Five Inch Shell Found In Ambrose Channel Dredge
A five inch shell weighing about 40 pounds was found on Colonel William Marshall’s desk in the Army building. It was pulled from dredgings near the eastern end of Ambrose Channel after a dredge heard a pounding. It likely originated from Fort Hancock light batteries and failed to explode during extraction.
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William Marshall
Army
Marshall
Corps of Engineers
D Ny
Ambrose Channel
Fort Hancock
Emigration Renewed as Hungarian Labor Flows Return
Correspondents note renewed Hungarian labor emigration to Hungary from America. The Pall Mall Gazette reports Budapest says most claim better livelihoods at home. New batches expected, about 1,300 and near 2,000 returnees, while about 1,500,000 Hungarians remain in America. Hungary still needs agricultural workers.
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London
America
Pall Mall Gatte
Budapest
Vest
Hungary
Carnegie joke delights Pittsburg magnates in Skibo tale
Andrew Carnegie enjoyed a joke as he entertained a Montenegrin prince at Skibo castle. A motor car run past an inn drew a Highland crowd who saluted by doffing hats and trousers, a custom Mr. Carnegie said shows respect to distinguished visitors.
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Andrew Carnegie
Pittsburg
Milionaire
Skibo Castle
Mr. Carnegie
Bridge Craze Keeps Manicure Shops Busy Amid Stock Slump
Manicure workers report fewer clients due to a stock market slump but credit bridge and whist with sustaining business. They note women must keep hands neat for dealing and shuffling, and credit the bridge craze with saving their trade during tense times.
France Nears 40 Million Population Mark
Census figures published in the Journal Officiel show France approaching 40 million residents with last year’s total at 39,252,245. The report notes 760,000 more people needed to reach 40 million and highlights rising divorces, totaling 10,573 last year as marriages stay just over 400,000.
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France
Officiel
Republic
South Carolina Library Bill Aims To Create State Commission
The South Carolina legislature faces a bill to form a five member state library commission under the state federation. The federation owns about 5 000 books and runs traveling libraries. If passed the federation will transfer books and equipment and support extension work with fundraising to cover costs.
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South Carolina
Womere
T Winter
Thetate Federation
Yale Announces New Sailing Yacht Design Course
Yale University will offer a winter and spring term course in the theory design and construction of sailing yachts for graduates and seniors. The course requires mechanical drawing descriptive geometry and mechanics. Assistant professor William Crosby Marshall will teach the class, a Yale first in university offerings.
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Yale University
William Crosby Marshall
Yale
Gas wells near Three Rivers power multiple facilities
Borings for natural gas near Three Rivers, Quebec show ample supply. Elks have been opened to light and heat many towns, with a cotton factory in Three Rivers to be powered and heated, and churches and homes already served. Extension to Montreal is likely if supply holds.
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Three Rivers
Quebec
Montreal
Durango Plumbing Shortage Pushes Imports
Consul C M Freeman of Durango says sewerage and waterworks expansion opens a market for sanitary appliances and plumbers supplies. City ordinances require every house to connect to the sewer, boosting demand. Local plumbers are unavailable, so plumbing supplies and workers must be imported.
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C. M. Freeman
Durango
Mexico
Telegraph line into Lhassa approved and reforms promised
The project to build a telegraph line to Lhassa, Thibet, has been sanctioned. Chinese president at Lhassa leads reforms for Phibetans including hospitals schools and a mail service. A request seeks permission to publish a newspaper there.
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Lhassa
Thibet
E Enlightenment
Weeping Willows of New Zealand Traced to Tinline Legacy
The article notes nearly all New Zealand weeping willows originate from stock carried by John Tinline who died at 84. He preserved the trees on a voyage by inserting cuttings into potatoes before leaving Napoleon’s grave about six decades ago.
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New Zealand
John Tinline
Napoleon
Mr. Tinline
Remarkable Old Trees Reach Historic Ages in Cape Verde
The paobab tree in Cape Verde is reported at an astonishing age of 066 years. Two erae enonotes are mentioned as having moved, though details are unclear.
