Iowa News Notes on Railroads Courts and Public Life
Des Moines reports the railroad commission found railways can seize coal in transit to keep trains running. The article reviews proposed biennial elections for state offices, a unique case before the Supreme Court involving Jerome Hoot, and the mysterious Richardson disappearance. It also covers a judge who refuses marriage ceremonies, football debates, university extension plans, and a centenarian resident.
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Des Moines
State Railroad Commission
I. A. Dawson
Jd. I. Oliver
Onawa
Iown
Lincoln Day at National Memorial University
Lincoln Day celebrates Lincoln's birthday at the National Memorial University in Mason City on February 12. Farmers will attend in large numbers and bring donations of cash or farm products, and the total value of offerings is expected to be substantial.
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Wikhl
Commission
St. Louis
Lincoln
National Memorial University
Mason City
Last Crocker brigade reunion may be final in Waterloo 1904
W. W. McCune of the Fifteenth Lawn predicts the Waterloo reunion of Crocker's brigade in 1904 will be the last. Other brigade reunion members argue the group is strong and reunions will continue while members live.
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W. WH. McCune
Fifteenth Lawn
Crocker’s Brigade
Waterloo
Brigade
Jail Mob Scare Prompts Sheriff to Move Prisoner
In Perry a large armed mob demanded Crandall’s release over suspected involvement in a bank cashier Harry Patee shooting. The mayor called out militia to guard the jail. Sheriff Holmes fled with Crandall to Adel and placed him in the county jail as investigators seek a confession.
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Perry
Stephen Crandall
Harry Patee
Holmes
Adel
Crandall
Tragedy Strikes East of Oakland as Couple Dies
Three and one half miles east of Oakland a 76 year old wife Mrs John Hanna killed her 78 year old husband then took her own life in eastern Pottawattamie County. Neighbors report Mrs Hanna was mentally deranged and the couple lived with their son Charles a respected eastern farmer.
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Abbie Louise Beaumont
Des Moines
Beaumont
Sag Harbor
Long Island
Latham
Tier
New York
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Town
Oakland
Iowa
John Hanna
Charles
Pottawattomia
Iowa City Attorneys Threatened Over Gallaugher Case
Holbert and Holbert defending Mrs. Sarah Ellen Gallaugher in her murder trial and a forthcoming perjury trial face a threatening anonymous letter. The missive, written in a disguised hand, warns them and Gallaugher to leave the county or suffer white cap visitation.
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Holbert & Holbert
Iowa City
Sarah Ellen Gallaugher
Gallaugher
Fire Devastates McGregor Grain Elevator and Warehouse
A blaze destroyed the Spencer Grain Co. elevator in McGregor and the Hunting Gilchrist warehouse. About 92,700 bushels of grain were ruined and Foreman Davidson was seriously injured by a boiler explosion. Loss estimated at $100,000, largely insured.
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McGregor
Spencer Grain Company
Minneapolis
Hunting & Gilchrist
Davidson
Carnegie Gift to Council Bluffs Library
Andrew Carnegie donates 50000 to the Council Bluffs public library for a new building with a condition that 5000 be spent yearly on maintenance. Trustees accept and seek a further 20000 and city to add 2000 more for ongoing upkeep.
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Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Public Library of
Council Bluffs
Galway MP Col Arthur Lynch Sentenced to Death
London January 24 Col Arthur Lynch member for Galway was found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death. Although a hanging is formal, commutation is expected. Lynch an Australian by birth and Irish by choice is an author engineer journalist soldier and ardent nationalist who advocated home rule for Ireland and led the Second Transvaal Irish brigade in the Boer War.
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London
Arthur Lynch
Galway
Lynch
Col. Lynch
Charles Lever
Teller Elected United States Senator by Colorado Democrats
In Denver on January 26 the democratic senate and house members of Colorado’s fourteenth general assembly cast 51 votes for Henry M. Teller to succeed himself as U S senator. Teller was declared elected by President W H Adams amid republican protests. Rep M J Madden was ill at home but attended to vote Teller despite doctors ordering rest.
