Notable Week in Brief Personal News Items
Brief weekly notes report Brig Gen Charles Morton retired from the Missouri Department Omaha. Hetty Green gives land plot to Christopher Columbus University valued at 500000. F M Baker discharged dishonorably from navy for desertion to Aguinaldo's forces. W Frank Wilson dies on a New York Central freight train near Utica. Commodore Hovgaard Danish Arctic explorer dies. Walter Phelps Dodge plans to leave America after London visit. Paul Morton named head of Pan American Railroads and president of Equitable Life. Brooklyn boy Louis Graf, age ten, to regain neck use after nine months.
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Charles Morton
Department of the Missouri
Omaha
Hetty Green
Christopher Columbus University
New York City
F. M. Baker
Marine Corps
Navy
Aguinaldo
W. Frank Wilson
Buffalo
N. Y
New York Central Railroad Company
Utica
Commodore Hovgaard
Frederick A. Cook
Copenhagen
Walter Phelps Dodge
New York
Helen Steck
Pittsburg
London
William Waldorf Astor
America
Mexico City
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Company
Pan-American Railroad
Louis Graf
Brooklyn
Turbulent headlines color Marion lynching and tax law debate
A mob lynched Bob Austin and Charles Richardson in Marion Arkansas after accusations of jail delivery. Otto Kahn bought Franz Hals family portrait for a record price, while debates over Payne-Aldrich tariff provisions and corporate taxes continued in Congress and the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Austin
Charles Richardson
Marion
Ark
Franz Hals
Otto Kahn
Cummins
Supreme Court of the United States
Taft
Rochester
N. Y
Republican Party
Congress
Ilea
Lcense
Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad
Rods
State Board of Arbitration
Uncle Sam
Navy
Navy Department
Delaware
North Dakota
Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotitive Firemen and Engineers
Neill
Knapp
United States Mint
New Orleans
New Yorks
New York
River Erosion Threatens Riverside Park and Lands
The Missouri River cuts land along the South Dakota and Iowa shores near Sioux City. Flooding and bank erosion threaten Riverside Amusement Park, prompting appeals to engineers for flood control and river protection.
Etiquette for Easter Sunday Conduct and Church Decorum
A 19th century advice piece urges reverent Easter Sunday behavior in church and home. It emphasizes faith, gratitude, and self denial, warns against profane music and ostentation, and advises quiet, respectful conduct, prompt seating, punctual offerings, and minimal social talking before and after services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Arimathea
House of Prayer
Proper Bookplates for Library Collectors
A persuasive guide on using bookplates to personalize libraries. It argues any collector benefits from a name in each book, describes simple and elaborate plate options, and suggests affordable routes with artists and printers for custom designs.
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Towa
General News
J. Pierpoint Morgan
Woodland’s Lake
Speaker Cannon
Honolulu
Massachusetts
Northwest Mounted Police
Fort McPherson
Mackenzie
Dawson
V. T
Fort Rae
Great Slave Lake
Fort Worth
Tex
Oklahoma
United States
United States Supreme Court
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Minnesota Conservation Congress
Khartum
Theodore Roosevelt
Paris
Anna Gould
Boni de Castellane
Holy Land
Haa Bat
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Beth Lawson
San Pedro
Cal
St. Patrick’s Day
Irish Fellowship Club
Cannon
House of Representatives
Ballinger
Interior Department
Minnesota
Manila
P. I
Clarence M. Janney
House Committee On Immigration
Immigration Commission
Nicholas Tschaikowsky
Yale University
New Haven
Omdurman
Col. Roosevelt
Slatin Pasha
New York State
Albany
Iowa News
South Dakota
Iowa
Sioux City
Knoxville
BH. T. McLaughlin
Manchester
Franklin Street
Victor Edmund
Sarland
Amos Kemble
Muscatine
William E. Kemble
Oskaloosa
Kemble
Salem
Ohio
Polk County
Mike Budi
Mason City
Council Bluffs
Omaha and Council
Waverly
Vinton
Iowa Falls
Henry Robinson
Col. E. G. Pratt
Boone Gas Company
Ames Gas
Tenney Brothers of
Newton
Ames Council
Mary Downs
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway
Waterloo
Denver Junction
Belle Plaine
Nellie Elizabeth Robertson
Col
J. H. Conrad
Helena
Mont
Montana
Europe
Conrad
Alaska
Iowa State Laundrymen’s Association
Davenport
F. J. Kimball
Howard Wilson
Des Moines
George T. Dixon
Ames
F. X. Schaefer
M. ©. Black
Creston
W. T. Fitch
la Salle
I. N. Hurd
David Brant
Iowa City
Towa City
Brant
Nellie Hurd
David Hurd
Escondido
California
John Prowse
Dave Malven
A. W. Nichols
Bert” Nichols
Town Falls
Mr. Nichols
W. E. Nichols
Anita Commercial Club
F. H. Sears
Val Wiegand
H. Zeigler
Anita
Solon
John Kaiser
Thomas Sumner
Ottumwa
W. W. Jackson
Allen Robinson
Dallas
S. D
St. Joseph Hospital
Harry Robinson
Corydon
Marshalltown
Andrew Pierson
Albano
Pierson
Bright
Frances Work
de Witt
Carroll
L. J. Tiernager
Story City
Pat Crowe
Clinton County
Leg Fingwell
Clinton
William Ely Weldon
E. A. Rea
J. B. Craveng
Kellogg
Hay
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