Work to Begin on the New College Building at Cedar Falls
Des Moines report notes R H Shanks of Winnipeg Manitoba visiting the city. He predicts Iowa land investment will spur Canadian branch offices as locals are registered from Iowa. Shanks, tied to Canadian solicitors, has long roots in Odd Fellows leadership and will oversee lodges from Manitoba to the Canadian north district spanning Alberta to Saskatchewan.
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Cedar
Des Moines Southern
Towa
Des Moines
R. H. Shanks
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada
Maine
Iowa
Shanks
United States
Sovereigen Grand Lodge
Odd Fellows
Dallas
Texas
Odd Fellows’ International Press Association
Grand Sire Goodwin
Alberta
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Canadian North Wrest
British Columbia
Lake Superior
Rocky Mountains
Heavy Fee is Claimed in Coal Company Sale Suit
W A Wells of Buxton files in district court for 110000 against H Gibbs seeking commission on the sale of Hocking Valley Coal company's property made last May to leading directors of the Iowa Central and M and St L railways via George W Severs. case arises from a large charge tied to the transaction.
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Cskaloosa
W. A. Wells
Buxton
H. Gibbs
Hocking Valley Coal Company
Iown, Central
George W. Severs
Preliminary hearing bounds Lewis Smith over for murder
Held without bail in A OCA Illinois, Sept 24, the preliminary hearing for Lewis Smith in the murder of his companion Charles Edwards closed Saturday. Smith was bound over to the grand jury after testimony in Justice Role's court left little doubt of his guilt.
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Lewis Smith
Charles Edwards
Justlcd
Rolé
Smith
Browns’ Will Probate Lets Sons Executor of Estate
In Onawa Iowa September 24 the will of German M. Brown a wealthy Monona county farmer was filed for probate. The three daughters receive 509 750 and 1000 dollars each with the balance divided equally between sons Oscar E. and Hugh D. Brown who are named executors.
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Onawa
German M. Brown
Monona County
Oscar E
Hugh D. Brown
Growth of Sheldon in 1900s business boom
Sheldon, Ia, reports a splendid growth this year with several fine business blocks nearing completion. The Security Savings Bank building, though delayed by material arrivals for its front, would have been completed already.
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Sheldon
Security Savings Bank
Prominent Pastor Resigns to Lead Worcester Church
DES MOINES Ia Sept 24 Rev W C VanHorn pastor of Plymouth Congregational church resigns to accept pastorate at a church in Worcester Massachusetts.
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Des Moines
W.C. VanHorn
Plymouth Congregational Church
Worcester
Mass
Oldest Iowa Pioneer Mary J. Wright Dies in Burlington
Mrs. Mary J. Wright of Burlington Iowa dies at an advanced age, identified as one of the state's oldest pioneers. The Sept. 24 dispatch notes her death and her status among early settlers in the region.
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Iowa
Burlington
Mary J. Wright
Des Moines Southern to Be Built in Winterset
Des Moines promoter J. E. Cherry paid over 15000 for right of way through Winterset in the past week, signaling that the Des Moines Southern railroad project is moving forward and construction may begin immediately despite prior selling rights delays.
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Des Moines Southern
Des Moines
J. E. Cherry
Des Moines Southern Railroad
Winterset
Casady Returns to Jail in Embezzlement Case
James N. Casady Jr is back in the county jail after being brought from Darlington Kansas on an embezzlement charge filed by Scottish Union Insurance. Bonding company and United States Fidelity and Casualty backed a $5000 bond. Bank funds were entrusted for a Vermont mortgage but allegedly diverted to Casady. Court and local officials offered no comment, while friends question his mental state and urge commitment to an asylum.
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Kansas
Council Bluffs
James N. Casady, Jr
Scottish Union Insurance Company
Darlington
Kan
Baker
Casady
United States Fidelity and Casualty Company of
Baltimore
White River Savings Bank of
Vermont
DR. O. Otis
Soldiers bury a comrade in Fairview cemetery
Henry Kronkite died from pneumonia at the Wo man’s Christian Association hospital and was buried under Abe Lincoln post Grand Army of the Republic rites in Fairview cemetery. Kronkite, 65, was reportedly a member of the 147th New York Infantry in the Civil War and was brought to the hospital from Neola by two unidentified men. The men sought to correspond from Box No. 2 Yorkshire but offered no payment details or further information. An inquiry found Kronkite was unknown in Neola and a telegram to Yorkshire received no reply.
