Christian Patriot on Indian converts and colonial settlers
Martyn Claris argues in the Christian Patriot that Indian converts face universal hostility from both religious peers and society, with a vast global opposition segment forming a barrier to conversion. The piece contrasts colonial land schemes and migrant aid with independent settler responsibility and government oversight. It also notes dairy practices in Turkey, a New York Tombs school master, nursing careers opening, shipboard nursing, and King Leopold's estate growth and preferences, illustrating varied global concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martyn Claris
Christian Patriot
Gopher
Tiny pinhead bears all 26 letters and nine numerals
An engraver Boupené Wrenger created an engraving so small that all 26 letters and nine numbers are visible with a microscope or good eyesight and the pinhead exhibit is in a Philadelphia museum. The piece showcases extreme precision in metal engraving and drawing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boupené Wrenger
Philadelphia
Emigration boost and world news in brief
Toronto reports the sultan of Turkey lifted restrictions on Jews settling in Palestine, predicting a rush of emigration from Russia. Hamburg notes Emperor William races a Kiel express train in eighty-nine minutes. Chicago residents gain a major fossil collection at the University of Chicago. Washington clarifies funeral rumors as the piece plays by design as a dirge. Rome reports mediation progress with Colombia and Peru, with troop withdrawal promised pending arbitration. Topeka Kansas farmers threaten boycotts over car use by businessmen. Philadelphia observes Berkmann and Emma Goldman at a picnic. no marriage claim. Washington cites police around Seoul’s emperor for order and safety. Washington announces Cromwell replaced by Rogers as Isthmian Canal general counsel. Fort Wayne health finds hog farm using dead horses for pig feed. New Orleans notes yellow fever cases in Cuba. Madrid confirms rupture of Spanish commercial ties with Switzerland and France. New York Roosevelt declines to preside at Bryan dinner. Denver to host press club convention with Roosevelt and Bryan involved. Columbus reports Lentz and Kate Alexander wedding. Southhampton sails with bereaved widow returning remains. Durango family drowns en route to carnival. Havre Savoie arrives late after broken screw. Cairo reports poisoning of drinking water at Singer plant. four workers affected. Naples stone-laying by the Duke and Duchess of Aosta. Guthrie notes Carrie Nation’s obscene lecture pamphlet draws postal ire. Washington prepares July 21 inspector exam under new law. vessel Wellman sails Tromsoe.
Socialists Nominate Shank For Governor In Iowa
In state convention Davenport Socialists named a complete state ticket for the fall election led by John E. Shank for governor and A R Gifford Davenport for Secretary of State with Charles R Oylet Waterloo for Auditor and Dr Pauline Town Isend for Superintendent. They passed resolutions praising Upton Sinclair and condemning Roosevelt over labor and Colorado issues while urging statewide primaries.
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Des Moines
Jeg Leverner
John E. Shank
Slow ‘Ty
A. R Gifford Davenport
Charles R. Oylet
Waterloo
Pauline Town Isend
Marshalltown
Fred Aplan
George
Deizell
Albia
G. S. Nelson
Ames
A. D. Pugh
de ‘Moines
Supreme Court
M. H. J .McCrane
Orange City
MarCrillis
Des Molinas
Paul Chris jUansen
L Z. Dati
Chief praises council bluffs boy police force experiment
In Council Bluffs Iowa Chief of Police Richmond inaugurated a trial of appointing several young boys as special duty officers. Eleven boys started, seven kept on duty after two were discharged. Eighteen arrests were made by juvenile officers and the force celebrated with fireworks while maintaining order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
O’ ‘Police
Richmond
Tte Tribune
Terminal elevators argued to be unaffected by LaFollette inquiry
Des Moines reports that the LaFollette resolution investigation into grain business may benefit northern Iowa elevators. Analysts discuss terminal elevator roles, railroad allowances of 1.4 cents per hundredweight, and potential rebates disadvantaging small shippers amid Interstate Commerce Commission scrutiny. Afro-American league in Des Moines also elects leaders.
