Various World Notes and Anecdotes From 1903
A scattered compilation notes peculiar birds from New Zealand, a Denver visit of ex Senator Walcott, advice on child resilience, artist May’s drawing method, a strange fish letter tale, naval slang for Rear Admiral Melville, varnish use in China, Windsor dessert service value, historian Onnye Mloppe’s Stuart history, a German fortune story, Mrs John Jacob Astor’s diamond ring, a Kansas hotel strike and a Christmas Cup trivia, all scenes from late empire era clippings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eng- Heiman
Wils
Ami
Alx-ies-Hillins
Monte Carly
John Jacob Astor
America
Urls
Armateriian
Na Ai
Serena
Wureka Lake
Kansas
Topeka
Strong Effort to Repeal Old Birth Death Reporting Law
Des Moines IA Sept 214 A winter push seeks repeal of a measure that placed birth and death reporting with the assessor two years behind. Clerks and physicians clash over responsibility with doctors long favored for prompt records while clerks fear loss of timely probate notices and estate handling.
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Des Moines
Towa
Richards and Baird to Testify in State Robbery Case
Des Moines reports that Frank Baird, serving an eight to ten year term for the Hamption family robbery, may turn state’s evidence and testify next Monday that ex deputy U S marshal W A Richards participated in the Holdup. Evidence reportedly includes a Creston visit the night before and a telegram mindwritten to Baird.
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Baird
United States
Des Moines
Frank Baird
Sullivan
Hampton
W. A. Richards
Richards
Creston
Gambler Indianola
Little Rock group shifts fundraiser to search for drowned pair
In Little Rock on September 21 the Business Men's group postponed market and field day to allocate funds for body recovery efforts. Four people drowned in the flood. two children have been found, and volunteers plan systematic searches of the riverbed to locate the missing siblings.
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Little Rok
Little Rock
Upb
Regent
Fired Shot in Window Stirs Spencer Iowa Activity
A shot fired from outside Spencer Iowa disrupted travelers on train No 8. A deputy marshal investigated but no arrests followed. News also notes an oratorical contest, Mapleton depot renovations, and a new temperance paper to be started in Dubuque with several editors and staff named.
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Temperance
Dubuque
Rev
Pathe
Honey Wilde
Amd Wuthers Lenhun
Marshaltown
Murphy
Nowikon
Death in Davenport Elevator Fall at Drake Furniture Store
In Davenport on September 21 BrEnay Cath died after stepping onto an open platform at the Drake furniture store and plunging two stories to a street level atrium. The fall caused instantaneous death, with investigators citing the dangerous condition and lack of guardrails as the primary cause.
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Davenport
Brenay Cath
Drake Furniture
Niext
Poison Plot Aimed at Durfee Family Near What Cheer
A failed attempt to poison the household of coal operator W. G. Durfee near What Cheer Iowa is reported. Paris green was put in the well and phosphorus in the milk. No harm occurred to the family.
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Gskalousa
Durfee
Whatcheer
Paris Green
Make Stake in Klondike Surprises Father by Mortgage Payoff
Nish Schultz arrived home to Cedar Falls on September 19 after a year and a half in the Klondike. He surprised his father by paying off the farm mortgage west of town, having bought a timber tract and hauled and sold wood at a profit in Dawson City. Schultz plans to return, save, and retire on profits from Alaska mining, while noting miners often spend earnings on luxuries.
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Cedar Falls
Klondike
Nish Schultz
Schultz
Alaska
Dawson City
Will Joyner Sues J M Hall for Alienation of Wife Love
Des Moines Indiana September reports a damage suit by Will Joyner of Indiana against J M Hall for alienation of his wife’s affection following a sensational attack during Joyner’s parole. Joyner’s wife vanished after Hall’s alleged intimacy with her, with a complex tale of debt, his father-in-law’s role, and a planned elopement halted by Joyner’s imprisonment. The case centers on the alleged improvement in condition of Joyner’s wife and the disappearance of Mrs. Joyner, a young mother of two.(note: ensure exact OCR names match source)
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Will Joyner
J. M. Hall
Des Moines
Indanota
J. M. Jinfl
Joyner
Charles Spee
Sandyvilla
Morteagliek
Bushand
Hall
Speed
Hike
Delegates Named by Iowa Conference to A M E Bishop Meet
The quadrennial African Methodist Episcopal conference in Des Moines Iowa selects delegates to the Chicago meeting next May to choose a bishop. Appointees include Dr A J Carey Quinn Chapel Chicago Dr R C Ransom Institutional Church Chicago and Rev Horace M Graves St Pauls Des Moines Alternates are Rev T Reeves Minneapolis Rev J C Anderson Chicago and Rev J N Daniels Evanston Galesburg Ill.
