Fire chief candidate seeks commission in Philadelphia
A London era report notes Brigadier General Saeb Stephen Adams aiming to study fire departments in Philadelphia with the goal of earning inside experience and possibly wearing a firefighting uniform there. The mayor, Reyburn, expressed ambition to be commissioned as a fireman.
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Fienek
Pilanels i
Radter Generafti Ure
Generel ‘Saeb
Staphen Adams
Pesthelra
Athe Wahid
Huse
Ilka
Reyburn
Philadelphia’epartment
Noted Woman Speaker and Roosevelt Aide Stir Congressional Circle
Miss Annie M. Reynolds of Worth Haven Conn is the only woman speaker in the latest Congregational church congress. She has served as world secretary to the Young Women's Christian Association and is active in North Haven where her father was pastor. Her brother James B. Reynolds was among President Roosevelt's special commissioners to inspect the Chicago packing houses. A plan aims to conserve water for Yosemite and Bridal Veil falls by building reservoirs to extend flow to late October. A survey says the project is feasible. Also, skates may go on rollers with lignum vitae curling stones and a three caster setup, promising a new form of curling on smooth floors.
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Annie M. Reynolds
Worth Haven
Conn
Congregational Church
Miss Reynolds
Young Women's Christian Association
North Haven
James B. Reynolds
Roosevelt
Chicago
Yosemite
Bridal Veil
Brida) Veil
Regent diamond tale mirrors past 1797 pawn saga
The item notes a Paris Louvre display of the Regent diamond and a claim that a fake 4 mchel copy hides the real gem. It recalls 1797 when the Regent was pawned for household use and Amsterdam bankers warned against public display, with a dealer claiming the glass case shows a sham while the real Regent remains with his wife.
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Louvre
Vanderberg
Amsterdam
Tungsten Filament Heating Process Improves Lamp Life
Report from the Geselltur Verwertung Chemischer Produkte states tungsten filaments stay constant in heating power if subjected to a temperature between their running and melting points. A separate incident describes a Peterborough to Grimsby Meat Train passenger attacked by a rat problem, then a Paris incident involves Clementine Rovher, 16, tossing a man into the Seine and declaring a suicide rehearsal before aid arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trfa
Geselltur Verwertung Chemischer Produkte
Peterborough
Grimsby
Bo dl Tomey
Eenn
Tin" Healy
Bin
Healy
Tin
Rn Fae Clementine Rovher
Rersell
Seine
Palais Bourbon
Paris
Terited
Suide
Tole
Brutal Necro Attacks Woman in Des Moines
Des Moines reports a brutal assault on Mrs W H Risser 42 by Lamont Frederick a burly man who dragged her behind branches beat her and robbed her watch and money. Frederick captured by a posse and identified. arraigned before Judge Stewart held on $2000 bonds with guards around jail amid high racial tension and public anger.
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Des Moines
W. H. Rigger
Lamont Frederick
Frederick
Stewart
St. Louis
Risser
WH Risser
Central State Bank
Pettis Planned To Defraud Treasury In Sac County
W H Pettis former Sac County treasurer admitted to turning over farm tracts and a city lot to his bondsmen trustees along with $4000 cash deposits. Bond set at 75000 with defalcation estimated around 27000. Investigators found 1906 1907 1908 misappropriations totaling about 1400 5500 14000 and 6000 to 6000 over 1908. Funds were invested in farms and city property. outcome risks state financial loss.
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Bae City
W. H. Pettis
Sac County
W. Jackson
Pettis
Higney
Sensational Defense in Murder Trial Opens
Clintonte May 4. The trial of Wene Dolph for the murder of her husband opens with a sensational defense. The defense claims she is the daughter of a prostitute and was abused from youth by her family and husband. They allege a mistreated past and a venereal disease resulting from her husband, aiming to persuade the jury to acquit.
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Clintonte
Wene Dolph
Mae
Jurora
Ter
Christ
Miu
Magdalene
Former Iowan Starts Spokane Hawkeye Club
Spokane May 4 announcement by John A Wilson secretary of the Hawkeye club of Spokane states 450 members enrolled and an about 800 attendance expected at the May 4 banquet in Masanle temple. Describes rival city turnout and lists prominent attendees from Charles City Cedar Falls Sioux City and other hubs.
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Spokane
Wash
John Alexander Wilson
Hawkeye Ehi
Frederic H. Guston
Sioux City
Masanle Temple
Joseph McQuthy
addItini
Cathar Falls
Des Moines
Charles Icy
Couneh Luits
Dubuque
Davenport
Atlantic
Charles City
R. 3
B. Paterson
Spokane Dry Gods Company
LeRoy Waller
Carl K. Mercker
Charles
Cedar Paus
Tilanola
Chemradjorky
Stimpson College
Gaston
Uf Sty
Stile Almary
Masouls Temple
Lial
Taft to Panama voyage with Tall and party
Secretary Tall and party sailed for Panama aboard the transport Prairie today, heading from Charleston in a May departure.
