Multiple World News Snippets From Around The Globe
A long list of brief items reports robberies, diplomatic changes, trade and shipping moves, industry events, and accidents. Notable entries include a Pleas ant Plains bank robbery sum of 800, ambassadorial transfers from Madrid to Britain, Havana funding for auto races, Angora goats shipped to Vladivostok, and the death of James B. Olver. Also listed are a post office burglary in Piggott, bank plans in Berlin, Bancroft library purchase, honors to Robert P Porter, King Charles illness delaying Romanian Parliament, a murder in I T, a soldier's court martial, suicides, Honolulu death, a deadly train collision, a Yale cross country winner, a Texas gas blowout, a Newfoundland steamer foundering, and various mint coinage statistics and labor actions. The document closes with Thanksgiving in London, U S military aid to London, and regional name changes in Cuba.
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Arthur Nicolson
Madrid
Charles Hardings
Great Britain
Russia
Havana
San Jose
Cal
Vladivostok
Bancroft Library
H. H. Bancroft
Society of Arts
London
Robert P. Porter
New York
London Electric Railway
Charles
Charles Cheshire
Tishmingo
I. T
Roosevelt
Alga P. Berry
Infantry
John H. Croney
Cascade
Ill
Daniel Shepherdson
Honolulu
Harper
United States
Edward B. Crow
Charles Nagal
Chester H. Krum
Terminal Railroad Association of
Philippine Islands
Panama
Costa Rica
San Salvador
Bolier Makers’ and Ship Builders’ Union
Canada
Whitelaw Reid
Queen Alexandra
Ashland
Wis
Hotel Cecil
St. Petersburg
Strait of Magellan
Citizens National Bank
Owl
L T
Santiago de Cuba
Province of
Oriente
Wet November in Iowa and assorted state news
Rain soaked November in Iowa with statewide weather notes. Des Moines hosts Western Fruit Growers meeting on December 27. Sioux City park loan plan seeks about 100000 for land purchases. Several crimes and trials recap including a fatal crane accident in Sioux City and a Denison shooting case. Armours plant year one records, banker forgery case in Ireton, and national bank status data. Judicial opinions on soldiers preference in public office debated in Iowa Supreme Court.
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Iowa
Western Fruit Growers’ Association
Des Moines
Eliston
HE. W. Daniels
Sioux City
James Usher
Simmons Hardware Company
Lfe
Denison
Grace Shoop
S. H. Shoop
EB. E. Stark
Chicago & Northwestern
John Kruger
Willie Kelleaney
E. H. Skinner
Birmingham
Ottumwa
F. W. Eichelberger
Adel
Ware & Leland
A. W. Heiss
Board of Trade
Perry
Heiss
Margaret Hunt
Deloit
Hunt
H. Carr
Ireton
Ireton Bank
Carr
Kennedy
Washington Dispatch
National Banks of
Winchell
Rock Island
Colfax
Newton
Grinnell
Brooklyn
Marengo
Prairie City
Scarsborough
Montezuma
Atlantic
Council Bluffs
Bilding
Shelby
C. EB. Wart
Cordovia
M. B. Hart
Ballard
Knoxville
Mount Pleasant
George Joslyn
Geddes
S. D
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Armour & Co
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
Preston
Dawson
Auditor of State
Teachers State Certificates Des Moines Debate Stirs Legislature
Discussion in Des Moines centers on a bill to issue state teaching certificates with no new appropriation. A 50 cent portion of the $1 examination fee would fund the state superintendent, estimating $15,000 annually from about 30,000 exams. To offset county institute losses, the plan raises county institute funding to $150, and a broader state law is seen as more likely to pass.
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Des Moines
Farmers’ Institute
State University Favored by Proposal for Large Board
In Des Moines a rumor says the State university may support creating a large unsalaried state board of control for state institutions. The State Agricultural College would oppose, fearing doctors and lawyers on the board would favor the university and neglect the college. The legislature includes many farmers, so opposition may grow.
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Des Moines
State University
State Agricultural College
State College
Farm Hand Buckley Robbed of Wages Near Williams
Iowa Falls reports farm hand Frank Buckley robbed of $160 by a holdup artist after leaving work at a farmer west of Williams. Buckley travelled to Dubuque to enjoy town life but was assaulted and deprived of his summer wages.
