Blasting Foils Hens at Cement Plant Quarries
John Kean reports heavy blasts from Magon City cement plant quarries disrupt three weeks of care for poultry owned by John R. Reeler in the B. and O. addition. Explosions jar the area near the yard, sometimes striking like thunderbolts and preventing egg germ from developing into chicks. The blasts do not injure eyes unless hens are in the process of changing into chickens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kean
Magon City
John R. Reeler
Tragic Onboard Death During Mount Ayr Train Ride
A 17 year old boy died on a Mount Ayr freight train after a brief scuffle with a friend on a waycar. He reportedly ruptured a blood vessel when he toppled and cried out before dying without speaking. The coroner deemed an inquest unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt Mt
Ward Cantril
Mount Ayr
Lamoni
Cantrill
Wife Sues "Father" Coffin for Divorce in High Profile Case
Nellie Ingalls Coffin of Des Moines files for divorce from elderly reformer and philanthropist L. 3. Coffin whom she wed in Detroit on April 4 1908. She alleges abuse at Highland Park Illinois home and says he forced her to work beyond her strength. Coffin valued at about $200 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Park
Nellie Ingalls Coffin
Coffin
Des Moines
Nellia A. Ingalls
Detroit
Railroad Men
Ill
Steers In Wild Stampede Injures Farmer Near Knoxville
William Rush, a Marion County farmer living south of Knoxville, was badly hurt while attempting to break two-year-old steers. He tied a yoke and about forty feet of rope to the animals. frightened by a threshing engine, the steers bolted, dragging Rush. He sustained a bruised shoulder, a broken leg below the knee, and serious gashes to the back and head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Palr
William Rush
Knoxville
Rush
Accidents Claim Lives Around Riceville and Galva
Rex Murphy dies from a shotgun accident on the Robert Murphy farm near Riceville while loading grain and handling a shotgun. Mabel Woods, 20, fatally burned when kerosene exploded on a stove fire near Irwin. Oliver Moblin, 22, drowns after falling from a Maple River fishing trip near Galva. Manager Cutter resigns from Iowa Central and Minneapolis and St. Louis system, effective Sept. 15, with no reason given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise
Mabel Woods
Robert Woods
Irwin
Cutter Quida
Marshalltown
Cutter
Iowa Central
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Lorimer Man Found Guilty in Assault Case
A verdict of guilty was returned in Creston district court against O. H. Smith of Lorimer charged with assault with intent to commit murder. Due to aggravated circumstances the penalty is expected to be severe, possibly the maximum of thirty years, in light of the death of HH Sheppard, the elderly brother-in-law he allegedly struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oo H. Smith
Asnault
Creston
O. H. Smith
Lorimer
Smith
Sheppard
General Henry C. Corbin Dies in New York Hospital
Retired Army general Henry C. Corbin died at Roosevelt Hospital New York after an operation for a renal disorder. He would have turned 67 soon. His widow and three children survived, with ex Gov Myron Herrick at the bedside. Corbin, born Sept 16 1842 in Clermont County Ohio, rose from Union lieutenant to brigadier general in the Civil War and later major general for the Spanish-American War. He retired Sept 15 1906 after a long army career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harops
Liettt
Henry GC. Corbin
Roosevelt Hospital
New York
Corbitt
Mra. Corbin
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
Corbin
Ida
Rutherford B
Washington
Parsons
Grace Corbin
Wilmington
O. Tient
Henry Clark Corbin
Clermont County
Ohio Volunteers
Army of the Cumberland
Leutenant
Seventeenth Infantry
Congress
Hdyth Patten
Iowa News in Brief From Des Moines to Burlington
A long list of local deeds and events covers gifts to Morningside College, corn deliveries, farm construction, a Waterloo monument dedication, rent deals, coal discoveries near Woodward, land sales near Tabor, school expansions at Pocahontas, clerical moves, resignations, drainage work near Auburn, freight train derailment fatalities, fatal car crash near Newton, academic appointments at Iowa City, a child’s hand injury, church lightning damages settled for 150, a bank suing Western Union over a false telegram, a grandstand collapse injuring about 100 at the state fair, weather bureau staff moves to Sheridan, Montrose deaths, parolee arrets in Duluth, contested wills in Benton County, over 400 fair travelers en route to Des Moines, a stabbing in Burlington, and rioting concerns leading to potential reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W.payne
West Side
Morningside College
Sioux City
Ed. Jenks
A. Allen
Climax
John Maherty
Woodward
Will Utterback
Tabor
George Gaston
Sacred Heart
Pocahontas
