Railways reduce rates spur road building in Iowa
Des Moines April 28 The state railroad commission cut road construction material freight by 20 percent for gravel crushed stone and other road making materials The Association of Supervisors of Iowa pressed for the concession which would accelerate hundreds of miles of new roads in Scott County about 80 miles already done Officials say material will be hauled at the slack coal rate and must be used for official road work The move comes as state politics heats up with party conventions and candidates for state offices named including secretaries of state treasurer attorney general and supreme court judges and a controversy over the board of control origin remains unsettled
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Des Moines
Tate Railroad Commission
Association of Supervisors of Iowa
Railroad Commission
H. J Wulff
Dixon
Scott County
Rock
Republican State Central Committee
Prohibition Party
W. B. Martin
Adairs County
G.S. Gilbertson
Twinnebago County
Charles W. Mullan
Blackhawk County
Scott M. Ladd
O’brien
Amos W. Brandt
Polke County
B. F. Carroll
Davis County
Joseph Wall
Ringgold County
Supreme Court
C. T. Jones
Washington County
J. Cc. Seward
Lucas County
John Crockett
Hardin County
J. EB. Whelan
Montgomery County
Henry Bousquet
Marion County
C. G. Stranahan
B. I. Salfinger
Carroll County
W. W. Cornwall
Clay County
Messrs. Martin
Gilbertson
Mulan
Ladd
Iowa agencies to push factory law and child labor review
State Labour Commissioner E. D. Brigham outlines a two year program for Iowa bureau efforts including enforcement of the new factory inspection law, investigation of child labor, and compilation of strike statistics since September 1900. The plan also expands unions information and reports on new industries while Meek Brothers resist dam condemnation pending full value payment. Elliott Nash, 15, dies after horse kick in Sioux City.
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E. D. Brigham
Iowa
Wennerstrom
Trades Unions of
Towa
Iowa to Feature Industrial Exhibit at 1902 State Fair
State fair managers announce Iowa in dustrial products exhibit will headline the 1902 fair. They plan to repair the Producers' Association building and add an attractive approach. A new cattle barn 100 by 64 feet is proposed, with four rows of stalls centered between the aisles. The stock pavilion, funded by an $87,000 legislature appropriation, will be placed on the main street near the Rock Island gate. The full board must convene to award the contract as the attorney general rules the executive committee cannot act.
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Meek Brothers
Bonaparte
Fish and Game Commissioner
Meeks
State Crop Service
Iowa
Iowa Producers’ Association
Rock Island
State Superintendent and County Officials Clash on School Laws
State Superintendent Barrett has held conferences with county superintendents to resolve divergent views on school laws. He cites illegal practice of issuing teacher certificates from exams before other superintendents, a view supported by the attorney general. Barrett plans to seek further attorney general opinions for the revised edition of the state school laws with annotations.
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Barrett
Outrage Sequel: Petersen Convicted in Downey Attack
Charles Petersen, one of five white officers, convicted in Estherville district court for the brutal December beating and freezing of detective Downey of the Anti-Saloon League. Downey was marched from a hotel room to the fair grounds, ordered to cross the state line, and left half frozen before seeking shelter. He identified his assailants.
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Charles Petersen
Downey
Estherville
Anti-Saloon League
Petersen
Fair Grounds
Bond suit favors Vickery Farson firm in Sioux City
J H Quick special master in chancery for the US circuit court in Sioux City finds for O A Vickery and Farson Leach Co of Chicago in bond suit against Sioux City. Decision requires city payment of 150000. Bonds issued on special assessment funds for public improvements 1886 to 1891. City refunding nearly all claimed illegal. Master Quick holds bondholders entitled to face value and refunds from funds.
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J. H. Quick
United States Circuit Court
Sioux City
O. A. Vickery
Farson, Leach & Co
Chicago
Master Quick
Woman Flags Burning Bridge Fire to Save Passenger Train
Mrs. T. A. Watson of a Searsboro area farm flagging an Iowa Central passenger train just south of a burning woolen structure on a sharp curve three miles north of Searsboro. Fire from coals dropped by a freight engine caused the blaze as the crew fought flames for two hours.