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Henry Kronkite
Council Bluffs
Flenary Kronkite
Woman’s Christian Association
Old Soldiers
Fairview Cemetery
Abe Lincoln
Grand Army of the Republic
Kronkite
New York Infantry
Ikronkite
Neola
Yorkshire
Moore Proposes Sanatorium Plan For Tuberculosis Cure Move
Dr. R C Moore of Omaha told the Medical Society of the Mississippi Valley gathering in Sioux City that colder northern climates yield more cures for consumption than warmer western states. He cited Massachusetts sanitoriums against Fort Bayard New Mexico data and urged funds for a state sanatorium in every state. About twenty physicians from Missouri Nebraska Kansas and Iowa attended.
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Sioux City
R. C. Moore
Omaha
Medical Society of the
Mississippi Valley
Colorado
California
New Mexico
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Dedication set for Corpus Christi Academy in Fort Dodge
Bishops and more than 100 Catholic clergy from across the region will attend the dedicatory ceremonies for the new Corpus Christi academy in Fort Dodge Iowa on October 9. The building cost forty six thousand dollars and completion of all details prompted the delay.
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New Academy
Fort Dodge
Bishan Garrigan
Sioux City
Corpus Christi Academy
Woman Under Guard After Husband's Murder Case
DES MOINES Ia Sept 22 Mrs James Gallagher held for alleged complicity in the murder of her husband attempted self harm while in jail County Attorney Zmant Iowa City says she must be closely watched Hol lad a longtime inmate in the case Ho lada implicated Mrs Gallagher following the killing six months ago in the state notes authorities moved to guard the woman pending further inquiry
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Des Moines
James Gallagher
James Hollada
Ife
Zmant
Iowa City
Holada
Des Moines Cruise Ship Launched at Quincy Ceremony
The cruiser Des Moines was launched from the Fore River yards with Miss Elsie Macomber and Miss Clara W. Carleton presiding. Governor Cummins, Mayor Brenton, and a large Iowa party witnessed as Carleton cut the rope and the vessel slid down the ways into Massachusetts Bay amid cheering crowds and a flotilla of tugs.
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Quincy
Maess
Des Moines
Elsie Macomber
Cummins
Iowa
Brenton
Clara W. Carleton
Haverhill
Mass
Massachusetts Bay
Rore River Company
Quincey
Boston
Miss Macomber
Cumming
Gilbertson
Merriam
Poisoned cashier dies after confession in Clinton
George a cashier for Ernstine Morris clothing firm, died at his parents home near Aridover after taking poison. He confessed stealing about 10 000 dollars over twenty months, with the firm claiming 15 000 was stolen. He died before arrest. method involved tearing up purchase tickets to pocket cash. His parents are wealthy farmers.
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Clinton
George A
Ernstine & Morris
Aridover
Jones
Frieday
Parsons College May Be Moved
DES MOINES Sept 23 The Parsons college board of trustees Fairfield has appointed a committee to study moving the college to another Iowa city after the Ankeny hall fire and a panel to seek 150000 to rebuild the main building with Fairfield residents.
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Parsons College
Des Moines
Parsons College of Fairfield
Ankeny Hall
Iowa
Fairfield
Fort Dodge Man Falls From Lofty Heights Injures Two
In Fort Dodge Roy Merrill manager of Merrill Townsend lumber yards toppled twenty feet in the yard. He escaped serious injury by landing on a pile of loose shingles. The fall caused two injuries and is being investigated.
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Fort Dodge
Senhassiel
Lofty Heights
Roy Merrill
Merrill- Townsend Company
Reward increased for Muscatine County murder suspect
Des Moines Sept 23 quarters in Muscatine county near the Jesse and Martha Tuman murder site raise a purse for an additional reward. Dan Williams, a tramp, is suspected but not traced. The governor’s reward is considered insufficient and residents plan to raise the total to 1060 dollars.
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Des Moines
Rock Island deal judged legal under Iowa law
Attorney General Mullan ruled the Rock Island consolidation in Iowa is legal in all respects under state law. Governor Cummins concurred, noting the action adds no track or value and describes it as a device for watering securities. He urged the next legislature to decide if such practices should be permitted.
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Des Moines
Mullan
Rock Island
Cumming
Govenor
Iowa
Iown Company
New Jersey
New Rock Island Company
Cummins
General Assembly
Liberal parole policy for Iowa insane patients announced
Des Moines reports the State Board of Control is liberal with paroles for the state insane hospitals. Since July 26, sixty-one inmates have been paroled and thirty already out had their paroles extended. Seven discharged as improved and one as unimproved, with many others cured. superintendents decide cure releases. About 3,200 inmates reside in hospitals, with 160 to 170 out on parole regularly.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
State Insane Hospital
Susong Exonerated in Equitable Diamond Frauds Case
Horace Susong of Des Moines exonerated from fraud allegations tied to the Equitable Diamond company of Omaha. A Buchanan county Missouri prosecutor telegram revealed a mistaken arrest request. Susong is only needed as a witness and has been released from custody.
