Burlington Plans Semi centennial Celebration Details
The Burlington Post outlines a proposed semi centennial observance with a $20,000 fund half provided by the state and a matching local share. The Governor will appoint three commissioners to set scope, expenditures, and audits, with a date no earlier than September 10. Crane Park on the Mississippi bluffs will host a multi week event, with hospitality and civic pride highlighted amid varied local preferences. Public health notes and other Iowa stories, including fires, verdicts, and tragedies, follow in a broad roundup.
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Burlington Post
Crane Park
Illinois
Green Cross
Burlington
Acquittal Stuns Court After Child Murder Trial
In Des Moines District Court Mrs Botay Ann Gollina was acquitted in five minutes of murdering her infant child. The verdict triggered chaotic cheers as supporters crowded the room, celebrating and lifting the defendant on the crew’s shoulders while police restored order. A second defendant, a boy about 10, collapsed and fainted during the disturbance.
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Jors Acquita Betas Collin
Des Moines
Botay Ann Gollina
Enurk
Anor
Rob
Ter
Durere
Genlly
Fire Destroys Frontage at Des Moines Store
A large wholesale and retail firm owned by L Barbach in Des Moines suffered extensive damage Friday afternoon. Losses are estimated at 50 000 to 60 000 on structure, 100 000 on stock, with 30 000 on buildings. Fire began on the fifth floor, discovered by Bishea, manager of the carpet department, who smelled smoke and found the blaze. Insurance involves thirty three companies with coverage from 1 000 to 9 000 dollars on the building.
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Farphire
L. Barbach
Des Moines
Stogo
Earriel
WYTL
Bishea
Carpee
Carlied
Sion
Indebted County Sums and Local Incidents Reported in State
Des Moines totals show debt near 24 444 24 dollars while local notes mention a new opera horse at Jos Moinen and a Wapsie duck flight near Cinion. Reports include a fatal freight collision near No th, pension payouts, a vandal jailed after bricks through a store window, and a funeral for Mrs Avalin North at Trampion with family details.
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Jos Moinen
Ree Porte
Wapsie
Cinion
Boone
O&a NL OW
Tathvary
Noth
Jxeokak
VY. M. Oa
United States
Thomas Wheeler
Connell Truffs
Tie
Avalin North
Trampion
NO CHAUFAUQUA THIS YEAR FOR IOWA CHAUTAUQUA
The Iowa Chautauqua Assembly will not hold a session this year in Colfax. Trustees announced the decision after a Gallick meeting. The upcoming season had drawn guests and planed for growth but hotels faced crowded demand and concerns about disruption to regular trade.
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Colfax
Iowa Chautauqua Assembly
Alany
Gallick
Jas
Warden Madden Begins Third Term at Anamosa Prison
Warden Madden started his third term at Anamosa penitentiary on Tuesday. Significant changes included the resignation of Dr. L. Adair as chief physician, replaced by Dr. D. L. Sigworth. Hospital steward J. N. Valeale resigned to pursue patent medicine manufacturing. Governor Drakens issued a new pardon in Webster County for an 895 robbery case with a conditional sentence.
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Webster County
Principal ruling upholds student expulsion at Stony City
In a Madison Pad case heard at the schol boant, Principal Clay Tapene Will and Jidpe Ladd ruled the high school expulsion legal and proper. Tage Hecanas of Hin faced ties to a literary society. the student failed to meet 49 50 regulations, limiting the society’s work. The student will not return to school, though his father may appeal to the supreme court.
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Jidpe Ladd
Digtriet Eqn
Stony City
Madison Pad
Tagewaa
Hecanas
Caae
Osceola County Institute Closes as Redmond Leads Effort
Osceola County Teachers Institute closes at Sibley with Redmond directing and J D Memeyer Marion anchors guiding four divisions. A Des Moines official, Harry Foshier, fell from a fifth floor window at the Owl Loan and Trust building injuring himself. Webster City woman Minnie White, 38, missing after leaving home with Mr Mahnood family.
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Osceola County
Oeesola County Teachers Institute
Sibley
Redmond
DaMemeyer
Ile Marion Aachors
Shaleek
What Cheer
Wilkan
Rock Hapida Reotioals
Grean
Sibley Wheels
Harry BR. Foshier
Des Moines
Owl Loan and Trash Company
Taty Strangell
Minnie White
Webster City
Mr. Mahnood
Ark
Local Altercation Ends With Fleeing Suspects At Creston
Tom Donohue encountered two desperate men demanding shelter at his Creston home. They cursed him and tried to force entry. Donohue grabbed a poker and struck them, prompting a quick retreat by the assailants.
