City of Clinton Wins Right to Continue Sewer Construction
Clinton authorities secure decree from Judge House allowing the $165,000 Davenport contract sewer project to proceed. Citizens testified about old watercourses and floods while the case questioned tax-levey limits under Iowa law. The project is about half finished and will continue under the ruling.
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Clinton
Davenport
Judge House
People’s’ Construction Company
Iowa
Embezzler Superintendent Admits Theft at Water Works
Dubuque Iowa May 11 Arthur McArthur superintendent of the municipal water works admitted he was an embezzler facing a $579 shortage. The city attorney probes the loss as the investigation begins and the case may go to the grand jury.
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Dubuque
Arthur McArthur
McArthur
Iowa bank deposits exceed four hundred million dollars
Des Moines reports Iowa bank deposits in state and savings banks reached the 201,053,384 mark as of April 19 1907. National and private banks add nearly as much, pushing total deposits above 400 million. Ten new trust companies are counted among the banks, with a year over year rise of 12,147,318 since January 26.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Auditor of State
Old Mill Falls in Ottumwa Tramps Escape
The three story brick starch mill at Wapello street collapsed before 7 AM. Two dust covered tramps crawled from the debris and fled toward the railroad. One possibly injured, aided by the other. The old structure had stood unused for years as a shelter for tramps.
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Ottumwa
Wapello Street
Madness in Flight Seized Near Iowa City Farm
An insane man named Jesse Burns was captured by Sheriff Rowland at the John McCollister farm south of Iowa City after rushing into the house pleading to be saved from "the man with the ropes." He arrived from Davenport on the Rock Island, jumped from a train, and fled across fields and sloughs. He is held at the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Rowland
John McCollister
May Day in the Woods reminiscence in Fremont Tribune
The piece recalls May Day celebrations with picnics in the woods, vivid memories of flowers like tulips and May apples, giant trees shading grassy spreads, and the crowning of the May Queen as schoolchildren recall youthful joys and simple pleasures of spring outings.
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Fremont Tribune
Equal pay for women teachers sparks broader debate
The New York law requires no gender pay discrimination in schools, prompting Sioux City Tribune critique of the school board’s role. The paper laments progressive shifts toward equality while fearing gendered effects on boys and girls and arguing for traditional staffing in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
New York
N. Y
Tribune
Pastor Luz Standoff Tangles German Lutheran Synod
Dubuque Iowa May 10 President Castleman of the German Lutheran synod says the body has not quit its fight with Pastor Luz The matter was reviewed Monday night and kept secret until today Luz asked concessions including church property on Lincoln avenue and money if he resigned The council rejected the proposal The dispute remains unsettled with potential court action from Luz if expelled
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Dubuque
Castleman
German Lutheran Synod
Luz
Lincoln Avenue
Iowa Girl Takes Her Life in Strychnine Tragedy
Lida Goldman a nineteen year old girl living at Farragut seven miles south of Shenandoah Iowa committed suicide by ingesting strychnine while seated with Mrs Hastings. She died within forty minutes despite medical help. The death is blamed on probable temporary insanity following the suicide of her father in an asylum.
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Iowa
Shenandoah
Lida Goldman
Farragut
Here
Charles Hastings
Mrs. Hastings
Miss Goldman
Moodiness Reaches Climax In Sumner Youth
Fritz Frank a 21 year old resident of Sumner was shut in his room and attempted talks deemed irrational leading to presentation before the insane commissioners at Waverly. He is the son of Fred Frank a Sumner pioneer.
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Sumner, Ta
Fritz Frank
Waverly
Fred Frank
Sumner
Head wedged in mill spiral ends life of John Pooler
May 13 Fort Dodge Iowa a mill worker John Pooler was found dead with his head trapped in a spiral elevator atop the Brandon stucco mill owned by United States Gypsum company. Investigators suspect clothing caught while oiling the machine. Pooler, son of long time mill foreman Jay Pooler, was alone on the top floor when the accident occurred. The coroner was notified and all machinery halted.
