Rockefeller funds education bill sparks congressional debate
Washington report notes Senator Works denouncing a Rockefeller funded education plan as a scheme to educate the public with money earned from alleged wrongdoing. President Wilson abandons currency legislation push, planning a special message tied to Pujo inquiry results. Agriculture warns of pink bollworm invasion via cotton seed imports from Egypt or India.
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Wilson
Department of Agriculture
United States
Egypte
India
Contempt rulings upheld as Labor leaders face revised sentences
Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia sustains contempt of court judgments against Samuel Gompers Frank Mor rigan and John Mitchell of the American Federation of Labor while reducing Gompers to thirty days imprisonment and fining Mitchell and Morrigan $500 each. The report also notes other early twentieth century incidents including a massive powder blast near St Louis, indictments in Denver and a Kansas City robbery aboard a railroad passenger train.
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Mapan
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrigan
John Mitchell
American’ Federation of Labor
Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrizon
Resignation at Princeton Seminary Leader Wins Pension
Personal Dr Francis Landley Patton president of the Princeton Theological Seminary resigns and will receive a pension of 2000 dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Landley Patton
Princeton (N. J
Foreign King evacuates Scutari fortress amid pressure
Nicholas of Montenegro orders the evacuation of Scutari as European powers press. Reports from Washington and Mexico City claim 2 200 to 1 600 lives lost in recent engagements near Sonora. Suffragette strikes continue in London as a nitroglycerin bomb is found in a postal district building used by about 200 workers.
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Nicholas
Montenegro
Scutari
Washington
Mexico
Sonora
London
Postonce
State Convention Speakers Include St Louis Minister and Des Moines Educator
Des Moines reports the Burlington Sunday school convention set June 2 4 and 3 with a parade for city children. Noted speakers include Prof Walter Athey of Drake University Dr J W William W C Pearce Mrs H L Hutson Mrs G P Baity Hugh Cork J H Engle and Prof W E B M Hackleman among others.
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Des Moines
Burlington
Walter §. Athearn
Drake
University
J. W.william
Son
St.Louis
W. C. Pearce
the International Association
H. L. Hutson
Chicago
G. P. Baity
Kansas City
Hugh Cork
Illinois Sunday School Association
J. H. Engle
W. EB. M. Hackleman
Indiananolis
Ind
Doctor Gordon faces court battle over threats and bootlegging charge
Dr James Gordon will be busy in court after threatening to shoot the mayor and city marshal during a dispute over pig farming near the west limits. United States marshal arrest records show he is charged with bootlegging and will be tried in Clarion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowan
James Gordon
United
Constructing New Bridge Near Belle Plaine
A large railway improvement project near Belle Plaine sees forty workers replacing the wooden bridge on the south branch of the river with a concrete structure. The work includes manding (manning) the south branch for a permanent railway using concrete bridges, heavy steel, and permanent construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Plaine
Corn Canning Limited by Waverly Factory Output
The Kelley Canning company will not add a new line of corn huskers this year. Production will be about half of the usual season due to an abundance of corn still in packers hands. About twenty-five factories in the state will not operate this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Kelley Canning Company
Masonic Map Preserved in Cedar Rapids Library
The unique inlaid wood map by David Millar of Dows has been added to the Mason library archives in Cedar Rapids. The 1200-piece square and compass map marks Burlington as the birthplace of Masonry in Iowa.
