Iowa notes of general interest on GA R and local law
Des Moines reports the Grand Army of the Republic membership has fallen from 16 000 to 12 500 with 376 posts in the state 362 keeping records. Other items note a surprise ruling denying governors power to revoke good time, rural mail service headquarters debated in Des Moines, wills contested in Vermont and bureaucratic shifts in Iowa politics and law.
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Parole Department of Governor's Office
Iowa
Des Moines
Grand Army of the Republic
Women's Relief Corps
Sons of Veterans
Philippine Veterans’ Association
G. A. Kh
Col
Ju. B. Raymond
Stampton Recorder
Rock County
Wisconsin
Sixth
Wisconsin Infantry
Iron Brigade
J. A. T. Hull
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakotas
Wyoming
Montana
Colorado
Denver
Omaha
Des Moines Boy Dies Sudden From Thymus Enlargement
A 13 year old Des Moines boy Earl Evans died suddenly from an enlarged thymus gland a rare medical condition. Officials initially suspected poisoning but organ analysis confirmed the cause.
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Des Moines
Earl Evans
Roosevelt Favored by Western Democrats and Populists
A Washington interview with a western Democrat senator argues that Roosevelt will attract cross party support in 1904. He says radical and conservative Democrats, silver Republicans, and former Republicans may back Roosevelt for his courage against trusts and his plain‑people appeal. Kansan populist leaders echo strong backing while noting political risk.
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United States
Washington
West
Roosevelt
Bryan
Gleveland
McKinley
Cleveland
Republican Party
Tie
Edwin Taylor
Kansas
Wall Street
Iowa Republicans Stand Behind Tariff Policy Support
The Iowa Republican platform will uphold protectionist tariff policy. Senator Allison supervised the tariff plank and received approval from Senator Aldrich, a leading tariff expert, signaling continued commitment to protectionism. The Democratic Party is cast as negative on tariffs, while Republicans, citing McKinley and Harrison, defend the protectionist tradition.
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Iowa
Political chatter shifts on presidential prospects
The set of editorials and comments discuss Mr Bryan and Mr Cleveland as possible nominees. Headlines note Cleveland’s lingering consideration, Bryan’s opinion on a future run, and Hanna’s stance with Roosevelt likely to gain Republican support.
Candidacy of Cleveland Sparks Democratic Speculation
The Albany Journal notes strong informal support for ex President Grover Cleveland as a potential Democratic nomination candidate. Senator Quay argues Cleveland’s stance fuels speculation, though PRYANites warn against nominating him and warn of a third party split.
Prosperity Shows Small Government Surplus For 1908
The revenue surplus for ten months ends slightly over 33 million as customs rise and internal taxes fall short by about 35 million. Officials expect near 50 million for the year with continued prosperity but warn against further tax cuts. The outlook reflects growing government costs with population and activity.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Representative Burleson Signs On For 1904 Democratic Route
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes Texas Representative Burleson supports the 1896 and 1900 ticket line and warns any 1904 nomination candidate must back the party. It suggests Bryanites may root out orthodoxy and Cleveland democrats alike as 1904 prospects face a rocky path.
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Burleson
Texas
Gorman
Till
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Iowa G A R Encampment Names 2024 Iowa Officers
At the Cedar Rapids encampment the G A R reported 340 deaths in the Iowa department over the past year with a net loss of 74 due to active organizing. New officers elected include Department commander L B Raymond Wampton and senior vice H D Newlands Center Point.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Department
L. B. Raymond
Wampton
H. D. Newlands
Center Point
W. C. Tompkins
Clear Lake
H. P. du
Reward Offered for Georges Matheson in Deputy Baker Shooting
Gov Cummins offers a $200 reward for the arrest and conviction of George Matheson a 19 year old wanted by Pottawattamie county sheriff for shooting Deputy Sheriff J C Baker the night of May 7 at Weston. He is described as 5 ft 7 in blue eyes light brown hair about 150 pounds and wearing a dark blue coat a red sweater a campaign hat and blue bib overalls with a torn white stripe.
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Cummins
George Matheson
Pottawattamie County
J. C. Baker
Weston
Matheson
Boone man jailed on murder charge in pale of logs case
Jacob Martin aged 74 from Boone is jailed in Haresdale Pennsylvania on a charge of cremnating a child beneath a pile of logs. The complaint by his housekeeper and the child’s mother Phoebe Hall states the child born last April was drowned in a pail of water and burned under the log pile. Martin previously left Boone county in 1901 and leased a farm near Honesdale Pennsylvania.
