Henderson poised to lead as Iowa speakership surge grows
Des Moines June 5. Col D B Henderson gains solid backing from Wisconsin Minnesota Ohio and several western states for speaker of the national house. Hopkins withdraws to aid Henderson while Babcock praises his nomination. Major reorganization of Iowa National Guard and updates on labor commissioner and court absenteeism noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Henderson
Des Moines
Fortyninth Regiment of
Iowa Volunteers
United States Service
Fortyninth Régiment
Iowa National Guard
Maj. Olmstead
Shaw
Adjt
Byers
J. A. Olmstead
Army
Iowa
War Department
Henderson
Col
D. B. Henderson
House of Representatives
Congress
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Nebraska
Kansas
Dakotas
Missouri
New England
Michigan
Hopkins
Ilinois
Babcock
Republican Congressional Committee
Watch Found After Nine Years Linked to Dead Owner
George Bryant of Sabula lost his watch while plowing nine years ago. His brother now possesses the well preserved timepiece, though the hands rusted and the main spring damaged. A jeweler holds the watch and can repair it cheaply. The land had been plowed six years then used as pasture for three before this spring’s plowing revealed the find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bryant
Sabula
Four Sisters Enter Mount Carmel as Novices
Seven young women entered Mount Carmel the mother house of the sisters of charity as novices. Among them was Miss Rose Sweeney of Holy Cross, the fourth daughter of Maurice Sweeney to join the order. It may be unique in the country for four sisters from one family to be consecrated to the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Carmel
Sisters of Charity
Rose Sweeney
Holy Cross
Maurice Sweeney
Lynching Fear Spurs Negro Captivity in Colfax
In Colfax a Black man named Charles Fieldings accused of assaulting Mrs. Lundons, wife of miner Charles Lundons, was cornered after entering the home while the husband was away. He was held in Colfax jail then moved to Newton amid fears of a lynching.
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Colfax
Charles Fieldings
Charles Lundons
Jasper County
Fieldings
Lundons
Newton
Destructive cyclone hits Clarion and nearby areas
A cyclone passed over Clarion late at night causing extensive damage. The B C R N freight depot was blown from its foundation, Brown's opera house lost its roof, and numerous homes and businesses were damaged. Rural buildings and stock losses were heavy with many injuries but no deaths reported.
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Clarion
Brown
Galt
Mystery surrounds Ottumwa youth’s death of Franklin Garner
The 12 year old Franklin Garner died in Ottumwa. Initial reports blamed self harm, but a coroner’s jury verdict now states he died at the hands of an unknown person. The case remains wrapped in mystery amid conflicting testimony and belief in foul play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Garner
Ottumwa
Garner
Crop outlook for Iowa shows fair growth but flood damage
The department of agriculture reports Iowa will have a generally fair and cool first half of the week followed by a warm showery period. Local flood wind and hail damage is noted with corn planting nearly finished in northern and central regions and the western half of the southern section, while the southeast is delayed. Replanting is more than usual and stands will be deficient at best. grass and grain appear to be doing well.
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O’bleness
Gov. Shaw
Iowa
Philippines
W. H.ickis
Creston Company
Ickis
Department of Agriculture
Turbulent Iowa Storms Cause Major Damage
Terrific storms swept Iowa with a near cloudburst at Tama causing extensive damage. A small cyclone near Keswick injured five people while the Chicago and Northwestern railroad suffered heavy damage. At Mingo wind toppled buildings with no fatalities or injuries reported.
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Iowa
Tama
Keswick
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Mingo
Nutwood Driving Club Announces Fall Du Buque Races
President Hancock announces Nutwood Driving Club fall races in DuBuque with a guaranteed prize pool of $60000 and 356 entries. Five days of racing are planned with a possible sixth day.
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Hancock
Nutwood Driving Club
Dubuque
Legislature to fix 1897 code electors district plan
The 1897 Iowa code revision unintentionally set presidential electors to be chosen by congressional districts rather than by the state as a whole. A future legislature is to correct this error and restore districtless statewide selection.
