TAPPENING OF A WEEK TAPPENING OF A WEEK
William Gaynor nephew of Mayor Gaynor of New York was killed by a live electric wire in Galveston Texas. Charles R. Wright, first sporting editor of any U S newspaper, dies from a fall in Syracuse New York. Lord mayor election in London held by common hall with Sir Thomas Vesey Strong elected unanimously. Duke Franz Josef of Bavaria claims American women are attractive but returns alone. Donald P Stubbs found dead with revolver bullet in Cleveland Ohio offices. Theodore Roosevelt elected temporary chairman at the New York Republican state convention in Saratoga. George Chavez the Peruvian aviator dies from injuries after a crash. Mrs Ida von Clausen challenges Col Roosevelt to a fight over being barred from foreign courts.
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Wiliam Gaynor
Gaynor
New York City
Galveston
Tex
Charles R. Wright
Syracuse
N. Y
Wright
United States
London
Guilds
Thomas Vesey Strong
Duke Franz Josef
Bavaria
New York
Donald P. Stubbs
John @. Stubbs
Harriman Lines
Union Pacific
Ida von Clausen
Saratoga
Col. Roosevelt
WilkesBarre Seeks Unique Name Copyright
WilkesBarre Pa has moved to apply for a copyright on its name and will push to block any other U.S. town from using it. Within a week action will be started in New York by District Attorney Wise to dissolve the sugar trust. Attorney General Wickersham has sent out orders to that effect.
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Wilkesbarre
Common Council
United States
New York
Wise
Wickersham
William Lorimer
Congress
Senate
Currows
Chicago
Sabera
Berlin
Moabit
Hospitala
Senator la Follette
Colorado Supreme Court
Jesele Morrison
Olin Castle
Hidorado
Kan
Stubbs
Crippen Hilldrop-Crescent
Crippen
Delle Elmore
Charles R. Brayton
Rhode Island
Providence
Multitide of 1909 political and social notes sweep nation
A wide sweep of items covers a national commission on white slave traffic touring the south west. Illinois Central officials accused of stock ownership in Oster mann Manufacturing. Theodore Roosevelt’s solid victory at the New York Republican state convention. Holub to vote for Lorimer amid bribery claims. New York volunteers get $40,000 pay rise. a St Paul saloon robbery case yields a postal refund. cholera emigrants from Italy to America via Genoa. a 10,000 bricklayers lockout in New York. high value South Orange homes to be sold for tax. census figures show tuberculosis deaths down but total deaths up. Madrid Catholic papers foresee Canalejas resignation. St Andrew’s Society marks 25th anniversary in Nashville. Guilford NY mother poisons baby. Naples cholera death toll nears 10,000. bank testimony ties Janke Lumber funds to Speaker Shurtleff. Adirondack hunting casualty. Kermit Roosevelt denies romance with Ruth Vanderbilt. Miles heir to $1,000,000 estate. Vanderbilt race driver injured. Fort Snelling missing officer. cattle plague could trigger US quarantine. Purdue freshmen tank scrap injures four. infantile paralysis and pellagra epidemics noted in 1908 census study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imeane
South
Ira G. Rawn
Inte Monon
Illinois Central Ballron Company
Illinois Central
Ostermann Manufacturing Company
Ilimals Central
Henry C. Ostermann
Ostermann Company
John Broderick
Lorimer
Chicago
New York State
St. Paul Minn
Italy
Paris
Genoa
America
New York Builders’ Association
South Orange
N. J
Census Bureau
Madrid
Spain
Canalejas
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Nashville
Tenn
Jamey L. Houghteling
Florence Callahan
Guilford
N. Y
Naples
Tta
Augusttia
R. B. Wixson
Castler
First National Bank of
Marengo
Sangamon County Grand Jury
F. C. Janke Lumber Company
Speaker Shurtleff
Glens Falls
William Aubre
Kermit Roosevelt
New York
Europe
Mica Rutherford
W. K. Vanderbilt
Joseph H. Miles
Falls City
Neb
George Robertson
Massapequa
Long Island Motor Parkway
Robertson
John J. O'Connell
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Fort Snelling
St Paul
Russia
United States
Washington
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Alton Tank Fire Destroys Timber and Equipment
In Alton two tankers containing kerosene and gasoline burned Monday night. The owner James A Coad’s property including engines and pumps were destroyed. The origin is unknown and no insurance covered the losses. Two empty railroad cars and nearby lumber yards escaped major damage.
