Humane society probes state home neglect claims
A quiet investigation into the children's home was launched by the Humane Society and the county department of public safety after reports that several of the twenty one residents were ill and in need of proper food. Affidavits allege mistreatment by Rev W H Slingerland the superintendent. officials visited the home and spoke with staff. Mrs Baird said affidavits would be taken soon and asserted neglect at the nursery.
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Moines
Humane Society
Afra
The
Sup
Hamery
Mt of
Public Safety
W. H. Slingerland
de Graff
Risen
Dr. Lash
Slingerland
Escaped Tenn Mob Captured After Night Ride Crime
Union City Tenn Oct 22 Colonel R Z Taylor aged Trenton lawyer was seized from a Walnut Log hotel with Captain Rankin lynched. He escaped night riders near Reel Foot Lake leaping into a bayou and swimming to safety despite gunfire. He was later found near Tiptonville.
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Union City
Tenn
R. Z. Taylor
Trenton
Walnut Log
Reel Foot Lake
Taylor
Tiptonville
Widow Offers Estate After Bank Losses
Carroll Oct. 22 Mrs W J Culbertson widow of President Culbertson who died last Monday says she will turn over every bit of property from the Culbertson estate if needed to see that bank depositors receive every dollar due them She adds she is willing to sacrifice her home and wants that included in her duty to creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
W. J. Culbertson
President Culbertson
Culbertson
Re Elect Illinois Central Board Amid Stockholders Meeting
Chicago October 22 Retiring directors except D W Cutting were re elected at the annual meeting of the Illinois Central Railroad Company stockholders. John G Shedd of Chicago succeeds the retiring directors as part of the board renewal in a session noted for large attendance by town stockholders.
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Illinois Central Board
Chicago
D. W. Cutting
John G. Shedd
Minois Central Railroad
Iowa notes on county events and local scenes
The week highlights Luther college Decorah's forty seventh anniversary, Des Moines poultry show plans, Elks house groundbreak, and memorials for Judge Bishop and Maj Mackenzie. Banking robbery attempt near Le Mars, railroad HQ move to Des Moines, Colfax to Colfax Sanitarium line work, and a dramatic rescue in Troone. Includes county election civic actions, jail terms, harvest crops, and diverse local notices.
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Luther College
Decorah
Central Town Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Des Moines
Elks of
Iowa City
Gilbert and
Washington Streets
Polk County Bar Association
Charles A. Bishop
Charles Mackenzie
Brennan
Plymouth County
le Mars
St. Paul
Yes Moines Railroad
Mast Nineteenth Street
Grand Avenue
Wallace Toser
Troone
Helen Roche
Voters Club
Ames
Licely
Charles Martin
Marshalltown
Chicago Great Western Railway
Martin
Deg Moines
Clyde Boore
Humboldt
W. I. Denton
Town Central
Denton
Minden
Jacob Langer
Jack Haley
Wennnedy
Siverly
Rosengift
Kelley
Chicago
Kennedy
First Presbyterian Church
Chariton
Italy
Europe
W. C. Sawyer
Madison
Davenport
Sawyer
Myerly
Paulson Bros
Mason City
Rt. Paul & Des Moines
Happenings of a Week Chronicle Turmoil and Tragedy
A roundup of events from around the world including resignations such as French minister of marine M Gaston Thomson after the Tena disaster, trials and sentences for Lieut Evans, political moves in Ohio and Indiana, forest fires in Michigan, and notable deaths, fires, and political developments shaping early 1910.
Balkan crisis shifts toward direct negotiations
A Constantinople dispatch says Austria Hungary and Turkey have broken off negotiations over Bosnia and Herzegovina. The latest phase suggests direct talks may resolve major issues before an international congress, with the congress only to ratify existing arrangements. French diplomacy led to a halt in mobilizations, averting immediate war. Bulgaria's cabinet rejected London’s demand for indemnity as a condition for recognizing Bulgaria’s independence.
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Paris
Constantinople
Austria Hungary
Turkey
Bosnia
Lierzegovina
Bulgaria
London
Various World Events Include Dinners and Trials in 19th Century News
Officers of American battleships dined with Premier Katsura in Tokyo. Col Zachary Taylor fled a mob after Capt Quentin Rankin was killed at Reelfoot Lake. The Carnegie Hero Fund awarded medals and about $40,000 to some recipients. Manila reports a deadly October storm in the Cagayan valley, with hundreds dead. Ptomaine poisoning killed three Hackett children in Schenectady, with a father critically ill. A Coalgate grand jury exonerated bank officials and urged removing HM EL Smock. Frank C Marrin, Brooklyn lawyer, was sentenced for swindling Mrs Caroline Barry. Burglars failed at a Mayville post office. James Howard Allport and Miss Ray Buey were held for deportation. Alabama and Maine battleships completed a round-the-world cruise. W L Culbertson died by suicide. Drought in Kansas and Missouri ended in rain. The king of Italy reportedly consented to a marriage involving the Duke of the Abruzzi. Capt Peter C Hanna and T Jenkins Hains indicted for murder in New York. Catholics in St Louis laid the cornerstone for a new cathedral. Miss Annas Gargon in Urbana killed herself in Decatur. The German balloon Hergesell mentioned in North Rhine.
