Important News Notes Of A Week In The World
A weekly itemized digest notes a Democratic vote 198 to 103 for a free sugar bill in Congress aided by 24 insurgent Republicans while seven Democrats from Louisiana and Colorado defected. Harvey W. Wiley resigns as head of the food bureau after 29 years. Marion Pitney confirmed as associate justice of the U S Supreme Court by a 50 26 vote. Indiana leads in miles of improved roads with Ohio close behind, then New York Wisconsin Kentucky Illinois California and Massachusetts. The government begins court proceedings to split the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific merger, with Attorney General Wickersham and aides presenting arguments ahead of an April hearing.
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House
Washington
Louisiana
Colorado
Marion Pitney
New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeale
United States Supreme Jeourt
United States Senate
Indiana
State
Ohio
Close
New York
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Ilinois
California
Massachusetts
Office of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
Union Pacific
Southseme Pacific Railway Systems
Supreme Court
Anthracite unions praise leaders as talks near strike
Local mine workers across the anthracite district commend their leaders refusal to renew the three year contract offer from coal operators. The report notes negotiations between operators and miners ended abruptly in New York City with a looming general strike set for April 1.
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New York City
Allen Gang Captured After Hillsville Courthouse Shootout
Sidna and Floyd Allen leaders of the Hillsville Virginia posse are in custody with severe wounds. Sidna’s wife was killed in mountains battles. Nancy Ayres, a 16 year old, died in the courthouse fusillade. Governors Oswald West and Tasker Oddie selected Panama Pacific exhibition sites. Roosevelt forces won Oklahoma GOP convention 364 to 184. Detroit bathtub trusts trial ended with a hung jury. A Great Western derailment near Dunkerton injured 34. three Nebraska penitentiary convicts escaped amid a blizzard. Train wreck near Houghtonstone injured many. a Wells Fargo guard thwarted two robbers. An operation by Dr William Lugh captivated physicians. Henry E Griffin received a delicate interior wall procedure.
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Sidna
Floyd Allen
Carroll County
Hillsville
Sidna Allen
Nancy Ayres
William ‘C. ‘Lugh
New ‘York
Henry ‘E. Griffin
Drownings Follow Collision Off Beachy Head In Channel
Reports state four passengers and several saiora are believed drowned after a collision between the Peninsular and Oriental liner Orient and the German bark Pisagua off Beachy Head. The liner carried 41 passengers and 280 crew members in danger. Engineers in Canada compile data on lake and St Lawrence river navigation from Ottawa. An attempt on King Victor Emmanuel in Rome failed. the assailant named Antonia Dalba. In the same war epoch, Arabs suffer heavy casualties as Italians seize two northeast of Fojat, Tripoli, amid fierce fighting.
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Beachy Head
English Channel
Victor Emmanuel
Rome
Antonia Dalba
Pantheon
Melville dies in Philadelphia after stroke at home
Personal Rear Admiral George W. Melville retired former engineer in chief of the United States navy died suddenly at his Philadelphia home at age TL years. Death resulted from a stroke of paralysis. Dr. Mary B. Walker renowned suffrage advocate lies seriously ill in New York City hospital with pneumonia. See KS Lovett chairman Union Pacific Railway to leave his Salt Lake City car. Its just a bad cold. Alexis C. Angell United States district judge Detroit resigns to President Taft. No public reason given. William C. Whitney estate near Pittsfield Mass to be placed in trust by Whitney heirs.
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George W. Melville
United States Navy
Philadelphia
Mary B. Walker
Presbyterian Hospital
New York City
KS. Lovett
Union Pacific Railway Company
Salt Lake City
Alexis C. Angell
United States
Eastern District of Michigan
Detroit
Taft
Big West Utility Amalgamation Sees Tri City Line Sold
Davenport reports the completion of a major utility merger. Control of the Tri-City Railway and Light Co moves from eastern to western interests, forming United Light and Railways with headquarters planned for Chicago. Electric lines, gas and power plants in Davenport and nearby cities transfer to the new group along with interurban lines.
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Davenport
West
Tri-City Railway and Light Company
Halsey, Mackay
United Light and ‘Railways Company
Grand Rapids
Mich
Chicago
Iowa
Rock, Island
Moline
Ill
East Moline
Watertown
Davenport-Muscatine
Oskaloosa groups award contract for Penn college auditorium
The Oskaloosa Chautauqua association Penn college and Iowa yearly meeting of Friends join to award the contract for a steel auditorium on the Penn college campus designed to seat 3,500. Plans also call for a $40,000 girls dormitory and a $10,000 administration building on the campus.