Storm-Ravaged Iowa Reports Include Cyclones and Trials
A clutter of Iowa news items rolls in from Cass to Kingsley. A cyclone in Mills county causes $40 000 damage and seven injuries including a fatality at Minneola Tillie Roherburg. Andrew Henge dies of hydrophobia in Dubuque. Frank Petersen receives a 25 year sentence for criminal assault. bonds set at 25000. Scribal notes on storms, wrecks, college athletics, and civic suits fill the page.
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Cass
Jones County
William Ladd
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountains
West Bend Savings Bank
Palo Alto County
M. T. Brown
Thirty-second
Iowa Infantry
Clear Lake
Iowa College
Grinnell
Des Moines
Drake Univrsity
The
State University
Frank Petersen
Clinton
Supreme Court
Andrew Henge
Illinois Central
Dubuque
Mills County
Minneola
Tillie Roherburg
McCoy
Keswick
Fair Sex
Chicago & Northwestern
Otis
George J. Nixon
Shenandoah
Board of Supervisors
Marshall County
H. E. J. Boardman
W. S. Waters
Muscatine
Iowa State College
Ames
Squaw Creek
Kingsley
Long-ago forgery repaid to Milton merchant
J D Wallace formerly of Milton now a Soap Creek farmer near Ottumwa received an $80 registered Chicago letter plus interest, clearing a forgery from 22 years earlier. The forged check had doomed a sale to two young men, and Wallace was later repaid by a Chicago attorney via a client’s estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Wallace
Milton
Soap Creek
Ottumwa
Chicago
Wallace
Crimean War Hero Thomas Housby of Youngstown
Thomas Housby, a 65 year old Youngstown resident and Gibson Coal miner, is among the few Crimean War survivors. Born in Cumberland England, he enlisted at 20 in the Coldstream Guards. He proudly wears a heavy silver Victoria era medal from Sebastopol with 1854 battalion marks and regimental arms.
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Towa
Thomas Housby
Youngstown
Mr. Housby
Gibson Coal Company
Cumberland
England
Coldstream Guards
Housby
Sebastopol
Queen Victoria
Furious Storm Ravages Buena Vista County And Surrounding Towns
A severe storm in Buena Vista County causes extensive crop damage including wheat oats vegetables in Storm Lake and county bridges. The Minneapolis St. Louis camp near Storm Lake loses part of its grading site while the lake rises two feet. Rolfe suffers roof blowoffs and injuries, and Pocahontas sees the creamery and church roofs torn off. Vincent reports damaged corn cribs and other harm.
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Buena Vista County
Storm Lake
Hill Bros
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Rolfe
Tremaine
McPetrie
Pocahontas
Christian Church
Vincent
State University Sees Revenue Rise and Vault Recommendation
The state board reviews the secretary and treasurer report showing year end business around 150 000 with tuition at 53 103 18 up 6 000 from 1994 95. Salaries are itemized by department and officers and a vault for record preservation is recommended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Control
State University
Pharmacy
Value of a Kiss Leads to Supreme Court Appeal
Mrs. May Brenner fired two shots at R. W. Boeger of Grand River after a $300 judgment she says represents the value of a kiss Boeger took from her. Boeger appealed the Iowa jury verdict to the supreme court, and the region awaited the court's ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Boeger
Grand River
May Brenner
Iowa
Boeger
Philadelphia woman to present 6000 Civil War letters to history dept
Mrs Anna Wittenmeyer of Philadelphia plans to present about 6000 letters from authorities and soldiers of the Civil War era to the state historical department. Miss Mary Whitcomb is chosen to transport the letters to Des Moines with a special carrier. Whitcomb will visit St Louis and other cities to study museum and library methods.
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Anna Wittenmeyer
Philadelphia
State Historical Department
Sanitary Commission
Mary Whitcomb
Des Moines
Annuities Refused by Sac and Fox Tribes
Sac and Fox members in the state refuse annuities citing an Algonquin belief that all lands belong to the Great Spirit. They fear accepting payments linked to land sales will bar them from the happy hunting ground.
