Land deal closes sale of Grant township tract in Iowa
Ward former vice president of LeMars Bank and Vietor Delliver led a group of northern Iowa capitalists to finalize the purchase of ex governor Larrabee s Grant township land in Ossey county and surrounding tracts for 250000. Jasper Thompson and B E Rich of Forest City bought the land for 214000 by a local bank check and transferred it to a town company to form a congressional township planned for sale to farmers on time payments near the Minnesota line. Much of the land has been hay and pasture and was largely uncultivated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Wahi
Hee
Vietor Delliver
Iowa
Larrabee
Grant Township
Nossyth County
Jasper Thompson
BE. H. Rich
Forest City
Town
Congressional
Minnesota Line
Capture of Banker Ward in Jersey City Arrest News
Le Mars resident Ward, vice president of Le Mars National Bank, was arrested in Jersey City by secret service agents for misusing bank funds. He disappeared April 15. Bank losses totaled 300,009 with a 106 percent assessment on stockholders. Ward telegraphed attorney Sammis to meet him in Sioux City.
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Lemars
Madr
LE Mars
Ward
T. F. Ward
Jersey City
Secret Service
le Mars National Bank
Ife
Peole
Winterset
Z. A. Sammis
Sioux City
Milk Dealers Licenses In Iowa Prosecution Likely
Des Moines July 6 State dairy commissioner plans to prosecute several milk dealers in Iowa who failed to obtain the required licenses by July 1. About 700 dealers must be licensed across cities including Des Moines 211 Davenport 66 Sioux City 66 Muscatine 19 Dubuque 59 Clinton 428 Council Bluffs 42 Burlington 41 Ottumwa 307 Keokuk 147 Fort Madison 15 Marshalltown 14 Waterloo 19 Fort Dodge 11.
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Des Moines
Towa
Iowa
Davenport
Sioux City
Muscatine
Dubuque
Clinton
Council Bluffs
Burlington
Ottumwa
Keokuk
Fort Madison
Marshalltown
Waterloo
Fort Dodge
Disease In Prigonerd Des Moines July Report Summary
Des Moines dispatch notes a charted "prisoner" population in Anamosa for the month, showing 442 inmates a drop of twelve in June and fifty in total, with a report listing 445 and four further figures.
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Prigonerd Des Moines
Peniten
Spypliews road route hints in urban guide
A fragmented OCR item notes route changes or surveillance points in an urban district. The readable text mentions Spypliews and Ube areas with references to new paths, street design, and possible traffic adjustments. No clear dates or official sources are included.
Fragmented local notice about a murder case in wartime era
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a fatal incident in a western shore area near Fort Ledg e and indicate involvement of individuals named Irene Thorpe and Mr Thorpe. Other fragments reference Chita and a Cura. Details are unclear and no full names or dates are confirmed.
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Chita
Cura
Daly J
Irene
Thorpe
Howhards
Wiles
Train Collision Near Waterloo Injures Passengers
A Northern Northbound passenger train collided with a Burling and Repide service six miles south of Waterloo, killing one and injuring three others. Rescue teams rushed to the scene as authorities investigated the cause.
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Borligiou Drake
Waterloo
Burlingwi
Repide
Northern
Campaign blotter feature in a local race
A fragmentary note outlines a campaign event for a candidate named Cegnorroier. It mentions a lune related phrase and a tense scene with a limousine present. The readable text is sparse on dates places or concrete outcomes.
Investigation of Biro Sherrie in Des Moines July Boo
An Iowa agricultural inquiry focuses on berry practices for the Iowa Hourientural Society. Lee compiles data from numerous reports to prepare a future useful reply. The state's strawberry crop has expanded annually and remains a key agricultural concern.
