Pella Ghronials Report on Drunkards in Germany Rule
The state will sternly monitor drinkers with town records and city doctors to report habitual drinkers for a strict treatment program. Charles L. Huntchinson, alongside Secretary Gage, is noted as the sole IllI neisman chosen for Carnegie Institution board of trustees, and serves as vice president of the Corn Exchange Bank and president of the Art Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Charles L. Huntchinson
Gage
IllIneisman
Carnegie Institution
Corn Exchange Bank
Art Institute
Meriweather Lewis
Lewis
Jefferson
Missouri Territory
Germans to Train Thousands of School Boys at Kiel Fleet
The German navy league plans to have several thousand school boys spend two days with the fleet under expert guidance. They will learn ship workings in relays starting each September when most of the fleet reaches Kiel, aiming to instill patriotism in the youths.
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German Navy League
Kiel
Italian Government Plans Careful Restorations for Last Supper
Exceptional measures will be taken to restore Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper. The work will proceed under the most careful scientific methods. A celebrated expert has been engaged to oversee the project.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Rail line from Nyngan to Bourke stretches 126 miles straight
A NSW railway from Nyngan to Bourke runs across a level plain for 126 miles with hardly any embankments or curves and only three very slight elevations, described as as flat as a billiard table.
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Australia
Nyngan
Bourke
New South Wales
Judge Armstrong Fends Off Footpad in Tarrytown
A Tarrytown judge, Daniel Armstrong, demonstrated quick presence of mind when a footpad demanded money after a prayer meeting. He knocked the thief down, who fled after confessing he wouldn’t have bothered him if he’d known his target.
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Daniel Armstrong
Tarrytown
N. Y
Distances Between Global Cities and Regions in Miles
The data lists approximate air line distances between several cities and regions including San Francisco to Yokohama at 6,960 miles, Yokohama to Melbourne about 6,000, Manila to Yokohama 1,800, Manila to Peking 2,300, Manila to Melbourne 4,200, Manila to New Zealand about 7,000, Bangkok to Manila 1,600, Canton 800, Hong Kong 700, Singapore to Manila 1,500, and Borneo chief city Bantermassin over 2,000 miles.
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San Francisco
Yokohama
Melbourne
Manila
Peking
New Zealand
Bangkok
Canton
Hong Kong
Singapore
Borneo
Bantermassin
Railroads in Iowa Legislature Push for Pavilions and Policy Shifts
Special correspondence from Des Moines reports Iowa lawmakers debating railroad taxation and merger legality, while the state fair seeks 38000 for a fireproof stock pavilion. Bills target liquor seizure without warrants, salary raises for officials, and a broad push for public reform in redistricting, governance, and divorce law.
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Des Moines
T. D. Healy
Judiciary Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
J. M. Junkin
Healey
L. W. Lewis
Claude Porter
E. H. Hubbard
Iowa
Burlington Railroad
Northern Pacific
Wyoming
Burlington
Iowa Corporation
J. A. Smith
Emory English
Executive Council
Cummins
Iowa College Names Bradley Dean of the Faculty
Remains with Faculty J H T Main acting president who has been superseded by Rev Dan S Bradley will stay on at the college after being elected dean of the faculty. Bradley's appointment follows Main's tenure as acting president and grounds the college's leadership transition.
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J. H. ‘T. Main
Iowa College
Dan S. Bradley
Four Iowa men under death sentences amid capital debate
Gov. Cummins says he will sign death warrants if courts uphold them. Albert Phillips and Lewis Brooks face December 19, 1902, execution for bank robbery linked killings. Henry Hartman to die January 28, 1903, and Richard Williams on March 13, 1903, for separate murders. Legislative panel urges postponing electrocution and considers repeal of capital punishment. George Stanley seeks a pardon after a 1872 repeal and reenactment history.
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Iowa
Albert B. Cummins
Albert Phillips
Lewis Brooks
John Sundblad
Marshal Locview
Albert City
Greenville
Clay County
Henry Hartman
Hig Gweetheart
Tlerence Porter
Cherokee
Richard Williams
William Sharper
Buxton
Phillips
Brooks
Hartman
Williams
George Stanley
Story County
Legislative
Rural free delivery routes announced for Iowa towns
Rural free delivery will begin March 1 with routes in Ankeny Maxwell Nevada Runnells Swan Winterset Bussey Grimes and Ridgedale postal areas. Carriers listed include George Thompson Milan Warner Robert Hawkins Andrew Martin Charles Carpenter Guy Wiggins W C Bradley W D Brad ey J C Bean C E Sixbury G L Pike and Zella Butler amid closure at Ridgedale post office.
