Ackley Iowa Town Prospects and Media Notice
Ackley in Hardin county Iowa presents a thriving town image with waterworks electric lights and schools including Sacred Heart Academy. The World newspaper proclaims wide subscriber base conservatively Democratic and offers affordable job printing and news services while inviting world correspondence and local life events.
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Tee
Athley
Hardin
Sacred Heart Academy
Ackie
Iowa
Ackley
Worlo
Texas Rangers Ambushed Near Rio Grande City
Four Texan rangers en route to quell unrest and probe the assassination of District Judge Welch were attacked by a force of armed Mexicans between Fordyce and Rio Grande City. Four attackers died, two were captured, one wounded. rangers unharmed. Governor orders cavalry to Starr County as rioting reports persist.
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Jaredo
Tex
Rio Grande City
Welch
Fordyce
Lanham
Starr County
Starr“county
Corpus Chiiati
Judge Welch
Assadent
Rangers
General Shafter Nearing Death in California Ranch Fight
Bakersfield Cal Nov 12 Major General William R Shafter U S A retired is dying after a six day pneumonia battle at the McKittrick ranch twenty miles from the city Doctors from San Francisco determined further efforts would not help as he lay in bed his condition worsening through the day A nurse and oxygen were sent for and the general rested easier at midnight with his life hanging on a thread
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Bakersfield
Cal
Hiafe
William R. Shafter
William H. McKittriek
Hertzstein
San Francisco
McKittrick
General Shatter
Trade review shows rising wages and strong demand
New York November reports Bradtreet's trade review notes higher railway wages and improved collections, with heavy spring demand and record iron and steel output. Weather is favorable, wholesale orders surge, but widespread delivery delays persist due to labor shortages and congestion. Overall, industry remains highly active with rising labor returns.
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New York
Bradatreet
Northwest
Inbor
Megro Shoots a Priest on a Southbound Train
A crowd of laborers on a southbound Mil l Waukee train quarrels over cards. Rev. John Phelan a Sibley, Iowa priest, tries to calm the row when a negro fires a revolver, grazing the priest’s head. He is hospitalized in Mitchell. eight suspects detained in Wolsey. priest to prosecute. Also: Giovanni Bruno, feared anarchist, arrested at Keon station on the Burlington line. to be returned to dictly.
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Huron
Waukee
John Phelan
Sibley
Sioux City
Mitchell
Wolsey
Denver
Col
Giovanni Bruno
Keon
Burlington Railroad
Denv Or
Bictly
Notice to settle and farm for sale in Iowa
Notice to settle debts for Jonn Nix Schultz successor to J M Nix invites calls to settle accounts. Farm for rent 160 acres seven miles west of town listed by Groner Dentel. Also for sale range and household goods two cows home-made pickles fruit. Several listings for sale cattle sheep Jersey heifers and a large 491 acre North Western Iowa farm four miles from town with two buildings fenced and cross fenced wind mills pastures crops priced at 55.00 per acre in Sloley Iowa.
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Groner Dentel
H. O. Herman
Herman Bros
North Western Iowa
Pring
Collapse of hotel wing kills nine in Long Beach
Long Beach California November 10 a collapse of the central wing of the $750000 Rixby hotel trapped about 150 workers and wrecked the structure. Nine men died and seven bodies had been recovered with one more feared inside. Nearly 100 were injured though most were expected to recover. Rescue crews and city officials coordinated the effort as relief lines formed and spectators watched.
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Long Beach
Cal
Rixby
Long Branch
R. M. Perkins
Carlton Brashear
A. Bensenso
Albert Hartie
L. M. Philips
E. P. Watson
F. M. Schulte
Alex Bavay
George Parker
F. H. Imlay
H. G. Rinabarger
J. J.walsh
Nicholeon
Alex Zogny
Southern Pacific
Balt Lake and Pacific
Electric
Young
Downs
Spalding
President Aboard Louisiana Seeks Isthmus transit
Reports from Washington say the president aboard the battleship Louisiana is en route to the Isthmus of Panama after transferring from the Mayflower in Chesapeake Bay. The ship passed Cape Hatteras at noon with sea smooth and all well. Secretary Loeb notes only one more message needed unless delays arise. Wireless updates ensure constant national news to the president.
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Louisiana
Passea Hatteras
Washington
Panama
Chesapeake Bay
Capes
Cape Hatteras
Loeb
United States
General Dodge Reelected At Army Of The Tennessee Reunion
In Cornell Bluffs Iowa on November 10 the Society of the Army of the Tennessee re elected General Grenville M Dodge as president and chose Vicksburg Mississippi for the 1907 meeting. The reunion closed with a banquet and toasts including one on The First President replied by letter from President Roosevelt. Archbishop Ireland gave the notable speech in response to Our Country.
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Dodge
Cornell Bluffs
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
Grenville M. Dodge
Vicksburg
Miss
Roosevelt
Archbishop Ireland
Burke’s election certain. Burke leads by 3185 in North Dakota
Fargo vote totals show Sarlas Republican 6475 and Burke Democrat 9660, giving Burke a 3185 plurality. Also Panama news reports the national assembly’s unanimous approval to ban gambling on the isthmus, to be signed by President Amador.
