TAPPENINGS OF A WEEK Gen Howland Hamlin Died at 59
Gen Howland J Hamlin former attorney general of Illinois died at Shelbyville after a week long illness from Brights disease followed by pneumonia He was 59 years old. Dr N D Hillis of Brooklyn preferred preaching to millionaires.
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Howland J. Hamlin
Ilinois
Bright
Pneu Monia
Shelbyville
N. D. Hillis
Brooklyn
British Columbia
Wiliam
Robertson
Tangier
Morocco
New York
Mary Crocker
Burton Harrison
Burton. Harrison
Charles FR. Crocker
San Francisco
A. J. Hoskins
Upper ‘Alton
United States
Sherburn Ws. Becker
Boyagor
Milwaukee
New York Stock Exchange
Victims and Trials Highlight Stormy Public News
A roundup reports a woman convicted of assault with intent to blackmail Genevieve, a Denver man jailed up to 18 years, and Ohio students indicted for counterfeiting. It notes Lake Erie disaster with seven sailors dead and two ships lost, Los Angeles mayoral race drift, and other assorted legal and civic items.
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Men F Read
Genevieve
Chandler
Phipps
Denver
William Lake
Richwood
Ohio State University
George H. Reed
Bowling Greens
Toledo
Bell Boys
Putin Bay
Lake Erie
Clarion
W C. Richardson
National Cemetery
Artington
New York Association
St Mark's Public School
West Orange
N. J
William H. Stead
Inois Supreme Court
Booth
Sangamon County
General Assembly
Oklahoma
Gari’ Woojei Schowel
Adam Piotdzyk
Hattie Zinda
Milwaukee
Pacifc
Manila
China
Japan
Lyons
Kan
Ora Turner
Roy Snyder
Orner
Turbulent Nicaragua Seizures Amid Prison Starvation Cry
Reports from Bluefields Nicaragua allege a reign of terror in Managua with 500 political prisoners in chains. A Catholic society is ordered to stop feeding inmates, leaving them two cents a day as they near starvation.
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Bluefields
Nicaragua
Managua
Clarence R. Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Secretary of War
Racine
Wis
Racine Manufacturing Company
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagél
Halftmast
State ‘Fisheries
Perry
Gerry’. Driscoll
Erie
Bessemer
Marquette
Conteaut
Lake ‘Erie
Milwaukee
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Julius Gillemo
Reno
New
Shoemaker Mining Company
Johnstown
John Daley
National State Bank of
Maysville
Lexington
Mastill County
Kentucky
Steve Moskier
Pontiac
United States
Lawrence QO. Murray
Congress
St Paul
Cherry
Washington
Sarah B. MacLay
O. E. Boley
Jacob Bell
Shreve
Wilson
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
William Tate
Toledo
George Preston Sheldon
Phenix Fire Insurance Company
Brooklyn
Greenwich
Conn
Grand
New York
National Rivers and Harbors
Bureau of Public Works
Jewels Returned by Des Moines Woman in Boone
A Des Moines woman recovered the jewel set valued at about 5000 dollars lost by Mrs. John Reynolds in a Chicago and North Western waiting room last September. The finder, a professional woman with ties to Boone and Fort Dodge, kept the bag safe in a Sioux City vault before returning the jewels to Boone and sending a description to Mrs. Reynolds to confirm identity. Reynolds sent a reward check through American Express after the jewels’ safe return.
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Boone,Ta
Des Moines
John Reynolds
Chicago& North-Western
Boone
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Reynolds
Ofice
Toes Moines
American Express
Mr. Reynolds
Lutheran aid drive expands for Iowa churches
The advisory board of home missions of the English Lutheran synod of Iowa has begun an organized effort to assist the state’s Lutheran churches. Reports from a recent Iowa City meeting show active steps taken last year to help weaker parishes and plans for the coming year call for about $2000 in expenditures across Iowa.
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Iowa City
Advisory Board of Home Missions
English Lutheran Synod of Iowa
Iowa
Des Moines Man Made President In Iowa Synod Board
In Iowa City the advisory board of the home missions of the English Lutheran Synod of Iowa elected officers for 1909 1910. President Rev A B Leamer Des Moines. secretary Rev Dr W R Blanche Davenport. treasurer W H Bailey Iowa City. Other members present were Rev H M Leech Dubuque and W W Witter Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
the Home Missions
The
English Lutheran Synod of Iowa
Iowa City
A. B. Leamer
W BR Blanche
Davenport
W.H. Bailey
H.M. Leech
Dubuque
W. W. Witter
Jayman
Des Maines
Terrible Georgia Crime in Savannah Leaves Three Dead
In Savannah on December 11, Mrs. Eliza Gribble aged 70 and her daughter Mrs. Carrie Ohlander were found dead at their home. Mrs. Maggie Hunter aged 32 was found inside the front door dying at Savannah hospital. Doctors report Mrs Ohlander was assaulted before her death.
