Interurban line to connect Iowa City Muscatine West Liberty
Three hundred citizens from Iowa City Muscatine and West Liberty met to push an interurban line from Iowa City to Muscatine via West Liberty. Engineer Wardle outlined routes while Smith and Dows Interests of Cedar Rapids would finance with fair right of way and franchise concessions. An $80,000 canal project from Moscow Cedar River to Muscatine was also announced to support power development along the Keokuk dam route.
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West Liberty
Iowa City
Muscatine
Wardle
Smith and Dows
Cedar Rapids
G. M. Titus
Keokuk Dam
Auto Plunges From Bridge Near Traer
Auto driven by A. J. McGovern ran off a bridge near Traer tumbling down a twelve foot embankment. Mrs. McGovern and her mother Mrs. Gaffey were fatally injured or seriously hurt, McGovern cut, and four children bruised. Rescue teams rushed to the scene as feared deaths were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapida
Traer
A. J. McGovern
Removal Approved for Palmer College Move to Albany Mo
The Iowa Christian conference unanimously approves Palmer college trustees plan to move the school to Albany Missouri to consolidate with Waugleau Missouri and Kansas Christian college of Lincoln Kansas. Removal takes place at once with part of equipment already packed. Albany has given the college a $75 000 building ten acres of ground and several thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Grand
Iowa Christian Conference
Palmer College
Albany
Waugleau
Kansas Christian College of Lincoln
Kan
Girl Stage Struck Runs Away with Vaudeville Troupe
Sixteen year old Risache Sawyer fled her Fort Dodge home last week to join a vaudeville troupe. Her brother tracked her to Waterloo and brought her back, after she learned the stage offered no real home for a girl of sixteen.
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Fort Dodge
Risache Sawyer
Waterloo
Found Dead After Quarrel in Mason City
Emil Krause a well known machinist fled after threats to kill family members amid violent quarrels. He was later found dead in a box car in the railroad yards. No signs of foul play were evident on his body.
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Mason City
Emil Krause
Injured Ottumwa Player Shows Signs of Life
Glen Walley suffered a fractured skull when a ball thrown by Catcher McGees struck him in the temple as he attempted to steal second in a local amateur game on Diamond. He was unconscious for 24 hours but now shows indications of living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Glen Walley
McGees
Farmer Dies After Grader Accident Near Rock Rapids
Jacob Schindgell a 60 year old prominent farmer of Cleveland township died from injuries suffered when a road grader overturned on him yesterday. He died a few hours later at the scene or nearby hospital. Local authorities reported the accident details and ongoing investigation.
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Rock Rapids
Jacob Schindgell
Cleveland Township
Schindgell
Harness Men In Session in Des Moines
The Iowa Retail Harness Makers Association holds its annual meeting in Des Moines for Wednesday Thursday and Friday. President A C Riebel will call to order and Mayor Hanne will welcome the visitors.
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Dea Moines
Iowa Retaik, Harness Makers’ Association
A. C. Riebel
Hanne
Conventions This Week in Des Moines
Three major conventions planned in Des Moines this week include the state optometrists organization the state association of abstractors of title and the harness makers of the state holding their annual gatherings. The events bring professionals together for meetings exhibits and professional activities across the city.
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Des Moines
State Optometrists’ Organization
State Association of Abstractors of Title
Harnessmakers of
Death of Mrs Anna Bewherst Found at Epworth Home
The dead body of Anna Bewherst aged 72 was discovered in her Epworth residence after having been dead two days. She was a widow and lived alone in the county.
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Dubuque
Anna Bewherst
Epworth
Brown Visits Iowa Farm Press Clip
Brown tours an Iowa farm as a press item notes a brief visit and local interest. The piece references the purpose of the visit and signals media coverage without detailed outcomes or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Iowa
Eeoyn
Returns After Thirty Years in Dubuque Reunion
Dubuque greets James Sweeney a Florida fruit ranchman visiting sister Mrs. Rose A. Brown at 1498 Washington Street. The reunion marks their first meeting in thirty one years after his presumed 1880s disappearance. a letter from Amboy Illinois led to the discovery and forwarding by the local postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
James Sweeney
Florida
Rose A. Brown
Washington Street
Sweeney
Amboy
Ranch Manager Named for 60000 Acre Wyoming Ranch
Friends of Harvey Payne Griffin formerly of Marshalltown Iowa and a former Iowa State College student and Missouri State Agricultural College alumnus are learning of his appointment as manager of a 60000 acre ranch near Meteetse Wyoming Griffin has served three years as an instructor in animal husbandry at Montana State Agricultural College Bozeman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Iowa
Harvey Payne Griffin
Iowa State College
Ames
Missouri State
Agricultural College
Columbus
Meteetse
Wyo
Griffin
Morntana State Agricultural College
Bozeman
Light Plant Is Sold to Lee Electric Light Co
The Corning electric light plant has been sold to the Lee Electric Light company of Clarinda for 16,608.30 dollars. Arrangements have been made to connect Lenox Clearfield Prescott and several other towns with the Clarinda plant.
