Deathwatch Ahead for John Junkin in Iowa Hanging
Sheriff John G. Clark plans to execute John Junkin on July 29 at Fort Madison for the murder of Clara Rosen in Ottumwa. Junkin is kept in solitary confinement as guards tighten precautions amid widespread public interest and threats of mob violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Clark
Clara Rosen
Centerville
John Junkin
J. G. Clark
Fort Madison
Ottumwa
Junkin
Appanoose County
John Clark
Towa
Supreme Court
M. A. Roberts
Wapello
Clark
H. J. Hoeve
Des Moines
J. C. Box
Tuetz
Lst
J. As Hull
L. Torrence
8. L. Hauch
F. A. Rosen
Fred Rosen
C. O. Rosen
G. O. Nelson
C. V. Nelson
W. Webster
J. B. Hammond
J.M. Shindley
W.C. Wyman
W. R. Daggett
J. E. Hull
G. B. Niblack
BH. R. Mitchell
C. W. McCart
A. G. Cook
Frank Harris
Pete Gallagher
Albia
Polk County
Appanoose District Court
Ottumwans
Court House
Carrall
Roberts
Iowa
Highteenth General Assembly
Joseph C. Smith
Dog bite on Alma Baker prompts Pasteur treatment
A mad dog bit Alma Baker, daughter of Henry Baker of Walcott, and she receives Pasteur treatment at the Iowa state bacteriological laboratory. Surgeons believe she will not develop rabies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa City
Alma Baker
Henry Baker
Walcott
Iowa State Bacteriological Laboratory
Nineteen Century Drugist Shot by Wife in Buxton
Ike Hutchinson a colored druggist was shot by his wife in Buxton. Two bullets from a 32 calibre revolver entered his body just above the heart. He survived the attack and authorities investigated the incident.
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Bireton Necro
Buxton
Ike Hutchinson
Girl Attacks Rival in Denison Case
Miss Lois Tucker attacked a young woman found with a man who had been keeping company with her. Tucker has been unconscious for several days and authorities fear she cannot recover.
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Denison
Lois Tucker
Citizens seek removal of Kellogg mayor
Thirteen Kel logg residents petition District Judge Clements seeking the removal of Mayor James Boyd alleging he became negligent on the 4th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg
Newton
Clements
James Boyd
Nilazious
Taft Postal Savings Bill Praised By Labor Paper
A Western Laborer clipping lauds Taft and the Republican administration for passing the postal savings bank law. It claims the law benefits the poor and denounces the Democratic Party for opposing it, urging readers that the party cannot be trusted nationally.
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Democratic Party
William HH. Taft
Western Laborer of
Omaha
West
Taft
United States
Postal Savings Bank
Republican Defense of the Payne Aldrich Tariff
The Boston Herald argues Republicans must start early to counter Democratic attacks on the Payne Aldrich tariff. It notes both parties' lawmakers sought to protect local industries, highlights that the bill lowers duties on most necessities while raising revenue via luxuries, and insists voters deserve a verdict based on evidence. Springfield Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
Massachusetts
Springfield
Polk County Tops Iowa In Land Values Amid State Figures
Des Moines July 16 Polk county is the leading Iowa county in actual land and town lot values including new buildings with 87 658 864 dollars of the states total 1 980 274 836. Linn county is second. Polk also tops in livestock value at 18 599 467 dollars while Pottawattamie trails with 4 181 342.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Polk County
State Executive Council
Iowa
Linn County
Johnson County
Auditor of State
Condemning Tariffs: General or Detailed
The Public Ledger argues that while condemning the tariff system or a specific tariff is possible, the claim that reducing it increases the tariff burden is not supported by current facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Proof of Fall in Prices in United States Trade May 1910
The Bureau of Statistics reports a sharp drop in May 1910 prices across export and domestic trades. May export prices for about fifty principal export articles fell, while wholesale domestic prices in major centers like New York also declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Bureau
New York
New Party Talk and Roosevelt's Stand in 1900s News
The New Haven Palladium argues Roosevelt remains a Republican at heart and unlikely to join any new party born from Republican dissension. It notes past third parties failed, including Hearst’s radical and gold standard efforts, and dismisses new radical talk as nonsensical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
United States
Democratic Party
Hearst
Democracy
Democrats
Bryan
Roosevelt
New Haven Palladium
Iowa State Golf Association selects Waveland for next tournament
At Cedar Rapids meeting the Iowa State Golf Association awarded the next tournament to Waveland club and adopted Western Golf Association pairing rules. McLaughlin reelected president Maxwell named vice president Dorr secretary treasurer. Directors include Clark Barquist Kenney Donnan Rogers. Friday results: Rider beat Harrison, Ammons over Bever, and other matches in the flight competitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Golf Association
Waveland Club
Western Golf Association
A. J. McLaughlin
Sioux City
W. J. Maxwell
Dorr
Des Moines
Rider
Harrison
Ammons
Bever
Foveners
Bartlett
Meuller
Sheldon
Durin
Directors
Flight
