Lincoln Lifts a Girl After Washington Accident
In a Washington street scene on Lincoln's birthday 1865, Madge, a young girl, is hit by a carriage while buying a sandwich. President Lincoln, arriving with a basket of goods, carries her home after a brief moment of concern and a doctor is summoned. The episode highlights Lincoln's compassionate response as he aids the injured girl.
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Bennie
Pap
Senate
Madge
Thay
Denne
Lincoln
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lincoln's Final Farewell to Little Madge
The Brooklyn Eagle recounts Madge's farewell as President Lincoln kissed her goodbye on Pennsylvania Avenue and his tender care for children. After the assassination on April 14, the nation learned of Lincoln's death and one little heart mourned the loss of a kind, compassionate leader.
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Madge
Lincoln
Little One
Pennsylvania Avenue
Brooklyn Eagle
Lincoln's Character and Lincoln's Rise Examined
The piece argues Lincoln’s fame rested on character not brilliance. Plain sense let him do right at the right time, win the loyalty of plain folk, and endure Civil War to secure peace. It notes his 1860 nomination as timely, unseen by Wall Street, and frames his birthday as a moral example for American youth.
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Abraham Lincoln
Calhoun
Lincoln
Great Central
Wall Street
Spring and Summer Fashion Hints from Designers and Merchants
A long fashion column previews spring and summer styles. It highlights gray cloth with hip yoke and plaits, a cashmere wool suit with green linen trim, and a dead-leaf green tibeline ensemble with velvet accents. It notes new novelty fabrics like French crystalline, Panama cloth, and silk gauze for evening gowns, plus guidance on dress for young girls and growing figures.
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Central Park
Panama
Iowa Senate Debates Life Term for Kidnapping and New Normal School
A flood of Iowa senate and house bills from Des Moines in February proposes a life sentence for kidnapping for ransom, creation of a new normal school with location to be decided later, and $100,000 funding. Other measures include biennial elections, 90,000 maps for railway use, railroad cross-state dealings, hospital appropriations, and regulations on insurance, food, and public notices. Multiple dates February 4 to February 7 noted.
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Des Moines
Senate
Railway Commission
Hubbard
Knoxville
St. Louis
Vickburg
Clarinda
Knoxville Reformatory
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ate
Cherokee Insane Hospital
Third Judicial District
Boards of Control
State Food and Dairy Commissioner
Justice of the Peace
Bain Th Ol
Warren
Marlow
Iowa
Vicksburg
Boards of Health
Executive Council
Lynching Violence Flare in Kentucky and Tennessee
In Nicholasville Kentucky a mob lynched Tom Brown a black man after he was identified by Delia Powell as her assailant following violence on Wednesday. In Lynchburg Tennessee Euless Whittaker a colored man charged with murder was hanged by a mob after his case was moved to court and then postponed.
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Nicholasville
Delia Powell
Tom Brown
Miss Powell
Nashville
Tenn
Euless Whittaker
John Dorst
Phillips Pleads Guilty for Kicking Editor in Ottumwa
Ottumwa Iowa February 7. Hon. H. J. Phillips former Democratic governor nominee pleaded guilty to a charge of kicking Editor Moore over a published Ottumwa Herald article. He was fined twenty five dollars.
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Ottumwa
T. J. Phillips
Moore
Sparks and flashes from rods and ropes in risky places
Five gold beds were found in the western states using an electrical divining rod. Wire ropes in the Alps, intended as safeguards, now pose a new danger as lightning conductors. Several tourists were stunned last summer, but no fatalities occurred.
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America
Alps
Iowa stockmen fear corn famine amid cold snap
Cold weather and corn scarcity alarm Iowa stockmen as feeders struggle to secure supplies. Hay is scarce at current prices. In southern Iowa corn stocks are tight, prompting plans to ship livestock abroad for feeding, with much stock sold before finishing.
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Iowa
Indictment Report Not True For Sioux City Man
The claim that E W Reynolds of Sioux City was indicted by a grand jury in Orange City for the murder of Rev Samuel Crofton near Ireton last August is false. The grand jury did not take up the case and adjourned to the first Wednesday in February. Reynolds remains free on a $5 000 bond.
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E. W. Reynolds
Sioux City
Orange City
Samuel Crofton
Ireton
Reynolds
Officers Elected at Des Moines Town Congress of Mothers
At the Des Moines session of the Town Congress of Mothers officers were chosen for the coming term. The roster includes President Mrs Isaac Lea Hillis Des Moines first vice president Mrs J A Schmidt Muscatine second vice president Mrs Cato Sells Vinton third vice president Mrs J W Cory Spencer recording secretary Mrs Edith Payne Parsons Des Moines corresponding secretary Mrs E S Burgin Des Moines treasurer Mrs C Riggs Audubon auditor Mrs G Darnell Centerville.