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Biro Sherrie
Des Moines
Death of Des Moines 550 Pound Woman Anna Wolf
Des Moines Iv July 9 A coffin built to order will hold five large men for the burial of Anna Wolf who died at Mercy hospital Luverne. She weighed 550 pounds the largest woman in Iowa. She stood about six feet tall but seemed medium in height. Her family all carried large frames with parents over 200 pounds each. She weighed 300 pounds as a girl and continued growing until about 460 pounds at death.
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Lowa
Des Moines
Anna Wolf
Mercy Hospital
Luverne
Conger Starts for China to Resume China Post
Major BE H Conger has left Des Moines for San Francisco and will sail on the 11th for Asia to resume his post as minister to China. He keeps silent on political aims but is willing to be nominated for governor while not delaying GOP aims. Mrs Conger stays in Des Moines awaiting fall plans and attended meetings in Boston with Mrs Eddy, praising the church leader’s vigor.
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Des Moines
Jay
BE. H. Conger
San Francisco
Asia
China
Major Conger
Iowa
Town Couple Found Dead in Des Moines Home
In Des Moines a tragedy uncovers a 68 year old retired Atlantic farmer F A Brackett who killed his wife and shot himself in their daughter's home. The bodies were found about 10 am when Mrs Powell went to wake the couple for breakfast. Brackett had a bullet wound in his forehead and his wife a wound in her temple. Both dead.
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Deal
Des Moines
F. A. Brackett
Atlantic
Powell
Brackett
Counterfeiters Found Near Council Bluffs
Police hold a complete coinage outfit seized three miles from Council Bluffs and plan to turn it over to federal officers. The find was made by sons of farmer M. Gibbons, revealing a bold plan to counterfeit dollars and half dollars.
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Council Bluffs
Uncle Sam
M. Gibbons
State to finish equalizing tax values soon
The state auditor has now received almost all reviews of assessments in the counties, with five remaining Du Neque Fremont Linn Mahaska and West. Dubuque reports its figures today and Mahaska’s is due Monday. The executive council will then begin equalizing statewide values.
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Nes Moins
Duneque
Fremont
Linn
Mahaska
Wwt
Dubuque
Executive Council
Balloon ascent ends in fatal fall at New Carlisle
Frederick Wright of Indianapolis died during a balloon ascent and parachute leap at New Carlisle on the Fourth. He became tangled in guide ropes about one foot above the ground and was pitched to the earth. Wright was from Indianapolis and the accident occurred during the Fourth of July festivities.
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LA Porth
Ind
Frederick Wright
Indianapolis
New Carlisle
Humboldt Police Hire Three Binodhavods For Duty
In Humboldt the police force is expanding with three binodhavods trained daily to aid law enforcement. The wounded were procured by Luts town and are now being prepared for service amid the city’s security efforts.
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Humboldt
Plymouth county farmer to seek share from Alaska millionaire
Joseph Kuss of Plymouth county plans to go to Alaska to press claim that Hanus Anderson, once a hotel cook and Klondike adventurer, owes him a share of wealth. Kuss alleges Anderson grubbetaked him years ago and now amasses a fortune.
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Moocx City
Joseph Kuss
Plymouth County
Down
Alaska
Hanus Anderson
Anderson
Garretson
Becent
Henry
Klondike
Kass
Heat brings deadly toll as city swelters in record warmth
New York July 4 1881 reports extreme heat with 100 to 106 Fahrenheit on streets and 93 indoors. A thunderstorm cooled temps by ten degrees but left fires from lightning strikes. Ambulances and patrols ran nonstop. 148 of 328 prostration cases proved fatal. In Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn deaths numbered 158 and 60 respectively with hundreds prostrated. Revered clergyman Rev Dr Nowland Maynard and locomotive builder Jacob Rogers named among prominent victims.
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New York
Devecreeey
Philadelphia
Taltimore Weiss Ek Eeeee
Pittshore
Mercury
Nowland Maynard
Jacob Rogers
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Proclamation Ready for Kiowa Comanche and Apache Open
Secretary Witt erheek announced the proclamation for opening Kiowa Comanche and Apache Indian reservations in Oklahoma. It will set the opening day and rules for homesteaders and be issued tomorrow or July 4. Cabinet met with Hay and Long absent and civil service rule changes dominated talks.
