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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1909
Page
2
Fire claims seven young lives at Rockaway Park children home
At St Malachy’s home for children in Rockaway Park Long Island a fire in the north wing of the dormitory killed seven inmates under five years old. Firemen found the bodies Tuesday after rescuers evacuated 750 children as alarms sounded and most youngsters left the building in orderly fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Malachy's
Rockaway Park
Long Island
Sisters of St Joseph
Brooklyn
Lone Bandit Robs Train On Pennsylvania Line
A lone robber believed to be a foreigner stopped the Pittsburg and Northern express at Lewiston Narrows Pa at 2 am Tuesday. He threatened the crew and robbed the express car of about 110 dollars before escaping. Bloodhounds from Chillicothe Ohio are aiding efforts to capture the desperado in the surrounding mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg and Northern Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lewiston Narrows
Chillicothe, O
Earthquake Shakes Rome Hits Krome Area
An afternoon quake in Rome, Tuesday at 2 40 p m caused minor damage and no casualties. The chapel of Santa Anna facade cracked and tremors were felt in high districts while hospitals and prisons faced alarm until safety was confirmed.
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Rome
Santa Anna
Justice Moody Taken Home After Secrecy Precautions
Associate Justice William H Moody of the United States Supreme Court was removed by police ambulance from Bradford railroad station to his home in Haverhill Massachusetts Tuesday night. It is believed his condition is serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H Moody
United States Supreme Court
Bradford
Haverhill
Mass
Gas Bag Escapes From Moorings In Indiana
A balloon filled with gas broke free from its moorings in Munson Indiana on Tuesday. Henry Moore a helper aboard the aeronauts craft was snagged by trailing ropes and lifted toward telegraph wires. Torn free from the ropes he plunged to the street and died instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monon
Ind
Henry Moore
Sioux City Livestock Quotes Reported Tuesday
Sioux City live stock market quotations list Reeves at 550 and 7.40 as top hogs reach 780.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Lve
Reeves
Witchcock's Long Island Home Destroyed by Fire
The summer home of actor Raymond Witchcock at Great Neck Long Island burned on Tuesday. Loss is estimated at 30000 dollars and the owner was not in residence. Sam Berger of San Francisco has received a telegram from James J Jeffries ratifying Berger's action in signing tentative articles with Jack Johnson in Chicago weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Berger
San Francisco
James J Jeffries
Berger
Jack Johnson
Chicago
Monterey City Devastated by Unprecedented Flood
The Monterey area suffered a historic flood with 1 260 dead and over 15 000 homeless. The river rose to record levels, flooding the Plaza Zearagosea and washing out the Santa Louisita bridge. City officials distributed bread and soup to thousands as losses exceed 20 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Mexico
Plaza Zearagosea
Santa Louisita
Minnesota farm tragedy claims family and home
Mrs. Fred Young, 22, of a Barnum area farm, drowned three children in a well, burned the barn and house, then attempted self harm. She was deemed insane, committed to a state hospital, and treated after a serious self inflicted injuries. Her family had a history of mental illness and prior threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Young
Barnum
Minn
Fire and crash devastate cattle car and livestock train
Sparks from a locomotive ignited a stable car one mile north of Orange City, burning 24 cattle and threatening a 25 car livestock train bound for Sioux City. The car, and its trucked stock, were destroyed as the train sped into Orange City. In Humboldt a Sunday school hayrack overturned, killing two children Almeda Wilder 12 and Ruth Faucett 16, and injuring fifteen others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Orange City
John Kime
Quinn
Humboldt
Stumboldt
Methodist Episcopal
Almeda Wilder
Ruth Faucett
William Wallace
Attempt to wreck Chicago express thwarted near Kankakee
Four boys aged 14 to 16 were arrested after placing frog blocks and rail braces on a switch south of town to wreck the southbound Illinois Central Chicago express due in Kankakee at 11 10 am. A switching crew spotted the obstructions in time preventing a possible disaster. The youths admitted their actions and said they wanted to see a wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Railroad
Kankakee
Ill
Bhoys
Werry Smith
Sam and
David Blatt
Clayton Robertson
Quake Felt Across Isthmus Amid Panama City Tremors
A strong earthquake struck Panama Monday around 8 am causing alarm but no injuries or serious damage. American government and canal commission offices in Panama and Ancon shook, prompting brief evacuations, then workers returned after no aftershock. Felt also in Agua Dulce and Pacora, about 100 miles apart. canal damage reports awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Canal Commission
Ancon
Aguadulce
Cocle
Pacora
Panama Canal
Remsen Hotel Destroyed By Fire
Early Sunday a fire totally destroyed the Wagner house hotel in Remsen causing an estimated 6000 loss with partial insurance. Flames spread to NXass general store to the north causing severe, potentially total, stock loss and widespread damage to the surrounding area. Guests fled the two story frame building with scant clothing as most belongings were lost.
