Drake College Controversy Leads to Faculty Arrest
The Drake University medical faculty and Drake College faced a crisis when Dr J W Kime was arrested on charges of mailing obscene matter. Women students were expelled after alleged insults by male students, prompting trustees to condemn actions and vow protection and prompt expulsion for misconduct.
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Drake College
Drake Mediaal College
J. W. Kime
Iowa Medical Journal
Gener
Drake University
Stime
Andus
Weather and Crop Bulletin Notes Delayed Seeding Week
The Iowa weather and crop bulletin reports an unseasonably cold week with heavy cloud cover and a daily mean temperature well below normal. Precipitation was light and soils show modest improvement. sowing of wheat oats and barley has begun though soil conditions hinder optimal results. early potatoes planted in southern districts amid unsettled weather. The season runs about two weeks late, delaying seeding and likely reducing small grain acreage. fruit buds, except peaches, appear withering.
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Lowa Weather and Crop Bureau
Angs
Denial of Tarry connection and local notes from Creston Shenandoah
Charles Hialterman of Shenandoah denies any involvement in Mac Tarr's Creston trouble noting he boarded at the Lary home last summer and left July before the Tarrs moved. The report also covers maple sugar progress by Syrup Crom Sole Marples, a death from hiccups in Wright County, arrests for grand larceny in Burlington, burglaries at Grand Junction, and Knights of Honor lodge news in Cedar Rapids.
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Charles H. Hialterman
Shenandoah
Duaties
Mac ‘Tarr
Creston
Lary
Tarrs
Charles
Maan Talterman
Tie
Liiam B. Smith
Wheeler Township
Sie County
Knights of Honor
Grand Lodge
Knights of Honor of
Cedar Rapids
Northwestern Iowa Teachers Association Holds Sioux City Meet
The Northwestern Iowa Teachers Association plans sessions in Sioux City from April 20 to May 1. Officers include President B N Golan Le Mars and Secretary Charles Henry Odebolt, with executive committee members Kratz Sioux City and Agnes J Robertson Cherokee. Subsections cover graded, high, rural, primary, and school directors. Officials urge attendance from Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska and note special rail fares and hotel rates.
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Northwestern Iowa
Sioux City
Northwestern Iowa Teachers Association
Siony City
B.N. Golan
le Mars
Wo. Martindale
Webster City
Charles Henry
Odlebolt
Geilona Sterebury AV
Life of Sioux Hty
Kate Merritt
Kears
Kratz
Agnes J. Robertson
Cherokea
J. B. Hutton
Alton
W. J. Simpson
Sheldon
Laura Ses
Welster City
Agnes J. Stobertson
Cherokee
Louise Ware
Storm Lake
Fred C. Hills
Henry Sabin
Friends of Education
South Dakota
Nebraska
Northwest
ATL
Iowa
Keokuk Mystery: Disappearance of Dr Scroggs Stuns City
Keokuk reacts to the disappearance of Dr D A Scroggs a key medical college official amid reports of a large college fund shortfall and unpaid funds. Authorities seek explanations while friends recall his respected stature and economical family life. A separate Des Moines case concerns ex Secretary William M McFarland near death from a possible assault. In Burlington Miss Ida Folz and Charles W Smith announce their Minneapolis marriage after a Chicago divorce and a dramatic pursuit of a would be groom.
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Keokuk
Drij. A. Scroggs
State Board of Medical Examiners
Keokuk Medical College
Scroggs
Jenkins
Scrogg
William M. McFarland
Des Moines
Meharland
Ile
Burlington
Ida Folz
Charles W. Smith
Minneapolis
Smith
Chicago
Miss Folz
Money for a Missing Heiress Heirs Seek Estate Cash
Nicholas Fangen of Hansen Linehan in Dubuque died eight years ago and left 5613 dollars to Anna Maria Smith who has been missing for thirty years. The funds have rested with the court clerk and Judge O'Donnell orders payment to the other heirs.
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Nicholas Fangen
Hansen & Linehan
Dubuque
Anna Maria Smith
O'Donnell
Indicted Sioux City architect forgery case on trial
Misentraut, former Sioux City architect J P Eisentraut, indicted by a Des Moines grand jury for forgery while employed to draw plans and supervise St. Joseph's Academy addition. He allegedly forged material and labor vouchers netting about $800. Also notes relief aid and other local crimes and incidents from Osceola to Independence.
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Misentraut
J. P. Eisentraut
Sioux City
Des Moines
St. Joseph's Academy
Iowa Legislature Debates Crime Penalties and Reforms
The Iowa Senate and House clash over capital punishment, liquor laws, and banking rules. Key items include suspending executions for murder in the first degree, altered mulet law provisions, restrictions on prize fight pictures, Sunday sports bans, and manufacturing changes for liquor. The House moves to approve the Senate manufacturing bill with minor amendments.