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United States
Dolliver
Denver
Col
Senate
House of Representatives
Fourteenth General Assembly of
Colorado
Henry M. Teller
W.H. Adams
House
Sion
Mr. Teller
M. J. Madden
Madden
Teller
The Reason I Miss My Mama Hidden in a Doll Tale
A child reflects on punishments for misbehaving with a doll and discovers that Mamma is really a grown woman who loves her child. The piece from the Boston Watchman presents a tender, contemplative view of family and affection.
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Dolly
Boston Watchman
Profit Sharing Plan At Grinnell Firm
Morrison, McIntosh & Co. of Grinnell announces a profit sharing plan for about 150 employees. Twenty five percent of net profits is allotted to workers with five percent to foremen, and one quarter of the pot funds a sick and death benefit. Eligibility requires one year of service. The firm previously faced an import labor charge in federal court last year.
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Morrison, McIntosh & Co
Grinnell
Austria
Not Good Law Ends Griswold Cooperative Lawsuit
Special Correspondence reports a Des Moines district court judge ruling the Griswold law on cooperative building and loan associations unconstitutional. The ruling halts prosecutions until the supreme court weighs in, striking the $50,000 reserve requirement as constitutional, allowing the firms to resume business with renewed activity.
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District Court
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Swindled Onion Shipments Prompt Chicago Claim
Frank Nichols of Waukon says a Chicago commission firm swindled him after he shipped 51 bushels of onions and three barrels of horseradish roots on South Water Street. He was told the goods were worth far less and the sacks damaged, leaving a claimed debt of 11.32 dollars. Nichols declined payment and plans to travel to Chicago to seek recovery.
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Frank Nichols
Waukon
South Water Street
Chicago
Attempted Bank of Clare robbery thwarted by alarm
Three sticks of dynamite were found outside the Bank of Clare door in the morning. The assailants likely fled after a noise or a person frightened them, and did not return to finish the job.
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Bank of
Clare
Burglars Rob 80-Year-Old Farmer of Dysart of Gold Hoard
John Collins, an wealthy farmer aged 80 living at Dysart, reports two burglars stole a trunk containing $2000 in gold from his house. They carried the trunk to a distant pasture and rifled it, seizing the farmer's hoard.
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John Collins
Collins
Dysart
Illinois Central funds road work Fort Dodge to Waterloo
The Illinois Central has appropriated one million dollars for road improvements between Fort Dodge and Waterloo. President King announced gifts totaling seventy one thousand five hundred dollars to Cornell College Mount Vernon including a fifty thousand dollar cash gift the largest ever received.
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Ilinois Central
Fort Dodge
Waterloo
King
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Lee Currie
Osage
Charles City
A. R. Bracett
James Hooker
Iowa
Sioux City
H.C. Jones
Council Bluffs
Burlington Lines
Towa
Burlington
Mr. Jones
Michael Hanks
Dubuque
Board of Supervisors
Shelby County
Ed. Rider
Walter Towne
Denison
John Jams
Washington
Charley Ewart
Chicago Great Western
Oclwein
Black Hawk County Court House
Dane
William Davis
Colfax
Tocahontas
North Western
I. A. Marson
Tama County
Col. J. K. Thompson
Grand Army of Iowa
Rock Rapids
Charles H. Playter
Iown
Cedar Rapids
New Frauds Arrests Reported in St Louis Case
Police Officer Kaplan and Nathan Levin a saloon keeper were seized on an indictment from a federal grand jury accusing them of fraudulently obtaining citizenship certificates for aliens.
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St. Louis
Janu
Kaplan
Nathan Levin
Federal Grand Jury
Agriculture Appropriation Bill Reported by House Committee
Washington January 21 The house committee on agriculture reported the agricultural appropriation bill carrying 5 238 860 dollars an increase of 29 900 over the last appropriation and 400 000 less than the estimates
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Washington
House Committee On Agriculture
Five Injured in Freight Wreck at Des Lacs
Des Lacs Ward county North Dakota January 24 five men injured three seriously after two Great Northern freights collided and a snowstorm hid the oncoming train. An engine set fire to a large elevator and seven freight cars burned.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Great Northern
Des Laves
Ward County
Iowa Guards to Join Fort Riley Maneuvers Next Summer
Two Iowa National Guard regiments, likely the Fifty fifth and Fifty sixth, will be sent to Fort Riley for army maneuvers with regulars, replacing the annual camp. The remaining two regiments stay at Cedar Rapids rifle range, with future reassignments planned.
