Happenings of a Wee Brief Items From Many Fields
Gen Howland J Hamtin former Illinois attorney general dies of Brights disease then pneumonia at Shelbyville Michigan aged 59. Dr N D Hillis of Brooklyn prefers preaching to railroading and has struck it rich in a British Columbia coal ranch selling for 76 000 profit now worth 5 000 000. William H Robertson American consul at Tangier on vacation in New York urges abolition of his office. Two children of late Mary Crocker Burton Harrison inherit nearly 2 000 000 each. A J Hoskins Upper Alton farmer sells patent range finder rights to United States for 300 000. Sherburne M Becker the boy mayor buys a seat on the New York Stock Exchange for 36 000 and will soon reside in New York.
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Howland J. Hamtin
Ilinois
Bright
Shelbyville
N. D. Hillis
Brooklyn
British Columbia
Wiliam H. Robertson
Tangier
Morocco
New York
Mary Crocker Burton Harrison
Burton Harrison
Smother
Charles F.crocker
San Francisco
A. J. Hoskins
Upper Alton
United States
Sherburn A M. Becker
Milwaukee
New York Stock Exchange
Read court sentences and lake storm losses in general news
Mrs Ellen F Read was sentenced to one to two years in the penitentiary for assault with intent to blackmail Mrs Genevieve Chandler Phipps of Denver. Indictments for counterfeiting were leveled at William Lake and George H Reed. A Lake Erie storm caused seven deaths and multiple disappearances as two ships were lost and debris spread on the lake. Los Angeles returns show a tightening mayoral race while Susan Stewart dies in Washington. Open air schools for tuberculosis crusade and other local notes fill the page.
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Ellen F. Read
Genevieve Chandler Phipps
Denver
William Lake
Richwood, CO
Ohio State University
George H. Reed
Bowling Green
Toledo
Putin Bay
Lake Erie
Clarion
W. €. Richardson
Southeast Shoal
Point Peles
Ontario
W. C. Richardson
Buffalo
Los Angeles
Cal
Alexander
George Smith
Susan Stewart
Stewart
South Orange
N. J
Washington
Andrew Dunlap
National Cemetery
Arlington
New York ‘Association
St. Mark’s Public School
West Orange
William H. Stead
Supreme Court
Ilew
Booth
Govaly
Sangamon County
Lasue
General Assembly
Oklahoma
Enid
Carl W Woojciechowski
Adam Pietdzyk
Hattie Zinda
Milwaukee
Pacific Fleet Saile
Manila
China
Japan
Lyons
Kan
Ora Turner
Roy Snyder
Turner
Turbulent Nicaragua regime and mass detentions reported
A Bluefielda Nicaragua report alleges a terror reign in Managua with at least 500 political detainees in prisons. A Catholic society is ordered to stop feeding the prisoners who face near starvation, limited to two cents daily.
President voices hope amid Bowery Bread Line visit
President Taii visits Care negle hall for Africa mission jubilee then tours the Bowery Bread Line, urging unemployed men to struggle on for better days. He tests the work’s sympathy and equality of opportunity, praises Dr. Klopsch, and returns to his brother’s home after the address.
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New York
Carenegle Hall
Africa
Taii
Bowery Mission
Bowery
Louis Klopsch
Dr. Klopsech
Wowery
Dr. Klensch
National Reserve Bank of Kansas City approval granted
The comptroller of the currency approved an application to organize the National Reserve Bank of Kansas City Missouri with a capital of $500000.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Nalional Reserve Bank of
Kansas City
Fast Train In Collision Near Erie Pa
The Twentieth Century Limited on the New York Central and passenger train No 12 collided on the Lake Shore railroad at Northeast Pennsylvania six teen miles east of here. The faster train was about sixty two miles per hour when impact occurred. Six bodies have been recovered with more expected in the wreckage.
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Bluefielda
Nicaragua
Managua
Clarence R. Edwarda
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Secretary of War
Racine Oars
Dania Brotherhood
Mitchell Wagon Works
Racine Manufacturing Company
Secretary of Commerce
Nagel
Perry
Gerry Briscall
Erie
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Julius Gillemo
Reno
Nev
Shoemaker Mining Company
Johnstown
John Daley
National State Bank of
Maysville
Lexington
Estill County
Kentucky
Steve Moskier
Pontiac
Ancona
Jil
United States
Lawrence O. Murray
Congress
St. Paul
Cherry
Ill
Washington
Sarah B. MacLay
50Ciety
Miss MacLaay
C. E. Boley
Jacob Bell
Shreve
Wilson
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
William Tate
Toledo
George Preston Sheldon
Phenix Fire Insurance Company
Brooklyn
Greenwich
Conn
Homme
Grand Jury
New York
National Rivers and Harrios
Bureau of Public Works
Twentieth Century Limited
New York Central
Lake Shore
Northeast
Here
Farewell to Roosevelt in Nairobi Banquet Held for Ex-President
Ex-President Roosevelt attends Sunday services at the English church in Nairobi and is guest of Governor Jackuan at a farewell banquet. He later dined with G. K. Watts, commissioner of public works, and will visit Principal Medical Officer A. D. Milne. Roosevelt is reported in good health.
