Cabinet shuffle in Roosevelt era transfers revealed
The Akron Register reports a cabinet reshuffle with Cortelyou moving to Treasury, Bonaparte to Attorney General, Metcalf to Navy, and Straus to Commerce and Labor. Meyer becomes Postmaster General while Shaw's successor is slated for March 4. Moody and Shaw nearing retirement.
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Moody
Roosevelt
the Treasury
George 'B. ‘Gortelyou
George Non I. Meyer
Charles I. ‘Bonaparte
Init
the Navy
Victor H. Metcalf
Continerge
Metcalf
Straus
Cortelyou
Shaw
Meyer
Mr. Meyer
Commerce
Labor
Messrs. Corntelyou
Treasury
Bonaparte
Navy
Russian famine spreads across provinces amid growing deaths
Moscow correspondence reports widespread famine in Russia with crop failures and poor autumn sowing. Peasants sell cattle for little, struggle to find buyers, and emigration rises as zemstvo soup kitchens sustain many, though resources may soon run out and deaths from starvation are expected in a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
Zemstvos
Family Perishes in Fire Near Washington Kansas
A rural fire destroyed the home of farmer J. M. Elliott eight miles west of Washington Kansas. Elliott his wife and their 16 year old daughter perished in the blaze found by neighbors among the smoking ruins. Authorities suspect a lightning strike started the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Eiliott
Washington, Kan
Hiliott
Bank Officials Indicted in Shreveport Fraud Case
Indictments returned in district court at Shreveport Louisiana accuse former Merchants and Farmers Bank and Trust officials Albert H Leonard P J Trezvant C Bauman and Rl Mayfeld of accepting deposits and creating debts while knowing the bank was insolvent.
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Shreveport
Albert
H. Leonard
P. J
Trezvant
Bauman
Merchants and Farmers Bank and Trust, Company
New French Cabinet Names and Portfolios
The new French cabinet is announced with Clemenceau as premier and interior minister, Pichon overseeing foreign affairs, Brian in education, Gaillaux as finance minister, Gen. Picquart as war minister, Thomson in marine, Barthou in public works, Doumergue in commerce, Ruau in agriculture, and Viviane in labor.
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Interior
Clemenceau
Guyot Dessalone
Pichon
Brian
Gaillaux
Gen. Picquare
M. Thomson
Barthou
Doumergue
Ruau
Vivience
Victim of Assassin in Hugo Home Shooting
R. H. Short of Hugo J T was shot Monday night through a window as his wife and three children watched. A shotgun loaded with buckshot fired at close range killed him. Sioux City Livestock Market quotes on Tuesday show live stock prices with hogs around 6.20 dollars.
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R. H. Short
Hugo
J.T
Sioux City
Mob Surrounds Walnut Theater Over Clansman Play
Philadelphia colored clergy protested the Clansman production at Walnut Street Theater claiming it incites lynching. Mayor Weaver declined action as a near riot formed outside the venue with patrols and a police withdrawal to disperse a crowd after ministers urged restraint. A separate disturbance by a colored man in the gallery led to his arrest amid crowd turmoil.
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Philadelphia
Walnut Street
Weaver
Ninth
Walnut Streets
Banker Macfayden Ends Life After Suspension
London banker head of Macfayden Co. killed himself within an hour of a bank failure notice posted on his door. He walked from the bank to City and South London railway tunnel and was struck by an oncoming train. The Times notes Arbuthnol & Co. of Madras suspended payments, and its London affiliate faced substantial liabilities. The Times reports the failure not tied to recent London money market events.
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London
Macfaydenyoot
Eng
Macfayden
London Railway
Tun
The
Times
Arbuthnol & Co
Madras
P. Macfayden & Co
Ohio Ousts Trusts Over Noncompliant Firms
Bellefontaine circuit court in Ohio ruled that firms failing to accept state terms lose their charters. The Variety Iron Works of Cleveland Tron Substructure Co of Columbus and the Beaver Falls Pennsylvania Bridge Co were ousted. Trustees John R. Cassady William R. Nevin and K P Chamberlain of Bellefontaine were named to wind up the companies.
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Bellefontaine
Ohio
Ferides
Deiision
Iron “Works
Cleveland
Tron -Substructure
Columbus
The
Aiearee ‘Bridge Company
Pennsylvania ‘Bridge, ‘Company
Beaver
Falls
John R. Cassady
Will
R. Nevin
K.P. Chamberlain
Cuban asylum horrors shock Governor Magoon in Havana
Governor Magoon tours the national insane asylum in Havana and finds 1666 inmates crowded into dilapidated buildings with 400 bed capacity. Sleeping on broken cots remnants of prior occupation, conditions lag behind expectations. Congress funded expansion but funds were not used. Magoon plans new buildings and reforms.
