State Institutions Seek 1 1 Million for Next Biennium
The Iowa state board of control asks the legislature for 1 153 415 dollars for state institutions for the coming two years, excluding educational institutions. The list includes homes for soldiers and orphans, the blind, deaf, feeble minded, schools for boys and girls, and several state hospitals and penitentiaries with specific allotments.
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Special Co
Des Moines
State Board of Control
State Board
Board of Control
Marshalltown
Caer
Vinton
Council Bluffs
Glenwood
Eldora
Paychelt
Wine
Telnet
State Hospital
Mount Pleasant
Independence
Clarinda
Cherokee
Fort Madison
Anamosa
Baws Weh
Bana
Fine oil portraits to join state collection
The state historical department will soon receive two fine oil portraits of Former Speaker David B. Henderson and Former Gov. William Larrabee. Both works are by Freeman Thorpe and were reviewed with Curator Aldrich after Thorpe visited.
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State Historical Department
Wbx
Henderson
David B. Henderson
William Larrabee
National House of Representatives
Freeman Thorpe
Aldrich
Musser Lumber plant in Muscatine closes for season
Nearly 500 workers lose jobs as the Musser Lumber company shuts down for the season. The plant has filled its sheds with lumber and will not cut more. About 25,900,000 feet of logs were cut during the season, marking a heavy wear.
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Musser Lumber Company
Muscatine
Farmers Institute Circuit Formed Across Three Counties
Butler Bremer and Chickasaw counties form an institute circuit and plan institutes at Shellrock January 19 Nashua January 22 23 and Sumner January 24 25. Circuit coalesces counties to attract stronger speakers and is encouraged by the state department of agriculture.
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Butler, Bremer
Chickasaw
Shellrock
Nashua
Sumner
State Department of Agriculture
Creston High Adds Girls Glee Club and Debating Group
Music and literature occupy Creston high school with a boys glee club a girls debating club and a new girls glee club. The three groups are expected to perform for surrounding towns this winter in a series of events.
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Creston
Decision Against Armour in Oleomargarine Case
Judge Howe in Polk county district court overruled a demurrer to an indictment against Armour & Co. for violating the oleomargarine law. The state, via Dairy Commissioner Wright, plans to seek a supreme court ruling on whether any yellow tint in oleomargarine constitutes a violation. Iowa farmers back the agitation for a ruling.
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Armour
Howe
Polk County
Des Moines
Armour & Co
Wright
Supreme Court
Iowa
Two Simultaneous Fires Ravage Albia Business District
Two fires raged in Albia’s business section under 40 mph winds, burning unchecked until damages reached 225000 dollars. The simultaneous blazes two blocks apart spurred suspicions of arson and a vigilance committee formed to pursue culprits after a report of Maryville blaze and Buxton also suffering a serious fire.
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Albia
Maryville
Buxton
Ashes Laid To Rest For Judge Herbert B. Davis
An urn containing the cremated remains of Judge Herbert B. Davis, recently named to the highest court in the Philippines, was entombed in a vault at Fairview cemetery in Cedar Falls. The 18 inch urn held his ashes after cremation following his death.
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Iowa
Herbert B. Davis
Philippine Islands
Fairview
Cedar Falls
Dead Woman Identified in Belle Plaine Murder
The body of a woman found in the woods near Belle Plaine is identified as Mrs. William Myers of Keister Minnesota who disappeared weeks ago. Myers identified the body and the neck injury led a coroner jury to render a verdict of murder.
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Belle Plaine
William Myers
Keister
Minn
Myers
Tragic Suicide by Carbolic Acid at Barkley Imperial Hotel
A 22 year old registered as Mabel Ives Cedar Rapids at the Barkley Imperial hotel in Sioux City drank carbolic acid and died. The young woman, identified as Florence Jackson of Tracy, Iowa, allegedly killed herself over an unreciprocated crush on a man in Iowa City.