Giberson
Donnan
Kinney
Baker
John Newburn
Panama Canal Finances and Treasury Advances
The figures show ordinary receipts and expenditures with the Panama Canal kept separate. The canal expenditures reached about $34 million for the year, with treasury advances to the canal bond issue used later for reimbursement. Post Office advances were about $8.5 million, far below the initial $16 million estimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Post Office Department
Postoffice Department
Hitchcock
If We Must Take the Dose
The Newton New Jersey Register argues that Democratic prospects in the upcoming fall elections are unlikely. A trade slump is seen in many sectors due to reduced demand and product curtailment. The piece warns the public to accept the coming policy change now so voters can decide at the next presidential election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
N. J
J C Leffler Dies At 79 In Des Moines Masonry Chief
J C Leffler aged 79 longtime superintendent of masonry on the Iowa State Capitol project in Des Moines and at the Clarinda Hospital for the Insane died of nephritis at his son Dr Calse G Leffler’s home. He helped build the state house during its fourteen year construction and spent twenty two years on the two state jobs. He lived in Des Moines from 1873 to 1886.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Leffler
Marshalltown
John C. Leffler
State House
Des Moines
Calse G. Leffler
Leffler
Hospital For the
Clarinda
Tariff Talks Across Newspapers Reflect Global Tensions
A clipping cites editorials from the Pittsburg Press and Troy Times on tariff stability versus revision, noting rising living costs influence German Kaiser and hints at U S policy stance. It mentions Mr Knox holding leverage amid tariff disputes across papers including Buffalo News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Press
Troy Times
Germany
Knox
Buffalo News
When Will Tariff Issue End In Politics
Brooklyn Times laments partisan politics end to tariff conflicts and predicts benefits for U S manufacturing and labor. The column mocks free trade doctrine and importer interests, and asks when utopia will arrive, joking it may come only when the sky falls and larks are caught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Brooklyn Times
Mrs. Morris Fights Court to Keep Children
Des Moines July 16 Mrs Sherman Morris wife of Frank Shercliffe refuses to surrender her children to the juvenile court and blocks steps to place them in the Soldiers Orphans home at Davenport. She vows to continue the struggle to honor her husband’s wishes and keep the family together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Morris
Des Moines
Sherman Morris
Frank Shercliffe
Soldiers’ Orphans
Davenport
New Iowa City Depot Construction Begin
New freight depot to cost 30000 dollars is planned on Rock Island's right of way in Iowa City. Ground breaking is underway and construction will be pushed ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Rock Island
Mothers Congress Promotes School Hygiene in Denver
The Mothers congress met in Denver during the second week of June and advanced hygiene education in schools. President Mrs Frederick Schoff notes many mothers groups teaching child care and a 40 percent drop in death rate for children under five where such groups exist. She plans college courses to broaden women’s sanitary knowledge to aid all districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers’ Congress
Denver
Frederick Schoff
Schoff
Do Millionaires Laugh A satirical note on wealthy non laughter
The piece asserts that millionaires rarely laugh and treats this as a symbol of deep social and economic harms. It argues that only a few insignificant millionaires retain any sense of humor, while the major financiers exhibit dry mirth. The anecdote involves a dinner of the simplified spelling board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everybody’s Magazine
Lightning Strike Kills Davenport Man While Fishing
Alfonzo Twiggs, a Black resident of Davenport, was fatally struck by lightning while sitting on the river bank fishing on July 16. Police report the event as an accidental fatality with no other injuries noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Alfonzo Twiggs
Peterson Law Not Tested Re Polk County Case
M G Albrook, recently convicted in Polk County criminal court on illegal sale of corporate stock, paid a $200 fine assessed by Judge De Graff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
Des Moines
M. G. Albrook
Polk County
de Graff
Robbers Fire Indianola Book Store After Theft
Thieves robbed the cash register and money drawers of the Wright book store in Indianola Iowa and started a fire in the store’s newsstand before escaping. Local authorities investigated the incident on July 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianola
Death of Iowa salesman Joseph P. Kirk at 62
Joseph P. Kirk aged 62 died in Marshalltown Iowa after twenty years as a traveling salesman. He was father of Chic Kirk a former Iowa University football and baseball captain. The cause was dropsy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. Kirk
Marshalltown
Iowa
Kirk
Iowa University
Unknown man found dead in Plaza hotel Marshalltown
An unidentified man about 60 and a Civil War veteran, believed to be Mallotha Jarvis of St. Charles Michigan, was found dead in the Plaza hotel in Marshalltown, Iowa, on July 16.
