Multiple Iowa Deaths and Incidents Reported
Deaths report in Carroll for James Wattles progeny of G W Wattles of Omaha. Three men drown in Dubuque when a skiff capsizes. two rescued. James Black dies suddenly in Waterloo while at a doctor visit. Ames cornerstone laid for a $375,000 agricultural hall by Governor Cumming. Ames also reports 133 degrees at Iowa State College. Meningitis outbreak hits Armour South Dakota, four dead, commerce unsettled. A fifteen year old girl Ebbe Jacobson dies after taking poison in Woodward. Ottumwa reports a lynching scare after Sherman Phillips assaults Mrs McBride. she survives thanks to courage and weapon drawn. Fort Dodge notes Sam Crandall held on grand jury for alleged wrecking attempts on May 17 and 22 near Limburg. detectives involved.
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Ames
A. B. Cumming
Iowa State College
Fort Dodge
Sam
Crandall
Dayton
Grand
Chicago and Northwestern
Limburg
E. B., Stark
G. A. Gaton
Chicago
Northwestern
Klein to stand trial in Nebraska burglary case
Sioux City June 14 Governor Cumming denied Nebraska requests for requisitions for George Meyers and L E Roe but Fritz Klein must go to Nebraska to face trial for the alleged Winnebago bank burglary. Cumming ruled Meyers and Roe could not have been at Winnebago when the crime occurred. Des Moines June 20 attorneys for railroads say they will not fight 2 cent fare. The law takes effect July 1 with tickets at the lower rate for most passenger travel though interstate business may keep 3 cent fare and many excursion reductions are to be cut.
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Klein
Sioux City
Cumming
Nebraska
George Meyers
L. Ea Roe
Fritz Klein
Winnebago Bank
Cummins
Meyers
Des Moines
Encampment Set for Largest Iowa G A R Meet
Iowa Grand Army of the Republic officials prepare for the annual Dubuque encampment with expectations of a large turnout. Secretary Taft is due to speak at a camp fire, with Governor Cummins Senator Allison and other officials present. D. J. Palmer is expected to be elected department commander.
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Jes Moines
Iowa Department
Grand Army of the Republic
Dubuque
Taft
Cummins
Allison
D. J. Palmer
Railroad Commission
Death by Own Action: Iowa Masons Witness Tragic Horse
A Feiner Fish delivery horse in Clinton died after it reared and walked into shallow water. The driver lashed the animal, it submerged its head three times before drowning, and bystanders including a visiting Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge delegation affirmed it was death by own action.
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Iowa
Masonic Grand Lodge
Clinton
Feiner Fish Company
Weiner
Iowa Railroads Show Big Increase in Earnings
Des Moines reports to the executive council reveal gross earnings for 1907 at 69,774,474 up from 62,792,807 in 1906. Net earnings rose to 21,880,002 from 19,258,953, with operating expenses at 47,893,941 and 43,533,353 respectively. An overall 15 percent gain in gross and net earnings is cited as the basis for the 1907 state assessment due August 1.
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Des Moines
Trailroads
Iowa
Executive Council of
TO WED SWEETHEART OF 61 IN BLENCOE IOWA
Thomas J Strupper, seventy one, a section man in Blencoe, Iowa, will wed Julia Comstock, seventy two of Warren Quebec, in June. He has been married five times before and faced jail for bigamy. His latest sensational move follows bringing twenty year old Eva Scott from Sidney, Tas, in 1906. He is accompanied by his sixth wife, Mrs J A Kelly, aged sixty five.
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Blencoe
Thomas J. Strupper
Julia Comstock
Warren
Strupper
Eva Scott
Sidney
J. A. Kelly
Scott
Rah Rah Boom Puts Man in Jail in Iowa City
Iowa City June 6 Andrew Townsend Hisey a self styled candidate for president was arrested and jailed after a campus led disturbance. University of Iowa students marched his buggy through town addressing crowds at street corners causing blockades before police removed him and dispersed about five hundred supporters surrounding the jail. He was released and told to leave town returning after a prior governor bid last year.
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Iowa City
Towa City
Andrew Townsend Hisey
United States
City Hall
University of Iowa
Hisey
Roosevelt
Rahrah" Poys
Iowa
Joint Rate Case Prolongs Iowa Hearing On Rail Lines
At Des Moines the state railroad commission continued the joint rate hearing, finding no quick path to a decision as rail lines and shippers strain to agree. Rail officials hint a Shenandoah tariff might be possible on Iowa distance plus a 5 cent terminal charge, but such a blanket rate would trigger wider demands across the state. The railroads also signal plans to raise the interstate joint rate minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Railroad Commission
Iowa
Shenandoah
Milwaukee
Shenandoa
Steamboats Sold to Resume Missouri River Service
The river steamers City of Chester and Tennessee were sold to the Kansas City Transportation Company and will resume service at once on the Missouri River between St. Louis and Kansas City. The deal is believed to assure permanent Missouri river traffic resumption.
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Kansas City Company
St. Louis
City
Chester
Tennessee
Kansas City Transportation Company
Kansas City
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V. A. Summers
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England
Rocks Hydro
Gretchen
Sergent VI
Watson and Wood Bros
Lincoln
C. M. Follett
My Place
Champion
W. C. Alistrope
James Wattles
Carroll, Ia
G. W. Wattles
Omaha
Carroll
Paul Kies
William Stolteben
Nicholas Worrel
Mississippi
Waterloo
James Black
Rock Island Railroad
Armour
Boone
Woodward
Ebbe Jacobson
Ottumwa
I.a
Edward McBride
Sherman Phillips
Iiik Phillips
Horse
Iowa Railroad
Executive Council
Segan
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Man
Ite
Lord Gregory
Wilkes
Strahan
C. H. Peer
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Mac
Pereperon
Jesse M. Stetson
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Henri
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Little Frank
Boles
Bright Bay
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