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Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa Chautauqua Association
Penn College
Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends
Des Moines Kennel Club Plans Beach Show at Coliseum
Des Moines dog fanciers anticipate the annual Des Moines Kennel Club beach show to be held at the Coliseum on April 4 5 and 6. Secretary Weaver reports applications for entry blanks received from across the country and expects at least 400 blue blooded dogs entered.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Women to Become Members of A. O. U. W. in Iowa
Des Moines grand lodge of the A. O. U. W. of Iowa adopted a proposal to admit women to membership. The plan was sent to the law committee to draft an amendment. The change would allow women to join even if they are not wives of members.
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Des Moines
Grand Lodge of the
Iowa
Law Committee
Will Move to Des Moines Official Announcement
An official statement says the First district of the Rockslang road operating department will relocate from Chicago to Des Moines in the near future. General Manager W. M. Whittenton’s office, currently in Chicago, will also move to Des Moines. The entire system over 3,800 miles will be managed from the Des Moines office.
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Des Moines
First
Rockslang Road
Chicago
W. M. Whittenton
Death from nicotine poisoning linked to smoking
Post mortem on Samuel Josephs who died after accusing cousin Ollie Fateen of poisoning. Examination finds death resulted from nicotine poisoning due to inveterate cigarette smoking. The case notes peculiar circumstances surrounding the death and the accuser’s claim.
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Dubuque
Samuel Josephs
Ollie Fateen
Protests Against Move of District Offices in Davenport
A. C. Ridgeway, vice president of Rock Island Air Way, plans to meet Davenport business leaders this week to hear opposition to the threatened relocation of the first district offices from Davenport to Des Moines.
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Davenport
A. C. Ridgeway
Rock Island Airway
General
First District
Des' Moines
Mrs Alice Dixon Lowther Sues For $20,000 Damages
In Creston Mrs Alice Dixon Lowther filed a district court damage suit for $20,000 against John W Lowther and his wife, alleging they alienated the affections of her husband. The action names the couple as parents of her spouse and claims injury to her conjugal rights and reputation.
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Creston
Alice Dixon Lowther
District Court
John W. Lowther
Merchant Hangs Self at Ely Storefront
Charles Rozeveil aged 52 hanged himself with a clothes line in a shed behind his store at Ely near here. He was described as prosperous in business and content in home life. Coroner’s inquest to follow.
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Charles Rozeveil
Ely
Reverend D. S. Pouse Dies After Decades in Church Work
Reverend D. S. Pouse, longtime minister of the Reformed Church and for twenty years general superintendent of the board of home missions, died at age 72 in Lisbon. His forty-five years of service marked a devoted religious career and leadership in missions.
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House of
Lake City Sees All Homes Rented As Rents Rise Ten Percent
In Lake City every house is occupied as rental demand surges. Landlords raised rents by ten percent at the start of the month, reflecting a tight housing market and higher living costs for residents.
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Lake City
Worthless Check Case in Creston Leads to Suspect Search
Creston officers with warrants seek EH. P. Cole, a stranger, after he passed a forged draft at a local bank. The draft bore the name of Ralph Gill, president of the local business college, indicating a fraudulent transaction.
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Creston
EH. P. Cole
Secere
Ralph Gill
Bual‘nese
Collexa
Local donors give 15000 gift toward Wesleyan endowment
Mount Pleasant Ancil and Emma Powell of Cantril Iowa friends of Iowa Wesleyan college here have given the school 15000 to apply on the 150000 seventieth year endowment fund now being raised by President Edwin A Schell. The gift in the form of farm property embraces 240 acres near Cincinnati Ja and a quarter section in the panhandle of Texas.
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College Mount Pleasant
Ancil
Emma Powell
Cantril
Iowa
Friends of
Iowa Wesleyan College
Edwin A. Schell
Cincinnati
Panhandle
Texas
Des Moines Rumor On Rock Island Move Causes Question
Officials in Davenport question a circulating report that the Rock Island may transfer its division offices to Des Moines. They say a tour of inspection by the road's officials this week could clarify the matter.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
Davenport
Senator Cummins Says Cavalry Cut Bill Won’t Pass Senate
A Des Moines letter from Senator A B Cummins to the Greater Des Moines committee notes little danger of Fort Des Moines becoming an infantry post and states that the house bill reducing cavalry regiments from fifteen to ten will not pass the senate.
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Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
Greater
Farmer Discovers Gold Nugget Inside Chicken Crop
Thomas Myers, a farmer north of Liscomb, finds a small gold nugget, about the size of a sweet pea, in a chicken's crop. The bird is believed to have picked up the nugget while foraging grit along Doud Creek.
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Marshalltown
Wauen
Thomas Myers
Liscomb
Doud Creek
Land Sale Near Barryville Creamery Sets High Value
A. B. Terril of Mannchester sold a 200 acre tract near the Barryville creamery to W. W. Bowden for $116 per acre. Terril had bought the land last fall at about $85 per acre, signaling a big rise in land values.
