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Newspaper

Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 09, 1907

Page

2

Summary of a Week's Events Late Foreign Dispatches

A sprawling digest reports a Terra Cotta rail wreck near Washington injuring many. multiple killings including Eva Totten in New York and a Cincinnati streetcar crash. lawsuits and verdicts such as Willard Zibbell’s $100,000. notable deaths including Baroness Burdett-Coutts and Alexander Cassatt. assorted political, scientific, and crime items from across the globe with widespread turmoil and disasters.

Terra Cotta Washington Baltimore & Ohio Raieway Sidney Kaufman Eva Totten Staten Island Knickerbocker New York Cincinati Willard Burdett - Coutts United States Donelson Caffery Louisiana Thomas Bowen Colorado Thomas Farming Kansas City George B. Young Minnesota Supreme ‘Court Northern Securities St. Paul Minn Henry Anderson Cambridge Honolulu Lavinia McCormick France Legion of Honor Alexander William Black Banffshire Arbroath Scotland Charles F. Aked Pemiweke Chapel Liverpool Cal Fifth Avenue Herd Martin Quinn Chicago Haymarket Goff Enrico Carueo Central Park J. Gordon Morse Madison Wis Sarah Ayres St. Helen Ore H. Norriman Caroline Parker Tashkent Russia Joseph K. Hudson The Topeka Kan Her @ld Otto Yogiesisky Thomas Cardin

Iowa News Roundup of 1907 Tragedies and Trials

A broad New Year’s snapshot from Ottumwa to Chicago and Fayette reports: worksite fatalities including Edward McGrath at Morrell packing house and George Jones Jr. in a Big Jim mine. arrests and assaults in Dubuque and Mason City. a bank of accidents from a Knoxville knife wound to Windsor Park death by chloroform. The Salter boys survive a near drowning at Allerton. twins win a $100 prize in Tama. a libel trial ends in Monroe County with Rev. Charles Cooper acquitted. A Versailles-like string of insurance, bankruptcy, strikes, and court actions threads through Iowa towns.

Hudson River Grand Jury New York New York Life Insurance Company George W. Perkins The New York Life J .P. Morgan & Co Charles §. Fairchild the Treasury New York Security & Trust Company Alexander J. Cassatt Pennsylvania Railroad Company America Philadelphia Gen. Litvinoff Akmolinsk Russia Raisuff Tangier Gabbas Zinat Primero Arbroath Scotland Great Britain Europe Thomas Macklin Gest Rock Island Ill Simon A. Sherman Steven's Point Wis Fox River Valley Sonora Mex Phoenix Ariz Mexico Muskoday Fargo N. C Shaw Keyes Humboldt Savings Bank San Francisco United States Army el Reno Okla Russell Sage Alton B. L. Holder Troy Tenn William Hugo Muensterberg Harvard University A. Coke Smith Methodist Episcopal Church South Asheville Henry Mortimer Durand Washington Root Taft Metcalf Justice Moody Diplomatic Corps Modern Language Association of America Yale University Col W. D. Mann Town Topics Assembly of Scientific and Historic Societies Brown University Providence R. L Leroy J. Kelly Crookston Minn Milwaukee Capetown Damaraland William Delaney James J. Jeffries B. F. Taylor A. C Rhyolite Nev Jeffries William Squires Australia Lencho Valencia George Davis Morristown N. J John Arke Hiram Mullins Kentucky Charles Bud Little John Brewer Central Asia Mississippi Henry Laurens American Association For the Advancement of Science Las Animas Gifford Pinchot Forest Service Indian Territory William J. Bryan Roosevelt Pine Knot Virginia Woods W. D. Hill Defiance Los Angeles Cal M. J. O'Dwyer Sacred Heart Catholic Church Kansas City Philadelphia Strawboard Company Baron Hengelmuller Washington Mission A. J. Shores St. Louis Nancy France Tetrinaz Oriental Negros Philippine Islands Tanjay Austria-Hungary Charles B. Fink Latrobe Edward H. Thompson Maryland National Bank Baltimore Charles Weeks New Rochelle N. Y Walter S. Clarke Marlin Tex Hunt Broddis John Paul Jones Navy Department Reginald Nicholson Liverpool de Heimann Antonio Diora Alexandra Victoria Schleswig - Holstein - Sonderburg Glucksburg Prince Augustus William Emperor William Cavanagh Ind Southern Pacific Minnesota Great Northern Railway Ireland Pope Minneapolis Sargeant Hawaii Arica Chile James E. Lennan Pacific Coast Juneau Harrison Parkman South America United States Emporia Kan Benjamin Brown American United States Express Chicago Bar Association A. H. Chetlain Eugene Zichy Perry Mahoning Shenango Henry Newman Edward McGrath Morrell Ottumwa Frank Saunders Marshalltown Salter Boys Allerton Claude Conklin R. T Davis Tama J. J. Seabert Wood Vinton George Kennedy Kennedy McGregor George Lewis Dubuque Dutch Kauffman Kauffman John Spooler Spooler Laurella J. Baldwin John Hayes Woodburn Ralph Baldwin Baldwin J. R Jotn Houston Houston Charles Cooper Albin Monroe County Cooper Mount Pleasant Asylum Wilson Hotel Mason City Byers Benj. Jones Fort Dodge Central Avenue Wales Atlantic Umbrella Company Council Bluffs W. E. Emerson Eli Kaufman Knoxville C. C. Cuningham Kaufman Merton Boyack Independence J. M. Windsor Bedford R. W. van Derwenter Wentworth D. D J. J. Bond Chicago Sioux City Lawrence Quinn Strawberry Point James Cox Des Moines Iowa George L. Hatter C. M. & St. P. Railway North McGregor Samuel Weisner Eldora Weisner Andrew Johnson Story County Recorder of Deeds James Martin Martin Spiris Big Jim Seymour George Jones, Jr Superintendent Jones Kate McEllery Windsor Park South Chicago Herbert McEllery Jessrs Murphy Ted Fairfield McEllerry McEllery Vern Bissell Fayette Hyatt

Lightning Strikes Doctor Twice in Colorado

Dr J G Keith formerly of St Louis, who survived a prior lightning strike, went to Leadville Colorado for health and was struck again. The recent bolt left his left side nearly paralyzed, ending his mobility on that side.

J. G. Keith St Louis Leadville Col Colorado Keith

Facts About Figure Nine and the Mystic Nine

A foreign professor of occult science claims fortune telling via the digit nine. He explains nine times numbers yield products whose digits sum to nine or a multiple of nine and offers examples from two to seventy five thousand. The piece notes the many “fun” aspects of the number nine.

A Train Car Laughing Fit Over Comic Book

Passengers along a railroad car shared a sudden burst of laughter at a funny book. A young woman read hidden pages while others glanced over and joined in, creating a contagious scene as the car neared the reader’s departure.

Vast Wealth of the South Fueling Power Growth

The South boasts immense coal, oil, and natural gas resources plus vast water power. Developers expect 3,000,000 available horsepower for power, heat, and light, with a potential investment of 250,000,000 to 500,000,000 dollars. The program could drive interurban electric roads and elevate Southern industry to new heights.

Great Britain Germany Pennsylvania Switzerland

Postum Cereal Co claim of pure, compliant goods

Postum Cereal Co Ltd warrants that J packages of Postum Cereal Grape ais and Elijah’s Manna comply with the National Pure Food Law of 1906. They deny adulteration or misbranding and certify truthful ingredient statements on packaging. notice sworn Dec 12 1906.

Elijah Lexnsamin F. Rev. Notary

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