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Iowa
National Guard
Fort Riley
Cedar Rapids
Letters by General Hitchcock Add Depth to Iowa History
The state historical department acquires letters by Gen. Ethan Allen Hitchcock from 1838. He was a major during his northwest exploration visiting Rock Island Fort Crawford and nearby Iowa points. The letters are considered the first authentic account of interior Iowa and illuminate early state history. Congressmen from Iowa secured the acquisition.
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State Historical Department
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Northwest
Rock Island
Fort Crawford
Iowa
Pinky the Possum Who Kept Returning Home
Dallas Lore Sharp recounts Pinky the possum from his early life in St. Nicholas. Despite being released to the woods, Pinky repeatedly crawled back to human home, finally ending up submerged in a neighbor’s well bucket while asleep, illustrating the creature’s stubborn attachment and puzzles.
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Pinky
Dallas Lore Sharp
St. Nicholas
Hazing Tale From 1892 Recalled By Frank Hinkey
A storied hazing incident from 1892 is recounted by Frank Hinkey, noting sophomores rousting two country boys, then stocking their cramped room with carpet, bedstead, lamp, books, stove, and weeks of provisions, transforming hardship into a charitable mockery of initiation.
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Frank Hinkey
Yule
Oia Eli
Hinkey
Opinion Sharing Party Game for Mixed Age Groups
A playful group activity from Prairie Warmer describes a paper and pencil game similar to Consequences. Players secretly rate a known person with three descriptive adjectives, pass papers, guess who would be described, then read and guess who wrote each opinion with a forfeit if correct.
Webster City Directory Ad Campaign Ended in Forgery
Mrs. Bacon faced a cloud over a telephone directory project in Webster City. She collected ad money, received a forged $145 check from Momney & Co of La Crosse signed by J F Fox, cashed it at Webster City Savings Bank, then left town.
Quarry school master fined for severe punishment case
Albert Deane, Quarry school master, was fined 5 dollars plus costs after a Marshalltown trial attended by nearly the whole school population. The state did not challenge the teacher's right to punish but showed the punishment was unduly severe, total costs 25 dollars.
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Albert Deane
Evert Anderson
Marshalltown
Olive wood gavels gifted to Waterloo mayor by Palestine
Palestine born Mayor Martin of Waterloo received two gavels carved from olive wood in Palestine by Masonic historian Robert Morris in the early sixties. Morris lectured in Waterloo to raise funds for his trip and presented the wood to Martin, via his son.
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Martin
Waterloo
Masonic Lodge
Palestine
Robert Morris
Morris
Danger for Deep Sea Wind Threat to Fish Stratum
The text warns that deep sea fish cannot escape its depth without danger. If pulled upward from its natural pressure layer, a sudden suction could force the fish to the surface where it would explode due to the mismatch of internal and external pressures.
Unable to locate funds, man posts partial payment to creditor
A Chicago Post item notes a man in San Francisco sent a check to a creditor while asserting he can make money go a long way. The remark reflects his belief in stretching limited resources despite the financial strain.
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San Francisco
Chicago Post
Cornell Athlete Fights Giant African Lion in Africa
Archie B. Lueder class of 1899 Cornell football star now in equatorial Africa reports a hand to hand battle with a huge lion. Lueder and Smith were surveying when the lion charged. Lueder held the rifle to the lion's mouth as Smith shot the animal through the heart. Lueder suffered severe claw wounds but is recovering enough to write home.
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Archie B. Lueder
Cornell
Equatorial Africa
St. Joro
D Lueder
Lueder
Smith
Ueder
C. A. Tueder
Lamps That Talk or Sing by Electric Lamps
An article explains that ordinary arc lights can be made to talk or sing by placing the arc in the circuit of a telephone. The arc can serve as the transmitter or receiver, allowing voices to be heard at a distance. The concept suggests electric arcs could function as both hearing and speaking devices in telephone systems.
Remarkable Plant Growth Observed in Java Gardens
An eminent scientist at the botanical gardens in Buitenzorg Java records bamboo growth of 17 inches in one day. A second bamboo grew eight inches daily for 58 days, while two others rose four inches consistently over 60 days.
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Buitengzorg
Java
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