World Happenings Report Nominates Judges and Notes Disasters
President Taft nominates Horace Harmon Lurton to the Supreme Court and George A. Carpenter for the U.S. district bench in Illinois. Gen. Hamlin dies of Bright’s disease and pneumonia in Shelbyville at 59. Coal wealth rises from a British Columbia find. consular affairs, portos, and local incidents fill the rest of a global roundup.
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Taft
Horace Harmon Lurton
Tennessee
Supreme Court of the United States
George A. Carpenter
Chicago
United States
Illinois
Bethea
Howland J. Hamlin
Bright
Shelbyville
Ill
N. D. Hillis
Brooklyn
British Columbia
Wiliam H. Robertson
Tangier
Morocco
New York
Mary Crocker Burton Harrison
Burton Harrison
Charles F. Crocker
San Francisco
A. J. Hoskins
Upper Alton
Senate hears push to seize Zelaya over Nicaragua killings
Senator Rayner of Maryland argued in support of a resolution authorizing the president to seize President Zelaya and bring him to trial for the murder of Grace and Cannon, two American citizens executed in Nicaragua. The speech denounced Zelaya as a leading criminal of the age. The record also notes a steerage conditions report, a pawnshop murder in Chicago, a Carolina shotgun killing, temperance meetings in Washington, and other varied news items from across the nation.
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United States
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Grace
Cannon
Rayner
Maryland
Senate
Immigration Commission
Washington
Barnett Greenberg
South Halsted Street
Dillsboro
N. C
Asheville
Belle Frizzle
Cole Bard
Elijah
Army
William Lake
Richwood
Ohio State University
George H. Reed
Bowling Green
Toledo
Put-in-Bay
National Geographic Society
Dr. Cook
North Pole
James H. Gore
New York
David George MacKenzie
Mundo MacKenzie
West
la Beau
Bud” Stephenson
Selby
Cleveland
Taft
Carnegie Hall
Dairy convention highlights need for better cows and feeding
Prof. Hugh G. Van Pelt of Waterloo demonstrates dairy cattle care at the State Dairy Convention in Cedar Rapids. He cites Iowa’s 1 400 000 milking cows and nearly 60 million dollar annual state income from butter, argues profits hinge on better feed and proven sires, and urges culling unprofitable cows guided by milk tests and butter fat percentages.
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Cedar Rapids
Hugh. G. van Pelt
Waterloo
Prof. van Pelt
Iowa
State offers $300 reward for Degier capture
Gov. Carroll with Muscatine County Attorney Pepper announces a reward of 300 dollars for the capture and conviction of Frank Degier the young man wanted by Muscatine authorities charged with killing his father and now being sought nationwide
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Gov. Carroll
Pepper
Muscatine
Frank Degier
Keota Civil War Cannon Named Major General Parrott
The Keota Iowa village preserves a 20 pound Parrott siege gun as a Civil War relic. Battle scarred and found with bullets in its wooden carriage the piece is cared for by the local G A R post and kept in a prominent village spot.
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Keota
Iowa
Parrott
Harlan Statue Completed for National Capitol Niche
Miss Nellie V. Walker of Appanoose county completed the heroic statue of Senator James A. Harlan. The eight foot bronze is in Chicago awaiting placement in the national capitol. The Iowa executive council approved the work and the clay model for Kirkwood remains unfinished. The Harlan statue costs $5,000 and a Washington ceremony is undecided.
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Nellie V. Walker
Appanoose County
James A. Harlan
Chicago
National Capitol
Iowa
Hayward
Washington
Kirkwood
Vinnie Ream-Hoxie
Iowa City
Harlan
Dubuque Commercial Organization Forming For City Growth
Dubuque plans an aggressive, tightly run group to promote local business interests. Leaders expect a militant, focused effort by businessmen to advance the city and push public affairs through a coordinated Iowa trend of organized civic associations.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Des Moines Ministers Debate Abandoning Sunday Funerals
City pastors debate whether Des Moines should drop Sunday funeral observances. The issue has sparked discussion among clergy leaders concerned about customary worship and community needs.
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Des Moines
Body Turns To Stone In Ossified Burial Tale
A grave exhumation in Orrville Ohio revealed Ober Homan's body had turned to stone as the casket was raised for relocation to Waterloo. The astonishing find followed years since his August 15 1892 death and involved family members in Cedar Falls and Minneapolis, with the burial now in Elmwood Cemetery alongside a daughter.
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Ober Homan
Orrville
Ohio
Waterloo
Mr. Homan
Homan
Minneapolis
Samuel Pinkerton
Elmwood
Iowa to Start Large Scale Sheep Raising
Iowa will begin sheep production at all state institutions under the state board of control led by Chairman Downie, adopting the same practice used for hogs and cattle. The plan aims to expand agriculture and livestock programs across state facilities.
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Iowa
Downie
State Board of Control
City Council Approves 2000 For New Fire Wagon
The Charles City city council voted two thousand dollars to purchase a new fire wagon. The action reflects ongoing funding for firefighting equipment and public safety improvements in the city.
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Charles City
Love of work and honest effort drive contentment
A passage argues that loving one’s work comes from intelligence and taste, with training to surround the job by appealing aspects. It states contentment follows honest, diligent effort and warns that shirking leads to discontent, linking love of the job with doing it well.
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Brander Matthews
Cure for Eczema Narrated by Henry Searle
Henry Searle of Little Rock Arkansas describes a year of agonizing eczema with severe itching and crusting. After applying Cuticura Ointment Soap and Pills he reports complete relief and cure following two or three applications.
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Henry Searle
Little Rock
Ark
Cost of treating tuberculosis shown in cold figures
An estimate argues it costs about 250 dollars to cure or care for a tuberculosis patient to death. Left untreated in poverty the patient could infect further people, costing society well over four thousand dollars per case and suggesting huge national savings if the ill were segregated in institutions.
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United States
Consul Learns Bride Married After Millionaire Nonsense
The London consul was told a countrywoman in Great Britain had a million to her name. After futile ads, police were involved. A detective reported progress, and a few weeks later explained he had found the woman. He had married her the previous day.
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London
Great Britain
Then and Now in an Ohio Town Then and Now
A humorous reminiscence describes a local capitalist in an Ohio town who jokes about his fashion progress. He notes arriving with nothing and now owning modern attire, but quips about the paradox of his backless shirt as a friend watches him dress.
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Ohio
Habit’s Chain Breaks with Postum Cure
A reader from Indiana shares how coffee caused dyspepsia and illness until switching to Postum. After learning the proper preparation, she notes improved health and no longer desires coffee for breakfast. The letter promotes The Road to Wellville pamphlet and claims “There’s a Reason.”
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Indiana
Wellville
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New Jersey
Bluefields
Managua
Clarence R. Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Secretary of War
Racine
Wis
Dania Brotherhood
Mitchell Wagon Works
Racine Manufacturing Company
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Perry
Gerry Driscoll
Erie
Bessemer and Marquette Ferry
Conneaut
Lake Erie
Milwaukee Limited
Chicago & Northwestern
Julius Gillemo
Reno
Nev
Shoemaker Mining Company
Johnstown
John Daley
National State Bank of
Maysville
Lexington
Estill County
Kentucky
Steve Moskier
Pontiac
Ancona
Lawrence O. Murray
Congress
St. Paul
Cherry
Sarah B. MacLay
Indianapolis
George Preston Sheldon
Phenix Fire Insurance Company
Greenwich
Conn
National Rivers and Harbors Convention
Bureau of Public Works
General News
Osceola County Court House
Sibley
Osceola County
Temple of Justice
Cutiura
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