Washington Debates Corporate Control and Trust Probes
The article notes E. J. Gary urging publicity and government control of corporations and criticizes the Sherman act as archaic. It covers Knox withheld papers from a congressional committee, the Senate probe into Lorimer’s election and the Jackpot fund, and a pending criminal case sweep against Standard Oil and American Tobacco officials. Attorney General Wickersham predicts criminal anti trust prosecutions based on Supreme Court rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
United States Steel Corporation Directorate
Mouse
Senate
United States
Martin
Virginia
Standing Committee On Privileges and Elections
William Lorimer
Illinois
Illinois Assembly
Standard Ol! Company
American Tobacco Company
Pomerene
Ohio
Attorney ‘General
Supreme Court
Standard Oil
Wickersham
House Committee On Expenditures
Department of Justice
Legal challenge to Sherman act and other 1909 items in Chicago and Buffalo
The article reports on lawyers arguing the constitutionality of penal sections of the Sherman act before Judge George A. Carpenter in Chicago as the beet-packers seek to avoid trial for criminal restraint of trade. It notes Taft opposing the Canadian reciprocity pact and cites a $600,000 fire damage to the Northwest steamer in Buffalo with railroads facing baggage-liability questions in New York. Also mentioned are postal savings offices expansion, saloon arrests in Tarcoma Washington, a Yosemite stage accident, a Puget navy yard bid conspiracy case, and related arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Carpenter
United States District Court
Chicago
Robb Heirs association eyeing fifty million dollar estate
A Kentucky Robb Heirs association committee toured the country and found tenable claims totaling fifty million dollars. Navy Chief Winthrop urged a strong navy to reduce sea control risk. A Los Angeles mother survived poisoning. husband arrested. Denver to host a large Fourth of July safe and sane celebration. A Connecticut court jailed William White for a year and fined 263 dollars for assault on a woman. Yale awards won by J Halladjian and other prizes. Mrs Jackson killed at Parker House Boston. Abel of Johns Hopkins touts toad heart stimulant. J J Hill announces a 600 million mortgage for railroads. Nine hundred cans opium seized on ship America. Pat Crump hanged by mob near Memphis.
Notable Figures in New York and Rome Affairs
Miss Mary Matinering wed Frederick C. Wadsworth in her Presada apartments New York City. Benjamin Priest of Sumterport Maine reached 100 and joined the Memorial Day parade in Canaan. Henry George Jr. led a New York Memorial meeting honoring Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland. David H. Moffatt estate appraised over 15 million. Queen Dowager Margherita granted an audience to American author Heloise Durant Rose in Rome with autumn U.S. visit probable. Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati, Taft’s brother, was presented to King George at Buckingham Palace by Ambassador Whitelaw Reid.
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Mary Matinering
Presada
New York City
Frederick C. Wadsworth
Detroit
Mich
Henry George
New York
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Johnson
Margherita
Heloise Durant Rose
Rome
United States
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnett
President Taft
King George
Buckingham Palace
Whitelaw Reid
Parting honors for Diaz and grand Spanish tributes abroad
The steamer Ypiranga carried former President Diaz from Havana to Spain as Havana elites staged a large parting demonstration. Rome witnessed a monumental dedication for King Victor Emmanuel I, with a projected cost of twenty million dollars and years of work. In Mexico, General Madero barely escaped an assassination plot at Juarez during a dancing event at the customs house. A former Guadaloupe mayor Cruz Rey faced arrest after a bomb discovery and violence flared in Nicaragua with damage at the presidential palace when Lomas fortifications near Managua were blown up.
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Ypiranga
Diaz
Havana
Spain
Rome
Victor Emmanuel I
Francisco J. Madero
Mexico City
Juares
Cruz Rey
Guadaloupe
Burlington Plans Direct Line to Des Moines via Indianola Norwalk
The Burlington Railroad surveyed a new seven mile connecting line from Indianola to Norwalk to link its main line with the Keokuk and Western at Norwalk. The project aims for quicker freight and passenger service between Des Moines and southern Iowa, improving current indirect routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Burlington
Indianola
Keokuk & Western
Norwalk
Burington
Chajiton
Indianela
Osceola
Burlingtons
Harness Makers of Iowa Meet in Des Moines
Des Moines harness dealers from across the state will gather for the annual session in Des Moines on Wednesday and Thursday, June 7 and 8. An expected attendance reflects a membership of more than 300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harness Makers of
Iowa
Des Moines
Albia Leads in Move to State HQ for United Mine Workers
Secretary Cameron reports 44 local votes on locating state headquarters. Albia leads by 993 votes, appearing to win the state headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albia
Oskaloosa
Cameron
The
United Mine
Spanish War Veterans Meet Cedar Rapids
Over 200 veterans of the Spanish American War attended the twelfth annual reunion and encampment. Delegates to the national encampment at Oklahoma City and new state officers were elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
United
Oklahoma City
Iowa dean receives offer for George Washington University post
Charles Noble Gregory, who resigned as dean of the College of Law at the State University of Iowa, has been offered the deanship of the George Washington University College of Law in Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Charles Noble Gregory
College of Law
State University of Iowa
George Washington University
Washington, D. C
Loot Found After Train Death in House West Liberty
After John Keelen was killed by a Rock Island train near here Marshal Wiley and assistants searched his shack and found 1500 dollars in money. He also had considerable money deposited in Davenport and West Liberty banks.
