Welcome for Sperry Fleet at Tokyo After Yokohama Landing
Rear Admiral Sperry and fleet officers received a hearty welcome as the Atlantic battleship fleet arrived in Tokyo. The storm battered ships showed effects of heavy seas while crowds, schoolchildren, and Japanese officials greeted the visitors with official calls and a flag salute aboard the Connecticut.
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Sperry
Tokyo
Yokohama
American Asiatic Association
Japan
Connecticut
Ofncers
Mikasa
Geroluin
Train
Admiral Sperry
M. Mate
Ang
Balkan war cloud lifted promises renewed peace talks
London reports a hopeful shift in near eastern tensions as Turkey and Bulgaria deny mobilization rumors. Officials credit Western diplomacy in Constantinople and Sofia and a potential conference agreement, though Austria and Turkey seek further negotiations before any summit. Meanwhile Judge Reed rules Musquakis Indians in Tama County cannot be forced to send children to the nearby Indian school, likely leading to its closure at Toledo.
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London
Turkey
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Sofia
Edward Grey
M. Jewolsky
Austria
Des Moines
Reed
United States Court
Tama County
Reseryation
Toledo
Black man slays two and escapes in Lithonia
Oct 19 Lithonia Ga. Charles Mitchell colored struck Tod Peek a bailiff and GC. P. Argo a young white man and after badly defeating Co. 8. Killott deputy sheriff over the head with his public safety item made his escape.
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Lithonia
Charles Mitchell
Tod. Peek
GC. P. Argo
Killott
Wnith
Womans Christian Temperance Union Convention Heads Lineup
Denver hosts delegates from most civilized nations at the thirty fifth WCTU convention. A day of prayer and praise precedes the meeting, with an institute on Thursday where national superintendents discuss methods. Topics include the Littlefield bill anti canteen law liquor in government buildings and prohibiting liquor near soldiers camps and homes with a constitutional amendment for nationwide prohibition.
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Denver
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Detroit Wins Exhibition Game Over Chicago Champions
Detroit of the American League defeated Chicago, the National League champions, by 7 to 8 in an exhibition. Cobb starved running, winning a bunt to first and the 100 yard dash in 10.25 seconds, while Overall and Reulback pitched for Chicago. Hofman threw 338 feet and Detroit posted 14% seconds on a bases circled.
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Chicago
Detroit
Reulback
Cobb
Hofman
Football Player Will Smith Dies In Eagle Grove Clarion Game
In Clarion Iowa October 19 a fatal football accident ended a planned decisive Eagle Grove versus Clarion game. Will Smith of Eagle Grove died after an onfield accident during play. He was son of ex senator Smith of Eagle Grove and nephew of Wright county's current representative. Players did not discover the injury until preparing for another play and no blame was attached to either team. State life saving efforts failed.
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Will Smith
Eagle Grove
Clarion
Smith
Hagle Grove
Wright
Itinerant doctors face license cuts in Iowa
Des Moines reports the state board of medical examiners is reducing itinerant doctors licenses, denying renewals to Shackelford brothers with Chicago ties and Waterloo residence. Policy aims to limit traveling practitioners, with no stated reasons given.
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Des Moines
State Board of Medical Examiners
Shackelford
Chicago
Waterloo
Elevator Fire Destroys Multiple Facilities in Iowa Town
A blaze at Belle Plaine on October 19 destroyed the W. P. Rockwell & Co. elevator, the Western Grain company’s elevator, a warehouse, and three cars of the Northwestern loaded with merchandise. Total loss about $25,000, partly insured.
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Belle Plaine
Marshalltown
Dhe
Ienton
W. P. Rockwell & Co
Western Grain Company
Northwestern
German Balloon Plauen Rescued. Hergezell Still Missing
Berlin reports the German balloon Plauen and its two aeronauts were picked up by a trawler in the North Sea, 240 miles from Boulogne and landed at Hull England. Hergezell, commanded by Lieutenant Foertsch, is still unaccounted for after drifting toward the North Sea with a message found near Oster-Wanne suggesting uncertain position.