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Towa
Trents
Senate
Blanchard
Oskaloosa
Sich Dhow
Cheshire
Tubbs
Western Union Telegraph Company
House
Iowa
House Committee
Burlington Voluntary Relief Department
Berry
Relief Department
Alstate
Savings
House Committee On
Duke of Saxe Meiningen Tortured By Music After Accident
The Duke of Saxe Meiningen, famed for his court opera troupe, has suffered reduced hearing after a carriage accident last year and is now unable to walk due to a fractured knee cap. Music, in all forms, has become unbearable for him.
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Europe
Saxe-Meiningen
United States
Aeolian Harp Used For Wind Velocity Studies
The Aeolian harp is described as a scientific instrument. Wind sound on a fine wire varies with wind speed. The pitch of the note relates to wind velocity for a fixed wire diameter and air temperature. Microphonic attachments enable remote hearing, and multiple wires can help determine wind direction.
The Burglars Flee After House Lights Save Evening
In Providence Rhode Island burglars broke into a mansion and cut telephone wires. A house buttoned to lights triggered illumination, startling the intruders who fled without stealing anything. The quick action deterred the crime.
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Providence
R. L
First Blood For The People As Three Cent Fare Enforced
The nanapoal Street Car Company resisted a 3-cent Indian fare law causing mass ejections. Passengers demanded the legal price, confrontations rose to riotous scenes, and a county grand jury was ordered to investigate.
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Nanapoal
Mount
Chamore
Cox
Colbert
Signs of an Airship Explosion In Midwestern Towns
Reports from Chicago to Wisconsin describe a mysterious airship seen by many residents. Pavilion Michigan claims an explosion with lights extinguished and debris falling, while others doubt the event as a circus stunt or stationary balloon. Seen in Mundison Wisconsin Baraboo and Macoupin County Illinois with speeds around thirty miles per hour and perceived control, sightings spread to Emporia Kansas Wabash Indiana Munice Indiana Perry Oklahoma Palmyra Wisconsin Ripon Wisconsin as delegations chased possible evidence.
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Pavilion
Mich
Neige
Chicago
Vavilion
Mundison
Wis
Baraboo
Macoupin County
Hese
Emporia
Kan
Wabash
Munele
Ind
Perry
Okla
Palmyra
Ripon
Neva of Minor Note on Treasury Gold and War News
The treasury reports Saturday gold reserve at 1 538 114 488 dollars. Running ice from the Niagara rivers interferes with Buffalo lake navigation. New York police begin systematic raids on bucket shops. Minister De Lome announces peace in the Philippines war.
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Neva
Niagara
Buffalo
New York
de Lome
Washington
Philippines
National Solons Detail Proceedings of Renate and House-Hilla
The Senate met at noon Monday after ex Senator Voorhees death. prayers praised his career, adjournment for funeral observed. House action nil. Senate debated tariff federal actions, Gage order scrutiny, and approval of Uncompahgre Indian land entry with 33 to 18 vote. President urged Paris exposition representation. many Indian appointments confirmed. adjournment set for Monday 5 o'clock.
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Senate
Voorhees
Milburn
Gorman
Maryland
House
Morgan
Chandler
Secretary of the Navy
Bethlehem
Carnegie
West
Gage
Morrill
Mantle
Montana
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Cannon
Utah
Congress
United States
Jones
Arkansas
Lot of 19th century clippings on politics and society
A fragment from a newspaper page lists various quips and notes about politicians, editors, and public figures. Entries reference Matt Quay, McKinley, Fred Grant, and Col Phoebe Cousins, with snips about tariffs, treaties, and political satire. Mixed items hint at rhetorical jabs and social commentary across several papers.
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New Orleans Picayune
Matt Quay
White House
Washington Post
Senate
Washington Star
Congressional
Charlemagne Tower, Jr
Austria
McKinley
Col
Fred.Grant
Boston Globe
Kansas City Times
New York Press
Mr. Moody
Chicago
Detroit Free Press
Swallow
Neeling
Pennsylvania
Richmond Times
Louisville
Chicago Times-Heraldi
Christopher, Bettarle
Chicago Journal
St. Louis
Col. Phoee Cousins
Tim ‘Herald
Treasury
Dence Journal
Congress
Philadelphia
Cleveland Leader
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Willian Kauffman
Wright County
Bert Dupree
Walter Calhoun
Dora Anderson
Nutchinson
White
Sinclair
Crowell
Powell
Lendricks
Frank Chamberlain
Opera House
Gren Junction
O. J. Dutton
Grand Junction
Watt
Mr. Dutton
BIG Teachers' Association
Oacveola
India
Q. B. Harding
J.$. Campbell
Osceola County
St. Joseph
Calcutta
Jessa Whipkey
Rock Rapids
J.D. Wilson
Charles Woolington
Blamer & Wackerbarth
Independence
Jowa
Renate
House—Hilla
Cormenys
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