Kennedy to push railroad bridge charter for Burlington
Congressman Charles F. Kennedy of Montrose met Burlington officials to back a city charter for a railroad and wagon bridge across the Mississippi. The plan seeks formal authorization from Congress, with Blake drafting the bill and Kennedy departing for Washington November 15 to press the measure. The Burlington group remains confident the project will advance to completion.
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Kennedy
Mississippi
Burlington
Charles FE. Kennedy
Montrose
Iowa
Committee On Bridge Charter
Unterkircher
W. E. Blake
W.w.copeland
A. D. Burhans
Alex Moir
Fred L. UN
Washington
McKinney
Aledo
Philippines
Scottish Rite Masons elect many to thirty third degree
Interest in yesterday's proceedings of the supreme council of Scottish Rite Masons southern jurisdiction focused on electing members to the thirty third degree and as knight commanders of the court of honor. About one hundred Masons were elected, with names including Iowa Upton Clarence Blake Louis Block Horatio Frederick Dale Charles Henry McNider and Sigmund Schmlein.
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Washington
Supreme Council of
Scottish Rite Masons
Court of Honor
Iowa
Upton Clarence Blake
Louis ,Block
Horatio Frederick Dale
Charles Henry McNider
Sigmund Schmlein
Man Dies by Suicide in Jail Cell in Keokuk
Leo James, a Black man serving a 30 day sentence for drunken and disorderly conduct, killed himself in a Keokuk jail cell by slitting his throat with a razor. He had been shaving when he acted, and acquaintances said fear of authorities learning his location may have driven the act.
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Keokuk
Leo James
Overland Express Crashes Into Freight in Burlington
Burlington October 24 Overland express train No 2 crashed into a rear end freight at Jefferson street crossing three freight cars destroyed to splinters the caboose burned and a locomotive damaged no injuries reported cause attributed to careless employee allowing both trains into the same block.
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Burlington
Jefferson Street Crossing
Q Changes Tickle Creston Restoration of No 13
Creston Iowa October 26 Division Superintendent Leonard of the Burlington has gone to Chicago to assist in making a new time card effective November 10 restoring No 13 to its former place and time. No other radical changes expected.
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Creston
Leonard
Burlington
Chicago
Woodmen Save Boy With Largest Skin Graft Operation
Keokuk Iowa October 26 The biggest skin grafting case in western surgery is underway at St Josephs Hospital to save Henry Lange who was badly burned on August 2 Volunteers from the Modern Woodmen of America local camp and Y M C A members contribute skin grafts while physicians work pro bono A medical school class watches progress The rest of the text mentions a separate saloon lawsuit against Le Feber and Ann Foster demanding damages.
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Henry Lange
Keokuk
St. Joseph's Hospital
Little Henry Lange
Woodmen of America
Officers Elected by Eastern Star at Burlington Convention
Burlington Iowa Oct 24 The thirtieth annual Iowa Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star closes with installation of new grand officers Worthy grand matron Mrs Elizabeth Stewart Cedar Rapids Worthy grand patron Bruce Moore Iowa City Associate grand matron Mrs Bessie Bills Davenport Associate grand patron Sumner Miller Guttenberg Grand Secretary Mrs Maria Jackson Council Bluffs Grand Treasurer Waucoma Masonic Home board member Mrs Jennie Rule Mason City Next convention site for 1908 Des Moines Mrs Ida Webster
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Burlington
Iowa
Worthy
Elizabeth Stewart
Cedar Rapids
Bruce Moore
Iowa City
Bessie Bills
Davenport
Sumner Miller
Guttenberg
Maria Jackson
Council Bluffs
Waucoma
O.F E. S. Masonic Home Board
Jennie Rule
Mason City
Des Moines
Ida Webster
Davenport to Host State Meeting of Women’s Clubs
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs selects Davenport for its biennial gathering. Meeting set for May 1909, with Ottumwa and Oskaloosa tied to recent conventions. Fund drive aims to raise 100 dollars for a scholarship abroad, overseen by Emily Stapp. Evelyn Foote urges sewing in public schools, proposal approved for advocacy.