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Barkley Imperial Hotel
Sioux City
Mabel Ives
Cedar Rapids
Florence Jackson
Tracy
Iowa City
Robbers Seize Watchman Then Target Bank in Mapleton
Three robbers restrained the night watchman at Mapleton took his revolver and jail keys, locked him in a jail cell, and broke into the First State Bank. They pried the outer door but failed to open the strong box containing $20,000, finally netting only $20 in pennies.
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Mapleton
First State Bank
Saloonkeeper James Dunn Kills Wife Then Dies
Sioux City saloonkeeper James Dunn killed his wife after she refused to live with him and then shot himself, dying instantly. The wife later died at the hospital from her injuries.
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James Dunn
Sioux City
Dunn
Iowa News Briefs Paint A Wide Picture Of Death Fire And Appointments
George W Haun is appointed stenographer at Boise land office. William Ziegler a Missouri indictment figure with ties to Illinois politics is noted as a Muscatine lad. The Cobb block in Tipton burned. Andrew Anderson a Logansport miner for W D Johnson Coal died in a rock fall. Dick Buss 16 of Wellsburg accidentally killed himself with a rifle north of town. Charles Foote 77 died suddenly at Iowa Falls. wife found him in his chair. Story City post office robbed of 200 in currency and 500 in stamps. S Merrill of Monona county dies near Whiting at 78. Fires in Pocahontas business district destroy Mutual Telephone Exchange Quinn Hardware Morse Clothing and Whitney pool and bowling alley. loss about 50000. Calvin P Butler dies in Denver. Iveyville post office established with Charles W Harlow postmaster. W W Smith of Nevada named assistant in animal husbandry. Arlington endures smallpox epidemic. Jack Tallackson shoots a deer near Fertile. first wild deer there in 20 years. Walter Abendroth found dead in Nova Springs slaughter house with throat cut. no robbery signs. Edward Morgan former Dubuque police chief dies after two months illness. Charles D Bevington of Winterset dies at Butter Missouri. longtime Winterset bank president and railway builder. Iowa game warden in Council Bluffs harasses Nebraska poachers. two nabbed. Abner Rolland 25 dies from accidental self-inflicted gunshot. wife and infant child survive.
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George W. Haun
Newton
Boise
Idaho
William Ziegler
Missouri
Tipton
Andrew Anderson
Logansport
W. D. Johnson Coal Company
S. Merrill
Monona County
Whiting
Vmlames
Pocahontas
Mutual Telephone Exchange
Quinn Hardware Company
Morse Clothing Company
Whitney Pool
Calvin P. Butler
Iowa
Denver
Col
Iveyville
Adams County
Charles W. Harlow
W. W. Smith
Nevada
Agricultural Department
Iowa State College
Arlington
Jack Tallackson
Fertile
Walter Abendroth
Nova Springs
Edward Morgan
Dubuque
Ijlness
Charles D. Bevington
Winterset
Butter
Winterset National Bank
Des Moines, Winterset& Southern Railway
Council Bluffs
Nebraska
Brown
Abner Rolland
Death of Gen Francis Drake Former Iowa Governor
Gen Francis Marion Drake longtime Iowa leader died at his Centerville home after a brief diabetes illness. He left six children and an estate between 3 and 4 million dollars. Gov Cummins proclaimed the loss, noting his war service and philanthropy including 200000 for Drake University. Born 1830 in Rushville Illinois he later moved to Fort Madison and built a law practice before Civil War service reaching brigadier general. He helped build railroads and led Keokuk and Western project later presiding over other lines. He was elected governor in 1895 by 60 000 votes.
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Francis Marion Drake
Iowa
Centerville
Rushville, Ill
Fort Madison
California
Drake
Keokuk & Western Railroad
Gen. Drake
Fire Underwriters Consider Anti-Compact Delay
At a Des Moines meeting of five underwriters in Iowa a statewide organization was deemed inadvisable for now. Agents favor deferring action until Judge McPherson's decision in the anti-compact case is resolved if an appeal is chosen. A committee will confer with Des Moines local agents on rates. The January committee for agents in the anti-compact case was asked to resume its work.
