Iowa State Briefs Restore A Moment in Civil Life
Cedar Rapids man Joseph Stransky failed in killing his wife and himself, a Dayton man Miles Allen died after turning on gas in a Des Moines hotel, and a Fort Dodge bridge rumor unsettles train crews. Fire at the Kauffmiller hotel near Farley causes $2,000 loss with guests escaping. Not guilty verdict in Neise case. many deputies sworn in. Burlington claims first northwest aluminum horseshoes weighing three ounces per shoe. Auditor authorizes People's Trust and Savings Bank of Clinton to commence business with $300,000 capital. Multiple obituaries, marriages, and local trials noted across Iowa towns.
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Joseph Stransky
Cedar Rapids
Miles Allen
Dayton
Des Moines
Rock Island Railway
North Lizzard
Fort Dodge
Kauffmiller
Farley
Dubuque County
Neise
Burlington
Auditor of State
People’s ‘Trust and Savings Bank of
Clinton
Artemus Lamb
Charles F. Alden
J. HW. Lugwerson
Cannstan
Keokuk
Cochester
Ill
Rippite
Belle Morrison
J. M Beck
Supreme Court
Fort Madison
Bel
Lulu Newton
Jennie Ross
Nettie Kennedy
Penn College
Ossaloosa
Chicago
Montreal
Canada
Hey
Joseph Mahew
Belle Markley
Mahew
Chatger
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Good
Iowa Division
Frank M.carrell
Boies
Ham
Dubuque
Inter-Collegiate Prohibition Association
Frank D. Pettat
Drake University
Columbia
John Robinson
Webster City
Profesaren
Robert Sherman
Jows City
Swords
Hoone
Council Bluffs
E. I. Molmes
Miss Maud Bryant
C. E. Lixby
J. W. Heyman
Geo. Burke
Herman Karr
Mason City
J. W. Whnte
White
Harry Wheelock
Emil Sleiiman
Leisman
Wheelock
Sherif Clark
Heilman
Dane
Helen M. Gongar
Indiana
Samuel Dickey
The
Nations Committee
Committee On Permanent Organization
A. UO. Coates
Perry
Dallas County
Jerry Johnson
Howard
Henry County
B. 0. Aylesworth
J. A. Reed
Delta
Keokuk County
J. A. Harvey
Polk City
Miss Belle II, Mix
E. D. Gilet
Nese
Ottumwa
Allen & Swiney
Eigth Street
General Electric Company
Boston
St. Francis’ Hospital
Bidgent
Roving disasters and legal moves across the nation
A sweep of early 20th century items: a passenger train derailment near Mill Spring injures seventeen. a Omaha fire collapse kills and wounds multiple. a bank rescue plan hints at a five week resumption. the Ives Roberts billiards match ends with Ives dominant. Secretary Hoke Smith weighs Northern Pacific case on map withdrawals and indemnity limits. a Chicago banker firm assigns. a lynching in Decatur Illinois. injunctions on World’s Fair opening move. Pardridge accused in Chicago scandal. a tornado near Eudora Ark wipes out part of town. Honduras revolution near end amid border tensions. Presbyterian assembly suspends Prof Briggs. Joseph Jefferson improving. Rhode Island governor proclaims. various local legal and crime notes.
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Frank Ives
John Roberts
London
Ives
Roberts
Hoke Smith
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Chas
Technical Indian Reservation
Northwest
Hermann Scehaffrer
Ed. Pardridge
Chicago Board of Trade
Clara Karzinski
Vail
Eudora
Ark
Greenville
Miss
John Freidlander
Cotton Plant
Tront
Department of State
Honduras
Terencio Sierra
Pariso
Nicaraguza
Presbyterian General Assembly
Briggs
Presbyterian Church
New York
General Assembly
Washington
Fire and Flood Ravage Omaha City. Four Firemen Die
Omaha Neb June 7 severe rain and flood battered the city. A blaze at the Shiverick T Furniture Co on Farnam Street caused a $200,000 loss as walls collapsed trapping four firefighters who died. Names listed include George Coulter B J Morris Cox and Amorrissey all Bremen. Maurer's saloon and restaurant suffered 25,000 in losses.