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Creston
Corning
Lee Electric Light Company
Clarinda
Clarinda Company
Lenox
Clearfield
Prescott
Kin fade Exline couple mark sixty fifth anniversary
Exline residents Mr and Mrs Joseph Kinkade celebrated their sixty fifth wedding anniversary at home. Married at Antioch Ohio on May 12 1847 the couple lived in Antioch for about twenty years before moving to Iowa in 1867. They are now in their eighty seventh year.
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Exline
Joseph Kinkade
Antioch
Iowa
Paralyzing crash halts auto near Mason City
Lon Raymond, longtime county resident, suffered paralysis while driving toward Mason City. His car crashed into a ditch, badly damages occurred, leaving him unconscious and in serious condition. Two occupants were injured in the wreck.
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Mason City
Lon Raymond
Unknown Man Found Dead Under Rail Bridge Near Raymond
The body of a 65 year old man was found at the east end of an Illinois Central trestle bridge over a small creek near Raymond. There were no marks of violence and the cause of death is unknown. The man has not yet been identified.
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Waterloo
Raymond
Suicide After Quarrel Ends Life in Keota Farm Hand
George Huggs aged 21 a farm hand at Keota after quarreling with Miss Cora Anderson for whose father he worked walked into the road before the house and shot himself with a double barreled shotgun. He died instantly according to local report.
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Keota
George Huggs
Cora Anderson
Webster County Fair Assoc Purchases Fair Grounds
Webster County secures annual county fairs by forming the Webster County Fair Association and purchasing fifty five acres of land near Fort Dodge for future use.
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Fort Dodge
Webster County
Webster County Fair Association
Transfer of Father Garland to Independence Parish
The Very Rev J J Garland has been transferred from Charles City to Independence where attendance is nearly twice as large. He will serve as head priest at Independence.
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Independence
Charles City
J. J. Garland
Catholic Church
Dean Garland
Rebekahs to Hold Meeting in Creston
The district convention of the Daughters of Rebekah eighty-eighth district will be held in Creston on June 28 and will be entertained by Royal Lodge No. in this city, one of the largest lodges of the order in the state.
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Rebekahs
Creston
the Daughters of Rebekah
Revetment Work Near Sioux Point Near Sioux City Ends Soon
Federal engineers report completion this week of revetment work along the Missouri River near Sioux Point to protect the Town shore from riverbank erosion and inland flood effects. The project, aimed at stabilizing the shore, will safeguard local property and infrastructure.
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Sioux City
Sioux Point
Missouri River
Woman Burned as Gasoline Stove Explodes in Vinton
Mrs Wilmer Boughton of Vinton a paperhanger and decorator wife of Wilmer Boughton was badly burned while attempting to fight a gasoline stove explosion. The injury was described as very serious if not fatal with workers at the scene aiding her.
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Vinton
Wilmer Boughton
Depot robbed at Clear Lake with $125 stolen
A break in at the Wheslerwood depot at Clear Lake left the building damaged and $125 taken from the till. No suspects announced as of this report. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
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Clear Lake
Wheslerwood
Foundlings Run Away From Ottumwa Home Group
John Bates 12 and Henry Bates 9 walked 26 miles with no food to reach parents at Creston. Sheriff Griffith caught them one mile west of Albia after they fled Ottumwa Home Finding Association.
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Ttumwa
Creston
John
Henry Bates
Albia
Griffith
Ottumwa
Held for Shooting in Sioux City Case
fragmentary note from Sioux City reports a shooting arrest involving Michael Jones and St. Vincent, with limited readable details on charges or dates.
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Sioux City
Michael, Jones
Ig Jing
St. Vincent
Increase majority Ketchum on railroad board
More complete returns from the statewide primary Monday emphasize the victory of W. S. Kenyon for the senatorial nomination and practically assure the nomination of Dunn, Hamilton, and Ketchum for the Republican ticket. George W. Clarke of Adel named governor, W. L. Hardings of Sioux City lieutenant governor, Edward D. Chassel of Lemars secretary of state, John Hleakly of Ida Grove state auditor, and N. G. Ketchum of Marshalltown railroad commissioner.