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California
Cape Verde Islands
Son Disappears as Wealthy Father Fears Foul Play
Boone Indiana Jan 13 Rolla Bolin aged 17 missing from a party of four who eloped from Quimby and were captured here. His father, worth $100000, has offered a reward fearing foul play. The girls said they wanted to join a musical comedy. Sheriff Lowery Cherokee will prosecute William Gilmore, oldest of the quartet.
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Boone
Rolla Bolin
Quimby
Sheriff Lowery
William Gilmore
Wage War on Charter Oak Saloons
Four temporary injunctions were issued against Charter Oak saloonists C. A. Jacobson H. F. Arif W. Rae and Franz Rietz by Judge Powers in Sac City Iowa on January 13. They face multiple violations of the liquor laws including Sunday sales screens minors and drunkards. Plaintiff is Mrs. R. H. Sweet with L. B. Goodwin of Charter Oak as attorney.
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Sac City
Charter Oak
Garbed as workmen forg ers get $840 from saloon
Burlington Iowa January 13 A brace of check swindlers wearing overalls and carrying dinner pails cleaned four saloonkeepers out of 840 dollars. The forged signature of a well known contractor appeared on the checks. The same men had worked in Ottumwa yesterday.
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Burlington
Ottuma
Republicans Name Convention Dates for Iowa
Des Moines dates set for two state Republican conventions. Delegates to the national convention will meet March 18 in Des Moines with H. W. Byers as temporary chairman and Ora Williams as secretary. The state ticket nomination will occur in Waterloo June 24. officers for the second convention to be chosen later by the state committee.
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Des Moines
Republican Estate Central Committee
Waterloo
H. W. Byers
Ora Williams
Boies Daughter in Law Dies of Brain Fever
A telegram from Waterloo Iowa reports the death of Mrs Herbert Boies wife of the ex governor Boies son. She died of brain fever while her husband lies ill in Paso Texas with pneumonia doctors say the shock may affect Governor Bates. Dr Hoyt notes patient resting comfortably gaining slight strength and remains weak.
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Paso
Tex
Waterloo
Herbert Boies
Boies
Bates
Hoyt
Elopement plan derailed by Hazel Gabbert illness
Miss Hazel Gabbert near New London Ia suffered a nervous collapse as her lover James Cochran of Fairfield arrived to elope per agreement. Cochran drove to Gabbert home with a ladder to reach Hazel but found her prostrate. He left, and the next day sought an interview but was denied. The Gabbert parents remain firm.
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Des Moines
Hazel Gabbert
New London
James Cochran
Fairfield
Cochran
Papa Gabbert
Hazel
Gabbert
Stern
Egged Out of Town critic flees Deloit after minstrel row
Garry Jurgens of Carroll Ta was attacked by a mob in Deloit Iowa after denouncing a minstrel show as unholy. Citizens pursued him with decayed eggs from a mass meeting to force him from town. He fled on the evening train to escape further violence.
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Deloit
Carroll
Garry Jurgens
Jurgens
Ladd Becomes Chief Justice of Iowa Supreme Court
Des Moines report notes Scott M. Ladd will serve as chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court at the January 1908 term, succeeding 8. M. Weaver. The appointment follows the 1906 law tying chief justice terms to seniority among judges with upcoming term expirations. The docket shows a 9 a.m. convening time.
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Des Moines
Scott M. Ladd
Supreme Court of Iowa
M. Weaver
Ladd
Weaver
Bishop and
Deemer
Supreme Court
Charles City reports two suicides mark opening of new era
Charles City January 11 two suicides marked the opening of the new era. Anton Karl Hindricks a young college student from Pierre South Dakota recently arrived to attend Charles City College died by self destruction. A note to roommate Sam Cook spoke of hell. George Goddard a well to do farmer east of town left a wife and several children and died by his own hand after three years of poor health.
