Land lottery draws blaze of hope as crowd endures heat
Elrena July 30 reports a crowded land lottery with about thirty thousand spectators. Two thousand names are drawn. Ben Heyler and Colonel Dyer announce winners including Mattie H. Beal the first woman prize winner. The crowd cheers as James R. Woods secures a Lawton district plot. Rumors arise of marriages linked to prizes.
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Elrena
Ben Heyler
el Reno
Dyer
Macey
Stephen H. Holcomb
Paul's Valley
L. T
Colonel Dryer
Leonard Lamb
Augusta
Hlinvis
Lawton
James R. Woods
Weatherford
Woods
Coleone Dyer
Mattie H. Beal
Wichita
Kan
South Carolina Democrats Hint McLaurin Resignation
Washington reports surprise among politicians over Senator Tillman driving the South Carolina Democratic state committee to call for Senator McLaurin's resignation. A political reopening is expected, with McLaurin likely to refuse resignation and appeal to anti populist elements to back him, while Tillman's stance fuels growing anti Tillman sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
South Carolina
Tillman
Democratic State Committee
McLaurin
McLauurin
Minerva McClintock Forfeits Claim After Marriage
Minerva McClintock of Oklahoma City aged 25 has married yesterday and forfeits her claim rights. She could have selected a claim near a county seat town worth several thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva McClintock
Oklahoma City
City Front unions call general strike at San Francisco docks
The City Front federation of 14 unions with 15 000 members ordered a general strike on the San Francisco and Oakland docks taking effect that morning. If observed it would halt shipping and disrupt wholesale manufacturing as the strike supports the Brotherhood of Teamsters locked out a week earlier by an employers' association formed to fight the unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
City Front Federation
Oakland
Bay City
Brotherhood of Teamsters
Employers’ Association
Not Yet Solved Not Yet Solved MARTINS WEE SHOWS UP
Edmund D. Martin, drowned near Nichols on Cedar River Saturday night, was to be buried at Nichols. A Murphy Muratine wife arrived with a child claiming him as husband and father, requesting burial in Muscatine. Read fragments show uncertain death details. services held at Nichols. remains later moved to Greenwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund D. Martin
Nichols
Cedar River
Illinois
Martin
H. C. Millice
Nichols Methodist Church
Wellman Man Charged With Rape In Washington Journal
In Wellman July 29 a local photographer Bruce Moomey is charged with rape of a 16 year old girl Miss Lilly Bartholomew Bartholomew says the offense occurred last March 12 Moomey, recently married to a noted local woman, waived examination and was bound over to the grand jury after a preliminary hearing by Squire Bradford County Attorney Marsh Bailey represented the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Washington Journal
Bruce Moomey
Lilly Barth
Clark Brown Moomer
Ishason
Miss Bartholomew
Henry Bartholomew
Washington County
Squire Bradford
Marsh W. Bailey
E. Bell
Moomey
Confirms Judge McCarthy Ad Dress on Perjury Rise
Chicago July 20 Judge Horton of Cook County confirms J J McCarthy of Dubuque spoke at the Iowa State Bar association meeting in Council Bluffs. He states perjury and subornation are the last prevalent crimes and urges public conscience and radical change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
J. J. McCarthy
Dubuque
Iowa State Bar Association
Council Bluffs
Horton
Cook County
Dissensions At Socialists Unity Convention In Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on July 30 the Socialist Unity convention met with 15 delegates. George D. Herron served as temporary chair, William Maile as permanent secretary, and Eugene V. Debs was sidelined. Chicago faction lost leadership to Springfield wing amid a roll call versus bloc vote dispute. A bolt by W. C. Clemens and supporters ended with a compromise resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Socialist Unity Convention
George D. Herron
William Maile
Massachusetts
Eugene V. Debs
Cialistic
Chicago
Springfield
Committee On Rules
W. C. Clemens
Harmorist
Debs
Generally Fair Weather Outlook for Iowa indicated
Chicago July 30 report says generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with warmer temperatures in the western portion on Wednesday. Indications favor mild weather across the state with increasing warmth toward the west.
Riverside Man Severely Injured In Hand Car Accident
James Dylan, a Riverside section foreman, was thrown from a hand car traveling to Hill's Siding on the Iowa City branch of the B C R N. His back was broken and doctors fear he will not survive after a rock on the track crushed him as the car sped four miles from Riverside. Two companions were thrown clear with no injuries. The stone may have been placed deliberately or may have rolled off a flat car during shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
James Dulan
Dylan
Hill
Iowa City
University Hospital
Runaway Horse Crashes Buggy in West Liberty
Ed DeForest and Reven DeForest were thrown from a buggy when a horse attached to the rig shied at a man on the Spencer and Sixth streets corner. The left rein snapped, the horse bolted toward home, the buggy was damaged, and Ed was slightly injured while the other brother escaped unharmed. Neighbors helped at the scene.
