Important News Notes Of A Week Condensed For Busy Readers
A digest of notable items includes Peary blocking north pole proofs from public release without guarantees. Wen Chung Tao recalled to explain Jama's escape in Tibet. Don Juan Riano rumored to replace Marquis de Villalobar as Spain's U.S. minister, tied to Alice Ward's 1904 Washington marriage. Taft hosts Speaker Cannon at a White House dinner marking an epoch. Wisconsin regents censure Prof. E A Ross over Emma Goldman and Parker Sercombe visits. German Reichstag taps Count Hans von Schwerin Loewitz as speaker after Stolberg-Weringerode's death. ten year old George McCracken returns to class after breaking his leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Mr. Peary
Congress
Wen Chung Tao
Thibet
Dalal Jama
Lassa
Don Juan Riano
Marquis de Y Villalobar
Spain
United States
Alice Ward
Washington
Taft
White House
Canon
House of Representatives
E. A. Ross
University of Wisconsin
Board of Regents
Parker H. Sercombe
Emma Goldman
Madison
Hans von Schwerin-Loewitz
Count Ado von Stolberg-Weringerode
George McCracken
Freeport
Pinchot clashes mark cross examination in Ballinger inquiry
Across national news, Pinchot clashes with counsel over interpretation of letters and statements as Ballinger inquiry continues. Labor strikes ripple Philadelphia as National Guard readiness and shootings in Scotland Neck, North Carolina shock readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gifford Pinchot
Forester
Ballinger-Pinchot
Consel
Mr. Pinchot
Clay
National Guard
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
EB. L. Travis
A. P. Kitchin
W. W. Kitchin
Claude Kitchin
North Carolina
C. W. Dunn
Halifax County
Scotland Neck
N. C
EB. E. Powell
Travis
Kitchin
Dunn
University of Missouri
Missouri Society of the Colonial Dames of America
Chinese Foreign Board
Toto China
Washington
Orr, Minn
Congress
Bois Forte
Bay-Bum-Mah-J-Wa-Skung
United States
New York
O. H. P. Belmont
Albany
Clarence Mackay
Belmont
National Housing Association
Robert W. DeForest
Misa Jane Addams
Imons Blaine
Charles B., Ball
Victor Elling
Allen B. Pond
Chicago
Cale
John Trapp
Judge Landis orders grand jury probe into Moxley oleomargarine case
Chicago judge Kenesaw Landis directs a federal grand jury to investigate the marketing of oleomargarine tied to Congressman William J. Moxley and his son-in-law John Dadie after sensational confessions by William Broadwell and others. The report details Broadwell’s six-year sentence, Drew Boriz, Samet Driesbach, and others involved, while other national items note political battles, train disasters, and legal moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenesaw Mr. Landis
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Wiliam J. Moxley
John Dadie
William Broadwell
Moxley
Daniel Boriz
Dreagwell
Samet Driesbach
Broadwell
Rortz
Driesbach
Lowden
Washington
van Norden
New York
Warner M. van Norden
Banker
Lst
Great Northern
Wellington
Wash
Grand Jury
New York City
American Sugar Refining Company
Cheyenne
Wyo
A. B. Hawk
Oklahoma Senate
Trafic
Oriental Limited
Great Northern Railroad
Spokane
John D. Rockefeller
Senate
Jacob HR. Gallinger
New Hampshire
Oil King
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Leonard Wood
Governor's Island
Grace Gayou
Kansas City
Louis Hulson
Jack Doyle
First National Bank of Elkhart
Garven
Swayze
New Jersey Supreme Court
Seine
Paris
Cascada
James HH. Bathgate, Jr
Orange
N. J
Jersey City
Bathgate
New Jersey
National Packing Company
Swift & Co
Santa Fe
Pueblo
Col
Iowa City records big year of growth and legal clash
Oska toosa reports a year of $1.5 million in new factories residences and utilities, plus a $50 000 stone home. Mahaska banks hold over $5 million in assets with deposits near $3.78 million. A statue for Chief Mahaska and street lighting add notable features as legal action by Updike Milling challenges U S District Attorney Temple amid Alsop process seizures.
