Cummins Urges Broad Iowa Reform and Finances Review
Des Moines announces Gov. A B Cummins sent his biennial message to the legislature outlining state finances finding them sound and proposing an extraordinary appropriation up to 3 4 million for reformatories asylums and educational needs He also calls for primary election reform strict insurance regulation and a full investigation of Merriam and Boehler noting potential improper fees and practices and urges reforms in paroling and juvenile justice.
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A. B. ‘Cummins
Cummins
Wose
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Ccs
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Plice
Frank F. Merriam
Max Boehler
Iowa
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Merriam
Executive County
Fire at Burlington Destroys Blocks of Stores
A major fire at the J. W. Ritchey Furniture and Wyman & Rands Carpet building in Burlington gutted half a city block of businesses. Losses reach about 200000, with jewelry, millinery, plumbing shops, a saloon, and Ritchey’s and Wyman & Rand's stores burned. Defective wiring is suspected. Chestnuts in Italy remain a key food item.
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Burlington
J. W. Ritchey Furniture Company
Wyman & Rands Carpet Company
Wyman & Rand and
Ritchey’s
Smugglers Foiled by Inspectors Gowns and Fox Fur Garters
A New York customs inspector spots unusual fit in Parisian gowns worn by two Michigan women arriving from Europe. Closer inspection reveals both women wearing silver fox muffs and boas as garters, uncovering smuggling evidence.
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New York
Europe
Even Winners Are Losers
A quip from Uncle Eben notes that even a man ahead of the times cannot reveal what he did with his money. The saying appears in the Washington Star column.
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Uncle Eben
Governor Urges Broad Iowa Reforms and School Funding
Governor Cummins calls for higher education funding through targeted taxes and outlines needs at the state university and Ames college. He urges stricter child labor and safety laws, a thorough revision of the inebriate law, parole discretion, and strong road surveys. He notes space limits, fire protection issues, and support for capitol and historical building improvements.
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State Agricultural College
State Normal School
Iowa
Agricultural College
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Ames
Gov. Cummins
Cummins
State Library
Historical Department
State House
Tragic double murder suicide near Burlington
Frank Benedict shot his wife Mrs Benedict at Steve Irwin's cabin then wounded Irwin in the shoulder and killed himself. The wife had left Benedict with their five year old son and moved to Irwin's nearby cabin.
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Burlington
Steve Irwin
Frank Benedict
Irwin
Mrs. Benedict
Buttered Faces and Kings in Distant Lands
A brief notes column mentions rural women using butter on facial skin instead of soap for softness. It also describes King Menelek of Abyssinia as a 60ish, dark, smallpox-marked ruler with a gray beard and keen eyes. Green snow is reported at three locations: near Mount Hecla Iceland, 14 miles east of Obi, and near Quito.
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King Menelek
Abyssinia
Mount Hecla
Iceland
Obi
Quito
South America
Reljoicing Over Spoor Trophy Won By Iowa State Team
The Spoor trophy the great livestock judging prize was awarded to the Iowa State College team from Ames by Chicago International Livestock Show officials. The trophy becomes the college permanent property amid student rejoicing.
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Iowa State Agricultural College
Chicago
Ames
Water's immense freeze force noted in old quote
A historical snippet credits water's expansion on freezing as a powerful force. It notes the idea that strength lies in vision and goodness, with a Chicago origin attribution.
Iowa State News Chair Filled at Grinnell College
After two years the chair of applied Christianity at Grinnell College is filled. Dr Edward A Steiner has been elected by the trustees to succeed George D Herron who resigned to become a socialist and marry Carrie Rand. Herron has since pursued literary work and lecturing.
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Iowa College
Grinnell
George D. Herron
Carrie Rand
Herron
Edward A. Steiner
Iowa Stock Breeders Officers Elected at Ames Session
At the Iowa Im proved Stock Breeders association final session in Ames officers were elected for the ensuing year President IE M Wentworth State Center vice president George H Burge Mount Vernon secretary treasurer Prof W J Kennedy Ames Kennedy urged members and farmers to back a $1000 appropriation for publishing reports of the meetings.
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Iowa
Iowa Improved Stock Breeders’ Association
Ames
IE. M. Wentworth
State Center
George H. Burge
Mount Vernon
W.J. Kennedy
Kennedy
Young Eldora lad to serve as war correspondent
Earl Shaw son of the Secretary of the Treasury has graduated from Culver Military Academy and will work as a special war correspondent for an eastern magazine. He travels from San Francisco to Japan and may be sent to the front if war breaks out between Russia and Japan.
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Earl Shaw
Eldora
Ira Seeley Civil War Veteran and Sheriff Dies at Dodge Township
Ira Seeley a pioneer settler and soldier of Union County died at his Dodge township home. He served as sheriff for two terms 1856 to 1858 and 1866 to 1870. He joined the Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry and fought in major Civil War battles. He once published the Afton Tribune and later the Independent American, retiring to a 400 acre Dodge township farm.
