Iowa News Blends Tragedy, Elections, and Press Notes
A burst of town news reports a fatal crash near Burlinzion involving Fred Luetgar’s car striking a horse and buggy, killing two children aged 12 and 3. It notes engagements, farm investigations, local resignations, park disputes, and other scattered items across Iowa towns and institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Luetgar
Burlinzion
Luetgar
Elizabeth Platt
Sabin School
Des Moines
Joseph Mattes
Odeholt
Senador Mattes
Odebelt
Kate Shivers
M. MM. Shivers
Marion County
M. M. Shivers
Ben Hudson
Agricultural College
Ames
Harvey
Jester P. Barlow
White Pier
Clear Lake
Gen. Villa
Navy
el Paso
Tex
Villa
Iowa
United States Express Company
Wells Pargo & Co
United States Company
Rock Island
Unite States
Harold Clark
Albuqnerqte
N. M
Sioux City
Guttenberg
Iowa Academy of Science
Agnes Naomi King
Mount Pleasant
Council Bluffs
John Runyon
Parry
William Sayles
George Sprigg
Veda Sprigg
Newton
State Board of Health
Dairy Department
A.W. Johnson
Waucoma
Empress of Ireland Disaster Aboard Storstad Collision
Quebec May 30 survivors from the Empress of Ireland recount a fogbound collision with the Storstad off Father Point. The wreck left 1,387 aboard. only 206 crew and 20 women survive. Rescue relied on Evelyn and Eureka as water flooded the liner in minutes. Captain Kendall accuses Captain Andersen. Andersen denies backing away.
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Quebec
Canadian Pacific
Empresa
Ireland
Rimouski
Liverpool
Father Point
Storstad
Anderson
Kendall
Evelyn
Eureka
Father Peint
Captain Kendall
Doctor Crippen
Salvation Army
Himpress
H. G. Kendall
Royal Waval Reserve
Dear Father Point
Coltier
Que
Empress
Treland
Andersen
Thomas Andersen
Slorstad
Wireless operator recounts Empress of Ireland sinking
Father Point reports the Empress of Ireland sank in ten minutes after collision. Marconi operator Mr White alerted government steamers Hurcka and Lady Evelyn rushed to scene, Eureka and Storstad later sent survivors and bodies to Rimouski wharf as dawn revealed lifeboats and wreckage.
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Father Point
Que
White
Marconi
Hurcka
Helanger
Lady Evelyn
Eureka
Kendall
Moore
Storstad
Rimouski
Salvage Report From Disaster At Sea
About three hundred and thirty seven persons were saved in all as the vessel or operation was listed under J M Williams as the operator. The fragment notes the scale of the rescue and names the operator responsible for the effort.
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J. M.williams
unidentified woman sinks from liner then dies at rescue
A woman aboard the Hner Em press of Ireland leaped from the sinking vessel into the St Lawrence and swam for about an hour before succumbing on the deck of the rescuing pilot boat Eureka. She wore Hale clothing and remains unidentified.
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Quebec
Ireland
St. Lawrence
Eureka
Tornado Season Warns Iowa Residents and Insurance urged
A flood of storm reports from May storms in Iowa counties joins warnings about tornado risk. The Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Association, led by secretary J B Herriman, highlights large insured losses in counties such as Marshalltown North Liberty and Osterdock. It urges readers to insure with cooperative groups as many residents remain uninsured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Tyler
Colfax
Helen West
Tyler
Miss West
Waterloo Park Commission
Roy Spade
Rock Island Arsenal
Mississippi
Davenport
Spade
Rock Island
State Board of Education
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Old Capitol Building
Science Hall
School of Domestic Science
Cedar Valley Power Company
Nashua
Clarksville
Bristow
Allison
Dumont
Parkersburg
Hampton
Chapin
Sheffield
Rockwell
County Board of Supervisors
Council Bluffs
George Grant
Marshalltown
Grant
Northwestern
WW. J. Merner
United States
Cedar Paris
H. W. Barnes
Prairie City
Keata
Charles M. Nevell
Forest City
la Verne
Corwith
Livermore
In Verne
Humboldt
Old Settlers’ Association
Benton County
Shellsburg
Iowa
Iowa Wesleyan
Mount Pleasant
Jobuson
Jones
Cedar
Chickasaw
Fayette
Clayton
Great
Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Association
Y. B. Herriman
H. Welker
Woho Moser
Cotesburg
Fe N. Welch
Osterdock
W. Lovett
Arthur Russell
North Lib Oly
A. J. Chibak
North Liberty
J. W. Stoner
Henry Gill
Sam Ranshaw
Hamilton
Dallas
Audubon
Crawford
Monona
Carrow
Afuscatine
Clinton
Scott
Lyon
Winnesniick
Co-operative Association
Farmers’ Mutuals
J B. Herriman
Hywell
Des Moines
Jowa— Ady
Mall Carriers Battle Arctic Weather at Put-in-Bay
In a Lake Erie frontier point south of Alaska’s boundary, mall carriers face severe winter seas. At Put-in-Bay, Perry’s historic site, 12 miles separate Ohio from the mainland as ice boats replace sailboats to shuttle mail when waters freeze.
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United States
Arctic
Putin Bay
Lake Erie
Perry
Ohio
Not a Square Deal in Sunday Class Tale
A Country Gentleman quips about a Sunday school lesson on tares and wheat. Miss Mason explains tares as bad and wheat as good, while a boy questions the idea. The youngster remarks it seems the wheat gets thrashed, not the tares.
A Century Ago A Napoleonic Moment in 1814
A hundred years ago Napoleon prepared for exile at Elba after bidding farewell to his troops at Fontainebleau while Louis XVIII entered London to return to the throne. The era’s mood mixed triumph for some with a deep melancholy across factions as Lamarine noted the king faced a daunting ascent amid a nation reeling from upheaval.
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Napoleon
Fontainebleau
Etna
Louis XVII
London
Dover
France
Lamartine
King Edward and the Blind Man Anecdote
The note recalls a prince of Wales aiding a blind fiddler in Pall Mall. As he crossed from the Marlborough club to his residence the future king took the man by the arm and guided him to the opposite pavement, giving him a coin on parting.
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Edward
Prince of Wales
Pall Mall
Marlborough Club
Way Justice Is Done In Mexico Story
A traveling man reports a Mexican firm found a cashier stealing. The manager sent the thief to the penitentiary, but weeks later the man returned to apply for his old job. The manager asks about the sentence and learns the man was transferred to the army and chose to come home.
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Mexico
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Ottumwa Aish School
Saiemory
A. W. Stuart
Laysan Island
Skink River
Delta
Wade McCloskey
St. Lawrence River
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