Iowa Slappenings and Mangle in Rail News
A jumble of short dispatches from Iowa towns details a Chariton mail clerk’s fall from a fast train near Hastings with serious injuries, a sixty year wedding anniversary in Eldora for Mr and Mrs Filler Johnson, and a fatal or possibly murder case near Sioux City involving Jacob Grossenhecher. Also reports include a Sioux City city marshal jailed for liquor offenses, K J Blacks’ interview with Grover Cleveland, a custody dispute on a train in Dubuque, a timber purchase by Muscatine Lumber, and Iowa fruit prizes at the Paris exposition led by Wes Greene and H L Reeves.
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Hastings
Mark McFarland
Chariton
Sioux City
Jacob Grossenhecher
California
Teachers Elect Officers At Southwestern Towns Meeting
The Southwestern Town Teachers association closed with officers elected for the coming year. President O W Smith Shenandoah. Vice President Elizabeth Platt Des Moines. Recording Secretary A H Timmer Avoca. Railroad Secretary O J McManus Council Bluffs. Executive Committee Chair II Quglsh Council Bluffs. Next year’s meeting location left to executive committee. George E Maclean of Iowa State University spoke on Democracy by Education. Other addresses from Charles Mildred Shelton Rapson College Indianola and John B Kirk State Normal Kirksville Mo. The year’s meeting is praised as most successful in the association’s history.
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Southwestern Towns Association
Gounell Blutta
Southwestern Town Teachers* Association
O. W. Smith
Shenandoah
Hwllazabeth Platt
Des Moines
A. II
Timmer
Avoca
O. J. McManus
George E. Maclean
Iowa State University
Charles Mldred Shelton
Rapson College
Indianola
John B. Kirk
State Normal School
Kirksville
Goodwin club fights Charles Tie upsets Keane and bouts discussed
At the Goodwin club in Boston Gordon reports T F Keane defeats F C Bredin in an 850 yard race at Northampton with a time of 393 5. Bam Harris signs to stage a McGovern Gans match set for December 11 at Tattersall's Chicago.
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New Goodwin Club
Boston
Gordon
Charles Tie
London
T. F. Keane
F.C. Bredin
Northampton
Bam Harris
Terry McGovern
Joe Gans
Tattersall’s
Chicago
Socialist Labor Orators Dragged From Wagons in Chicago
In Chicago on November 3, Socialist labor orators drew a large crowd and raised red flags on multiple wagons. Police intervened to stop clashes as Debs speakers were dragged from wagons and roughly treated after flags were raised and an American flag was kicked. A mob of about 1,000 pursued the wagons to Toke Street.
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Socialist Labor
Chicago
State Street
United States
Mahoney
Toke Street
Boer Cottage Closes as Paris Cracks Down on Anglophobia
Paris authorities shut the Boer cottage at the exposition after pro Boer agitation, halting a site where visitors scribbled anti British barbs. A Dutch buyer took the building as Paris municipal council praises the Boers and vows to welcome Mr Kruger on his Paris arrival. In New York, Gould heirs reportedly will settle Count Boni de Castellane debts in full, with a lump sum from the Gould family to protect the family name.
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Paris
Municipal Council of
Kruger
Goulds
Goni
New York
Jay Gould
Evening World
Count Boni de Castellane
Anna
George
Helen
Howard
Edwin
Frank Gould
Gould
Day Gould
Three Fatalities Reported At Toronto Parade Mishap
At a Toronto parade honoring South African volunteers multiple people died or were seriously injured. MMugee, 70, was crushed by a buggy and died instantly. Jennie Theckel, 18, died from a fractured skull after being struck by a falling board. George Shaughnessy toppled from an armory roof, breaking both legs and sustaining internal injuries with expected death. Charles Taylor, assistant chef at Queen's Hotel, lost his hand when a giant firecracker exploded.
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Za Mmugee
Jennie Theckel
George Shaughnessy
Charles Taylor
Queen’s Hotel
Tarrant
New York
Eugene Rittenburg
Cedar Rapids
Poella
Mex
Thomas Finley Brown
Clirleston
8. C
Portermil Academy
Orinoco
Grenada
Butte
Louisville
Hvonsville
St. Louis
Princeton
Ind
Charles FP. Forbes
H. D. Reissing
Hill City
Hill City Steamboat Company of
St. Lows
New Orleans
Tennessee
Memphis
Manil a October Customs Revenue Breaks Record
The War Department released a cablegram from Judge Taft dated Manila November 5 noting October customs revenue at 1,088,000 Mexican dollars with a 150,000 increase over prior months, bringing total revenue to 2,200,000 and setting a new record.
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Brank
Washington
Navy
War Department
Taft
Philippine Commission
Manila
Tariff Controversy Triggers Strong Opposition in Peru
Lima reports sharp debate over a new customs tariff with widespread opposition due to large duty increases. Uncertainty remains about when the measure will take effect.
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Lima
Peru
Naval and world affairs swing from Norfolk to Iceland
The Annapolis prepares for China service while General staff shifts occur in China and the United States. Updates report detachments, promotions, and orders affecting the Department of Western Canada and the Missouri adjutant general. Overseas events cover Manila transports, a New York building collapse aftermath, and a spate of accidents and political moves worldwide from Grenada to Iceland and Australia.
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Piubyit
Annapolis
Norfolk Navy Yard
China Station
James K. Wilson
Chaffer
China
United States
J. BE. L. Mitchie
Department of Western Caban
Omaha
Department of Missouri
Hancock
Marine Corps
Manila
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