Tragic fires and accidents sweep through midwest towns
A series of late night fires claim lives and injuries across Iowa and neighboring areas. Mrs. Earl Downs dies after hatpin accident in Waterloo Denver hospital headdress mishap leads to fatal burns. Lamont sees Mrs. John Flanders killed by clothing catching fire during a Thanksgiving eve incident. A Rock Island tailor dies when a gun misfires during a hunting trip near Halftime. Other reports include theft, fraud, and court actions involving local officials and merchants, plus a large canal project completion and university Japanese students studying in Iowa.
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Dyburne
Earl Downs
Waterloo
Downs
Colorado
Denver
Grant Stahl
G. I. Grace
G. K. Grant
Diagonal
I. C. Teed
Ayr
John Flanders
Lamont
Ald
State Agricul
Summit
Scott County
Catherine Cartin
Webb
Newmarket
William F. Jones
Sioux City
United States
Board of the Police and Fire Commissioners
John GC. Dineen
A. A. Smith
J. A. Tracy
Police Department
Corwith State Tank
J. H. Standring
Corwith
Chas. Belding
Gc, B. & Q Railway Company
Bedford
Humphrey
Ray Templeton
Conway
Attornes
Mar
Brant
Lenox
Creston
Ledford
Board of Supervisors
Story County
Polk Board
Polk County Court House
Polk County
John @immerman
Mi Stork
Immierman
Hafinlo
Averse
Rock Island
University of Iowa
Fatisu Worl
John Peterson
Willisea
Omaha
J. O. Meservey
Council Biis
Meservey
Sixteenth Street
Wreon
Peterson
Meserverx
Kulp
Company B
Thrift
Davenport
Scort
George McLean
Key City Gas Company
Cedar Rapids
Schunk
du Vudue
McLean
George B. Wood
Wood
A. Christopherson
H. A. Evans
Evans
Sioux City Medical Society
Crescent
Bella Ward
Miss Ward
Southwestern Iowa Grain and Stock Judging School
Red Oak
Iowa
United Stes
Mer Els Oop
Happenings of Global News Briefs Across 1907 World
A wide review notes the disappearance of Liéat Crawford, secretary to Admiral Dewey, and his unexplained act. Western bankers consider moving exchanges to Chicago. Vasquez, a Mexican govt secret service officer, is poisoned in Los Angeles. Numerous obituaries, arrests, and political moves span the US and abroad, including Nobel praise for Michelson, a Taft train stop in Russia, and Roosevelt’s Thanksgiving.
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Magan
Villareal
Rivera
Los Angeles
Frank McCoy
Joel McCoy
Edward Ford
Bloomington
Ind
Fulton French
Beattyvile
Khy
James B. Marcum
Ufa
Russia
Taft
Florence Nightingale
Edward
Catherine Snay
North
Oxford
Mass
Snay
James Ware
Albert Bunch
Lincoln County
Ark
James B. Bradwell
Chicago Legal News
Picturesque Pioneer
Chicago
Carl Farina
Philip Mundon
Bass Lake
Wilson
Albert A. Michelson
Department of Physics
University of Chicago
John 8. Obermeyer
Zanesville
J. 4. Foraker
Ohio
Mr. Taft
Louis Walter
St. Louis
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Syracuse University
William 7. Bryan
New Haven
Conn
Philo S. Bennett
John van Fossen
Ypsilant
Mich
Ricardo Castro
México
George F. Porter
Minneapolis
Omaha
Leon Jagtrenmski
Louisiana
The
Knights of Pythias
United States
Baton Rogue
Gody
Wye
Granite
Col
Waterbury
Riverside
N. J
Joseph TH. Tucker
Massachusetts
Pittsfield
W. J. Chambers
Pennsylvania
Cecil
Washington County
Chambers
Charles M. Chase
Fall River
Sarah Watson Dana
Richard Henry Dana, Jr
Gambridge
Ilovace
Miners Entombed After Naomi Mine Blast in Fayette City
In Fayette City Pennsylvania an explosion of firedamp at the Naomi mine of United Mine and Coal wrecked sections trapping between fifty and sixty miners. Medical aid from Monongahela is rushing to the scene as state mine inspectors assess the damage and extra relays are mobilized. One body has been recovered with many feared dead.
