Progress in Good Roads Shown at Iowa Rural Carriers Meet
At Des Moines Savery hotel the Iowa Rural Carriers Association set a campaign for better highways and heard talks by Lucius Wilson and Thomas N McDonald on farm benefits, roads and bridges. J J Swenson answered technical questions. W G Romer was elected president and C M Adams named Ames convention choice. The group backed parcels post and postal savings bank and enjoyed a theater party.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Rural Carriers’ Association
The
Savery
Lucius Wilson
Greater
J. J. Swenson
Mr. Swenson
W. G. Romer
Lyons
W. S. Hoon
Amos
Viece
W. H. James
Council Cluffs
RB. B. Child
Nevada
F. FF. French
Humboldt
H. BE
Jones
Rockwell City
W. Bryant
Lorimer
National Federation of Rural Letter Carriers
B. B. Child
G. I. Jordan
Winterset
W. I. Hoadley
Castana
A. W. Bryant
W. H. Jones
Corneil Bluffs
C. M. Adams
Davenport
Aames
Cedar Rapids
Ames
Committee On
Postal Savings Bank
Commercial Club
Post Office to Raise Registry Fee and Cut Rail Rates
Washington Aug 27 Postmaster Hitchcock outlines plans to raise registering letters from eight to ten cents cut money order costs and reduce rail carrier payments to stabilize post office finances A conference with postal officials is set for Monday to discuss registry reforms and service efficiency Taft signals push for postal savings banks and broader financial reform Spain Morocco Restinga village seizure reported with Spanish advance near Melilla officials note four mile push to Elbar springs found
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Washington
Hitchcock
Uncle Sam
Registry Division
Money Order
Railway Mail Service
James RB. Bennett
Chicago
B. &Post
Edmund Sands
New York
Alden B. Weston
Roston
George Relter
Cincinnati
Arthur H. Potts
Indianapolis
B. Vignaux
Atlanta
Rob
Madrid
Melilla
Morocco
Restinga
Elarbar
Land suits knocked out in eastern Oklahoma
Judge Ralph Campbell sustained the United States suits to set aside deeds and leases made by citizen allottees in the five civilized tribes in eastern Oklahoma. The court held no United States title remains to lands allotted, and Indians are citizens with full rights and immunities. The actions involved numerous defendants linked to many land transactions across multiple tracts.
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Muskogee
Okla
Ralph Campbell
United States
Five Civilized Tribes
Okiahawa
Indiana
Memorial Services for Father H Benitian Held
Memorial services in Oskaloosa honored the late Father H Benitian pastor of St Marys alcurery. Many friends attended the event. Father Nugent of Des Moines delivered the address of the day.
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Oskaloosa
Pather H. Benitian
St. Mary's Alcurery
Father Nugent
Des Moines
North and South Muscatine railroad extended to Burlington
Announce was made that the North and South Muscatine railroad would be extended to Burlington. The road reached Ehrich Junction.
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Muscatine
Burlington
Ehrich Junction
Iowa Chief Justice McClain to Speak at Chicago Commencement
Judge Liu McClain of the Iowa Supreme Court will be a principal speaker at the University of Chicago commencement exercises. The program runs from Sunday through Friday at Chicago.
Wins Tennis Honors Newport Aug 27 final round
W. J. Clathier of Philadelphia won the final round of the Atleemers' Lanenament for the tennis championship of the United States on the Casino courts defeating Maurice V. McLoughlin of California 75, 6 4, 9 11, 6 8.
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Newport
W. J. Clathier
Philadelphia
Atleemers
United States
Cmirts
Maurice V. McLoughin
California
Peonage hearing amid strike evictions at McKees Rocks
Pittsburg August report describes evicted striker families leaving company houses under rain. Affected households relied on strikers and friends for aid as social unrest rose. Justice official Longland interviewed witnesses including James Goddfried who claimed a revolver threat from Samuel Cohen to force work.
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Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
McKee’s Rocks
Chicago
Longland
Department of Justice
Federal Building
James Goddfried
New York City
Samuel Cohen
Service Bureau
River yields largest pearl ever found in Wa bash river
In Mount Vernon Illinois George Rutledge found a 46 grain pearl in the Wa bash river and sold it for 2500 dollars. The finder, with years of pearl fishing and varying success, plans to use the money to buy mussel boats to gather shells and look for more pearls. In Portland Oregon Francis J Heney says he will not prosecute the land fraud cases against Binger Hermann and the matter rests with Attorney General Wickershain.
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Mount. Vernon
Ill
George Rutledge
Wabash River
Rutledge
Heney
Portland
Ore
Francis J. Heney
Binger Hermann
General Land Office
Wickershain
Shipwreck at Puerto Ventura Claims Nine Lives
A Spanish brigantine was wrecked at Puerto Ventura near Las Palmas on August 27. The captain and eight crewmen drowned. A separate Dubuque fire destroyed a Standard Oil warehouse causing about $75,000 in losses.
