Iowa Legislature Moves to Unit Township for Road Improvements
Des Moines March 31 The Anderson road bill abolishes country road districts and makes townships the unit for road work with a four mill tax split between township and county funds. It ends road tax work programs in favor of cash payments and aims for systematic road improvements. Governor Cummins vetoes a railway indentedness bill linked to a merger. The session adjourns around April 9 or 10. Members praise board of control methods for state institutions. Bonaparte dam dispute resolved by funding a fishway. Public accounts bill requires detailed municipal accounting and annual reports. Fire escape proposals advance with a substitute bill.
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Des Moines
General Assembly
J. M. Anderson
Warren County
Senate
Anderson Road
House
Cummins
Towa
New Burlington Railway Company
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Western Railroad
Northern Securities Company
New Jersey
Burlington Company
State Board of Control
Board of Control
Bonaparte Dam
Iowa
Municipal Code Commission
Municipal League
SucitAce
Fire Excapes
Alexander Mardis
Wayne-Lucas
Helgue
Iowa Woman Claims to Be Nelson Bigamy Wife
Mrs. Dorothy Harvey of Des Moines says she is one of 13 alleged wives of Christian C. Nelson, jailed in St Joseph Mo on bigamy charges. She says he pretended to be wealthy and drove her to sell her home for half its value to fund a costly stock farm venture, then vanished.
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Iowa
Dorothy Harvey
Des Moines
Christian C. Nelson
St. Joseph
Nelson
Post Office Bulletin Bans Abbreviating IOWA State Name
The post office department issued a bulletin urging that Iowa never be abbreviated in addresses. Reasons include frequent misrouting if readers confuse Io with Idaho or In with Indiana, since those abbreviations are used in those states as well.
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Post Office Department
Iowa
Indiana
Idaho
Grinnell Woman Ends Life Over Ill Health
Despondent over ongoing ill health Miss Kate Law rence of Grinnell, formerly a Cook County Hospital nurse in Chicago, fatally shot herself. She secured a rifle and, in bed, discharged it with the muzzle to her heart, likely using her feet. Ill health began during her Chicago hospital tenure.
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Kate Lawrence
Grinnell
Cook County Hospital
Chicago
Benefactor Leaves 25000 For Coun cil Bluffs Christian Home
A mysterious donor, a former Iowan now in an eastern city, bequeaths 25000 to the Christian home in Coun cil Bluffs. The home, founded 25 years ago, cares for about 300 children.
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Council Bluffs
Christian Home
Clinton practice incident ends in boy's death
Tim Clark, captain of last year's high school football team, was practicing athletics in a park when a wild throw during a shot put hit eight-year-old Hugh Callahan in the head. The skull fracture caused death a few minutes later.
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Clinton
Tim Clark
Hugh Callahan
Fire destroys large state penitentiary butter factory
A major blaze destroyed the butter and tub factory at the state penitentiary. The extensive building housed a store house, raw material, and finished products. Losses are estimated at no less than $20,000 and likely higher.
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State Penitentiary
Burlington attorney found dead at Rand park bandstand
W. J. Foxe of Burlington, formerly a prominent attorney, was found dead in the Rand park band stand in Keokuk. An ounce bottle containing prussic acid, only one-fourth full, lay beside the body. He had recently acted as an agent for a Burlington piano house, though without great success.
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W. J. Foxe
Burlington
Rand Park
Keokuk
Prominent Iowa minister to start Friends mission in Africa
Rev. Arthur Chilson, a noted Friends minister from Iowa, has departed Eldora to establish a mission for the state’s Friends church. He will operate near Lake Victoria Nyanza in eastern Africa.