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Town Falls
David Millar
Dows
Mason Library
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Iowa
Road change proposed to link Manning and Harlan with new highway
Twenty one autos carrying Manning and Harlan Commercial club members travel to support a proposed road from Harlan to Carroll. The effort targets altering the Continental route now Omaha to Carroll via Denison and West Side to include Harlan and Manning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manning
Manning and Harlan Commercial Clubs
Harlan
Carroll
Omaha
Denison
West Side
Fire damages warehouse in Fort Dodge
Fire at the White Transfer storage warehouse threatens the west end of Fort Dodge. Firemen with volunteers confined flames to the warehouse. Building loss estimated at $30,000 with $8,000 for goods stored inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
White Transfer Company
Rattlesnake Nest Found Near Ida Grove
Grove Louis Fobes plowing a field undisturbed for twelve years uncovered a nest of rattlesnakes. He killed three snakes including a six foot specimen and two five foot snakes. It marks the first rattlesnakes seen in this northwest Iowa section in many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida. Grove
Louis Fobes
Iowa
Logan Schools Elect Frank Green as Superintendent
Professor Frank Green of Malvern was elected superintendent of Logan schools. He studied at the State Normal of Iowa and the State University of Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Schools
Logan
Frank Green
Malvern
Green
State Normal of
Iowa
State University of Nebraska
Ackley-Joe Neumeyer Injured as Vehicle Rolls Over
Farmer Ackley Joe Neumeyer of Minng near Aplington was injured when his auto wrecked after a machine rolled on its side and threw him into a barb wire fence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ackley
Joe Neumeyer
Minng
Aplington
Stolen team and cab clues surface in Adel theft
A valuable team of black horses with buggy and harness was stolen from S. W. Mullens’ barn in Adel. A taxicab with new tires was seen in Adel the same day, and the imprint of the new tires was found at Mullens’ property, linking the two incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adel
S. W. Mullens
Mullene
Farmer Joseph Kriz Found Dead in River Near Cedar Rapids
The body of Joseph J. Kriz, a local farmer, was found in the river near his Cedar Rapids home. Kriz had been missing for about a week, though the circumstances of his disappearance remain unclear. Authorities reported no immediate suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapide
Joseph J. Kriz
Kirsdigappeared
President Wilson Nominates 26 Iowa Post Office Officers
Des Moines reports President Wilson has nominated Louis W. Murphy of Dubuque as Third District internal revenue collector. The list includes twenty six nominees for Iowa post offices such as Thomas M. Fitzgerald Charles City Walter Rae Massena Charles B. Clark Ogden Frank W. Miller Olin J. S. Guynn Traer W. H. Carmody Sr Valley Junction S E Douglas Adel I M Finnel Algona Ed McConaughey Allerton Kasper Falvinson Armstrong A W Lee Britt W H Dudley Barkham B W Devine Livermore Ruben M Gable Lost Nation Anton Buebach McGregor Lloyd Crow Mackleton BE H Vary Mechanicsville C W Remore Northwood Harry F Chance Redfield P A McCray Rolfe Edwin M Helmer Sanborn William D Schulte West Point John Hentites Breda Peter Jungers Hospers Milton Funk Lewis A D Hix Zearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Ed McConaughey
Allerton
Kasper Falvinson
Armstrong
A W. Lee
Britt
Barkham
B. W. Devine
Livermore
Ruben M. Gable
Lost Nation
Anton Buebach
McGregor
Lloyd Crow
Mackleton
BE. H. Vary
Mechanicsville
Northwood
Harry F. Chance
Redfield
P. A. McCray
Rolfe
Edwin M. Helmer
Sanborn
William D- Schulte
West Point
John Hentites
Breda
Peter Jungers
Hospers
Milton Funk
Lewis
A. Dd
Hix
Zearing
County Held Liable for Automobile Damage Case
Judge R M Wright ruled Hamilton County liable in a $5,000 damage suit by Mrs Minnie Wilson for injuries after her automobile struck an open drainage ditch near Kamrar. The county had sought to strike the liability allegation from the petition, but the judge overruled the motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
R. M. Wright
Fort Dodge
Minnie ‘Wilson
Hamilton County
Kamrar
Wright
Pythian Sisters Gather at Eldridge for District Convention
Three hundred delegates from Davenport West Liberty Dur ant Maqnoketa Clinton Bennett Buffalo Walcott and other towns gathered at Eldridge for the eighteenth annual convention of the Second district Pythian Sisters of Iowa. Counties Jackson Clinton Scott Jones Muscatine Cedar and Johnson were represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Sisters
Eldridge
Davenport
West Liberty
Durant
Maqnoketa
Clinton
Bennett
Buffalo
Walcott
Pythian Sisters of
Iowa
Jackson
Scott
Jones
Muscatine
Cedar
Johnson
Fey
Burials Ordered for Two Men After Sudden Iowa Deaths
Authorities buried Frank Petrick who died by suicide and Francisco Bungalo killed near Radcliffe while working on the St. Paul Kansas City Short Line. Relatives could not be located, and the county bore the funeral costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
Frank Petrick
Francisco Bungalo
Radcliffe
St. Paul
Kansas City
Alonzo Franklin Celebrates 101st Birthday in State
Algond Alonzo Franklin marked his 101st birthday, the oldest man in the region, with the help of his three sons M. A. Franklin of Creston and Charles and James of New York. His wife is still living as the couple enjoy 66 years in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algond
Alonzo Franklin
M. A. Franklin
Creston
Charles
James
New York
Western Union Clerk Holds Up Estherville Man
Barton, a Western Union employee in Estherville, was held up as a robber shoved a gun to his face and ordered him to raise his hands. The gun misfired twice and Barton fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Barton
Western Union
West Liberty youth sent to government school for post office robberies
