Various Curiosities and Notes From The Buffalo Center Era
A collection of quirky items and commentary from the Buffalo Center era. Topics include fashion bans, fruit markets, ballads about shorter days and longer nights, heart physiology, a women’s bridge club, ballooning mishaps, dances modeled after historic wars, streetcar jargon, Wilbur Wright’s transchannel hopes, diamonds and jewelry trends, civilization comparisons with Japan, a Brooklyn minister’s provocative sermon, a novel pumping method, winter weather signs, Tim Healy repartee, a pneumatic carrier experiment in Chicago, New York real estate values, Astor’s footpath wall, and a California botanist’s citrus dream.
Pa Elkins Denies Engagement With Italian Duke
Pa Elkins states there has never been an engagement between his daughter and the Italian duke and suggests Elkins ask the duke after ten o'clock if he means business. A London Times dispatch from Tangier offers a sharp Morocco commentary on Abd el Aziz inheriting a throne but leaving a powerless successor.
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Pa Elkins
Pa Elking
Morocco
London Times
Tangier
Abd-el-Aziz
Iowa Town Votes for Waterworks Franchise Move
Iowa town faced a legal gap as water works were built without a public vote. A Chicago firm held the contract while the council prepared a special election for November 18 to seek voter approval to authorize the new water tank project and permit payment.
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Victor
Chicago
Prison for Morse Wives of Two Financiers Collapse on Court
From the Tombs Morse is sentenced to 15 years in Atlanta federal prison for misapplication of bank funds and false entries. Alfred H. Curtis received a suspended sentence. Morse seeks bail via a writ to the U.S. circuit court of appeals returnable Monday. a possible new trial remains uncertain.
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New York
Tombs
Charles W. Morse
Atlanta
National Bank of North America
Alfred H. Curtis
Morse
Hough
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Lacombe
Dysentery Epidemic Hits Iowa City and University
About 2,500 residents and University of Iowa students, including many football players, suffer an epidemic traced to crenathrix in still mains water. Authorities test river water and may flush mains if unfiltered. boiled water is provided meanwhile.
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Iowa City
Iowa University
Alty
Colfax Man Arrested for Assault on Eleven Year Old Girl
Sheriff hides suspect after crowd fears lynching as Colfax residents react to reports that W L Lindsey, ex Jasper County Telegraph manager and Prairie City citizen, assaulted Grace Hopkins aged eleven. Police moved him by night train to Newton jail to avert mob violence.
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Colfax
H. W.lindsey
Jasper County Teleth Company
Prairie City
Grace Hopkins
Sam Hopkins
Lindsey
Marshal Kinsey
Jasper County
Newton
Telegraph War in Courts Over Bell Stock Sale
In Dubuque Independents led by A. Lindemuth of Chicago and Healy brothers of Fort Dodge announce a federal suit against Bell Telephone to set aside its April stock purchase. They argue the deal creates a telephone monopoly violating the Sherman act and will set precedent for cases in Iowa and Illinois.
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Bel
Dubuque
C. A. Lindemuth
Chicago
International Independent Telephone Association
Messrs. Healy and Healy
Fort Dodge
Iowa State Independent Telephone Association
Bell Telephone Company
Bell People
Iowa
Illinois
Twenty Years for Murder in Newton Case
George Young was sentenced to twenty years at hard labor for the murder of Frank Parker near Kellege. Sheriff Russell will take him to Fort Madison next Monday to begin service. Judge Clements spoke kindly as Young, 35, born in Gifford Illinois, accepted the punishment, noting possible reduction to eleven years for good behavior.
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George Young
Frank Parker
Newton
Kellege
Fort Madison
Russell
Young
Cnuirt
Clements
Gifford
Hosiery Mill to Open Boone Branch Des Moines
Des Moines Hosiery mill plans a Boone branch due to inability to hire sufficient female factory workers in Des Moines. The Boone plant will produce about half the Des Moines output, with a daily capacity of a hundred dozen pairs of hose. Secretary Reatlins states Boone is the first of several new branches planned for the Des Moines region to meet rising demand.
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Boone
Des Moines
Reatlins
Murder Clue Emerges in Plymouth Death Case
Report from Plymouth notes the death of Michael Cummings is believed murder. Blood near the railroad tracks and a torn dress fragment are cited as key evidence. His brothers and sisters, visiting from well-to-do households, push for leads and suspect foul play.
