Iowa aims to recruit Northern Europeans for farms
Iowa commercial groups unite to hire agents and publish literature to draw immigrants from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Russia, and Britain directly to Iowa farms. They also plan a major exhibit at St. Louis 1904 to highlight Iowa’s manufacturing and mineral potential.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Russia
Great Britain
St. Louis
Smith McPherson
James Finley Cole
Indianola
J. M. Ellingston
Jocal
New Mail Crane Tested At Boone
Mrs Hough of Woodbine devised a steel mail crane tested at Boone and found superior to the old wind swinging wooden model. The steel design rigidifies the arm and bag fastening, with a Chicago approval signaling broader Northwestern use soon.
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Hough
Woodbine
Boone
Chicago
Northwestern
Marshalltown grandson of Commodore Hull visits Old Ironsides
Charles H. Hull of Marshalltown, grandson of Commodore Isaac Hull who commanded the Constitution, visited Charlestown navy yard to inspect the ship his grandfather fought. He toured the vessel, meeting officers, and also visited the commodore's grave at North Murray Hill cemetery in Philadelphia.
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Charles H. Hull
Marshalltown
Isaac Hull
Constitution
Guerrierre
Charlestown Navy Yard
Ife
Mr. Hull
Atlantic
North Murray Hill
Philadelphia
Saloon Hours May Reopen Till Solar Time
Ex City Attorney J. S. Quincey of Sioux City says Iowa saloonmen can stay open until 10 26 p m under solar time rather than standard time. The legality will be tested in court and watched statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
8. J. Quincey
Sioux City
Gale chaos and flood tolls span continents
Reports from Vancouver Dallas Canandaigua Chicago London and Liege detail deaths from storms floods and lightning. The tally includes 13 drowned seafarers in Vancouver and multiple fatalities across Texas New York Illinois Wisconsin and Belgium with crops damaged and infrastructure strained.
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Vancouver
B. C
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Stephensville
Canandaigua
N. Y
Edward Chamberlain
Canandaigua Lake
Chicago
Rock
Moline
Ill
Burlington
Lacey Levee
Havana
la Crosse
Wis
London
England
United Kingdom
Atlantic
British
Europe
Liege
Belgium
Liege and Maestricht Canal
Aix-la-Chappelle
Stolberg
Prussia
Mother Strangled Children as Wife Dies in Alcohol Ruin
Richard Meade, Brooklyn night watchman, returns home to find his two daughters dead from ligature strangulation and a third child unconscious from the same cause. The mother, coma on floor, is blamed for drunkenness and possible murder. she had faced commitment for intemperance last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard Meade
Brooklyn
Meade
Inter State Commerce Bulletin on Train Collisions 1902
Washington report shows for the three months ending March 31 1902 212 killed and 2111 injured in train accidents. Total 813 killed 9958 injured from all accidents including passenger and employee incidents. There were 1220 collisions and 838 derailments causing 41 passenger fatalities and 826 injuries. Total damage to equipment and roadway reached 1914253 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Boers Not Vanquished Despite Dark Times In South Africa
Gen Botha told a Paarl audience that South Africa stands under one flag yet Boer resistance remains. He urged faith and hope to guide them through looming darkness, declaring Africa as their fatherland and birthright. Illness Proves Fatal in Wisconsin Baseball Leader Death from long illness declared fatal for Matthew Killilea in Winneconne. Killed by a Locomotive in Charlotte Three girls ages ten to fourteen were struck by a Seaboard Airline engine while crossing a trestle and died.
