Iowa Suffrage Drive Expands Under Belden in Des Moines
Special correspondence from Wes Moines reports Mrs Evelyn Belden of Sioux City leads a robust Iowa Equal Suffrage association push. Committees in every county educate voters, secure pledges from legislative nominees, and boost field lecturers to win support before primaries.
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Wes Moines
Woman Suffrage
Iowa
Evelyn Hi. Belden
Sioux City
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Insanity Claim Delays Trial in Cedar Falls Shooting Case
Judge Blair postponed the trial of J. C. Blake indicted for attempted murder of J. W. Hill on Cedar Falls streets April 16, 1900. Blake is believed insane after prolonged strange conduct. a commission found him sane. He fired three shots, blaming Will for destroying his home. Mrs. Blake is respected in the community.
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Blair
J. C. Blake
J. W. Hill
Cedar Falls
Will
Veteran Iowa regimental man sails for Manila jewelry business
Return story of Co. C V Mount of Shenandoah who sails to Manila to engage in jewelry business. He is a veteran of both the Civil and Spanish American wars, served in the Bloody Eighth Iowa in the Civil War and the Fifty-First in the Philippine campaign. He is over 60 but strong and healthy.
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Iowa
National. Guard
J.R. Lincoln
E. E. Lambert
John T. Hume
W. S. Conkling
Co. C. V. Mount
Shenandoah
Manila
William Bender Sells Ida Grove Ranch to Robert Lipton
William Bender disposes of his ranch near Ida Grove to local banker Robert Lipton for 25000 dollars. Possession to be withheld for one year. The property is described as one of the finest farms in the state.
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William Bender
Ida Grove
Robert Lipton
Express Company Assessments Set by Iowa Executive Council
The Iowa executive council fixed annual assessments for express lines. The American paid $33.33 per mile, while Pacific, Great, Northern, Wells Fargo and United States were $25 and Adams $30. The Great Northern dropped from $37 to $25 per mile. Adams rose from $25 to $30. Only minor changes beyond these. Great Northern has 78 Iowa miles along the Willmar and Sioux Falls line.
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Executive Council
American
The
Pacific
Great, Northern
Wells Fargo
United States
Adams
Great Northern
Great Northern Company
Iowa
Willmar
Sioux Falls
Mother of Twelve Children Dies on Iowa Central Train
Mrs Franz Boff, wife of a German farmer near Austinville, died suddenly of heart disease aboard an Iowa Central train between Alexander and Lattimer. She had boarded at Kanawha with a three year old in tow to visit a cousin family in Lattimer. The tragedy left twelve children motherless.
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Franz Boff
Iowa Central
Alexander
Lattimer
Kanawha
Man Arrested After Street Kiss Ends in Five Day Jail
Joseph Frederick was arrested in Sioux City after caressing and kissing Miss Anna Schimmelfenig on a street encounter. He received a five day sentence in the county jail. Schimmelfenig caused the arrest saying she had not been his lover despite his attentions.
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Joseph Frederick
Sioux City
Anna Schimmelfenig
Cornell College Library Gift Offers Free Public Access
President King at Cornell College Mount Vernon announces a $40,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie for a library building contingent on an annual $4,000 income and guaranteed free access to Mount Vernon residents. The council plans a tax levy to raise the required funds.
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King
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Andrew Carnegie
Sioux City Woman Sues for Divorce Over Conspiracy Rumors
Mrs. Peter Nester sues for divorce claiming her husband and an accomplice plotted to ruin her name by entering her room after retirement to falsely accuse her of infidelity. She also objects to his keg parties at home.
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Peter Nester
Sioux City
Fire destroys most Lehigh businesses and post office
A large fire swept through Lehigh, annihilating eight major shops including the post office and Lehigh Valley bank. The blaze caused about 20 000 dollars in losses with 6 400 dollars insured.
