Railroads inspected for sanitation by Iowa health board
Special inspectors from the state board of health returned from a tour of Central railroad lines in Iowa with Engineer Higgins and Dr. Campbell noting all stations freight houses and toilet facilities meet sanitation and health laws. They praised the Illinois Central Burlington and Minneapolis roads for maintaining first class condition and said future cleanups will be conducted across stations and facilities to ensure compliance. The report also covers veterans’ enrollment and deaths in Iowa GAR branches, noting 8574 total enlistments and 419 members answering roll since June 1 last year with an aging veteran population.
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Des Moines
Board of Health
Lineis Central Railroad
Iowa
E. Campbell
Sp Nc
Tlinois Central
Burlington
Minneapolis
GA. WK. Af Luwa
Iowa Ga.rr
Jide
AL Felow
Veterans to gather for G A R encampment in Burlington
Taps will sound as Civil War veterans prepare for their annual encampment in Burlington next month, with ceremonies and remembrance planned for members of the G A R.
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Burington
Taps
Dubuque Liquor Men Protest Hobson Bill
Dubuque activists oppose Representative Hobson's national prohibition measure now before Congress. Saloons seek support from public officials and telegram Congressman Maurice Connolly to oppose the amendment. The House judiciary committee reported the proposal without recommendation, leaving a direct vote possible once strength develops. Ottumwa reports Cleve Weisner mortally wounded and Emma Lamb seriously wounded at a family home.
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Dubuque
Hobson
Washington
Alabama
Maurice Connolly
Iowa
Congress
House of Representatives
House Judiciary
House
Affray and attempted murder at Lamb restaurant in Sigourney
Welzner entered the Lamb restaurant yesterday morning and forced Mrs. Labib to drink whiskey, then fired five shots. Two bullets struck her as Welzner fled and allegedly cut his throat in a coal shed. Marshal Legg traced him by blood at John Weigner’s home and found Welzner bleeding badly after a weapon wound near the jugular. Mrs. Lamb is expected to recover while Weigner’s condition is grave.
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Sigourney
Welzner
Itile Nuid
Trouble over wheel causes man’s death in Milwaukee
John Gilroy Runyon a Milwaukee engineer died in the bunk house of the Milwaukee round house after a fight with William Sayles. Sayles is held by police as a death investigation continues. Runyon, 49, left a widow and two daughters in Perry.
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Council Bluffs
John Gilroy Runyon
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Round House
William Sayles
Fred Runyon
Sayles
Agaihat Sayles
Runyon
Perry
Kenyon Opposes Flag Change and Confederate Pensions
Des Moines May 9 Senator Kenyon replied to the Crocker post of the G A R stating he would fight any bill adding a rebel flag element to the national flag and would not support Confederate pensions. Senators Cummins and Prouty likewise oppose the proposed legislation, with the Crocker post passing resolutions protesting it.
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Des Moines
Kenyon
Crocker
Kensan
A. B. Cummins
Con‘@resuman Prouty
The
Crocker Post
Pythian Grand Lodge Meets Late in August
Cedar Rapids Iowa May grand lodge officers of the Knights of Pythias convened at Hotel Montrose to prepare for the annual grand lodge session. The first plan set dates for the last week of September but officials in the city moved them to August 26.
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Cedar Rapids
Knights of Pythias
Iowa
Montrose
Grand Lodge
Planning the program for the grand lodge session
Lodge business filled the agenda with little other matters, the rest devoted to arranging activities for the upcoming grand lodge session.
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Grand Lodge
Voters Sign Saloon Petition in Davenport
Davenport voters endorse saloon continuance under mulot law with 6819 signers, well above the 5015 required. At present Davenport has 104 liquor houses. 30 close July 1 leaving 74. By July 1, 1916, 31 more close leaving 43, about one per 1000 residents.
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Davenport
Davenport Plans to Close 31 Salons July 1
Davenport notes 31 saloons will shut by July 1 as city increases the saloon tax from 800 to 1100 dollars yearly. About thirty more saloons will be affected by the consolidation and tax hike.
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Davenport
Davenport closes 43 saloons under mulet law
The city will reduce the number of saloons to forty three by July 1, 1915, achieving one saloon for every 1,009 residents in line with the mulet law terms.
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Davenport
Fort Dodge Man Dies After Auto Crash
Walter Weedman of Woodstock dies from injuries after a high speed auto overturn on Monday night north of Fort Dodge. Roy Hockman, injured in the same crash, recovered with minor injuries. Weedman, 30 and unmarried, died Thursday at Mercy hospital.
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Fort Dodge
Walter Weedman
Woodstock
Mercy Hospital
Roy, Hockman
Weedman
Spurgeon Seeks Special Officers Demands Denver Incident
A report notes a sermon with an admission fee and religious analogy. Spurgeon recounts a recent Denver kidnapping and assault. He and a citizens' committee met Mayor Thompson seeking sworn-in special officers, but the mayor refused. He warned police would stop remarks inciting disturbance or a shot.
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Tures
Denver
Colo
Spurgeon
Thompson
Foley Kidney Pills praised for kidney trouble relief
A. T. Kelly of McIntosh Alabama endorses Foley Kidney Pills for kidney troubles and backache calling them the best thing for backache weak back and rheumatism. Sold by all druggists everywhere in an advertisement asserting broad satisfaction and urging others to try them.
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Firestones
Firestone
Firestone Equipme
Hidney
A. T. Kelly
McIntosh
Ala
Spurgeon Draws Large Crowd At Armory Lecture
Otia L Spur geon of Des Moines delivered another lecture to a large audience at the armory last night. The third talk in the series drew substantial attendance after two prior lectures.
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Armory
Otia L. Spurgeon
Des Moines
Leo
Fragmented Health Tip Talk Leaves Reader Puzzled
A garbled excerpt describes skin care and cosmetic ideas with unclear references to doctors and products. The text mentions warm water and a vague list of items like Exelon cores and wax. The overall meaning is obscured and lacks coherent narrative or dates.
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Tata
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