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Washington
Vwiterheeck
Comanche
Oklahoma
Hay
Long
Civil Service
Postal Service
Civil Service Commission
Heat sets Omaha June record in 1901 as temperatures soar
In Omaha on June 1901 the mean temperature for the month is noted as among the highest in 31 years, with June averages at 75, three degrees above normal. The peak June temperature hit 100 degrees on the 28th, and the mean maximum for the month stood at 85.4 degrees.
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Jane
Omaha
Porto Ricans Agree Free Trade Resolution Passed
In San Juan an extra session of the Porto Rican assembly lasted three hours and endorsed a free trade resolution. Governor Allen signed the measure, which envisions presenting it to President McKinley for possible proclamation, linking it to a July 25 Porto holiday, while detailing a new local taxation scheme under Hollander acts.
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San Juan
Pla
Porto Rican Assembly
Allen
Congress
United States
McKinley
Porto Rico
Hollander
Senor Morales
Americans celebrate Fourth in Paris with embassy and banquet
The United States embassy and consulate along with numerous American businesses in Paris displayed the stars and stripes and the French tricolor. Visitors attended General Horace Porter’s open reception in the afternoon while the annual banquet of the American Chamber of Commerce was held in session.
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Tubliant
Paris
United States
Horace Porter
American Chamber of Commerce
Fourth of July Celebrations at Pekin Legations
The United States legation guard held athletic games and fireworks in Pekin on July 4. German minister Dr Mumm von Schwarzenstein hosted a dinner at the German legation for American guard officers. Squires Rockhill and other legation members joined the Fourth at the summer legation in the hills.
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Pekin
United States Legation Guard
Mumm von Schwarzenstein
Messrs. Squires and Rockhill
United States Legation
Reading Strike Ends at Reading Pennsylvania
Reading railway shop workers at Reading voted to end the strike after a meeting with Chairman Bosther and President Baer. agreement ratified and return to work planned for Friday morning with over 1,200 men in attendance.
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Reading
Reading Railway
Kanda
Bosther
Baer
Gompers Recovering After Street Car Fall
President Gompers of the Federation of Labor is recovering rapidly from a concussion after a street car fall last week. He will be moved to Deer Park Maryland for further rest and treatment.
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Gompers
Washington, D. C
The
Federation of Labor
Deer Park
Town Central train wreck reported near Hampton
BURLANGTON Ia July 5 Information reaches here that a passenger train on the Town Central has been wrecked near Hampton Town Two postal clerks are reported killed in the crash with other casualties possible in the incident
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Town Central
Burlangton
Hampton
Town
Jefferson Day Read In Jackson Marks Fourth of July
For the first time in forty years the Declaration of Independence was read in Jackson Mississippi during the Fourth of July celebration at the state capitol representative hall. The event drew attendees from local communities and highlighted civic observances in Jackson.
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Jackson
Miss
Representative Hall
State Capitol
Prof. Fisk is Dead in Gloucester
Prof John Fiske of Cambridge famed lecturer and historian died at the Hawthorne Inn East Gloucester from heat exhaustion after arriving yesterday. He was 59 and long associated with Harvard in a professional capacity.
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Fisk
Gloucester
Mass
John Fiske
Cambridge
Hawthorne Inn
East
Fiske
Harvard College
Allison Cornered on Tariff Question in Washington
In Washington Senator Allison defends tariff revision while criticizing trust pricing. He cites a West-led inquiry showing agricultural implements sold cheaper abroad to Buenos Ayres wholesale dealers even after freight, with higher U.S. consumer prices due to distribution costs. He argues trusts sell lower abroad than at home and warns Republicans backing tariff relief would aid the trusts.
