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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
1
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Washington items note President Taft accepting invitations to address the Christian Endeavor convention in Atlantic City and to visit the New York state fair in Syracuse, with plans to stop at St. Louis. Delegates to the Baptist alliance congress met the president at the White House after touring the Capitol.
President Taft discussed currency reform at a New York bankers meeting. Senator Simmons backs a tax on automobiles to fund road improvements. Other items include deaths of Bruno Oscar Klein and Dr Noble B. McKee, a coronation scene at Westminster Abbey, and various political and legal notes across states.
A bustling second day street parade in London offered the public a fresh look at royalty. The report notes public interest in the royal display, with crowds gathering as the procession advanced through central streets. An era of ceremonial pageantry is highlighted amid broad coverage of public life.
The will of Mrs. Eddy founder of Christian Science was admitted to probate. Two Nebraskan secretaries indicted by a federal grand jury among lumber dealers. Cyrus McCormick testified in the Lorimer investigation. Secretary Knox summoned to explain a $5,000 expenditure. Canadian farmers in Alberta favor reciprocity. Modern Woodmen camp dues proposal defeated. Woodmen of the World set 1913 Jacksonville convention. Mrs. Henry Hardy of New York dies after joy over husband’s return from the Mexican border.
W P Brady reports that right of way is secured along most of the Des Moines to Allerton survey. About 1,500 workers are cutting and filling, with two eighty two ton steam shovels moving from Knoxville and Chariton to the heaviest sections. The shovel from Knoxville will take about thirty days to reach Dallas fifteen miles away across improvised tracks and temporary bridges.
Mason City district could furnish a quota of 2246 men for army service based on assessor returns. This marks an increase of nearly 300 men from last year. Property value on the books stands at $7,924,208, a net gain of $1,263,776 over last year’s assessment.
Editor Dave Brant of the Iowa City Republican blasts prison conditions in Iowa as rotten and vows ongoing critique until they improve. He states intent to conduct an investigation and push for change.
Iowa City reports honorary degrees granted by the State University of Iowa. Doctor of Literature awarded to Miss Alice French known as Octave Thanett, once linked with Davenport Randall Parrish and Kewanee Illinois. She is noted as a novelist and former president of the Iowa Alumni association.
An explosion at a Pasco store in Galt hurled a gasoline tank into a nearby house, causing a fire that reached the school building a block and a half away. One proprietor sustained severe burns but escaped. The town quickly battled the flames and subdued the blaze.
Knights Templars of Iowa begin gathering with families at Templar park on Spirit Lake ahead of the mid July conclave. The group meets at the great summer hotel owned by the order in the state as preparations and social events unfold.
Ralph Collier of Pe Tu Iowa died from a self-inflicted gunshot to the right temple near the South Fifth Street bridge. He was removed to Methodist Hospital where he did not survive the injury.
Fire in Murray destroyed May Thompson's photograph gallery and Mrs. M. L. Holcomb's millinery shop. Officials say a developing lamp burst starting the blaze.
Degrees were granted to 353 young men and women at the fifty first annual commencement of the State University of Iowa. The armory ceremony was held in a crowded, packed venue as graduates received diplomas. Robert Porter, 15, of Albia, died from lockjaw after an accidental self inflicted gunshot wound to the leg days earlier.
James Martin of this city has been appointed deputy clerk of the federal court in Port Dodge, succeeding the late W. H. Johnston.
Gov Carro and the state parole board members visited Eldora this week to investigate Nate and Frank Rainsberger, two Fort Madison prisoners seeking release.
A Los Angeles boy named Harold Mentess drowned in the Des Moines river at Fra zier. The body was found within thirty minutes, but revival efforts were uncertain.
Believed to be the remains of James Talbott a Hartford banker who vanished in 1877 after leaving home with about 270 dollars. Locals near Turner's sanitarium at Colfax unearthed a skeleton. speculation tied the find to murder rumors from the disappearance era.
Court officials seek Emery Styles an adopted heir to a Styles estate, claiming he is owed $25,000 more than he suspects. The case follows a supreme court ruling denying inheritance to eastern heirs. In Council Bluffs, W J Ribble sued two factory proprietors for alleged state law infractions. W H Treynor faces child labor and machine safety charges. Charles W Putnam is charged with labor law violations.
After 11 years Theodore Kloster, missing since discharge, turned up in the Philippines. He enlisted as a soldier and later disappeared. Reports say he ran a livery stable in Manila and saved about $30,000. His mother, who had believed him dead, received a letter from him this week.
