Troubling War Rumbles and Fine Scientific Feats
Reports describe a punitive expedition against the Zakka Khels in India with 7000 troops facing 30000 warriors, amid raids of treachery and plunder. Other items note Conried’s retirement era Bayreuth triumphs, wheat protection from crows via seed treatment, Graden’s market-moment decorations, and Dufour’s pure quartz thermometer tubes for ultra high temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Aha
Great Britain
France
Mons
Dufour
London actresses rush limits spark motor clause
Motor car breakdowns plague young London actresses who fear missing theater engagements. Managers now insert in contracts a rule banning motor riders beyond the London radius without written permission. A driver in South Africa safely handled a cobra de capella at the Gamtoos, placing it in a biscuit tin after a swift grab. Miss Mabel Sturtevant earns admission to the Jefferson City bar after a standout student career with multiple scholarships. Justice Holmes buys his father Olvier Wendell Holmes’s Beverly Farms home, tying to its sentimental value. New South Wales population hits 1,571,31W with record immigration gains and a 14,400 net inflow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
South Africa
Gamtoos
Focal
Manchester Spinners Threaten Strike Over Low Wages
Cotton spinners in Manchester England submit proposals offering top workers five to six dollars weekly. employers reject and talks continue. Dr D P Grenfell lectures in London on papyri from Oxyrhynchus Egypt, found in ancient rubbish heaps dating back 2000 years.Japan orders large quantities of machinery from Great Britain including a heating plant and a sugar industry outfit. A restored woolly mammoth skull exhibit at Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven is claimed largest prehistoric land animal skull. English parish clergy changes set minimum salaries with smaller parishes paying less. German workers face compulsory wage caps by law.
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Manchester
England
Gine
Japan
Great Britain
Can Geree Ee
Ptabods Miuseum
Yalo
University
Man seeks guardianship after urge to self harm
Mason City Iowa April 18. An almost uncontrollable impulse to take his own life drives H A Swenson to seek protection. He tells the Ingane commission he sometimes cannot resist the urge and, when it strikes, seeks neighbors to place him in their charge. He is religious and believes suicide would be a sin. He wishes to be sent to Cherokee for aid. He is well respected locally.
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Mason City
Northtwood
H. A. Swenson
Ingane Commission
Great Western Meat Train Goes In Ditch
An eastbound Great Western meat train derailed in Marshalltown at 10 am. Six cars loaded with meat and provisions from Kansas City to Chicago wrecked due to a probable defective frog. Traffic delayed. No injuries reported.
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Marshalltown
Great Western
Kansas City
Chicago
Cow Eats Gold Watch? Farmer Faces Dilemma Near Like City
Anthony Heskel, a Like City farmer, reports his cow’s value jumped fourfold after eating a gold watch from Des Moines. He hid the watch in oats but a hired man scooped it up. Heskel weighs drastic options, including slaughter or veterinary surgery, to recover the watch or its value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Heskel
Heskel
Des Moines
DIES AFTER BURNS AT BONFIRE IN POCAHONTA IOWA
Mercedes Murray five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Jay Murray of Pocahontas died from severe burns received Tuesday afternoon as she played at a bonfire on her way home from school. Her parents were burned trying to help. The father is confined to bed. Despondent woman in Orange City commits suicide by hanging in coal shed. Mrs William Van Beynum sixty years old ends her life while husband is away.
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Fonda
Mercedes Murray
Jay Murray
Pocahontas
Orange City
William van Beynum
Open shop policy eyed by Great Lakes boatmen
Detroit April 10 report notes an open shop policy adopted by the Lake Carriers' Association to govern Great Lakes operations this season. The move aims to include more than 40,000 seamen and marine firemen, with 16,000 seamen and 4,000 firemen in unions. Recording Secretary Olander warns enforcement could trigger a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
Lake Carriers’ Association
Detroit
Mich
Olander
The
Lake Seamen’s Union
Shaw Potley
Langtry Buys Nevada Land For Fun With Silver Discovery
The report says Mrs Langtry bought 40 acres in Nevada near Carson City for one dollar seeking irrigation, amid news of silver strikes by Califortula. A mining prospect or “pay gravel” on her property spurred reactions while she rehearsed a Sydney Grundy play at Haymarket. A steamer to New York is mentioned.
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Mrs. Langtry
Sydney Grundy
Liane
Haysmarket
Catifortula
Lochar
Heiress Seeks church sanction for second marriage
Whihit Wetohia Pa April arch Wyhop Ryan confirms the marriage of Miss Helen Maroney and Arthur Osborne is annulled by law. He says she cannot marry Samuel Chuarxson or anyone else until the Catholic Church grants approval. The archbishop notes ecclesiastical law must be satisfied before any priest can perform the ceremony.
