Explosion at Columbus Junction Drug Store
An acetylene gas leak caused a powerful explosion at L. P. Wendrinks drug store in Columbus Junction. The blast shattered the building ends, injured proprietor Wenddrinks and others nearby, with eyewbrows burned and glass cuts reported. James Connor and W. W. Wilson suffered serious injuries. two hundred dollars of crockery was destroyed in a nearby china shop. The blast startled many on the street and was heard for blocks.
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L. P. Wendrinks
Columbus Junction
Chera
Fendricks
James Connor
Muscatine
W. W. Wilson
H. Noy
Julia Williams
Lawsuit over X rays raises medical fault claim
In Cedar Rapids a plasterer W T Magness sues Dr W Andrews of the S U 1 for 48000 alleging injury from X rays administered by Prof Andrews. Magness visited Andrews lab last May seeking foreign substance in the hip. He says Andrews assured safety and accuses careless operation. The case draws medical interest. Also a Cedar Rapids report notes a December scam where a man named Jacobs pretended from Briarshalldown to collect Cosmopolitan subscriptions, swindling several subscribers.
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Ne&aey
Drt
W. Andrews
S. U0. 1
WTL
Magness
Town City
Prof. Andrews
Maness
Cedar Rapids
Jacobs
Briarshalldown
Cosmopolitan Publishing Company, Limited
Cosmopolitan Machine
Marmers Institute to Hold Free Lecture Series at Storm Lake
Rupeoa Vista Marmers Institute announces a three day SUG event in Storm Lake on February 7 and 21, 1805. Prof. Curtiss of Ames College will address attendees on days one and two, with D. W. M. Niles of the sinew college giving a talk on farm animal diseases. Wednesday will be ladies day. a county talent program and musical selections are planned.
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Rupeoa Vista Marmers Institute
Dena Vista County Marmers
Talant Iy
He County
Elopes a Second Tinure
Mrs. George Portig has again eluded her husband and escaped, the woman who ran away with Sheriff W. F. Fairbanks of Charles City years ago and who was with him recently at Everett, Washington, and brought home. Fairbanks has a wife and children, and Mrs. Portig a husband and three children living at Charles City. It is supposed she was rejoined by relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Portig
Sherif W. F
Charles
Fairs Schedule Arranged Across Cass County 1898
Secretaries of Carroll Audubon Atlantis Avoca and Sarlan met in Atlantic to arrange 1898 fair dates. With Carroll absent not all dates fixed. Cass County Fair planned for the week of September 6, Avoca and Harlan to follow two weeks later.
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Fair Associations
Carroll
Audubon
Atlantis
Avoca
Sarlan
Atlantic
Cass County
Harlan
Robbery at Waterloo Targets Local Wholesale Grocers Vault
The vault of Saith Liehty & Willman Company in Waterloo was broken into in the early morning. Cash and indorsed checks totaling around $400 were taken along with postage stamps eleven watches and diamonds. An attempted safe blow failed, and authorities suspect local involvement.
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Waterloo
Saith, Liehty & Willman Company
Aur
Victim of Misplaced Confidence in Pleasant Township
A. R. Surbner, a Pleasant Township farmer near Abia, befriended a stranger who sought work. The man was sent to Albia with a drove of hogs to ship but vanished after selling the hogs for 80 dollars and leaving town.
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A. R. Surbner
Pleasant Township
Abia
Ifo
Albia
Arrest of Ragan for Plymouth Township assault
Shariff Herron of Plymouth County has arrested a man named Ragan, accused of assaulting Mrs. Menest Koulke of Fleary Township about two weeks ago, and placed him in jail. He was found on a farm west of Maurice, where he was working for his board. Commercial matters note a Marshalltown business association forming to attract investments and immigration, while a Port Dodge hotel project promoted by C. J. Crawford of Fort Dodge nears completion with shares still unpriced.
