Brief World Notes Highlight Global Happenings
A digest of incidents includes the Madison kidnapping murder case of John A. Johnson and a swift prison transfer to Waupun, aviator Jimmy Ward's coast-to-coast flight progress, three violent Springfield tornadoes, and a Riverdale Manitoba teacher's abduction tale. Also noted are a New York to St Louis trolley record, coastal artillery tests, a Tennessee senator's suicide, and ongoing poverty concerns in New York.
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Jimmy Ward
Chicago
Ward
Governor's Island
New York
Paterson
N. J
St. Loui
Wiliam
A. J. Koenig
New York City
Taft Visit To St Louis Includes City Club Luncheon
President Taft's St Louis itinerary includes a luncheon at the City Club in a downtown office building. To ensure security on ascent to the banquet room, new elevator cables have been ordered and installed.
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Taft
St. Louis
City Club
Billy Burke wins Chamber of Commerce stake at Syracuse
Sporting Billy Burke and Spanish Queen set a new fastest three heat record in the $2000 Chamber of Commerce stake for 2:07 trotters. The winning time was 2:04% with earlier fractions of 2:04% and 2:05%. The former record stood at 2:04% to 2:05% and 2:054%. The event took place in Syracuse New York with Burke claiming the victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Burke
Syracuse
N. Y
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa News Roundup Mixed with Disasters and Developments
A sweep of Iowa items notes construction at Iowa State College a $100000 veterinary building nearing completion and a slower $150000 gym. labor tensions rise with strike breakers at a Muscatine plant. Reported incidents include a man killed during a burglary chase near Davenport, two drownings on Labor Day, and mining town injuries. Political shifts see a state official resign, successors named, and water power plant talks in Oskaloosa. Also covered are weather damage in Keokuk, bootlegging arrests, a fatal assault in Davenport, and local court and public notices across multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
McKee & Bliven
Big South End
Miner & Phipps
Glenwood
Arthur Dice
al Edwards
State House
Ray Hayward
Mr. Brewer
J. J. Henry
Chicago
C. A. Miller
Des Moines
Oskaloosa
Iowa Falls
James S. Dang
Davenport
Merton Ferson
Law College of the State Unniversity
Law College of the University
Washington, D. C
Watarlolo
Susie Racey
Chicago Great Western
Keokuk
Vrcinity
Hotel Keokuk
United States
Phalen
Fort Dodge
Edward Page
Phaleen
Mason City
Karl Kuumeyer
Harry Seanor
Waterloo
Mont Powers
Mare Boyd Garage
New Sharon
German Lutheran Church
Jubilee
Grinnell
Eldon
Ottumwa
Wintersot
Dave Palmer
State Railway Commission
Whitten
W. H. Houston
Sioux City
Bureau of Animal ‘Industry
Clinton
Gertrude Denmead
Dwight H. Denmead
Lyes
David T. Denmead
First National Bank of Marshalltown
Wantlhad
Bovee Furhaca
John Greene
F. K. Novas
Warner
Keosauqua
G. M. Dodge
Union Pacific Railroad
Council Bluffs
Army of the Tennessee
Company L
Fifty-Fourth
Town National Guards
Fairfield
Centerville
Allen T. Brooks
Mt. Pleasant
Second Iowa Infantry
van Buren County
32D Infantry
Frederick McCall
Edward McCall
Nevada
Mias
Mary Moore
E. N. Miller
E. A. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Atkins
Creston Telephone Company
S. W. Wilder
Wilder
Catherine Johanssen
Chicago & Northwestern
Phoebe Lucas
V. Lucas
Town City
Arkansas Valley
Colorado
George H. Faul
Washington
Henry Claussen
St. Luke's Hospital
Charles Wegner
Claussen
Paul Arthur
Carl Wenly
Ughtning
Clarence Spain
Herman Guteh
Albia
Union Church
Stanley
W. 5S
Kenyon
Manilla
Los Angeles
Calli
A. Fry
Fry
Colfax
Iowa
Bishop Craneton
Charley Hanson
Newton
A. B. Meyers
Dexter
Carroll
Adjt
Guy Hy
Logan
Stolypin Shot At Royal Theater in Kiev Turmoil Follows
Nihilist gunman fires twice at Prime Minister Stolypin during a Royal theater performance in Kiev. One bullet mortal, the other strikes his hand as he falls. Police arrest an assistant as panic erupts, Stolypin carried to Hotel Volya for treatment amid calls for order.
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Kiev
Russia
Royal Theater
Iife
Stolypin
Hotel Volya
M. Stolypla
Aptekarsky Island
Hig
Ife
Governors to Fight Court Over Rail Rate Decision
Governors Harmon Hadley Aldrich form committee to challenge Supreme Court ruling that state railroad commissions cannot regulate interstate rates. They will appear before the Supreme Court to defend state rights, acting without pay, with Kansas Governor Stubbs and New Jersey’s Whitson backing.
