Iowa University gains growth and suffrage plans ahead
Des Moines reports a 13 percent rise in university attendance due to legislative aid and new facilities, with plans for a major library and auditorium. Iowa Woman Suffrage convention elects officers led by Mrs Evelyn Belden and notes rising local activity. An Iowa Supreme Court pension case Campbell vs Waite awaits Dec hearing. Fish culture faces halt due to Mississippi floodwaters, prompting calls for statewide sport protection and organized funding.
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Supreme Court
Des Moines
The
State University
Chicago
California
Maclean
Evelyn H. Belden
Sioux City
Dolly Romans Bradley
Denison
Wellie Nelson
Sheldon
Clara Richey
M. J. Coggeshall
Eliza Hunter
Martha Callanan
Emma C. Ladd
O’brien
Anna H. Ankeny
Polk County
Priest
Page County
Margaret Campbell
Frances Woods
Iowa
Iowa suffragists vote hog car donation for New York bazaar
At Des Moines state convention of Iowa women suffragists a plan to donate a carload of hogs for the suffrage bazaar in New York this winter was approved. Mrs Eleanor Stockman of Mason City was chosen to oversee the effort and donated the first pig. The idea mirrors Kansas plans to send a carload of corn.
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Iowa
Des Moines
New York
Eleanor Stockman
Mason City
Kansas
Manning Wins First Prize With Floyd County Horse Team
John Manning, a horse dealer, won first prize at the New York horse show with a team shipped from Charles City. The prize team was assembled from several sellers near Floyd County, and Manning reportedly has been offered $10,000 for the team after the show.
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John Manning
New York
McKinley Windmill Forecast Sparks Chicago Rally
Charles Emory Smith told a Chicago crowd that a nationwide Republican victory is assured on November 6. He compared campaign progress to a favorable voyage, praised McKinley’s open door policy in China, and defended the Philippines as a keepsake of American strength and influence.
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Charles Emory Smith
Chicago
McKinley
Nebraska
Kansas
Mr. Smith
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Ethan Allen
McWinley
Mexico
Cuba
China
Philippines
Spain
Manila
William J. Bryan
England
Practical Work Credits At Iowa Agricultural College
Ames reports a new provision allowing credits for agricultural students who undertake practical work on stock farms horticultural or feeding operations beet sugar dairy or forestry sites. Participants must serve faithfully under a proprietor and submit a written report on return, under Curtiss guidance, to strengthen science with practice and produce ready managers for farms and agribusinesses.
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Ames
Board of Trustees
Iowa Agricultural College
Curtiss
Ife
Gift to Hon. John F. Lacey from the League of American Sportsmen
Hon. John F. Lacey received a gold watch and chain at his Oskaloosa home. The piece, a Waltham watch made in the United States, carries carvings and inscriptions honoring his work on the Lacey game bill. The gift, presented December 25 1900, came with a letter noting 2000 league members nationwide contributed to the fund.
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John F. Lacey
Oskaloosa
League of American Sportsmen
Lacey Gnuine
Waltham
United States
Nellie Brewster
Lttle
Doris Brewster
John J. Gacey
League
State Institutions Board Reports Convict Decrease and Cash Balance
The board of control shows a 29 convict drop in the penitentiary with 12 fewer at Anamosa and Fort Madison. Total convicts were 804 on October 4 with 448 at Anamosa and 446 at Fort Madison. Insane inmate count fell by 16. Support fund cash balance stood at 11874 on October 1, the year’s high point. The September report follows.
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Board of Control
Anamosa
Fort Madison
Whitford Sues Harlan Estate Over 27 000 Share Claim
J C Whitford nephew of ex senator James Harlan files suit in Mount Pleasant district court seeking 27000 for 20 years of business services. He contends a will exists but was suppressed. administratrix Mrs Robert Y Lincoln of Chicago defends the estate. The case promises to reveal prayers for a bequest to endow Town Wesleyan University.
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Mount Pleasant
J. C. Whitford
United States
James Harlan
Whitford
Harlan
Robert Y. Lincoln
Chicago
C. C. McCabe
Methodist Church
Wesleyan University
Quick-Witted Teller Foils Million Dollar Check Crank
An old man presented a million dollar check with a letter threatening violence. The paying teller spotted the omission of a revenue stamp, returned the check, and the crank apologized then fled to obtain a stamp. Police secured the crank, avoiding any danger.
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Detroit Free Press
Farmer Dougherty Swindled In Fortunes Claim Plot
An elderly farmer near Albia was deceived by C. J. Moore who posed as his nephew and heir to a 20 000 legacy and mining land. Dougherty lent 7 000 cash in Ottumwa while Moore produced fake gold bars as security. He later learned of the fraud from a letter claiming the nephew had swindled him.
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Thomas E. Dougherty
Albia
C. J. Moore
Dougherty
Moore
Arizona
Ottumwa
Boy Thrown From Moving Train Near Washington
Johnny Barrett seven years old was hurled from a fast express train east of Washington while traveling with his mother from Mortis Illinois to Kingfisher Oklahoma. He stood on the track crying after an apparent fall but sustained only a slight bruise and continued with his mother to Oklahoma.