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Magoon
Havana
Cuba
National Insane Asylum
Congress
Farmers Meet at Topeka to Unite Western Southern Interests
The farmers cooperative business congress gathered in Topeka Kansas with delegates from the west and south. The main aim is to unite agricultural interests across regions and strengthen cooperative efforts through shared policy and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Farmers’ Co-Operative Business Congress
Wesr
Topeka Kan
Bank Robbery Shocks Sawyer North Dakota Crowd Held Five Hours
Masked bandits looted the Dakota Bank in Sawyer on Sunday night trapping a crowd of citizens for three hours while part of the gang blasted the safe. They escaped with about 4500 dollars as over 300 shots were fired in the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota Bank
Sawyer
N. D
Sawyer State’ Bank
General Wm Hemphill Bell Dies at Denver Home
Brigadier General William Hemphill Bell, retired, died at his Denver Colorado home Thursday night from pneumonia. He had served in the Army and was widely known in military circles. The funeral arrangements were to be announced by his family.
Burton to Prison for Kansas Senator Six Month Sentence
Former Senator Burton of Kansas will begin serving a six month sentence at Ironton Missouri on October 22.
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Burton
Senator Burton
Kansas
Ironton
Three Austrian Miners Killed in Kansas Mine Blast
Three Austrian miners were killed and a fourth probably fatally injured after a powder explosion in mine No.11 of the Southwestern Development company near Mineral, Kansas, on Monday.
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Southwestern Development. Company
Mineral, Kan
Fifteen Hurt in Two St Louis Street Car Crashes
Fifteen people injured Sunday in two street car collisions in St Louis Missouri. Victims suffered cuts and bruises with no one reported as seriously hurt. Local authorities investigated the incidents and warned residents to exercise caution near tracks.
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St. Louis
Blizzard Rips Across West Causing Heavy Snow and Damage
A major storm swept the eastern Rocky Mountain slope from Wyoming to New Mexico on Sunday, dumping up to five feet of snow in Colorado and triggering rail delays, power line troubles, and property damage in Albuquerque and at Portland cement works. Snow depths reached two feet in Buena Vista and twenty inches around W Morence, with potential crop losses from heavy fruit laden apple trees and a northern Colorado freeze risk. Wyoming reports disrupted wire service and rail traffic with several minor wrecks, while a Utah packing plant fire near Salt Lake City caused $100,000 damage and drew cattle industry opposition to eastern firms. Only partial insurance coverage noted.
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Rocky Mountains
Wyoming
New Mexico
Colorado
Denver
Colo
Albuquerque
N. M
Buena Vista
Wmorence
Cement Works
Portland
Utah
Salt“‘Lake
Alia
Mob executes Black man after jail escape near Lucedale Alabama
Robert Clark alias Dan Dive, a Black man from Kansas City, died early Sunday near a telegraph pole by the Mobile Jackson and Kansas City railroad depot in Luce dale Alabama. He had been spirited from Jackson County Mississippi jail after resisting arrest as a posse pursued him for assaulting two white women and stealing a horse. Deputy Hinton and another guard left to watch him in Lucedale jail fell asleep and woke to find him gone. He was found dead near a telegraph pole with no signs of mob involvement to identify culprits.
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Alabama
Robert Clark
Dan Dive
Kansas City
Lucedale
Ala
Mobile
Hinton
Kansan murders wife amid crowd after church outing
John Cs Moore of Arkansas City shot and fatally wounded his wife Jennie Moore as she walked home from church with a companion. He kissed her as she lay dying and fled as a posse pursued him. Mrs. Moore forgave him in her last words. Moore later threatened his stepdaughter and her husband before fleeing to the woods.
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Church
John Cs Moore
Arkansas City
Kan
Jennie Moore
Moore
Plot Against Alfonso Traps King in Madrid Route
Reported incident described as a planned assault on King Alfonso. Autos met a stout wire stretched across the highroad where the monarch would travel returning to Madrid, suggesting a deliberate setup aimed at harming him.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Ten Die In Fire At Birmingham Boarding House
A blaze at Mrs. B Watley’s boarding house in Birmingham Alabama killed ten men and seriously injured three others. Twenty one boarders were in the house at the time most employed on the street.
