Better Milk Inspections Target Legislature Action
Des Moines reports doctors and city health officials plan a strong bill for next year to empower cities to pass milk inspection ordinances. The move follows a supreme court ruling voiding Cedar Rapids milk rules, raising worry about poor milk amid inspector shortages statewide.
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Des Moines
Mar
A. E. Kepford
Paul Koto
G. H. Sumner
State Board of Health
Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids
State Dairy and Food Department
O Neill Wins After Long Fight in Iowa Court
Des Moines May 17 The Iowa Supreme Court voids a criminal conviction for soliciting orders to purchase liquor. D C O Neil of Warne county is freed from conviction. The court had earlier ruled the statute unconstitutional in two preexisting decisions.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court of Iowa
High Court
D. C. O'Neil
Warne County
Supreme Court
O'Neil
Warne District Court
Iowa
Prairie City Odd Fellows Dedicate New Building
Prairie City Indiana May 17 Prairie City Odd Fellows will dedicate their new building with appropriate exercises on Friday May 20 The ceremony will be followed by work in the first degree The degree team of CoMax Judge Grand Master D S Gunn Grand Secretary R L Titan and other prominent lodgemen will take part The affair is led by committee E P Ballagh A A Jones R M Butters J A Waddell J T French and D A McDonald
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Prairie City, In
Prairie City Odd Fellows
CoMax
D. S. Gunn
R.L. Titan
E. P. Ballagh
A. A. Jones
R. M. Butters, J. A. Waddell, J.T. French and
D. A. McDonald
Fire wipes out Ida Grove saloon stables and implement house
A major blaze in Ida Grove on May 17 ignited for four hours threatening the business district. The BD C Barnes saloon property, a livery barn used by Charles M Smith, and Martin Sauer’s implement house were destroyed, with nine horses killed.
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Ida Grove
Kill Rail Court Amendment Sparks Senate Debate
Washington May 17 Senator Cumming urged striking out the commerce court as the railroad bill was taken up. He argued against the court feature in a lengthy speech. Des Moines May 17 reduced round trip fares of one and a half for the state G A R encampment in June offered by Chicago Great Western from all Iowa points to Des Moines.
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Washington
Senate
Cumming
Commerce Court
Des Moines
Chicago Great Western
Iowa
Elliott Pioneer Dead
James Moore longtime Elliott resident died of Wright's disease after ten weeks bedfast. Funeral held from the First Mf church.
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Elliott
Eliott
James Moore
Wright
Young Man Farnsworth Ends Life in Crescola
Crescola May 17 Claude Vanea Farnsworth committeed death by own action by shooting himself. Farnsworth was 21 years old. Bad health and disappointment in a love affair are cited as probable causes.
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Self
Crescola
Claude Vanea Farnsworth
Farnsworth
Taft Exoneration Letter Drafted By Lawler Uncovered
The Lawler draft written by Assistant Attorney General Oscar Lacher shaped Taft's September 13 1909 exoneration of Secretary Ballinger from Glavis charges. Kerby and Wickersham clarified the draft's role while the White House denied direct influence, noting Taft personally directed the exoneration yet did not adopt Lawler's criticism of Glavis and Pinchot.
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Washington
Tait
L. A. Glavis
Land Office Service
Ballinger
Glavis
Oscar Lacher
Interior Department
Lawler
Ballinger-Pinchot Committee
Taftaia
Frederick M. Kerby
Kerby
Don M. Carr
Bellinger
Taft
Wickersham
Ballinger-Pinchot
Nelson
Brandeis
White House
Lawfer
Attonney
Glayis
Pinchot
Taft Holds Western Republican Conference To Drum Up Support
President Taft met with western Republican senators Saturday to secure votes for his legislative program. Nearly all western senators attended except insurgents not invited. The gathering aimed to line up support, including concessions, while not pressuring hardline insurgents.
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Washington
Taft
Mississippi River
Woman Kills Husband After Abusive Beating in Ashtabula
Mrs John Delarber aged 24 shot and killed her husband on their doorstep Saturday night in Ashtabula Ohio. The killing followed a quarrel in which the husband beat her earlier, leaving her to defend herself with a rifle.
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Ashtabula
John Delarber
Jd Van Cleave Dies Stove Manufacturer
Jd Van Cleave of St Louis and founder J W Van Cleave stove maker died Sunday at his home after about three weeks of organic heart trouble. The death ends a long career in the furniture and hardware trades, with local and regional prominence.
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W. van Cleave
Louis
J. W. van Cleave
Roosevelt Becomes Ambassador At King Edward Funeral London
Colonel Roosevelt abandons private citizen role to serve as special American ambassador to the funeral of King Edward VII in London. He is greeted at Victoria station by royal aides and officials, with a cordial welcome and a large crowd. Roosevelt will stay at Dorchester House until after the funeral, with week’s end planned at West Park.
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Edward
London
Roosevelt
Edward VII
Lord Dundonald
Charles E. F. Cunninghame Graham
Aidsce-Camp
George V
Miea
Aids
Queensborough
Victoria Station
British Foreign Office
Ambassador Reid
Dorchester House
King Edward
West Park
Senate Votes On Rate Bill In Dixon Amendment
Washington reports the Senate approved a modified Dixon long and short haul amendment to the railroad bill by 57 to 10. The plan drew Republican Democratic and Insurgent support, with Senator Aldrich defending and backing it. Critics say it is contradictory or burdens the interstate commerce commission, while Miss Lorraine Roosevelt wed Langdon Warner of Boston at Oyster Bay, New York.
