Epworth League plans lecture bureau for small Iowa towns
Fort Dodge Fort Dodge District Epworth League opens a novel public service project. A lecture bureau will supply district talent for lecture courses in small towns, offering affordable prices with no profits. Officers include C B Chapter, Harry Gates, Ada Beach, Floyd Clark, G S Snook, and D A McBurney. The group has twenty lecturers, fifty four lectures, and twelve entertainers ready for the season.
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Fort Dodge
Epworth League
Hpworth Podge
Methodist Church
C. B
Laborer’s Fall Kills Tailor at New Coliseum Scene
Des Moines laborer Hofmanist is killed when bricklayer W. J. Kennedy loses balance and falls fifty feet to the street below. The impact fractures the tailor’s neck and legs. Kennedy survives with serious scalp injuries and partial ear loss.
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Arick Inger
John A. Holmquist
Des Moines
Coliseum
W. J. Kennedy
Hofmanist
Kennedy
Man Falls From Train In Mason City Hospitalized
Hans Jensen of Anatin was riding the Great Western railroad toward Mason City when a gust snatched his hat. He attempted to pass between cars north of the city, lost balance, and fell from the vestibule. He was found two hours later, conscious, with severe bruises and lacerations.
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Hans Jensen
Moxon City
Anatin
Mason City
Great Western
Des Moines Car Lines Bought by McKinley Aide for Franchise
Congrevaman McKinley and Illinois representative insurance interests have acquired Des Moines street car property and interurban lines for 6.5 million dollars and seek a 25 year franchise with a pledge to invest 1.5 million in improvements over five years. He has also bought the city’s electric lighting plant.
Boy Held for Murder in Stepmother's Death
Linden Schaffer aged 16 is under arrest at Calamus after a reported altercation led to his stepmother Minnie Schaffer being shot through the heart. He claims the death was accidental while authorities investigate the case.
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Iowa
Grant Swanson
Fort Madison
Acmei
Iowa News In Brief Mixed Local Reports
Casper Beckman of Atlantic nears death after a paralysia stroke. Wallace Dittsworths of Bancroft threshes 4220 bushels of oats. George W. Schoa of Primghay issues a book on every soldier from O'Brien County. Edith West farm fire destroys barn while family at theater. First Presbyterian calls A. C. Beechmart of Story County. Reynolds dies in St Joseph at 88. once a Clarinda resident. Automobilists draw crowd of 10000 at Clarinda fairgrounds. Potato crop loss up to 10 to 40 percent due to October freeze. T C Boylan sells Farragut farm for 20650. 197 steers sold near Allison for 11000 to 12000. Dean Gregory re-elected chair of ABA international law committee. Iowa grocers barred rat biscuit and poisonous baits per state officials. Civil suits include crashes with William McDevitt, Davenport man. Sheriff Terrell sued for 5107,358. J K Rake burglary case to be heard. Isle Houdyshell and Manuel Comancho wed at Coral Springs. Harry Mutchins defense team prep for trial in Indianola. State Fair cost 3107,358.57 to run. net 2028.50 after receipts. Warwick sells Brookyn farm to Heston at 116 per acre. Prof Stewart hears of brother-in-law Herman White’s elevator death in Spokane.
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Casper Beckman
Atlantic
Stockman
Death's Door
Wallace Dittsworths
Bancroft
George W. Schoa
Primghay
O'Brien
W. Brown
Iowa
Att
Diez
el Paso
T. West Farm
Webster City
First Presbyterian Church of
Mila
A. C. Beechmart
Story County
RL. Reynolds
St. Joseph
Clarinda
Reynolds
Ingeraol
Carroll
Ed Tharp
Des Moines
McKinley Syndicate
J. W. Haynes
Cottage Hotel
Lennox
Clarinda Fair Grounds
Plymouth
T. C. Boylan
Farragut
William Martin
Boylan
George Mead
Allison
Dean C. N. Gregory
Iowa City
Committee On International Law
The
American Bar Association
Dean Gregory
W. A. Warwick
Robb
Brooklyn
George R. Horn
C. H. Heston
Stewart
Department of
State University
Herman White
Spokane
Wash
Army reforms urged by Inspector General Garlington
The annual report by Inspector General BP Garlington argues for increased infantry and field artillery, and cavalry reorganization, with 40 percent more defects noted per post. It critiques officer absenteeism, detains detached duty pay issues, and endorses year long physical tests to meet Roosevelt’s standards, stressing practicality and contact with the people.
