Tragic Wagon Meets Train Near Pella Leighton
Mrs Cornelius Vangemaret and her infant escaped injury when their spring wagon was struck by a Des Moines Keokuk passenger train on the Rock Island crossing between Pella and Leighton. Cornelius Vangemaret Jr., 10, was killed as the wagon driver toppled onto the tracks. his head was crushed and his leg severed. The torso was reported as instantly killed and the body sent to Oskaloosa.
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oPneltan -Vandemeret
Cornelius Vangemaret
Cornelius, Jr
Rock Island
Pella
Leighton
Des Moines
Oskaloosa
High School Football Injury Fatalizes Youth at Panama
Walter Hyans aged 18 of Guthrie County High School died in Des Moines hospital a week after a football game with Yale High School. He was injured while attempting to tackle a Yale runner when another player struck him in the head with a knee. The incident occurred during the Panama contest.
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Panama
Efer
Walter Hyans
Guthrie County
Des Moines
Yale High School
Young Hyans
Yale
Tragedy in Humboldt Duck Hunt Ends in Death
Norris Larson aged 17 and his younger brother Ray went hunting with shotguns and hunting licenses. A misfired gun thought unloaded by Ray discharged, striking Norris in the chest and face. Norris died within about thirty minutes after returning home.
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Norris Larson
Nels Larson
Humboldt
Norris
Ray
Arion fire wipes out $20,000 in property losses
A Sunday midnight blaze in Arion destroyed three business buildings and stock valued at about $20,000. Key losses included the Arion Mercantile Company stock insured for $11,000, a building owned by an out-of-town party at $4,000, Postmaster Macksy drug stock insured for $2,400, government property, Pat Hebran’s saloon and ice house, and O. W. Nelson’s hardware store with $600 uninsured. Fire origin undetermined and other regional notes follow.
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Arion
Arion Mercantile Company
J. M. McKeemnen
M. W. .Macksy
Norinal
Pat Hebran
O. W. Nelson
Hurricane hits Key West Florida destroys cigar factories
A Florida hurricane battered Key West causing about 2 million dollars in damage. Martial law was proclaimed as guards patrolled streets and looting was halted while authorities sought federal troops. Nine cigar factories suffered partial destruction and much property was wrecked or ruined.
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Florida
Key West
United States
Martinez, Nichols
Ruy Lopez
Manuel Lopez
Fleitas
Toreys
Cortez
Wolf Cigar
First National Bank
Conltgatation
Love Leads To Penitentiary In Indiana Divorce Case
Rae Krauss of Hartford City serving life for murder of her stepdaughter Crystal Krauss. J A Hindmann fled a cross complaint in William Rk Krauss's divorce suit. Krauss claimed husband coerced her into signing a confession and sought a pardon, saying she murdered out of love. Crystal Krauss, 18, died of strychnine poisoning after a milkman’s boy delivered poison.
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Mia
Rae Krauss
Hartford City
Ind
Crystal Krauss
J. A. Hindmann
William Rk. Krauss
Indiana
Wealthy Boy Missing. Kidnapping Feared in Muskogee
Owen Evans a 12 year old son of wealthy parents disappeared from his Muskogee Oklahoma home after visiting a barber shop on Saturday. Police mailed thousands of circulars describing the boy and offered a reward. His mother Mrs Travia Evans says she intends to hold a large estate.
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Owen Evans
Musckogee
Muskogee
Okla
Travia Evann
Bryan’s Daughter Candidate For Congress In Colorado
Ruth Bryan Leavitt, daughter of William J. Bryan, formally announces her candidacy for Congress in Colorado’s First District. Former Senator Patterson pledges to support a Democratic nomination of a woman, and Bryan consents.
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Bryan
Ruth Bryan Leavitt
Willian J. Bryan
Congress
Colorado
Patterson
Democratic Party
Earthquakes Felt in Dalton Georgia Friday Morning
Two distinct earth shocks were felt at Dalton Georgia about dawn on Friday. Houses were shaken but no damage is reported.
