Printing office aid urged for Eldorado boys in Iowa
Des Moines reports Superintendent Miles of Eldorado Iowa urging a $2000 legislature appropriation to establish a printing office for the boys industrial school. He argues hands on work teaches reform by engaging boys with the printer’s trade amid opposition to machine typesetting.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Miles
Boys’ Industrial School
Eldorado
Board of Control
Anim
Eldora Industrial School seeks 1904 appropriations
Superintendent B J Miles reports for the Eldora Boys Industrial School covering the period to June 30 1903 and asks for general assembly funding including 12000 for family building 4000 for new storehouse 6000 for printing equipment 5500 for library work and related repairs plus 2980 5000 and 3840 totals. He notes most prior appropriations have been completed and improvements shown.
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Eldora
B. J. Miles
General Assembly
Iowa School Teachers Salaries and Enrollment Overview
The report shows Iowa teachers earned 37 dollars monthly for men and 31 dollars for women. Iowa has 18 177 schools open about 7.9 months, with 554 992 public school students and 28 437 teachers. average class size is 30 and monthly cost per pupil is 1.86 dollars.
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Iowa
Towns Man Chosen Grand Chief Engineer in Iowa
W S Stone of Eldon elected to fill unexpired term as grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He was born in February 1860 at Ainsworth Washington County and has 24 years on the Rock Island Missouri division. He will relocate to Cleveland per the union rule and HQ.
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W. S. Stone
Eldon
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
P. M. Arthur
Warren Sanford Stone
Ainsworth
Washington County
Rock Island
Cleveland
Miss Eldora Sinks Inherits Half Million From Colorado Man
Miss Eldora Sinks of Marengo is named as sole heir to H. J. Thompson of Colorado Springs after his death. Thompson left his entire estate to Sinks citing her modesty and kindness. He was a bachelor and business owner with no other heirs.
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Eldora Sinks
Marengo
H. J. Thompson
Colorado Springs
Thompson
Miss Sinks
Colorado
Home Run Hero Succumbs After Sioux City Ball Game
Peter G Countryman aged 33 died from brain fever triggered by the excitement of a ball game in Sioux City. He was a star heavyweights player and hit a decisive home run in the final inning before collapsing at home plate.
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Peter G. Countryman
Sioux City
Countryman
Thief Named In Theft Of Centerville Man’s Gold
Samuel Johnson of Centerville found his $1,300 in gold and greenbacks stolen after sleeping beside John Strickland who was later missing. Strickland allegedly passed some coins to his sister who dropped them revealing the thief’s identity. no arrest had been made at report time.
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Samuel Johnson
Centerville
John Strickland
Strickland
John F. Green
William Allen
Onawa
United States Army
Sioux City
Kearney
Pythians Nix Colfax Sanitarium Plan In Iowa Vote
In Council Bluffs the Iowa Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias voted 320 to 162 against building a sanitarium and Pythian home at Colfax. Rathbone Sisters elected officers with Mrs. Linnie Fiero of Osceola as chief and Miss Effie Parsons of Marion as mistress of records and correspondence.
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Iowa
Cyclone Ravages Scranton Area Destroying Crops and Barns
A cyclone near Scranton leveled vast corn and oats fields and caused extensive damage to barns windmills and trees. A severe hailstorm followed the wind and rain, leaving gardens orchards and fruit trees ruined two miles northwest of town.
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Scranton
Parole and reform urged in Anamosa prison report
Warden Hunter in the sixteenth biennial report renews a parole and indeterminate sentence plan with conditional release under surveillance viewed as testing fitness. Of 57 paroled, four violated conditions. 77 of 316 incoming prisoners were commit- ments for prior offenses. The warden urges a reformatory for first offenders and notes 5,092 prisoners since 1873 with 4,681 discharged and 411 remaining June 30, 1908. Iowa’s total prison population was 881 with 36 insane. He requests funds for North Cell House 37,450 shop No. 3 10,000 and misc 14,800 plus salaries 73,950. Six-year gains include a 77,000 drop in maintenance cost and 41,000 in labor earnings.
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Anamosa Penitentiary
Board of Control
Hunter
Anamosa
Iowa
Pension agency audits soldier’s claim amid conscience conflict
Des Moines pension officials pursued relief for Hugh Davlin of Spalding who asked to stop his pension saying it harms his conscience to take government pay for duty. An investigation found Davlin elderly and frail. his family reportedly needs the funds, yet he can halt payments by refusing the draft.