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Federation of Women’s Clubs
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Davenport
Federation
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
Emily Stapp
Evelyn Foote
Red Oak
Bryan Declared Likely Democratic Presidential Candidate
Omaha reporter quotes Thomas Allen, state Democratic committee chairman and brother in law of the Nebraskan, saying W J Bryan will certainly be a candidate for the Democratic nomination. Allen notes Bryan has not kept his political intentions secret and this is the first official announcement.
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W. J. Bryan
Omaha
Neb
Bryan
Thomas Allen
Democratic Committee
Lady Sues Saloon Men And One Gets Back at Her for Ten Thousand
Keokuk Iowa October 25 Ann Foster the plaintiff in eighty suits against Lee county saloonkeepers faces a countersuit for 10000 damages by John La Feber who contests her action alleging he never ran a saloon. Foster seeks 10000 damages and wants her bound over to the next grand jury.
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Keokuk
Ann Foster
Lee County
John la Feber
Greenfield Man Discovers Emerald Berly Deposit Near Riverside
F D Mears, long in the Greenfield jewelry trade, reports a rich emerald beryl deposit on his eighty seven acre ranch near Riverside California. Rock blasting for a house revealed greenish crystals and experts confirm emerald beryl, with further prospecting expected to reveal a valuable emerald gem deposit.
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Greenfield
Greenfield Ia
F. D. Mears
Riverside
Cal
Mears
GOES HIGHER UP Edward Brown Promoted to Hill Superintendant
Edward Brown, once a Des Moines and Keokuk messenger boy during his telegraphy training, is promoted to general superintendent of the western Hill lines with Spokane as headquarters. Previously he headed the Great Northern operations in St Paul and is brother to Charles Brown, Nebraska division superintendent of the Rock Island.
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Edward Brown
Des Moines
Keokuk
Iowa
Spokane
Washington
Brown
Great Northern
St. Paul
Charles Brown
Nebraska
Rock Island
Child Dies in cistern accident at Solon Iowa
A twenty month old girl, daughter of Mrs. Mary Harms of Monticello, fell into a cistern at her grandmother Mrs. Florentine Hertz’s yard in Solon and drowned. The board cover had been displaced, the cistern was several feet deep, and rescuers, arriving with a ladder and rake, could not revive her.
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Solon
Iowa
Mary Harms
Monticello
Florentine Hertz
Nashua youths face mayor over charivari damage
Twenty five Nashua youths asked to meet local mayor Laird for a heart to heart about damage at Amos Bullen home during a Wednesday charivari. About one hundred attended, a quarter invited, with a poles used as battering ram ripping doors windows and shattering a chimney. Firemen dispersed the crowd with a hose. Estimated repair cost set at $20.
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Waterloo
Nashua
Ma Laird
Amos Bullen
Albia Man Severely Injured Falling From Pole
John Renz secretary of the Albia Telephone company was badly hurt when he toppled from a pole six miles north of Albia. He fell about forty feet, breaking his right arm and rib fractures and possibly sustaining internal injuries. His father resides in Ottumwa.
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Albia
John Renz
Albia Telephone Pany
Renz
Ctumwa
Buxton Man Fires Five Shots at Constable
In Albia Iowa on October 25 a clash ended with Lewis Garlat firing five bullets at Constable Blakley of Bluffs Creek. The constable escaped unharmed as Garla fled after the shots spent, reportedly upset over alleged insults to his sister. Garld denies the claim.
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Buxton
Albia
Drew Blakley
Bluffs Creek
Lewis Garlat
Land
Garld
Blakey
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Marx
Gent’s Furnishings
Dent’s
Wilson Bros
Black
Wwe
Rae
Overland
le Feber
Féver
Ane
Eastern Stars
Charivari
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