State boards redistrict Iowa insane hospitals and rail wreck probe
Des Moines reports a redistricting of Iowa insane hospitals by the state board of control revealing new county groupings for Mount Pleasant Independence Clarinda and Cherokee with patient totals and transfers. The railroad commission may investigate the Rhodes wreck amid claims of expense cutting and possible flagman omission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Soil—Railway Commission
Rhodes
Des Moines
State Board of Control
Mount Pleasant Hospital
Appanoose
Davis
Henry
Towa
Jasper
Jefferson
Keokuk
Lee
Louisa
Mehaska
Marion
Monroe
Muscatine
Powesheik
Scott
van Buren
Wapello
Washington
Adair
Adams
Audubon
Boone
Carroll
Cass
Clarke
Crawford
Dallas
Decatur
Fremont
Guthrie
Harrison
Lucas
Madison
Mills
Montgomery
Page
Polk
Pottawattamle
Ringgold
Shelby
Story
Taylor
Union
Warren
Wayne
Cherokee Hospital
Buena Vista
Calhoun
Cerro Gordo
Cherokee
Clay
Dickinson
Emmet
Greene
Hamilton
Hancock
Humboldt
Ida
Kossuth
Lyon
Monona
O’brien
Osceola
Palo Alto
Plymouth
Pocahontas
Sac
Sioux
Webster
N. M. Voldeng
Independence
Mount Pleasant
Clarinda
Board of Control
J. W. Crafford
Leon
Supreme Court
State Board of Medical Examiners
Col. M. IB. Temple
Clarke County
Crafford
Iowa Packing Plant Sold in Clinton Readied for Expansion
Negotiations closed on the sale of the Iowa Packing and Provision company’s Clinton packing house and related property built a decade ago at nearly 300000 dollars. The buyer is unnamed, likely backed by a large syndicate. The purchasing agent said extensive improvements will be made and capacity increased beyond 1500 hogs daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Packing & Provision Company
Clinton
Wealthy German Dies While Mowing Cemetery Grass
Joachim Griebel aged 76 of Malaka township died suddenly at his wife’s grave in the family cemetery. Heart failure is suspected. He had gone to mow the grass and sat down on the grave after becoming overheated. passers-by found him later. A respected Jasper county resident for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joachim Griebel
Malaka Township
Daniel Richardson Obituary of Clinton's Longtime Conductor
Daniel Richardson, a veteran Clinton resident and longtime Northwestern Railroad conductor, died suddenly at home of heart failure. Known as Uncle Dan, he served on the Town division since 1867 and was pensioned before January 1. He was widely popular among company employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Richardson
Clinton
Richardson
Dan
Davenport Contractor Pardoned by Governor Cummins
Edward S. Jenks a Davenport contractor is pardoned by Gov Cummins and released from a five year penitentiary term after pleading guilty to forgery. He has returned to Davenport with his wife joining him from Fairfield and he vows to lead an upright life after friends interceded on his behalf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward S. Jenks
Davenport
Milwaukee incident leaves Blume husband violently insane
Edward J. Blume and his wife were in Milwaukee en route to Rugby, Wisconsin when he suddenly became violent. Police arrived after he tore off most of his clothes and discarded his pocketbook containing their money. an unknown man grabbed the pocketbook and vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Blume
Luton
Milwaukee
Rugby
Wis
Blume
Fire destroys wing at Ames state college
A south wing of the main building at Ames state college of agriculture and mechanic arts was destroyed by fire with losses totaling $10 000. The origin is unknown as the building was vacant. This marks the third major fire at the college in two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Control
College For the Deaf and Dumb
Council Bluffs
College of Agriculture
Ames
State
State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Multiple Iowa Local Obituaries and Incidents
Man dies at his Sherman township home six miles south of Manson at age 75. D N Sprague of Wapello dies suddenly at Richland Springs. a prominent Iowa lawyer. A barn near Kensett struck by lightning during a storm destroys the barn hay crop and livestock. Frank Rice of Avery is nominated by Sixth Iowa district Socialist Party for congress. H C Funson of Seventy Six township dies after falling from a hay load. J M Mossberry ex postmaster of Plymouth dies from bull attack at 60. Mrs Jennie Craig of Sioux City, once a key witness in Melvin Hubbard case, says her testimony was false.
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Ars
Harrington
Allen Hall
Sherman Township
Manson
D. N. Sprague
Wapello
Richland Spring
Fok
Iown
Wilroy Abbey
Kensett
Socialist Party
Iowa
Frank Rice
Avery
Congress
H. C. Funson
Washington
J. M. Mossberry
Plymouth
Cerro Gordo County
Jennie Craig
Jennie Potter
Sioux City
Melvin C. Hubbard
Hubbard
Third Ohio Reunion at Wilsons Draws Sixty Guests
Saturday August 16 marked the Third Ohio Reunion at Mr and Mrs W W Wilson’s country home. Sixty guests enjoyed a long lawn table of delicacies, gospel singing, and speeches led by W A Birney and Rev I B Schreckengast with musical solos by Anna Birney and Bertha Young.
