Iowa crops endure winter impact and fair plans
Des Moines reports show fruit trees damaged but not as badly as feared. Apples, plums, cherries and berries vary in injury with sunken buds most in snowless SE Iowa. Mills county reports strong conditions as Iowa gears up for August fair with Texas wild west show and Carver exhibitions amid raised premiums.
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Des Moines
Wesley Greene
State Horticultural Society
Iowa
Greene
Japan
Richmond
Mills County
Banner Fruit County
Supreme Court rules Iowa Red Polled Herd club infringes
The Illinois Red Polled Herd chapter asserts its copyrights to three annual herd books were stolen by the Iowa group led by the secretary who edited and registered them. The Supreme Court declares the Iowa entity improperly claimed the name and publications, granting a permanent injunction restraining use of the name and works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Herd Club
Illinois
Iowa
Iinois
Reorganized Iowa State College Athletics Board Adopted
The athletic association of Iowa State College in Ames reorganizes and adopts a new constitution. The board managing college athletics will include members chosen from the student body alumni faculty and citizens of Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Agricultural College
Ames
State Insurance Tax Ruling Impacts All Firms
Judge Prouty in Des Moines district court holds that insurers must pay local taxes like individuals and that the 1 percent state tax on gross earnings in lieu is invalid, a ten year provision. The ruling raises Polk county taxable property by about $900,000.
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Prouty
District Court
Des Moines
Polk County
State Geologist Bain Cites Lead Industry Boom in Last Year
Assistant State Geologist Bain reports all returns for the state lead industry are in. The last year produced 1,856,427 pounds of ore valued at 37,128.54 dollars, a remarkable rise from the prior year when only 360,000 pounds were mined and worth 737 dollars. The price and production both surged.
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Bain
Bankruptcy petition filed in Fort Dodge over 200000 debt
United States Commissioner John ston oversees a Fort Dodge bankruptcy petition by Isaac Whitta ker now of Clear Lake, formerly a Kansas City businessman. Assets total 7,260 with liabilities listed at 217,891.69.
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Fort Dodge
United States
Johnston
Isaac Whittaker
Clear Lake
Kansas City
Republican State Convention Dates Shift to Des Moines
Chairman Hancock announces the Republican state convention will be in Des Moines on August 2 instead of August 9. The Democratic state convention now moves to August 16 due to a clash with the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias event during the week of August 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock
Des Moines
Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias
Council Bluffs Judge William Cowles James Dies at 69
Prominent Council Bluffs resident Judge William Cowles James died at age 69 from heart failure. Native of Ohio, Oberlin graduate, he studied law in Cleveland and served twice as mayor before sitting on the district bench for years. He leaves a widow.
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William Cowles James
Council Bluffs
James
Ohio
Oberlin College
Cleveland
Judge Shiras Rules Innocent Third Parties May Hold Securities
Federal judge Shiras in Dubuque rules under the bankruptcy act innocent third parties can hold their securities. The court holds mortgagees cannot be compelled to yield up possession of property that passed into possession before bankruptcy proceedings began.
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Shiras
Federal Court
Dubuque
IowaNews Briefs: Fires, Trials, and Local Events Across Iowa
Fire destroys the Wright depot while a Belleville farmer descends into religious frenzy. Iowa Mutual Building and Loan faces a receiver for alleged creditor fraud. A coal vein north of Broadgate proves thick and quality. Golden wedding in Chariton. Alva Carkey sentenced to ten years for assault on a 12 year old in Fort Dodge. Des Moines hosts potential National Congress of Mothers convention. Des Moines burglary targets church chalice and cup. Two Oxford Junction children drown after ice breaks. Dubuque to pursue charter forfeiture of Water Works. Muscatine announces wage increases at pearl button plants. 600 workers employed. Central Iowa miners strike. wage scales rejected. Grace Episcopal in Cedar Rapids raises 12000 at Easter offering. President Harrison’s autograph manuscript to Iowa Historical Dept. Clinton death of C E Schlabach. Ottumwa organizes Chapter 1 Sons of the American Revolution. Ashton Bros grocery robbed in Fort Dodge. Curator to seek Iowa veterans portrait donations. Dr Henry F Ewers dies at 60 in Burlington. Ames fire dept orders equipment. Clinton wood factory lost 3000. Kirkman station brakeman Bailey loses both legs in wreck.
