Death of Seth Low Former Mayor and Columbia Leader
Seth Low a prominent New York figure and twice mayor of Brooklyn and once mayor of New York died at 66 at his Bedford Hills country home after months of illness. Born in Brooklyn January 18 1850 he led Columbia University for eleven years and was influential in New York city life. He studied at Columbia and the Polytechnic Institute later joining his father's import business.
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Brooklyn
New York
Palltier
Fear Newpaper Union
Newt
Berrion
York
Seth Low
Columbia University
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Columbia ‘University
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Balem
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Abiel Abbot Low
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Polytechnic Institute
Columbia
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Garfield
Bandits Attack Chihuahua City in Clashing Independence Day Night
Villa forces struck Chihuahua City in two columns during heavy rain, freeing prisoners and targeting government buildings including the penitentiary. Gen Jacinto Trevino led loyalist troops, took artillery positions, and routed the attackers, leaving over 100 dead as they fled northwest.
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Chihuahua City
Jacinto Trevino
Jose ‘Ynes Salazar
Federal Palace
Carranza -Guard
aGen
Trevino
James C Courts Daad. Washington D C Died
James C. Courts, longtime clerk of the House Appropriations Committee, died after a short illness in Washington D C. He was 61, connected with the committee since 1877, and was appointed from Tennessee. Relatives in the United States Rotterdam via London. The steamship Nisan Amsterdam carried Belgian women and children bound for relatives in the United States, brought by Rev J B Deuille of Chicago.
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House
Appropriations Committee
Tennessee
Rotterdam
London
Amsterdam
Belgium
J. B.,deuille
Chicago
Danish and Belgian steamers sunk by Mexican fires
London reports Lloyds dispatches indicate the Belgian steamer Mareal of 1,438 tons gross and the Danish steamer Hane Alavesen of 1,708 tons gross were sunk. The crews were landed at Saint Malo, Normandy.
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Lloyds
Hane Alavesen
Saint Mato
Normandy
Test Flight Made From Columbus To Douglas Arizona
Army aero corps lieutenants Thomas D Bowen and Carl Spates arrived in Douglas after a test flight from Columbus New Mexico. The mission marked the first in a series of tests for army planes and aviators amid ongoing program efforts. Ambushed by bank robbers in Florida two men killed and two wounded near Homestead in the Everglades while a pursuing posse closed in.
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Thomas D. Bowen
Carl Spates
Army Aero Corps
Columbus
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Army
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State Bank of
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World War Fronts Shift as Allies Gain Ground and Leaders Die
Reported September 9 details Allied offensives across Europe with British gains including Bouleaux wood area and high ground between Combles and the Potiren road. Prisoners exceed 2,200 as Dobrogea and Vardar fronts see Russian Romanian retirements and Serbian advances. Prince Frederick William of Hesse is killed, while relations with Constantinople promise to Russia if the Central Powers fall.
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Bouleaux
Wood
Fiera
Martinpurch
Courcelatte
Combles
Potteren
Bapaume Road
London
Multiple scattered 1940s notices mix in Fredericksburg aviator death
A fragmented clipping reports domestic aviator Jack Miller dying after a 75 foot fall in Fredericksburg Texas. It also references a milk price dispute, mayoral priestly wiretap case, a Pacific liner rescue, a Blosinlgton marriage, and various legal notices and police actions from different cities and dates.
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Jack Miller
Fredericksburg, Tex
Navy announces Arizona tests pass in yard commissioning
Washington reports United States battleship Arizona stood tests satisfactorily and will be commissioned at the New York navy yard on October 46. Secretary Edwin Sweet to run for Michigan governor. Russo Japanese treaty assurances not repealed by new pact. Agriculture dept to probe mill and dairy prices. Brig. Gen. Liggitt cites violation of neutrality as British destroyer delays American steamer Cebu near Carabao island.
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Roosevalt
Washington
United States
Arizona
New York Navy Yard
Commerce
Edwin
Sweet
Michigan
Japan
Russia
Liggitt
Philippines
War Department
Cebu
Carabso Island
Campaign shuffle and pre election moves across parties
Charles W Fairbanks returns to Indianapolis for rest after indigestion illness. Henry Ford backs Wilson from Democratic headquarters New York. The Hughes tour ends in Plattsburgh before West campaign. Wilson plans speeches Sept 20 St Louis and Sept 24 Baltimore. Marshall seeks midwest campaign, Dunne renominated in Illinois, Lowden wins Republican governor nomination by 75 000 over Bull and Smith. Marshall publicly renominated at Democratic national convention.