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Katsura
Tokyo
Zachary Taylor
Quentin Rankin
Reelfoot Lake
Tena
Carnegie Hero Yand Commission
Manila
Cagayan Valley
Frank Hackett
Schenectady
Coalgate
Ohlo
Bank of Coalgate
HM EL. Smock
Frank C. Marrin
Brooklyn
Caroline Barry
Mayville
Mich
Cit Zong
James Howard Allport
Liverpool
England
Ray Buey
Alabama
Maine
W. L. Culbertson
First National Bank of
Carroll
Kansas
Missouri
Italy
Rome
Abruzzi
Katherine Elkins
Peter C. Hanna
T. Jenkins Halns
New York
WiMams
Annis
St. Louis
New
Annas Gargon
Urbana (I
Decatur
Hergesell
Prominent Deaths Across North America and Ontario Prisons
James Farish Creighton dies in Owen Sound jail while under death sentence for his wife’s murder. Charles Eliot Norton, longtime Harvard professor and philanthropist, passes away. Brig. Gen. John Elmer Mulford, retired A S A officer and Civil War prisoner exchange agent, dies at Montour Falls New York. Robert Sutherland, early packing industry associate of Philip Armour, dies in Kansas City. Richard Hayes, general foreman for Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, credited with shaping bridge construction along the line.
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Nes Moines
W. WH
HH. Wegeman
Northwood
Board of Education
Hepeman
Anna Howard
Paul Radiloff
Marshalltown
Gile
Parker
Supreme Court
Albia
Inteman
Engineering Construction & Securities Company of Chicago
Hocking
Waterloo
Walnut Street
Kinney
W. C. Barber
Abe Adelman
Adelman
Iowa
Story County
Charley Carr
Nevada
Frank Lough
Erawsa
John D. van Allen
Clinton
Hal Inna Club
New York
United States
van Allen
Lorenz van Allen
Utrecht Holland
New York City
van Alen
James Farish Creighton
Owen Sound
Ont
Charles Eliot Norton
Harvard
John Elmer Mulford
Montour Falls
N. Y
Robert Sutherland
Philip Dy Armour
Kansas ‘City
Richard Hayes
Ag Feneral
Mai Fox
Chicago
Milwaukee & St
Teachers Pay Rise Highlighted By Iowa Official
Iowa public instruction chief John F. Riggs cited a new certificate law as boosting aggregate teacher wages by 798 390.69 for the year ending July 1 1907 and 780 316.85 over the prior two years while noting pay jumps from 30 to 50 dollars monthly in country districts. He outlined changes in certification exams and county supervision, and praised reforms as raising efficiency and salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
John FP. Riggs
Northwestern Iowa Teachers’ Association
Fort Dodge
Iowa
State Department
Riggs
Edward C. Eliott
University of Wisconsin
Elliott
United States
United States Bureau of Education
Washington
State Board of Education
Wisconsin
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Ays Mrs. Bair
Humane Socie
Publica Safa
Virginia
Ingtsville
Ure
Audi
Levi Nummel
G. “A. Schimpfen
Pleasant
Iowa News
Colfax
Colfax Sanitarium
John Sumon
Margaret Serr
Henry Sear
Dubuque
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
Alden
Jook
M. Gaston Thomson
Frank L. Couden
Warren County
Ohio
Federal Customs Office
Cincinnati
Roosevelt
Oxford
Francis J. McConnell
New York Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
de Pauw University
Greencastle
Ind
von Tiehmann
Cortez
Nev
James McKenny
United States Supreme Court
Peopié
Metz
Alpena
Nowick Siding
Michigan
Warner
Detroit
Presque Isle
Pulawski
Krakow
Adirondacks
Sugar Island
Vincennes
Bartlett, Kuhn & Co
Empire Paper Company
Nels Ingvarhorn
Sisseton
William P. Dillingham
Carroll S. Page
Vermont
United States Senate
General Assembly
John W. Kern
Indianapolis
Hungarian Mills Company
Denver
Thomas Chapman
ElHs
Kan
Savannah
Congress
Isthmian Canal
Gregory Koering
St Paul
Minn
Albany
Hurst
Ill
Sidney C. Tapp
Atlanta
Liberal Party
Chattanooga
Montenegro
Belgrade
Agram
China
Manistee
Kentucky Racing Commission
Wlatonia Jockey Club
Glasgow
Mont
Barnum Brown
American Museum of Natural History
Clayton
N. M
Sharon Springs
Lamar
Edward McDonald
Nellie Walden
Japan
Hampton Roads
C. B. Peyton
Vinthead
General News
Iowa R. R. Commission
Federal Commission
East Dubuque
Dubuquea
John R. Waller
Iowa Railroad Commission
State of
Mississippi
Iowa Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Towa
Polk County
H. W. Barr
Burnett
Board of Supervisors
John Smith
Board of Trustees
Ames College
Assembly
Given
Bishop
Galusha Parsons
Legal Department of
State Department of Agriculture
Treasury
Animal Husbandry
Bureau of the Agricultural Department
Luther Stevens
A. M. Linn
Sta Board of Health
Linn
Kirkwood
Samuel J. Kirkwood
State Historical Society
Governo Kirkwood
Garfield
Historical Society
Strato Hayward
Sas Ee
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