State shoot and camp of instruction near Cedar Rapids
Under Iowa National Guard regulations Adjutant General Byers orders a state shoot and training camp to be held May 26 to 30 at the state range near Cedar Rapids. Four-man company detail per Iowa guard unit will train with Springfield and Colt arms. Colonel Morse will oversee the camp. Company D Cedar Rapids will be represented.
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Iowa National Guard
M. Hi. Byers
Cedar Rapides
Springfield
National Guard
Iowa
William Eff. Morse
Change of Control at Iowa Central Moves to Minneapolis System
Iowa Central passes into control of the Minneapolis and St. Paul system with offices now in Minneapolis and St. Louis hands. George S. Batty praised for boosting passenger traffic through aggressive advertising. Marble reports clash with Carrie Nation in Omaha hotel, causing bottle destruction. Des Moines Leader notes Attorney General Mullan opinion upholding in-person examinations for teacher certificates.
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Iowa Central
Minneapolis & St. Paul
Minneapolis
St. Louis
George S. Batty
G PA
Batty
Pew
Des Moines
Mullan
Barrett
Local News Briefs Touches County Towns
Telephone Our News Service reports items from surrounding towns. April 20 notes visits and travels of residents including Verda Brinton Ores ton Mrs W L Derby Mrs 8S BR Miller and daughter Winifred Misa Sue Donaldson Richard Donaldson John Athearn J W Crawford and wife Amos Poland Mrs J M Stewart and relatives Alex Stephens T Y Wickham Jr high school class reunion at Grace Nicholson home and Bower Love nuptials in Washington Grandma Eagle ill Kalona considers deadline for Marek Shalla telephone line with over 300 subs and a dancing party at At Retner’s.
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BR. Miller
Winifred
Washington
Misa Sue Donaldson
Coal Valley, Ill
Richard Donaldson
Marek-Shalla
Kalona
At. Retner
Hope for Irrigation Measure Faces House Hurdles
Washington May 1 Special. Hope lingers for irrigation bills as House leaders oppose while President McKinley backs amendments to meet concerns. Support grows from transcontinental railroads favoring arid region development and possible Democratic backing as public land proceeds fund irrigation. A Park proposal linking forest preservation to water supply is noted as a potential ally. A Texas-leaning congressman worries about constituency backlash from a manicure shop quip. Senator McCumber exposes food adulteration while Hepburn presses for pure food legislation and faces Speaker Reed’s scheduling limits. Arthur W. Dunn
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Senate
Appalachian Park
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolna
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Treasury
Hepburn
Iowa
House
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Department of Commerce
Arthur W. Dunn
Locks Himself Away and Writes End at Last
Jules Sandeau notes Balzac hid for twenty two days in Paris with curtains drawn and lights lit. The price of Blackwell's Island was fifty thousand dollars when bought by New York City in 1888. Divers inhale deeply to store oxygen in blood for brief under water holds lasting two to five minutes.
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Jules Sandeau
Paris
Balzac
Timng
Blackwell's Island
New York City
Manhattan Island
Robert Blackwell
Manning
Hog Island
Local Barbershop Prices And Pies At Johnson Bakery
The ad outlines barbering services with varied prices after May and notes holiday hours and no Sunday shaves. It includes H. R. Phelps praising Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy, sold by Stewarts Pharmacy and Cook & Sherman, and a Johnson bakery pitch advertising fifteen kinds of pies on sale tonight and tomorrow.
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Chamberlain
H. R. Phelps
Plymouth
Oklahoma
Stewarts Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Johnson Bakery
Moothart Family Plans Missouri and Kansas Trip
Mr and Mrs W P Moothart and daughter Maude departed for Rich Hill and Eldorado Springs Missouri. They will travel later and spend four weeks in Kansas in what appears to be a family excursion reported in a local notice.
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W. P. Moothart
Maude
Rich Hill
Eldorado Springs
Kansas
Baptist anniversaries to be held in St Paul
National Baptist anniversaries to be held in St Paul May 19 20 with Iowa Central Railway selling round trip tickets at one fare plus 200. Sale dates May 18 19 20 returning up to May 29. Deposit ticket with joint agent at St Paul and pay 50 cents to extend to June 30. For info contact local ticket agent or Geo S Batty Marshalltown Iowa.
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National Baptist
St. Paul
Iowa Central Railway
Baptist Church
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