Farm products in Iowa lead nation in value and hogs rise
Special correspondence from Des Moines reports Iowa farm animals are valued at 277.4 million dollars, the highest of any state, with 7.438 million hogs worth 66.724 million. Other notes cover school exhibits for St Louis, good roads in Des Moines, and state education and infrastructure matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
National Department of Agriculture
Iowa
New York
Texas
Kentucky
Towa
Illinois
James H. Trewin
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Woman Wins Divorce From Zion Leader's Father
Mrs Elizabeth J North-Dowie was granted a divorce from John Murray Dowie father of Chicago Zion leader. She met him during a Chicago visit and later married him before alleging cruelty and desertion. Settlement included $5000 paid in gold. she was worth around $100000 at marriage. Dowie plans to live in Essex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth J. North-Dowie
John Murray Dowie
Zion
Chicago
Colorado
Page County
North
Dowie
Essex
Minister C B McKay Sentenced 20 Years For Assault
Rev C B McKay a Methodist Protestant minister of Onawa was sentenced to twenty years in Anamosa state penitentiary by Judge Wakefield after conviction at the December term for assault on a parishioner’s daughter and leading astray an older sister The younger girl he married testified in court and the case will be appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines, Iowa Falls & Northern Railroad
Iowa Falls
la Crosse
Wis
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Des Moines
Towa Falls
E.S. Ellsworth
Climate of
Iowa
J. R. Sage
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Sage
Capitol
C. B. McKay
Onawa
Anamosa
Wakefield
Supreme Court
Five Die in Clifton Hotel Fire at Cedar Rapids
A fire at the Clifton hotel in Cedar Rapids destroyed the building at two am. Five persons were burned to death and 42 injured, some fatally. The blaze started in the basement, likely from an electrical wire, and was first noticed by a bellboy. By the time staff sounded the alarm, escape from the ground floor was already blocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Cedar Rapids
Fatal Scaffold Accident at Davenport Orphans Home
A scaffold collapse at the soldiers' orphans home in Davenport killed John G. Davis and injured four other workmen. Davis, the only married man in the list, had two marriages. he was the father of 20 children, 18 of whom survive, many of them depending on his second wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldiers’ Orphans
Davenport
John G. Davis
Davis
Let
Ife
Express train kills man on Rock Island track near farm
A day express westbound on the Rock Island railway struck and instantly killed Reuben Rucker an elderly man walking on the track near his farm between Monroe and Fairmount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island Railway
Reuben Rucker
Rucker
Monroe
Fairmount
Bridge Contractor R F Baker Dies After Fall in Sioux City
R F Baker a noted bridge contractor fell from a 20 foot roof in Sioux City striking his head on timber. He never regained consciousness and died a few hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Baker
Sioux City
State health board classifies chickenpox a contagious disease
The state board of health issues an order making chickenpox a contagious disease and imposes the regular smallpox quarantine on sufferers. The move follows reports that physicians often misdiagnose mild smallpox as chickenpox.
Iowa in Congress and Its Long-Serving Members
A State Register and Leader correspondent notes Iowa’s 57 years of statehood with only limited deaths in office among congressmen. It highlights professions of lawmakers, rare father-son senate overlap, and lists current living incumbents and former delegates in government service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Register and Leader
J. N. W. Rumple
Iowa
Congress
Capt. Rumple
United States
Commonwealthy
John Treary Gear
Augustus C. Dodge
Senate
Wisconsin
United States Senate
William B. Allison
House
Towa
William B. al Hson
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Frank W. Palmer
James Wilson
John A. Kasson
I. H W. Conger
China
Rural Free Delivery Routes Scheduled for March and April
Rural free delivery routes announced for March 15 and April 1 include Bloomfield Davis county Pulaski Callender Cresco Granger Kirkman and Redline. Details list carriers route lengths areas covered populations served and houses on route.
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Bloomfield
Davis County
Pulaski
Callender
Webster County
Cresco
Howard County
Granger
Willmore County
Minn
Kirkman
Shelby County
Redline
Pledge Signing Spreads Across Iowa Promoted by Rankin
Special correspondence notes Gen Francis Marion Drake leads a total abstinence marching club in Centerville with 1439 members and one third of the population pledged. Allerton hosts a 101 member club with three fourths of the leading businessmen. Dr Willard S H Matthews of Des Moines dies at 38 from pneumonia after four weeks illness, and Atlantic reports a four foot coal seam found six miles north of town during boring for a well.
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Francis Marion Drake
Centerville
A. C. Rankin
Moulder
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Allerton
Rankin
A. d. McColl
Des Moines
Pledge
Willard S. H. Matthews
Des Hfoines
William Doughis
Matthews
Atlantic
G. W.talbott
Valued Cremona Violin Linked to Dubuque Banker
An old violin owned by James Harragan, longtime cashier at the Dubuque National Bank, is likely a genuine Cremona from 1729. The instrument, though worn, could be worth thousands if its maker is confirmed, bearing the Cremona name and the date 1729.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Harragan
Dubuque National Bank
Cremona
Regular Army Seeks Iowa Guard Details For Camp and Maneuvers
Adjutant General Byers reports inquiries from Washington placing the Iowa National Guard under regular army jurisdiction. Questions cover camp plans practice marches participation encampments resources locations communication rifle ranges and housing. General Styers requests two regiments from the Town guard to join Fort Riley maneuvers this summer if arrangements permit and selection would be by lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byers
War Department
Washington
Iowa
Styers
Fort Riley
Argentine Farmers Use Colonists for Maize Growth
Special correspondence reports from Argentina reveal large land holders with 800 to 30,000 acres using Australian and Italian colonists to farm maize. A Buenos Aires area farmer sold over 16,000 bushels of corn this year and expects $200,900 next year. yields run 60 to 90 bushels per acre with minimal plowing.