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Oskatoosa
Mahaska County
Mahaska
J. D. Edmundson
Des Moines
W. A. McNeill
Iowa
United States
Marcellus L. Temple
Updike Milling Company of
Omaha
Temple
Wilson
Wright County Farmers’ Institute
Eagle Grove
Boone Association
Holst
Lucius Wilson
Greater
John Worth
Marshalltown
Paton
BE. D. Bower
J. B
Frank Harman
Cedar Rapids
Harman
A. B. Storma
Ames College
State Board of Education
Cellar Rapids
Tom Platt Dead After Sudden Illness at New York Apartment
Former U S senator Thomas Collier Platt died at 3:45 PM in New York City from Bright's disease. He rented rooms from the Abele family on West Eleventh Street and will be buried in Owego, his birthplace. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday at the Presbyterian church in Owego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas Collier Platt
Gustav Abele
West Eleventh Street
Sease
Frank H. Pratt
Owego
N. Y
Presbyterian Church
Frank
Edward
Harry
Charlotte
Sherman
Auterbridge
Platt
One Girl Fatally Wounded In Philadelphia Strike Clashes
Philadelphia's first Sunday under the broad sympathetic strike began peaceful but ended violently with a police officer shooting and killing a woman. Labor leaders claim 125,000 workers out, while police estimates say no more than 20,000 followed the strike call. Employers expect the unrest to be brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Mar. T
Cudahy Accused in Kansas City Assault Case
Kansas City reports John F P Cudahy a wealthy packer and son of Chicago millionaire Michael Cudahy is accused of assaulting Jere F Lillis a local banker found at Lillis home. Cudahy arrested for disturbing the peace Bond set at 100 dollars Cudahy missing Lillis hospitalized at St Mary's in critical condition
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Cudahy
Lillis
Kansas City
Jere F. Lillis
John FP. Cudahy
Michael Cudahy
Chicago
St. Mary’s Hospital
Farm House Burned in Grundy Center Fire
The Tom Robins home at Grundy Center burned to the ground, caused by a defective flue while Robins was away. Mrs. Robins and the boys saved part of the furniture. In Davenport on St Patrick's Day, Bishop Phillip J Garrivan of Sioux City was secured as the opposer to the elebatian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Uterbach
Sigourney
Milwaukea
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
George Wibert
Corning
Ness City
Kan
Kdick
Otten Nant
Tedesuds
Iowa Falls
Me Society
Odd Fellows
Arcturus Lodge No
Canton
Rebekahs
Boone
Des Moines
C. G Lee
Ames
DeVere Huff
Anna Dykstra
Lambert Holton
Katherine Parris
D. G. Mendenhall
Claire McDonnell
Simon Holbrook
Tolland
Conn
Laws
Lee County
Iowa
State Railroad Commission
John Guston
Burlington Maintenance and Construction
Seventh Street
Sweden
Clara
Edith Ralls
J. A. Ralls
Marshalltown
Independence Boat Club
Joe Limbert
M. L. Webster
Edward Everett
C. M. Roberts
Independence Country Club
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. G. Bellwood
M. BD. Corbin
Tabor
Bellwood
Corbin
Grundy Center
Tom Robins
Robins
T. Patrick's
Davenport
Mar
Phillip J. Garrivan
Sioux City
de Dere
Stomach theory props up Cooper medicine claims
The Cooper Medicine Co promotes a new remedy by L. T. Cooper claiming the stomach governs most disease. An eastern interview cites the stomach as the key to health, with the product said to digest food fully and send vitality to the bowels. A Boston chef testifies to dramatic improvements after using the medicine, while ads promise availability through druggists nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Cooper
Cooper
A. C. Brock
Brock Restaurant
Market District
Boston
Mass
Giraffe's Plan to Dress Like Man Foiled by Cost
A giraffe devises a clever plan to wear human clothing but halts after realizing each collar would cost ten dollars. He concludes the scheme is too expensive to pursue.
Traveling Man Outwits Manager With Cards
A traveling man visits a large New York firm and asks the gate boy to deliver a card. The manager refuses, the boy reports the card was torn up, and the traveler leaves a nickel for the mislaid card. He returns with a new card and demands payment himself, declaring his cards are two for five. The manager rushes out too late to catch him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bright ideas and odd advice from old papers
A quirky clipping notes a baya bird of India using moist clay to fasten glowing fires to its nest at night, calls a bright box for a front door, an epidemic titled Pink Eye prompts immediate action with an eye remedy, and a stray thought on babies talking attracting attention over a prudent man.
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tItia
India
Rheumatism Cured In a Day by Dr Datchon’s Relief
An advertisement touts a rapid cure for rheumatism claiming relief in 1 to 3 days. It asserts the remedy removes the cause and quickly alleviates pain with first dose benefit. Also mentions cold cures and other patent medicines with urging calls to buy.
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Datchon
Go Drugzgista
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