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Des Moines Army Post
United States
Ohio
Hull
Des Moines
Galveston
Iowa
McPherson
Seana
Rural delivery offices added in four Iowa towns
New rural free delivery offices will start December 1 in Keota Keokuk county. Lenox Taylor county. Polk City Polk county. and Waukon Allamakee county. Each route lists miles covered area population and houses on route. Keota 495 miles 43 sq mi 955 people 208 houses. Lenox 24144 miles 22 sq mi 505 people 101 houses. Polk City 234 miles 18 sq mi 468 people 104 houses. Waukon 49 miles 46 sq mi 1,030 people 206 houses.
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Keota
Keokuk County
Lenox
Taylor County
Polk City
Polk County
Waukon
Allamakee County
Cathedrals of France Lectures Planned for Iowa Students
Andre Michel, curator of the Louvre gallery in Paris and sculpture professor at the Ecole du Louvre since 1898, will lecture at the State University of Iowa in January on the great cathedrals of France, including Notre Dame. Ambassador Jusserand has praised his knowledge of artistic France.
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Andre Michel
Lovre Museum
Paris
France
State University of Iowa
Notre Dame
Ecole du Louvre
Jusserand
Legation
Washington
Iowa University
M. Michel
America
Prof
van Steenderen
University
Interurban Franchises Sold for Davenport Clinton Line
The John A. May franchise and line material to Davenport Clinton was sold to the Iowa & Illinois company promoted by Thomas Wilcox of Des Moines, now manager. Expect cars running Davenport to Clinton by next June. Iowa City reports the death of Frank Russell, famed University of Iowa alumnus and Ft. Dodge native, who died in Kingman Arizona after years of Arctic research.
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Davenport
Clinton
Iowa & Illinois Company
Thomas Wilcox
Des Moines
Iowa City
Iowa
Frank Russell
The
State University
Ft. Dodge
Kingman
Ariz
State Board of Control Budgets and Institution Stats
A report compares expenses over the last two biennial periods. It cites $3,437,761.46 total for the latest period with $1,099,321.92 for new buildings and $2,338,439.54 for support, and $2,505,719.75 for the prior period. It notes Cherokee State hospital event costs, land purchases, wage increases, and counts 7,435 inmates at period end.
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Board of Control
Cherokee State Hospital
Pardons Sought by Death Row Inmates in Des Moines and Dubuque
George Weems, serving life for murder of Conductor Redpath in Des Moines, seeks pardon arguing absence at shooting and prejudicial conviction. Mrs. Sarah Kuhn of Sigourney asks governor to transmit pardon for 1900 husband murder conviction, citing youth and good reputation. Hugh Robbards, life prisoner from Dubuque, and Leonard Haley associated with him seek pardons for killings of two policemen in Milwaukee yards.
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George Weems
L. H. Redpath
Des Moines
B. W. Garrett
Weems
District Court
Polk County
Redpath
Sarah Kuhn
Sigourney
Thirtieth General Assembly
Kuhn
Hugh Robbards
Dubuque County
Robbards
Leonard W. Haley
Anamosa Prison
Black Sheep in the Family: Boy Found in Iowa Penitentiary
An Arkansas mother spent six years seeking her missing son and learns he is imprisoned in Ft Madison Iowa under the name T. B Richards, after being sent from Cass County for conspiracy. Her other son, Sergeant Arthur Conway, has left the Philippines to help secure his brother's release. The story chronicles a long, painful search and a mother's plea.
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Arkansas
Iowa
Arthur Conway
Philippines
Ft. Madison
T. B. Richards
Cass County
Richards
Conway
Diamond Jo Lines End Steamboating Era on Upper Mississippi
The Diamond Jo and rival lines plan major changes for the river trade. They announce removal of Black roustabouts and will replace them with white workers when the season resumes next spring, ending a chapter of river labor.
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Upper Mississippi
Darky
Van Chamberlain Awarded 160 Acres of Crown Lands
Ames resident Van Chamberlain, a Union National Bank director, received notice of an entitlement to 160 acres from Canadian crown lands as an award for military service during the Fenian invasion of 1866, under 1 Edward VII Chapter 6.