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Omuama
Neb
Abont
George Coulter B. J. Morris
Cox. Amorrissey
Bremen
Shiverick T Furniture Company
Farnam Street
Shiverick
Dr Maurer
Attock
Rainmaker Jewell Claims Credit for Meade Shower
JIwell, the rainmaker for the Chicago Rock Island Pacific, claims credit for the big rain storm that began at Mende and moved northeast for 240 miles. He operated there three days sending gas clouds into the sky as Meade records a night of light to moderate rainfall. Railroad officials credit Jewell, who plans to continue experiments toward Phillipsburg after Meade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tansas
Toreka
Kan
Clayton B. Jewell
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Mende
Meade
Jwell
Jewell
Au Meade
Phillipsburg
Prevcang
Anuville
Leapville
Colodune
Ds Chapman
Loeb
State Street
Amick
Case of nerve sympathy and strange ailment at mills
In Columbus Indiana June 2 Henry Stern, an engineer at the cerealine mills, suffers a baffling nerve ailment after an accident. Doctors are unable to determine the cause as he attempts to roll off center his left foot, drawing concern from his physicians and town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Stern
Columbue
Ind
United States Attorney Says Sunday Closing Likely
Chicago June 7 United States Attorney Milchrist says thousands will stay away from the fair if it remains open on Sunday. He argues business reasons and cites crowd protests from outside Chicago demanding a Sunday close, urging directors to bow to the agreement and defer Sunday opening. He also notes a pending injunction decision by Thursday and expects it to be final whichever way it goes.
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United States
Chicago
Miliurist
Ine
Washington
World’s Fair Directory Hall
Milchrist
Congress
Mr. Milchrist
Thusday
James L. High
Pension Granted For Coins In Demand Of Disability
New York June 7 A B Bussey held that James J Kamlin a veteran of Company C 86th Illinois volunteers was granted a pension for coins described as a disability. The case involved a doctor’s ruling of no disability later reversed by the Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Kamlin’s supposed disabilities included hemorrhoids and coins.
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Bussey
James Fa2amiin
New York
Secretar Bussey
John Tarsney
Missouri
James J. Kamlin
Company C
86Th
Illinois Volunteers
Alleger
London
Wabash Weather Damages Fair Grounds and More News
A storm swept western Walasy Indiana with heavy rain that ripped down fences and sheds at the fair grounds, scattering debris. Separate dispatches report U S officials denying plans to appoint Max Judd as Coast General in Vienna due to Austrian birth and Jewish heritage, plus a currency update on Illinois national banks showing reserves around 25 percent and capital stock figures.
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Wabash
Walasy
Ind
Department of State
Col
Grant
United, States
Vicona
Max Judd
United States
Vienna
Judd
Liberty Bell Day Proposed by D A R Leader
Miss Mary Desha representing the Daughters of the American Revolution urged that the Fourth of July be celebrated as Liberty Bell Day. She petitioned Chicago World’s Fair managers to ring both the old Liberty Bell and the Columbian Liberty Bell nationwide at the Chicago noon, with bells from coast to coast joining in a synchronized salute. She proposed Col. Alexander K. McClure deliver the Chicago welcome address on the Old Liberty Bell’s arrival.
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Bary Destis
Mise Mary Desha
Washingon
Chicago
United States
Cin” ‘Haing
Chicero
Maine
San Diego
Key West
Paget
Col
Alexander K. McClure
The
Philadelphia Times
Bell
Dr Ecob Renounces Presbyterianism in Albany
In Albany on June 7 the Rev Dr James Ecob of Second Presbyterian Church declared his allegiance renounced after the general assembly Briggs case action. He denounced the assembly as intolerant and bigoted and urged liberal Presbyterians to join Congregationalists and other denominations to form a Free Church of America.
