Happenings of a Week Secrecy and Travels Highlight Week
Dr Frederick A Cook seeks rest near New York with secrecy surrounding his location amid fears for a nervous breakdown. James M Green of Trenton elected president of the Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools at its Washington convention. Evangelist J Wilburn Chapman and singer Charles Alexander arrive at Victoria BC after touring Australia and the Orient. Mrs WW P Goodspeed and Miss Helen Deshler arrive in New York after world trip. women traveling alone deemed safe. Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and children return from European tour. Miss Bessie Wood Aspinwall and Lieut Heyden Wagner marry at Newburg. James L Davenport named pension commissioner succeeding Vespasian Warner who resigned due to illness of his son. President Taft nominates Chief Justice Mills as governor of New Mexico. Baron Rosen arrives after Kronprinzessia pursuit from Cherbourg. Annette Gardner Munro selected dean of women at University of Rochester. Warner’s resignation as pension commissioner accepted by Taft. Duke of Roxburghe injured riding with Quorn hounds. duchess May Goelet of New York at his bedside.
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Frederick A. Cook
New York
James M. Green
Trenton
Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools
Washington
J. Wilburn Chapman
Charles Alexander
Singer
Australia
Orient
Victoria
B. C
China
WW. PF. Goodspeed
Helen Deshler
Columbus
Theodore Roosevelt
Bessie “Wood Aspinwall
Newburg
N. Y
Heyden ‘We Wagner
U.S. A
Dekalb
James L. Davenport
Vespasian Warner
Taft H
W. J. Mills
New Mexico Supreme Court
Baron Rosen
United States
Batovess
Kronprinzessia
Jie
Cherbourg
Annette Gardner Munro
Portland
Ore
Women’s Department
University of Rochester
United States Pension
Taft
Warner
Duke of
Gas explosion in Harrisburg mine kills two men near Eldora
Andrew Nelson and Thomas Smith entombed in the Harrisburg Southern mines near Eldora were killed by a gas explosion. A Davenport Iowa fire originated in the A N Roberts warehouse destroying ten residences, threatening two blocks. The loss is estimated at about 100000. Cigar and other tobacco production in the U S soared in 1998 per Agriculture Department.
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Andrew Nelson
Thomas Smith
Harrisburg Southern
Eldora
Daverport
A.N. Roberts Company
United States
Department of Agriculture
David Simpson
Mint Hilln. GC
Will Hartis
Frederick A. Cook
University of Copenhagen
Nordh Pole
Walter Lonsdale
Cook
New York
Denmark
House of Commons
Cherry
Til
Chicago
France
Washington
Brooklyn
Iowa Farmers Institute and State Convention Schedule
Des Moines hosts the Farmers Institute and Corn Belt Meat Producers' Association with joint and separate sessions dated December 7 and 8 at the Savery and Capitol buildings. The Iowa Fair Managers' Association meets with a banquet at the Savery. officers will organize, and the State Board of Agriculture will revise the 1910 prize list. A Lake City farmer reports a double-shell egg containing two complete yolks, an oddity observed locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
C. EL Cameron
J. C. Simpson
Iowa State Board of Agriculture
State Farmers’ Institute
Corn Bell Meat Producers’ Association
Savery Hotel
Department of Agriculture
Capitol Building
Gorn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
Savery
Town State Horticultural ‘Safety
Capital Build
State Farmers’ Institute and Corn - Belt Meat Producers’ Association
Henry Wallace
W Farmers Transportation
James Bow B
State Farmers‘ Institute and
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
Iowa Fair Managers’ Association
Lavelery
Iowa
W. M. Clark
Marshalltown
A. Savase
Adair
State House
J. W. Day
State Board of Agriculture
Cameron
State Board of Agricuiure
J_ C. Simpson
W. R.mellor
Lincoln
Nab
Nebraska State Board of Agriculture
B. FP. Carroll
James Atkinson
Winter
Creston
B. W. Crossley
Ames
Fai
Lake City
Joe Sutter
Old Veteran Dead in Iowa City at 76
John Peekmen Civil War veteran died at his home in Iowa City after 52 years in Johnson County. Survived by his widow and five daughters and two sons.
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Iowa City
John Peekmen
Johnson County
Brakeman Injured In Train Yard Accident
A Burlington brakeman from Creston W. L. Hal suffered a fractured skull and arm when a hot box on a big train caused an engine to derail near Corning. He resides in Corning and was injured in the incident.
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Creston
W. L. Hal
Burlington
Ant
Snick. Ils
Corning
Interurban funds raised for Wellman and Keota routes
Frank Tanner of Iowa City leads a South Dakota chartered interurban plan. A mass meeting at Wellman secured 25000 dollars for a three mile right of way on each side, and at Keota the line raised 60000 dollars for five miles of right of way on each side.
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Lews City
Wellman
Otsumacowa City
Keota
Frank Tanner
Iowa City
South Dakota
Mason City Reader Injured by Hidden Steel Fragment
A man near Mason City suffered a shoulder injury when a steel splinter, over two inches long, embedded itself near the shoulder. He was hospitalized after the fragment was removed, with the incident described in a fragmentary report from the Northwestern round house.
