State Labor Statistics and Notable Iowa Cases
Des Moines reports State Labor Commissioner J. D. Brigham will begin gathering diverse statistics for the department including eight schedules on factory inspection wage earners safety and sanitation and railroad employes. A major criminal ruling affirms a murder conviction of Mrs. Sarah Kuhn with a noted dissent on standards of innocence. Political conventions dates and sites are set with Democrats Republicans and Prohibition parties. Grinnell College considers relocating Andover Theological Seminary westward. Other items cover New York governors seeking Iowa-style institutional management, licenses for soft fish seining and a proposed Iowa & Dakota Central Railway. Memorial day school observances are urged statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
J. D. Brigham
Brigham
Iowa
Towa
Supreme Court
Keokuk
Sarah Kuhn
Anamosa
M. Weaver
Weaver
Kuhn
Winter
Prohibition Party
Waterloo
H. C. Taylor
Bloomfield
Walter I.smith
Council Bluffs
Prohibition Committee
Iowa College
Grinnell
Bradley
Andover Theological Seminary
New England
Andover College
Town College
Theological Seminary
Iowa & Dakota Central Railway Company
Martin
Centerville
Sioux City
HH. F. Reddig
N. W. Seamon
H. H. Kendrick
Henry C. Solomon
J. EB. Murphy
Plumbers in Waterloo Move to Unite to Avert New Strikes
A push to unite Waterloo plumbers aims to prevent a recurrence of strike troubles seen in recent weeks. The effort seeks coordinated action and clearer agreement on working conditions and rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Drake Wins Des Moines Intercollegiate Meet With Record Scores
Drake University claimed first place in the Des Moines intercollegiate meet with 6614 points, followed by state university at 191%, and Iowa College, Iowan State College, Cornell, Simpson, and others registering smaller totals. Multiple records fell including the half mile run and 120 yard hurdles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Drake
State University
Drake University
Iowa College
Iowan State College
Cornell College
Simpson College
Iowa State Normal
Des Moines College
Winterset Man Arrested in Missouri for Bigamy
O. J. Orman of Winterset was arrested in St. Joseph Missouri on a bigamy charge. Sheriff J W Greedy had tracked him for two weeks. He allegedly has wives in several western cities including St. Joseph where he has resided at times. He is 40 and will not answer the charges.
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O. J. Orman
Winterset
St. Joseph
J. W. Greedy
Orman
Masonic Grand Lodge Chooses Waterloo Next Year
The Iowa Grand Lodge met in Dubuque and voted to hold sessions in Waterloo next year. They adopted a memorial on President McKinley’s death and elected officers: Grand Master W S Gardner Clinton Grand Senior Warden W H Norris Manchester Grand Junior Warden Dr J C Dunlavy Sioux City Grand Treasurer E C Abbey Garner Grand Secretary N R Parvin Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Iowa
Dubuque
Waterloo
McKinley
W. S. Gardner
Clinton
W. H. Norris
Mannchester
J. C. Dunlavy
Sioux City
E. c. Abbey
Garner
N. R. Parvin
Cedar Rapids
Tragic double shooting in Cantril leaves teen girl dead
Albert Hale age 24 shot Dora Donohue age 16 through the heart on a street in Cantril 11 miles south of Keosauqua. Hale then shot himself. He was a farmhand employed by Dora’s father and was seen by several witnesses. Hale is expected to recover.
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Cantril
Keosauqua
Albert Hale
Dora Donohue
Hale
Post Offices to Become Domestic Money Order Offices
The following towns will have their post offices designated as domestic money order offices starting July 1: Ackworth Amity Bethesda Boxharn Dean Depew Dudley Eleanor Fairmount Fairview Huntington Koszeta Lone Rock Montgomery Newkirk Oasis Pierceville River Junction Sylvia Westerville.
