Will Visit Des Moines and State News From Iowa
Des Moines reports Senator Dolliver writes privately Cortelyou indicates Roosevelt may include Des Moines on his western tour Sep 15 20. Iowa hosts 50 000 Odd Fellows visitors plus 200 000 strangers. The state forms a Drugless Physicians association with 200 members to standardize natural healing. Also notes tax law cases 5 year retroactivity and Waterloo ruling. Page lists bids for deaf school repairs and state capitol monuments commissions.
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Des Moines
M.A. Raney
Marengo
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
J. P. Dolliver
Town
Washington
George M. Cortelyou
Roosevelt
Iowa
State Board of Control
Institution For the Deaf and Dumb
Council Bluffs
Executive Council
Town State College graduation ceremony completes class of 57
A class of 57 graduates completed their studies at Town State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts. The ceremony marked the culmination of programs in agriculture and mechanics.
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Town State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Drake athlete Charles Pell declared professional
Charles Pell of Drake University Des Moines once hailed as the best all around athlete in Iowa has been declared a professional by the games committee of the Town Collegiate Athletic Association. His 14 points from the recent state meet were thrown out.
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Gov. Cummins
John R. Sage
Des Moines
Iowa Crop and Weather Service
United States Weather and Crop Service
Sage
H. P. Keyhoe
Ottumwa
Charles Pell
Drake University
Iowa
Chicago
Town Collegiate Athletic Association
Windstorm Tops Circus Tent at Sigourney
A windstorm blew down a circus tent in Sigourney leaving 600 to 700 spectators exposed. Between 50 and 60 were struck by poles and trapped under canvas. No fatalities overall, but several seriously injured. Miss Clara Campbell and Samuel Utterback died from their injuries.
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Sigourney
Clara Campbell
Samuel Utterback
Five Years for Attempted Murder in Grain Propert Dispute
Earl Garman pleaded guilty to attempted murder of his father L M Garman, a grain dealer from Glenwood. Judge Thornell sentenced him to five years in the Fort Madison penitentiary for the April 13 shooting following a family quarrel over property.
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Earl Garman
L. M. Garman
Ine Glenwood
Thornell
Fort Madison
Roush for Cyclone Cellars
A black cloud in the northwest sent hundreds fleeing for cyclone cellars in Connell Butts. The county school for the deaf was razed to the ground after a recent fire destroyed all but the walls. Telephone communication broke between Council Bluffs and nearby towns.
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Connell Butts
County School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Tornado Strikes Northwestern Side Track Causes Heavy Damage
A tornado lifted several freight cars from a Northwestern side track and demolished them, stopping traffic for hours. Patrick Brenan of Chicago was found dead in the debris. The storm also damaged nearby areas with ruined outhouses and broken crops.
Davidson Bros Indicted for Postal Prize Giveaway in Sioux City
The firm Davidson Bros the city’s largest department store is indicted by a federal grand jury for violating postal regulations in a scheme that awarded six thousand dollars in prizes to ticket holders with purchases.
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Davidson Bros
Sioux City
Federal Grand Jury
Steamer Ravenna Capsized by Cyclone on Mississippi
A cyclone swept the Mississippi and struck the Ravenna at Maquoketa Chute near Dubuque turning the steamer over. Captain Ray and three crew were drowned while 24 others escaped.
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Mississippi River
Maquoketa Chute
Dubuque
Ravenna
Ray
Crop Outlook for Iowa Amid Warm Week and Flooding
The Washington Weather Bureau weekly crop report notes a warm week in Iowa with damaging showers. Wide flooding battered corn fields and washed soils, some progress in cleaning weedy fields, and oats growing bulky across affected areas.
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Washington Weather Bureau
Post offices discontinued and consolidations announced
A list shows Bernina Mahaska county and other offices discontinued with mail to Sumter Midd lefield Buchanan county to Winthrop Pleasant Prairie Muscatine county to Stockton. The postmaster general orders Boonesboro post office merged with Boone on July 1 and free delivery extended.
