President Taft and Roosevelt Meet at Jubilee in Baltimore
President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt publicly kissed and greeted each other at the Cardinal Gibbons jubilee in Baltimore. Roosevelt declined to ride to Washington in Taft’s car but accepted an invitation to the White House for Taft and Mrs. Taft’s silver wedding on July 19 if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel
Washington
Taft
Baltimore
Roosevelt
Cardinal Gibbons
New Haven
New York State
Theodore
Mr. Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt
White House
Senator Lodge
Storms Kill and Injure Across Indiana Farmland
Indiana faced fierce weather with rain hail and lightning. Farmer John K Power died from a lightning strike while in his field. Mrs Oscnur Keller was instantly killed at Lyons as she fed chickens. Mrs W W Shryock of Fort Wayne felt a glove struck by a ghostly bolt at Trinity church and had her hand blackened. In Anderson about one hundred people were shocked in steel buildings as lightning struck nearby. Orchards were stripped of fruit and leaves in several areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
John K. Power
Lyons
Oscnur Keller
W. W. Shryock
Fort Wayne
Trinity Church
Anderson
Un savory Divorce Suit Reported In Detroit Case
Florence Herman sues for separation from David L. Herman an iron manufacturer in Detroit. He counters with a divorce claim accusing her of misconduct with her father Emanuel Laufferty who died by his own hand in his daughter's apartments after the counter claim was filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Detroit
Florence Herman
David L. Herman
Herman
Hemanuel Laufferty
Laufferty
Sailor Kills Fireman Aboard Cruiser at Yokohama
In Yokohama a naval hospital tragedy leaves Fireman James L. Saunders of the Saratoga dead after an ordinary seaman John E. Atkins of the New Orleans fatally wounds him. The incident occurred within the Asiatic fleet’s area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James L.saunders
Saratoga
John E. Atkins
New Orleans
Naval Hospital
Yokohama
Japan
Iron Furnaces Revived at Pittsburg Mills
Carnegie Steel and Jones & Laughlin furnaces in Pittsburg resumed operation after a period of idleness. A number of blast furnaces were brought back to work and several hundred men were employed, marking a notable restart of steel production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Carnegie Steel Company
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Fairfield Area News Recaps Visits and Local Happenings
Fairfield and nearby towns feature a parade of visitors with Miss Hazel Lewis and Miss Myrtle Bradford in town, a homecoming gathering, and multiple Ottumwa trips. Local work news includes Ora Walker starting lineman duties, and Ebenzer social events draw large crowds. Agricultural notes report a short oat crop and light hay due to dry weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Lewis
Fairfield
Myrtle Bradford
Libertyville
Waver
H. E. Bradford
Ellen Miller
Bertha
Ottumwa
Hayden
Willis Glotfelty
Walter Woolwine
Maggie
Ethel Potts
Eldon
Ora Walker
Agency
Local News From Salina Area Obituaries and Crop Notes
Mrs Easton of Salina attended Decoration Day at Fairfield. Levi Larson has arrived home from North Dakota three weeks behind in farm work, via Nebraska, praising its scenery. Leland Lynn returns from Des Moines after appendicitis surgery. Frank Hollander and wife of West Burlington visited. Mrs Henry Hawk and her sons visited J. D. Bates family. Otumwa couple loses baby daughter, burial near Salina. Miss Nettie Schillerstrom’s school ends Friday with an ice cream social to buy an organ. Strawberry and cherry crops light, frost hurting cherries. apples look good. Crop boom ahead.
