Gash in State Treasury and Labor Inspector Demands
Des Moines reports a state treasury balance near 250000 with about 1100000 on hand before calls and 860000 in appropriation. Labor Commissioner Brigham seeks three factory inspectors to enforce safety rules amid neglected past recommendations. College seeks over 500000 for facilities and instruction. state fair profits near 15000 on ~60000 revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iato
Agricultural College
Des Moines
State
Treasury
E. D. Brigham
Iowa
Curator Charles Aldrich Marks 75th Birthday
Curator Charles Aldrich of the state historical department turns 75 and nears 20 years of service in February. He marks the milestone by continuing his work in his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Aldrich
State Historical Department
Aldrich
Judge Caswell Rules Street Railways Liable for Paving
Marshalltown district court judge Caswell holds that under current statutes street railway companies share liability for paving costs. Exceptions for former council exemptions under prior laws do not shield them from payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Caswell
District Court
Marshalltown
Somers Board Files Suit Over Stock Yard Move
The Somers board of health sues Rock Island Railway for 1700 dollars for failing to move its stock yards as directed last spring. The statute imposes a 20 dollar daily penalty for neglecting such a mandate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Somers
Rock Island Railway
Richards Ex-Deputy Guilty Of Iowa Robbery
W A Richards former United States marshal deputy was convicted in Indianola and sentenced to 18 years for robbing the home of Mrs Sarah Sullivan in Hamilton Baird wounded in the holdup testified as United States evidence alleging Richards planned the raid and stood at the door while it occurred He said Richards was paid the 2000 taken from the Sul livans and that Richards personally got the money along with accomplice Redup
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Richards
United States
Indianola
Sarah Sullivan
Hamilton
Baird
Richards
Redup
Sullivans
Flood Swamps Clinton Area Corn Lands Along Mississippi
Mississippi flood overwhelms thousands of acres near Clinton with water spreading between Clinton and Davenport, submerging ten miles of land and one to four miles wide. Standing corn ruined, hay stacks washed away, pasture losses totaling $50,000. northern areas also hit.
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Clinton
Mississippi
Davenport
Memorial services for Civil War veteran Crapp at Marshalltown
Col. C. C. Morton commanding the Iowa soldiers home led a memorial service for Phillip M. Crapp. The tribute noted Crapp’s efforts in securing a home for Civil War veterans in Marshalltown. Speakers included Col. Horton Col. J. M. Parker Rev. Cole chaplain and John Downie of the board of control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. C. GC. Morton
Iowa
Marshalltown
Phillip M. Crapp
Col. Horton
J. M. Parker
Rev. Cole
John Downie
Board of Control
Cyclone Hits Inwood Demolishes Lumber Sheds and Destroys Buildings
A cyclone struck Inwood demolishing the drying sheds at J. C. Jensen’s lumber yards and badly damaging a large restaurant owned by W. H. Hatcher, with extensive damage to smaller buildings. The storm tracked half a mile by a quarter mile. Nearby Garner saw a fierce windstorm that toppled barns and lightning killed several cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inwood
J. C. Jensen
W. H. Hatcher
Garner
Attorney Campbell Pleads Guilty in Davenport Insurance Case
W. L. Campbell, a young attorney and insurance agent, pleaded guilty in district court in Davenport for soliciting business for Chicago outlaw fire insurers. Judge Wolfe fined him 250 dollars, noting it is the first offense under the state's insurance laws in that region and upholding a lighter penalty than the allowed 1,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Campbell
Davenport
Wolfe
Local Crop Authorities Predict King Corn Beats Jack Frost
Authorities concede corn will win the race against Jack Frost with large yields in Iowa. The overall potato crop will be below average while apples and grapes exceed earlier expectations, signaling millions in value for farmers despite market presentation limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Frost
Iowa
Ex-convict posing as evangelist jailed for five years
Meyers claiming to represent a Chicago firm and preaching gospel was arrested in Muscatine a month ago. He was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary after duping residents of lowans out of thousands of dollars in multiple cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KE. Meyers
Chicago
Muscatine
Goats Killed and Injured in Q Train Collision Near Riverton
A passenger train on the Q plowed into a flock grazing near Riverton. The herd, owned by David Rankin, was used to clear brush. Reported losses include 144 goats killed and 73 injured in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverton
David Rankin
Death of Burlington Pioneer Edward M. McKittrick
Edward M. McKittrick deputy auditor for the treasury department and pioneer Burlington merchant died of heart failure at his Washington home. He was over 60 and entered government service in 1897.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. McKittrick
Treasury Department
Burlington
Washington
Lightning Claims 15 Year Old In Merrill Home
