Des Moines Women Claim Heir to Millionaire Rice Estate
Mrs. Maria Shuler of Des Moines and Mrs. Fannie Partlow of Grinnell assert they are heirs to the estate of William M. Rice the New York millionaire killed by his valet. They are widows over seventy five and have lived by hard work. Lawyers Patton of Grinnell and supporters believe their claim is strong and will finance the case.
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Des Moines
Maria Shuler
Fannie Partlow
Grinnell
William M. Rice
New York
Chas. F. Jones
Patrick
J. H. Patton
Patton
Michigan
Partlow
Shuler
Millionaire Rice
Wesleyan University Commencement Week Opens In Iowa
Commencement activities at Iowa Wesleyan University and the German college begin with a busy schedule of exercises. President elect Dr. Hancher will be installed next Tuesday or Wednesday, with a class lecture by former president Dr. J. T. Farland. The German college closes tomorrow and a series of lectures, contests, recitals, receptions, and the baccalaureate service lead up to the inauguration and alumni events through June 18.
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J. T. McFarland
Opera House
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College of Dentistry
George D. Adams
Des Moines College
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Col. Frank
Lowden
MacLean’s
Close Hall
Illinois
Iowa
Smith's Armory
College of Law
Henry D. Estabrook
College of Liberal Arts
Almost the Driest May Rainfall Reported
May weather shows rainfall at only one fifth of the long term average, near a record dry spell. The May mean temperature was 61.77, above the historical 59.45, with 1.26 inches of rain total and the driest May in fifty years recorded as 1.05 inches in 1865. Mrs. J. P. Walton.
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J. P. Walton
Rock Island Plans Own Tracks Into Kansas City
The Rock Island railroad aims to enter Kansas City on its own rails, building about 75 miles of new track from Topeka to Leavenworth and along the Missouri river to Platte City. A new bridge at Kansas City would connect via Bates bridge, enabling lease cancellations of Burlington and Union Pacific lines.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Great Western Trunk Line
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Kaw
Rock Island
City
Bates
Topeka
Kan
Leavenworth
Missouri River
Platte City
Rock
Stock Shipments Fill Riverside Tracks Daily
Riverside June 5 stock yard reports continuous loading with carloads of cattle. Muscatine freight from the west arrived yesterday as a double header pulling 30 cars of stock and additional box cars loaded with grain.
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Riverside
Muscatine
Herron Expelled for Conduct Unworthy a Gentleman
Grinnell June 5 Prof Geo D Herron expelled from Congregational church after council found conduct unworthy a Christian gentleman Eight churches attended including Chester Center Newsburg Gilman Marshalltown Iowa City Oskaloosa Mitchellville Des Moines Witnesses cited Mrs Herron devotion to her husband and care for his work Herron wrote a letter to the council defending his stance calling marriage a form of tyranny and praising Miss Radda while defending his affection and duty as a husband.
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Geo. D. Herron
Congregational Church
Grinnell Church
Chester Center
Newsburg
Gilman
Marshalltown
Iowa City
Oskaloosa
Mitchellville
Des Moines
Charlies Noble
Iowa College
Herron
Algona
Miss Radda
Lutheran church seeks permanent arbitration board alliance
Theodore H. Schmanck, fraternal delegate from the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran church, urged a permanent arbitration board to settle differences and foster cooperation between the two Lutheran divisions at the Des Moines synod. He requested a committee to hear his ideas, and synod agreed with enthusiasm. He stressed no amalgamation but full cooperation.
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Des Moines
Theodore H. Schmanck
General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
General Synod
Schmauck
University Commencement Week At State University
Iowa City June 5 The State University commencement begins Thursday June 6 with a strong program of recitals, society anniversaries, and sermons. Events run daily through Thursday June 13 including college of liberal arts commencement at the opera house and a series of addresses, debates, and receptions.
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Iowa City
the State University
Thirteen Skeletons Found Near Beloit in Old Dig Site
Denison June 5 section men report a ghastly discovery two and a half miles below Beloit. Eleven skulls and other bones unearthed from a shallow grave indicate thirteen bodies buried together. Remains are badly decayed with no weapons found. Cause of death and race remain unknown after fifty years of local settlement.
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Denison
Hainois Central
Beloit
Strange earth movement cracks Butte Montana streets
Five large cracks open in different city sections of Butte during June, with the largest on West Galena Street measuring about 12 inches wide. Gas and water lines suffer from the subsidence as underground pipes break amid the ongoing restless ground movement observed for years.
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Butte
Mont
Galena Street
Rates to Cripple Creek Delegation Congress Meet
Railroads publish fares from across the Trans Miss to Cripple Creek Colorado for July 16 to 21. Delegates and wives will spend part of the heated term in the mountains at 11 000 feet and attend a major Trans Missinppp Congress session.
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Trans-Mississippi
Cripple Creek
Colo
Colorado
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
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