Week's Events Mix Personal Toasts and Global Shifts
Threatened with pneumonia and weakened, William J. Bryan canceled his Jacksonville lecture and rests under physicians’ care at his cousin William Jennings’s residence in Florida. Belgium’s Albert I ascends the Brussels throne as a new monarch joins Europe’s ruling sovereigns. Peary hints the polar quest may extend to the south. Senator A. J. McLaurin dies suddenly at his Brandon home, age 61. Percy B. Rockefeller recovers from appendectomy in Greenwich. Spencer F. Eddy resigns as minister to the Balkans, now abroad. Ona Kildare and H W Wiley mentioned in health and policy notes. Jose Madriz elected Nicaragua president amid stormy session. Baroness Vaughan leaves Belgium for France amid government pressure.
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William J. Bryan
Jacksonville
Fla
William
Jennings
Florida
Democratic National Committee
Europe
Albert I
Belgium
Brussels
Peary
New England Society
New York
North Pole
South Pole
United States
A. J. McLaurin
Brandon
Miss
Percy BE. Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
Greenwich
Conn
William A. Harris
Kansas
Lydia M. Mackey
Chicago
Spencer F. Eddy
Balkan States
Ona Kildare
H. W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Washington
Jose Madriz
Central American Court of Justice
Cartage
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Congress
Madrid
Vaughan
Leopold
France
International Sanitary Convention Opens in Costa Rica
The fourth international sanitary convention chaired by Dr. Walter Wyman began in San Jose with full American republic participation. Headlines recount fires in Grand Rapids and Clapham, a drapery store blaze causing multi million losses, and a fatal web of incidents including a San Jose trainman robber identified posthumously and an Idaho grand jury indicting five on conspiracy to defraud with water rights. A million dollar endowment memorial for Florence Crittenton missions is planned in New York. Westbound crash near Blakely leaves two railway workers dead. Cape Breton earthquake disrupts telegraph lines.
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Walter Wyman
Washington
International Sanitary Bureau
San Jose
Costa Rica
Siegel Company
Grand Rapids
Mich
Howard Chandler Christy
Zanesville
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Blakely
Minn
Jac Ginneill
F. Torgerson
St. Paul
Seriusly
Gas explosion at Herrin mine kills eight workers
In Herrin NL the A shaft of the Chicago Carterville Coal Co. mine A exploded, killing eight including the civil engineer and helpers. Three hundred men escaped. Suspected cause is workers entering an old gas-filled room lit by lamps.
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Chicago & Carterville Coal Company
Herrin
State Department
Washington
Consul Moffat
Bluefields
Department
Red Cross
Utah
United States
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
MacVeagh
Aldrich
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Taft
Edward H. Harriman
New York City
Union Square
New Orleans
Panama Canal
George Rhoding
Indianapolis
Elma Date
Indiana Supreme Court
State Bank of
Centerville
Kan
GC. H. Brown
Brown
Robert E. Entriken
Downnington
S. A. Bicking & Son
Astrada
Tatumbla
Recreo
Rama
Zelaya
Charles L. Warriner
Big Four Railroad Company
Cincinnati
Thhe State Penitentiary
Cook
W. S. Schley
Peary
North Pole
National Geographic Society
Arizona
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Columbia University
Crocker
Kennedy
Northern Hospital For the Insane
Jacksonville
Walla
St. Paul
Good Thunder
Minn
Mankato
Isaac G. Harriman
Milwaukee
Chicago & Northwestern
Evanston
W. J. Laffargue
Allain
Prizes for Grain Meeting at Ames Jan 3 15 1910
The Iowa Small Grain Growers association will hold its first annual contest at Iowa State College Ames from January 3 to 15 1910 during the short course. Premiums total many items including a $125 grain drill a $125 binder a $150 gang plow and cash and supply awards. A corn Kellogg special of $1000 will also be contested plus a corn contest with $5 000 in premiums for state youth. William McArthur Ames directs inquiries. The new agricultural building auditorium and laboratories promise improved facilities.
