Important News Notes Of A Week
A collage of quick items reports Mrs John Lockwood Kipling mother of Rudyard Kipling dead in London and a young woman thought to be Ethel Clears Lensye aboard the Majelo at Queenstown on the way to New York. President Taft to speak at the New York Pennsylvania Society dinner January 7 1911. Milas Myrtle Berger of Chicago set a near ninety mph run on the Santa Monica road race course. Col Moses C Wetmore injured by horse and buggy in St Louis while Bryan campaign manager in 1908. Robert C Clowry resigns as Western Union president. Theodore N Wall to fill vacancy. Senator Elkins expected to recover enough to work in Congress after Christmas. Col Wetmore renown Missouri Democrat injured by wagon in St Louis. J Armstrong Drexel sets world aeroplane height record at Philadelphia pulling 9 970 feet in borrowed Blériot monoplane.
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John Lockwood Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
London
Ethel Clears Lensye
Majealo
Queenstown
New York
Taft
New York Pennsylvania Society
Milas Myrtla Berger
Chicago
Santa Monica
California
Moses C. Wetmore
National Democratic Committee
Bryan
St. Louis
Robert C. Clowry
Western Union Telegraph Company
Theodore N. Wall
Elkins
Congress
Trade group warns rail rate shifts hit consumers
General news item reports H C Barlow of the Chicago Trafic association telling Washington officials that proposed railroad advances would fall on consumers, with about five percent in class rates and sixteen percent on commodities. The piece mentions Brazil’s warships and a mutiny, plus various legal and political notes and a forecast of parcel post improvements.
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H.C. Barlow
Chicago ‘Trafic’ Association
Washington
Barlow
Brazil
Minas
Bahia
Floriana
Hermes Fonseca
SOA
Everett
Wash
Wellington
Great Northern
Providence
Frederick Dent Grant
Department of the East
United States
Europe
Feldheim Company
Chicago
JR. Whiting & Co
St. J
London
Praa
Riots, arrests, and disasters flood early 20th century news
A wave of incidents spans mines trapping eleven men at Providence Kentucky to riots by garment workers in Chicago. Bricks fly in confrontations after suffragists face jail terms in London. trains avert disaster as a St Paul line engineer dies mid journey. Fire devastates Young’s hotel in Winthrop Beach. kidnapping ransom threats target Italian youths in Brooklyn. a Kansas City murder appeal unfolds. Diverse reports show Brazil’s mutiny crisis, Diaz revolt notes, and aviation pioneer Chanute’s Chicago obituary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Chicago
London
Chicaga
Brazil
Mutingus
Congress
Meening
Sesston
Taft
Secretary of the Treasury
Frank B. Harriman
John M. Taylor
Ce G. Ewing
Joseph
Baker
Grand Jury
Hitnets Central Railroad
Falal
St. Paul Road
Michael Crowley
Dickinson
Washington
Nashville
Tenn
J. Overton Dickinson
Great Lakes
Fort William
Ont
Ireland
Hitchcock Aaya
J. W. Knight
Knight, Yancy & Co
Decatur
Ala
Young's
Winthrop Beach
Mass
John C. Beggs
John €. Beggs
Brooklyn
B. Clark Hyde
Kansas City
Col
T. H. Swope
John Holgerton
Helena
Mont
Edgerton
Hyde
Charles Leathers
Glaeford
Anna Leathere
Harry Willis
Peoria
Edward Hines Lumber Company of
the &J. Croix Lumber Company
Winton
Minn
Standing
Mexico
Diaz
Augustine Birrell
Birrell
St. James Park
Lakes to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway
Octave Chanute
Iowa soap clubs face itinerant vending license rule
A Iowa ruling by the state pharmacy commission classifies soap and medicine club order and delivery schemes as itinerant vending under the code. Operators must pay a $100 annual license or face penalties. the decision cites agents of clubs like Larkin as examples likely to challenge the ruling in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission of Pharmacy
BN. J. Moore
Larkin
Weighing reform urged by Des Moines housewives leader
Des Moines news notes Market Master Li O Pouchot urging housewives to back a single weight based system for groceries to end short weighing. He claims Iowa recognizes weight and dry measure and suggests state law shift to weight only. He proposes women equip kitchen scales to verify purchases and warns against buying meat in small cash amounts to avoid underweight. He cites standard weights per bushel for several produce items and recounts local incidents and other city news including a costly barbecue blaze at Longman and Baird slaughterhouse and a widow's damages verdict against Rock Island Railroad.
