Condensed Week of Important News Notes
A broad sweep of daily items includes Senator Aldrich urging a central bank to serve rather than command, resignations and appointments in Washington and the Philippines, a $250,000 inheritance claim in Boston, art purchases by Charles Taft, and financial misadventure notes. Reports cover storms near Kingston, political shifts, legal cases, and notable deaths, with varied local and national highlights.
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Aldrich
Bankers of
Des Moines
United States
Henry W. West
District of Columbia
West Awas
Roosevelt
Washington
W. Cameron Forbes
Philippines
James J. Corbett
Pittsburg
Boston
Charles P. Taft
Limoges
Duke of
Nevers
Limousin
Franklin Taylor
New York
Sarah T. Rover
Mothers’ Club of
Thomas H. Hubbard
Lincoln University Endowment Association
O. O. Howard
Charles W. Eliot
National Conservation Association
Harry E. Woodcock
Congregational Church
Kansas City
Adel vote clears way for interurban railway plan
In Adel a special election approved ordinance 48 to authorize Adel City Railway Co to construct operate and maintain an electric street interurban railroad. Voters cast 207 in favor, signaling Adel's link to a statewide interurban system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adel
Adel City
Lowa
Towa
Supreme Court
L. XM. Adams
Towa Falls
Adams
Cuse
John 13. Hollendors
Chicago, Great Western Railway
Marshalltown
Black Hawk County
Carroll
Hollenders
Ana
Ames
Bessarabia
Kisheniff
Russia
Dickenson
Kinsman
Des Moines
Nashville
Tenn
J. H. Koons
R. L. Chase
C. H. Gress
Lee Leighter
Stilson
Minneapolis
TP. L. Maytag
Parson's Band Cutter and Self Feeder Co
Newton
Charles ‘Smith
Iowa City
Harry Jr
Smith
O. C. Boyd
Dorsey
Anita
Charles, Jr
Frank L. and
Mollie
Charles Chase
Coralvine
Lincoln
Cedar Rapids
Ll. J. Conklin
Ed. Craig
Craig
Thomas Myers
National apple show opens in Spokane with $25000 prize list
Exhibits from northwest commercial orchards fill Spokane as the national apple show opens. In Jacksonville a convention debates inland waterway from the Mississippi to the Atlantic. A Cairo mob lynches Wil James after he confesses slaying Miss Pelley. Balzner hangs. James body burned. Gov. Deneen calls militia. AFL in Toronto backs school trade programs. Cincinnati scandal figures surface as Mrs. Ford Stewart denies blackmail claims. President Taft emphasizes reclamation and irrigation in Richmond. Kansas health board bans raiter tower hotel feature. US Supreme Court rules against Chocktaw and Chickasaw in citizenship case. Trinity church in New York installs bolt pedals and gear for hymn piping.
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Spokane
Wash
Northwest
Mississippi
Apalachicola
Florida Penisula
Atlantic
Jacksonville
Fla
Cairo
Wil James
Anna Pelley
Henry Sal2ner
James
Arthur Alexander
Balzner
Alexander
Jeannette Ford Stewart
C. L. Warriner
Cincinnati
Big Four Railroad Company
Tati
Richmond
Congress
Kansas Board of Health
Raiter
Kansas
Supreme Court of the United Filatea
Indiana
Hitchcock
Cehimeg
Trinity Churc
New York
Tmalée
Quaker Oats touted for health and strength
The article promotes Quaker Oats as a key to health and vigor for all ages. It argues balanced rations improve both stock and people, noting oats replace greasy foods to boost heart and strength. It highlights benefits for schoolchildren athletes and laborers, and mentions packaging options.
