Governor Cummins urged to ban Uncle Tom's Cabin stage plays
Wilbur N Roe of Columbus writes Governor Cummins urging Iowa to pass a law making it a felony to present Uncle Tom's Cabin on stage. He argues the play falsely depicts slave deaths, insists on northern south split imagery, cites December 30, 1904 correspondence, and calls for legislation to prohibit such performances.
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Wilbur R. Res
Columbus
Cummins
Iowa
Roe Faye
Uncle Tom
Cerger
A. B.’ Cummins
Bubate
Bostha
Stndsy
Tele Lom
Lesnd
Sioux City Plans Fire Department Steamers Purchase
Chief of the fire department George M. Kellogg will recommend in the forthcoming report that the city buy steamers and add eight mop¢ to the fire department. The decision follows a major fire revealing inadequate equipment and a need to increase water pressure. Estimated cost for two steamers is about $31,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Kellogg
Fire Department
Fie
Avater Works
Mail Pouch: Ground Up in Waldron? Shelbyville report
Unclear OCR text describes a Waldron area incident or note about a mail pouch or postal supplies. Mentions Waldron, Indiana, and weather or road conditions affecting a fast mall by rain. Contains disjoint fragments about letters and post office supplies for Waldron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Ind
Waldron
Catarth Cure Claim Shifts Between Curable and Not Curable
An OCR fragment claims Catarth is curable or not and mentions Dr. Agnew’s Catarrhal Powder. It references heart cures and testimonials, with unclear attributions to “ES, BALLARD” and “Thom BIA export,” lacking verifiable details or dates. The text is fragmented and promotional in tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
Lumber Mills to Close as Timber Scarcity Hits Industry
A Wisconsin and Minnesota lumber consortium plans to close 203 mills due to forced inability to operate amid dwindling pine forests and rising log prices. The upper Mississippi region once fed mills with virgin white pine. depletion and market shift drive retreat from production.
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Gsl
Musser Lumterny
Musceline
Ray
Tatrby
Sonty
Wisconsin
Stinnesota
Manufactuer
Taylor Town Moves to New Site in Washington Township
Taylor, one of Pottawattamie county's oldest towns, was moved yesterday by Thomas Turner to his land on Thrner farm, shifting the post office general store and blacksmith shop one mile north. The relocation places the town near the site of the old Taylor Saw Mill, tying it to its lumber frontier past as traders and early settlers sought lumber at the old mill location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treynor
Jaz
Ot Taylor
Washington Township
Washington
Thomas Turner
Taylor
Pottawattamie
Thrner
Elevator Shaft Fall Sparks Miraculous Escape at City Market
Claude Cook tumbled from the third to the first floor of Stewart Bros wholesale grocery at 26 South Main, the 200 pound fall caving the elevator floor. He walked to Dr Macras to learn if hurt, showing a sprained wrist and bruised hip. He recounted the escape at the Revere Hotel on Broadway. Mrs Austin's Butterheat is praised as breakfast fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Binfis
Stewart Brot
South Main Street
Claude
Macras
Ifie
OYSTER PETRIFY IN STOMACH DEATH LINKED TO BANQUET
Wapakoneta Jan 7. M Dr Ranch of Cleveland dies at Boiking after attending many feasts last weeks. Officials say raw oysters at a banquet of Women Dirt Ranch caused petrification in his stomach, which was weakened. Unclear text records may be garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapakoneta
Ranch
Cleveland
Boiking
Hey
Royal Neighbors Elect Officers in Woodbine Iowa
Royal Neighbors of America in Woodbine Iowa on January 7 selected officers to serve in the coming years led by Chancellor Mills, with Young named ret chancellor and Mrs Mills as head, as reported in Oracle.
