Piling Up Votes in Upton Piano Contest at Pitchford
The Upton Piano Contest at Walhalla, linked to The Courier, shows rapid shifts in standings with one contestant over 46 000 votes and several others clustered above 20 000. Progress remains strong as readers are urged to keep voting, consult Mr MieWord, and watch Courier announcements for updates. a tabulated voting summary through March 29 is provided.
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W. Pitchford
Walhalla
Tere
Pitchford
Intervill
MieWord
Che Courier
Mareh
Marking Home in Low a Sabula Iowa March 28
Narrative travel diary detailing a southern to northern trip from Greenville to Sabula Iowa via Knoxville and Chicago dated March 9 to March 28. Describes rail routes, city sights including the Singer Building and post office, Westside Rost Farm near Sabula, home environs, extensive fruit trees and grapevines, farm growth, church attendance and Sunday school life, and reminiscences of class teaching, with encouragement to readers about future letters.
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Sabula
Iowa
Rdltov Keowee
Greenville
Aplieville
Knoxville
Kentucky River
Cayothia
Chicago
Pofeion
Hushte
Els
Singer
Post oMee
Tove
Barnes
Coaver
Min Lovell
Dave
Minnesota
Steiner
Nina Lovell
Land of Oconee and May Chorus and Relief Ship News
A colonial style hymn laments Oconee and May while a wartime dispatch reports the USS Buford delivering relief to famine stricken China. Messages from Shanghai Nanking describe extreme hunger and dying children as a missionary describes mothers abandoning starving offspring.
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Washington
United States
Buford
China
Shanghai
State Department
Nanking
Bostick
Poohow
Sigk
Lin
Mr. Hostick
Ian
Tornado Rips Through Monroe County Damage Reported
Reports from Mobile Alabama dated March 40 describe a tornado that devastated a Monroe County settlement near Gaines ville. The storm felled hundreds of buildings damaged crops and infrastructure, with many residents injured though no fatalities recorded. Communication lines and rail service were disrupted as the path extended through remote areas.
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Mobile
Ala
Gainesville
Monroe County
Appalachian aid and reservation act debate in Taft era
The article discusses an Appalachian and White Mountain reservation program. It notes a Senate vote favoring federal aid and the bill’s path to President Taft for signature. The funding targets allocate up to 2,000,000 dollars over five years for reservations to curb erosion improve navigation and water power access.
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White Mountain
Senate
Taft
Conservatone
Ehana
Jurgen
Couintey
Whenatow
Council Bluffs Doctor Kills Two in Iowa City Shootout
Dr H B Kelly of Council Bluffs shoots and kills Deputy Sheriff Clarence Wollman in Des Moines then fatally shoots bartender Edward Sterling after arguing in a Kirkwood Hotel game room. Sterling dies at Mercy Hospital. Kelly, 20, is jailed as piano promotion chatter intrudes.
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Des Moines
Iowa
H. B. Kelly
Council Bluffs
Clarence Wollman
Edward Steriing
Kelly
Knoxville
Kirkwood
Parker
Jip
Sterling
Atender
Mercy Hospital
Dy Cornell Duffe
Foley's Kidney Pills advertised at Barton’s Pharmacy
An old advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Pills claiming to cure backache strengthen kidneys correct urinary irregularities rebuild tissues and remove excess uric acid to prevent Bright's Disease and Diabetes. It urges avoiding substitutes and lists Barton's Pharmacy Valhalla and W. J. Lunney Soneca as sources.
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Bright
Barton's Pharmacy
Valhalla
W. J. Lunney
Soneca
Wilford Adams
Woley
Lexington
Barton's
Walhashi
Sencen
Bobbitt Chemical Co
Baltimore
Matt
Johnson returns to jail under bail in San Francisco
Fragmented report details Jack Johnson being taken to county jail after a Supreme Court order. Attorney Greeley appeals Morgan's decision while in court, a theatre contract is canceled, and a streetcar conductor testimonial touts a medicine for rheumatism. Public notices mention Barton's Pharmacy and other vendors.
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San Francisco
Jack Johnson
State Supreme Court
Wekerman & Marrigeng
Ta Princess
Weroxshe
Bekerman
Johnson
Greeley
Supreme Court
Morgan
Stranger recites Indiany memory in rambling cafe tale
A disjointed narration unfolds in a restaurant as an unnamed stranger recalls life in Indiana over forty years. Uncle Jake pours a cup of coffee, a tense exchange erupts with a wife rushing in, and the scene ends with a peculiar remark about coffee and a poet Whitcomb Riley.
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Lindo
Jake
Tidiany
Sally Ree
Howe Nunes
Paxton Records Compare Pardons Under Different Governors
The Columbia correspondent notes March 29 that since Governor Blease took office two pardons commutations and paroles have been granted. From 1870 to 1872 under Scott the record shows 230 prisoners pardoned paroled or released. Governor Ansel pardoned about half that annual rate, roughly 66 prisoners per year.
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Columbia
News and Courier
Jovernor Blease
Scott
Ansel
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