Latyatten Phillips Charge Linked to Murder Rumors
Latyatten Phillips of Charles City faced a murder charge but aimed to clear himself by locating the alleged victim. He traced the story to village gossip, encountered Mrs Boyer and her sister, and after a warrant was issued for elopement rumors, was released as evidence failed to prove guilt. Phillips later found Boyer alive near Spring Valley Minnesota aboard an eastbound train.
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Charles City
Boone
Marshalltown
Phillips
Charles Boyer
Boyer
Parington
Philips
Chicago-Milwaukee
Spring Valley
Minn
Indian Discovers He Is Rich and Grandmother Present at Birth
Winfield Scott of Des Moines claimed 160 acres of government land and over $1000 to improve it after proving his Indian descent. Affidavits show his Mohawk grandmother attended the birth of Chicago’s first white child, Mrs. Margaret Ellen Liscomb, who has since died.
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Winfield Scott
Des Moines
Becott
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Margaret Ellen Liscomb
Wartham
Radding
Magentine
Edward Judd
Clinton
Cornelious’ Monahan
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Glenwood
Anti-Horse Thief Association
Lewis R. Whiting
Eldora
W. C. Hayward
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
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George’ White
Sanborn
Acchool Board
Creston
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Lincoln Park
Council Bluffs
Association of
Ice Cream Manufacturers of Iowa
Chamberlain
Burlington
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
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Saums
Centerville
Tom Whittaker
Whittaker
Harry Tielze
Grant Kulmer
Indianola
E. J. Carraher
New Virginia
Elizabeth Entwistle
Mistake Turns Poison Into Medicine Fatal Accident
Mrs Helen Shaffey of White City aged 60 died after drinking corrosive sublimate she mistook for medicine. She had bought the poison and a bottle of medicine but, without spectacles, mistook one for the other. She gave her child a dose but neighbors and a doctor saved the child. The death was ruled accidental and not intentional.
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Helen Shaffey
White City
Watchman Killed Saving Child at Cedar Rapids Crossing
William Coates, a Cedar Rapids railroad crossing watchman, died instantly while pushing a 4-year-old boy to safety as a passenger train struck. The child was spared but Coates sacrificed his life in the effort.
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Torssex
Twimaelf
William Coates
Cedar Rapids
Cotes
Boy Drowns At Corning In Nodaway Creek
Ellin Fife, 19, of Red Oak, visiting his brother in Corning, drowned in Nodaway Creek while swimming with a younger brother. He stepped into a chest hole and could not reach shore before assistance arrived.
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Lowen
Ells Fife
M. T. Fife
Red Oak
Nodaway
Corning
Tragic Train Death of 20-Year-Old Miner near Oskaloosa
The body of Jesse Demoss, 20, of Crickett near Oskaloosa, was found along the Northwestern right of way near Buxton. Scattered remains over about a half mile indicate he was likely struck by a midnight train while traveling near the tracks.
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Jesse Demoss
Crickett
Oskaloosa
Buxton
NLL Records Broken by Harvest for 1909 Era of Prosperity
The 1909 harvest ushers in an era of prosperity as record crops push grain to market. Wheat, corn, and oats set new national highs with railroads poised for heavy freight, while high prices promise farmer wealth and increased manufacturing demand nationwide.
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Harvest
United States
Chicago
Minneapolis
America
North West
Turbulent Times In Persia And Spain Stir Headlines
A jumble of late 19th century dispatches notes turmoil in Persia with the young star and royal debates over prosecutions. Simultaneously Spain experiences royal surgeries and war talk while wives endure soldiers’ calls, reflecting a period of uneasy regional headlines and public opinion.
Quarrelsome Neighbors and Global Tensions Across Papers
A collage of clipped headlines and quotes critiques around international conflicts and economic interests. It notes disputes among neighbors and distant powers, argues over peace versus war, and jokes about ships, banks, and trusts. The tone reflects editorials on arbitration and market power.
Presbyter ianism in Colorado marks semi centennial
The semi centennial of Presbyterianism in Colorado was celebrated with the General Assembly in Denver. Fifty years earlier the church started in stores and tents among the mountains. Rev G L Morrill, a Minneapolis minister, caused a stir by showing blurred photographs of dressy women during a sermon on immodest dress The State Department aims to curb opium cocaine and other drugs. The Christian Endeavor convention in St Paul united nations from China Jerusalem and Winland with songs in many tongues.
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General Assembly
Denver
G. L. Morrill
State Department
Washington
Coneention
St. Paul
China
Jerusalem
Winland
Orient
Fraustn ta Shar Profits at International Harvester
International Harvester plans profit sharing with 30 000 employees by offering 12 001 preferred shares at 116 and 15 000 common shares at 75 to be paid in wages installments. The plan mirrors a steel trust method adopted years ago to foster permanence and staff stake in the enterprise in Cheng headquarters.