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T. A. Watson
Searsboro
Iowa Central
State Council Prepares New Code Edition For General Assembly
The state executive council and the code commission move to issue a new code edition after the legislature ordered 7 500 codes and 15 000 supplements. Supplements codify laws from the last three general assemblies and the index. the new code will exclude the index.
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State Executive Council
Code Commission
National Corn Products Shuts Sioux City Plant
National Corn Products, after absorbing National Starch, shows little sign of creating a home market for northwestern Iowa. The Sioux City plant has been idle since last fall after fulfilling a special order, with new orders directed to Sioux City to supply the Davenport glucose plant.
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National Corn Products Company
National Starch Company
Iowa
Sioux City
Davenport
Des Moines Carnival Set For June 23 to 28
Des Moines business men will entertain the state with a carnival from June 23 to 28. The Business Men's association organ is in charge via the iks order. A circus will accompany the Des Moines product exhibit and local businesses.
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Des Moines
Business Men’s Association
A Child's Faith in Love Shown by Girl at Eclipse
A little girl cried Do it again mama do it again as the sun eclipsed and returned, revealing a child's sublime belief in those they love, according to Judge.
Against Vaccination A Strong Local Antivaccine Figure
Special Correspondence describes IL Piehn of Nora Springs and Rudd a bank president and former mayor who campaigns against vaccination. It notes personal losses including a daughter’s death in 1894 attributed to vaccination and claims his anti vaccination work delays state vaccine laws. Piehn organized an Anti Vaccination Association with global branches.
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HW. Piehn
Nora Springs
Rudd
Germany
Piehn
Chicago
Paroles and Pardons in Iowa Life Convicts
Gov. Cummins is considering resolutions on paroles and pardons for life convicts. The legislature pardoned seven of 15 murderers who sought clemency. Recipients include Wesley Elkins Clay county Theo dore Bushick Mills county Joseph McCreary Mills county John Ballew Webster county Otto Otten Pocahontas county Joseph Stanley Story county William Young Woodbury county with placements to Mount Vernon Hall New England Sioux City and family homes.
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Cummins
Wesley Elkins
Clay County
Theodore Bushick
Joseph McCreary
Mills County
John Ballew
Webster County
Otto Otten
Pocahontas County
Joseph Stanley
Story County
William Young
Woodbury County
Elkins
Mount Vernon
Harlan
Stanley
New England
Bushick
Hall
Ballew
Young
Sioux City
Odd Fellows Prepare for Grand Lodge Meeting in Des Moines
The state Odd Fellows expect over 35 000 visitors for the sovereign grand lodge gathering in Des Moines in September. The statehouse can not be used for official lodge purposes, but other buildings will host sessions and committee meetings. Entertainment committees are formed to ensure a more successful event than last year in Indianapolis.
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Odd Fellows
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Des Moines
Indianapolis
Major made by brevet for Philippine service and campaign for state auditor
Deputy Auditor of State Amos Brandt has been notified he is brevetted a major for gallant service in the Philippines where he commanded a U S volunteers company for 18 months. Born too late for the Civil War he spent about two years in the Spanish American and Filipino American wars. He is a candidate for auditor of state with rivals Bly Carroll Joseph Wall and Fred Bennett. Auditor F R Merriam has decided not to run.
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Amos Brandt
Philippines
United States Volunteers
Bly. Carroll
Bloomfield
Joseph Wall
Mount Ayr
Fred Bennett
Sioux City
F. ¥. Merriam
80 year romance ends in Waterloo marriage
Frederick Hoephner of Wadson aged 54 marries Anna E Hale aged 50 of Sonoma County Cal in Waterloo. Hoephner a prosperous farmer hired Hale as house keeper after correspondence started by mutual fitness recommendation. He learned she was a former sweetheart and proposed after a week in his house, the proposal was accepted.
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Waterloo
Frederick Hoephner
Wadson
Anna E. Hale
Sonoma County
Cal
Iowa National Guard Companies Rated in Inspections
Company M of Red Oak receives a rating of 100 from Maj. John T. Hume during inspection at company quarters. Company A of the Party-ninth regiment in Dubuque follows at 99, with Company F of Oskaloosa at 98, and Company L of Sioux City in fourth at 97.6.
