I O Held For Wreck Geo Wallace Times Explosion
Sacramento report on George Wallace arrested at the post office while collecting letters tied to the Los Angeles Times explosion. Wallace, a miner or gardener, appeared to destroy mail. letters imply knowledge of the crime and bitter remarks about Chandler and Otis. Police watched post office for days. Wallace collapsed under interrogation.
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Sacramento
Cal
George Wallace
Los Angeles Times
Ahern
Wallace
Los Angeles
The
Times
Chandler
Harrison Gray Otis
Roosevelt Rides In Airship At Kinloch Flight
Theodore Roosevelt took an aviation ride at Kinloch near St. Louis with Arch Hoxsey. He circled the field twice in three minutes and twenty seconds, waved to cheering crowds, and praised the experience as the finest he had ever had.
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St. Louis
Theodore Roosevelt
Kinloch
Arch Hoxsey
Wright
Col. Roosevelt
Hoxsey
Times Victims Buried At Hollywood Cemetery
Seventeen of more than twenty men killed in the Times plant explosion were buried side by side in Hollywood cemetery. A single funeral service was conducted in Temple auditorium for all, with 2,500 people inside and a larger crowd outside unable to enter.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Times
Hollywood
Temple Auditorium
Money Packages Missing on St Louis Fort Worth Run
Pacific Express officials and detectives in St Louis investigate the disappearance of three money packages totaling about $4,000 in transit from St Louis to Fort Worth Texas. The missing cargo was part of a scheduled shipment.
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St. Louis
Pacific Express Company
St Louis
Fort Worth
Tex
Interior Appropriations Sees Possible $2 Million Cut
Washington estimates suggest the interior department budget for the next fiscal year may dip about 2 million dollars below the current 175 million dollar appropriation, including pensions. Secretary Bal linger submits figures reflecting the potential reduction to interior spending.
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Washington, D. C
Ballinger
Interior Department
Department
Broker a Bankrupt Seeks Relief in Voluntary Petition
New York based broker New York Max H. Schultze of Lo rast Valley Long Island a member of Otto Heinze & Gu files a voluntary bankruptcy petition stating unknown liabilities and no assets.
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New York
Max H. Schultze
Lorast Valley
Long Island
Otto Heinze & Gu
Sioux City Livestock Market Quotas Report
Sioux City Tuesday live stock market figures show top beef cattle at 5.80 and top hogs at 4.55 per unit. Local traders monitor steady demand with prices highlighting dairy and feeder cattle activity in Sioux City.
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Sioux City
Vanderbilts' Europe Return Duty Payment
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt paid seven thousand dollars in duties on Paris gowns after returning from Europe aboard the Kron Prinzessin Cecilie. Customs officers kept busy with the tally of duties on the voyage and goods carried.
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New York
William K. Vanderbilt
Europe
Cecilie
Land Brings High Price In Local Sale
The Fred Schwartz farm adjoining town sold Tuesday for 140 dollars per acre, the highest price per acre ever paid in this area. Nehy and Qamond report the transaction, highlighting demand for farmland and the strong market for agricultural land.
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Qamond, Nehy
Fred Schwartz
Important News Notes Of A Week
A weekly roundup notes Lewis Johnson flying a self built monoplane at Terre Haute Indiana claimed as the first American built monoplane to navigate the air. Several prominent deaths include Bil Barlow of Sage Brush Philosophy and James S Barrett banker. A Canadian soldier’s court sentence hangs. Edwin A Thompson, Texas editor, dies. Royal family arrives at Gibraltar under British protection. Portugal politics, typhoid outbreaks, and mining accidents in Colorado reported. Various meetings, elections, and legal notes across the United States.
