Troops Called Out in Liverpool Riots Clash With Mob
Government steps in to halt strikes as troops and soldiers clash with rioters in Liverpool. Five prison vans escorted by 50 hussars were attacked by 3,000 rioters in Vaulx Hall Street. One man killed, many wounded. Troops charged with sabers, several more clashes reported in Bond Street and Verton district as riot act read.
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Liverpool
Waltham Jail
Vaulxhall Street
Hussars
Bond Street
Verton
Great Homer Street
Treasury Official Proposes Customs System Reform
Assistant Secretary Curtis told the House committee that consolidating customs offices would save 90 000 to 100 000 in salaries. The plan, set for a December bill, proposes eliminating non paying ports redrawing borders along state lines abolishing interior ports of delivery and adopting subports while ending the fee system.
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Treasury Office
Washington, D. C
Humanitarian Editor Arrested in St Louis Case
Albert Solomon editor of the Humanitarian, known for urging kindness, is under arrest in St Louis on a charge of beating his wife and fighting with his brother-in-law. The brother-in-law is also jailed on a cross charge of disturbing Solomon's peace.
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Humanitarian
St. Louis
Albert Solomon
The
Solomon
Wealthy Nebraska cattleman returns to prison
Hastings Nebraska. Bartlett Richards, one of four wealthy cattlemen jailed for alleged land frauds against the government, has returned to the jail to complete his sentence after a temporary release for an operation. He has about a month to serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings, Neb
Bartlett Richards
Nebraska
Detroit man held in $8000 railroad theft case
Detroit police report 28 year old Max Bleaur of Chicago arrested on charges of involvement in the theft of about $8000 worth of dry goods from the Erie railroad Chicago freight house. Bleaur, employed there, is linked to silks and other goods stolen from the Chicago facility.
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Detroit
Mich
Max Bleaur
Chicago
Erie Railroad
Bleaur
Sioux City Live Stock Market Report Tuesday
Sioux City Iowa livestock prices list good to choice steers from 6.25 to 7.40 with top at 7.40 and bulk 7.05 to 7.15. Cows and heifers 3.25 to 4.50, stockers and feeders 4.25 to 5.20, veal calves 3.50 to 5.50. Sheep and lamb prices: ewes 3.00 to 3.50, wethers 3.50 to 3.75, yearlings 4.00 to 4.50, lambs 6.25 to 6.50. Top price 7.20 for hogs.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Cy Young Released by Cleveland Club
Cleveland Ohio reports the Cleveland American baseball club has given Denton T Cy Young, the veteran pitcher known as the grand old man of baseball, an unconditional release. He states I am not through and there is good pitching in me yet.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland American Baseball Club
Denton T
Cy”) Young
Bitcher
Young
Floods Wipe Out Rice Loss in Anhui Province
Floods in Anhui destroy 825000 acres of rice and leave about half a million people homeless as rescuers assess damage and appeal for aid. Local authorities urge relief and shelter provisions amid the disaster.
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Shanghai
Anhui
Condensed News Of A Week Globally And Domestically
Weekly précis outlines the national monetary commission deadline under January 8, wool tariff revision passing the house and pending in the senate, and tax and finance moves. It notes Senate inquiry into Isaac Stephenson’s election bribery, wildfires risk as dry forests threaten, and diplomatic cadre changes including ambassadors to Germany Italy Japan. Reports cover agriculture department scrutiny, highway expansion plans via a senate bill, mine cave rescues in Ashland Pennsylvania, and a forthcoming national mine safety event in Pittsburgh. Also noted are Standard Oil rebate trials in New York Buffalo court, International Typographical Union meeting in San Francisco, New York women’s self denial week for suffrage funds, and related political and labor developments.
Toxic nitroglycerin blast injures Pittsburg car riders
A Pittsburg, Butler and Harmony interurban car struck a mine and exploded under the rails injuring many passengers but causing no fatalities. Minnesota floods threaten property and rail service with heavy rains across the south central region and the Red Cedar river running wild. A murder indictment returns against Henry Clay Battie Jr in Virginia. Mormon Joss, Ohio temple hosts set for revisit by Kirkland residents. Parachute jumper Charles Bennett critically injured after a 1500 foot fall at the Marlborough hotel. A Kansas City divorce case leads Judge Peterfield to grant Mrs. Garter a divorce. A jury panel from Kentucky, Wiley, and Watterson asked to judge mint julep method dispute between Small and Jewett.