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Charles City
Anton Karl Hindricks
George Goddard
Here
Sam Cook
Hell
Pierre
S. D
Charies City College
Police capture kid elopers from Quimby high school
Des Moines Iowa January 11 three of four Quimby high school elopers were arrested at Boone at Emet's boarding house. Captured were Grace Baum dner 14 Byrd Case 15 and William Gilman 22. Rolla Rolin remains missing. companions say he started back to Quimby. No marriages reported. Sheriff at Cherokee notified and en route to Boone.
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Des Moines
Quimby
Cherokee
Boone
Schmitz Ruef Indictment Reversal Triggers Reactions
The appellate court reversed indictments against former Mayor Schmitz and Ruef for extortion, ordering Schmitz’s release from jail. The decision voids four related indictments and Ruef’s guilty plea, while 126 bribery indictments against Ruef and 40 against Schmitz remain, with substantial bail. Francis J. Heney, prosecutor, says the case scope remains broad.
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San Francisco
Schmitz
Langdon
Ruef
Francis J. Heney
Washington
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Heney
Rue
Largest Iowa Soldiers' Home Veteran Elias McKee Dies
Elias McKee of Chester Howard county Iowa dies at 65 after long illness from a wartime gunshot wound. He weighed about 350 pounds and a casket of social size has been ordered with burial awaiting its arrival.
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Marshalltown
Yeo
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
Elias McKee
Chester
Howard County
McKee
Young man dies after accidental shooting near Osceola
Will Green a 48 year old visitor from Nebraska died from wounds after a 22 caliber rifle discharged at the Loomis home north of Osceola Iowa. The weapon fired when a daughter of William Loomis unknowingly pressed the trigger while Green practiced.
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Osceola
Will Green
Wiilliam Loomis
Nebraska
Loomis Schome
Green
Black Hand Centers in Cleveland Amid Extradition Case
Cleveland reports that the city is a center of Black Hand activity with 18 detectives from several cities pursuing members. Chief Humprey of Baltimore seeks extradition for John Scarlata over a dynamiting charge as officers from Buffalo Syracuse Harrisburg Pittsburgh New York Wheeling assist. Investigators claim Cleveland hosts wholesale explosive manufacture and many dangerous Italians have found asylum. Secret letters demanding large sums are said to have reached wealthy locals.
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Cleveland
Ohio
United States
A. J. Humphrey
Baltimore
John Scarlata
Buffalo
Syracuse
Harrisburg
Pittsburg
New York
Wheeling
Secret Service
Congress OKs bridges over Missouri and Mississippi rivers
The House approved bills authorizing construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at Council Bluffs Iowa and another across the Mississippi at Burlington Iowa marking a bipartisan infrastructure push this session.
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Council Bluffs
Washington, Jan
House
Missouri River
Mississippi River
Burlington
Two Railroad Engineers Die Within Hours of Each Other
Clinton Iowa reports the deaths of Chicago and North Western engineers P. D. Collins and Thos F Keefe, longtime friends who operated trains Nos 13 and 14. Both died of internal cancer after retiring on pensions in October. Keefe, 40 year Brotherhood member and longtime treasurer, died minutes after learning Collins might live.
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Clinton
P. D. Collins
Thos. F. Keefe
Chicago and Northwestern
Fulton
Keefe
Collins
Galena
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Suit Seeks 15000 Over Sponge Left in Body
Gustav Scheel and wife filed suit in Davenport Iowa against Drs. Matthey brothers seeking 15000 damages. They allege a sponge was left in Mrs. Scheel during an operation and a second operation was needed seven weeks later to remove it.
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Davenport, Ja
Gustav Scheel
Drs. Matthey, Brothers
Holiday Visits Fatal for Iowa Family
Jan 9. Word comes of the death of Robert Stewart, 15, son of Dr. and Mrs. Co E Stewart, at Remsen where his mother and he had been visiting since Christmas. He died of diphtheria while with his maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Hoffman. Earlier a sibling also died during prior visits to Moorhead Iowa.
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Robert Stewart
Co. E. Stewart
Hoffman
Remsen
Man in Romance Scandal Arrested for False Pretenses
A. J. Ernst, once with Carlin Calculating, is jailed in Chicago for alleged theft by false pretenses amid engagement to Miss Mayme Korte. He allegedly swindled about $4,000 over eight years, including a sealskin coat and jewelry, while courting three women and disposing of stock in a mythical marble quarry.