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West Liberty
Reven DeForest
Springdale Road
Spencer and
Sixth Streets
W. S. Elliott
Cummins Names His Polk County Delegation
Des Moines July 30 The Hon A B Cummins announced the Polk county delegation of sixty four delegates and sixty four alternates left to him by the county convention No proxies allowed Lafayette Young heads the delegation as chairman Other prominent Polk republicans fill the list Delegation apportioned by supervisor districts and subdivided into wards and townships for equitable representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
Lafayette Young
Des Moines
A. B. Cummins
Polk County
Cummins
Floater Identified as Local Mill Worker
A body recovered from the Mississippi at Davenport’s river end has been identified as Carl Reinhart a wood turner at Rock Island Sash and Door. He had been missing about a week. The cause of death remains undetermined whether suicide or accidental drowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Carl. Reinhart
Rock Island Sash and Door Works
Boer commandos enter Portuguese territory near Limpopo
Dispatch from Lorenzo Marques reports a Boer commando with women and children entering Portuguese East Africa near the Limpopo river. Re-enforcements have been ordered to disarm the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Lorenzo Marques
Prisoners Escape After Overpowering Watchman at Revolver Point
Four prisoners overpowered the night watchman at Revolver Point Toledo this morning and, after a fierce struggle, seized the keys and escaped using revolvers. No injuries reported.
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Revolver Point
Toledo
Postoffice Established in Pletesis O Brien County Iowa
Washington July 30 A postoffice is created at Pletesis O Brien county with Crist Rommel named postmaster Other entries list several name linked payments and increases toward salaries and fees including Charles V Mount Shenandoah Henry Mielke Sioux City and Theodore A Stoescel Ottumwa plus mentions of widows and a Mexican War veteran Mary Reynolds Fremont and others
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Washington
Pletesis
O'Brien County
Crist Rommel
David Clark
Martinsburg
D. Wigans
Prussia
Chas. V. Mount
Shenandoah
Henry Mielke
Sioux City
Jas. H. Lee
Indianapolis
Montgomery
Brandon
Sally Billard
Pacific Junction
Mary J. Reynolds
Fremont
Spain
Theodore A. Stoescel
Ottumwa
Amalgamated Association Executive Meets Over Strike Settlement
Pittsburg July 30 The Amalgamated association general executive committee began a meeting to consider a proposed strike settlement. Disagreement in the board is possible but not likely. The committee presented terms to President Shaffer reflecting concessions from Saturday’s conference with steel officers. Pittsburg July 20 The morning session closed without formal action amid animated discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association General Executive Committee
Shaffer
Steel Corporation
Greek fleet sailing to Crete unknown to London
London reports no information on any Greek fleet sailing to Crete to annex the island to Greece. No official word about actions or movements has appeared in British notices or dispatches.
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London
Crete
Greece
Seven Million Pounds Urgently Needed by British Forces
London July 30 official supplementary estimates show seven million pounds required immediately by British forces in South Africa for odds and ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
South Africa
Taylor backs Schley for president in letter
In Nashville on July 30 a letter from Gov. Taylor endorses Schley for president and likens his treatment to the Dreyfus affair, saying the case has almost been equaled here in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Iin
Taylor
Schley
Routes Planned for Des Moines Iowa City Railway Survey
Engineer Wilson of the Des Moines Iowa City and Eastern railway departs Des Moines for a ten day survey of three proposed routes from Iowa City to the Mississippi. One route would reach Muscatine, another would bypass Muscatine to Davenport, while a third unlikely option remains undisclosed. The line is expected to cross the river at Davenport or Muscatine and connect with a potential Baltimore and Ohio extension east of the river.
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Des Moines
Wilson
Des Moines, Iowa City & Eastern Railway
Iowa City
Mississippi River
Muscatine
Davenport
Trans
Ground breaking for Nichols Methodist church set for Thursday
On Thursday at 9:00 a.m. a ground breaking ceremony will mark the start of a new Nichols Methodist church. Rev. H. C. Millice leads the project funded by local subscriptions. The facility aims to cost about 2.66 thousand dollars and will feature a 30 by 40 foot main hall, a 16 by 22 cast room, and a 10 foot vestibule. Services are planned and attendees are expected to participate.
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Nichols
H. C. Millice
Cadets Admitted to West Point After Exam
West Point announces successful candidates admitted as cadets after examinations. Arthur Eichrnbeck from Wisconsin Ruxford Gardner from Michigan Clarence Lyman from Hawai Fred Moser from Iowa Thomas Spalding from Michigan Calvin Titus from Iowa listed among new cadets.
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West Point
N. Y
Military Academy
Arthur R. Eichrnbeck
Wisconsin
Ruxford R. Gardner
Michigan
Clarence E. Lyman
Hawai
Fred C. Moser
Iowa
Thomas M. Spalding
Calvin P. Titus
Clever Scheme to Become Suddenly Rich
Chicago July 30 Twenty eight board of trade firms received orders from William Austin of Hill City South Dakota to sell 50 December corn. Enclosed were checks for 1000 dollars drawn on Nebraska National bank Omaha. Banks questioned his standing and found only a small account. None of the orders were filled. If executed 1 400 000 bushels would have been sold and could have yielded 16 000 to 20 000 dollars in profit due to drought broken by recent rains. The letter head proclaims Cheapest Supply House in Black Hills.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
William Austin
Hill City
S. D
Nobraska National Bank of Omaha
Omaha Bank
Austin
Ing
Black Hills
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Ilinois
Frank Ryan
M’carthy
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Indica
Ritory
Steel Strike Settlement
New York
Atchison
St. Paul
R. Island
Eee
Erie
Chi
BR. T
Use Journal
Dreyfus
America
Des Moines Eastern Railroad
Nichols Methodists
Calvin Titus
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