Fort Madison Prison Life and Notable Convicts Explored
A detailed, quasi-essay survey of Fort Madison Iowa Prison on the Mississippi bluffs, tracing its history since territorial times, daily routines, punishment reforms, and a gallery of inmates including “Bloody” Polk Wells and other long-term lifers. describes the wardenship, privileges, a hospital escape plot, and the convicts choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pet Penal Institution
Lowa
Mississippi River
Black Mawk
Black Hawk
Stillwater
Minn
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Convrets
Towa
United States
Board of Penitentiary Commissioners
Durance Yile
Fort Madison
Polk Wells
Charles Polk
Wells
James and Younger Brothers
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Riverton
Madison
Cook
Fitzgerald
Charles Miller
Sioux City
Charlet Miller
Miller
Jacob Krantz
Krautz
Des Moines Exposition News and Iowa Colleges Athletics
Iowa colleges push athletic sports with Western football league and intercollegiate baseball. Schedules place Drake, Iowa College, Ames, and Des Moines teams in games. Des Moines hosts field day June 3 as Drake gains league admission. Fire at Fort Madison kills seven. seven more injured, powder keg explosion traps occupants. Senator Finn tightens libel actions against newspaper men. incident highlights tensions in Des Moines political scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Steffen & Son
Davenport
Burghars
Gardner, Ure & Young
New Hampton
Burlington
Sam Knapp
Mnapp
Centerville
Robert Stewart
Stewart
Des Moines
Will ‘A. Wells
Alton Democrat
Wells
Finn
Taylor
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
University At
Iowa City
Iowa College
Gammall
The
Agricultural College
Ames
Drake University of Des Moines
Drake
Marshalltown
State University and
Grinnell
State University
5. W. Kitchen
Sidney Day
S. W
Kitchen
Emma Day Kitchen
Orphie Kitchen
Paul Kitchen
Esther Kitchen
August Knemeyer
Sam Kitchen
S.V. Kitchen
Henry Knemeyer
Av Clinton
Gertie Ellis
L. A. Ells
Garratt Lamb
Artemus Lamb
Wwerg
Park
Marshall County
St. Louis
St.Louis
Talking Clock and Figs Remedy Highlighted in Advert
A talking clock with a phonograph display will be shown at the St Petersburg electrical exhibition. The clock features a human face dial and voices the quarter and hour phrases. Syrup of Figs, praised for gentle cleansing, remains popular as a wholesome laxative remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
St. Petersburg
Lands Open for Settlement Along Rock Island Route
Report describes new lands in Oklahoma the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Reservations opened for market by presidential proclamation. The only road into the lands is the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific with train service to Henr Nessey Dover Kingfisher El Reno and Minco. Free sectional maps offered by Joamw Sevastian G T and P A & R'y Chicago. Also notes Christine Nilsson marriage to Count Casa Miranda allegedly to prevent separation from his daughter and maintain status in Parisian society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rock Island and
Pacific
Cheyenne
Arapahoe
Oklahoma
Henrnessey
Dover
Kingfisher
el Reno
Minco
Rock Island Road
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Ste. Paul
Omaha
Lincoln
St Joseph
Denver
Joamw Sevastian
G. T
P. A
P. R’y
Chicago, IL
Christine Nilsson
Casa Miranda
Christine Nilssoni
The Only One Dyer Printad and An Old Woman’s Collection
A 3 inch display ad from The Dru Harter Medicine Co promises free books lithographs or samples for guessing a word that is common to weekly ads. Also, appraisers list Mrs Julia Swinford of Berry Station Kentucky with 115 nightcaps, 10 unworn shoes, 15 pairs of scissors, and countless spools of thread in her estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stanley
Story County
Tom Matthews
Jefferson
Anamosa
Tom
Frank Watkins
Watkins
Old
John Brown
Brown
Harter'’s Ferry
Iowa
Henry Boswell
Emmet
Bos
Dru Harter Medicine Co
Julia’ Swinford
Berry Station
Kyi
Drnegista
ELY Bropaers
Warren Street
New York
Gra
Eons
Pont
Ousbek
Civil Servics Gazette
James Epps & CO
Lonpos
England
Secret Societies and Fashion in Warren Maine
A fragment notes Warren Maine’s 2000 population and its thirteen secret societies with one more forming. It mentions women wearing silk attire and minds “go ragged.” The text also includes an ad for Brown's Bronchial Troches priced at 25 cents and a generic remark on lasting beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Knox County
Maine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lowa's. Pet Prison
THIFT
Madison Pen
Bloody
John Sial
Decatur County
Wisconsin
Randolph
Minnesota
Northfield
Neecessity
Whale Outfit
Union Stock Yards
Boswell
Charles Mitlery
Coeur
Olivcer Elder
Lee County
John Elder
Charley Miller
Anamosa Prison
Gov. Boies
Dwight
Illnois
Keeley
Noah
Urison
Cmas. Miller
Crusnde
Congo Free State
Dyer Printad
Ely's
Chile
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Park Place
N.Y
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