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Ryan
A. B. Terril
Mannchester
Barryville Creamery
W. W. Bowden
Linda
Mr.Terril
Farm near Holstein Sells at 200 Acres for 200 Per Acre
Zoftka Bros sold a 200 acre tract near Holstein to set a record price of 40 000 dollars or 200 dollars per acre. The tract had been owned by County Supervisor Fritz who previously sold it for 32 000 dollars last year.
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Iowa
Ida Grove
Holstein
Zoftka Bros
Fritz
Mail Order Medicine Tragedy in Oskaloosa
Mrs. BR F Rysdam wife of a prosperous farmer bought medicine by mail from a mail order house and followed directions. The mixture contained a high percentage of bichloride of mercury and she is in a hospital where she cannot live.
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Oskaloosa
BR. F.rysdam
Threshers Vote Shift On Defense Costs In Damages
Des Moines reports the threshers association votes to cover one third of any damage defense costs when a member becomes a defendant over threshing machinery movement across bridges culverts highways and public property. In Glidden a short course is assured with $1100 subscribed by 202 farmers and businessmen for a winter course run by the State Agricultural College, with Ames indicating the course will be booked.
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Des Moines
Threshers’ Genevention
Iowa Association
State Agricultural College
Ames
Veterans Low Rates for Des Moines Trip to Shiloh
A Des Moines letter to the Wabash headquarters states a round trip rate of 2 cents per mile for Des Moines to St Louis for the Iowa Hornet's Nest brigade heading to the Shiloh battlefield. Illinois Central plans to reduce shop forces at Freeport Waterloo and reestablish extensive quarters in Dubuque.
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Des Moines
Wabash
St.Louis
Iowa Hornet's Nest Brigade
Shiloh Battlefield
Dubuque
Illinois Central Railway
Freeport
Waterloo
Witt Building New Church at Northwood United Lutheran
The United Lutheran church in Northwood sold its current building and plans a new structure expected to cost around $17,000. Assistant postmasters of Iowa convene in Cedar Rapids on May 20 and 21.
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Cedar Rapid
Assistant Postmasters of
Iowa
Cedar Rapida
Hand of Your Daughter Request Sparks Objection
A brief stage exchange shows a suitor pressing for marriage as the old gentleman mournfully notes the hand of his only child while the father swiftly concedes the objection amid emotion and haste.
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Mr. Hardhead
The undertaker would officiate after cabinet dies
A twelve year old boy misreads civics, answering that the undertaker would preside if the president vice president and cabinet perish, a quip cited from Woman's Home Companion. The saying about the man who makes hay when the sun shines also appears as a wry proverb.
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Robert
Stop the Pain and Elopement Anecdotes in 19th Century Ad Snippet
A fragmented ad and gossip column snippet notes Cole’s Carboni salve marketed to stop pain and prevent scars at 25¢, with references to J W Cole & Co of Black River Falls Wisconsin. It also includes banter about an elopement with a father’s aviator and a mock challenge for failed wire transfers, plus a carrot of Garfield Tea as a digestive corrective.
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Cole
J. W.cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
Prize Cow in Ledyard Breaks Holstein Records
S J Pack owns a cow that surpasses T J Julians herd of Holsteins, described as an ordinary grade cow. Her January cream check from the Steal Creamery totaled 18 dollars and 40 cents, signaling a standout performance for the month.
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Ledyard
S. J. Pack
T. J. Julian
Holstei
Steal
New School Bonds in Riverton Everton Vote
Riverton Everton approved a $15,000 school bond by an overwhelming margin. The referendum passed 123 to 28 in favor of funding a new school building.
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Riverton
Everton
Jockey Tony Spurs Shocks Train Companions
On a Sunday evening after races, packed trains carried a little boy who stood for long. Mrs Jones comforted him on her knee during a tunnel pass. The boy, named Tony Spurs, confessed he is twenty five, then a loud scream punctuated the moment as the jockey slid to the floor.
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Mrs. Jones
It Would Save Trouble If They Attended Caucus
A newspaper mail asks Representative Slayden of Texas to allow attendance at the caucus after the Democratic caucus and the Henry resolution to investigate the money trust. Slayden declines, saying it would cause trouble and that he never kisses and tells.
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Representative Slayden
Texas
Money Trust
Mr. Slayeden
The Ugly Brute Meets Fashioning Worms
Mrs Bienks jokes about a measuring worm climbing her skirt as a sign she will get a new dress. Mr Bienks retorts to have the worm make it and even send a bookworm to do the back, expressing weariness with the sewing job.
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Mrs. Bienks
Mr. Bienks
Resolute People Do What Is Right in Time Nice Doing It
A concise reflection on steadfast effort and timely virtue. The saying underscores that sustained doing of the right thing leads to admirable outcomes, praising persistence and practical action over mere words.
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Nice
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