Overseas notes from Managua to Paris and Rome events
Foreign Consul Olivares reports to the state department a telegram from the Matagalpa US consular agent noting 100 Americans in danger. Harold Vanderbilt loses a Paris verdict for 4500 dollars after injuring a harness maker with his auto near Valence. Dr. Charles W Wallace in London will publish Shakespeare studies in March. The Duke of Abruzzi lectured in Turin to 10,000 including royalty on Himalaya ascent, plans Rome lecture Feb 22. English Americans Navy League dinner in London marks Washington’s birthday with Crane Griffiths and Phillips attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olivares
Managua
State Department
United States
Matagalpa
Nicaragua
Charles W. Wallace
London
University of Nebraska
Duke of
American Navy League
Washington
R. Newton Crane
American Society
John L. Griffiths
William Phillips
Multiple Local Happenings Highlight National News
Albert Nier of San Francisco swindled pastors in a week while claiming destitution after moving to the city. A Kentucky group urged President Taft to appoint Albert S. White as minister to Hayti. Frank V. Dunn, noted theatrical and sporting figure, died in Dorchester Mass. Tillman’s health improves and he is expected to fully recover. House passes measure to provision Indian warehouses. Taft spoke at Washington’s birthday banquet in New York. Crawford proposes a 1 million dollar rivers and harbors amendment for a six foot channel Kansas City to Bronx City. William W. Lowe jailed on $20,000 bond for mail robbery after a Missouri Pacific train hold up near Eureka. Sherman creates committee to study high cost of living. Fighting resumes in Nicaragua. Philippine army maneuvers continue. natives fear the mountains. Mare Island reports West Virginia and Maryland in poor condition after voyage from the Orient. Ballinger temporarily withdraws lands pending investigation. Morgan Guggenheim syndicate explains Alaska activity to a senate committee. A bill aims to tighten employer employee relations. Senator Jeff Davis attacks Owen and Standard Oil. Senate leaders track Taft policy bills to smooth edges. An explosion at Trojan powder works in California injures several. Senator Perkins returns to the senate after six weeks away due to a spine injury. In Springfield Illinois Rev James R. Kaye, former Lincoln pastor, is sentenced to six months in Peoria workhouse.
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Albert Nier
San Francisco
Taft
Albert S. White
Louisville
Hayti
Frank V. Dunn
Dorchester
Mass
Tillman
House
Washington
New York
Crawford
Kansas City
Bronx City
St. Louis
William W. Lowe
Federal Grand Jury
Missouri Pacific
Eureka
Sherman
Nicaragua
Philippines
Mare Island Mavy Yard
West Virginia
Maryland
Orient
Ballinger
Morgan-Guggenheim Syndicate
Senate
Alaska
Jeff Davis
Owen
Standard Oil Company
Trojan
California
Perkins
George Washington
Alexandria
United States Supreme Court
Customs Appeals Court
Mississippi
Shallenberger
Nebraska
Burkett
Gulf Coast
Joseph A. Graham
Salisbury
West
Anna Christian Spreckles
Claus Spreckles
Committee On Indian Affairs
Sickles
Nevada
Story County Bar Association
E. H. Addison
Watts
Ames
F. D. Thompson
Iowa Legion of Honor
F. M. Fort
Clinton
Iowa Supreme Court
Clinton District Court
Fort
Mary Walkinstrow
Blanchard
Grinnell
Quarten
Marshall
Cline
Stafford
Rock Island
Pleasant Plain
Perlee
Sanford Humphrey
Brighton
Fort Dodge
Holden
James Uterbach
Sigourney
Milwaukee
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Council Bluffs
Mary Be, Laflin
Lincoln
Neb
C. W. Stout
Alma
Stockman
State Geological Survey
Iowa
Hannah Golden
Jessup
Marshalltown
William Golden
Movement for a Masonic Memorial to Washington take form in Alexandria
A plan forms for a George Washington Masonic memorial in Alexandria Virginia. Other items note Supreme Court rulings expanding state railway regulation and shifts in customs court nominations. Local unrest prompts police action with several arrests and injuries.
Senators push postal relief and tax law review
Senators Brown and Burkett urge Knights of Columbus in Greeley and Lincoln to secure proper postal facilities for fraternal organs fearing limited advertising. Omaha Commercial Club seeks delay in tax law features until Supreme Court rulings on validity. Interior Dept extends homesteader residence deadlines to May 15. Grain exchanges appeal before a House committee. Indian appropriation bill passes. Jamaica Bay harbor plan allocates 550,000 initial and 7,000,000 total with New York city contribution of 10,000,000. federal funding contingent on local match.
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Brown and
Burkett
Knights of Columbus
Greeley
Lincoln
Omaha Commercial Club
Supreme Court
Interior Department
Congress
House
Jamaica Bay
City of
New York
Tillman to recover as doctors assail complications
Personal note says Senator Tillman will now get well barring unforeseen complications. Washington’s birthday noted nationwide as celebrations continue.
