Keosauqua Interurban Promoters Seek Funding
May 18 report from Keosauqua notes local and promoters Hillyer and Co in session on Monday to discuss building an interurban railroad. They seek 23,000 more tax from Fairfield via Keosauqua and Milton and propose the company assume expenses, with promoters having left town. Negotiations with eastern interests continue, no reconsideration of last Monday’s proposal.
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d-Keosauqua Interurban
Hillyer & East
Fairfield
Keosauqua
Milton
Release for Senator Allison in Iowa Reports
May 20 Iowa reports Senator Allison, veteran of the state senate with 34 years of service, shows no sign of aging and is active. His current term runs until March 4, with speculation about succession and Roosevelt’s presidential candidacy stirring discussion among party members. Public sentiment emphasizes confidence in existing policies and leadership.
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Allison
States
Senate
House of Representa
Succes
Roosevelt
Cratch
Holly
Iowa
Ncy
Elope leads to tragedy as hidden past unravels
May 20 report of a city elopement ending in a complex family tale. Mrs Luedemann and seven children are involved. her husband left her for a new wife. A telegram from Glasgow, Montana claimed a man named Frank O Neil had been killed, while the scene pointed to Jason Geddes as the victim in a related tragedy.
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Luedemann
Sioux City
Fred Downing
Masonic Lodge
Frank O'Neil
Glasgow
Mont
Jason Geddes
Suedemann
Sioux
Suedeshot
Uedemann
Charles
Burial Bring Geddes Remains to Waverly No Claimants
Remains of Geddes were shipped to Waverly for burial as no relatives have been found who wished to claim the assets. The unidentified deceased will be laid to rest in the local cemetery pending formal arrangements.
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Waverly
Geddes
Arrest of Three Railway Workers Held on Charges
Roy Billings brakeman Joe Silver engine hustrler and Will Silver section man charged with breaking into a Chicago Great Western freight car at Cedar Falls two months ago. Held to grand jury under 300 dollar bonds Information filed by Special Agent T Fr Cleary. They allegedly stole groceries and liquor and are among five former Great Western employees jailed for theft in the area.
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Waterloo
Chicago Great Western
Cedar Falls
Roy Billings
Joe Silver
Will Silver
Grand
T. Fr. Cleary
Great Western
Algona Girl Is Married In Social Wedding
Algona Iowa May 20 Miss Helen Clarke of this city wed John Sanborn of St Pat at the Clarke home. The bride is daughter of George F Clarke a noted northern Iowa lawyer and the groom is son of late Gen John B Sanborn of Minnesota famed for Civil War bravery. They met in college and will live in St Paul where he practices law.
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Algona
Helen Clarke
John Sanborn
St. Pat
Clarke
George F. Clarke
Iowa
John B. Sanborn
Minnesota
St. Paul
Mr. Sanborn
Rain and pardon request in Iowa Falls railroad case
Gov Cummins may be asked to pardon two railroad workers Elmer Buck and G E Barney already serving nine months in Wright county jail for taking two raincoats from a work car while on duty during heavy rain. The men pleaded guilty and supporters say the sentence is excessive.
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Iowa Falls
Cummins
Wright County
Elmer Buck
G. E. Barney
Brother's Death by Own Action Brings Tragedy to Iowa Family
In Stuart Iowa on May 20 George Ruth 16 died after hanging himself in a kitchen doorway. John Ruth found him and tried to revive him but died seconds later. The family had been away from the home and no clear motive is known though a prior horse fall injury is noted.
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Stuart
John Ruth
George
Edward Ruth
Here
George Ruth
Narrow Escape for Chariton Engineer at Power Plant
Peter Johnson an engineer at Chariton's electric light plant narrowly escaped death Friday around 6 30 when his clothing was caught in a line shaft hurled him into a brick wall and he sustained a facial gash and head bruises He received care from Dr Throck Morton and was later sent home.
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Chariton
Town
Peter Johnson
City Electric Light Plant
Throckmorton
Dog Saves a Child's Life in Creston
In Creston Iowa on May 20 18 month old Eugene Hewitt hung by a hood tangled in a wire fence and nearly suffocated. A dog warned the family with frantic barking and saved the child just in time by attracting help.
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Creston
Eugene
C. C. Hewitt
Dairy Co op Milk War Heats Up in Delaware County
Farmers co operative creameries unite to challenge the Dairy City Creamery of Manchester Iowa over alleged unfair methods to gain a milk and butter monopoly. The rival firm, backed by Swift and Co supervision, recently secured a navy butter contract and plans high priced milk offers, while a local candidate Brayton headlines the expose and political tensions rise.
