World Briefs Highlight Rockefeller Feud Restored Bond
News notes survey worldwide events with renewed ties between John D Rockefeller and his brother Frank after years of estrangement over business. Taft injures ankle golfing at Bar Harbor but completes plans in Bangor Worth and Haverst. Sarah Applebay of Clarksburg dies at 100 years seven weeks and five days. Benjamin T Smith, son of Addison T Smith, secretary of Senator Heyburn, Idaho, is shot and killed at Mount Molly Virginia by a bystander whose identity is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
Prank
Stent Taft
Kabo Valley Club
Bar Harbor
Bangor
Haaworth
Sarah ‘Applebay
Clarksburg
W. Va
Sheed
Benjamin T. Smith
Addison T. Smith
Heyburn
Idaho
Mount Molly
Cuunerin
Uy Oo
Numerous June worksay totals and national crises
June excavation on the P na senal surpassed prior output by 200 000 cubic yards, totaling 1 305 141 cubic yards for last month. A New York report notes tubercu losis care costs 367 daily in semi charitable sanatoriums. A Tarentum man loses 575 in diamonds while handling a baby. A New York factory fire kills one and renders twenty families homeless. A nationwide strike against a sheet and tin plate firm moves toward a worker vote. Attorney General Wickersham moves to dissolve a large bath tub trust. A Cummins backed progressive meeting is planned in Kansas City. A Carroll County sheriff kills five blacks and wounds two. Pillsbury-Washburn assets questioned by Glyn at annual Lowden meeting. The Hornet gunboat bound for Nicaragua departs Norfolk. A Madrid assassination attempt wounds former Premier Maura. Rioting by Grand Trunk strike sympathizers at South Bend. A Ridgeway mayor is killed by dynamite. Columbus Railway strike disrupts city services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Na ‘Senal
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
New York
United States
R. Spahr
Tarentum
New York City
Association of Iron, Tin and Teel Workers
Wickersham
Enator
A. B. Cummins
Iowa
Kansas City
Sid Cauley
Carroll County
Miss
Henry Beck
Cauley
Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Company
Lowon
R. H. Glyn
Glyn
New Orleans
Nicaragua
Ornet
Norfolk
Hornet
Antonia Maura
Barcelona
Spain
Manuel Posa
Grand Trunk
South Bend
Ind
A. H. Bousman
Ridgeway
Columbus Railway and Light Company
Ninota” Centralifter
Italy
Saronno
Northern Railway
Standard Nitrogen Company of
Elizabeth
N. J
Florence Willis Rawn
I. G. Rawn
Monon Railroad
Winnetka
Ill
Board of Army Engineers
Fortress Monroe
Oklahoma City
Okla
Burand
Census Bureau
Gaynor
Lynndale
Cleveland
Detroit
Mich
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
England
Steward
Jeffries-Johnson
Secret Service
Maiden Lane
Carl Loose
Giuseppe Gambaro
Sing Sing
Ossining
Bay
San Francisco
Oregon
Assembly
Cairo
Alexander County
John Pratt
Robert Martin
Belleville
Martin
Antonio Maura
Francia
Madrid
Statesman
United States Revenue
Charles Pesnell
Anniston County
Alabama
Bourges
France
Ethel Clara Leneve
Doctor Crippen
Ernest Stevens
Iva G. Rawn
Rawn
Stevens
Joseph Bush
Carl M. Ethnerington
Newark
Harper, O
Murder and Fire End In Tragedy In San Diego
A former San Diego fireman Bert S Durham killed his wife and child after falsely sounding a fire alarm to draw his former colleagues, then fled and shot himself. He had been discharged for insubordination and faced spiraling revenge thoughts. Authorities guarded his parents and his home.
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San Diego
Cal
Bert S. Durham
Durham
Fone
D Street
Wilson
Fire ‘Department
Negotiations Break Off in Southwest Miners Strike
Kansas City reports the four month long talks between miners and coal operators ended Monday. A general strike order will be issued, affecting about 30,000 miners across Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas, with independent mines on the Cincinnati wage scale continuing to operate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
George Manuel
Missouri
Cincinnati
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Growth of Small Cities With Census Projections
Washington reports the thirteenth census anticipates adding about sixty cities to the list with 25,000 or more residents. The prior census counted 161 such cities, and most new growth is expected in the middle and far western regions. In Cory Indiana, Rev Wallace McVey and Miss Edna Old died in a river rescue attempt as both were swept away by current after Miss Old sank.
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Washington, D. C
Middle West
Far West
Cory
Ind
Wallace McVey
Eel River
Edna Old
Chicago
Capt Moon Arrested In New Orleans For Neutrality Violation
Capt Moon, master of the converted yacht Hornet, was arrested Monday in New Orleans on a federal warrant. Local Madrid government representatives accuse him of attempting to aid hostilitiesagainst a country at peace with the United States, violating neutrality laws.
Sioux City Live Stock Market Report
Sioux City Monday quotations on the live stock market show top hogs at 8.00 dollars and top beeves at 7.10 dollars.