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Des Moines
Hugh Davlin
Spalding
T. CG. Cronin
Davlin
Clarkson
Iowa Governor seeks Olmsted as national guard director
Gov. Cummins asks the War Department to detail Maj. J. A. Olmsted as director of Iowa's national guard under the Dick law. Rep. Hull supports selecting Olmsted, who teaches military tactics at Cedar Falls State Normal School and formerly lived in Des Moines. If appointed, he would receive full pay rather than half pay from retirement.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
Iowa State College At Ames Claims World Leading Status
A Chicago Record Herald writer lauds Iowa State College at Ames as the largest and most progressive agricultural institution. Last year 1,322 regular students and about 500 in special courses enrolled across agriculture engineering and applied sciences, with 1,822 total students last year from eight nations and the United States. One student, Terrazas, is the son of the world’s largest ranchman Gen Terrazas. The college sits on about 840 acres with 125-acre campus and 500 acres under cultivation.
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Iowa State Agricultural College
Ames
Chicago Record-Herald
Stanton
United States
Canada
Mexico
Argentine Republic
Mr. Terrazas
Gen. Terrazas
Chihuahua
Secretary Wilson Urges Scientific Farming for Modern Agriculture
Special Correspondence reports Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson asserts old style farming is over and today’s farmer must be both scientist and agriculturist. Washington experiments in plant propagation aim to boost land output, with high land costs fueling support. President Roosevelt invites Wilson to attend the irrigating congress at Ogden, Utah, in September.
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James Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Neves
Roosevelt
Mr. Wilson
Ogden
Utah
Des Moines Civil Guard to Attend Fort Riley Maneuvers
The Fifty fifth regiment of the Town national guard, about 840 men, will mobilize in Des Moines for Fort Riley maneuvers in early October. The same week the regular army post will be dedicated here, drawing many officers. Prizes will be offered for a military tournament to attract top guard companies.
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Des Moines
Town National Guard
Fort Riley
Electric railway incorporation and various Iowa incidents
The Council Bluffs to St Joseph electric railway project is funded by a 200000 share capital. Burglars plundered a Devon post office safe for 96 dollars. Stevenson, a Garr Scott salesman, died in a Gilbert Station runaway. A 16 year old boy was shot by accidental cartridge discharge at Independence Armory. Severe hail and wind devastated Sac county crops. Lytton buildings burned with no injuries reported. Hugh Maher was jailed for threatening Cedar Rapids' Pickerings. The Pickering auto breakdown led to alleged detention. Dallas county teachers hosted a meeting with notable instructors. Daniel Landon attempted suicide in Marshalltown. physician saved him. Cass County Veterans held their eleventh reunion at Crystal Lake. L C Tiedmann was fatally injured near Mount Pleasant after being struck by a Burlington train. Gress seen fleeing a fire near Freeport hotel in Sioux City. suspected incendiary. Ann Wyckoff overdosed in Marshalltown but survived. Isaac Markley, jailed for murder, hanged himself in his corn crib. Rashid and 15 year old Mary Horn arrested in Quincy after elopement. Catholic Foresters in Dubuque voted to admit but categorize saloonkeepers as hazardous. Blue Grass suffered fire losses including hall and opera house. Werman Weete killed crossing an Iowa Central line near Abbott. A rural free delivery route starts September 15 at Barney Madison County, serving 450 people over 21 2 miles. Millery’s Royal Italian band members naturalize in Davenport. Brooklyn coroner rules E Francis died by suicide in a small tank.
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Council Bluffs
Sac County
Lytton
Hugh Maher
Johnson County
J. C
Ernest
Pickering
Cedar Rapids
Pickerings
Maher
Dallas
Adel
Daniel J. Landon
Marshalltown
Cass County Veterans’ Association
Crystal Lake
L. C. Tiedmann
Burlington
Mount Pleasant
L.J. Gress
Freeport
Sioux City
Ann Wyckoff
Isaac Markley
William Rashid
Mary Horn
Belfast
Quincy
Ill
Dupuque
Werman Weete
Iowa Central
Abbott
Barney
Madison County
Millery
Royal Italian Band
Naturalization P.&1
Davenport
Brooklyn
E. Francis
Iowa veterans back St John for department commander
R T St John of Riceville Mitchell county is a likely candidate for commander of the Iowa department of the Grand Army. Backing comes from Northwestern Iowa Veterans association. He chairs arrangements for Soldiers' day at the state fair and serves as a director of the state department of agriculture.
