Important News Notes Of A Week Digest
Condensed items include Senator Aldrich calling for a central bank servant to existing financial institutions, Commissioner West resigning to return to newspaper work, W Cameron Forbes becoming governor general of the Philippines with inaugurations set for November 24, Taft buying a Limoges enamel portrait for 100000, Corbett heir to 250000, Franklin Taylor’s expense filing, Mrs. Rover’s remark on fathers, Hubbard elected Lincoln University Endowment head, Eliot warning on water power monopolies, and Rev Woodcock’s 93rd birthday sermon in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldrich
Bankers of
Des Moines
United States
Henry W. West
District of Columbia
West
Roosevelt
Washington
W. Cameron Forbes
Philippines
James J. Corbett
Pittsburg
Boston
Charles P. Taft
Limoges
Duke of
Nevers
Franklin Taylor
New York
Sarah T. Rover
Mothers’ Club of
Thomas H. Hubbard
Lincoln University Endowment Association
C. O. Howard
Charles W. Eliot
National Conservation Association
Harry B. Woodcock
Congregational Church
Kansas City
National apple show opens in Spokane with $25000 prize
The national apple show opens in Spokane Washington featuring exhibits from commercial orchards across the northwest and a prize list of 25000 dollars. Delegates also discuss inland waterway plans from the Mississippi to the Atlantic and Florida Peninsula at a Jacksonville Florida convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Northwest
Mississippi
Apalachicola
Florida
Atlantic
Jacksonville
Fla
Cairo
Wil James
Anna Pelley
Henry Salzner
James
Arthur Alexander
Salzner
Alexander
Gay
Jeannette Ford-Stewart
C. L. Warriner
Cincinnati
Big Four Railroad Company
Taft
Richmond
Congress
Kansas Board of Health
Kansas
Supreme Court of the United States
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Twnity Church
New York
Washington
Plunkett Warns on Rural Flight To Cities
Des Moines reports Irish statesman Sir Horace Plunkett warned that continued rural to urban migration threaten food supply and national health. He urged cities to be reinforced by farm folk, arguing city life dulls body and mind while country life keeps people in touch with nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Horace Plunkett
Ireland
Department of Agriculture
The
Prairie Club
the Savery
America
Tragic Cherry Ill Mine Disaster Claims 400 Miners
A coal shaft fire at St Paul Coal Company in Cherry Illinois seals the mine and traps hundreds of workers. Officials estimate up to 400 miners were inside when the blaze began. fewer than 60 escaped, 12 including rescuers died. Fire remains confined to a small section while smoke fills the shaft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cosson
Attorney General’s Office
Commission
Ladd
Illinois
St. Paul Coal Company
Cherry
Bandit Robs Claim Holder Near Sturgis
In Sturgis South Dakota J L Purcell a claim holder was held up by a masked bandit aboard a moving emigrant car attached to a special freight train en route from Huron with horses and household goods. The robber assaulted him with a knife stripping him of 33742 then threw him from the car door. Purcell, wounded but not fatally, walked into town to notify officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Municipal League
American Civic Association
Cincinnati
Charles J. Bonaparte
D. Horace McFarland
Kingston
Jamaica
Arthur Alexander
William James
Cairo
Chicago
Henry Brodenberger
Madison
Wis
Uji 4
James F. Bendernagel
Willamsburg Sugar Refinery Company
New York
Taft
William Arnold Shanklin
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Earl Bullock
Lawrence
Kan
Endora
Fred Starr
Bullock
William McKay
Wilson Pringle
Isabella G. McCosh
James McCosh
Princeton College
Princeton
N. J
Andrew McCosh
Gustav H. Schwab
Merchants’ Association of New York
National Council of Commerce
Directum
Nashville
Savage
Minn
M. W. Savage
Samuel L. Clemens
Brander Natthews
Columbia University
John F. Weston
Department of California
Mllnois Odd Fellows
Springfield
Thomas J. Hall
Louisville
Merchants’ National Bank
New Albany
Ind
J. H. Fawcett
J. K. Woodward
Young Hall
Kentucky
United States
Stimson
Sugar Trust
United States Treasury
Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf
Henryetta
Okla
Canada
St. Louis
Sturgis
South Dakota
J. L. Purcell
Purcell
Huron
Steinhell Acquitted in Paris Murder Trial