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B. Watley
Birmingham
Ala
Laura Cowden Death By Own Action At Cromwell Sanitarium
Laura Cowden daughter of Bishop Henry Q. Potter of New York is reported to have died by her own hand. She hanged herself at a private sanitarium in Cromwell Connecticut on Tuesday night, medical authorities confirm suicide in the homeward bound note of the era.
Desertion name Samuel Becker shoots woman then kills self
Samuel Becker of Los Angeles, declared a U S army deserter, shot Mrs. Pearl Kirkpatrick Saturday night and then killed himself, authorities report.
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Samuel Becker
Los Angeles
Cal
United States
Army
Pearl Kirkpatrick
Riot at Masonic Banquet in Paris Sparks Arrests
A banquet attended by about 600 Masons was held in the chapel of a former Carmelite convent in Paris on Friday night. The event ended in considerable rioting and a number of arrests were made.
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Paris
Assault charge against Claude Fisher in Mapleton case
Claude Fisher, accused of assaulting Miss Minnie Baker in Mapleton, was brought to town by train and held for trial at the November term. The hearing occurred briefly with a large crowd present but no violence. Fisher’s bail was set at 2900 dollars and he was sent to Onawa jail. Minnie Baker’s condition was reported as improving though doctors warned doubt remained on the assault’s completeness.
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Claude Fisher
Minnie Baker
Mapleton
Feas
Tada Grove
Astice J. B. Scott
Onaiwa
Fisher
Onawa
Anthony
Death inquest finds accidental fire death in Muscatine
In Muscatine the inquest into Patrick Nevins death concluded it was caused by fire and smoke. The body was found missing its head and other remains. the scene revealed a family history of insanity. Nevins and his son allegedly drank all day Saturday.
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Houjsa
Muscatine
Patrick Nevins
Nevins
Teh
Berger Freed by the Jury Cleared of Fraud Charge
Ida Grove man Oskar Berger is acquitted by a jury after an eighteen hour deliberation on fraudulent banking charges. The initial vote favored acquittal and the final reading left the defendant with a clear verdict, closing the case amid prior public cases involving related individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Grove
Oskar Berger
Berger
Son
Fred McCutchen
Connect
McCutchen’ & Co
B.H. Institution
Andrew Hisey Seeks Iowa Governorship Campaign Cost
Andrew Townsend Hisey, a secular government candidate for governor of Iowa, plans to appear on the Australian ballot in November. The piece notes campaign costs exceeding 3000 dollars and critiques the grotesque elements influencing pocketbooks across the state's ninety nine counties.
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Hisey
Chicken Thieves Active In Delaware County
Rising chicken prices spark thefts across Delaware county with numerous reports. H J Fleet of Earlville lost over one hundred fowls last night. authorities have yet to locate the thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware County
H. J. Fleet
Earlville
Women Start Library in Monroe Aided by Private Donation
The Woman's club with private donations from the P B O's established a Monroe library without Carnegie funding. It holds about 800 volumes of first class literature and has been turned over to a citizens' committee for operation in the public interest. The effort marks a community library initiative.
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Woman's Club
Nberal
Monroe
Thebrary
Citizens’ Committee
Kane killed by oars in Cedar Rapids incident
J. G. Kane known as John C. Kane, vaudeville theater manager, reportedly died after an oar strike in Cedar Rapids. Authorities investigate the fatal accident, with local reports labeling the incident as a tragic misfortune during a boat outing.
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John CG. Kane
Cara
Cedar Rapids
Hardin County Man Refuses To Speak In Contempt Case
William Aldrich, a Hardin County farmer, is jailed for contempt after refusing Judge Whitacre’s order to reveal the whereabouts of $1,300 from property sales. Aldrich has been in jail over a month and a half and will reportedly remain in custody as he withholds the money’s location while his wife seeks separate maintenance.
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Hardin County
William’ Aldrich
Aldrich
al Aps Pearances
Jal
Mattie Hughes
Judgo ‘Whitacre
Arsenic in Pie Suspects Haunted Des Moines Hospital
In Des Moines Methodist Hospital two interns the superintendent and about thirty nurses fell ill after a midday meal Tuesday. Officials disclosed arsenic poisoning as the cause with gooseberry pie identified as the likely source. How the poison entered the food remains a mystery and authorities offer no suspicions of a conspiracy. The hospital seeks to keep details secret while investigations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Methodist Hospital
Train Strikes Buggy at Crossing Kills Luett Family
An eastbound Northwestern passenger train struck a buggy at Lowden on Monday. Luett and his sister-in-law Mrs. Charles Luett and her young son were killed instantly. The horses were carried two blocks on the pilot. A younger son and Mrs. Luett’s mother escaped injury as did a baby who rode with them.