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State
Victoria Getting Young Amid Queen's Continent Visit
The item notes the Queen's deteriorating hearing and sharper eyesight as preparations for a continental visit. It praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for digestion, constipation, biliousness, nervousness, liver or kidney troubles, malaria and fever and ague, claiming it keeps people young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continent
Ridiculous Philippine Town Names Prompt Visitor Comment
A man at a hotel counter mocks Philippine place names calling Calumpit absurd and writes in the register his own address J Crawford Woonsocket R I. The Chicago Evening News notes the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Register
J. Crawford
Woonsocket
R. 1
Chicago Evening News
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promised as Universal Cure
Readers justified by claims that Hall's Catarrh Cure cures all stages of catarrh a constitutional disease. The advertisement states internal use affects blood and mucous surfaces and offers one hundred dollars if any case fails to cure. Includes testimonials and Toledo origin with price 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills also recommended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Newlywed Confidences Highlight Domestic Woes
A young wife laments her husband's lack of love while the mother questions her. The dialogue reveals household finances with monthly expenses: $104, then $82, then $38, forecasting improvement yet humorously undercuts optimism in a World publication snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Grain-O the Coffee Substitute
Advertisement touts Grain-O as a non stimulant coffee substitute that nourishes and promotes sleep. It claims grain based nutrition and a coffee like taste appealing to adults and children, urging readers to buy from grocers today.
Stray Stories And Humorous Lines From Old Papers
A compilation of quirky exchanges and witty quips from various papers including the L. A. W. Bulletin and Somerville Journal. Notable lines reference love, chewing gum, dogs wagging tails, and light banter about cures and marriage.
Health and Beauty Book Promotes Peruna Remedy
A health and beauty message urges every woman to read Dr. Hartman’s book Health and Beauty. Endorsed by Mrs. McKee Rankin and Mrs. Eliza Wike of Akron, it extols Peruna as a vital remedy and offers free books on catarrh from Dr. Hartman in Columbus, Ohio.
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Eliza Wike
Dr. Hartman
Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Big Four War Album Promises 160 Engravings From Overseas
Big Four offers a 54 by 8 inch panorama album with 160 half tone engravings from Cuba Manila and Havana scenes and portraits of Dewey Roosevelt Sampson Shafter Miles and other officers. Free to U S Canada or Mexico for 12 cents postage. orders to Warren J Lynch Cincinnati Ohio. Mark envelope War Album.
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Cuba
Havana
Insurgenta
Chickamauga
Jacksonville
Clara Barton
Rough Riders
Santiago
San Juan
Manilla
Beautiful Women of
United States
Canada
Mexico
Big Four
Warren J, Lynch
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mischievous May and Edith Silenced by Respite
In a Cincinnati Enquirer snippet May a four year old girl faced corporal punishment when Edith a five year old peeked in. May told her sister to "Go out" and mamma granted a respite, ending the episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May
Edith
Mamma
Edie
Cincinnati Enquirer
Dewey Buys Tickets for Pacific Fleet voyage
Navy hero Commodore Dewey left Washington in November 1897 to command the Pacific fleet. He traveled first class from Washington to San Francisco with passes arranged by Baltimore and Ohio officials. Lieut Brumby joined him. the trip used multiple rail lines. D J Martin later collected the ticket coupons and produced facsimiles as souvenirs.
