Notable Deaths Across Nations and Public Figures
Eldress Anna White head of the North Family of Shakers dies at Mount Lebanon Massachusetts at seventy nine. R R Brown sister of Gen Stirling Price dies in West Battle from blood poisoning. Carl Hagenbeck, famed animal collector and trainer, dies in Hamburg. Maj J H Hanson president of Central of Georgia dies in Macon prompting five minute nationwide system halt. Governor elect F W Glass of Maine ill with bronchitis at Augusta. Senator Lafayette Young of Iowa delivers maiden speech in the Senate.
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Eldress Anna White
Mount Lebanon
Mass
New York
EH. Harriman
Arden
N. Y
Stirling Price
Missouri
West Beattle
Carl Hagenbeck
Stellingen
Hamburg
Central of Georgia Road
Macon
J. ¥. Hanson
Gomez
Pino Guerra
Frederick W. Flaissed
Maine
Ihat
Augusta
Lafayette Young
Iowa
Senate
Senator Cummins
Cummins
House
Lorimer report clears senator amid bribery probe
The Lorimer investigating committee submitted its unanimous report to the privileges and elections committee, vindicating Mr. Lorimer by stating bribery could not be traced to him and that his constitutional majority remained intact. The Chinese throne refused to form a constitutional cabinet and rejected resignations of grand councilors. Three jurors saved Attorney Charles Erbstein from conviction in Browne’s case, final tally six to six and jurors discharged. President Taft assured no war scare exists as nation stays at peace with all nations. Former Swedish minister Alberti jailed for banking frauds. Island dwellers drowned after earthquakes sank their home in Ilopango lagoon. Famine endangers over a million in Anhui. Anson Bank erased by its directors due to drought. Kentucky appeals court upholds woman defender fee victory. England endures worst floods in 80 years.
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Lorimer
Iil Committee On
Naional Assembly
Charles ©. Erbstein
Grant McCutchen
Lee O'Neil Browne
Umne
Taft
American Society For the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes
Washington
P. A. Alberti
Sweden
Alberti
Ilopango
Salvatore
Anhui
Hual
Natonal Bank of
Anson
Tex
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Feas
England
Summit
N. J
Atlanta
Virginia
M. M. Mason
Georgia-Carolina Railroad
American Society For Judicial Settlement of International Disputes
Capital Investment Company
Chicago
Aurora
Joliet
Ohio River
Gallipolis
Pittsburg
Gert Ward
State Bank of Paradise
Paradise
Kan
United States
West Point
Barry
Andrew Carnegie
Bond Coal Company
Greene
Norton
Jerusalem
Syria
Thier
Fourth cider poisoning victim dies in Summit New Jersey
A fourth victim from a cider party dies in Summit New Jersey. Italian laborers drank from a paint keg during a holiday gathering at a friend's home. The incident marks a deadly end to a sequence of poisoning cases linked to hard cider.
Big Des Moines Exposition Awards Corn Yield and Purchases
Fred McCulloch Hartwick won grand champion sweepstakes for the best acre of corn at the Iowa Corn show in Des Moines, an acre in Johnson County yielding 96 bushels and 20 pounds of Yellow Dent. G. R. Bishop Altoona was reserve grand champion for the best acre yield from Polk County. Other winners included Henry George West Union and A. W. Weston Audubon in regional orders, with artistic display prizes and purchases by EB Meredith, M. L. Bowman, and others. Gov. Eberhardt to speak, and typhoid deaths in Des Moines noted.
