Railway Conductors Endorse Roosevelt on Rate Legislation at Portland
At the biennial convention in Portland Oregon the Order of Railway Conductors unanimously endorsed President Roosevelts stance against secret rebates and opposed federal rate regulation. They condemned the Inter State Commerce Commissions proposed framework as inequitable and warned it would trigger litigation and unjust rate cuts. The group cited low freight costs crediting American efficiency and argued rates average only two percent of consumer costs, limiting price differences nationwide.
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Order of Railway Conductors
Portland
Oregon
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Inter-State Commission
American political after-dinner tale and a barbered bound book
An English writer labels an American after-dinner story about a bathing politician as a tale where a shark rails and retreats. Locker Sampson, linked to Rowfant library, waits for customers as his works circulate in New York. Bedford the binder judges the owner by the book’s behavior.
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Locker Sampson
Rowfant
New York
Bedford
Canadians Read Mostly American Books Says English Writer
An English observer in Canada laments that Canadians largely read American literature and papers. Gen Miles recalls a corporal who swore by fate and destiny and keeps pistols on his saddle saying they won’t save him if his time comes facing an Apache.
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Canada
Miles
Old World Oddities and a Thurso Family Record
A Surinam cockroach invades England harming greenhouse plants after orchids arrived. Thurso Scotland boasts a striking family record with John Gibson aged 87 supervising flagstone quarries and seven sons, six sons in law, 29 grandsons, four grandsons in law, and two great grandsons all in one district. Baron Rothschild receives a curious legacy from a dead beggar in Nice who left 1,250,000 francs. Rothschild tracks relatives in Odessa and Brooklyn and shares the fortune among them.
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England
Thurso
Scotland
John Gibson
Baron Rothschild
Abraham Fidler
Nice
Vidler
Odessa
Brooklyn
They All Are Best on Earth Says Chicago Sun
A terse quip from the Chicago Sun questions who hails a show as the best on earth. The press agent's playful reply hints at booster culture and publicity in early entertainment reporting.
Another Rate View Denounces Cedar Rapids Packer
In Des Moines on June 12 Russell Woodard reports a Fairfield shipper George D. Henry denounces Cedar Rapids packer B T Koch for attacking the Iowa state railroad commission. Henry argues state rates do not affect interstate rates and cites hog and carrot distance tables to show discrepancies between state and railroad charges.
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Russell Woodard
Des Moines
Iowa
George D. Henry
Fairfield
B. T. Koch
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Railroad Commission
Koch
Senate
Railroad Commission
Interstate Commission
Campbell
Henry
Pardon Battle Ends for Mrs Kuhn at Iowa Legislature
The case of Sarah Kuhn, the Keokuk born woman at Anamosa prison, sparked two Iowa legislatures. A pardon bill passed the House 60 to 26 but failed in the Senate, ending hopes for release and leaving Kuhn to cope with ongoing despair after multiple suicide attempts.
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Sarah Kuhn
Keokuk
Anamosa
Iowa
Saunders
Senate
House
Kuhn
Iowa Manufacturers Set Next Meeting in Iowa City
The Waterloo convention closed with plans for the next year’s gathering in Iowa City. A committee was appointed and resolutions were adopted urging the state board of control to favor Iowa manufacturers in all purchases. A legislative committee led by W. W. Marsh will push measures during the next general assembly. Resolutions also endorse Roosevelt’s tariff and trust policies and favor reciprocity lines.
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Iowa
Iowa City
Waterloo
State Board of Control
W. W. Marsh
Roosevelt
Bankers Conclude Nineth Annual Iowa Session
Six hundred Iowa bankers held their nineteenth annual convention in this city. They adopted resolutions for repealing the bankruptcy law and for protecting depositors from loss. President Hubbard urged incorporation of private banks and noted Iowa banking statistics from 1904 with expected deposit losses. State Auditor Carroll spoke on reforms and cautioned against excessive legislation.
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Iowa
Hubbard
Bankers State
B. F. Carroll
Appeal Halts Iowa Hanging in Charles Rocker Case
An appeal filed with the state supreme court blocked what would have been Iowa's first legal execution in a decade. Charles Rocker of Rock Rapids faced a murder sentence and was scheduled to be hanged at Anamosa before the stay.
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Iown
Supreme Court
Charles Rocker
Rock Rapids
Rocker
Anamosa
Papers Arrive An Hour Before Execution To Halt Hanging
An appeal paper arrived an hour before the scheduled execution and a long distance call was placed to call off the hanging. Rocker killed his wife's former husband.
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Rocker
Des Moines Pioneer Barlow Granger Dies at 90
Barrow Granger editor of the first Des Moines newspaper Iowa Star dies at age 90. Born May 31 1816 in Cayuga New York he moved west to Fort Des Moines and became a land office operator and lawyer before founding Des Moines first newspaper in 1849.