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Des Moines
Congress of Mothers
Isaac Lea Hillis
J. A. Schmidt
Muscatine
Cato Sells
Vinton
J. W. Cory
Spencer
Edith Payne Parsons
E. 8. Burgin
C. Riggs
Audubon
G. Darnell
Centerville
Four Town stockmen killed in Illinois Central collision
A rear end crash on the Illinois Central at Apple River Illinois killed four Town stockmen and seriously injured six others. The victims named were M. C. Lawler and H. F. Pancake of Wall Lake Chris Ferndon of St. Ansgar and C. R. Blunt of Charles City. The men were sleeping in the bunk car when the accident occurred.
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Illinois Central Railway
Apple River
M. C. Lawler
H. F. Pancake
Wall Lake
Chris Ferndon
St. Arsgar
C. R. Blunt
Charles City
Wheat Crop Benefit from Snow Beneath Freezing Risk
Director J. R. Sage of the Town weather and crop service says the current snow of six inches protects the wheat crop from freezing and will provide moisture feared to be insufficient for the year.
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J. R. Sage
Town Weather and Crop Service
Major Norwalk Fire Destroys Business District
A disastrous fire swept Norwalk early injuring the business section. H S Trusler harness shop Norwalk Journal Wells drug store and Simon Casady's bank were principal losers. Total loss about 20000 dollars partly insured.
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Norwalk
H. S. Trusler
Norwalk Journal
Wells’ Drug Store
Simon Casady
Bank
Analysis of Carriers and Routes in Tama and Fayette Counties
A historical notice lists carriers and route details for Tama and Fayette counties. Owen A. Finch is associated with Toledo Tama county routes, including a 25 percent mile route serving 1,507 people, while Frank Harlan appears as a carrier for a 24 and a half mile route serving 630 residents in Owen.
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Ance
Oclwein
Fayette County
Tama
Tama County
Owen A. Finch
Toledo
Frank 8. Harlan
Governor Aida announces military staff aides
Governor Cummins announces the appointment of aides for his military staff. Named are I. B. Santee of Danbury Truman A. Potter of Mason City Charles E. Mitchell of Marion A. A. Penquite of Colfax Walter M. Davis of Town City C. W. Bepp of Hawkeye and Herbert M. Bigelow of Grundy Center.
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Gov. Cummins
I. B. Santee
Danbury
Truman A. Potter
Mason City
Charles E. Mitchell
Marion
A. A. Penquite
Colfax
Walter M. Davis
Town City
C. W. Bepp
Hawkeye
Herbert M. Bigelow
Grundy Center
Moville Man Dies From Gas In Le Mars Hotel Room
B Custer aged 22 from Moville died in Le Mars from gas effects. He was found unconscious in his hotel room after the gas was turned on. He had left home for the first time, securing railroad work and had lived on a farm.
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B. C. Custer
Moville
le Mars
Grinnell College Trustees Elect Rev Bradley President
Reverend Daniel S. Bradley of Grand Rapids Michigan has been unanimously elected president of Grinnell College in Iowa by the trustees. He is a well known figure in the northwest and formerly served as president of Yankton College in South Dakota.
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Daniel S. Bradley
Grand Rapids
Mich
Iowa College
Grinnell
Northwest
Yankton
S. D.) College
News in Brief from the State Capitals and Counties
The secretary of state issued 115 corporation certificates in January with 6463.60 in fees. Post offices in Galesville, Independence, Hoskins, and Woodbury county send mail to Crawfords. Iowa tops 1901 farm values at 274 million dollars and livestock at 264 million. Dr Jackson B. Thomas cases in Davenport moved to April. Judge Dewey sentences Richard Williams to death for murder with execution set for March 13. Banking: First National Bank Newton’s charter extended to 1922. Iron deposits in Jackson county are being developed. Libby McNeil Libby plan a Sioux City meat plant this year. Reuben Hunter and wife celebrate 73rd wedding anniversary on their Fairfield farm.
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Secretary of State
Galesville
Buchanan County
Independence
Hoskins
Woodbury County
Crawfords
Davenport
Jackson B. Thomas
Philadelphia
A. R. Dewey
Oskaloosa
Richard Williams
William Sharper
First National Bank of
Newton
Jackson County
Libby, McNeil & Libby
Sioux City
Reuben Hunter
Fairfield
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DeKalb, Ill
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