Francis Reports On Public Lands And Indian Affairs
Secretary Francis submits the annual Interior Department report noting last year’s $157,179,656 appropriation, a projected rise, and 1,849,072,687 acres of public domain with 600,000,000 more vacant. He details railroad land patents, arid-land reclamation needs, Oklahoma land issues, pension costs, and calls for reform in Indian affairs and department housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
David R. Francis
Alaska
Congress
Forestry Commission
Des Moines
Francis
Commissioner
General Land Office
Department
Court of Claims
Oklahoma
Germany
Indian Bureau
Central Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Union Pacific Railroad
Railroad Commissioners
Nicaraguan Maritime Canal Company
Interior Department
Trainmen Go to Sleep Fatal Collision near Waelder
A head end collision on the Southern Pacific near Waelder Texas killed two engineers two firemen and a brakeman. Foggy weather and a sleep-mistaken siding entry caused the east bound freight to collide with the third section of the west bound train as both crews misread the tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Southern Pacific
Waelder
Mint Report Recount of 1896 World Coinage and Stocks
Washington reports from R E Preston director of the mint detail the 1896 fiscal year operations with foreign statistics on production coinage and monetary conditions. Gold coinage 231,087,438 dollars silver 121,610,219 dollars total 352,697,057 dollars world metallic stock and uncovered paper 10,038,600,000 dollars as of January 1 1696.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
R. E. Preston
Neighbors in Crescent Involved in Bloody Family Fight
A Crescent neighborhood brawl between the Shadden and McClure families left Elijah McClure stabbed five times with flesh wounds, Dave McClure with three fingers lacerated, Orville McClure with a broken nose, James Shadden stabbed twice, Orin Shaddin cut over the left eye, and Arthur Shadden injured with a cut above the head and partial lip loss. The feud began last summer between the sons of the two families who have lived nearby for generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescent
Elijah McClure
Dave McClure
Orville McClure
James Shadden
Orin Shaddin
Arthur Shadden
Missing Postmaster Found Dead Near Sidney
The decomposed body of Moses Yowell, missing postmaster of Sidney for about two months, was found by boys while hunting. An inspector later traced a $800 shortage in his Sidney post office, and Yowell claimed the funds were at his home and went to fetch them but did not return.
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Sidney
Moses Yowell
Post Office
Vowell
Prohibition Law Fails to Stop Interstate Cigarette Trade
Iowa prohibitory cigarette law appears unenforceable as the tobacco trust asserts state interference with interstate commerce is impossible. Des Moines saw large shipments of five cent packs from New York sold without hindrance. In Sioux City, First National Bank creditors pledge support if the bank resumes, after its sudden closure due to heavy withdrawals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Tobacco Trust
Des Moines
New York
First National Bank of
Sioux City
Politician Herron Dies After Platform Fall on Omaha Train
Sheriff W. E. Herron of Plymouth County, a noted politician, was thrown from a moving Omaha train between Merrill and Hinton. Severely injured, he froze to death before aid arrived. Herron, 48, left a wife and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Merrill and
Hinton
W. E. Herron
Plymouth County
Herron
Milking Machine Wins Praise from Former Iowa King
Hiram C. Wheeler, once a leading Iowa figure, approved a milking machine that handles 75 cows daily with smooth action. He tried it after the inventor offered it earlier and found it a success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram C. Wheeler
Iowa
Mr. Wheeler
Iowa Faces Mounting Unpaid Warrants and Cash Shortage
A state statement reveals 450000 dollars in outstanding warrants with no cash to cover them and projections of unpaid warrants possibly reaching 700000 dollars. Officials cite tax-payment delays and an insufficient levy as the cause of the shortfall and the inability to meet obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Man Kills Nephew Then Commits Suicide Near Burlington
George Wilbur aged 53 shot and killed his 17 year old nephew Emory Fleagley of Carman who was ill, a few miles west of Burlington and then killed himself. Wilbur had been temporarily deranged by illness.
