News Of A Week In Condensed Form At Home And Abroad
A compact overview compiling world events and domestic notes. Governors recall efforts against reform and par ole policies in Arizona. Sulzer nominated for New York governor as Glynn chosen lieutenant governor. Taft delivers seven speeches captured for campaign use. Roosevelt defends funding stance before the Clapp committee. U S Department grants Madero permission to move troops near the Mexican frontier amid rebel massing reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Py Hunt
Arizona
X Gy
William Suizer
New York
Syracuse
Sulzer
Martin H. Glynn
United States
Bliss
State Department
Washington
Madero
el Paso
de Rio
Mexico
Bryn Mawr limits to four hundred residents in new year
Trustees at Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr Pa announce the school opens its twenty eighth year as a resident institution capping enrollment at four hundred. Other items include a Honolulu review of troops by Knox and Fisher before Seattle departure and a balloon incident near Tuscaloosa that killed two men.
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Tha
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr
United States
Honolulu
State Knox
Interior
Fisher
Seattle
Maryland
Iowa and Cherokee manslaughter verdict in case of Ernest Tessenius
Ernest Tessenius lies in Cherokee jail after a jury found him guilty of manslaughter in the death of his wife Bertha Hessenius. The verdict came after a short deliberation, with penalties up to twenty years, a decision met with public bitterness and notes of possible violence had an acquittal been returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Tessenius
Cherokee
Bertha
Hessenius
State Conference of the United Brethren
Christchurch
Vinton
Bishop Weekley
Kansas City
E. W. Curtis
North
W. F. Cronk
South District
BE F Clark
Perry
Milwaukee
Dubuque
Panora
Panora Farmers’ Elevator Company
J. R. Davies
Oscar Duhi
Charles Watt
Swift Packing Company of
Chicago
8. P. Wadley Company
Iowa Falls
Wadley Company
Waterloo
Logan
Guy EB. Logan
Fifty-Sixth
Iowa Regiment, National Guard
Woodford H. Bailey
Sheldon
Ruthven
Seon
New London
L. A. Pequin
Burlington
Fred E. Frisbee
Iowa
George Wallis
Galena Fair
Webster County Fair
John Hale
Fred Crawford
Des Moines
Lake Mills Record
Wescott Bros
James Stewart
Strawberry Point
Fair Grounds Crossing
Anamoza
Frank
Larson
Stanton
George Tetter
Moorland
Clinton School Board
Wilfred
Wilt Dearsch
Burt
J. B. Stinehart
Mason City
National Conservation Congress
Indianapolis
Fred H. Klopping
Pottawattomie
W. J. Magher
Clinton County
A. H. Spyder
Pook County
Fred McCulloch
A. A. Burger
Madison County
M. K. Evinger
Iowa State College Engineering
American Irrigation Congress
Salt Lake City
Des Moines Car Shops Burn in Weekend Fire
Des Moines city railway shops at Third and Des Moines streets were destroyed by a weekend fire. Loss estimated over 100000 dollars as stock and cars burned. several workers injured including Sam Wilcox and Cap Wilkie. Firefighters battled flames from the store room to upper floors amid reinforced floors and power lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Des Moines City Railway Company
Third
Fie
Sam Wilcox
Wilcox
George Hughes
Cap” Wilkie
Noted figures to attend synod in Des Moines
The thirty-first annual meeting of the Iowa Presbyterian synod will feature national speakers. On Oct. 15 Rev. Dr. Mark Allison Matthews, moderator of the general assembly, will deliver the principal address. He leads Seattle’s large church with about 6,000 members. Oct. 16 program includes A. B. T. Moore of Cedar Rapids, Gideons national president, and Parley E. Zartman of the Moody Bible Institute. On Oct. 17 Dr. Joseph Wilson Cochran will discuss church education work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Boone
Iowa
Marshalltown
Mississippi River Power Company
Des Moines River
Keokuk
Seth Way
Seth Way & Co
Marion County
Knoxville
Way
Wilson and Marshall Club
Onawa
Council Bluffs
H. B. Straw
Harald Kantner
Marguerite
Julia
O. A. White
Congregationalists
Sioux City
Yankton Association
South Dakota
Big Sioux Association
John Fudre
Creston
Grenville M. Dodge
Des Moines
Allison Monument Commission
Ralph P. Smith
Tha J. Thomas Episcopal Church
Sioux
City
Trinity Church
Redlands
Cal
R. Jones
Clinton
St. Louis
Frank K. Shuff
Boone Electric Company
Fort Dodge, Bes Moines & Southern Interurban Company
Algona
James Brower
Homer
Nevada
David Meyers
Whiting
D. B. Helm
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Adams Express Company
Magon City
Parley E. Zartman
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Moore
The
Gideons
Joseph Wilson Cochran
Synod
Held for Horse Theft In Iowa City Jail
Albert Spores of Waterloo is charged with stealing a horse and buggy from John Brady of Iowa City and is held in the county jail to the grand jury. The horse and buggy were traced to Vinton by Marshal Miller of Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Albert Spores
Waterloo
John Brady
Towa City
Honda
Vinton
Marshal Miller
Ends Life Over Love Affair in Dubuque Orchard
Charles Preston aged 22 son of Mr and Mrs Ward Preston shot and killed himself in the family orchard near Centralia. In a letter to his mother he cited love disappointment as the cause of his act.
