Notable Weekly News Bits From 1900s Headlines
A compact digest notes Warren Grand, a 14-year-old East Orange lad, building a Bleriot type airship of aluminum and bamboo for future flights. Roosevelt as speaker of the house tops a debate on ex presidents. Conners to answer a New York committee about stock theft. A six-year-old dies from a transfusion tragedy in New York. A Midwestern paper magnate dies of stomach cancer. Mrs. Elsie Sigel dies in New York, unaware of her granddaughter’s death. Bishop Foss in Philadelphia suffers paralysis, amid interchurch honors. Marjorie Gould to wed Anthony J. Drexel Jr. Gifford Pinchot’s Civic Federation reception near riot. Nathan Straus falters under tuberculous defense work. Harriman and Vanderbilt Webb lead Yale freshmen scholars.
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Warren Grand
East Orange
N. J
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Congress
William J
Fingy
Conners
New York
United States Independent Telephone Company
Arthur Shibley
Gotham
William Beverly Murphy
Middle ‘West
Appleton
Wis
Elsie Sigel
Franz Sigel
Cyrus D. Foss
Methodist Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
Marjorie Gould
George J. Gould
Anthony J. Drexel, Jr
Gifford Pinchot
Forester
United States
Civic Federation
Washington
Nathan Straus
Lakewood
William Averill Harriman
Vanderbilt Webb
Yale
Governors wrap up conference as a school for leaders
The governing peers closed their Washington talks framing sessions as a learning period rather than drafting national policy. Several major headlines follow including a deadly tunnel blast near Cold Springs, a Canadian Pacific wreck near Webbwood that killed 43, and other national incidents ranging from crime to politics and rail disasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Battling Nelson
Ad Wolgast
California
Eddie Lang
Chicago
Memphis Athletic Club
Cold Springs
New York City
Croton Dam
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Webbwood
Ont
Spanish River
Natchez
Thomas Taggart
Indianapolis
Ind
Harry Norton
A. ©. Eberhart
Minnesota
Congress
Conservation and Agriculture
Denver (Col
Industrial farm plan aims to aid down and out in Iowa
Osceola promoter J C McNeal and a young benefactor plan an industrial farm near Des Moines to give work without charity stigma. The effort seeks philanthropic backing, aims for self support, and invites Des Moines groups to join. The item also lists varied Iowa news on teachers meetings, court settlements, rail and land deals, crimes, and local developments across the state.
Auditor Bleakly Seeks Opinion on Bank Tax Evasion
Des Moines report says Auditor John L Bleakly found banks dodging state taxes by converting undivided profits and other taxable property into non taxable government bonds. He consulted Attorney General Byers to judge legality with possible wholesale banker arrests if Byers agrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
John JL. Bleakly
Bleakly
Byers
Chicago
Mr. Bleakly
Riggs Proposes School Board Reorganization Plan
State Superintendent J F Riggs opposes abolishing the school board and transferring powers to a city commission or three commissioners He favors reorganizing the board appointing a salaried superintendent of buildings and grounds to oversee facilities and assist members limited by outside duties Traveling Men Boost for Good Roads endorsement of a March state roads convention and a three member committee was appointed to represent the association in Des Moines A $25 000 damage suit was filed by Mrs Bessie Grace administatrix of Bert Grace against the Minneapolis St Louis Railroad for a fatal interurban collision near Perry A state agriculture report will gather farm data and John C Simpson returned from the Columbus Ohio meeting to speak on educational value of state fairs Corn Belt Packing Co Iowa charter aims a Fort Dodge packing house Oscar Gross extradited for embezzlement Governor Carroll also secured $17 600 federal funds for the Soldiers Home at Marshalltown
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Beef Trust
New York City
Post Office Department
Hamburg
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Santos Zelaya
Nicaragua
Yera Cruz
Mexico
Brussels
Belgium
Whitechapel
London
Jennie Cleghorn
West Seventeenth Street
Paul O. Stensland
Henry W. Hering
Milwaukee Avenue Bank of Chicago
Board of Pardons
Joliet
Illnois State Penitentiary
Nickel Trust
Taft
Ballinger-Pinchot
Mr. Rainey
Illinois
James
Kentucky
