In Folkestone a spy tale of Maxim and a cheeky bet
Sergt Harding narrates a tale of military spying and secret gun mechanisms. A foreign lady’s maid entices, a bet to reveal the Maxim block is made, and a sketch is nearly stolen before a timely arrest forestalls a breach of national security. The tale ends with a caution about the dangers of espionage and a romantic twist in Folkestone.
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Lieut. Brown
Mam'selle
Sergt. Harding
Mam’selle
Folkestone
England
Ambitious Forethought of Gen McBean’s Rise
An exchange recalls General McBean rising from a recruit in the 93rd Highlanders. He had a rolling gait that made a drill corporal laugh. A fellow recruit proposed a beating, but McBean refused, saying it would be a bad start if he one day commanded the regiment.
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McBean
Nintythird Highlanders
University growth and women suffrage noted in Iowa
Des Moines segment reports the state university’s 13 percent attendance rise due to legislative support, calls for new buildings, and a library. It covers a busy suffrage convention electing officers and planning expansion, plus an Iowa Supreme Court pension case, and notes on Iowa fish culture hampered by Mississippi River flooding and a push for statewide game protection organization.
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Supreme Court
Des Moines
The
State University
Chicago
California
MacLean
Iowa
Mississippi River
Fish and Game
George E. Delavan
Delavan
Hogs Donated to Fund suffrage work at Iowa convention
At the Iowa state convention in Des Moines a plan to donate hogs for a New York suffrage bazar fund drive passed with full support. Mrs. Eleanor Stockman of Mason City was named to oversee the effort and donated the first pig. The farmers wives suggested the idea as Kansas plans to send a carload of corn.
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Iowa
Des Moines
New York
Eleanor Stockman
Mason City
Kansas
US State Tickets and Notable Local News
The Iowa election slate lists Republican, Democratic, Prohibition and populist nominees for secretary of state and other offices with names including W B Martin, G S Gilbertson, F F Merriam and Emlin McClain. Also notes finder William H Tuthill located in California and Express Messenger Baxter’s remorse after a train robbery shooting.
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Iowa
W. B. Martin
G. S. Gilbertson
F. F. Merriam
C. W. Mullan
D. J. Palmer
Justice Supreme Court
Emlin McClain
B. Crane
H. L. Williams
L. M. Gibson
C. J. Harper
J. I. Anderson
J. W. Freeland
Prohibition
S. O. Pillsbury
W. L. Ransom
O. H. Lockin
J. P. Ferguson
Sherwood Dixon
J. A. Harvey
T. G. Wheeler
M. E. Smith
R. Weller
A. M. Hutchinson
O. Tyson
L. M. Morriss
Death of Hon. John Sherman in Washington
A historic obituary details John Sherman, former congressman and senator, long served in cabinet posts, dying at his Washington residence just before seven in the morning. A presidential proclamation lauds his eminence and decades of national service as secretary of state and statesman.
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Washington
Johnherman
House
Senate
Joan Sherman
United States of America
United States
John Sherman
Statesman’s Career and Sherman’s Final Service Highlight
The article traces John Sherman’s career from Ohio beginnings to Congress, Senate, and cabinet roles as treasury secretary under Hayes and secretary of state under McKinley. It notes his financial policies, debt refunds, and influence on Republican financial policy, with biographical details and key dates.
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Congress of the
United States
House
Senate
the Treasury
Fiis
Republic
Washington
United States of America
William M'Kinley
John Hay
Secretary
Statesman
John Sherman
Lancaster
Rodman
Engineer Corps
Muskingum River
Mansfield
Congress
Sherman
Colfax
Philadelphia
Zachariah Taylor
Cecelia Stewart
Ohio
S. P. Chase
United States Senate
Chase
Republican Party
Hayes
Treasury
McKinley
Treasury Department
Iowa farmer found dead with five bullet wounds at hog lot
Eberhart Fette aged 75 living six miles northwest of Fort Madison was found dead in his hog lot with five bullet holes. The house was ransacked as if money hidden on the premises. The hogs had torn his ear. Farm laborer John Smutger is under arrest. Also noted, F D Russie's 20 year sentence for raping Myrtle McAfee of Green Mountain was handed by Judge Caswell in Marshalltown with strong remarks about lack of extenuating circumstances.
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Eberhart Fette
Fort Madison
Ife
John Smutger
F. D. Russie
Myrtle McAfee
Green Mountain
Caswell
Marshalltown
J. N. Hamilton
Sac City
George Nelson Jones
Burlington
Amld
Iowa
Jennings
Council Bluffs
Charles E. Reilly
Jerico
Federal Court
Dubuque
W. A. Smith
Sioux City
Smith
Baxter
McKnight Investment Company
Benton
Ringgold County
John Borg
Des Moines
Town Road Company
Joseph Rew
Eldora
Johnson County Mutual Telephone Company
Elizabeth Shears
J. E
Corinth
JE. J. Th Rhodes
Illinois Central
Ole J. Negland
Webster City
Aid for Needy Veterans Urged by Iowa G A R Commander
Commander M E Davis of the Iowa department G A R asks adjutant general to collect funds for needy veterans near Galveston. He notes 150 to 200 families of old Union soldiers affected by hurricane and flood and urges a swift, generous contribution. At Keokuk grand encampment I O O F reports show prosperity in Iowa. New officers installed include Grand patriarch N S Johnson Bloomfield grand high priest J C Milliman Logan grand senior warden W I Kr Ush East Des Moines grand treasurer J Norwood Clark Iowa City grand junior warden Fr A Raney Marengo and grand representative J T Temple Davenport.