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Wagner
Remsen
Nxass
Father and Son Meet After Twenty Six Years
James F. Porter, a Civil War veteran, spots his son Samuel Milton Porter in Sloan after twenty six years apart. The elder, now 86, learns his son, nearly 60, traveling for a medicine firm, had believed him dead. They reunite with his wife present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Porter
Sloan
Porter
Samuel Milton Porter
Sloar
Woman in Missouri morphine kills child, harms others
Carrie Sanders of St Joseph took morphine to poison five of her six children on Sunday afternoon. A neighbor deterred her from poisoning the sixth. Weldon, age 6, died. The mother cut her throat after confessing but is expected to recover. Other children ages 2 to 16 are hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Sanders
St Joseph
Weldon
Pittston School Struck By Student Walkout Sign
In Pittston Pennsylvania the public school near the Pressed Steel Car strike district reopened after summer break with only three of about 200 students attending. A telegraph pole sign outside the building read in a child’s hand We are all on a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittston
Pressed Steel Car Company
State fair accident claims Cedar Rapids visitor at Des Moines
Mrs Ambrose Jeffries of Cedar Rapids was crushed while crossing a track in front of an approaching street car at a downtown Des Moines corner during the state fair. She died soon after at Mercy hospital. Her cousin Mrs O S Brown escaped injury. First accident of state fair week with 23 785 in attendance on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Ambrose Jeffries
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Jeffries
O. S. Brown
Lad Struck By Engine At Ninth Street Crossing
Lawrence Morgan of Sheldon, 14, was struck by an Omaha train at Ninth street crossing while spectators crowded the thoroughfare after the fair. He lies in a hospital in a serious condition with the steam chest impact to his head. extent of injuries not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Morgan
Sheldon
Harry Morgan
Omaha
Ninth Street
Fair Grounds
Rebels Grow in Aldvania Revolt Across Balkan Frontiers
Report from Belgrade on Sunday says the Aldvania uprising is extremely serious with rebels increasing daily. The revolt spans the region from Pristina to Prisrend in European Turkey and the Montenegrin frontier demanding complete reinforcement of sherif laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Pristina
Prisrend
European
Turkey
Montenegran
Whisky Made in Pen Prison Sparks Guard Dismissals
Eight guards at the Western penitentiary in Pennsylvania were dismissed for allegedly failing to detect prisoners making whisky inside the prison. A discharged guard claims other employees at the pen are implicated as the whisky is said to have been produced from prune juice yeast and sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Penitentiary
Pennsylvania
Prominent Methodist Leader A E Swisher Hangs Self
A E Swisher a noted Methodist figure and former president of the State Bar Association hanged himself in a barn near Iowa City on Sunday. His daughter discovered the body and friends say financial troubles may have driven him to the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Swisher
The
State Bar Association
Iowa City
Robber Farmer Kills Housekeeper’s Daughter Then Self
William Tibbetts a wealthy farmer near Delhi Minnesota killed Cecil Norton aged 15 the daughter of his housekeeper. He then set fire to his house and hanged himself on Monday. Tibbetts was a widower seventy years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tibbetts
