Weekly roundup of risky events and grand strikes
A digest of sweeping labor actions from coast to coast. Riots and strikes disrupt rails as 20 000 workers walk off under Harriman and Milwaukee lines. Collapses include a Milwaukee fire chief found guilty and a Dixon Illinois murder untethered from identity clues. A rash of divorces, murders, and political indictments also dot the era, with Taft touring Iowa and Italy asserting its Tripoli campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriman System
Minois Hallroad Company
Misssissippi Valley
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Burnside
Yaols Central
G. Morris
Iowa City
Morris
Ben Banting
Des Moines
Lettie Lauer
Supreme Court
Banning
United Mine Workers of America
Iowa
Seasion
Albia
Danie
Bergman
Union’ Electric Company
Dubuque
Vinton
Jared Ham
Ono
Ira Curtiss
Lowe City
Mason City
Northwestern
Webster City
Garrison
Father Matthews
Davenport
Denison
Towa
Ray Piper
Fort ‘Doage
Anamosa
Towa, Library Association
Moses ‘Burkholder
Ever
Okkalooga
Robbery Attacked at Panama Savings Bank Firearms Involved
President D S Sullivan fired a shotgun at a midnight robber trying to force entry with skeleton keys. The robber shot twice and fled. The incident follows a string of unusual events across Iowa, including a new long drainage ditch project and various legal battles in Des Moines and Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. AL. Sullivan
Panama Savings Bank
Rolfe
Pocahontas County
L. G. Weld
Graduate College
The
State University of Iowa
Pullman Free School of Manual Training
Chicago
W. A. Barhap
Clear Lake
William Chocolate
Henry Britton
Buxton
Austin Pa Dam Break Destroys Town Killing Many
A Bayless Pulp and Paper dam near Austin Pa failed after heavy rains, unleashing a 500 million gallon flood that swept through the town. Hundreds were drowned or burned, 3,000 buildings wrecked, and many residents left homeless as aid pours in from surrounding communities and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayless Pulp and Paper Company
Austin
Maine
BEC
National Red Cross Society
Tener
Stewart
Costello
Bayla Pulp and Paper Company
Freeman Ron
Mogers’ Engineering
Remarkable Cure For Indigestion And Nervousness
A letter from a young man describes chronic indigestion and insomnia harming his work and leading to discharge. The Professor claims digestion must improve before nerves and sleep, citing Napoleonic, Grant, Lincoln, Taft as examples. He argues two thirds of failures stem from weak stomachs and offers a stomach treatment promising renewed vigor and health. Address: Prof. J. M. Minyon, Minyon's Laboratories, Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Waterloo
Grant
Abraham Lincon
Grover Cleveland
Taft
United States
Minyon
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Degenerated Kid McCoy Eyes Sanitarium Hope for Youth
A New York reporter recounts Kid McCoy’s bold claim that his Stamford sanitarium can restore youth, health, and romance to middle-aged patients, promising relief for unhappy marriages and aging despair. He quips that wives sending their partners for help will end bitter complaints from spouses like Mrs Blank, echoing a melodramatic travel tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kid McCoy
Stamford
New York
Blane
Blank
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Washington
Rowland Beverly
Howard W. Gam
Cleveland (O.) State Artillery Company
United States Maneuver
Sparta
Wis
Dixon, Ui
William Meyers
Frank J. Kelbel
Morris, Til
Ole Thompson
Ottumwa
Thomas A. Clancy
Milwaukee
Board of Fhe and
Police Commissioners
Clancy
Mary Harrell
Cal
Frank . Harrel
Elizabeth Schmelebeck
St. Joseph, Mo
Burlington
Rensiol
Kirksville
Risdon Iron Works
San Francisco
Mar Land
Texas
Presi-' Hiehi
Ake Ithe
Tracey
Robert Schultz
Dix
Peter C. Hains
William B. Annis
Hains
Cambridge
Mass
MacDowell Club of
Harvard
William Wentmore Merrill
University of Chicago
Annie Crawford
New Orleans
Lucretia Borgia
Elise Crawford
Annie
Walter Lispenard Suydam, Jr
Blue Point
L. L
Brooklyn
Louise Lawrence White Suydam
Frederick Noble
Illinois Central and
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Clara Roeckenhause
Carttyle, Til
Jalia A. Sparks
Agsinet
McConnell
International Association of Machinists
Harriman
New York State
Hmbalmers' Association
Syracuse
Danville
Join Hinton
Atlantic(n. J.) County
Louis Kuebnle
Atlantic City
Republican Organization
Virgil Vandever
Mitchell
Ill
Vandever
Jack Johnson
Muste Hulle
Johnson
Bombardier Wella
Bow’ Street
Italy
Turkey
Tripoli
Cyrene
Prevesta
Eoriug
Talan
Pavis
Toulon
Eusplelonia
Hamilton
Ont
Bunker
Glad
Lou Angeles
Shawkeye
Rawal
Ell Mh
Bidwell
Arthur Bridgeford
Allandlé
Bridgeford
Atlantic
Marshall
Council Bluffs
Rock Island
M. Darner
Ames
George A. Young
Supreme
A. H. Corey
Lodge
Harry Wineton
George Farley
Champ Clark
Nineteenth
Iowa Infantry
Fort Madison
Lot Abraham
Iowa Department
General Leake
Hlinots Central
International
McPherson
BH. D. Roberts
Re@ Ook
Roberts
Mt Pleasant
Geo. Smith
Smith
Frank Smith
Wilson's Creek
D. J.netherow
Netherow
United Mines
Workers of Iowa
Excelsior
Beacon
City
Co. N. Morse
Nevada
Irving Oliver
Sigourney
Avery Warren
Choor
Otho
Webster County
Schoo
Cedar Rapids
Bortenlanger
Holle Plaine Canning Company
Munyon
Designa
Jackson
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