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Lewis Johnson
Terre Haute
Ind
Bil” Barlow
Sage Brush Philosophy
Laramie
Bill"Nye
Douglas
Wyo
James S. Barrett
German Security Bank
German Security Insurance Company
Louisville
Kentucky
Barrett
Gunner Thomas Allen
Royal Canadian Artillery
Peter Elliston
Victoria
B. C
Edwin A. Thompson
Denison Daily Herald
Texas
Manuel
Amelia
Gibraltar
England
F. O. Watts
First National Bank of
Nashville
Grant
Adrian, Mich
Edmund C. King
Portland
Ore
Toledo
Weater Cooperage Company of
Multiple ills and rescues dominate Santa Ana jail and beyond
Sheriff Lacy and Miss Kerr were dragged into a cell during religious services in Santa Ana California as two prisoners fled. A coroner’s jury in Winter Wisconsin charged John F Dietz and relatives with first degree murder for Deputy Oscar Harp’s killing during an assault on the Dietz cabin. George Ide Malcolm’s body was found in Long Island Sound after suicide. James Cummings of Michigan received a gold medal for saving 44 lives in 1878 wreck. Weather bureau chief Wills L Moore faces gross mismanagement charges. Homer Hazard’s body found in Portage Lake after a balloon ascent. Forest fires kill at least dozens with 75 corpses and $2,000,000 property loss across northern Minnesota. American Society of Municipal Improvements met in Erie. Nicaragua’s new constitution expands liberty and jury trials. US Supreme Court opens fall term with major cases. Miners entombed at Starkville mine face grim prospects.
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Manuel
Gibraltar
England
Baudette
International Falls
Daniel Lanton
Robert Robertson
Jones Avenue
Pittsburg
Collins Wells
J. I. CG. Clarke
Europe
Far East
Standard Oil Company
United States
Portugal
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Starksville
Col
American International Humane Conference
Washington
National Congress of Indians
Muskogee
Okla
Cuyahoga County
Ohio
Cleveland
Dallas
Tex
National Grain Dealers’ Association
Chicago
Yale University
Samuel H. Lyman
New York City
Yale
Washington, D. C
Sir Evelyn Ruggles Brise
London
Chicago & Alton
St. Louis
Jacksonville
Mason
John F. Dietz
Cameron Dam
Wisconsin
Dietz
Sherif Harp
Clarence
Hayward
Wis
Lorimer
Congress
Farmers’ National Congress
Lincoln
Neb
Joshua Strange
Union
Tennessee
Robert L. Taylor
M. BR. Patterson
Bisbee
Ariz
Santa Fe Teresa
Mexico
Charles E. Hughes
New York
Albany
United States Supreme Court
John Jacob Hopper
Independence League
W. R. Hearst
Lacy
Katherine Kerr
Santa Ana
Cal
Leslie Dietz
Winter, Wis
Oscar Harp
J. H. Rutter
Ludington
Mich
Wills L. Moore
Weather Bureau
Wilson
James Berry
Homer Hazard
Lansing
Houghton
Portage Lake
Rainy River
Minnesota
Canadian
Spencer
Beaudotte
Pitt
Graceton
Minn
American Society of Municipal Improvements
Erie
Nicaragua
Supreme Court of the United States
American Tobacco Company
Harlan
Starkville (Col
Millions in banks report shows Iowa figures
Des Moines October 11 figures from State Auditor Bleakley reveal Iowa banking health at September 14 close. Banks and trust firms hold 248,847,397.69 in deposits with assets 297,560,420.03 and undivided profits 6,255,136.11. Consolidated totals break down assets and liabilities across commercial, savings, and state banks with detailed figures for capital stock, deposits, and surplus.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Consolidated
Prospective teachers exams set for late October statewide
The state will hold exams for prospective teachers on October 26 27 and 28 in county seat towns. Arrangements for exam administration and readers are being made in the state superintendent office. Arabia Bound Over to Grand Jury. Antonio Arabia waived preliminary hearing after being charged with murder for shooting John Olson at Southwest Sixth and Market streets and is held in the county jail in default of bonds for 7509 dollars.
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Arabia
Antonio Arabia
John Olson
Southwest Sixth and
Market Streets
Woman Shot May Recover From Wounding
Mrs. Cora Van Hyning was shot at her home by Richard Brat ford Jr. and is in serious condition though physicians expect recovery.
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Cora van Hyning
Richard Bratford, Jr
Who Wants to Be a Delegate Mayor Hanna Seeks Appointee
T H Lovelace secretary of the Great Lakes to the Gulf Waterways convention wrote Mayor Hanna to appoint a delegate for the convention in St Louis on November 25 and 26. Prohibitionists file for full state ticket with Secretary Hayward this fall securing ballot access for the Prohibition party.
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Hanna
T. H. Lovelace
Great Lakes
St. Louis
Prohibitionists
Prohibition Party
Prohibition State
Hayward
Iowa's big corn yield predicted in 1910 bulletin
Des Moines reports Iowa's 1910 corn season largely favorable with frost safe crops and a potential yield over 300 million bushels. Seed corn harvest broke records in September. fodder and fall pastures offset hay shortages. small grains quality rose. weather mostly ideal aside from brief frost. Louis Young aged 117 in Mahaska County death certificate filed.