Attempts On Woman's Life In North Manchester
Four mysterious attempts to kill a North Manchester woman were reported around January 7. Mrs. Hower said a stranger attacked her at the door, she shot twice, and the man fled after firing three shots at her. Later the woman drank water from a rear pump and suffered convulsions. wood alcohol had been placed in the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Moi
Pfour
Darhd Mower
Manchester
Peizon
Principals Club Adopts New Rules For Iowa High Schools
Iowa Principals Club adopts eligibility rules for Davenport high school athletes. Requirements cover age limits, academic standings, full year courses, and supervision by a principal or teacher at contests. Special rules set deadlines and entry fees for the annual state field meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davanport
Niles
Iowa
Weel
Bip
Teft School
Pring
Pal
Pribel‘pal
Schoala
Dowie Blesses Richmond Leader Heads to Health Resort
Zion City founder John Alexander Dowie blessed congregants in Richmond Virginia on January 7 as his train departed. He stood on the rear platform with bands raised and delivered the blessing. Dowie travels to Florida for health reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion Halls
Virginia
Richmond
John Alexander. Dowie
Zion ‘City
Richmont
Davie
Niama
Fla
Real Estate for Sale near Sixteenth Street and Grand Avenue
Real estate ad listing several houses for sale including six to eight rooms in first class condition. Properties described include a six-room near Sixteenth and Games with modern amenities, an eight-room on Grand Avenue near Locust with hot water heating, and a seven-room near Thirteenth and Rock Island with bath gas sewer water. Also mentions sewer and water connections and reasonable evaluation terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Avenue
Locust
Rock Island
Balluff and Snider Probs on Main Street
Balluff and Snider faced issues on Main Street involving street side properties and local notices. The matter centers on property boundaries and business frontage affecting foot traffic and municipal permits.
Reid Named as Harvard Football Coach
Cambridge Harvard undergraduates announce Reid Jr has been appointed head football coach after months of correspondence following the season end. Reid arrived Sunday and will assume charge after finalizing conditions and coaching methods with Captain Hurley and the team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Reid Jr
Harvard
Reid
Borley
Rald
Capisin Hurley
Edseh Hurley
Atul
Tuberculosis In Iowa Board Confirms 7000 Cases Year End
Des Moines reports the state board of control completed a tuberculosis survey. It affirms the official estimate of 7000 cases in Iowa for the year ending July 1. Doctor responses imply more cases may exist, suggesting at least seven thousand infections statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Board of Control
Iowa
Towa
Bard
Preenet
Booth to Return as Nebraska Football Coach in 1905
Walter C. Booth, formerly of Princeton, will again coach Nebraska football in 1905 after serving five seasons. He had considered moving to New York but the Athletic Board raised his salary to reflect personal expenses and the duties of coaching through the season.
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Lincoln
Neb
Walter C. Booth
Princeton University
University of Nebraska
Booth
Wolien
Nebraska
Lnn
New York City
Psa
Two Injured by Explosion on Freight Engine 306
Lima Ohio January 1 192? A freight engine 306 blew up while being sent to North Lima injuring Engineer George Shoemaker and Fireman W G Meisse. Shoemaker fatally injured Meisse severely burned but alive. Both taken to City Hospital.
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Lima
Lima Reais
Pvealag
Fraight
George Shoemeker
W. G. Meisse
Petians
End Shoemaker
Crb
Besvins
Meisse Wa3
Talen
Warrender Again Manager South Bend Signings And Departures
The report notes managerial changes at South Bend with a focus on Mim signing and a plan to replace Geiwow. Anderson and Grant are linked to South Bend for the upcoming season while Terre Haute figures in prior fast break play.
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South Bend
Ain
Ana Fra
Anderson
Haute
Manreplace Geiow
Ander
Aéie Grant
Terre Haute
Yale football great Hale assaulted by Hale's foe Holden
Meriden Connecticut dispatch reports Perry Hale, famed Yale football figure from 1900, in a violent confrontation with Francis Holden at the Western Union Telegraph office. Hale was badly beaten, Holden restrained, then Hale and two officers escorted to a Middleton retreat for care.
