Iowa mobilization plans form first Spain troops
Des Moines may 16 1898 Iowa's first volunteer regiments for the Spain war head to Chickamauga ahead of delays. The Second regiment under Col Douglas V Jackson is slated to go first by seniority of colonels with the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth line. Regiments drill hard as health and examinations tighten. The war department rejects state brigades and aims for mixed state staffing. A living flag spectacle by Des Moines schoolchildren excites crowds at Camp McKinley.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Spain
Chickamauga
Camp
McKsinley
War Department
Gov. Shaw
National Guard
Adjt
Corbin
Douglas V. Jackson
Keokuk
Davenport
Muscatine
Washington
Centerville
Fort Madison
Ottumwa
Chariton
Iowa City
Grinnell
Newton
Fairfield
D. W. Jackson
W. B. Humphrey
John C. Loper
W.G. Dows
United States Service
Forty-ninth
Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Newgarden
Congress
Iowaa
James Rush Lincoln
Iowa Agricultural College
Iowa National Guard
Camp McKinley
Lincoln
H.R. Reynolds
West Des Moines
Albia ads offer ladder with baking powder buys
An Albia grocer advertises giving a step ladder with every pound can of baking powder purchased. An Albia hardware dealer matches the offer promising a can of baking powder with each step ladder set. Hon. William L. Perrin, state senator from the Chickasaw Floyd district, is noted as a first cousin of Commodore Dewey.
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Pat
Albia Grocer
Albia Hardware
Wiliam L. Perrin
Chickasaw-Floyd
Commodore Dewey
Naval
Desmond’s Jail Escape Attempt Foiled by Sheriff’s Wife
Dr Desmond held in Montezuma on assault charges against two girls at Searsboro last winter attempted escape using a wall hole he made with a stove poker. Mrs Binegar, wife of Sheriff Powe shiek county, halted him by slamming the door and alarming neighbors. Two men in a nearby buggy vanished as the escape plan collapsed.
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Dr. Desmond
Montezuma
Searsboro
Binegar
Poweshiek County
Sherif Binegar
Desmond
Joined in wedlock by ad courtship in Sioux City
Miss Kate Daugherty of Columbus Ohio and Anton Marousek a Sioux City tailor wed in Sioux City following an exchange of letters and photographs that began as a joke. The ceremony occurred at St Pauls church with a reception at the groom’s home after the vows.
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Kate Daugherty
Columbus
Anton Marousek
Sioux City
Chicago
Marousek
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Supreme Court rules exact copy of life insurance application required
Iowa's Supreme Court in Wesley M. Johnson vs Des Moines Life Insurance holds that every life policy must include an exact copy of the application. While omission does not void the policy it bars the insurer from arguing falsity of the application in court. The copy must be so exact that it is a true copy upon comparison.
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Supreme Court
Des Moines
Old State Arsenal
Adjutant General
Supreme Court of Iowa
Wesley M. Johnson
The
Des Moines Life Insurance Company
Appellant
Lee District
Loyal Legion Officers Elected in Des Moines Meeting
The Loyal Legion annual meeting in Des Moines elected Maj. Gen. Mahon as commander and listed senior vice commander Lieut. Col. Charles A. Clark among officers. Iowa Grand Lodge of United Workmen begins its 27th session in Waterloo with 10 151 members and 123 lodges.
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Des Moines
Iowa Commandery
Towa
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Mahon
Ottumwa
Charles A. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Su Marsh
Register
Henry Egbert
Davenport
Charles W.wracker
Alviah H. Frisbie
Thomas Hedge
Burlington
N. B. Soper
Emmettsburg
J. C. Wegan
Clinton
David B. Hammill
Keokuk
W. Beckwith
Mount Pleasant
Grand Lodge of
Iowa
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Waterloo
The
Workmen
R. J. Tilton
Will N. Narvis
Muscatine
G. F. Dunham
Ex-Gov Drake’s Narrow Escape From Elms Fire
Ex Governor Drake arrived home in Centerville from Excelsior Springs Missouri. The Elms hotel where he stayed burned the day he left, with Drake among 15 other guests escaping unharmed. The building was a total loss and Drake’s health was reported as not greatly improved.
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Drake
Centerville
Excelsior Springs
Elms Hotel
Deaf mute worker crushed by freight train near Marshalltown
Everett Clark a young deaf mute employed in a brick yard north of Marshalltown suffered a severe injury when the right foot was crushed under a freight train on the Town Central railway Amputation of the foot was necessary and the man was rushed to medical care
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Everett, Clark
Marshalltown
Town Central Railway
Waterloo woman’s Jersey cow tops butter record
Inntitled to a Helt. i. E. Walsh of Waterloo owns a four year old Jersey cow that earned a championship belt for butter. Over 16 days in April the cow produced 334% pounds of butter.
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I. E. Walsh
Waterloo
Revenue Steady Despite War Imports Crunch
New York Tribune notes April revenue held firm despite import restrictions from war uncertainties. customs down slightly, internal receipts up, total near 30.36 million with 1 million daily cover for ordinary expenses. War risks may shift trade but not overall demand or national wealth.
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New York
United States
Europe
Nn. Y. Tribune
Opinion snippets from press on Bryan and politics
A compilation of quotes criticizing Bryanism and party splits across papers. It notes War Democrats in the Civil War era, Dewey dispatch reactions, and debates on silver, greenbacks, and bond issues with references to the Chicago Inter Ocean, Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, Cleveland Leader, New York Times, and St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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Spain
William Jennings Bryan
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Nebraska
Iowa
Llanna
Dewey
Navy Department
Wall Street
Cleveland
N, Y. Times
Butler
North Carolina
Deller
Allen
Bland
Bailey
McMillan
Senate
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The Law In The Case
A western tale recounts a man accused of stealing a horse and facing a soapbox trial. A tired judge and an outsider lawyer clash over law as the crowd urges justice, while the court declines to bear responsibility for harsh penalties.
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Washington Star
Cure of St Vitus Dance by Pink Pills Reported
The article recounts Karl Wagner's recovery from St Vitus dance using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. His father credits the pills with restoring speech, movement, and health after a years illness and five months of worsening symptoms. The pills are sold 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 and are advertised by Dr Williams Medicine Co.
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St. Vitus
Karl A. Wagner
George Wagner
Arkansas City
Kan
Karl
Dr. Ayer
Ayer
Mary Lingard
War and enlistment rejection stir crowd in wartime scene
A recruiting surgeon rejects a would be enlistee saying he lacks a usable heart while the man rouses onlookers with a chant of War. The fragment shares a jailer style plea and a punny exchange about engagement at a hop and a cold remedy ad closes the clipping.
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Cleveland
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Woodmen of the World
Iowa Log Rolling Association
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Republican Traveler
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