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Iowa Central
Wright
Ben Loots
Belleville Township
Remley
Iowa Mutual Building and Loan Association
Dubuque
John T. Miller
Broadgate
W. C. Powers
Chariton
Alva Carkey
Fort Dodge
Anamosa
National Congress of Mothers
Des Moines
Farmer Michel
Oxford Junction
Muscatine
Iowa
Grace Episcopal
Webster
Sons of American Revolution
Ottumwa
Ashton Bros
Aldrich
State Historical Department
Army
Navy
Henry F. Ewers
Burlington
Iowa State Agricultural College
Ames
Hans Grove
Clinton
WJ. IF. Bailey
Kirkman Station
Nation honors dead at Arlington for Spanish American War
Washington honors 336 officers and men killed in Cuba and Porto Rico with full military rites on Arlington crest. President McKinley attends along with cabinet and army leaders as 15 000 mourners pay tribute. Federal offices close and flags fly at half mast. In Havana flags also half-masted at interment time.
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Washington
Arlington Cemetery
McKinley
Freeland
Episcopal Church
Father McGee
Havana
Cuba
Porto Rico
Spain
Death of Warren Leland Proprietor of Windsor Hotel
Warren F F Leland, owner of the Windsor hotel destroyed by fire March 17, died at 5 54 pm Tuesday after an appendectomy. He had been in poor health since the blaze and the loss of his wife and daughter. His son Charles of Chicago, physician and nurses were present. Ralph and Fannie Leland could not reach him in time. His brother Charles E Leland is in Mount Clemens Michigan.
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New York
Warren FF. Leland
Windsor Hotel
Grenoble
Leland
Mr. Leland
Charles Leland
Chicago
Ralph
Fannie
Charles E. Leland
Mount Clemens
Mich
Agreement Reached By Allies On Samoa Regulation
Berlin reports the United States Great Britain and Germany have agreed to appoint a high official from each power to investigate and regulate Samoa with unanimity required for all decisions. In Apia fighting has intensified as US and British warships shell Mataafa forces with casualties reported.
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Berlin
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Samoa
Apia
San Francisco
Mataafa
Kautz
Canteen Drink Sales Approved by Attorney General
The attorney general rules section 17 of the last session’s act on army efficiency does not ban canteen sales at post exchanges. However officers and enlisted men cannot be detailed to sell in the canteen. Also notes cold-weather halt on repatriating yellow fever victims from Cuba and reports James Clark of Quincy Illinois as the oldest mason in the United States, born 100 years ago in July.
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Ministerial Association of
Des Moines
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Congressman Hull
United States Army
House
Temperance
Regular Army
Supreme Court
Washington
Secretary of War
United States
Meiklejohn
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
Cuba
Quincy
James Clark
Wilkesbarre
Sunbury
Netherlands Invites U S to Hague Disarmament Talks
The state department received a formal invitation from the government of the Netherlands to take part in the disarmament conference at The Hague beginning May 18. Until now the czar's letter was the only invitation to the powers.
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Washington
State Department
Netherlands
The
Hague
Arbor Day Fir Iowa Schools Inspires Planting and Pride
Arbor Day emphasis in Iowa schools highlights tree planting since 1887 reaching 101,996 trees on school grounds. Superintendent Barrett urges continued effort to beautify yards, foster sympathetic interest, and inspire students to value nature and improve their communities.