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Berlin
North Sea
Bournhead
Hull
England
Hergezell
Foertsch
Oster-Wanne
Hanover
Aeronauta
Harkatetter
Collins Released on Bonds After Bank Collapse
Edward R. Collins, director of the defunct Green Mountain Savings bank, arrived in Marshalltown Indiana in charge of Sheriff E Hutson. A $3,000 bond signed by D. T. Denmond of the First National bank awaited him, preventing jail. Denmond had tried to secure bonds in Philadelphia, but the sheriff arrived just in time. Collins denies involvement in the bank wrecking and will not discuss his ties to the institution or others’ roles in its failure.
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Marshalltown
Edward R. Collins
Green Mountain Savings Bank
E Hutson
Chicago
D. T. Denmond
First National Bank
Jal
Denmond
Philadelphia
Collins
Savings Bank
Walter Smith for Speaker Hinted by Iowa Delegation
Oct. 17 report from Davenport indicates Iowa congressmen may nominate Walter Smith for Speaker of the House. Rep. Dawson suggested the move, noting Smith is favored in several western states and that a delegation approval is pending. Potentially a broad canvass across states is under consideration.
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Tel Davenport
Iowa
Walter 7. Smith
Dawson
Congressman Smith
Tews
Smith
Coal Railroads and Mines Face Sherman Probe in Scranton District
In New York on October 17 the government suit against coal companies and their rail carriers examined G. Richardson, vice president of the Erie Railroad, who also serves as vice president of Hillside Coal Pennsylvania Coal and New York Susquehanna and Western. The hearing focused on price fixing for tidewater and the existence of identical price scales across major coal outfits.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Tidewater
G.7a
Richardson
Eria Railroad Company
Hillside Coal Company
Pennsylvania Coal Company
New York, Susquehanna and Western Company
Scranton
Erie
Hillside Company
Pennsylvania Company
Mgr
Taft Campaign Tour Expands In Tennessee
Taft delivered a Tennessee and southern keynote in Chattanooga and throughout a daylong state tour. He argued that southern material interests align with Republican policies, urging voters to support the Republican ticket. The itinerary, planned as four steps, expanded to eleven due to strong demand from supporters.
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Bristol
Tenn
W. H. Taft
Tennessee
South
Chattanooga
Bryan Guest of Denver Delivers Colorful Presidential Speech
William J. Bryan, Democratic candidate for president, spoke in Denver after a long march through rain and crowds. A large procession of over twenty marching clubs accompanied him to the Auditorium, where he delivered the main address amid fireworks and electric displays.
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Denver
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Governor Haskell Asks Roosevelt About Labor Attitude
Governor C N Haskell writes to President Roosevelt from Guthrie Oklahoma on October 17 questioning his stance on organized labor and asking if the Oklahoma constitution altered his views. A separate report from Rock Island notes a fire in its lumber and sash works causing about 500000 in damage.
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Haskell
Guthrie
Okla
C. N. Haskell
Roosevelt
Organized Labor
Oklahoma Constitution
Rock Island
Rock Island Lumber Company
Where They Gass Away. Langdon Smith Anecdotes
A Denver reporter recalls Langdon Smith, describing a Washington visit and the sighting of a pale dome against the sky. Smith explains it as the national gas works, illustrating his vivid, humorous journalism.
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Langdon Smith
New York
Denver
Washington
Smith
Saia I
National Gas Works
Coat of Courtesy in Business Etiquette
The Magazine of Commerce argues courtesy costs nothing yet is a vital mechanism in commerce. Maintaining constant courtesy demands sustained mental effort, a trait few can uphold all the time.
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Magazine of Commerce
Family testimonial praises Warner's White Wine of Tar cure
A Mount Vernon family led by Rev. L. A. Dunlap reports multiple coughs in a child and wife, one lasting two years. They credit Warner's White Wine of Tar with curing all ailments.
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L. A. Dunlap
Mount Vernon
Aya
Warner
Advertising pays for itself in gains over silent rivals
The text argues advertising costs are recouped by increased profits, asserting that every business advertises to some extent. It notes that ads boost revenue beyond what a nonadvertising competitor earns, and ends with a question about Beach's pianos, implying a local business example.
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