Iowa debates state aid law for consolidated rural schools
Des Moines report outlines Iowa's 1913 230000 five year state aid plan for rural schools teaching elementary agriculture domestic science and manual training. Schemes tie aid to rooms equipment and consolidation with local control left to district voters and the state superintendent's approval.
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Des Moines
State Department of Public Instruction
State Teachers’ Association
Better Iowa Schools Commission
Frank D. Josephs
Iowa
Western Drawing and Manual Training Association
Mr. Josephs
Perished in Desert Disaster of Burke and Wills Expedition
Sydney report recounts Burke and Wills failed 1860 cross of Australia with thirteen companions, two German scientists, and two years of supplies. Seven explorers died, total cost £57,000, amid mismanagement and bad luck. The tale notes missteps by Burke and fragile leadership and the irony of perfect conditions yet failure.
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Australia
Sydney
Burke and Wills
Melbourne
Royal Park
Stuart
Adelaide
Burke
Landells
Cooper’s Creek
Menindie
Darling
King
Gray
Brahe
Wright
Flinders
Cooper's Creek
Willa
Capital is heartless says Australian Catholic primate
Sydney reports Dr. Kelly, the Roman Catholic primate of Australia, addressing the Hibernian society. He warns that clashes between capital and labor may spark a revolution, accusing capital of heartlessness and labor of violence. He urges restraint and condemns theft as desperation.
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Sydney
Dr. Kelly
Australia
Hibernian Society
Wanta Nation Adopts Star Spangled Banner Anthem
A joint resolution in Congress by Representative Levy of New York would declare the Star Spangled Banner the official anthem of the United States. The measure requires all government service members and the public present to stand at attention until the final note.
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Animal Health Commission of
Iowa
Washington
United States
Congress
Levy
New York
Ship Kills Sea Monster Off Colombian Coast
New York reports say a sea serpent roughly forty two feet long and three tons was struck by the liner Hner near the Colombian coast toward Port Limon. The creature sank after the collision and left a crimson wake as passengers and crew observed the strange, apparently near extinct whale-like animal.
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New York
J. Tutt
Hner
Santa Marta
Port Limon
Panama Canal
Helen Taft Wilson Guest Sparks Washington Friendship
In Washington Miss Helen Taft daughter of the former president formed a close friendship with Miss Jessie Wilson daughter of the president. Taft attended the White House lunch and joined the social circle during her stay for Miss Alys Mayer’s wedding.
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White House
Washington
Helen Taft
Jessie Wilson
United States
Taft
Alys Mayer
Miss Taft
Sophy Johnston
Mary Scott
Princeton
Helen Woodrow Bones
McMurray
Chaferth
Ludington
Rockwell
Greble
Claggett
C. T. Grayson
Men of Picture Rocks Form Sewing Square Club
In Picture Rocks Pennsylvania fearful husbands form the Men’s Sewing Square to test if darning is harder than told. Rev I N Earle leads as chairman as men sew mend stockings and prepare a supper without wives aid before returning home early. The group intends weekly meetings.
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Picture Rocks
I. N. Earle
Methodist Church
Sheriff's Wife Halts Prisoner Escape in Ellsworth
Mrs. F. O. Sibby wife of the sheriff thwarted a jail break by Edwin Goodman the seventeen year old confessed murderer of Capt. Harry C. Young Goodman with another prisoner overpowered a deputy and seized keys before Sibby locked the outer jail door and rang an alarm in Ellsworth Maine
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Ellsworth
F. O. Sibby
Edwin Goodman
Harry C. Young
Goodman
Manon Lescaut's Real-Life Whisperer Near St Lazare
A Paris house beside the St Lazare prison, once a hub for the last public letter writers, now serves as an informal lawyer and repository for messages from inmates. The site, once frequented by Manon Lescaut in fiction, is fading as readers vanish and illiterate workers send letters home.
