Wheel as emblem of progress in Talmage Thanksgiving sermon
The sermon argues gratitude for invention and the wheel’s influence on domestic life and industry. It praises sewing machines and agricultural reapers, chronicles steamboat progress, and notes how machinery transformed travel and global trade, urging thanksgiving for technological advancement.
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Louis Klopsch
Washington
Dr. Talmage
Ezekiah
Santiago
Manila
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Daniel
Nahum
Paradise
Thomas Hood
Saul
Sexton
Arlington Sjreights
Richmond
Gettysburg
Alsop
Duncan
Greenough
Singer
Wil
O wheel a mighty forge of change and progress
A reflective reminiscence traces the arc of locomotion from Fitchs steamboat and Watts engine to Sandersons stagecoach and Stephenson locomotive. The author extols railway expansion and the bicycles arrival, praising speed, reach, and social uplift especially for women while urging responsible, beneficial use.
Chopin Remains Reinterment Plans Spark Polish Festival
The proposal to move Chopin’s remains from Paris to Krakow for burial in the vault of the Polish kings has drawn 2000 florin contributions from Frederick Chopin and Zdzierwski. The event aims to become a grand Polish festival.
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Chopin
Paris
Cracow
Frederick Chopin
Zderewski
State Geologic Survey reports practical changes in education and wardens
Des Moines reports the Grand Army of the Republic inspection of the Marshalltown soldiers home finds no major complaints and notes improvements such as white tablecloths. It also previews a practical survey volume on Iowa limestone and shale for cement and details proposed compulsory education measures and a large horticultural meeting in Des Moines.
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Geological Survey
Intervent
Des Moines
State Organization
the Grand Army of the Republic
Marshalltown
J. J. Steadman
Council Ututts
M. Crapo
Burlington
M. Pickell
Phil
Schaller
Sae City
L. 2
Raymond
Hampton
Bailey
Grand Army of the State
Board of Control
Fy Bain
Towa
Bain
Dubuque
Beyer
State Agricultural College
Hardin County
Beyer Dubuque
Calvin
Rain
Cedar
Bremer
Norton
Cornell College
Toulsa County
J. A. Udden
Augustana College
Rock Island
Marion County
Miller
Penn College
Lyon
Sioux
Wilder
Jackson
Osceola
Macbride
the State University
Worth County
Williams
Ames
Henry County
T. J. Savage
Western College
State Horticultural Society
State House
Budd
BR. P. Speer
Cedar Falls
Drake University Debt Raised With Donations
The Drake University board in Des Moines canvassed donations to cover the 65 000 debt. A total 40 000 was raised with ex Gov Drake pledging 25 000 upon return. D J Ewing of Des Moines announced plans for a 45 000 library and Gov Drake to fund a 5 000 chapel extension.
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Drake University
Des Moines
Drake
D. J. Ewing
Governor Shaw Visits Culver Cadets in Indiana
Governor I. M. Shaw and Mrs and Miss Shaw visited their son at Culver Military Academy in Culver Indiana. A 17 gun salute honored him and an informal reception followed with officers and ladies of the post presented to the Shaws. The governor spoke in the chapel on Some Elements of a Successful Life.
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Gov. I. M. Shaw
Miss Shaw
Culver Military Academy
Culver
Ind
Gov
Painter Drinks Green Paint in Suicide Attempt at Cedar Rapids
Pet Warland, a painter, drank three quarts of green paint in Cedar Rapids aiming to die. He was found quickly and rushed to hospital, a stomach pump used, and he survived. His troubled home life is noted with his wife having left with another man. Three Davenporters aboard the steamer Patria burned off Dover, England, were William Stohs Hans Steenhardt Henry Wochler and J J Weimann of Creston, all saved.
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Pet Warland
Cedar Rapids
Iarland
Dover
England
William Stohs
Hans 2. Steenhardt
Henry William Wochler
J. J. Weimunn
Creston
Davenport
Rosa Rogge Granted Divorce from Gottfried Rogge
Rosa Rogge received a divorce from Gottfried Rogge a farmer in Cass county. She was awarded 120 acres and 5700 dollars. The couple had lived together many years. Gottfried retains about 100 acres.
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Rosa Rogce
Gottfried Rogge
Cass County
Appreciation for California Hospitality to Iowa Volunteers
The Iowa executive council adopts resolutions thanking California and its citizens for hospitality to the Iowa regiment and visiting delegates. It praises Governor Henry J. Cape and Adjutant General W T Seanmans, and Gov Beek of California, for support and attentive entertainment by California officials and women in San Francisco Oakland and Berkeley. The resolutions will be filed and copies sent to Governor Fenty 12 Gage of California.
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Sanfrancisco
California
Mranetseo
Oakland
Berkeley
Particmar
Iowa Regiment
Henry J. Cape
Iowna
W. T. Seanmans
Wenoed
Califorriia
Gol. Mranets BE. Beek
San Francisco
Owlsland
Presidh
Itowa
Fenty
Gage
Claitfornin
After Thirty Years Reunion of Father and Daughter Near Davis Tid
John Westervelt, a Woodbury county farmer, located his daughter Mary Beckley in Mes assisted by a quarter century search. Mary Beckley, wife of a Hoosier trainer, died soon after giving birth to a daughter who was adopted and later moved to Indiana. May Westervelt, now advanced in years, awaits a final reunion with her father at home for the rest of his life.
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Davis
Tid
John We Westervelt
Woodbury County
Mes
Mary B. Beckley
Westervelt
Truly
Indiana
Smithfield
Bockley
Woodburg
May Westervel
Saloons Targeted in Sioux City Suit Over Law
Attorney for defense seeks to transfer seven saloon prosecutions to federal court arguing the suppression statute violates the federal constitution. The defense contends due process is denied by criminal penalties and asset seizures and that private prosecutions infringe jury trial rights. A court ruling could set the course for further action.