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Pittsburg, Butler & Harmony Interurban
Pittsburg
Boston aviator Atwood lands in Chicago after prairie dash
Sporting Harry N Atwood, the Boston aviator, flew from St Louis to Chicago in a biplane. He circled the lake front aviation field before landing to cheers. The trip across Illinois totaled about 300 miles in five hours thirty four minutes at an average speed of 56 mph. Uhlan set a new world record at Cleveland Grafid Circuit races for a half mile trot, finishing in 0 56, breaking Major Delmar's 1 00 record from July 31 1906.
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Harry N. Atwood
Boston
Chicago
St. Louis
Aviation Field
Lake Front
Illinois
Uhlan
Cleveland
Major Delmar
Glenville
London Carlton Hotel Fire Victim Cremated In Simple Service
The body of Jameson Lee Finney an American actor who died in the Carlton hotel fire in London last Wednesday evening was cremated after a simple service. Attendees included Mr and Mrs William Faversham and Miss Ada Dwyer. A broad range of international and domestic unrest followed with railways unions threatening a general strike across major cities including Liverpool Glasgow Manchester Bristol Sheffield and more. Fire on Antwerp docks in Queensland caused a million dollars in damage with large saltpeter losses.
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Jameson Lee Finney
Carlton Hotel
London
William Faversham
Ada Dwyer
Liverpool
Glasgow
Manchester
Bristol
Sheffield
Secret Alaska visit by Interior Secretary Fisher
Walter L. Fisher arrived in Portland Oregon and will spend two weeks in Alaska. News also notes Colonel John Jacob Astor's secret imminent marriage. Elsewhere, W. J. Calhoun sailed from Southampton to New York aboard Kronprinzessin Cecilie and passengers on the Olympic included J. Pierpont Morgan. Ida Nelson mother of Battling Nelson was killed by a fast mail train at Burnham station near Chicago as she stepped from a train.
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the Interior
Walter L. Fisher
Portland
Ore
Alaska
Fisher
John Jacob Astor
W. J. Calhoun
China
Southampton
New York
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
J. Pierpont Morgan
Ida Nelson
Battling Nelson
Champlor
Burnham
Chicago
Grading Begun on New Waterloo to Oskaloosa Line
J F Sloan of Circleville Ohio supervising construction of the inter urban railway from Oskaloosa to Waterloo. Start with 50 teams and 150 men, rising to 500 teams and 700 men in two months. Line spans 100 miles with camps, 16 carloads of material, cost over 6 million dollars. Coon & Co Omaha hold grading contract. engineers spent 12000 on surveys.
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Waterloo
J. F. Sloan
Circlevine
Oskaloosa
Coon & Co
Omaha
Baptist Pastor Drowned in Iowa River at Towa Falls
Rev. George Forest, pastor of the Parkersburg Baptist church, drowned in the Iowa River at Towa Falls while attending the Iowa State Baptist Sunday School assembly. He went bathing after the afternoon session.
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Towa Falls
George Forest
Baptist Church of
Parkersburg
Iowa River
Mr. Forest
Iowa State Baptist Sunday School Assembly
Key Man Out on Bond in Denison
John J. Moncrief, a young telegraph operator, used a bogus telegram to obtain 225 dollars from Crawford County Bank in Denison. He has been released from jail on bail provided by his father, who resides in Emmetsburg Iowa.
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Denison
John J. Moncrief
Crawford County Bank
Emmetsburg
Iowa
Fire destroys Lenox college barn in Hopkinton blaze
Lightning struck the large barn valued at 4000 dollars belonging to B Reed president of Lenox College. The barn with Holstein cattle in pasture burned to the ground. Total loss estimated at 4500 dollars.
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Hopkinton
B. Reed
Lenox College
Adjudged Insane Buck Farmer Taken to Clarinda Hospital
Harlan Henry Buck a 26 year old farmer from Fairview township was adjudged insane and sent to the hospital at Clarinda He graduated from the Ames college animal husbandry department last year.
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Harlan—Henry Buck
Fairview Township
Clarinda
Ames College
Mrs Rush Taken to Hampton for Crime
Sheffield Mrs W A Rush who killed her husband after he flirted with a telephone girl is improved and has been sent to Hampton to answer for the crime. She says she was forced to do it.
Bank Started at Lansing by R G Miller
R G Miller, longtime cashier of Bradford Savings Bank, has organized a new bank at Lansing in Al Jamakee county with capital of 25000 dollars.
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Lansing
Sheffield
Bradford Savings Bank
al- Jamakee County
River to River Road Praised by Colorado Official
Dr F L Bartlett of Denver touring Des Moines says Iowa highways are among the nation’s best dirt roads. He notes Des Moines will be a key point on the transcontinental auto route to the Panama Exposition in San Francisco 1916 as he selects the New York to San Francisco path for the Colorado highway commission.
