Devastating Humboldt valley mouse plague, 1907 08
The Humboldt valley outbreak devastated 15,000 of 20,000 acres in alfalfa and root crops, destroying orchards and trees. Poisoning failed initially. field work by the Rodgers and Anker ranches reduced losses. Predators like hawks and owls aided greatly, with estimates of 45,000 mice killed daily at peak and total valley losses around $300,000.
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Humboldt Valley
California
George 8. Webb
Rodgers Ranch
Biological Survey
Rodgers and Anker
Rodgers
Anker
Humboldt River
Winnemucca
Battle Mountain
Paradise
Humboldt Valleys
King River
Quinn River
Carson and Smith Valleys
Nevada
Weber River Valley
Sanpete
Utth Counties
Utah
Honey Lake Valley
Carson Valley
Lovelocks
United States Biological Survey
Carson
Minden
Humpoldt Valley
Oregon
United States
North America
Wonderful Clocks of French Cathedrals Highlight Heavenly Mechanisms
A French journal notes the Lyons cathedral clock with a cock crowing the hours and angelic gates opening to the Virgin Mary The Beauvais clock features 92000 pieces showing time tides and world capitals The Last Judgment scene includes God the Father and a condemned thief moving toward the abyss
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Lyons
Beauvais
God the Father
Delegates Named for National Italia Land Congress
Governor Carroll names Iowa's twenty four delegates to the National Italia Land congress meeting in Chicago November 16. The group includes O J Gibson Winfield Smouse A B Numbleton J W Lopping M V Bolton and others. Congress aims to educate on land development and promote farm land reclamation and colonization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
St. Louis
President Taft
Carroll
Iowa
National Italia Land Congress
Chicago
O. J. Gibson
Red Oak
Winfield Smouse
Washington
Battle Creek
John H. Riley
Waterloo
J. A. Mooney
Waverly
L. Berry
Bloomfield
A. Walker
Moulton
J. Wall
Bonaparte
John Ledgerwood
Loon
W. & Brown
Clarion
Charles A. Walsh
Democratic Central Committee
Congress
United States
Brick Mason Falls From Wall Kills Tailor
W. J. Kennedy a bricklayer lost balance while working atop the Coliseum wall and plunged about fifty feet striking tailor John A. Holmquist who was passing below. Holmquist died within minutes from a broken neck. Kennedy escaped with minor injuries including a scalp wound and a torn ear.
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Des Moines
Coliseum
W. J. Kennedy
Apie
John A. Holimquist
Holmquist
Kennedy
Greene's Dog Case Ends in Victory for Butalaffi
The Greene dog case concludes with Charles Butalaffi winning after a prior damages award of 140 dollars. Charles McCarthy had bought a dog from Dumlaft claimed to be gentle, but the animal attacked McCarthy's daughter on the second day in the new home, causing serious injuries.
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Greene
Alligon
Hag
Charles Butalaffi
Wis
Charles McCarthy
Dumlaft
McCarthy
Brother of Bondsman Dies From Fall at Des Moines
James Slater, brother of L D Slater a known bondsman, fell down stairs at Mast Wirth and Locust streets and died at Mercy hospital. Skull fracture and cerebral hemorrhage listed as the cause.
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Des Moines
James Slater
L. D. Slater
Mast Wirth
Locust Streets
Mercy Hospital
Slater
Stolen Team Recovered in Council Bluffs
Lat Brokes was arrested in Omaha while trying to dispose of a fine team of horses stolen from A Berngnes barn. The horses were recovered and Brokes is jailed. He is not the man seen loitering at the Berngnes farm believed to be the thief.
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Council Bluffs
Lat Brokes
Qmaha
A. Berngnes
Brokes
Berngnes
Requiem Mass Held for Monsignor Lenehan at Corpus Christi
A solemn high requiem mass known as the month mind was offered at Corpus Christi church for the late Monsignor Lenehan. About sixty priests from the diocese officiated, the service held thirty days after the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge
Monsionor
Lenehan
Corpus Christi Church
Miss Ava Blank Takes Stenography Teaching Post at Colfax
Des Moines teacher Miss Ava Blank is secured as stenography and penmanship instructor in Colfax public schools. Her mother Mrs L B Blank has moved to Colfax to reside with her daughter.
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Miss Blank
Colfax
Ava Blank
Des Moines
L. B. Blank
First Pellagra Case Reported in Towa
Marengo physician reports C I Vance has pellagra, the first known case in Towa. The ailment is noted as common in Europe.
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Marengo
C. I. Vance
Towa
Europe
Cattle Sale Lines Up Large Rip Jey Township Herd
George Mead delivered 197 choice steers from his Rip Jey farm to a cattle buyer. The sale price ranged from eleven thousand to twelve thousand dollars.
