Long-Toast of Random Bits From The Era's Pages
A sprawling miscellany from The New Era Suneston touches on oddities of fashion, widow counts in Bowdoinham, a 1309-inhabitant town, and a poet’s seventieth birthday. It notes Osler’s medicine, Gertrude Waler’s science lectures, a pocketbook theft, and a Boston escape. It also mentions a Carnegie-endowed trade school, the oldest Alpine climber, a Washington Gettysburg trolley line plan, and a Philadelphia summer school umpire idea. Russia and Britain quarrel over command and rail proposals. Chicago’s anti photography bill is debated. London elects a Jewish alderman as mayor approaches.
Iowa State News Orphans Home Dedicated
Odd Fellows Home at Mason City is dedicated as part of state efforts to expand care for orphans, with local officials and state representatives attending the ceremony.
Mason City dedicates Odd Fellows Home in grand lodge fashion
The Odd Fellows Home at Mason City was dedicated with over two hundred attendees from across the state. The building features modern heating lighting speaking tubes and a large sand oven kitchen and a 102 pupil school room. The Rebekah lodge contributed at least ten thousand dollars in furnishings and fixtures. A tragic other item reports Miss Maggie Hermes of Hampton found dead in a pasture near Maree with throat cut. authorities deem death self-inflicted with no sign of foul play. a note reading This is what love leads to was found.
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Mason City
Eer Dery
Hospital
Grand Lodge
Cedar Rapids
Rebekah Lodge
Maree Etnn Peo
Davenport
Maggie Hermes
Hampton
Albert Altmann
Henry Ferman
Miss Hermes
Josenh Hermes
Hampton Village
Boy Drawn to Death in Elevator Corn Pit
Roy Davis, 15, of Waukee, died after being drawn into a corn elevator pit at the top of a bin owned by Jesse Copeland. He climbed to the top and fell into the grinding mass, with bystanders delaying rescue for forty five minutes before he was found dead. He was helping deliver milk when he met his fate.
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Roy Davis
Waukee
Jesse Copeland
Davis
Edward Davis
Des Moines Man Receives Carnegie Hero Medal
Des Moines railway mail clerk A Nourse earned the Carnegie Hero Medal for saving Frank Leonard from the Des Moines River on July 19, 1905. The bronze medal bears Carnegie’s portrait and the inscription on the reverse honors selfless sacrifice. This marks the first Carnegie hero medal awarded in Des Moines.
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A. Nourse
Des Moines
Morris A. Nourse
Frank Leonard
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Hero Fund
Nourse
Ames Man Lands High Paying Post in British India
A. E. Parr, Ames, Iowa, a year animal husbandry graduate, has been named director of agriculture and animal husbandry for British India with Calcutta HQ. He oversees 39 experiment stations, earning 10 000 dollars yearly for ten years plus a life pension of 5000 dollars. Parr earned a Master of Scientific Agriculture at Iowa State College after studies at Edinburgh and Leipzig. He plans to depart for India around September 1, after visiting Ashley, England for now.
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E. Parr
Ames
A. E. Farr
Iowa Agricultural College
British India
Parr
Calcutta
Iowa College
Edinburgh University
Scotland
Liepsic
Germany
Ashley
England
India
Miracle saves boy after fall from fast train
Waterloo reports Johnnie Martinelli a six year old boy fell from the rear platform of an Illinois Central limited train at sixty miles an hour while his mother slept. He was picked up by the No. 21 crew about twenty miles west of Dubuque. Mrs Martinelli and family continued home to Leadville, Colorado later that day.
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Waterloo
Johnnie Martinelli
Illinois Central
Dubuque
Pratt Held Until Fall as Grand Jury Delay Persists
Iowa City news reports that Elmer Pratt cannot appear before a grand jury until September after the county attorney’s bid to reconvene the body to investigate W. F. Connell’s death was denied. Pratt remains jailed, with a preliminary hearing anticipated this week before Major Ball and potential bail.
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Elmer Pratt
Iowa City
Howell
W. F. Connell
Ayer Pratt
Pratt
Arrested Youth Linked to Webster Case at Sherman Lodging
A 23 year old son of a noted Webster figure faced charges following an incident at a Sherman lodging. Police say the suspect admitted to involvement and showed remorse. The events occurred the day before a second related act and investigations continue.
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Sherman Lodging Place
Tme
Risher Wesrn
Surprise death notice ends in hopeful rally for Farley-Wallace
Farley-Wallace Pollard learned by telegram that his mother had died in Martelie, but upon arrival found she was alive though in serious condition. She had heart trouble and for a short time was believed dead, yet she rallied and is improving slowly.
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Farley
Wallace Pollard
Martelie
Conviction in Des Moines over horse tongue incident
William Hudson owner of a horse had its tongue pulled by himself and driver Lewis. Hudson fined 57 dollars after conviction at Scraghn. Humane Officer Crawford presses mali mischief charges against Lewis. trial to follow. Indictable offense noted. Separate report mentions Judge’s seat, train incident on Treier line, and a Muscatine man Tom Brennan involved in a separate accident near Rock and passenger train. A pedestrian was struck on Trison street girders. one leg was trapped under wheels. patient taken to St Luke's.
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Des Moines
William Hudson
Bea
Lewis
Scraghn
Crawford
Hudson
Judee’s
Darennotti
Tom Brennan
Se Tennan
Muscatine
Trison Street
St Luke's
Prisoner Died in Hospital After Interrogation
A stranger in the city, prisoner Murphy, was taken from the station to the detention house then to the hospital where he died. The events followed an interrogation leading to the fatal outcome.
