Lightning strikes train carrying delegates to Muscatine
Rock island passenger train No 364 struck by lightning near Wilton during a storm. Several passengers stunned and cut by glass. Mrs Frank Gallagher Dewein and Miss Jennie Mackland Toledo among the injured. Train halted, injured moved to Muscatine for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Iowa
Rockland
H. Grand Lodge
Frank Gallagher
de Wein
Jennie Mackland
Toledo
Wilton
Electric forces link Mars approach to record April weather
W.T. Foster reports that earth's approach to Mars and planetary magnetic interactions explain an unusually cold April and predicted extreme weather in June. He cites Mars, Jupiter, Saturn positions and lunar role as an electro dynamo affecting earth's magnetism and solar connections.
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J. L. Waite
Burlington
Iowa
Hawk-Eye
Mars
Earth
Clerk Maxwell
Moon
Jupiter
Saturn
W.T. Foster
Washington, D. C
Weather Summary for Des Moines Area May 13
Des Moines Iowa reports the week ending May 13 saw temperatures 3 to 5 degrees below normal with a low of 26 on the 11th and a high of 90 at Sioux City on the 12th. Precipitation was light, mainly snow flurries in the northeast, and most of the state remained rainless. Cereal crops suffered less than feared from freezes, fruit crops in the south were hit hardest, corn planting advances with firm soil, and meadows pastures and hay crops indicate light yields.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Sioux City
Humpty Dumpty on Stage With Old Mother Goose Troupe
The Saville Humpty Dumpty Co presents Humpty Dumpty on stage next Monday at the opera house. Johnnie McDoualad the pantomime clown performs with a traveling company famed for singing dancing novelty acts and dazzling scenery. Take the children to witness the entertainment featuring elaborate electrical and mechanical effects.
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Humpty Dumpty
Opera House
Johnnie McDoualad
Saville
Humpty Dumpty’’ Co
Local Patents and Craft Sale Mentioned in City Notes
Full attendance expected at a rural lodge meeting with notices of patent grants listed, including items such as a Rural mail delivery cabinet and various patents by Iowa inventors like Paulson, Fullerton, Will, Frenier, Sievers, Topgate, Tuttle, and others. A West Chester church group also plans a bake sale at J D Smith's store room on Saturday May 18 afternoon and evening.
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R. W. Bishop
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Eleck Paulson
Osage
Robert Fullerton
Des Moines
C. KE. Will
Waterloo
F. J. Highmey
A. B. Frenier
Davenport
Nashua
William Bonus
Orient
A. J. Koob
Cedar Rapids
Edward Pascoe
Sioux City
M. L. Poulter
Stockport
Martin Swintek
G. H. Carson
Oskaloosa
W. P. Clifford
Iconium
W. W. Rankin
Ottumwa
U. P. Church of West Chester
J. D. Smith
Will Named Surgeon General of Iowa National Guard
Dr Frederick J Will receives appointment from Governor Cummins as surgeon general of the Iowa National Guard He studied at Iowa State College and the State University of Iowa He served as a midshipman in the US Navy for three years later joining the Bankers Life association as medical director He has twenty two years as district surgeon for the Chicago and Northwestern railway and belongs to major medical associations He is a Republican and attended national conventions in 1896 and 1900 He is nephew to W D Shearer of the Western Union Telegraph office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick J. Will
Cummins
Iowa National Guard
Iowa State College
United States Navy
State University of Iowa
Modern Woodmen of America
Bankers’ Life Association of
Des Moines
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
American Medical Association
Iowa State Medical Association
American Association of Railway Surgeons
Doctor Will
Republican Party
National Republican
W. D. Shearer
Western Union Telegraph Office
Good Words for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
Mrs Edward Phillips of Barclay Maryland recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for her two year old daughter who has used it since two months old. She says a recent severe cold left her well after using the remedy and she recommends it. Cook and Sherman sell the product.
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Alexander Benton
Fort Edward
N. Y
Stewart's
Chamberlain
Edward Phillips
Barclay, Md
Catherine
Cook & Sherman
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Shoes and Oxfords
Work & Meek
Iowa City
Pater Rossman
Lone Tree
M. W. Klotz
Columbus Junction
Best Friend
House of Kuppenheimer
Chicago
Sol. Rich & Go
East Side Square
Washington National Bank
Washington, Iowa
John J. McKeone
W. T. Foster
Caster
Besi
Regrand Lodge
Patent Report
Japan
Windsor
Washington County
W. C. Ralston & GO
Holmes & Son
West Chester
Pauls Lumber Company
Chas. H. Gobble
Muscatine, Iowa
The
Travelers Insurance Co
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