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African Methodist Conference
Des Moines
Iver
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Chicago
Iowa
Thaats
Wisconsin
Minnesota
A. J. Carey
Quinn Chapel
R. C. Ransom
Institutional Church
Ill
Horace M. Graves
St. Paul’s Church
T. Reeves
Minneapolis
Big Drain Project Aims to Reclaim 78000 Acres in Cedar Falls Area
G F Wilson a local real estate man leads drainage drive in Wright county to secure signatures for a county ditch. The plan drains six miles and about 18 000 acres along a natural draw toward the Iowa river with costs about one dollar per acre for property owners. Viole Pierce and Lewis Backer wed at the Pierces home in LeMars with about fifty guests. groom to join creamery business in Sioux Falls South Dakota.
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Cedar Falls
G. IF. Wilson
Wright County
Wilson
C. P. Jolgrove
Dows
Iowa River
LeMars
Aliss Viole Pierce
Lewis Backer
Fight On Land Laws at Irrigation Congress in Utah
Disputed Desert Land legislation dominates the gathering as Utah hosts an Irrigation Congress. Delegates including governors and congressmen debate repeal prospects while President Clark and Rep Frank Mondell defend positions. attendance from western states surges as the desert land question splits sentiment.
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Irigation Congress
Tiedon
Utah
Due West
Natlan Tempadion
Tonne Ruidee
Furtie Picker
Balwattar Army
Wesleth
Inuakath
Offersoun
Clark
Uustermlay
Frank Mondella
Uus Destin
Matestud
el Paso
Pope Shows Democratic Tendencies at Vatican Ceremonies
London dispatch notes innovations at the Vatican as the new pope embraces simplicity. His holiness reportedly prefers walking unattended to riding in a chair, signaling a shift from strict etiquette and pomp to a more modest ceremonial approach.
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Vatican
London
Secret railroad deal gives Milwaukee access to Twin Cities
A long rumored arrangement linked the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific with the Milwaukee Road. The Rock Island gained entrance into Minneapolis and St Paul in exchange for granting Milwaukee half the Muscatine to Davenport roadbed and fixed property. The maneuver followed Rock Island loans to the Minneapolis and St Louis and a refinancing believed to be kept secret by many railroad insiders. The Illinois Central loaned funds to pay off the M and St L debts, enabling Milwaukee track rights from Sunbury to Davenport through the Rock Island route.
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Mascatine
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Roch Island Railroad
Milwaukee Road
Twin Ciites
Muscatine
Davenport
Milwaukee
Rock Island
Minneapolis and St. Louis
Rock Island Road
Chicago
Rock Island and
Pacific
Minneapoli
St. Louis
Minnesota
Tartbank
Minn
Rutledge
Ottumwa
Minneapolis and
Illinois Central
Fort Dodge
Sunbury
Frail Willie Maiden May Punkitt 16 Traveled Homeward on Freight
A 16 year old girl May Punkitt, calling herself a tramp, rode a cattle car toward Chicago from Miller South Dakota. Found cold and hiding in a hay box near Sanborn, she confessed her gender and journey to Mason City officials who arranged care and transport to Kansas City. She told of a troubled family history with a brutal stepfather and a mother seeking her.
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May Punkitt
Mason City
Chicago
Sanborn
Willie
Miller
Kansas City
B.A. Bowman
Officius
Iowa Falls Hosts Visiting Commercial Club Delegations
The Iowa Falls Commercial club organized a visit from clubs of Des Moines Nevada Mecalisburg and Cambridge. Visitors were met by the Loch Pals group, escorted into town by the Iowa Pals Military band, and welcomed by Mayor J H Punk. A full program included dinner, opera house address, tours, river rides, golf clubhouse opening, and a hall game before departure at 5 pm with supper in Nevada.
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Des Moines
Nevada
Mecalisburg
Cambridge
Corymerufi
Loch Pals Commercial Club
Iowa Pals
Metropolitan Opera House
J. H. Punk
Highland Golf Links Club
Athletic Park
Democratic Senatorial Nominee Named in Bremer Butler
At the Democratic senatorial convention in Waverly Iowa John Wade brother of Congressman J M Wade of Iowa City was chosen unanimously as the candidate to oppose W N Larkin Wade a farmer near Greene has won county supervisor posts in a Republican district and is popular despite his party.