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Georgia
Savannah
Eliza Gribble
Carrie Ohiander
Maggie Hunter
Savannah Hospital
Ohlander
Foster Son Named Heir in Stiles Estate Suit
Emery Stiles, foster son of the late B S Stiles, was declared sole heir to an estate valued at $20 000 left by his foster mother after relatives argued he was not legally adopted and thus not entitled to the property.
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Hampton
Emery Stiles
B.S. Stiles
Stiles
Fire destroys $100000 Corn Belt Packing plant near Fort Dodge
A blaze three miles south of Fort Dodge wiped out the $100,000 plant of the Corn Belt Packing Co. The fire, believed to start in the cold storage from a worker's lighted pipe, caused $20,000 in insurance coverage.
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Fort Dodge
Corn Belt Packing Company
Despondent ex policeman Janko shoots self in Cedar Rapids
Former Cedar Rapids police officer Frank Janko, once a patrolman, ended his life with a shotgun. He was a well known figure in the community.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Janko
Police Department
Children Give to Henderson-Allison Memorial Fund
Secretary Waller reports school children donated over 73 dollars to the Henderson Allison Memorial fund. The group distributed 5 000 pattons from the receipts to support the memorial effort.
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Dubuque
Waller
Henderson-Allison Memorial Association
Temperance Lecturer Organizes Floyd County Precincts
Charles C. Rankin, temperance lecturer, spent a week in Floyd county organizing precincts for the resubmission fight. Large audiences heard his addresses.
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Floyd Go. Charles
Fair Managers Promote County and State Show Programs
The State Association of Fair Managers backs building at fairgrounds buying grounds for county fairs launching separate county horse shows and adding dairy shows to state and county fairs. James Nowak is president J W Edmunds vice president W C Clarke secretary treasurer. Attorney General Byers praises the fair movement and John Simpson defends its help to county fairs. Wayne Dinsmore urges a uniform stock rating adopted by the association.
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Es ‘Movies
Iowa
State Association of Fair Managers
James Nowak
Mabcolm
J. W. Edmunds
Mount Pleasant
W. C. Clarke
Marshalstown
Byers
Fair Movement
John Simpson
State Agricultural Board
Agsd Jation
W.R. Meller
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Wayne Dinsmore
Ames
Dinsmore
Emmert Memorial Officers Elected by Cass County Medical Society
The Cass County Medical Society met in Atlantic to elect officers for the year. President Dr Maynard Adair. vice president Dr Morris Atlantic. secretary treasurer Dr Max Emmert Atlantic. delegate Dr Stultz Wiota. censors Drs Weaver Cumberland Morris Atlantic Thompson Maine. A memorial to the late Dr Emmert, founder of the Cass County and Botna Valley Medical societies, was the session’s principal business.
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Emmert
Board of Parole and Pardons
Cass County Society
Botna ‘Valley
Stork Brings Tiny Baby at Dennis Home
Marshalltown residents Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Dennis welcomed a three pound baby girl born at home. The family fashioned a crude incubator with cotton and hot water bottles to care for the infant who appears healthy and feeds from a medicine dropper. The Dennises recently moved from Woodward where they ran a hotel.
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Marshalltown
R. B. Dennis
Died in jail after self harm on burning stove
David Lynch died seven days after sustaining severe burns in Bremer county jail at Waverly. During delirium tremens he removed his clothes and danced on a red hot stove until flesh peeled from his feet and he clung to the stave as his body was seared.
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Waterloo
David Lynch
Bremer County
Waverly
Lynch
Dubuque Company Sued for Alleged Electric Car Incident
Mrs. Julia Livingstone sues Union Electric in district court seeking 3000 dollars damages. She claims injuries from the sudden starting of one of the company's cars as she was about to alight, being thrown to the ground.
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Dubuque Company
Dubuque
Julia ‘Livingstone
Union Electric Company
Graded Cream Fine Appealed By Newton C Bishop
Newton C Bishop Co appeals a Justice Allfree ruling fining $25 for alleged pure food law violation. The firm tested cream at 25 percent butter fat though it was only 19 percent, prompting the charge of grading excess fat.
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Newton—C. Bishop & Co
Justice Allfree
Denison Outlines Big Year Plan for Opera House and Paving
Denison officials and businessmen approve a $25,000 opera house for next year and begin plans to pave main streets. The decision was made at a recent meeting aimed at boosting the town’s economy and infrastructure.
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Denison
Des Moines River Steamboat Line Reestablished
Businessmen in Des Moines Ottumwa and Keokuk have raised enough funds to reestablish a steamboat line on the Des Moines River connecting with existing lines at Keokuk.