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R. T. St. John
Riceville
Mitchell County
Department of Iowa
Grand Army
Iowa Veterans’ Association
St. John
State Department of Agriculture
Iowa
San Francisco
State Board of Health Allows Shipping of Embalmed Bodies
The State Board of Health issued a rule permitting shipment of bodies of persons who died of smallpox and other contagious diseases across the state. Embalmers must hold certificates and pass an examination, and embalmed bodies by certified men may be shipped statewide under the new rules.
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State Board of Health
Curious reunion of women 80 and over at old settlers picnic
In Des Moines a special gathering of ladies aged 80 plus included Dorothy Tungate 96 Phoebe Justice 94 Mary Spotts 92 Elizabeth Hanger 91 Elizabeth Norris 90 and Diand Powers 90 all long-time settlers. A swindle by a man posing as New Idea advertising agent netted nearly 500 dollars selling magazines and premium china, then the culprit disappeared.
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Dorothy Tungate
Des Moines
Phoebe Justice
Mary B. Spotts
Elizabeth Hanger
Elizabeth Haldeman Norris
Diand Powers
Creston
New Idea Journal
Pleasantville Plans September Street Carnival and Harvest Jubilee
Pleasantville coordinates a September 10 to 19 street carnival with citizen funding aiming as Marion county’s grandest. Admission will be free and entertainment varied to suit all attendees. Sheriff Steiner ends prize fights in Dubuque county stopping the Meyer Kenney fight at the shooting park next month.
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L. Hayden Fouts
Rockwell
Pleasantville
Marion County
Steiner
Dubuque
Shooting Park
Japan Follows Protection Trend As Trade Expands
The piece argues Japan's higher tariffs spur domestic production, citing watches as a key example. It compares Japan and the United States under protection, noting rising imports and exports in both nations and suggesting confident alignment with the US example.
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Japan
Troy Times
United States
Germany
Potential Anthracite Strike Reemergence Predicted for Next Year
A Pottsville dispatch warns a renewed coal miners strike during the presidential election is possible. The Cleveland Leader notes such a conflict would boost Democratic leverage and complicate Roosevelt amid upcoming politics and labor leaders may seek political aid, despite Roosevelt’s past mediation yielding a peaceful settlement.
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Pottsville
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Mr Bryan Attacks Adversaries In Public Lectures
The letter cites Washington Post and other papers deriding Mr Bryan for arrogance and for claiming sole virtue while facing earlier defeats. It notes his Indiana lecture fees vary from 50 cents to one percent of gate receipts and even 25 cents in some towns as he accepts any pay in his waning political influence.
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Bryan
Indiana
Indianapolis Journal
Roosevelt
Chicago Tribune
Russian squadron recalled after Turkey yields to demands
Dispatches from Brussels and Constantinople report the Porte accepting Russian demands after the murder of M. Rostkowski. Turkish officials are dismissed or reprimanded. gendarmerie posts are restructured. Belgian officers may join the Turkish gendarmerie. withdrawal order sent to Admiral Krieger. Violent Balkan clashes reported near Florina Ostrov and Okrida with heavy Bulgarian casualties.
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Russia
Black Sea
Imiada
Turkey
M. Rostkowski
Monastir
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M. Zinovioff
Constantinople
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Cansul
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Palanka
Uskub
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Belgium
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Naum Pasha
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Salada
Sakonica
European Turkey
Boufi
Rakovo
Armesko
Florina
Ostrovot
Komitajis
Okrida
Fiorina
Rome
Balkans
Humbert family found guilty in sensational trial
The Humberts are convicted with Mme Humbert and her husband each sentenced to five years in prison and a hundred franc fine. Daurignac relatives receive two and three year terms. Mme and M. Humbert face solitary confinement during their terms.
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Humbert
Mme. Humbert
Crawford
Regnier
Marshal Bazaine
Prince Bismarck
Metz
England
France
Bembe Daurignac
Romain Daurignac
Mme
M. Humbert
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