Floods in Missouri and Kansas Subside
Mivecurl floods are easing as western Missouri and eastern Kansas report improving conditions. Waterways such as the Kansas and Missouri rivers are falling around Kansas City and railway schedules are nearly normal again. Meanwhile in Vienna Baron Oskar Rothschild, youngest son of Albert Rothschild, died by his own hand following a troubled romance.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Rothschild
Vienna
Baron Oskar Rothschild
Albert Rothschild
Rothschild House
Baron Oskar
Appointment of Estate Administrator for George Ackerman
The Fountain Trust Company is named administrator of the George Ackerman estate in Fountain county Indiana. John B. Martin serves as attorney for the estate. The court qualified the administrator for the estate believed to be solvent.
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Circuit Court
Fountain County
George Ackerman
Fountain Trust Company
John B. Martin
Notice of bids for coal in Fountain County Indiana 1909
The Fountain County Board of Commissioners invites sealed bids for supplying coal to the County Jail Poor Farm and County Court House. In 1909 120 tons total. Coal must be 4 inch screened and delivered in good condition. At least half due by Sept 1 1909. Bid bond required. Covington Indiana dated July 1909. W B Gray Auditor.
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Aaid County
County Jalil
County Poor Farm
County Court House
Indiana
Covington
Board of Commissioners
Fountain County
W.B Gray
the Auditor
James Copeland
Lewis Wagoner
Bids Sought for Bridges in Fountain County Indiana
Fountain County Board of Commissioners invites sealed bids by 1:30 p.m. on July 9 1909 for Baronside Bridge Hurley Bridge Bodine Arch and Cade Bridge repairs and new constructions. Bids must follow plans filed with the Auditor and include bonds. board may reject any bid.
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Fulton Township
Baronside
Millcreek Township
Hurley
Wabash Township
Wright Brothers Win Endurance Test At Fort Myer Flight
Orville Wright and Lt. Frank Lahm completed a one hour twelve minute endurance flight at Fort Myer breaking the two man world aeroplane record set in Le Mans by Wilbur Wright with Prof. Painleve. President Taft attended and congratulated the aviators as the first endurance test required by U S government was met. A speed test with Lt. Foulois was planned for this evening over a ten mile course.
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Washington
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Frank Lahm
Army Signal Corps
Wilbur
le Mans
France
France, With Prof. Painleve
French Institute
Orville
Taft
United States
Benjamin Foulois
Signal Corns
Alexanihia
Tulsa editor found dead with pistol nearby in printing shop
Mark Bassitte, editor of the Tulsa Daily News and former Illinois publisher, was found in a printing shop with a pistol on the floor beside him. In Terre Haute, Indiana, J Howard Phillips saw freedom from jail after a $5,000 bond was posted for his federal court appearance next October as his $14,000 bank shortage remains.
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Tulsa
Okla
Mark Bassitte
Tulsa Daily News
Mattoon and Kankakee, Ill
Yates Press Bureau
Ilinois
A. F. Black Printing Company
Terre Haute
Ind
J. Howard Phillips
Terre Haute National Bank
Anderson
Phillips
Market quotations from Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago and more
Market quotations show grain and livestock prices across multiple cities including Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago New York and East Buffalo. Prices cover wheat corn oats hay and lambs with figures for cattle hogs sheep and stockers at various grades and delivery dates. A Toledo wheat quote for September December and cash is listed.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
East Buffalo
Six Lives Lost In Wabash Train Crash Into Missouri River
A Wabash passenger train No 4 plunged into the Missouri River thirty miles east of Kansas City killing six aboard and injuring several others. The dead include Charles Flowers Louis Bond Harry Eckert and three others. Flooded riverbanks and undermined track caused a 50 foot roadbed collapse as the engine and eight cars sank. only the chair car and two Pullmans remained above water.
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Kansas City
Missouri River
Here
Charles Flowers
Louis Bond
Moberly
Harry Eckert
St. Louis
Daniel
E. L. King
Eldon
Charlies Anthony
Jesse Oldham
Frank Gardner
Mt. Vernon
S. S. Hackett
Irene Borton
Orrick
Des Moines
Briton’s Airship Flight Stuns Dover Crowd
Louis Bleriot, a 37 year old French aviator, crossed the English Channel from Les Courauques to Dover in under 30 minutes on a small monoplane. He averaged over 45 mph with a 20 mph wind, flying about 250 feet above sea level and winning the £5,000 Daily Mail prize.