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Barrett
Iowa
Lfe
State boards may force cleaning to protect public health
Attorney-General Remley issued an opinion to Secretary J J Kennedy that local boards of health may compel a man who refuses to wash himself. In an Iowa case a wealthy miser left his home dirty and diseased, and authorities sought power to act. The board referred the matter to the attorney-general who holds local boards may cleanse the man, clothe him, and even seal or burn the house to protect the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remley
J. J. Kennedy
State Board of Health
Boards of Health
Iowa
State Board
Anti-Saloon League Elects Officers At Iowa Convention
At the fourth annual Des Moines convention of the Iowa Anti-Saloon League officers were elected: Coffin re-elected president, Brockway first vice president, Callanan second vice president, Cole fourth vice president, Twombly treasurer, Williams secretary. Resolutions urged banning saloons by law and to prohibit liquor sales within three miles of state educational institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
L. S. Coffin
Fort Dodge
H. F. Brockway
Iowa City
James Callanan
A. A. Cole
Council Bluffs
Capt
W. P. Twombly
C. F. Willams
State Anti-Saloon League
League
Supreme Court of
Railways Combine in Sioux City Unites Street Lines
Sioux City consolidates six former street railway companies into a single Sioux City Traction Company. J. S. Lawrence becomes president with Abel Anderson as vice president and treasurer. Directors include John P. Allison J. W. O Grady and J. S. Goodwin. Lawrence Anderson and Allison are local. O Grady and Goodwin hail from Chicago.
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Sioux City
J. W. O’grady
J. S. Goodwin
Lawrence, Anderson
Allison
O'Grady
Goodwin
Chicago
New Twine Factory Proposed for Iowa Penitentiaries
The Iowa board of control aims to open a twine factory in a state prison, citing 1100 inmates at Anamosa and Fort Madison. They seek cost estimates, say the plant could be cheaper than general shops, and would supply much of Iowa’s twine while lowering prices 25 to 33 percent versus trust prices from the last two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa Penitentiary
Minnesota
Stillwater
Kentucky
Manila
New Zealand
Hunter
Board of Control
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Iowa
New Union Depot Opens in Des Moines With Banquet
The first union railway station in Des Moines opened to the public with a grand banquet and speeches in the main waiting room for 300 guests including 150 commercial exchange members and 150 railway officials. Built by the Des Moines Union Railway company, the cream brick structure will serve the Chicago Great Western Wabash Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Des Moines Northern and Des Moines Northern railways and cost about $100000. A grand ball followed in the evening.
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Union Railway
Des Moines
Commercial Exchange
Des Moines Union Railway Company
Chicago Great Western
Wabash
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Northern & Western
Des Moines Northern Railways
Yellowstone Flood Claims Dozen Victims In Montana
Twelve people are known dead after Yellowstone River ice jams flood Glendive and Miles City Montana. The Sullivan family perished in their home near the river while Sheriff Aiken and a rescuer found the dead inside. Bridges swept away as livestock drowned and towns faced rapid, widespread inundation from the Chinook storm.
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Glendive
Mont
Yellowstone River
R. W. Snyder
Eugene W. O'Connor
Nellie Reagan
Rose Wybrecht
Northern Pacific Railway
James Sullivan
Aiken
Charles Parker
Sullivan
Anaconda
Montana
Yellowstone
Miles City
Tongue River
Main Street
Samoa Developments Prompt Berlin Talks With Lascelles
Berlin and Washington report a flurry of diplomacy over Samoa as Mr White and Sir Frank Lascelles meet Baron von Buelow to urge a speedy commission. Berlin labels recent changes illegal, while the National Zeitung questions Admiral Kautz and affirms Germany’s stance. Malietoa Tanumus deemed king on the 28th with ceremonies reported from San Francisco.
