Iowa dairy progress and policy notes from Des Moines
Iowa butter prize at Sioux Falls fair awarded to A W McCall Creston. W K Boardman new president of the National Creamery Buttermakers Association. Oleomargarine law kept under scrutiny. new state horticultural secretary Wesley Green named. Iowa eggs gain foothold in English market. American butter expanding in Europe. State fair plans include a stock pavilion and diving horses act. Joint rate hearing ends without action. oil inspection reforms discussed. Damages awarded in Chronicle case. Auditorium company forming. Soldier homestead tax exemption affirmed. charity leadership debated. State schools and library expansions noted along with inheritance tax uptake. BF W. Bicknell.
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Des Moines
Iowa Butter Tank
National Creamery Buttermakers’ Association
Sioux Falls
A. W. McCall
Creston
W. K. Boardman
Iowa
Lincoln
Neb
B. P. Norton
Dubuque
Congress
Internal Revenue Department
Iowa Butter W and Egg Dealers’ Association
Conyweaur
United States
Dublin
New-Ly
New York
Des Moines Plans Largest City Library Building
Des Moines will construct Iowa’s largest city library, planned on First Street between Walnut and Locust. The Renaissance style 80 by 150 foot structure will feature copper sheet metal, stone basement, terra cotta trimmings, and a river facing grand front entrance with a portico and bronze lamps inspired by Nantes. Completion aimed for 1900, with elaborate monumental stairs and loggia above the main entry.
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Des Moines
Iowa
First Street
Walnut
Locust
Nantes
France
Memorial Services For A E Keith Victims Of Memphis Steamboat Disaster
Public memorial service held at the M E church in Creston for Mr and Mrs A E Keith, victims of the Memphis steamboat disaster, described as the most solemn occasion the city has faced. Details about the service and its impact on Creston residents are noted.
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M. E. Church
Creston
A. IE. Keith
Memphis
South
Keith
Mississippi
Muscatine
Davenport
Mrs. Keith
West Liberty
Prave
Swindle Abroad Warns Against Borrowed Capital Risks
A preacher laments widespread financial fraud and bank abuses, condemning directors who neglect audits and urging honest trustees to restore misappropriated funds. He warns young men not to borrow for speculation and calls for moral reform in finance to curb a national crisis.
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Atlantic Ocean
Christendom
America
United States
Wall Street
Christ
Paul
Islands
Pacific
Heaven
Arctic
Cape Farewell
Thank God Harbor
Barry Named Secretary and Manager of Iowa Railway Ads
Thomas P. Barry of Marshalltown longtime general passenger agent for the Iowa Central railway becomes secretary and general manager of the Iowa Railway Advertising company formed in Chicago to control railroad advertising in Iowa depots and hotels with headquarters in Des Moines. The Boston Herald company faced a $500 fine from Judge Bond for a headline asserting “Guilt Is Evident” in coverage of the city teaming fraud trial.
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Thomas P. Barry
Marshalltown
Iowa Central Railway
Iowa Railway Advertising Company
Chicago
Iowa Roads
Iowa Cities
Mr. Barry
Des Moines
Doston Herald Company
Bond
Petition for Pardon for A J Benham in Anamesa Penitentiary
A pardon petition circulates in Wright and Hamilton counties seeking leniency for A J Benham a convict at Anamesa penitentiary who has served five years of a 16 year sentence. He joined a Wright county gang after a spree of bad company and violence including a burglary on Bengerton of Dows and is described as having shown reform efforts before his capture. Local leaders press for clemency citing popular prior standing and the public protest over the sentence.
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Associated Charities
Associated” Charities
Iowa
Wright
Hamilton
A. J. Benham
Anamesa
Benham
Clarion
Wright County
Benjam
Bengerton
Dows
Damages Awarded in Promissory Breach Suit in Marshalltown
In Marshalltown district court Miss Nannie Olmstead of Waterloo won 3000 against A W Hoy of Marshalltown for breach of promise. Hoy, a druggist, married Mrs Jessie Hurley in November after courting Olmstead since 1895. The case, widely noted for its high social standing parties, lasted one day with the defense admitting the contract to marry.