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W. S. Kenyon
George W.clarke
Adel
Early Iowa Ballot Returns Forecast Gubernatorial Race
Returns from 89 of 99 counties show Clarke leading Clarke ahead by about 20,000 in the gubernatorial race with Holden conceding. Holden trails by around 2,000 in the lieutenant governor fight, and Proudfoot appears unable to strike a serious challenge. Secretary of state, auditor, railroad commissioner results favor Chassell, Bleakly, and Ketchum respectively, with Kenyon leading Young by about 62,000 overall in U.S. Senate contests.
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K. G. Dunn
Mason City
J. A. Sinclair
Corydon
Clarke
Holden
Proudfoot
Kenyon
Young
Harding
Chassel
Ketchum
Hamilton
Dunn
Mamilton
United States
Lafayette Young
Iowa
Union
Appanoose
Henry
Wayne
Jones
Dea Moines
Ringgold
Wapello
Monona
Adair
Pottawattamie
Monroe
Madison
Benton
George W. Clarke
P. G. Holden
A. V. Proudfoot
Indianola
van Law
Sioux City
Secretary of State
E. W. Chassell
Allen
E. W. van Duyn
Chassell
Thieves Break Into Two Iowa Stores Loot Recovered
Thieves broke into the store of Michael J. Lynch at Peosta and seized jewelry valued at $500. Another entry occurred at Andrew Kelly’s general store in Farley, with goods valued at $100 taken.
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Dubuque
Michael J. Lynch
Peosta
Andrew Kelly
Farley
Glenwood School Board Awards Contract for Additions
The Glenwood school board awarded the contract for the high addition project at Fair Brothers of Glenwood. The highest bid was $8,222 and the low bid $5,495.
Homemade Toilet Vinegar and Waters for the Skin
A nineteenth century home recipe describes making toilet vinegar by digesting four ounces of fragrant herbs in one pint of strong white wine vinegar for a week with daily agitation. It notes using fresh or dried herbs, stronger for neck astringents, sparing details for lavender waters, and a calming body water linked to Mme Bernhardt with camphor spirit and ammonia, to be shaken and rubbed into the skin.
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Mme. Bernhardt
Orphan Seeks Guidance On Hair Ribbons And Letters
A correspondent identifying as HUGENIA asks if it is proper for a seventeen year old girl who is an orphan to wear hair ribbons and continue a four year friendship by writing to a male friend who has not replied in a long time. The request seeks general etiquette and guidance.
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Hugenia
Letter to a Friend About Missing Letters
Dear friend I write again asking why there has been such a long gap since your last letter I suspect Uncle Sam may have misplaced my mail and you may have written without me receiving it Please forgive any delay and give me the benefit of the doubt as I write hoping for your reply and news of your days and thoughts
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Sam
From a School Girl on Social Questioning
A reader answers questions about teaching a young man to play cards, whether a fifteen year old should have a beau, leap year parties with chaperones, and nighttime automobiling. She says teaching cards is fine but a fifteen is too young for a beau, leap year parties are fun with proper chaperones, and night driving should have a chaperone.
Dresses for Girls descriptions and material lists
Dress patterns for young girls described in Hungarian inspired styles. The first dress uses ruby red wood material with elk stripe and Magyar bodice, trimmed in plain fabric. Materials include 3% yards fabric and 1% dozen buttons.
Maxwell Irrigated Lands Company Sells Land Directly
Maxwell Irrigated Lands Company of Maxwell Colfax County Northeastern New Mexico markets 23000 acres of mesa land along the Santa Fe railroad. Eight thousand acres sold, buyers pay no upfront agent, buyers receive a 3 per acre commission. land priced 76 to 80 per acre with water rights, ten year payment, appraisal includes a packing plant on site. Full information by mail.
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Maxwell Irrigated Lands Company
Maxwell
Colfax County
New Mexico
Maxwell Irrigated Land Company
Mesa
Santa Fe
Maxwell’ Irrigated Land Company
The Difference Between Ideal and Practical in Stage Arts
A dialogue between an intellectual actor and a stolid stage manager discusses the contrast between the artistic ideal and the practical, noting the gap between the leading roles to Arcady and the less glamorous parts that resemble a pork Warrel.
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Ilea
Arcady
Garfiela Tea Promises Pure Health Claims
A woman defends her herbal regimen Garfiela Tea praising virtues she practices despite doubts. The brief notes her pride in the remedy and its perceived effects, presenting a promotional tone without medical endorsement.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Success Story
Ashland Kentucky woman recalls four year illness with kidney trouble and states Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health. A second claimant from Amden New Jersey says female trouble and displacement were cured and recommends the remedy. Letters to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co promise confidential responses.
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Ashland
Lydia
Max Wratt
United States
Lydia E.pinkham
Ella Johnston
Vine Bt
Lydia E. Pinkham
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