Weekly Happenings Span Rail Strike and Global News
A Macon funeral disrupts Central of Georgia work for five minutes as Maj. J. F. Hanson is laid to rest. Cuba’s Maj. Gen. Pino Guerra is replaced by Gomez. Maine Governor-elect Plais ted is ill in Augusta. Senator Lafayette Young of Iowa makes his debut in the Senate sparring with Cummins. T L Lewis likely re-elected president of United Mine Workers. Edward Van Wiek Rossiter of New York Central dies in Flushing. Beatrice Baldwins Turnbull seeks an $11 million share in the Baldwin estate. War Secretary Dickinson urges expanding aeronautical gear for the U S Army.
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Macon
J. F. Hanson
Gomez
Pino Guerra
Frederick W. Plaisted
Maine
New York
Augusta
Edward van Wiek ‘Rossiter
New York Central
Tnes
Flushing
L. I
Beatrice Anita Baldwin Turnbull
E. J. Baldwin
Rives
Los Angeles
Cal
Dickinson
Congress
United States
Bedouin Attacks Christians and US Senate Election Move
Reports from Jerusalem say Bedouin tribesmen in Syria began attacking Christians after their massacre of Turkish troops. In Washington a Senate subcommittee authorized a favorable report on a constitutional amendment for direct election of U S senators by the people.
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Jerusalem
Syria
Thier
National Senate Committee On Judiciary
United States
Jacob M. Dickinson
la Junta
Minaca
Mexico Northwestern
Orient
Hil Paco
Tex
Chihuahua
National Ague of Baseball Clubs
New York
Nattonal
Bank of Anson
Raleigh
Indiana Refining
Gallipolis
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Grand champion acre yields at Iowa corn show
Fred McCulloch of Hartwick won the grand champion sweepstakes for the best acre of corn in Iowa at Des Moines Coliseum. His Johnson county plot yielded 6 bushels and 20 pounds of Yellow Dent maize, winning a silo. C. R. Bishop of Altoona took reserve grand champion for the best ten ears in the state with a Polk county acre yielding 93 bushels. The event also announced winners in artistic displays and other classes, plus prize purchases by bidders. A separate note reports three infantile paralysis cases in Sioux City and two in Galva.
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Des Moines
Fred Mcculloch
Hartwick
Iowa
Coliseum
Johnson County
C. R. Bishop
Altoona
Polk County
Henry George
West Union
North Central
A. W. Weston
Audubon
Mesers
McCulloch
Bishop
South Central
A. H. Bakehouse
Sigourney
C. Be, Malone
Atlantic
H. R. Malone
Fred Heathershaw
M.S. Nelson
Goldfield
W. F. O’cheek
Grinnell
W. E. Davis
Berwick
Fredi McCulloch
Cornwell
J. A
Peten Sue
John Justice
Ankeny
J. H. Shershaw
Iowa Corn Growers’ Association
Grant Chapman
Bagley
M. L. Bowman
Waterloo
T. Meredith
Commercial Club of
George Larson
A. L. Shipfer
Fred McCullough
Iowa corn boom boosts state crop value to 362 million
Iowa crops in 1910 reached a total value of 362 470 791 dollars up from 466 170 849 the prior year with corn at 127 622 340 dollars from 354 506 500 bushels. Average yield 39.7 bushels per acre on 1 940 300 acres while drought year conditions did not prevent record production.
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Des Moines
Det
Iowa
George M. Chappel
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
State Board of Agriculture
Chappel
Iowa News Items From Jasper County to Floyd County
A survey of Iowa items notes deaths by suicide in Topeka Kans. a Colfax business bid to install electroliers. deaths in Muscatine and Harlan from accidents. harvests from fur bearing animals near Vinton. a new courthouse drive in Nora Springs Floyd County. corn contests near Atlantic. a Rock Island station replacing one at Minden. Marion Snyder named postmaster at Bertram. Ackley grain show a success likely annual. Mabel Toler dies of spinal meningitis in Milford. Clarinda chosen for Southeastern Editorial meeting. golden anniversary in Glendale Cal. Peter Kirl loses a hand on a shredder in Harlan. cattle losses near Klemme. deputy sheriff Meyers of Missouri Valley. Mason City wins suit vs Chicago Great Western. damages awarded at Atlantic. Oskaloosa saloon petition signatures filed. lightning kills cattle near Onslow. a train fire endangers W Foote. Dr. A. A. Deering dies in Boone. a bullet enters a coach near Lowden. rural carriers appointed at Bridgewater Carbon Logan Prescott. state Manual Arts convention planned for Waterloo. humorous accident at Nemaha injures Mrs Harrington.
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Jasper County Medical Society
Colfax
Harry Stark
Muscatine
Topeka
Kang
Fred Miler
Iddyville
Lawson Miner
Winterset
Vinton
Nora Springs
Floyd County
Atlantic
Minden
Rock Island
Marion I. Snyder
Bertram
Linn County
M. B. Plummer
Ackley
Mabel Toler
Steven Toler
Milford
Southeastern Iowa Editorial Association
Clarinda
J. B. Emery
Marshalltown
Glandale
Cal
Peter Kirl
Sixth Street
William Sheppard
Atlantic, Northern & Southern Railway Company
Oskaloosa
W. P. Hogan
Onslow
W. Foote
Blair
Nebr
Fred Brown
Missouri Valley
A. A. Deering
Towa
Eleanor Moore
Boone
Deering
Chicago & Northwestern
Lowdon
Bridgewater
George B. Dory
Carbon
Ernest’ L. Millard
Glen W. Millord
Logan
Walter L’ Levally
Prescott
John’ Bears
Bubsiltute
Albert H. Sears
Blakely
Fort Podge
Manual * Arts ‘Association of Iowa
Waterloo
Nemahe
Wil
Harrington
Cale
Tanne
Hawneye
Robert
Bed Bak Ly Oud
FIGHTING THE WHITE PLAGUE Tuberculosis care expands nationwide amid underfunding
A National Association bulletin shows 16 state sanatoria 28 county hospitals and 41 municipal hospitals opened since 1909 with state and local funding rising to over 6 million in two years. Yet the association says less than one tenth of required public provision exists, leaving over 260,000 patients without proper institutional treatment.
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National Association For the
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
Mint Julep Myth: Missouri Produces Most Mint
A St. Louis Star note claims Missouri produced 7,668 pounds of market mint last year, enough for 1,224,320 juleps, surpassing Kentucky. The piece humorously contrasts Kentucky’s famed mint julep lore with Missouri’s mint crop and moonshine associations.
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Kentucky
Mint
Missouri
St. Louis Star
Faithful Umbrella Stolen After Storms Near Greenwood
Dr James A Mullican of Greenwood Avenue laments the loss of a Thirty Years Umbrella that shielded his family through many storms. The umbrella, lent to E A Leck during Sunday's rain, was stolen from the store, and Doctor Mullican notes it has stayed in the family for over three decades despite repairs and wear.
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James. A. Mullican
Greenwood Avenue
E. A. Leck
Doctor Mullican
Chicago ‘Tribune
Wondered Why Found the Answer Gottee
Fragmentary note discusses coffee and tea as health issues. Mentions Postum and a path to wellness, referencing a character's past fondness for coffee and questions about nourishment and health. The text is garbled but centers on beverage effects and seeking a healthier alternative.
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