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WhihitWetohia
Arch- Wyhop
Ryan
Helen Maroney
Arthur Osborne
Sanuel Chuarxson
Philadelphia
Rama Catholi Church
Kicked in the stomach by horse dies at fair grounds
An accident at Mount Pleasant fair grounds ends in the death of the unnamed man after a Percheron stallion kicked him in the stomach. A separate report notes the Mount Pleasant Milling Company's safe was robbed of 44 dollars last night, with a broken window indicating a forced entry.
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Clyde MatMet
Ysyslevrsyi
Mout Pleasant Fair Grounds
Mout Pleasant Milling Company
Supreme court rules banks liable for sold paper in forgery case
Des Moines Iowa April 10 in an assault against the Corning Savings bank now defunct due to forgery by its president Larue the Iowa National Bank of Des Moines won a supreme court decision. It held that banks are liable for commercial paper they sell to other banks, interpreting related statutes together. If the Adams county district court ruling had stood the big banks would have been barred from buying paper from savings banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Corning Savings Bank
Larue
Iowa National Bank of
Supreme Court
Ita
District Court
Adams County
Iowa National
Adams County District Court
Gaveings Banks
Supreme Court Decisions From Des Moines Locked In
The Iowa Supreme Court handed down decisions on April 10 affirming most appeals including State of laws vs Symons Grant Sanders and Clark v Brandt. reversing Ross vs Ayrhart and Carroll vs Corning State Savings Bank. many counties named.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
State of Laws
Symons
Scott County
Knuwson Ye
Grant
Polk County
Sanders
Appellant
McKim
Calhoun County
Clark
Brandt
Mills County
Blanck
Ghicago & Northwestern Railway
Woodbury County
Affirmed
Bradbury
Va. Wells
Ross
Ayrhart
Carroll County
Tate
Carroll
Corning State Savings Bank
Adams County
New Commission Plan In Des Moines C A U T Action
Des Moines April 10 new commission system under civil service rules will face court for alleged civil service law violation in its first week. Police Captain W W Pattee and detectives W D Sims and W H Simon, fired by Public Safety Chief J L Hamery, hired lawyers to challenge the firing authority. Hamery orders all slot machines shut within a week and vows to jail any gambling law violators under the commission regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Commission
Civil Service
W. W. Pattee
W. D. Sims
Simon
Superintendent of Public Safety
J. L. Hamery
Tevery Slot Machine
John L. Hamery
Department of Public Safety
Wife confined on pedestal all night in Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa April 10 William Parmalee of Creston Ta held his wife a prisoner in a room all night threatening murder if she crossed a chalk line drawn around her chair. A policeman saw her signaling through a window and the man was arrested after he finally dozed.
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Des Moines
Willam Parmalee
Creston
Iman wWwas
Chicago men out of work join in demonstration
About 100 foreign unemployed men marched through Chicago seeking aid. They moved from the hall toward the mayor’s office, were directed to the bureau of charities, then dispersed after police orders. Reports said up to 40000 more men might join the protest, but the crowd remained noisy yet orderly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bureau of Charities
Clemson College Expels Large Freshman Sophomore Class
At chapel services in Columbia on April 10 Clemson college announced the suspension and expulsion of members from the sophomore and freshman classes for an April Fool prank. About 648 juniors were expelled last Friday in what officials call the most wholesale action in U.S. history.
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Columbia
8. C
Clemson College
United States
New York University Suspends Juniors for Hazing Henry Bloch
In New York on April 10 the entire junior class at New York University was suspended for three days by the faculty as punishment for hazing freshman Henry Bloch.
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New York
New York University
Henry Bloch
Octopus Grabs California Lines In Major Deal
San Francisco April 10 A vast financial arrangement linked to Standard Oil Interests will consolidate gay electric light and power companies across central and northern California. The deal, valued around 5 million dollars, aims to bring greater control over the state’s power entities and attract substantial new money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
San Janc Eisco
California
Standard Oil
Tgating
Rower
Supreme Court Decisions Report From Des Moines List
The supreme court issued decisions across multiple cases including Central Trust Company and Brent in Crawford and Greene counties affirming or reversing lower rulings. Several banks and companies such as Woodbury County cases and Fremont County Bank were involved with affirmations or reversals, detailing outcomes for each party.