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Plymouth
Michael Cummings
Kidnapping Foiled Stranger Steals Boy Near Calmar
A 6 year old boy Emil Benda was lured into a ride by a stranger on the Calmar Decorah road. The man drove to Calmar and left Emil at the depot platform. The child sought help with Mrs Yarhoch, who entrusted him to John Korbel and safely returned him to his mother Mrs Tuma.
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Calmar
Emill Benda
Tuma
Calmar- Decorah
Emil
Yarhoch
Haugen’s Majority Cut in Fourth District
Mason City reports a surprise in the recent general election with Congressman Haugen’s majority dropping from 11,000 two years ago to 4,642. The decline is pronounced in counties with large Scandinavian populations, though he held the normal Republican vote in this county. He lost heavily in Mitchell Winnessick and Howard counties.
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Haugen
Mason City
Mitchell
Winnessick
Howard
Hamburg Man Ends Life By Hanging In Barn
Charley Engleman, resident five miles southwest of Hamburg, died by suicide in his barn. He was about 20 years old and an in law of Orlan Anderson of Hamburg, having married about eight months ago.
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Hamburg
Charley Engleman
Orlan Anderson
Fifteen Counties Elect Women County Superintendents
Fifteen counties in the state will be presided over this year by women county superintendents. In close races men competed for the office, but in each case the woman won. Mrs. Jennie Breele Huegle of Des Moines heads Pole County. The large female representation signals a shift in the department's outlook at the elite teachers' association meeting this year.
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Des Moines
Jennie Breele Huegle
Pole County
Teachers’ Association
Pastner Institute For Iowa Planned In Iowa City
Iowa City officials announce a tentative plan to start the Pastner Institute in Iowa City with Dr Henry Albert and state health authorities. Preliminary investigations focus on facilities and hospital additions to treat mad dog victims locally instead of sending them to Chicago.
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Pastner Institute
Iowa
Iowa City
Pasteur Institute
Lowa City
Henry Albert
State Board of Health
University
Chi Cabo
Pension Granted for Palma Widows Life in Havana
Governor Mage issued a decree granting the widow of the late President Palma a lifelong annual pension of 5000 dollars following an inquiry by Josa Games, the Liberal candidate for the presidency, on Saturday in Havana.
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Palma
Havana
Josa Games
Imberal
Mage
Dairy Programme Issued for Iowa Dairy Meet
The Iowa State Dairy convention annual meeting programme for November 18 19 and 20 has been issued. Regular sessions will be in Wis hall the Corn Bell Auto company’s average space will serve as machinery hall and the Northey Manufacturing factory building hosts the butter exhibit. Prizes in cash and special awards are offered for the exhibits with addresses by prominent dairy experts.
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Waterloo
Iowa State Dairy Convention
Wis Hall
Corn Bell Auto Company
Northey Manufacturing Company
Couples Rally Behind Fate of Prizes in Courtroom Drama
In a tense courtroom scene Judge Hough sentences two men after a dramatic trial. Wives watched anxiously, but the husbands offered comfort as Mrs Morse sobbed and was led to an anteroom, where her husband consoled her amid the strain.
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Morse
Hough
Maria
Curtis
Judge Hough
Seven Ole In Burning House Near Swan Lake Manitoba
The home of farmer C. W. Carey near Swan Lake Manitoba was destroyed by fire. Mrs. Carey and five children perished, along with a young school teacher Miss Gillespie who was staying overnight. Mr. Carey was severely injured and not expected to recover.
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Swan Lake
Man
C. W. Carey
Gira
UNC Football Player John Cooper Dies in Collapse of Injuries
John Cooper, a UNC varsity football student and September practice injury victim, died in Charlotte. Cooper sustained injuries during preliminary drills while tackling a dummy and passed away in Ciluton.
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Charlotte
N. C
John Cooper
University of North Carolina
Yarsity
Ciluton
Steamer Taish Maru Sinks Off Etore Island
Tokyo reports the steamer Taish Maru was sunk in a storm near Etore island with 150 people drowned. The disaster prompted official inquiries and condolences from maritime authorities.
