New Blood in OWA Legislature Heads to Next Session
Des Moines dispatch notes a shakeup as several prominent Republican figures retire from the Town legislature senate. It predicts a lively leadership scramble with Joseph Mattes likely to become the top committee chair, while names such as Smith Allen Adams Gilliland Sammis Hamill Stuckslager and Van Law exit.
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Des Moines
Senate
Smith
W. S. Allen
Adams
Gilliland
Sammis
Hamil
Stuckslager
van Law
Joseph Mattes
Iowa fruit crop outlook and peach crop notes
Des Moines reports Wesley Green head of the Iowa horticultural society is compiling statistics for an early bulletin. Indications show Iowa will have a fair fruit crop though not as large as last year. Cherries are good in quality but fewer in number. apples will be available for winter storage. Peach crops in Arkansas and the South were less affected than early reports indicated.
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Des Moines
Wesley Green
Lowa Horticultural Society
Lowa
Iowa
Arkansas
South
Wallet of Dr Kellogg Returned by Honest Canadian Finder
A Saskatchewan winter left Dr R D Kellogg of Sioux City without wallet contents. A Canadian finder recovered the wallet with $100 and a diamond and a Masonic jewel. Kellogg rewarded the honest rescuer with a gold watch engraved for the finder. The Optimist column follows.
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Marshalltown
Saskatchewan
Canada
Masonic Post Grand Master
R. D. Kellogg
Sioux City
Dr. Kellogg
Kellogg
Iowa board learns feeble minded students can be educated and self supporting
Des Moines reports from Vineland New Jersey show that educated feeble minded children can learn trades that endure. The Iowa board of control plans to emphasize useful occupations and expand efforts beyond past practices.
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Des Moines
Board of Control
Vineland
N. J
Iowa
Telegraphers in Cedar Rapids Form Club Plan
In Cedar Rapids on June 21 a Joint meeting of telegraphers from all lines reversed the plan to organize a railway telegraphers club. Over 100 telegraphers attended at the Commercial club rooms and telegraphers from the surrounding towns within fifty miles were represented.
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Cedar Rapids
West Liberty Fair to Feature Eastern Teams Baseball Tournament
Base ball at Pair West Liberty on June 21 signals a major part for the August fair Aug 19 20 21 22. Five first class eastern teams planned excluding West Liberty with substantial purses. Special trains will serve towns involved in the contests.
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West Liberty
Coffin Donates 10000 for Fort Dodge YWCA Building
L S Coffin, a prominent local philanthropist, announced a $10000 gift for a YWCA building in Fort Dodge Iowa. The campaign to raise $75000 for construction began after the pledge. Coffin had previously donated $6000 to purchase the current site.
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Fort Dodge
L. S. Coffin
Coffin
Burlington Elder Conrad Jones Dies on Street Car
Conrad Jones a well known Burlington resident died suddenly on a North Hill street car. He boarded the 6:15 car at Main and Jefferson and collapsed after reaching Fourth Street. Passengers and crew rushed him to Mercy hospital where he died en route.
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Burlington
Conrad Jones
Main
Jefferson Streets
Fourth Street
Mercy Hospital
Jubilee greeting by 30000 children in Hyde Park
A crowd of about 30 000 children welcomed Queen Victoria in Hyde Park during her jubilee tour through London marking Fifty Years Ago Today on June 22.
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Queen Victoria
Hyde Park
London
Air Washer for Prescott School Costs 3200
Dubuque reports the Prescott school plans an air washer to purify classroom air. The lowest bid is 3200 dollars though rumors claimed 40000. Health authorities note humidified clean air reduces nose and throat diseases and the device mimics Chicago’s standards.