United States Marshal F B Clark took 11 year old Russell Bracken of West Liberty to Washington to begin five year sentence at the government industrial school for his role in five robberies of the West Liberty post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Inpari
Plattsburg
Gettysburg
Lad
Washington
Ottumwa
United States
F. B. Clark
Washington, D
Russell Brackenfine
West Liberty
Government Industrial School
Farmer Freed of Forgery Charge
Ottumwa farmer H T Harlan of Selina was freed of forging the signature on a note for 775 dollars after County Attorney Steck dismissed the suit for want of prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
H. T. Harlan
Selina
George Ray
Dof. Steck
Post Office Robbery Reported Near London
Robbers entered the post office at London near the state line blew open the safe and escaped with cash and stamps. Sheriff Subby says he has no crew to work upon the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwood
London
State Line
Subby
Disastrous Farm Fire Near Shef Field Burns Animals
A severe blaze destroyed a farm near Shef Field on Cook Farm 4 in Mason City area. The barn burned, causing the deaths of six cows five horses and several hogs in one of the region’s worst fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Sheffield
Cook
Runaway Crash Fatal Claims Hormel Driver
Mason City records report Henry Dykette of Lacey died from injuries after a runaway incident hours earlier. He was a driver for Hormel Packing Company of Austin Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Henry Dykette
Lacey
Hormel Packing Company
Austin, Minn
City Banker Quits Presidency of First National Bank
Story City H Henryson resigns as president of the First National Bank after leading since its organization. He will move to Minneapolis to embark in a business venture of his own.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Basgeler
Third National Bank of St. Louis
Thomas Wright
Story
Story City
H. T. Henryson
First National Bank
Minneapolis
First Natonal Bank
New John son County Bank Building Opens in Iowa City
The $150000 John son county bank building has its formal opening last week in Iowa City. This marks the first Steproot office structure in the city with its cost and ceremonial details noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Johnson County Bank
High Court Upholds Life Sentence for Clifford Wilson in White-Son Killing
Des Moines. Clifford M. Wilson of Sac City is sentenced to life in the state pen. the State Supreme Court affirms the conviction and sentence for his role in the killing of Matthew White and his son near Sac City. Ray Martens, already serving a life term, aided Wilson and planned to marry in Sioux City.
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Des Moines
Clifford M. Wilson
Sac City
State
Matthew White
Supreme Court
Wilson
Ray Martens
Sioux City
White
Martens
G A R Encampment Seeks Equal Honor For All Veterans
Des Moines reports that all Iowa regiments will receive no preference at the thirty ninety annual state encampment. Local committees urge veterans in remote towns to attend and assure equal welcome to all old soldiers regardless of regiment or state. Homecoming plans tie to the encampment but no favor will be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Towa
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Mrs Mullendore
Mrs Mullendore of Mundford Alabama shares how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her life changing symptoms during the Change of Life. She credits the root and herb medicine with easing back ache fullness and fatigue and urges other women with similar ills to try it. The note emphasizes the company offers confidential guidance through letters answered by women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munford
Lydia E. Pinkham
F. P. Mullendore
Mundford
Alabama
Lynn
Mess
Lydia E.pinkham
Curious Rich Girl and Poor Suitor Tale
A brief tale from New York and Des Moines centers on Helen Gibson who is said to be worth about two million dollars and Tom Hanna who is very poor. He asks her to marry out of curiosity to feel what it is like to lose two million. Helen declines, revealing the twist of the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Gibson
Hanna
Helen
Tam
Tom
Veterans Seek Transport to Gettysburg Reunion
Four hundred three civil war veterans in Des Moines have applied for transport to the Gettysburg reunion set for July 1 to 4. A legislature appropriation of 16000 dollars will cover railroad fare for about 220 veterans, with 129 formal applications already filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Gettysburg
Ketydid Tone Modifier Aims To Revolutionize Phonographs
Webster viry-wW. H Coon, music dealer, has received a patent on a small device called a ketydid that acts as a tone modifier. It is claimed to give a cheap phonograph the finely modulated and clear tone of an expensive machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster Viry
H? Coon
Bilderback Family Buys Printing Plant for Democratic Weekly
The Bilderbacks bought the local printing plant at public auction to publish a democratic weekly here. Bilderback previously ran a democratic paper in Atlantic over twenty years ago and his son has operated a job office in Wichita Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Democratic
Atlantic
Teachers College Orator Wins Interstate Honors
Cedar Falls Len Toomey represented Teachers College in the interstate oratorical contest at Bloomington Illinois among the normal schools of Iowa Illinois Minnesota Wisconsin Missouri and Kansas and returns home with the highest honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Len Toomey
Teachers’ College
Bloomington
Normal Schools
Iowa
Ilinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Missouri
Kansan
Railway Schedules Shift to Dows After May Fifteen
Announcement says the Rock Island will establish a division in Dows after May 15. The passenger train between Iowa Falls and Germania will have its headquarters here and will operate between Dows and Fatherville.