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West Liberty
John Keelen
Rock Island
Here
Marshal Wiley
Daven Port
Soldier Encampment Planned for Ottumwa Area
The Fifth Fourth regiment of the Town National Guard will hold its annual encampment on a large level tract in South Ottumwa, from Aus. 28 to Sep. 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Fifth Fourth Regiment
Town National Guard
Oskaloosa Celebrates Endowment Fund Drive
Oskaloosa and Mahaska County residents completed a canvass to raise a $200000 endowment fund for Penn College. The news brought out whistles, bells, fireworks, and a town parade as citizens celebrated the achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Mahasta County
Penn College
Governor Carroll Will Deliver Armory Dedication Address
Gov. B F Carroll will give the principal address at the dedication of Company M's new armory in Fairfield on June 13. Col D R Palmer of Washington will respond in the afternoon, followed by a military ball in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Carroll
Fairfield
B. F. Carroll
Company M
Col
D. R. Palmer
Washington
Carrol
Armory
Iowa Catholic Total Abstinence Meet Opens in Clinton
The tenth annual convention of the Iowa Catholic Total Abstinence union opens in Clinton with nearly 800 delegates. Among distinguished visitors is Very Rev. Peter J. O Callaghan of Chicago president of the CTA UL of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Total Abstainers
Clinton
Iowa Catholic
Total Abstinence Union
Peter J. O’callaghan
Chicago
American
Danish Baptist Church Convention Concludes in Council Bluffs
The state convention of the Danish Baptist church closes in Council Bluffs with delegates from Denmark New York Ellis Island California and Chicago in attendance.
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Council Bluffs
The
Danish Baptist Church
Denmark
Japan
Ellis Island
New York
California
Chicago
Youth Run Down by Train Near Osceola
Crest on Harry Miller 18 Osceola was struck by a Burlington train near his home and is in the hospital with both legs and an arm fractured. He stepped aside for a freight and a passenger train on the opposite track struck him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Harry Miller
Osceola
Burlington
Council Bluffs Owns Water Plant Transfer Closed
Council Bluffs completes the transfer of its water plant to the city. Warrants totaling 510000 dollars, 1021 notes at 5000 dollars each, were turned over to the district court clerk and deposited in Council Bluffs by order of Judge Smith McPherson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
District Court
Smith McPherson
Bluffs Woman Commits Suicide. Family History Revealed
In Council Bluffs Mrs J H Harrie, a nervous invalid, hanged herself with window cord from a attic rafter. She was found by her husband fifteen minutes later. The tragedy follows a past family pattern with a mother and two sisters having suicided years ago. Organizing news: Northwest Bible School forms in Mason City with first July meeting planned at Clear Lake. Dr H B Fairall named general secretary and Rev S Tower as president.
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Bluffs
Council Bluffs
J. H. Harrie
Bible School
Mason City
Northwest Bible School
Clear Lake
H. HB. Fairall
Town City
5. Tower
Masonity
Boy Killed by Auto in Council Bluffs
Samuel Gilinski, 18, was run down and killed by an automobile driven by J. C. Erler. Enoch Gilinski, his mother, is in critical condition from the incident in Council Bluffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Samuel Gilinski
J. C. Erler
Enoch Gilinski
Samuel Wells Dead in Palo Home at Age 4
Samuel Wells of Linn County Iowa died at his Palo home aged 42 years. He came to Iowa in its early days from Ohio by stage coach and was known as a well-known mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Wells
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Palo
Iowa
Ohio
Tracy's Assistant Fire Marshal Named for New Iowa Office
Des Moines reports J A Tracy of Sioux City was named by State Fire Marshal Ole O Roe as assistant to the new office created by the last general assembly. Both men will assume duties July 1.
