State fair fruit display urged by horticulture chief
Des Moines July 3 Superintendent Wrage of the state fair horticultural department appeals to growers to exhibit at the coming fair. He notes flattering fruit prospects across Iowa and urges early space reservations, variety choices, and seedling fruit offerings to boost the horticultural hall and showcase intensive cultivation and breeding results.
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Des Moines
Wrage
Horticultural Department
Horticultural Hall
H. C. Price
Iowa Agricultural College
Queen Pearl shines in Lansing pearls boom
Lansing, Indiana, July 3. The city on the clam beds near the Queen Mary site again makes news as a pearling spree grows. A single pearl weighing sixty six grains sold for 1800 dollars after being found by an old Swede named Benson on the beds that yielded the famous Queen Mary about a month ago. Twelve pearls were found in one day last week, but Benson’s is the finest of them all.
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Lansing
Benson
Odd Fellows plan orphan home at Mason City Iowa
Preparation for a new Odd Fellows orphans home near Mason City is under way with work to start soon. The building will measure 150 by 66 feet and cost about $20,000, funded by the Odd Fellows of Iowa for the welfare of their orphans.
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Wil Bulla
Des Moinhs
Odd Fellows’ Orphans’ Home
Mason City
Odd Fellows of
Iowa
Orphans of
Odd Fellows
Marshall County Old Settlers to Hold Picnic August 15
Marshal County Old Settlers association plans its annual picnic at Soldiers' Home park in Marshalltown Ia on August 15 with residents, former neighbors, and local leaders among expected attendees.
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Marshal County
Marshalltown
Marshall County
Old Settlers’ Association
Soldiers’ Home Park
Tenoahera Examinationa State Board Test Dates
State Superintendent Barrett presided over a teachers certificates examination session from July 1 to July 20, conducted by the state board for teachers certificates, with candidates assessed for qualification.
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Des Moints
Barrett
State Board For
Railroads in Town Des Moines July 3 Report
Railroada in town Des Moines July 3 notes disappointment in Iowa plans for new rail lines. Only six miles under construction the Manchester and Oneida line built by Manchester merchants Delaware county to connect with the Milwaukee and Great Western system.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Aaffir
Manchester
Oneida
Delaware County
Mili Waukes
Great Western
Man Solicits Funds for Wedding in Delusion at Marshalltown
Norman Donner, a former wholesale fruit house manager, began soliciting subscriptions at 6 AM claiming he must raise money for his wedding to Miss Pierson of Omaha. He bought a $15 American Express order, promised to return with change, and was arrested while sending a telegram to the intended wife. A long subscription list with names and amounts from western cities accompanied him. he previously left his job for health reasons and had recently returned from Omaha to Marshalltown.
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Hla
Hls
Miss Pierson
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Bonner
Hoe
Denver
Marshalltown
Omaka
Independence man cheated by forged notes and mortgage
A Des Moines report says a Independence businessman was defrauded of 2860 through forged notes and a mortgage sold by a man posing as Edward Evans of West Liberty. The con artist, a stranger to the state, arranged to buy a house in Independence and then sold the forged documents to a target farmer before disappearing.
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Des Moines
Independence
Edward Evans
West Liberty
Marshalltown To Host Iowa Firemen’s Association Tourney
Marshalltown will host the annual Iowa State Firemen’s Association tournament on August 27 28 29 and 30. The Associated Firemen of Marshalltown met with President Alder man of Marion and Secretary Pred Wood of Cedar Rapids to plan new features and an extraordinary effort to draw attendees from other towns and cities.
