Northwestern railroad reports signal system cuts deaths in crosses
Des Moines reports show the new Chicago to Omaha signal system completed and in use. The line saved lives but crossings and trespassers caused more fatalities this year than last. Iowa net profits reached 5 million, with 7 637 miles and 138 thousand Iowa employees paid about 4.89 million.
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Chicago
Omaha
Des Moines
Northwestern Railroad
Bne
Railroad Commission
Towa
Iowa
Iowa M P Conference appoints 64th session leaders
Marshalltown Iowa September 11 the Iowa conference of the Methodist Protestant church announces the sixty fourth session appointments after Rhodesia session Keokuk will host August 31 to September 4 1910 Rev J Nutt Des Moines is conference president Z W Murphy secretary principal points include Bussey Downey Leonard Johnston McVay Murphy Tague Damran Ottumwa Leinder Tillotson Maxwell Rhodes Anthony Wilkinson Rhodes Sully Alymore Leach Britt Keokuk mission board to provide Keokuk J M Plumb Marshalltown appointed conference evangelist and E Brown conference missionary.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Methodist Protestant Church
J. W. Murphy
Rhodesia
Keokule
J. Nutt
Thirty-fourth Street
Des Moines
Z. W. Murphy
Murphy
Bussey
Henry Carlran
Downey
J. Shepard Wood
Keswick
J. Cc. Leonard
Lowell
Johnston
Millersburg
William N. McVay
Murray
R. S. Tague
Mount Zion
H. «. Damran
Ottumwa
Newendon
A. VL. Leinder
Osceola
Elijah Tillotson
Peoria
T. M- Martin
Maxwell
Rhodes
St. Anthony
R. Wilkinson
Sully
F. G. Alymore
Point Pleasant
Leach
Britt
Keokuk
Cine Mission Board
J. M. Plumb
Brown
Taft Reviews the Veterans in Beverly Parade
President Taft, in Beverly Massachusetts, attended the Grand Army post parade for Essex County. He consented to appear after veterans urged it, rode from his house to the parade entranced, and sat in his car returning salutes with a good natured smile as about 259 veterans and a large crowd gathered.
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Beverly
Mass
Kreverly
Catt
Grand Army
Essex County
Taft
Fire destroys auto factory at Reitendorf near Davenport
Yaverport Louisiana September 11 The Meteor automobile factory located at Reitendorf two miles east of Davenport is almost totally destroyed by fire Five finished cars and many unfinished ones burned and machinery wrecked The origin is a mystery The loss will exceed 100 000 Perry Victory Celebrated in Put in Bay Ohio September 11 Commemoration marks Oliver H Perry’s 1812 Lake Erie naval victory with a fitting anniversary event
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Yaverport
Meteor Automobile
Reitendorf
Davenport
Perry
Put-in-Hay
Ohio
Comodore
Oliver H Perry
Lake Erie
William Denbow Dies in Columbus Dispatch
William Denbow dies in Columbus on September 11. He hailed from South Carolina. His wife was told her mother in Albion, Iowa, is also dying. The couple were en route to Albion when the death occurred.
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Wiliam Denbow
Columbus
Ohio
William Denbow
South Carolina
Albion
Mrs. Denbow
Harriman Death Marked by Private Funeral Plans
ARDEN New York September 11 arrangements for the funeral of EB Harriman have been completed for Sunday at St John s Episcopal church. The service will be private with only immediate family and a few lifelong friends. Pallbearers are the six department heads of Harriman s estate. Messages of sympathy pour in from around the world as the financier s death at Tower Hill is announced after a long illness.
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Arden
EB. H. Harriman
SL. John’s Episcopal Church
J. Holmes McGuinness
Harriman
Mr. Harriman
Hutoye
Mary Harriman
Roland
Averell
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Taft summons Attorney General to Beverly for matters
President Taft has sent for Attorney General Wickersham to Beverly Massachusetts on September 11 to discuss several important matters. It is believed one topic concerns the Ballinger Pinchot controversy and related issues.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Wickersham
Paine & Co Brokers Suspend Amid Market Turmoil
Louisville dispatch reports Kk. FE Paine & Co a stock brokerage with New York and Chicago ties suspended operations. Firm head Mr. Faine assures customers no losses will occur.
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Louisville
Kk. FE. Paine & Co
New York
Chicago
Faine
Nine-Year-Old Hero Amid Fatal White Bear Lake Cottage Fire
Fire at Robert A. Walsh summer cottage at White Bear Lake destroys the home. Three children aged one to five die. six others, including Constance nine months, Sarah and John, are injured or trapped on the second floor. Father badly burned while tending a gasoline stove. William, nine, jumps to safety after aiding siblings.
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St. Paul
Minn
Robert A. Walsh
White Bear Lake
Constance
Robert
John
William
Sarah
Walsh
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Mystery Deepens in Cincinnati Death of Scott Sprague
In Cincinnati on September 11, authorities probe the death of Scott Sprague who was shot in a room with his bride two weeks after their nuptials. He died en route to the hospital. Mrs. Sprague, Miss Cross, daughter of retired farmer Frank Cross of Rockford Illinois, has not explained the circumstances. Detectives learned Sprague visited attorney George J. Saline days before his death to draft a mortgage for his mother and heard he feared death, but he gave no motive or possible assailant.