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Easton
Salina
Fairfield
Levi Larson
North Dakota
Nebraska
Iowa
Leland Lynn
Des Moines
Frank Hollander
West Burlington
Henry Hawk
Ray
Kenneth
Near Bonaparte
J. D. Bates
W. H. Harris
Ottumwa
Beckwith
Nettie
Sunday Visits Highlight Local Social Calls
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gaumer called Sunday at the John DuBois home. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davidson spent Sunday at their son Frank's. John Copeland and family visited Ed Hamilton. D. B. Hedge and family spent Sunday at the T. P. DuBois home. William Wiggins and Mrs. Fairfield callers Saturday. John Bell and Mrs. Fairfield visited Ed Hamilton Friday. Mrs. D. B. Hedge and Polk DuBois visited Fairfield Monday afternoon. Miss Bertine Humphreys spent several days with her sister Mrs. John DuBois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gaumer
John DuBois
Frank Davidson
Frank
John Copeland
Ed Hamilton
D. B. Hedge
T. P. DuBois
William Wiggins
Fairfield
John Bell
D. B Hedge
Polk DuBois
Bertine Humphreys
Sunday School Attended as Community Notes From Bethesda
Miss Cora Davis has the mumps. Mrs Hausholm of Illinois visits her daughter Mr Adams. Mrs Jennie Prince and children spend Wednesday in Blackhawk township. Mrs Fd Ogden's mother returns from Illinois. Mr and Mrs Spray entertain Fairfield friends Sunday. Victor Root family and Elizabeth Root with J E Prince join dinner at Dav Rush home. A long marriage anecdote accompanies a perfect feast and new modern home. Ice cream and cake amid hot weather end in farewells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Davis
Hausholm
Illinois
Adams
Jennie Prince
Blackhawk Township
Fd Ogden
Ilinois
Spray
Fairfield
Victor Root
Elizabeth Root
J. E. Prince
Dav Rush
Mrs. Bush
Jake Raines
Jake
Mesdames
Mary Davis
Marcia James
Bethseda
Pleasant Grove church to host children day on June 11
The notice invites all to Pleasant Grove church for children day on Sunday June 11. The W I C ladies plan an ice cream supper at Mrs. John Rodgers home on June 7. Mrs Summers nurses a sore finger from a wire injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Leathers
WL I.C
Joe Summers
John Hillane
Pleasant Grove
John Rodgers
Summers
T. F. Stansberry
F. M. Stansberry
Memorial and social notices from Hedrick area
Mr and Mrs W A Hook and others attended memorial services in Hedrick on Tuesday. Mrs Phelps extended her visit with relatives. Richland and Fairfield guests visited local homes. F L Eck and others traveled to Pleasant Plain and Fairfield for visits and light business. Community members and families are noted as visiting and returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Hook
E. Phelps
Hedrick
Stockholders Meeting Notice for 54th Infantry Armory Co
Annual meeting of the Co. M 54th Infantry Armory Company will be held in the new Armory building on June 13, 1911 at 9 30 a m. All stockholders urged to attend in person or by proxy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. M, 54Th Infantry Armory Company
New ‘Armory
Firebug Trust Indicted in Chicago Fire Insurance Plot
Leonard Dreyfus of L Dreyfus & Co confessed to joining a gang to burn his own store for insurance, after a staged arson in Chicago. The plan sought 2900 dollars, with part paid in advance, and Dreyfus then killed himself at his home on Michigan Avenue. The Fire Attorney cites a core group of six to eight men who allegedly targeted merchants for arson deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Leonard Dreyfus
L. Dreyfus & Co
South Market Street
Michigan Avenue
Dreyfus
Lazard Dreyfus
Mex Cohen
Michael Sullivan
Firebuge Trust
Market Street
Dreyfus Brothers
Woulfe
Hyde Resigns City Chamberlain Amid Bribery Indictment
New York May 3 Charles H Hyde quit as city chamberlain a few hours after being taken into custody on an indictment for receiving a bribe He said his resignation was to avoid embarrassing Mayor Gaynor and to spare the city further humiliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde
New York
Charles H. Hyde
Gaynor
Planning for Electroliers to Light Fairfield’s Public Square
Fairfield plans decorative electroliers along the public square and access routes to depots, contingent on securing an extra dynamo. Chairman Ward of the Water and Light committee outlined plans to install five bulb electroliers at selected locations with free city lighting if businesses install them, aiming for a 10 to 10:30 p m lighting window and one bulb on at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Ward
Water and Light Committee
Seeon
Pleasant
Henry County
Albia
Old soldiers invited to escort officials to Armory dedication
All soldiers and sailors of Jefferson county are invited to join Company M on June 13 at 12 m to escort Gov. Carroll Major Lacey and Adjt. Gen. Guy E. Logan from the B. B. Q. depot to the Leggett House and assist in the Armory dedication at 2 p.m. Meet at the G. A. R. Hall at 11:35 a.m. by order of the committee Newton Williams Perry King A. W. Jaques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Company M
Visitor Arrival Prompted by Absence Notes
Alert requests details about a person’s absence and a visitor coming to call. It invites sharing who is visiting, the date or period of the visit, and any expected plans or implications of the visit for the household.
