Semi-Temperance Saloon Opens Amid Stir in Des Moines
In Des Moines the semi temperance saloon opened with 125 cups of coffee and 260 glasses of beer sold in two hours. Patrons protested the no treating rule as they were charged for their companions drinks. Owner A S Kirkhart, who runs fifteen saloons, expects to implement anti treating across all locations if this start proves successful.
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Des Moles
Emi-Tamperance
Alga
Kirkhart
Ga‘oon
Girl Strangely Missing in Dyersville
Excitement grips Dyersville over the sudden disappearance of Miss Ia Moon a 24 year old English girl living with her aunt Mrs Moon. She withdrew 300 from her bank account and left a note saying she was gone with speculation she returned to England where a sister resides.
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Dyersville
Miss Ia Moon
England
Boy Solves Mystery Over Black Hand Letter
Wyersville police report a youth confessed to sending a threatening Black Hand letter to Mrs Holgher. The plot involved a $6 fake payment at a creamer y. authorities set a phony bill at the spot but no one claimed it. The youth admitted his role, receiving a lecture and avoiding harsher punishment.
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Wyersville
Dyersville
Boy and Girl Drown In Canoe On Iowa River
Gail W Huggett a high school senior and 38 year old man drowned when a canoe overturned in the Iowa River at Iowa City at noon. Huggett was recovered forty minutes later but the girl’s body was not found after police and volunteers dragged the river. Identification of the girl remains unknown.
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vGail W. Huggett
Gail
W. Huggett
Iowa
Iowa City
Huggett
Fews City
Near Drowning and Alcohol Plant News Brief
Walter Harms of Remsen narrowly escaped drowning during a storm after being swept downstream and snagged on barb wire, recovering from facial lacerations. Marshalltown capitalists announce a $200000 denatured alcohol plant to produce 6000 gallons daily from 1200 bushels of corn every twelve hours. Bert Reppert is fined $260 for defaming Maude Katzenmeyer. Mazon City hosts eastern capitalists surveying a possible electric railway to Waterloo.
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Walter Harms
Remsen
Gene Kiesner
Marshalltown
Reppert
Bert Reppert
Maude Katzenmeyer
R.P. Howell
Town City
Waterloo
Mazon City
Wealthy Marshall County farmer dies by hanging in Kansas barn
John A. Dillon a 67 year old Marshall County landowner dies by self harm in a nephew's barn at Atlanta Kansas. He had holdings in Marshall County Kansas Kentucky and Minnesota and faced disputed land deals. A prior suicide attempt occurred ten years earlier with a butcher knife. In a separate incident Tom Brennan of Sioux City aged 63 died from a fatal fire caused by accidental ignition. he was badly burned but identifiable.
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John A. Dillon
Atlanta
Kan
Marshall County
Dillon
Kange
Kentucky
Minnesota
Priggner Yaran Inail
Tom Brennen
Sioux City
Westfield Stalf
Williamson
Brennan
Cloudburst Damages Crops and Homes in Union County
A cloudburst in Union County causes extensive crop and property damage. Farms are inundated and the Konkler family in Creston narrowly escaped when floodwaters reached their second story.
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Union County
Creston
Charles Konkler
Spencer High Class of 1909 on 23 Graduates
A compact roundup lists Spencer area items: Hanssen Bros of Monticello sold 120 acres to Richard Cartano at 100 per acre. Paul Witte arrested for assault on a 14-year-old girl identified by the girl. Fred B. Smith of the Stoddard Hotel dies at Lake Okiboji. Rev. David Brown resigns from Hills Presbyterian church. other notes include a fatal accident near Canton, a large flock of chickens at North Liberty, a Knights of Pythias building purchase in Mason City, and several local judicial and civic items.
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Spencer High
Hanssen Bros
Monticello
Richard Cartano
Paul Witte
Des Moines
Fred B. Smith
Stoddard
Northwest
Lake Okiboji
David Brown
Presbyterian Church
Hills
Charles Burke
Lawler
Mra
Jacob George
North Liberty
Knights of Pythias
Mason City
Dale Shirk
Jacob Shirk
Canton
Jackson County
Iowa City
Waverly German College
A. Angelbrecht
James Henderson
Rowley
Ed Swank
Richland
William Reike
Farmersburg
Council Blaffa
J.M. Daly
Clare
Webster County
Des Moinea
Bronx City
Mabel Serratt
Sait
Council Bluffs
George F. Serratt
Worthias
Fred Beck
Sioux City
D. Robbing
Ministers Seek to Expel Foster Over Unitarian Labels
Chicago Baptist ministers push to eject Prof George Burnam Foster from the church and potentially from Chicago University faculty. They cite his book The Function of Religion In Man's Struggle for Existence as proving he is a Unitarian, while Foster defends himself as a traditional Baptist and refuses to resign. His 17 year old son Georges defends his father on constitutional grounds.
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Chicago Baptist
George Burnam Foster
Chicago University
Foster
Voster
Georges
Steel firms boost pay as steel industry recovery widens
Thousands see wage restorations and new jobs as Pennsylvania Steel at Steelton raises pay on July 1 after a 10 percent cut. Maryland Steel at Baltimore gains also. Sparrows Point breaks ground for a 1 million open hearth dept. Riverside works to resume in plate and tube divisions, 5000 jobs. U S Steel runs 80 percent capacity, best since 1907 panic, orders steady at tens of thousands of tons daily.