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Union County
Dodge Township
Mr. Seeley
Twenty-ninth
Iowa Infantry
Afton Tribune
Independent American
Bank cashier shoots self in barn to end despondent year
G F Utterback cashier of the Sigourney savings bank likely fatally shot himself in the left temple in his barn. He used a revolver at the end of a two foot gas pipe. The bank had recent difficulties meeting heavy depositor demands but was not in danger of failure.
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G. F. Utterback
Sigourney Savings Bank
Savings Bank
Fatal shooting over cattle dispute in Woodland township
John Hayden of Woodland township, a well to do farmer, killed W. Bracewell after a quarrel over cattle that had trespassed onto Hayden's land. Bracewell sought the stock and Hayden refused to turn them over, triggering the fatal confrontation.
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John Hayden
Woodland Township
Bracewell
Hayden
Sioux City farmer murders wife in Los Angeles boarding house
A. A. Bolks, a Sioux City farmer, killed his wife in a Los Angeles boarding house by slitting her throat with a pocket knife. He then committed suicide in a similar fashion, witnessed by their four year old son. Bolks, reportedly temporarily deranged over religious matters, carried out the act.
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Sioux City
Los Angeles
Cal
Bolks
Bank cashier dies after attempted suicide at Sigourney
G F Watterbach cashier of the Sigourney savings bank dies after a self inflicted gunshot wound on January 11. The Iowa state bank examiner has closed the bank and a receiver will be appointed. It is thought depositors will be paid in full.
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G. F. Watterbach
Sigourney Savings Bank
Iowa State Bank Examiner
Willing Arrested in Waterloo Fire Insurance Plot
L. C. Willing, owner of a Waterloo department store, was arrested as he tried to set his stock ablaze to claim $5,000 in insurance. He confessed and disclosed two earlier fires started by himself last year.
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L. C. Willing
Waterloo
Iowa Briefs and Obituaries from Davenport to Fort Dodge
Mrs. William Wriedt committed suicide by hanging in her Davenport summer kitchen. State Superintendent Riggs prepares a February 22 Flag Day leak et to Iowa teachers and urges Washington's Birthday programs in all schools. Eleven Clinton liquor dealers receive permanent injunctions for mulct law violations. Julia Meyett testified. Swift & Co batterine nonconformity noted. Wright leads a dairy law crusade. BE H McCutchen of Holstein dies of typhoid. he supported fine stock and Republican politics. Joseph I. Weaver, 90, dies at Waterloo. a long-time Odd Fellow since 1844 and 27-year treasurer. Iowa State Press association to meet in St Louis mid May during the Louisiana Purchase exposition. Burlington plagued by house breakers and street robberies. daytime holdups reported. Abner J. Wilson named permanent receiver of Storm Lake First National Bank. Mrs. L S Coffin, widow of L S Coffin and anti saloon leader, dies at Willowedge Farm aged 78.
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William Wriedt
Davenport
J. F. Riggs
Iowa
Washington
Clinton
Wolfe
Julia Meyett
Swift & Co
Omaha
Wright
BE. H. McCutchen
E. H. McC
Burlington
Abner J. Wilson
Boone
First National Bank
Storm Lake
Butter Shipments in Iowa Rise in 1903 Figures
State Dairy Commissioner H. R. Wright reports 1903 butter shipments totaled 91,761,661 pounds, up 5,906,940 from the previous year. He notes incomplete state figures due to interstate shipping and renovations. Counties exceeding 1,000,000 pounds are listed with their respective amounts.
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H. R. Wright
Iowa
Regents Plan Major Campus Expansions at Des Moines
The Board of Regents announced a $25,000 armory gymnasium to be ready by September 1, 1904, plus a $160,000 south wing center for a fireproof museum to be finished in 1905. They seek a $25,000 state grant to dam below campus for waterfront power and heating. Tuition cuts follow, with $10 matriculation fee. liberal arts at $20. most professions at $50. dentistry at $100 per year.
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Eek Ees
Renee Glenwood
Mount Pleasant
Ccs Ewes
Aeenee Ames
County superintendents back higher teacher pay in Iowa
Iowa county superintendents endorse a minimum monthly salary of 45 dollars for all teachers, while teachers doubt the figure and note a possible typo. They also support shifting teacher examinations from county superintendents to the state examining board to reduce political influence, a system already in use or understood in Minnesota.
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Iowa
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Decline of Iowa Building and Loan Firms Warned
Auditor of State Carroll reports daily inquiries from Iowa building and loan companies seeking liquidation guidance. He notes these firms, once dominant in 1897, have dwindled due to drastic legislative regulation and foresees near total disappearance within two to three years, leaving only local cooperative concerns.