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Burlington
George Wilbur
Emory Fleagley
Carman
Multiple Iowa News Briefs Including Fires and Fatalities
Summary of scattered Iowa items: Senator Allison appoints nephew William B. Allison as private secretary after Joseph Morgan resigns. Pleasant township wife of farmer Hilbert commits suicide by poison. McGregor News office and associated buildings burned, loss $25,000. B Von Lengen hangs self near Ackley. family trouble cited. Fowler company building at Waterloo scorched. loss $55,000. Jackson & Pierce dry goods at Waverly go to First National Bank. assets about $9,000 liabilities $11,000. Richard Rowe extradited from Mexico found guilty in Montezuma for treasury looting involvement in 1895. Cart county treasurer’s wife dies in Creston. Policeman Norman held up at Fort Dodge. robbers take firearms and valuables. E G Bowman pleads guilty to adultery. 15 months in prison. Ed Turner assaults Van Male in Oskaloosa. ear bitten. bonds $500. Iowa centennial deficit of $2,500 on $35,000 spent. Julius Kere of Boone attempts self-harm. not expected to survive. Frothingham will leaves $15,000 for Paulina library and $500 for book fund. Barker studio fire at Independence damages $3,000. John Slemmons, 20, killed moving a building at Independence. rope failure. Wardy Fitzgibbons, four, dies years after swallowing a whistle. J J McNamara killed in Oelwein yards. Seven-year-old son of Charles M Mills injured fatally in Dubuque post office official’s family. Harry Sentman, 23, fatally hurt by buzz saw in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilbert
Pleasant Township
McGregor News and Bindery
Opera House
Chapin
B. von Lengen
Ackley
Fowler Company
Waterloo
Jackson & Pierce
Waverly
First National Bank
Richard Rowe
Mexico
Poweshiek County
Montezuma
Cart
Creston
Norman
Fort Dodge
E. G. Bowman
Marshalltown
Ed Turner
van Male
Oskaloosa
Burlington
Julius Kere
Boone
Frederick G. Frothingham
Boston
Mass
Paulina
Barker
Independence
Iowa Grocery Company
John Slemmons
Wardy Fitzgibbons
Vail
J. J. McNamara
Oelwein
Charles M. Mills
Dubuque
Harry Sentman
Iowa City
Iowa News Letter and Court Rulings Highlight Turbulent Times
The report details the final ruling in the Bonacum case against priests Murphy and Fitzgerald, upheld by ecclesiastical and civil courts with Bonacum ordered to pay costs and damages. It also covers Senator Gear’s stance on the Dingley bill and possible extra sessions, plus missing state senate records hindering code revisions. Senator Hobart calls for higher revenue to meet growing state needs. Rev. Joel Goodrick dies at 82 in Jacksonville.
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Speainl Das Moines
Bonacum
Murphy
Fitzgerald
Dubuque
Bonucum
Nebraska Catholic
Rome
J. A. Baart
Marshall, Mich
Father Fitzgerald
Father Murphy
Gear
Senate
Congress
Cuba
United States
Spain
McFarland
AA. C. Hobart
Iowa
Puns About Women From Historic Humor Snippets
A collection of light quips from early 20th century publications poking fun at fashion, marriage, and women. Jokes reference sensible clothes, riding horses, wedding rings, and a bicycling woman stopping a team, highlighting era humor and gender stereotypes.
State officers elected in official canvass results
The official canvass of state officers finished with FE A Dawson winning the railway commissioner post by a similar margin to other state officers. The report lists votes for secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, supreme judge, attorney general, and congressional districts with Republican and fusion or pro party tallies.