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Barlow Granger
Des Moines
Mr. Granger
Cayuga
N. Y
Fort Des Moines
Polk County
Iowa Star
Iowa Masons Hold Largest State Convention in Davenport
Nearly a thousand Iowa Masonic delegates gathered in Davenport for the largest meeting in the order’s Iowa history. Reports show 500 lodges with 1,152 new members in the past year, totaling 35,729 in Iowa, which ranks ninth nationally. French lodges will be recognized despite earlier declarations excluding God. Officers elected include Grand Master W. H. Norris Davenport and Grand Secretary Newton R. Parvin Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa
W. H. Norris
Louis Block
Davenport
Charles W. Emerson
Creston
Grand Y Treasury
Charles D. Gibbs
Aton
Newton R. Parvin
Cedar Rapids
Charles Granger
Waukon
Iowa State News Roundup From Auditor to Rail Capital Changes
State Auditor Carroll expects higher real estate values from new state assessment reports. In Omaha, Mrs. B F Hooker wife of Col E F Hooker pioneer of Des Moines died nine years after her husband. The Agriculture Department published a 806 page Year Book by Secretary Simpson. Corp Tanner to speak on Soldiers day at the state fair August 29. Mason City & Fort Dodge railroad files to raise capital by 14 million dollars and yield 14 million to the state. Mississippi Valley Spiritualists camp opens July 30 at Clinton Mount Pleasant park with William J Bryan speaking through August 27. Louis ia County Sugar Co of Columbus Junction files for 900 thousand capital. Gov Cummins appoints delegates to charities corrections and good roads meetings in Portland during the exposition. Cupid disrupts Ottumwa teachers. Iowa Methodist Hospital to receive 30000 from the Callanan estate after probate dispute. Elmer Digings of Equitable Life to join Central Life of Iowa in a major insurance shift.
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Carroll
Omaha
E. F. Hooker
Des Moines
Department of Agriculture
Simpson
State Department of Agriculture
State. Corp
Tanner
Mason City & Fort Dodge Railroad
Mississippi Valley Spiritualists’ Association
Mount Pleasant Park
Clinton
William J. Bryan
Louisia County Sugar Company
Columbus Junction
Cummins
Convention of Charities and Corrections
Portland
Cupid
Ottumwa
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Callanan
James Callanan
Elmer Dwiggins
Equitable Life of
New York
Central Life of
Iowa
Grinnell Interurban Plans Collision Over Belle Plaine Line
Grinnell stockholders met at the opera house and received a Memphis firm offer to build a Grinnell Belle Plaine rail line for 550000 with a 250000 local contribution requirement. The offer was not accepted but a counter proposal will be drawn up by an eight person committee. H W Spaulding, the county’s largest taxpayer, supports a five percent railway tax. In Clinton three gang members tied to car thefts in Northwest and Milwaukee yards were arrested by police.
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Grinnell
Opera House
C. D. Smith & Co
Memphis
H. W. Spaulding
Clinton
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Iowa State News: Carter Confesses in Dixon Death Mystery
Davenport reports Frank Carter, an inmate at Mercy Hospital, confessed to killing Robert Parks and burning his Dixon home a decade ago. The weight of the secret, Carter says, drove him insane years later.
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Davenport
Frank Carter
Mercy, Hospital
Robert Parks
Dixon
Parks
Carter
Mortgage Filed By Western Electric In Mason City
The Western Electric Telephone Company with its main office in Mason City Iowa filed a chattel mortgage in this county to secure bonds at five percent for 600000 dollars due January 1 1925. The loan covers the exchanges at Osage Mason City Charles City Sheldon and 1784 miles of long distance lines in northern Iowa and southern Minnesota.
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Sheldon
Western Electric Telephone Company
Mason City
Osage
Charles City
Iowa
Minnesota
Infant found adrift in Mississippi River satchel
In Burlington parties on the Mississippi River retrieved a satchel containing a one week old infant’s body wrapped in a striped shirt. The body was moved to the city and handed to the coroner. Police suspect the infant was discarded from a passing steamer.
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Burlington
Mississippi River
Murderess Kills Herself In Anamosa Prison
Sarah Kuhn once serving a life sentence for poisoning her husband died in Anamosa prison from concentrated lye taken a month earlier during a personal crisis. The young murderess had long faced a statewide pardon fight in Iowa politics as relatives pressed for clemency.
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Anamosa
Sarah Kuhn
Keokuk
Iowa
Double Tragedy Enacted Ainsworth
A widow Mrs Thomas Suelson killed herself with strychnine after alleged marital infidelity. Her husband, who was arrested at her funeral and released on bail, later drank carbolic acid and died. The couple, married four years, leave a three year old daughter.
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Ainsworth
Thomas Suelson
Commotions Across Iowa Reported in Briefs
A roundup of incidents and events from cities including Brooklyn Mason City Des Moines Newton Iowa City Keokuk Oskaloosa Iowa Falls Mount Ayr Corning Red Oak Cedar Falls and Davenport. Reports cover arrests hangings drownings strikes inaugurations and a newly dedicated gymnasium among other items.