Graduate Monnett Named President of University of Oklahoma
J C Monnett a graduate of the State University of Iowa who summers in Iowa City has been appointed president of the University of Oklahoma. The announcement highlights his longstanding ties to academia and leadership role within the Oklahoma institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man Heads University
Iowa City
J. C. Monnett
State University of Iowa
University of Oklahoma
Camp Meeting Opens at University Park Oskaloosa
The annual gathering of the National and Town Holiness association opened at University Park in Oskaloosa with several hundred attendees. Meetings will run daily through June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
National and Town Holiness Association
U University Park
Tornado Passes Through Blanchard Destroying Farms
A powerful storm swept over Blanchard, approaching tornado dimensions, ripping down silos and barns and devastating cornfields. Farmers report widespread structural damage and loss of crops as the storm moved onward.
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Blanchard
Kate Shelly Improves Slightly After Illness
Northwestern heroine Kate Shelly, long ill at St. Anthony's hospital, shows slight improvement though remains too weak for an operation. Grave fears persist for her recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Shelly
Carroll
Northwestern
St. Anthony's Hospital
Youth Drowns While Swimming in Shellrack River
Sophus Brann aged 20 drowned while swimming with younger boys in the Shellrack river. He leaves a mother in Denmark. The incident is reported with location and basic context but lacks additional details about rescue or authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwood
Sophus Brann
Denmark
War Veterans to Hold Iowa Campment This Thursday
Cedar Rapids and Spanish war veterans of Iowa plan a state encampment on two dates starting Thursday. The event gathers veterans, with activities and ceremonies announced by the Iowa veterans organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Sac City Sheriff Dies While Serving Papers
Sac City Sheriff Sac City-Alex Rodgers died on duty while serving papers in Sac County. The incident occurred at a local ering, with Rodgers identified as the sheriff and a longtime public servant. He was known for enforcing law and maintaining county safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sac City
Alex Rodgers
Sac County
Ering
Prison Sentence For Davis House Shooting Attacker
Tom Lambert, convicted of assault with attempt to commit murder for firing into the Davis home at Hynes last spring, was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. The shooting created a statewide sensation at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big
Tom Lambert
Davis House
Hynes
Hart-Parr to Add Largest Foundry Expansion in State
Hart-Parr Company expands in Charles City with a 280 by 270 foot addition to its foundry. The project aims to create 490 moulders and makes the facility the state’s largest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart-Parr Company
Charles City
Brindley Heads Fort Dodge Public Speaking Dept
Council Bluffs report notes W A Brindley longtime English instructor in Council Bluffs High School has become head of the public speaking department at Fort Dodge schools.
Lake City high school graduation speaker Henry Wallace
Henry Wallace of Des Moines delivered the annual commencement address at Lake City where the class set a record for size. A separate Burlington report notes an unidentified man sleeping on a rail line was killed by a freight train south of Burlington. Governor Carroll to speak at Fairfield Company M armory dedication on June 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wallace
Lake City
Des Moines
Burlington
Sheldon Gains Bank Status for Post Office
The Sheldon post office is designated as a postal savings bank per an official announcement. An unknown young man drowned in the lake. the body lies at the morgue unclaimed. His companion says they had been traveling together the day before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon
Washington
Tama
Greater Iowa League Branch Formed Near Oskaloosa
Organizers in Oskaloosa and Mabas ka county, with the Organized Greater Iowa Club, announce the creation of the league branch authorized by the last legislature. A banquet hosted by local businessmen drew over 200 farmers in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Iowa Club
Oskaloosa
Mabaska County
Greater Iowa League
Green 5 elected in Ninth district race
Cass County delivered a surprise victory for Republican Judge W R Green of Audubon over Democrat W T Cleveland of Harlan to fill the Ninth district vacancy. Green won by about 1 192, turning a doubtful Cass county result into a strong statewide showing.