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Des Moines
FE. A. Dawson
George
Dobson
TL Karr
J. B. Witzenback
Soc
Labor
Auditor of State
G McCarthy
George W. Davis
Fuston
J. W. Wondus
J. B. Travis
Sec
Jonn Herriott
Tohn Poley
Luston
J. Bye
Vevenene
W. A. Westphal
Samuel Holmes
Sybil
Milton Remley
W. D. Boles
Fusion
Clark
Casey
Hewitt
Pharality
Curtis
Hurstom
Lloyd
Kramer
Tenderson
Staehle
Plurality
Pourth—Updegratt
Bayles
Patten
Hyco
Cousins
Caldwell Rooni
Tatum
Lacey
White
Bronson
Thtull
Evans
lehth—Hepburn
Robb
van Wagener
Tarrand
Iowa Traveling Men's Association Elects Officers
The Iowa State Traveling Men's association held its annual meeting in Des Moines with W. F. Mitchell re elected president over W. H. Stoner and W. N. Wheeler named vice president. J. E. Haley was re elected secretary and treasurer, and five directors were chosen: John Verran I S Thompson W A Meyer J C Evans and G E Moul. A proposal called for transferable thousand mile railway tickets and a push for a supporting legislative measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa State Traveling Men's Association
W. F. Mitchell
W. H. Stoner
W. N. Wheeler
I. Tl. Smith
J. E. Haley
John Verran
Antitoxin Death Shocks Mount Pleasant Doctors
In Mount Pleasant Iowa Miss Florence Beckwith daughter of Capt Warren Beckwith died shortly after diphtheria antitoxin was injected to treat the illness. Two physicians reported a rapid tingling sensation and heart collapse within minutes, with disagreement on the exact cause. The antidotical treatment will be dropped in the area temporarily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant
Florence Beckwith
Warren Beckwith
Beckwith
Tramps Fire At Farmhouse Boy Wounded Near Evans ton
Near Evans ton Iowa on Thursday afternoon two tramps entered A E Palmer’s farmhouse while two boys aged 13 and 11 were home. One boy was shot in the back as he reached for food. the other escaped to alert parents who found the tramps gone. The wounded youth is in critical condition. In Mt Ayr three young men named Irish Count Arthur Hill and Percy Jamison were convicted of burglarizing H B McCoy’s Kellerton store and sentenced by Judge H M Towner to seven years hard labor at Fort Madison.
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Evanston
Fort Dodge
A. E. Palmer
Mt. Ayr
van Wirt
H. B. McCoy
Kellerton
Arthur Hill
Percy Jamison
H. M. Towner
Fort Madison
Curiosities of Nature in an 1858 Letter
A letter from 1858 describes a talking canary and a range of natural marvels. Estimates note Niagara Falls pours 620000 tons of water per minute, Humboldt cites a 6000 year old dragon tree, France battled caterpillars in 1545, the climbing perch traverses land, itch wood causes severe burns, Fiji hosts the tree, sharks renew teeth yearly, and a brown shark jaw can extend 18 inches.
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Leigh Sotherby
Gray
British Museum
Niagara
Canary Islands
Humboldt
France
Seemann
Fiji
How to Get Up a Century CLA and Secure Rounding of Magazines
A 1807 era solicitation explains forming Reading circles to share The Century at four dollars per year. Readers pool four subscribers, pay one dollar each, and receive one weekly issue, starting with December. November is sent free as serials begin. Also mentions other magazines and humorous quotes from Tit-Bits.
