Iowa buys Mutual May merge local systems
Des Moines August 28 The Iowa Telephone Co via vice president and GM George F B McFarland announces purchase of the Mutual Telephone Co of Des Moines by taking majority stock from Charles and Clyde E Brenton Dallas Center IA. Omaha based Casper Yost leads deal with $600000 for controlling interest. total Mutual assets valued about 1100000. Transferred properties include multiple Des Moines exchanges, 9000+ telephones, rural stations, Boone County line, and statewide connections, giving Iowa Telephone controlling leverage in state and Midwest.
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Des Moines
Iowa Telephone Company
George FB. McFarland
Mutual Telephone Company of
Charles and
Clyde E. Brenton
Dallas Center
Brentons
Manual Company
Iowa
Middle West
Casper
Yostaf Omaha
Nebraska Telephone Company
Iowns Telephone Company
Mutual Company
Grand Avenue
Des Moines Street
Highland Park
Boone County Telephone Company
Towa
Incubator Baby Stolen In Angua City Kidnapping Case
Little Marion Hivakley abducted from Topalay. officers captured two kidnapers and recovered the infant. Mrs Edith Barclay and John Gentry arrested at the Wurlington bridge after boarding a Chicago Burlington & Quincy train at Atchison. Gentry, linked to Kansas City, is described as a possible accomplice. Barclay’s custody claim remains unsettled by recent court rulings.
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Angus City
Alo
Marion Hivakley
Topalay
Edith Barelay
John ‘Goutry
Wurlington
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Atchison, Kan
Bridge
Atchison
John Gentry
Rioting in Schoenville Leaves Several Dead and Wounded
In Pitishug Pennsylvania a strike at Pressed Steel Car led to a wild riot. One state keeper, one deputy sheriff, and three foreigners were killed. At least a score injured, ten seriously. Violence erupted after a day of tensions and sporadic shooting.
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Pitishug
Schoenviie
Dog Causes Bloody Fight Near Charlotte In Huntersville
In Huntersville North Carolina a violent altercation over a dog left Rense Huck a well known farmer dead and four others gravely wounded amid a noisy dispute. The incident occurred twelve miles north of Charlotte on August 23.
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Charlotte
N.C
Rense Huck
Huntersville
Three More Die In Auto Races At Indianapolis Speedway
Aug 22 report notes three more deaths in the speed carnival opening the new Indianapolis motor speedway. Several others were injured as the event continued amid safety concerns and ongoing racing action.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Five Women and Children Escape as Steamer Burns
The steamer Fred Swain burned to the water's edge off Averyville with 25 passengers and 15 crew aboard. Two injured, one seriously, but no deaths. Passengers recount a panic as ropes burned and rowboats filled with water. Engineer Casrider survived after fighting flames and reaching shore. the loss is estimated at 36 000 dollars.
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Peoria
Fred Swain
Averyville
Joseph Casrider
Paducah
Charles Reicheberger
Tom Powers
E. A. Caron
Worcester
Mass
Eugene Furbish
Swain
Martin Huston
Casrider
William Bittle
Harold
Wireless station burns at Glace Bay in Nova Scotia
Fire destroyed the Marconi wireless station at Glace Bay on August 23, causing several thousand dollars in loss. The power house was unharmed, and the blaze consumed the operating and condenser rooms along with valuable machinery. Insurance reportedly covers the damage. Mr. Marconi is expected to arrive soon.
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Glace Bay
N. S
Marconi
Intare
Train collision near Santiago leaves many dead
A terrible wreck 30 miles north of Santiago, Chile, killed and injured many as two trains collided. Both trains were destroyed and the financial loss is estimated at 160000 dollars.
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Santiago
Chile
Fairbanks Arrives in Peking En Route Around World
Former U S vice president Charles W. Fairbanks landed in Peking on August 23 while journeying around the world. He is traveling through Asia on the global tour.
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Peking
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
Taft to Visit Juarez as Mexico Plans Bull Fight Events
Taft would be first acting president to step on foreign soil in Mexico on October 16 while Vice President Sherman serves as chief magistrate. Diaz invites Taft to Ciudad Juarez for a bull fight with famed toreros, with $320,000 allocated for visiting dignitaries.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Mexico
Sherman
United States
Francisco Leon de la Barra
Diaz
Ciandad Juarez
Rio Grande
el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Tuarez
Central America
South
Wickersham
New York City
Department of Justice
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Commerce and Labor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hearing for Counterfeiters in Lewinville Kentucky
Marion Robert and his brother were among those who tried to move counterfeit Mexican money totaling about $1,000,000 through local brokers this week. A hearing is scheduled for next Thursday in Lewinville Kentucky.
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Lewinville
Marion Robert
Discovery of $82,600 Shortage in Western Penitentiary Audit
Discovery in Pittsburgh on August 23 indicates an alleged deficit of $82,000 found by a board of auditors tasked with assessing the financial status of the Western Pennsylvania penitentiary.
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Tittsburg
Western Pennsylvania
Forest fires threaten destruction to towns
Aug 23 Winnipeg reports a mile wide forest fire sweeping toward Grand Forks area in Kootenay county. Roseberry nearly burned, Hatton threatened, residents deploy to fight flames as the town faces extensive damage and wildlife flee. Fire started by careless campers, witnesses say.
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Winnipeg
Man
Grand Forks
Kootenay County
Fernie
B. C
Roseberry
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Alma
Hatton
Visits His Leg's Grave at Gettysburg Each Year
Maj. George Tate retired U.S. Army and internal revenue officer travels from Lenox Massachusetts each August to the Gettysburg battlefield grave of his left leg. The limb was shot off in action during the Civil War and a stone marks its final resting place. He places a red rose on the grave as part of a long standing personal rite.