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Dover
Louis Bleriot
Bleriot
Les Couaraques
Catals
London Daily Mail
English Channel
Hubert Latham
Count de Lambert
Missouri Senator Stone Arrested for Train Car Assault
Senator William J. Stone of Missouri was briefly arrested in Baltimore on a charge of assaulting Lawrence J. Brown, a colored porter, on a buffet car. Stone said he struck the porter after Brown insulted him when he ordered lunch on a train from Philadelphia and refused service. He was released on his own recognizance.
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Baltimore
William J. Stone
Missouri
Lawrence J. Brown
Philadelphia
Brown
The Genuine Gentleman and Foley Advertisements
A compilation of quotations and medical ads urging Foley's Urine and Kidney Remedies. Includes praise for Foley products as laxatives and kidney treatments, with endorsements and seller notice to M. C. VanDorn. Contains moral quotes and commentary on love and conduct.
Budapest Woman Breaks Engagement Over Smoking
Mathilda Haska of Budapest ends her engagement with a nonsmoking fiancé who wants her to quit cigarettes. She says she can live without a husband but not without cigarettes.
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Mathilda Haska
Budapest
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria in Vintage Notice
A fragmented vintage ad mentions Fletcher's Castoria with the cry Children cry for it. A snippet about London stock brokers years ago shows a man with a small bag of nuts buying stock, illustrating era market habits.
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London Stock Exchange
Lane's Family Medicine and Spanish Coin Counterfeits
An ad praising Lane's Tea as a skincare aid claims it restores beauty and fades faded cheeks. It also notes counterfeit Spanish coins and promotes Dr Shoop's Restorative as a cure for weak stomach heart and kidney nerves, urging readers to treat the cause, not the organ.
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Lane
Dr. Shoop
Jrst
Dea
Kidney and Bladder Health Remedy Ad
A Chicago Daily News ad advises men to commit to steady support if loving a woman, then promotes a kidney and bladder remedy that stops pain, relieves irregularities, and builds up the organs, warning against Brights disease and other disorders. Sold by M. J. VanDorn.
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Foley
C. VanDorn
M. ©. VanDorn
Household Hints From a Practical Homemaker
Household tips advise alcohol to remove candle grease and storing bottles to save time. Keep bags and tacks to organize boxes. Wooden tubs reduce breakage when washing glass and china. Invert a wooden chopping bowl when idle to prevent splitting. A worn iron pot can be protected from burning food by placing a flat tin lid underneath to distribute heat.
Bull gored man to death on Illinois farm
John Selforg, working on the McClellan farm near Foreland in Champaign county, was killed when a young bull gored him after cornering him against a corncrib. The coroner's jury entered the pasture for an inquest as the bull charged the jurors, forcing several to flee.
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Champaign
John Selforg
McClellan
Foreland
Selforg
Fulton Township Trustee Announces Weekly Office Hours
Trustee Jos. Starkey states he will be in his residence in Cates, Indiana every Saturday to conduct all Fulton Township business. The notice invites residents to address any township matters during these weekly sessions.
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Cates
Ind
Jos. Starkey
Fulton Township
Philadelphia Man Averts Suicide With Barred Rope Tragedy I
John P. Rodel aged sixty seven years attempted suicide by hanging after tying a rope to a wall spike and placing it on a barrel. He died from heart disease before the noose tightened. his body was found on the barrel with the rope loosely about his neck.
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Philadelphia
John P. Rodel
Queen's Magnificent Robe Parade Royal Splendor
About once a year the queen of Siam wears a state robe regarded as the most magnificent in the world. The description highlights royal attire and ceremonial splendor surrounding the wardrobe.
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Queen of Siam
Tales of Cities and Urban Costs Across America
New York City pays its vast workforce for each minute of the day and Chicago enacts a medical reporting drive with two doctors fined for not recording diphtheria cases. Manchester’s inland position is offset by a new ship canal valued at about 90 million dollars, boosting its port utility for ships under 600 feet.
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New York City
Chicago
Manchester
Corncob Feed Mixes Molasses For Cattle Rations
Ordinary corncobs sell for eight pence per eight pounds in India. They are ground to a coarse meal, mixed with molasses, and used as cattle food.
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India
Also Mentioned on This Page
Board of Commissioners of
William B. Meyers
Indians
Wm. B.gray
Gheering
Orvilla Wright
Wright
Avia
Tor
Satan
Toledo
Stone Arrested
Irving Bacheller
M. C. VanDorn
Art of
Love
Tattler
Fletcher
Coi Nage
Spain
Chicago Daily News
Old Connecticut Fire Insurance Co
Hartford
Connecticut
Alvah’ Dehaven, Agt
West Side Square
Cap
What Is
Castoria
Certava
Murray Strecy
Mew
Torr City
Queensware
John W. Sullivan
Chas. F. Lowe & Son
M. Mayer’s
Tales of
Foleys
Manford C. Vandorn
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