Close of State Fair Brings Large Prize Parade and Gains
Des Moines reports the four state fair closed on the 30th with a grand cattle and horse parade on the track led by the Fifty-first Iowa band. Over 200 prize winners displayed Polled Angus Shorthorn cattle and Perrheron Clydesdale horses. Managers expect net gains of 10 000 to 15 000 after premiums and expenses, funding permanent improvements at the fair grounds. Total receipts hovered around 45 000. The week ended with renewed efforts to close gambling houses and officials planned investigations after the fair rush subsides.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Jurisdiction Over Manawa Held By Iowa Authorities
Justice Ferrier rules Lake Manawa under Iowa jurisdiction in a test case arising from illegal seining by Tom Brown and Bradt. Each defendant found guilty with a $5 fine and costs. Prosecution plans district court appeal toward high court review to settle authority over the lake.
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Justice Ferrier
Council Bluffs
Tustira Ferrier
Towa
Lake Manawa
Tom Brown
Bradt
B.C. Brown
Brown and Bradt
District Court
Supreme Court
Brown
Plague of Wildcats Near Kidder Alarm Signs
DES MOINES September 3 A Dubuque county resident reports woods near Kidder filled with tame cats gone wild with a pack said to number at least 400 They fought one night while the farmer who left bagged kittens learned that the kittens were nurtured by the old cats until strong enough to fend for themselves
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Des Moines
Dubuqiue County
Kidder
Suit seeks 5000 damages in railroad killing case
A Monona county district court suit seeks 5000 damages from the Illinois Central railroad for the death of Middleton Siiden near the Kennebec siding trestle on August 29, 1900. Wood and Elmer of Chicago with McMillan and Kindall of Onawa represent the plaintiff. John B. Duncomb of Fort Dodge and George A. Olson defend for the railroad.
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Lilinulx Central
Damapyes
Onawa
Tlinois Central Railroad
Middleton
Wanderer Culbert Finishes 2200 Mile Walk to Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls reports Culbert arrives at 4 p.m. completing a 2200 mile trek begun May 1 from New York. He left with no money and did not sleep along the way, racing against Lime for a $6000 wager. Ended thirty two hours ahead of Lime at the final point.
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Maney
Sioux Falls
Culbert
New York
Lime
Marshalltown Firemen Win State Championship Title
Marshalltown firemen's team won the state championship in 31.45 seconds tying the state record set last year at Cedar Rapids. Buchwald team finished second and West Liberty third. The novelty hub and hub race went to Marshalltown in 36 1 5 seconds with Buchwald second and West Liberty third.
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Marshalltown Beeps
Marshallytown
Marshalltown Firemen
Cedar Rapids
Buchwald
Marshalltown
West Liberty
Buchwahl
The Selection of Seed Corn
Seed corn selection advice from Ames Iowa based researchers urges using uniform color ears with well filled butts and tips, nine to ten and a half inches long, seven to seven and a half inches in circumference, and dense kernels. Prefer seed from high ground, avoid flinty or reverting kernels, store properly to prevent freezing thawing damage, and begin selecting as the crop matures for best 1902 sowing prospects.
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Lars
Omahan Killed Under a Bridge Near Depot
William I. Catshall, 31, of 400 North Seventeenth Street Omaha, was found unconscious and dying under a bridge near the depot at Treble, a small station on the Missouri Central railroad, sixteen miles north of Council Bluffs. He died at the depot after being found by a section gang returning from work. The cause of death is not known.
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Council Bluffs
William I. Catshall
Sisteenth Street
Omaha
Trable
Mhiois Central Railroad
Here
Young Catshall
Dairy Company Exonerated in Iowa Milk Case
The Iowa dairy company was cleared by a jury after a trial challenging alleged violations of dairy laws. State Dairy Commissioner Norton had charged the firm with adulterating milk using formaldehyde.
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Council Blupefs
State of Iowa
Towa Dairy Company
Towa
Norton
From Werlth to Poor House in Dubuque Pioneer Dies
Reuben Jarrett once Dubuque’s wealthiest early settler died at the poor house at age 10. He arrived in Dubuque in 1886, worked in lining, later found a gold mine yielding $100,000. He spent freely in St. Louis, buying a steamboat and using it for river pleasure voyages.
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Nubuque
Reuben Jarrett
Tubuque
Dubuque
St. Louis
Great chances in Orient as Hull praises Philippines
San Francisco August 30 Congressman Hull of Iowa and head of the house military affairs committee returned from five months in China Japan and the Philippines. He predicted vast prospects for business mineral agricultural and timber resources in the islands while noting brigandage and the need for military protection. He said Filipinos may become citizens in spirit and industry, with firm yet kind governance and suggested 40 000 troops to remain for some years.
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Hull
Laws
Philippines
San Francisco
Congressman Hull
Iowa
House Committee On Military Affairs
China
Japan
Orient
Istanas
United States
Knights Templars Elect Grand Commander Stoddard
In Louisville on August 30 Knights Templar elect Henry Bates Stoddard of Bryan Texas as grand commander succeeding Reuben H. Lloyd. George M. Moulton of Chicago becomes deputy grand master. W H Rugg moves to grand generalissimo, William B. Melish of Cincinnati named captain general, Joseph A. Locke named senior grand warden. Visitors enjoyed excursions to Mammoth Cave and other sites with low rail rates boosting Tennessee trips.
