Railroads Active in Iowa as New Lines Planned
Iowa railroad interests press for new lines and southern outlets. Proposals include Rock Island extensions from Ottumwa to Davenport and Guthrie Center to Carroll, Des Moines & Iowa City, Gulf & Manitoba revived, and Minneapolis & St. Louis pushing southward. Authorities warn of a swindler posing as a nursery agent from Carwith Iowa, collecting stock payments from farmers.
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Nes Moines
Iowa
Rock Island
Ottumwa
Davenport
Guthrie Center
Carroll
Indianola
Missouri
Tinois
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Central
Milwaukee
Boone
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
Dakota
Gowrie
Rockwell City
Northwestern
Algona
Sac City
Des Moines
Iowa Falls
Illinois Central
Iowa City
New Road
Gulf & Manitoba Line
State
Ruthven
Carrall
Corning
Chicago
Atlantic Seaboard
Minneapolis & St. Louis
South Dakota
Gulf & Manitoba
Burlington
Winterset
Council Bluffs
Lows
LA Porte
Wel
Snediana
Nhvrsery
Carwith
Lowa
Government Bundy Nonassesaabir
Burlington district court judge Smythe sustains German American Bank objection to city guard of review in assessing bank capital stock. Decision exempts bank property from taxation except rent, on ground that government bonds are non assessable.
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Government Bundy Nonassesaabir
Burlington
Smythe
Reuntil
First National Bank of Jewel Jugeties Authorized to Open
Washington March 1 The comptroller of the currency has authorized the bank to begin business with a capital of 24008 The president has commissioned a port attorney general to oversee the venture and Kirby a prominent figure in the district is named in the commission
Spiritualists of Jews Called to Meet in Osh
A conference of spiritualists living in Southeastern Jews led to a call for a meeting in Osh on a forthcoming April. The call, authorized by Harrison de Barrett, president of the National Spiritualists association, has the endorsement of state officers and many followers across the region.
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Sudaws Iituslista
ES Suises
Mfarh
Spiritualists
Harrison de Barrett
National Spiritualists’ Association
Lowa
Weblion
Loss Devastates University of Iowa Medical Complex
March 16 Town Iowa reports a $250,000 state loss from a fire destroying the university medical school and the old south quad. The event wiped out a premier medical museum, a large library, and thousands of microscope units, with the school planning to complete the term and graduate as scheduled.
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University of Town
Towa City
State of
Iowa
Medical College
United States
College of Medicine
Montague Trial Opens for Murder in Indiana
Frank Montague of Ottumwa Iowa stands trial in Jeffersonville Indiana for the murder of William Gilmore a tramp near Otiseo in December. Brother W H Montague arrives with evidence to dispute a Nebraska killing claim. Prosecution rests on circumstantial clues as Gilmore was torn by a passing train after a quarrel.
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LA Porte
Ind
Frank Montague
Ottumwa
Iowa
William Gilmore
Otiseo
Jeffersonville
W. H. Montague
Thomas Glen
South
Omaha
Neb
Montague
Gilmore
Death on the Rail near Ames
A unknown man was killed by North Western passenger train No. 6 a mile from Ames on the way to Des Moines. Conductor James Widrow and Engineer Nate Tedrow reported the whistle and bell sounded, but the man did not move. He was thrown about fifty feet and died. identity not established.
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Council Bluffs
Ames
North- Western
Des Moines
James Widrow
Nate Tedrow
Towns Revolutionary Hero Monument Erected in Iowa
Burlington Iowa March 16 a handsome monument has been erected near Kossuth to honor William Blair a Revolutionary War hero interred in Des Moines county Iowa The inscription notes Blair born 1760 in Lancaster county Pennsylvania died 1849 and marks him as a pioneer and elder in the Presbyterian church with descendants planning a summer pilgrimage to the site.tx
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Burlington
Kossuth
William Blair
Iowa
Lancaster County
Penn
Des Moines County
Presbyterian Church
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Express Robber Recaptured Near Manilla Iowa
Sioux City reports John Stoval the ex press robber from Manilla Iowa was recaptured six miles south of Manilla near Denison. Sheriff Belt and two constables nabbed him at his uncle Pointer’s house after three days of extensive searching. Authorities believe confederates may have moved the stolen money and that accomplices are facing indictment.
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Sioux City
John Stoval
Manilla
Iowa
Denison
Stoval
Belt
Pointer
Athtratesides
Prompt Payment of Yuxen
March 16 in Bluff, Ja. Farmers rush to pay 1900 taxes before the first of next month. County Treasurer Arad says payments are unusually prompt this year, aided by the bank interest law that discourages leaving funds on deposit.
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Colunch
Bluffs
Arad
Omaha Court Grants Guardian For Teen Farm Helper
Miss Kate Thomsen sixteen is freed from farm work by court order and made wards of John F. Odesey guardian. Judge Vinson haler cites not encouraging Nebraska girls to become farm hands while noting her rebelled from farm duties and moved to Omaha to work as companion.
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Kate Thomsen
Omaha
Yvinsonhaler
John F. Odesey
Miss Thomsen
Odefey
Nebraska
The Late Chris Magee Dies After Long Illness in Harrisburg
Christopher Lyman Magee of Pittsburg anti-Quay leader dies at his Harrisburg home after a two year cancer battle. Born April 14 1848 he built wealth through gas natural resources street railways and publishing ventures. Magee voted against M L Quay in the recent senatorial election and left a large estate. He married Eleanor Gillespie twenty six years ago and had no children.
