six visited the Woodbury county clerk's office and asked for a license but could not recall the bride's name. He found a memorandum book with the name yet the deputy clerk could not decipher the handwriting and refused the license.
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Sioux City
Reuben Holbrook
Woodbury County
Benedict
Woman Soothes Sorrow With Sealed Fate At Marion Post Office
Mrs. Della Squires drank a vial of laudanum in the Marion post office after a troubled quarrel over jealousy. She was in danger but believed to be improving. Mrs. Squires, mother of five, faced distress amid attention from W O Kennedy of Madison Wisconsin and a separated husband.
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Cedar Rapids
Della Squires
Marion
W. O. Kennedy
Madison, Wis
Taylor child suffers double forearm fracture after horse fall
Fate pursues this family as a 4 year old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs F E Taylor, fell from a horse south of Menlo, breaking both bones in her left forearm. This comes after a 12 year old son broke his collar bone earlier this month.
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Menlo
F. E. Taylor
Lovesick Maiden Dies After Carbolic Acid Drink
Despondent over a broken romance Ella Anderson of Lost Grove township Gowrie Iowa drank carbolic acid yesterday afternoon and died within an hour. Albert Lundgren had turned against her, plunging the community into sorrow.
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Gowrie
Albert Lundgren
Ella Anderson
Lost Grove Township
Crabs Drink Water Like Whiskey Says Ledger
A playful Ledger quip notes crabs drink water and, when pressed, may take a nip, comparing crustaceans to whiskey in a humorous aside from Philadelphia's newspaper.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Rail schedule fragment lists multiple California route trains
The clipped marks show daily and freight trains with numbers and times for No. 3 No. 29 No. 11 No. 43 No. 71 No. 4 No. 30 No. 12 No. 44 No. 72 and Golden State Limited stops for El Paso and west, with a few afternoon and early morning departures listed.
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Calif
Golden State Ltd
Golden State Limited
el Paso
Golden State
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