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Marshalltown
Nannie Olmstead
Waterloo
A. W. Hoy
Jessie Hurley
Hoy
Miss Olmstead
Minneapolis
Tax Payment Demand Shakes Foreign Insurance Firms
Auditor Merriam warns foreign insurers doing business in town to pay state tax and accept a treasurer’s ordinary receipt. Certificates to operate are withheld until payment is made. Protests claiming state tax as unconstitutional are not accepted as a basis to delay payment.
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Merriam
Towa
Lown
Woodbury County Sees $2000 From Mott Bond Forfeit
Forfeiture of C Mott's bonds in Sioux City yields Woodbury county only 2000 as the gold brick swindler fails to appear for trial. Mott briefly fled after release, one of three men who nearly sold a brass brick plated with gold to banker J A Davy of Pomeroy for 12000. The other conspirators escaped.
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Woodbury County
C. Mott
Sioux City
Mott
J. A. Davy
Pomeroy
Chicago & Northwestern Plans 101 Mile Denison to Mondamin Rail Line
The Chicago and Northwestern outlines a 101 mile addition from Denison north to Wall Lake with a branch to Mondamin on the Sioux City and Pacific line. The project links the Council Bluffs Omaha division with Northern Iowa and will start in spring, finishing within the season to unlock agricultural country and counter Sioux Central expansion.
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Chicago & Northwestern
Denison
Wall Lake
Mondamin
Sioux City & Pacific
Boyer River
Council Bluffs & Omaha
Iowa
Sinois Central
Fort Dodge
Omaha
Tour of Cuba by Moorhead Ordered by Gen Lee
General Fitzhugh Lee selects Lieut J MecDill Moorhead formerly of Keokuk to tour Cuba on horseback with a guard. The objective is to interview natives explore roads arrange fortifications and map the provinces. Moorhead serves as an aide to Brig Gen Douglas and was a former Iowa National Guard member.
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Cuba
Fitzhugh Lee
Lieut. J. MecDill Moorhead
Keokuk
Lieut. Moorhead
Douglass
Iowa National Guard
State Board of Control finances show $92,000 credit
The December statement of the State Board of Control's business and the six months' financial status of state institutions was made public. It reports about $92,000 in the support funds credited to the institutions.
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State Board of Control
Sioux City Tests Law On Waterworks Boards
The Sioux City council adopts resolutions to test the law under which Iowa waterworks boards hold office. The city previously operated the plants before the legislature placed them under boards of trustees chosen by district judges. Interest in Roman excavations has revived and English capital offers to fund thorough research.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Rome
England
Definition of chess sparks playful debate at Puck page
In a light exchange, A Definition, Little Elmer Papa, questions what chess is as Prof Broadhead dismisses it as science of wasting time, framing a humorous dialogue on the game.
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Elmer
Papa
Prof
Broadhead
Puck
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National Association
South Dakota
Europe
Wesley Green
Gardner
State Horticultural Society
George H. van Houten
State Agricultural Society
Green
Iowa Eggs
Minnesota
United States Department of Agriculture
Ashby
Commission
National Farmers’ Congress
Galveston
Tex
Carver
Lion
John Downie
the Society
State Board of Railway Commissioners
E. IE. Carpenter
F. T. Campbell
Dobson
Supreme Court
J. B. Locke
Edwin Moffitt
Chicago Chronicle
Locke
Moffitt
New Auditorium Company
Union Army and Navy
Remley
The
State Library
Philadelphia
Iowa State Library
Johnson Brigham
BF. W. Bicknell
Memorial Services
Tennessee
Dr. Talmage
Washington
Bastile
Siroecco
Insurance Company
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