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Ackworth
Amity
Bethesda
Boxharn
Dean
Depew
Dudley
Eleanor
Fairmount
Fairview
Huntington
Koszeta
Lone Rock
Montgomery
Newkirk
Oasis
Pierceville
River Junction
Sylvia
Westerville
Cloudburst Washes Corn and Blocks Burlington Line
A cloudburst at Durham on the Burlington route washed away several thousand acres of corn. The Burlington track for five or six miles was undermined and traffic on the Keokuk branch was blocked. Many cattle and sheep were reported lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Burlington
Keokuk
Death of John Olson sparks Pasteur treatment rush
News of John Olson of Ellsworth dying at the Pasteur Institute in Chicago was telegraphed home immediately. Fourteen people traveled to Chicago for Pasteur treatment and six contracted bites from the dog that attacked Olson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Olson
Ellsworth
Pasteur Institute
Chicago
Pasteur
Olson
Washington weather bureau field notes on Iowa crops
The weekly crop report for Iowa states conditions favorable for field work with corn planting completed and cultivation general, a fair stand, northwest district needing more rain, while most of the state requires dry weather to curb rank growth of small grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Weather Bureau
Towa
Town State Letter Carriers elect leaders. arrest in Waterloo
Marshalltown meeting of the Town State Letter Carriers association chose W. J. Clark of Cedar Rapids as president and F. B. Call of Waterloo as vice president. W. H. Devine of Clinton became secretary and W. I. Boardman of Marshalltown treasurer. Mrs. Benjamin Scroggans, 19, newly married, arrested in Waterloo for attempting to poison her 65-year-old husband.
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Town State Letter Carriers’ Association
Marshalltown
W. J. Clark
Cedar Rapids
F. B. Call
Waterloo
W. H. Devine
Clinton
W.I. Boardman
Benjamin Scroggans
Crystal
Tama County
Traer
Wanamaker
Ringgold
Des Moines
Burlington
Algona
J. Mertha
F. W. Parsons
First Baptist Church
Mason City
State
Democratic Central Committee
Louisville
Ward
Aeronaut
Windlinger
Hartington
Neb
Riverside Park
Sioux City
Big Sioux River
Doyle
National
Roman Catholic
Total Abstinence Society
Supreme Court Upholds Building and Loan Contract Claims
The court ruled that Eastern Building and Loan Association stock contracts are specific and must pay face value at the end of the 60 year term. It found the mutuality questionable when proxies are required and officers control certificates. The ruling could affect many similar contracts and prompt widespread litigation.
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Supreme Court
Eastern Building and Loan ‘Association of
Syracuse
N. Y
Eastern Building and Loan
Volcanic Mount Iowa Sighted Across Missouri River Neb
Western Iowa papers report a smoking volcanic mountain on the Nebraska side of the Missouri River near New Castle and Elk Point. Geologists attribute the smoke to water seeping through limestone. the area features rough hills, exposed shaly limestone, and remnants of the old Tona town site.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Mount
Misouri River
New Castle
Neb
Elk Point
S. D
Antilles
Cedar County
Tona
Geologic Survey Plans Detailed for Iowa Counties
State Geologic Board in Des Moines outlines yearly work led by Calvin and staff. Proposes clay studies by Beyer and data on artesian wells by Norton, plus cement rock surveys by Wilder. County programs planned in Clayton Mills Fremont Benton Winnebago Hancock Kossuth Chickasaw with several counties nearly complete.
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State Geological Board
Des Moines
Calvin
S.W. Beyer
W. H. Norton
Lown
Frank A. Wilder
Clayton County
Norton
Beyer
Towa
South- Headon
Webster County
Soo
Iowa
Niece Bitten by Rabid Dog In Jesup Fatal Wasting
The niece of Thomas Hardwick suffered a rabies bite in Jesup last fall. After cauterization the wound healed but she has since remained bedridden with sores and is wasting away. The Black Hawk county institute convenes in Waterloo June 16 for two weeks with several educators and superintendents attending.
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Thomas Hardwick
Jesup
Black Hawk County Institute
Waterloo
Moore
D. M. Kelly
Lara Phillips
Cedar Falls
Henry
la Porte
KE. L. Coburn
Boone
Judge Shiras Rules Equal Rights for All Creditors in Green Case
In Dubuque federal court Judge Shiras held that William C. Green and the creditors of his associated firm share equal rights to the petitioner’s assets. The decision breaks new ground in Iowa bankruptcy law.