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John Pooler
Fort Dodge
Blandon
Jay Pooler
United States Gypsum Company
Whips Teacher Gets Salary Rise and Honor Ring
Miss Lillian Smith a Vorhees public school teacher in Reinbeck Iowa was given a raise from 30 to 50 dollars a month and a $100 diamond ring after she defended her pupil William M. Albright who had confronted the school over a grievance. Albright reportedly attempted to enter the school with his son and was restrained by Smith who seized a poker during the incident. The school board then approved the salary increase and complimented her actions.
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Reinbeck
Lillian Smith
Vorhees
William M. Albright
Albright
Moville’s Mayor Marshal and Judge Named Tiffany
Moville Iowa May 10 A Tiffany serves as mayor marshal and judge of the town. After a local theft by Bill Arthur Tiffany ordered the arrest and custody. Marshal Tiffany pursued the offender to jail and Judge Tiffany tried him in police court sentencing a $100 fine or 30 days in county jail. The prisoner was then taken to Sioux City for confinement.
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Moville
A. Tiffany
Bill” Arthur
Tiffany
Marshal Tiffany
Arthur
Sioux City
Unruly Stranger Disrupts Davenport Church Service
In Davenport on May 9 a stranger began preaching on church steps and later during the Sabbath service argued from a seat. Pastor A D Greif asked him to stop. after he refused services broke up in confusion. The man, Charles Kickebusch, was arrested and identified as from Chicago and described as unbalanced.
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Davenport
A. D. Greif
Charles Kickebusch
Tie
Chicago
Death by gas heater shocks Cedar Falls community
Mrs. Caroline Eastman aged seventy nine was found dead in Cedar Falls Indiana after lighting a gas heater. She apparently arose at eight and suffocated when the heater failed to ignite the room. Her son Dr Frederick C Eastman of the State Normal faculty transported the body to Cleveland for burial beside his father.
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Cedar Falls
Caroline Eastman
Frederick C. Eastman
State Normal Faculty
Man jailed for mailing libelous divorced ex wife note
Henry Kratz of Onawa Iowa was arrested in Sioux City after sending libelous and scurrilous letters about his ex wife to her by mail. He was required to post a 500 bond to appear before the federal grand jury.
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Sioux City
United States Mail
Henry Kratz
Onawa
Revival Draws Large Crowds in Knoxville Tabernacle
Knoxville la May 11 Three thousand packed the tabernacle for the opening service of a four week revival led by Rev William A Sunday who arrives from Lairfield Chorister Fisher of Chicago opened the meeting with song and prayers Tonight Rev J EK Honeywell visits and Sunday is due a day later Citizens have subscribed 2500 to build the tabernacle Frances Miller a university graduate and ordained minister will also take part alongside Mrs Honeywell
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Knoxville
Tabernacle
Fisher
Chicago
William A. Sunday
Lairfield
J. EK. Honeywell
Farmers Will Have Docks in Northwest Grain Trade
A Minneapolis conference gathered farmers cooperative reps from nine counties to explore building docks on the Great Lakes for grain and coal handling. Peter Gorman, chosen to represent the nine societies, will visit Ashland Wisconsin to assess conditions. If feasible, docks could reduce coal dockage costs and pave the way for future warehouse projects.
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Mason City
Minneapolis
Farmers’ Co-operative Societies
Northwest
Great Lakes
Peter Gorman
Ashland
Wis
Lake Shore
Association of Farmer Co-Operatives
Oldest Woman in Iowa Dies at 103 in Confidence
Corydon Iowa May 11 Mrs Chas Fountain the oldest woman in Iowa dies at her Confidence home aged 103 Monday night a Wayne county settler she had been blind for years but kept other faculties until the end burial was from Confidence home authorities say her age is vouched by records she kept.
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Iowa
Corydon
Chas. Fountain
Wayne County
Confidence
Electric Line Is Assured for Multiple Cities
Promoters of the proposed electric railway from Nauvoo to Niota and to Carthage and Hamilton and Keokuk promise construction. Major Calhoun, the consulting engineer, reports 86-pound rails bought from Lackawanna Steel for August and September delivery. Grading contracts will be let by June 15 with completion around March next year.