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Commodore Dewey
Washington
Pacific Oceans
8. B. Hege
Baltimore & Ohio
Sea Fighter
San Francisco
Chicago & North-Western
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Lieut. Brumby
D. J. Martin
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Dewey
Prideful boast triggers polite rebuke in Chicago Times Herald
A loud speaker claims flawless life and authority, while a mild, scholarly critic confronts the boast. The exchange highlights self perception versus others’ view and authority questioning. The dialogue underscores tension between confidence and humility.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Grand Trunk Rail Line Direct to Top Summer Resorts
The most famous European summer tourist resorts are reached directly by the Grand Trunk Railway System lines with vestibule train service. Illustrated pamphlets detailing lake mountain and seashore resorts, rates, and full information are available from J. H. Burgis, Cit Passenger and Ticket Agent, 249 Clar Street, Corner Jackson Boulevard, Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Trunk Railway System
J. H. Burgis
Cit
Clar Street
Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Hard Times Cause Crowded Struggle for Workers
The Philadelphia Record quotes a weary worker describing widespread unemployment and fierce effort among men to find work during hard times. The exchange portrays a tough job market and the pressure on laborers to compete for scarce openings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Philadelphia Record
Allen’s Foot-Knee Powder Ad Heil foot relief
Do Your Feet Ache and Burnt Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Knee a powder for the feet It makes tighter New Shoes feel Busy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot Callous Sore and pwentiie Feet All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell it 25c Rample sent FRE Address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy N Y
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Allen
Rample
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Expert notes on Sime and medical practice
A brief exchange questions Sime about practicing medicine and confirms he has learned it now. The dialogue cites a New York Journal source for the remark.
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Sime
Reuben
N. Y
Lane's Family Medicine Note and Proverb Teaser
Classified fragment highlights Lane's Family Medicine claims to aid digestion and organ function with prices 25 and 60d. Includes stray proverb-like lines from Uncle Eben and a joke about doctors misreading heartache as appendicitis. Mentions laxative and druggist refund claim with two cents note.
Mother's Gratitude Letter to Mrs Pinkham
A Texas reader from Devine expresses deep thanks to Lydia E Dickinson Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relief from nine years of prolapsus and related symptoms. She confirms a smooth labor and recovery, crediting the remedy for her renewed energy and ability to work.
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Pinkham
Lydia
Mrs. Ep
Ea Linger
Devine
Tex
Lydia E. Pinkham remedies praised in testimonial
Mrs. Emini ScuMNEIDER of 1244 HeLEN Avyey DeTRore Mion reports feeling wonderfully strengthened after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Blood Purifier and Liver Pills. She says prior to using the remedies she was in a terrible state with fainting spells and feared she would die, but now those feelings are gone.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Emini Scumneider
Helen Avyey
Detrore Mion
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Christopher ‘I’. Jones
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Granger
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Soldiers’ Orphans
Davenport
Messrs
Skinner
Blackburn
Executive Council
W. IE. O’bleness
Democratic State Committee
Cato Sells
Vinton
S. H. Basher
Waterloo
J. M. Gobble
I. M. Carr
Manchester
Chifford
H. Stevenson
Bedford
Walter Combs
Harley Stretch
Red Oak
Joseph Markey
John Hull
Congressman Hull
Board of Liquidation
Manila
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Chariton
Oskaloosa
Fairfield
Corning
Johnson Brigham
Brigham
Battle Creek
Mich
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L. W. Bicknell
Iowa State News
Iowan
Thomas Hounsby
Andown
Victoria
L. A. W. Bulletin
Boston Watchman
Mia
E. C. Moulton
Needhem, Mass
York
TNS
Tabaies
Milwaukee
Grata
Cannes
Renee
Hay
Bartey
Badeeetener
Kansas’ City
Louie
Health and Beauty
Mrs. McKee Rankin
Neely
Lane
Ares
Sonny
Eben
Washington Star
TOUR
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Jake
Shore
Sao
A. J. Smith
Cleveland
M. Byron
Stella
Spaulding & CO. Jewelers and Silversmiths
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Broughton
sChlouso
Aurnttn
Htovens Point
Wiss
M. V. McLinnes
Merril
Detroit
D. J. Cavin
Baa Axe
Jamer Ghuieve
Pipasant
Tholomew
108Th Street
Lowas Kvenerr & Kan'rz
Fort Wayne
Cagcareta ” S
Chas. Stedeford
Pittsburg
Renee Ree
Sterling Remedy Company
Montreal
New York
Murat
Halstead
Outfit
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Mitchell
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