State Convention in Progress at Council Bluffs
Nearly 290 Woodmen of the World delegates gathered in Council Bluffs for a two day session with prominent members attending. John W. Geiger opened the meeting as mayor Maloney delivered a welcome and Heat Consul Geiger responded. Dubuque Was chosen as the convention site for the next year, with March dates set. The column reports on prohibition debates within Iowa's legislature and constitutional amendments affecting resubmission and legislative authority.
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Couneil Bluffs
The
Woodmen of the World
Council Bluffs
Order
John W. Geiger
Cedar Rapids
Head Coast
Maloney
Geiger
Dell G. Morgan
Dubuque
Doon Postoffice Burglary Hits Safe with Nitro Explosives
Thieves forced entry by removing a side panel and blew the safe to pieces with nitroglycerin at the Doon post office early Tuesday. About $60 in cash vanished, no stamps were stolen, and the culprits fled on a Great Northern handcar found abandoned at Perkins, six miles south. The building suffered no blast damage, marking the fourth burglary in twelve years with no clue to the robbers.
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Doon
Perkins
Iaglars
A Balloon Mystery Near Logan Township Unclaimed Airship
No claimant has appeared for the airship found in Harrison county last fall. The balloon and its basket of unknown material remain unclaimed as searches for the original owner yield no word. Initial fears of a missing occupant proved unfounded, and the voyage of the mysterious balloon remains dark and unresolved.
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Logan
Harrison County
Church at Charter Oak contract awarded for $12800
The Oak church project in Charter Oak was awarded Monday to W. G. Merten of Sioux City for 12800 dollars. The site is a four acre residential tract platted this spring. A brick building will be erected with a new parsonage planned this season, with total improvements nearing 25000 dollars.
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W. G. Merten
Sioux City
Man Found Mangled After Street Car Incident
A farm laborer A. J. Hanley was found mangled and hanging by his arms between a Fort Dodge streetcar viaduct. Five trains passed over his body before discovery. Coroner's jury ruled he intoxicated and likely fell while attempting to steal a ride. Higson died under street car wheels in the same city.
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A. J. Hanley
Fort Dodge
Cnroner
Wiseuth
Higson
Deaths at Remsen and Luxembourg Diphtheria Case
A Remsen area death report lists Frank Krell a 26 year old farmer who died of pneumonia leaving a wife and child. Christopher Teldeseh from Luxembourg, aged 16, died of diphtheria. his body was buried in a Catholic cemetery. The text notes athletic coaching changes at the state university and several civil actions including a $1000 damages award in a Dubuque jury trial.
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Frank Krell
Remsen
Christopher Teldeseh
Luxembourg
Europe
Death by Hanging Shocks Shellsburg Community
A prominent Shellsburg farmer, Figuk Beuish, killed himself in a suicide at the farm. Earlier, a group including Mitchells faced bad checks at Pnaws. The report notes financial strain and illness within families contributing to despondency in the area.
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Dubuque Offivizis
Abitehell
Winn Ds
Mitchells
Pnaws
Figuk Beuish
Shellsburg
CENSOR BILL KILLED IN TOWN SENATE DEFEATED
The Chapman measure to muzzle press accounts failed passage in the Town Senate on Monday. Other bills advanced include the Wilson bridge bid ad advertising rules and public funds placed at interest. The Saunders white slave bill passed the House with no opposition. Dr Fullerton's bill on cousin marriage licensing also moved forward.
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Senate
Wilson
County Boards of Supervisors
State Highway Commission
Iowa
House of Representatives
Hunter
House
Fullerton
Cousins
Jfrat Cousins
Clarkson Act Lost in Senate Defeats Civil Rights Measure
The Civil Rights bill failed in the Senate on Monday with nine votes against and twenty-one members absent. The measure received 19 votes, seven short of passage, surprising most senators except Clarkson who had canvassed for support. No law will compel school enrollment of Black and white students this session.
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Ehely
Bil
Clarkson
Iowa Senators Named to Key Senate Committees
Dalliver and Cumains Mare Well in Readjustment of Committees. Both senators secured chairmanships with Dalliver leading Agriculture and Forestry and Cummins heading Civil Service and Retrenchment, succeeding Perkins of California. Iowa seats both on the influential Budget Committee overseeing all appropriations.
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Cumains
Laws
Senate
Agriculture and Forestry
Cummins
Agamnittecs
Perkins
Californiia
Lowa
Investigation into state insane hospitals narrowed
The committee investigating cruelty in state hospitals says Cherokee probes are dropped from censure and focus shifts to Independence Mt Pleasant Clarinda. Over 100 subpoenas issued for witnesses. completion before adjournment appears doubtful.
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Probus
Peahedys
Eoluurcihtee
Munday
Cherokee
Independence
Mt. Pleasant Land
Clarinda
Railroad ruling upholds full published interstate rate
In Marshalltown Judge Parker ruled in Iowa Central Railway Co versus FE Reidel that railroads may collect the full published tariff on interstate shipments. The case involved three cars of sheep from South St. Paul to Albion via Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and Iowa Central. Reidel paid 19 cents per hundred, the tariff being 20 cents, and contested the difference claiming a lower contract rate. The court sustained the demurrer on the rate collectible, clarifying authority limits for agent contracts.
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7. M. Parker
Iowa Central Railway Company
FE Reidel
Albion
South St. Paul
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Orly Wingting Hne
Riihroad
Court Reporters Seek Pay Increase in Iowa
Sioux City dispatch reports Iowa court reporters expect a pay raise bill moving from senate to house. The measure would raise regular court reporting pay from $6 to $8 daily with a $1,400 yearly guarantee and increase transcript fees from six to eight cents per page. Opposition is anticipated from the house committee on compensation of public officers.