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Des Moines
George M. Chappel
Chappel
Iowa Station
Married in Jail Amid Worries Over Confinement
Miss Mary Moore of Hidora wed her sweetheart H. C. Wesp in the Polk county jail office, urged by physicians who feared she would lose her reason from confinement. Sheriff Ben Ness performed the ceremony, hoping to stabilize her condition and preserve their union.
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Polk County
H. C. Wesp
Mary Moore
Hidora
Wesp
Sherif Ben Ness
Governor Inspects Mines In Des Moines Visit
Governor Carroll and state mine inspector Ed Sweeney toured the Enter prise coal mines to review whether proposed mining legislation should be adopted. Meredith killed in auto crash at the state fair grounds after collision in the fifteen mile event. James Meredith, driver of Car No 6, died from head injuries. Judge DeGraff orders return of kidnapped child to mother Mrs James McCampbell. City sets registration days October 27 28 and November 5 8 for Des Moines voters. Riggs invited to Moringside College installation October 19 at Sioux City.
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Carroll
Ed Sweeney
Enterprise
Meredith
James Meredith
State Fair Grounds
Neal Jones
Des Moines
Whirlwind Campaign To Raise 200000 For Interurban
A ten day whirlwind campaign will begin in Des Moines on October 20 to raise 200000 for the proposed Red Oak Des Moines Inter urban. The push aims to secure funds through community support and donor participation with events planned across the region.
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Des Moines
Des Moines News: Fatal Shootings and Mission Meeting
Tona Arabia shot and killed Jack Olsen at Sixth and Market in Des Moines. William Lawson, 30, a laborer, was fatally injured by a Rock Island switch engine on Ninth and Vine tracks. A large missionary workers meeting is planned in Des Moines on October 30 and 31 to engage women in foreign missionary work.
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Des Moines
Tona Arabia
Jack Olsen
Market
William Lawson
Rock Island
Ninth
Vine
Girl Shoots Self in Gentry Hotel Tragedy
Miss Hattie Siders aged 21 committed suicide in the Hotel Gentry Os kal oosa Iowa with a 32 calibre revolver. Homer Wooster Albia special police officer was present and is held for investigation. The incident follows a love triangle with Wooster allegedly connected to two families and a wife in Albia.
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Oskaloosa
Hattie Siders
Homer Wooster
Albia
Maude
Wooster
Monroe County
Patterson
Harry Fisher
Hocking
Heir to Millions Ties Superior Printer to Wisconsin Estate
Frank B. Gregg of Superior Wisconsin and Spokane Washington heir to 2,000,000 in bonds from his late mother Mrs Eva Rutledge of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin. Once first editor of the Manchester Democrat he left Manchester decades ago and now owns a large Spokane printing business with steady dividends.
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Manchester
Spokane
Child Hurt as Ax Descends in Marshalltown Home
Mrs. Elliott paused a moment when her 38 year old husband Charles Elliott lifted an ax in the home north of the city. Her infant stepped under the descending blade and the ax struck the child on the head. The blow was slowed by the mother and the child is not believed to be dangerously injured.
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Marshalltown
Charles Elliott
Suit Seeks Divorce and Alimony in Waterloo
Christina Buttke sues for divorce from Henry Buttke after thirty two years of marriage. She seeks custod y of their twelve children with ten adults and four minors remaining and asks for thirty six thousand dollars alimony. The couple built a seventy thousand dollar estate spanning 575 acres through their own efforts and Christina cites cruelty.
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Waterloo
Christina Buttke
Henry Buttke
Rejected Lover Shoots Girl in Corn Field Tragedy
The body of George Godfrey was found near the scene of a killing of Miss Rike Amelsberg. Godfrey, once employed on the Amelsberg farm, had persistently pursued Amelsberg despite her lack of encouragement. He shot the girl and was found dead in a nearby corn field.
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Hartley
George Godfrey
Rike Amelsberg
Godfrey
Amelsberg
Presbyterians to Meet in Iowa City this Oct
The Twenty ninth annual meeting of the Presbyterian Synod of Iowa, with the Home Synodical society and related groups, will be held in Iowa City from October 18 to 21.
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Iowa City
Presbyterian Synod of Iowa
Home Synodical Society
Foster Gets Hedrick Job Postmaster Appointment
John C. Foster of Hedrick has been appointed postmaster at Hedrick by the President, succeeding John Morrison who has held the office for nearly thirteen years.