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LaFollette
Des Moines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jargaly
Grammers
Rock Island
Chicago
Peavey & Co
Union Pacific
Iowa
George Weedsuh
Oskaloosa
Pregnent-Rey
O. A. Johnson
der ‘Moines
Goggles
S. Joe Brows
Det Poines
Ssuissaat—Key
KR. D. Parth
Clintom
State treasury reports strong cash, assets and 2% interest
Des Moines July 6 report shows state treasury on June 30 1906 with cash on hand 4 074 788 and assets 1 866 918 deposited in banks. Semi annual 2 percent interest on funds. totals include general revenue agricultural college endowment and university funds with substantial balances and bond interest.
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Des Moines
Treasury
Cummins
Pankers
Revanue
Eyeesteese SA
Tebee Agricultural College
Servas
Waserrsees Debaaperatong
Special State University
Dpecial Agricultural College Fund
Pecial Normal School
Chepeaeecee Weatetes
Agricultural College
Stata
Abebegs
Falls Forty Feet From Bridge Tragedy
Patrick Loney fell forty feet from the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad bridge this morning and struck the track below. His skull was fractured and he is unconscious likely to die. The 40 year old single man had previously slept with dynamite when officers saved his life.
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Town City
Patrick Loney
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Loney
Bluff's Has Boy Policemen In Covnneil
Covnneil Buffs Ia July 6 Chief of Police Richmond names six boys aged 10 to 14 as special policemen with arrest powers. The program aims to curb local depredations by giving youth authority. Within hours two youths reported with prisoners for bicycle riding on sidewalks and exploding firecrackers. The experiment mirrors a Denver program said to be successful.
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Covnneil Buffs
Richmond
Denver
Jowan Murdered in Colorado by Unknown Suspect
Jay Kauffman of Adair Indiana was found slain in a box car near Howell, Colorado. He bore multiple head wounds, a severed ear, and carried letters and a postcard addressed to Miss Clail Umbeck and Miss Ella Ashby. A coroner labeled the death sudden, with a likely escapee as the killer.
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Jay Kauffman
Adair
Laramie
Wye
Howell
Here
Kauffman
Miss Clailumbeck
Des Moines
Ella Ashley
Davenport
Air
Tamilton
C Croner
Mkauffmen
John Kauffman
Eldara
Davesport
Thin City
Ella Ashby
Ives
Explosion burns Iowa City woman on July Fourth
Mrs. George Emmons suffered painful burns from flaming gasoline when a stove exploded on Monday in Iowa City. Neighbors quickly extinguished the flames, preventing serious injuries.
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Iowa City
George Emmons
New Gypsum Mills For Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge gains twelve gypsum mills as three new independent companies organize in June and July. The Iowa Hard Plaster Hawkeye Plaster and American Independent Gypsum, all linked to Chicago interests, own seven mills already with two active this summer. A planned electric railway from quarry to mill and new power facilities are under way. A probable clash with the trust is anticipated as independents expand and prices rise to five dollars fifty cents per ton. The final mill is set to start groundwork this week and aims to operate by year’s end.
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Tort Dodge
Gypsum Company
Fort Dodge
Iowa Hard Plaster Company
Hawkeye Plaster Company
American Independent Gypsum Company
Trust
Iowa Adopts Strict Pure Food Law Enforcement
Manufacturers face punishment for adulterated foods in Iowa Nes Maines Ia July. The new law allows two years to purge stock bought before July 1 but imposes no manufacturer exemption. Hamburger makers using horse meat or poisonous "freezer" preservative face prosecution. The executive council approved bids to fit the Pure Food Department laboratory in the state house area. Analyses begin soon and food examinations start after tomorrow in existing city laboratories.
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Iowa
Maines
Executive Council
Pure Food Department
State House
Wife attempts death by own action in Moorhead
Moorhead Ill. July. Mrs Winnie Blackman wife of Chester A Blackman assistant postmaster here drank a vial of chloroform in an attempted suicide. Prompt aid by Dr Bowie saved her life. She is about 22 to 28 and had been separated from her husband for weeks. She returned hoping for reconciliation but was not welcomed.
