Des Moines County Board Refuses Voting Machine Payment
Burlington Iowa June 12 The Des Moines County Supervisors refuse to honor a draft for 17 550 for voting machines bought by a prior Republican board under a U S Voting Machine contract. Five machines delivered. new Democratic board repudiates the deal and county attorney warns the company. Legal action likely to recover costs and bond protection debated amid potential suit.
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Burlington
Destines
Orney Kuhlemeier
Hester Company
Two Men Arrested in Smithland Case After Threats
In IChing Barely Avert ed events at Ta June 12 a mob threatened officers escorting W R and Alva Cromwell to Correctionville. The pair accused of criminal assault on a 13 year old girl from Smithland were jailed. The child testified they lured her to a hotel room and bribed her to stay silent. Sheriff and county deputies pursued the suspects amid a tense manhunt.
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Oux City
Smithland
W. R
Alva Cromwell
Clark
Correctionville
Pretty Baby Left Behind by Mother in Hotel
In Manchester Iowa a three and a half month old girl baby lies crying in a Clarence hotel room after a young woman registered as Mrs. L. C. Abbott of Rock Island Illinois departed at night. Chambermaids debate how to prepare the infant's bottle as staff seek the mother who rode in on a Cedar Rapids train yesterday morning.
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Clarence Hotel
Cedar Rapids
L. C. Abbott
Rock Island
Ilinois
Plenty of Money for Colleges Totals in a Year
A New York Times report notes gifts to higher education in the United States reached 23,127,762 in the last 12 months. Illinois leads with 3,160,209 for endowment and 1,778,518 for buildings and equipment, driven by a major University of Chicago gift. Harvard and Yale receive substantial sums for endowment and improvements.
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General Education Board
Wallick Buttrick
Illinois
Union
University of Chicago
Washington State
Whitmore College
Harvard University
Yale
Princeton University
New York Times
Escapes Then Comes Back From Ottumwa Jail Break
Stanley Wiley and two accomplices tunneled out of the Ottumwa city jail using stove parts, but Wiley returned to the police and revealed the escape tale. Terrill and Van Dyke remain at large. Wiley faces additional charges for robbing Tranton Ballagh’s room of $10 and a gold watch.
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Ottumwa
Stanley Wiley
Wiley
James Terrill
Warren van Dyke
Albia
Tranton Ballagh
Terrill
van Dyke
Treasury Reaches One Billion Dollar Gold Mark
The United States treasuries total gold coin and bullion surpass one billion dollars for the first time. Treasurer Treat reports the event as extraordinary and world wide news to be chronicled with pride, noting about 400 million outside the board in banks and among citizens. France, Germany, and Russia hold large but lesser totals.
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Congress
Republic
United States
France
Germany
Russia
U S Wealth Leads World in 1908 Despite War Hoards
The United States, with a tangible wealth around 120 billion dollars in 1908, dwarfs Europe’s totals led by the United Kingdom and France. Russia’s war chest has diminished, Japan’s drain is noted, and the U S exports gold to Europe when needed, asserting broad economic supremacy.
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Austria-Hungary
Russia
Japan
United States
France
Europe
Old World
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Trampled Boy Survives Savage Cow Attack Near West Burlington
Clifford Smith, 13, was pinned by a dehorned cow that mistook him for its calf as it fled pasture. His nose was fractured and a nose bridge wound opened. His mother and father arrived, freed him, and medical care followed. He stabilized Sunday and is expected to recover.
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Burlington
Clifford Smith
P. B. Smith
West Burlington
Clifford
Killing while hunting crows ends in accidental gun discharge
Claire Mitchell a 19 year old resident of Farmington Iowa was killed when his shotgun discharged while he hunted crows near Jake Muntz's fence. He crawled under a fence dragging the gun and the shot penetrated his right side. His family describes him as a steady dutiful son with a brother and sister surviving.
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Claire Mitchell
Jake Muntz
Calumniator and liar called out in Marseilles speech
In Marseilles the speaker faced hostile labels including calumniator, liar, assassin, and scoundrel. He urged calm and warned detractors to wait until their amenities are exhausted, signaling a firm stance amid criticism.
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Marseilles
Cupid's Opportunity In Dudley Street Terminal
Lights failed at the Dudley street terminal around five o clock causing screams of delight and protest from onlookers as couples shared kisses in the blackout.
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Dudley Street
Boston Record
Bolt hits cabman as horses steer to barnyard shelter
Bert Byers of Glenwood Iowa was struck by a lightning bolt during a violent storm while driving near the courthouse. His horse team guided the rig to Alexander’s barn where Byers was brought inside unconscious. Doctors treated him through the night and he slowly regained some consciousness.
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Bert Byers
Byers
Court House
Alexander
Bryan Claims Enough Delegates for Nomination
In Lincoln Nebraska on June 13 William J Bryan arrived with ex governor J E Osborne of Wyoming after speaking in York. The Commoner office reports 607 delegates pledged to Bryan at the Denver Democratic National Convention, 25 more than the two thirds needed for nomination.
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J. E. Osborne
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Mammoth Skull Found Near Ogden and A Hero at Work
Attorneys Porter and Clark report a mammoth skull unearthed three miles east of Ogden along the Des Moines river. It was partially visible after rains and shown to the State Historical Society. In Independence, Fred McGowan saved Coons from a fatal mixer accident by single‑handedly freeing him as gears closed in.
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Frank Porter
S. P. Clark
Ogden State Bank
Ogden
Des Moines River
State Historical Society
I.a
Independence
Fred McGowan
Coons
McGowan
Clarence Iowa: Fifteenth auto joins small town fleet
Clarence Cedar county Iowa reports the town of 650 has its 15th automobile owned by R G Chisholm. The owners include four Buicks four Maxwells and five Cadillacs plus two motorcycles. Many owners are retired farmers reflecting the town's mobility.
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Clarence
Iowa
R. G. Chisholm
Cedar County
Absent minded congressman salutes daughter at home station
A lighthearted Success Magazine vignette recalls a western congressman known for affability and absent mindedness. After a two week campaign stint he is greeted by his daughter Alberta at the home town station. He beams, calls her Alberta, then asks about his "dear old father."
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Success Magazine
Teachers Institute In Session At Parsons College Fairfield Hall
The Jefferson County Teachers Institute opened Monday at Parsons College Fairfield Hall with 109 enrolled. Lectures included Mrs Miriam W Brooks on Rural School Libraries and ex State Superintendent Richard C Barrett on Commercial Geography. Professors arrived Saturday and sessions progress with strong attendance.
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Jefferson County Teachers’ Institute
Fairfield Hall
Parsons College
W. N. Clifford
College Chapel
Miriam W. Brooks
Cedar Falls
Richard C. Barrett
C. W. Wassam
Great Thought of the Ancients
Socrates questions Plato about insights from the ancients and the nature of knowledge. The fragment highlights dialogue as method and the search for wisdom beyond surface agreement.
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Plato
Socrates
Laughable Struggle Over Towels in Naples Hotel
In a Naples hotel a guest, G in the country, rang for a chambermaid and asked for a towel in his presumed local language. After failed attempts in Chinese and French then German, he growled for English and received the retort So do, sir.
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Naples
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