State Treasury reports assets and veteran pass dispute
Des Moines dispatch notes August 10 funds across accounts totaling 1 774 055.46 dollars including general revenue and endowments. Union Veterans in the city condemn Secretary Van Houten for cutting free passes to old soldiers. Mass meeting planned as fair board trims passes amid abuse concerns and veteran protests.
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Des Moines
Office of the State Treasury
Union Veterans” ‘Union
van Houten
State Agricultural Society
Bagratt
The
Fair Association
Fair
Van Buren County farmer Vanishes After Embezzlement Charge
John Donnelly, farmer and stockman from Van Buren county, disappeared weeks ago after delivering livestock to Chicago. Bank officers in Bona Parte had him arrested on a $3,000 embezzlement charge and he was bonded. He says the money was lost on Chicago’s board of trade and he will repay if given time.
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Des Moines
John Donnelly
van Buren County
Chicago
Bank of Bonaparte
Board of Trade
Spiritualists elect officers at Clinton meeting
Clinton Ia August 20 at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Valley Spiritualist association officers were chosen, with Prof. W. I. Peck of St. Louis as president and Mrs Emma J Knowlese of Clinton as vice president. Secretary Stellan A Fick of Keokuk and treasurer Isaac Millisack of Ottumwa were elected, with D S Canton New Sharon and Mrs R E Cowantree Clinton as trustees. The secretary reported the association is in excellent condition with no debt.
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Clinton
Mississippi Valley Spiritualist Association
W. I. Peck
St. Louis
Emma J. Knowlese
Stellan A. Fick
Keokuk
Isaac Millisack
Ottumwa
Canton
New Sharon
R. E. Cowantree
State Dairy Convention in Dubuque November 12 to 14
Des Moines Aug 20 The Iowa dairy convention will be held in Dubuque November 12 to 14. A large attendance from Illinois Wisconsin and Minnesota is expected due to the city’s proximity and convenience. Prof Curtiss of the Iowa experiment station will deliver an address and Secretary James Wilson is expected to attend.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Dubuque
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Curtiss
Iowa Experiment Station
James Wilson
Wealthy Iowa pioneer Edwin Manning dies at home in Keosauqua
DES MOINES Aug 20 Hon Edwin Manning respected and wealthy state figure dies at his Keosauqua home. A pioneer in land, merchandise and stock dealing, he built a vast fortune valued between three and five million dollars and served as banker and broker.
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Des Moines
Edwin Manning
Keosauqua
New Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Station Opens in Jefferson
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad completed a new station in Jefferson Iowa as of August 20. The modern structure stretches about 100 feet and represents a significant upgrade for the city’s rail service.
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Jefferson
Jefferson, Ia
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Eskles to Join Missouri Dairying Faculty
Ames announces O H Eskles assistant in dairying and dairy bacteriology becomes assistant professor of dairying at the University of Missouri in Columbia with a salary of 1000 dollars.
Crops Report Shows Hopeful Green County Corn Outlook
Jefferson Louisiana August 24 A summary of crop reports from nearly all Green County sections indicates a hopeful corn crop. Late planted corn on well cultivated black gail will average two thirds to three quarters of a crop with fair quality. Early planted corn will yield one third to one half of a crop. Oats are threshing off a heavier yield than expected.
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Green County
Jefferson
Bond for State Treasurer in Des Moines Footnotes
A state board meeting planned for August will consider bonding the state treasurer or requiring monthly accountings after discovering about 2700 dollars in fees held in a bank account credit to the treasurer. The money was later drawn and turned to the state, with no bond in force. Authorities reference a prior loss from a pharmacy commission to justify stricter oversight.
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Des Moines
State Board of Examiners
Pharmacy Commission
Ming Board
Ottumwa Oil Find Near Lawton Sparks Air Craze
Ottumwa residents report that seven companies owning 2000 acres north of Lawton Oklahoma have sunk oil wells and started a booming venture. The land lies in six adjoining sections in Comanche county and yields a dark brown oil resembling sorghum. An official Kansas City chemist analysis reveals petroleum and asphaltum.
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Ottumwansa
Oklahoma
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Lawton
Beaumont
Texas
Comanche County
Kansas City
Marshalltown Seeks Carnegie Library Funds
Des Moines Aug 17 The Marshalltown library trustees have pursued Carnegie funds for a free library. They secured a site for the building and persuaded the city council to levy a half mill tax, yielding about $3,000 annually, part of a plan to obtain $30,000 in Carnegie support.
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Carnegie Library
Des Moines
Iowa
Andrew Carnegie
Marshalltown
Counci
Appeal for Higher Wages Refused in Iowa
Creston Iowa Aug 17 railway workers on the Burlington main line have sought higher pay since May. They learned Saturday that their petition for a wage increase was denied. They had also asked for minor concessions and overtime pay plus a relieving man to cover duties after transfer arrivals at Union Pacific.
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Creston
Burlington
Iowa
Eare
Union Pacific
Connacht Duffs Man Held on Forged Checks
Dave Mooney of Council Bluffs was arrested in Missouri Valley Ia for passing forged checks at several local merchants. He was arraigned before Justice Dance and bound over. Witnesses testified Mooney was in Council Bluffs the evening the checks allegedly passed.
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Missouri Valley
Dave Mooney
Council Bluffs
Court of Justice Dance
Mooney
Iowa Wrestler in Alaska at Dawson City
Fort Dodge Iowa August 17 Frank Gotch, a famed Iowa wrestler, travels to Dawson City Alaska to face the best Alaska has to offer for large purses. He accepts all comers and has not been defeated since he began wrestling.