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Iowa Firemen's Association
Marshalltown
Iowa State Firemen’s Association
Associated Firemen of
Alderman of
Marion
Pred Wood
Cedar Rapids
Bank reserve agent and rural free delivery routes announced
The comptroller of the currency approves Commercial National Bank of Chicago as reserve agent for the First National Bank of Lehizh. Rural free delivery begins July 1 with Coin Page County one carrier on a 244% mile route serving 500 people under carrier William Hazelton. Hawkeye Fayette County two carriers on 54 miles serving 1,241 people with Axel Nelson and A. I Patterson.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Commercial National Bank of
State Sunday School Convention Officers Elected at Clinton
The Indiana state Sunday school convention elected President Rev. C. J. Kephart of Des Moines Secretary Mrs. Mary Barnes Mitchell Eldora and Treasurer F. F. Jones of Villisca. The meeting raised 2500 for expenses of state work, the largest sum ever pledged at a state gathering.
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Clinton
C. J. Kephart
Des Moines
Mary Barnes Mitchell
Eldora
F. F. Jones
Villisca
Sioux Valley Medical Association elected officers in Sioux City
Sioux City July 1 The Sioux Valley Medical Association in session elected officers President Dr G G Gottam Rock Rapids first vice president Dr F A Sweeney WaKona D second vice president Dr F E Walker Worthington Minnesota secretary Dr Maxwell Silver Sioux City treasurer Dr S A Brown Sioux Falls
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Sioux Valley Medical Assocation
Sioux City
Sioux Valley Medical Association
G. G. Gottam
Rock Rapids
F. A. Sweeney
Wakona
F. E. Walker
Worthington
Minn
Maxwell
Silver
8. A. Brown
Sioux Falls
Veterans at Soldiers' Home Adjudge Insane
Two members of the Soldiers Home are declared insane. H. Hulbert and George Betts have been mentally deranged for some time. Hulbert will be taken to Independence. Hulbert came from Clinton County and is a 58 year old veteran.
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Marshallyown
Soldiers’ Home
H. . Hulbert
George Betts
Hulbert
Independence
Clinton
State Auditor reports net rise in Iowa real estate valuation
Official returns from seventy-five Iowa counties show a net increase of 11,349,834 in real estate taxable value since 1895, totaling about 14,000,900 with 4 percent rise likely. Railroad property assessments up 5.46 percent since 1889. counties vary, with about fifteen showing declines.
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Des Moines
Merriam
Insurance report notes new Iowa life firms and entrants
The Iowa auditor of state’s annual life insurance report lists several new Iowa companies formed in the last year and multiple outsiders admitted to operate. New Des Moines capitalized firms include two levy premium companies with $100 000 and $400 000, plus a $50 000 stipulated premium firm.
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Dus Moines
Auditor of State
Iowa
Lewel
Des Moines
Cedar Falls
snon-Iowa
Iowa State Bar Association Meets in Council Bluffs
The annual meeting program is complete with sessions starting July 16 at 10 am in the Dohany opera house. Headquarters are at the Grand hotel, and about 300 members from across Iowa are expected to attend July 16 and 17 in Council Bluffs Iowa.
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Town State Bar Association
Council Bluffs
Iowa State Bar Association
Dohany Opera House
Grand Hotel
Iowa
Pickett's Chances Good for Supreme Ruler Nomination
Waterloo July 2 Hon C J Pickett of this city candidate for supreme exalted ruler of the United States has assurances of delegates from Iowa New York and Louisiana. His friends claim a majority of votes at the national convention meeting in Milwaukee next month. Pickett was a delegate to the national grand lodge in 1897 in Minneapolis and is quite prominent.
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Pickett
Waterloo
C. J. Pickett
United States
Iowa
New York
Louisiana
Milwaukee
National Grand Lodge
Minneapolis
Gows After English Capital in Missouri Valley
On July 2 W A Smith of the Iowa Beet Sugar company left for England to seek English capital for sugar beet culture and the erection of a one million dollar factory a few miles west of Missouri Valley.
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Missouri Valley
W. A. Smith
Iowa Beet Sugar Company
England
My. Smith
Here
State Firemen's Contest moves to Marshalltown
The executive committee of the Town State Firemen's association moved the next meeting to Marshalltown on August 27 28. Marshalltown will donate $2000 for cash prizes and cover about $1000 in meeting expenses. The program is not yet prepared. After the Carroll tournament failed due to wet weather many expect high turnout.