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Northwestern
Lowden
Luett
Charles
Executor James G Whitney settles father’s Atlantic bank estate
James G Whitney files final report as executor of F H Whitney of the Atlantic bank. He had taken up affairs after the bank failure and death, reorganized another bank, and paid all depositors in full with 6 percent interest.
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James G. Whitney
F. H. Whitney
The
Atlantic, Bank
Mr. Whitney
Disastrous Fire Charred Birmingham District
A disastrous fire struck Birmingham on Wednesday night, causing about $20,000 in damage. Origin under investigation, suspected incendiary or Rosa line explosion. The blaze began in the Skinner building housing J A Collins & Co dry goods and Dr W P Norris, then spread rapidly. Florists officers report a separate note of interest. The Society of Iowa Florists met in Dubuque and elected Des Moines as next year’s convention site, with Peter J. Ewald of Davenport as president and a slate of officers including Judson Kramer Cedar Rapids, Wesley Green Des Moines, Bill Harkett Dubuque, Wm B Kimbel Oskaloosa, J Wilcox Council Bluffs, and Ben Adams Manchester.
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Birmingham
Skinner
J. A., Collins & Co
Society of ‘Iowa Florists
Dubuque
Des Moines
Peter
J. Ewald
Davenport
Judson Kramer
Cedar. Rapids
Wesley Green
Bill Harkett
Kimbel
Oskaloosa
Wilcox
Council Bluffe
Ben Adams
Manchester
City Newspaper Changes at Cerro Gordo County Republican
The Cerro Gordo County Republican passes to Aranbery Bros with editor Charles K. Meyers remaining as editor after thirteen years of success. Kilgore the Carson constable, indicted for theft, is sentenced to eighteen months in the penitentiary for stealing eighteen quarts of whisky from an express car. Fonda Paper Sold. L W Chandler retires as ad man with C H W Johnson of Marcus taking over. New postmaster named for Fonda. Clinton to get a new Northwestern bridge over the Mississippi in spring 1907. Northeastern Town Teachers meet in Cedar Rapids with about 600 attending led by C P Bostwick and Rev Frank W. Gunseulugs. Diphtheria reported at the home of George Frederes, Struble. Christina Frederes, 6, cited.
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Mason ‘City
Cerro Gordo County
Republican
Corida
Aranbery Bros
Daily Times-Herald
Charles K. Meyers
J. J. Kilgore
Carson
Fonda
L. W. Chandler
Adrop
Fonda Times
C. H W. Johnson
Marcus, Ta
Chandler
Clinton
War, Department
Mississippi River
Northeastern
Town Teachers' Association
Cedar Rapids
Presdent
C. P. Bostwick
Frank W. Gunseulugs
Chicago
Cocoa and chocolate grow with American demand
The article notes a dramatic rise in cocoa and chocolate consumption in the United States. It cites a 2000 percent cocoa use increase since Rutherford B. Hayes era and that the U S now leads in production and consumption, with around 400000 bags of cocoa consumed in 1908, and demand expanding with population.
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Humber
Rutherford B. Hayes
United States
Aioricius
Hoging & Tee
Ingland
Germany
Holland
France
Industru
Hunter's peril on Indian cliff cave in tiger tale
Captain Glasfurd and his shikarees stalked a bear near a sunlit cliff cave when a sudden bear eruption forced a life threatening scramble. A rifle fired as the party plunged toward a sheer drop, gripping a sapling for survival while a violent chase culminated in a perilous near fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Glasfur
Glasfurd
Fragmented quotation reveals a wedding vow tale from Cleveland
A garbled excerpt recounts a bride to be and her suitors with a vow moment. The text notes a minister and a ceremony in Cleveland with names Cloveland Lawler and a speaker referred to as the minister. The passage hints at marriage and social scrutiny among suitors.
Consintent debate stones reveal confidences on bribery talk
A fragmented passage discusses bribe tactics and moral judgments in political conflict. It mentions a negotiator named Neves and a figure in New York politics. The text remains garbled but hints at a negative framing of illicit influence and public service ideals.
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Akron, On, Towa
Round & Smith
NEW Yorker
Tary
Kansan
News OF
Charlie’ Witty, Pelioner
eChiavee
Miss Baker
Pony Express
Austin Fisher
Ida County
Centerville
Maring
Council Bluffs
L. Schaffer
Mineola
Irer
George Frederes
Struble
Christina
Mr. Blank
Consintent
Neves Cougral de
York Presa
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