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Hose
Towa
Sioux City
Des Moines
Charles Hamilton
Iowa
Senate
House
Committee On Compensation of
WIGAH School Field Meet in Spencer May 14
The Northwestern Iowa High School Athletic Association holds its annual field meet in Spencer on Friday May 14 with teams from Cherokee Onawa Sioux City Ida Grove Hawarden LeMars Storm Lake Fonda Fort Dodge Webster City Marathon Sheldon Hartley Sutherland Primghar and Spencer. Events include sprints hurdles jumps throws relays and runs with 160 dollars in prizes. Spencer High School backs the enterprise and plans a local production of Charlie’s Aunt at the opera house to help defray expenses.
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Spencer
Cherokee
Onawa
Sioux City
Ida Grove
Hawarden
LeMars
Storm Lake
Fonda
Fort Dodgy
Webster City
Marathon
Sheldon
Hartley
Sutherland
Primghar
Spencer High School Athletic Association
Charlie
Dubuque Women Die In City Notices
TVUREE DUBUQUE WOMEN DEAD Mrs.ustus Keeneman aged 48 died at Ginley hospital Monday after a fall into the cellar. She never regained consciousness. Mrs. C. Fisher aged 68 died Monday after a half hour illness of heart failure. She had resided in Dubuque six years. Martha Fellows Nightengale aged 80, wife of George Nightengale a prominent lawyer and native of France, died Monday morning in Dubuque. The deceased was one of the best known women socially in Dubuque.
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Ustus Keeneman
Ginley Hospital
C. Fisher
Dubuque
Martha Fellows Nightengale
George Nightengale
France
Discrimination Alleged Against Express Companies in Dubuque
Dubuque residents filed a complaint Monday with railroad commissioners alleging favoritism by four express firms in Dubuque. It claims hill residents pay extra for package delivery while those on flat terrain gain free service, with about a hundred persons signing the protest and forwarding it to the attorney general.
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Dubuque
pYonnet Oiless Ten
Dubuque Mayor Targets Chief of Police Order
Bealan Restiwsiits and Mayor Schuuk seek an order to halt vestwuruuls and stop intoxicants in the city after the equduons closed. The move aims to curb alcohol sales and enforce closing rules at local establishments.
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Schuuk
Dubuque
Court orders husband to pay wife support in divorce case
A court issue compels the husband from a wealthy family to furnish his wife with $200 monthly as alimony until the divorce case is finalized. The action targets the high‑income spouse amid ongoing legal proceedings.
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Duitex Diuuson
Wtobar Iuedley
Due Buijue
Sulug Yur
Death at the depot in Wyeunnotte after long trip
Mrs Annie Porlierier died at the depot in Wyeunnotte N 1 from exhaustion after a long trip from Mason City. She planned a Saturday visit with her daughter Mrs Leighter and a later visit to that place.
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Annie Porlierier
Wyeunnotte
N. 1
Mason City
Leighter
Amputated Nun Dies After Accidental Gunshot Wound
Louvis Weiss, a young nun from Creston, linked to Mr and Mrs R Weiss, died at home from a gunshot wound deemed accidental during duck hunting near Summit Jake. Further details unclear.
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Louvis Weiss
R. Weiss
Creston
Summit
Jake
Painting Guide and Paint Quality Cited in Aduetisement
An advertisement extols a complete painting guide with color schemes and a paint adulteration detector from National Lead Company. It urges use of pure white lead, cites the Datel Boy Citizen trademark as a purity guarantee, and offers free materials for home painting guidance. It also mentions whiskey tonics and eye relief products with brand mentions.
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National Lead Company
Trinity Ride
New York City
Pasking
Transcowners
Trinity Building
New York
No Wonder She's Cronn. remedies and opinions of era life
A collage of 19th century health ads and notes, touting Lane's Family Medicine as a remedy for headaches and fatigue, praising Bromo Quinine laxatives, Murine eye drops, and other tonics. It includes consumer testimonials, a brief Canadian prairie migration letter, and observations on London death rates and seasonal weather. The piece blends commercial pitches with anecdotal travel writing from Oregon.
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Cronn
Lane
Oregon
Canada
Albert Nelson
Benton County
North America
Goose Lake
Mary Americas
Saskatchewan
Mateli
Political Future Discussed By Senator JRiequier
The reporter asks about the political future and a senator responds that a young woman may shape it. He notes that retirement of Mr. Bonaparte will end the last vestige of imperialism in the government.
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Nevter
Eczema cured by Cuticura remedies claim
testimonial from Cheri bersturg Virginia dated Sept 19 1908 describes severe eczema starting on the hand and migrating to legs and face. user reports relief with Cuticura Remedies after failing other doctors. includes marketing note about products sold nationwide and faint references to Lane's teas and a cold remedy sample offer.
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Finmelly
Market St
Cheribersturg
Potter Dray & Chem
Unsatiastied Longing and Advertorial Fragments
Fragmented OCR text includes scattered quotes and ad like lines. Mentions Mrs Lapsling discussing a desert garage atmosphere, health claims for Garfield Ten, advice to women by wT Brady, Brown's Bronchial Tracties for throat relief, an offer to mail free samples, and a geological estimate on Cortland cement production declining from 1907.
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Tye
The
Geological Survey
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound credited
Willimantic Connecticut woman recounts five years of agony from female troubles and backache. After three doctors offered no relief she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and was restored to health. The ad claims decades of success curing displacements inflammation irregularities and other feminine ailments.
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Lydia E.pinkham
Willimantic
Conn
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Erra Donovan
Lydia E. Pinkham
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