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Foster
Hedrick
John C. Foster
Post Office Department
John Morrison
Jury Acquits Ward in South Sioux City Assault Case
After ten hours deliberation and a night in the courthouse, the jury found Lan Ward of South Sioux City not guilty of assaulting Miss Ida Teter.
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Law Ward
Sioux City
Court House
Lan Ward
South Sioux City
Ida Teter
Big Fire at Mason City Tea Houses Destroy $250000
A large blaze in Mason City destroyed property in empty tea houses owned by the Mt. Waukee railway in the yards. The estimated loss runs to about $250,000 with no injuries reported. Local fire crews battled the flames through the night, curbing spread to adjacent structures.
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Mason City
Mt. Waukee Railway
Golf Special brings soil lectures to southern Iowa towns
The Burlington golf special train, a collaboration of the Iowa State Agricultural College Ames and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, tours southern Iowa for two weeks starting October 10. Forty minute soil lectures and exhibits from state stations will be presented at about fifty towns in two large audience cars. Notable speakers include Professors Snyder Stewart Hauser and Stevenson with editors and agricultural leaders joining the party.
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Burlington
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Agricultural College
Ames
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Burlington Road
Ilie
A. H. Snyder
Extension Department
The
State College
Greek Fatal Blow Over Misunderstanding at Cement Plant
Chris Padetto a Greek worker at Lehigh Cement was struck in the face with a shovel by foreman William Albright after a wheelbarrow dispute. Padetto, whose nose was crushed and scalp opened, misinterpreted orders and was critically injured. Albright was arrested.
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Mason City
Chris Padetto
William Albright
Lehigh Cement Company
Albright
Burlington to Light Up Main Street and Jefferson Street
Burlington plans a grand electric lighting upgrade with electric posts along seven blocks of Main Street and six or seven on Jefferson Street. Side streets in downtown will also receive generous lighting with eight posts per block, each featuring a central upright globe and four drop globes beneath.
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Burlington
Main Street
Jefferson Street
Pearl found in Cedar River valued at 1500 dollars
K B Knutson of St Ansgar found a coral pearl in the Cedar River near his home weighing twenty four grains and reddish in color. It is described as the most valuable pearl yet found in the Cedar River and Knutson will not sell for less than 1500 dollars, higher than the 1200 dollar Trogue pearl found earlier.
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Osage
K. B. Knutson
St. Ansgar
Mr. Knutson
Danish Sisterhood Elects Officers in Council Bluffs
The Danish Sisterhood national convention adjourned after ten days here voting to bar men from offices. Elected officers are President Mrs Hansina Matson Clinton Ta vice president Mrs Sophie Lauritson Alameda Cal secretary Caroline Nelson Chicago treasurer Louisa Rasmussen St Paul Minn.
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Council Bluffs
Farmers Hear Talks At Hog Special Stop
Crowds greet the hog special on the Rock Island lines in Towa City as farmers stockmen and others attend talks by experts on scientific and profitable hog raising and feeding methods. The train consists of seven cars.
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Towa City
Rock Island
Towa
Winter Wheat Acreage Increases In Local Section
There is a larger acreage of winter wheat being sown in this section than ever before. Some of it is up, making the fields green, while others are preparing the ground now and others are sowing. The grounds in fine condition and seeding has been done in better shape than usual.
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Elliott
Kirachner Returns From Long German Trip
Dr. 4. B. Kirachnery superintendent of the Iowa State Tuberculosis sanatorium at Oakdale near Iowa City has returned from Germany. He made valuable investigations in foreign hospitals and recovered his own imperiled health.
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Kirachner
Iowa City
4. B. Kirachnery
Iowa State
Oakdale
Germany
Burglars Take $235 From Macksburg Stores
Burglars forced the safe combination in Macksburg stores and secured $235 in cash. Police believe the heist was the work of expert burglars.
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Macksburg
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T. R
Gatonel
Interior Appropriations
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Bleakley
Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Coliseum
Methodist Hospital
de Graff
Criminal Division
District Court
Robert Nathoo Miller
C. A. Nathoo
Iowa Children’s Orphans’ Asylum
Davenport
Des Moines Pathological Society
J. T. Priestley
F. A. Ely
L. T. Piter
A. P. Stoner
Geo. M. Chappel
Sumner
State Board of Health
Louis Young
Scott Township
Mahaska County
Lawrence DeGraff
James McCampbell
Fifth Street
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