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North Dakota
Fargo
N. D
Gove Minor
Sarlas
Burke
Panama
National Assembly
Republic
Amador
Canal Zone
Automobile record broken from San Francisco to Los Angeles
Fernando Nelson of San Francisco shattered the all road record by driving 504 miles in 18 hours 18 minutes. His time beat the previous best by 3 hours, achieving a new standard for the cross state run from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Cal
San Francisco
Fernando Nelson
Hoch Wins In Kansas In Hard Fought Governor Race
Topeka Kan Navy 12 Complete official returns from 96 of 105 counties give George Hoch a plurality of 2060 votes over William A Harris Democrat The nine counties left are small but will likely push Hochs plurality to 2000 or less Democrats concede Hoch will win but assert his margin is smaller than 2000 Democratic leaders hail the decline from about 67000 in 1904 to under 2000 in 1906 as a victory
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Topeka
Kan
Navy
George HE. W. Hoch
William A. Harris
Hoch
Farmer Moves Family to Duluth For Deer Season Safety
Gunt Anderson of Kelsey Minnesota has moved his family to Duluth to escape stray bullets during the deer hunting season. He worries his children wandering into the woods could be mistaken for deer and shot, a danger he says threatens his entire household on the farm.
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Duluth
Gunt Anderson
Tear Kelsey
Minn
Money for Minnesota Receives Large Public Land Proceeds
St Paul Nov 12 Governor Johnson has received a national government check for 9 651 28 dollars. It is the six percent share of the net proceeds from Minnesota public land sales for the year ending June 30 1906. The payment is part of an 1857 law providing five percent to the state.
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St. Paul
Johnson
Johnson for President boom hits Cooper mass meeting
Democrats in Cooper Texas on November 12 launched a presidential bid for Minnesota Governor John A. Johnson. Resolutions praised his honesty and executive ability, declaring him unblemished in character.
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Cooper, Tex
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
United States
Johnson
Sick Man Freezes Near Granada Creek
Arthur Deane of Sherburne was found dead in a creek one mile west of Granada after disappearing Thursday evening. He had been in town about a week for treatment and a search begun the next morning located him in the cold morning.
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Granada
Minn
Arthur Deane
Sherburne
Big Game Plentiful in Beaudette Minnesota
A light snow fell Friday night as the hunting season opened Saturday in Beaudette Minnesota. Moose and deer were reported plentiful with several parties already traveling from town to hunt the big game.
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Beaudette
Minn
Aged Monticello Farmer Drowns in Mississippi River
Theodore Machel aged sixty five a wealthy farmer near Monticello Minnesota left his home in the morning and deliberately waded into the Mississippi River about a mile beyond his depth and was drowned his family believe his mind had been affected for some time and they think this caused his death by own action
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Montic¢lio
Minn
Theodore Machel
Mississippi
Concentrating Mill Destroyed in Idaho Springs Fire
A major blaze destroyed the Alpine concentrating mill in Idaho Springs Colo with only the small office building saved. Loss reported at 60000 dollars.
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Idaho Springs
Colo
Paul Man Shot by Hunters Mistaken for Deer
Levert Hanson, an employee of Rib Lake Lumber, was fatally shot by two hunters near Rib Lake who probably mistook him for a deer. They fled after realizing their error. Hanson, chopping wood, was found near dead from blood loss and died en route to Ashland hospital. Police seek the shooters for manslaughter.
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Wiaconcia
Ashland
Wis
Levert Hanson
Rib Lake Lumber Company
St. Paul
Rib Lake
Hanson
Confesses to Murder in Stafford Springs Farm Family
Charles Bishop an eighteen year old farm worker confessed to killing Mrs Williams of the Williams farm in Stafford Springs Connecticut. his confession followed a lengthy inquest and he admitted taking money from a trunk in an upper room. no one else is implicated according to coroner fisk.
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Connecticut
Stafford Springs
Conn
Charles Bishop
Henry Williams
Negro Troops Sent to Fort Reno Amid Trouble Claims
San Antonio reports orders to move four companies of the Twenty sixth infantry to Fort Reno. Telegraphs say recently dishonorably discharged black soldiers there cause unrest and may be disbanded. Troops traveling with ball cartridges aboard a special train.
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Fort Reno
San Antonio
Tex
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Five Incendiary Fires Trigger Panic in New York
Five fires between midnight and 2 am in the blocks around West Sixty first street and Columbus Avenue caused a citywide panic. One woman, Mrs. Caroline Swain, 70, died of heart failure induced by fright. Adrian Tompking and others were hospitalized with burns as 2,000 residents fled. Firemen rescued numerous residents from the blaze.
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New York City
New York
Caroline Swain
West Sixtieth Street
Adrian Tompking
California law tests separate Japanese school plan in San Francisco
A man with high hands and feet severely burned after descending a red hot fire escape remains in serious condition as court action looms. California law requiring separate schools for Japanese children prompts San Francisco officials to press the issue, with no further talks planned between Secretary Metcalf and the city board of education who intend to test the law in court.
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California
San Francisco
Nav
Phera
Metcalf
Board of Education
Minnesota Boy Killed in Hastings Shooting
Minnesota dispatch reports fourteen year old Leslie Otte was shot and killed in Hastings on November 10. He was with twelve year old companion Lee Owen at the time of the incident.
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Minnesota
Hastings
Minn
Leslie Otte
Lee Owen
Otte
First Upper Michigan hunting fatality reported
In Marquette area, two youths tramping through woods near Fibre, Chippewa County, one was accidentally shot when a gun misfired while crawling through a fence. Lea Hall, a Sonia attorney, was mistakenly shot in a separate Woods incident by lumberman H. G. Miller. Manslaughter possible with ten year maximum on conviction.
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Owen
Otte
Marquette
Mich
Upper Michigan
Lea Hall
Sonia
Fibre
Chippewa County
G. Miller
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