Delhi
Minn
Cecil Norton
Dorothy Tibbitts
Tibbitts
Duluth Buyer Killed in Omaha Hotel Elevator
W. S. Kenneth of Duluth Minnesota, a buyer for Parton-White Co., was fatally injured in Omaha on Sunday when he attempted to jump into a passing elevator car at the Rome Hotel, according to the elevator conductor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Kenneth
Parton-White Company
Duluth, Minn
Omaha
Rome Hotel
Kenneth
Five Die When Auto Is Hit By Train West Of Vigus
Five persons, four of them kin, were killed Sunday when their car was struck by a fast passenger train on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific line two and a half miles west of Vigus stations on the Creve Coeur lake road in St Louis county Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Vigus
Creve Cour Lake Road
St. Louis County
Labor Day Observed in Vandergrift Amid Strike Tensions
The American Federation of Labor plans Labor Day events in Vandergrift Pennsylvania, a center of iron and steel worker protests. The town is under organizational ban with speakers expected to address the crowd and assess the strike's impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
Vandergrift
Iron and Steel Workers
Dutch Detachment Crushes Island Rebellion
Dutch forces exact severe punishment on rebels of the island of lores after an ambush kills fifteen Dutch. Reinforcements arrive and in a sharp battle kill 117 rebels, signaling strong retaliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lores
Mysterious death on Milwaukee bridge linked to train strike
A mangled unknown man’s body was found on the Milwaukee railroad bridge near Conesville. A game warden badge was among the remains, suggesting a possible worker or traveler. Rain floods Iowa crops while Des Moines officials threaten a $100,000 street railway suit. Stillman buys Grundy County paper. F J Stillman takes over the Jefferson Bee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conesville
Des Moines
Des Moines Street Railway
StWlmman
Cie Smith
Grundy County
Civil War Veteran Thomas A Wood Dies in St Louis
Thomas A Wood a civil war veteran and newspaper club figure died in St Louis Missouri on Sunday at age six note indicates a likely OCR error but confirms long service as business manager of the St Louis Globe Democrat for thirty nine years until retirement two years ago He was active in the newspaper community and local clubs for decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A Wood
St Louis
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Winnipeg Fire Damages Danutech McClary Stove Warehouse
A blaze at the Danutech McClary stove warehouse in Winnipeg on Sunday caused about 250000 in damages. Fire crews fought the flames and contained the fire to the warehouse complex, with no immediate word on injuries or cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
McClary
Persian Bandit Rahim Khan Captured by Russian Forces
Persian bandit Rahim Khan has been captured amid reports of Russian punitive expeditions in the region. The seizure marks a notable development in ongoing hostilities though details remain scarce and unverified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rahim Kahn
Crusade Drives Women From Keokuk Red Light District
Mrs Brown and her daughter Maggie Brown were tarred and feathered in Alexandria Missouri on Friday night after being driven out of Keokuk Indiana by a crusade against the red light district. The incident follows local tensions and public outrage over vice in the region.