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Jacob Martin
Boone
Haresdale
Phoebe Hall
Martin
Engineer Harry Bechtel Killed At De Witt Yard
Engine driver Harry Bechtel a longtime Chicago and Northwestern employee was instantly killed at De Witt when he stepped back onto a neighboring track as an eastbound passenger train roared into the yards. He could not escape and was run over.
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Harry Bechtel
Chicago & Northwestern Road
de Witt
Bechtel
Wealthy farmer held on murder charge near Schaller
Isaac M. Markley, a wealthy farmer two miles east of Schaller, was jailed in Sac City without bail on a murder charge. Coroner Farquahar filed information alleging Markley shot and killed his wife as the grand jury prepares for the August term.
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Isaac M. Markley
Schaller
Sac City
Teepell
Farquahar
Markley
Manhunt Ends as Search Fails for West Liberty Murderer
After thirty six hours of searching, crews abandon the hunt for the killer of Arthur Meade at McCarty's restaurant in West Liberty. Authorities believe the suspect fled on a night train. Meade's funeral was held with Woodmen conducting services.
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Arthur Meade
McCarty
West Liberty
Guilty Plea in Bootlegging Case at Fort Dodge
Harry Green pleaded guilty before a United States judge in Fort Dodge to bootlegging. Arrested by U S Marshal Gustafson, the case stems from the theft of a barrel of whisky from the Minneapolis and St. Louis station last January, Green is among those charged with disposing of the liquor.
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Harry Green
United States
Fort Dodge
Gustafson
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Green
Tragic Death Of Milwaukee Road Official In Cresco
Tim Ahern longtime roadminster for the Iowa and Minnesota division of the Milwaukee Road was killed instantly when he lost his footing boarding a moving passenger train at Cresco. He served forty years with the railroad and lived in Calmar with his wife and children.
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Tim Ahern
Roadminster
Iowa
Multiple Iowa notices and local incidents reported
Al Cory becomes farmer at Sac and Fox Indian agency west of Tama. Albert Dobenecker loses twenty six hogs to lightning near Hancock. Iowa Falls accepts Carnegie library grant of ten thousand dollars for a building. Owen Sheehan receives flaxseed carload from France at Spencer and praises foreign flax. Rock Rapids waterworks purchase fails 200 to 4. Hardin County editor meeting set Eldora June 15. Catholic Total Abstinence Union convention in Dubuque June 1. Secretary James Wilson and Jasper Wilson visit Tracr. Merrill tornado damages Heese mill and shatters plate glass. Desmond and Thompson named pension examiners at Webster City and Marengo. Fire damages Daly’s disc barrow factory at Charles City. Indianola roller mills burned, loss about twenty five thousand. Cedar Rapids ratifies water plant purchase for five hundred thousand after six to one vote. Albia Fourth of July speaker committee secures Senator Dolliver. Des Moines ministers plan campaign against Sunday baseball with fund and attorney retained.
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Sac and Fox
Tama
Albert Dobenecker
Hancock
Iowa Falls
Andrew Carnegie
Owen Sheehan
Spencer
France
Rock Rapids
Hardin County Edtorial Association
Eldora
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
Dubuque
James Wilson
Jasper Wilson
Tracr
Old Home
Frank Heese
Merrill
F T. Desmond
Webster City
I’. E. Thompson
Marengo
Albia
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Des Moines
Ante nuptial contract filed by Anthon couple
Wealthy Anthon residents John Wruck and Anna A Laffiam filed an ante nuptial contract with County Recorder Beeker. The pact preserves each party’s sole control of own property before and during marriage and absolves mutual debts. It also notes the husband will maintain the wife in a decent manner suitable to their station.
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John Wruck
Anna A. Laffiam
Anthon
Beeker
Wruck
Demands of Labor at Iowa Federation of Labor Meeting
At Davenport eleventh annual convention the legislative committee report urged abolishing child labor under 14, compulsory school for under 16, free and uniform textbooks, reforms to mechanics lien law to protect wages, expanded labor statistics bureau powers for worker protection, fender use on streetcars, and bans on convict labor competing with free labor and convict goods crossing state lines.