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Johnny Barrett
Washington
Mortis
Kingfisher
Tre
Chicago, Roel Ishind & Pacific Road
Oklahoma
Sioux City mansion sale scheme linked to campaign badges
John Peirce of Sioux City proposes selling his $60,000 North Jackson Street mansion through a plan tied to presidential campaign badges. Forty thousand badges at one dollar each would fund gifting the home on election night November 6, engaging buyers in a controversial sale linked to McKinley or Bryan.
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John Peirce
Sioux City
Jackson Street
Peirce
McKinley
Bryan
Law to Theater Goers and Ticket Rights
The Washington Post notes theatres may treat tickets as contracts or revocable licenses. Patrons face ejection or seat loss for disorder or misuse and some managers print license clauses on tickets. Gen Joseph Wheeler reportedly came under fire 800 times.
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Washington Post
Joseph Wheeler
Four State Tickets and Sioux City Carnival Report
The article lists Iowa November 6 candidate slates by party for secretary of state treasurer auditor attorney general railroad commissioner and supreme court justice, including Republicans Democrats Prohibition and Middle-of-the-road populists. It notes Sioux City carnival netted 2000 with 1100 to five charities and leftovers to cover 1899 debts. organizers praise 1900 results.
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Iowa
W. B. Martin
G. S. Gilbertson
F. F. Merriam
C. W.W. Mullan
D. J. Palmer
Supreme Court
Emlin McClain
B. Crane
H. L. Williams
L. M. Gibson
C. J. Harper
J. #. Anderson
Justice Supreme Court
J. W. Freeland
Prohibition
Pillsbury
W. L. Ransom
O. H. Lockin
J. P. Ferguson
Sherwood Dixon
J. A. Harvey
Middle-of-the Road
T. G. Wheeler
M. I. Smith
R. Weller
A. M. Hutchinson
O. Tyson
Ju. M. Morriss
Ames Professor Investigates Apple Rot and Beet Diseases
Prof L H Pammel from Ames Iowa studies rotting of cold storage apples caused by fungus bacteria and searches for prevention methods. He also researches serious diseases affecting sugar beets. The article notes Queen Victoria's reign extending about 63 years surpassing George I.
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L. H. Pammel
Towa Agricultural College
Ames
Iowa
Pommel
Queen Victoria
George Ily
Victoria
Eggs Thrown at Congregation Near Muscatine Church
During services at a Baptist church in Muscatine eggs were thrown at a man mistaken for the pastor. Rev. Fowler has denounced saloons and sins, and a $25 reward is offered for information leading to the offenders. Also noted is the locating of William H. Tuthill, long mourned dead since 1883, at the soldiers home in California. his wife Harriet A. Tuthill of Dubuque later pursued a $2,000 insurance policy.
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Baptist Church
Muscatine
Fowler
William H. Tuthill
Soldiers’ Home
California
Ottawa
Kan
Harriet A. Tuthill
Dubuque
Tuthill
Coun cil Bluffs Express Messenger Faces Traumatic Remorse
Express Messenger Baxter who shot a train robber during a hold up near Council Bluffs is described as nearly driven mad by remorse. He cannot shake the image of the man he killed and fears the memory may unhinge him.
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Express
Baxter
Council Bluffs
Block Signal System Described by Old Railway Chronicle
The article explains block signaling on railways, with two mile blocks separated by insulators and electric indicators. Trains move between blocks under semaphore control, guarded by tower operators and bell codes to ensure safe passage along the line.
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Chetral
Steet
Roe
D Little Chronicle
Pranks of Monkeys On a Tadia Temple Visit
An American traveler recalls monkey behavior in northern India from taming crowds to loud antics. Monkeys near sacred temples are numerous and bold, with incidents of hat theft and mothers protecting infants, while crows watch and join the breakfast scene.
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India
Tadia
Aggy the Monkey Amateur of Navy Life
A brother returning from the Philippines brings a pet monkey named Aggy called amusing yet mischievous. Aggy climbs for coconuts and mangoes, chews cigars, tosses razors, hunts moths, burns feet near lights, and dies weeks after arrival due to climate. N. Y. Herald.
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Philippine Islands
Nerros
Aguinaldo
Aggy
N. Y
Children discuss rubber trees and playful schemes
A seven year old girl and her five year old brother joke about rubber trees in Florida and a playful pretend tramp. A four year old Tommy proposes a Deep Game while a pie request is imagined. An electric fish organ is said to produce about 200 volts.
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Tommy
Treacher
Florida
The Kid Stops a Rattlesnake Attack in St Nicholas Tale
In a Western adventure, Mrs Custer recounts a frontiers scene where Alf’s pony saves Colonel by stomping a rattlesnake. The event unfolds as Samantha and the Kid press ahead through a mossy jungle defile with peril looming in the underbrush. The pony strikes first, crushing the snake’s skull and forcing a retreat.
Shipwreck at Easter Island Ends With Verdant Resettlement
The bark Monentum from Australia to Panama struck a reef near Easter Island after leaking. All hands reached shore safely but faced six months among 180 inhabitants ruled by a king and four chiefs. Islanders, described as kindly barbarians, provided yams fruit and pork before a passing vessel evacuated the crew. The lamenting king and subjects sent them off.
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Australia
Panama
Easter Island
Chili
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