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Bernina
Mahaska County
Sumter
Middlefield
Buchanan County
Winthrop
Pleasant Prairie
Muscatine County
Stockton
Ottumwa
A. S. Hazelton
Council Bluffs
George J. Dix
Bank of Monroe
Monroe
Boonesboro
Boone
Connie Genseir
Dubuque
Nct
Mike McCarty
Main Street
Mason City
Secretary Emerison
Iowa Society of the Army of the Philippines
Roosevelt
The Gauntlet Run At Vicksburg Front Line
Private S. W. Neal recalls the Vicksburg assault, a 200 yard dash down a hill amid shelling and bullets. He notes Lt Col Brudolph urging a daylight rush, many wounded or missing including Jesse Springston, and the battered flag staff, while reflecting on the cost to families and the courage of volunteers.
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Brudolph
Oldier
Uls
Alex
Vintier
Mintier
Rankin
Varion Crawford
Walker
Jim Colville
Ki Waxwell
Jesse Springston
Wayland
Gray
Dutch Creek
Sam Coe
C. W
City Council Debates Municipal Lighting Plant Ordinances
At Monday’s council meeting the lighting plant ordinance and its bonds provision entered first reading. A spitting ban on sidewalks also advanced. The street and alley committee may buy Galesburg brick for crossings. The street commissioner to enforce shade tree trimming to fifteen feet. Sewer wage scale set from $1.50 to $2.00 by job depth.
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Galesburg
Alumni Banquet at Academy Chapel Honors and Speakers
Academy alumni and guests held a Friday evening banquet in the chapel with Reta B. Saieh of Lincoln Neb as chief speaker. Dr. Geo. Hay acted as toastmaster and led a list of speakers including John Beamer Schuyler Livingston Margaret Doolittle Mrs J T Beamer Alex Miller R D Daugherty and Earl Clegg. Officers elected at the business meeting include President Geo Hay Secretary Treasurer E M McConaughey and executive committee H H McCleery and Mrs
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Geo. Hay
E. M. McConaughey
H. H. McCleery
Death of Mrs Narcissus Saville Humston in South Washington
Mrs Narcissus Saville Humston died at her home in South Washington on Friday after months of heart trouble. Born August 17 1830 in Green county Ohio she was mother to four children and a longtime Iowa resident. Funeral services were held Saturday at 3 p.m. conducted by Rev Logue with burial in the city cemetery.
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Narcissus Saville Humston
South Washington
Green County
Ohio
Frank McElroy
Clay Humston
J. H. Humston
Mary Humston
Dutch Reformed Church
Iowa
Logue
City Cemetery
Magnet Aurora Ball Game Schedule
The event is set for tomorrow at 2 30 PM at Ball Park with a potential shower if Jupiter Flavius arrives. Attendees are advised to listen for the bands and enjoy the 25 and lde.
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Jupiter Flavius
Ball Park
Mystery Car Deaths and Poison in a Rural Family Scandal
An unclear report describes a sequence of events in which a father dies after drinking poison lure while a daughter is courted. Items mention a car, a coffee, a possible poisoning by wild berries and a subsequent shooting. A man retrieves a corpse and a burial is noted by a passerby.
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ODD Fellows
Cortelyou
M. A. Raney
Natural Healers’ Association
Lowa
Supreme Court
Waterloo
F. C. Platt
W. W. Moore
Order of Odd Fellows
Fort Des Moines
Grand Lodge
Order
Committee On
The
State Bar Association
Association
Lookout Mountain
John Alexander Young
Joseph D. Fegan
Clinton
Alexander J. Miller
Oxford
Mahlen Head
Jefferson
Alonzo Abernathy
Osage
Thomas C. Alexander
Oakland
Solomon D. Humbert
Cedar Falls
Samuel H. Watkins
Libertyville
E. P. Spencer
Randolph
Elias B. Bascom
Waukon
Elliot Frasier
Morning Sun
United States
Jd. F. Boepple
Muscatine
Hamburg
Germany
Doepple
Boepple
Austria
Mississippi
France
G. A. RR
John Lindt
Grand Army
L. B. Cousens
Lemuel Kincaid
J. S Lothrop
J. D. McGarraugh
M. E. Erwin
R. T. St. John
Riceville
E. R. Hutchins
Secretary of State
American Hereford Cattle Association
Thomas
John Simpson
State Board of Health
Board of Health
Leon Brown
Iowa State News
Crop Outlook
Bill Swaebe
Bill
Grants
Vicksburg
Mr. Browning
Browning
S. W. Neal
City Council
A. R. Miller
Lulu Kerr
Claude Terry
Prank Sage
J. T. Beamer
Mrs. Humston
Richard
Cc. S
BCRP
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