Tragic Shooting Suicide Harlan Stenographer in Omaha
Iowa State News reports 27 year old Harlan stenographer O. Melhorn shot himself in a Omaha hotel room on Ninth Street. A letter to Des Moines woman Miss Tessie Grane, written Oct 21, hints at a misguided liaison. Melhorn carried other letters and appeared refined, seeking work in Omaha.
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Harlan
Tessie Grane
Des Moines
O. Melhorn
Lon [Nnsen
North Ninth Street
Omaha
Lewis
Melhorn
Hola
Niseny
Iny
Hic
Fairport Depot Fire Suspects Tramps After Robbery
Fairport depot at Hork Island burned to the ground after a suspected robbery by three tramps who loitered nearby. John Schellhorn, in charge of local kilns, reported the blaze after doors were broken in. Residents gathered but could not save the building as flames enveloped the structure. Operator B. S. Carsting lost clothes and personal effects valued at 10 dollars.
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Hork Island
Fairport
John Schellhorn
Carsting
Colfax Hardware Store Changes Hands Under New Firm
In Colfax the L. Waldo hardware and furniture store will reopen as D. Tr. VWipp & Sons. Mr Waldo, from Des Moines, arrived a year ago. A large land tract in Minnesota passes to Waldo. Ma. Tripp, longtime Jasper County resident, previously worked in Newton and held local office.
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Newton
Colfax
L. Waldo
D. Tr. Vwipp & Sons
Wolo
Des Moines
Minnesota
Waldo
Tripp
Jasper County
Sheevi
Wight
Farmers Plan Institute at Woodbine County Meeting
Barrixon County agriculturists convene at Woodbine on December 4 and 5 for the Farmers Plan Institute. C Caldwell of Logan to oversee the corn show at Woodbine and Harrison county display in the national corn show in Omaha. Olden and Brovenson of Ames named judges for the exhibit and contest. Wy A Jonyx of Missouri Valley and Mrs. G A Longoisa elected president and vice president.
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Barrixon County Agriculturists
Woodhine
Varrigon County Farmers Institute
Woodhin TH
C. Caldwell
Logan
Harrison County
Omaha
Pross, Olden
Missouri Valley
G. A. Longoisa
Pecvictiry
Institute
Boy Shot While Hunting Fatal Accident Near Des Moines
Allen Sea bow, 14, was struck in the left lung after a .22 rifle discharged accidentally by 13-year-old Eddie O'Donnell during an afternoon hunting outing in the southwest Des Moines woods. The gun went off without the boys sure how, with no expectation of firing.
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Dex Moinon
Woos and Fields
Des Moines
Allen Seabow
Eddie O'Donnell
O'Donnell
Exiled farmers and crude rail plans stir Iowa politics
Former Governor Boies touts local option to ease farm labor shortage as legislator Motes cites laws that encourage immigration. A Kirkwood School outbreak of scarlet fever closes classes in Iowa City with fumigation underway. Ex-postmistress Mrs. Margaret Walker of Inchester dies at 60 in Marshalltown. Electric road promoters push Ot tumwa to Oskaloona via Eddyville Kirksville and Beacons towns, aiming to haul coal and passengers. Well interests consider purchasing Interstate Telephone stock amid favorable votes from Dyeraville stockholders.
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New Luterurbita
Ottumwa
Oskaloona
Eddyville
Kirksville
Buxton
Beacon
Given
Dyeraville
Young man saves lives in church fire blast
A church in Walker suffers a gasoline lamp explosion during evening service. Fire destroys the interior and bell. Reverend Wisher sustains facial and limb burns. Moved by presence of mind, Frank Welk helps remove choir members and residents, likely preventing further fatalities. Mrs. Brown’s nearby residence burns.
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Maken Heraly Reseun
Winlaterm
Charles Fisher
Chyiatlin
Walker
Enra
Wisher
City Votes 600000 for Water Works Plan
Corneil Bini Neelkor Municipal Council Bluffs approves a 1.6 million dollar water works project with a municipal plant. Women cast the largest vote and showed strong interest while men opposite it in several precincts. A subsequent election will decide future contracts.
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Corneil Bini Neelkor
Gqwoedl
Council Bluffs
Rome
Conmeil
Man cuts throat on Great Western train near Riceville
Charles McCorrach, a recent immigrant from Scotland, cut his throat with a razor on a Great Western train near Riceville. Discovered by conductor EL Ginniger he bled severely. The train reached St. Van and the man was sent to a hospital at the point of death. No motive is known.