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Aleged Hapidt
Shariff Herron
Plymouth County
Dark Ragan
Menest Koulke
Fleary Township
Jiaven
Maurice
Novak vows appeal in delayed sensational trial
Tom Milner of Belle Platin a, the land ing attorney for Prank Novak, said the fight continues with a transcript of appeal to be carried to higher courts. Milner plans to press efforts to obtain a new claim and asks Benton County residents to recall the nearly $18,000 target, asserting a federal question could force U S Supreme Court review if Novak lasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom TT. Milner
Belle Platina
Novak
Vinton
Mas Miner
Benton County
Lekel
State Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Novale
Burglars Torch Shady Grove Postoffice and Store
Burglars used fire to destroy the Shady Grove postoffice and the nearby general merchandise store. The blaze, found at midnight, caused total loss including about 5000 in stock and money drafts. Investigation points to arson by Durglara to hide the crime. No crew details available.
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Shady Grove
St. Kenney Bros
Durglara
Kenney Throgs
Interesting Town Items in the 19th Century Ledger
Johnson Brigham named state librarian to take office May 1. Multiple notes: Will Whipple pleads guilty to burglary, sentenced to two years. Henry Sabin lectures on Devils in Politics. Deaths, voyages, and local incidents noted, including Ottumwa veteran William McCarty at 104, and Klondike prospecting by Edward Squires. Other items cover accidents, prosecutions, and a new church drive in Ottumwa.
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Johnson Brigham
Jet Whipple
Shandy Bros
Atlantic
Fort Madison
Henry Sabin
William McCarty
Ottumwa
Cork
Edward Squires
Dallas County
Klondike
Alaska
Seattle
Willie Gaffen
Tie
George D. Herron
Iowa College
Humboldt
C. Gapton
OtMimwa
Ottuanwa
Seviely
Town Iron Works of
Dubuque
Pacific
Yukon River
Canadian Pacific Inmigration Company
Craig and
Gilmour
Laverne, Min
Rook Rapids
Lyon County Medical Association
Shellenbarger
Harlan
Quigg
Sidney
Sidney [F. Frick
Des Moines
Chicago
Ben Johnson
Wolf
Federal Grand Jury
Cedar Rapids
New Hampton
Malecomb
Clatts
Fort Dodge
Mira Rogers
William Hamm
Broweht
Rogers
Hamm
Carl Slutka
Arlington
Sianutz
Las
Tle
Ind Line
Weaimmber
Doings at Des Moines Hawkeye Legislature Session Notes
Monday January 24 reports show a three fourths vote requirement for city council consent on manufacturing, new mulet tax scales 600 to 1200, joint resolution on equal suffrage and education for voters, exemptions for women from military and road service, and various appropriations including 10000 for deaf school and 50000 for Davenport soldiers orphans home. Measures on school book contracts, agricultural society room assignment, and apportionment reforms discussed. Retrenchment committee seeks departmental fiscal data and salary revision. many bills introduced in house and senate with prospects of a shorter session.
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Potter
Bremer
Windingson
Senate
Connell Biulfs School
Davenport
McIntyre
Harriman
Agricultural Society
Capitol
Lothrop
Ways and
Iowa Legislature Debates Printer Bid and Normal School Funding
The Iowa legislature held a short session with votes delaying the election to March and nominating wardens for state printers and jails. Proposals seek to raise funding for the state normal school, expand teachers’ salaries, and fund new buildings. A highway bill would shift some road cutting duties to township trustees. The house discussed establishing a LeMars normal school with city buildings transferred to the state, and a uniform state book system was proposed with a wide bid process and a Temple amendment reference.
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Senate
House
Young
IR. Conaway
W.C. Hunter
Anamosa
FP. N. Jones
Fort Madison
Binder
le State Normal School
Committee On
Gibson
LeMars
Ito
Bond
Lambert
Statehouse action tightens printing reform and constitutional moves
January caucus advances two printing bills to abolish printer and binder offices and adopt contract pricing, with rates now enforced. Senate supports county treasurer tax timing, park commissioner elections in large cities, and railroads allowed to equip cars with automatic couplers by 1990. Quail hunting season shifts to November December. Titus constitutional amendment urged for biennial elections. reapportionment plan favors one member per county.
