Debating Societies for Schools Promote Skill and Morals
The article argues for organized school debating in upper grammar, high schools, and academies as vital practice in thinking and speaking. It cites a New England Teachers of English leaflet urging teachers and parents to encourage debates to channel students’ desire to belong into constructive activity and address concerns over secret fraternities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sall Buttima Ud
New England Association of Teachers of English
Sorething
Can-Opener Quest Aboard Warships
Navy experiments seek a machine to swiftly open 750 cans per meal on a battleship far from home markets. A successful device promises profits and patriotic fame while easing strenuous kitchen work for sailors.
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Navy Department
Price shifts in life’s essentials questioned
A debate arises over whether prices for necessities have fallen. Bradstreet reports a drop based on family shopping, while diamond dealers say no. If personal adornment items are deemed essential, diamonds seem less affordable, as hotel clerks still do not stockpile these luxury goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradstreet
Andover Receives $500 For Annual Spelling Contest
Andover Massachusetts earns a legacy of five hundred dollars to fund yearly old fashioned spelling snatches. The public contests will feature competitors aged ten to eighteen. The amount may prove more beneficial to education than a large Patagonia bug research project.
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Andover
Mass
Patagonia
Astor Boosts Oxford Endowment with Extra Gift
William Waldorf Astor adds impetus to Oxford University endowment begun by Lord Curzon. Astor had pledged 50 000 dollars when the fund reached 500 000, now he promises 100 000 dollars at that level. The fund stands at 375 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Waldorf Astor
Oxford University Endowment Fund
Lord Curzon
University
Astor
China to punish officials over lawless Japanese smugglers
China pledges to discipline officials who forced Japanese smugglers to obey its laws. The incident is deemed closed, but Japan may soon confront a nation unwilling to let such incidents end quietly.
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China
Japan
Statue of Washington Dedicated by City Schoolchildren
A marble statue of George Washington, removed for protection from in front of Independence Hall to the rotunda of City Hall, was dedicated recently. It was a gift from local schoolchildren to the city.
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George Washington
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Eity
Noted St. Louis merchant faces suit over alleged bribery
The fragment describes Albert S. Tack, a St. Louis commission merchant, paying $503 to a bookkeeper named Annie C. Kerone from a rival firm and an older woman in relation to a court case involving dam? women collected dam were to court. The text is garbled but implies financial dealings tied to a legal action.
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Albert S. Tack
St. Louis
Annie C. Kerone
Fay
Sen
Iowa State News. Husband shoots doctor over alleged visits
Edward Nuckalls, a local jewelry firm member, shot osteopath Dr. Harry W. Emery at the Nuckolls residence after an alleged attempt by Emery to enter the home at midnight. Emery was wounded in the left chest and hospitalized. no prognosis given. Authorities describe a mysterious motive tied to suspected illicit entries and a confrontation at the Nuckolls home during the night.
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Hidera
Harry W. Emery
Edward Nuckalls
Warra Nuckalls
N. C. Morse
Wmeny
Nuckolls
Emeny
the Elore
Sod
Ousted Clerk Owes County Money in Pottawattamie
Judge Wheeler removed H V Battey, district court clerk, after an expert Des Moines accounting firm found 2197.86 due the county for the period of Battey’s incumbency. Temporary charge given to H J Chambers with a $20000 bond. report cited $1189 in clerical fees tied to insanity commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottawattamie
Council Bluffs
H. V. Battey
Pottawattamie County
Wheeler
District Court
Board of Supervisors
Des Moines
H. J. Chambers
Ofice
Chambers
Or. J. Tileluman
National Accounting Company of Des Moines
Battey
Fall Apples for Packing Demonstration in Mason City
Mason City hosted a storage demonstration showing Iowa fall apples can store well with proper packing. Varieties tested include Wealthies Pattons Greetings Salome Winesaps Iowa Blush Grimes Scott’s Winter Black Annett Melinda Langfords Nelson Sweets Clemmons Seedlings from multiple Iowa counties. Wrapped, unpacked, and delayed packing methods all affected condition, with wrapped and immediate packing faring best. Wealthies fared worst. Professor Fenney led the lecture on the demonstration results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Higley
Wealthies
Patton’s Greetings
Salome
Winesaps
Iowa Blush
Grimes
Scott's Winter
Black Annete
Melinda
Langfords
Nelson Sweets
Clemmons
Missouri Valley
Storm Lake
Floyd
Ardale
Williamsburg
Rockford
Randolph
Fenney
Interurban Line From Waterloo to Perry Planned
Water loo to Perry electric railroad 114 miles with a Story City to Ames stub line. Chicago and Eldora capitalists back the Town railroad planned to run west to Cedar Falls then southwest via Freds ville Dike Lincoln Grundy Center Bidora Hubbard Garden City Story City Boone Moingoua to Perry. Hourly service promised and Des Moines access via Ames. Main headquarters at Eldora with local bankers involved.
