Foreign notes and political shifts across nations
The item details diverse world events including American protest in Peking over a Hankow Sze Chuen railroad loan, Rome audience for Ambassador Griscom, Germany’s new ship maiden voyage, Persia violence, Japan Korea appointments, and various U.S. political and economic moves. It notes strikes, court actions, tax debates, and regional incidents in Alaska Nebraska and Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Berlin
State Department
New York
China
Rome
Helena
Lloyd C. Griscom
Germany
Astara
Adabil
Azerbaijan
Persia
Prince Ito
Privy Council of Japan
Tokio
Viscount Sone
Korea
Leupp Resigns as Indian Affairs Commissioner
President Taft accepted Francis J. Leupps resignation as commissioner of Indian affairs and named Robert G. Valentine to succeed him. Also noted are senate adoption of Burkett amendments on animal breeding and free list proposals for cotton bagging and agricultural implements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Brown
Omaha
Emperor Nicholas
Emperor William
Ulysses Grant B. Pierce
D. D
All Souls’ Unitarian Church of
Burkett
Scott's Bluff
Neb
Japan
Honolulu
John H. Poole
Corps of Engineers
State War and Navy Department of
Spring Grove
Henry Clay Work
Georgia
Hartford
Conn
Nebraska
McCarthy
Auburn
Gov. Hughes
New York
Board of Trades
Philippines
United States
Pennsylvania
Machine
Harvard
Columbia
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement
Foundation
Gould
Taft
Congress
Francis E. Leupp
Jas York
Sumdam
Washington
Francis J. Leupp
Robert G. Valentine
Bacon
Philander C. Knox
Villa Nova
National Retail Hardware Association
Dolliver
Iowa
Tawney
Minnesota
Robert Bacon
Henry White
France
Massachusetts
Theodore Roosevelt
Ballinger
Lemhi Indian
Idaho
James Allen
Was Dickinson
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Roosevelt penning vigorous article on corporate power
Former President Roosevelt authored a strong piece on control of corporations. Medals from the national government were awarded to the Wright brothers at Dayton, Ohio. Taft to present the Wrights with gold medals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Taft
Wright Brothers
Junkin
Ottumwa
Greenville, Tenn
Andrew Johnson
Howard Gould
Dayton
Brown
Senate
Illinois
Nelson Morris
Burkett
Iowa News Roundup of Civic and Cultural Events
A broad Des Moines area digest covers the Christian Endeavor convention speakers, the Society of Colonial Wars banquet, humane society policing calls, obituaries, police chiefs' convention plans, state shoots, railroad rate hearings, National Guard promotions, church appointments, hotel plans, portrait unveilings, normal institutes, industrial accidents, weather accidents, and local business and public notices across Des Moines and other Iowa towns. The report names multiple individuals, towns, organizations, and events with dated context and consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor Convention
Des Moines
United Brethren Church
Iowa City
J. B. Mason
Iowa Humane Society
Samuel Barringer
Columbus Junction
Fifth Iowa Infantry
State of
Iowa
Geist
Waterloo
Beeson
Red Oak
Dakotas
Minnesota
Fifty-fifth Regiment
Iowa National Guard
Charles Tillotson
A. J. Danielson
W. O. Savage
F. H. Gamel
Pocahontas
First Presbyterian Church
Lake City
Liebbe
Nourse & Rasmussen
Fort Dodge
Frederick Howard
Drake University Conservatory of Music
Howard Hall
George F. Ogden
Charles S. Medbury
University Place
Ida County Normal Institute
Milwaukee
Ottumwa
Adaline Longcor
Pearl Longcor
Mary Dyer
Little Bonner Clinite
A. L. Clinite
East Dubuque
H. P. Shepherd
Indianola
Thomas E. Sherman
Presbyterian Church
Williamsburg
Ed Kiser
San Francisco
Oskaloosa College
Pioneer Educational Institution
The
Christian Church of Iowa
National
Trimmer and Home Builders’ Association
S. Saucerman
United States
State Labor Commissioner
Charles Harridin
Camp Perry
Ohio
Black Hawk County
Benson
Clarion
Swaledale
Iowa Falls
Russia
Miller
R. A. Ellis
Ellis
Vincent Starzinger
Clyde Robbins
Cedar Rapids
Ear Stewart
Grimes
Mac Mayer
Carroll Kirk
Marshalltown
John C. Raymond
Crabtree
A. M. Hanon
le Grand
Chester Burrel
Epworth
University of Iowa
Ae Engstrom
Marion
Kramer Gilbert
Bessie Sanders
Carl Kail
Beulah A. Sanders
Carlisle
Frank Wesner
Council Bluffs
Steve Patis
Nebraska
Savery House
Fred H. Thomas
Spencer
Mason City
Jack” Parker
Iowa College
Grinnell
Fourth of July Picnic and Speeches In Reader Magazine
A nostalgic scene describes Independence Day celebrations with a communal feast of cakes chicken and pickles, speakers reciting the Declaration, and a grateful crowd going to bed under a starry sky. The piece quotes James Ball Naylor in the Reader Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ball Naylor
The
Reader Magazine
Original Draft of the Declaration on Display at State Department
Visitors can inspect Jefferson’s original draft of the Declaration with interlineations by Franklin and Adams. A steel cabinet holds a facsimile of the engrossed copy and the mahogany desk Jefferson used to write the Declaration. The desk, sent by Jefferson to Joseph Coolidge Jr in 1776, was later donated to the nation for display in the State Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Jefferson
Franklin
Adams
Monroe
Thomas Jefferson
Joseph Coolidge, Jr
Missa Randolph
Mr. Coolidge
United States
Department of State
Ben Randall
Philadelphia
Montieeo
Remembering the Fourth of July Firecrackers
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls growing up during the Fourth of July with frugal schemes to buy firecrackers. It notes prices, clever ruses, and dawn celebrations in an old cistern, plus the post holiday gloom and scavenging for unspent devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Fattipose
New York
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Lafollette
Aldrich
Federal Grand Jury
Union Pacific
John B. Raymond
Troop B. Second Cavalry
Raymond
Senate Committee On Finance
Great Britain
Revenue Cutters
Venezuela
Raymond Nelson
Bundesrath
Deneen
Alfonso Moreira Penna
Brazil
Hillman
Jane Addams
Hull House
Chicago
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Patrick Crowley
Gary
Ill
Modest Lenzi
Cosmopolitan
Sanford Robinson
United Copper Company
Grand Jury
Wheeling
W. Va
Iowa News
E. H. Martin
Webster City
Minneapolis
Martin Telephone
Christian Endeavor Society of the
Congregational Church
Clear Lake District
Odl Woin
Walter S. Athearn
Highland Park College
Boulder
Colo
Professor Athearn
Willard Fulghum
Des Moines, Ft. Dodge and Southern Railway Company
Ogden, Lows
Celebratin
Dale
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