Priests Bring Flood News From Mexican Outlying Districts
Village floods cause widespread destruction outlying districts in Mexico. Arrambori is destroyed with people wandering for food. La Ascension town and 2,000 residents vanish. Allende also reported disappeared with fields turned to lakes. Aid urgently needed as roads hinder relief.
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Monterey
Mex
Arrambori
Lenares
la Ascension
Allende
Mexico
Bustamente
Caescandia
Mitchell Corn Palace Opens September 27
The Mitchell Corn Palace in South Dakota will open September 27 with a dedication to King Corn and its grains and grasses. The event features the United States Marine Band, vaudeville acts, numerous exhibits, and half fare excursion trains, running through October 2, 1909.
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King Corn
Cort Palace
Mitchell
South Dakota
Corn Palace
United States Marine Band
Washington, D. C
Mother Earth
Explorer Walter Noellman orders return of property
A Tromso dispatch to Aften Posten reports Walter Noellman instructed his agent to arrange the return of all the explorer's property from Virgo Bay Spitzbergen and the three men who were to have spent the winter there.
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Tromso
Aften Posten
Walter Noellman
Virgo Bay
Spitzbergen
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotations
Wednesday quotations from the Sioux City live stock market show beef steers quoted from 4.50 to 7.40 and top hogs at 7.96. The report reflects current wholesale prices for cattle and swine in the regional market.
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Sioux City
Wage Scale Rejected by Chicago City Railway referendum
An overwhelming vote rejected the wage scale offered by the Chicago City Railway Company in a referendum that closed on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chisago
Death of Mrs. Merriam Colbert Harrie in Tokio
Mrs Merriam Colbert Harrie wife of Bishop Harris of the Methodist Episcopal church died at her home in Tokio Japan on Thursday Her death is announced by church circles and followed years of service with the missionary work in Asia
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Bishop Harris
Merriam Colbert Harrie
Methodist Episcopal Church
Tokio
Japan
Shelly
Margaret Shelly
Kate Shelly
Moingona
Costly Steel Strike Ends at Pressed Steel Car Works
The fifty three day strike at Pressed Steel Car works in McKees Rocks Pa ends with 6000 workers set to return to work. The company agrees to no Sunday work half holiday on Saturday wage increases a printed pay list and suspension of chief of police T A Farrell. Wider labor investigation pending.
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MeeKees Rocks
McKees Rocks
Pressed Steel
C A. Wise
T. A. Farrell
Charles P. Neill
Detroit Physician Held in Millman Death Case
Dr George A Fritch a Detroit physician was arrested at police headquarters on suspicion of involvement in the death and dismemberment of Miss Maybelle Millman of Ann Arbor. Martha Henning a friend of the victim was taken in as a witness as Sheriff Gaston completed inquiries in the Millman case.
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Millmann
George A Fritch
Detroit
Mich
Maybelle Millman
Ann Arbor
Ecorse Creek
Martha Henning
Fritch
Gaston
Villlman
St Joseph Adopts New City Charter Plan
The Missouri first class city charter passed in St Joseph with 4431 yes to 2926 no, a 1503 margin. It cuts the council to five, grants the mayor appointment power over health utilities and park boards, and introduces initiative referendum and recall. the measure becomes effective next April.
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St. Joseph
Missouri
Board of Health, Utilities Commission
Park Commission
Lord Strathcona Hurt in Carriage Accident
Lord Strathcona aged 82 was thrown from a carriage while en route to his ranch with Verona Manitoba Mayor Megan on Saturday night. The horses ran wild and bolted into a wire fence. Strathcona sustained an injured arm while Mayor Megan suffered a broken leg.
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Lord Strathcona
Megan
Verona
Man
Chicago Couple Found Dead in Bed from Gas Asphyxiation
Bodies of Harry Boland aged 75 and his wife Mary 65 were found in their Chicago home on Thursday. Death was due to asphyxiation with a gas jet found partly open. Police launched an investigation into the case.
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Harry Boland
Mary
Chicago
Express Train Jumps Track Near St Joseph
The Burlington's southbound t Paul express ran into a washout four miles south of St Joseph Missouri. Seven coaches derailed and five plunged into a ravine. One injured person, an unnamed man, sprained his foot.
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Texpress
Burlington
St Joseph
Nan
Decision in Lumber Case From Boise
Dispatch from Boise Idaho reports the United States case against Barber Lumber Company on conspiracy charges is decided in favor of the defense on every point.
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Boise
Idaho
United States
Barber Lumber Company
Nunn
Cmpany
Peary Claims North Pole Discovery After Arctic Run
Peary announced from Labrador that he reached the North Pole on April 6, disputing Dr. Frederick A Cook's claim. Bartlett's telegrams from St Johns indicate no trace of Cook's pole reach, suggesting Peary’s finding may influence the dispute over who truly reached the pole.
