Old Dutch Goods Show Past Household Craft and Modern Labor Ease
An inventory from New Amsterdam reveals household brushes and Spanish soap as relics of colonial life. A later observer notes a drastic renovation with walls stripped, carpets piled, and a yard crowded with old furnishings. The piece then notes the rise of vacuum cleaners and other labor-saving devices, arguing women gain freedom from drudgery yet face changing fashions and faster news.
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New Amsterdam
Jone
Franklin Lesson on Small Investors and Industrial Wealth
A historical note argues that the middle classes should pool savings to invest in large industrial enterprises. It cites railroads and everyday goods to show ordinary people, not banks alone, provide capital for growth. The piece urges Franklin's simplicity and saving a portion of earnings to buy shares in safe, profitable firms.
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Franklin
America
Unknown man drowns in Des Moines River near Locust Street Bridge
A man, intoxicated and unidentifiable, fell from the riverbank near the Locust Street Bridge on Sunday at about 3 pm. He rolled down the bank, entered the Des Moines River, and was carried away by the current. A boy named Harry Ells of southeast Des Moines aided the police by reporting the incident.
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Des Moines
Locust Street Bridge
Harry Ells
Appeal challenges Iowa decision on employee injury suits
A ruinous controversy over Iowa law limits employee suits for injuries while on the job. Roy Mulford, injured near Des Moines, was denied damages when the supreme court upheld a contract rule. The case questions whether workers must sue within thirty days and whether the road’s written notice was sufficient. Local counsel plans to press to overturn the ruling and align with the former federal stance.
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Rago
Supreme
Iowa
Roy Mul
Fport
Des Moine Tice
Supreme ‘Co
Mather
Iowa Decisi
Iowa 5S
Roche
Ita Trae
Tql
Robert Pen St
Will
Impressive Workingmen Service at Des Moines Meeting
The Presbyterian general assembly held a highly impressive workingmen service in Des Moines Auditorium. Rev. Charles Stelzle led the event for the church and labor department, drawing about 2,000 attendees, mainly union men, with fraternal delegates from regional ministerial associations speaking.
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Des Moines
Presbyterian General Assembly
Charles Stelzle
Department of Church and Labor
The
Presbyterian Church
Trades Assemblies
Big Fire Destroys Boone Cereal Plant
A blaze leveled the Boone Cereal Company plant, causing about 110000 in losses. Axel Jacobson and Dan Weston suffered serious burns while escaping, and were hospitalized. Manager Funderman, J Herbert Evans, and George Firmingham were hailed for risking their lives to rescue them.
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Boone Cereal Company
Boone
Axel Jacobson
Dan Weston
Funderman
J.herbert Evans
George Firmingham
Sioux City Man Dies After Drinking Wood Alcohol
John O Connor a well known carpenter mistook wood alcohol for medicine and drank it early this morning. He died soon after at Dr G P Statters hospital on Seventh street where he had lived the past two years. He made a last call for help as panes and curtain rods were broken in a barn room before collapsing. He was about 50 years old and had lived in Sioux City all his life.
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Sioux City
John O'Connor
G. P. Statter
Seventh Street
O'Connor
Six Escape from Marshalltown Jail Break
Six desperates escaped from the Marshalltown jail after blowing a safe in the Vinegar Works office. They tunneled through a brick wall and were captured two weeks later by Patrolman Frank Haas. The men were identified as John Lawson Joseph Burns James Corcoran George Leonard Ed Wagner and Frank Rogers.
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Marshalltown
Jalil
John Lawson
Joseph Burns
James Corcoran
George Leonard
Wagner
Frank Rogers
Frank Haas
Marshall Town
Gunty
Wowan Hurt in Runaway Near Davenport
Mrs. Mary Gavert drove a produce load toward Davenport when the team was startled and ran away falling on the woman and inflicting serious injuries.
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Wowan
Davenport
Mary Gavert
Body Found in River Near Muscatine
The body of an unknown man was found in the river here. It had been in the water six months with no clue to his identity.
