Quiet Iowa elections favor local issues over party lines
Des Moines April 3 Iowa elections were broadly tame with campaigns focused on local issues rather than party rivalries. Marshalltown produced the closest race where O L Ingledue defeated A C Daly and J H Egermaier in a contest centered on saloon reform. Other mayoral results across cities reflected similar local emphasis and a general pattern of urban gains while rural areas showed population stability or decline.
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Des Moines
Iowa
People’s
Marshalltown
O. L. Ingledue
A. C.daly
J. H. Egermaier
Egermaier
Grinnell
Coutts
Perry
P. H. O'Connor
Onawa
BE. S. Cody
Stuart
A. A. Montgomery
Anamosa
L. W. Ellis
Indianaola
Clayton
Atlantic
B. IF
Ft. Madison
A. P. Brown
Decorah
F. W. Daubney
Centerville
C. S. Wyckoff
Knoxville
W. F. Bilby
Adel
T. R. North
Tama
N. S. Beale
Vinton
BE. A. Buxton
Belle Plaine
J. C. Milner
Fairfield
C. J. Fulton
Albia
E. R. Wright
Harlan
Swit
Logan L
Davison
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Iowa Vital Statistics to Show More Deaths Than Births
After June 20 the first Iowa vital statistics report will reveal more deaths than births for the year. Dr J F Kennedy director of the state health board bureau notes this reversal and says the upcoming bulletin will also list physicians with no births. He suggests underreporting of births may explain the anomaly.
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Iowa
J. F. Kennedy
State Board of Health
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Board of Health Bulletin
Iowa Prison Population Drops By 244 Over Six Years
The state board of control reports a total decline of 244 inmates across Iowa institutions compared with six years ago, though the combined census remains subject to further fluctuation and review.
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Iowa
State Board of Control
Stewart Quits Porto Rico After Arrival
Col. A. G. Stewart of Waukon resigns as attorney general of Porto Rico due to climate. His successor is not known, but will be an Iowan.
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Stewart
Porto Rico
Col
A. G. Stewart
Waukon
Orphans Well-Cared For in Iowa Homes
Statistics show Iowa operates 21 children’s homes with well cared for orphans. A comparison of the 1903 and 1904 figures highlights the favorable conditions and care standards across the homes.
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Iowa
Great Western Plans Arsipe to Sioux City Railroad Line
Official notice from the Great Western announces a new railroad line from Arsipe through Creston Greenfield and Guthrie Center to Carroll and Sioux City. Surveying for terminals is done and much of the right of way secured. The route will boost Kansas City grain and livestock trade while challenging Chicago. the line links with the Des Moines service at Arsipe.
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New Railroad
The
Great Western
Arsipe
Creston
Greenfield
Guthrie Center
Carrol
Sioux City
Chicago
Kansas City
Missouri
Des Moines
No Mutton For State Wards
The state board of control bans mutton for inmates in state institutions the next quarter due to high prices. Beef supplies go to major packers with 291000 pounds allocated. tobacco contract goes to the Amana society.
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State Board of Control
Amana Society of Communists
Amana
Egg Prices Seen Low as 1905 Production Expected High
State egg and butter merchants forecast a strong 1905 season with low prices. They expect spring chickens and ample supply, noting a Chicago shipper offered storage for 15 cars of eggs at 18 cents for next November but found no buyers.
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Chicago
Five Legislative Targets Promised for Next Iowa Legislature
Legislators expect at least five major bills for the 1906 session. A state wide primary with U S senatorial nomination, anti pass laws restricting railroad passes, lobbyist bans, mandatory mileage book sales to all family members, and freight rate regulation are favored. The Cummins and anti Cummins factions clash as power negotiates the future of the administration measures.
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United States
Iowa
Cummins
Gov. Cummins
Swindle in Iowa City Uses Clever Card Identity
A smooth con man swindled several prominent Iowa City citizens by presenting a card bearing a matched surname and claiming Boston business travels. He asks for misplaced money mail and borrows funds to get by, then vanishes before police act. Five victims reported the scam in one day.
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Iowa
Iowa City
Boston
Fire Sufferers Bring Suit In Sioux City
After a large fire 33 victims sue Pelletier Dry Goods company F M Pelletier and the Massachusetts Real Estate company of Boston for damages totaling 48231 30. Thirty tenants in the Boston owned building join in three suits. Additional suits were filed against Pelletier Dry Goods and F M Pelletier.