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Des Moines
Jay
Supremé Courts Central ‘Trust Company
Ge Brapanen
Crawford County
Brent
Appellant
Weatervelt & Co
Greene County
Benton County
Cuty Deposit Bank
Green
Calhoun County
Harney
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Scott County
Remillard
Sioux City Traction Company
Woodbury County
Et Hamill
Schlitz Brewing Company
McCutchen
Rowsh
Ida County
Tenchert
Duffus
Palle County
T Woodruff
Father Goffin Weds at Mature Age 86 in Detroit
Fort Dodge resident "Father" L. Coffin, founder of Hope Hall for ex convicts and noted temperance worker, aged 86, quietly married in Detroit, Mich. to Mrs Nellie Tagles, who is many years younger. Coffin had connections with the state board of control when their romance began, and the ceremony marks a late in life union for the famed reformer.
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Ft. Dodge, In
Father
L. &. Coffin
Fort Dodge
Hope Hall
Detroit
Mich
Mre
Nellie Tagles
Coffin
State Board of Control
Premature Dynamite Discharges Kill One in Iowa
A premature dynamite blast at Kalare farm near Centralia Dubuque county kills two year old William Bishop of Dyersville as he helps drill a well. In Town City Dr Henry Albert state bacteriologist reports 2408 laboratory examinations in early 1908 with 1242 for diphtheria 878 for tuberculosis and 158 for typhoid fever. Three of five hydrophobia tests were positive and the dog that bit Officer Leonard Hans of Iowa City was found free of hydrophobia germs.
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Dubuque, Ja
Willian Bishop
Dyersville
Kalare Farm
Centralia
Dubuque County
Henry Albert
Iowa State Board
Leonard Hans
Iowa City
Harriman Makes Cash Offer to Save Erie Rail Asset
New York April 1 Harriman offers 5 500 000 in cash to rescue the Erie property from default and receivership. The move pits Harriman against Morgan tied Great Northern and Northern Pacific interests and signals a possible realignment of major U S railroad controls.
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New York
Drie
E. H. Harriman
Morgan
Wall Street
Harriman
Morgan Group
James J. Huu
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Union
Southern Pacific
Financial Cireles
Erie Railroad
Jam Thief Nabbed After Dessert Delays Warning
Philadelphia April 11 two 20 year old men John Davis of Chadwick street and another captured after entering Acme Tea Co store at Sixteenth and Reed to rob. Policeman Tom Murray and witness McCabe near by sprang the pair, who were taken to the station. Jam was the only spoil, vivid remarks from McCabe about the sticky scene.
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Philadelphia
John Davis
Chadwick Street
Wharton
Acme Tea Company
Sixteenth and
Reed Streets
Tom Murray
Fifteenth Street
Snyder Avenue
Locomotive Amuck Rips Wall in New Haven Roundhouse
In Stamford on April 11 a New Haven switch engine No 254 with steam up jumped back toward an open turntable, then hurtled into a brick wall, creating a 16 by 9 foot opening. The engine surfaced on the street, its cowl and headlight torn off, an 8 inch steampipe snapped, and two workers were scalded as escaping steam filled the roundhouse. A leaky throttle caused the incident.
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Stamford
Conn
New Haven
Santa Fe admits oil rebate of thirty eight thousand
Los Angeles April 11 San ta Fe Railroad admitted to refunding nearly fourty thousand dollars to the Associated Oil company for freight paid on oil shipments in 1906. Edward Chambers permanent freight manager testified before the state railroad commission detailing the financial adjustments and accounting references involved.
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Santa FE
Los Angeles
Cal
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Associated Ol Company
Edward Chambers
State Railroad Commission
Mr. Chaiser
Authoring & Seeuade
Tanidag M0 His Declaration and Iowa Governor Bid
Des Moines April 8 J Hamilton announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor of Iowa. He cites pro prohibition and women’s suffrage aims, pledges statewide prohibitory liquor law, enfranchisement of women, stronger health authorities, modernized schools, river surveys for canalization, and changes to banking laws to protect depositors. The move follows his resignation from Daily News and leadership roles at Homestead publications.
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Des Moines
J. Hamilton
Iowa
Hamilton
Daily Newe
Tnus
The
Homestead
Bariltonaysi
Equor
Boards of Health
Cedar
Nishnabotna
Maple
Iawa
Aunt Becky Young Dies War Nurse Leader at Eight
Des Moines reports the death of "Aunt Becky" Young, a famed Civil War era nurse and early Red Cross leader who served nationwide. She died this morning at age 8.
