Jowa liquor law upset and extra session urged
Des Moines reports that Iowa Supreme Court ruling allows out of state liquor agents to solicit sales and ship to any town, risking repeal of prohibition in many counties. Extra legislative session possible to address fire losses, state insurance, and funding needs for schools and state agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Iowa
United States Supreme Court
United States Court
Burlington
Jefferson County
Fairfield
Chicago
Prohibition
Twenty-Ninth General Assembly
School For the Deaf and Dumb
Council Bluffs
Lincoln
Saint Vincent Death Toll Surges From Volcano Ash
The island suffers 1700 deaths with 1300 buried as ash blankets the north up to two feet deep. Destruction rivals Martinique with scorched crops and pervasive stench. Cremations, rapid trench interments, and heat hinder relief teams while sulphur vapors worsen illness. Relief ships from New York and San Juan mobilize. Volcanic dust blankets Barbados and Jamaica as 2,000,000 tons fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Martinique
St. Vincent
Dixie
New York
Sterling
San Juan
Congress
Kingston
Jamaica
Barbados
Natural healers call Iowa meeting in Des Moines
Osce P. Butters of Ida Grove Iowa issues a call for a June 11 and 12 Des Moines meeting of natural healers to organize against potential prosecutions by osteopaths and medicinal schools after the law protecting their practice was repealed. About 300 healers are involved as they seek an organization to guarantee against prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Board of Control
Anamosa
Clarinda
Davenport
Eldora
Fort Madison
Glenwood
Mount Pleasant
Agricultural College
State University
Des Moines
Weec
Cedar Yalls
General Assembly
State Board of
Osce P. Butters
Ida Grove
Natural Healers of
Iowa
Deacons Sue Des Moines Officials Over Bloodhound Trail
Harvey McClurg and Harvey Heller of Valley Junction sue Mayor J M Brenton Fred A Brackett and Des Moines police for 20000 claiming bloodhounds used on a trial traced and surrounded their homes inflicting loss of good name and standing in the community. They have filed petitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey McClurg
Harvey Heller
Valley Junction
J. M. Brenton
Des Moines
Fred A. Brackett
Record entries flood Iowa state fair stake races
More than 155 entries have been received by Secretary John Simpson for state fair stake races. Entries will not close until August 1, creating the largest field of horses ever entered for Iowa state fair races. Four purses are $1,000 and two are $500. Free stall rent was offered by fair managers, drawing many horsemen.
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John Simpson
Destruction from Caribbean Eruptions Reported by Cable
An unsigned cable from St. Lucia, dated May 17, details devastation in St. Vincent with 1,700 dead and 5,000 destitute, plus immediate relief by local government. A field report near Soufriere crater notes fissures at La Soufriere and land changes including Wali Bou estate disappearing. Mont Pelee eruptions near Fort de France produced bright flashes and glowing clouds late Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island of St. Vincent
Mont Pelee
Washington
Navy Department
St. Lucia
Lieut. McCormick
The
Potomac
Island St. Vincent
Georgetown
Chateau Belair
St. Vincent
la Soufriere
Walibou
Richmond
Pelee
Fort de France
Island of
Martinique
Miners Decided to Continue Anthracite Strike
Hazleton Pennsylvania May 16 17 delegates vote to sustain a strike by 145000 anthracite mine workers against mine owners and to pursue it to a bitter end. President Mitchell declares action unanimous and calls for a possible national convention to involve 449000 miners and halt coal production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
United States
United Mine Workers of America
John Mitchell
German Emperor gifts statue to United States
Wiesbaden dispatch reports Emperor William II telegraphing to President Roosevelt that he will donate a bronze statue of Frederick the Great to the United States. Roosevelt replied that he would present the matter to Congress, thanking the emperor for the gesture and pledging prompt consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emperor William