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Moorhead
Ill
Pice
Winnie Blackman
Chester A. Blackman
Bowie
Black-— Tian
Sioux City
Marriage Difficulties in Hardin County Endangers Repeat Vows
Town Falls July 2 reports a Hardin County couple G F P Hoke and Miss Manda Brown facing legal questions over whether two people may remarry in the same state without a separation after a previous marriage. Accusations of perjury arose when the bride’s mother certified age, while the father of the bride objected to the match and blamed the mother-in-law. Lawyers dispute the legality of a second ceremony in Polk County.
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Hardin County
Town Falls
G. F P. Hoke
Manda Brown
Polk County
M. E. Brown
Strikers Gain Monthly Increase in Interurban Pay
Mason City Iowa July 3 strike on the Interurban ended with a $12 per month rise for men, effective until July 35, when a $7 cut will take effect. A morning conference between workers and W E Brice produced the concession, finalizing the settlement. The article also notes Democrats meeting plans in Waterloo, and a separate report of a fire destroying a Barker feed barn and several animals in Waterlog Iowa with casualties.
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Mason City
W. E. Brice
Barker
Mason City street car strike disrupts service on Carnival week
A July 4 strike by Mason City Clear Lake interurban employees halted many trains and left acting motorman Auditor J. J. Hanlon in service for a time. conductors and machinists walked out amid demands for 20 cents an hour while earnings ranged from 40 to 46 dollars monthly. The work stoppage came as business hoped to surge for a local carnival, with a countermeasure meeting yielding no settlement.
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Mason Guty
Mason City
Clear Lake
J. J. Hanlon
MecNidor
Fire Devours Furnishings At Planā Store
Fire swept through a Planā furniture store causing extensive damage estimated around $18,000. Fire crews reported rapid spread and containment efforts, with limited injuries and crews investigating the blaze's origin.
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Reed & Clarke
Algona
Turkey
London Academy of Medicine
Joseph
Graveur
Tombs Prison
New York City
Mr. Graveur
Tombs School
Dietetic and Fygiente Gazette
Leopold
Brussels
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Germany
Quebec
Pierre Cotan
Republic
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Cincinnati
Dui
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Duke of Fife
Princess Royal
London
Young Soldier
Young People
Bulgation Army
J. Gigi
Evereux
Chartres
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Julius Caesar
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Faustina
Journal
For Intektionskrankhelten
Ford
National Schools of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Toronto
Save Sith
Federation of Alonist Sociéties
Canada
de Cola
Montreal
Palestine
Ussia
Hamburg
Emperor William
Kiel
Expresa
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
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Manila
W. Z. Anderson
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Pope Pius
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Topeka
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Winfield
McPherson
Adeline
Pat Berkmann
Emma Goldman
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Gordon Paddock
Seoul
Imperial Palace
William Nelson Cromwell
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Richard Reid Rogers
Kentucky
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Board of Health
New Orleans
Cuba
State Board of Health
Louisiani Health Inspectora
Madrid
Moret
Switzerland
Jules Cambon
Premier Moret
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Roosevelt
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Wlliam J. Bryan
International League of Press Clubs
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Southhampton
Frederick Cossitt
Wreds
Salsbury
Durango
Colo
Leonard Boat
Animas River
Cedar HN
New Mexico
Cairo, III
Singer Manufacturing Company
Naples
Aosta
Guthrie
Okla
Carrie Nation
Tromsoe
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Wellman
Bpitghergen
Shank
Guy Man - Ghosen
Gifford
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A. Oyler
Rock Island Bridge
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Hacer ‘and
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Twalve Gypsum
Democratic State Central
C. W. Milley
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A. J. Jackson
Fame
J. C. Likes
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Smnphyss
Hanlon Aca
Bad Tima
Forest City
Iows
Clinton Merrick
Merrick
John A. Robinson
Seventeenth Street
Avenue G
Mattie Parker
Robinsone
Mr. Robinson
Francis Fitzgergid
Boone
San Juan
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Fitzgerald
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Plana
Styre
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Qentroyed
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Pee Yern Ross
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