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Des Moines
Horace Susong
Equitable Diamond Company
Omaha
John McLennan
Buchanan County
Missouri
Susong
Switchman killed at Carrall in rail yard accident
Carroll Iowa Sept 20 Dave Shollenberger switchman in Carroll yards died in a peculiar accident. While attempting a flying switch with a carload of cinders he slipped from the brake beam beneath the cars and was mangled. Wheels cut off one leg and crushed the head. He had a similar accident two years earlier but survived after a long hospital stay.
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Carroll, Ia
Dave Shollenberger
Carroll Yards
Reward Offered for Fugitive Numley Arrest
Gov Cummins offers 400 reward for capture of William Numley a negro who attacked the sheriff and broke away. Numley is in Crawford county jail awaiting trial for murder of a brakeman on the Milwaukee railroad in July last. The evidence against him seemed conclusive.
Appoints Dead Sheriff’s Brother Sheriff Strain Appointed
At a special session of the Monona County Board of Supervisors Miles K. Strain was appointed sheriff to fill the vacancy created by the death of W S Strain. He is the late sheriff’s brother and had served as chief deputy since the start of the term. The move was well received and aligned with the late Sheriff Strain’s wishes.
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Onawa
Monona County
Stampede at Birmingham Church Kills Seventy-Eight Delegates
A panic at Shiloh Negro Baptist Church during the national Baptist convention in Birmingham causes 78 deaths and 80 injuries as 1,500 delegates overflowed a 400 capacity hall. An altercation after Booker T. Washington's address sparked a mistaken fire alarm, triggering a fatal crush at the church stairs and lobby.
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Birmingham
Ala
Shiloh
National Baptist Convention
Booker T. Washington
National Convention of Baptists
Judge Billou
Baltimore
Aud Stotium
Supreme Court Set To Reassemble October Thirteen
The United States Supreme Court will reconvene on October 13 with no business on opening day. On October 14 it will hear cases including Bird v United States over a murder trial in Alaska, the Line Wolf case on Kiowa Indian lands, and the prize money cases of the United States against Admirals Dewey and Sampson.
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Dewey
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Bird
United States
Alaska
Line Wolf
Admirals Dewey
Sampson
Hartford Envelope Contract Awarded for 1903 1906
Acting Postmaster General Madden awarded the stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers contract for the Postal Department for four years to the Hartford Manufacturing Company of Hartford Connecticut. The 1 cent envelopes were the lowest bid and the total value exceeds three million dollars, with their bid about three hundred eighty five thousand dollars lower than the next bid.
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Washington
Madden
Post Office Department
Hartford Manufacturing Company
Hartford
Live Stock Market Report Reflects Record Week Outlook
The cattle market shows a potential record week with strong cow and beef steer prices, while common grades slip. Hogs opened steady to strong on select lots but faded to weak by close. Sheep and lamb prices vary with good to choice ranges, and Kansas City and Western markets show mixed futures for steers, cows, hogs, and lambs.
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Kansas City
Texas
Atockers
General Booth Leaves London Amid Farewell Salute
London Salvationists bade General Booth Godspeed at Clapton Congregational Hall where three thousand Salvationists filled the venue. He vowed to carry their affectionate regards to Canada and the United States, urging Britons and Americans to unite for world peace and human fellowship.
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London
Salvationists
Booth
Clapton Congerts Hall
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Contested Stratton Will in Colorado Springs
In Colorado Springs, questions arise about the Stratton will granting $10,000,000 for a sick home. A close friend says Lt. Stratton claimed a set sum before his father’s death to contest the will if unpaid. He has not stated any plan to contest or authorized such a statement.
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Qoolorado Springs
Cola
Stratton
Tragic Mount Blanc Ascent Claims French Group
In Geneva on September 22 two French tourists their two guides and three porters on Mount Blanc fell over a precipice. It is feared all seven may have been killed.
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Mount Blanc
Geneva
General Knox Returns to Washington on Canal Property Talks
Attorney General Knox arrives in Washington after a Paris trip with officials about the sale of Panama canal property to the United States. He studied the title and disposal rights of the company and will prepare an official opinion based on the data gathered.
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Washington
Knox
Paris
United States
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Moore
M. E. Mullen
Chicago
Frank Baker
New Cattle Company
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Raton Land and Cattle Company
W. R. Whitied
Jowans
Carrall
Supreme Court
South Omaha
Seneral Booth
Way
Stratton Will
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Father
General Knox
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