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Grant
Horace Porter
Century
Century Company
Union Square
New York
Texas Promises Rich Crops and Open Lands for Seekers
The piece extols Texas as leading in crop variety with cotton corn cereals sugar cane sorghum and vegetables along the Gulf Coast. It touts favorable terms for land seekers offering large farms milder winters and year round pasturage and invites readers to request a pamphlet and note homeseeker excursions via the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway with dates in 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Gulf Coast
California
Leas O Atlay
Missouri
Cheap Excursions to the West North and Northwest 1806
Advertisement notes cheap excursion debts sold by the North Western Line on December 1 and 15 1806 with details at ticket agents or W B Keniskenn G N W R Y Chicago. Also contains multiple medical claims for Jolino’s Great Nerve Restorer and St Jacobs Oil with prices and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Western Line
Chicago & North-Western Railway
West
North
Northwest
W. B. Keniskenn
Bee
Chicago
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Constitutional Cure
An ad argues catarrh is a constitutional disease requiring internal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cueny & Co of Toledo is promoted with a $100 prize for cures and testimonials. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and a brief misquoted dialogue from a Boston Transcript gossip item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FJ. Chonay & Co
Oledo
Ohio
Low Rates for Nomeseekers on Monthly Train Tickets
A historical notice announces reduced monthly train fares for homeseekers visiting Virginia and the Carolinas, with special one way and round trip rates on the first and third Tuesdays. It directs travelers to read the Big Four and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway for pamphlets on farm lands, climate, and marients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Virginia
Carolinas
Big Four
Chesapeake and Ohio
Bend
Taeurer
Northwestern
Knaves Peddle Bitter Bitters Amid False Claims
A scrambled note warns against counterfeit bitters claiming they mimic a genuine stomach remedy. It denounces impostors selling parasitic preparations and urges readers to avoid inferior products and seek real relief from malady issues.
No-To-Ba e Cigarettes Promise Quick Health Gains
Quack ad touts No-To-Ba as a miracle tobacco cure claiming lifelong health, weight gain in ten days, and 400000 cures. It urges buying from a druggist with a mailed booklet and lists The Boiling Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York. The fragment includes a dialogue about parental death with unspecified cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Btoiling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
On to Washington Inaugural Travel Offer
Those planning to attend the inauguration next March are urged to consider the popular Big Pour and Chesapeake and Ohio excursion rates. Descriptive pamphlet and rates available from U. S. rurer N. W. P. A. 284 Claris St. Chicago.
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Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio
U. la
Rurer
Claris St
Chicago
McVickers Theater Rip Van Winkle and Double Bill
Advertisements for McVickers Theater in Chicago promote week of shows including Rip Van Winkle and double bills. Several sponsored items and remedies appear, with notices for Piso’s Cure and St Jacobs Oil. Includes miscellaneous endorsements and aphorisms from various papers.
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McVicker's Theater
Chicago
Jeferson
Orlabat
Southerly County Information Pamphlet Promoted by Rail Line Office
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Passenger Department promotes a hundred page book detailing the resources and capabilities of soils in Kentucky Tennessee Alabama southern Mississippi and western Florida. It offers a county map for the mentioned states and can be obtained for ten cents by O P Armann General Passenger Agent Louisville Ky. Includes an aside on Warner's Late Cure Co pamphlet distribution and biographical portraits of U S presidents amid promotional text.
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Louisville & Nashville R. A
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
South
O. P. Armann
Gen. Pass. Agt
Louisville, Ky
Warner
Late Cure Co
Rochester
United States
McKinley
Snia Cure Co
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Francis Reports
Iowa State News
Allison
William B. Allison
Joseph Morgan
Hind
Joel Goodrick
Jacksonville
Detroit Free Press
B. Reeder
Miss Standish
Harper’s Bazar
Cleveland
Cincinnati Enquirer
Opedal
Omeers
Association
Oan Marion
Marrial
Tox
Yong
Don
Rani
St. Jacobs Oil
York
Dee
Minnesota
Rene Natede TsYae
Harley
ONO
Detroit
Wehoet
Lou Cattlig
Ceuceravangess
AAA
Aarner’s
Bright
Bamamity
Stimpton
Mispah
Alo
Boston Transcript
Woatso
Yoruna Mowlers
Darin
Throop Ave
Brooklyn
St. Jacobs
Chicago Standard
Gunre
St. Jacobs Oll
Tim Devil
Ram’s Horn
Selatica
Hinself
Dr. Pierce
ESTEY
Entity Organ Company
Brattleboro, Vt
Baker’s
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Dorchester, Mass
Tome
PRIGE
Sandel
Sterling Rem
Yucatan
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