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A. DD. Treunier
Sioux City
Cindi
Dle
Union Veterans' Union General Order Names Appointments
Commander Langstad of the Union Veterans' Union issues his first general order from Dubuque listing appointments. Names include Adjutant General Col. M. I. Irwin Davenport Quartermaster General Col A. Mitch ell Davenport Chief of Staff Col Vodu Cornellslutts Chief Mustering Officer Col Oak Des Moines Inspector General Lieut Col WW & Gaddus Seymour Judge Advocate General Lieut Col H. G. Carpenter Des Moines
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Langstad
Union Veterans’ Union
Dubuque
Sileut
Oak
Chiawohes
Ptabinson
Des Malnus
WW & Gaddus
Seymour
Judge Advocate General
H. G. Carpenter
Cedar Rapids expands St Clarke's hospital to become major state facility
Plans and specifications are prepared to enlarge St Clarke's hospital in Cedar Rapids, increasing facilities about fivefold and creating one of the largest hospitals in the state. The Guelington Cedar Rapids & Northern railway and Northwestern & Milwaukee route injured to the hospital from within 30 or more miles.
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St. Tlarke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Guelington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway
Tlis
Northwestern & Milwaukee
Polk and Hippe Plan 75 Mile Des Moines Rail Line
President Polk and Manager Hippe announce next year a Des Moines City Railway line from Des Moines southwest to Winterset then to Macksburg Greenfield and Creston totaling about 75 miles. The project aims to extend further to the state's southwest corner.
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Polk
Hippe
Des Moines City Railway Company
Des Moines
Winterset
Macksburg
Greenfield
Creston
Four Dubuquets Serve in Regiment for Manila Flight
In the forty-fifth United States Infantry unit that left San Francisco for Manila, four Dubuquets are listed Willard Flynn second lieutenant Fred Shiras Nath Hagen and J Boleyn privates Flynn is captain of the forty-ninth Town in Cuba Fred Shiras is a son of Judge O. 2 Shiras of the federal court.
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Forty-Fifth Regiment
United States Infantry
San Francisco
Manila
Willard Flynn
Fred Shiras
Nate Hagen
J. Boleyn
Flynn
Cuba
O. 2. Shiras
Federal Court
Resignation of Sheriff Welsh leads to Hoefer appointment
Sheriff Joe Welsh submitted his resignation to the Sioux City board of supervisors and it was immediately accepted. A. J. Hoefer of Solon was chosen as sheriff-elect to complete the term. Hoefer’s bond was approved and he began duties at once. The move ends a case that had been widely publicized.
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Joe Welsh
Board of Supervisors
Sioux City
A. J. Hoefer
Solon
Welsh
Filipino Boy Becomes Mascot and Servant in Shields Household
The Fifty first town regiment of volunteers returned from Manila with Vilipino Shields a native Filipino boy about 12. He nursed Private W S Shields after the Battle of Malolos and chose to stay in America with his guardian. He brought a peso mango and a sunkees killer as tokens of friendship.
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Manila
Vilipino Shields
W. 8. Shields
Dean
Battle of
Malolos
Shields
Council Bulls
Weto
Lavon
Gavel to be given to Speaker Be Henderson in Congress
A carved rosmiwood gavel from Manila will be presented to Speaker David Be Henderson as Congress opens. The gold inlayed mallet features monograms and five gold stars and will be gifted by state and national leaders with a delegation from Iowa traveling to Washington for the ceremony.
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David Be Henderson
Towa
Congress
Manila
Charles Ve. Moant
Shenandoah Company
Ifty-Thred Regimond
Reina Christina
Montejo
Mervin
Eno
Shivws
Lias Enterprise
Bing
Washington
Mike
Iowa Firemen Revise Constitution at Cedar Rapids Meeting
At Cedar Rapids the Iowa Firemen revised the constitution by laws and rules of the nominal tournament. The key change moves selection of the annual tournament from a majority vote to the board of control if bonds are not available. Officers elected include President Warren Tralany Treasurer J H Johnson Marshalltown Financial Secretary Wed Irnns Recording Secretary I A Wood Cedar Rapids Davenport to host next meeting.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Miremein
Board of Control
Warren
Trarlany
J. H. Johnson
Marshalltown
Wed. Lrnnels
Sunborn
I. A. Wood
Cedar Rapsids
Davenport
Ministers denounce football as twin evil to society
Des Moines ministers, meeting as the ministerial association, condemn football as a brutal influence comparable to prize fighting. Dr J A Wirt voices the strongest opposition from the Dulhemma church, arguing Christian colleges sustain the game, and the group remains unanimously against it with no support for the sport.
Polish Couple Seeks Divorce After Alleged Poison Plots
Abraham Snyder petitions for divorce from his 69 year old wife in Caun cH Bluffs alleging she tried to poison him with arsenic in his wine and attacked him in his sleep. The couple married in Poland 42 years ago and lived together until recently amid escalating domestic trouble.
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Abraham Snyder
Caunch Bluffs
Poland
Abraham
Sle
Apple shipments hit by warm weather losses in southwestern town
Reports from the southwestern town, a major apple region, indicate dealers suffered heavy losses due to sweating and rot caused by unusually warm weather. The crop was moderate and shipping volume will be at most half the usual barrels.
Loyal Legion Banquet Honors Iowa Commandery's 20th Year
One hundred fifty guests attended the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States banquet in the Savery dining hall Des Moines honoring the Iowa commandery's twentieth anniversary in what was hailed as one of the season's most brilliant social events.
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Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Savery
Des Moines
Iowa Commandery
Order
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