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Poscten
Mirke Murphy
Hand Gar Kills Young Man at Beacon
Oskaloosa reports Hiram Weaver age 17 a Burlington railway section hand killed at Beacon between the Rock Island crossing bridge and the biz bridge. He fell from a hand car while three workers rode it the car passed over his chest he died shortly after being found and taken to a local physician's office. He lived about fifteen minutes after the accident.
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Hand Gar
Oskaloosa
Hiram Weaver
Burlington Railway
Beacon
Rock Island Crossing
Biz
Yong Man
Ida Groy Hall Hurts in Unexplained Accident
Mrs. Thomas Hall wife of a prominent farmer was severely hurt in a ronawal. She was thrown from a bregsy and rendered unconscious for hours. Her tyedry was tossed over the fence and found nearby as Yarokine played after the incident.
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Ida Groy
Thomas Hall
Natch
Yarokine
Smallpox Closes Town in Jesup Area
Public gatherings forbidden by town board due to smallpox scare. Quarantines set on the Trumbauer, Woodruff, Clark Wart, and Marshal Peak homes. Public school suspended and church services forbidden. Disease described as mild but widespread, with fear of townwide spread.
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Jesup
Board of Hearth
Trumbauer
Woodruff
Clark Wart
Marshal Peak
President Roosevelt Speaks on Farms and Education
President Roosevelt spoke at Michigan Agricultural College in Lansing on the 50th anniversary of the school. He urged industrial training in schools and emphasized farming’s central role to national prosperity, calling for better support for agricultural research and education.
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Lansing
Midh
Roosevelt
Michigan Agricultures College
United States
Wilson
Whesler
California
Michigan
Agricultural College
America
Schh
Agriculture
Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Sere
Lfe
Department of Asrenvre
Kent
Hinself
Agriculure
Demand Removal of Police Commission in San Francisco
The Call reports that San Francisco commercial interests formally demand the removal of the incumbent police commission. The demand presented to Mayor Schmitz calls for appointing a new commission from a list of names, enlarging the body formerly known as the committee of fifty, now rejuvenated and appointed by the mayor.
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San Francisco
Cal
Schmitz
Bite Welf
Frosty Summer Forecast Echoes Across States
Weather Bureau warns frost across the middle Atlantic states and Great Lakes region with a cold wave persisting east of the Rockies. Michigan and lake states report heavy frosts while the Southwest endures severe cold due to heavy rains. Forecaster Harry C. Frankenfield cites eastward moving high pressure and north winds as the main cause, noting temperatures run well below normal for the month.
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Washington
Rocky Mountains
The
Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic
Lower Lake Region
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Arizona
Michigan
Harry C. Frankenfield
Murder suicide shocks Illinois farm family
In Springfield Illinois 16 year old Cora Lederbrand and her deaf mute sister Carrie were found dead in Sugar Creek with a 22 caliber revolver shot to each temple after Cora killed her sister and then shot herself. The revolver lay on the creek bank as searchers found the bodies. The Lederbrand family, led by widower Joseph Lederbrand, is said to hold a good reputation. Chicago Chronicle suspends publication due to unprofitability after this issue.
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Springfield
Cora Lederbrand
Joseph Lederbrand
Carrie
Sugar Creek
Lederbrand
Thomas Brunk
Cummins Set for Senate Run Under New Primary Law
Des Moines Iowa announces Gov Cummins will seek the U S Senate subject to Republican primary endorsement next year under the new primary law. Rumors of a two seat gain persist though no formal declaration was made until Tuesday. Senator William S Wilson remains Iowa’s directly adopted senator with Senator Delliver reelected by the last legislature.
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Cummins
Des Moines
Gov
United States Senate
Senate
Wilson
Iowa
Sena[eee Delliver
Chinese Rebels Force Family to Drown in Well
Swatow rebellion troops capture the family of a Chinese brigadier general and compel them to drown. Proclamation from the Swatow revolutionary society declares attack on government officials, burning yamen, and extermination of officials as aims of the uprising. Missions flee to Swatow, locals urge Canton to send gunboats. rail passengers are searched.
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Canton
China
Swatow
Shiuhins
Swaftan Revolutionary Society
Lienchow
Chachouin Railroad
Rats Cost Country Fortune From Rodent Invasion
Washington reports the agriculture department warns that rats, notably the brown rat, top the list of mammalian pests and could inflict vast cereal losses. The note highlights rapid reproduction, with a single pair’s line doubling through generations, illustrating potential economic damage well into the hundreds of millions.
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Washington
Redents
Department of Agriculture
United States
Voliva Deposed as Zion Leader by Federal Order
In Chicago General Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva is ordered to vacate the administration building tabernacle and four public school buildings on Friday May 31 by Receiver John C Hoyt with federal court backing ending his control of Zion religious and temporal powers.
Suit to Oust Gas Firms From City Franchises
The city filed a Supreme Court suit Tuesday through Corporation Counsel Ellison to compel the Consolidated Gas Company and eight other firms operating in the city to relinquish their franchises and to revoke all street permits now held by them.
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Gas Companies
New York
Consolidated Gas Company
Supreme Court
Ellison
Lutheran Synod Adjourns After Richmond Meeting Invite
The general synod of the Lutheran Church of America adjourned Thursday in Sunbury Pennsylvania. It accepted St. Paul’s Church in Richmond Indiana as the site for its next gathering.
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Lutheran Synod
Sunbury
General Synod
The
Lutheran Church of America
Synod
St. Paul’s Church
Richmond
Ind
Schreck Defeats Hart in Twenty-First Round Fight
In Tonopah Nevada on Thursday Mike Schreck defeated Marvin Hart in a fierce twenty first round battle. Hart broke one hand in the last round.
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Schreck
Marvin Hart
Tonopah
Nev
Mike Schreck
Hart
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