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Taft
Panama
Charleston
Secretary Tall and Pourty
Boilermakers Strike Over Pay Cut in Marshiritown
In Marshiritown Indiana on May 4 central boilermakers walked off due to a pay cut from 41? to 46 cents per hour. Workers from Chicago filled their jobs after 109 new hires arrived. The strike halted operations across all shop departments.
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Marshiritown
All Laws Central Boilermakers
Chicago
Buikehroskers
Resignation of Pettis Triggers County Treasury Probe
May reports say Willam Pettis the county treasurer resigned amid a $27,000 shortfall. The treasury is closed while an expert audits books and a successor awaits appointment. Pettis claimed possible default but pledged to restore funds if a loss exists, amid a wave of sensational attention.
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Dag City
Willam
Hi Pettis
Treacirer
Pettis
Woman promotes an interurban railway plan in Iowa and Minnesota
Mrs Alice Hi Butler Moore, a prominent interurban railway promoter from Des Moines, revives plans to build an electric line from Britt or Belmond to Fairmont via Crystal Lake and Buffalo Center, joining resorts along the chain of lakes south of Fairmont. The report also notes a $2,000,000 loan for the Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern to extend lines, with a trust deed filed in Blackbank county. Additional routes include extensions from Atlantic to Villisca and a 108 mile Des Moines to Hed Oulk route, with Grant pledging $64,000 to support the project.
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Tes Moines
Alice Hi
Butler Moore
Britt
Belmond
la Marimont
Minn
Bebnond Anudoron
Fairmont
Vila Britt
Crystal Lake
Buffalo Center
Mimere
Sairmont
Waterloo
Cednar Falls
Pailway
Blackbank County
Louis Bossot
Flrst Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Atlantic Northern and Southern Railway
Atlantic
Cass County
Villisca
Grant
Cumberland
Hed Oulk
Des Moines
Greenfield
Stuart
Redfield
Adel
Waukie
Insurance agent Milo Adams dies by own action
Milo Adams, a Route Insurance agent well known in the region, is found dead by hanging in the board of trade room. A note to his wife reveals a planned suicide. He resided at Ken-sel. May 3.
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Mason Glty
Milo Adams
Board of Trade Room
Kenseul
Marshalltown
Warmers' Exchange Company
Laurel
Courtoll Bluffa, Ta
Two-Cent Fare Benefited Railroads Across Iowa
Des Moines May 2 With the 2 cent fare law in effect most of the period the Iowa roads show a net passenger earnings gain of 283 057 for the year ending January 1 1908 Despite a 386 000 drop in gross earnings the conclusion is that the mileage rate cut benefited both railroads and the public.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Central Employees Resist Wage Reduction
All car men and blacksmiths of the Iowa Central railroad struck yesterday in resistance to the schedule cut. The action disrupted the Marshalltown area rail operations as workers protested wage reductions and sought to halt further concessions.
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Iowa Central
Marshalltown
Iowa Centre Railyvoad
Fort Dodge land sale nets $10,000 to Henry Engholm
A tract of ten acres north of Fort Dodge sold to Henry Engholm for $10,000. Engholm plans a city producta plat on the site, with neighboring parcels already adjoining. Local experts call the Fort Dodge clay the finest seen and predict strong growth for the clay industries in the city.
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Fort Dodge
Henry Engholm
Engholm
Cty
Renters organize league for protection in Maines
John B. Wam mond, state chairman of the prohibition party, announced the formation of a renters league in Maines to push for lower rents and better sanitation. The group aims to improve living conditions and make tenanted homes more comfortable, marking a new collective step for renters.
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Maines
John B. Wammond
Prohibition Party
Es Maines
Waterways Cabinet Member Debates Midwestern Deep Waterway
Chicago May 2 harbor issues dominated talks last night with calls for a deep waterway aiding the middle west. W Kavanaugh, president of the Waterway Association of St F laws, proposed a radical step before the harbor commission to advance waterways reform.
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Chicago
Chigggo
Middle - West
W.K. Kavanaugh
Waterway Association of
St.f Laws
Chinese Harbor Commission
Eabnee
Independent Citizens urge repeal and high license law enactment
An article notes the Independent Citizens' League of Town Wilh, Davane Dory Dt August, chaired by P Rutshter with John Ritshter as secretary, printing letters to legislature candidates. It asks whether they will push repeal of the prohibitory and mullet laws and support a high license statute, seeking a categorical answer.
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Cliizens
Davane Dory
P. Rutshter
John * Ritshter
Gypsum Company seeks injunction as miners strike
Plymouth Gypsum company filed a petition for an injunction against miners to prevent interference after a work stoppage. Only the Mineral Guy and American Independent remain active here with limited crews, while a crowd from Omaha refused to work upon learning of the strike. The mills and mines face delays as miners resist settlement, with odds seemingly against the company.