Peace conference set with Russia and Japan in Washington
Washington reports both governments accept Roosevelt's peace plan and will send plenipotentiaries to meet in Washington to determine terms. Officials expect an armistice request soon, while St Petersburg asserts Russia attends only to hear Japan's basis and remains negative to immediate peace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Japan
Auegia
St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Russia
Tsarskoe Selo
Bigelow Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison
Frank G. Bigelow the former Milwaukee bank president pleaded guilty to ten counts under the national bank law and was sentenced by Judge Quarles to ten years at hard labor in Fort Leavenworth. He arrived at the penitentiary Sunday night and was placed in an isolated cell with counterfeiter John Speciale.
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Milwaukee
Frank G. Bigelow
Federal Grand Jury
United States District
Quarles
Federal
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Leavenworth
United States Penitentiary
John Speciale
Bigelow
Andrew Johnson
Charles Kelley
Moline
National Bank
Captain Carter
President Roosevelt Returns to Washington After Virginia Trip
Roosevelt and party rode the Southern Railway back to Washington on Sunday night and proceeded at once to the White House. In Fort Worth Texas a large fire destroyed the old packing house plant, a complex of eight buildings with costs around 470000 and insurance about 84000.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Virginia
Southern Railway
White House
Fort Worth
Tex
Old Packing House
Ex-Congressman Seney Dies in Ohio Death
Tiffin Ohio June 12 Hon George E Seney former congressman from 1883 to 1891 died here of heart failure in the evening The longtime public figure served in Congress for eight years and was prominently connected with local and national political circles.
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Tiffin
George E. Seney
Sune
Yes the East Visit Prompts Portland Talk
A Portland conversation recalls a two months visit to the east. The visitor contrasts easterners with locals and asks about places seen. A quip about Boston and a note on Montana circulate among residents in Oregon.
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Doe
Oregon
Boston
Portland
Loo
Montana
Portland Oregonian
Cleveland Lender Weathering Rain in Humorous Tok
A playful note evokes rain and rain gear with German flavored phrases. The speaker mentions lids for steins and asks about covering, implying a humorous mood amid weather. Cleveland Lender appears as a playful byline or narrator.
New York Central Lines Lead With Faster Summer Schedule
At a June 6 meeting in New York, managers of the New York Central Lines approved an 18 hour New York to Chicago run starting Sunday June 18, extending the Empire State Express service and improving the Lake Shore Limited and Southwestern Limited timetables. The changes cut travel times, with trains departing Chicago at 2:80 pm and arriving New York next morning, and other adjustments to shorten trips to St Louis and Cincinnati.
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New York Central Lines
New York
Chicago
New York Central
New York Central Haa
Buffalo
Grand Central Station
Lake Shore
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Excursion Fares From Chi Cago To Various Cities
Low priced round trips from Chicago to Asbury Park Buffalo Detroit Niagara Falls Philadelphia Toronto and more with dates in June July and September. Fares range from 6.50 to 21.95 and include liberal stopovers. tickets available at city offices corner Clark and Jackson in Chicago. phone Harrison 1757.
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Asbury Park
Buffalo
Detroit
Niagara Falla
Philadelphia
Retin
Toronto
Clark St
Jackson Blvd
Chicago
Harrison
Special Low Rates to N E A Meeting Ashbury Park NJ
Special low round trip rates via Nickel Plate Road to the N E A meeting in Ashbury Park New Jersey July 3 to 7 with long return limit and stopover privileges at Chautauqua Lake Niagara Falls and New York City. For full information contact agent or J Calahan General Agent 111 Adams St Chicago.
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Ashbury Park
N. J
Nickel Plate Road
Chautauqua Lake
N.Y
Niagara Malls
New York City
Calahan
Adams St
Chicago, I
Trial package for Allen's Tool Base foot cure
An advertisement touts a foot swelling and sweating treatment called Allen's Tool Base. It promises relief for hot, aching feet and offers a trial package free with address in Le Roy New York and a claim to experience the name we give our failures from Smart Set.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Backache relief touted by Denver ticket seller
Eugene Wf. Lario of 751 Twentieth Avenue in Denver testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills cured his backache after years of pain from long desk work. He repeats his 1899 endorsement and notes no pain since using the remedy sold by Foster-Milburn Co. at 50 cents a box through druggists.
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Eugene Wf. Lario
Twentieth Avenue
Union Station
Denver
Col
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Pushecks Kuro Medical Booklets Advertised
An illustrated booklet with medical advice claims to quickly aid nervous, blood, liver, kidney, stomach disorders and rheumatism. Dr CG Pusheck of Chicago promotes Pusheck's-Kuro priced at $1 by mail or at local druggists.
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Pusheck
CG. Pusheck
Chicago
Paonbecis
War Horrors and Echoes in Student Essays
A fragment from Chicago Sun quotes a professor noting war as a principal horror and cites a student essay on its horrors. Included is a humorous line about Piso’s Cure, attributed to J J Boyer of Trinity Springs Indiana, with a reference to straw hats signaling wind.
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Chicago Sun
Nervous Prostration Linked to Uterine Disorder Advised Cure
An 1890s style testimonial extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for nervous prostration caused by uterine disorder. The letter from Mrs. M. B. Shotwell claims restored health, sleep, and vitality after medical failure. It argues many women suffer nerves and dyspepsia from organ imbalance.
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Lydia
Lydia J. Pinkham
Lydia I. Pinkham
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