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Fifty-First
Red Oak
Iowa National Guard
John T. Hume
Dubuque
Oskaloosa
Fifty-second
Sioux City
Ingwersen Brothers to mark 50th landing anniversary in Clinton
The five Ingwersen brothers and 123 descendants celebrate their fiftieth anniversary of arriving in the United States. Henry C. and Charles II reside in Chicago while Peter D. Nicolas I. and August M. are from Clinton. A Schuetzen park picnic runs from noon to five with a banquet at the Odeon theater from nine to eleven and a ball afterward.
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Ingwersen Brothers
Clinton
Henry C
Charles II
Chicago
Peter D
Nicholas I
August M
Schuetzen Park
Odeon Theater
Meeting of Iowa bankers in Des Moines May 21 22
Programme shows Hon. Charles Dawes former comptroller of the currency to speak on an undecided topic. Governor Cummins will also attend and address the bankers.
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Bankers of
Iowa
Des Moines
Charles Dawes
Coiptroller
Cummins
Sugar Trust Power Flares Over Cuban Reciprocity Debate
The piece argues that Cuban reciprocity in the house will not help sugar consumers as the sugar trust controls imported sugar prices. It warns that free trade allies threaten American sugar industries and that only free competition can remedy rising prices and protect home producers.
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Democratic
House
Sugar Trust
United States
Hawaii
Iowa State Register
Eune
Free Trade Democrats
Ameren Sipar
Susgar
Coffee Trust
Democratic squabble over force bill debate tempers rising
In heated exchange the house faces a proposed investigation into suffrage and potential federal questions about elections. Editors mock the push as an empty party issue while contrasting Republican steadiness with Democratic volatility amid Philippine policy chatter and muttered charges against Aguinaldo.
The Lost Smile Poem Lost in Nursery Morning Rain
A humorous verse recounts a missing morning smile with a dimpled grin and hazel eyes. Dorothy wakes to rain and weeps. readers are urged to return the smile to Nursery Row for a reward from mother and brother.
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Mother
Brother
Mary L. C. Robinson
Animals Show Unusual Appetite Across Creatures
A Newark observer details animals with surprising greed, from a dog and three cats to a grandmother tabby craving coal ash and candy. A doe eats oranges and fish, while a frog swallows items like mussels and sparrows. cows ingest nails and glass, and other beasts exhibit odd cravings, noted by N. Y. Sun.
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Newark
Magruder
Tabby
Yommy Magruder
N. Y. Sun
The Lycaon Pictus in Paris Zoo
A rare live specimen of Syenon pietus, known as the most curious dog in Europe, was captured in Sudan and sent to the Paris zoological garden. Descriptions note its hyena like color and dog like form, its tall hind legs, and intelligent demeanor. Ancient Egyptians reportedly trained them for antelope hunting.
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Europe
Soudan
Zoological Garden
Paris
M. de Labretoigne
du Mazel
Senegal
Syenon Pietus
EB. Ostalet
Africa
Remarkable parrot Polly wins fame in Chicago home
In Chicago at 576 North State Street a parrot named Polly, an African Grey bought from Plymouth Wisconsin, astonishes visitors with spellings, languages, and songs. Polly reportedly knows German prompts, whistles Marching Through Georgia, and even scolds in German saying Du bist dumm. She was once owned by Mr and Mrs Petersen of Plymouth and drew national attention when moved to the Winston household.
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Winton
North State Street
Chicago
Polly
Winston
Sheboygan County
Wis
Badger
Winston Parrot
Alys
Chicago Record-Herald
Bb. Petersen
Plymouth
Petersen
Otto Gatron
Wisconsin
Parrel
Mrs. Witktows
Bitte
Rans
State Street
Kitty
Mrs. Winston
Georgia
Petersen’s
Rats Scale Heights In Jamasca Tree Climb Theory
In Jamasca the rat control effort seemed successful but the rats adapted by ascending to tree tops during the day among wild pines. They descend at night to feed while the mongoose protector rests, suggesting the pest has not been exterminated.
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Jamasca
Smokes Cabbages Yeast Are You a Vegetarian
Dialogue between Crimsonbeak and Yonkera in the Statesman touches on smoking and vegetarianism in a clipped exchange. The fragment hints at lifestyle debate within a satirical or opinion context.
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Crimsonbeak
Yonkera
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