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Sioux City
Pelletier Dry Goods Company
F. M. Pelletier
Massachusetts Real Estate Company
Boston
Systematic Robbery Suspected In Des Moines Substation
Des Moines reports a third post office robbery in as many days as authorities suspect a coordinated scheme. The latest break in at substation No 4 opened a safe containing stamps and cash, yielding only a small sum. United States secret service agents have been dispatched to pursue the gang.
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Des Moines
United States Secret Service
Two Black Men Sentenced in Marshalltown Jailbreak Plot
Al Harris received a 15 year term and Ed Jones a 12 year term after being convicted of assault with intent to murder and rob W. H. Bowen on January 20. Bowen was severely slashed with a razor on the street. The pair had planned a jail escape and the killing of the sheriff.
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Marshalltown
al Harris
Ed Jones
Harris
Jones
W. H. H. Bowen
Bowen
Quarrel Over Land Ends in Murder in Swan
James Blee shot and killed Isaac Sailer during a dispute over land. Blee drove to Sailer's home and, claiming Sailer reached for a gun, warned him and fired point blank with a Winchester, blowing off the top of Sailer's head. Blee is under arrest.
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Swan
James Blee
Isaac Sailer
Blee
Sailer
Aged Editor Edmund Booth Dies at 95 in Anamosa
Edmund Booth aged 95 and the oldest editor in America died in Anamosa. A Hartford Institute of the Deaf graduate of 1830, he shaped early deaf institute work in the country. He founded the Anamosa Eureka in 1854 and edited it until his death. his widow is deaf.
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Edmund Booth
America
Institute of the Deaf and Dumb
Hartford
Conn
Institutes For the Deaf
Anamosa Eureka
Multiple Iowa towns report arrests, awards, and civic notes
Oskaloosa reports Ray Doud arrested by U S Marshal Haskell linked to a Kansas post office robbery and desertion. Des Moines notes Clyde Patterson killed crossing railroad tracks. Manson wins Carnegie library grant of 6000 dollars and a special election is set for April 17. Sioux City announces Judge A V Lorimer's death in Chicago.
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Oskaloosa
Ray Doud
United States
Haskell
St. Joseph
Kansas
Burlington
W. H. Schwiring
German Methodist Church
Welerton
Fort Dodge
Jimmy Parr
Lawrence Piergue
Iowa
Newton
Farmers’ Institute
Murray
W. H. Dewey
L. O. Widertz
Eloise
Prairie City
Rebecca Cowman
Manson
Andrew Carnegie
Des Moines
Rock Island Tracks
East Twentysixth Street
Clyde Patterson
Disorder in Poland as police fire on crowd in Dzika street
In Warsaw on Sunday evening a Jewish socialist gathering in Dzika street met police and military patrols who fired on the crowd. Four were killed and 40 wounded, most of them Jews. authorities arrested many protesters and street patrols were heightened. In Lodz a bomb wounded Police Commissioner Szabalovicz, who may Die.
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Warsaw
Dzika Street
Bum
Lodz
Russian Poland
Szabalovicz
Konstantinowsk
Zawarski
Shonts Named Chairman of Isthmian Canal Commission
Theodore P. Shonts of Chicago, president of the Toledo, St. Louis & Western, will chair the new Isthmian canal commission. He met with Judge Charles R. Magoon and Col. Clarence Edwards at the War Department and then with the president at the White House. Salary is expected to be substantial to offset his departure from his railroad role. Shonts, born in Pennsylvania, has led the Toledo, St. Louis & Western in various top posts since 1881 and is Monmouth College alumni. He is brother-in-law to John Drake, partner of John W. Gates.
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Washington
Theodore P. Shonts
Chicago
Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad
Isthmian Canal Commission
War Department
Charles R. Magoon
Clarence Edwards
White House
Mr. Shonts
Crawford County
Pennsylvania
Monmouth College
Illinois
John Drake
John W. Gates
Des Moines Farmer Kills Daughters Then Commits Suicide
Michael Nelson of near Poplar Audubon county shot his two daughters ages 10 and 13 as they slept and then killed himself. His death may be linked to the unsolved murder of Francis Richardson, a money lender missing seven years. Investigators say Nelson feared being blamed and self-terminated to avoid charges.
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Des Moines
Michael Nelson
Poplar
Audubon County
Nelson
Francis Richardson
Practical protectorate settles in Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo reports a practical American protectorate now in effect after Senate action. American agents run customs houses since Saturday. decree suppression fuels mass unease about annexation while merchants and creditors are satisfied and the government stays confident. Gorky trial postponed to May 16.
