Fiftyeighth annual Northwest German conference meets in Girard
The fiftieth annual session of the Northwest German conference of the Methodist church opens in Girard with Bishop W. O. Shepard presiding. About 135 ministers and many lay delegates attend. The district covers northern Iowa, all of South Dakota, southwest Wisconsin, and northwest Illinois. A high tension light and power line from Milwaukee west of Perry is planned to serve smaller towns via Perry’s Iowa Railway and Light plant.
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Northwest German Conference
The
Methodist Church
Girard
W.O. Shepard
Towa
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Milwaukee
Perry
Iowa Railway and Light Company
Slarel Conant
Somerset
Arthur White
Indianola
Berge
Harry Haldeman
Miss Conant
Mr. White
Charles E. Knight
Minneapolis
Chicka Saw
F. Malcolm
Keokuk
Mississippi River Power Company
Ted
Internal Revenue Office
Burlington
Dubuque
Susie Smyth
Iowa City
Uncle Sam
Fred Thompson
Mason City
Federal Grand Jury
Sioux City
Anna Slader
Nebraska
Iowa
Lou Marlowe
Hotel Pattee
Perry Bank
Col
John A. Joyce
al Jamakee County
Washington D. C
Jerome Connor
Glenne } Gost
Homer Kier
Charles Record
William M. Donelan
W. H. Fickle
Isaac Richardson
Percy Hopkins
Hopkins
Tama County
World events brief noting troop petition and political appointments
Washington reports over 250 New York financiers petitioning the war department to boost Governor's Island garrison to shield Wall Street from unrest. Joseph W. Folk named solicitor for the state department. Henry Wade Rogers nominated for United States circuit judge. Mulhall lobby investigation climaxes with Emery's denouncement. William Hayne Leavell nominated as minister to Guatemala.
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Washington
New York
War Department
Governor's Island
New York Harbor
Wall Street
Financial District
Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
State Department
Henry Wade Rogera
Connecticut
United States
Outcast Inmate Seeks Health Report Amid Convent Tie
A marginalized woman formerly associated with a convent linked to a leper colony seeks an official clean bill of health from Chicago health authorities. The Rochester primary yielded a sweep for anti-Tammany Democrats in all five assembly districts, signaling displeasure over Governor Sulzer’s impeachment. After the Albany impeachment session, James C. Garrison, Sulzer’s press agent, was jailed for contempt as the assembly pressed him on remarks about vote buying. In Grand Rapids, two robbers shot two clerks in a jewelry store theft worth about $2,000. Directors of Chicago Indianapolis & Louisville Ry were reelected at Indianapolis. In Bellevue NL a dedication trip injured several returning from a lodge event after a railcar derailment. Four drowned when the J B Curret sank off Mezi tows. A yacht rescue left a deck hand and a woman as survivors. Gunmen in a Broadway duel wounded three bystanders during a campaign melee. Purdue University reported a fatal freshman-sophomore tank fight with one death and 26 injuries. Deputy Warden Mackey of Leavenworth faced resignation demanded by Attorney General McReynolds, effective October 16. The Lexington farm lubhouse scene ends the fragment.
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United States Secret Service
Davenport
James G. Quick
Fort Madison
Marshalltown
Quick
Clara
Gailty
Maquoketa
Anamosa
Yellowstone Park
Ross P. White
Ames
Iowa State College
Fort Yellowstone
Young White
Park
Jake Terpstra
Sioux Center
Terpstra
Leander Clark College
Toledo
Professor Cronise
Japan
Miss Cronise
Tokio
W. W. Cook
Dawson
Milwaukee
Coon Rapids
Cook
Iowa
Iowa City
Fairall
Epworth
Crockera
Clarinda
W. E. Miller
Miller
Charles City
Rufus Lindhorst
James Lindhorst
Guy Stewart
Armstrong
Algona
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Boone
Elmer Hangen
Northwestern
Waukon
Ernest Covey
Knoxville
Marion County
North Dakota
Canada
Rochester
N.Y
Axemen
Sulzer
Diaz Favored for Mexico Presidency as Huerta Cabinet Top
Washington dispatch reports Gen. Felix Diaz likely to win Mexico’s presidency next month with a Huerta aligned cabinet. In Mazatlan, San Antonio businessman W. O. Robertson and four others were killed by rebels while protecting property. Huerta delivered semi annual message in Mexico City urging no renewal of U S warship access and blaming the Wilson administration for rebel activity.