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RP. Clarkson
Des Moines
Ifrank W. Bicknell
Iowa
Argentina
United States Department of Agriculture
Mr. Bicknell
Buenos Ayres
Will Spend Millions for Iowa Telephone Upgrades
The Towa Telephone company plans to invest over a million dollars in Iowa this year improving local exchanges in several cities. Des Moines alone will see 200 000 to 250 000 dollars of the total. Fire proof buildings will shelter central apparatus and the system will be modernized, following a supreme court ruling that pre 1897 plants may operate nationwide with a perpetual franchise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa ‘Telephone Company
Iowa
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Long Thought Dead John McGill Returns to Council Bluffs
John McGill believed dead by his family 25 years ago has returned to Council Bluffs and is reunited with his daughter. He had gone insane, was confined to an asylum, escaped, and later rebuilt his life in Kansas becoming financially successful. He learned of his children through newspapers and joined them.
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John McGill
Iby
Couneil Blairs
McGill
Council Bluffs
Kansas
Death of N C Storrs of Union township near Winterset
N C Storrs of Union township died at his home near Winterset aged nearly 90. Born in New York state he later moved to near Oberlin Ohio then a center of abolition. He was active in the old time republican movement during Ir e mont and Lincoln eras when slavery split the parties.
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N.C. Storrs
Union Township
Winterset
Tie
New York State
Oberlin
Mr. Storrs
Iremont
Lincoln
No Electric Light at Statehouse Main Floor Offices
Capitol commission decides electric lighting cannot be installed in the statehouse main floor offices due to cement walls and floor making conduit boring prohibitively expensive.
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Capitol Commission
Statehouse
Multimillenaires and youth ideals in a verse excerpt
A poem excerpt by Setholwyn Wetherald in Youth's Companion contrasts rich young people with wealth ideals. It laments the seductive lure of material abundance, imagining twenty millionaires enjoying sun and castles while critiques of social disparity linger.
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Setholwyn Wetherald
Funny tubephone made from pasteboard and tubes
Brooklyn Eagle describes a simple eight tube instrument called a tubephone made from pasteboard tubes cut to lengths that produce a major scale when struck. It explains assembly with cords and rods, a cork hammer, and notes how adding tubes extends range and keys including sharps and flats.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Wanted Job as Boss Follows Boy’s Persistent Ambition
A short piece tells of a bright boy who, after many job rejections, asks a shipping house proprietor to give him a chance to be a boss. The proprietor is surprised but intrigued as the boy explains his three weeks of searching and desire to lead. The prose notes the boy’s jumper and overalls and his aim to outrun aging bosses with energy and will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flo
Follos
Rooster Overpowers Boy In Yard Fight
A New Britain Connecticut boy about four was chased by a rooster in a yard. The bird cornered the child, then attacked his face with its spurs as neighbors arrived to separate the maddened animal.
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Britain
Giraffe: The Tallest Wild Animal in Africa
A child friendly description of the giraffe detailing its height of 18 to 20 feet, long neck, leaf eating habit, light fawn coat with dark spots, long slender legs, and gentle tame behavior when captured. It notes its wide field of vision, agility compared to a horse, and that zoos feed them hay onions carrots and sugar lumps.
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Hore
Africa
Curling, Golf and Hurling Grow in Popularity Across Britain
Curling gains organized clubs and tournaments while handball becomes club staples and discus enters major meets. Golf spreads from Scotland to the Hudson Highlands, with $15,000,000 yearly spent on gear. The piece also recalls the Wellington parrot anecdote from Queckett.
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Scotland
Hadson
Brooklyn Eagle
Edinburgh
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Owa
State Department
Barrett
Montana
Charles F. Curtiss
State Agricultural College
State Executive Council
Executive Council
Cummins
G. S. Robinson
Board of Control
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Adjt
Corbin
National Guard
Moncey
E. D. Brigham
Minnesota
State Board of Control
Q” Railroad
Glenwood
Mount Pleasant
College For the Blind
Vinton
School For the Deaf
Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home
Feeble-Minded Institute
Boys’ Industrial School
Eldora
Girls’ Industrial School
Mitchellville
B. Humbert
Cedar Falls
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Alexander Young
Washington County
Leon Brown
Iowa State News
State Board of Health
Herbert Lioux
Barney McDaniels
Macedonia
McDaniels
Andrew Anderson
Anderson
Calmar
Grant Township
Ruthven
Sumner
Fredericksburg
State Bank of
Western Elevator Company
Winona
Harold Peterson
M. H. Loomer
Waterloo
M. Henry
Johnson & Tomek
Knipe
University of Towa
Evanston
T. J. Crippen
Mr. Crippen
Mount Vernon
Northeastern Iowa Press Association
Osage
J. J. Repp
Iowa State College
Ames
Regular Army
Iowa National Guard
The
Pirank W. Bicknell
Vermeer
Itown Telephone Company
Oiden
Little
Mannell
Curling
Duke of Wellington
Polly
Queckett
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