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A. Garlington
Gen. Garlington
Roosevelt
Garlington
Afr
Ballinger Pinchot Controversy Draws Mixed Praise Across Papers
Multiple papers weigh in on the Ballinger Pinchot dispute praising patience and restraint. The Kansas City Star lauds Ballinger as custodian of vindication and temper in the crisis while the Atlanta Constitution calls for congratulation on avoiding a Cook-Peary style peak. The Washington Star notes no need for resignations and questions Ballinger’s stance, and the Kansas City Journal recalls Los Angeles dispatches of Chief Forester Pinchot and companions losing their way in a canyon, highlighting his fallibility as a path finder.
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America
Bwann Tumbo
Ballinger
Kansas City Journal
Los Angeles
Forester Pinchot
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Global Press Snippets Stir Global Leaders And Incidents
Collective clippings note King George potential abdication rumors amid others. Turks seek a $30 million loan from Abdul Hamid amid suspicion. Germany launches secret battleships. Britain nervous. Parisians toy with wax bullet mimicry risking injuries. King Edward VII reported healthy with Britain calm in autumn. South American boundary shifts between Bolivia and Peru pass quietly. Cook va Pony: silence cuts deeper than Peary’s axe. playful spelling mishaps surface.
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George
Greece
Cleveland
Abdul Hamid
Washington Star
Germany
King Edward Ia
John Bull
British Isles
Springfield Republican
Bolivia
Peru
Toledo Blade
General Oliver O Howard Dies at Burlington at 79
General Oliver O Howard, renowned for Civil War commands and leading the Freedmen's Bureau, died at his Burlington home Tuesday night from heart disease. He was 79. Howard, known as The Havelock of America, had wartime service with Lincoln Grant Sherman and Sheri dan and authored military writings and religious talks.
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Howard
Unidon
Burlington
Ontario
Abraham Lincoln
London
Lincoln
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
America
Freedman’s ‘Bureau
Namie
Many Women Slain? Astoria Planemaker Under Arrest
Otto Mueller, a planemaker from Astoria, is held on bigamy charges as police probe the death of Anna Latter whose skeleton was found at Islip. He allegedly confessed to marrying Latter in February 1908 and abandoning her. Police found scribbled notes dated Oct 23 planning disappearance and a revolver cartridge box at his Astoria home.
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Astoria
S. S
Anna
Islip
L. I
Mueller
Frederick Gebhardt
Long Island City Bank
Anna Gebhardt
Passenger Vanishes In Lake On Holland Voyage
A passenger aboard the Graham Mor ton Line steamer Puritan vanished mid lake on a Chicago to Holland trip. A card found in his stateroom linked him to John M I Edwin of Wilmette Illinois. His clothing and a half emptied valise were later found. no witness saw the disappearance as the vessel reached Holland.
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Tolland
Mich
Graham & Morton Hne
Puritan
John M. I
Edwin
Wilmetté
Midlake
Chicago
Holland
Suit Over Kidnapping Outgrowth Hits Sharon Resident
James F. Whitla of Sharon was sued in Youngstown for 10 000 damages in a false arrest case connected to the Willie Whitla kidnapping. Wess alleges he was arrested and detained at central police station during an evangelistic Billy Sunday meeting.
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Vuther
Sharon
Youngstown
Ohio
Billy
James FP. Whitla
Joseph Wess
Willie” Whitia
Wess
Central
Cannot Marry Die Together Mystery Near Clay Center Neb
The bodies of Ray Foatar and Miss Inez Cox lie in a buggy four miles from Clay Center Nebraska with a revolver and two empty shells. A torn wrapping paper in Foatar’s pocket bears the note If we can't marry we will die together. Foatar and Cox appear to have died from gunshot wounds, investigation ongoing.