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Meriden
Conn
Perry Fiaie
Yale
Francis Holden
Fale Sin- Hale
Daxéne
Union Telegraph Office
Hale
Halden
Arithropes
Middleton
Secretary to Hemenway Named Incomplete Record
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a secretary to Hemenway in Boonville and Tad Jat Tillman, with stray references to county, senator, and Davenport editing, plus a Pal e Export Bottled Bear line and a phone number. Reading is limited. key names and places are unclear.
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Boonville
Tad
T.trumani
P. ‘Tillman
Repablein County
Davenport Editing ‘Co's
Obipe, Sécong and
Tayler
Oil Fee Records Show Sixty Seven Thousand Dollars Collected
Des Moines report details nine year totals and recent peaks in secretary of state fees for corporate filings, automobile registrations, and oil related charges. It notes Rock Island railroad and auto owners as major contributors, with 1902 highs and ongoing increases in filings and related revenues. The item catalogues official figures and the evolution of filing fees through 1904.
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Des Moines
State Bus
Rock Island Railroad
Texa
Inepechnn
Ecerntary of State
Saberson
Twenty-Eighth General Assemly
Twenty-ninth General Assembly
Chitmat Stoner of
Devis
Woman in pistol duel finds poison in pump
North Manchester reports a dramatic pistol duel where Mrs Hower fired twice and a man shot at her but missed. Neighbors rushed to the home as tracks led to a railroad yard. Heber Hare, recently released on bond, was arrested nearby days after the attack. A bottle of wood alcohol was found and poison believed poured into the pump.
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Manchester
Sesary Ower
Wien
Iber
Biwa
Theo
Hower
Marshal Lockwood
Heber Hare
Fower
Hare
Carnegie's Library Gifts Across Nations
Horace White reports Carnegie pledged five more library buildings at about 1.325 million dollars, as the dedication of a new $60,660 library in Tela Wisconsin marks ongoing gifts. Total Carnegie libraries reach 779, with 29,094,080 spent in the U S and large sums in England Scotland and Canada. Percentage of English speaking population aided by Carnegie libraries exceeds 29 percent overall.
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Tela
Wis
Jan
Andrew Carjaccie
Horace White
New York
Carnegie
United States
England
Sootland
Canara
Canada
Marriage Explains Mystery In Bridgeport Disappearance
Miss Inez M Lee daughter of John M Lee of Lee Bros New York and Bridgeport vanished last Wednesday from her home. The mystery ended when she revealed a secret marriage on Tuesday in Alton Illinois to Leatie J Standish a former Bridgeport resident. Milas Lees opposed the match.
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Bridgeport, Conn
Mmiss Inez M Lee
John M. Lee
Lee Bros
New York
Bridgeport
Alton
Leatie J. Standish
Mins Lee
Standisd
Man Milas Lee
Jail Plea Delays in Lampsic After Glass Breakage
Charles Bradley, a colored man, broke plate glass windows at Bark of Leip sic J H Fischer's agricultural store and Robinson's restaurant in Lampsic. Bound over to the grand jury on $100 bail. He asks for food and shelter, saying this is what county jails provide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottusiwa
Charles Bradley
Go Home
Leipsic
J. H. Fischer
Robinson's
Lalpsic
Grand Jury
Mon
General Edwin Niles Dies In Goshen Ind
J R Niles aged 77 died in Goshen Indiana after a long illness. He served in the Civil War with the Bloody Ninth Indiana Regiment and was wounded by a cannon ball. His mind declined for more than four decades. Also includes an advertisement for Dr King’s New Life Pills at Brank Nadter’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Ind
J. R. Niles
Milwaukee
Niles
Ninth Indiaan
Dr. King’s. New Lite
Brank Nadter
Rose's Fate Ambiguity Over Rose Showdown With Board
Fragmentary report notes Ralph Rose facing uncertain status after competing in New York with board permission. Silence from Pattengill and Athletic Board fuels speculation of decisive action upon Rose's return. Board likely to suspend the Californian or take firm steps to reaffirm authority.
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Pattengill
Ralph Rose
Chaimpion
New York
Athletic Board
Poentral
Rose
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Balluff & Snider
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Alten
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Mich
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Savoy Hotel
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Realty
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