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Monongahela
Naomi
United Mine and Coal Company
Fayette City
Dee
Lontitt
Duma Ends In Riot As Monarchists Attack Orator
In St Petersburg the duma session degenerated into chaos after a speech by Tedorí Raditcheff of the constitutional democrats. Monarchists led by Vladimir Purishkevitch stormed the tribune while officials were jeered. President Khomiakoff adjourned as the hall filled with shouts and a phalanx formed to shield the attacked orator.
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St. Petersburg
Duma
Stalypin
Tedorl Raditcheff
Constitutional Democrats
Tribune
Stolypin
Social Democrats
M. Rochtcheff
FORAKER TO DIVIDE PARTY IN 1912 RACE
Senator Paraker declares unrelenting war on Secretary Taft and announces candidacy for the presidency. The move is seen as eliminating Taft and Forgsker, likely dividing the delegation and possibly pushing the state toward the Democrats next year. Friends of other candidates view it as a final blow to Taft's bid.
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Taft
Washington, D. C
Dee i
Paraker
Olio
Forgsker
Ohio
Cannon and Williams Nomination in House Politicking
In Washington on December 1 Joseph G Cannon of Illinois was nominated by Republicans for a third term as Speaker and is expected to be re elected when the House convenes Monday at noon John Sharp Williams of Mississippi was nominated by Democrats as Speaker for the minority leadership role in the Sixtieth Congress.
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J. A. Hanson
Decatur
David B. Lanahan
Chicago
Minnots Senate
Charles Paddock
Jefferson Davis
Dansville
Mich
New York School Board
American Silk Company
Jorge Ward
United States Circuit Court
New York
Supreme Court of Missouri
John Mosler
R. C. Tvlen
Nashville
Tenn
Mr. Brien
Clinton
B.S. Gates
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Abigail Pratt
Cleveland, CO
Thomas Hughes Pratt
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
James J. Hagan
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Washington
Pittsburg
Beaver Valley Brewing Company
Rochester
William Gow
Borough Bank of Brooklyn
Berillon
United States
Oregon
Idaho
Interstate Commerce Commission
Howard Maxwell
Brooklyn
Long Island College Hospital
Clo
Ark
National Committee of the People's Party
St. Louis
Edward Payson Weston
Lordster
Portland
Frank J. Bramhall
Admiral Farragut
Mississippi
Pair Oaks
Cal
Coles
Joseph G. Cannon
House of Representatives
Wilmlehurst
T. B. Kimmons
Kort
Wilking
Root
Metcalf
Farmer
D. C
Illinois
John Sharp Willams
House
Hin
Oklahoma WII Get Money Promise From Senate Visit
Senator Owen of Oklahoma said after a White House visit that the $6,000,000 owed to Oklahoma from school land appropriations would be deposited in state banks next week. The funds would relieve the state's financial situation without delay, the senator stated.
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Oklahoma
Washington, D. C
Owen
White House
Indian Territory
Jamestown Exposition Closes Under Uncertain Prospects
Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk Virginia ends as President Tucker shuts the lights at midnight. The future is uncertain with talks of receivers preserving the fair for another year or a potential sale of all property. Director General Martin released a statement noting the total attendance figures and ongoing questions about the fair’s viability.
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Norfolk
Tucker
Martin
Ax Haiti
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Nob
R. Meade Shumway
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Berlin
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Meade Shamiway
Kealelee
Masonic Grand Lodge of Canada
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District Court
North Dakota
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Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
New Orleans
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Irvin Robison
Blue Grass
Iowa State College
Ames
Alpheus Stothower
Wellington
Kan
Caleb Powers
Georgetown
Mexico City
Louise M. Taft
Millburg
Marquis Guiseppe Cito
Naples
Italy
Thomas P. McCutchen
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Wright
St. Pau
Minn
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Shansi Province
China
Peking Syndicate
East River
Manhattan
Isidore Cohen
Gary
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Rhodes
Amateur Athletic Association
Goethals
Panama Canal Commission
Edith Root
Ulysses S. Grant III
Corps of Engineers
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Joliet
Chicago Drainage Canal
Chorge W. Starr
Peoria
D. B. Pritchard
Allegan
Louisville
Jack West
Butterick Publishing Company
Edward Miller
Edward Davis
Clinton, ML
Davis Con
Foucett
Foraker
Cannon and Williams
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