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Allison
Washington
West
Buenos Ayres
Argentine Republic
Argentina
United States
Central States
The Coal Trust Tax and Price Increases
The article claims a safe coal trust is forming in Indiana with plans for a nationwide consolidation. It argues that anthracite prices rose from 5.25 to 6.70 per ton and will reach 7 as the trust expands. It accuses Morgan interests of engineering a Pennsylvania price cartel and asserts families pay higher coal costs, praising politicians who oppose intervention.
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Indiana
Anthracite Coal Trust
Pennsylvania
Morgan
Chicago
J. P. Morgan
Mark Ilanna
The Trusts and the Tariff Barons
A viewpoint argues the trusts and manufacturing combines fear a tariff clash, citing Senator Hanna that tariffs must stay, while warning that removing duties on steel, wool, hides, sugar and other goods would unravel the allies. The piece urges a revenue tariff sufficient to fund government and reduce burdens on farmers and workers.
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Hanna
Sugar Trust
Cuban Railroads Buy Franchises Pleasing to Van Horne
Sir William Van Horne, Canadian railroad magnate, is building railroads in Cuba and reports very favorable conditions from Santiago de Cuba. The dispatch notes his satisfaction with the situation as promising for rail expansion in the island.
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William van Horne
Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
van Horne
Questioning Cuban railroad franchise and Platt amendment
The text questions the authority and terms of Van Horne and American partners securing a railroad franchise in post Spanish Cuba. It notes lack of a legitimate Cuban government and the military administration, raising concerns about eminent domain and legality, and asks whether the Platt amendment was pushed to cover such a case.
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van Horne
Cuba
The Trusts Threaten Abor and Tariff Effects
The piece argues that trusts would not sustain wage cuts if tariffs are removed. It claims tariff removal would raise home costs and boost consumption, increasing labor demand. It notes steel trusts might shut plants to resist wage cuts but would not stay closed due to bond interest and contract obligations.
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Steel Trist
Wages Decline in Protected Coke Industry Thirty Years On
The coke industry shows falling worker wages despite high profits. Census bulletin No 68 notes the average annual wage dropped from 452.01 in 1889 to 416.83 in 1899, about eight dollars weekly after deductions for living costs. Tariffs like the Dingley act taxed operators but did little for labor, as fortunes built by owners contrast with workers’ shrinking pay.
People pay the freight and tariff reform calls grow
The piece questions railroad stock in the steel trust and whether profits will drive railways to resist rail tariffs. It notes Morgans controlled lines will stay silent, while other magnates may be inside the deal. Travelers and shippers urge tariff revision and lower passenger and freight rates.
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Steel Trust
J. P. Morgaan
Treasury officials tighten Chinese exclusion enforcement
Treasury officials heed labor protests and renew efforts to enforce the Chinese exclusion law. Thousands have crossed the Canadian border due to laxity or connivance of officials. Railroads and large employers seek Chinese workers who accept lower wages and do not strike. Admission of another influx could degrade American labor and repeat prior woes.
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Treasury
Sugar Trust Faces Trade War Across the Seas
The sugar trust is portrayed as all powerful, with Secretary of the Treasury Gage aiding it by enforcing countermvailing duties on Russian sugar. The action cuts U S export trade to Russia, which responds with a 50 percent extra duty on American goods as retaliation for sugar aid.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Gage
Sugar Trust
United States
President urges pension for lame ducks through commission plan
The president proposes a bill to pension Congress's lame ducks by creating a commission. About twenty commissions exist under this call, and the president would appoint the lame ducks to investigate, mainly to draw a substantial salary.
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The
Atlanta Constitution
Republicans plan fate of Neely and Rathbone amid Cuban government
The question asks what Republicans will do with Neely and Rathbone once Cubans establish their own government. It speculates about bringing them here for trial or leaving them to the Cubans, noting that either path could prompt retaliation or “the tender mercies” of Cuban officials, hinting at a division of spoils with new authorities.
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Neely
Rathbone
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