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Chicago
Jan
A. J. Ernst
Carlin Calculating Company
Mayme Korte
Hisrrest
Miss Korte
Lincoln Park Boulevard
McGregor
Beny
Leon Zolotkoff
Ernst
Akron Fishermen Face Heavy Fines in Illegal Catch
James Ross and family along with Bart Adams and A. D. Smith were charged by State Deputy Game Warden A. M. Green with unlawful fishing on the Big Sioux river near Akron. Eleven men were arrested, with bonds set at 500 dollars. the case cites a tank and seine gear and a catch over 1000 pounds.
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Akron
James Ross
Claude Ross
William Ross
Bart Adams
A. D. Smith
A. M. Green
Sioux City
George Cain
Oscar Ludberg
LeMars
Court of Justice of the Peace Legars
H. C. Smith
Big Sioux River
Big Sioux
Fis
Centerdale Fire Destroys Elevator and Station
In Centerdale Iowa City on January 9 Fred Hartley’s elevator and the Rock Island railway’s temporary station caught fire. Sparks from a locomotive ignited the elevator holding 9,000 bushels of grain. Loss estimated at 15,000 with about 10,000 insured.
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Iowa City
Fred Hartley
Rock Island Railway
Centerdale
Bequest of 22500 To State University At Iowa
A will from Davenport widow Mrs Helen J Gifford allocates 22500 to the University of Iowa to fund a free room in the university hospital in memory of her son Waite L Gifford. If heirs die without issue the remaining 100000 estate goes to the university for memorial purposes.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Helen J. Gifford
Davenport
Davenport First National Bank
University Hospital
Testatrix
Waite L. Gifford
Gifford
University
Carlisle Will Not Be Moved by Football Fans
The Carlisle Indian School in Carlisle Pennsylvania faces pressure to move west but likely remains due to football support. After the death of Colonel William Mercer the superintendent who opposed relocation, Eastern supporters press Congress to keep the government school in place citing football ties and local backing.
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Carlisle
War Department
William «. Mercer
Washington
Carlisle Indians
Congress
Pennsylvania
Mous
Pop
Powers seeks funds for fifth Goebel murder trial defense
Omaha reports D W Cress, a Powers ally, in town to raise funds for Caleb Powers defense in a fifth trial for Governor Goebel’s murder. Cress notes about 75000 spent so far and argues another trial could yield an acquittal.
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Omaha, Neb
D. W
Cress
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Powers
R Fense
Kidnapped Girl Found in Dubuque Convent
Ella Kates a 17 year old reported kidnapped from Kansas City Kan years ago has been located in a Dubuque Iowa convent. She was found abandoned in the streets of Dubuque under the name Patterson and later identified by Sister Delourdes mother superior. Authorities will contact her father Richard Kates of Kansas City Kan for custody.
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Chicago
Jan. G
Dubuque
Ella Kates
Kansas City
Kan
Wwil
Birmingham
Lillian Wulff
Richard Kates
the Shepherd
Du‘puque
Patterson
Sister Delourdes
Two Killed in Wreck at Dubuque
A Chicago Great Western freight train collided with a passenger train near East Dubuque Iowa killing two people and injuring one. Engineer Ard LaCrosse and fireman Winfield M’Ganghey died while W H Smith suffered leg injuries. the crash left the freight car wrecked and the passenger train split.
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Dubuque
Chicago
Chicago G
Infant Smothered in Car Tragedy in Cumberland
Cumberland Iowa January 8. Mrs L R Buckman driving to town wrapped infant so carefully it was found smothered to death upon arrival.
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Cumberland, Ia
Little Egypt dancer found dead in mysterious circumstances
Catherine De Vine, known as Little Egypt on the burlesque stage and linked to the Seeley dinner at Sherry's raid, was found dead in her New York apartment. Police investigate possible bruising and cause not yet determined.
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New York
Catherine Devine
Egypt
Sherry’s
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