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Anamosa
Albert G. Phillips
Buena Vista
Greenville
Phillips
Capetown
Paarl
Cape Colony
Botha
South Africa
Africa
Milwaukee
Wis
the Sentinel
Winneconne
Matthew Killilea
Galicia strike and rising of peasants in Vienna dispatch
A Vienna dispatch reports over 100000 agricultural laborers in east Galicia, many Russians, on strike with a rising against landed proprietors under way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vienna
Galicia
Death in the Alps claims two climbers near Matterhorn
Miss Estelle Chambers and a guide were killed in an Alpine fall near the Matterhorn. Julius Pratt of Cincinnati, her fiancé, suffered the loss of both legs in the same incident as they were mountain climbing in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Estelle Chambers
Julius Pratt
Cincinnati
Alps
Matterhorn
Impeachment Aims at Judge Jackson in Coal Strike Fallout
United Mine Workers plan impeachment proceedings against federal Judge Jackson over the injunction against West Virginia strikers and jailings. Secretary Wilson says a full case transcript will be sent to Roosevelt and the Senate, with habeas corpus to free arrested organizers if needed. The crisis looms as coal shortages intensify and operators face pressure from manufacturers and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
United States Mine Workers of America
Jackson
West Virginia
Wilson
Roosevelt
Senate
Mine Workers’ National
Iteg
Judge Jackson
United States District Court
Parkersburg
W. Va
Mitchell
Nicaraguan Government Delays Final Action on Wilson Case
Senor Corea informed Acting Secretary Hill that Nicaragua postpones any final measures in the case of Dr. Russell Wilson until all legal rights are invoked. President Zelaya will base disposi tion on the minister's recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senor Corea
Hill
Russell Wilson
Bluefields
Zelaya
Wilson
Hanna
Chicago
Nicaragua
State Department
Train wreck near White House Kills one fireman
The south bound International and Great Northern passenger train was wrecked by a washout three miles south of White House Texas. Fireman Walker of Mineola was killed and Engineer Wright of Palestine was injured.
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Tyler
Tex
International
Great Northern
White House
Walker
Mineola
Wright
Palestine
Assassination of Congo Inspector Alarms Paris
A Brazzaville dispatch reports Inspector Lainglaire of the French Congo police assassinated by natives near Libreville. Also noted Spanish War Veterans encampment planned in Indianapolis September 22 to 24 with President Roosevelt expected to attend. Chicago report recalls three alleged post office robbers captured after a clash in South Chicago with $1600 in stamps seized.
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Paris
Brazzaville
French Congo
The
Temps
Lainglaire
Libreville
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
Roosevelt
Chicago
South Chicago
One Hundredth Street
Lake Shore
Austrian on Milwaukee Cutoff Fatally Injured Near Muscatine
Joseph Bellbrecht, 27, an Austrian laborer on a work train south of Muscatine, was fatally injured when a rope brake entangled his arm, dragging him 20 feet. Despite surgical aid, amputation failed and he died at Hershey hospital. Contractors McIntosh brothers arranged Catholic cemetery burial. his widow and children remain in Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bellbrecht
Milwaukee
Muscatine
Ife
New Hershey Hospital
McIntosh
Crop Outlook City Iowa Weather Bureau Report
The weekly crop report notes progress in harvesting during the first half of the week in Iowa followed by rain and strong winds in the south and east. Damage is heavy in storm swept areas with oats lodged and crop condition critical. Spring wheat rusted but well filled. corn suffered least damage. upland corn fairly good. apples windfallen. reports of potato rot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Weather Bureau
Iowa
Fatal electrocution strikes Marion as transmitter burns
Frank Leahey a Marion drug store clerk formerly of Chicago was instantly killed after grabbing a live wire connected to an electric fan. Several others suffered severe injuries in similar incidents as investigators suspect a burned transmitter caused the danger. One man endured a hand burned to the bone and was dragged from the burning wire by three bystanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Leahey
Marion
Chicago
Board Orders Dipsomaniacs Treatment Department
The board of control issues an order to establish a department at Mt. Pleasant hospital for the commitment of dipsomaniacs, drunkards and narcotic addicts under a law enacted by the last general assembly. The act took effect July 4 and received many urgent communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Control