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Washington
Senate
Aldrich
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
New York
Lorraine Roosevelt
J. West Rooseveltt
Oyster Gay, S. 1
Langdon Warner
Boston
Washington opens talks on Maine wreck raise with Cuba
The state department on Friday started negotiations with Cuba to obtain permission to raise the wreck of the battleship Maine. The discussions aim to remove the ship from Havana harbor as part of ongoing maritime salvage efforts.
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U. 8
Cuba
Washington
State Department
Government of
Maine
Prison term for grafters in Pittsburg bribery case
Ten prominent Pittsburg men including bankers physicians and former politicians faced Judge Frazer as sentences were imposed for bribery and conspiracy linked to councilmanic corruption. A Vilsack received eight months and $5000 fine. C Stewart eight months and $500. H Ferguson eight months and $500. W H Weber six months with unspecified fine. P B Kearns four months and $250. M Einstein six months and $2500.
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Pittsburg
Robert S. Frazer
A. A. Vilsack
German National Bank
Charles Stewart
Select
Hugh Ferguson
Common
Dr. W. H. Weber
P. B. Kearns
Morris Einstein
Driving with Rockefeller in Tarrytown
In Tarrytown Rockefeller enjoys regular spring drives with friends and neighbors. He wears a paper vest before rides claiming it guards against colds, and his guests follow suit. Afterward he keeps the vest, leaving many local homes with souvenir paper vests from a ride with the multi millionaire.
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Tarrytown
John D. Rockefeller
Mary
Rockefeller
Eight Pupils Drown in Huntington Mills Dam Incident
Eight school pupils from Huntington Mills High School drowned when attempting a frolic on an old mill dam. Six girls and two boys perished after others tried to frighten them. four escaped exhausted and swam to shore. Victims ranged from sixteen to eighteen. Separate item: Emma Chapman, wife of Baldwinsville police chief, killed her fifteen-year-old daughter and herself while insane.
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Wilkesbarre
Huntington Mills
Syracuse
Emma Chapman
Baldwinsville
N. Y
Hazel
Chinese Threaten Mission in Hunan Capital
In Chang-Sha the Yale mission is reportedly marked for destruction by fire though the plan is not carried out. In New York 600,000 eggs are held up as inspectors raid Chicago refrigeration plants, delaying distribution in Brooklyn.
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Peking
Chang-Sha
Hunan
Yale
New York
Chicago
Brooklyn
Planta
Memorial Day Proclamations and Iowa Civic Notes
Memorial Day orders urge flowers and flags on every comrade grave and call for service, education of children, and aid to unknown southern graves. Iowa items report Kate Hummer named state agent for Mitchellville Industrial School, a Des Moines drunkard blacklist plan, Dolliver and Cummins rally, five Red Cross organizers, Father Romanelli’s return, new post office desks, a ruling on marital affection, and eighteen pharmacy exam passers.
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Des Moines
Marie Basham
Iowa Woman's Relief Corps
Woman's Relief Corps
Army
National
Louise H. Arey
Cedar Falls
Marte L. Basham
Alcena
MM. Markle
Panora
State Board of Control
Kate Hummer
Industrial School For Girls
Mitchellville
Miss Hummer
Board of Control
Red Cross
National Red Cross Society
Estelle Campbell
Helen Balcum
Finley Hospital
Dubuque
Helen Peterson
Sioux City
Ida Neff
Waterloo
Annie Goodale
Iowa City
Masons Buy Corner Block for Temple Plans
Des Moines Masons bought 66 feet of Locust Street frontage from W. W. Pitcairn for 46000 to assemble a four story temple complex. Plans call for store space on first floor and offices above, with total cost around 254000. Underground electric and phone wires will replace surface lines from West Twelfth to East Seventh streets.
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Masons
Pitcairn Corner
York Rite Masonic Bodies
Des Moines
West Tenth
Locust
W. W. Pitcairn
Masonic Temple Association
Locust Street
Des Moines Electric Company
Paul B. Sawyer
John McVicar
West Twelfth Street
East Seventh Street
Mulberry
Grand Avenas
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Prairie City
Odd Fellows Lodge
New Hall
Secretary of Interior
Gravie
Insurgenta
King George's
Seattle
Wash
United States
Elmer E. Todd
Wric
van Liew
R. B. H. Bell
Dolliver
Cummins
Coliseum
A. B. Cumming
J. P. Dolliver
Congress
America
Victor Romanelli
St. Anthony’s Catholi
Italy
Iowa Supreme Court
Jonny
Fred Carrick
Gertrude Dunham
Linn County
Secretary Moore
State Pharmacy Commission
K. C. Thompson
New Sharon
Joseph F. Boesch
John L. Gardner
Decatur
Karry W. Foster
L. L. Harlan, Jr
Hawarden
Ralph S. Seney
Thornton
Archie Nutt
Luke Wittletoe
Sigourney
Edgar P. Stangland
Alta
Louis J. Groh
Belmond
John H. White, Jr
Burlington
Harry Getts
Columbus Junction
Charles E. Fick
Mediapolis
William C. Kinges
Jerry V. Rousher
Clutter
I. J. Anderson
Lake Mills
Mason R. Shepard
Humboldt
A. S. Tyter
Vena Barth
Greene
Belle Ritchey
Alice Swanigan
Aurelia Sherman
Katherine Hirte
James A. Williamson
G. A. R. Mra
Andrews
L. F. Andrews
Fifth Street
Committee On
Joint
A. C. Miller
George D- Dobson
H. A. Kipp
Department of Agriculture
Dea Moines River
Blodgett
D. T. Blodgett
Ft Madison
Carroll
Railroad Commission
Lee City
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