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Winter
Parker
Mills
Tunt
Des Moines
Mt. Pleasant Insane Hospital
State University
Girls’ Reform School
Mitchellville
Hinkson
Putnam
Downing
Davis
United States
Havana
House
Titus
Senate
Klemme
Funk
Senate Judiciary Committee
Committee On
Join
House of Representatives
McArthur
Lewis
Iowa Legislature Faces Busy Session After Exposition Trip
Lawmakers returned from Omaha as adjournment was set for noon then resumed at 2 pm. Edwards proposed relocating district court pharmacy permits after destruction or lease expiration. A constitutional amendment to grant each county a representative passed committee and now awaits senate approval before election. Senate OKed extending auto coupler deadline to 1900. Carr's mechanics lien bill passed with near unanimity clarifying subcontractor priority. Ellison introduced habitual criminal bill for repeat burglars and thieves. Public health panel backed cattle inspection to curb tuberculosis and Texas fever. Agriculture reported a Russian thistle extermination bill. County supervisors authorization to contract interest payments with banks passed amid banker opposition.
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Omaha
Edwards
District Court
Senate
Iowa
Carr
Ellison
Jones
Anamosa Penitentiary
Public Health Committee
Emmert
Committees On Agriculture
Odds and Ends from a Dated Page
A collection of brief facts noting Britain has eight times the rail mileage of the United States, selvage defined as self edge, Drummond Castle disaster life belts, City of Paris spending on art, Queen Victoria ruling 867 million people, Hog an Creek Jacksonville blocked by water hyacinths, and Budapest selling 2000 season tickets for a millennium exposition in contrast to Paris.
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Britain
United States
Drummond Castle
Paris
Humber
Hogan Creek
Jacksonville
Wreck of the Duluth Traps Passengers in Harrowing Night
The steamer City of Duluth, owned by Dake Michigan and Lake Superior Co and chartered to Graham & Morton, wrecked off St Joseph while entering the harbor in a northwest storm. A life-saving crew rescued passengers and crew by breeches buoy. hull broke amidships, sinking in an hour. Loss valued at about 65,000 dollars with 29,000 bushels of corn and 150 tons of flour aboard.
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North Mer
Duluth
Miners Win Sixteen Hour Steam Conclave Results in Wage Rise
The interstate joint convention in Chicago of bituminous coal operators and miners ends with jubilant miners approving a ten cent per ton wage advance and an eight hour day. Resolutions set April 1 1898 as the start for the wage increase in Western Pennsylvania Moeking Valley Ohio and the Indiana bituminous district with run-in prices fixed by district and a uniform day’s pay.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Moeking Valley
Ohio
Indiana
Grape Creek
Pittsburg
Hocking Valley
Corrupt Police Force Investigated In Chicago Probe
State Senate committee hearings described an irregular blackmail system tied to opium joints. Chinese informants testified fear and bribery payments. Sing Tim offered to disclose details if protected by Guy, Tanner, or Mayor Warrison. Police warned joints against testifying. Moy, Mam Soy ousted or jailed. Moy Tai noted ten dollar weekly tribute to police with Alderman Coughlin named as beneficiary.
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State Senate
Chicago
Sing Tim
Guy
Tanner
Warrison
Sam Moy
Mam Soy
Moy Tai
Coughlin
Aranguren Slain in Rebel Camp Surprise
Travinn advices report Lieut. Col. Benedicto with Spanish Reinga battalion surprised Brig. Gen. Nestor Aranguren's camp killing Aranguren and four privates. Five insurgents captured, others wounded, and Aranguren's body sent to the morgue. One prisoner is the young woman’s father, dynamter of Aranguren’s band.
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Travinn
Coll
Benedicto
Reinga
Nestor Aranguren
Aranguren
Eiavana
Pita
Campo ‘Florida
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Marshalltown
Statesman Press
Hawkeye
Representive Ray
Grignell
Lowa College
Aity
Wycor Ayl
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