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Keokuk
Nauvoo
Niota
Carthage
Hamilton
Itfl
Major Calhoun
Lackawanna Steel Company
Man Fatally Struck Sleeping on Railroad Tracks
Cedar Rapids, May 9 The body of Frank Krejeci a night fireman at the Sinclair packing plant was found on a railroad track after being struck by a Northwestern passenger train Monday afternoon He was believed intoxicated and asleep at the time He left home for fishing and is survived by his wife and seven children The wife and young son arrived at the scene in distress over the mangled body
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Krejeci
Northwestern
Sinclair Packing Plant
Carroll Amphitheatre Burns in Carroll Iowa
The Carroll Fair and Driving Park amphitheatre burned yesterday afternoon caused by young boys who set fire while burning last year's birds nests. Loss estimated around $1000 forces abandonment of this fall's fair and first meeting in ten years.
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Carroll
Carroll Fair
Driving Park
Stumbled to His Death on Track in Davenport
John Olerick a Milwaukee Road switchman stumbled while throwing a switch and fell on the track. Both feet were cut off and he died at St Luke's hospital at age thirty five leaving a wife.
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Davenport
John Olerick
Milwaukee Road
St. Luke’s Hospital
Chases Spouse Around World From Ireland to Minneapolis
Mrs James Matthews arrives in Sioux City seeking her husband believed to be in Minneapolis after years apart. She and her 12 year old son traveled from County Limerick, Ireland, wired him she was coming, and learned he had left Sioux City days earlier. She follows his trail despite authorities only offering aid.
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Sioux City
James Matthews
County Limerick
Ireland
John Matthews
Minneapolis
Dineen
Iowan Accuses Wife of Bigamy in May Hayes Case
Ottumwa Iowa May 11 Harry Hayes files information charging Mrs May Hayes with bigamy alleging she was already married to George Boottner at the time of their October wedding Hayes says he believed she was divorced at marriage but later learned she remained George Bootter’s wife
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Ottumwa
Harry Hayes
May Hayes
Hayes
George Bootter
Aged Swiss vagrant Bauman jailed in St. Clinton
Isaac Bauman, age 75, a Swiss man who has wandered the country since 1880, is jailed in St. Clinton Iowa after years of vagrant life. He is sick and without a home and has visited nearly every U.S. city during 27 years of wandering.
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St. Clinton
Isaac Bauman
Bauman
United States
Girl Injures Wrist Churning. Doctor Saves Her Life
Margaret Mullenhoff, in Ida Grove Iowa, fell with a cream jar and cut her wrist badly. An artery was severed but Dr. E C Heilman arrived by car just in time to save her from fatal bleeding. She will live.
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Ida Grove
Margaret Mullenhoff
E. C. Heilman
Demented man roams Dubuque in days of terror
A man believed to be demented has terrorized the north end of Dubuque Iowa for several days. He bursts from hiding to seize pedestrians then flees. The chief of police and a posse chased him for miles before he vanished in a thicket.
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Dubuque
Bicycle thieves arrested near Ackley in Me morial university thefts
Two boys Will Wood and Ted Wells were caught by Sheriff Mile below Ackley with stolen bicycles taken from Mason City. The machines belonged to Dr. W. J. Patton president of Memorial University. The boys were en route to Marshalltown.
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Mason City
Will Wood
Ted Wells
Ackley
W. J. Patton
Memorial University
Marshalltown
Clinton Woman Drops Dead In Clinton Iowa
Mrs. W. E. Smith age 52 wife of a Northwestern engineer died at home from heart disease after a brief illness. She had been slightly ailing recently and one daughter survives while another daughter had died a few weeks earlier.
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Clinton
W. E.i Smith
Plan to divide Iowa into fifteen dental districts
At the Iowa State Dental Society meeting in Shenandoah on May 11 a plan to create fifteen district societies was discussed. No dentist would serve as a member of any district society and about 200 members attended.
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Shenandoah
Iowa State Dental Society
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