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Nairobi
Wairabi
British East Africa
Cot
Roosevelt
Jackuan
G. K. Watts
Protectorate
A. D. Milne
Change of Management at Des Moines Corn Show
Des Moines reports a failed Des Moines Corn Show this year due to lack of interest. Grant Chapman elected president with a new manager to be secured. It is likely the event will return to Des Moines. Prof Crossley resigns as state college professor amid family troubles.
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Des Moines
Grant Chapman
Crossley
State College
State Agricultural society reelects Cameron president
The Des Moines gathering reelects C B Cameron of Alta to a fourth term as president of the Iowa State Agricultural Society. W C Brown of Clarion also earns a fourth term as vice president, matching the four-year tenure of State Treasurer Morrow. Other district elections and speeches by Governor Carrall, Weather Observer Chappel, and LB Grassley highlight the meeting, with horticulturist Samuel Bailey advocating temperance via apple eating.
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C. B. Cameron
Alta
State Agricultural Society
Des Moines
Hhis
W. C. Brown
Clarion
Morrow
Association
B. Packard
Michael McDonald
B. M. Wentworth
Packard
Charles Egcer
Mr. McDonald
Carrall
Chappel
LB. W. Grassley
Samuel Bailey
State Horticultural Society
Despines
Dyn Faherty
Dubuque
United States
Panam
Taft
Panama
Canal
William Smith
C. BH. Lown
Maeison City
Iowa
Polk County
J. I Proudfit
Altoans
Coliseum
Proudfit
Louussa’ J. Wallace
Farmhalltown
DeSoto
Dallas County
Scott County
Indiana
8. L. Gross
0. Pomeroy
Nora Springs
la Crosse Wis
Floyd County
Chickasaw County
Albert Demro
Mia
Carson
Colorado
Doan’s Kidney Pills Help Mrs Wolf Sufferer Cured
Mrs Elizabeth Wolf of Tipton Missouri describes severe kidney and bladder trouble last spring with back pain scanty painful secretions and constant tiredness. After using Doan’s Kidney Pills she was cured and remains well. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo at 50 cents a box.
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Elizabeth Wolf
W. Morgan
St. Tipton
Doan
Off Duty Exchange Sparks Curious Banter
Off duty Miss Smiff-Oh flirts with a doctor who replies he is not off duty. The playful dialogue hints at social intrigue and a lingering attraction set in an evening scene. Both personas maintain a light, urbane tone.
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Miss Smiff
Catarrh Cure Promises Cure with Constitutional Basis
An advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional treatment for catarrh with claims of internal action to destroy disease roots. It offers $100 to anyone cured and invites testimonials. The page also critiques costs of treating tuberculosis and includes a vignette about a western wife seeking a new family physician over flaxseed tea and mustard plasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jindl
Hall
Fr. Cheney & CO. Toteds
Habits and coffee woes thread through life in this column
A collage of quotes on habit formation, willpower, and self-improvement blends anecdotes from a hotelier renouncing his venture with a new role, plus a townwoman's coffee saga from youth to Postum, and a plug for The Road to Wellville. The prose marketably connects habit strength to everyday choices and health.
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Des’ Moines
Ascal
W. W. Wise
Board of Public Works
van Duyn
Th Workingman
Shrine Temple
Frances Katherine Burgies
Walker Street
Kenneth Freburg
Kirty-third
Easton Boulevard
Richard Lyon
Alma Curtz
William Reeves
West
Fourth Street
P. C. Over
Galloway
Laura WcConkey
Z. W. Bain
Kansas
Lawrence DeGraff
John McD
Horn
F. Carrol
Town Implement Dealers’ Association
A. Auditorium
Maggie B. Dow
Inlaw
Hugh M. Schuler
Postoffice
Nick Pierce
Colorado Springs
Edna Barton
Edwin Nye
Ahier
Chas. Weitz Sons of
Iowa News
Bennett
Port Dodge
Iowa Central Railway
Young Men’s Christian Association
Council Bluffs
W. L. Roach
Mancatine
J. J. D. Bostick
Marshalltown
Tenth Ohio Cavalry
Maggie McCreary
Lake City
Geo. M. Chappell
Dollardy
Tam
Tarfi
Wellville
Fetter
Tims
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