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Iowa
Alaska
Fort Dodge
Frank Gotch
Dawson City
Gotch
Dou
W. le Pougles
L. Dou
W. S. Douglas
L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Edge Lina
Resereen
Threshing Yields Reported Across Wipside Region
WINSIDER reports threshing has progressed satisfactorily in the area. Average yields cited include fifteen bushels of wheat per acre, forty bushels of oats per acre, and thirteen bushels of flax. Corn also doing well, averaging about twenty bushels per acre.
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Wipside
Winsider
Kilted Under Freight Car in Nodaway Incident
Lewis Hitchcock of 1415 West Sixteenth Street Chicago died at Nodaway while sleeping under a freight car. Authorities report the fatal accident occurred on August 17 with Hitchcock identified as the deceased.
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Creston
Lewis Hitchcock
West Sixteenth Street
Chicago
Nodaway
Iowa State Dairy Bulletin on Creamery Milk Supply
The Iowa experiment station issues bulletin No 39 on dairy subjects. It includes a bacteriological study of the college creamery milk supply and details on cream ripening. The findings will interest butter makers and related dairy workers.
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Des Moines
Iowa ‘Experiment Station
Trusts Run Things in Ante Election Bargain
A pre 1900 election report describes Mark Hanna arranging with labor leaders to back the Republican ticket while fearing trusts would dominate. Shaffer warns McKinley and Morgan must bow to strikers or risk labor votes. editors argue the administration serves trusts, not the people, citing the 1900 coal strike and industry dismantling harming workers and homes.
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Mark Hanna
Republican Committee
Organized Labor
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
Hanna
Republican Party
Shafter
Washington Times
McKinley
Han Na
Shafferman
Congress
Morgan
Rockefeller
Havemeyer
Stillman
Executive Branch
Marcus A. Hanna
Trusts
Europe
Power of the Trusts in Scranton's Forsaken Works
A Scranton Truth feature laments the rise of trusts as city shapers and destroyers. It recalls a once bustling industrial site with mighty machinery, blazing furnaces, and trains, now idle and silent, save for a lone watchman winding his clock to prove he did not sleep.
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Scranton
Tariff politics danger warned by Salt opinion
Byron W. Salt argues that high tariffs burden farmers and workers and fuel political division. He cites ex-Attorney General Wayne MacVeigh predicting a split into two great parties, one aligned with capital and the other with labor, unless wealth bases change.
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United States
Wayne MacVeigh
Harvard
Capital
Jabor
Byron W. Salt
Labor and capital clash over monopoly and tariff power
The piece argues steel magnates seek free rein to hire, while unions aim to limit competition. It criticizes strike suppression in Ansonia Connecticut and calls for labor to use ballots against trusts, linking tariffs to monopoly profits and political influence. The tone defends workers and questions corporate dominance.
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Steel Trust
Labor Trust
Insurgent Leader Captured in Batangas Campaign
Second Lieutenant Walter Grant of the Sixth Cavalry, while scouting near Taal Batangas, captures Colonel Martin Cabrera and six insurgents in what authorities call the most important capture since Aguinaldo. Cabrera controlled insurgents in southern Batangas and west of Batangas city. Also, Colonel Panganiban with twenty six rifles and twenty men surrender to Lt. Smith near Luzon. Captain Policarpio and five men surrender from Malvar command. Evans notes no insurgents on Mindoro, but camp burned and thirty tons of rice captured. General Chaffee pleased with Batangas and Mindoro reports.
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Batangas
Panganiban
Smith
Twentieth Infantry
Luzon
Malvar
Policarpio
Leutenant
Baldwin
Evans
Mindoro
Rjan
Chaffee
Mindora
Strike GOMES WEST Joliet Workers Vote to Obey Shaffer
In Joliet Illinois Aug 16 four Amalgamated Association lodges unanimously voted to follow President Shaffer's strike order. The meeting led by National Assistant Secretary Tighe and Vice President Davis urged loyalty to the union. The decision will close the Illinois Steel Joliet mills affecting nearly 3000 workers.
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Joliet
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
Illinois Steel Company
Joliet Mills
Tighe
Davis
Brisk Fighting Near Panama and Colon Drives Rebels Forward
Kingston Jamaica Aug 16 The British steamer Darien from Colon reports heavy fighting on the outskirts of Panama and Colon as rebels steadily press toward towns. Many wounded on both sides and Colon shelters wounded government troops. Namouna found useless due to bulging gun mounts. forty passengers evacuated Colon. British consul protests Jamaicans being pressed to fight rebels by the Colombian government.
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Colom Kingston
Jamaica
Darien
Colon
Panama
Namouna
Powers Sign Protocol Raises Train Robbery Probe
Chief Post Office Inspector Cochran was notified by telegraph that Inspector Houck of the St. Louis division caused the arrest of Walter Stratton for complicity in the holdup of the Missouri Kansas and Texas train near Caney, I T, Wednesday morning.
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Washington
Post Office
Cochran
Legraph
Houck
St. Louis
Walter Stratton
Kansas & Texas
Caney
I, T
Stubbs Names Schumaker Traffic Manager for Oregon Short Line
J. C. Stubbs selected JT. M. Schumaker as traffic manager of the Oregon Short Line at San Francisco on August 16. This marks the first major appointment since Stubbs assumed traffic management of Harriman fines. Schumaker previously held Union Pacific's general freight agency on the coast and may be succeeded by Charles Clifford of Union Pacific in Cincinnati.
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Stubbs
Schumaker
San Francisco
J. C. Stubbs
JT. M. Schumaker
Oregon
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