Fifty Two New Members Added to the House List
The Demochays added fifty two new members to their house list. The event marks a growth in membership as the group expands its local presence and activities continues through the season.
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1910
Page
1
Working Majority of Thirty Across Congress Seats
Democratic gains give a working majority of about 30 in the new House. Latest returns show 164 Democrats to 164 Republicans, with 1 Socialist. total 391. Several districts in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin remain in doubt as final figures may shift the balance. Governors: Democrats win New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Ohio, Oklahoma, and others. Republicans win Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Nevada. Idaho governor still in doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House
Wisconsin
State
Dem
Rep
Connectiowt
TimOim Oo
Tadiana Wn
Kentucky
Deieglesee
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Te O
Missouri
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Wilson
Connecticut
Baldwin
Massachusetts—Foss
Harmon
Crucé
Oregon—West
Tener
New Hampshire
Rhode Island—Pothier
Iowa—Carroll
Kansas
Stubbs
Michigani
Porter Gives It Up In Iowa Governor Race
Des Moines reports show Claude R. Porter conceding defeat by about 4 000 votes with N F Reed among leaders signaling a recount to back Porter. Reed also concedes Haugen’s win in the Fourth District as unofficial returns from ninety counties list Carroll 31 571 Porter 17 229 an estimated 14 242 plurality with ten counties missing, including Chickasaw Allamakee and Howard which are normally Democratic and could change results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Claude R. Porter
N. F. Reed
Porter
Reed
Haugen
Carroll
Chickasaw
Allamakee
Howard
Sioux City Live Stock Market Report
Sioux City Iowa Wednesday quotations on the local live stock market show top beeves at 7.00 and top hogs at 8.27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Fremont pastor Jacob Adrian fatally injured in fall
Fremont Neb Rev Jacob Adrian, 76, founder of Methodism in Denver and early missionary in central and western Nebraska, sustained serious injuries after a fall from a residence roof in Fremont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Aldrich a winner in Nebraska governor race
Omaha reports complete returns from 54 counties and 187 precincts show Aldrich Republican winning the Nebraska governor race with 91,871 votes to Dahlman Democrat 71,775. The tally suggests Aldrich leads by about 30,000 and Hitchcock Democrat leads Burkett Republican for U S Senate by around 26,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Omaha
Neb
Aldrich Republican
Dahlman
Sheldon
Shallenberger
Douglas County
Vessey Pulls Ahead in South Dakota Election
Sioux Falls returns Wednesday night show Governor Vessey with a lead near 20,000 votes as Republican state and congressional nominees sweep the state. Burke and Martin pace ahead by about 5,000, with majorities likely 25,000 to 30,000. Legislature favors Republicans with 36 Senate seats to 9 Democrats. House also tilts heavily Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
Vessey
Burke
Martin
Senate
House
Sunday Ads Contracts Voided by Court of Appeals
Kansas City appeals court under Judge J N Johnson ruled Sunday newspaper advertising contracts void because the state Sunday labor laws were violated by printing such newspapers, making any related contract for work illegal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blow
Kansas City
J. N. Johnson
Kansas City Court of Appeals
Poison in Beer Kills Kansas Youth Near Leonardville
Edward Peterson aged 19 died after drinking beer laced with strychnine in a Leonardville area cellar along with Edward Lindstrom who fell ill. The beer came from a mutual acquaintance’s cellar three and a half miles west of Leonardville. Police investigations underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonardville
Kan
Edward Peterson
Edward Lindstrom
Here
Uprising Threatens Honduran President Davila
Advices aboard the steamer Orleanian report an imminent general uprising in Honduras. All old enemies of President Davila are said to join the movement seeking his overthrow, according to passengers from Cecilia and Puerto Cortez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Honduras
Davila
Orleanian
Cecilia
Puerto Cortez
Part of Crew Rescued From Stranded German Ship
Dover England reports two passengers and one crew member of the German ship Preussen rescued after it wrecked on South Foreland following a collision with a channel steamer. A lighter is at the wreck to remove the remaining crew, and the ship is feared to be a total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Eng
South Foreland
Mistaken for a Deer Near Fort Worth Fatal Shot
A. D. Chap pel, hunting with a party near Fort Worth, fired on a movement in bushes assuming it was game. Thomas Johnson, Coke County tax assessor, who was driving the game, received the full charge and died instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
A. D. Chappel
Thomas Johnson
Coke County
Mob kills Black suspect after jail take in Macon Georgia
A Black man named Walker captured two hours earlier in Macon was taken from the city jail by a mob and fatally harmed around 9 20 pm Monday. He was strung up over the Flint River bridge after fatally injuring Marshal Charles A Bush of Montezuma two weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Macon
Walker
Charles A. Bush
Montezuma
Flint River
Population rise in Los Angeles revealed by census
The census bureau announces Los Angeles California has a population of 319 198 up from 102 279 in 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Washington, D. C
Cal
Census Bureau
In the Interests of Science Poison Squad Theatrics
A drunken man clumsily challenges a bartender who refuses service citing excess. The drinker proclaims membership in the poison squad and calls for the gentlemen to reveal their poison names as a street scene of mischief unfolds.
