GIN ECHO AND WORLD NEWS HAZARD AT FORT DES MOINES
A turbulent roundup from Des Moines and New York reports a corporal firing on others at Fort Des Moines Iowa, while Secretary of Commerce and Syndor Nagel consider a department shakeup to boost American trade. Helen Hale weds William Hodge in New York amid other high court and political notes across the nation.
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Fort
Des Moines
Iowa
Commerce
Syndor Nagel
Helen Hale
William Hodge
New York
Roosevelt
James R. Garfield
Gifford Pinchot
University of Illnois
Carnegie Foundation
Turd
Dunois
Taft Proposes 2 Percent Tax on Corporate Net Income
President Taft sent Congress a message urging a constitutional amendment to allow a 2 per cent tax on the net income of corporations and joint stock companies, excluding national and savings banks. He argues this income tax could be levied without apportionment and would provide federal supervision over corporate affairs, aiding crisis needs.
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Ilinois Central Railroad
Central of Georgia Railroad
Charles W.morae
Hughes
New York
Stock Exchange
Congress
Baron Takahira
University of Ilinois
Clampaign
Japan
United States
State Supreme Court
Taft
Supreme Court
Pollock Va
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Two 10wa Men Murdered by Mike Maloney Confessed
Mike Maloney, arrested Friday at Cottonwood by Marshal Williang of Kadoka, confessed to killing W D To Bey and J Goodwin. Bodies found in a wall on the McNally ranch near Kadoka. Robbery motive cited. Maloney claimed one man died from Anax and the other from a club. He had posed as Mike McCann of Kaneng City in Sioux City hotel May 28. Goodwin and Toney were part of a breaking outfit. Maloney fled town after disposing of valuables. He was captured after a city marshal tracked him to Cottonwood.
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Mike Maloney
Cottonwood
Williang
Kadoka
W. D
Bey
J. Goodwin
Sioux City
McNatly Ranch
Maloney
Anax
Fort Pierre
Maroney
Bioux City
Mike McCann
Kaneng City
Toney
Goodwin
Rock Valley
Iowa
W. D. Toney
McNally
Phillip
Caveral
Malonay
Killed by Lightning in Barry County Barn
Jesse Bunker a deaf mute and son of Chang, 48, of the prominent Biamose clan, was struck dead by lightning while sheltering in a tobacco barn during a rainstorm in Barry County. His hat and shoes were torn. his companions, a son and a workman, were stunned for over an hour. Known for intelligence and sociability, he communicated by pencil and paper and was part of a famed family noted for prosperity and marital ties to Virginia women.
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Deene Bunker
Mickining
Jesse Bunker
Goo
Chang
Hie
Barry County
Bunker
Wanseleas
Vaccination Push Amid Declining U S Smallpox Rates
Surgeon Urgea More Care in Vaccination cites German compulsory policy and five year data showing U S smallpox cases fall from 58 014 in 1902 to 12 503 in 1906. Latest figures from Oct 26 1908 to June 11 show 11 701 cases and 62 deaths. He urges continued revaccination and stronger vaccination efforts.
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Phre
Germany
United States
Henry
Mathewson
Marine Hospital Service
Washington
Oec
Building collapses bury four in Detroit stove plant
A six story Peninsular Stove Company warehouse at 8th and Fort streets Detroit collapsed before noon Saturday trapping four workmen. Three bodies recovered and several injured. The 32 year old building housed finished stove product on upper floors and a basement fire was extinguished.
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Detroit
Peninsular Stove Company
8Th and
Fort Streets
Stove Company
Rail financiers back new Great Western bonds and line contracts
J P Morgan & Co have underwritten 15 million of bonds for the Chicago Great Western Railroad. The Sco Railroad Co. has let a contract to build 220 miles of track from Moose Lake to Thief River Falls. Missouri Pacific stockholders meet to merge 21 subsidiaries. iron mountain not affected. Burlington and Northern Pacific plan new Chicago to Seattle service with Pennsylvanias 18 hour mail pass. schedules show 95 hours 35 minutes coast to coast. another night train Chicago to Seattle in 72 hours.
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J. P. Morgan & Co
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Sco. Railroad Company
Moose Lake
Duluth
Thief River Falls
Winnipeg
Western
Missouri Pacific Railway ‘Company
Linen
Iron Mountain
Iiiss
Burlington and
Northern Pacific Ayatema
Chicago
Seattle
Pennsylvania
New York
Northern Pacific
Arsenic Found In Bread Prompts Death Probe
In Rich Indiana, arsenic detected in bread sample tested by State Board of Health lab spurs probe into farmer Spencer Spriggs’s death in Haddon Township Sullivan County. Flour also sent for test. two Whitfields survived ppormanna poisoning May 24. Mrs Flora Haddon, who received skull and crossbones letters, fears bread was tainted.
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Indiana
Wester Hor
Food and Drug Laboratory
State’ Board of Health
John C. Cheney
Sullivan
Ind
Spencer Spriggs
Hving
Haddon Township
Sullivan County
Spriggs
Sam
Howard Whitfield
Whitfields
Flora Haddon
Attempt to Burn Bellefontaine Mayor's House in Ohio
An attack on Mayor William R. Niven's Bellefontaine residence involved a kerosene filled bottle thrown through a large plate glass window setting curtains and furnishings ablaze. The mayor was away. fire crews quickly contained the flames. Niven, a dry ticket winner two years prior, faced a political figure's bid by a Democratic opponent. Hob Train and accomplices were arrested after robbing a fast mail express car near Rochester, with detection in Syracuse.