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Cleveland
Council Bluffs
W. R. Green
Audubon
Ninth Congressional District
Iowa
Walter I. Smith
W. TF. Cleveland
Harlan
Judge Smith
Cass County
Judge Green
Plan for new interurban line advances in Iowa
Delegations from Shady Grave Jubilee and Gilbertsville met with Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern Interurban officials to win support for a south extension to be built this year. Interest is keen and towns push for the route as plans include a through La Porte City and Vinton may offer inducements via its Commercial club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Shady
Grave
Jubilee
Gilbertsville
Cedar Falls
la Porte City
Vinton
Eagles Conclude Sixth State Convention in Des Moines
Fraternal Order of Eagles members from across the state converge on Des Moines for a three day sixth annual convention. The event opens today at the Eagles hall on Locust street with Judge Lawrence DeGraff delivering the welcome address and State President L. L. Evans presiding and delivering the response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Order of Eagles
Eagles
Locust Street
Lawrence DeGraff
L. L. Evans
Council Bluffs
Des Moines Bakery Plans Start Next Fall
Des Moines owners plan a new northeast bakery costing 75 000 to 100 000 dollars. The project aims to be among the best in the region and will begin next fall. Rosecrantz Body Recovered
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Des Moines Bakery
United States
Becker Sues for 77000 in Land Deal Case
C Becker a banker from southern Illinois sues C H Widerer and HL T Lynch of Independence for 77000 claiming losses in a land transaction. The suit filed in Cedar Rapids in June names the defendants and the amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
C. Becker
C. H. Widerer
HL. T. Lynch
Independence
Becker
Minois
Grinnell Teen Drowns in Arbor Lake Incident
Georgea Jacobs aged 17 drowned while swimming in Arbor Lake on the south edge of Grinnell on a Sunday. The body was recovered about three hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Lake
Georgea Jacobs
Arbor Lake
Music Student Badly Hurt at Waterloo Crossing
Charles Brooks, a music student at the Waterloo Conservatory of Music, was struck by an engine at the Ilineis Central crossing and badly injured. Deputy State Inspector Thomas Duff, formerly county auditor, has been indicted and released on bail in Garner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Charles Brooks
Waterloo Conservatory of Music
Ilineis Central Crossing
Garner
Thomas Duff
Bank Change at Storm Lake
Storm Lake residents learn the Citizens' bank has changed to First National bank. The private institution owned by Schaller & Son, operating since 1902, is now capitalized at $75,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storm Lake
Citizens’ Bank of
Schaller & Son
First National Bank
Bank 12
Iowa City Pioneer Gil H. Irish Dies at 75
Johnson county figure Gil H. Irish, longtime settler and prominent local historian, died yesterday after a long illness. He was 75 and leaves a legacy tied to the region’s early development and county history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Deadlows
City
Gil H. Irish
Johnson County
Antiseptic Foot Powder Ad and Quotation Fragments
An OCR fragment advertises Shake Inty shoes and an antiseptic foot powder for tired feet with a casual claim of comfort. It includes a quote on friendships from Antisthenes and a Marmaduke proverb about asking favors from enemies versus friends. The text mentions Allen S. Glasted in Le Roy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Allen S. Glasted
le Roy
Moving In a Gentle Exchange With a Kitten
A brief dialogue shows a person offering to send a kitten to keep someone company. The recipient responds with gratitude and says not to mention it. The exchange ends with a note about moving.
Astonished Boy Sees Train Sparks Speech Loss
A Wisconsin farmer took his twelve year old son to a village in February where the boy saw a train of cars and was so astonished he lost the power of speech for three weeks. The tale warns that future circus or zoo outings may leave him mute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Army delays furlough approval following corporal's death
An error in the Adjutant-Inform line indicates Corporal Stripes secured a furlough but news confirms he died about six weeks earlier, leaving Army records in conflict. The War Department granted the furlough, but the deceased status complicates the official timeline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stripes
War Department
Lunch Fit for a King from Grapenuts Diet
An active young woman credits Grapenuts with curing nervous prostration and dyspepsia after years of brain strain and grief. She says a noon pack plus sweet cream and fruit restored energy, allowed her to keep working, and improved health over two years with only four lost days. She praises Road to Wellville guidance and endorses Grapenuts for office workers.
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LS Grand Pub. CO
Legrand
Jqwa
Congressional
Knox
House Committee
State Department
Taft
Western Economic Society
Farmer
Lumber Trust
Mammoth Lake
Northwest
Northern Steamship Company
Buffalo
N.Y
Northland
Hitchcock
New York State
State Supreme Court
Tarcome, Wash
Ing
Wawona
Yosemite Valley
BR. C. Lhcering
Allenstown
Puget Navy Yard
Espigamisat
Fowler Metal Company
Great Western
Seattle
Wish
Anata
Robb Heir's Association of
Kentucky
Beaver County
Pennsylvania
Winthrop
Annapolis Naval Academy
Ralph Rafel
Los Angeles
Cal
Denver
Putnam (Conn
William White
Plainfield
Yale Art School
Anttak
Turkey
Ethel Child. Walker
Yale
John F. Jackson
Milwaukee
Parker House
Boston
Abel of Joins Hopkins
University of Michigan
Northern Securities Company
J. J. Hill
Great Northern Railway Company
Great Northern
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
America
San Francisco
Pat Crump
White Haven
Tenn
Memphis
Benjamin Priest
Sumterpost
Gar
Canaan
David H. Moffatt
Lomas
Managua
Nicaragua
GREEN
Pottawattamie
Harrison and Mills
Jubifes
Fraternal Order OF Eagles
Chantland
W. T. Chantland
Wort Dodge
Carter
Parke
Wrrson
Foreman
Wash
D.C
Marmaduke
Wellville
Fostum Co
Battle
Creok
Reid
Brer
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