A Safety Match in Mr Henpecked’s Witty Exchange
In a playful exchange, a question about a safety match prompts a punchline about a baldheaded man marrying an armless woman. The humorous setup highlights a clever, risqué quip reflecting comic dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Mr. Henpecked
Train Hits an Auto in Shreveport Fatality Report
A Kansas City Southern train backing into a yard struck an automobile in Shreveport Louisiana killing one passenger and seriously injuring three others two of whom faced possible fatal injuries. Authorities investigated the crash and identified the vehicle’s occupants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Potash Case Dormant Trade Dispute in US Germany
In Washington DC the potash production tax dispute between Germany and the United States will remain dormant for a period as the trade controversy cools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Germany
United States
Patten funds Northwestern chair of pathological research
James A Patten the retired Chicago wheat broker donated 200000 dollars to Northwestern University medical school to establish a chair of pathological research. The gift follows the death of his brother George from tuberculosis two months earlier, cited as motive to battle insidious diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Patten
Chicago
Northwestern University Medical School
Mr. Patten
George
Clifton Robinson
London
New York
Phil
Parmalee
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Columbus
Jacob M. Dickinson
Washington
J. B. Munyon
Francis T. Tobin
Philadelphia
Belle Elmore Crippen
Munyon
H. B. Hutchins
University of Michigan
Genevieve Cowles
Farmington, Conn
Theodore Roosevelt
Wethersfield
W. B. Westlake
Marion
Ind
Diverse 1909 News items span strikes and politics
The report covers a wide set of events: a large railroad engineers strike vote planned for December in Chicago after stalled wage talks. a sea route change in favor of a transcontinental Andean rail link. Crippen’s delayed execution tied to legal requirements. Nobel prize to Van Der Waals. suicide of Anton Schwartz. possible transfer of Dewey fleet to militia. Ballston fire nearly causing registration loss. met bank robbery in Connecticut. Mrs. Finley’s revival then death. Greenland expedition claims by Knud Rasmussen disputing North Pole attainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Order of the Eastern Star
Jacksonville
Fla
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Chicago
Cape Horn
Australia
London
Andes
South America
Hawley H. Crippen
Belle Elmore
England
Prof
van der Waals
Amsterdam
Anton Schwartz
Brewer
Bernheimer & Schwartz
New York
Boston
Concord
Dewey
Manila Bay
Washington Naval Militia
Navy Department
Ballston
N. Y
Home Savings Bank
Mettamore
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburg
John Finley
Copenhagen
Greenland
Knud Rasmussen
North Pole
Peary
Cook
Roosevelt Speaks at Grant Club Amid Snowy Welcome
Des Moines, Nov. 8. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt was the guest of Des Moines for six hours. He arrived with a Fifth Cavalry escort from Fort Des Moines and toured the city by auto. Tens of thousands cheered in the streets and auditoriums, as Roosevelt spoke to high school students, teachers, and business leaders at the Grant club, University Church of Christ, Coliseum, and Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des. ‘Moines
Beating of Mrs Baker Triggers Hamburg Lynching Fears
In Hamburg Missouri near the Kansas border, Mrs Chet Baker was attacked by Sam Barger six miles southeast of Hamburg. She fought back despite severe injuries including broken ribs and a broken collar bone. Authorities spread a $500 reward for Barger's capture as a lynching mood spread locally. He is described as a young, slender man with black hair, well dressed, and scarred on the left side of his face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Hamburg
Chet Baker
Missouri
Sam Barger
Barger
Baker
Notable Family Reunion at Lyons Fifty-First Anniversary
Mr and Mrs M J Pearce of Lyons township celebrate their fifty-first wedding anniversary tied to a reunion. Married Oct 20 1859 in Richmond Ia. They have five children, eighteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Mrs Rebecca Adams 88 joins the family with seven children and many descendants totaling 126 family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
M. J. Pearce
Lyons Township
Richmond
Washington County
Merediths mark fifty second wedding anniversary
Lynnville pastors and townspeople note the fifty second wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. James A Meredith of the city. He is a Kentucky native, 68, married in 1858 near Sully, Jasper county, and has lived within three miles of that locale. He served three years in the Fortieth Iowa Infantry and now suffers from dropsy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynnville
James A. Meredith
Kentucky
Sully
Jasper County
Meredith
Fortieth
Iowa Infantry
Brother's Act Sparks Insanity in Storm Lake
Herbert Johnson, brother of Henry Johnson who killed Mrs. Guy Roberts at Marathon last spring, has been committed to the insane hospital at Cherokee. His condition is said to be caused by his brother's earlier act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storm Lake
Herbert Johnson
Cherokee
Henry Johnson
Guy Roberts
Marathon
Aged Man Dies in Johnson County