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Des Moines
tThe
Town State Firemen's Association
Marshalltown
Carroll
United States Trade Shows Swiss Commercial Power
United States 15 Fifty, trade with Switzerland and exports of manufactured goods rise. Frederic Emory, head of the Bureau of Foreign Commerce, cites Switzerland’s foreign commerce at $130 per capita for 8 million people, despite lacking seaports and major raw materials. Switzerland relies on imports for food and raw materials, re-exporting them as finished goods.
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Switzerland
Washington
J. 1
United States
Fredertes Emory
Bureau of Foreign Commerce
Gifford
Maine
Texas
Holland
Belgium
Morgan
Aarau
Harvests Seen Bright Across Nebraska Grain Crop
Charles T. Neal of Lincoln reports Nebraska faces record wheat prospects and generally good corn conditions. Dry patches near Lincoln exist, but overall rains boost optimism. corn may suffer little unless a prolonged dry spell and hot winds hit. Neal surveyed counties and spoke with leading grain men. He notes moisture shortfalls in some areas but damage remains limited.
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Lincoln
Neb
AL Gan
Charles T. Neal
Mr. Neal
Defends Russia Policy Against British Paraffin Duty
The Journal of Commerce and Industry, citing the Russian finance ministry, says US duties on British paraffin from Russian naphtha are reprisal. It argues Secretary Gage’s measure is justified and notes article 626 was not previously read this way. It says Romania’s naphtha not mentioned.
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Journal of Commerce
ST. Petersburg
Associated Press
Journal of Commerce and Industry
Ministry of Finance
Russia
Gage
Hot Winds Threaten Kansas and Missouri Corn Damage
Kansas and Missouri suffer extreme heat winds causing widespread crop damage. Atchison reports the worst drought in decades, Abilene notes 195 degrees? weather with many fields ruined, and Dickenson County farms are devastated. A Mexico County Missouri dispatch notes temperatures near 101, warning immediate rain is needed to prevent selling livestock.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Atchison
Kan
Abilene
Dickenson
Mexicoco
Czarevitch Betrothed Reported in St Petersburg
A dispatch to the Chronicle reports that the czarevitch is betrothed to Princess Cecilia, granddaughter of the late Grand Duke Mecklenburg Schwerin, with confirmation from St Petersburg sources.
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Czarevitch
London
St. Petersburg
The
Chroniclle
Princess Cecil
Grand Duke
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Open Shop talks fail to satisfy all trades
Washington July 1 The conference between representatives of the National Cash Register company of Dayton and the machinists reached partial success. Machinists won nine hours work at existing pay, but polishers buffers and glass moulders must continue their fight for demands.
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Inaléta
Washington
National Cash Register Company
Dayton
Machlalsta
Neighborhood Farm Shooting Kills Three**
Dayton Iowa June 29 2 neighbors and a son die after a bitter feud at a farm near Ourtan Ritva-ieter Wien JHt. Oliver Bricker is believed responsible as witnesses differ on who fired first. Bricker and George Bricker were jailed. a coroner’s inquest is underway. The Guild family suffered a fatal trio of gunshot wounds.
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Dayton
Guild
Clarence
Oliver Bricker
Guilds
Tricker
Fricker
Bricker
Tom
Spraig
Charlie Guild
Read
George Bricker
Brickers
Smith & Wesson
Extra days for volunteers regiments at Presidio
In San Francisco four volunteer regiments in camp at the Presidio work to leave by Sunday June 30 but three others will not depart until next week. The Forty-seventh infantry to be mustered out July 24, the Forty-first July 3, and the Forty-third August 5, extending service by two to five days. Congress may need to provide for the extra pay via a deficiency bill.