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Pennsylvania Steel Company
Steelton
Maryland Steel Company
Baltimore
Sparrow's Point
Maryland Company
National Tube Company
Riverside
United States Steal Corporation
Six Die in Molten Iron Explosion at Martins Ferry Blast Furnace
Six workers were killed and many injured in a molten iron blast at the Martins Ferry plant of Wheeling Sisel & Tron Company. About twenty workers were hurt with severe burns, some losing limbs, as the explosion sent molten iron over the scene.
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Mont Farnsce
Martins Ferry
Wheeling Sisel & Tron Company
Estate of Ethan Hitchcock Ventures in Probate Records
An inventory filed in St Louis shows Ethan Allen Hitchcock estate totaling 231136 including stock 224370 and cash 6766.82. Hitchcock died April 9 at his son in law Commander Sims Washington DC. William A Lynch, early South Grand rancher, died near Rapid City SD without known heirs while Korinchi Sumatra quake killed 200. A New York artist William J Comlay shot himself. Breakers hotel in Spring Lake NJ largely burned with guests escaping. Postmenters convention set for Toledo Aug 19 to 21. Brooklyn laborer James Shea died after deer glass ingestion Feb 10.
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Imedhcock
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Secretary of the Interior
St. Louis
Hitchcock
Sims
U. 3
Washington
D. C
Keaven
William A. Lynch
South Grand
Rapid City
Bellefourche
Heira
New York
William J. Comlay
International Society of Art
24Th Street
Th Avenue
James Shea
Brooklyn
N. Y
Unclear Text Concerning Flags and River Change
A disjointed report mentions protests over a Japanese flag displayed at an ex position, a unidentified man found hanging near Dover New Jersey with cash on him, and a river cut off at Douglas Arkansas widening to 340 feet. The text is fragmented and lacks coherent context or dates.
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Iver
Lengven
Douglas
Ark
White House Cabinet Room and Early 1910s Policy Notes
The cabinet room described as a model of republican simplicity with olive green and white decor, leather chairs, and a mahogany table. The piece also covers estimates for the Panama Isthmian Canal funding, tariff revenue patterns, defense spending plans including canal fortifications, Navy budget cuts, Lincoln cent redesign, merit system support by Taft, Annapolis cadet pass rates, and Interstate Commerce Commission reorganization efforts.
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White House
America
White House Grounds
Pennsylvania Avenue
Alfalfa Flour Promises New Food Source at Creighton Club
A Omaha correspondent notes Creighton Alfalfa Club members eat hay and gain weight while farm experts hail alfalfa as richer than clover. University experiments show alfalfa flour can replace part of bread and cake ingredients, with alfalfa meal used in muffins and breads.
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Nebuchadnezzar
Omaha
Creightot Alfalfa Club
Creighton University
Culinary Department
College Club
Wisconsin Enacts Anti-Swearing Law
Wisconsin legislature passes a bill prohibiting profanity in public places as a misdemeanor. The measure targets public disturbance and offense, detailing penalties for violations and defining proscribed language.
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Wisconsin
Unions Report Growth and Global Labor Moves
A summary of union activity and labor trends across regions. A Fresno clerks union forms while Montreal longshoremen settle bonuses. Building trades lead strikes. coal and coke industry follows. International unions meet in Washington and St Louis preparations. Unemployed numbers in San Francisco drop from 21,000 to 15,000. Belgian miners agree to nine hour shifts with health considerations. UK unemployment rates show improvements in 1908. Cumberland miners accept wage cuts following Durham and Northumberland. Engineers in Ashton-under-Lyne accept weekly wage reductions.
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Coal and Coka
International Association of Marble Workers
Washington, D. C
A. F. of L
Brotherhood of Railroad Signal Men
Boston
Mass
Coal Teamsters and Handlers’ Union
New York Central Federated Union
Women's Trade Union League
International Typographical Union
St. Joseph
Minneapolis
San Francisco
Cal
Building Trades Counci
New York State
Cumberland
England
Durham
Northumberland
Aghton-under-Lyne
Trade and industry steady as markets show seasonable strength
Dun's Weekly Review reports sustained progress in leading industries with warmer weather boosting retail demand for lightweight apparel and footwear and improving manufacturing activity. Wheat cutting progresses, bank clearings reach 252.2 million for five days, five rail contracts advancing, while failures in the Chicago district remain modest.
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Oroy
Chicago
Dun's Weekly Review
New York Business Outlook Tracks Tariff and Crop Hopes
The New York market summary notes favorable overall business yet lingering conservatism as tariff actions and crop yields loom. Rail and steel remain in focus with May finished leather and footwear showing strong demand, while wood stays steady. U.S. weekly business failures reach 101, Canada 28, per Bradstreet. comparisons show declines versus earlier weeks and years.
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Inrow
Hideo
United States
Canada
Brad Street
Market Quotes Across Cities for Cattle Hogs and Grains
Regional price listings show cattle in Chicago and St Louis trading around 4.00 to 7.75 dollars, hogs 4.00 to 7.75, sheep up to 6.50, with grains like wheat No 2 near 1.50 and corn around 0.75 to 0.80. Other cities include Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Detroit and Buffalo with varied futures in cattle hogs sheep and staples.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cinelanati
Detroit
New York
Ste
Toledo
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Padang
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Henry Blun, Jr
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National Association of Postmanters
Japy Hanl
Dover
Congress
Isthmian Canal
Canal Zone
War Dickinson
France
Panama
Dickinson
Department of Commerce and Labor
Wear Dickinson
J. Franklin Bell
Panama Canal
Atlantic
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Civil Service Retirement Association
Taft
Bose
Annapolis Naval Academy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fresno
Montreal
Chamber of Deputies
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