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Iowa Falls
Frank Buckley
Here
Williams
Buckley
Dubuque
Attempt at train wrecking near Cliffang thwarted
Unknown men allegedly attempted to wreck a Rock Island passenger train two miles north of Cliffang by placing a rail across the track as it approached at about forty miles per hour. The motive and identities remain unclear, but the incident is described as a near-miraculous escape from disaster.
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Ottumwa
Rock Island
Cliffang
Arm lost to corn shredder accident in Mitchell
John Zerck, a laborer living in Mitchell, sustained the loss of his right arm when it was drawn into a corn shredder while feeding the machine with both hands. The incident occurred during routine operation at a local farm equipment site.
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Saint Ansgar
John Zerck
Mitchell
Accidental Rifle Death Involving Mrs Will Brock
Patrick Reynolds of Mason City was killed by a rifle ball fired from a gun in the hands of Mrs Will Brock. The incident was accidental and no blame is attached to the woman.
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Mason Gity
Patrick Reynolds
Will Brock
Demented girl leaps from hotel window
Miss Josie Springer of Norway jumped from the third story of the National hotel in Cedar Rapids while demented and fell to the basement of an adjoining building. She is probably fatally injured.
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Cedar Rapids
Josie Springer
Norway
National
Man Falls Into Elevator Shaft at Higley Building
William Colloton an employee, while leaving the E. B. Higley building on South Main street, fell headlong into an open elevator shaft and was seriously injured. He was removed from the shaft and received medical attention. The incident occurred during normal building operations and is under investigation by local authorities.
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Mason City
E. B. Higley
South Main Street
Wiliam Colloton
Great Revival As Nehemiah Ezra Restore Nation in Bible Study
A Sunday school lesson surveys Nehemiah and Ezra guiding Israel to spiritual renewal. Reading the law sparks conviction. joyful worship follows as the Feast of Tabernacles is celebrated and a new covenant is sealed. Reform includes temple purification, tithes, Sabbath observance, and expulsion of heathen wives.
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Nehemiah
Satan
Ezra
Todd
Tabernacles
Sinai
God
R. V
Moses
Israel
Judah
Water Gate
Temple
Ephraim
Jaffa Gate
Joshua
The Little Girl Who Lit Augustus Thomas’s Fame
A brief profile traces how a St Louis boy’s early success began when a girl on his knee told him of a story in St Nicholas. Mrs. Francis Hodgson Burnett’s Holntha’s Burglar inspired his hit The Burglar, launching a career of plays including Alabama Arizona and The Harl of Pawtucket while noting occasional flops like Colorado. The child is now Mrs. Augustus Thomas.
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Munsey
St. Louis
Alabama
Mizzoura
Arizona
Pawtucket
Augustus Thomas
Third Degree Outrage Denounced By Cleveland Journal
The Cleveland Plain Dealer denounces police use of the third degree to coerce a confession from Cunliffe, a former employee who stole 101000, noting the practice mirrors a Pekin prison more than a Pittsburg station. It highlights how victims are often prisoners without money or friends and questions why the aristocracy of crime escapes such treatment.
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Cleveland Journal
Cunliffe
Express Company
Pekin
Pittsburg
Boot
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Conscience Tales From Bristol Cleric Firelight
A Bristol Rhode Island church figure Rev W L Hood sparked talk by saying his two children under ten never sinned. A local comment joked about a colored man named Romulus whose last fear was how a vest fits, reflecting community wit.
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W. L. Hood
Bristol
R. I
Hood
Romulus
Boss in the Household Politely Declines
In a round of questions about what a boss is Slim mer dodges the topic with humor. He says the only boss he knows leads his modest household and that politeness to a lady keeps him from commenting on her traits. The others excuse him.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Not in His Line as Euclid Refuses Actuary Offer
Euclid, busy with a math problem, declines a life insurance president’s offer to hire him as actuary. He says his figures align with annual reports and July August heat, then returns to his work and forgets lunch.
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Euclid
The Same Old Excuse in a Backyard Store Play
A boy named Sandy boasts at luncheon that he and Dick cheated others during a backyard store game. His mother responds with stern disbelief, while he insists the cheating was merely business. The brief piece captures a child's moral dilemma and a caregiver’s corrective stance.