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Great Western
Charles McCorrach
Scotland
Riceville
EL. Ginniger
St. van
Ten Years For Theft Plea In Embezzlement Case
Will H. Pettis, former county treasurer, pleaded guilty in District Court in Saw City to embezzling $27,000 of county funds. He received a ten year sentence in the penitentiary after previously maintaining innocence a prior term. He was immediately taken to prison.
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St Sack Chy
Will HH. Pettis
Saw City
Pilot Strips Woman As Train Hits Pond
Mrs Samuel Nenber wife of Judge Nenber West Liberty was struck by a locomotive and hurled into an icy pond. The engine pilot tore her skirts and she escaped uninjured. Keokuk and Hamilton Water Power stock to be sold to Tingh Cooper and W N Vonsel son of New York engineers and backers. Company to dam Mississippi and transmit about 50000 horsepower to St Louis.
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Sota
Keokuk
Veteran Foreman Found Dead in Mason City
Michael Cumonins long time foreman on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul was found dead in his Mason City room with a broken neck battered face and dislocated jaw. Authorities say there is every indication of murder.
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Michael Cumonins
Chicago
Milwaukee and
St. Paul
Plymouth
Mason City
Notable deaths and incidents in Iowa and Oregon
Obituaries and crime notes from the region report Simon Bay of Hamilton county dying in Springfield Oregon, Elizabeth Tones of Des Moines passing at Methodist hospital, and The Marshalltown Nest of the Owls forming with 125 members. Also recorded are forgery arrest, a near-fatal shooting near Mallard, heart disease death of John A. Cruikshank, and a Webster City farmer surviving a self inflicted head wound.
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Simon Bay
Hamilton County
Springfield
Ore
Muscatine
W.A. Priest
Emerson
Elizabeth Tones
Des Moines
Methodist Hospital
Holden
Chicago
Cuntody
Paulsen
Mason City
Paulson
Aulius Victor
Altoona
Dex Moulnes
Marahalltown
Order of the Owls
Wagles
Jackson Stafford
Mallard
John A. Cruikshank
Waterloo Farm Fence Company
Wii Bree
Webster City
Aulelde
Ile
Palma of Cuba Dead After President Palma’s Abdication
Palma of Cuba, born 1880 in Bayamo, died at Santiago after abdication amid revolution fears. He led Cuba briefly in 1902, faced opposition over ambition and power, abdicated to avoid bloodshed, and retired to the Cauto River estate. US involvement allowed an American governor to take over.
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Yomna Matinda Vatua
Santiago
Bin
Palm
Pat- Tomar E. Palma
Palma
Bayamo
Cuba
United States
New Republic
Cauto
Ife
President Eliot of Harvard Resigns at 74
Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard University since 1869 and aged 74, has resigned. He is credited with radical changes in higher education, dismantling the old colonial curriculum, introducing the elective system, and unifying Harvard’s faculties, influencing American colleges nationwide.
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Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Harvard
America
Wotlute Bee
George Washington
Arbitration treaty wins Swiss approval amid tensions abroad
Diverse global events unfold from a Swiss Council approval of a United States arbitration pact to a Smyrna harbor incident with the Stimboul steam ferry bugging the seas. Amid naval disasters and labor strife, other reports note Tibetan reform clashes in Pekin, wool trade delays in Melbourne, and boxing results in Normanna as castaways reach Suva on the Maauka.
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Stimboul
Smyrna
Jocal Exchange
Melbourne
Australia
Pekin
Dalai Kuna
Ife
Wiji Islands
Unimlwa
W. 2
Catrick
Manuka
Commons
London
Mary Leigh
Asquith
Night Riders Crushed as Confession Incites Arrests
A confession by Ted Burton links two dozen Night Rider members to Capt Rankin’s lynching near Walnut Lodge on Reel foot Lake. Governor Patterson orders militia deployments in the Redfoot region to stamp out the gang, with joint talks among Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky leaders to coordinate action across states.