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
General Assembly
Stabbed brakeman Powell murdered near Arion
Fred L. Powell a Chicago & Northwestern brakeman was stabbed to death by an unknown tramp west of Arion. Another brakeman found him minutes before he died. William Numley a Denison resident was arrested and confessed to the murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Powell
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Arion
Powell
William Numley
Denison
Escapee Confessed Robbery Led to Four-Year Fort Madison Sentence
Mike Fahey, among seven who escaped the county jail on June 5 and was recaptured in Chicago, pleaded guilty before Judge Wheeler in district court to holding up Fritz Goth in railroad yards. The judge sentenced him to four years in the Fort Madison penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Fahey
Chicago
Council Bluffs
Wheeler
Fritz Goth
Fort Madison
Pardon Efforts For Washington County Man Samuel Williams
Efforts in Washington county push for pardon or parole for Samuel Williams serving a year for alleged attempted rape and facing a $1000 fine for an attempted jail break. Williams has many supporters in the county and Col D J Palmer is taking an interest in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Williams
Washington County
Col
D. J. Palmer
Iowa Officials Allocate Funds and Report Local Disasters
Iowa commissions assign 150000 for St. Louis world fair building and 75000 for department exhibits. A murder charge against Otto W. Roderick in Council Bluffs stands alone after John Williams’ dismissal. Water flooding in Waterloo injures 20 families and 50000 in damage. Keystones resident H. Jordan dies by suicide due to cancer. Nodaway river floods claim Tip Long’s life near Clarinda. A Brooklyn theft targets a horse and rig owned by John Gritsch. Emery post office closes affecting Mason City mail. Renomination of Walter I. Smith in Ninth district. Poison illness hits Peter Smith family near Jesup. Amity College appoints Rev. Smith president. Iowa Agricultural College bids for 300000 building plans. Fire fatality in Cherokee. kerosene accident burns Mrs. Watson Graham. Fifteenth district Republicans renominate three judges.
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Iowa World’s Fair Commission
St. Louis
Otto W. Roderick
Moyen
Council Bluffs
John Williams
Roderick
Iowa State College At
Ames
Beardshear
Stanton
Waterloo
H. Jordan
Keystone
Tip Long
Guss
Taylor County
Nodaway
Clarinda
Nodaway River
Brooklyn
John Gritsch
Emery
Cerro Gordo County
Mason City
Walter I. Smith
Peter Smith
Jesup
Amity College
College Springs
Mr. Smith
Burlington Jutterson
Calhoun
Iowa Agricultural College
Watson Graham
Cherokee
Fifteenth
W. R. Green
Audubon
A.B. Thornell
Sidney
C. D. Wheeler
New Trial Ordered in Monona County Breach of Promise Case
Judge Hutchinson grants a new trial in Mary Christiansen versus John Spalding administrator of Frank H. Crum's estate. The 1902 Onawa district court case sought 7000 dollars for breach of promise, seduction, and marriage contract claims. The former jury verdict of 6000 dollars is set aside amid public fascination with the novel action of suing after the defendant’s death. Frank H. Crum, a prominent western Iowa farmer, was deceased January 29, 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
Aney
Mary Christiansen
John Spalding
Frank H. Crum
Monona County
Onawa
New York
San Francisco
Iowa
Smooth stranger swindles widow in Dubuque with fake piano agent tale
A well dressed man posing as P F Mueller and Kimball Piano agent gained the trust of an uptown widow in Dubuque and her brother Gukeisen. He spun a tale of riches from a Colorado silver mine and sold mileage books for 48 dollars. He and an accomplice vanished that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Minneapolis
P. F. Mueller
Kimball Piano Company
Gukeisen
Colorado
Mueller
Gukeison
Campaign to regulate confinement care institutions in Iowa
Miss Elizabeth Jones of the Iowa Humane Society leads a push before the next legislature for laws granting public authorities power over confinement care institutions for women. Cases in Des Moines involve proprietors binding out newborns into undesired families, with some infants rescued by the humane society. The effort seeks inspection rights and authority to intervene before adoption papers are signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Jones
Iowa Iumane Society
Des Moines
District Court
The
Humane Society
Miss Jones
Mortgage on Sioux City church alleged in parish dispute
Rev. Fr. O Connor of St Joseph's in Sioux City says Montreal money lenders hold a mortgage on the church building. He alleges Rev. Fr. Fowler arranged it without parishioners knowledge or Archbishop Hennessys consent. Foreclosure risk can only be averted by payment of the lenders demanded, but the congregation refuses and has secured an option on another site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’connor
