Des Moines Letter on State Capitol Legislature Session
Items from Des Moines describe the opening of the Iowa General Assembly with Kendall as speaker and Governor Cummins delivering his message. The piece notes committee appointments, two cent fare bills, publicity of campaign funds, lobbyist rules, and Governor Cummins inaugural remarks advocating constitutional amendments and railroad policy.
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Jies Moines
General Assembly
Senate
James A. Smith
Writehell
George Newman
Thex
Bose
Assembly
Her- Mottin
Cumsoins
Assau
Garst
Ways and Means
Smith
Mitchell
Dowell
Polk
May
Senate Committee On Elections
Teter
Cummins
House of Representatives
Justee Weaver
John Herrintt
Cleariny
United States
Congress
Sea Lown
Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Johnson
Minnesota
Turner
Cottrell
Clarke
DeMar
Wreck of Big Four Passenger Train at Fowler
Terre Haute reports a powder car explosion destroyed a Big Four passenger train No. 3 near Fowler. At least 15 killed, up to 35 injured, with bodies burned beyond recognition. Relief trains dispatched from Terre Haute and Paris. Wreckage scattered, fire illuminated scene as rescuers battled flames amid downed wires and widespread devastation.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Wdadford
Brazil
Sullivan
Big Four
Paris
G. M. Armstrong
Sandford
Rockefellers complain of tremors from Hook Mountain blasts
Gossip of Gotham reports John D Rockefeller seeks 35 million to end distress from quarry blasts on Hook Mountain across the Hudson. Disturbances shake Tarrytown and Ossining area, damaging homes and panes, prompting calls to stop the work.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
Hook Mountain
Hudson River
Irw
Nyack
Ossining
Dobbs Ferry
Rockefeller
John D., Jr
Dailly
Pocantico
Rockefellers
Heiress Miss Alice Lewisohn Chooses Bachelor Maid Life
New York heiress Miss Alice Lewisohn, daughter of the late Leonard Lewisohn and holder of an estimated $2,000,000, rents 46 West Fifty Second Street as her home. The 22 year old, a backer of Browning’s Pippa Passes at the Majestic, appeared in amateur theater as Leonora Leigh in the Phone role. She denies stage ambitions while noting her interest in Browning and settlement work on the East Side.
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Alice Lewisohn
Leonard Lewisohn
New York
Lewisohn
West Fifty-Second Street
Miss Lewisohn
Browning
Pippa
Majestic Theater
Leonora Leigh
Phone
Deadly collision at Fowler Indiana claims many lives
A derailment and fire near Fowler Indiana killed at least six teens and possibly twenty five. The Columbus Queen City flyer derailed with a freight train at high speed destroying most of the cars. Ten people were seriously injured and several more slightly hurt. The private car survived with Mrs G N Schaif aboard. Police and railway personnel identified some victims amid extensive scorch marks.
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Fowler
Ind
Cleveland
Cincinnati
St. Louie
Queen City
Indianapolis
G. N. Sehaif
Vice Press
Railroad
Indianapolias
Simplicity in Homes Becomes New York Fashion
The era of ornate nabob mansions gives way to quiet, restful interiors. Gothamites seek homelike, uncluttered rooms with fewer chairs and matching, simple furnishings. Rich materials remain, but the charm favors the simple life over showy decor. A 20 story Herald Square hotel is planned near McAdoo tunnel, with multiple inner courts and a Broadway frontage.
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New York
Herald Square
McAdoo Tunnel
Broadway
Peruna Endorsed as Household Remedy Worldwide
Peruna is a household friend in more than a million homes and growing daily. It is described as an ordained remedy for catarrhal diseases of the head throat lungs stomach kidneys bladder and female organs. Ask your druggist for the Free Peruna Almanac for 1907.
Ingenious Roentgen Use Reveals Car Machinery Through Hood
A novel application of Roentgen rays is described with a photograph showing automobile machinery visible without hood removal. The note compares radiance to laundered white goods, stressing starching as the first essential for home laundering and endorsing Defiance Starch for better fabric stiffness.
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Roentgen Bay
Roentgen
Confederate Congressmen Supposedly Surviving Fifteen Names
Fifteen men who served as Confederate congressmen are listed as alive. Virginia figures John Goode Roger A Pryor A S Colyar J D C Atkins Jozeph B Heiskel and John V Wright are named along with Hiram P Bel Henry C Jones James L Pugh and B Dalla from Indian Territory J A P Campbell N M Ford Kentucky W H Tibbs North Carolina.
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John Goode
Roger A. Pryor
Virginia
A. S. Colyar
J. D. C. Atkins
Jozeph B. Heiskel
John V. Wright
Tennessee
Hiram P. Bel
Georgia
Henry C. Jones
Florida
James L. Pugh
Alabama
B. Dalla
Indian Territory
J. A. P. Campell
Mississippi
NM. Ford
Kentucky
W. H. Tibbs
North Carolina
Adventurous Woman Tours Morocco Alone on Horseback
A recent German expedition officer reports meeting an Ep' so woman traveling solo across Morocco on horseback with only a few servants as escort. The woman is identified as Mrs. Frances V. Cyrul.
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Morocco
Fez Talls
Frances V.cyrul
Bhe
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