Frederick the Great
Washington
Wiesbaden
Hesse-Nassau
United States
Prince Henry
United States of America
America
William
S. R
Roosevelt
Congress
Weather and wage trends shape early May trade
R G Dun weekly review cites weather and wages as the main disruptors to business. Crop prospects harmed by moisture and cold, while Pittsburg pay growth boosts retail trade and mill resumes add to employment. Rail lines show strong earnings, May week gains beat both last year and 1900. Failures total 228 US, 177 prior year. Canada 17, 189 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Pittsburg
United States
Canada
Monument Dedication in Indianapolis Draws 50000 Crowd
Indiana’s soldiers and sailors monument was dedicated with ceremonies at Monument Place in Indianapolis. The 28414 foot tall central column was paid for at a cost of $598,318.76. John W. Foster of Washington, D. C. delivered the oration in the 1889 cornerstone ceremony attended by Benjamin Harrison and his cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana State
Benjamin Harrison
Monument Place
John W. Toster
Washington, D. C
President nominates trio for diplomatic posts abroad
The president sent to the Senate the nominations of Herbert Goldsmith Squiers of New York as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Cuba Edward Bragg of Wisconsin as consul general at Havana and John Gardner Coolidge of Massachusetts as secretary of the legation at Peking China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Herbert Goldsmith Squiers
New York
Republic of Cuba
Edward §. Bragg
Wisconsin
Havana
John Gardner Coolidge
Massachusetts
Legation of the
United States
Peking
China
Fire Ends in Hotel Blaze Victims Named
Wive Lives Lent Mount Pleasant West Virginia May 16 John Woodall and his son C Woodall John Slack of Kanawha County Elias Nfambric of Glenwood and a second unidentified man perished in a fire that destroyed the American hotel Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wive
Lent
Mount Pleasant
W. Va
John Woodall
C. Woodall
John Slack
Kanawha County
Elias Nfambric
Glenwood
Highest Iowa points listed by official records
Special correspondence details altitudes across Iowa. Alta in Buena Vista county is 1513 feet, Sibley 1512, Superior 1500, Sheldon 1415, Hartley 1458, Ellsworth 1453, Adair ? high, Mount Ayr 1236, Creston 1300, Winterset 1129, Grinnell 1023, Gladbrook 954, Cresco 1300, Belmont ? in Wright county, Victor 811, Fairfield 780, Keokuk 494, Mitchellville 976, Altoona 966, Bondurant 963, Valley Junction 824, Des Moines 805, Sheldahl 1042.
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Secretary of State
Alta
Buena Vista County
Iowa
Sibley
Superior
Dickinson County
Sheldon
Hartley
Waterman Creek
Ellsworth
Emmett
Eleventh
Adair
Adair County
Mount Ayr
Ringgold
Creston
Winterset
Grinnell
Gladbrook
Cresco
Belmont
Wright County
Victor
Fairfield
Keokuk
Mitchellville
Polk County
Altoona
Bondurant
Valley Junction
Des Moines
Sheldahl
Story
Boone
Midland Chautauqua Des Moines Program Set
Des Moines hosts the Midland Chautauqua July 8 to 22 with speakers including Hobson Stone Patterson and Dixon. The schedule lists lectures by Patterson Dixon McNutt Chandler De Motte Baker Taft Luccock and others with entertainment by Flowers Kuntz Baker and impersonators.
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Midland Chautauqua Assembly
Des Moines
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Ellen M. Stone
Hobson
Alexander Patterson
Thomas Dixon
Patterson
Dixon
Montaville Flowers
Monologist
Chautaqua League
Frank Cattern
W. H. Chandler
New York
Flowers
William H. Chandler
Dr. Patterson
George L. McNutt
Ed Amherst Ott
McNutt
Pearston
Parlette
Humorist
John B. de Motte
Pearson
Reading
Laura Kuntz Baker
Lorado Taft
Taft
Baker
George Luccock
Washington, D. C
Groton and
Smith
Luccock
Goreton
Kent Seeks Turkey Mission To Teach Scientific Agriculture
D. A. Kent new deputy state dairy commissioner at Des Moines says Washington information suggests US Turkish talks on sending an American to instruct Turkish farmers in scientific agriculture may resume. He notes Turkey’s arid, barren land yet fertile soil if moisture is applied and expresses optimism for a revived commission despite Turkish resistance to modern methods.