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State Normal School
Cedar Falls
Davenport
Iowa Federation of Labor
Legislative Committee
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Lmb
Foreign flax seed and a noted land suit in Iowa
Owen Sheehan of Spencer imports flax seed at eight dollars per bushel for testing on Clay county farms. He plans a linen factory if western flax proves profitable. From Fall River he came to Iowa to test flax. The Russia and Germany shipments will aid tests. John Eckford of Mitchell county died at Sage after a 20 year land suit over a will later brought to Iowa Supreme Court. Governor Cummins once handled the case.
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Owen Sheehan
Spencer
Clay County
Iowa
Fall River
Mass
France
Russia
Germany
John Eckford
Mitchell County
Beckford
Eckford
Sage
Supreme Court
Iowa Supreme Court
A. B. Cummins
Des Moines
Iowa Telephone Lines Grow Rapidly for Assessment
Reports to the executive council show a surge in Iowa telephone lines this year with about 1,200 lines expected for assessment, up from over 700 last year. The increase indicates roughly 500 additional lines filing reports to the auditor this season.
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Iowa
Executive Council
Hundred P. E. O. Chapters Reported in Iowa
At the Iowa City P. E. O. convention it was announced there are now exactly 100 chapters in the state with slightly more than 4000 members. The organization began at Mount Pleasant about twenty years ago by seven women. The meaning of the letters forming the name has never been disclosed publicly.
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Smyth
Burlington
Mount Pleasant
Polk County
Webster City
Ida Louise Lyons
Cliss
Moorhead Township
Monena County
W. N. Atkinson
Spring Valley Township
Puppils
P. E. O. Society
Iowa City
Fish Rain Crops Near Galt Leads to Fine
William Steenblock a prominent farmer near Galt was fined 50 dollars for using a fish net in a large ditch on his property. He was at the county seat in Clarion with his lawyer to discuss measures to keep fish off his land claiming they ruin his lowland crops.
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William Steenblock
Galt
Clarion
Sewer Banquet Beside Dry Run Plans for Iowa League
Nationwide interest grows in the Dry Run sewer banquet to be served at the League of Iowa Municipalities meeting in Waterloo October 18. President Walters has appointed the committees with chairmen named for city government, franchises, paving, water works, lighting, taxation, sewerage, street cleaning, garbage disposal, and bookkeeping.
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League of Iowa
Waterloo
League
Walters
Henry Whemana
Davenport
F. K. Ste
Shows Its Power
Special correspondence reports a Des Moines incident where union bricklayers threaten to walk out unless union inspectors are used. The council replaces regular inspectors with union men and agrees to pay union scale 4.50 dollars a day, enabling continued sewer construction.
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Des Moines
Board of Public Works
Des Moines Enacts Drastic Dog Control
The Des Moines council, aiming to curb hydrophobia, passed an ordinance to shoot on sight any dog roaming without a muzzle or tax tag. Police, 75 officers strong, were ordered to enforce the rule as a response to two children bitten in April and May and treated at the Pasteur Institute in Chicago.
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Des Moines
Pasteur Institute
Chicago
State Federation of Labor rejects socialism resolution in Davenport
Special Correspondence reports the State Federation of Labor in Davenport defeated a motion to require unions statewide to devote part of monthly meetings to social and economic questions by a 121 to 72 vote. The item aimed to spark socialist propaganda within trades unions. Also noted is a contract for the Davenport and suburban interurban line at 800000 dollars, running 40 miles from Muscatine to Davenport, due December 1. The deal was with International Construction Co of Detroit. Iowa Commercial association talks expand as 70 exchanges are invited to join.
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State Federation of Labor
Davenport
Muscatine
International Construction Company
Detroit
Mich
Des Moines Pastor Reunites With Runaway Son In St Paul
Rev. Thomas M. Evans of Virsat United Evangelical Church travels to St Paul after learning his 18 year old son Charles I ran away May 2 to be his own boss. Father says the youth left home to chafe at restraint and is now found.
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Thomas M. Evans
Virsat United Evangelical Church
Des Moines
St. Paul
Charles I
Evans
Judge rules damages suits against charities not maintainable
In Polk county district court Judge A. H. McVey rules that damages suits against charitable institutions like hospitals cannot proceed, arguing such actions would deplete their funds and hinder their good work. This marks a new point in Iowa law.
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A. H. McVey
Polk County
Iowa
Lawsuit Seeks 25000 In Damages From Power Company
Samuel Connell as administrator of William Connell's estate sues Keokuk Electric Railway & Power Co. for 25000 damages over the death of William Connell who died May 3 after touching a live wire near the company's power house.
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Samuel Connell
William Connell
Keokuk Electric Railway & Power Company
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