Death Ends Long Career of Minnesota Governor Johnson
Governor John Albert Johnson died at St Marys hospital in Rochester after a week long battle for life. Services were held at St Peters Presbyterian church. Johnson had been a three time elected Minnesota governor and a 1908 Democratic presidential candidate. He was buried beside his mother Eberhart becomes Minnesota’s chief executive. He was born in Sweden in 187? and came to Minnesota in 1881.
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John Albert Johnson
Minnesota
United States
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Guv Johnson
Gov Johnson
Chicago Great Western
Nfe
Thompson
St Peter
Gov. Johnson
Eberhart
Sweden
Pole Hunters Land In New York And Sydney Harbor
Amid a rousing public welcome in New York Dr Frederick A. Cook arrives back in the United States after claiming first conquest of the North Pole. Simultaneously Commander Robert E Peary enters Sydney Nova Scotia harbor to cheers from public and dignitaries amid similar honors.
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Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
New York
Robert E Peary
Pole
Sydney
Nova Scotia
Tammany clashes erupt as polls near closing time
After hundreds arrested for poll disorders in Greater New York, rival Tammany bands exchanged forty shots at a Second Avenue polling place. three men wounded, one fatally. Despite the violence, incumbents loyal to Tammany prevailed in primaries, keeping the leadership lineup. Meanwhile heavy wind and rain struck Crowley Louisiana causing uprooted trees and rice crop damage.
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Greater
New York
Second Avenue
Crowley
Riots in Iiev Cause Sixty Dead and Hundreds Injured
A dispatch from Iiev, Russia reports anti Jewish rioting in the city. Twenty people were killed and several hundred injured, many fatally. Separately, market notes show Sioux City livestock prices with feeders at 450 and top hogs at 820.
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Longon
Iiev
Russia
Sioux City
Omaha Street Railway Strike Spurs Violence Fears
Sunday marked the second day of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street railway strike with two non union motormen rough handled and five arrests. Police were called to a southside car barn as tensions rose while Taft’s Omaha visit loomed. The influx of strikebreakers from Chicago and the pledge of 250 local business leaders to protect the president fueled unease and the first violence appeared in Council Bluffs with an interurban derailment and smashed windows.
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Omaha
Council Bluffs Street
Taft
Omaha Business Men's Association
Chicago
Council Bluffs
Petition from Oklahoma Indians Seeks Washington Relief
About 16 000 Creeks Cherokees Chickasaws and Choctaws protest state and county treatment and send a petition to Washington for relief. Commissioner Valen admitted valid complaints but said relief requires congressional action.
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Oklahoma
Washington
Indian Affairs
Valen
Indian Protective League
Fire destroys St Caroline hospital in Reading
A blaze at St Caroline hospital in Reading killed nurse Mrs. Jef Harding and seriously injured matron Miss Constantine Rainsbarry. Seven patients were rescued by the matron and Miss Bertha Lampkin as the nurse Mrs. Harding perished after reentering to reach survivors.
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Jef Harding
Constantine Rainsbarry
St Caroline Hospital
Reading
Cal
Bertha Lampkin
Miss Rainsbarry
Gasoline Launch Fire Tragedy Near Mt Clemens
A gasoline launch fire on the Clinton river led to the drowning of Theodore Englender Jr eighteen and serious hand burns to Ray DeKay and Ray Grosbeck. Twenty two Mt Clemens high school seniors escaped with narrow exits from the water after a picnic trip to Tashmoo park.
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Theodore Englender
Ray DeKay
Ray Grosbeck
Mt Clemens
Mich
Tashmoo Park
Clinton River
Dynamite Targets Tin Plate Official’s Home in Youngstown
The residence of Charlies I Gibson, general manager of the Struthers plant of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Co., was dynamited on Sunday. None of the occupants were injured. they were awakened by the blast. The strike at the mill has persisted for weeks, with Gibson active in pursuing reopening under an open shop plan.
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Youngstown
Charlies I Gibson
Struthers
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Gibson
Rail unions decide to affiliate with AFL Liphor
Secretary Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor announced that the United Brotherhood of Car men, representing many large railroad employers, voted almost unanimously at its Atlanta Georgia convention to affiliate with the AFL Liphor.