Philadelphia
Joseph Chachkin
Michigan
Battle Creek
Ann Arbor
Lem Loy
Saginaw
Columbus & Hocking Coal & Iron Company
Lathrop, Haskins & Co
J. M. Fiske & Co
New York
Clark William
George Smith
Chicago
James Henry Smith
Wall Street
Smith
Secretary of the Interior
Ballinger
Hitchcock
Nebraska
University of Copenhagen
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
John ©. Fetzer
Benjamin Thomas
Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Company
Charles R. Kappes
Fort Leavenworth
John R. Walsh
General Land Office
Henry T. Rainey
Lloyd
Rainey
Des Moines
J. C. McNeal
Osceola
Mr. McNeal
Mrr. McNeal
Story County Teachers’ Association
Nevada
I. J. Scott
Walter
Athearn
Drake University
P. E. McClanahan
Highland Park
Terman ¥. Harris
Ellsworth College
Arthur McMurray
Iowa State College
John 8. Stout
Cornell
Franklin &. Brooke
Leander Cloak College
Toledo
Riverside
Cal
Frances Held
Boone
California
Dwight Ebersole
Seattle
Miss Held
Allen Josline
Leon Toner
Wor
U. S. Baxter
Silver Creek Township
Henry Schenckcloth
A. Will
Fred Meyer
Ida Grove
Ames
Cora D. Smiley
Parsons College
Parsons
Herman H. Boyer
Iowa City
J. P. Gilmore
Anamosa
Fort Madison
Ellison
Cedar Rapids
John C. Pratt
William Ziegler
Grinnell
State of Iowa
QO. L. Massman
James McGhee
Mason City
McGhee
Board of Supervisors
Webster City
A. J. Peterson
J. A. Stover
Waterloo
Town Criers
James Singer
Baxter
Iis
Sioux City
Lake City
Focal
Nevada Township
Noa
City Council of
BE. Crittenden
Belle Plaine
Koba
Guernsey
Mr. Crittenden
New Hampton
Delvert Church
Emer
Otto Nigling
Fritz Roepke
Lincoln Township
Nigling
Ben F. Fox
Illinois Central
GC. Lacey
Fort Dodge
Eli Thompson
Mt. Pleasant
Major Meigs
Mississippi
Keokuk
Hamilton
Francis Groutz
Alta Tate
West Waterloo
Creston
Iowa
Clarence Milton
Greston
Cillins
Council Bluffs
Grace D Collins
Needham Whitmire
Alias Wright
Chito Calamese
John Gray
Hayden Chapel
Clear Lake
Herman
Boyer
Ida Morris
Louis Hamery
Burlington
Colfax
Fred Pichardson
Hancock County
CG. A. Noble
Belle Plaine Union
A. B. Smith
Albert F. Dawson
Joe R. Lane
Davenport
Michael Achen
Bin
Riggs
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
J. F. Riggs
Mr. Riggs
Homer Miler
Jerry Sullivan
J. A. Gunn
al Thomas
Walter St. John
Milo Ward
R. A. Barrowman
Iowa State ‘Traveling Men’s Association
Carroll
J. H. Morgan
Lafe Young, Jr
John Wallace
Bert Grace
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Company
Bessie Grace
Perry
Doctor Robbed by Jesse James Dies in Des Moines
Dr Ella M Gray returns from Sioux City where her father Dr Sidney Mosher died. Mosher, longtime Sioux City physician, left a widow and six children, two of whom reside in Des Moines. He was robbed by Jesse James once. Postal Telegraph denies merger rumors. Carpenters hike initiation fee to 25 dollars. Admen hear trade talks. Dr George Royal to head proposed children's hospital board. Hunters licenses near 125000. Father and son die within hours from same disease in Des Moines and Baxter. Fire injuries from stove sparked blaze at 2215 School St. Water case postponed to Feb 7. Relatives of Jay Lounsberry not found. Casady elected Pioneer Club president. Negro school proposed for Des Moines. Hedge named pension agent for Iowa and Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse James
Ella M. Gray
Sioux City
Sidney Mosher
Mosher
Gray
Mabel Mosher
Des Moines
Dr. Mosher
James McKenzie
Mercy Hospital
Baxter
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General News
Iowa News
H. A. Fay
DeWitt
L. G and
C. A. Fay
Pottawattamie County
Sam Small
England
Fred Schubert
Knelst Street
Dubuque
Harriett Wood
Dobankodoogetak
Simpson
State Board of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Towa
New Packing House
Secretary of State
Corn Belt Packing Company
Agusta
Maine
J. J. Ryan
Gross
Oscar Gross
Cleveland
Cleves Land
Marshalltown
Patten
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Transcontinental Telegraph Company
Bell Telephone Copany
Western Union Telegraph Company
Carpenters
Carpenters’ and Millmen's Union
James Schemerhorn
The
Detroit Times
Admen’s Club
Penman
George Royal
William Yonkers
M. L. Dudley
Simon Casady
S. C. Brazelton
Twenty-ninth Street
M. K. Flint
Flint
HE. S. Jones
School Street
Des Moines Water Company
Jay ©. Lounsberry
Miger
St. Paul
Wm. H. McHenry
Arthur Geil
Iowa Seed. Company
Wes Moines
Gays
Jennie Steele Huegle
John Pope
Tuskagee
Hedge
Col
H. B. Hedge
A. B. Cummins
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