Washington tariff talk and post office surpluses noted
Senator Kenyon urged tariff revision to cut living costs while protecting wool industry. Postmaster General Hitchcock announced a postal surplus of 2.4 million for three quarters and projected 3.6 million for the year. Campaign limits set spend caps for senators and representatives. Wolsey scientist Robison dismissed from agriculture bureau. Pension legislation delayed until December. Lorimer election tied to Taft era report as Illinois Governor Deneen testified in August 1909.
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Kenyon
Iowa
United States Senate
Congress
Tariff Board
Hitchcock
Post Office Department
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Coroner's jury holds youths for felonious drowning case
Domestic Gladys Thompson and three other teens aged 14 to 17 are held for trial by a coroner's jury in the alleged drowning of Clark L. Wolfkill, a wealthy ranchman found in a creek near Clifton, Colorado. Reports note various other federal and local issues across health, crime, and politics.
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Gladys Thompson
Lillian Osborne
Leo Baker
Virgil Wilson
Clark L. Wolfkill
Clifton
Colo
W. H. Dickengon & Co
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Twin Cities
Concern
Federal Grand Jury
Cleveland
Local and state news from Iowa convention and incidents
The annual Lutheran League convention will meet at North Liberty church this week. A locomotive fire near Clear Lake destroyed fifteen acres of wheat and hay land owned by Peter Arleson. Numerous deaths, arrests, and legal actions appear across towns including Emmetsburg, Davenport, Mason City, and Des Moines, with tied incidents in Linn County and Marshalltown.
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Luther League of Iowa
North Liberty
John Gaylord
Emmetsburg
Nick Pappa
Sioux City
Floyd
Dorg Jarchow
Davenport
Richard Zahrntig
Michael Coilllos
Hanson
Ireland
Ludsman
Mason City
Omaha
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Clinton
H. C. Ring
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Earl S. Hayden
Albert Lea Brewing Company
Hayden
Corning
Olivet
A. A. Morgan
United States Express Company
Des Moines
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Marshalltown
Armstrong
Glidden
Truesdale
Buena Vista County
J. W. Emerson
Buchinal
Bellevue
W. P. Dunn
Dorchester O. Hughby
Patrick Dun
Oskaloosa National Bank
Oskaloosa
Boone State Bank
Boone
First National Bank
Iowa Falls
Cherokee State Bank
Cherokee
Beacurity Savings Bank
Flist
National Bank
Nevada
Modern Brotherhood of America
Supreme Lodge
Denver
3. Stevenson
Cornell
Odd Fellows
R. L. Miton
H. F. Wagner
Sigourney
A. F. Hindorff
Newton
D. B. Gunn
J. F. McGinty
Knowlton
W. HE. Lambert
Z. A. Church
Jefferson
Geo. P. Campbell
Davis City
Jacob Kocher
Marion
Moderno Brotherhood of America
Firth Congressional District
al Mathern
Traer
Timothy Doyle
Tipton
J. H. Hughes
J. Yarra
Alphonse Franchere
Brothers
Henry Schroder
Crawford County
Schleswig
Allance
Iowa City
Adams County
A. I. Dawnon
Lone Tree
Clarion
Union
Northwood
John Chapo
Valley Junction
Rock Island
Ira Smart
West Union
Ray Hargrave
Rose Hill
W. van Duyn
van Duyn
I. L. Patton
Western Grain Dealers’ Association
I. A. Fields
Frank Danaher
Scranton
Rees Gabriel Company
Neola
John Westerman
Matlock
Sioux County
H. B. Jensen
State Board of Education
Ames
Perry C. MacClenahan
Highland
Aldrich Denies Hines Tale In Lorimer Case
Former Rhode Island Senator Nelson W. Aldrich testified before investigating committees denying Hines version that he urged Lorimer to run. Aldrich said Hines approached him about Taft administration views and that Lorimer was not objectionable to the president. He denied organized pressure or messages to Lorimer or Gov Deneen and cited three conversations with Hines.
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Washington
United States
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Lorimer
Edward Hines
Chicago
Aldrich
Hines
Taft
C. 5
Wiehe
Robert Shielde
Superior
Wis
Hines Lumber Company
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Illinois
Senate
White House
Deneen
Three Bandits Rob Train Near Buffalo North Dakota
Three masked robbers held up the eastbound North Coast Limited near Buffalo North Dakota and secured about 500 dollars in cash from passengers. They shot Engineer S P Olson of Fargo twice to stop the train and escaped in a car waiting at the scene. The robbery occurred on the Valley City high bridge as the trio entered the day coach and searched riders with heavy arms. The act was described as highly daring and well planned, showing the assailants’ experience.