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Waterloo
Perry
Story City
Ames
Des Moines
Town Railroad
Chicago
Eldora
Cedar Falls
Fredsville
Dike
Lincoln
Grundy Center
Bidora
Hubbard
Garden City
Boone
Moingoua
Term For Naughty Letters in Cedar Rapids Federal Court
Mrs. Nellie Anderson was sentenced to two years in a federal prison at Moundsville West Virginia for sending obscene matter through the mails. Her partner Jodie Patterson a black man received two years in a federal prison at Fort Leavenworth. Patterson and Anderson pleaded guilty to the mail obscenity charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Nellie Anderson
Government
Moundsville
W. Va
Jodie Patterson
Fort Leavenworth
Vinton
Us City
Paterson
Young College Student Shoots Self in Manchester Home
Waterloo Roy Miller aged 20, a Syracuse? sophomore at Vayette College, shot himself at his Manchester home. He left a note attributing the act to ill health and listed debts owed at school. He was the son of G W Miller, a wealthy Manchester implement dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Roy Miller
Vayettte
Manchester
G. W. Miller
Visitor Seizes Watch After Visit From Stranger
Logan county farmer John Hunt reported missing a watch chain and valuables after a transient stock man named Allen visited his farm east of Logan. Sheriff transported Allen to Carroll and Missouri Valley, where he was arrested and brought to Logan. He was tried in the justice court on circumstantial evidence and fined $25, with bail set for appeal to the district court.
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Logan
John Hunt
Allen
Roch
Carroll
Missouri Valley
Justice Court
District Court
Liquor Interests Organize in Burlington to Oppose Civil Federation
A broad movement forms in Burlington to resist the anti saloon forces led by the civic federation. Organizers aim to enroll several thousand workers against mulet law enforcement and to use all legal means to safeguard saloon freedom. John Deterick of Chicago assists, backing western liquor interests. a permanent group will engage in politics to aid liquor people.
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Burlington
Civic Federation
Darlington
John Deterick
Chicago
West
Aunt Becky Young Dies in Des Moines at 76
Des Moines mourns Army nurse Aunt Becky Young aged 76 who passed away at 2 a m on the 6th after weeks of illness. A famed war nurse, she would have marked her forty first wedding anniversary to David C. Young on the same day.
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Des Moines
Becky
Burglars Crack Safe at Mt Plutus and Milling Office
Thieves forced open a vault at the Mt Plutus and Milling company office in Burlington and stole forty four dollars after manipulating the safe combination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Mt. Plutus and Milling Company
Sioux City Supervisor Pleads Guilty in County Case
A. Erickson, a Woodbury County supervisor member, pleads guilty to unlawfully selling goods to the county. Brickson files a petition alleging inflated county prices and ignorance of wrongdoing. County Attorney A. G. Wallacy presents a grand jury recommendation for leniency.
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Sioux City
Erickson
Woodbury County Board of Supervisors
Brickson
Jrlckson
A. G. Wallacy
Senate Passes Employers Liability Bill Amid Filibuster News
The Senate approved the employers liability bill for railroad common carriers with no changes, sending it to the president for signature as House action presses forward despite a Democratic filibuster. Roosevelt warns on anarchism. calls for stronger federal action via postal and criminal statutes.
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Senate
House
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
House of Representatives
Department of Justice
Theodore Roosevelt
Onone
Sellers
Cannon
Williams
Conferator
Revenue Cutter Service
Evans Yields To Doct ors In California Ports
Rear Admiral Evans will not rejoin the battleship fleet at San Diego nor take part in functions and celebrations in southern California ports. Dr P I J McDonnald of the Constitution urged it as inadvisable. Evans accepted his physician’s judgment though it will be bitterly disappointing to him.
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Paso Robles
Cal
Evans
San Diego
California
P. I. J. McDonnald
Connecticut
Stormy House session calls for paper trust facts
Washington notes a stormy Wednesday as the house adopts rules to curb the Democratic filibuster and passes two Cannon resolutions seeking information from the justice and commerce and labor departments on the so called paper trust. The naval appropriation bill is reported to the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Cannon
Department of Justice
Department of Commerce and Labor
Money Troubles End Fatal Act by New York Lawyer
Charles A. Murphey a prominent lawyer and real estate dealer killed himself in an Astor House room on Thursday night by shooting through the head. Financial troubles are cited as the motive for his death.
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New York
Charles A. Murphey
Astor House
Cut in Freight Rates Ordered Sioux Falls South Dakota
The state board of railroad commissioners Friday ordered reductions in freight rates in western South Dakota ranging from ten to 43 percent.