Up to the Elevator Promoting The Aafe Road to Travel
A man in a Omaha office building notes a rising advertising trend on elevator shafts. He and a companion joke about the word up as a cue to a travel jingle. The snippet ends urging readers to buy a ticket before heading West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Aafe
Triiyel
Haunts of Fish and Game Guide At Ontario Muskoka Lakes
An old article describes the Uighlants of Ontario as ideal for hunting during open season, listing regions from Muskoka Lakes to Kawartha Lakes, inviting readers to obtain a guide by W. S. Cookson. A resort scene includes Mrs. Bhiffer reporting a $50 check from her husband, with the proprietor joking that he will worship it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Temagami
Yemigami
Muskoka Lakes
Mystery of the Wad hams coop and the stable hand
The tale centers on Judge W H Wadhams and a changing menagerie as he suspects a hidden culprit. A peevish groom questions loyalty while the master keeps his staff and even introduces a new dog to replace the old Rover. A punch line plays on mischief and misdirection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Wadhams
Mr. Wadhams
Wadhams
Scipio
Careful Doctor Prescribed Food Over Drugs
A patient with severe gastritis credits a summer cottage specialist with prescribing only Grape-Nuts. Over a year, digestive strength, color, memory, and weight improved to 163 pounds as nourishment aided recovery. The account promotes reading The Road to Wellville for dietary guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Wellville
Theresa
Hréaswu
Irving Berlin Dinner Teases Song Inspiration
At a New York dinner Irving Berlin joked that a Brooklyn woman's mislaid watch inspired his song My Wife's Gone to the Country. A July beach trip to Ocean Grove revealed a maid’s note listing a dinning-room rug littered with three champagne corks, cigar butts, cigarette ends, chips, matches and a pink satin slipper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Berlin
New York
Brooklyn
Ocean Grove
Doans Kidney Filma Endorsed by Helena Reader
A Helena note from George S Crowell reports rapid relief from a disordered kidney condition after using Doans Kidney Filma. The ad cites 54 cents per box and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as the distributor. A comic item follows about a mother and a toy shovel scene with a baby bitten by a fly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Crowell
Broadway
Helena
Mont
Doan
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Deafness Cured by Constitutional Remedies, Hall's Pills
The advertisement claims deafness stems from a inflamed ear canal and Eustachian tube, best treated by constitutional remedies. It promises one hundred dollars for any deafness caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure, urging readers to buy the product from F. J. Cheney Co. and druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney. & CO
Toledo
Druegiats
Yeke Hall
Witty Berlin wager sparks single-question bet
An anonymous Berlin wit bets he can ask 60 people the same question and receive identical answers. He whispers to each, Have you heard that Meyer has failed? The 60 answerers each ask Which Meyer, and the bet is won by the uniform reply. The passage also references dreams by Christopher Wren and various old remedies and sayings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Meyer
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National Municipal League
American 4Yie Association
Cincinnnati
Charles J. Bemaparte
Gr. Tharace MecFarland
Kingston
Damation
Jass
Nesro
Willi James
Anna Feller
Kankakee
Ransom BR. Cable
Rock Island Railway System
Benjamin F. Cable
Chicago
Ihe
Clara Krodenberger
Tlenry Brodenberger
Madison
Wis
James F. Vendernngel
Williamsburg
Tait
William Arnold Shanklin
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Furl Buttock
Lawrence
Kan
Endora Kan
Fred Starr
Bullock
William McKay
Wilson Pringle
Isabella G. McCosh
James McCosh
Princeton College
Princeton
Andrew McCosh
Gustav H. Schwab
Merchants’ Association of New York
National Council of Commerce
Directum
Savage
Minn
M. W. Savage
Samuel L. Clemens
Brander Matthews
Columbia University
Moliera
Cincinnati University
Steve Wasmensti
Paterson
N. J
United States Army
John F. Weston
Department of California
Timeis Odd Fellows
Springfield
Thomas J. Hall
Louisville
Merchants National Bank
New Albany
Ind
J. H. Fawcett
3. K. Woodward
Young Hail
Kentucky
Stimson
Sugar Trust
United States Treasury
Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad
Tve
Henryetta
Oklo
Canada
St. Louis
Garde
Wabash
Montreal
Frank Pierce
Pratehs OW
Iowa State
State Historical Society
Towns City
Venus
Jboraee TH. Doomer
H.W. Ryers
J. 8. Clarkson
New York City
Dean W. CG. Raymond
College of Engineering
Hwa City
Prat
C.K
Ralph Gito
Tie
Mack
Clinton
West Liberty
Helle Blaine
Adin Witeik
Lions City
Margaret Mahoney
Alban Jake
Court
Amain Wen
Ames Hanmanlis
Madrid
Frank Smith
Dougherty
Kate Yonker
Mercy Hospital
Michael
Boone
John McFarland
Edward J. Morse
Honey Creek Bridge
McFarland
Harlan
Charles McCarthy
Ferdinand Butzlat
Allison
Greene
McCarthy
Fie
I. M. Fisher
Fisher
Wright County
National Horticultural Congress
Council Bluffs
Corneil
John McCullough
Winfield
Winfield United Presbyterian Church
Mt. Pleasant
Adam Bently
Letitia Bell Ber Far
General News
Knele
Tammy
Erin
Fea
Hubby
Tommy
Manma
Tor Ex
St. Paul’s
Christopher Wren
Allen
Pais
John D
Cornell
Mia
Winslow
Ca Lowes
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