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Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
United Brotherhood of Carmen
Atlanta
American Federation of Lie Hor
Congressmen End Hawaii Tour With San Francisco Return
A delegation of United States congressmen completed a tour of the Hawaiian Islands departing Honolulu aboard the Pacific Mail liner for San Francisco Sunday morning. They inspected local needs during visits to Hawaii, Maui, and the volcanic island of Kasb.
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Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
Pacific Mail
San Francisco
Archipelago
Hawaii
Marui
Volcano Island
Kasb
General Frederick Funston Injured in Leavenworth Accident
Brig Gen Frederick Funston commander of the army service schools sustained a severe fracture of the right shoulder when he stumbled on an uneven walk at Leavenworth Kansas. He will be confined to quarters for several days.
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Frederick Funston
Army Service Schools
Leavenworth
Kaw
Montana Town Burning Report From Beach
A report from Beach eighty miles east of Glendive Montana states that the town was burned on Sunday with damage and likely destruction. No injuries are listed and investigation by local authorities is pending.
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Montana
Beach
Glendive
Mont
Irish Ahead of Columbus A Celtic Invasion Claim
London dispatch in the Detroit Free Press asserts proof of pre Columbus Irish settlement in America. Mrs Marion Mullhall, author of Celtic sources works, is credited with uncovering maps in Rome's Casanatensis library showing early Christian Irish colonization and naming of regions in America. The book Explorers in the New World Before and After Columbus surveys Irish navigators in the sixteenth century and Jesuit missions in Paraguay.
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London Dispatch
Detroit Free Press
Casanatensis
Rome
Marion Mullhall
New World
Chile
Peru
South America
Paraguay
Mulshall
Ireland
Holy Father
Mullhall
Micheal Mullhall
Doctor and Wife Endorse Grape-Nuts for All Aged
A trained nurse praises Grape-Nuts as nourishing and adaptable for all ages, advising use with milk, cream, or albumen water for weak stomachs. She shares a recipe with Grape-Nuts, egg white, and fruit juice, calling it ideal for breakfast and for those on liquid diets or with dental issues.
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Wellville
Editor J. J. Clifford Denies Charges After Sioux City Arrest
J. J. Clifford editor of Progressive West and former missionary says witnesses’ statements about his actions on Sioux City high school grounds are untrue. He is in jail with no bond set and offered to prove the accusations of gross misconduct against Grace Mable are false, though details remain unspecified. Friends suggest stress may affect him if tests are accurate. He complains of cold jail and head pains as authorities determine the exact charge.
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Progressive West
Sioux City
J. J Clifford
The
Grace Mable
Oscar Linblad
August Sorenson
Clifton
Des Moines Detective Delmege Killed During Arrest
Des Moines police say City Detective Frank Delmege was shot and killed during an arrest of John Schmeltzer who fired on officers. Schmeltzer, wounded, is expected to survive as Patrolman Sam Ross subdued him after Delmege fell. Delmege left a large family and was famed for bravery.
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Des Moines
John Schmneltzer
Frank Delmege
West
Schmeltzer
Delmege
Sam Ross
Schhmeltzer
Ross
Shemeltzer
Death of Cresco Man Found Near Austin Railroad Yards
Andrew McAndrews, 65, a Cresco resident and former Cresco town marshal, was found dead in the Austin Minnesota railroad yards. The body showed severe injuries and authorities have not learned how the accident occurred or what he was doing there. McAndrews was a member of the G A R.
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Andrew McAndrews
Cresco
Andrew McaAndrews
Austin Minn
McAndrews
G A. R
Narrow Escape From Death In Sioux City Train
A special train bearing Liberati's band struck the engine and pulled it into Sioux City Sunday. H Brown division superintendent of the Northwestern railroad was hurled off the right of way and badly bruised. Lenehan resting easy after illness, with physicians calling his condition serious. Clergymen gather from the state amid concern.