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Christopher Lyman Magee
Pittsburg
Harrisburg
Magee
United States
M. L. Quay
John Dalzell
Christopher L. Magee
Senator Magee
Pennsylvania
Daily News
Eleanor &. Gillespie
Million Dollar President Rumors At United States Steel
Reports claim Charles M Schwab will earn a salary of 1 000 000 a year for five years as president of United States Steel Corp Directors largely back the plan and J P Morgan says Schwab could save employers at least 5 000 000 yearly by consolidating offices and cutting costs suggesting the value may exceed the stated million a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporaion
Schwab
J. Plarpont Morgan
Rise of a Steel Magnate Schwab’s Unparalleled Salary
A brief notice recalls Charles Schwab’s ascent from earning 24 dollars a day as a rodman for the Carnegie Company to leading a steel industry consolidation. His current salary is described as the largest in business history, with a vast field to demonstrate his skills as organizer and manager.
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Schwab
Carnegie Company
Strange Request of Porto Ricans
A Puerto Rican protest to President seeks a special session of the territorial legislature to repeal a recently enacted tax law. Delegates oppose the tax on property and income, warning it will drain circulation and lack uniform valuation, fearing partisan assessors.
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Porto Rico
Juan
Allen
Ex Amb Uhl Ill in Grand Rapids Hero of Michigan Bar
Edwin F Uhl former United States ambassador to Germany during Cleveland's second term is gravely ill at his Grand Rapids home. A longtime prominent lawyer and former mayor, Uhl rose through Michigan Democratic ranks and was noted for his influence in Don Dickinson's wing.
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Vai
Edwin F. Uhl
United States
Germany
Cleveland
Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Don Dickinson
Democracy
Berlin
Montana's New Senator Parla Gibson Founder of Great Falls
Parla Gibson, newly elected U S senator for a Montana short term, founded Great Falls with James J. Hill after moving from Maine to Minnesota and later to Fort Benton. He organized water power and town site ventures, helped push a state university plan, and built a large local library system with wife and four children.
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Parla Gibson
United States
Montana
Great Falls
Mont
Brownfield
Bowdoin College
Maine
Minneapolis
Minn
W. W. Eastman
Paris
Gibson
North Star
Fort Benton
Missouri River
James J. Hill
St. Paul
Minneapolis and
Manitoba
Northwest
Cascade County
University of Montana
Valleria Public Library of
Jesse Powell Sweat
Brownfield, Me
Picturesque Cuban Patriot Cisneros in Cuban Revolutions
Senor Salvador Cisneros emerges from years of obscurity to play a leading role in Cuba’s constitutional deliberations. Once provisional president, he later led as a Cuban patriot with noble Spanish birth rumors and a largely private life spent advocating Cuba’s freedom, now about 76 years old.
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Senor
Salvador Cisneros
Marana
Spain
Senor Cisneros
Cuba
Cisneros
New York
Marquis de Betancourt
Garlic Breath Used by Pickpockets in Street Cars
Witnesses in Jefferson Market court describe garlic breath as a technique used by pickpockets to crowd in crowded street cars. They say the nauseating blasts force heads back and up, reducing chances of being noticed. The method is noted as familiar to police but newly exposed to the public.
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Jefferson Market Court
New York
Petroleum Drinking Common in Paris Warned by Medical Society
The Medical Society of Paris declares the need for measures against the spread of petroleum drinking. Initial beliefs blamed tax changes on alcohol, but investigations show the habit existed in certain districts earlier and has since spread rapidly.
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Medical Society of
Paris
Kentucky style pockets draw attention at Philadelphia convention
At a Philadelphia convention of tailors a Louisville artist’s trousers for Governor Be kham were shown. The Kentucky style feature that drew the most notice was an extra deep sun pocket and another pocket in the same area.
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Kentucky
Philadelphia
Louisville
Beckham
Coghlan urged to lecture after retirement
The Colorado Springs Gazette argues Captain J B Coghlan should be kept on the naval rolls as a lecturer on naval subjects for the American public when his retirement arrives. It says his speaking ability is strong and he should not be shelved.
Madam Isabelle Baveas Tests Dodd's Kidney Pills
Hot Springs Ark March 18 Madam Isabelle Ellen Baveas Life Governor of the Free Masons Grand Lodge of England testifies to Dodd's Kidney Pills curing her diabetes after a long illness. She praises the remedy and urges others to try it. Pills priced 60 cents a box six for 2 50. Buy from local druggists or mail order from Dodd's Medicine Co Buffalo N Y
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Cianey
Hot Springs
Ark
Isabelle Ellen Baveas
Free Masons Grand Lodge of England
Madam Baveas
Dodd
Dodd's Medicine Co
Buffate
Army transport Egbert sails Manila to collect remains
The United States Army transport Egbert will sail from Manila for Talu China on March 14 to take on board the bodies of American soldiers who died in China. From Taku the Egbert heads to Seattle. Sybil Sanderson starts a fifteen night concert season at Berlin's Wintergarten this week.
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United States Army
Egbert
Manila
Talu
China
Taku
Seattle
Sybil Sanderson
Wintergarten
Berlin
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