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Berlin
White
Frank Lascelles
Baron von Buelow
Foreign Office
Germany
Samoa
Washington
London
National Zeitung
Kautz
Secretary of the Navy
San Francisco
Malietoa Tanus
Elephants Trample Keeper in Circus Tragedy
Rajah the elephant at Emen Bros Circus fatally crushed Frank Fisher 28 of Montreal after the keeper, intoxicated, attempted to force animals to perform. Fisher was dragged and trampled as Rajah pinned him with tusks and then the body. It is noted as the beast's ninth victim with the animal wintering in Argentine, Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Rajah
Emen Bros’. Circus Company
Argentine
Kaon
Frank Fisher
Fisher
Montreal
Canada
Indianapolis monetary convention backs gold standard with flex for expansion
The executive committee of the Indianapolis monetary convention met in New York on Saturday and declared support for a monetary system based on gold, flexible to let manufacturers expand trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Acquitted in Garden City murder case
Alonzo F Pitts a former resident of Mascoutah Illinois was acquitted on two murder counts after a dispute with a neighbor over a fence led to an attack by the neighbor and his son Pitts killed two men Cork April 10 and on a yacht Al smyth sank off Ireland with all aboard including Judge Walter Boyd’s vessel carrying 25 persons in a separate report Also L J Malone recounts a Chicago lawyers death on Val des glacier and Arkansas insurers suspend business under a new anti trust law prompting a state wide halt
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Mascoutah
Ill
Alonzo F. Pitts
Garden City
Kaw
Pitts
Cork
Alsmyth
Walter Boyd
High Court
Ireland
Dublin
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Centaur Co Wins Injunction Over Castoria Imitations
In a United States Circuit Court decision Judge Adams granted a preliminary injunction against Samuel W. Eslinger of St Louis restraining him from selling medicine in packets resembling Centaur Company Castoria. The Centaur firm claims exclusive manufacture and seeks damages later.
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United States
Adams
Centaur Company
New York City
Samuel W. Eslinger
St. Louis
Castoria
Charles H. Fletcher
New York
Chicago
Indianapolis
District of Columbia
Texas
New Jersey
Seddon and
Pitcher’s Baby Castoria
Philatelic Notes on Rare Stamps and Postage History
The article surveys philatelic developments with roots in Austria and Dresden exhibitions, noting the 5-cent Baltimore on a New York envelope as a rare find. It also discusses London post office expansion due to penny postage abroad, Canada’s growing business, and Cuban stamp prices reflecting collector demand.
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Emmanuel Hermann
Neustadt
Austria
Dresden
Europe
Baltimore
New
London
Varied Verbenas and Unusual Plants Attract Florists
Florists display a range of verbena varieties dubbed the May flower from a noted California horticulturist. A Costa Rica discovery named treasure vine by Carlo Werckle is highlighted. The Olden fern shows golden undersides, the Empress geranium bears clustered white shaded blooms, and a shoofly plant from the Physilis family is praised for allegedly deterring flies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Carlo Werckle
Costa Rica
Suburban Train Conversation Sparks Endearing Tale
A Chicago Evening News excerpt recalls a man on a suburban train amused by a story told by an old gentleman. The tale, heard nine years ago, involves a father figure and the narrator’s beloved, adding a touch of romance to a casual commute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jove
Chicago Evening News
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Promoted In Mixed UK US Tone
An odd blend of claims praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for curing indigestion constipation biliousness and liver and kidney troubles. The ad-like snippet juxtaposes a military reference with a revivalist scene and a rural character planning a ten year town absence and light fun.
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America
Manila Bay
Parson
Yeveland Plain Dealer
Society Snippets and Witty Quips From Page Notes
A compact roundup of humorous lines and social observations from early 20th century paper chatter. Quips poke fun at engagement status in humor, pursuit of life aims, time versus money, society pretenses, family reputations, and miner themed songs.
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Dr. Carver
American Coach, Carriage and Draft Horse Registry Association
van Houten
Oan Town
Iowa State News
E. C. Lum
Camanche
Northwestern
Lum
Warren Leland
High Commission
Arbor Day
Anti-Saloon League
Railways Combine
State Board of Control
NEW Union Depot
See
Tanus
I<an
Frank Foster
Seattle
Wash
L. J. Malone
Boston
Mass
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Alaska
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Valdes Glacier
Valdes
Centaur CO
Philatelic Notes
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L. A. W. Bulletin
Chicago Daily News
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