Taft Refuses Public Release of Panama Correspondence
President Taft sends a senate message declaring it would injure public interest to publish the government’s Panama correspondence with Colombia. Senator Lea signals early push to address Lorimer seat dispute. Senate finance committees report adverse on the House wood tariff bill with no substitute. Senate panel to accuse Titanic crew and Ismay. Taft halts action against the coffee trust, sending case to State Department.
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Taft
Senate
Colombia
Panama
Lea
Tennessee
Lorimer
Senate Committees On Finance
Fot
Department of Justice
New York
Coffee Trust
Department of State
Not Guilty Verdict in Muscatine Union Conspiracy Case
The jury acquitted Clayton Rowland and thirteen other union leaders of conspiring to intimidate nonunion button workers in Muscatine Iowa. Reports indicate the others likely will avoid trial.
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Clayton Rowland
Funion
Muscatine
Jothers
European anarchists threaten Taft and other 1909 crimes
William Pastorius awaits sentencing in Pittsburg on charges of sending an infernal machine to Alexander R. Peabody and extorting 5000 dollars by threatening to destroy his residence. Fort William Henry Harrison payroll and a Montana theft are noted alongside other 1909 events. Charles Morse and wife return from Europe after Morse’s commuted sentence. DePauw University president Francis J. McConnell elected bishop on the 21st ballot. American Unitarian Association supports abolition of capital punishment and women’s suffrage. Southern Presbyterian assembly adopts interim committee to state church doctrines. Minneapolis aviator Fred J. Southard dies after a 100‑foot fall at Wright field shortly after purchasing the Wright biplane.
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Taft
William Pastorious
Pittsburg
Alexander R. Peabody
Francis J. McConnell
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Methodist General Assembly
Minneapolis
Southern Presbyterian General Assembly
Bristol
Tenn
Taft Roosevelt Fight Heads to Ohio R Republican Convention
The Taft Roosevelt contest moves to the Ohio Republican convention opening June 3 as Taft trims only ten of forty two district delegates in the state primary. In New York the National Manufacturers Association discussed forming a new party with John Kirby Jr. urging action and a committee appointed to map plans.
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Taft
Chicago
New York
National Manufacturers’ Association
John Kirby, Jr
Dickens Fund Receives 18481 From American Donor
Personal conveyance on behalf of trustees acknowledges receipt of 18481 representing the American contribution to the Charles Dickens centenary fund aimed at placing five granddaughters of the late novelist beyond want. Mrs Marie Garland of Boston to sacrifice 10000000 income to wed Francia Cush ing Green, her adviser since her husband’s death. Dr Harvey W Wiley announces engagement of his week old son to daughter of Kentucky Food Commissioner R M Allen, conditional on later ratification. Warren S Stone of Cleveland reelected grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers for six years.
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Charles Dickens
Marie Garland
Boston
Francia Cushing Green
Harvey W. Wiley
R. M. Allen
Kentucky
Warren S. Stone
Cleveland, O
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
U S Prepares For Cuba Intervention With Marines And Regulars
U S steps toward a third intervention in Cuba include shipping 700 marines from Philadelphia to Guantanamo and calling up 5,000 regulars. Two white men were found hanged near Palmas Oriano by federal troops. A white teacher says she was attacked by Extenor’s rebel force. General Booth undergoes cataract surgery in London. Hawaii endures a major quake and Mauna Loa shows signs of eruption.
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Cuba
United States
Republic
Philadelphia
Guantanamo
Palmas Oriano
Interesting Items of News from Iowa state
Iowa items report several deaths from gas in a well near Larchwood. Charles Bull and Charles Fink, both of Lester, Iowa, died after Fink descended to place curbing and gas enveloped them. Other notes cover parole talk in Creston, Roy Brafford’s 20 year sentence for highway robbery, farm and industrial news, and various pension grants and local happenings across the state.
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Charles Bull
Charles Fink
Larchwood
L. Brewer
Town
Fink
Mr. Bull
Lester
Iowa
Bill Richards
Creston
Frank Baird
Charles Redrup
Baird
Richards
Redrup
Roy Brafford
Des Moines
F. D. Steen
Shorthill Steel and Iron Works
St Perry
Fifty-sixth Regiment
Town National Guard
W.T. Chantland
Wickersham
Methodist
Hpiocopal Church of
Clear Lake
C. Jaques
Duncombe
Chicago
Jaques
Alex Banneberg
Burlington
First National Bank of
Rockwell
G. H. Felthous
F. C. Sigfried
W. B.bruce
M. Dexter
W. A. Grummond
Northern Baptist Convention
Convention
U. S
BBC
G. V. Learned
Seattle
Sibley High School
Claus Slerek
Davenport
Wesley
Herndon
Girby
J. Shank
William Robaga
Northwestern Railroad
Prisons urged to replace jails with farms and new industries
A state prison probe report to Governor Carroll advocates radical reform of the system. It proposes 2000 acre prison farms at Fort Madison for first and short terms, abolishing jail sentences, and placing misdemeanors on district farms. It urges scientific agriculture taught by Iowa State and Ames instructors, with cooperation from Ames College and a Curtiss endorsement. The commission spent nearly a year compiling the study for state reform.