Des Moines Auto Show to Open March 8 at Coliseum
Des Moines prepares a large automobile exposition opening March 8 at the Coliseum. Iowa audiences are drawn by growing automobiling interest, with Des Moines leading in car ownership and dealers coordinating to welcome visitors to the show featuring everything from toy runabouts to limousines. The event aims to demonstrate the Coliseum’s versatility for a major public display and attract a big Midwestern crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Exposition
Coliseum
Des Moines Coliseum
Middle West
Chicago
Des Moines
Five Pass Century Mark at East Side Jewish Home
The annual report of the Daughters of Jacob home for the aged notes five residents have reached age 100 or more. Ester Davis at 116 is the oldest, followed by Mindel Diamond and J Krivlin at 103, Bessie Kalmanson at 102, and Rachel Marcus at 101.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Daughters of Jacob
East Side
Ester Davis
Mindel Diamond
J. Krivlin
Bessie Kalmanson
Rachel Marcus
George Eddy Found Not Guilty In Belle Plaine Murder Case
Vinton Iowa March 1 The jury acquitted George Eddy in the murder case tied to Mrs. Guthrie at Belle Plaine a decade ago. Francisco Guthrie remains under indictment and is expected to be released without trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Eddy
Vinton
Francisco Guthrie
Guthrie
Belle Plaine
Assessor’s Visit Meets With Witty Widow Response
In Wyandotte County a county assessor canvassing for personal tax assessments visited a widow in the second ward. Politely he asked what she had. She replied I have two children and the rheumatism, then slammed the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Wyandotte County Court House
County Bar Association Formed in Nevada
A Story County bar association was formed at the Nevada court room with E. H. Addison of Nevada as president. The body aims to hold an annual banquet and advance general professional interests for about thirty local lawyers.
Boss hold up man Myers links Iowa Illinois robberies
Robert Lee Myers a 21 year old colored man from Springfield Illinois currently held in Davenport has confessed to a series of daring robberies earning him the title boss holdup man of Iowa and Illinois. He admits depot at Lynbrook Brook lyn Iowa saloon and restaurant robberies at Belle Plaine Clinton Rock Island and other sites. Authorities note the striking pattern of lining up patrons and rifling tills in each raid.
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Robert Lee Myers
Springfield
Ill
Davenport
Iowa
Illinois
Brooklyn
Belle Plaine
Clinton
Rock Island
Washington, Iowa
Casino
Hansen
Myers
C. M. Kelley
N. P. Ellis
Waverly
Hampton Commercial Association
Kelley
Ellis
Reeve Street
George Roberts
Ethel Tadlock
Monmouth
Grand
Burlington
Roberts
Tadlock
Keokuk
Henry Johnson
Guy Roberts
Marathon
John Johnson
Alberta City
Constable Hutchinson
Fort Dodge
Woodbine
Woodbine Normal
Alice Tyler
Library Commission
George Eddy
Rose Guthrie
Vinton
Eddy
Guthrie
George Wilson
Charles Huffman
Boonefield
District Court
Kilner Drug Company
Micael & Smith
C. C. Birney
Anti-Saloon League
Charles Hotel
Mason City
Blanche Hancock
J. T. Hancock
Dubuque
Boston
Mass
Dana Hall
Wellesley College
Louis Altermeier
Newton
Jasper County
New Discovery stomach theory draws crowds and praise
L T Cooper promotes a New Discovery claiming most health hinges on the stomach and that his remedy can rejuvenate it in 90 days. In Chicago and Boston supporters report dramatic relief from chronic indigestion, headaches, and stomach pain after using Cooper’s medicine sold by druggists nationwide.
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L. T. Cooper
Mr. Cooper
Cooper
Chicago
Boston
H. B. Mack
State Street
Edwin F. Morse
Oakley Street
Dorchester
Cooper Medicine Co
Dayton
Ohio
Swiss newspapers and publications by language and sect
The consular report notes Switzerland with 3.5 million people and 1,384 periodicals, about one publication per 2,715 residents. Of news and politics titles 472 are German, 101 French, 21 Italian, one Romansh. Religious papers total 60 German Protestant, 40 French Protestant, 24 Catholic, nine Missions, two Jewish and three Free Thought. Telegraph service is limited compared with other countries, but editing is generally strong.
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Switzerland
Mournful Pleasure and the Grieving Widow's Request
A quarrelsome master chides his servant for drinking after his wife’s death. The servant pleads to stay in mourning for a month, while the master urges remarriage and faster closure.
Talkative Woman and the Married Man Jest
A humorous dialogue notes that talkative women may be seen as saying little, while a man may be equally verbose yet yield little substance. Hewitt quips about men who talk and accomplish nothing, and Jewett agrees that his wife fits the pattern.
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Hewitt
Jewett
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Fairfield Journal
BY Journal Printing CO
Fairfield
Harold Vanderbilt
Tribunal of the Seine
Paris
Mr. Vanderbilt
Valence
James R. Kaye
Lincoln, Il
Peoria
Huffsdal
Isa Fiord
Omaha
Court House
South Omaha
Smoot
Aldrich
Senator Harlan
Statuary Hall
W. J. Bryan
Santiago
Moutt
Waldorf-Astoria
Des Moines, In
THE
Bee
Dea
La'crippe
State News
Adams Brothers
Logan
O. P. Thompson
Allison
Iowa Food and Dairy Commissioner
James Fisk
Muscatine
William Dunn
Marshall County
Liberty Township
Clemens
Dunn
Augusta Emmert
Boone
Z. Stout
Independence
First National Bank
Dodds
W. N. U. Des Moines
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