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Des Moines
Ottumwa
Keokuk
Burlington Man Robbed in North Hill Hold Up
Burlington businessman Robert Burrus was held up at 6:30 in the fashionable North Hill district by two footpads. A large amount of money and his gold watch were stolen.
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Burlington
Robert Burrus
North Hill
Baptist Mission Church Sold in Denison
The Baptist Church at Arion built sixteen years ago was sold for 1900 dollars to Halver Norman of Denison. The Baptists moved from Arion and the church has not been used for many years.
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Baptist Mission Church
Denison
Arion
Halver Norman
Iowa State College Secures Top Stock for Farmers Course
The Iowa State College animal husbandry department completed farm stock equipment for the farmers' short course January 3 to 15, 1910. Twelve prize animals from McMillan & Sons and Carpenter & Ross will be used for classroom work, including Roan Jim the Short horn steer.
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Ames
Iowa State College
McMillan & Sons
America
Winnie
Meadowbrook
Guernsey Island
Ayrshire
Scotland
Cooper & Nephews
England
Cotswold
Lincoln
Hampshire
Oxford
Shropshire
Chandler Bros
Chariton
Iowa
Conference at State House outlines state institution studies
Des Moines December 14 the quarterly conference of state institution heads met at the state board of control offices. The program includes talks on deaf education, voluntary hospital admissions, insanity etiology, dry farming, and the religious life in state institutions with speakers from Council Bluffs Cherokee Elgin Marshalltown and Des Moines.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
State House
Florence Wilcoxson
School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
B. Ht. McAllaster
Cherokee State Hospital
Cherokee
V. H. Podstata
M.D
Northern Hospital For Insane
Elgin Wm
Ora Williams
Iowa
Campbell's Scientific Farmer of
Lincoln
Ned
Jesse Cole
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
Marshalltown
Italians Held in Connceded Sporer Murder Case
Des Moines reports Mike Ditto and Joe Romania, both Italians employed at Oralabor mines, arrested after Constable Frank Sporer was fatally shot Friday night. Romania identified by several witnesses as the shooter. Ditto was briefly jailed then released. Fellow countrymen offered no resistance during custody.
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Des Moines
Mike Ditto
Joe Romania
Frank Sporer
Oralabor
Qlaray
Romania
Ditto
Ness
Dobbins Sentenced Five Years in Fort Madison Penitentiary
In Council Bluffs Judge W. R. Green overruled John R. Dobbins motion for a new trial and sentenced him to five years hard labor in the Fort Madison penitentiary. Also in Washington Senator Borah secured an order to print Senator Cummings Chicago speech from early November.
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Dobbins
Council Bluffs
W. R. Green
John R Dobbins
Fort. Madison
Cumming
Washington, D. C
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Senator Cumming
Chicago
Love of Work and Honest Labor
A discussion on work passion, intelligence, and honesty. It argues that loving one’s job comes from intelligent, tasteful engagement, while shirking leads to discontent. Brander Matthews is cited on contentment from doing work well and honestly.
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Bie
Brander
Matthews
Itchy Skin Cured by Catcura Ointment and Soap
Henry Searle of Little Rock Arkansas describes a twelve month battle with severe eczema. After trial of various remedies he found relief from itching and rash using Catcura Ointment with Catcura Soap and Pills, under medical care at the hospital for diseases of the skin.
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Henry Searle
Little Rock
Ark
iPotter Drag & Chem, Corp
Sole Pappa
Bostow
Costly Tuberculosis Treatment and Social Losses
The article argues it costs about 250 dollars to cure or care a tuberculosis patient and warns that untreated cases harm society by spreading disease. It estimates a single case causes a net social loss of about 4,250 dollars, and across all poor consumptives the potential national savings from segregation or treatment could reach 1.275 billion dollars.
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United States
Consul Learns of Woman Impostor Million Reward
London consul reports a continental kingdom official learned a supposed British woman had been left a million. An ad failed, police assigned a detective who finally reveals he married the woman yesterday at his station.
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London
Great Britain
Notable Ohio Capitalist Recounts Rise From Bare Garments
A local Ohio capitalist recalls his unlikely ascent from poverty to wealth. He notes his evolution in dress, highlighting an open-back shirt as a symbol of modern progress. He recounts visiting a friend while changing, saying he once had no shirt to wear and now cannot fit his back into one.
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Ohio
Habit’s Chain Unconscious Habits Hard to Break
An fascinated essay cites willpower to break lifelong habits as heavier than heroic struggles. A Indiana reader recalls coffee caused dyspepsia, but after using Postum breakfast now soothes her stomach. The note promotes The Road to Wellville and a staged series of letters.
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Indiana
Wellville
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Adams Express
Boone Depot
Price Livestock
Sporer
Sheriff’'e. Office
Eczema
Cutiura
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