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Orange City
Alton
James A Caad
Niles
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Farmers' Company
Coad
Funk Sells Paper and Buys Spirit Lake Beacon
B. Smith sells his half in the Hardin County Citizen to Ira A. Nichols and purchases the Spirit Lake Beacon. He will take possession next Monday. Smith, who previously ran Belle Plaine and later acquired and sold several papers, moves to Spirit Lake to lead the Funk owned paper.
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Funk
Town
O. B. Smith
Hardin County
Ira A. Nichols
Spirit Lake Beacon
A. B. Funk
Mr. Smith
Citizen
Belle Plaine
Messrs. Smith and Nichols
Union Star
Smith
Fete Day Draws 20 000 at Webster City Celebration
Webster City Commercial league hosted the second annual Watermelon Day with free melon carts, a large vaudeville show, and a two mile parade of industrial floats. Jewell defeated Webster City 3 to 0 in a ball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Webster City Commercial League
Jewell
Postmaster Sayer Sues for Damages After Auto Crash
Le Mars resident A. Sayer, postmaster of Struble and editor of the Struble Journal, sues Whitlam Hodam and the Plymouth Auto Co. for 1500 dollars after a collision with an automobile driven by William Hodam caused his buggy to run away. Sayer was thrown and injured, with teeth knocked out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Mars
A. Sayer
Whitlam Hodam
Plymouth Auto Company
Mr. Sayer
Struble
Struble Journal
William Hodam
Sayer
Dubuque Mystery Solved About Local Suicide Identified
Chicago description leads to identification of the woman who died by her own hand in Dubuque last week. The deceased, buried at Linwood Cemetery after funds were raised by subscription, is Rhoda Kemp, a former nursing student at St. Luke's hospital training school who failed her exam.
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Dubuque
Chicago
Linwood Cemetery
Rhoda Kemp
St. Larke's Hospital
Iowa News Notes and Local Setups in Three Days
The Cedar Rapids Baptist churches held a three day session at Grundy Center ending Sunday. Woodbine opened a two story twenty room normal school. The Iowa Falls poultry show December 12 to 16, under Northwestern Poultry association, aims to be the largest in the region. Grundy County farms fetch high prices with Poise, Clala, Long Neckert, and Gallagher selling at $140 to $165 per acre. Clear Lake fishing drew thousands as BE Weigner crews cleared carp and buffalo with a long seine. German Methodists conference in Charles City last week, led by Bishop Neely of New Orleans.
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Cedar Rapids
Grundy County
John Poise
Clay Township
Cisire
Clala
Ed Longnecker
Gallagher
Grundy Center
Clear Lake
Weigner Co
Harper's Ferry
Northeastern Association
Charles City
Bishop Neely
New Orleans
Iowa City Club backs two-ny aviation meet in October
A long list of local mishaps and official actions follows. Wm Johnson Jr lost his Utes at Pleasantville while drilling a bored well near Leonard Dyer’s home. Several fatal accidents are noted, including a boy choking to death in Missouri Valley and a man killed at Waterloo by a switch engine. An explosion of tar burned Mrs Gleason and damaged a Mason City home. Donahue of Ishbville died after contact with a live wire. Cedar Rapids resident H King injured in a buggy collision. Bankruptcy action against Dirsehinger of Carroll County and a murder case involving Grant Brown of Oskaloosa. Pay increases for Des Moines Short Line crews. A military tournament opens in Des Moines with a large parade led by Brig. Gen. Frederick A. Smith.
