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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1901
Page
6
A poem by S. J. Stevens reflects a dream journey beyond mortal tumult to a celestial homeland. The speaker senses a reunion with loved ones, hears heavenly praise, and awakens to a sunlit dawn reminding of a brighter afterlife. The verse blends longing, faith, and transcendent imagery.
Miss Polly’s quiet life with Gyp the fox terrier ends as she stages a dramatic change. She burns mementos, alters her appearance, and leaves with a luggage full of new plans, defying a disapproving household and family expectations as they wave farewell to the carriage bound for a southern town.
In a puzzling seaside drama, a dog named Gyp witnesses a tangled tale of Miss Polly, a mysterious girl in a photograph, and two men including Jack Ronald. The plot threads through a big house, war contracts, and a marriage plan as distant echoes of a past life surge to a tragic conclusion on the shore.
A historical note argues wet coal during sea transport was long deemed hazardous due to spontaneous combustion. New experiments indicate wet coal is the safest condition for shipment, overturning prior concerns about shipping coal in moisture.
Judge Thornell in Council Bluffs issues rulings on preferred claims of creditors against Officer & Pusay. Preferred claims allowed only original deposits without interest. Executors who deposited estate funds on time certificates or in their own names were deemed to have acted beyond authority. open accounts were not preferred. Administrators who used open accounts were deemed creditor relations, not preferred, and not personally liable for bank failure.
The Iowa state board of control heard witnesses in Des Moines on charges against Dr. Druett of Anamosa state penitentiary and against Warden Hunter. The inquiry, begun last week at Anamosa, gathered many testimonies while board staff prepare transcripts for careful review. External reports indicate some neglect but nothing deemed serious.
Des Moines reports nearly completed plans for the new Cherokee insane hospital including a January building, heating plant, power house and interior finish. Expenditure may reach 250000 dollars as delays arose from a belief the facility would not be needed soon due to existing state and county institutions. In Sioux City H J Marr former Y M C A leader turned gambler runs a Los Angeles gambling house while having Christian ties. Simon Hassler a famed theatrical mime director dies in Philadelphia at age 69.
Creston Iowa on January 30 reports Mrs. Ed Carter of Lorimer died from burns after pouring gasoline into a heating stove. A five gallon can spilled fuel onto the fire causing an explosion and flames that engulfed her as she attempted to douse herself with water. A neighbor removed burning clothing.
An automobile factory will be built in Sioux City as the only such plant west of Chicago. Incorporators include J. Crawford HW Crawford T M Zink of Le Mars and John K K Lee and T J Finnegin of Sioux City. Cars of advanced design will be produced, with several orders already received. The engine patent is by J B Crawford, touted as a leading machine.
Governor Shaw receives a letter from Minister Conger announcing two Chinese cannons with their carriages captured near the legation wall in Beijing during the siege. Conger states he will ship the guns to Des Moines as a state souvenir and asks for proper mounting at the capitol or another preferred location.
Sioux City resident Tommy Dealtry, a livestock man, recalls teaching the young Wilhelm II the art of self defense in England where he befriended the future Kaiser through royal tutoring. Dealtry recounts the prince’s grit and sport school gymnasium scrapes, noting their boyhood camaraderie.
In Oakland Iowa on January 28 the region reports a winterless winter with dry dusty roads, singing birds, playful calves, and running brooks. Farmers welcome the mild weather as labor is lightened by Providence and the weatherman.
Smallpox first appeared in Creston after a traveling man sparked the outbreak. Since then three more cases have been reported in the county, including Cromwell with one case and two near the town. All cases are mild. Murray is recovering as public schools reopen next Monday and churches resume services.
Creston Iowa on January 28 The city remains in darkness except for moonlight and lantern glow as electric lighting head President Jones falters The council nearly accepts aldermen demands but a legal technicality blocks the deal The lighting company signals it will concede and meet the city requests
SIOUX CITY IOWA January 28 Judge A Van Wagenen of Sioux City was surprised to learn Frank Shercleff, tied to the Ludaly kidnapping rumors, is free. He previously presided when Shercleff was found guilty of holding up Pollock the Jeweler on a railroad train and sentenced to seventeen years. Despite strong efforts to obtain a pardon, the judge refused to intervene.
KEOKUK Iowa January 28 Group nine of the Iowa Bankers association in southeastern Iowa will hold its regular session in Keokuk on February 22 the first convention of this body in the city Banks and bankers from Tee Des Moines Louisa Henry and Washington counties are included Officers are D H McKee Mediapolis president and W H Keck Washington secretary Keokuk hosts the event. Captain C W King acquittal note Fort Dodge Ia January 28 A letter from Captain King recently arrested in Mobile on bribery charges from a contractor states Major Davis first artillery who examined his books found no one who is a scoundrel would keep books in the shape he found Captain King.
General Funston reports most insurrectionists dispersed with only scattered bands in the mountains. Sixty five more rebels on Panay surrendered at Cabatuan. Editor George T. Rice of the Daily Bulletin faced deportation for alleged abuse of authority. The Philippine commission passed a law canceling Spanish code disqualifications for judges unless personal interest or related to litigants. Municipal government bill hearings finished. expected to pass. Church property taxation faced little opposition. MacArthur praised Eleventh Cavalry after reviewing the force and acknowledged volunteers.
Shanghai telegrams report Sheng the taotai received Russia’s peace conditions for Manchuria restoring only Chinese sovereignty while granting Russia full control. Tseng Chi rejected the terms and Li Hung Chang dispatched Cho Ha Pau to continue negotiations. The Morning Post correspondent cites evidence of renewed talks on cession of three eastern provinces.
The will of Philip D. Armour, late millionaire packer and grain dealer, disposes of an estate valued at 15 million dollars. In probate court filing by Malvina Armour, widow, and J Ogden Armour, son, they are named executrix and executor and as legatees, each receiving one half of the estate.
To Quell Creeks, Muskogee Territory, Jan 28. United States Marshal Bennatl with six deputies and Constable Hubbard, United States Commissioner Sunsan and T. W. Gulliek left for Henrietta sixty miles away to join troops sent to quell the Creeks. They travel overland with camping outfit commissary twenty Winchesters and ample ammunition.
Condition of the Treasury from Washington on January 29 reports the general fund balances excluding the gold reserve. available cash balances are $150,000,000 and gold totals amount to $70,791,363.
Young John D. Rockefeller told a Bible class in Tarrytown that there are things more valuable than money, especially work. He recalled earning 15 cents an hour cutting wood and crushing stone and noted college friends who worked their way through by laundry or janitorial duties. He described offering to cover a hospitalized friend's heavy expenses but chose to work rather than depend on others.
The philosopher John Ruskin denounces bicycles and all forms of cycling as damnable. He argues walking and natural human movement are God’s appointed ways, dismissing any invention intended to supersede feet as an affront to the Almighty.
James Carey the informer, once dubbed invincible, found a grave in South Africa after a revolver shot. He left a son who fought with an Irish regiment against the Boers under an assumed name and now recovers in London from enteric fever. Garfield Tea touted as a cure.
A Pekin dispatch to the North China Daily News says Li Hung Chang is suffering from fever and delirious, his life despaired of as of late January in Shanghai reporting.
Russell Sage is described as a typical Long Island farmer on his estate. He wears a straw hat and comfortable clothes and talks mainly about crops while watching developments across fields for miles from his home.
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