Iowa Wesleyan Plans For Growth And Campus Improvements
Mt Pleasant June 19 Iowa Wesleyan University aims to add 160 students next year with the board re electing the faculty en bloc Prof William Koren returns from Europe before September 10 and will lead a strong literature department The chemistry laboratory will gain equipment while Prof J W Edwards expands practical geology work including a visit to Muscatine A new athletic park and track will be built on campus with ample facilities for vigorous sports and healthful activity Officials remain unchanged with President George Haw and Rev D C Smith in top posts. Judge Babb chairs the board.
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Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan University
William Koren
Europe
J. W. Edwards
Iowa
Muscatine
George Haw
Students sought for summer outreach at Mt Pleasant and Iowa Wesleyan
Faculty members plan to spend part of the summer visiting the conference's youth to foster enthusiasm for higher education. The effort aims to expose students to the refined atmosphere and opportunities surrounding Mt Pleasant and Iowa Wesleyan College.
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Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan
Iowa Central mandates watches for railway workers
Marshalltown June 19 The Iowa Central orders all train and yardmen to wear watches with seventeen jewel movement or better. The minimum standard is nickel is jewel patent regulator adjusted to heat and cold and three positions. Affected staff include engineers conductors firemen drakemen yardmasters assistant guardmasters engine foremen station agents telegraph operators station and bridge foremen.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Central
Cummins Dominates Jasper and Hamilton County Conventions
Jasper county held an enthusiastic republican county convention in Newton with A B Cummins delegates forming a large majority after debates led by E E Dotson and P H Crozier. The state convention delegates include Thomas Clark and others. Hamilton county also backed Cummins with no opposition. In Pella Cummins carried the caucuses, signaling strong county support though Donger delegates remain a small minority.
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Newton
Jasper County
A. B. Cummins
E. E. Dotson
P. H. Crozier
Colfax
M. A. McCord
Cummins
J. T. Hendershot
Monroe
W. O. McElroy
I. W. Shriver
Prairie City
E. Early
Thomas Clark
Charles Long
A. A. Penquite
John T. Winters
M. F. Berkley
F. H. McBroom
Harry Hazlett
J. W. Burke
F. G. Sherman
J. M. Fisch
T. T. McCord
L. Willard
S. Hughes
C. O. McLain
R- Blizzard
C. T. Shill
J. I. Cavitt
Hamilton County
Webster City
Pella
Donger
Bayou Seining Question Clarified by Attorney General
Marshalltown June 19 reports the Fish Protective association asked Attorney General Mullan if it is illegal to seine for fish in a bayou feeding a river. The reply states no one may seine in a bayou with a natural inlet that becomes stocked from other waters, making the offender liable under fish and game laws.
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Marshalltown Fish Protective Associa
Tion
Mullan
Waterloo Wins Next Iowa Equal Suffrage Convention
Waterloo has secured the next annual convention of the Iowa Equal Suffrage association after invitations from Waterloo and Sioux City. The exact dates are not fixed, but the likely schedule is October 16 to 18 with Waterloo hosting.
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Des Moines
Waterloo
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Sioux City
Two Young Men Charged With Horse Theft
Cedar Falls reports two suspects Shep ard and Howard arrested on charges of stealing a team and a buggy from Okee barns in Parkersburg. They ditched the outfit in Cedar Falls and offered it for seventy dollars, about half its value. Sheriff Law pursued them to Waterloo, overtaking them in the city limits.
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Cedar Falls
Shepard
Howard
Parkersburg
Law
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids Eyes Grounded Wires Plan for $90,000
General Superintendent Smith of the Iowa Telephone company arrived in Cedar Rapids with a Davenport sourced plan to spend 90,000 dollars to upgrade Cedar Rapids plant. The proposal seeks to place all wires in the business district underground if the city council agrees.
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Cedar Rapids
Smith
Iowa Telephone Company
Davenport
Captain Hig Denied Denial in Fort Dodge Case
C W King a Mobile overseer with government contract near Mobile was sentenced in Fort Dodge to eighteen months in prison and a $5000 fine for accepting payment from a contractor to hasten work He admitted possibly exceeding authority but called it a misjudgment not a felony He posted $10000 bond, appealed, and was relieved from duty pending trial causing local comment.
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Fort Dodge
C. W. King
Mobile
Alabama
Captain King
Gasoline Explosion Burns Family, Destroys Home
Sioux City reports a gasoline blast yesterday afternoon left Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Meisch with no home. Their children Marie 14 and Arthur 8 are hospitalized at St. Josephs with burns. Marie is seriously burned about the back and head and may not recover.
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Sioux City
Nicholas Meisch
Marie
Arthur
St. Joseph's Hospital
Book Companies Close Last Contract in Des Moines
Des Moines reports five year school book contracts let in thirty six Iowa counties. The American Book company secured the largest share but faced strong opposition from rival firms as the fight over contracts intensified through the state. O J Laylander of Cedar Falls now with Ginn Co says the company lost about a quarter of its business in the counties where bids were awarded.
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Des Moines
Juthrie County
American Book Company
Iowa
O. J. Laylander
Cedar Falls
Ginn & Co
State Normal Open With 600 Students At Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls June 19. State normal school summer term opened with over 600 students in attendance and prospects for 1,000. The new term began yesterday attracting many residents and likely expansion in enrollment.
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Cedar Falls
State Normal School
Grand Trunk inaugurates vestibule train to Buffalo and New York
The Grand Trunk Railway System promotes a new modern vestibule train starting June 2 from Chicago at 11 30 a m via Detroit Mt Clemens Port Huron and Niagara Falls to Buffalo at 6 15 a m and New York at 4 62 p m Pan American visitors are urged to arrive early. Timetables and rates are available from the City Passenger and Ticket agent at 249 Clark Street, Chicago.
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Grand Trunk Railway System
Buffalo
Chicago
Detroit
Mt. Clemens
Port Huron
Niagara Falls
New York
Clark Street
A Boy Who Has Grown
W C Brown of the Burlington route, offered the third vice presidency of the Santa Fe, will remain with the Burlington. Brown has spent about 30 years in railroad work, rising from wood pile and fuel loading to telegraph operator, dispatcher, and superintendent. His ascent challenges the notion that a poor boy has no chance in modern times.
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W. C. Brown
C., B. & Q. Railway
Santa Fe
The
Burlington
Brown
Milwaukee
Keokuk Gate City
Pan-American exposition stop over at Niagara Falls or Buffalo
Under certain conditions allows a stop over of ten days at Niagara Falls or Buffalo to enable holders of tickets to eastern destinations to visit the Pan American exposition. Full information may be obtained from city passenger and ticket agent, 249 Clark street, Chicag-
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Grand Trunk Railway System
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Clark Street
Chicag
Pile cure promotion by J J Havercamp
An advertisement proclaims Rector as a great pile cure with a free pile pipe with each package. It offers a positive written guarantee no cure no pay and sets a price of 50 cents with free samples.
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J. J. Havercamp
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