Harry B. Keates
Richmond
Ind
Friends Church of
Des Moines
E. E. Cavanaugh
James Hanrahan
Fort Dodge
William Hensel
Auburn
Chicago Great Western
Maloy
Charles A. Coppersmith
Newton
F.C. Young
Iowa City
College of Applied Science
University of Iowa
Wii Aschengrenner
Dysart
Evangelical Church
Abbott
Insurance Company
Citizens’ National Bank of Des Moines
Western Union Telegraph Company
Clarence F. King
Frederick D. Grant
H. A. Frise
George M. Chappel
United States Weather Bureau
Sheridan
Wyoming
Charles Brown
Montrose
Lea County
William Plumer
State
Duluth
Minn
Iowa
Lena Leverning
Eliza Boddicker
Florence Township
Benton County
George Smith
Hastern
Rocleland Railroad
John Ramsey
R. C. Lowrey
Martin
Burlington
Fight for the Pennants In The Bass Ball Leagues
The standings show pennant battles across the National and American Leagues with Pittsburg leading the NL at 90 86, Philadelphia 62 67, Chicago 85 41, St. Louis 47 77, New York 75 49, Brooklyn 45 81, Cincinnati 65 60, Boston 64 92. In the AL Detroit 82 46, Chicago 60 83, Philadelphia 79 49, New York 58 69, Boston 75 55, St. Louis 52 75, Cleveland 68 64, Washington 34 94, Milwaukee 84 61, Columbus 70 65, Minneapolis 79 65, Indianapolis 70, Louisville 76 69, Toledo 66, St. Paul 69 72, Kansas City 63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Philadel
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston
Datroit
Cleveland
Wash'gton
Milwaukesa
Columbus
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Louisville
Toledo
St. Paul
Kans, City
Raising Larger Crops and Soil Health Rise in U S
A forthcoming Bureau of Soils bulletin, Washington, prepared by Professor Milton Whitney, shows U S soil and crop yields increasing from 1867 to 1906. He credits better cultivation, crop rotation, and widespread intelligent use of fertilizers as key factors boosting per acre production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Bureaun
United States
Bureau of Soils of the Agricultural Department
Washington
Milton Whitey
Bureau
Whitney
Government fails to prove timber land conspiracy case
Judge Hulton presided as the United States government failed to prove a conspiracy to defraud the government by dummy entry men. Judge Bean of Oregon dismissed the case through Judge Dietrich, regarding Barber Lumber Company and the 35,000 acres in the Boise basin valued at about 1 million dollars. The court found the testimony insufficient to support the government's contention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulton
United States
Bean
Oregon
Dietrich
Barber Lumber Company
Boise Basin
Race and sports notes from various venues and figures
Reports cover a May hilltop stake win at one mile, construction costs of a new Indianapolis Speedway, Seasick Tf winning at Paris, Hilarious taking the Travers at Bara toga, seven AAU records and Chicago’s 110 points, Detroit and Kalamazoo trotters, George Gano and others in pacers, Herman Long’s illness in Denver, J W Hingte’s perfect Catron cup rifle score, and A BR Kevist’s two thirds mile world record at 2 47 9 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilltop
Mayhawk
Indianapolis
Willam
Vanderbilt
Seasick Tf
Paris
J. R. Keene
Hilarious
Baratoga
Chicago
Chicago Athletic Association
Detroit
Kalamazoo
Margin
Country Jay
Baron McKinney
Lady Jones
George Gano
Cecelian King
Walter W
Lady Maude C. Herman Long
Brooklyn
William G. George
New York City
Taft Era Echoes in Ballinger Pinchot Row and Navy Plans
The Interior Department prepares a full record on charges of conspiracy to favor Alaskan coal land holdings linked to Cunningham, amid White House talks with Glavie and Dun ningham. Navy plans announce 75 ships for the Hudson Fulton parade, plus eight cruisers on a peace voyage to Japan and China. Virginia places Washington and Lee statues in Statuary Hall, while Taft trims the army and pushes tariff and tax reforms. The Cuttlefish set a new torpedo distance record against the Vermont, and cucumbers face alum scrutiny from the Agriculture Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballinger
Pinchot
Interior Department
Clarence Cunninghan
L. 8
Glavia
The
Land Office
Beverly Binge
New York
Navy Department
Hudson River
San Francisco
Far East
Japan
China
Tennessee
California
South Dakota
Washington
West Virginia
Colorado
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Counterfeiters and cross border money crimes
The Kentucky arrest of John Roberts for forging Mexican bank notes illustrates how nations pursue counterfeiters. U S law punishes making foreign currency and Treasury agents mostly stay within U S borders. Extradition is possible if there is evidence of minting in the United States. Expert money changers typically detect fake coin and notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Roberts
Kentucky
United States
Secret Service
Treasury Department
Thi
Laurentian Wreck Prompts All aboard Rescue at Cape Race
