Des Moines College Won State Support Over Pella
The Baptist Conference at Marshalltown settled a thirty year dispute over which college should be state church institution. Des Moines College won recognition as the state college. Pella College was demoted to academy. Decisive vote: Des Moines 85, Pella 26, Waterloo 6, Iowa Falls 2, Osage 3.
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Baptist Conference
Marshalltown
Des Moines College
Baptist Church
Des Moines
Pella
Pella College
Dex Moines
Waterloo
Lowa Falls
Osage
Iowa Boat Inspector Reports Certificates and Licenses
A.A. Henderson, state boat inspector, reports annual receipts from certificates and licenses totaling 76 dollars. The list includes Elmer Clark Spirit Lake 3B M Carrier Spiritlake George M Atterson Ruthven C. B. Hill Spirit Lake W. S. Howe Spirit Lake J. P. Bellmore Spencer Mr. Brockachick Peterson Henry Belmond Okoboji. Dogs kill and wound numerous sheep in Clear Lake area, with losses estimated at 1,000 to 1,600 dollars. Other items note a 40-year-old promissory note tied to a rifle, and Vin ton women gaining voting rights on December 31. Slot machines face new penalties, and Iowa corn producer C. B. Russell shipped 140,000 pounds of popcorn to Chicago. A sensational suit in Cedar Rapids seeks 10,000 dollars in damages for alienation of affections.
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Iowa
A.A. Henderson
State Inspector of Boats
Elmer Clark
Spirit Lake
M. Carrier
Spiritake
George IM. Atterson
Ruthven
C. B. Hill
Howe
J. P
W. Hunt
Exchange Bank of Leun
Samuel A. Swiggert
Swiggert
Montana
Elf
Florence L
Clear
C. B. Russell
Tabor
Chicago
Russell
Attempt at train wrecking disrupts Burlington line near Murray Hill
An attempt to derail Burlington train No. 2 near Murray Hill Friday night failed as the engine left the track but caused no injuries or major damage. Footprints and removed ties indicate deliberate tampering. a wrench and pinch bar stolen from Thayer car house were used. A $300 reward is offered for the arrest of those implicated.
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Burlington
Neal Whayer
Thayer |Etree Murray
Omiaha
Thayer
Interesting Town Items In 1897 events and trials described
Declamatory contest winners Abbie Davis and Charles Slearsom chosen to represent the county at a February event in Iafe. Several legal cases noted including Dolan v Hubiger over a $60,000 claim tied to an eye injury from a motorman, and other lawsuits in Webster and Wright counties. A weather and fire chronicle plus local society happenings and a table of year 1897 events with Greece Greece Turkey Cuba and internal US affairs.
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Abbie ‘Davis
Charles Fr. Slearsom
Iafe
Murphy
Calhoun County
Bond
Manson
Randelette
Pomroy
Thomas Dolan
Keokuk
J. C. Hubiger
Millonairesearch
Hubinger
Keokuklectric Street Railway
Dolan
Mortorman
Canton
Economic Life Association
Claud Walrod
Barnum
Webster County
Clarion
Wright County
Walrod
Senator Gear
Rollin J. Wilson
Sarrfield
Cramps
Philadelphia
der. J. W. Kime
Des Moines
Kime
Iowa Medical Journal
Drake Medical College
Koosanqua
Cox
Thomas Sale
Hale
Tfale
J.N. Zook
Shenandoah
Council Bluffs
Lincoln
Neb
George Stanley
Story County
Iowa
Ames
William Patterson
Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Lodge of Elks
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Citizens? Bank of Olewein
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Dubuque
Anamosa
Shitas
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D. Mosses
Chicago
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W.F. King
Wa. Nugent
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Boone
Germany
Ephriam Radasah
Lewla Stocker
Clarence
Iowa ‘Implement Dealers’ Association
Charles City
Harlan
Marshalltown
Will Green
Pachuca
Mexico
Pingree
Michigan
W. A. Hammond
Illinois National Bank
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Tenn
Scofield
Madison
Wis
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Altgeld
Stanislaus Parsonage
Tay City
Mich
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Unois
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Louisana
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London
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Lyman J. Gage
Treasury
Woboken
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Runee
Trimpton
Vinnccon
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Bradley-Martin Ball
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Randolph Tucker
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Mackay Tomb Nears Completion in Greenwood Brooklyn
John W Mackay plans a grand mausoleum near the Ninth Avenue entrance in Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn valued at about $300000 It follows a fashion set by New Yorks prominent men who built their tombs before death and is described as one of the noblest in the necropolis.
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John W. Mackay
Mackay
Ninth Avenue
Greenwood Cemetery
New York
Mackay Mausoleum Described As Miniature Church
An observer notes Mackay mausoleum resembles a small church with electric lighting and heating, capable of mass. it features twenty crypts arranged with marble and black Belgian green wainscoting. Granite slabs from Maine measure about four feet, and the overall design emphasizes its monumental yet non-catacomb character.
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Mackay
Connemara
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