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Spring Lake
N. J
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Supreme Court of the United States
Kitchin
North Carolina
Aldrich
Nebraska
Hadley
Missouri
Justice Sanborn
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Harmon
Stubbs
Kansas
Whitson
New Jersey
Woman's Slayer Ends Life in Kenton Barn
Officers chasing the slayer of Della Halsey found Jesse Newman, a rejected suitor, dead in a barn on his father's farm. It is believed Newman killed Halsey and, upon learning of pursuit, ended his own life.
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Kenton, O
Della Halsey
Jesse Newman
Newman
Elizabeth Edgon Evanse Dead in Aipling Upper Havanla
Elizabeth Edgon, an American author, died here. Born in Newport New Hampshire in 1832, she had lived in Buy rope since 1870.
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Elizabeth Edgon Evanse
Aipling
Upper
Havanla
Elizabeth Edgon Fyang
Newport
N. H
Buyrope
Wiggins Abandons Game for Willie Mulligan Funeral
Outside his own cleverness Mr Wiggins loves baseball. He lets office boy Willie Mulligan take an afternoon off to attend his grandmother's funeral. Wiggins accompanies him, causing the team to lose the boat game of the season and attend the funeral he cared nothing about.
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Mr. Wiggins
Willie Mulligan
Wiggins
Willie
Willis
Wille
Indy
Harper'n Weekly
Mean Man and Wife Duel Over Decency
Dialogue fragment shows an argument where a woman accuses a man of being mean and paradoxically vows to praise her after death for decency. The exchange reveals gendered expectations and interpersonal tension. No clear event date or location is provided.
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John
Dust and Tuberculosis Commission Report on Mining Dangers
The United States has formed a commission, at the request of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, to study dust exposure in metal mining and related lung diseases. The commission will cooperate with state authorities and follow methods akin to the Royal Commission of Australia, whose report has been received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
United States
Ines
Royal Commission of Australia
Alaskan Matters Roil Interior Dept Says Coal Man
A coal man recalls tension over Alaska in the Interior department. He notes a recent reply on an Alaska subject carried initials of at least six people, indicating careful revision before being sent. He suspects heightened vigilance for potential bombs.
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Interior Department
Cunningham
Department
Taft Parade Chauffeur Says Reporter Spared Town
In a local exchange, Clarence, a chauffeur for Mr Hillside, recalls driving in the Taft parade with a reporter aboard. He boasts that without the reporter no one would know what Taft said the next day, emphasizing the reporter’s role in spreading the tale.
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Clarence
Hillside
Taft
Lady lecturer credits Grape-Nuts for health and stamina
Philadelphia woman writes that regular use of Grape-Nuts rebuilt her health, reduced weakness after hours of work, and boosted mental vigor and energy within ten days. She says the cereal is palatable and essential on her lecture tours, and notes other letters arrive claiming similar benefits.
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Philadelphia
Wollville
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John A
Dogekin
Johnson
State Insane Asylum
Mendota
Madison
Anna Lemberger
Waupun
Springfield
State Capitol
Mounted
Eleanor Gladys Brice
Riverdale
Snowflake
Manitoba
Brice Fas
Roblin
Coast Artillery
Battery Cranston
Presidio Military Reservation
Association For Re- Moving
John ©. Drennan
Tennessee Senate
Woodbury
Tenn
A. Potter
George W. Post
William A. Carter
Goldbrick King
East Fifty-second Setreat
Potter
Ramona
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Skagway
Seattle
Cape Decision
Alaska
Bob Fowler
San Francisco
Alta
Cal
Silas Draper
Lancaster
Lehigh Valley
Manchester
Thia
Puget Sound
Myrtle Hawkins
Hendesonville
N.C
Spouker Champ Clark
Louisiana
America
Einare
Interstate Commerce Commission
John Bodell
Hunt City
Ill
St. Marie
Bodall
Andrew Rosebtz
Pittsburg
Kan
Italy
International Congress For the Protection of
Berin
Nathan Straus
Hite
Canada
Gulf
Kentucky
Daniel Boone
Louisville
Edward H. R. Green
Hetty Green
Colonel Green
J. P. Latta
Rochester, Minn
James B. Angell
University of Michigan
Geneva
Switzerland
Omaha
Hitchcock
Ees
John Jacob Aster
Madelene Force
Beechwood
Joseph Lambert
Elmwood Temple Congregational Church
Providence
Atlanta
Mount Etna
Chinese Foreign Board
Peking
Cheng- Tu
Sze-Chuan
Ooder
Mont
William Alexander
D. D
Oxon
Armagh
All Ireland
Church of Ireland
Dublin
England
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
Spain
Republic of Portugal
Flores Island
Azores
Douglas Mawson
Thaa
Mount Palmver
South Australia
Achi
Eve
Iowa State College
Staten
Mean Man
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