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Dubuque
Charles Preston
Ward Preston
Preston
Boy Killed by Train Near New Hampton
Victor Dziggel aged years, son of Fred Dziggel, was struck and killed by passenger train No. 3 on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line near New Hampton. His body was found badly crushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Worley
Dr. Worley
Nodaway
Burlington
New Hampton
Victor Dziggel
Fred Dziggel
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Guilty of Bigamy in Mason City Court
W. J. Coleman was found guilty of bigamy in the circuit court. The court remanded Coleman to jail for later sentence. It is said the prisoner had seven wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
W. J. Coleman
Hare
Coleman
Brennan Sentenced One Year for Assault with Intent
Michael Brennan of Fort Dodge received a one year penitentiary term for assault with intent to commit murder. He stabbed C. B. McGrew of Council Bluffs, believing McGrew to be his foe from the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augault
Fort Dodge
Michael Brennan
C. B. McGrew
Council Bluffs
McGrew
Free Text Books Petitioned by Local Labor Assembly
Representatives of the Trades and Labor assembly in Sioux City have begun petitions urging the board of education to provide free text books for school children. The effort signals local labor support for easing student material costs and extending access to education.
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Sioux
City
The
Trades and Labor Assembly
Board of Education
Healthful Bowel Regularity for Children Ad
Observe your child’s bowel regularity to maintain health. A mild laxative aids digestion and prevents sickness. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is recommended, sold for 50 cents a bottle, with larger family size at a dollar. Written offer from Dr W B Caldwell, Monticello IL.
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Dr. Caldwell
W. B. Caldwell
West St
Monticello
Ill
Ady
Why the Fifth Man Left
Five sailors aboard a westbound liner play poker in a smoking room two days from England. After one jokes about baldness and a discussion follows, the youngest notices Mr Blank wears a wig and leaves, becoming the subject of wary study for the rest of the voyage.
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Mr. Blank
Joke on His Clerical Brother Keeps Town Amused
Two Chalmers brothers, a minister and a physician, live together. A caller asks for Mr. Chalmers. The physician answers, and the man remarks on his change. The physician says, I am be, you want my brother who preaches, I practice.
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Chalmers
First Woman Police Officer Appointed in Baltimore
Miss Mary Steele Harvey becomes the first woman named to Baltimore police with full powers as part of a five member group created by the legislature. Harvey is the first of the five matrons to receive appointment and full police authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Steele Harvey
Baltimore
Miss Harvey
Gibbs and James argue over wife and fame
The dialogue reveals Gibbs defending James and his wife against insults. Gibbs says James credits his wife with shaping who he is, while another speaker retorts that James remains outspoken and never speaks ill of her. The exchange centers on domestic pride and public image.
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Gibbs
James
Canoe Proposal Ends As Capsize Stuns Couple
A dramatic canoe proposal ended unexpectedly when the craft capsized. The groom asked for the bride’s hand, she apparently accepted, then the canoe overturned leaving both potentially injured. Search and rescue teams coordinated to reach the scene.
Aural Fate and Sims: A Harrowing Life Recalled
Aural Fate recalls Sims as a durable player who never achieved a big hit but consistently contributed, his career described as a grueling, ploughing journey. The remark What a harrowing life captures the sense of hardship surrounding his path.
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Sims
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Tuscumbia
Ala
H. C. Petty
Port Arthur
Tex
Poteau
Ohio
John D. Archbold
Jacobs
John Whitaker
Pocatello
Idaho
Trenton
N. J
Charles F. Walsh
Curtias
No. 3
Nebraska
Newport
R. 1
Carl Schurz
National
Brrigation Congress
Maj
Richard W. Young
Saltlake City
Phoenix
Ariz
Kankakee
New Haven
Conn
Naugatuck Junction
Duluth
Robert Lounsberry
First Cavalry
Fort Yellowstons
Wyo
Lounsberry
Misa Florence Hart
Lake Mills
Wis. J
W. C. Divine
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Cincinnati
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Michael Frankin
Northwestern
Frank Wigfall
Rawlings
Wigfall
Fort Steele
Julia Higgins
Engish Channel
Goodwin Sands
Bulleyne
Balkan States
Turkey
Harmaulis
Bulgaria
Adrianople
Set
Alfred
Fred
Harry Graves
Halifax
Kenneth Lea
Fort William
Lea
Servia
Helgrade
Allen MacCaughan
Durango
Hubert L. Russell
Mr. Cliff
San Juan Taviche Ranch
Ludovic Pignatelli d’Aragon
Misa
Duke of
Hlis Island
France
Paris
Helen Gould
West Shore
Crittenden
John Armstrong Chaloner
Richmond
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Virginian
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Wid
Hawkeye ‘State
John Fraschek
Jefferson
Des Moines Street Railway
State Presbyterian
the Children’s Health
Post
Lemary
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