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Sandy
Louis Knight to Exhibit Pictures on First U.S. Visit
Louis Aston Knight son of Ridgway Knight sails from Paris for his initial trip to America and brings a collection of pictures for exhibition. The artist, noted for power and originality, arrives with works to display.
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Louis Knight
Louis Aston Knight
Ridgway Knight
Paris
New York Births by Ancestry on Manhattan Island 1904
Birth statistics for Manhattan in 1904 show 59,196 total births with breakdowns by ethnicity and origin. Italians lead with 11,298 births, followed by Hebrews 7, tenho Polish and Russian Hebrews 9,688, Austrian Hebrews 6,922, Norse 7,298, Irish 3,880, and French 121, with native American births at 11,903.
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Manhattan Island
A Living Faith Keeps Hope Amid Hard Work
Keep the sunshine of a living faith in the heart. Do not let discouragement darken your path. The promises of God will shine like stars at night to cheer and strengthen. The hardest tasks demand effort and song as the harvest ripens.
Be Ye Kind One to Another in Love and Forgiveness
A church letter urges kindness and forgiveness grounded in Ephesians. It contrasts bitterness, wrath, and clamor with tender-hearted forgiveness, urging believers to make a home of love for the Spirit, noting unlovingness repels Him.
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God
Christ
I Was Obliged to Use a Catheter and Regained Health
An elderly man recalls bladder issues that forced catheter use until Dean's Kidney Pills eased the pain and restored freedom to urinate. He claims eight years of cure, remains active past seventy, and notes the product is sold by dealers for 60 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Nose rings in New Guinea women embrace nose piercings
In New Guinea the women adorn themselves with nose rings, piercing the nose similarly to how civilized women pierce ears, highlighting cultural beauty practices observed by outsiders.
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New Guinea
Cure for infant milk crust with Cuticura products
Mrs H P Holmes of Ashland Oregon writes that a three month old boy suffered severe milk crust causing itching and hair loss. After applying Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment and using a thin cap, the crust disappeared and hair growth resumed with no relapse.
Dogs Turned Into Lamb In Paris Meat Trade
Stolen dogs are reported to be moved to Paris where they are butchered and sold as lamb meat, with hind legs especially targeted for mislabeling.
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Paris
From Plant to Cigar by Frank P. Lewis
Frank P. Lewis returns from tobacco districts noting best crops and likeliest curing and packing. He inspects holdings as quality improves. The Lewis Single Binder factory likely leads in fancy graded tobacco and the brand’s rising demand. Sales reached seven million last year and will exceed eight million in 1908, with no traveling salesman. The factory has run 23 months behind in orders.
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Frank P. Lewis
United States
Herald-Transcript
No Place for Her and Mrs Grundy in East of Suez
The South China Post in Hongkong notes society’s strict codes clash with modern leisure. It mocks Mrs Grundy’s reach beyond traditional bounds, citing Sunday billiards, lotteries, weddings in Panama hats, and funerals in white suits as examples of changing manners.
Eighteenth Century Earrings Fashion Feature
The eighteenth century celebrated the earring as a premier adornment with fashionable beauties competing for rare and beautiful jewels, making it one of the era's prettiest feminine ornaments and justifying its popularity.
Worth More Than a Smile Baby Visit Ups Upscale Home
A playful tale from uptown describes a stork bringing twins to a home. The father and a congratulating friend exchange remarks about the Lord smiling upon them with amusement and pride. The scene ends with the father declaring the Lord laughed aloud.
A Lost Opportunity at Ribbon Counter
A floorwalker cries out that a woman dropped dead in the bargain crush at the ribbon counter. The head of the firm laments the untimely moment, noting the undertaking department will not open until Monday, per the Catholic Standard.
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Catholic Standard
Coffee Heart and a Better Breakfast with Postum
A reader from Oregon describes habitual coffee use harming her health including rapid heartbeats and indigestion. After switching to Postum Food Coffee six months ago, she reports clear skin, improved digestion, and steadier heart action. Husband also benefited. the note promotes Postum from Battle Creek, Michigan, with a reference to The Road to Wellville.
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Oregon
Postum. Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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