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Ecob
Albany
Abany
James Eon
Second Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Briggs
Presbyterian Church
Congregationalists
Cumberland Presbyterians
Free Will Baptists
Episcopal Church
I’ree Church of America
The Blake at Halifax and New York Hospitality
Commander Bagley praises New York reception after the Blake arrives at Halifax aboard the Siate with Admiral Hopkins. He notes British deserters totaling 101 at New York versus 55 from the Blake, including a warrant officer. The Mohawk heads from the West Indies. Magicienne remains there. Australia sails to England for pay-off.
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Bagley
New York
Harax
N. C
Admiral Hopkins
Siate
Bermuda
The
Blake
Gunner Liut
Bayley
West Indies
Halifax
Australia
England
ASKAS BOUNDARIES SURVEY TEAMS UNDER WAY IN ALASKA
Ottawa June 7 Prof W F King Canadian Commissioner reports that Canadian and US survey parties for the Alaska boundary are under way with seven Canadian parties sent out. Assistant US Commissioner Men denhall not on coast. Mr Ogden directs American efforts. Both sides expect to report in September and meet next summer, with reports due within two years.
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Ottawa
Can
W. F. King
Alaska
Vancouver
United States
Mendenhall
Ogden
King
Fo.r
Thistle
Profs
Menden
Systematic farming urged to lift Utah's rural life
A rural reader asks for farming system and planning to end drift and waste. Practical notes urge larger fenced pastures, integrated crops, and yearly maps to save labor and boost cash. Utah wool, sheep, and range facts illustrate the scale and costs of the state’s livestock industry. Sulphur is praised as a cheap, safe remedy for fowls to control vermin and parasites both in nests and dust baths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
English Experiments On Barley Nitrogen And Manure Yields
Norfolk chamber of agriculture reports field trials on barley. Applications of 150 pounds per acre nitrate of soda raised yields by about 9 bushels per acre versus no manure. Minerals added raised yields by 2.5 bushels. salt had no effect. Excess nitrate or ammonium decreased yields, with 200 pounds per acre harming the crop. Wetter winters and springs wash away soluble nutrients, affecting results.
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Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture
Remedy for loose wagon tires using hot linseed oil
A mid-summer reader proposes a simple home fix for loose wagon tires. Build a trough wider and deeper than the wheel felloes, heat linseed oil to boiling, and slowly turn the wheel through the oil for two or three revolutions. One heating can treat four wheels, oil is reusable, and the method costs only a few cents and minutes.
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Ohio Farmer
Potatoes: light, cool storage boosts seed quality
American Cultivator warns against letting potato eyes grow in warmth and darkness as it drains vigor from both seed and tuber. Exposure to sun and wind dries and greens seed, improving growth rate and earliness, with some gardeners cutting seed to dry it more and speed market readiness.
Feeding young pigs with milk and grain mix
Teach pigs to eat and drink at three to four weeks old by placing fresh milk in a shallow pan. Scatter soaked corn around. When they take to a trough, provide thrice daily rations of 50% middlings, 25% corn meal, 15% bran, 10% oil meal moistened with skin milk or swill. Increase meal as pigs grow to six to ten months with balt meal and similar ratios.
Practical Fall Farming Advice for Stock and Crops
Practical guidance noting profitability of fresh milking cows, pasture and root crops, and careful winter feeding. Emphasizes cash purchases, planned rations to build bone and muscle in calves, and integrating carrots and other roots for steady growth. Urges timely road-work, selective breeding, and proper turkey and hog management for farm profit.
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Guimimer
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Buzzard
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Business Men’s Association of
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Pittsburg
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Link
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Playerr’ Club
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Stax Guold
Ilinois
Llinois
Liberty Dell Day
the Blake
ASKA
Sehaffner Stzil
Curcace
Bankererman Sehaffner
Heman Schaliner & Co
American Trust
S.vints Bank
Capt. Skea
Chicazo
James 8. Wood
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mr. Wool
Onice
Kineston
Hanagan
Utah
Charles Crane
Millard County
London Chronicle
Lewis
Henry
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