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Crown
Tokyo
Etore Island
Roosevelt Seen Possible Senator for Platt Seat
The article reports that President Roosevelt may succeed Senator Platt in the New York Senate after his Africa hunting trip. It notes supporters’ belief he would accept under Taft as president, and that Roosevelt’s hesitancy to join the Senate could fade if Taft occupies the White House. Absent certainty, friends view his absence on the hunting expedition as potentially easing the political path.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Platt
Senate
Africa
Taft
White House
Mr. Taft
New York
Telephone company in trouble. receivers named
The Union Telephone and Telegraph Company with operations in Rock Island Moline and Davenport is placed in receivership after failure to keep up interest on 400000 dollars of bonds. H H Bratt and Leroy J Wolfe of Davenport named as joint receivers. The case filed in the circuit court by American Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago. The chief officers hail from Harrington Pennsylvania with George B Stuken as president.
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Rock Island
Union Telephone & Telegraph Company
Moline
Ill
Davenport
American Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
H. H. Bratt
Leroy J. Wolfe
Harrigburg
George B. Stukn
City
Foreign Missions to Get $1,060,578
The general committee of foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal church in St. Louis began outlining 1909 appropriations after voting to allocate a total of $1,060,578. The session occurred Friday afternoon, with discussion focusing on templeizing the year's budget for missionary work.
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St. Louis
General Committee of Foreign Missions
The
Methodist Episcopal’ Church
Kentucky Town in Danger as Boaz Fire Approaches
Miles of creek bottom land near Boaz in Mayfield Kentucky are burning as a large posse of citizens fights to keep the flames from entering that town. Local residents work to contain the blaze and protect Boaz from spreading fire.
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Kentucky
Mayfield
Boaz
Here
Costa Rican student hero helps save Bliss Electric School
Washington reports Rubena Berrera, a Costa Rican student, bravely rescued dormitory mates during a fire at Bliss Electric School in North Tokoma. The blaze caused about 130000 in losses, with no fatalities. Herrera led evacuations, saving his roommate Evan Mickla and others. Instructor A. T. Cole suffered serious burns.
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Washington
Rubena Berrera
Bliss Electric School
Tokoma
Aid
Herrera
Evan Mickla
Reading
Mich
A. T. Cole
Freight Steamer B. M. Whitney Sunk in East River
The freight steamer B. M. Whitney of Metropolitan Steamship line sank Thursday night in the East River while en route to Boston. Valued at 500000, it is a total loss with cargo worth 300000 likely unrecoverable. It collided with Steep Rock while avoiding a tow, settled rapidly, fires went out, crew escaped in lifeboats, and the vessel sank in ten fathoms.
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New York
Metropolitan Steamship Line
Hast
Boston
Swindlers Sentenced In Northeastern Fraud Case
James T. Mulhail, Edgar McConkey, and Felix Nathanson were sentenced by Judge Milton Purdy to 15 months, one year and one day, and six months respectively for conspiracy to defraud via the mails in an alleged Nicolet Creamery scam. The trio was found guilty after nearly six hours of jury deliberation, with Northwest farmers said to have borne losses from unpaid produce. Meanwhile Arkansas railroads face a three cent passenger rate order, amid attorney general guidance, threatening penalties.
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Minneapolis
Minn
James T. Mulhail
Leavenworth
Kan
Edgar McConkey
Felix Nathanson
Milton Purdy
Nicolet Creamery Company
Malne
Anolis
Northwest
Arkansas
Lite Rock
Ark
Etate Raih Road Commission
Mills to reopen after new machinery installed
In Fortford Connecticut, the Mount Vernon and Woodbury cotton duck syndicate mill here would restart once new machinery is installed after being closed for a decade. Reports to the forest and game commission show many women across New York and Albany have applied for hunting licenses and related permits.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
Tractate Forest and Game Commission
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Buffalo Genter Tribune
J. P. Boyd
Pub
Buffalo Center
Prague
Wilbur Wright
English Channel
Isle
Japan
Brooklyn
Tim” Healy
Healy
Tim
State Board of Equalization
Empire State
W. W. Astor
Hever
Wiliam
Astor
Wicard Burbank
California
Massachusetts
Danang
New England
Iowa State News
IGE Trust Magnate
A. H. Curtis
Presdent
Detroit
Tienama
Robert Taylor
Uhlequah
Okla
Robert Ivens
Costa Rigan Boy
Hero
East River
Gong
Nicollet Creamery Company
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