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Ohio
W. W. Wilson
Iowa
W. A. Birney
Anna Birney
Bertha Young
Earl Birney
Bailey
Ramsey
Anna Wilson
Miss Birney
Miss Young
No. 12 Wrecked Near Letts Iowa
A Rock Island passenger train No 12 wrecked two miles west of Letts injuring few passengers lightly. The baggage and express cars two chair cars and smoker left the track and landed in five feet of water. Track remained intact engine and Pullman sleepers stayed on line. Traffic resumed by 8 pm via a side track. South eastern Iowa rails remain soft and slow orders in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Columbus Junction
Nichols
Iowa
No. 12
Crop Outlook Report From Washington Weather Bureau
The weekly report for Iowa notes generally favorable conditions with good progress in securing small grain and thrashing returns ranging from poor to extra good. Spring wheat and oats show variable quality and yield, corn progresses favorably with potential heavy output from most of the planted area, and minor crops perform well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Weather Bureau
Towa
Son kills father in Ottumwa area shooting
J. H. Sims, a wealthy farmer near Ottumwa, was shot and killed by his son John as the father tried to murder his wife with a butcher knife. The elder man, intoxicated, attacked his wife for a supposed wrong and the son intervened to save her life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Sims
Ottumwa
John
Civil service exams announced for Iowa cities
Examinations for department service positions will be held in several Iowa cities with dates ranging from October 7 to October 16. Speaker Henderson will address the Veterans' union reunion in Waterloo September 10-11. Convicted murderers Ernest Loveswar and George Ostrander face hanging September 19 in Sturgis North Carolina. Rock Island Railroad plans a steel bridge over Black Hawk creek at Waterloo replacing a wooden trestle. Conductor Harlan died and another man injured in a rear end collision near Humbolt on two eastbound stock trains. Post offices of Middletown and Latty Des Moines county are involved in a notice.
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Speaker Henderson
Veterans’ Union
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Ernest Loveswar
George Puck
Sioux City
George Ostrander
Climbing Hill
Sturgis
N. C
Rock Island Railroad Company
Black Hawk Creek
Harlan
Chicago & Northwestern
Humboldt
Middletown
Latty
Des Moines
Isaac Van Nostrand Interred in McPherson Obituary
Isaac Van Nostrand died at his home in McPherson Kansas on Monday. The body was brought to the city for burial in the city cemetery. He was about 1 year old and moved from Washington twenty years ago. He once ran a dry goods business here and earlier worked as a butcher and stock dealer. Two sons John Van Nostrand of Chicago and Tom Van Nostrand of Omaha attended the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Lewis
Nira
Iowa City Hospital
Littig
Schiller
Lone Tree
Desing
Chicago
Wellman
Gazette
Harrison Crawford
S. S
English River
Dell H. Duncan’s
North Side
Washington
Iowa
Isaac van Nostrand
McPherson
Kansas
John van Nostrand
Tom van Nostrand
Omaha
Lecture Course Offers Six Entertainments for Two Dollars
A lecture course promotes first class entertainments. The six events include four lectures and two concerts. Mrs Ballington Booth’s lecture alone is valued at half the course price. Opera house entertainments propose elevating programs, and advance ticket purchase is urged.
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Samuel Calvin
State University
Calvin
State Railroad Commission
Milwaukee Railroad
Marshal County
Collins
Rails Road Commission
Grand Lodge of Iowa Masons
Grand Lodge
Carnegie Library
Mar
Shalltown
Creston
W. S. Gardiner
W. H. Norris
Manchester
J. C. Dunlavey
E. S. Abbey
Garner
N. R. Parvine
Cedar Rapids
Tyler A. N. Alberson
The
Odd Fellows
Sovereign
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Lafe Young
Gov. Cummins
Brenton
Newman
Town Lodge
J.C. Milliman
Logan
Ida van Horn
A.C. Cable
Covington
Grand Sire
Leavenworth
Kan
Rebekahs
Sovereign Grand Lodge
J. H. Johnson
Atalissa
Musachine
Glenwood
Muscatine County
Roosevelt
State Capitol
Cummins
St. Louis
National League of Republican
Mullan
Barrett
Iowa State News
Neighborhood News
Coppock
H. Magdefrau
Wayland
John Hullabarger
N.C. Essley
Bert Smith
Burlington
Walter Johnson
Marcus McAtlin
Ollie
Grant Blick
Jet? Tucker
Ed Miksch
Ralph Fetters
T. E. McMillan
Jed Mauthe
Grace Hill
Robt. Taylor’s
Mrs. Helmick
Little Daugters
John J. Fitzgerald
Mr. Pleasant
Mable
Nellie Stevenson
Keota
James Stevenson
Nellie Thomas
Fairfield
Robert Taylor
Robert Barnett
Karl
James Verrier
Dell H. Duncan's
A. J. Nichols
Clear Lake
Chapman & Gardner
East Side
Frank Webb
Harrison Adams
Oklahoma
Hess
Prof
Mrs. Logan
Doc Collins
al Rand
Frances Meacham
Richland
Bessie McCoy
Milwaukee Co
Valley
R. FF. Lavender
Newton
Rk. S. Mills
Ainsworth
W. H. Compton
Warren Woodside
City
Thomas Schilling
Martha Walker
D. A. Garrett
de Witt
U. P
Clara Abbott
Concordia
Kas
T. J. Master
Rush
Mendiapolis
Des Moines County
Eva Easter
Rock Island
Owen Brown
Columbus City
Mrs
Fred Crawford
Jessie Anderson
Crawfordsville
W. A. Walker
Bessie White
Marie Phelps
Gamble
Ft. Scott, Kas
Josie Keister
Ralston
Argo
Kate de Harpert
Howard Hofsteater
North Carolina
Columbus Chautauqua
Blanch Gordon
Lewis de Harpert
Mr. McKenzie
Pittsburg
J. P. McKenzie
Tacoma
Young Peoples’ Convention
Mrs. Meeks
Henry Crooks
Della Long
Jennie Sipes
Miss Ferguson
Ft. Madison
James Ferguson
Sarah Newsome Taylor
Sarah Crawford
C. W. McCleary
Winona Lake
Indiana
Harry White
Wmn
Crossley
Belle Campbell
Thomas McKee
Winterset
Richard Bennett
Hedrick
Bennett
J. 0. Harper
M.rs. Vesey
Mrs. Coe
Winfield
Father
Mother
Dubuque
Mason City
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