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Parker Gace
Des Moines City Railway Company
Traction Company
Fannie Parker
Des Moines
Li. O. Pouchot
Chauncey - Depew Club
Pouchot
Noatepa
Iowa
Conflict of Roads Dismiss Alt Employed of Iowa Central on Line
In Albia on November 28 a dispute erupts as J A Sawyer of Centerville and W A Boland New York capitalist claim ownership of the Albia Centerville line. They discharged Iowa Central crews and plan to run trains with their own men amid police requests from both sides. The move would cut Iowa Central service and shorten the line by about twenty five miles.
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Iowa Central
Atbla
Centerville
Albis
Iowa
Albia
J. A. Sawyer
W. A. Boland
New York
Towa Central
Down Central Territory
Sawyer
Boland
Lowa Central
Sawyer- Boland
Centergill
Sage Interests
Iowa Sentral
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Lne
Mount Pleasant Farm Tragedy Ends In Open Verdict
At Mount Pleasant, Charles Mabeus, a farmer eight miles southwest, reportedly shot his wife and set their house on fire with kerosene. He reportedly killed himself with a second shot. Neighbors saved part of the home. bodies found in ruins. A revolver with two unfired chambers lay near the man as the hammer exploded. The coroner's jury returned an open verdict, unable to determine if murder or self-inflicted death occurred.
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A. G. Lozier
Eadtog Boulevard
Mount Pleasant
Charles Mabeus
Flames Sweep Little Sioux in Council Bluffs Fire
A severe November blaze in Little Sioux destroyed three business houses and the town hall. High winds spread the fire damaging the elevator and road station. Insurance estimates and casualty notes follow, with officials reporting extensive scorched areas and financial losses.
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Council Bluffs
Little’ Blois
Loprés -Breseyéreau
John Strata
Brocarket
Governors Conference Opens In Louisville
Brankfort Ky November conference of state governors begins with plans to discuss nationwide issues including income tax amendments and uniform divorce laws. Notable attendees include John A Dix Simson Baldwin Eugene Foss and Woodrow Wilson. Proceedings cover creation of a permanent House of Governors and adoption of uniform state laws. The schedule runs through December 3 with sessions on conservation income tax and popular election of U. S. senators.
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Brankfort
United Stles Aenatora
Atata
Conference of Governors
Louisville
John ‘A. Dix
New York
Simson H. Baldwin
Cérincoticut
Eugene Foss
Massachusetts
Woodrow Wilson
New’ Jersey
House of ‘Governors
Seelbach
Polkgrove
Pothier
Rhode Island
Élad ‘Woodrow
John” Burke
North Dakota
United States
Texas Club Women Gather in San Antonio for Annual Event
Delegates and visitors from across Texas attend the thirteenth annual club gathering in San Antonio. First vice president Zeners Bacon Saunders presides as Miss Eleanor Bras istane and Mrs. Has Hortebers welcome attendees at the city meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Zeners Bacon Saunders
Woodward
Eleanor Brasistane
Has Hortebers
Also Mentioned on This Page
General News
Larkin Company
Pharmacy Board
Iowa State Commission
Herry Rorabaugh
East Grand Avenue
Rorabaugh
Charles Davenport
Miller
Supreme Court
Paul Carroll
Mise Lillo
Gowenor
Mrz
B. F. Carroll
Miss Hesse Lillie
Plainview
Enta
Market Master Pouchot
Longman & Baird Slaughter House
Eleventh Street
Geta
Sarah Gordon
William Gordon
Rock Island Rairoad Company
Commercial Club
Street Car Company
Dea
Moniea City’ Railway
Je-equite
Agar Fil
Criminal Court
Buiné
Little Sioux
House OF Governors Meets
Frankfort
Louieville
Texas-Club
Democrats
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