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Wil
Des Moines
Iowa
Hawkeye State
F. L. Bartlett
Denver
San Francisco
Bartlett
Colorado Highway Commission
New York
Injunctions Are In Fashion In Ohio County Courts
Fairfield judge Hunter in Ottumwa issues an injunction restraining Mrs. Francis Fry from residing on or visiting the premises of her son in law W. R. Brereton near Glasgow. Brereton, married a year, had endured interference from his mother in law and sought court relief. The ruling is expected to be as popular as the DeGraff streetcar mandamus.
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Fairfield
Hunter
Ottumwa
Francis Fry
W. R. Brereton
Glasgow
Brereton
DeGraff
Cosson
Chris N. Jepson
Sioux City
Charles Berger
Carl Jones
Berger
David Mould
Supreme Court
Missing heirs sought by Nashville estate in Des Moines
Des Moines Chief of Police Geo Yeager received a letter from Nashville Tennessee asking him to locate Pride and Jack Bostwick believed to be in Iowa. The brothers are heirs to part of an estate in Nashville and cannot clear the estate until they are found.
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Des Moines
Geo. Yeager
Nashville, Tenn
Pride
Jack Bostwick
Iowa
Nashville
Peculiar Accident In Hope Interurban Car
Mrs. Dave Hennesy suffered extensive burns when a motor car crashed into the construction car she was cooking in on the Hope interurban line. Hot coffee and boiling water were thrown over her, leaving her at death’s door.
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Boone
Dave Hennesy
Hope
Wheat Yields Reported For Local Farms
The threshing of wheat has progressed rapidly with an estimated average of 23 bushels per acre for winter wheat in this section. Oats are poor, ranging from 12 to 40 bushels per acre. Spring wheat yielded 7 to 12 bushels per acre.
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Elliott
Clinton Man Drowns During River Boat Ride
Albert Terry, 22, of Clinton, drowned in the Mississippi while operating the launch Swannan oa during a party outing for society women. He fell into the water while adjusting machinery and disappeared beneath the river.
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Clinton
Albert Terry
Mississippi
Pay for Civil War Service Found in Ohio Auditor's Draft
Creston James Cruzen of this city received a state auditor draft for 13 dollars as payment for Civil War service. The amount covers his work in the Squirrel Hunters, a Civil War era unit likened to a national guard organization.
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Creston
James Cruzen
State of
Ohio
Squirrel Hunters
National Guards
Church to Be Dedicated in Swea City
The First Methodist Episcopal church of Swea City was dedicated Sunday with services led by Rev. J. B. Trimble D D and assisted by district superintendent Rev. Robert Smylie.
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Algona
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Swea City
J. B. Trimble
Robert Smylie
Heavy Stock Shipments at Creston on Burlington Line
One hundred fifty car loads of stock moved on the Burlington division last week, as farmers rushed cattle to market due to short pasture and scarce water. Local mood notes increased shipping demand as livestock volume surged.
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Creston
Burlington
Pioneer Minister Dies at Tools Point Near Monroe
Newton reports the death of Rev. John M. Tool the last survivor of the first white Jasper county family who settled in May 1843 His home was at Tools Point near Monroe Iowa.
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Newton
John M. Tool
Jasper County
Tools Point
Monroe
Iowa
Postmasters League Concludes with Officers Reelected
The Iowa State League of Postmasters of the Third and Fourth Classes wrapped up its annual convention in Marshalltown. Officers were reelected and Spirit Lake was chosen as the site for the next meeting.
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League
Marshalltown
Iowa State League of Postmasters
Spirit Lake
Offices Robbed Again in Duluth Lumber heist
Burglars struck the Duluth Lumber Company offices for a second time, opening the safe but securing only a few dollars. Police pursue suspects toward Cedar Rapids as the investigation continues.
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Duluth Lumber Company
Cedar Rapids
Grasshopper Swarm Over Jones County Spreads Briefly
For an hour the sun was obscured in Jones county as an immense swarm of grasshoppers passed overhead in sections, covering the course with a clouded sky and leaving locals alert to the unusual swarm event.
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Monticello
Jones County
Madison County Chautauqua Opens With Sunday Lecture
The Madison County Chautauqua association opened its first session with a lecture by Rev. W. A. Sunday the baseball evangelist.
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Madison County Chautauqua
Winterset
Madison County Chautauqua Association
W. A. Sunday
Aged Engineer Found Dead in Des Moines
Jerry J. Goodwin aged 19 one of the oldest railroad engineers in the state was found dead in a small shed behind his home at Sixth Street by his wife. Death was attributed to old age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Jerry J. Goodwin
Sentence for Forgery in Council Bluffs District Court
Ora Harrison was sentenced to fifteen years in prison in Council Bluffs district court, five days after the forgery crime in which she realized $14.50 on a forged check.