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Washington
Mexico City
Felix Diaz
the Republic
Cheir
Victoriano Huerta
W. O. Robertson
San Antonio
Tex
Mazatlan
Mex
Huerta
Mexico
U. S
Mexican
Wilson
Tragic double tragedy and historical notes from 1912
A Bloomington man set dynamite under his children's beds and attached charges to himself, killing himself and his 17 year old daughter Maude while two other children were injured. The scene included a home explosion and a costly property loss. In New York port history, a dealer and a Memphis man were fined after uncovering stone contraband schemes. A Martin's Ferry man killed his wife then himself. the couple faced a divorce suit. A Minnesota dairy commissioner reports 1912 butter fat payments rose to 29 million from 22.3 million in 1911.
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Mack Hurst
Bloomington
Ind
Slart
Maude
Minnesota
Z. G. Winkler
Farmore
London strike eases as bus men pause for arbitration
A truce in London’s strike action is in effect as bus workers who had not walked out consent to arbitration by the board of trade. In other news Princess Sophie of Saxe Weimar reportedly killed herself after her father refused consent to a marriage to a banker's son. A Ridgwalk worker recovered nearly the entire $650,000 pearl necklace stolen en route from Paris to London. a $60,000 reward is offered. Several iron workers die and about a dozen are injured in a 200 foot chimney collapse at Workington England.
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London
Board of Trade
Prince Willam
Germany
Sophie
Saxe-Weimer
Paris
Workington
England
Multiple 1900s era incidents mix shoting and politics at sea and coast
Acker and Kovack were killed in a San Francisco garage while Mrs. Gallagher was wounded after a beach trip. Poultry house owner Coulson was arrested for the shooting. Decatur barber Jears Steward, who once met Lincoln, killed himself. Navy Secretary Daniels checked a Jersey City site for a new yard. Slain racer Shaw’s killer Gust Penman to face trial in Champaign. General Toralli and staff killed in Tripoli clash. Roosevelt rumored as envoy to push San Francisco exposition. Northern Pen ary daughter Mina Peary linked to a pole dash expedition engagement rumor.
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William Acker
George Kovack
San Francisco
Kate Gallagher
A. R. Coulson
Jears
St. Johns
N. F
Mina Marie Peary
Peary
Defald MacMillan
Mies ‘Peary
Teacher Attacked in Corn Growing Lesson Case
Carlo Caruso the 12 year old Italian boy who tried to kill his teacher with a stiletto made from wire was sent to the state industrial school by Judge Snyder. His 14 year old brother Joe and an ally were bound over for peace keeping. The trio had shown hostility to instructor Mia Dessie G Cook and plotted the attack for several days.
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Council Bluffs
Carlo Caruso
Snyder
Joe
Mia
Dessie G. Cook
Homer Postoffice Discontinued Quietly Ends Northern Iowa Town Era
Washington orders Homer postoffice closed, burying a once bustling town that helped found Webster City and Fort Dodge, serving as county seat before Webster and Hamilton counties split in 1857 and railroads shifted growth away. The move marks the end of Homer’s prominence in north central Iowa.
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Iowa
Webster City
Washington
Homer
Hamilton
Webster
Fort Dodge
Five Generations at Reunion in Radcliffe Iowa
Eldora reports a Radcliffe family reunion with a father, son, grandson, and great grandson present. S. Sampson arrived in the county from Norway sixty years ago and later settled near Radcliffe. He built an interest in a general store now owned and run by his heirs. The elder Sampson is over ten years old and active daily in town.