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Ohio
Wiliam R. Niven
Bellefontaine
Niven
New York
Rochester
Brooklyn
Syracuse
France Earthquake Devastates Southern Towns Killing Dozens
Reports from southern France say at least 100 people are dead as a powerful earthquake devastates towns and villages in Herault and Bouches du Rhone. St Canat Rognes and Lambesc suffer severe damage with homes churches and public buildings ruined. survivors endure tents and rubble strewn streets as search teams work amid ongoing casualties and heavy monetary losses.
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France
Herault
Bouches‘du-Rhone
St. Canat
Rognos
Lambesc
Alxy
Vauvenargues
Venelles
Pelissanne
Puy-Ste-Reparade
St. Cannat
Chateau Valmousse
St.Cannat
Arguilles
Vernegueas
Berwyn blacksmith survives 9,500 foot fall in self made air navigator
A. Sorenson, village blacksmith of Berwyn Nebraska, fell 3,500 feet after his balloon attached aeroplane device failed. He escaped with no broken bones and planned a new craft, noting the apparatus flipped several times but his landing saved him.
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FY Delano
Chicago
China
Slavonia
Gibraltar
Jane Addams
National Conference On Charities
Jay Gould
Katherine Clemmong Gould
New York
George Gould
Foster
Baptist Ministers’ Conference
Johnston Myers
World Alliance ‘of Presbyterian, Churches
Ninth Council
G. A. Smith
University of Chicago
Czar
England
A.boronson
Berwyn
Neb
Burt
A. Sorenson
Sorenson
Cupid Pouts at Health Law Causes Canadian Weddings
A new Washington State law requiring medical examinations for marriage license applicants went into effect. Ten couples in Seattle presented physician certificates, while two couples chose to wed in British Columbia to avoid the requirement. Officials warn the law may push more Americans to marry in Canada.
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Canada
Washington
Seattle
British Columbia
Erte Train Wreck Near Waverly N Y After High Speed Run
Erte passenger train No 9 westbound wrecked a short distance west of Waverly New York at 2 am Wednesday. All cars except one derailed while the train was running at high speed. Many passengers were shaken and cut by flying glass but no serious injuries reported.
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Erte
Waverly
N. Y
Detroit Fair Groundsers and Racing Headlines
MecKerron ran a mile in 2 18% at Detroit fair grounds. A five-car race spans New York to Seattle, 4,000 miles. Frank Gotch pinned Ordemann in Minneapolis in 35 minutes 35 seconds. King Edward's Minor won the Hagush Derby in rain with Louviers second and Williamry third. Olambate won the Latonia Derby at Cincinnati, beating The Peer by over four lengths. Hamline’s half coach broke his arm blocking a throw. Ed Plerka injured the coach attempting to block a wrist injury.
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Jack MecKerron
Detroit Fair Grounds
New York
Seattle
Frank Gotch
Henry Ordemann
Minneapolis
King Edward's Minor
Louviers
William Ry
Sir Martin
Olambate
T. G. Greener
Cincinnati
Cate Plate Graes
Dr. Burgan
Hamline
Ed Plerka
Robbers Steal $40,000 in Gold at Neilly Mine
Five men held two women at gunpoint in a bunkhouse robbery at the Neilly mine on Bear Creek near El Luride Colorado. Three masked assailants secured $40,000 in gold before fleeing during a running gunfight.
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Neilly
Bear Creek
Three Die In Denver Gas Plant Boiler Explosion
The Denver Gas and Electric Company power plant in Denver Col suffered a boiler explosion killing three people, injuring nine severely and one fatally, leaving three missing and prompting ongoing search efforts.
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Boller Ulast
Denver Gas and Electric Company
Denver
Col
Cure Claimed by Mrs Sperling for Female Ailments
Mrs Alvena Sperling of 11 Langdon Street Chicago testifies to relief after using Mr Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for years of pelvic inflammation fibroid concerns and displacements. She urges others to build up the feminine system and avoid early surgery while touting the remedy as standard for thirty years.
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Bret
Catch of Fish Breaks Records Off Cape Henry
A Nor folk dispatch reports a fleet of schooners from New York and New England netting thousands of striped sea trout off Cape Henry. About 2,000 barrels of 200 pounds each were landed, with 600 on the Latonia and 200 each on the Bertha, Pearl, and Libbie. Fish weighed four to eight pounds. Express shipments to New York, Baltimore and other northern markets followed, while Gus Delaney’s fall from a seine boat briefly disrupted the haul. Delaney was rescued and recovering.
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New York
New England
Cape Henry
Norfolk
New’ York
Herald
Chesapeake Bay
Louis Feuerstein
Latonia
Bertha
Pearl
Express
Baltimore
Gus Delaney
Delaney
A Good Reason Dentistry Quip Cited by Baltimore American
A Baltimore American quip features a man complaining about his nerves toward a man seen over yonder who is revealed as his dentist. The joke hinges on the punchline that the dentist is the source of the irritation, reflecting light humor in a local paper.
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Baltimore
Grape-Nuts Helped Woman Recover Health and Weight
A Denver woman describes severe appetite loss and fatigue followed by rapid recovery after trying Grape-Nuts. She reports gaining 12 pounds and renewed energy, crediting the cereal as the key to restoring health. The letter promotes The Road to Wellville and invites readers to trial the product.
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Denver
Ike Ming
Wellville
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Hughes, Pubs
Tim Ovated
University of Chica
Russ
Seckaard
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Joseph Gracier, Jr
North, Avenue Building and Loan Association
Hawaii
Wight
Blas Handera
Barnesboro
Abner Smith
Bank of America Ince
William J. Rusap
Thomas J. Hipion
Adoka
G. D
Gon OF
Twiw
Pan
Apolis Journal
Pittaburg Ae
Ph'd'iphia
St. Louis
Boston
Carrott
Cleveland
American Association
Nebraskan
Cupid
Lydia E.pinkham
Reginald
Richard
Washington Star
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