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Ankeny
Polk County
George 8. Thompson
Maxwell
Story County
Milan D. Warner
Nevada
Robert Hawkins
Runnells
Andrew Martin
Swan
Marion County
Charles’ E. Carpenter
Winterset
Madison County
Guy M. Wiggins
Bussey
W. C
Bradley
W. D. Bradey
Heamrer A. Swathaan
J. C. Bean
C. BE. Sixbury
G. L. Pike
Grimes
Zella Butler
Ridgedale
Larrabee bill would narrow highways to save land and money
Des Moines reporters quote Representative William Larrabee arguing a 50 foot highway width, down from 66, could save more than 500,000 acres of tillable land and raise a $25,000,000 capital value, with broad farmer support and no harm to public travel. Pioneer Lewis Todhunter of Indianola dies at 85, noted temperance advocate and Warren County businessman.
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William Larrabee
Des Moines
Lewis Todhunter
Iowa
Indianola
Warren County
A chair and desk from the House at Washington join the Ma son City collection
The national memorial university in Mason City adds a Washington House of Representatives chair and desk once used there. G N Haugen of Iowa’s Fourth district arranged the relics for the institution. In Oskaloosa Judge Dewey overrules a new trial motion and upholds Richard Williams death sentence for the December 8 1901 murder of William Sharper at Buxton set for March 13 1903 marking the first death penalty in the Sixth judicial circuit.
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National Memorial University
Mason City
House of Representatives
Washington
G. N. Haugen
Iowa
Congress
Dewey
Oskaloosa
Richard Williams
Williams
William Sharper
Buxton
Sixth Judicial Circuit
State board shows most funds stay in Iowa
The state board of control reports that about 86 to 90 percent of expenditures for state institutions stay in Iowa. Purchases totalling 34,408 outside Iowa and 64 inside Iowa mix with salaries paid to Iowa residents, branch buys, and local purchases to keep most funds within the state.
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Board of Control
Iowa
State Board of Control
Towa
Rail cut offs eyed to speed Chicago service
Rock Island plans a northwestern Iowa cut-off by absorbing the Marshalltown and Dakota line from Frazier to Gowrie and extending to Story City. A parallel Iowa Central to Marshalltown may follow if the Story City branch is bought. A direct line from Marshalltown to Marenge would trim 55 miles to Chicago. Great Western also seeks a cut-off from Marshalltown to Dyersville, shaving 50 miles to Chicago and boosting Kansas City traffic.
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Rock Island
Iowa
Marshalltown
Chicago
Great Western
Dyersville
Dubuque
Oelwein
Railroad Cireles
Dubuque & Southwestern
Spence
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Trustees Elected At State Universities In Iowa
A joint convention of the senate and house regents elected trustees for the State University State Normal School and Iowa State College. Names include C F Pickett Alonzo Abernethy Joseph H Allen P K Holbrook Thomas B Hanley C H McNider W A McIntire B F Osborn J A Alexander W O McElroy James H Wilson Oldest Master Munson. Also notes A P Berry and Louis Teuscher claim oldest master mason. Teuscher 85 with 49 years in Burlington lodge No 1. Families Combine. Five Morningside households pursue cooperative housekeeping with weekly 2.25 assessments and prepared meals.
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Senate
The
State University
State Normal School
State Agricultural College
C .F. Pickett
Alonzo Abernethy
Joseph H. Allen
P. K. Holbrook
Thomas B. Hanley
M. A. Higley
C. H. McNider
Cerro Gordo County
W. A. McIntire
Wapello
B. F. Osborn
Greene
P. D. Rose
Towa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
J. A. Alexander
W. O
Munson
A. P. Berry
New Virginia
Louis Teuscher
Burlington
Teuscher
Des Moines
Masons
Town
Sioux City
Morningside
McLain Threatens Suit Over Iowa Notes Incident
J A McLain a Rockford Illinois shorthand reporter says he will sue the Sioux City Iowa student leaders and as many of about 400 students as he can identify in court for compelling him to burn his notes of the Iowa preliminary to the Minnesota debate, charging Minnesota spying.
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J. A. McLain
Rockford, Ill
Iowa
Sioux City
Minnesota
Delusions and headaches spark old remedy ads and quotes
Fragment from early 20th century advertisements and quotes includes a mocked headache scene from Chicago Tribune style text, a refund promise for a drug package, a Monroe Drug Co notice from Unionville Missouri and York Pennsylvania dated November 28, 1901, praise for Piso's Cure for Consumption by J L Bower, and a quip from Chicago Daily News about overdoing useful things.
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York
J. L. Bower
North Water Street
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New York
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Wisconsin
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Kesota
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Iowa Agricultural College
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American Sheep Breeder
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