Christmas Eve in the Woods A Family Man Buffett
A rough crew of forty five men in a logging camp faces a crisis as Dunphy, their sole family man, withdraws and vents with anger. Amid Christmas rituals and whispered fears a letter reveals a poorhouse tragedy, prompting the men to vow aid and launch a high risk mission to deliver relief to his grieving wife and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana Joe
Dumphy
Sunty Claus
Pang
Mike
Sunny Claus
Fire and civic notes from Iowa towns and people
The Day building in Mason City suffered heavy fire and water damage, with $3,500 in losses insured. Fort Dodge hosts a banquet for Chicago Great Western president A B Stickney on December 19. The Farmers Mutual Insurance Association, serving Webster Calhoun and Hamilton counties, has reorganized after its articles expired. Judge William B Fuller of West Union married Elizabeth Manning in New York. Sioux City forms an industrial association raising labor questions. Dave Smith, once reported drowned, appears alive in Jonesville NL amid insurance suspicions. Muscatine’s wealthiest resident mockingly advised a man to return to Germany after a slander suit, which yielded $1 to the plaintiff. Iowa League of Municipalities seeks $5,000 and sewer/ tax powers for cities. Fairfield malleable foundry timber collapse injures six. Webster City’s George MacKown indicted for embezzlement, sought in Canada. State Horticultural Society backs president and secretary recommendations, including $400 yearly for bulletins. January 5 6 drainage convention date moved to January 15 16 to aid legislative attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Jonesville
Keokuk
Woodmen of America
William Huttig
Muscatine
J. F. Boepple
League
Fairfield
Charles Moore
Courtland Mereikens
John Kominger
Bill Bailey
George MacKown
Northwestern Felt Shoe
Webster City
MacKown
British Columbia
Canada
State Horticultural Society
St. Louis
State Experiment Station
Boards of Supervisors and
County Auditors of
Iowa
Agricultural College
Des Moines
State Fair Buildings May Require Legislature Aid
Secretary J C Simpson urged the state agriculture department to seek legislative funding for rebuilt fireproof state fair buildings. He noted 51 stock barns need new roofs and many other repairs are required. The board has already spent $44,012.01 in two years and seeks funds for a combined agricultural building and additional hog barns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Laws
J. C. Simpson
State Department of Agriculture
Lowne
Simpson
General Assembly
Cause of Railway Horrors In Iowa Investigation Start
The Iowa State Railroad Commission opens a special inquiry into railroad accidents and overworked employees. Governor Cummins may receive the biennial report with omitted accident details and commissioner Dawson of Waverly contributes findings for possible inclusion in the governor’s message. The commission cites removal of a law requiring railroad reporting as hampering its investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Railroad Commission
Cummins
Iowa
A. Dawson
Waverly
Lake City Man Gone to Chicago on Business
Lake City man M Hourigan left town Sunday night November 30 to buy goods in Chicago. Family notified his Chicago firm, but no contact. His eldest son C J Horigan, who has been in Chicago seeking him, reports no sighting by Saturday evening.
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Lake City
M. Hourigan
Chicago
C. J. Horigan
Jett
Abandoned River Inne station draws protests
About 100 residents of River Inne ction near Lone Tree complain to railroad commissioners that Rock Island has closed its local station citing excessive stations in the area. The protest centers on service disruption and potential impact on the Rock Island line.
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River Innection
Rock Island
Jonson County
Lone Tree
New Corn Husking Record Set by Williams Rannack
Will Rannack, a young corn husker, husked 209 bushels and 60 pounds in under ten hours on Albert Johnson’s farm near here. He took a wager of 100 dollars against 75 that he could not husk 200 bushels in ten hours. He did not unload it.
