Iowa News Roundup Sparks, Accidents, Politics
A Gram of Iowa items reports a serious June 9 accident near Sargeant Bluffs leaves 12 year old Sophia Jorgensen dead after brain surgery. Other notes cover church building in Council Bluffs and Leon, a not guilty verdict in Sheffield Peters murder case, Des Moines Sunday butcher ban, Des Moines and Sac City school shifts, and Des Moines shooting club wins. Also listed are a Dover glanders issue, Davenport Republican club growth, Council Bluffs mail pouch exchange, Amana cooperative village, Fort Dodge reforms, Clinton locust arrival, and a Burlington boy’s fatal rail act with unknown motive.
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Sargeant Bluffs
Marotz
Broadway Methodist Church
Council Bluffs
Peters
Rankin
Sheffield
Des Moines
Sac City
Hampton Gun Club
K. 8. Cole
F. M. Mitchell
Young Men’s Republican Club
Davenport
South Omaha
Dover Township
Pocahontas County
Dubuque
Chicago
Amana
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Clinton
Democratic convention in St Louis nominates Cleveland
At St Louis on June 5 the Democratic National Convention opened with prayer by Bishop Granberry and proceeded to organize with temporary officers led by Stephen M. White. Grover Cleveland of New York was nominated for president, with Allen G Thurman of Ohio as vice president, in a speech emphasizing tariff reform, land policy, and federal debt relief.
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W. P. Ifenenschuh
Iowa City
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Barnum
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Granberry
United States
Jesus Christ
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Stephen M. White
California
Fred O. Prince
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A. Fred Orendorff
Illinois
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Virginia
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St Louis
Leopold Stauss
Alabama
O. M. Hall
Minnesota
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Georgia
L. E. Rowley
Michigan
Oliver Newell
Colorado
T. L. Merrill
Nebraska
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T. E. Barrett
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Edward B. Dickson
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Dead couple found in log cabin near Logan Ohio
In a log cabin four miles from Logan Ohio the bodies of James Phillips and his wife were found June 2. A note and children’s testimony indicate Phillips killed his wife with a pocket knife and then cut his own throat. A cyclone near Milton North Carolina destroyed a 25 mile by 500 yard track with no known deaths. A fierce storm in Washington County Arkansas damaged homes and reportedly caused seven deaths and seven to eight injuries. Alice Woodhull, famed forger, was returned to the United States and jailed in Ludlow Street Jail after her England voyage and $150,000 forged payoff.
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Ohio
James Phillips
Phillips
Milton
N. C
Washington County
Arkansas
Alice Woodhull
Old Gill
New York
England
Ludlow Street
Burlington Route Trains Advertise June Meetings and Fares
Rail lines offer round trip fares from all stations for major gatherings. National Republican Convention in Chicago opens June 19, with return by June 25. North American Saengerbund in St Louis June 13 to 16, return by June 19. Knights of Pythias session in Cincinnati June 12 to 16, return by June 19. National Educational Association in San Francisco June 14 to July 13, return within 90 days. Inquiries to C B and Q agents or Paul Morton in Chicago.
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Burlington
Iowa
Chicago
St. Louis
Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
Cincinnati
National Educational Association
San Francisco
Paul Morton
Job Printing Services Offered at Reasonable Rates
A local ad promotes printing services described as neat and prompt with reasonable rates. It emphasizes quality work and quick turnaround for various job printing needs.
Tribune Job Rooms Promotes Statewide Work Offers
Estimates furnished on pamphlets or chef work. Work solicited from any part of the state. Commercial stationery a specialty.
A. W. Durham Suffers Amputation At Saw Mill
A. W. Durham of Rose Hill area three miles northwest was injured at a saw mill when his left hand was drawn into the saw. The injury necessitated amputation at the wrist.
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A. W. Durham
Rose Hill
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