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Sioux City
Engineers Seek Wage Increase Across Rail Networks
Representatives of locomotive engineers from 56 railroad systems west of Chicago met on Monday to discuss plans that may lead to a general wage increase demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Passback system eyed for new government postal banks
Washington DC reports the ancient passback system, long used in ordinary savings institutions, will be adopted for the proposed government postal savings banks as part of the new financial plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Condemned Man Junkin Dies Calm on Gallows in Iowa
Iowa file reports John Junkin, a black man, stood calm on the Fort Madison gallows at noon as the trap fell. He dictated a final prayer asking mercy, forgiveness from his mother, and from Clara Rosen’s family, then died. the execution followed by posthumous forgiveness from Fred Rosen. The event notes no women present and marks Junkin as Iowa’s fifth public hanging in half a century. the article also mentions a Grinnell tragedy involving George Mortis and Moreau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
John Junkin
Clara Rosen
Ottumwa
State Penitentiary
Junkin
Father Zaiser
Ford
Centerville
Box ‘Oe
Tumwa
Father Foley
Father Hoffman
Fred Rosen
Rosen
Iowa
Chester Bellows
James Dooley
J. K. Cumberland
Shelby County
Joseph Smith
Buxton
Wild Cactus for Roughage in Texas Study
W J Spillman of the U S department of agriculture spoke at Ames about farm management experiments in Texas using wild cactus as roughage. One hundred cows were fed cactus plus small grain for fourteen months and appeared to thrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
W. J. Spillman
Office of Farm Management
United States Department of Agriculture
Texas
Catch Escaped Convict in Oskaloosa
Isaac Marse, a self confessed escaped convict from Canon City Colorado, was identified in Oskaloosa and arrested at a boarding house. Marse admitted he was the wanted man and offered no resistance. A reward had been offered for his capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Isaac Marse
Canon City
Colo
Marse
Painter Falls To Death From Washington School Tower
Garret Langendike, a 32 year old painter, plunged fifty feet from the top of the Washington school tower in Muscatine and was killed instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Tower of Washington School
Garret Langendike
Silver Jubilee of Davenport Priest Celebrated
Rev J T A Flannigan vicar general of the Davenport diocese and pastor of Sacred Heart cathedral celebrated his silver jubilee as a priest with a large gathering of priests from across the diocese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flannigan
Davenport
J. T. A. Flannigan
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Explosion Burns Two Men at Clinton Quarry
Charles Seibert, 48, and Franklin Logue, 14, suffered severe burns when dynamite exploded in Harvey Siddle's quarry in Clinton. The incident damaged nearby property and prompted medical treatment. Police investigated the blast location and possible safety violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Charles Seibert
Franklin Logue
Harvey Siddle
Park Plan extends farm study for Dubuque youths
Professor Horschem of Audubon School Dubuque plans to expand Park Plan manual training with an extended farm oriented program for about forty boys. They travel to Swiss Valley and Trappist monastery near Dubuque to study agriculture, stock raising, and related trades under Luick and Bliss from Ames Agricultural College, then move to a fish hatchery near Manchester for a week of study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Iowa
Horschem
Audubon School
Dubudue
Woman Dies at 101 in Forest City Iowa
Mrs Anna Cole Clark a Forest City resident and one of north Iowa's oldest people died aged 101 at her home. She was married to the late George B Clark in 1830 and moved to Clayton county in 1856. After her husband died she lived in Nebraska before coming to Forest City in 1887. She remained mentally sharp until three months before her death from lagrippe. Her father lived to 104. She had twelve children seven of whom survived, all in Forest City except Isaac Clark of Omaha and Salem Clark of Billings Montana. She was a long-time Baptist Church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
Iowa
Anna Cole Clark
George B. Clark
Clayton County
Lagrippe
Isaac Clark
Omaha
Salem Clark
Billings
Mont
Baptist Church
Story of Custer Massacre to be Made Public
The death of the last Sioux engaged in the Custer massacre will be recounted in a full account. Maj. James McLaughlin, chief of the United States Indian service, and his brother-in-law Joe Buisson, a noted Sioux pilot, hold the manuscript detailing the engagement and the death of Gen. George A. Custer's entire command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Custer
Maj
James McLaughlin
United State Indian ‘Service
Joe Buisson
Mississippi River
Last Packet Taken Off on the Mississippi River
Burlington notes the river stage at six inches above low water, the lowest since records began in 1864. The steamer Sidney, the sole large packet on the St. Louis to St. Paul trade, has been taken off due to low water, halting through traffic for the first time at this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Sidney
St. Louis-St. Paul
Farmer Marshalltown Blamed After Milk Fine
Dairyman J E Jackson accuses farmer C H Hicks of selling milk below three percent butter fat and invokes pure food law to make the wholesaler liable for products sold to retailers. Jackson reports aiming to prove retailer accountability for noncompliant milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
J. E Jackson
C. H. Hicks
Jackson
Road Prepares for Rush Marshalltown
The Iowa Central railroad plans for a big fall and winter business by expanding its car shops force with many extra workers to build new cars and cabooses.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Central Railway
Charged With Brutal Crime Storm Snake
John Compton of Chippewa Falls Wis arrested in Sioux Rapids on charge of murdering his father in 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storm Snake
John Compton
Phelix Forbaul
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Sioux Rapids
Epidemic of infantile paralysis shocks Mason City
Fifty five cases reported in Mason City with three deaths and alarming spread. Dr. Wade H. Frost of Washington leads investigation with state health officials to stamp out the disease. A 22 year old man near death and several paralyzed for life. Drs Moerke McManus and Richardson join efforts as no cure exists. Des Moines.