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Patterson
Annessea
Quentin R. Rankin
Zachary Taylor
Trurt
Ted Burton
Camp Nemo
Burton
Night Riders
Capt
Rankin
Walnut Lodge
Reelfoot Lake
Tom and
Garret Johnson
Will Watson
Iyuest
Dilentes Jones
Carpenter
Taylor
Reelfoot
Bayou Deshea
Walnut Tedge
Hle
Redtoot Lake
Western Tennessee Land Company
Capt. Rankin
Fudge Taylor
Hand
Noel
Mississippi
Pindall
Arinnsay
Willson
Wentucky
Indiana
Georgia
Alabama
Telegraphic Brevities From Hobart and Mexico News
Tasmanians are using deni sharks and barracouta for fortilizer, reports Congal Tinker of Hobart. President Dino will not seek another term in Mexico’s 1910 election per a statement in the El Rio Del Hegar. The barge Tizzle Raw sank after towing from Maniton Island. the barge Belden Marvin was saved and fifteen aboard were rescued.
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Barracouta Ua
Congal Tinker
Hobart
Dino
Mexico
Portal
Maniton Island
Belden Marvin
Roosevelt Aids Health Move Campaign Speech
Dr Charles A T Meot of Cincinnati told the New York Academy of Medicine that President Roosevelt endorses national health legislation and will propose a law to Congress via a national health program. He urged 45 000 doctors to back the effort. He cited pollution, cancer deaths, and tuberculosis as motives, arguing saved lives would cover costs for a national board of health and broader public welfare.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Auierleni Medical Association
New York Academy of Medicine
Charles A. T. Meot
Cinelangtt
Ehalymnan
Campaleyn
de. Reed
Reed
Ohio
Two Pacific Pirates On Trial For Piracy
Acting Attorney General for the Visi Islands heads to Callao Peru to pursue a piracy case involving two men F Morteluinna a Belgian and T Skerrett held in Servin. They allegedly forced the captain and mate of the schooner New vre Tigre to walk the plank renamed the White Rose sailed toward Animpania Lageor reef where the ship was wrecked. Skerret blames Mortelmans claiming the attack started two days out with a machete and a threat to shoot. The Italians aboard reportedly jumped overboard and drowned.
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Ed. O. Alexander
Visi Islands
Callao
Peru
Springs Mall
F. Morteluinna
T. Skerrett
Servin
Mortelmans
Cron
Quds Bends South Dakota Wins 11 0 at Vermillion
Quds Bends South Dakota University defeated Huron College 11 to 0 in Vermillion marking their second football win. The crowd saw a one-sided game as SDU capitalized on defense and offense to cruise to victory.
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South Dakota University
Huron College
Vermillion
Montana
Dickinson College
Ele
Dickinson
Brockton
Mass
George G
Major Delmar
Lillian R
David Shaw
Cleveland
Columbus
Margaret O
Moran
Eddie Hanlon
San Francisco
Hanlon
New York Americans
Daniel A. Larry
Arthur Irwin
Barry
Irwin Saya
Tal Chase
Ag Rube Waddell
Big Ball Rosser
St. Louis
John Finan
Edward Burnett
Rube
Wisconsin University Law School
Ewald B Stiehm
Wisconsin Center
Bia Jenvlog
Bly Meane Stiehm
Weekly Dun & Co Review of Chicago Trade Highlights
The Dun and Co weekly review notes bond detentions a city loan at a premium and lower consumer paper demand while signaling improved trade conditions. It cites stronger buying, steadier western participation, and rising demand for furniture, apparel, and art wares amid better weather and growing purchasing power from country deposits and bank clearings.
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Weekly Review of
Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
Dattiela
Tareitory
Thorne
Unsettled Weather Suppresses Trade Across Cities
New York reports unsettled weather with quiet pre erection trade in many cities. Chicago and New York see some wholesale spring activity, while first and second hand distribution remains light elsewhere. Overall, distribution trails last year except in the Northwest, with cotton goods for spring the most active wholesale line. Business failures in the U S.
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New York
Chicago
Northwest
United States
Canada
Hrad Street
Grain and livestock price roundup across US markets
A garbled late 19th or early 20th century price sheet lists Chicago Chicago-Catile and Indianapolis-Cutlie futures. It shows bid ranges for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and other staples across multiple cities with prices in dollars per bushel or hundredweight.
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Chicago
Tiny
Timothy
Indianapolis
Cutlie
St. Louia
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Fire destroys Jenkins plant in Seattle mill district
A Seattle mill, the Jenkins plant, was destroyed by fire causing losses under $500,000. The Jarre lynbor mill was idle at the time, with firefighters responding to the blaze.
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Jenkins Inil
Jarre Lynbor
Seattle, Wash
Plont
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Margaret Walker
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