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M. E. Davis
Department of Iowa
Galveston
Davis
Keokuk
Iowa
N. S. Johnson
Bloomfield
J.C. Milliman
Logan
W. IK. Enr Ush
East Des Moines
J. Norwood Clark
Iowa City
Fr. A. Raney
Marengo
J.T. Temple
Davenport
Change of Life cures highlight Lydia Pinkham ad letters
In letters from Monclova Ohio and others dated 1900 women describe long illnesses and uterine and digestive troubles. They credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and energy after years of suffering. The ads tout widespread patient success and high demand for the remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Charlotte Jonxson
Monclova
Ohio
Mrs. Johnson
Burlington School Official Accused of Major Defalcation
H A Kelly longtime Burlington school board secretary and prominent attorney is reported to have been found to be a defaulter in a large sum, including at least $1,000 in the past six months. He is said to have confessed and the embezzlement dates back several years, causing widespread astonishment.
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H. A. Kelly
Burlington
Des Moines Group Reinsures 260000 Policy With Chicago Firm
It was announced by the People’s Accident association of Des Moines that it had reinsured its 260000 of business in the Continental Casualty company of Chicago. It will suspend business due to Manager Stiles's removal from Des Moines making him unable to perform duties.
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People’s Accident Association of
Des Moines
Continental Casualty Company
Chicago
Stiles
Iowa women select officers at Des Moines convention
At the state convention in Des Moines the Woman's Christian Temperance Union elected officers including President Mrs Georgia W McClelland of Denison corresponding secretary Mrs Etta P Harford of Indianola recording secretary Mrs Flora J McAchran of Des Moines and treasurer Mrs Nannie B Howe Also rural free delivery service expanded with carriers in Holstein Osage Ames Paulina and Galva multiple local obituaries and items follow from Spencer Dubuque and Eldora including a fatal train incident near Webster City with Ole Negland.
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Evelyn B. Belden
Sioux City
Dolly Romans Bradley
Denison
Nellie Nelson
Sheldon
Clara Richey
Des Moines
M. J. Coggeshall
Eliza Hunter
Martha Callanan
Emma Co. Ladd
O'Brien County
Anna H. Ankeny
Polk County
Priest
Page County
Margaret Campbell
Frances Woods
Iowa
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Georgia W. McClelland
Etta P. Harford
Indianola
Flora J. McAchran
Nannie B. Howe
Holstein
Ida County
Osage
Mitchell County
Ames
Story County
Paulina
O’brien
Galva
Jacob Rood
Spencer
Baptists of
Dubuque
Minnie Simmons
Fort Dodge
W. C. Harris
Nevada
Flora Powell
J. A. Powell
Fort Madison
Harry Hill
Milton
Hill
Miss Powell
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Aliingfod
Hythe
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School of Musketry
Seargent
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Light Infantry
Sergi. Harding
Thomas A. Hoyt
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John B. Gordon
Saturday Evening Post
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Iowa State University
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United States Supreme Court
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Towa
Supreme Court of Iowa
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Attorney General of Iowa
F. W. Bicknell
New York City
Fenaion Omice
William H. Tuthill
Soldiers’ Home
Ottawa
Kan
Harriet A. Tuthill
Tuthill
Hiax
John T. Sherman
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London
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Daily Express
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Tomsk
Barnaul
Berlin
Augusta Victoria
Germany
Corry, Pt
Harry Ottis
Daisy Blydenburg
Corry Park
San Diego
Cal
Coronado Island
Canton
Anderson, Ind
American Tin Plate Company
Iowa State News
Town Odd Fellows
Charlotte Johnson
Monclova, Ohio
National City Bank of
Lynn
Brey
Lydia E. P- Medicine
Company
Relasuren
Executive Council
Merriam
Herriott
A. Christ
Vincennes
Ind
Knoxville
Waltham Watches
American Waltham Watch Company
Waltham
Waltham, Mass
R. Bull
Dr. Bull
Salvation Oil
UNION
W. L. Douglas
U. S
W.L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas Shoe Co
Brockton, Mass
Grainc Grain Coffee
Elvan
Dimipo
Omaha
Rocheford
Waterloo
Nne
A. H. Hanson
A. N. Kellogg Newspaper CO
W. Advans
Oklahoma
Morgan
Dick T. Morgan, Perry
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