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Sioux Falls
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
South Dakota
Rioting In Pensacola Ends With Striker Beatings
Street car workers from St Louis faced a riot after a strike breakers arrival in Pensacola Florida. Bricks bottles and shells were hurled as police cleared clashes that injured sixteen imported men with fifteen wounded near the car barns.
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St. Louis
Pensacola
Fla
Pensacola Electric Company
Union
Mnen
Palafox
Wright
Board of Public Safety
Benjamin Commons
International Association of Street Railway Employes
Floods sweep Southwest Missouri with rail damage and drownings
A severe flood in Missouri and neighboring areas disrupts rail traffic along the St. Louis & San Francisco lines near Joplin and Monett. Lev Beyler, a miner, drowns in the Traquois mine while Spring River overflow washes out tracks near Granby. Portions of Carthage submerged as Varck dam holds against rising waters.
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Joplin
Electric
St. Louis
San Francisco
Gadger-Peacock
Missouri
Lev Beyler
Traquois
Monett
Spring River
Missouri Pacific
Granby
Carthage
Spring River Water Company
Varck
Kan
Canadian Official Arrested in Cross-Border Smuggling Case
Winnipeg customs officer Herbert Wright of Emerson Manitoba was seized at Noyes Minnesota by a U S immigrant officer with a revolver on charges he smuggled May French into the United States after she was refused admission two weeks earlier. Wright, son of Emerson’s mayor, was taken to Crookston Minnesota for trial amid tensions between Canadian and American authorities at Emerson and Noyes.
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Winnipeg
Man
Herbert Wright
Emerson, Man
Noyes
Mann
United States
Wright
Emerson
Crookston
Minn
Emorgson
Tragedy As Home Slips Into Guyandotte River
In Huntington West Virginia on Friday William Adking and his two young children died when their residence slipped from the river bank into the Guyandotte River. The collapse followed severe flooding that under mined the river bank.
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Huntington
W. Va—Mre
William Adking
Guyandalle River
Mail Robbery Report in Janesville Wisconsin
A mail robbery occurred at the Janesville depot on Thursday night. Two sacks were stolen from the platform, with evidence of ripped openings and partial contents recovered in the area. Local authorities investigate the incident and review eastern state mail routes for leads.
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Janesville
Wis
Offered Money for Murder Shocks Missouri Trial
In Richmond a trial for Thomas McGonnigle and Mrs. Jane Burnett reveals payments offered to kill Mrs. Margaret McGonnigle. Thomas Bailey testified that McGonnigle offered $150 in 1907. others depict plots involving poison wine, poisoned cake, and staged murder to mislead authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Thomas McGonnigle
Jane Burnett
Margaret McGonnigle
Thomas Bailey
Burnett
Detroit Jury Acquits Bowin in Elderly Prostitute Murder
In Woodville Ontario on January 7, 63 year old Cornelia Welch was killed. Percy Bowin confessed to hiring the victim and stealing diamonds but was found not guilty in Detroit's recorder's court after he denied the confession citing coercion by Capt McDonnell and officers. Police evidence supported Bowin's confession debate.
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Detroit
Mtch
Phelan
Recorder's Court
Percy Bowin
Woodville
Ont
Cornelia Welch
Congress Street
Bowin
Bowlin
McDonnell
Barwin
Strange Career Is Ended in St Louis Doctor Dies at 69
Dr James Shapard Cabanne founder of Cabanne Place died at St Vincent's asylum aging 69 after a career of wealth and respect and years marked by divorce loss and scandal He had lived in Cabanne Place as a wealthy physician and in North St Louis as Mr Norris He married Della Doherty last May and fathered four children
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St. Louis
James Shapard Cabanne
Cabanne Place
St Vincent's Asylum
Cabanna
North St. Louis
Electric Car Kills Four Women Near Maywood
Four women were instantly killed and a man fatally injured when a west bound Aurora Ligine and Chicago electric car struck a carriage two miles west of Maywood suburb on Wednesday afternoon. The carriage driver died four hours later at Maywood Union Hospital.
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Flye
Chicago
Aurora
Dles Leaving 201 Descendants in Burlington Obit
Mrs Rachael Isenberger of Njota Illinois died Thursday at 87 at her daughter Mag Rachael McCaskill’s home in Burlington Iowa She leaves 14 children and 201 descendants in a large family obituary notice from the Burlington paper.
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Dles
Burlington
Rachael Isenberger
Njota
Mag. Rachael McCaskill
Isenberger
Wife slain by jealous husband ends life in Pueblo
A woman, shot by her husband in a jealous rage on a January night, died here Thursday night. The husband then killed himself, leaving a tragic case of domestic violence and loss.
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Pueblo
Cole Mra
Sherman T. Cam Wack
Himelf
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BufTa'e
Iowa
Iowa State News
Doctor
Fleet
Mrs. Burnett
Cabanne
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