Iowa City resident David Walker of Clear Lake township dies at age seventy eight after living in the county 36 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
David Walker
Clear Lake Township
Johnson County
Fort Dodge plans memorial for Senator Dolliver
Fort Dodge citizens divide over commemorating the late Senator Dolliver with a monument and a park donation. Wealthy locals A R Loomis and B G Larsen plan nearly 100 acres along the Des Moines river for Deliver Park. O M Oleson and William Mulroney back the park, while George S Ringland pledges bronze work if by a noted artist. Local and statewide grief prompts broad support and contributions from outsiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolliver
Port Dodge
Iowa
Fort Dodge
A. R. Loomis
B. G. Larsen
Des Moines
O. M. Oleson
Oleson Park
William Mulroney
George S. Ringland
Nolliver's
Fils
Land Brings $172 an Acre In Nevada Real Estate
A 110 acre farm east of Nevada sold from Grant Ulum to Charles C. Montgomery for 19000 dollars, 172 per acre. Ulum had bought it a year earlier for 15000 with a crop growing well. The buyer had previously purchased a 50 acre tract at 200 an acre, likely speculative. Drainage work boosts county land values with few sales below 150 and many around 200. Iowa Year Book shows 1909 values: farm land 2,266,601,700. per farm 16,663. livestock 366,101,227. total product value 466,170,849.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Grant Ulum
Charles C. Montgomery
Ulm
Ulum
Montgomery
Story County
Iowa
To Operate Onion Farm Independence Plan
W T Hurd of Du buque has purchased the Dr Crayton farm between Littleton and Jesup and will plant forty acres to onions next season. He bought several hundred dollars worth of seed and will employ several men and boys for planting caring for and harvesting the crop. The venture is unusual for the area and will be watched with interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
W. T. Hurd
Dupuque
Dr. Crayton
Littleton
Jesup
Prominent Iowans at Apple Show in Council Bluffs
Governor B F Carroll A B Cummins and Secretary James Wilson will play prominent roles at the national apple show and Missouri Valley Corn Show in Council Bluffs from November 10 to 15. The opening is billed as the greatest show in the association’s history and reflects strong interest in Iowa apple production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
B. F Carroll
A. B. Cummins
James Wilson
United States Agricultural Department
Association
Wallace
Carroll
Boys Set Fire to Freight Car in Iowa City Yard
Boys playing Hallowe'en pranks set fire to a freight car in the Rock Island yards. The blaze destroyed the car of lumber and damaged other railroad property. For a time the entire freight yards containing 12 cars of lumber were threatened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Rock Island
Woman Burned Trying to Extinguish Home Fire
Mrs. Bessie Brooks suffered painful burns to her arms and face while attempting to put out a blaze in her mother Mrs. M. Kennedy’s home. The fire started in a room used by tenants from an overturned lamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
M. Kennedy
Bessie Brooks
Hon J F G Cold Expires in Berlin Home
Berlin mourns as Hon. J F G Cold dies at his home near Berlin. He served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Thirty-first General Assembly, leaving a record of public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. G. Cold
Berlin
House of Representatives
Thirty-first General Assembly
The New Queen of England Queen Mary of England
Queen Mary, two years younger than the King, born at Kensington Palace, is praised as a gifted, hardworking, and practical princess. Her life centers on philanthropy and child welfare, with a steady, capable approach that blends charity with efficiency. She reads up on new empire parts before travel and remains a devoted mother of six children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Queen Mary
Kensington Palace
White Lodge
Richmond Park
Duchess of
Teck
McClure's
The Fast Mail of Honduras
A historical report from Tegucigalpa describes Honduras mail delivery: magazines take a month from the United States, travel over a narrow gauge line to the capital in six days on muleback, with rain-swollen streams requiring mail to be carried on heads. Telegraph use is heavy but unreliable for confidential messages due to leaks. Revolutions keep factions vying for power, and mail workers face long hours, exposure, and mountain treks. Coast mail travels by Carrth sailors amid storms and rough seas, increasing danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Thig
Chicago
Simeon B. Baldwin
Roosevelt
Baldwin
Thomas A. Rickert
Hart, Schaffner & Mark
Iowa
Tremont Temple
Boston
Ellen Terry
W. C. Hart
United States District Court
Los Angeles
Cal
Hart
Philippines
War Department
Willam Volker
Kansas City
Princeton
Amapala
Honduras
Jose Valladares
Davila
Hayes
Earl Loeschel
C. F. Loeschel
Denver
Col
United States Aeronautical Reserve
Columbia University
New York
Yale University
New Haven
Conn
Dimson
Thomas T. Eckert
West End
N. J
Western Union Telegraph Company
Clendennin Eckert
William Eckert
Sherman
Brady
Houston
Pennsylvania
Manitoba
Brandon
Causin
Tegucigalpa
Spanish Honduras
United States
Gentable Oy
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Fegucilgalpa
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