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Lehigh
Fort Dodge
Lehigh Valley Bank
Riverside Savings Bank Burglary Ends With Small Take
Early morning break in at Riverside Savings Bank sees burglars drill vault steel doors but inner safe holds. They seize only a small sum from the cash drawer and flee on a hand car toward Iowa City. No crew is reported.
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Savings Bank
Riverside
Iowa City
Notable Iowa Figures and Local News Highlights
Obituary reports Samuel S Winall of Dubuque 67 died and S S Winall of the same firm remembered. Receptions planned for Minister Conger in Council Bluffs and Des Moines. Calvin Titus named West Point cadet. Iowa Labor Federation meets May 8–10 in Sioux City. Hospital construction oversight awarded to Clarinda’s Co. Leader. First Baptist church Des Moines marked 50 years. Manchester & Oneida railroad project announced from Manchester to Oneida. Other items include Embezzlement case at Parnell, a Burlington crossing guard’s death, Dubuque shoe factory fire, Madrid roller mill owner killed, a shooting accident, a hanging in Clinton area, and centenarian death in Tama County.
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Samuel Smith Winall
Dubuque
Palmer, Winall & Co
Iowa
Odd Fellows
Conger
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Calvin P. Titus
Vinton
Legation
Peking
West Point
McKinley
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Sioux City
Clarinda
State Board of Control
Cherokee
First Baptist Church
Eighth and
High Streets
Manchester
Oneida
S. S. Winall
G. M. Tourtellot
Ida Grove
Presbyterian Church
Albia
Rose P. Duffey
Parnell
Cedar Rapids
Will Mitchell
Burlington
Creston
Billings
Richardson
A. T. Davis
A. T. Davis Roller Mill Company
Madrid
W. M. Fisher
West Liberty
George A. Chandler
Baptist Church
Elwood
Ind
Maquoketa
William Kinner
Tama County
Oneida Township
Patrick Dwyer
Tao
Miss Rose Duffey Held on Embezzlement Charge at Parnell
Miss Rose P Duffey a 19 year old deputy postmaster at Parnell is held to the federal grand jury on embezzlement charges. Officials say the office shortage is about 1000 dollars after money not remitted for money orders is traced to missing letters placed with the postmaster. Duffey was arrested in Cedar Rapids and placed under bonds of 1000 dollars with April 22 as next court date. She is described as popular locally and innocent by friends. Evidence is largely circumstantial.
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Legislaator S Elect
Conger
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Maj
K. H. Conger
China
Congers
Iowa
Couneil Bluffs
John N. Baldwin
Maj. Conger
State Treasury
Executive Council
Boards of Supervisors
Tewa
Rose P. Duffey
Parnell
Post
Stewart
Ryan
Miss Duffey
Cedar Rapids
Oil Discovery in Greenville Sparks Townwide Interest
Thomas E. Pricketts finds crude petroleum flowing from a creek bank in south Greenville marking the first oil discovery in town. Surface oil travels miles downstream with gas and a subterranean lake noted nearby alongside coal in the geology. Hundreds visit the site as the discoverer refuses $3000 for his lot while adjoining farmland carries high per acre values.
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Thomas E. Pricketts
Greenville
Woman cannot be prosecuted for manslaughter due to statute of limitations
Reuben Good's signed statement claims Ray Eliot was killed to replace an illegitimate child and burned. He faces robbery charges, and the code allows manslaughter only for killings in anger or without premeditation, with indictments required within three years of the deed.
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Reuben Good
Ray Beliot
Towa
Good
Ray Eliot
Big Wagon Bridge Project Across Mississippi
The Dubuque and Wisconsin Bridge company letting a contract to the Toledo Bridge company to build a wagon bridge over the Mississippi. It will touch Eagle Point on the Iowa shore, rise 45 feet above high water, span 380 feet for the main sections and measure about 1,100 feet in total length excluding approaches. A second Dubuque to East Dubuque bridge lies two miles south beneath the railroad crossing.