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Mason City
Réndie
Nortwestern
City to Use Bond Funds for Dam Construction
Marswalltown council after legal review decides to use $15,200 in the bond sinking fund idle for two years to help pay for a new concrete dam and retaining walls. Estimated total cost for the project is about $23,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marswalltown
Water Works Department
Zimmer man Steel builds new foundry at Lone Tree
The Lone Tree steel foundry project by Zimmer man Steel is advancing with the frame and concrete work in place. The building is approaching readiness, with occupancy expected within about two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
Rand
Zimmerman Steel Company
Dyer Announces Candidacy for Grand Army Commander
Dyer, after returning from the Scottish Rite Mason ic meeting in Des Moines, announces his candidacy for commander of the Grand Army, Department of Iowa. He serves as president of the North Iowa Veterans Association and has held posts as past post commander and adjutant general.
Bankrupt P J Regan Petition Filed for Iowa City Man
The petition shows liabilities exceeding 25009 dollars with chief notes held by Iowa City residents. Real estate and other property including the Iowa City Country Club total about 16000 dollars to offset the debt.
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P. J. Regan
Towaity
Kimball
Iowa City
Towa City
Iowa City Country Club
Bills Burned In Des Moines Area Home Blaze
Ottumwa report: Tarry Skinner faced a cruel blow as smoke and fire gutted his recently furnished home just before his planned marriage to Miss Apple of Des Moines. About $2,600 in bills stored in the attic were burned, delaying the couple’s plans. The devastation forced Skinner to head to Des Moines to inform his intended bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Skinner
Miss Apple
Des Moines
Diphtheria Strikes Iowa City in Fatal Wave
Diphtheria has invaded Iowa City with fatalities and sadness. Mrs. Guy Stevens, 28, is the first victim, dying suddenly. A three week old daughter and her young husband survive, while the husband’s brother, wife, and his brother’s child are also victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Guy Stevens
Fire destroys big barn near Corwith killing hay and silos
A large barn owned by Dr. Hoag and his brother J. Hoag near Corwith was completely destroyed by fire. The 60 by 120 foot structure housed 300 tons of hay 1000 bushels of a filled silo and machinery. Loss estimated at 10000 dollars. Cause of the fire unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corwith
Ifoag
J. 3. Hoag
Fatal Stove Fire Burns Aline Martensen Near Jamin Station
Miss Aline Martensen daughter of Mr and Mrs Nels Martensen of the valley near Jamin Station was severely burned when her clothing caught fire from a gasoline explosion while she was lighting a stove. She died from her injuries days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audubon
Aline Martensen
Néls Martensen
Jamin Station
Brothers duel with knives leaves two seriously hurt
Peters and James Greenwold, brothers, fought a knife duel near George after an older sibling intervened. Both lie in serious condition at their mother Mrs Hiitochword's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Peters
James Greenwold
George
Hiitochword
Heire to Kelly Will Divide Heirs Share in Johnson County
The jury verdict in Johnson County district court splits ten thousand dollars among the heirs of the late Michael Kelley. The case concludes a dispute over the estate and distribution among named beneficiaries under local probate procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heire
Kelly
Michael Kelley
Johnson County
Finland to face Russian barracks as Cossacks spill over
News from Helsinki and Stockholm report orders from St Petersburg to erect Russian barracks across Finland to subdue the country. Finns show resolve to resist, while the Finnish Diet faces government pressure and potential dissolution.
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Finland
Relsingfors
St. Petersburg
Russia
Helsissfors
Conchding
Landidag
Norway News and Bjornson’s Failing Health
Reports from Paris describe Bjornson’s grave condition amid arteriosclerosis as bulletins reach monarchs, while Norwegian news recounts women voters and Anna Rogstad’s candidacy, a whale accident at sea, gold prospecting in Karasjok, and a farmer father of 26 children awaiting aid from the king.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Rogstad
Kristiania
Paris
Bjornsijerne Bjornson
Wilson
Denmark
Norway
Bjorngen
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TOWA
General News
Anti -Saloon League of America
T %O
Iowa Implement Dealers’ Association
John A. Jobson
Minnesota
Hughes
Charles Towne
New York City
Cuba
Zayas
Presient Gomez
Ludlow
Mass
Ludlow Manufacturing Association
Walter Wellman
Trobert
F. ‘Peary
Verand
Bluefelds
Icaragua
Zelaya
Congress
W. Tu Park
Union Pacific Railroad Company
New England
Sprott
Shamokin
Thomas C. Giddings
Hatfield Conrad
Highland Cemetery
Great Falls
Mont
H. D. Bulkey
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Baltimore
Margaret, Smith
Minnie Wright
Rochester
Children’s Aid Society of New York
Christian Church
Beaver
Oklo
Stev, R. Coffey
Puritan
Lake Slehienn
Farmers Institute
Sweden
Aofern
Skene
South Africa
Stockholm
Skane
G .Selander
Sédia ‘Wing
Skara
Sodra Dal
Stockholn
Europe
Malmo
Stohulin
Velgium
England
Germany
Austria
Copenhagen
Babe
Lott
Swedish Royal Automobile Club
Swedish Aeronautigal Society
Aeronata Comittee
Gothenburg
Edward
Sven Hedin
Order of the Indian Empire
Piblgren
Bishop Billing
Riksdag
Rev
Gijnor
Nissen
Ningttania
Trondhjem
Hedemarken
Henrik Steffens
Klondyke
Finmarken
Storfos
Karasjok
Enebak
Adot
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Seninsi
Bjornson
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