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Dairy Company
Manchester
Co-Operative Creameries
Delaware County
Dairy City Creamery Company
Independent Corporation
Dairy City Creamery
United States Navy
Swift & Co
Iowa
Cooperative Creameries
Elgin
Ill
Dairy City Company
Manchester Democrat
FE. M. Carr
Independent Creamery Concern
Henry Brayton
Ryan
R. J. Bixby
Edgewood
Brayton
Fine new Elks building in Creston Iowa
The Creston Elks plan elaborate ceremonies for dedicating their new lodge home in early next month. The pressed brick building sits at the edge of the business district and features Flemish oak and mahogany interiors, with a ladies reception room, billiard room, card rooms, cafe, bowling alley, and banqueting hall. The lodge boasts a large membership with state involvement expected at the dedication.
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Creston
Elks
Creston Elks
Storms Resigns as Iowa City Schools Chief in Surprise Move
Iowa City announces the resignation of City Superintendent A. V. Storms, effective immediately, prompting reflection on his year as superintendent and a salary of 2000 dollars amid recent changes. FE. R. Collins, high school principal, also resigns to join his brother in El Paso, Texas, ending four years of leadership.
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Ames
Professor Holden
Iowa City
City
A. V. Storms
Holden
Iowa State Agricultural College School
Storms
FE. R. Collins
Iowa City High School
el Paso
Texas
High School Teachers Refuse Contracts Over Salaries
All male teachers at the school declined to sign contracts for next year at the salaries offered by the board. The refusal did not involve the change in the school’s principal.
Life prisoners sent to Ft Madison from Anamoosa reform school
Four life prisoners at Anamoosa are moved to Ft Madison under a new reform law. Novak, Busse, another Dubuque inmate, and a colored prisoner face transfer. Milner argues a writ of habeas corpus may block the move claiming part of Novak’s sentence bound him to Anamoosa.
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Anamoosa
Ft. Madison
Vinton
Frank A. Novak
Louis Busse
Dubuque
Tom. H. Milner
Novak
Edward Murray
Walford
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Board of Control
Iowa Girl Stricken Dumb After Revival Sermon
Miss Prudence Vanchilder of Perry, 20, suddenly became speechless while listening to a revival sermon by Mrs. Scott M. Ladd wife of Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice. She remains bedbound two weeks later and is fed through a tube. Des Moines observers report others converted by the trance. Mrs. Ladd is a Pentacostal mission member on Des Moines south side.
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Des Moines
Prudence Vanchilder
Perry
Scott
M. Ladd
Ladd
Iowa Supreme Court
Miss Vancilder
Twenty Fourth Babe Is Born in United States
In Louisville Kentucky on May 17 Rev and Mrs George W H Ross welcomed their twenty fourth child. Mrs Ross at thirty eight years old is believed to have set a national birth record. The family resides in Oak Mills and the oldest child is under twenty one with possible twins in earlier births. Mr Ross is older than his wife and takes pride in the growing family.
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United States
Louisville
George W. H. Ross
Oak Mills
Ross
Marion County Loses Large Damages Suit
Marion County Iowa lost a major damage suit when the jury awarded $500 to the estate of D Jones, who was killed in 1905 when a bridge collapsed under a threshing engine. James Manhard pursued $10,000. The jury deliberated through Tuesday and Wednesday before a verdict was reached.
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Marion County
Knoxville
D. Jones
Jones
James Manhard
Nicols
Uoward
Kuehl on Trial for Cruelty at Scott County Poor Farm
Davenport May 20 John C Kuehl superintendent of Scott county poor farm stood trial in district court charged with brutality to inmates. Witnesses described beating kicking dragging and tying an elderly man Jacob Helberg to a chair for hours. A witness said he would rather go to hell than return to the farm.
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Davenport
John C. Kuehl
Scott County
Major Edwin Conger Dies in California After Prolonged Illness
Former U S minister to China and ambassador to Mexico Major Edwin TH Conger dies in Pasadena California aged 81 from chronic dysentery following a long illness. He and Mrs Conger endured the Boxer siege and served in Iowa politics before retiring to California.
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Des Moines
Lona
Edwin TH. Conger
Pasadena
Cal
Conger
China
Mexico
Chamberlain Hotel
United States
Pekin
Legation
Major Conger
Roosevelt
Brazil
Occidental Life Insurance Company
Sarah Pike
Galesburg
Bristol Father Buys Six Coffins At Six Cents Each
In Bristol Pennsylvania on May 20 a father bought six children's coffins at six cents apiece during the sale of the estate of Joseph Brelsford, an undertaker. He remarked it is wise to be prepared for the worst as he loaded the coffins onto his wagon.
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Bargain
Bristol
Penn
Roosevelt
Joseph Brelsford
Stranger commits death by own action in island house
A stranger, about 45, well dressed, hanged himself in an old house on an island opposite Clinton, May 18. He was unidentified with $70 in his pocket. Authorities report the death is self inflicted.
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Clinton, Ta
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Senator Allison
Creston Lodge
Mrj. Conger
California
Casadena
E. H. Conger
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Eee i
Gobble & Heer
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