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Peary
North Pole
Arctic
New York
Labrador
Denmark
Frederick A. Cook
Brooklyn
Robert E. Peary
Frederick A Cook
St. Johns
Robert Bartlett
Roosevelt
Chateau Bay
Bartlett
Cook
Dr. Cook
Boarding House Fire Endangers Nineteen In Monroe
Nineteen people escaped death when a Monroe boarding house burned on Monday. Guests jumped from upper windows as two were seriously hurt, including Samuel Barrow district manager of Texas Oll, who leaped with his six year old son in his arms. Barrow suffered burns and bruises. the child was uninjured. The fire is suspected incendiary and overall losses were small.
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Monroe
Samuel Barrow
Texas Oll Company
Barrows
Lost in Ice Caves Near Lake Mary Rescue
John Mohlenhaup of Newark and I S Price were rescued after nearly 24 hours lost in Lake Mary ice caves ten miles below Flagstaff Arizona. Exhausted and frostbitten they had torn clothing to fashion a rope for crossing a crevasse before rescue crews found them 150 feet underground.
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Lake Mary
Flagstaff
Ariz
John Mohlenhaup
Newark
I S Price
Kenton man shoots man after seven year feud
Reinhart Sorgen, 30, a Kenton resident and bricklayer, surrendered at the Columbus county jail after shooting Henry Gauer. Sorgen admitted vengeance for a wrong seven years ago. Gauer was hospitalized in critical condition with a bullet lodged by the left shoulder blade near the lungs.
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Reinhart Sorgen
Kenton
Columbus
Henry Gauer
Sorgen
Gauer
Missouri Drought Broken by Severe Storm Killings
A central Missouri drought ended after a Saturday storm centered in northern Christian county. In Spokane, Missouri, postmaster Hiram Coroga was killed by lightning as damage totaled about $100,000 with several injuries reported.
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Missouri
Christian County
Spokane
Hiram Coroga
Burglar Dashed Safe At Foxhome Bank
The First State Bank at Foxhome Minnesota fifteen miles west of Fergus Falls was robbed early Monday. Burglars blew the safe taking about two thousand dollars and fled on a hand car before throwing it into the river near Breckenridge.
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Minnesota Bank
Foxhome
Fergus Falls
Minn
Breckenridge
Tramps Die in Derailed Train Near Maloy Iowa
Three unknown tramps riding in a box car were killed Thursday night when a Chicago Great Western freight train derailed near Maloy Iowa. Police and railroad officials investigated the incident as a tragic wreck with no identified victims.
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Chicago Great Western
Maloy
Tom Johnson Nominated for Cleveland Mayor Post
Incomplete returns from the municipal primary in Cleveland on Tuesday indicate Tom Johnson will be the Democratic nominee for mayor for the eighth time.
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Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Wfth
Democrats
Druggists Meet Discuss Night Drugstores Close
In Louisville the National Association of Retail Druggists considers ending the all night and cut rate drug stores and the suggestive post and ard. The convention debates impacts and potential eliminations of these formats.
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National Association of Retail Drug
Louisville
Moors Attack Spanish Forces at Hadira Column
Moors attacked two columns of Spanish troops marching from El Araba toward Hadlura but were repulsed with heavy losses. Spanish forces reported two killed and fifteen wounded.
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el Araba
Hadlura
Mexican War Hero Dead at Port Huron
Gen. James Shackelford, noted hero of the Mexican war and a prominent figure in the south, died in Port Huron Michigan on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Shackelford
South
Port Huron
Mich
Flood Devastates Tula Town In Tamaulipas
Another Mexican flood hit Tula in Tamaulipas on Monday with houses carried away and plantations ruined. The district endures abject misery as residents struggle after the disaster. Oklahoma official resigns as US attorney for western district John Embry tendered his resignation to the attorney general on Tuesday.
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Tula
Tamaulipas
Oklahoma
John Embry
United States
Western District of
War Veteran Col Celeus Price Dies in St Louis
Col Celeus Price a Civil War veteran and son of Gen Sterling Price died in St Louis after serving on his staff. He was a prominent military figure in his era and his death closes a long public career.
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Celeus Price
Sterling Price
St. Louis
Mons
Navy seeks forty thousand two blade jackknives
The Naval Bureau of Supplies and Accounts seeks 40,000 jackknives of the newly adopted two blade type. The knife features a large blade and a small blade.
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Naval Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
New Yorker Bonds Mount Blanc in Record Nine Hours
Walter S. Bond of New York climbs Mount Blanc from Chamonix in nine hours breaking Englishman Morehead’s 1856 record of nine and a half hours.
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Mount Blanc
Walter S. Bond
New York
Mt. Blanc
Chamonix
Morehead
Des Moines Knitting Mills Girls Walk Out Over Pay Change
On Labor Day the Des Moines Hosiery mills company announced a new pay system raising wages 18 to 20 percent based on merit rather than speed. Thirty nine knitting department workers walked out Tuesday morning, demanding the old scale be restored and offering no further reasons for the strike.