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Knights Templars
Woury Bates Stoddard
Yetes
Louisville
Knights Templar
Knights
Ohio River
Kentuny Farms
Tennessee
Mammoth Cave
Cumberland Gap
Henry Bates Stoddard
Bryan
Tex
Reuben H. Lloyd
California
George M. Moulton
Chicago
Mr. Stoddard
W. H. Rugg
Rhode Island
Moulton
William B. Melish
Cincinnati
Rugg
Joseph A. Locke
Portland
Thirty Plowmakers in Trust Forming United Industry
In Chicago on August 30 nearly thirty U S plow manufacturers met in the Auditorium Annex to discuss a nationwide consolidation. Officials say the merger is nearly certain and about 50 million dollars would be represented in the new organization. The New York Guarantee and Trust Co has offered to engineer the deal and a large majority favor joining. Headquarters are expected to be in New York once chartered.
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Chicago
United States
Auditorium
New York Guarantee and Trust Company
Combine
New York
Wealthy Iowa farmer appeals insanity ruling
Victor Du bois of Fairview township Monona county was adjudged insane by county commissioners and sent to Clarinda. Through his attorney W J Smith he has appealed to the district court of Monona county.
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Onawa
Atus
Victor Dubois
Fairview Township
Monona County
Commissioners of Insanity
Clarinda
W. J. Smith
District Voor of
Mo‘nom Couuity
Deserters Captured Near Cascade Near Fort Leavenworth
George H. Peters and Maurice Shaughnessy, deserters from Fort Leavenworth, were arrested at Cascade by Deputy U S Marshal G F Gustafson after deserting August 10. They had been working on Peters farm near Cascade and were returned to Fort Leavenworth in the afternoon.
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Fort Brayenworth
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Aus
George H. Peters
Maurice Shaugnessy
United States Army
Port Leavenworth
Cascade
United States
G. F. Gustafson
Peters
Aust
Trusts and tariffs cited as wage, price, and job threat
The piece argues that trusts raise prices and cut wages across industries including barbed wire coal beef steel and cotton while railroads cut jobs and freight costs rise. It notes trusts push goods into foreign markets cheaper than at home aided by tariff protections, urging farmers workers and merchants to resist.
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Oil Trust
Sugar Trust
Cereal Trust
Tobacco Trust
Aso
Coal Trust
Beef Trust
Cotton Mill Trust
Railroad Combine
Chicago
Ship subsidy debate and active U S merchant marine growth
The Philadelphia Record criticizes Mark Hanna's push for ship subsidies as harmful to American shipbuilding which has four years of work at full capacity without public aid. Treasury data show 113 new ships totaling 16,120 gross tons were added last month across Atlantic Gulf Pacific western rivers and great lakes with Peru Marquette No. 17 the largest new Great Lakes vessel built by American Shipbuilding in Cleveland.
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Mark Hanna
Philadelphia Record
Congress
Bureau of Navigation
Treasury Department
Atlantic
Gulf
Pacific
Great Lakes
Qeveland
The
American Shipbuilding Company
Keep Well Informal. Democrats to curb trusts and tariff
Democrats aim to control government by nominating honest candidates for Congress and state legislatures to elect U.S. senators. They urge vigilant voting and pressure Republicans, arguing anti trust legislation hinges on next Congress. Invite readers to obtain the Congressional Record and inform the public library.
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Congress
United States
To Protect an Infant Industry in the New World
The excerpt asserts that no native lords exist beyond imported ones since the Dingley tariff, noting imports admitted free of duty while domestic production is lacking. It claims moneyed aristocracy imitate landed gentry and that plutocrats with no titles follow old-world behavior.
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Dingley
Rich Americans Acquire Estates and Riches
A daily press report claims Harriman, a railroad magnate, has bought a grand estate near New York. The piece argues rivals with European aristocracy grow, urges a big tariff to limit “lordlings,” and warns of constitutional hurdles and possible court challenges to taxation, urging the public to vote for reform.
The Neely and Rathbone Cases and Cuban frauds
The article argues that the Cuban postal frauds implicate high officials and suggests political influence shields Neely and Rathbone. It cites Indianapolis News notes on possible pardons, immunity from trial, and concerns that Perry Heath connections may affect proceedings. The piece frames the cases as entangled with politics and possible executive protection.
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Neely
Rathbone
Indianapolis News
Havana
Perry Heath
Heath
Fake Towne interview used to smear Bryan campaign
The Dubuque Telegraph cites Towne denying any interview with a reporter in three months and condemns Republican papers for publishing a fake interview that urged Towne to oppose Bryan and Free Silver. The piece says the ruse targets the Democratic platform and the national leader to aid eastern reorganizers. It also notes Governor Allens Puerto Rico annual report showing poverty and limited reform funds.
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Bryan
Charles A. Towne
Hill
Dubuque
Questioning Republican Prosperity in Kansas and Nebraska
In a reflection on the last election many voters backed the Republican ticket citing McKinley era prosperity and good crops. The speaker warns that the region now suffers severe economic decline and asks if Republicans bear responsibility for the downturn.
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Kansas
Nebraska
Mark Hanna
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