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Iowa City
Wm. Johnson, Jr
Pleasantville
Leonard Dyer
Charles Holtelt
Marius Holtelt
Minsouri Valley
Thorn
Jefferson County
A. N. Gaskill
Corwith
Megrue
Marea
Illinois Central Railroad
Waterloo
Central
Cedar Rapide
W. T. Belknapp
Anamosa
Georges. Wright
John Dirsehinger
Carroll County
Dirsehinger
District Court
Coon Rapids National Bank
R. L. Hoffman
Grant, Brown
Oskaloosa
Charles M. Barrett
Barrett
Samuel
Des Moines Short Ione
United States Army
Des Moines
Frederick A. Smith
Fort Omaha
Department of the Missouri
Des Moines News Highlights and Political Moves
Des Moines reports a population figure of 97 698 including Valley Junction and Fort Des Moines residents. Iowa leaders plan a publicity bureau with O R McDonald and Frank Armstrong traveling to Waterloo for the league convention. Roosevelt may speak at the Y M C A corner stone event on November 4, while Henry Wallace handles Y M C A talks. John Bennett enters the Second Iowa district race on the prohibition ticket with Roosevelt campaigning for Charles Grill. A Des Moines man is held as a US marshal impersonator named W P Wesp. Cigarette tax refund cases proceed before the board of supervisors on October 3. Iowa City university hospital wing plans advance as building work begins soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
The
Commercial Club
E. Dana Durand
Valley Junction
Fort Des Moines
Urbandale
State House
Iowa ‘League of Municipalities
O. R. McDonald
Admen's Club
Frank Armstrong
Waterloo
League
Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Roosevelt
John Bennett
Wilton Junction
Iowa
Col. Roosevelt
Charles Grill
Board of Supervisors
Hospital of the State University At
Iowa City
Breaks Air Record in Chicago to Springfield Flight
Walter B Brookins piloting a Wright biplane flew from Chicago to Springfield, a 186 mile cross country record, in five hours 49 minutes at 32.7 mph, winning $10,000. Crowds greeted him as Gov. De heen and Springfield officials met the aviator at the fair grounds. The flight included refueling stops at Gilman and Mt. Pulaski with a dramatic ground landing and return to the state fair.
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Springfield
Walter B. Brookins
Chicago
State Fair Grounds
Brooking
Fair Grounds
Charles 9. Deheen
John 8. Schnepp
Brookins
Washington Park
Park Row
Illinois Central
Gilman
Wright
Snabenshue
Mt. Pulaski
Pulaski
Lorimer Bribe Allegation Emerges In Senate Probe
Representative H J G Beckemeyer testified that after being urged to vote for Senator Lorimer by Lee O Neil Browne he received 1000 dollars with the remark This is Lorimer money The payment was presented as compensation for legislative matters not the election itself, though Beckemeyer believed it was for Lorimer support He said no explicit promise was made for his vote and no pledge connected to the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Lorimer
H. J. G. Beckemeyer
Carlyle
Lorimer
Lee O'Neil Browne
Ilinois
Beckemeyer
Frazer
Biplane Beaten by Auto in Poughkeepsie Race
Ralph Dae Palma defeated Eugene in a Fiat Cyclone driven by an automobile at the driving park in Poughkeepsie New York. The aircraft a Curtiss pattern biplane completed three circuits of the mile track in 563 percent, 164 and d8 percent respectively.
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Auto
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Fiat
Ralph Dae Palma
Eugene Fly
Omaha Wins National Postmasters Conference
Omaha was selected by the national convention of postmasters of the first class as the site for the association’s next annual meeting, with Hehmond Virginia noted in the report.
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Omaha
Hehmond
National Convention of Postmasters
Association
Resinol remedies praised for skin cures and care
A Newark New Jersey letter praises Resinol Ointment for curing a six month obstinate eczema on a ten year old boy after other salves failed. It credits Resinol Soap for children’s health and promotes Reginal products including Resinol Ointment and Shaving Stick, offering a free booklet on skin care from Reginal Chemical Co. Baltimore MD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Newark
N. J
Reginal Chemical Co
Baltimore
No Health Skin Left cured by Cuticura says Chicago boy
A mother recounts her five year old son’s extreme skin disease. After failing with three doctors and a medical college, she applied Cuticura Ointment on bandages, enduring pain as skin peeled. After multiple applications, sores dried and the child recovered, now twelve years later described as healthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wattam
Forty-eighth St
Chicago
Ill
The Explanation of Cornwall's Petrified Jaw
Old Podkine sits in calm content as his wife breaks a long silence with a newspaper rumor about a petrified jaw found in Cornwall. He reacts with mock alarm, claiming insight into a hidden family secret about ancestors from the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Podkine
Cornwall
Lament and Laughter at the Chautauqua Platform
Alfred Buchanan remarks on rehabilitation and the surprising potential in the unfortunate while Lowie Bingle Binder cigars embody a changing view of women’s sphere as the crowd reacts to a lemon ple speech and a reader’s jest.
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Alfred Buchanan
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W. P. Wesp
Wesp
Walter Brookins
Browne
Ls Lorimer
Jaytown
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