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Liberati
Sioux City
H Brown
Northwestern Railroad
Northwestern
Lenehan
Mgr B. C Lenehan
Fort Dodge
Apple Crop Waste and Local Charity Gifts Highlight Iowa News
Apple growers in Harrison County dispose of crab windfall and undersized fruit feeding hogs on farms. The Town State Association of Elks meets in Marshalltown on June 15 and 16. L S Coffin of Fort Dodge donates 1000 to the YMCA building fund. Miss Claire Van Scoy of Logan wins fourteen premiums for oil paintings crayons and pastels at the Missouri Valley fair.
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Harrison County
State Association of Elks
Marshalltown
Coffin
L. S. Coffin
Fort Dodge
Ymca Building Fund
Claire van Scoy
Logan
Vissouri Valley
Woman Hart in a Runaway and Cemetery Visit
Mrs. Farrell of Creston injured in a runaway while returning from Graceland cemetery where she went to tend her late husband MFB Farrell’s grave. She may not recover. Burlington wins pennant by defeating Quincy to claim Central Association title.
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Farrell
Mfb. Farrell
Creston
Tyson
Graceland Cemetery
Burlington
Quincy
Central Association
Eleven Delegates Named for Waterways Meeting in New Orleans
Iowa Gov Carroll designated eleven delegates from each congressional district to attend the Lake to the Gulf Deep Waterways convention in New Orleans on November 1 and 2. Taft, Sherman, and Cannon will attend. Taft to travel Mississippi River from St. Louis with officials and congress members. Iowa officials incl Gov Carroll and Reps Haugen Good Woods Kendall Pickett invited. Cummins and Hull likely to go. Delegates listed by district: Wells Keokuk. Johnson Muscatine. Peter Jene Dubuque. Turner New Hampton. Rebly Anamosa. Hains Grinnell. Price Indianola. Higbee Creston. Lem on Guthrie Center. Ericson Boone. Lister Sibley.
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Gov Carroll
Iowa
Gulf Deep Waterways Association
New Orleans
Taft
Sherman
Cannon
Mississippi River
St. Louis
United States
Congress
Gov
Carroll
Haugen
Good, Woods
Kendall
Pickett
Cummins
Hull
Indianola
D. W. Higbee
Creston
A. D. Lemon
Guthrie Center
C. J. A. Ericson
Boone
G. W. Lister
Sibley
Eloper Sentenced to Five Years for Seduction
Jud Stitt a married man from Miio deserted his wife and eloped with 16 year old Helen Haworth five weeks ago. Indicted on wife desertion and seduction, he pleaded guilty to seduction and received the maximum five year term. The elopement began in Indianola and the pair were followed to Des Moines by the girl's father.
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Jud Stitt
Miio
Helen Haworth
Fort Madison
Stitt
Indianola
Des Moines
Still
Couny
Iowa Retail Hardware Dealers to Hold 1910 Des Moines Convention
By unanimous vote the Iowa Retail Hardware Dealers association chose Des Moines as the site for its next convention the first week of March 1910 at the Coliseum. The group with 1800 members expects hundreds more dealers salesmen and manufacturers to attend needing twenty thousand square feet for exhibits.
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Iowa Retail Hardware Dealers’ Association
Des Moines
Coliseum
Hardware Dealers' Association
Mischievous Boy Shoots Autocar Wounding Man
A Canton resident Ernest Otto loses sight in one eye after a prank by Johnny Edens who shot a moving automobile with an air gun. The driver, Otto, was in the rear seat during the incident. A separate report notes Leander Berry dies from a runaway accident when his team bolted and threw him to the ground.
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Ernest Otto
Johnny Edens
Mr Otto
Leander Berry
Clinton
Mr Berry
Gifts to the Pope: Lions and a colossal statue arrive
The London Globe notes gifts to the Pope include a pair of lions kept in large dens in the Vatican gardens and a colossal statue reportedly shown before St. X as Attila is driven away. Names are omitted, but the items illustrate a steady stream of donations from around the world to the papal residence.
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St. Peter
London Globe
Paris
St. X
Attila
Damiosa Hereditas
Vatican
Michael Angelo
Raphael
Pinturicchio
Palace of
Bramante
God
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