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Des Moines
Fred McCulloch
Hartwick
Coliseum
Johnson County
G.R. Bishop
Altoona
Polk County
Henry George
West Union
North Central
A. W Weston
Audubon
Messrs. McCulloch
Bishop
South Central
A. H. Bakehouse
Sigourner
C. B. Malone
Atlantic
H. R. Malone
Fred Heathershaw
A. L. Plummer
M. S. Nelson
Goldfield
Bartwick
W. F. O'Cheek
Grinnell
W. E B. Davis
Berwick
Freddie Culloch
J. E. Cornwell
I. A. Peters
John Justice
Ankeny
J. H. Heathershaw
Iowa Corn Growers’ Association
Grant Chapman
Bagley
M. L. Bowman
Waterloo
EB. T. Meredith
Commercial Club of
O. R. Bishop
George Larson
McCulloch
Hartwich
Tawa Corn Growers’ Association
A. L. Shipfer
Sigourney
Fred McCullough
Iowa corn crop soars in 1910 despite drought
Iowa farmers boosted corn output to a record 254,506,500 bushels in 1910 with an average yield of 29.7 bushels per acre from 8,940,200 acres. Total crop value reached about 62,470,791 dollars while per-acre gains indicate rapid growth, aided by higher prices for corn and other crops.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George M. Chanpel
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
State Board of Agriculture
Chappel
Census of Canada foresees vast western settlement and growth
A 1911 census will reveal Canada’s rapid development across commerce mining agriculture and railways with population above 8 million. Western expansion drives farming growth with over 100000 homesteads of 160 acres settled in two years totaling 35 000 square miles. Provincial output surges as eastern industry recovers and immigrants boost production.
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Dominion of Canada
Canada
United States
Indiana
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dominion
Monogle Cranks Pardon Query About Systems Office
An odd exchange features Monogle and Jack Tar-Tit discussing locating a systems office, with directions hinted by shifting lantern light and a facial twist. The fragment suggests a nautical or coded exchange rather than a formal notice.
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Cholly Glim
Jack Tar
Resiids Ointment Cured When Nothing Else Would
Resiids ointment cured a neck eruption that resisted summer breakouts and eczema like conditions. Barbara Carpenter from Orden South Carolina testifies to its effectiveness after other remedies failed. An unrelated note recalls a child at a chicken park exclaiming when chicks dipped their bills in water.
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Barbara Carpenter
Orden
S. C
Robert
Canks and Effect. A Fragmented Poem Note
A fragmented OCR fragment hints at a poet described as passionate. Mentions of eye salve and tonic by Pettit's Drug, Buffalo. A stray line notes inability of a donkey to speak and a man proclaiming dominion over creation, all in unclear context.
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Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
Jurist and Boy Witness At Country Club Interrogation
An aged jurist and enthusiastic golfer questioned a boy witness from Bala in a criminal suit. The judge asked if the boy understood the nature and significance of a breath, and the boy replied he caddies at the country club, confirming familiarity.
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Bala
Cork in Brandy Bottle Stumps Server’s Effort
The waiter complains the cork is tight and cannot budge it. The other replies that cork is designed to seal spirits and prevent leakage, noting the purpose of the stopper in preserving the drink.
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National Senate Committee On Judiciary
Jack M. Dickinson
la Junta
Minaca
Mexico Northwestern
Orient
el Paso
Chihuahua
National League of Baseball Clubs
Bobby” Leach
Niagara Falls
Aileen Christopher
Federal Brick Trust
Landis
John A. Brown
Beatrice Anita Baldwin Turnbull
J. Baldwin
Rives
Superior Court
Los Angeles
Cal
Stocks and Bonds Commission
New York City
Arthur T. Hadley
Yale
Harvard
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Ottawa Prep
London
George
Acra
Fortuns
Mary Moore
West Seventh Street
W. BH. Moore
4A Coal Company
John Benson
A. M. West
Ottumwa
Plummer
Towa Corn Growers Association
Eberhardt
A. O. Eberhardt
Minnesota
Commercial Club
Anuudl
State Board of Health
Dry
C. P. Browning
Simpson
State Agricultural Society
John C. Simpson
Astate
Sherwin
John
Iowa Supreme Court
McClain
Deemer
George Pepyard
Harry Kirkley
Frank Bailey
Ninth Street
History of
Ed Harlan
John Jamieson
State Secretary's
Grimes
Fort Des Moines
Des Moines News
Volunteers of America
Chicago Grill
G. L. Godfrey
United States Surveyor of Customs
Des Mainee
Monogle
Wats
Creation
EF Holmes
Jackson St
St.Paul Mins
Carter
Cuba
Richana
Leopold Gassner Fur CO
Cas
Jox
Swederborg
Swedenborg Soctey
W. 2Th St
California
Blackle
Blue Blanket Valley Land CO
Lebanon
S. 2
O. Box
Ili
Warnes E. Coleman
Washington, D.C
Uebe
Best Requis
Des Moines Directory
Kodaks
Kodak
Besuines Mota
Joan
DES Moines Creamery CO
Lowe
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