Evelyn Simpson 15 daughter of W D Simpson was struck by lightning in her Merrill home and killed instantly. The county board to submit a $25 000 courthouse bond issue to voters at the coming election. A series of accidents and notable events include a Chicago street car theft, a man fatally injured under a train, and several local injuries. A pioneer and former police officer Fred Lamb was killed by a fall from hay near Avoca. other incidents report broken arms, fatal jumps, and a train route survey. The region also notes plans for a new Dubuque to Reinbeck railway and a race education proposal. The Mahaska farmers institute meets January 1922 and the Southwestern Iowa editorial association convenes November 12 in Albia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wewar
Howard Martin
May Putnam
Isaac Wagoner
Bloomfield
Fred Lamb
Fairmount Park
Corner Bluffs
Avoca
Ben Ritter
Wellsburg
M. van Dusen
Manchester
George B. Paul
Missouri
Council Bluffs
E. G. McCammone
New Hartford
Dubuque
Reinbeck
Charles C. McCabe
German Methodist Episcopal Conference
Mason City
Methodist Church
Congress
Keokuk
Hamilton
Warsaw
Ill
Mahaska
Archbishop Kain’s Condition Remains Unchanged in Baltimore
Baltimore reports Archbishop John J. Kain still unconscious at St. Agnes sanitarium with no hope of recovery, while St. Louis notes his earlier relief from active duties by Bishop Glennon as coadjutor. details of his life outline a career from Martinsburg birth in 1841 through ordination in 1866 and rise to St. Louis archbishop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Kain
St. Agnes Sanitarium
St. Louis
John J. Kain
Glennon
Kansas City
United States
Martinsburg
Berkeley County
W. Va
St. Charles Seminary
Willicott
St. Mary’s College
Archbishop Spaulding
Potomac River
Wheeling
Richard Peter Kenrick
Confessed Plot Upheld in Woodstock Double Murder Case
Earl Ellsworth, 24, arrested in Chicago after a claimed confession to detectives posing as friends. The Woodstock tragedy involved Benjamin Ellsworth killing his wife and her lover, with Earl previously named as accessory. New claims question whether the father died by his own hand and suggest a possible insurance-mone y conspiracy involving Earl and two Woodstock citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Earl Ellsworth
Woodstock
Benjamin Elsworth
Earl
Amos Anderson
Marl Ellsworth
Eart
Hilsworth
Ellsworth
Elsworth
Harl Ellsworth
Young Ellsworth
Anderson
Seven Killed in Bilbao Clash Between Socialists and Clerics
In Bilbao on Sunday a collision between socialists at a demonstration andclericals caused seven deaths and 33 injuries. The Pueblo manager and Superior Louis Dautier of the Christian Brothers' schools were among the wounded. Revolvers fired from the Catholic club and the Church of St. Nicholas windows. The vicar was arrested for shooting. priests were detained for rioting. A priest was thrown into the river during the fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilbao
Spain
The
Pueblo
Louis Dautier
Christian Brothers’ Schools
Catholic Club
Knapp Murder Appeal Filed On Error In Ohio Circuit Court
Alfred Knapp sentenced to death for the murder of Hannah Goddard Knapp had his case appealed on error to the circuit court. The transcript was filed three hours before the 40 day deadline expired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Alfred Knapp
Hannah Goddard Knapp
Veterans Gather in Louisville for Nineteenth Union Encampment
Louisvill e hosts a large group of Civil War veterans who fought for the Union as they arrive Monday for the nineteenth annual encampment of the Union Veterans' union, now commonly called the battle men's division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Union Veterans’ Union
Facts for the Farmers from the era of harvest estimates
The piece cites total U S farm income around 5.5 billion dollars last year and 841 million acres under cultivation with 10.5 million workers. It notes 10 million laborers needed to harvest world crops for nine months and that Southern Pacific expects 750000 sacks of bean output in lower counties, about 100000 more than prior. It compares hand shelling to a steam sheller, one bushel per minute versus one and a half hours by hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Southern Pacific Railroad
Women Students Excel in History and Law at Oxbridge
Report notes women students at Oxford and Cambridge show notable aptitude in history with Indian women at Oxford excelling in law. The finding highlights scholarly strength among female cohorts in these disciplines across the two universities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Cambridge
India
Seven Die in Blackfoot Alcohol Fueled Massacre
In Browning Montana on October 13 seven people were killed and two wounded during a drunken spree on the Blackfoot Indian reservation. Wakes-up-last his wife and three children were slain as a revolver fired on the bed. Susan Bigroad and Mrs Little Plume among the dead. Four arrests made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning
Mont
Blackfoot
Montana
Wakes
Susan Bigroad
Little Plume
Alice Bigroad
J. Little Plume
Three Die in Missouri Pacific Frisco Train Collision
Three men are dead and three injured in a freight-train collision at a St. Louis avenue switchyard. The dead are A L Johnson and John Murphy of Missouri Pacific, and George Kirkpatrick a Frisco flagman. Injured are Will Austin R H Bradt and J E Ward.