Fire destroys Grand Forks Idaho and saloons looted
A Sunday blaze wiped out Grand Forks Idaho leaving three saloons burning. Bystanders looted the ruins as about three hundred residents were rendered homeless and without food supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Forks
Idaho
Mauretania Breaks Transatlantic Record to Queenstown
The steamer Mauretania, holder of the fastest Atlantic crossing, reached Queenstown from New York after a four day fourteen hour and twenty seven minute voyage. It surpassed its previous best by two hours and thirty three minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queenstown
New York
Coroner's Jury Holds Mrs Hathaway Responsible
A Sumner County Kansas coroner's jury found Mrs. Hathaway responsible for the death of her husband John S Hathaway by administering poison. Hathaway died Thursday and the jury delivered the verdict on Monday in the investigation of suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Hathaway
Sumner County
Kan
Dozen Injured as Car Jumps Track in Chicago Incident
A Chicago accident on Ogden Avenue injured a dozen people when a car jumped a temporary track near Twelfth Street and Washtenaw Avenue and overturned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ogden Avenue
Bank Robbers Identified in Town Marshal Slain Case
J B Austin and W 13 Dickinson were Tuesday formally charged with the murder of Town Marshal Swine ford and Robert Palmer Wadding, cashier of the Kiefer State bank of Kiefer, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J B Austin
W 13
Dickinson
Swineford
Robert Palmer Wadding
Kiefer State Bank
Kiefer, Ohia
Harry Thaw Appointed Librarian Amid Probe
In a surprising move during an ongoing inquiry, Harry Thaw is named librarian as authorities pursue a regular occupation for Harry Kk Thaw. The Mattea wan authorities oversee the appointment during the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Thaw
Harry Kk Thaw
Matteawan
Pesarian
Apple shipment from Logan to Sioux City and beyond grows
Logan shippers move 600 barrels per week of hand picked apples to Sioux City and other western points, adding to apples sent to Omaha. Meanwhile thousands of windfall bushels go to waste in the county. A shooting near Modale is deemed an accident by the attending physician and Dr Renshaw is arrested for alleged unlicensed practice. Northwest Iowa M F Conference to meet September 24-26 at Estherville First Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Shippers
Sioux City
Omaha
Renshaw
Logan
Smith
Northwest Iowa
M. F
Northwest Town Methodist Episcopal Conference
Presbyterian Church
Estherville
Bar Nude in Art at State Fair Excluded by Board
State fair officials voted to bar all nude in art displays after a flood of protests by mail telephone and in person directed to Superintendent Legae and Secretary Simpson. Meanwhile three weathered ears of red corn were torn from the Sioux City court house porch as workers prepared the area for painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legae
Simpson
Sioux City
Court House
Jealousy Leads to Double Tragic Acts in Council Bluffs
Andrew Madsen shot and fatally wounded Martha Rasmussen then killed himself after being forced to end relations with her. Edward Everett Sewall, 40, died by self-inflicted gunshot at home, amid despondency over wife and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Madsen
Martha Rasmussen
Council Bluffs
Madsen
Edward Everett Sewall
Sewall
Fire Loss of 8000 at Nevada Electric Plant
An 8000 dollar fire loss at the Nevada electric company plant in Nevada origin unknown. The firm will rebuild at once and carries 5000 dollars of insurance on building and contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada Electric Company
Nevada
Trade Review Signals Strengthening Chicago Markets
Dun's Review of Chicago trade reports broadened production and distribution gains for 1910 demand. New long contracts emerge in rails steel pig iron cars wire and forge outputs while prices firm and lumber prices rise. Bank clearings top a quarter billion with strong YoY gains. failures rise to 26 in the district, large-asset failures at six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dun
Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
Trade and industry show continued improvement in late summer
New York reports indicate improving trade and industrial momentum driven by cotton harvests in the south, spring wheat harvests in the northwest and Pacific coast, and gathering agricultural outputs. Jobbing, wholesale, and dry goods markets show cautious buying, with fall demand lifting after the vacation period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Pacific Coast
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Market prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains in multiple cities
Across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Cincinnati New York prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains are listed by grade and type with ranges for prices like cattle 4.00 to 7.45 dollars hogs up to 8.40 dollars wheat No 2 around 1.00 to 1.10 corn No 2 approximately 61 to 79 cents oats around 35 to 39 cents and rye about 67 to 78 cents per bushel or head in multiple regional markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Cincinnati
New York
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Children's Home
Lone Bandit
Krome
Justice Moody
Roldt
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Mhree
Ywouwillldren
Remsen Hotel
St. Joseph
Lad
Swisher
Duluth
Iowa
Husbaninl
Nim Yeager
Charles House
Modale
Burlington
Flint Creek
J. H. Suder
Northwestern
Nellie Reynolds
Minnie Francis
Kansas City
Hamery
John I. Hamery
John B. Hammond
Prohibition Party
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