The Allan Line steamer Laurentian bound from Boston to Glasgow struck rocks near Cape Race in thick fog at 6 am. The vessel broke apart but 50 passengers and 40 crew reached land after a harrowing escape as lifeboats were launched under Captain Imrie's orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Line
Laurentian
Boston
Glasgow
Cape Race
N. C
Imrie
Youth Kills Mother Then Ends Own Life in Pa Home
George Simons a young civil engineer killed his mother in Pottaville Pa after she refused him money to marry. He hid the body in a third floor room, covered it with quicklime and sealed cracks with paraffin to resemble a solid wall. He then shot himself in the sweetheart Viola Hartrantt house, with neighbors unaware of the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Simons
Viola Hartrantt
Pottaville
Mons
Simons
Aeroplane cross attempt ends with Ontario lake crash
Toronto flyer C Foster Willard aboard the Golden Viyer tried to cross Lake Ontario Thursday night. A sudden wind and ballast trouble tipped the craft, plunging it into the water about three quarters of a mile from shore. Launches waiting offshore rescued him. repairs will precede a new attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
C. Foster Willard
Golden Viyer
Lake Ontario
Toronto
Farmers to Keep Records for Coming Census
Director Durand urges farmers nationwide to maintain written records of farm operations in 1909 to aid accurate, expedient census data on population agriculture manufactures mines and quarries. The appeal seeks personal cooperation as part of the census effort under the census law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceonne
Durand
U. S
Duchess of Kent Sinks After Collision at Portsmouth
The Isle of Wight steamer Duchess of Kent was struck by a government transport near Portsmouth harbor. Four hundred passengers aboard were saved as the vessel began filling. the captain steered for shore and beached the craft with all aboard reaching land safely. Some passengers leapt into the water and waded ashore to avoid boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vransport
Portsmouth Harbor
England
Isle of Wight
Long Island Battle and More Civil War Fragments
A compilation lists battles and events from 1776 to 1906 including British defeat of Americans on Long Island, Elmira engagements, French and Egyptian moves, Tecumseh era captures, Alexandria surrender, Algiers capitulation, Missouri elections, Wisconsin and Illinois developments, tornado losses at Louisville, fort bombardments, martial law in Missouri, Managans defeat, Abdul Hamid II’s ascent, Roberts in Kandahar, Colorado mining tragedy, Utah flag addition, Louisiana battleship launch, and Russo Japanese talk. It also covers Voliva jailed over a $10,000 judgment, his Zion City leadership, and Dowie connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Quaker Hil
Sullivan
Elmira
Marquia de Joinville
Boston
Egypt
Fort Mimms
Alabama River
Tecumseh
Alexandria
Virginia
Algiers
Missouri
Mesamer of
Milwauckee
Switzerland
Tminois
Monterey
Cal
Loulaville
Hatteray and
Clark
North Carolina
Framant
Managans
Abdul Hamid II
Lord Roberts
Kandahar
Cabul
Ayub Khan
Central City
Colo
War Department
Utah
Louisiana
Newport News
Japsness
Russlan
Portsmouth
Posea
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Zion City
Voliva
John Alexander Dowle
Dowie
Chicago
Zion
Mr. Voliva
Newton
Ind
Union Christian and
Hiram Colleges
Christian Church
Abolition of Sweatshops by Chicago Manufacturers
Leading clothing makers in Chicago announce plans to replace sweatshop labor with eighty centrally located buildings offering cleanliness, light, air, and sanitary conditions. Childhouses, libraries, public baths, and gymnasiums will be operated free, as part of a business strategy as well as humanitarian aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Parine New York Wireless Announce Intercity Service
The Elffel Tower wireless station in Paria has received several messages from the New York station. It announces that regular service between the two cities will be possible after September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parine
New York Wireless
Elffel
Paria
New York
Fire destroys Gluca Bay Marconi wireless stations
A blaze on August 21 razed the Gluca Bay Marconi wireless station complex destroying buildings and valuable instruments used for long distance communication. Firemen battled the flames but the structures were seriously damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramns Marconi
Gluca Bay
Marconi Wireless
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Sues
Hunter
Rex Murphy
Riceville
Robert Murphy
Rex
Saya
Galva
Ollie Moblin
Maple River
H. C. Corbin
American Association
Smisses
Aldrich
Taft Ty
Banda
MacVeagh
Department of Agriculture
George Washington
Robert E. Lea
Capitol
Houden
Lee
Taft
Hay
West
Provincetown
Vermont
Wiley
Roberta Case
Wildul Glenn Vollva
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