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Arthur Chilson
Friends Denomination
Iowa
Eldora
Africa
Friends’ Church
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Appointed bishop and multiple Midwest calamities
Rev. Dr. Garrian, vice rector of the Washington University, is named bishop of Sioux City. C. W. P. Bell, 50, of Peterson Bell Co box makers in Clinton, dies. A man Seton found dead near Mockton schoolhouse. likely suicide amid domestic troubles. Morning Sun business block burned, losses about 27,000 with 10,000 insured. D. H. Morrison loses 18,000 with 4,000 insurance. Ethyl Blunt, 12, dies after poisoned candy. John Murphy, 18, killed in Northwestern freight wreck near Woodbine. Highland Park College forms new orgs. Dixon College and others named. Charles Robinson dies after fall at Eagle Point bridge, fifth fatality since start. Alfred Dilley of Western College dies of smallpox refusing vaccination. Mrs. Elizabeth Stage, 96, recovering from severe whooping cough. Miners accept shot-firers deal. strike resolved for year. Cantril fire wipes out several business buildings, loss 35,000 with 8,000 insured.
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Garrigan
University At Washington
Sioux City
C. W P. Bell
Peterson, Bell & Co
Clinton
Seton
Mockton
Morning Sun
D. H. Morrison
Ethyl Blunt
G. C. Blunt
Milford
John Murphy
Woodbine
Highland Park College
Des Moines
Cantril
Lamoni Mormons Await Second Coming Prophesied by Joseph Smith Jr
In Lamont Iowa the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints awaits the Christ’s appearance. Joseph Smith Jr 60, son of the founder of Mormonism, has predicted the event. Faithful flock scan strangers for signs while relying on a plain living seer and the legacy of Nauvoo.
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Church of the Latter Day Saints
Lamont
Church
Joseph Smith, Jr
Lamoni
Brigham Young
Joseph Smith
Smith
Nauvoo
Ill
Doctor seeks return after buying unseen farm in Nebraska
Dr J C Krejer of Sioux City seeks $545 from Anna Graves after buying a Blaine County Nebraska farm sight unseen. He was told the land was well watered and under cultivation with a railroad nearby. On inspection the soil is dry and unimproved, prompting the legal claim in district court.
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J. C. Krejer
Sioux City
Nebraska
Blaine Couny
Neb
Anna Graves
District Court
Blind Girl Honored at Gary Institution West
Des Moines reports Miss Linnie Haguewood, known as the Helen Keller of the west, won first honors in the knowledge department at the Gary, South Dakota school. The Iowa legislature previously appropriated $1,000 for her education. Haguewood is 21 and began schooling at age 14 after years of limited instruction. She then studied at the Iowa school for the blind and the Iowa state normal school, spending the last year in South Dakota.
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Des Moines
Linnie Haguewood
Helen Keller
West
Gary
Iowa
Miss Haguewood
Iowa School For the Blind
Iowa State Normal School
South Dakota
Drainage Contract in Calhoun County Near Twin Lakes
A 52 mile drainage project in Twin Lakes and Lake Creek townships will be awarded to Interstate Drainage & Investment of Britt at about $10,000. Work begins late April and ends before year’s end, using machinery to create a ten foot wide ditch to drain thousands of acres. W. E. Rivers of Tracy has patented a draft equalizer for tongued vehicles, with county rights sold and interest from about 25 vehicle factories.
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Calhoun County
Twin Lakes
Lake Creek
Interstate Drainage & Investment Company
Britt
W. E. Rivers
Tracy
Family of five generations draws state attention in Schaller
In Schaller lives a five generation family attracting statewide attention. Betsy Tisk, mother of the group, born in Otsego County New York on April 14 1815, married A R Bevier on September 15 1831. From this union sprang the second generation of the family.
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Schaller
Betsy Tisk
Otsego County
N. Y
A. R. Bevier
Called to Washington in Shaw era appointments
Four or five Iowans receive posts from former Gov. Shaw now secretary of the treasury in Washington. Robert Clayton of Oskaloosa will join the treasury department and resign as Sixth district GOP secretary. W. S. Richards, ex pardon secretary, will be in the auditor's department. W. S. Belden of Sioux City and Isabelle Wilson, Shaw’s stenographer, also slated for treasury posts. Other assignments offered to P. Clarkson of Des Moines and W. Meyers of Denison but not accepted.