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Council Bluffs
Ora Harrison
Veterans meet at Keokuk for First Iowa reunion
Keokuk hosted the annual reunion of veterans from the First Iowa regiment to mark the anniversary of the battle of Wilson's Creek with many veterans in attendance.
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Keokuk
Iowa
Wilson’s Creek
Labor Trouble In Dubuque Seeks State Labor Chief
In Dubuque a strike among building trades unions prompts calls for State Labor Commissioner Van Duyn to intervene. He is expected to take a hand in the affair to help resolve the dispute and restore labor peace.
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Dubuque
Des Molines
van Duyn
Boy Drowns While Fishing in Cedar River
In Waterloo Harry Connolly aged 11 and his younger brother were fishing and wading in the Cedar River when they stepped into a hole. Harry was drowned while bystanders watched in the business district area.
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Waterloo
Harry Connolly
Cedar River
Harry
Boy in Logan Fight Placed in Critical Condition
Fred Truscott aged 18 is in critical condition from a brain concussion after a free-for-all fight in Logan city park. He lies at his home while authorities investigate the incident.
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Logan
Fred Truscott
Thorne to Speak at Old Settlers Picnic and Rally
Railroad Commissioner Thorne will deliver the principal address at the old settlers picnic in New Virginia on August 19. He will also speak to farmers in Stanhope at the grain dealers rally on September 6.
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Thorne
Des Moines
New Virginia
Stanhope
Fire Hits Barns at Blairsburg in Lightning Strike
A lightning strike set ablaze the barn and adjoining sheds of John Sloan in Blairsburg near Webster City. The fire caused less than 5000 dollars in damage to the largest barn in the county.
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Blairsburg
Webster City
John Sloan
Here
Victim of Perjury 14 Lifer Dies in Fort Madison Prison
M B Fisher, a life prisoner at Fort Madison, died recently and is widely believed innocent of a first degree murder conviction. His 1877 death sentence for Emmett Reed’s murder was overturned, but a second trial produced perjury by a key witness who later faced conviction. Fisher, who sought relief without success, died at age 51 after long efforts for pardon or parole.
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Des Moines
M. B. Fisher
Fort Madison
Fisher
Emmett Reed
Bradford
Supreme Court
Howard
Reed
Bedford
State
Iowa
State Parole Board
Canning Compounds Warned By State Dairy Head
Bulletin No 5 from the state food and dairy department warns against hobby canning compounds sold for home use. Boric acid borax salicylic acid and other preservatives are harmful and unnecessary with proper sterilization. The bulletin also covers new laws and contends against adulterated foods while noting a broader push by Knights of Columbus for Columbus Day Discovery Day on October 12.
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State Food and Dairy Department
Barney
Des Moines Gets Nothing From New Auto Tax
Des Moines learns it will receive no share of the new automobile road tax as the law directs all revenue to counties for roads. Each township in the county will have 53 dollars for road work, while cities receive nothing. The piece also notes Hayward denial of a Webster City Journal claim about auto plate costs and details state inspectors to test scales and measures next week.
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Des Moines
Harry B. Frase
Bosh
Hayward
Webster City Journal
Express
State Food and Dairy Department
Office of State Sealers
Iowa City
Barney
Food and Dairy Department
Cooperation plans for Des Moines River power project
A. C. Miller reports talks between Des Moines River Power Co and the U S government after a Detroit conference. Government plans call for 23 locks and dams between Keokuk and Des Moines. the company would build dams along the same stretch if public interests and water power use can be secured, pending government approval. A strike among Muscatine button workers threatens action as McKee & Bleven discharge several employees prompting union pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines River Power Company
United States
A. C. Miler
Detroit
Keokuk
Des Moines
Mine Cleanliness Demanded by State Secretary Sumner
Secretary Sumner says mine sanitary conditions in Town are the worst and will demand changes from mine owners. He will visit all state mines with State Mine Inspector Sweney to personally investigate conditions and issue sanitary rules for the mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Sweney
Towa
Marke Named as Clerk in Iowa Anti-toxin Dept
Edward Marke of Des Moines was appointed clerk of the new state anti-toxin department by Secretary Sumner of the state board of health. The department was created by the recent legislature. B C Hubbell and W C Smouse depart for Alaska to hunt big game, planning to sail from Seattle with Iowa credentials to seek permits for protected pelts for Iowa’s museum.
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Marke
Edward Marke
Des Moines
Sumner
State Board of Health
B.C. Hubbell
W. C. Smouse
Alaska
Seattle
Iowa
Iowa State Museum
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