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Barthwuske
Georgia
Dalton
The Miracle of Flight Foretold in Awe of Steam
A fragmentary reflection on past marvels from steam to air travel, musing how future wonders will outshine the spectacle of Fulton’s steam engine and hinting at the dawning era of flight with speculative awe.
Army Attending Classes Equal One-Fifth of Nation’s Population
National education bureau reports a 1907 school year enrollment of 16,890,818 in common schools, with 24,262,926 children aged 5 to 18 in the population. The data show 11,926,672 daily attendances and an average term of about 151 days, with boys and girls enrollment nearly equal.
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Bureau of Education
General Government
Delaware
Montana
United States
Mail Service Deal Divides Routes Between Rail Lines
Best Math to Pacific report notes the Post Office offers a sixty hour mail service between Chicago and Puget Sound points. The Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad secures a share while the Hill road loses exclusive control as mails are divided between rival lines.
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Pacific
Post Omeo
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
Chicago
Puget Sound
Hill Road
Fire Damages Dunham Chocolate Plant in Pearl Street
New York suffered a spectacular blaze at the Dunham chocolate plant on Pearl Street causing about 200000 dollars in damage. A separate fire of unknown origin struck the Sterling Stamp Company's building in Pittsburgh, costing about 50000 dollars. The Nicaraguan government agreed to pay 600000 dollars to the George Emery Company of Boston over an annulled timber concession. Resolutions urging economy were adopted at the National Association of Postmasters convention in Gainesville. M F P Ryan of Kansas City was elected Grand Chief of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America in Atlanta. Frank Paquin of Chicago was elected First Vice President.
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New York
Dunham Chocolate
Pearl Street
George
Emery Company of
Boston
Nicaragua
Tutt
Hitchcock
Gainesville
M. FP. Ryan
Kansas City
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
Atlanta, Ga
Frank Paquin
Chigazo
Chicago Trade Review Reports Strong Industrial Demand
The Weekly Review of Chicago Trade notes robust activity across leading sectors with bank payments averaging around 60.1 million daily and strong manufacturing forward work. Lake traffic tops records, rail earnings rise, yet car service lags due to demand. Bank clearings reach 203.8 million, up 23.8 percent from 1908, while credit patterns show varied liabilities and competition for equipment.
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Chicago
Weekly Review of
R. G. Dun & Co
Lake Trafic
Fallaray
Industry Trade Report Signals Broad Strength in New York
Favorable reports dominate most lines of trade and industry with conservative pricing and strong order books. Wholesale staple lines remain solid, the cotton market sustains high prices, and shortages in transportation persist. U S weekly business failures total 208, up from prior weeks, while Canada lists 36 failures.
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South
United States
Canada
Bradstreet's
Livestock and grain price averages across U S markets
Regional quotations show cattle hogs and sheep prices in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo Cincinnati and New York with grains including wheat No 2 corn oats rye and butter eggs and hay ranges. Prices vary by market with notable asterisks in hogs and cattle and several states listing bid ranges for creamery butter and eggs.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Jvorn
New York
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Mills County
Taborna
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Lev Hin
Tiffin
McDonald
Ranck & Bradley
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Aska
Wien
L. B. Crowe
Town
Charles H. Murphy
Murphy
Adams Bros. of
Logan
Omaha
Sioux City
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Hamburg
B. A. Shirley
Drakeman
Dike
C. W. Root
Mason City
Unterkircher
Burlington
Harria & Co
Waterloo Water Works
Waterloo
W. L. Cannon
West Union
Nels McMantera
Will
Daniel Devey
Mason Vory
Richard Davey
Marshalltown
Buelheas
Judge Parker
Louis Bernstein
Liscomb
George Powers
Town Central
Towa Hoy
Brother
Iowa
Miott
Grimes
Jonathans
Byler
Madrid
William Pield
Spencer
Matilda Wright
New London
Miller
Bridgewater
John McDermott
J. H. Hulbert
McDermott
Hulbert
Prescott
John Simpson
State Agricultural Department
Harry Smith
Lavina
J. F. Thompson
Forest City
John Keller
Frank Bolis
Northwestern
Dakota City
Cubs
Fulton
Atm
Edo Ee
Hudson
Sterling Stamp Company
Pittsburg
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