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St. Lazare
Paris
Manon Lescaut
Des Grieux
Brittany
A reformer is never out of a job
A brief phrase observes that reformers remain employed, implying ongoing activism or oversight regardless of political climate. The comment frames reform as a perpetual vocation rather than a temporary role in public life.
Iowa veterans seek funds for Gettysburg reunion transport
About 100 more Iowa veterans applied for transport to the Gettysburg reunion. Des Moines officials plan to raise money to send all eligible veterans who fought at Gettysburg. Governor Clarke and holdover senators may back loans or bank loans to cover the cost.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Thomas
Union
Clarke
George A. Newman
B.C. Ward
National Committee
Hobo Dies After Box Car Fire On Nevada Rail Line
A Rock Island freight train near MacCallsburg stopped when a box car caught fire. A brakeman freed a trapped hobo named Joe Gilbert after a seal was broken. he fell out unconscious and later died from severe burns to his nose ears and body at a Nevada hospital.
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Nevada
Rock Island
MacCallsburg
Joe Gilbert
Adventists From Iowa Headed for Washington Conference
A ten member group of Iowa Adventists from the headquarters departed for Washington to attend the international Seventh Day Adventist conference. Elders A. R. Ogden and C. W. Heald lead the party which aims to be away about a month.
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International Conference of the Church
Washington, D. C
Nevada
Washington
International Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventiste
A. R. Ogden
Mora V. Dorcas
C. W. Heald
B.A. Wolcott
J. G. Lamson
Florence Heald
Hannah Juarson
Eizabeth Neal
John Thompson
Town Grand Lodge Elects Reps to Supreme Lodge
Fort Dodge IB 8 Evans from Des Moines C C Landstrom from Cedar Rapids and A V Proudfoot from Indianola chosen as representatives of the Town Grand lodge A O U W to the supreme lodge. B F Carroll Des Moines and W TH Berry Indianola remain as supreme representatives. Memorial services and installation followed before the grand lodge closed the convention.
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Fort Dodge
Evans
Des Moines
Iowan May Get Part of Estate
Iowa City resident John C. Garner is named as a potential beneficiary in the will contest of Mrs. Mary P. Purcell of Los Angeles. Purcell, widow of a wealthy brewer, left about $1,000,000, including $250,000 to charity, a bequest alleged to violate California law.
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George A. Evans
Evans
Fifty-fifth Regiment
Iowa National Guard
Evang
Iowa City
John C. Garner
Mary P. Purcell
Los Angeles
County Road Map Designates 170 Miles in Waterloo Area
In Black Hawk county about 170 miles of highway are designated as county roads. Nathan B. Barber the county engineer filed a map showing which highways will be improved with county funds.
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Iowa
Sate Highway Commission
Commission
Ames
Cosson
Samson
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Nathan B. Barber
Lightning fires wipe out Downey shop in West Liberty area
A bolt struck the blacksmith shop and wagon box factory at Downey near West Liberty, setting the plant ablaze and destroying the building with an estimated loss of 5000 dollars.
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Davenport
Downey
West Liberty
Carpenter Dies on Roof Struck by Lightning
Marion Willoughby aged 22 was killed when a lightning bolt struck him while he and his father and other carpenters worked on a house roof near Quasqueton. He was stunned and fell 22 feet to his death.
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Quasqueton
Marion Willoughby
Here
Boy Dies of Lockjaw After Family Horse Death
In Cedar Rapids Harold Devault aged 8 died from lockjaw caused by infection from a family horse that died days earlier from the same disease. The boy had been ill for two days.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold Devault
Ascension of Christ and its impact on believers
The piece explains Christ rising to heaven as a pivotal event shaping salvation. It argues the ascension enables the Holy Spirit, guarantees believers’ future transformation, and motivates pursuit of a faith-filled life, with references to Acts, Philippians, John and Keble.
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Jesus Christ
Christ
Jesus
Stephen
Mount Olivet
God the Father
God
Holy Ghost
John Keble
Earth
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