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Dows
Thie City
Rock Island
Iowa Falls
Germania
Fatherville
Trampled by Horses Injures Man in Barn Accident
In Dubuque Chris Kuehnle suffered heart trouble and fell while near his horses. He was trampled about the chest gashed on the face and left hand broken, as bystander reports described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Chris Kuehnle
Plan Road Drag Day Fort Dodge
The Fort Dodge Retailers Association announces a road dragging contest to be held May 22. A committee has been selected to finalize details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Retailers’ Association
Praised Author Highlights Democracy and Equality
A critic praises William Dean Howells for his novel New Lost Mills and his doctrine of equality. He notes Howells says true shine requires surrounding darkness and that society’s cream is not found on the milk of human kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam
Dean. Howells
New Lost Mills
Widow's Ways Dialogue Quip From Tit Bits
A London Tit-Bits quip shows a widow and her daughter debating honesty about age. The daughter asks why she was told she is eighteen when she is twenty four. The widow explains the math and the moral in a witty exchange.
Oldest ship Constance sold to Skaw trader for future sea service
The Copenhagen yacht Constance, claimed by sellers to be the world’s oldest active vessel, has been sold to a Skaw trade man in Jutland. Built 1933, she has sailed nearly everywhere, with timber still stout and the owner hoping she will sail a century more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Constance
Flaherman
Skaw
Jutland
Fragmented Ad Copy Mentions Allen's Foot Base Shoes
Fragmentary text references Allen's Foot Base and shoe comfort. The readable passage shows marketing style lines with claims of comfort and substitutes offered for free. No clear event or person is identifiable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Easy Winner
A six year old recounts a rumor about a hand painted new fan for his mother. The tale centers on mistaken wordplay and a playful family debate about ownership and meaning. The exchange reflects childlike humor and misheard phrases in a domestic moment.
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Rockefeller Foundation
Works
John D. Rockefeller
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Denver
Cole
Sullivan
JA. Stluey Tebbs
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Peru
California
Bryan
Leon le Count
Joseph W. Willams
le Count
Williams
Aoe
J. K. Codding
Leavenworth (Ken.) Penitentiary
Hodges
William Wood
American Woolen Company
Frederick BE. Atteaus
Denmin J. Collins
Lawrence
Mass
Broadway
Gaynor
Kansas
New York City
Charles Carlson
Milwanee
Akron
Brokan
Colorado
Ammons
Roy H. Francis
Oakland
Cal
Hermann J. Jansen
Los Angeles
Brotherhood of Railway Trainment
Order of Railway Conductors
Charles §.Mellen
New Haven
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boston
Sulzer
Assembly
Albany
Senate
Lawrence Lindbloom
Joseph Weis
Healey
Oswiego
N, YX
Syractee
N. C
J. Greanwood
Malware’. Wilson
Lerain Dock
Belmont County
Ohio
Lewis J. Martin
Newton
N. J
Union
Representaive Martin
William Howard Taft
Kent
Yale
Conn
Angie Sun
Sun Yat Sun
Chinese Republic
Philadelphia
Powell Evans
Philadelphia Fire ‘Prevention Commission
State Convention
Lous W. Murphy
High Court
Sac ‘City
State Supreme Court
Clifford Wilson
Matthew White and Son
N. Y
Fers
Winslow
Ezra
Dr. Pierce
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