City council passes resolution raising saloon license from 1000 to 2000 dollars. Seventeen retail houses and nine brewery agents will be reduced to eight retail saloons and one wholesale house after July 1 under the new consent petition.
Ottumwa hosts preparatory meetings of the Yo men's Missionary boards and the Men's Brotherhood ahead of the Iowa Christian convention. The formal opening includes an address by B. W. Garrett of Des Moines, reporter for the Iowa supreme court.
A threshermen’s meeting in Iowa City formed an organization and voted to raise threshing charges for the coming season by 25 to 50 percent above last year’s rates.
Mason City officer H. A. Dyer, commander of the Iowa G A R, has returned home from Rochester, Minnesota, reportedly suffering from incurable cancer. An operation was not performed there as it would not help.
The funeral of George Allanson aged about 84, an early Cass County settler, followed his fatal strike by No 3 flyer as he walked to church. The incident left the community mourning a long-standing resident.
The annual reunion of the Nineteenth Iowa infantry volunteers will be held at Fort Madison Iowa on September 27 28 and 29. An excursion on the river to Keokuk and return to Burlington will take place on the 29th.
The body of Peter Freiden was found near the railroad right of way with skull and chest crushed and neck broken. A coroner's jury hints at foul play, indicating possible murder.
Mildred Winner, 29, of Waterloo, avows she signed the name of Galloway Gibson, a local firm, on an $800 check and realized $600 in cash, admitting the forgery.
Fred Dailey of Marshalltown is identified as the young man killed at the Story street crossing. He has two sisters in Marshalltown and a brother in Spokane.
Carl Sorenson, 20, of Denison, was struck and killed by a Northwestern train while walking the railroad line between Denison and Arton. He was attempting to reach Arton when the incident occurred. Local authorities reported the accident and began inquiries.
Washington orders postal savings backers established on September 17 in Denison and Missouri Valley, expanding federal savings access. The move aims to boost small customer deposits and broaden banking coverage in rural Iowa communities.
Champ Clark speaker at Webster City Fourth of July celebration in Iowa. Webster City will host as he, speaker of the National House, addresses the crowd while special trains bring Democrats from across Iowa to hear the next Democratic presidential candidate.
Mrs Hugh M Thomson aged 97 years died this week in Long Grove Scott county. An Iowan since 1844 she was the oldest resident of Eastern Iowa and had come to Davenport in 1844.
Washington report on the senate clash over the reciprocity measure shows a procedural shuffle as the bill moved from committee of the whole to the senate without a set vote time. Senators Penrose Smoot and others sparred over scheduling while Stone, Bacon and Bailey pressed for progress, yielding to reinstatement to its former status.
The body of a man, likely Rev Timothy Sullivan of Fort Dodge Iowa and a Roman Catholic priest, was found in an overflowing bathtub at an apartment in a hotel on Waverly Place. The report also notes the condition of national banks in Iowa with reserves averaging 16.19 percent at June 7, up from 15.73 percent on March 7.
Amherst Mass. The Amherst College prize announcement listed Paul F. Good of Wahoo Neb winning the second Billinga prize in Latin valued at thirty dollars. Good also won the first Walker prize in mathematics worth eighty dollars. Philip W. Payne of Omaha captured the second Armstrong prize for excellence in composition for freshmen, valued at thirty dollars.
Washington reports the Senate granted a conference to resolve differences with the House on the joint resolution for direct election of senators. Conferees named include Senators Clark of Wyoming Nelson of Minnesota and Bacon of Georgia to meet a House committee yet to be appointed.
Ta-Hisa Crambilt, 19, in a dementia state, shot his mother killing her, wounded his sister fatally, and then tried to kill himself in Ottumwa. Police report details indicate a domestic tragedy with a teen shooter.
The census shows Australia’s population increasing to 4,449,406 across New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania, up from 8,778,901 in 1901. The report covers the commonwealth’s six states and notes urban growth in Melbourne and other centers.
In an interview with W. J. White who leads Canadian government immigration offices in the United States he reports uniform praise for crops across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Prospects show a 50 percent increase in seeded acreage and potential yields of 20 to 30 bushels per acre for wheat and 40 to 70 for oats. Land prices hold at 15 to 20 dollars per acre with optimism for a rise to 20 to 25 after harvest amid strong emigration and active land sales along railway towns.
An old promotional fragment promises free Beautiful Post Cards with a 2 cent stamp for five samples. It mentions gifts like birthday cards and suggests self improvement through the “school of suffering.” Georges Eliot and Mrs. Winslow’s soothing syrup for children appear in the jumbled text.
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