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Carroll
Iowa
Iown
Iowa jobbers seek rail demurrage charges retaliation
Iowa jobbers propose collecting demurrage from railroads for freight held on the road longer than allowed, mirroring railroad charges against shippers of $1 a day after 24 hours. J. W. Hallam of Carr Adams in Des Moines leads the effort to rally support, with plans to push the issue to the legislature if no agreement is reached.
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Iowa
J. W. Hallam
Carr & Adams
Des Moines
Preservation plans for Gen Street and Chief Wapello graves
The Iowa legislature will be asked to provide funds to preserve and care for the graves of Gen. J. M. Street and Chief Wapello and the original Indian agency building near Agency. Their remains lie near the old agency site about half a mile east of Agency, Iowa.
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Old Wapello
Gen. J. M. Street
Chief Wapello
Indian Agency
Agency
Iowa
Gen. Street
No Horse Insurance Plan Adopted by Rural Mail Carriers
The Iowa State Rural Mail Carriers association rejects horse insurance for carriers and opts to insure the carriers themselves. They argue fairness in varying horse care, foresee higher wages, and note government civil service limits on pay. A movement for raises is already advancing as carriers press Congress for higher salaries.
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Iowa
Civil Service Commission
Federal Congress
Rock Island to Cut Corn Freight Rates for Iowa Shippers
Special correspondence reports a likely Rock Island railroad plan to reduce corn freight rates from Kansas and Nebraska to Iowa points by 30 percent to seven or eight cents. The move aims to aid cattle feeders and may prompt retaliation against Chicago Great Western. If adopted other lines may follow, benefiting Iowa stockmen and feeders.
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Rock Island Railroad
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Rock Island
Chicago Great Western
Missouri River
Chicago
Iowa Nurses Form State Association Aiming Licensing
The Iowa nurses form a state association and plan to push a bill requiring graduate nurses to pass a state board of medical examiners exam and obtain a certificate before practicing. Judge Charles A. Bishop drafted the measure, which supporters expect the supreme court to validate if challenged. The plan seeks to elevate nursing to a specially trained profession without barring others.
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Iowa
State Board of Medical Examiners
Charles A. Bishop
Supreme Court
Labor unions enter Marshalltown politics with park levy
Special correspondence notes unions pushing into politics in Marshalltown. A tax levy and a park board were approved, with the first board to be elected in spring. Labor candidate Joseph M. Mohr, a machinist at Iowa Central shops, has the unions’ endorsement.
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Board of Park Commissioners
Joseph M. Mohr
Iowa Central Railroad
Trades and Labor Assembly of
Albion Council Bans Dancing with Licenses Required
A New Year row led Albion town council to declare dancing a misdemeanor and punishable by a heavy fine unless a $15 license is obtained from the town clerk. The clerk may refuse licenses to applicants who appear likely to be boisterous or indecorous in the ballroom.
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Albion
Notorious Clinton Cracks Down as Conroy Sentenced
Michael Conroy was sentenced at Davenport to ten years in the Fort Madison penitentiary, part of Clinton’s historic crime wave. The other top offenders include George Barker with fifteen years J J Dolan with five years and Daniel Murphy with thirteen years, while W C Rogers awaits trial.
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Michael Conroy
Davenport
Fort Madison
Clinton
George Barker
J. J. Dolan
Daniel Murphy
W. C. Rogers
Call Issued for Republican National Convention in Chicago
The national committee issued the call from Senator M A Hanna directing a convention of delegated representatives to meet in Chicago on June 21 1904 for nominating president and vice president and handling business. Delegates elected in each state district territory and DC will attend with alternates and notice requirements apply. Perry S Heath serves as secretary.
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M. A. Hanna
Ohio
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Deaths and Bank Failure Headline From Multiple Cities
James L. Blair of St. Louis dies in Eustis after congestive brain condition. His wife and son Percy attend his bedside. Blair's life insurance nears $1,000,000, largely pledged to creditors. Also Norfolk's Dime Savings Bank closes amid cashier Downing defalcation rumors. Cyrus Jordan, ex-president of Hillsdale College, dies at 74 in Saco after a career with the Morning Star.
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Eustis
Fla
James L. Blair
St. Louis
Tustis
Percy
Blair
Bank Poors
Norfolk
Bank of Portsmouth
John Downing
Mother of Richmond P Hobson Dies in Boulder Home
The mother of Richmond P Hobson died after a long illness at Shirley Davis’s Boulder home. Her son was with her at death and will accompany the remains to Greensboro Alabama for interment.
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Col
Richmond P. Hobson
Shirley Davis
Greensboro
Alt
Heflin suffrage bill moves forward
Frankfort Kentucky January 18 the house committee on suffrage and election favors reporting the Heflin bill which would disfranchise the negro on grounds of illiteracy as a voting requirement.
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Frankfort
House Committee On Suffrage and Election
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