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Mississippi
Gypsum City Platted Near Fort Dodge with Rail Access
A plat filed in Webster County records Creek County shows a new town to be called Gypsum City at Carbon Junction eight miles from Fort Dodge. It sits at the Mason City Fort Dodge and Illinois Central rail intersections where gypsum mills by Carbon Plaster Co. have started and rapid growth is expected. The Tri State Medical Society meeting in Keokuk urged stricter marriage laws and the unsexing of habitual criminals, appointing a committee to push the measure in Iowa Illinois and Missouri legislatures.
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Webster County
Carbon Junction
Fort Dodge
Carbon Plaster Company
Mason City
Illinois Central
Tri-State Medical Society
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Keokuk
State Funds Ledger Shows Public Treasury Totals
Auditor lists state funds including General revenue 830 001 97 Agricultural college endowment 628 031 45 Special Agricultural college funds 10 000 00 Special university revenue 6 912 73 Swamp land in Gemnsby 150 40 Permanent School 13 46 990 0n 1 482 508 41 Interest Agricultural college total incomplete totals line ends with unclear figures.
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Agricultural College
Special Agricultural College
Rey- Cmuc
Vaccavato Waw
Gemnsby S
Interest Agricultural College
Dubuque Archbishop Attacks Saloons In Speech
In a cathedral discourse Archbishop Keene denounces liquor traffic as a great evil and claims it controls city government in Dubuque. He vows resignation to Rome if needed and condemns Catholics for engaging in the trade, recounting a harsh question from a Richmond bishop about Catholic liquor sales to Black patrons.
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Dubuque
Keene
Rome
Richmond
Attorney General Rules On Banks Masquerading as State Institutions
Attorney General Mullan informs Auditor Merriam that the auditor may pursue action against banks that falsely present themselves as state banks but are private entities. The Glidden bank is cited as an example among several doing this, with bogus articles of incorporation on file.
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Merriam
Mullan
Banking Department
Auditors Office
J. J. Whelan
Tuet
Glidden
Iowa Fruit Reports Indicate Varied Orchard Health
Secretary Greene of the State Horticultural Society releases a report based on 40 reports from 20 counties showing crop indications against a 100 percent normal. Apples 90, Pears 86, Plums 87, European 80, Japan 87, Cherries 85, Peaches 82, Grapes 82, Red Raspberries 75, Black 74, Blackberries 8, Strawberries 50. A summary will be sent to members. The state report is only half through the press, ready near midsummer.
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Greene
State Horticultural Society
Japan
Sioux City Salesmen Rally Against Rate Cutting
More than 100 traveling salesmen from Sioux City wholesale grocers gathered for a union meeting to halt price reductions that have demoralized trade. Four large firms agreed to stop slashing prices and the men were told to enforce the understanding.
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Sioux City
Des Moines Man Inherits 25000 From English Benefactor
George Carden of Des Moines receives 25000 after the death of a wealthy Englishman. Once poor and ill, he was in Mount Pleasant hospital. His wife, a stenographer, resigned to care for him as they move to a new farm near Des Moines.
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George Carden
Des Moines
Carden
Mount Pleasant
Pardon Denied for Henry Wilcox in Manslaughter Case
Gov Shaw refuses pardon for Henry Wilcox convicted of manslaughter in the murder of his father. Anamosa will house his 18 month term after a 200 signature petition from Lake Guy residents. Community sympathy remains as officials note self defense claim.
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Gov. Shaw
Henry Wilcox
Young Wilcox
Lake Guy
Anamosa
Indicted for Murder in Stone Case at Leon County
A Leon County grand jury indicted Dr. J. W. Crofford and Ira Hammond for the Maude Stone murder. Hammond posted $5,000 bond and was released. Crofford posted $10,000 bond. Mrs. Anna Hammond, Ira’s mother, was indicted for abortion in the Stone case and posted $1,000 bond.