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Iowa
Shaw
the Treasury
Washington
Robert Clayton
Oskaloosa
Treasury Department
Republican State Central Committee
W. S. Richards
Gov. Shaw
Gov. Jackson
Auditor’s Department of the Treasury
W. S. Belden
Sioux City
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Isabelle Wilson
Iown
P. Clarkson
Des Moines
W. Meyers
Denison
Reformatory Bill for Anamosa Defeated in Iowa Legislature
The Emmert reformatory bill to establish a state reformatory at Anamosa and make Fort Madison the sole Iowa prison was killed. It would have appropriated $30,000 and mirrored Elmira N Y. The bill failed due to money constraints and opposition to spending on convict education and reform.
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Iowa
Fort Madison
Anamosa
Emmert Reformatory
Elmira
N. Y
Money for a College Gift Promises $80,000 Build Plan
Des Moines college receives a $40,000 gift offer from Joseph V. Hinchman of Glenwood, on condition that $40,000 more is raised by January 1, 1904. The funds would finance a gymnasium, heating and power plant, and a main administration building. Breakdowns include $25,000 for the gym, $10,000 for the heating plant, and $15,000 for equipment, with the faculty raising the last $15,000 aided by statewide friends.
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Des Moines College
Joseph V. Hinchhman
Glenwood
Adams
Hinchman
Caught Consumption Doctor Returns Home From Philadelphia
Dr James A Jackson son of A M Jackson returns to Sioux City from Philadelphia with tuberculosis induced by exposure while studying at Jefferson Medical College. Philadelphia physicians advised relocation and he heads toward southern California with Los Angeles as his next destination.
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James A. Jackson
A. M. Jackson
Sioux City
Philadelphia
Jefferson Medical College
California
Los Angeles
Judge Robinson Pays Tax On Escaped Personal Property
Judge Gifford S. Robinson former Iowa supreme court justice now on the state board of control surprised Sioux City tax officials by walking into the courthouse and insisting on paying taxes on about $10,000 of personal property that had somehow escaped assessment.
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Gifford S. Robinson
Iowa Supreme Court
State Board of Control
Sioux City
Grain Dealers Association Elects Officers in Council Bluffs
The Grain Dealers Association of Southwestern Iowa and Northern Missouri held its annual meeting in Council Bluffs and elected officers: President D. Hunter of Hamburg, Vice President I. J. Spangler of Walnut, Secretary and Treasurer G. A. Stebbins of Red Oak.
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Grain, Dealers’ Association
Iowa
Missouri
Council Bluffs
Hamburg
I.J. Spangler
Walnut
G. A. Stebbins
Red Oak
Gossip on world pool tourney and Wahlstrom legends
A Brooklyn resort chat recalls Clarence Green promoter recalling Martin Fey and discussing top past players. Wahlstrom’s early showy styles, 17-year fame, and remarkable shots are recounted, noting his odd appearance and consistent big bets. The piece blends pool lore with other era diversions and mentions Lawson, Edison battery work, and a bicycle linked death.
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Hile
Clarence Green
Brooklyn
Martin Fey
Fey
Charlie Weston
Jerome Keogh
Wahlstrom
Slosson
Paris
Wohlstrom
Billiard Champion Crowns Emerging Stars in Turbulent Showdown
The article reviews the billiards championship scene with Vignaux and Fournil contending against Cure and Schaefer. It cites mixed results from 18.2 and 18.1 balk lines, notes Cure’s struggles, and mentions Vignaux’s long experience. It also tangentially reports on a speed timing piece about greyhounds, horses, and dogs, concluding with a Philadelphia remark about a heart motif.
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Chang Cob Schaefer
France
Paris
Cable
Schaefer
Vignaux
Americ Alter
Vignut
Fournil
Vigil Fournil
Cure
Vigil
Vign
Terrible Swede John Lawson Dies After Pneumonia
Milwau kee obituary recalls John Lawson known as The Terrible Swede a sturdy cyclist and skater who arrived with little English and dreamed of US champion status. A bicycle maker spotted his potential, his early road races, accidents, and falls shaped a legend as he pursued world records.
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John Lawson
Milwaukee
United States
Lawson
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