Mme Margherita Steinhell was acquitted by a jury of the murders of her husband Adolph Steinheil, a noted painter, and her stepmother Mme Japy. The verdict followed two and a half hours of deliberation with repeated jury requests for court explanations, indicating the original majority favored conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Steinhell
Paris
Mme. Margherita Steinhell
Adolph Steinheil
Mme. Japy
End of Indian Summer in Fargo Brings Eight Foot Snowdrifts
A sharp change in North Dakota weather ends Indian summer as Fargo and northern regions brace for winter. Snow drifts reach eight feet in city streets while the blizzard tears through the area for 24 hours. The temperature stays mild enough to limit discomfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
North Dakota
Market Report from Minneapolis and Chicago Livestock Markets
Wheat prices across Minneapolis and Duluth show No. 1 northern at 1.064 and 1.06 dollars, with Dec and May futures around 1.03 to 1.04 dollars. corna and oats figures also listed. South St. Paul reports cattle and hog ranges, while Chicago Live Stock notes steadier cattle and varying hogs with mixed grades. lambs and yearlings appear in limited figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Northern
Duluth
South St. Paul
Chicago
Heeves
Taking Care of Yourself and Quaker Oats Health Claim
An article extols balanced rations and Quaker Oats as a superior daily food for health and strength. It claims regular oats improve family health, aid school performance, and benefit athletes and laborers, noting packing quality and large family package options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pple
Poor Witness for Friend and Mrs Bluster Tale
A Utica deacon famed for blunt honesty testifies in land dispute saying he would not accept a single acre at any price. The jests wrap a resort tale where Mrs Bluster leaves with a $50 check, provoking the proprietor’s gleeful vow to honor it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Potter
Utica
N. Y
Deacon Potter
Do you believe in reincarnation and the war debtors
The fragmentary text presents a dialogue about reincarnation and war debtors wandering to other planets, a jest about creditors returning, and a playful exchange between a serious girl and a selfish theorist. It also includes a parental quip about spanking and a golfing cartoon caption about a long drive interrupted by a wasp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flipp
Comparative Honors Talk Sparks Casual Dinner Promise
Yale Record quotes playful exchange about social status and football captain bowing. References to First Freshman Prexie and Second Freshman appear in light campus dialogue. Also notes humorous lines Shoe Jake and Charlie Prince on a shoe tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prexie
Yale
Doctor Uses Food Instead of Drugs to Heal Patient
A patient narrates how a physician chose nutrition over medicines, guiding recovery with Grapenuts. The account praises scientifically minded doctors who treat conditions as they are, noting gradual weight gain and improved health after a year on Grapenuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
Wellville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Plunkett
Motoggmen
Nineteenth
Woodland Avenue
W. L Robb
A. A. Persons
University Place
Sumner D. Shank
Twenty-third
Brown
Rhoda Brown
F. Brown
West Riverside Coal Company
Supreme Court
Harry Bellman
Krowe
Michael McDonald
Iowa
Polk
Polk County
Morrow
Arthur Bridgeford
Jefferson
George Ditnwell
Thomas Linnane
Eighth Street
St. Ambrose Church
Monsignor
Flavin
Linnane
Julia Fitzgerald
St. Ambrose
Platte
Daniel McDonnell
James A. Waldace
Frank LaBarre
Rose Linnane
Timothy
Daniel Linnane
Rockford, MI
Edward Linnane
F. M. Godfrey
Order of Patrons of Husbandry
National Grange Association
Great Farmers’ Organization
Godfrey
State of
National Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. GC
Powers
Charles Eugene Powers
Des Moines Airmen'’s Club
Y. M. GC
Dubuque
Simpson
Iowa Department of Agriculture
John C. Simpson
Carroll
May Fuller
John D. Sims
Amesia
United States District Court
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey Railroad Company
Indianola-Chariton
Allison
Buena Vista County
William J. Allison
F. F. Faylife
Storm Lake
N. Rice
Myre
Ora Newell Rice
Rangoon
Brahma
W. .N Newell
Cherry, Ill
Evan
South Dakotan
Deacon
Billy
Jake
William King
Charlie Prince
Cornell
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!