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van Chamberlain
Ames
Union National Bank
Crown Lands of
Canada
Bohemian Worker Killed by Train Near Fairfax
Frank Jakl, a Bohemian section hand, was instantly killed when he stepped from one track into the path of a Northwestern fast mail near Fairfax. He had saved $830 and was planning to return to Bohemia to bring his wife and four children.
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Frank Jakl
Fairfax
Northwestern
Bohemia
Fighting in Jolo Kills 300 Moros and Wounds Officials
Five days of combat near Siet Lake and Jolo end with about 300 Moros killed and many captured or wounded. Maj. H L Scott wounded in a trap while transporting Panglima Hassan, who led to the ambush. American forces under Gen. Leonard Wood report heavy Moro losses and promise no further uprising.
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Manila
Jolo
Leonard Wood
H. L. Scott
Fourteenth Cavalry
Hassen
Maj
Scott
Sid Lake
Wood
Tablibi
Twenty-eighth Regiment
Twenty-third
George S. Satley
Seventeenth Infantry
D. J. Rumbough
Colombia Leader Appeals to Americans Over Panama Row
President Marroquin declares U S Minister Beaupre and all Americans in Colombia safe and the interior quiet. He cites a recent communication to the U S people about the Panama question and appeals to American conscience to protect Colombia’s honor and territory.
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Bogota
Colombia
Marroquin
United States
Beaupre
United States Senate
Panama
Columbian
Americas
Washington
Bribery arrests loom over Grand Rapids water deal
Grand Rapids officials and ex officials face warrants for taking bribes in the Garman Cameron water scheme from Lake Michigan. Lant Salsbury’s confession sparked charges against 13 former and four current officials with sums from 200 to 3333 dollars. Bail set at 2000 for aldermen and 5000 for Perry. several pled not guilty or demanded examination.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Garman-Cameron
Lake Michigan
Lant K. Salsbury
Perry
Burns
George R. Perry
David Burns
Corey P. Bissell
Board of Public Works
James McColl
Peter Departer
Jacob Ellen
Malachi Kinney
John T. Donovan
Jacob Mol
Abraham Ghysels
Charles Johnson
Ryner Stonehouse
Daniel Lozier
John McLachlan
Clark Slocum
John Muir
Adrian Shriver
Alderman Ghysels
Alderman Shriver
Salsbury
Salisbury
Detroit House of Correction
Supreme Court
Awful Fate of Miners at Lilly Illinois Disaster
Thirty Italian laborers perished in a Lilly shanty near Johnstown following a fire started by an overheated stove. Many saved with nothing but the gold and savings they carried, others burned or crushed as they tried to escape.
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Johnstown
Lilly
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Iawa Board of Control
Stationary Engineers’ Association
Iowa Mutual
Towa
A. A. Coates
John P. Henson
Des Moines Women’s Club
State Federation of Labor of Iowa
Kennedy
Wadena
Epworth
Towa Agricultural College
Prof. Curtiss
State House
Holden
Ames College
State Agricultural College
Airship Prize
W. F. Brinton
Brinton
Santos-Dumont
J. C. Hagler
Ida County
Leon Brown
Farmers’ Institute
Bremer
Iowa State News
Looka Suspickoua
Wevean Drket
Louvre Museum
Arizona
John J. Jaromo
Colorado Fuel & Tron Company
Buffalo Park
Lincoln
Salina
Kan
J. Wayne Amos
Redlands
Cal
Amos
Abraham Lincoln
Advocate
Gypsum City
San Domingo
Wes Y Gil
Salt Lake City
State Board of Pardons
Nathan F. Haworth
Thomas Sandal
Haworth
Dundee
First National Bank
City of
Connellsville
Gompers
Boston
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Ernst Kraft
Philadelphia
Dubois
Summit
Elk Tanning Company
Curwensville
London
Rome
Daily Mail
Windsor
Victor Emmanuel
Edward
Columbus
Myron T. Herrick
Tom L. Johnson
Point Arenas
Scotia
Francoise Koppe
Point Keyes
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