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Des Moines
Carroll
General Assembly
Fort Madison
Iowa State College
Ames
Charles F. Curtiss
Department of Agriculture
Prison Probe Commission
Doctor Led Into Foel Trap Near Lacona
Dr D W Stumbaugh was lured to a country road south of Lacona by a postal card asking a professional call, a theory guiding authorities. Robbery is no longer suspected. bloodhounds failed to yield clues. His condition remains unchanged and recovery doubtful as sensational developments are anticipated.
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Lacona
D. W. Stumpaugh
Here
Stumbaugh
Iowa Miners Resume Work After Peace Referendum
Albia reports that 86 of 86 locals in District No 13 of the United Mine Workers show the Des Moines tentative agreement carried by 6,636 to 4,981 with two small locals missing. The referendum is a clear victory for peace advocates and miners expect to return to work within two or three days.
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Albia
Bath Is Nearly Fatal Rescue In Electric Alarm
Oscar M Horvel escaped a deadly electric shock in his Bath Is Nearly Fatal incident as his wife and a neighbor acted quickly. They were summoned when he touched a live lamp fixture and the current held his hand. They dragged him from danger by pulling with all their strength and rasping his feet for grip.
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Mason
City
Oscarm
Horvel
Simpler Solution From Goethals On Flagpole Riddle
The Saturday Evening Post recounts Col George W Goethals at West Point presenting a cadet problem about a fallen flagpole. After cadets propose complex methods, Goethals answers simply ordering the sergeant to raise the pole.
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Saturday Evening Post
George W. Goethals
Weat Point
Engineer Corps
Goethals
Ten Cent Grand Opera Nearing Reality
A London patent by C. Milton unites phonograph and moving picture machine to operate in harmony. When marketed, moving pictures may include synchronized song and speech, allowing households to hear the words or songs of silent actors as films play.
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C. Milton
London
Eng
On the Train Writing a Peat Card to Husband
A brief dialogue aboard a train shows Laura clarifying she is drafting a peat card to her husband to announce their safe arrival as the train pulls away. The exchange frames a quiet domestic moment during travel.
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Mercy
Laura
Baby's Eczema Cured by Cuticura Remedies
A Colorado Springs mother recounts her three month infant eczema case. After stopping a physician’s care and using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the infant recovered fully by seven months. The testimonials praise Cuticura for teething outbreaks and overall health. The ad notes free booklets and mailed samples. Julius Caesar and a Hudson River Tube quip closes the piece.
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Mary W. Ramsey
Jackson St
Colorado Springs
Col
You Live In An Old Neighborhood And Shoes Ease Ad
A fragment notes neighbors in an aging district, references homemade chicken keeping, and promotes Allen's 7 Ease antiseptic powder for easing shoe discomfort. It mentions a sample address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Fragmentary note about postponed plans and stubborn resolve
The garbled text references postponement of extravagance, a dialogue about delaying plans, and a stubborn tone. Names and clear details are missing, leaving a vague exchange on timing and a practical decision.
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Washington
White Star Steamship Line
J. Bruce Ismay
United States Senate
Charles M. Schwab
J. C. Kirchen
Tonopah
Marstin's Creek
Pennsylvania
Mr.Schwab
Mr. Kirchen
John Stevenson, Jr
Robert Louis Stevenson
United States Steel Corporation
Pawnés Rock
Topeka
Kan
Daughters of the Revolution
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Kansas Day Club
Clarance V. T. Risheeon
Avis Linnell
Aunger
Richeton Farm
Lynchburg
A. M. Blakesley
Claree Darrow
McNamara
Los Angeles
John D. Fredericks
Frederick Deland Leete
Central Methodist ‘Church of Trust
Mich
Joseph Cooke
Miladelphia
W. P. Thirkield Washington
Methodist Episcopal Church
Isaac 5Eon
Tibe
Fourteenth Infantry
Fort William Henry Harrison
Helena, Mont
Charles W. Morse
Morse
Europe
Atlanta
American Unitarian Association
Fred J. Southard
Wright Aviation
Osborn
Southard
Wright Brothers
William Booth
Salvation Army
Hawaii
Mauna Loais
Perr
Honolulu
Hawk Keyes State News
Otto Wettstein
Maquoketa Home Telephone Company
Monticello
Anamosa
Wyoming
la Forte City
la Porte
J. P. Rogers Land Company
Florida
Land Company
Nettie Beitz
Alburnet
George D. Dalry
Rock Island
Dallas
Knoxville
Madrid
Beaman
Milwaukee
Tommy Duncan
Iowa Soldiers' Orphans
Frank J. Sessions
Manchester
Minneapolis and St. Louis
Samuel Swangson
Frank Whaley
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
J. H. Conners
Houston
Tex
Hawkeye Progressive Veterinary Medical Association of Iowa
Savery Hotel
G. M. Dilley
Murray, IC
Marshalltown
Iowa Wesleyan
Mount Pleasant
Iowa River
James Carpenter
Iowa City
Iowa City Gun Club
C. Bothell
Harold Johnson
Mt. Etna
F. R. Blunt
Clarion Division
Great Western
H. F. Garken
Gollmar Brothers
Boone
Mason City
Clayton
Rowland
Fredericksburg
Warden Sanders
Foel
Julius Caesar
Rubicon
Hudson River
Fletcher
Garfield
Ealya
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