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Des
Moines
G. H. Sumner
State Board of Health
Mason City
Wade H. Frost
Board of Health
A.B. Moerke
Burlington
State Board
T. A. McManus
Waterloo
E. E. Richardson
Webster City
Frost
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Washington, D. C
McManus
Des Moines Family Hears Of Fortune From New York Kin
Mrs. Katherine Johnson of 1821 West Bute Street Des Moines and her three children Albert 87 Jeanne 34 and Jennie 30 learn of an inheritance from a long-lost New York relative. Paralyzed and nearly deaf the widow remains hopeful and astonished by the possible fortune while park department inventories list Des Moines menagerie items and city personal property values across several departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des “Moines
Katine, Johnson
Bute Street
Depeat
New York
Johnsons
Johnson
Des. Moines
Albert
Nie
Julia
Jennie
James ‘H. van Row
Twelfth Street
van Rossum
Thirteenth Street
Des Moines
Department of Parks and Public
Roosevelt to Speak in Des Moines on Original Dates
Former President Theodore Roosevelt will attend the State Teachers association events in Des Moines on November 3 4 and 5 to prevent schedule conflicts for other speakers. A farmer from Versilles ill reportedly attacked hotel staff at the Bon Air on West Walnut before police control. The state executive council set Centerville Light and Traction company’s assessment at 3200 dollars per mile, its first tax valuation since beginning operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Des Moines
State Teachers’ Association
Hans Vandevender
Versilles, Ll
Bon Air
West Walnut Street
E. T. Flory
Centerville Light & Traction Company
Governor Asked to Speak at National Conservation Meeting
Governor Carroll has been invited by Governor Eberhart of Minnesota on behalf of the program committee to speak at the annual meeting of the National Conservation Commission scheduled for the week of September 6 here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
Eberhart
Minnesota
National Conservation Commission
Billy Coalson Dies Suddenly at Lake Okoboji
Des Moines mourns Billy Coalson also known as William Coalson a famed local barber. He died suddenly at Lake Okoboji where he had operated a shop in The Inn and his body was brought back to Des Moines. Laborer killed by interurban. Robert Gilbert 45 a Colfax rail worker was struck and killed at Highley’s crossing by a Des Notes interurban car. Humane society and juvenile court officials seek Mrs. W F Ulrich who left Des Moines July 2 with J E Pelkey former street railway conductor. Mine driver May die from injury Ed Ash injured while crushed between re-dad cars in Economy coal mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy” Coalson
William Coalson
Center Street
Des Moines
Lake Okoboji
Interurgan
Robert Gilbert
Colfax
Rock Island Railway Company
Des Notes Interurban
Highley’s Crossing
Ed Ash
Death relics crowd at Burlington depot in coffin smashing
The body of John Junkin, executed for Clara Rosen’s murder in Fort Madison, arrived by express to Burlington where a large crowd attacked the coffin with pocket knives seeking keepsakes. Also notes higher Iowa coal costs for 1910 11, a legal defense selection for Governor Carroll, and a horse injuring a man and dying after collision with a Rock Island train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John ‘Junkin
Clara Rosen
Fort Madison
Express
Burlington
More Weddings Fewer Divorces In Polk County Year
Deputy clerk Charles Rossiter reports 1797 marriages issued last year up from 1592 the year before while 373 divorces were granted down from 384. Polk County courts cost taxpayers 100606.87 dollars for the year ending June 30 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Charles Rossiter
Polk County
Oelwein Names New Superior Court Judge
Governor Carroll announces the appointment of B. J. O Connor of Oelwein as judge of the superior court at Oelwein to succeed M. D. Porter who has resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Carroll
B. J. O'Connor
M. D. Porter
Des Moines Norwegian club plans Labor Day picnic
The Des Moines Norwegian club is preparing to hold a Labor Day picnic at Union Park. Mrs Ada Barre Newquist, local artist, is a candidate for state regent of the American Women's League in Iowa. Five new polio-like infants disease cases reported in Delta Keokuk county. Charles M Hardy, city letter carrier No 13, arrested and said to have confessed stealing money from malls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Union Park
Ada Barre Newquist
American Women's League
Iowa
State Board of Health
Delta
Keokuk County
Charles M. Hardy
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Ray A. Smith
General News
MAN
California
Clara” Rogen
Eck
Grinnell Grinnell
George Mortis
Moreau
Mortis
Ivas
Cape Shockley
Tathes
Shockley
Morris
Mason
A. OG. Parker
James mM. Parsons
John Downie
State Board of Control
M. H. Cohen
Louis Hansen
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