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Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Tylea
Ohio
Henry Ford
Detroit
Wilson
New York
St. Louis
Baltimore
New London
Conn
Edward F. Dunne
Ilinois
Frank O. Lowden
Morton B. Bull
Frank L.smith
Dwight
British Columbia Adopts Foreign Suffrage and Prohibition
Incomplete returns reach Vancouver from the general election showing that British Columbia voters supported foreign suffrage and prohibition. The conservative government led by Premier W. J. Bowser appears defeated amid early counts.
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British Columbia
Raturna
Vancouver
W. J. Bowser
National Agricultural Society Review On Farm Education Movement
Wilson reports on a national educational movement in American farming led by the National Agricultural Society. State campaigns expand, with about 5 million spent in field work this year, and substantial funding from Smith Lever and state sources. The effort links colleges, the Agriculture Department, and farmers toward widespread agricultural education.
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OB Wilson
National Agricultural Society
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Wilson
méHon
Texas
New York State
Iowa
Smith-Lever Agricultural -Extension
United States
Extensive Hog Ranch Near Peru Spreads Across 77 Acres
Harbold of re no is feeding hogs on a West of East Peru ranch. He runs 77 acres with over 2,000 feeders in Peru vicinity. Prices paid reach $22 per acre. Harbold supplies raw materials to state serum factories and ships to markets. Shenandoah Postmaster Hesigne, in New York City months, resigns. Alfred Jones named postmaster. Seed Corn Proclamation issued by Governor Clarke for Cataberas Seed Corn Week. Waterloo directory estimates population at 36,000. 1925 state census counted 23,097.
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Peru
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Harbold
Shenandoah
Des Moines
Clarke
Cataberas
Iowa
Aika
Waterloo
New Iowa State Fair Buildings Proposed At Des Moines
The Iowa legislature may be asked to fund two new fair buildings on the State Fair grounds in Des Moines a catt le barn estimated at fifty thousand dollars and a dairy building costing twenty five to fifty thousand dollars. State fair managers say improved facilities are needed to display livestock exhibitors who were forced to use old sheet pans and tents this year, prompting the push for a stock exhibit hall.
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Des Moines
Higher Priges Hit State as Food Costs Rise
Des Moines reports rising food prices alarm the state board managing institution supplies. They plan contracts for 12,000 barrels flour and 50 000 to 60 000 bushels potatoes for 10 000 inmates, with meat and butter contracts soon to be let. Inheritance tax collections rise in Cedar Rapids, with August receipts totaling over 650 000 from forty Iowa estates and lists of major taxpayers.
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Iowa
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Humboldt County
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Jasper
Anna Clark
Fue County
Lines ‘Bennett
Cedar County
John Kimble
Guthrie
Caleb Sweet
Johnson County
Margaret Danforth
Winneshiek County
Phinney’ Sowers
Hamilton County
Iowa Day Celebrated With Statewide Education Drive
The Iowa department of public instruction prepared a booklet for Iowa Day on October 20 inviting all schools and civic, commercial, and farmers clubs to take part in exercises. Albert M. Dewoe, superintendent, urged better knowledge of the state's wealth and possibilities and promoting prosperity through homes, churches, schools, and colleges.
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Iowa
Ames
Iowa Department, of Public Instruction
Dence
Stamp Tax Removal Affects Iowa Revenue
The revenue collector's office reported the law requiring revenue stamps on mortgages, receipts, telegraphs, bills of lading, and other documents is repealed. This change, saving about $80,006 annually, ends stamp taxes for most legal papers and related transactions in Dubuque and across Iowa.
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Dubuque
Revenue Collector's Office
Jowa
Plague Guta School Attendance Dips in Iowa City
An infantile paralysis scare and quarrel caused the opening day attendance at Iowa City's Plague Guta School to drop to about 800, the heaviest loss in the district. The school board kept public schools running despite the case, signaling a cautious approach to in city health concerns amid the scare. Amer-John Cownie circulated a seed saving article nationwide, claiming potential corn yield gains if his guidance had been adopted. he argues it would have boosted Iowa’s corn output and market prices. Creston fire damages total around 20,000 with further losses at the Carter Coal building and Matthew Conway’s property, while Bradford Coal sheds also burned.
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Guta
Towa City
Iowa City
John Cownie
Iowa
Creston
Carter Coal Company
Matthew Conway
Bradford Coal Company
Glanders Outbreak Forces Farm Quarantine Near City
Dr J L Gibson and assistants cope with a glanders outbreak on a farm near the city. Three horses have died, the herd of over twenty is placed under quarantine by the state authorities to prevent spread.
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J. L Gibson
Itclala
Iowa Census Highlights Wealth and Population Shifts
Iowa census data show per capita wealth at 2751 dollars, 2.5 times as many hogs as people, 9,910 more males than females, 26,260 divorced residents, rising old ages, and 37,647 births with 20,020 deaths. The report notes tenant-farm growth, education spending of 23,266,056, and native white families as large. It also covers baggage rules protests, railway service debates, and public health concerns across counties.
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