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Ames
Iowa Small Grain Growers’ Association
Iowa State College
Iowa Corn Growers’ Association
William McArthur
Big dinner at the Iowa Soldiers' Home for Christmas
The 1032 members and staff of the Iowa Soldiers' Home will have a royal Christmas dinner with turkey at 28 cents per pound. The menu includes 1000 pounds of turkey, 12 bushels of potatoes, 160 three pound cans of peas, 100 five pound loaves of bread, 30 gallons of pickles, half chamber and half pickled onions, 420 pies split between mince and pumpkin, eight bushels of oranges, 106 dozen bananas, 150 pounds of candy, 100 quarts of cranberries, 25 pounds of coffee, 5 pounds of tea, and 40 gallons of milk.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Soldiers
Dedicate New Hospital in Iowa City Affiliation with University of Iowa
A new $200,000 hospital wing at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City was dedicated and affiliated with the University of Iowa though not state property. The Sisters of Mercy run the facility, praised as the second to none in equipment and among the finest in value in Iowa.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Mercy Hospital
Sisters of Mercy
Towa
Dog Case to High Court Allison McCarthy vs Butz
In Greene County Judge Clyde granted the plaintiff's motion for a new trial in the dog bite case McCarthy versus Butz. The defense will appeal to the supreme court, delaying continuance in the district court pending higher court review.
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High Court
Allison
Greene
Clyde
Supreme Court
District Court
Man Grabs 10 Year Old Girl Outside Nevada Church
An unknown man attempted to assault a 10 year-old girl named Florence Knight near a church in Nevada. The girl screamed, the assailant fled, and she provided a detailed description and insists she knows the attacker. Police seek leads.
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Nevada
Florence Knight
Decatur County Pioneer Dies in Grand River Township
Decatur City resident Henry Hendrickson, a pioneer and respected Decatur County figure, collapsed from likely heart disease after driving to Decatur City to fetch a sick neighbor for medical help. The death ends a long record of community service in Grand River township.
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Decatur County
Decatur City
Henry Hendrickson
Grand River Township
Dollar Gas Granted City in Burlington
In a special city council session Burlington announced an agreement with local gas companies to transition from paying $1.60 to receive dollar gas. The plan lowers billing costs for residents and changes the municipal gas rate structure.
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Dollar Gas
Burlington
Burlington Fe
Fireman Killed by Engine in Stanwood
Frank Lonergan, 28, a Northwestern fireman, was struck by engine No. 6 at Stanwood and instantly killed. The unmarried worker’s body will be brought to Clinton for interment.
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Cliinton
Frank Lonergan
Northwestern
Stanwood
Lonergan
Yield of 1685 bushels from 18 acre farm near Sac City
Gorm Keir reports a remarkable corn yield near Sac City Iowa, 1685 bushels from an 18 acre field west of the canning factory, about 91 bushels per acre. He credits fall manure application, spring topdressing, thorough disking, and five cultivations, with all field effort focused on corn and weed free.
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Gorm
Sac City
Iowa
G. Keir
Big Farm
Sac City Canning Factory
Kelr
Historic Character Dead in Cedar Rapids at 78
E H Taylor longtime Cedar Rapids resident died aged 78. Born in Vermont he journeyed to California in 1849 via Boston and the Isthmus of Panama. He witnessed vigilante era events, helped arrest three men executed after a court martial in California.
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Cedar Rapids
E. H. Taylor
Vermont
California
Boston
Methodist Seamen’s Bethel
Father Taylor
Colon
Panama
Jas. King
Casey
Richardson
New Clear Lake Resort Planned by State Syndicate
Clear Lake Ventura Heights will be platted and opened in early spring by H. H. Shepard and a traveling men syndicate. Over fifty acres were bought along the south shore of the lake’s west end at 200 dollars per acre from neighboring farmers. The land sits about fifty feet above lake level and is wetlogged. The resort targets traveling men buyers at a price reflecting affordability for all who can buy.
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New Clear Lake
Clear Lake
Ventura Heights
H. H. Shepard
Farmer in Raid on School Sparks Arrest in Mason City
Near Mason City eight people were detained after V. Johns, a prominent local farmer, threatened to harm the teacher and the school director during a disturbance at the school. Johns confronted the staff after his sons were punished, driving the teacher and director from the building while a child ran home to warn parents.