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Sioux City
Montreal
Fr. Fowler
Hennessy
Tragic Discovery Near Town Central Tracks
A colored man about 50 years old was found beside the Town Central Tracks three-fourths of a mile south of Hampton. His head showed a hatchet wound suggesting homicide. He had been dead about two days and had worked in town two or three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Central
Hampton
First Dipsomaniac Case Under New State Law
S. N. Bidne a blacksmith of Norma was tried before Judge Kelly in Forest City under the detention and treatment law for dipsomaniacs. He was arrested and sentenced to confinement in the hospital for the insane. It marks the first case under the new statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. N. Bidne
Norma
Kelley
Forest City
Millionaire Abraham Slimmer Gives Home to Mercy Sisters
Abraham Slimmer of Waverly moves from his $50 000 residence after 35 years into a woodshed and donates his home to the Sisters of Mercy for a hospital. He vows to give away most of his fortune, with estimates ranging from 1 to 10 million dollars, and already has given 50 000 to the Dubuque hospital project plus 10 000 to Cedar Rapids Sisters of Mercy and hundreds of smaller gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Slimmer
Waverly
Sisters of Mercy
Finley Hospital
Dubuque
Slimmer
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Chicago
First of the kind Des Moines civil service board
Des Moines forms the police and fire commission the first of its kind in Iowa. Members include George W. Macartney Kirkwood hotel W W Wise and Thompson Christie a retired grain dealer and Democratic member. Some lawyers argue the act unconstitutional due to artificial city size classification and lack of appeal rights. the law may be challenged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police and Fire Commission of
Des Moines
George W. Macartney
Kirkwood
W. W. Wise
Thompson Christie
Iowa
Civil Service Board
Uniform pricing urged by Iowa Pharmacists group
The Iowa Pharmaceutical Association met in Sioux City and appointed retiring president J. B. Taintor of Carroll to draft a uniform price scale for members. He proposed the measure to prevent price variation across sections and maintain fair profits. Howard Baker of Sioux City was elected president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Pharmaceutical Association
Sioux City
Ja, B. Taintor
Carrol
Taintor
Sioux City Traction and Gas Lines Sold in Major Deal
The Sioux City Traction Company and the Sioux City Gas and Electric Company, owning street car lines and utilities, are sold to interests controlling the Sioux City stock yards. The purchase forms a merged entity. The Swifts are viewed as the real buyers. The exact price is undisclosed. Traction company capitalization stands at 1.5 million dollars. No rivals exist in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Sioux City Traction Company
Sioux City Gas and Electric Company
Swifts
Gov. Shaw aides appoints Patterson to New York subtreasury
O E Patterson of Adair county previously worked in Gov Shaw and Gov Cummins offices as requisition clerk. He is named to a post in the United States subtreasury in New York City on Secretary Shaw's recommendation. Miss Anna Cummins, Gov Cummins sister, will fill the vacancy in the executive office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
O. E. Patterson
Adair County
New Bank Planned in Garden City Des Moines Road
Kew Bank in Ylardin county will establish a Radcliffe backed branch of Farmers' Bank at Radcliffe. A. N. Drake R. B. Ballard and other southwestern Hardin lider citizens to oversee the new institution on the Des Moines Iowa Falls & Northern road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ylardin County
Garden City
Des Moines, Iowa Falls & Northern
Radcliffe
Farmers’ Bank
A. N. Drake
R. B. Ballard
Southwestern Hardin
Pew Institution
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James Wilson
Kansas City
Brookings
J. D
Traerla
Dakota
State Board of Control
Davenport
Mount Pleasant
Mitchellville
Francis
State Board of Health
State Agricultural College
C. W. Mullan
Merriam
Mullan
Iowa Annals
State Historical Department
Tacitus Hussey
Society of the Army of the Philippines
MacArthur
Irving C. Hale
Denver
Frederick Funston
Lloyd C. Wheaton
Charles King
James Rush Lincoln
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
South Dakota
Minnesota
Army Post
Maj. Turner
War Department
Congress
Ironsides
Pacific Coast
Charlotte
N. C
Annie Consart
Jennie
Mamie Nelnon
Seaboard
United Mine Workers
United States
Iowa State News
Police and Fire Commission
Des Molines
Iowan
Pharmacists
Gas and Electric Company
Kew Bank
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