Heart Remedy credited by a veteran for relief
Charles Holmes of Walton Delaware County New York reports using Dr Miles Heart Remedy for heart disease. He says it improved his condition allowing normal eating and sleep after nights of discomfort and rapid heartbeat. Holmes notes he is almost 68 and a Civil War veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Holmes
S4th
N. Y
Walton, Delaware Co
N.Y
Dr Miles Heart Remedy Advertised Nationwide
Dr Miles Heart Remedy is marketed as a trusted help in emergencies and claimed to be sold by all druggists. The ad promises a money back guarantee if the first bottle does not benefit and directs customers to ask any druggist. The product is listed under Miles Medical Co based in Gilhart, Indiana.
E. R. Smith Attorney at Law Ad In North Park
E R Smith attorney advertises prompt legal services with special emphasis on debt collection and settlements for deeds margins contracts and related matters in the North side park area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Side Park
Wool Schedule Debate Begins in House
Debate on the Democratic wool revision opened in the House with Rep. Oscar W. Underwood submitting the measure and a report citing Taft on Schedule K. A minority report followed and Republicans labeled the plan as political. Underwood expects two weeks of debate and a June 18 passage, then moves to a cotton schedule revision and later iron and steel rate cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Oscar W. Underwood
Committee On Ways and Means
Underwood
Taft
Tariff Board
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Harrison
New York
Payne
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Longworth
Ohio
Ways and Means
Move Made to Quash Illinois Central Graft Indictments
Chicago June 7 motion to quash the indictment charging Frank B Harriman Joseph F E Baker Charles Fwing and John M Taylor with conspiracy to defraud and confidence game in connection with the Illinois Central graft exposure was filed before Judge Scanlan in the circuit court. Counsel object on fifty nine grounds challenging indictment jurisdiction and grand jury selection. The four former railroad officials face indictments pending since last October alleging the company was defrauded of about 1 1 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank B. Harriman
Joseph FE. Baker
Charles Fwing
John M. Taylor
Anie
Scanlan
Circuit
Cook County Crimins Court
Frank R. Reid
Clarence S. Darrow
Attorneys Seek Bail and Change of Venue in Stannard Murder Case
Calumet Michigan June 7 Attorneys for Mrs Charles Stannard of Greenland charged with murdering her husband by poisoning asked Circuit Judge Cooper of Ontonagan for bail The judge took the matter under advisement An application to change venue was also requested The case was continued to the September term of court
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet
Mich
Charles Stannard
Greenland
Cooper
Ontonagan
Submarine Tarpon Narrowly Escapes Damage Near Point Judith
The submarine Tarpon under Ensign John W. Barrett struck a submerged object while submerged toward Point Judith. The periscope forward rail and conning tower were damaged, with a narrow chance of serious injury to the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport, R. L
Tarpon
John W. Barrett
Point Judith
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President
Ada Ashbaugh
Fern
Minnie Pumphrey
Tom Gonterman
Ebenezer
Starr
Wm. Stlver
Missouri
Emily Creamer
Selma Johnson
Lewis Green
Middletown
Johnson
L. F. White
Monmouth
Wm. Green
Jeff Watkins
Glasgow
J. C. Howells
L. T. Gobble
Wm. Parson’s
Nate Edwards
Edwards
E. E. Phillips
Farson
Mr. Phillips
W. E. Longberry
Oskaloosa
Euna
Edna McLane
N. G. Oliver
Leland Holgate
Walter Weller
Bethesda
Placehawk
Glendale
Floyd Smith
Rock Island
Columbus Junction
Ebenezer Chapel
Villi
Merchant
Gily
Great White Way
Tam
Miles
Miles Medical CO
Gilhart, Ind
E. R., Smith
Attorney At Law
Repulligan
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