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Mason City
8. V. Johns
Here
James Lucas
Johns
Higher Land Values Near Murray
Murray area sees rising land values as 320 acres change hands at 100 dollars per acre. William Taylor acted as referee in selling land previously owned by the late Charles Burd. The tract lies about half a mile east of Murray and is the first sale at this price in the region.
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Murray
F. S. Smith
William Taylor
Charles Burd
Mr. Taylor
All Burn Candles. Corning News on Rural Hardships
Across Corning and nearby towns residents burn candles to cope with bad roads and fuel shortages. A hay and grain famine worsens the rural area as farmers struggle to haul supplies while mail carriers attempt to cover sparse routes.
Sidney Woman Celebrates 85th Birthday
Sidney resident Mrs. Emily Penn marked her eighty fifth birthday with a large postal shower. She received 1,100 postal cards two telegrams from friends in Pennsylvania and numerous felicitations from her many friends in the community.
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Sidney
Emily Penn
Pennsylvania
County Farm Stock Fine in Sidney Sale
Marion Grove, county farm superintendent, delivered a 51 head lot to a stock buyer in Sidney. The cattle sold for 74.4 cents per pound, adding $1,085.25 to the farm’s bank balance.
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Sidney
Marion Grove
Widow Mary Mallary Dies After Long Battle With Elephantiasis
Mrs. Mary E. Mallary, long afflicted with elephantiasis despite medical care for sixteen years, has died. The rare disease, emphasized in the notice, concludes her struggle as reported by local sources.
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Mary E. Mallary
Storm floods New England and Boston suburbs in record winter with deaths
A northwest winter storm battered New England and the Boston east suburbs causing great damage and several deaths. Ten inches of snow paralyzed New York streets and rail service while a 14 foot coastal tide overwhelmed cellars in Boston and Chelsea. Three people died in Hy erett and Chelsea, and others perished seeking shelter during the storm.
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New York
N. Y
Chicago
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Battery
Staten Island
Thurton
Toms River
N. J
Joseph Hart
Frederick DB. McDonald
White Plains
Rudolph Carlson
Bay Ridge
New England
Boston
Mass
Massachusetts Bay
Hyerett and
Dhelser
Minot
Atlanta Avenue
Frederick Remington Dies at Ridgefield Home
Frederick Remington, famed artist, died at his Ridgefield Connecticut home from heart failure and shock after an appendectomy. He had been in good health until last Sunday and began suffering pain Wednesday after a New York specialist was summoned and an operation performed the next day.
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Ridgefield, Conn
Frederick Remington
Remington
New York
Christmas Tree Fire Kills Eight in New Castle
In New Castle Pennsylvania on December 25 a deadly Christmas tree blaze killed eight people including the family of Guitam da Gerbo and three hoarders. The flames consumed their home in Hijkale villa where the decorations on three trees ignited the disaster.
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New Castle
Guitam da Gerbo
de Gerbo
Hijkiale Villa
New Cough Syrup Claims Rapid Cure for Coughs
An old medical patent style notice promotes a family cough syrup that supposedly cures any curable cough in five hours. It lists ingredients such as wild cherry bark and cardiol with dosing for adults and children, claiming quick throat and lung relief and urging redistribution to save others from consumption.
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Hera
At First Sight between He Rosalie and Rosalie
The excerpt shows a flirtatious exchange as He adores Rosalie's almond eyes velvety cheeks likened to peaches and cherry lips. Rosalie questions if she is the new gardener, framing a scene of playful intimacy.
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Rosalie
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments and Fake Claims
An old warning against mercurial catarrh ointments and unsafe treatments. Hall's Catarrh Cure from FJ Cheney offers a claimed internal remedy without mercury, marketed with testimonials and a 76 cent price. The excerpt also includes a humorous anecdote about a wife and husband and a planned country trip that ends with the wife deciding not to go.
Rector Questions Visitor as Officer Speaks of Family
A rector at Elthamonte asks “Who art thou?” and an entering officer of the Sixteenth Foot, with wife and daughter, replies he would like to meet the clergy and gentry. An odd mix of ads and moral quips follows, including a sales offer for Hearth and a Boston Dept. C mail-order sampler from Iowa City.
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Elthamonte
Sixteenth Foot
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Fj, Cheney & Co
Toledo
Toledolis
Eacaer & Co
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Dept. C
Drogeista
Align
Plareo
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