Multiple Iowa items report fatal accidents and civic updates
A 20 year old Joseph Kilgore died near Osceola after being thrown from a wagon as his horses ran away. Other items note deaths and legal actions across Iowa including Daniel Hess age 88, Eddie Schneider in Clinton county, and a missing girl near Boone. Railroad deeds, street lighting plans for Davenport, and court actions on prohibition laws and rail contracts are detailed alongside local fires and police actions.
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Joseph Kilgore
Osceola
Mr. Kilgore
Charles Kilgore
Clarke County
Daniel Hess
Clinton
Government Land
Lyons
Eddie Schneider
Wheatland
Clinton County
Union Railroad
Dubuque
Illinois Central
Chicago, Burlington & Northern
Chicago, Milwakee & St. Paul
Dubuque & Northwestern
Marriages and politics in a sprawling weekly review
Albert Personett and Hattie Beemer wed in Muncie Indiana creating a web of in laws across two brothers and two sisters. The item also covers a Washington Arctic map, Mexican politics, naval reports, criminal cases, and a long list of global and domestic events with names and places.
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Albert Personett
Muncie
Ind
Hattie Beemer
Hattie
Hydrographic Office
Washington
Arctic
Polar Basin
Prison Congress Adopts Reforms Aimed at Juvenile Education and Prison Overhauls
At the Detroit gathering of the Prison Congress the officers announced the next meeting would be in Atlanta. Resolutions urged universal youth education in productive industry, faster fair trials, radical jail reforms, female prisons with female wardens, and prison labor as reform. The morning topic was Jails and Workhouses with G E Felton presenting Tramps and Drunkards.
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National Prison Reform Congress
Detroit
Gen. Brinkerhoff
Byers
Ohio State Board of Corrections and Charities
Z. B. Brockway
Elmira
N. Y
Ohio
Aso
Francis Wayland
Yale
Charles E. Fetton
Chicago
Rockway
Kaveny
Chattanooga
Tenn
Cincinnati
Kate
C. E. James & Co
Cuattanooza
Albert Unver
Steinhardt Bros
Bowery
New York
Grant
Livside Park
Hayes
Atlanta
Charlton T. Lewis
Res
Michigan
G E. Felton
Felton
F. Coffin Spake
Lee's peace march opens in Virginia after mountain progress
Col. N. Y. World notes Gen. Fitzhugh Lee arrives in a Virginia town after a mountain to valley sweep through Russell Tazewell and Bland counties. The piece portrays Lee as a peacemaker casting aside warlike images, aiming to win support for the Democratic governor candidacy by appealing to reconciliation and honest governance.
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N. Y. World
Allecany Mountains
Russell
Tazewell
Bland
Virginia
Fitzhugh Lee
New York
Ohio
Lee
Imen
South
Sherman
Judge Foraker
John Wise
William Mahone
Sassa‘ras
Tax evasion charges link Larrabee land grants to exemptions
The letter argues Northwetert Jews land in Northwest Iowa largely went to railway firms, especially C M and P A. It claims Wm Larrabee of Clermont bought about 15 000 acres in Lyon County in 1852 and used tree exemption laws to dodge taxes. It alleges widespread improper exemptions, fake road receipts, and inflated school bonds forcing high local taxes.
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Rock Raptox
Iowa
Congress
Amon
Lyon County
Wm. Larrabee
Clermont
Luz
Milwaukee Company
Larrabee
Wmn. Larrabee
Purity Test of Water With Lethal Alcohol Mixture
An old recipe describes testing water by dissolving forest sugar in a half pint of water, adding lemon juice, then filling with strong liquor such as Old Crow or sour mash. The mixture is shaken, corked, and carried in a packet for use while fishing or discarded by drinking the contents and throwing the bottle at a mud turtle.
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Porte
Roumelia
Constantinople
Servia
Woolwich Arsenal
Milan
Alexander
M. Karavales
Turkey
Greece
Burlington
Board of Labor Statistics
Hutchins
Iowa
Labor Bureau
Dooley
Knights of Labor
Keokuk County
Lator
State of Iowa
Polk County
Jeremiah Connolly
Cheose
StaTe
Des Moines
Jeury
Cayito
Horchius
Dr. Hutchins
James Dool
Rumle
Rumple
Iseal
Georer
Joan Connolly
John Connolly
Geo. F. McCle Iast
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Pittsburgh
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Ridgeville
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