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Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Frisco
St. Louis Avenue
Santa Fe Street
A. L. Johnson
John Murphy
George Kirkpatrick
Will Austin
R. H. Bradt
J. E. Ward
Americans in San Juan rally to uphold order after socialist clash
Gov. Hunt returns from Ponce amid demonstrations of support for US rule. In his absence socialists and anarchists clashed with police on San Juan plaza, 40 arrests and six month sentences. Condé urged bloodshed. locals demand punishment and a vigorous anti anarchist campaign. In Titusville, Jr. Cupler dies in nitroglycerin explosion. In Bulgaria, heavy fighting near Shitvi leaves Turks reduced after 690 insurgents arrive.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Funt
Ponce
Conde
Gov. Hunt
Sofia
Bulgaria
Shitvi
Dibra
Dorie Sarafoif
Plowing by Automobile and New Explosive Claims
An Ohio farmer Mr Raser used his car to tow a plow and mower when horses were unavailable though the gear was too fast for best results. Ammonal is touted as a safe explosive that resists shock moisture and friction and fires with a percussion cap. The German emperor sent a porcelain gift to Ross R Winans for aiding in restoring a Roman frontier fortress near Homburg Germany. His excavations yielded bronze spearheads swords locks coins and ornaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raser
Ohio
Ross R. Winans
Baltimore
Homburg
Germany
Romantic Courtship Ends in Omaha Nuptials
Charles D. Hunt of Mason City wed Miss Anna L. Murphy of Garretson Kentucky at the home of Judge Dickinson in Omaha Nebraska. The couple, long separated by eight years of letters and Hunt's Boer War service and South Africa sojourn, plan to reside in Mason City. Col. Blake of Barber Asphalt witnessed their union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Hunt
Mason City
Anna L. Murphy
Garretson
N. M. Mann
Judge Dickinson
Omaha
Neb
Mr. Hunt
South Africa
United States
Barber Asphalt Company
Col. Blake
Miss Murphy
Liquor Traffic Aid Moves Through United Brethren
Special correspondence notes the United Brethren conference in Des Moines endorsing a state marshal law to control Iowa liquor traffic. They plan a memorial to Gov. Cummins urging legislative enactment and a signed petition. Also discussed: changes sought by liquor interests including holiday hours and petition thresholds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Conference
Des Moines
Iowa
Cummins
General Assembly
Novel plan to curb illegal liquor sales in Iowa
Iowa temperance leaders propose a state constabulary to regulate saloons. A C Rankin backs dividing the state into five districts with a governor appointed state marshal and deputies, similar to revenue agents, to enforce liquor laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Iowa
A. C. Rankin
Internal Revenue
Socialists push for control of Iowa labor federation
Socialists in Iowa plan a campaign to control the state Federation of Labor at the next convention. Strong in Sioux City, they aim to organize further across Iowa before the summer federation meeting. They say they did not campaign in Des Moines and favored seeking endorsements from individual unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnetic Healers of
Towa
Qosce P. Butters
Des Moines
State Association of Healers
Convention of Federation of Labor
Iowa
State Federation of Labor
Sioux City
Minnesota
Cooperative Elevators Plan Gains Farmers Support
Northwestern railroad officials seek farmer cooperation to build cooperative grain elevators. Meetings held in many small towns promote better grain prices through united action. Grundy county farmers have adopted the method and report satisfaction with results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Railroad
Grundy County
Levee Drainage Planned to Reclaim 10000 Acre Range
Plans at embryonic stage aim to reclaim 10000 to 20000 acres of Muscatine and Louisa county land unfit for farming in wet seasons by a levee drainage system. The project centers along Muscatine sloughs in both counties and seeks farmer involvement. Meanwhile Sir Frederick Pollock will lecture at Iowa State University in Iowa City between October 11 and 17 as a guest of the American Bar Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Louisa County
Iowa State University
Jin
Iowa City
Sir Frederick Pollock
Edinburgh
Dublin
Harvard
Iowa University
America
American Bar Association
First Cousins Wedding Sparks Nerves in Covington Kentucky
A romance in Covington Kentucky stems from John Iden a noted citizen traveling to Morrow county Ohio to claim his cousin bride Mrs Slack. Ohio law bans first cousin marriages leading to a clandestine Kentucky wedding. The tale also notes a pension push by the G A R Iowa posts seeking a $12 monthly pension for veterans over 62 with national committee backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Washington
John Iden
Morrow County
Ohio
Caim
Slack
Covington, Ky
Iowa
