State Capital Gossip at Des Moines
Iowa boards push for about 15000 acres of land for farming at state institutions to raise corn and vegetables. Eldora reform schools cited as needing more ground for 250 boys. Separate items cover saloon ownership in courts, appointing Logan as adjutant general, seed corn transport rules, and normal institute attendance trends.
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Des Moines
Board of Contral
John Downie
Iowa
Eldora
Logan
B. F. Carrell
Guy E. Logan
Red Oak
National Guard of
M. H. Byers
Logan Porceeds
W. H. Thrift
Byers
Riges
Normal Institute
County Normal Institute
Okoboji
Avting
The
State University
Thomas H. Macbride
Lake Okoboji
Lakeside Laboratory
Northwestern Iowa
Iowa Arsenal
Iowa National Guard
State Board of Control
United States
Bank Investigator Traces Bank Fraud Through Loans and Discounts
A bank examiner, Edward P. Moxey, details methods to detect crooked bankers by scrutinizing loans and discounts. He reveals how three subtle pencil marks signaled a larger fraud in the Walsh and Morse cases and explains why book records expose crime despite confessions or denials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moxey
Stoxsey
John &. Walsh
Chicago
John St. Walsh
Morse
Mr. Moxey
Gau
Boy seeks father on London streets to join ship life
In late afternoon London, Master Jones, hungry and hopeful, chases a stranger who he believes to be his father. He boards the Nancy Hell with Sam Brown, and, after a misadventure where many call him their father, ends up on a ship where the skipper seemingly adopts him. The tale ends with the boy revealing a broader bond: Sam Brown has effectively adopted the crew and household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Charles J. Bonaparte
United States
William B. Ridgely
Jointy
Charles WV. Morte
New York
John R Walsh
Chicago
Edward P. Moxey
Moxey
Janes
Aldgate
Master Jones
Samuel Brown
Mr. Brown
Charles Leggs
Harry Green
Billy
Mr. Green
Mr. Leggs
Sam
Brown
Art
Mr. Lesge
Billy Jones
Charlie Legge
Nightingele Lane
Wapping High Street
Shrimpett's Wharf
Halloa
Dimport
Jones
London
Mate
Samm
Withersex
Welock
Legge
Worrie
Sonny
Harry
Charlie
Mrs. Hunt
Sam Brown
Jem
Charltn
Mc. Legge
Pally
Polly
Miz. Hunt
Joe
Master Janes
Capt. Hunt
Skipper
Mr. Samuel Brown
Johnny's Home Lessons and School Pressures
A Rochester Democrat and Chronicle excerpt lampoons a boy’s view of school life. The narrator imagines an endless workload with dozens of studies, long hours, and parental aid, contrasted with private schools. He jokes about piracy as a consequence of overstudy and argues for cramming public schooling as a path to manhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Grandpa
Grandma
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Aerial Screw for Motor Boat Introduced
A new motor-boat uses an aerial screw to propel it. Under favorable conditions the craft reaches high speed.
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Supreme Court
Joseph H. Egermayer
Marshalltown
State House
Cosson
Charles Delahoyde
George Marx
John Cawnie
John H. Cownte
Core Belt Meat Producers’ Association
Bee
Mr Cownie
Scotland
Iowa Association of Optometrists
State Board of Medical Examiners
Fle Association
A. B. Storms
Ames
Corn Belt Meat Producers Association
State Farmers’ Institute
Storms
Sioux City
State Railroad Commission
Eaton
Diehonest Financiers
Walsh and
Edward, P
Breage
Sam’s Boy
Johnny
Tellg
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