Weekly roundup of notable events and personages
A condensed digest lists Mumm injured in a Bordeaux to Pau crash with a companion dead, royal and political figures in turmoil and travel, Paul Morton rumored for England post, Mrs. Pauline Brooks dies at 113, Gifford Pinchot on conservation, Dr. Cook located in Bermuda, university presidencies and a Minnesota regents telegram, Beveridge honored in Indianapolis, and a Philadelphia artist painting Franklin MacVeagh as he nurses a sore throat.
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M. Mumm
Bordeaux
Pau
France
Avistor
Johannsen
Nicholas
Russia
Grand Duke
Michael
Fairbanks
Chamber of Deputies
Rome
Gustaf
Stockholm
Paul Morton
Secretary of the Navy
Whitelaw Reid
England
New York
Pauline Brooks
New York City
Gifford Pinchot
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Bermuda
Cook
G. J. L. Doers- Beatta Brooklyn
Regents
University of Minnesota At Minneapolis
A. Ross Hill
University of Missouri
Universlty
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Franklin MacVeagh
Chicago
Treasury
Trainholdup confession and other 1900s stories mix
In a confession to post office inspector Warren W. Dickson, George Helling named himself and William W. Lowe as the Missouri Pacific train robbers near Glencos Missouri, denying other suspects. Bonds set at 320,000 each. The piece also notes the Bennet white slave bill, the Kerr diplomatic bill, a Mediterranean storm disaster, and various court decisions, prosecutions, and legislative items across the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren W. Dick
St. Louis
George Helling
Missouri Pacific
Glencos
William W. Lowe
Moressy
Senate
House
Knox
Harrison and
Fitzgerald
New York
Mediterranean Sea
Trans-Atlantic Steamship Company
Boston
Rasistant
Winthtrop
Oliver Spitzer
American Sugar Refining Company
Williamsburg
Martin
United States District Court
Federal
Atlanta
Calcutta
India
Imperial Council
ADH
Inaldag
Robert EK
Mary
Boy’s well meant warning at table in Sunday Magazine
A Pittsburg Dispatch Sunday Magazine item recounts a Trenton boy visiting his grandfather and startled by the grace ritual. He imitates a shipboard shout saying Hard-a-lee, everybody, prompting astonishment and a rebuke from the family at table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
The
Pittsburg Dispatch
Cure for a seven year skin ailment described in humor
A Philadelphia man recalls seven years of severe leg irritation and relentless scratching, weighing down his health and sleep. After trying many doctors, he credits Cuticura Remedies with resolving the condition, using Resolvent, Soap, and Ointment, and reports no recurrence six months later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. White
E. Cabot St
Philadelphia
Belle Plaine sewer project and long list of local notices
The Belle Plaine city council approves sewer construction this season with the plant linked to a septic tank and outlet to the Towa river. Funds are ready, land will be purchased, bids invited, and work to begin when weather allows. the notice precedes a sweep of obituaries and civic updates including bank leadership, weddings, public notices, and regional civic projects across Hardin, Jefferson, and nearby counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Plaine
Towa River
James W. Johnson
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Keokuk
Hidora
Hardin County Bank
Eldora
First Congregational Church
Allen
England
Alton
Lamoni
Rowena Herrington Cole
Audubon
Mrs. Cole
Burlington
Otseto County
New York
John Stuart Coleman
Howard
Steuben County
Cleveland
Ohio
Iowa
A. H. Quinn
United States
Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Canada
Quinn
County Board of Education
Ida Grove
Charles McHlidoon
Mason City
McMldoon
Muscatine
Stocyt Company
Physicians of Omaha Disagree Over Cooper’s Remedies
Omaha doctors split on Cooper’s preparations as sensational sales surge. Dr J E Carass notes he has seen patients with chronic liver kidney and stomach troubles improve, while another physician likens the craze to a hospital hallucination and warns against trusting health to a bottle. Cooper greets thousands daily, unfazed by criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Cooper
J. EB. Carass
Reflections on a crowded home honoring an explorer
The beautiful house bustled with guests as the explorer grew weary of attention. He leaned on a pillar and drifted back to his triumphant scene, murmuring in distress that it was a waste. Indignant exit by many stout ladies puzzled the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marl Short
Pleasant Township
Chariton
Hea
George Wilson
Charles Hoffman
Bioomfield
Hoffman
Gron
The
Pittsburg
Klondike Incubator Co Brooder Marketed in Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa based Klondike Incubator Co promotes a brooder with heavy felt lined brood chamber walls and rapid heating via scientifically ventilated air. The patent lamp is claimed safe for chicks and a full catalogue with detailed construction is available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klondike Incubator Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Fraud on the Face of it. Medium
A brief exchange hints at a theatrical or satirical moment where a man dismisses his wife’s supposed spirit message as a mere rain fraud, contrasting a claimed wish for communication with skepticism about supernatural prompts.
Rheumatism Cure Promised In A Day By Dr Detchon
An advertisement touts Dr Detchons Relief for Rheumatism claiming radical cure in 1 to 3 days. It promises rapid action and quick removal of the disease cause with the first dose giving notable benefit. Also mentions a chewing gum claim for fresh breath and a quirky quote about financial ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detchon
Marcus Aurelis
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le Roy
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Chow Wrigley
Ke Wrigley
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Hawkey
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Oskaloosa
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School For the Deaf
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Nyne
John 8. Young
Mitchellville
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Alexander Campbell
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Mary Burgess Carsons
Polk Cowty
Tawa
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Winterset
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Cedar Bluffs
Alexander Corkey
Londonderry
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Southwestern Iowa Co-operative Packing Company
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Hetty Newell Watson
Iowa City
George Watson
Trinity Episcopal Church
Samuel N. Watson
Akron
Mary Watson
Kate Kelley
Michael Kelley
Miss Kelley
Howell
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Judd
Francisco Guthrie
Shell
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Ottumwe
R. M. Kellogg
Grinnell
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Wrigley
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