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Dubuque
Board of Education
Prescott
United States
Schoo
Chicago
Rattlesnake bounties rise in Iowa totals
Des Moines reports 1911 county bounties on wildlife reach 9 266 25 dollars the largest in years with 1533 rattlesnakes killed. Clayton County paid 5220 75 and Winneshiek 2802 other bounties include gophers 44137 58 wolves 9769 39 groundhogs 13890 37 wildcats 4 foxes 335.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Office of
State Auditor
Clayton County
Winneshiek County
Gophers
Wolves
Wildcats
Foxes
Carp spawn weighs seven pounds in 25 pound fish study
In Clear Lake Iowa, after a meeting with State Game Warden Lincoln and deputies, officials found a 25 pound carp carried seven pounds of spawn and an 11 pound carp had four pounds of spawn. The spawn quantity explains rapid carp multiplication in local lakes and rivers. They vow an unrelenting onslaught against carp in Iowa lakes.
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Clear Lake
Lincoln
Cedar Rapids
Lowa
Odd Fellows to Erect Building in Clear Lake Iowa
In Clear Lake Iowa June 22 it is highly probable that within a year the Odd Fellows of Iowa will establish a community building here. The uniform rank initiated the movement. a committee was named and full canvassing will follow. Knights of Columbus had a similar push but action was deferred.
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Clear Lake
Odd Fellows of
Iowa
Knights of Columbus
Sioux City
Wellsman Building Boom In Wellman Iowa Summer
Wellman experiences a building surge with Gardner and Grassell building an office and store on East Main. Wm Wade erects a new residence on Arch Street. A $30 000 school is rising in the northeast. J S Fisher builds a new dwelling in the north. A Catholic church is planned on West Hill and F D Snavely considers a large hardware store on East Main.
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Wellman
Gardner and Grassell
East Main Street
Wm. Wade
Arch Street
J. S. Fisher
West Hill
F. D. Snavely
Prominent Doctor Hanawalt Dies in Des Moines
Dr George P Hanawalt, a pioneer physician and surgeon and among Iowa s best known men, died at 5 30 o clock Wednesday morning after weeks of ill health and ten days of unconsciousness. Several physicians had attended him.
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Des Moines
George P. Hanawalt
Hanawalt
Iowa
Business Men Fined in Sioux City Traffic Violation
In Sioux City on June 21, forty two men, many prominent in business, were fined in a police court for violating the city ordinance that prohibits vehicles from standing on the left side of the street. Police made fifty five arrests of automobilists and others. The fined businessmen appeared, paid, and wore smiles as they faced the bench.
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Sioux City
Teachin
Internal Revenue Act Passed Aimed at Profits Tax
Fifty years ago on a Sunday in June Congress approved the internal revenue act taxing profits of trade and industry and incomes. It was expected to yield about 150 million dollars annually. The enigmatic Stonewall Jackson reportedly arrived secretly in Richmond to meet General Robert E. Lee.
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Stonewall” Jackson
Man of
Richmond
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis rejects flag return precedent
Twenty five years ago on Sunday the former Confederate president Jefferson Davis declared there was no military precedent for returning the Confederate flags the Federals had captured in battle.
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Jefferson Davis
Mystery of red kerchief highwayman intrigues Sioux City
In Sioux City on June 22 the unidentified highwayman wearing a red kerchief remains at large. Reports describe a possible female suspect and ongoing investigations. Authorities seek tips to identify the suspect and prevent further robberies on the highway.
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Sioux City
Suspect Arrested in Tiun ter Shooting Case
Police believe the June 8 night shooting of State Senator Robert Tiunter and multiple holdups may be solved with the arrest of Mrs. C. D. Storer. She was jailed for complicity in another holdup Saturday night and forced to dress in male attire to resemble the assailant. MOTOR CYCLIST KILLED by Henry Steele in Boone during a practice run at the farmers picnic track. He collided with Ralph Parks and suffered fatal injuries.
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Robert Tiunter
C. D. Storer
Boone
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Interurban Company
Boone Driving Park
Ralph Parks
Steele
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OWA
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Jersey City
Merous
ODD Fellows
Koppenheimer Clothes
C.M. & F. Clothing CO
Henry Steele
Windsor
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