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Grand Forks
N. D
North Coast Limited
Northern Pacific
Buffalo
S. P. Olson
Fargo
High Bridge
Valley City
Lewis Strang Killed In Wisconsin Auto Tour Crash
Blue Rivers Wisconsin dispatch reports noted auto race driver Lewis Strang instantly killed near there when his car, carrying the Wisconsin Automobile Association endurance tour technical committee, swerved to avoid a wagon and plunged thirty feet over an embankment. Passengers Joe Jaggerberger and Lester Clark among others were injured or unnamed.
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Blue Rivers
Wis
Louis Strang
Strang
Wisconsin Automobile Association
Joe Jaggerberger
Case Cars
Lester Clark
Richland Center
Honey famine hits Ontario harvests as drought bites
Canada reports a drought impact on Ontario beekeeping with a shortfall of over a million pounds in harvest from hives. Small flowering crop failures are cited as the main cause, affecting honey production in June and early July.
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Canada
Toronto
Woman Killed in Auto Crash Near Willmar Minnesota
Mrs C W Carlson of Carpenter Minnesota is dead and her husband seriously injured in an automobile crash near Willmar Minnesota. Police report indicate a head on collision with a tractor trailer during the late evening hours. The accident occurred on a rural road just outside the city limits. Authorities are investigating the sequence of events and truck driver is cooperating with the inquiry. Further details are expected from the county coroner's office.
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Auto Cranh
Willmar
Minn
C. W. Carlson
Carpenter
8. D
Cured sores with Resinol ointment and soap claims
Mrs W Linsky of Salem Massachusetts touts Resinol Ointment as a five year remedy for various skin sores unresponsive to doctors. The ad asserts instant effect, basic uses from pimples to eczema, and notes Resinol Soap for preventing skin troubles and gentle infant care. Sold by druggists nationwide from Resinol Chemical Co. Baltimore MarylandBaltimore Maryland
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Mra. W. Linsky
Salem
Mass
Infanta
Reslhol Chemical Co
Baltimore
Titles In England and the open traffic of decorations
In London Truth the article laments the proliferation of titles and decorations in England. It notes few people bore prefixes decades ago, but now new honors are endlessly created. The piece mocks wearers who parade medals like cattle at shows, arguing such embellishments don’t raise true respect.
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England
London
Booker T. Washington Opens Henhouse Schoolroom
In Tuskegee during hard times, Washington planned a school in an old chicken house. He asked an elderly helper to meet at nine the next morning to clean the henhouse, while the man warned about starting such work in daylight.
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Tuskegee
Booker T. Washington
Washington
Success Magazine
A Spoon Shaker from Coffeedom Promises Health
A Florida reader recounts quitting coffee and switching to Postum from Battle Creek. She describes relief from biliousness headaches and nervousness, with steadier heart rate and clearer skin after using Postum and reading The Road to Wellville. There’s a reason, the letter claims.
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Florida
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Hyer
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Floyd W. Robison
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Underwood
Ilinois
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Senator Lorimer
Mr. Lorimer
Italy
New York Health Department
Alvah H. Doty
Thomas P. Wickes
Yale
William H. Taft
Oakland
Cal
Ailver
Superior Court
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Furnias
Port Au Prince
Haitien
Simon
New Yor
Lillian Graham
Ethel Conrad
W. H. D. Stokes
Adele Verge
C. Frederick Kohl
San Francisco
Wohl
D. J. Hallock
Leavenworth
Kan
Oklahoma
John D. Rockefeller
Cuyahoga County
Mali
Morristown
N. J
Correspondence School of Theology
G. Ayres
Draw Theological Seminary
Havana Harbor
George Abbott
Bloomington
Ill
Chicago & Northwestern
Helle Plaine
Towa
Tha Jone
William Morris
Waldo
Newark
Ice Trust
Hiis
Charles Hickman
Beaver
H.W. Wiley
United States Bureau of Chemistry
New York
National Association of Real Estate Exchanges
A. B. Taylor
Census Bureau
Unionville
Monroe County
Indiana
Columbus
Bartholomew County
Europe
Justice Wright
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Benton Harbor
Tahiti
New @astle
Emil Seidel
Milwaukee
Franz C. Eschweiler
National Editorial Association
Detroit
J. P. Baum
Santa Ana
Luzon
Philippine Islands
Jose Ramos
Mexico City
Reyend
de la Barta
Madero
Emmet
University of Iowa At
Peter Day
Tong
Alkoft Hsioly
International Aviation
Carrol
Chicago Lumberman
Bofors Senate
North Dakota
Lewis Strang
Polly
Mrs. Highmere
Dolly
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