Iowa Weather Crop Report Reflects Cooler Start and Mixed Prospects
Iowa reports cooler than normal temperatures with weekly and monthly deficits. Rainfall varies by county with .55 inch at the central station and 1.09 inches elsewhere. Sunshine near average. light frosts in the north cause no significant damage. Corn planting mostly finished, but prospects dimmer. worms affect some fields in Carroll Pottawattamie and Louisa. Timothy hay yields expected light. pastures improve and clover grows. small fruit outlook favorable overall.
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Iowa
Central Station
Gentral
Dee Moines
Fremont
Benton
Buchanan
Carroll
Pottawattamie
Louisa
State University Commencement Plans Announced
Seniors and faculty settled on a week long vacation starting June 6 with military duties and exams required. The commencement program includes a battalion review, dress parade, literary society exercises, baccalaureate, alumni events, and college department ceremonies through June 18. A Cuba medical case draws interest as a patient with angina pectoris bedridden and blind for over a year.
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State University
Sdecinama
Claga
William G. Hammond
Aiumai
Beniorolaga
Medical Fraternity of
Cuba
Fire Department
Angesia
Haen
Jewelry recovered in La Crosse theft case
Stolen jewelry from a traveling salesman's stock at Waverly Is. is recovered in La Crosse. A man selling watches at a house of ill fame was arrested. a heavy revolver was seized but the suspect escaped. The theft involved twelve gold watches and other pieces. An Illinois man is believed to be the thief. a Chicago detective will pursue. Also an accidental shooting at Grinnell killed George Jones, 19, and a brother of the deceased was run over two years ago.
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la Crosse
Chicago
Norrid Allister &Co
Waverly
Polios
Clinton
Killiea Himuchi
George Jones
Grinnell
Wee
Angine
Baker Street
Mary McClennan
Charles Newman
House
Northwest
Dakotas
Washington
Montana
Montana Mineral Railway Company
Cook City
Yellowstone
North Head
Cape Disappointment
Washington State
Smoosh Islands
Port Angeles
Secretary of War
Oregon
Nez Perces
Puget Sound
Portland & Puget Sound Railway Company
General House
North Dakota
Secretary of the Interior
Turtle Mountain
Sisseton
Wahpeton
North
South Dakota
Aberdeen
Crow Creek
Winnebago
Minnesota
Comstock
Son Canal
Duluth, Red Wing & Southern
Mississippi
St. Paul
Hastloge
Senate
Honora Curtin Granted Pardon After Murder Conviction
Honora Curtin, convicted of first degree murder in Allamakee County, was granted a pardon on May 23, 1883. The conditional pardon allows imprisonment later and forbids intoxicating liquor. Recommendation came from the Twenty-third general assembly.
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Honora Curtin
Allamakee County
Fold in Brief A Farmer Elevator Note
The fragment mentions a farmer elevator with a stated capacity and numbers, but the text is incomplete. It references a designation related to pork or produce and hints at a capacity figure and identifiers. The readable content suggests a local brief about an agricultural facility.
Sugar beet industry gains focus in government report
A USDA led review highlights beet sugar potential in the United States with Nebraska Grand Island and Medicine Lodge cited for preparations. It stresses farmer responsibility, rotation and fertilization as keys to profitable expansion and notes earlier trials in Maine Wisconsin and Illinois were inconclusive. A streetcar accident near Baker Street injures mourners and disrupts a funeral procession.
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the Farmers of America
Grand Island
Neb
Department of Agriculture
Alvardo
California
Maine
Wisconsin
Illinois
Nebraska
Europe
North America
Atlantic
Pacific
Rocky Mountains
Medicine Lodge
Kan
Rusk
Beating Incidents In Pontiac School Sparks Inquiry
Paralyzed by a beating 12 year old Frank Cook of Pontiac Michigan suffered illness after a schoolmate provocation and a teacher Miss Jonnie Welch administered a severe beating. The boy escaped to his home and later recovered with his mother Mrs Cook appealing to the superintendent to avoid punishment. The superintendent decided the teacher was not to be punished.
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Frank Cook
Pontiac
Mich
Jonnie Welch
Cook
Fatal bat blow ends amateur game near Rock Island track
Witnesses describe a dispute as James tried to teach young players. A bat was used, Dennis was struck on the head and died instantly. investigators hunt Jimmy Golden, suspected of delivering the fatal blow, while onlookers disagree on who struck first.
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Rock Island
James
Dennis
Jimmy Golden
Farm Laborer Suspected in Moore Killings
Sedalia dispatch says Jeff Williamson, 60, a farm laborer on James Moore’s property, was found near death from strychnine in a personal crisis. The Moores and their son Charles were later found dead on their farm. Williamson’s son allegedly attempted suicide. Williamson is under arrest and doctors expect his recovery.