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Fatt Dodge
Mineral Guy
American Independent
Plymouth Gypsum Company
Omaha
Soap Company Leaves Des Moines for Omaha
Des Moines report states Pucks Soap Company will relocate to Omaha due to failure to secure capital for expansion. The firm organized ten years ago with a capital of $85,000.
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Des Moines
Puck's Soap Company
Omaha
Des Moines Adopts Pay As You Enter System
Des Moines announces a $50,000 upgrade to convert all streetcars to a pay as you enter system following a two week trial with a new car type. The change affects the entire network to improve fare collection and operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Des Moines Street Car Company
Railroads seek to buy space and transport ads in papers
United States District Attorney Sims has filed a brief challenging railroad use of transportation permits to obtain advertising space from newspapers and magazines. If Judge Kohlsaat sides with the government, a precedent may invalidate thousands of old contracts between railroads, steamships and publishers. The case hinges on whether railroads may issue transportation to publishers in exchange for advertising, a practice accused of binding publishers to corporate interests. The Monon railway is the defendant, with arguments set for May 4.
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United States
Sims
Ion
Kohlsaat
Nes
Aime
Monon raivGad
Kohlange
Police guard ghurg wedding incident summary
An old suitor causes a disturbance at a wedding, prompting police presence to control the scene. The chaotic event disrupts the ceremony with unclear dialogue and injuries or confrontations implied by the report.
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Ghurgh
Iowa Opinion Says Corporations Cannot Sell Intoxicating Liquor
Iowa Attorney General Byers concludes corporations cannot lawfully engage in retail liquor sales under the mulet tax law. He argues the statute does not legalize such business for corporations and emphasizes personal responsibility remains with individuals, not corporate entities, under prohibition statutes.
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Lew
Byers
Daunoll
Sioux City Company
Co-operative Company of
Sioux City
Hitler
Byes
Executive Council
Generes
Iowa
McKeever Ve
Beacon
Supreme Court
Kinne
General Byers
Ultime
Ming
N Oxstea Bng
Hy & Corporation
Murray 18 holds office as comptroller of the Navy
Murray, aged 18, assumed the office of comptroller of the Navy today and immediately entered on his new duties. The move marks a notable early start for the young official amid unfolding naval affairs.
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Murray
Gomptr
Ller
Washington
Ag Comptrolley
Mediately
Ange
Man seeks protection from fiancé's slayer
A terse court item from Molinnes Iowa notes a man seeking protective measures against the man accused of killing his fiancée. Details are fragmentary but indicate a protective order or legal action being pursued in relation to the alleged slayer.
Amid Silent Tracks A Noon Collision Foretold
A garbled passage hints at an approaching train and a stalled scene near a station. Descriptions suggest a tense moment with a rail vehicle and passengers awaiting impact, with broken dialogue and unclear names scattered through the fragment.
Jealous dog incidents shock town as daughter injured
An unidentified dog attack left Dorothy Lee, daughter of a jeweler, with severe facial injuries after a rush by a silken breed master. The incident occurred in April, prompting local authorities to intervene and assess the dog's danger. The victim remains under medical care with recover status pending.
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SaXtton
Vandals Destroy New Cemetery Night After Dedication
In Iowa City a vandal raid destroyed the evergreen plantings and a new cemetery, startling the community. Sheriff Rowland ordered a coroner’s examination to probe the act amid ongoing hostility to the burial site.
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Jowa City
Zeneca
Sherif Rowland
Jury Disagreement Halts Davis Murder Trial in Des Moines
In Des Moines Indiana on April 20 the Davis murder trial halted after 11 jurors preferred a second degree verdict while one juror urged a lighter charge. An altercation arose between Burrell and white jurors as the discharge occurred Judge McBenry intervened County Attorney DeGraff separated the parties. Davis attorney hints at pleading guilty to a future slaughter.
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Des Moines
Duyor Atos ‘Burrell
Hager Davis
McBenry
Nesta
Burrell
DeGraff
Davis
Attor
Marshalltown Banks Consolidate Into First National
Marshalltown banks City National and Fiesta National merge after stockholder votes. New institution named First National with capital $200,000 and deposits $250,000. City National buildings to be expanded into a premier banking room. D. T. Denmead to serve as president. C. T. St. Clair as vice president. James L. Denmead cashier.
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Marshallton
City National
Fiest National
D. T. Denmead
C.T. St. Clair
National Is
James L. Denmead
First National
Governor Cummins' Father Undergoes Surgery at Mercy Hospital
Des Moines Va April 38 Thomas YU Gummins father of Governor Cum ming underwent an operation for a strangulated hernia at Mercy Hospital this morning He is 86 years old and though the operation succeeded fears remain for his ultimate outcome.
Avalanche Sweeps Away Hamlet in Canada
Buckingham Ontario reports a deadly avalanche at Notre Dame de Salette 14 miles from town. The slide buried a small population while rescuers relay scant details and confirm several fatalities as spring melt and heavy rains strain the area.
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Buckingham
Ont
Notre Dame de Salette
Tierra
Nes
Leget
Phya Alana
Lievre
der Balette
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