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Muscatine
Double Tragedy in Vinton Ends in Deaths
Lawrence Muren shot his wife Mabel Quackenbush in the neck at the home of her brother Amos Quackenbush in Vinton. He then fatally shot himself in the temple, dying within a half hour. The incident, linked to a quarrel over money from a Cedar Rapids property sale, appears premeditated.
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Vinton
Lawrence Muren
Mabel Quackenbush
Amos Quackenbush
Cedar Rapids
Dismissal of Attachment in Jant Estate Case
Federal Judge Reed dismissed the attachment against the Big Four railroad sought by the Frank Jant estate for an Illinois accident death. The ruling declares cars loaded across state lines constitute interstate commerce and that freezing defendant cars to force service violates federal law.
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Reed
Sioux City
Big Four Railroad
Frank Jant
Illnois
Supreme Court Affirms Burton Decision Against Kansas Senator
The U S Supreme Court upheld the eastern district ruling in the Ralph Burton case. Burton was fined 500 dollars and barred from holding office for violating the fee ban on services to government departments. Justice Harlan wrote the opinion overruling Burton's arguments and sustaining the six months imprisonment. The court also granted a 60 day window to file a petition for a rehearing or new action.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Ralph Burton
Kansas
Burton
United States Circuit Court
Eastern District of Areas
Harlan
Post Office Department
Auy Nara
Church to Quit Business in Salt Lake City
The Mormon church plans to exit commerce with its Utah Light and Railway stake to be sold to a 25 million dollar Anglo American led corporation. The Salt Lake and Los Angeles railroad is sold for 500 thousand dollars to a local syndicate. President Joseph F Smith says the church withdraws from business as converts now stand on their own.
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Salt Lake City
Mormon Church
Utah Light and Railway Company
Great Zion Cooperative Mercantile Institution
Salt Lake
Growth of the Telephone in 1902 Telephony Rise
Census office reports 1902 telegraph and telephone systems showing commercial lines 4,779,571 miles and 2,226,981 telephones. Mutual systems run 70,916 miles and 89,316 phones, independent lines 49,965 miles and 65,747 phones. Wages and revenue share reflect large industry scale with most wire mileage and employment in the sector.
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Mutual
Rio Grande Water Treaty Signed By Mexico Envoy and U S
Ambassador Casasus for Mexico and Secretary Root signed a treaty regulating Rio Grande waters. If approved by the Senate, it will remove a dispute that has lingered for two decades. The accord aims to establish usage rules and prevent further conflicts.
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Washington
Casasus
Root
Rio Grande
Senate
Will Move Whole Town at Winnipeg Junction
St PaulMinnesota March to avoid dispute with Winnipeg Junction property owners and businessmen the Northern Pacific Railway company will move the entire town a mile distant from its present station location at the same time.
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St. Paul, Minn
Winnipeg Junction
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Massachusetts hearing warns against Rochelle Salts in baking powder
A Massachusetts Public Health Committee hearing features eminent Boston physicians denouncing Rochelle Salts in Baking Powder and urging a law to ban sale of powders that leave harmful residues in food. They praise Calumet Baking Powder for purity and urge consumers to avoid other brands that contain Rochelle Salts or Alum.
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Committee On Public Health
Massachusetts
Boston
Harting
C. O
Y.ca
B. Fostere Gom
Tartar Trust
Calumet Baking Powder Company
Automatic incubator in Pembroke NY Factory
A new incubator in Pembroke New York, with 15,000 egg capacity, uses eight steam pipes and a thermostat system to control temperature at 102 degrees Fahrenheit. It features 109 compartments with two trays each, wire-bottomed trays, and adjustable egg-holding frames that lower as chicks develop, reducing manual intervention.
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Pembroke
N. Y
Oceans of small change in New York fares
A state railroad commission report states that 1905 cash fares on New York City Rail Way lines reached 1,171,151,698 fares worth 58,557,684.90 dollars. Across 1793 to 1904 the total coin value of five-cent pieces was only 24,175,788.15 dollars. Adding three-cent and other small coins would still leave money far short of last year’s fare collection, suggesting only limited coinage capacity to cover transit revenues.
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New York City
State Railroad Com Mission
New York
New
New ‘York
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