World Happenings: Lorimer Taft and Roosevelts in Brief
A digest of top global and national events: Lorimer’s seat upheld by a six to three vote, Hines exonerated, Stephenson elected after a trio of investigations and a costly primary. Taft urges potash field protections and tariff revisions. Kansas governor withdraws from VP race. notable scandals, riots, and political shifts across the United States.
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Lorimer
I. Nofa
United States Senate
Special Investigation Committee
Senate
Edward Hines
Chicago
Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
Indiana
Taft
British miners vote on wage bill amid crisis
The British miners federation votes on immediate allot among men to decide accepting the government's minimum wage bill and returning to work. Mexican federal troops retreat to Torreon after a decisive loss at Bacalon. Commander-in-Chief General Gonzales Salas dies by own hand. Blanquet and Tollez reportedly wounded. multiple officers killed and forty captured in Chihuahua. Bandits attack Pedro Arguilez's ranch, killing the wealthy border farmer per San Diego report.
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British Miners’ Federation
Torreon
Bacalon
Gonzales Salas
Blanquet
Tollez
Chihuahua
Pedro Arguilez
Arguilez
San Diego
Cal
Governor Hopeful Paul Clagstone Father and Car Gift
Mrs Abbles C Morrison of Clag stone Idaho mother of Paul Clagstone the Republican candidate for Idaho governor is dead Cardinal Farley of New York will ride in his own automobile provided as a gift by an unnamed donor who also covers the car expenses.
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Claude Swanson Allen
Laurel
Blue Ridge
Maud Allen
Roanoke
Hillsville
Abbles C. Morrison
Clagstone
Idaho
Paul Clagstone
Cardinal Farley
New York
Iowa News Briefs From Des Moines and Surrounding Areas
Modern Woodmen of Iowa plans a Des Moines April convention to protest higher Woodmen insurance rates. IOwa temperance groups push drastic saloon law changes including five year statements and 66 percent county majority requirements. A dispute over Mrs McHugh estate heirs surfaces as Oregon claimant challenges the fortune. Multiple local cases cover bank fraud arrests, jail terms, bridge and dam damage, and a Des Moines hospital wing dedication. City officials report smallpox cases, rail accidents, sports and school notes, and municipal projects across Des Moines, Marshalltown, Denison, and Ames.
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Iowa
Des Moines
C. W. Lyon
National Law Committee
Alex McHugh
James A. Simons
Oregon
D. H. Hedrick
F. C. Johnson
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Johnson
American Liquid
Chicago
Leslie M. Shaw
Hess
Taylor Township
Farmers’ Club
Farmers’ Organization of
Albion
Liscomb
Harry Parsons
Tipton
State Board of Education Willl
Iowa State College
Ames
Joe Kiburz
Bates Fiorine
Switzer
Maquoketa
Shover's Ford
August Kloft
Bellevue
Milwaukee
Joseph M. Dixon
Roosevelt Campaign Committee
Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
St. Louis
St. Paul
Rebekiah Lodge
Mount Pleasant
Abraham Tulk
Ice Gorge
Chitlicothe
Eddyville
Oxford
Shorty” Gamble
Rock Island
Jesse Slaymaker
Albany
Smith McPherson
Council Bluffs
Marshalltown
Henry Anson
Sam Owen
W. F. McDowell
Town Methodist Hospital
Bishop McDowell
South Raccoon River
Guthrie Center
Denison
Rockwell City
Cornel Bluffs
People’s National Bank of Waukon
Capital
H. HE. O'Donnell
J. W. Cain
E. Tseling
D. J. Murphy
Town Independent Telephone Association
Mike Arck
Anamosa
Jon Rogers
Fort Madison
Judges Bank
District Court
Marie Peterson
Lake Falls
Mississippi
Keokuk
Henry Kern
George Papst
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Rock Island Militias Quell Riot Inarmed City
Martial law is proclaimed in Rock Island Illinois as a twelve company National Guard force mobilizes after a deadly riot. Two men killed Frank Kellogg and Raymond Swingle. Police arrest a score of suspects while deputies and militia secure streets and rail yards.
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Rock Island
Rock
Frank. H. Kellogg
Davenport
Raymond Swingle
Hiineis National Guard
Barry M. Lchriver
Sherif Oscar L. Bruner
Bruner
Deneen
Oak Park
Kewanee
Morrison
Freeport
Dixon
Galena
Geneseo
Sterling
Moline
Monmouth
Cleeland
Frank Brash
Harvey Chaney
Patrick McAnna
John F. Rose
Deheen
Frank 5. Dickson
Schriver
John Miller
James Brinn
Rose
Turning European Torrent to Electricity Near Lyons
A historical proposal envisions harnessing the Rhone near Lyons as a source of electricity. The river’s power, intensified by Swiss snowmelt and flowing through a narrow defile, would be redirected to generate energy, transforming the might of Europe’s torrent into usable power.
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Lyons
Rhone
Switzerland
What Hoboes Escape From They Say
A brief note on neurosis suggesting cure by absolute rest and predicting many will seek to learn how to contract it rather than avoid it.
Lydia Pinkham Remedy Lauded By Virginia Woman
Odd Virginia resident Martha Honnoway reports improved health after five years of illness. She credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for restoring strength and ability to work. The ad claims the product has an 80 year history and invites readers to contact Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co for confidential guidance.
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Lydia HB. Pinkham
Martha L. Honnoway
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia H. Pinkham
Countryman dispute turns to sheriff seizure tale
A distressed farm story unfolds as a sheriff arrives to seize the property while the claimant argues the deed is in his wife’s name. The plot thickens as the wife elopes with the hired man, complicating ownership and legal action.
Ought to Be All Right Mr Bacon and Mrs Bacon
Dialog shows Mr Bacon and Mrs Bacon debating a hash issue in a domestic scene. Mrs Bacon worries something is missing while Mr Bacon suggests the hash should be fine after trying various ingredients. The exchange highlights a domestic kitchen problem with uncertain outcome.
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Mr. Bacon
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