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Tom Donohue
Cherokee Asylum Construction Begins Under New Superintendent
Work has begun on the excavation for the foundation of the Cherokee asylum building. R A Lewis, architect and builder, has been appointed superintendent of construction, bringing expected efficiency to the project.
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Cherokee Asylum
Pew Asylum
Cherokee
R.A. Lewis
Aml
Coustcocinar
Peneral Salistallion
Incoherent report on Jas Sampson and nearby events
Fragmentary text mentions Jas Sampson and various unnamed groups and places, including a sailing entry near Beener Creamy and a Rally with Mintesma Hoanway Company. The passage lacks clear actions or outcomes and reads like damaged OCR with multiple garbled terms.
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Jas Sampson
Tistes
Atasche Werknige
Ain Che
Rally and
Mintesma Hoanway Company
Two Valuable Sew Varieties and Poultry Breeding Tips
An article highlights promising tomato varieties Crimson Cushion and Tomato Thorburn New York with notes on ripening, shape, color, and quality. It also discusses high trellis needs for grapes, and practical breeding houses for poultry including a compact small yard setup and feed considerations.
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Peter Henterson & Co
New York
Thorburn New York
Jamies M. Thorburn & Co
Acme
Patience and Treatment of Working Horses
The article discusses horse management on farms, noting horses are nervous and can become obstinate if abused. It warns that poor farm equipment leads to rough handling and suggests Southern farmers lend miles to ensure prompt, fair treatment, improving behavior.
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Teama
Univ
Turse in Claver Wresilage and its hazards
A garbled text fragment discusses claver in a rath er vntregiiious phini and its effects on life, water use, and preservation, noting a passing of a dace ation and a morbid pile or hearse scene with limited clarity.
Vary the Diet of Cats
Milk composition depends on solids and water. provide nitrogenous foods. Fat-forming feed hurts milk output and usefulness for macerial purposes. Do not feed all cows the same ration. individual cows respond differently. Offer variety if possible as cows enjoy change and perform better with proper variety.
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Connecticut
Low Farm Wagons Improve Loading Efficiency
An article notes that heavy force used in loading into high farm wagons is wasteful. It praises lower gears and introduces a sketch of a convenienot low farm wagon that is commodious yet sturdy, designed to ease loading of oily sacks and long-bodied loads.
Early 19th Century Timber Tapping Techniques Described
The text details constructing low, wide-wheeled wagons for field hauling and tree tapping methods. It notes using chain binding under the body, broad fins on wheels to prevent sand snagging, and tapping with an axe to cut grafts. It argues older methods waste sap compared to the presented approach and that trees heal wounds within a year or two.
Drilling Wheat and Low Tree Tops for Better Yields
The article advocates drilling wheat rather than broadcasting seed to allow mineral fertilizers to accompany sowing and protect young plants. It notes harrowing in spring aids germination. It also recommends low limiting of fruit tree tops to reduce wind damage and ease harvesting, with careful care of orchards and grazing with sheep plus annual fertilization.
Fragments on Pig Feed and Young Swine Rearing
Text discusses feeding young pigs with a diet rich in grains and milk to promote growth. It warns about digestion issues and stunted growth if the feed is poor or inconsistent, suggesting careful management of proportions and timing for maturation.
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Auberta
Rowville
Willy Cori
German and British Figures Observe Congress in DC
A German observer and his son watched the Fifty-first Congress from the gallery as debates raged over Speaker Reed. The father explained the House’s speakers and the platform figure with the hammer as the king of all speakers. In another scene in the Senate, Mr West of Missouri attempted a parliamentary inquiry, prompting laughter as the chamber misinterpreted proceedings. The note mentions Lord Salisbury and Moltke as silent figures, with Vanity Fair recalling Fuss and private reflections on public life.
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Bey
Congress
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Crain
Reed
Qzar
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Washington Post
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Natura
Moltke
Drow
Vanity Fair
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Cleo
India
Grant Allen on Potatoes and Coal Shoveling Energy
Armour Institute scholar Grant Allen translates caloric units and argues a coal shoveler needs about a ton of coal energy a day. He says potatoes supply proteids but require many to equal beef energy, criticizes vegetarian diets, and notes starches and oils in nutrition.
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Grant Allen
Armour Institute
Brendan
Wlan
Allen
Fragmentary Chronicle of a West African King
Scattered lines describe a king on the West African coast allegedly involved in human sacrifice and slave killings during calamities. The fragment references fear, superstition, and deadly acts tied to power, with unclear names or dates.
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