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Bolten
Ray Foatar
Clay Center
Neb
Inez Cox
Plan Wireless Feats 3000 Mile Messages To Warships
The navy will test long distance wireless telegraphy from Brant Rock Massachusetts with the cruiser Salem and the Birmingham serving as receiving stations. Experiments aim to transmit messages 3000 miles and to enable ship to ship communication up to 1000 miles at sea, enhancing fleet coordination from shore. Repairs on the ships will finish by December 4 and the vessels will cruise within 3000 miles of Brant Rock, testing instrumented towers and ten kilowatt receivers.
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Navy
Atlantic Seaboard
Navy Department
Brant Rock
Mass
Instrumenta
Salem
Birmingham
United States
West African
American Tropics
Theda
Fifty Arrests in Chicago Black Hand Shootings Probe
Police in Chicago arrest fifty in an operation linked to the shooting of Salvatore Pinello, who had been moved from a Streator hospital after a three month recovery attempt. Pinello, shot twice by Black Hand assailants, lies critically wounded as detectives pursue Salvatore and Stefano Attida for the crime.
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Chicago
Salvatore Pinello
Streator
Ill
Black Hand
Clewa
Salvatore
Stefano Attida
Pinello
Pinelio
Black Hand Society
Italy
Santa Fe
Attida Brothers
Omaha Lawyer Wounds Man After Theater Visit
Omaha lawyer Arthur Sturges shot Nathan Castel on a downtown street corner as Castel walked with Mrs. Sturges. Castel was wounded fatally, taken to a hospital where officials expect no recovery. The couple had been separated for three months and a divorce hearing was scheduled for the next morning.
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Arthur Sterzes
Nathan Castal
Arthur Sturges
Nathan Castel
Omaha
Castal
Sturges
Wyoming Mother Loses Three Children in One Day
Mrs. Lent Henderson of Sundance loses all three children in a single day after her two older kids are bitten by a rattlesnake and the infant drowns in a well. Doctors provide constant care as the tragedy unfolds.
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Wyoming
Welf
Lent Henderson
Sundance
Treasury reports October deficit cuts and staffing changes
The October treasury statement shows an $8.6 million reduction in the deficit since July, with $2 million gained in Internal Revenue and $10 million in customs. Disbursements exceeded receipts by $3,744,767 in the month and $22,169,316 for the quarter, including Panama Canal and public debt figures. Robert S. Person resigns as Interior auditor effective December 1, with Howard Shober of South Dakota to replace him amid factional strife. Naturalization refusals rose to 2,067 for the year. Turkish citizens are denied white status under statute, a test case to be heard in Cincinnati. Chandler Hale named third assistant secretary of state. John R. Carter becomes minister to the Balkan states. Roosevelt urges US to supply black bass to British East Africa for Lake Naivasha, via Europe. State Department files Newfoundland fisheries dispute case with Britain. The Hague to receive rejoinders next year. War Secretary Dickinson awarded gold medal for a Detroit rescue witnessed by Judge Taft. Interstate Commerce Commission chair Knapp travels to the Pacific coast for freight cases. Long-serving Secretary James Wilson of Agriculture may depart January 1. successor unnamed.
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Treasury
Panama Canal
Ete
Treasury Department
Robert S. Person
Interior Department
Howard
United States
Cincinnati
Union Reorganizations Across Cities Prompt New Unions
The iron molders' union in Dallas reorganized. Mea cutters and butchers in Jackson and Miah have formed a union. a blacksmiths union rose in Wichita. a Wyoming miners federation with about 9,000 members formed. New York janitors publish a monthly magazine. Schwyn Switzerland requires accident insurance for dangerous trades. Portland molders seek legislation to end stove manufacture in state prison. Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers in Boston raise per capita tax from 6 to 30 cents. Minneapolis carpenters plan a dedicated building site. Concord votes weekly pay for city laborers and overtime. British engineering unions move toward amalgamation under the Amalgamated Society.
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Texas
Mea
Jackson
Miah
Wichita
Kan
Tnite
Wyoming
Janitors’ Union
New York
Schwyn
Switzerland
Moldern’ Union
Portland
Ore
Wood, Wire and Metal Latheral Association
Boston
Minneapolis
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