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Fraustn Ta Shar
International Harvester Company
Avith
Cheng
Hag
Steel Trust
Uie
Comepany
Gibbona Responds to Brown in Maryland Bar Meeting
Cardinal Gibbons disputes former Trustee Brown of the Supreme Court at a Maryland State Bar Association gathering. He argues Christian teaching guides legislation for 2000 years and criticizes modern divorce laws as lax and impersonal.
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Gibbona
Brown
Cardinal Gibbons
Trustiee Brown
Supreme Court
Maryland State Bar Association
Farmers buy Tansan and Harzen elevator at Dodger Minnesota
FACTS FOR FARMERS reports Farmers' Geytor Company purchased the Tansan and Harzen elevator at Dodger Minnesota for 4100. Greenbush farmers operate through the elevator. Recent heavy rains that paused prairie fires and threatened grass destruction have revived hay growth and improved the growing season.
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Geytor Company
Dodger
Minn
Greenbush
Minnesota
Heat wave bakes Midwest and Southwest with record highs
Unusually intense heat battered Kansas City and a wide region, with government readings reaching 110 degrees in places. The scorching day caused at least three deaths, widespread crop damage across Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and the Southwest, and the hottest conditions since 1901 in parts of Topeka, Oklahoma City, and Muskogee.
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Pwo
Ea Brg
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Oklahoma
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Okla
Fort Smith
Ark
Concordia
Kan
Ad Lamar
St. Joseph
William A. Kenyon
Panhandle
Tex- AR
Extra Session Costs Near Half Million Dollars
The piece details tariff passage costs from an extra session, estimating almost $500,000 overall. It highlights mileage payments at 20 cents per mile, with House expenses totaling about $154,000 and Senate travelling at $47,000. Additional costs include $73,000 for extra staff, $190,000 for employee services, $26,000 for general expenses, and $10,000 for official reporters and clerk hires.
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Samuel
Washington
Paelit
House
Treasury
Senate
Congress
Capitol
Government Printing Office
Skeletons found near Potomac shine light on old tragedy
Fifteen skeletons lie together near the Potomac banks along the site of the United States Medical School Hospital excavations. English coins dated 1712 were found with the remains, suggesting a pirate or frontier crime in early American days. The article notes suspicion shifts from indigenous theft to a legendary mutiny tale, but no firm conclusion emerges.
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Banks of
The
Potomac
Potoman Banks
Century Aid
Potomae
Liey
Powder Explosion at Aetna Powder Mill Kills Two
An explosion in the gelatin mixer department at the Aetna Powder Mill in Aetna Indiana Friday killed two men and destroyed property valued at about 25000. The blast shattered windows for miles, leaving scarcely any glass intact in Aetna. Maria Cusco of Middletown requests police help to send her husband to jail or deport him to Italy to avert a possible tragedy at home.
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Icuin
Aetna
Ind
Denire
Maria Cusco
Middletown
Jal
Ttaly
Virele
Drowned Ship Tyr Waratah Disaster Ends in Loss
Reports say the Australias steamer Waratah vanished with about 500 aboard after a collision at sea. A Naeib steamer near Durham found four bodies, while debris and lifeboat remains drifted ashore. An inquiry led by Commissioner Baker in New York concluded widespread police graft. a depot robbery in Chicago and forged certificates were uncovered amid a city scandal.
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Boo
Durham
Congress Adjourns Leaves Capitol in Quiet After Debate
With Congress adjourned the Capitol lay deserted as lawmakers hurried home. Tariff bill costs, committee clerks, and executive office additions at the White House dominated the scene. Ship subsidies, immigration law amendments, and lake-shipment statistics framed the next session’s agenda as officials prepared for a regu lar seasion beginning next December.
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Congress
Senate
Tight Lacing Kills Girl In Cincinnati
Elsie Gasser aged 18 daughter of Attorney John J. Gasser of Cincinnati died after tight corset lacing. Doctors initially suspected appendicitis but operation weakened her and led to fatal injuries to vital organs. Dr Gustave Strohbach notes danger and says lesson cannot be taught from this case.
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Mise Elsie Gasser
John J. Gasser
McMicken Avenue
Cincinnati
Gustave Strohbach
Misa Gouser
Miss Garver
Strohhacch
Yale Med School Entrance Results Narrowed to 278
Among 900 applicants to Yale SheMed Scientific School in New Haven Conn only 278 met the requirements.
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Yale SheMed Scientific School
New Haven, Conn
Teuiremente
Offers to Hell Titles Sell for One Million Nine Thousand
A New York woman calling herself the Marquise de la Rochabry ant offers twenty nine distinct titles to any American woman willing to pay 1 009 000 dollars. The gimmick markets status through elaborate aristocratic branding and a striking price.
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New York
Marquise de la Rochabryant
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