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Becky
Des Moines
Becky" Young
United States
Red Cross
Des Moines Commission Takes Charge Under New Mayor
In Des Moines at 10 o'clock this morning the five commissioners elected Munday to lead the city's government and assume administration. Judge A J Mathis becomes mayor with John MacVicar John L Hamery Charles W Schramm and Wesley Ash as associates as a large crowd watches the smooth transition from the old regime to the new commission. In Iowa City a lire gutted the Kelly Manufacturing lumber sheds and mill yard last night causing about 4000 in losses, partly insured.
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Moines
Munday
A. J. Mathis
John MacVicar
John L. Hamery
Charles W. Schramm
Wesley Ash
Lowa City
Kelly Manufacturing Company
Fak e duels to entertain crowd at Olympic build up
London April 8 Walter Winans plans a public exhibition of wax bullet pistol duels for the Olympic games next July. He has enlisted top shots from the pistol club to stage exact private affairs of honor with seconds and measured paces. The bullets explode on impact, adding risk without real danger, aiming to thrill spectators.
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London
Walter Winans
Paneiere
United States
Jumps From Eighth Floor of Auditorium Reported
Fragmentary OCR describes a jump from the eighth floor of an auditorium. Details are unclear. a witness or nearby observers noted a fall and possible immediate investigation. Names, exact location, and outcomes are not readable.
Boozy Bout Ends in Fatal Stabbing in Marshalltown
Marshalltown report details a fatal stabbing after a street quarrel during a night of beer drinking. Frank Benson allegedly stabbed Byron Hy Boody, the weapon penetrating the pericardium. Benson and Harry Harrington were arrested, with more witnesses held for coroner’s examination.
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Marshalltown
Frank Benson
Byron Hy Boody
Inaty
Bengon
Frank
Harry Harrington
Central
Brakeman
Bennon
William Ben— Skin
Des Moines & Great Western
Salgo
Organized Labor To Campaign Across State Politics
Des Moines April 7 The campaign committee of the Trades and Labor assembly plans a statewide drive to support union interests in all campaigns. Backed by President Gompers and the city trades assembly, the group pledges to unite city county state and national politics and pursue opponents of organized labor. In Fonda Frank White of Willow Grove stock farm reports a Holstein herd yielding 743% pounds in 11 days an average of 67.6 pounds daily with a peak of 80.14 pounds on April 1.
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Des Moines
Trades and Labor Assembly
Lasor
Inharmany
Gompers
Trades Assembly
Fonda
Frank White
Willow Grove
New York State
White
Unknown Woman Determines Griswold Mayoralty by Coin Toss
In Griswold Iowa on April 7 a deadlock between R J Kewin and M J Clovis for mayor was settled by a coin toss watched by election board members and supporters. A quarter with a unknown woman's head was flipped, landing heads to grant Kewin the chiefs seat in Griswold.
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Des Moines
Griswold
R. J. Kewin
M. J. Clovis
Kevin
Experimental Tests in Storage of Fruits
Ames Iowa April 7 speeding an experiment in storing Iowa apples to balance supply with winter demand. The horticultural section and US department of agriculture hold fruit at Mason City for periodic inspection. Final inspection of last year’s crop will be April 10 by Professor Beach and Mr Tenny of Washington DC.
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Ames
Iowa
Town Experiment Stallion
United States Department of Agriculture
Mason City
8. A. Beach
Mr. Tenny
Washington, D. C
Iowa musician weds millionaire in London
Des Moines May 7 Miss Florence J IXng a supervisor of music in Iowa schools married N A Beato a New York club man at the Carleton hotel in London He met her in Italy while she toured with Mabel Wagner Shank Des Moines vocalist The bride formerly headed the Marshalltown school musical department and lived in Fleetwood Falls Minnesota with her uncle Sha after graduating from the Northwestern Conservatory in Minneapolis
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Des Moines
Florance J. Ixng
Towa
Carleton Hotel
London
N. A. Beato
New York
Italy
Mabel Wagner Shank
Kine
Marshalltown
Fleetwood Falls
Minn
Sha
Northwestern Conservatory of Physic
Minneapolis
Town
Woman Burned to Death Near Traer Iowa
Marshalltown Iowa April 7 Mrs Jo seph Kellers clothing caught fire while burning leaves at her home four miles north of Traer She was terribly burned and died four hours later She leaves a husband and four small children in the household tragedy report with sparse details from the scene and aftermath
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Traer
Joseph Keller
Latter Day Saints In Session At Major Conference
Salt Lake City hosts the 78th annual conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Participants gather for sessions spanning religious leadership, doctrine discussions, and community outreach.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
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