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Santo Domingo
United States Senate
Gorky
St. Petersburg
Maxim Gorky
Robbery near Kutais targets station master with escort
In Tiflis on April 3 the Kutais station master and an armed escort were attacked by four men who overpowered the guards and stole 3000 dollars. No injuries are reported and authorities seek suspects.
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Big Sam
Tiflis
Kutais
Requests for obituary of Judge Hamilton hit no land
Judge Edwin J. Hamilton, age 74, longtime common pleas judge in Cuyahoga county, Cleveland, died suddenly from heart disease Sunday night. He served with distinction through the Civil War and had twenty years on the bench.
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Cleveland
Edwin J. Hamilton
Common Pleas
Cuyahoga County
Fire damages Weed and Gazette buildings in Williamsport
A Sunday fire in Williamsport Pennsylvania caused $30,000 damage to the Weed building and an additional $20,000 loss to the Gazette and Bulletin building as flames spread between structures.
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Pennsylvania
Williamsport
Weed
Gazette and Bulletin
Precocious children and a gate reaching tale
The New York Tribune quoted Yale secretary Anson Phelps Stokes Jr as praising modest shy children over precocious ones. He recounted a seven or eight year old girl who asked a gentleman to open a gate, then explained the aunt was not dry yet and pointed to his hands.
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Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr
Yale Corporation
New York Tribune
Quincy Adams
Board Bill and Billboard Tale
A playful note from Yale Expositor about Bill who owed a board bill and sold a billboard to cover the debt. The punny sequence shows him paying his bill with the bill board until the board no longer bored him.
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Bill
Vyale Expositor
Dodd's Kidney Pills Promoted by Residents
A Kentucky resident says Dodd's Kidney Pills cured backache after years of pain and his daughter recovered after half a box. Advertisers claim the product treats backache and a range of kidney related illnesses including Bright's Disease and Diabetes. The Indianapolis News notes the motto about making others happy with surplus production.
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J. M. Coleman
Dodd
Bright
Cure for Eczema Promises Quick Skin Relief
An 19th century advert claims hot water baths with Cuticura Soap and Ointment plus Culicura Resolvent pills cure torturing skin conditions. It boasts dramatic results for skin, scalp and hair with a single set costing a modest price.
Pusheck's Kuro Claimed Cure All Ailments
An ad asserts Pusheck's Kuro cures rheumatism pain weakness anemia catarrh and nerve diseases. It claims fast, universal effectiveness and offers the remedy via Dr. Vusheck in Chicago with mail prices, citing a Philadelphia Bulletin quote about self-made illness.
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Vusheck
Chicago
Rushboris
Pusheck
Laxative Syrup Pepsin Promoted as Quick Cure
The ad touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a remedy against biliousness and constipation. It promises quick relief and a permanent cure, with money back if it fands. Sold by all druggists at 50 cents and one dollar, and cites The Commoner as the source.
In Pinch Use Allen's Foot-Ease For Feet
In this 19th century ad the powder Allen's Foot-Ease cures corns bunions and painful hot swollen feet. It sells at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with a free sample offered. The notice lists A S Olmsted Le Roy NY as the address. A stark contrast line cites a satirical morality jibe about grafters roasted in Persia and America.
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Allen
A. S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Guaranteed Cure for Piles Ad Sparks 1900 Trade Wit
An old advertisement proclaims Pazo Ointment guarantees a cure for piles with a money back offer if it fails in 6 to 14 days and notes a 50 cent price. A second line touts Piso’s Cure for Consumption as infallible for coughs and colds. A brief quotation comments on Japanese fighting like Christians.
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N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
Nales
Very Low Homeseekers Rates to the Southeast
Low round trip fares advertised for April travel from multiple Midwestern cities to Nashville region and Georgia on select Tuesdays. Tickets include limited two day limit with stopovers allowed on the North Carolina and Boyne Railways. Information via DANLIBY NYC Bby Hallway Nashville Penn.
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Momeseekers
Chloe
Cairo
Paduenah
Evansville
Louisville
Cinchinati
Nashville
Chattanooga & &4
Lois
Tennessee
North Alabima
Georgia
Danliby
GPA
Nyc
Bbby
Penn
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University of Iowa
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Poland
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Eczema
Philadelphia Bulletin
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Canada
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Mississippi
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Merry
Dubuque
Towa
A. Paxton Company
Mase
Gray’s
Sminple
New York City
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la Roy
N. V
Rae
A. N. WA
St. Jacobs Oil
Omate Noed Everee
P.O
Discass
Putnam
Monroe Drug CQ
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