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Bremer-Butler
Waverly
John Wade
J. M. Wade
Iowa City
W. N. Larkin
Wade
Greene
Colombians Say Treaty Ratification Foes Loom
General Jorge Roa and Rufino Gutierrez arrive in New York from Bogota and warn the treaty with the canal may not be ratified by Congress. They cite Panama politics and potential secession if the treaty fails, while predicting Panamanian alignment with the majority decision.
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New York
Congress
Jorge Roa
Rufino Gutierrez
Colombia
Bogota
Roa
Gutierres
Ronald
Adto
Department of Panama
Republe
Gutierrez
Panama
Flood Strikes LaCrosse Wisconsin River Swells
The Mississippi valley flood reaches LaCrosse Wisconsin with fifty families evacuated as the river overflows tracks and submerges Pettibone park a $150000 pleasure ground. Mills and industries halt as bridges wash out severing rural communication and raising water levels past dangerous points.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Mississippi Valley
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Pettibone Park
Misha-Mokwa
Moldove
Airship Trials Pressed by War Department Demands
Washington dispatch reports the War Department urging the Langley airship project to show results or halt trials. Despite repeated repairs and the use of Smithsonian funds, delays persist as Prof. Langley and assistant Mr. Manly push a small model toward a test flight at Widewater, with confidence it will perform.
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War Department
Washington
Sept
Langley
Lingley
Smithsonian Institute
Widewater
Winslingtom
Wadehouse
Manly
Seo
Tantoy
Sioux City Live Stock Markets Report Sept 1
Sioux City stockyards report mixed cattle and hog receipts with heavy offerings. Prices show cows, feeders, and yearlings at varying levels with Sheep and Lambs steady to firm. South Omaha data lists cattle and hogs with moderate gains. Kansas City and Denver markets show similar livestock price ranges and receipts.
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Sioux City
Binux City
Pious—taght
Gsauey Lads
Chicago
Beots
South Omaha
Kansas City
Texas
Berane Wethers
Ewes
Grain Markets Report from Chicago August Grain Prices
Grain and Provision market data from Chicago dated Sept 19 shows flour up 20 cents, No 2 red wheat around 60 to 62 cents per bushel, white varieties mixed, Timothy seed about 3.10, and mixed figures for clover, butter, eggs and pork products. On track quotations include No 1 northern and No 2 northern wheat rates and several miscellaneous grain and dairy items with varying bids and bids.
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Chicago
Bbc
Ea ‘Bard
Phate Lear
Butler
Mariet Steady
Te Ae Int
Miners Imported for Cripple Creek Guarded by Military
Three hundred miners brought from Michigan to replace strikers at Cripple Creek arrive under heavy guard. Military authorities seal rail lines and sites with explosives risk, while Kennison of the miners union is arrested risking habeas corpus hearings as courts consider legality of troop actions in the district.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Michigan
Fron Mills
Denver
Kennison
Miners’ Union
Western Federation
L. (. Jones
Chase
Stratton Independence
Cornish
Tom McClelland
District Court
Union Men Not Wanted at Cripple Creek Mines
Colorado Springs Sept 22 The Mine Owners Association controlling Cripple Creek mines will hire only non union men, posting notices at all member mines. The move creates a non union camp and sparks controversy as workers and unions react amid militia presence and possible re opening of mines with non union labor in place of federation members.
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Cripple Creek
Colorado Springs
Mine Owners’ Association
Crinple Creek
Western Federation of Miners
Hok
Ullleamlum
Bor
Wamp
Bejl
Beavers Trial Proceeding Overrules Dismissal Motion
New York September 21 Commissioner Hitchcock overruled the defense motion to dismiss the Beavers indictment. He reaffirmed that a properly certified copy of the Brooklyn indictment suffices to show probable cause and warrant the accused's return to the district where the indictment was issued.
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Reed & Clarke, Publishers
Algona
New Zealand
New York Tribune
Walcott
Colorado
Phill
Westminster Gazette
London Daily News
Renaldez
Leth
China
Mediterranean
Aguilas
Cartagena
Lomion
Navy Department
Melvile
Roosevelt
Hina
Europe
Canada
Windsor
Lauber
George Wheh
Prince of Wales
William TV
Onnye Mlopp
Vienna
Tle Wees
Hla
Leibnita
Rint
Hanover
Leibniter
Thomas J. Lipton
C. Oliver Igelin
Thirnl
Frank
Spencer
St Paul
Che Shol
Marshel Penk Smith
Gage Hays
Boyd HO
Tonis Maat
Lowa
Mapleton
Pope
Twin Cities
Rock Ialand
Iowa Falls
Senatoria
Grain Markets
Winndanelie Weapons
Bard
Northern
akeSke
General Chase
McClelland
Uwhase
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