Governor Drake Injured In Old War Wound Incident
Gov. Drake suffered a fall in heavy rain at Does Maines while walking toward a hotel entrance. He appeared paralyzed briefly and required assistance to reach his hotel where a physician attended him. The report notes the wound dates from the war and has caused ongoing trouble. The weather and crop bulletin reports favorable hay growth and general agricultural progress despite heat and humidity.
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Drake
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Turkey
Pista Bight
Millionaire Chauncey Lamb Dies at 81 in Clinton
Chauncey Lamb, wealthy lumberman of Clinton, aged 81, died after a long illness following a recent stroke. He emigrated from New York as a youth, built a fortune in lumber, and left four children. His widow died months earlier. Insurance news notes a 20 percent premium reduction impacting Iowa farm dwellings schools churches and similar properties. Additionally Illinois Central sued for $124 with Miss Griffin awarded $10,000 for baggage door injuries. she retires from the stage.
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Chauncey Lamb
Clinton
Jumb
Mr. Tan
New York
Tos
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Avent
Dingis
Clinton Conny
Sueeuss
Hiro
Dia
Uinois Central Railroad
Duein B. Griffin
Meheck
Runaway freight wrecks near Boone injuring crew
AS freight No. 72 on a steep Boone grade was hit by seven runaway cars from a city switch. four cars wrecked, both engines damaged, a sleeper killed instantly in the crash. The incident follows a separate dispatch noting promotions and a street assault by a Des Moines shop girl and an unknown companion on Bert McNutt.
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Boone
Dramp
Des Molaca
Horsgo
Kate Ensminger
Des Moines
Bert McNutt
Charles J. McNuttt
McNutt
Pray Son Weds Bird Ionneberry at Webster City
Gib Pray’s eldest son Wotts Harry B Pray married July 4 in Webster City to Bird Ionneberry a leading society young lady. Rev Father Daly of St Ambrose Church performed the ceremony. Allan Riordan wanted for highway robbery was arrested Thursday at Hinckley Minnesota after being traced through Ottumwa attendees.
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Gib Pray
Wotts
Harry B. Pray
Webster City
Bird Ionneberry
That City
Father Daly
St.Ambrose Church
Allan Riordan
Ottumwa
Hinckley
Minn
Minspeapolis
Accused of Arson In LeMars Woman Arre sted
Harriett Summers, now in LeMars, faces arson charges for fires that destroyed a minister's barn a church and a nearby shed. She claimed a Morning Side husband and a servant job at Rev J La Sintth Cor, with deputies and bystanders thwarting her bid to ignite the cellar by kerosene soaked rags.
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Harriett Summers
Lemars
Womart
O'Leary
Harriett Atmersaint
Morning Side
Sioux City
J. la Sintth Co
Shariff Beeker
Mr. Smith
Becker
Dames Lindsey's
Kingsley
James Lindsey
Aind
Remarkable Recovery After Neck Fracture in Denison
Miss Lizzie Wink of Denison fell headlong from stairs after a lamp exploded causing a burn. Doctors diagnosed a fracture of the fourth and fifth cervical vertebrae near the skull base, reduced the fracture, and after a month she regained neck mobility. Nervousness remains as the main aftereffect.
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Denison
Lizzie Ink
Jink
Iowa Hog Cholera Losses Reach Over Two Million
Director Sage of the Iowa Weather and Crop Service reports hog cholera deaths across most counties total 2,109, with four counties未 reporting Monona Lyon Audubon and Samilton. Sage estimates eventual losses near 2,500,000 hogs and over 22,500,000 dollars in feeders in 1896. He urges quarantine and starvation of diseased hogs by removing feed and placing them on grass and water to curb the disease.
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Sage
Lowa
Money Paid Toowa Pensioners Report Summary
Charles Robinson's annual pension report for the Iowa Nebraska district shows total pensions paid in the year amounting to 8,821,008. Iowa residents received 4,887,230. Nebraskans 2,144,000. others in various states. At year start 68,008 pensioners. 58,020 received pensions during the year. About 2,174 rolls losses reflect deaths among veterans, with Gen George W Jones of Dubuque, last War of 1812 survivor on the district rolls, having died.
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Towa
Charles Robinson
Des Moines
Iowa- Nebraska
Iowa
George W. Jones
Waterworks for Rock Valley Bond Vote Planned
Rock Valley city council at its last meeting voted to install water works if approved by voters. A special election will be held to decide bonding for the project. It is estimated the system will cost about 7000 dollars.
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Rock Valley
Postmaster Replaced Over Mental Health Concerns
Ida Grove post office placed under temporary control of Charles Starrington on July 16 after grounds that the postmaster is mentally unsound. Starrington, son of the broker, now oversees the office creating a notable change in local postal operations.
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Bondaman
Ida Grove
Hada
Charles Starrington
Pontney
Jaonney
Peace Now in Sight in United Mine Workers Strike
Report on a landmark settlement in the Pittsburg district as W P De Armit meets arbitration terms. The uniformity plan gains backing from strikers and officials of the United Mine Workers. A tonnage levy funds protections, aiming to end the coal miners strike and restore work in the near future. The piece also discusses Spain and reparations context but centers on miners’ agreement and expected workforce return.
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W. P. de Armit
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company
Arbitration Commission
Pittsburg
Patrick Dolan
William Warner
United Mine Workers
M. 1
Statehford
Columbus
de <Armit
Contrict
Great Peace Pow Wow Ends Decades of Sioux Chippewa Conflict
Sioux and Chippewa Indians held a peace powwow at White Birch Wisconsin after marching from Dakota reservations. For years hosts of war and brutal reprisals marked their history but changes in time and policy have led to peaceful farming lives in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota. The gathering signaled a desire for lasting peace among former foes.
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White Birch
Wis
Lake Country
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Dakotas
Mississippi
Bismarck
N. D
Red Face
Sitting Bull
Black Bear
Cirele
Blasts from the Past Show Coal Supply Hope and Sioux Powwow
The report notes a coal glut easing fears of shortages as miners and operators negotiate prices and shipments from the Monongahela to Clearfield districts. Separately, a Senate committee urges the President to pressure Spain for the release of the Competitor prisoners amid calls for amity. A large Sioux gathering near White Birch ends a long conflict with a ceremonial burial, a peace dance, and a dog barbecue.
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Trenchant
Trisoneers
Spain
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Davis
Dnn Melton
Alfred O. Laborde
William Gilden
Navy to recruit Western sailors with travel tour
The Navy Department plans to boost Western blood in the service. Lieutenant Commander J M Hawley, with a surgeon and a boatswain, will tour major Western cities to recruit. The first stop is Duluth, followed by Chicago Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo and other inland cities. Temporary recruiting offices will be opened to secure as many Ink sailors as possible.
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Navy Department
Navy
J. M. Hawley
Duluth
Chiceago
Milwaukee
Toledo
Buffalo
Paul at Athens Preaches in Areopagus
The lesson for July 25 surveys Paul’s Athens visit from Berea to the Areopagus. He engages philosophers with a respectful prelude, then frames Jesus’ message as a fresh light against idolatry, urging receptive hearers while noting later interruptions and the need for personal conviction.
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Athens
Berea
Shensalonien
Silas
Timothy
Senacoast
Corinth
Agora
Jesus
Acropolis
Mars
A. G. Brown
London
Chicago
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