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Cincinnati
Scott Sprague
Sprague
George J. Saline
Bethy
Interior secretary bars further Reclamation payment certificates
Acting on attorney general advice the secretary of the interior will not approve any more certificates issued by the reclamation service for work on reclamation projects. These certificates had been received as part payment on entries under the projects. In Huntington, West Virginia, a traveling salesman from Charleston, W. Va., W. M. Quinn, died after being struck by a freight train while sleepwalking.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Reclamation Service
Huntington
W. Va
W. M. Qwinn
Charleston
Quarrel Ends Fatally in Florence Wisconsin
In Florence Wisconsin during a quarrel among Polish miners John Wseclak was stabbed to death by Charles Misch. Misch is jailed awaiting murder charges.
Doctor Admits Dead Girl Called On Him
Detroit reports a young woman fainting at the state fair grounds linked to the Maybelle Millman case. Alice Reno, a Hovey confectionery clerk, is detained. Dr. Fritch, named by Millman’s friend, is remanded on bail after questioning. He says the arrest stems from the Presley case and describes a brief office visit with a Millman acquaintance.
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Detroit
Mich
Maybelle Millman
Oscorse Creek
Alice Reno
Hovey Confectionery
Woodward Avenue
Millman
Capt. McDonnell
Presley
Dead Infant Found At Detroit Hotel Poisoning Suspected
Detroit police probe the death of a three month old girl found alone in a hotel room. A woman registered as Mrs. J C Capon of Chicago arranged a short stay and left town soon after, leaving the door key inside. Post mortem and chemical tests ordered on the bottle. A maid says the woman spent much of her time writing after arrival. Hotel staff heard the baby crying and could not prevent its death.
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Detroit
Mich
Library Park
J. C. Capon
Chicago
Jap guests tour Portland plants and Union Veteran Legion elects
Japanese commercial commissioners visiting Portland as guests of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the Pacific Coast toured major industrial plants. In Washington the Union Veteran Legion held its twenty fourth annual encampment with W. P. Griffith elected junior vice commander and other officers installed.
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Portland
Ore
Japan
Associated Chambers of Commerce of
Pacific Coast
Washington
Union Veteran Legion
W. P. Griffith
New York
Bank Robbery in Corsicana Area Nets $2500
On September 11 robbers burglarized the Farmers and Merchants Bank at Malaloff, about twenty miles east of Corsicana, escaping with two thousand five hundred dollars. The incident was reported from the Texas town's early hours.
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Corsicana
Tex
Farmers' and Merchants’ Bank
Malaloff
Here
Polar pole claims spark rival Arctic probes
New York reports that Peary is due in New York a week before Cook and will likely present corroborative details of his polar journey before Cook can offer American proof. Copenhagen notes Cook’s own witnesses may travel next spring. Copenhagen honors Cook with Sc D while public reaction shifts toward careful judgment of both explorers.
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New York
Robert KE. Peary
Frederick A. Cook
Copenhagen
Peary Arctic Club
North Pole
Dr. Cook
America
Peary
Roosevelt
Sydney
C. B
Tomorow
Cook
Greenland
Denmark
Explorer
University of Copenhagen
Geographical Society
Morning Post
Pole
Anthony Fiala
Cape Columbia
Omaha
Neb
Harry Clairborne
Evelyn Baldwin
Baldwin
Clairborne
Arctic
Illinois German American Alliance Holds Second Convention
The Illinois state branch met at Turner Hall in Peoria with about 300 delegates. Prof. C. H. Kauffman opened the session and Mayor Woodruff welcomed attendees as reports were adopted. The group endorsed reasonable liquor regulation but opposed prohibition and Sunday blue laws.
Johnson Bests Kaufman in Newspaper Decision in Fight
San Francisco report of a ten round bout at Coffroth's arena where Jack Johnson was awarded a newspaper decision over Al Kaufman despite both standing at the end. Referee Kiddie Smith ruled Johnson the winner as neither fighter was knocked down. A fatal accident occurred outside the arena when seven year old James Brennan was run over by a car associated with Kaufman.
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San Francisco
Jack Johnson
al. Kaufman
Coffroth
Kiddie Smith
Johnson
James Brennan
Doctor Shot on Texas Street in Shreveport Tragedy
Dr M White a leading veterinarian and vice president of the state board of veterinary examiners was shot and killed by Henry Sibley a railroad man on Texas Street in Shreveport Louisiana The motive cited is alleged improper attentions of White to Sibley's wife causing the fatal shooting.
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Shreveport
M. White
State Board Veterinary Examiners
Henry Sibley
Texas
White
Sibley
Germans Promise Evening Kammers and Virginia Boat Ride
An article fragment notes a program with genuine German kammers this evening and plans for a boat ride to Virginia on morrow, followed by a volksfest. The terse item hints at cultural events and scheduled activities for attendees.
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Kammers
Virginia Bei
Plague Epidemic Declared Ended in Venezuela
Washington reports the Venezuelan government has officially ended the bubonic plague epidemic after a telegraph from U S Minister Russett in Caracas. The outbreak had prompted international health concerns and fears of a wider spread.
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Washington
Venezuea
State Partment
United States
Rus
Caracas
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John Early
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Brooklyn
Rob Bank
Doctor
Johnson Bests
Kaufman
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