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George Mead
Rip Jey Township
Hutchinson Defense Under Way in Indianola Case
Indianola attorneys for Harry Hutchinson are preparing his defense. His exact plea is unknown but is believed to be self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hutchinson
Revival at Ida Grove Closes After Two Weeks
A two week revival at the Ida Grove Methodist church led by Dr. Mahood ends with eighty converts and a free will offering totaling 400 dollars to the evangelist.
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Ida Grove
Methodist Church
Mahood
Washington Man Dead After Lingering Illness
Washington T H Chilecote died after a lingering illness of consumption. He was born in the country 52 years ago. A wife and four children survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
T. H. Chilecote
Iowa Harvest Season Opens Amid Strong Corn Yields
Iowa farmers report the annual yellow corn harvest underway with good weather aiding fieldwork. Despite a yield below last year and prior standards, the crop is progressing well as husking begins and stalks stand generally straight aside from a few torn fields.
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Iowa
Funeral of Mother Emily in Dubuque
Archbishop J J Ireland of St Paul conducted the solemn funeral for Mother Emily head of the Dominican Order in the United States. Her children and sisters honored her with a moving sermon and a tender tribute. She rests in Sinzawauna cemetery near St Chiara academy after forty years of service to the order.
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Emily
Dubuque
J. J. Ireland
St. Paul
Mather Waly
Dominican Order
United States
St. Chiara Academy
Overholt Ashes Brought to Oakland Cemetery
Ashes of former Postmaster EH Overholt, who died by his own hand in Des Moines last summer, were brought to Iowa City and interred in the family lot at Oakland cemetery after cremation in Davenport.
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Overholt
Iowa City
Kirkwood
Des Moines
Oakland Cemetery
Davenport
Dea Moines
Mrs Reynolds Loses Jewelry at Boone Station
Mrs John Reynolds and her husband traveled to Clinton and Chicago leaving $6000 in diamonds at Boone station on the Northwestern line. The jewelry vanished with no trace found despite a generous reward for recovery.
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Boone
John Reynolds
Clinton
Chicago
Boone Station
Northwestern Road
Heavy Fine on Druggist in Webster City Case
Judge Wright presiding in Alabama city court imposed a fine of 450 and costs on W. T. Faucett a local druggist. Faucett was indicted last spring and entered a guilty plea at the current term of court.
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Webster City
Wright
Ala Elty
W. T. Mauecett
Faucett
Thirty-Year Sentence in Murder Attempt Case
In district court Judge Monid sentenced Caspar Mehuis to thirty years in the penitentiary after Mehuis pleaded guilty to attempting to murder 17 year old Anna Wengles on April 14. He fired five shots into her body after she rejected his attentions.
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Per
le Mara
Monid
Caspar Mehuis
Mehuis
Anna Wengles
Oxford Farmer Probst Found Dead on Iowa Farm
The body of 20 year old Adam Probst was found on his father’s farm near Oxford Iowa. Police believe he was thrown from a horse while herding cattle and this caused a fatal neck injury. The family had thought he was visiting a neighbor.
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Oxford
Iowa City
Adam Probst
Death of Bagley Woman
Mrs. George Straight of Bagley died suddenly at Garden Plain Wisconsin from heart trouble while attending a nephew’s wedding in Illinois. The death came as a shock to relatives here.
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Bagley
George Straight
Garden Plain
Illinois
Jail inmate shoots toe while firing at rats
Emery Martin, a prisoner serving a sentence at the county jail, was a trusty given a gun to shoot rats around the jail when he accidentally shot off part of a toe. He was handling the weapon during the rat control effort.
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Mr. Pleasant
Emery Martin
Colfax Land Sold for 100 Per Acre
J. W. Veach of Mound Prairie township buys forty acres from W. S. Norris for 100 dollars per acre. The property has no buildings and is frequently overflowed by the Skunk river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colfax
J. W. Veach
Mound Prairie Township
J. B. Ross
W. S. Norris
Girl 17 Tries to Take Her Life Over Lovers’ quarrel
Miss Minnie Pratt, 17, attempted death by shooting herself in the heart with a rifle. Authorities believe the act followed a lovers quarrel.
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Minnie Pratt
Explosion Burns Iowa City Woman at Home
Mrs. Welly Doud of Iowa City was severely burned in a gas explosion at her home after lighting a match in a room with a leaking pipe. She was knocked down by the blast and injured.
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Iowa City
Welly Doud
Woman Burned to Death in Apparent Accident
Mrs. Hannah Christman died after a stove fire ignited by kerosene exploded. She endured twelve hours of agony before death. Local authorities report the incident occurred here and suspect accidental ignition in a failed attempt to start a fire.
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Clarind
Hannah Christmans
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Ezpiper
Lombardy
Strassburg
Farm Land Congress
Ghigago
Odd Fellows
Cedar Rapids
Grand Lodge
H. C. Ring
Marion
Stymert
Stevenson
Cornell Bluffs
W. W. Brunton
EH. W. Cutting
Decorahs
T. Temple
Maveeuport
J. W. Marshall
Honor Late Priest
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