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Maj. Tate
Gettysburg
Rose
Lenox
Mass
George Tate
Tate
Internal Revenue
New York District
Critics branded as cranks by patent chief
Washington reports Patent Commissioner Edward Bruce Moore called several local inventors who criticized patent office methods cranks. He cited one man expelled from a New York patentees group and another who proposed a private Panama Canal dig and urged war department support before construction.
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Washington
Patent Office Administration
Edward Bruce Moore
Mr. Moore
New York Association of Patentees and Inventors
Panama Canal
War Department
Department
Disastrous Fire Kills Four In Karlskrona Center
Four people burned to death as a blaze destroyed half a frozen buildings in central Karlskrona. The Sodra Sverige bank and the Smalands bank were among the premises wrecked after a kerosene lamp exploded starting the fire.
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Karlskrona
Sweden
Sodra Sverige Bank
Smalands Bank
Kidnapping of St Louis incubator baby shocks Topeka crowd
Marion Bleakeley, the incubator baby from the St Louis World's Fair, was abducted from her mother in Topeka Kansas in a sensational kidnaping. Shots were exchanged but missed. Two men and an unknown woman led the escape in a buggy as warrants were issued for Jane Doe John Doe and Richard Roe. Police pursued west toward trains, while Mrs Bleakeley aided in the search.
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Illinois
St. Louis World's Fair
Topeka
Kan
Marion Bleakeley
Clarence Belknap
Jackson
Tenn
John Doe
Richard Roe
Jane Doe
Bleakeley
St. Louis
James G. Barclay
Moline
Til
Kansas
Montgomery County
Supreme Court
Barclay
Death for an Anarchist in trials of 26 revolutionists
Aug 23 reports from Qovel and Budapest note decisions in the case of 26 social revolutionists tried on charges of spreading their views among peasants. One was sentenced to death, 24 to penal servitude, and one acquitted. Police in Budapest have detained 26 anarchists who came to attend an upcoming congress.
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Qovel Tassin
Budapest
Wellman Balloon America Explodes Near Spitzbergen
Aug 16 explosion at Spitzbergen shed forces Walter Wellman and crew to land safely. no injuries. In Pittsburgh a natural gas blast from a disconnected hose at William Cook's Manor home fatally burns Cook and badly hurts his wife two children and his mother. House demolished.
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Hammerfest
Norway
Walter Wellman
America
Spitzbergen
Wellman
Pittsburg
William Cool
Manor
Cook
Piano Hoist Collapse Kills Worker in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg on August 23 a rigging lifting a piano to the Nixon theater’s fourth floor collapsed. One man was killed and several others injured when they were dropped about 40 feet to the pavement.
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Pittsburg
Nixon
Aviation Carnival Opens With America Represented
Rheims France August 29 The great aviation carnival opened with an elimination race to select three pilots to represent the Aero club of France in the international cup. Nations taking part include France America Austria England and Italy. Notable entrants include Latham Bl riot Delagrange Werman Sommer Santos-Dumont Count de Lambert Tissandler Wilbur Wright pupils Demarest Esnault Pelterie Gobron DeRue Ruchounet Guiffrey and Glenn Curtiss official representative of the Aero club of America. Wright brothers declined citing rule allowing repairs or fuel stops during races. Grand prix de la Champagne offers 20000 for greatest distance without refuel or ground contact. Other events offer 4000 2000 and 2000 prizes for speed passengers and altitude respectively.
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Rheims
France
Aeronauts
Aero Club of France
America
Austria
England
Italy
Latham
Bleriot
Delagrange
Warman
Sommer
Santos-Dumont
Count de Lambert
Tissandler
Wilbur Wright
Demarest
Esnault-Pelterie
Gobron
DeRue
Ruchounet
Qguffrey
Glenn H. Curtiss
Aero Club of America
Wright Brothers
Beeler Manufacturing Co Receiver Appointed After Bank Shortage
Tipton Indiana August 23 The First National Bank which was reopened after covering a 15000 shortage appoints a receiver for Beeler Manufacturing Co with plants in Tipton and Alexandria. Company liabilities are 58000 and assets 20000. The bank is the major creditor amid bank upheaval tied to W N Marker who resigned as cashier and director and Neal Marker former aide cashier now to face a federal grand jury in November for alleged embezzlement of 50000.
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W. N. Marker
Neal Marker
Federal Grand Jury
Carmen Lose Big Strike
Stockholm reports the local street railway company defeats striking workers who joined at the start of August. Strikers seeking old jobs are largely denied or downgraded to minimum pay after signing bonds. strikebreakers gain top positions. Company sues for damages and breach of contract, signaling the likely end of the general strike.
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Stockholm
Not Guilty Verdict In Davis Williams Naval Trial
The naval court on the battleship Vermont acquits Davis Williams the negro mess attendant who caused the death of two brother sailors in a closing boat and faced charges of man slaughter. News reached the Navy Department via Rear Admiral Schroeter as fleet practices continue off Cape Henry. Williams will be turned over to Georgia authorities.
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Washington
Naval’ Court
Davis Williams
Vermont
Navy Department
Schroeter
Cape Henry
Williams
Georgia
Australian Towns Submerged in Victoria Floods
Melbourne Aug 23 Severe floods hit Victoria with many villages submerged and several fatalities reported. Rail links between Melbourne and Adelaide are suspended for three days due to collapsed bridges.
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Melbourne
Victoria
Adelaide
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Bell Company
Dow
Towa Telephone Company
Muli Telephone Company
Fairbanks
China
FIE
British Columbia
Moore
Tipton Bank
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Carmen
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