L. B. Raymond
Pension Committee of the
National Organization
National Commander Elected for Patriarchs Militant
M A Raney of Marengo has been chosen national commander of the Patriarchs Militant the military arm of the Odd Fellows organization. The force was first tried at the Des Moines sovereign grand lodge in September and made permanent at the 1903 Baltimore meeting. Raney operates a Marengo newspaper and is a prominent figure at grand lodge gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Raney
Marengo
Patriarchs
Order of Odd Fellows
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Des Moines
Gen
Raney
Baltimore
Gen. Raney
First Rhodes Scholarships to be Awarded in 1904
Special correspondence reports the first Rhodes scholarships will be awarded in Oxford between February and March 1904. One $1,500 per year three year scholarship will be granted in this state. Candidates will be chosen by a non competitive exam next February or March conducted by President MacLean and college presidents Grinnell Cornell Drake and Coe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Agricultural College
Cummins
W. C. Whiting
Monona County
Ytowa
A. E. Cook
Thebelt
Rhodes
Oxford University
England
George ©. Maclean
State University
Oxford
MacLean
University
Grinnell
Cornell
Drake
Coe
Bank Clearings in Des Moines Rise for 1902
Des Moines bank clearings for the year ending September 30 show an increase of about 8.5 million dollars over the previous year. November 1902 added around 2 million in business vs 1901, while March marked the peak with over 11.2 million cleared. Local bankers deem Iowa business outlook first class as frost delays help corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Argentine Livestock Report Highlights Beef Trade Limits
Special correspondent Frank W. Bicknell reports from Argentina that grass fed cattle, though selling at fair prices, cannot compete with corn fed beef of America in English and other markets. The study, filed with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, spans about a year and a half of field work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Bicknell
Humboldt
Department of Agriculture
Washington
America
Hunt Leads U S Figure to Egypt Irrigation Scheme
Leigh Hunt former president of Iowa Agricultural College travels from Iowa to New York and then to England to join British travelers in a Soudan irrigation project. Backing reportedly 25 million dollars. He retains vast Corea interests and once faced Seattle losses. He plans to recruit many African Americans for the venture with Booker T. Washington's aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh Hunt
Iowa Agricultural College
Iowa
New York
England
Soudan
Egypt
Corea
Seattle
Hunt
Booker T. Washington
Fayette University Bans Football For Coming Year
Fayette University, a leading Methodist Episcopal school in Iowa, bars football this year. President Bassett supports regulated athletics and believes the university can achieve its best work without a football team. Church officials reportedly share the view, and success may spread to other denomination schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette University
Methodist Episcopal
Iowa
Bassett
Methodist Church
Fayette
Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Renominated At Denver Rally
Chief Justice John Campbell of the Colorado Supreme Court, an Iowa native from near Osceola and a 1877 law graduate, was renominated by acclamation at the Republican state convention in Denver. He has served one prior term and this ten year term follows. Campbell moved to Colorado soon after graduating and practiced law. he is son in law of Prof. L. F. Parker of Grinnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Campbell
Supreme Court of Colorado
Denver
Iowa
Osceola
State University of Iown
Law
Colorado
L. F. Parker
Grinnell
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Temple
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State Agricultural Wollege
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Boone
David A. Pidgeon
Hardin County
Silas Wilson
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Mr. Pidgeon
Wolf River
Farmers’ Institutes
State Department of Agriculture
National Department of Agriculture
State Historical Society
Sons of the American Revolution
Timothy Brown
George Perkins
Primrose
William Blair
Kossuth
Charles Shepard
Rome
John Q Osborne
Center Point
William Ziegler
North Pole
Arctic
Leon Brown
Downie
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa State News
Memorial Services
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Mother Zondou
Titusville
Adam Cupler, Jr
A. Cupler, Jr
Union Station
Mrs. Hunt
United Brethren
Mary
Patriarchs Militant
Maude
Webster City
MacArthur Brothers
Tucsin
E. Allen Finders
Presbyterian Church
Rolte
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Surrukhabad
Mr. Senders
Creston
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