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Leon
J. W. Crofford
Ira Hammond
Maude Stone
Hammond
Crofford
Anna Hammond
Stone
Burlington Woman Accused Of Obtaining Money Under False Pretenses
Mrs Mary Tilerman caused a stir by claiming she lost 3500 dollars and later by alleging the money was burned. She was arrested on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses for selling stock in an imaginary manufacturing firm to several buyers.
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Mary Tilerman
Burlington
Civil government takes root in the Philippines
The United States reports a transition from martial law to civil rule across many islands. Local governments are established with native participation, elective leadership, and growing appreciation of ballots, as Filipinos move toward self government under U S sovereignty.
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Philippines
Art Commission
United States
Spain
San Prancisco
Capture of Aguinaldo Praised Despite Mixed Sentiment
The Cincinnati Weekly Gazette argues General Punston’s capture of Aguinaldo is a significant achievement, praising swift action and warning against mercy for rebels. It contrasts with calls for restraint and recalls Santa Ana’s fate and the Alamo to justify harsher treatment of Aguinaldo.
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Weward Atkinsons
William Jennings Bryans
United States
Punston
Aguinaldo
Philippines
Drigandage Botong
Aguiialdo
Tuneston
Apiinathor
Aenkein
Santa Ana
Mexico
Alamo
Jind
England Faces Possible Tariff Shifts Amid Debate
The article notes ongoing House of Commons debate on protective measures for English goods and hints at a tariff policy shift from revenue to protection. It cites sugar tea tobacco and wine as likely targets and suggests a broader reform shaping food imports, with commentary from The Times in England. It also mentions Democratic party tensions in the U S with radicalism pressing old leaders to yield or withdraw.
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England
Troy
N. Y. Sum
Cowardly Traitors Denounce Aguinaldo Capture
Iowa State Register denounces anti imperialists in the United States for urging continued Philippine warfare after Aguinaldo's capture. It brands leaders as treacherous cowards who stab American soldiers in the back and fail to enlist in the Duino fighting forces, calling them vilest American traitors.
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Aguinaldo
United States
Chawley
Towne
Irving Winslow
Anti-Imperialist League
George 8. Rentwell
Agunlado
Billy Bryan
Orient
America
Des Moines
Funston
Agulmalide
Washington
Philippines
soTluddy Shaw
Istory
Iowa State Register
Philippine Civilization and imperialist deceptions exposed
A Philadelphia Press editorial rebuttal argues against anti imperialist charges about Philippine civilization. It quotes Maj. Gen. Young from Manila on self government and Filipino aims, criticizing Western tropes and urging patient support for progressive reform despite opposition.
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Meir
Philippine
Young
Manila
Walt
Boston
Archipelago
Philadelphia Press
Comment and Opinion Sparks on Bryan and Imperialism
A mix of editorial clippings attacks on William Jennings Bryan and imperialism. Critiques from San Francisco Call Milwaukee Sentinel Troy Times Springield Union and San Francisco Chronicle cite Bryan’s views, U S policy, and the Spooner amendment with strong partisan tone.
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cWilliam Jennings Bryan
San Francisco
Apulnaldo
Willian Jennings Bryan
Carl Seharts
Somes
Boston
Milwaukee Sentinel
Troy
Philippines
Peking
Chaffee
Teo
Springgeld Union
Spooner
Bryan
Louisiana
Jefferson
Logan
MacKinley
San Frascisca
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R. C. Barrett
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Hunter
Anamosa Penitentiary
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John ‘. Hume
Buringto
Davenport
James J. Crossley
Crossley Morriss
C. W. Atkin
F.D. Everett
Corydon - Ingram
George I. Duncan
J. Y. Wickersham
P. L. Seever
Town
Springfield
Uwtmost
War Department
Act of Congress
Fr. W. Bicknell
Prise Farm
Iowa State News
Express
Kissa
Greenfield
Mississippi River
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