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Eldora
Radcliffe
S. Sampson
Norway
Attle
Big Prize for Best Acre of Corn in Black Hawk County
A $1000 award will go to the farmer growing the best acre of corn in Black Hawk County next year. The prize is provided by a major county bank and was turned over to the Black Hawk County Crop Improvement Association by A A Burger, crop expert. The association is finalizing plans for a county-wide seed-corn campaign and will announce dates soon. An automobile tour will visit every township to reach every farmer.
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Cedar Falls
Black Hawk County
Crop Improvement Association
A. A. Burger
Fox Hunters Close Meet Elects Sioux City Leaders
Sioux City Des Moines chosen as next meeting location for the Town Fox Hunters association. In Stone Park J W Glass of Ida Grove was elected president H M Swaley of Mondamin vice president and D Casady of Sioux City secretary after a week long gathering.
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Sioux City
Des Moines
Fox Hunters’ Association
Stonepark
J. W. Glass
Ida‘ Grove
H. M., Swaley
Mondamin
D. Casady
Dubuque Baptist Association Anniversary Observed
The fifty ninth anniversary of the Dubuque Baptist Association will be observed in Waukon from September 30 to October 2. The annual sermon will be delivered by Rev. Edward M. Jeffers of Dubuque and the principal address will be by Dr. John A. Harle, president of Des Moines College.
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Baptists
Waukon
Dubuque
Millford man Grover Winney killed by fall from pole
Grover Winney of Millford, employed by the Western Electric Telephone Company, fell from a tele phone pole and died within minutes. The accident occurred in Macon City during routine work. Medical officers reported the fatal neck injury and the sudden death shocked the crew on site.
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Macon City
Grover Winney
Millford
Weaterm, Electric Telephone ‘Company
Lincoln Memorial Tablet Presentation at Sold flore Home
A formal presentation of a memorial tablet to Abraham Lincoln was made at the Sold flore home by the W. RB. O. of the home. Lincoln’s name appears on a bronze tablet.
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Lincoln Memorial
Marshalltown
Abraham Lincoln
Soldflore
W. RB
Lincolln
S. Get
Witness Clocks In Odd Bust Measurement Joke
In St Louis a stout colored woman aged about forty testified in an assault case before a police judge. She claimed to be eighty four claiming it as her bust measurement when pressed about her age, provoking a sharp cross examination moment.
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St. Louis
Jace
St. Jowls
Cure for Pimples Claim with Cuticura Soap and Ointment
An Ohio reader from Dayton recounts a year of pimples and itching on face neck and arms eased after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She credits relief to the products and notes a free Skin Book sample offer from Cuticura in Boston.
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Howard St
Dayton
Ohio
Marguerite B. Jacobs
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Ady
First Marriage in 15 Years at Quiet Clannaborough Parish
In the tiny North Devon parish of Clannaborough with a population of 42 baptisms marriages and burials are rare. The recent ceremony was the first in 15 years and the couple were not parishioners the bride from St Austell and the groom the rector's brother in law.
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Clannaborough
Devon
England
St. Austel
Xmouth
Last day of vacation ends with vow by lovers
On the final day of his holiday, Henry carves her name into birch bark and asks if she will wait until next summer. She answers with love in her eyes and promises to cut her initials beside his.
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Henry
Speak Louder Cart Borrowing Joke From Ayrshire
A Glasgow Spy anecdote recounts an old Ayrshire farmer who pretends deafness to dodge awkward questions. When a neighbor asks to borrow his cart because hers is being mended, he replies that he cannot hear well and does not like to lend his cart anyway.
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Ayrshire
Glasgow
Youthful pleasures turn to misfits in later years
Fragmentary lines reveal a dialogue about a crooked looking fellow and a stool pigeon. The text hints at themes of betrayal and reputation shaping adult identity, with a suggestive noir tone. No clear event or names but the mood centers on trust and consequence.
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Kenosha
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Memphis
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Decatur
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New York Navy Yard
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