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Shiras
Dubuque
William C. Green
Green
Lowa
Wapalluka Relocation Planned for Bussey Route
John Malone of Whatcheer will fulfill a contract to move the town of Wapalluka two miles southeast of Bussey. Sixty two residences are to be transported to the new site to place miners nearer the Durfee mine.
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John Malone
Whatcheer
Wapalluka
Bussey
Durfee
Insurance Risks and Net Losses in Iowa Fire Insurance 1901
The auditor reports 1901 Iowa fire insurance risks written at 402,948,868 with losses of 4,111,009 and end-of-year risk in force 902,857,322. The 1900 figures were 366,000,000 in risks written, 2,624,204 losses, and 804,803,697 risks in force. Fire business in Town totaled 376,002,663 written, 4,022,201 losses, and 804,803,697 in force for 1900.
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Auditor of State
Iowa
Tor
Sia
Towa
Appeals to Comrades From New G A R Commander
John Lindt the new grand army commander from Council Bluffs urges all G A R posts across the state to enroll every veteran. He stresses increasing post membership as mortality rises and plans to make this a centerpiece of his administration.
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Grand Army
John Lindt
Council Bluffs
Imade
Lindt
Philanthropist Surrenders Home for Waverly Mercy Hospital
Abraham Slimmer plans to transfer his Waverly residence and park to the Sisters of Mercy of Dubuque for a hospital to be operating by October 1. A quitclaim deed transfers a $20,000 property as the base. The state board of control awarded tobacco contracts for state institutions including Amana society and Sprague Warner Co with 2800 pounds chewing and 600 pounds smoking tobacco.
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Abraham Slimmer
Waverly
Sisters of Mercy of
State Board of Control
Amana Society
South Amana
Spear Head Chewing
Sprague- Warner Company
Chicago
Rural Free Delivery Routes and Post Office Closings
Rural Free Delivery will start July 1 with routes in Stockton Muscatine county 24144 miles 23 square miles served population 445. Post office at Pleasant Prairie Winthrop Buchanan county to close four carriers 954 miles 67 square miles 1625 people. Post office at Middlefield to close. William Homan 24 drowned at Dubuque. His dog led rescuers to the body. William M Dickens of Dubuque iron works fell 60 feet from a roof and died with both legs broken.
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Stockton
Muscatine County
Pleasant Prairie
Winthrop
Buchanan County
Middlefield
William Homan
Dubuque
Young Homan
William M. Dickens
Iowa Iron Works
A Judge's Wife Praises Peruna Cure
A front page note urges readers to refuse substitutes for Peruna the catarrh remedy. The letter from Minnie E McAllster of Minneapolis describes a back and side pain cured after seven weeks of Peruna, while warnings condemn cheap imitations sold by druggists and emphasize uniform pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Peruna
Minnie E. McAlster
Women’s Roles and Legal Views Across Nations
The article notes a women’s college adding a secretarial course and reports on Isabela Dunn in Constantinople, shifts in France’s marble industry labor, Mrs. Vanderbilt’s Newport hospital project, Lord Paunceforte’s modest estate, a nurse aspiration for his daughter, and Austrian attitudes toward women, including confinement to convents as the harshest fate.
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Isabela Dunn
Lord Paouncefote
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Odell
George A. Lincoln
Adjt
Byers
Iowa National Guards
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Fonda
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Baker City
Ore
Baillie
Josiah Given
Town Supreme Court
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Given
Law Department
Highland Park College
Leon Brown
Iowa State News
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Money Order Offices
Crop Outlook
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West
N. A. Lind
Red Crest
Beigler & Son
Hartwick
Sonny Brafford
N. A. Gamble
Brevoort House
Foewn Supreme Court
William Schoonover
Willisea
le Mars
Illinois Central
P. J. Garrigan
Keane
Fort Dodge
County Institute
Axsseta
The
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Hartman
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Hartman Sanitarium
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Ohio
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West Sord St
Minneapolis, Minn
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