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Des Moines Hosiery Mills Company
Des Moines
Municipal Waterworks Debt Cleared Celebrated in Sioux City
Trustees report the Sioux City waterworks is free of debt after paying the final $20,000 installment on bonded indebtedness. They highlight municipal ownership as a success as receipts climb from $37,055.78 in 1899 to $79,615.09 in 1909.
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Sioux City
Mystery Surrounds Death of Hugh L. Smith in Des Moines
The unconscious Hugh L. Smith, eldest son of late Congressman Hiram Y. Smith, was found on a Des Moines street Sunday morning and died shortly after admission to a hospital. A companion who was with him when he collapsed vanished. authorities suspect apoplexy as the possible cause.
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Hugh L. Smith
Hiram Y. Smith
Des Moines
Smith
Embezzler and Missing Husband Tales In Iowa News
Mrs. Jason Mott, wife of a Council Bluffs lumber yard foreman, reports her husband vanished with about $1,100. The case follows prior alarming family desertion as detectives investigate the embezzlement claims. Separately, the Iowa Electric Railroad proposes a Marshalltown to Ames interurban line with a $50,000 forfeiture bond and franchise guarantee.
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Iowa Electric Railroad Company
Marshalltown
Ames
Bank Safe Locks In $80 000. Expert Sought For Help
A Marshalltown State bank cannot open its cash safe with $80 000 inside and will seek funds from other banks to continue operations. The safe refused to unlock despite extensive efforts and an expert has been dispatched.
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Marshalltown
Rock Island Train Hits Fort Des Moines Street Car
A Rock Island passenger train returning visitors from the state fair struck a packed Fort Des Moines street car at the grounds. Two people were killed and eleven injured, the car crushed against a river bridge and carried fifty feet on the engine pilot. The fatally injured are Mrs. R K Rollins and Mrs. Ed Lawless of Des Moines with severe injuries.
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Rock Island
Fort Des Moines
Des Moines River
RK. M. Rollins
Des Moines
Ed Lawless
Daring Hold Up At Sloan By Five Masked Men
Five masked men held up a North western section crew near Sloan at dusk on Friday. They leveled loaded revolvers and forced the workers to surrender $43 before firing a fusillade over their heads and escaping into nearby undergrowth. No trace of the robbers was found by Saturday morning, but authorities believe they escaped toward Sioux City.
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Sloan
Sioux City
Scandal at Cedar County Poor Farm Inquiry Begins
Investigators allege gross mismanagement at the Cedar county poor farm near Tipton. They claim several babies were born to inmate mothers in the insane department and subsequently disposed of, with the affair hushed up. A rigid investigation is expected.
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Cedar County
Tipton
Insane Department
Automobile Day At Denison Invites County Farmers
The Denison business men plan an Automobile Day inviting all county farmers and families for a free five mile auto ride hosted by auto owners. The event date is September 10. State Fair Attendance Tops Half Million With Revenue Near $130000.
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Denison
Mysterious Disappearance and Other City News
A longtime Council Bluffs foreman Jason Mott vanishes leaving wife and family in ignorance. In other items George Scott and son Frank sell pearls for 910 while estimating future finds at 1500 this season. The Harding disbarment appeal proceeds to Iowa Supreme Court after Judge Wright ruled for Harding. Elizabeth Seigler suffered severe burns from kitchen grease at the Bismarck cafe in Des Moines. August Meyer loses 38 calves to a cattle disease near Hampton. A man known for eleven marriages and hundreds of divorces is noted. Peter West, Waterloo pioneer, dies in Pendleton Oregon.
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Council Bluffs
Jason Mott
Big Moncey
George Scott
Frank
Coon River
Lake City
Aurelian Bank Building Underway in Aurelia
Work has commenced on the new national bank building at Aurelia. The bank will be one of the finest in the county.
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Aurelian Bank
National Bank
Aurelia
Jersey Waist and Daring Fashion Notes
Fashion hints describe the Jersey waist attached to a full kilted skirt in black veille and satin. The satin waist and kilted veil open in front over a satin petticoat. Milton quotes on effort contrast with the idea that only the other fellow knows all about it. A strong man can lift weights. weaker men can only work and try.
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Dame Fashion
Milton
Grape-Nuts End Indigestion For Terre Haute Family
A Terre Haute woman reports four years of indigestion eased by Grape-Nuts. Her husband, previously weak, improved after switching to the cereal. Their son thrives at school and all praise the nourishing value. The ad touts the product with the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Terre Haute
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Coe College
Stev Dr J A Marquis
Beaver Pa
Coe College of
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Dubuque
KE. B. Meyer
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Supreme Court
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Harding
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Cambridge
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Meyer
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