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D. A. Kent
Des Moines
Washington, D.C
United States
Kent
Wilson
Turkey
New York
American Desert
Iowa
China
Rankin Leads Local Loyal Citizens League in Liquor Enforcement
C Rankin, the moulder orator and temperance advocate, travels in Iowa organizing Loyal Citizens State Marshal leagues. Members pay ten cents yearly, half funding local law enforcement and half supporting state actions. Rankin notes the legislature’s rejection of a state constabulary bill and envisions a privately operated league policing effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Loyal Citizens’ State Marshal League
Iowa
C. Rankin
Loyal Citizens
League
Rankin
Portrait Presentation Honors Franks Springer of Las Vegas
Frank Springer of Las Vegas New Mexico traveled to Des Moines for the presentation of his father Judge Francis Springer’s oil portrait to the state historical department. The elder Springer chaired Iowa’s third constitutional convention. The son, a leading western mine and stock magnate and Santa Fe Railway counsel, is renowned as the world’s authority on erinoid fossils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Springer
Las Vegas
N. M
Des Moines
State Historical Department
Francis Springer
Louisa County
Iowa
Judge Remley Rules Hard Cider Whisky in Iowa Case
Judge H. M. Remley held that hard cider falls under whisky classification in Cedar Rapids Iowa, based on evidence of the grocer selling it and drinkers becoming intoxicated. A chemist analysis showed six percent alcohol, though sweet cider was not included in the ruling.
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H. M. Remley
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Sheep Case Ends In Verdict For Defendant In Osage
In Osage district court the Shupe v McIntire sheep dispute concluded with a verdict for the defendant at the November term. A new trial was granted after jurors consumed liquor during the trial. Shupe's sheep died from scab after purchase, and his damages are expected to amount to hundreds.
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Osage
Shupe
McIntire
Filipino Weapons Displayed by State History Department
The state historical department received many artillery pieces from the Philippines, secured by Congressman Hull last summer. Bamboo cannons, crude and about five feet long, two with metal cores and gas pipes, a three foot brass cannon with two inch bore, a ten inch brass mortar, and a five foot gas pipe rifle in a crude wooden stock highlight the rough construction and danger of these seized items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Historical Department
Philippines
Congressman Hull
Islands
The Water Cure Exterminates Gophers Near Palmyra
E C Williams of Palmyra reports a new method that killed 206 gophers in a day. He hauled a water tank on a wagon and drilled hoses into holes, using the water to flush out and drown the pests. Williams notes two dogs aided the process and claims few gophers escaped, addressing Iowa farmers' corn-damaging problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Williams
Palmyra
Williams
Iowa
Alfalfa Success Delights Iowa Farmer Jonas Fanburg
Jonas Fanburg of Hays township Ida county reports alfalfa on his farm improved after an initial weed-choked sowing. Five dollars spent on seed, an initial poor crop gave way to a clean stand with three harvests already taken and a possible fourth halted by cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonas Fanburg
Hays Township
Ida County
Five Million Dollar Combine Elects Officers at Meeting
The Western Grocery company, described as a five million dollar combine with operations in Marshalltown Oskaloosa Mason City Ta Albert Lea Minn and Kansas City and St Joseph Mo, held its annual meeting in Marshalltown. Frank C Letts of Chicago was elected president H I Spencer of Oskaloosa vice president A P Spencer of Oskaloosa secretary and W Robbins of Marshalltown treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Grocery Company
Marshalltown
Oskaloosa
Mason City
Albert,Lea, Minn
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Frank C. Letts
Chicago
H. I. Spencer
A. P. Spencer
W. §. Robbins
White Cap Letters Crusade Against Saloons in Eddyville
J W Buck pastor of the Congregational church at Eddyville and I Coad a Ti don lawyer evangelist conduct meetings there as Eddyville carries on a crusade against the saloons A committee of 13 signed a letter warning that persistent activity may meet consequences the committee may impose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Buck
Congregational Church
Eddyville
I. Coad
Tidon
Buck
Edyville
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Jowa
Board of Educational Examiners
State Board of Examiners
BE. D. Brigham
Russia
J. R. Sage
State Crop Service
Executive Council
Grand Army
Union Veterans’ Union
Independence
Council Bluffs Saver
Vinton Penne Ee
Knoxville
Lorrain
Marigot
Sainte Marie
la Trinite
Charlotte
Kingstown Bay
Rose
Head Bay
Natural Healers
Kingstown
Montgarou
ST. Vincent’s
St. Vincents
Trade Review
Dun
State Historical Society
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