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San Francisco
Presidio
Forty-seventh Infantry
Congress
Nebraska County Fairs Dates Announced by Secretary Furnas
Lincoln June 23 announcement lists Jefferson county fair September 17 to 20 at Fairbury Furon lar county September 24 to 27 at Stockville Kearney county September 18 to 21 at Minden Madison county September 10 to 12 at Madison Cedar county September 17 to 20 at Hartington for Nebraska counties.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Furnas
Jefferson County
Fairbury
Furonlar County
Stockville
Kearney County
Minden
Madison County
Madison
Cedar County
Hartington
Gompers in Critical Condition After Car Injury
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor lies in danger at his Washington home from concussion of the brain and possible skull fracture after an outing with his two children. Physicians say his condition is critical but recovery probable. The injury occurred last night when he alighted from a car.
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Samuel Gompers
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Live Stock Market Prices Shifts At South Omaha Market
Price declines swept cattle hogs and sheep with bids easing across categories. Heifer, heavy weight cows and common grades softened while choice bulls held near steady. Hog trading opened weak then fell further with top loads near 6.00, while fat hogs and feeder cattle saw muted demand and slow turnover. Sheep runs were light and largely steady with limited activity and prices holding firm on some yearlings and native fed sheep.
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Fata
Routh Omsha
Ransan
Soutic
Omattia
atoThera
Mickery
Seliera
Kansas City Market Report Cattle and Hogs Steady to Mixed
Kansas City market report shows cattle steady with dressed steers around $3.00 to $15.80, stockers and feeders mixed, western and Texas grass steers listed with varied prices. Hog prices slide about 240 lower with top near $6.19, mixed pack and heavy hogs noted. Sheep and lambs active and steady with western lambs and yearlings priced, Texas grass sheep around $3.90.
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Kansas City
Coles
Lair
Texas
Western
Western SR. aGery Aos
Boers Landed in Bermuda Prison Camp Near Hamilton
The British transport Armenian arrived with the first shipload of Boers to be quartered on Darrels and Tuckers islands near Hamilton Bermuda after an eleven day voyage from St. Vincent. Prisoners, mixed Dutch and European, appeared in good spirits though gaunt. No disease aboard and pratique granted. Water supply scarce due to dry weather and unfinished camp condensers.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Darrels
Tuckers Island
St. Vincent
Krupp Seeks New Test of Armor Plate for Warships
The Krupp works have asked the navy department to test another group of their new armor plate for warships after a prior batch failed to pass a test at the Indian Head proving ground.
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Krupp
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Indian Head Proving Ground
Praise for Our Army in Commons Debate
In London on June 29 during the army reorganization debate Lord Wellesley praised the United States Army as the finest of its size in the world, attributing its superiority to good wages.
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London
House of Commons
Lord Wellesley
United States
Omaha Road Builder Dead in Hudson Hotel Room
H L Preston, a master builder of the Omaha road and a prominent railway man in this region, was found dead in his Hudson hotel room today, having expired while dressing. The death closes a career noted for major regional rail work.
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Omaha
Hudson
Wis
H. L. Preston
Preston
Illegal fishing arrests in Marshalltown
Marshalltown officers and Fish Protective association members arrested three individuals for illegal fishing on June 29. The action followed vigilant enforcement and targeted game law violations in the area.
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Marshalltown
Marshalltown Fish Protective Association
World's Fury Site Approved for Forest Park
ST LOUIS June 29 The World's War National commission at its session tonight approved the Forest Park site and adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Forest Park
First Wife of Peyton Loses Suit in Spokane Divorce Case
In Spokane on June 29 Judge Richardson ruled for Colonel Isaac N. Peyton in the divorce suit brought by Helen M. Peyton of Denver. She had sought $500,000 or half of the miner’s property, claiming the divorce was illegal and should be set aside.
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Poston
Spokane
Wash
Mia
Helen M. Peyton
Denver
Isaac N. Peyton
Richardson
Peyton
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Exchinger
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Ieter Wien
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