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Shepnandoah
Will Rannack
Albert Johnson
German Editor Dead in Davenport Stroke
Davenport reports the death of Henry Lischer a former editor of Der Demokrat a German editor and pioneer in Iowa The cause was an apoplectic stroke death noted in the local paper reflecting his prominent role in the German community and journalism records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Iowa
Jermans
der Demokrat
Henry Lischer
Cedar Rapids starch plant to double capacity
Cedar Rapids reports Douglas Bros. will enlarge the major starch plant by doubling capacity. Contracts for the expansion are already set, signaling a significant production increase for the facility and local economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Douglas Bros
Used Mail Fraudulently in Cherokee Arrest
Sioux City resident George Sellers is jailed on charges of mail fraud for soliciting people to address letters at home for 18 dollars, collecting responses with 10 cent payments, and allegedly obtaining more contributions through further representations. The Cherokee based business prompted the arrest and arraignment here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux
Obituary of Herbert Spencer A Victorian Intellectual Giant
The article honors Herbert Spencer who died December 8 in Brighton at age 83. It notes his role among Darwin, Huxley, Tyndall, and Lyell, his Derby birth in 1820, early writings on government and social topics, positions at Nonconformist, Economist, and Westminster Review, major works including The Principles of Psychology and Synthetic Philosophy, and his lifelong poverty despite vast influence and long labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werbert Spencer
Brighton
England
Mr. Spencer
Darwin
Huxley
Tyndall
Lyell
Derby
Spencer
Economist
Waxley
George Eliot
Westminster Review
Mrs Stanton a Philatelist Found Stamp Room
Discovery of a stamp room in Elizabeth Cady Stanton's former Woodcliff New Jersey home reveals over 18000 stamps hung on walls and ceiling. Many stamps from every country, no two alike, likely from letters sent to Stanton during extensive international correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Woodcliff
N. J
Stanton
GAVE MUCH FOR PATRIOTISM
Midlessex Bar association banquet in Boston features Congressman Samuel L. Powers praising lawyers in Congress for sacrifice and service. He notes Senator Hoar’s wealth fell from $100,000 to a frugal livelihood and Congressman Hepburn’s twenty years in Congress leaves him with about $2,000.
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Midlessex Bar Association
Boston
Samuel L. Powers
Congress
Imsno
House
Senate
Powers
Hoar
Washington
Hepburn
Iowa
Death of Capt Pharr recalls epic Louisiana race
Berwick Louisiana is mourning Capt John H Pharr a wealthy sugar planter and lumberman who died aged 76. He had been a leading figure in a famed 1896 governor race challenging Murphy J Foster alleging fraud in the negro parishes and threatening force if declared the winner. The legislature refused to review the returns.
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Capt
Pharr
Berwick
Louisiana
John H. Pharr
Murphy J. Foster
Foster
Open to Discussion at Saratoga
Michael Clancy a New York contractor who grew rich bought race horses and entered them at Saratoga. He rarely bets but once backed a good thing for $10. In the grandstand he watched through field glasses as friends teased him about his $16 wager. He joked he could not tell if his horse was last in the third race or drat in the fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Clancy
New York
Clancy
Christmas Dinner Eludes Coast Guard Captain
Alanson Penny, captain of the Ife saying crew at Shinnecock Long Island, has served seventeen years in coast guard duty yet never spent Christmas with his wife and children. His station sits about three miles from the mainland across Shinnecock bay, and for seventeen holidays the water has been passable only by a vessel larger than available due to ice or heavy seas.
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Alanson Penny
Ife
Shinnecock
Long Island
Coast Guard
Shinnacock Bay
Tension in British Society Between Duchesses
Reported discord surrounds the young duchess of Roxburghe formerly Miss Goelet as she aims to become premier of Scottish duchesses. Her move risks provoking the duchess of Buccleugh who dislikes Americans, with fears she will join the king's circle regarded as inferior by Buccleugh's faction.
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Santa Claus
Larrigans
Holman F. Day
Dunphy
Charley Canuck
Jake
Bense
Joe Licrosse
Joe Lacrosse
Republican
Mason City
C. K. Myers
Commercial Club of
Fort Dodge
Chicago Great Western
A. B. Stickney
Stickney
Farmers' Mutual Insurance Association
Webster, Calhoun
Hamilton Counties
Washington Dispatch
William EB. Fuller
West Union
United States
New York City
Elizabeth Manning
Burrell
Dubuque
Fuller
Lews
Toledo
Spain
Europe
Milan J
Seville
Sabert Spencer
Herbert Spencer
London
Mrs. Stanton
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