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Las Pamas
Canary Islands
Puerto Ventura
Dubuque
Standard Oil Company
Tuelosa
Honoring Hannibal Hamlin bronze tablet unveiled
In Paris Hill Maine on August 27 Maine planned centenary events for Hannibal Hamlin birth including an old home week and a bronze tablet unveiled by the Loyal Legion at the birthplace. Veterans and residents witnessed the tribute to the former vice president in Lincoln's first term.
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Paris Hill
Maine
Hannibal Hamlin
Pine Tree State
Hamlin
Hanlin
Abraham Lincoln
Loyal Legion
Vanderbilt Joke Shocks Gotham Police
New York woke to a hoax report that Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt had been shot at the Grand Union hotel. The coroner dismissed the claim after a Plaza hotel call confirmed Vanderbilt was safe. The incident traced to a self described Vanderbilt who said he was shot.
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Alfred G Vanderbilt
New York
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Grand Union Hotel
Vanderbilt
Hotel Plaza
New York Club
Abandoned Gael Crew Reaches Bunbury by Boat
The first officer and 18 crew members of the French bark Gael report the ship was abandoned 200 miles from Bunbury after parting from the captain’s boat on August 23. A lighthouse at Cape Naturaliste sighted a boat crowded with men bearing a German-appearing flag heading toward Bunker Bay, suggesting the captain’s boat may yet arrive.
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Perth
West Australia
Metcyer
London
Portland
Ore
Bunbury
Cape Naturaliste
Bunker Bay
Latham Air King Sets New Distance Record
Aviator Latham breaks distance record while battling strong winds in a solo flight. Engine fuel runs out forcing descent, yet he is celebrated as conqueror of aerial problems for overcoming harsh conditions and maintaining control.
Distance Time Race Data From OCR Snapshot
Split time marks show laps and segment splits across many runners. Distances listed include 2 5 miles and 6 2 5 miles segments with various hours minutes and seconds. positions and bib numbers appear amid fragmented entries.
Latham breaks world record by flying 163 kilometers
Rheims reports Hubert Latham sets new distance and time record in an 8-lap flight amid squalls and wind gusts. He completes 100 kilometers in 1 hour 28 minutes 47 seconds with speeds peaking around 10 meters per second. Blériot’s craft crashes on a failed landing as spectators scatter. Delagrange unhurt.
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Rheims
Hubert Latham
Paulhan
Latham
Tribunes
Lathan
Jaatham
Joseph Adams
Bleriot
Blertot
Tribune
Delagrange
Meriot
Fatal Mine Cage Accident in La Pag Ming
A Matahaula dispatch reports in Mexico City that 15 miners died and 30 were imprisoned after a cage dropped into the La Pag mine. The fall involved a drop of about 150 feet, trapping workers and signaling a deadly incident.
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Mexico City
Mateahaula
Hartshorn Fires Buckshot Killing Two Men By Mistake
In Newark Ohio on August 27 Charles Harts horn Sr. fired a single buckshot charge at two supposed chicken thieves. The shot struck and instantly killed his nephew John Weakley and William Trace. Hartshorn had been missing chickens and kept water on his orchard while guarding his farm.
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Newark
Ohio
Charles Hartshorn
John Weakley
William Trace
Hartshorn
Corrupt Food Tests lauded as Government Abuse
At the Association of State and National Food and Dairy Departments convention in Denver Dr Charles A L Reed of Cincinnati attacked the Remsen referee board for urging benzoate of soda as a preservative He said the recommendation benefited only manufacturers and robbed the public of safe eating The board had tested on healthy young men in Chicago New York and New Haven and results did not reflect average consumers A special committee reported adverse to the board and the convention adopted a resolution endorsing the board 57 to 42
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Ert H. Sleby
Kansas City
John A. Leathers
Louisville
Henry Smith
St. Louis
W. G. Duff
Pittsburg
Charles Kellogg
Detroit
Marvin
Burke
Buffalo
J. A. Abbott
Baltimore
Thomas McLeister
Philadelphia
Hitchcock
Postal Service
National Association of Most
Toledo
Friends of Government
Denver
Col
Association of State and National Food and Dairy Departments
Charles A. L. Reet
Cincinnati
Remgen
Department of Agriculture
Reed
Chicago
New York
New Haven
Conn
Association
Remsen Board
Army halts exhumation plan for Lieut Sutton
Washington reports the quartermaster department canceled or suspended the order to exhume Lieut James N Sutton Marines buried in Arlington to permit Catholic rites. Mrs Sutton, his mother, had requested the exhumation so the holy rites could be performed.
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Washington
Army
James N. Sutton
Sutton
Arlington National Cemetery
Unusual Glazier Named Princeton On Alaskan Coast
A George W. Perkins excursion party found a new glacier on Knight's Island in Alaska flowing into Prince William Sound. The two mile long ice river rises 200 feet high and was christened Princeton by Miss Perkins who smashed a champagne bottle on its face.
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New Glacier
Princeton
Cordova
Alaska
George W. Perkins
Knight's Island
Prince William's Sound
Yucatan
Miss Perkins
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