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Marshalltown
Mallotha Jarvis
St. Charles
Mich
Plaza Hotel
Flag Stars and State Admissions Change Schedule Discussed
An 1818 act dictates adding one star with each new state, effective July 4 after admission. By 1908 Oklahoma’s admission prompted a revised 46-star layout, eight and seven star rows. Arizona and New Mexico would require two more stars without a full redesign, likely adding to ready rows in the blue field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arizona
New Mexico
Congress
Wwe
Utah
Oklahoma
Army and Navy
Admiral Dewey
Secretaries of War and Navy
Union
Lange Denies Silver and Gold Multiplication Claim
Dr Frederick W Lange of Scranton denies his claim to multiply silver and gold by a hundredfold calling the assertion rot. He says he has merely produced 100 percent more silver chlorides and nitrates with a silver matrix and fluxes and cites mint assays showing high purity and moisture readings. He asserts the discovery could transform photography electricity and plating industries though he cannot estimate its commercial value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Frederick W. Lange
Daffy
United States Mint
Wallace
University of Pennsylvania
Doctor Lange
Owl Terror Returns to Rushville Streets
Rushville Indiana faces a summer of fear as a bold Hoosier Owl again haunts North Main Street. Residents report the bird attacking people and knocking hats off while its eerie cries terrify pedestrians. Attempts to kill the owl have failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushville
Ind
North Main Street
Cuticura Remedies for Soft Vital Hands
The ad promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment to soften hands and prevent redness roughness and chapping. It advises nightly bathing and liberal lubrication with ointment and wearing old gloves or a linen bandage to protect clothing. Sold worldwide by Potter Drug Chem Corp Boston MA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Masa
Alma and the Man
In a Youth's Companion passage Mr. Murphy eulogizes Bure Father Flaherty as a compassionate parish priest who loved sinners and aided the poor. He recalls Flaherty's hopeful spirit and charitable actions, noting how his extended hand favored the needy at burial time.
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Flaherty
Mr. Murphy
Ananios
Ivor
Birthday Gift Bargain Sparks Domestic Banter
At breakfast a wife declares it is her birthday and asks for a suitable gift. The husband vows to buy something worthy, scoffing at the idea of a cheap 08-cent present and insisting on spending at least a dollar. The playful exchange highlights frugal humor and shopping hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
His Claim to Prominence in Mudville Baseball Tale
A guest at a social gathering meets Senator Julius C. Burrows of Michigan and says the Burrows name is familiar. Burrows replies he is the man who “died at first” just before Casey’s famous swing in Mudville, as noted by Success Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius C. Burrows
Michigan
Burrows
Senator Burrows
Casey
Mudville
Success Magazine
Their Object
The exchange depicts a town’s women forming a secret society while Rivers questions the secrecy. Banks asserts they keep and share secrets, prompting Rivers to note women’s capacity for confidential disclosure.
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Banks
Rivers
Protected Stella Are you afraid of cows
Stella asks if she fears cows while Bella jokes about hatpins in a brief New York Sun exchange. The light dialogue resembles a quirky street scene with playful banter between two characters.
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Stella
Bella
New York Sun
Truth Fractured Leaves Patchwork of Lies Behind
A grim reflection on how truth is fragmented to cover deceit. The passage argues that once truth is split to patch lies, it cannot be restored to its original completeness. It notes the enduring harm of concealing facts and the difficulty of reclaiming certainty.
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Deathguard
Miss Rosen
Appanoose
Labor Journal
POLK
State Board of Equalization
Auditor Bleakly
the State Golf Association
Pennsylvania
Alma
the Man
Post
Postum Cereal Co., Limited
Battle Creek, Mich
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