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Sedalia
Saya
Jeff Williamson
James Moore
Moore Farm
Jeff Moore
Charles
Williams Son
Moore
Moores
Williamson
Western Park Packing Prices and Week Hog Totals
The Cincinnati Price Current reports rising hog prices boosting marketing and western packing, with weekly totals reaching 330,000 vs 295,000 prior week and 245,000 last year. March 12 cumulative total stands at 2,940,000, up from 2,490,000 a year ago, a gain of 450,000. Kansas City and other markets show varied figures.
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Cincinnati
Geica Rce sDstvseie Evens Ey
Kansas City
Bronx City
Tert SA
Rabid hog attack and fatalities at the Texas Spring Palace blaze
A Arkansas farmer Snowden Smith was bitten by a rabid hog that died of rabies. He later died after three days of suffering. The Texas Spring Palace burned with one life lost and thousands present, causing a panic and injuries. Also reported: Mexican petition to curb Chinese immigration, a New York tailor shot his wife then himself, a Golconda mine gold strike, and Canadian firm Gillespie Roach Co. facing heavy liabilities.
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Snowden Smith
Washington County
Ark
Smith
Missouri
Texas Spring Palace
Jacob Epstein
New York
Chambers Street
General Assembly Opens in Buffalo for United Presbyterian
Short bids from the news indicate the general assembly of the United Presbyterian church has opened in Buffalo, detailing early sessions and anticipated discussions among delegates.
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Tan ‘General ‘ Assembly of
United Presbyterian Church
Buffalo
Milwaukee Car Line Sold for 1.6 Million in 38 Miles of Track
Telegraphed reports say Henry C. Payne of Milwaukee Street Railway sold the line to Willard for about 1.5 million with 1 million more for overhead wire upgrades. The sale would place the Milwaukee Car Line on the market as the largest street line, spanning 38 miles and serving a dense city area.
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New York
Henry C. Payne
Milwaukee Street Railway Company
Mr. Willard
Peter McGeogh
Villard
Sprague
Edison Electric Light Company of
Milwaukee
Charles Ray
Milwaukee City Railway
Britt
Cream City Fine
Cream City
National Avenue
Reed Street
West Side
James Dillon faked death to claim insurance money
A North Carolina man James Dillon insured for 3000 dollars with Connecticut Mutual Life. He disappeared after signaling for help, later resurfaced alive claiming he hid in swamps and forged a drowned body to secure his wife’s insurance. The case links to court actions and dramatic deceit in a capital report segment.
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James Dillon
Tyrell County
N. C
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Dillon
Inmerrance
Columbia
Alligator River
Fugitive Cashier and Woman Hide in New Brunswick Winter
Report tells of a former House sergeant at arms Silcott and an unknown woman spending winter in a Quebec lumber camp near Grand Falls New Brunswick. Lumbermen say they posed as poor yet had money while a search led to the woman leaving on a Quebec steamship and the man remaining hidden. A small hut twelve miles back in the woods served as their shelter.
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New Brunswick
Mayburg
Great Falls
Grand Fills
N. B
Quebec
St. Louis Parish
Saguenay River
Maybury
Boston
Ny Bilcott
House’ of Representatives
Washington
Silcott
Ground Falls
Sugar expert argues against tariff sugar schedule in open letter
Massachusetts economist Henry A. Brown writes to Senator Morrill and the senate finance committee arguing the house tariff bill raises costs for sugar. He cites higher U S production, broader consumption, and asserts color standards will not reduce prices for Americans while harming foreign producers.
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Henry A. Brown
Massachusetts
Morrill
Senate Finance Committee
United’ States
Brown
Great Britain
More Lottery and Prohibition Scandals Reported
The Minneapolis Journal outlines sensational charges against Northern Pacific Railway officials over cut Western Union wires near Jamestown North Dakota. Prohibition resolutions accuse liquor interests of press influence, while mad dog victims seek care in New York. Also covered are a boxing bout, a Big Four railroad sale vote, a buried gold hoard, and a wheat break in Illinois.
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Nortgad Pacific Railway
Minneapolis Journal
Northern Pacific Road
Wyern Union
Jamestown
N. D
Northern Pacific
Lotttery
Western Union
Saga
Markets Report Mixed Cattle and Grain Prices Skimmed
The market notes show varied receipts and prices across cattle and grain. Quotations indicate steady movement with beef and pork ranges and mixed grain values, reflecting regional demand and supply factors.
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Olty Edge
Tilis
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Lemars
Lemars, Iowa
Goldie
Ruse
Western Park Packing
Guaymas
Hermosillo
Altur
Alamos
Nogales
Sonora
Corrali
Diaz
Renora
Golconda
Bowen
Colorado
Gillespie, Roach & Co
Gillespie Hays
Milwauker
Prom
Capital
Defaulter Silcott
New York State
Congress
A. J. Ch
Pen Vania
Philadelphia Times
R Bulletin and Ledger
Temperance Societies
State of New York
St. Joseph
Ill
New York Pasteur Institute
West Tenth Street
Gibier
Hearld
Charles Hearld
Paul
Tom Standard
Southwest
Southern Pacific
Paso
New Mexico
Standard
Annual Railroad Report
Rt. Alton & Terre Haute Railroad
May A. Baldwin
Unica
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