Moody Selected to Be Secretary of the Navy
The president has offered Representative William L. Moody of Massachusetts the post and Moody will assume duties on May 1 after Long resigns. Moody, Harvard alumnus and longtime congressman, is praised as a safe, able counselor and shares New England roots with Long. Long, born in Buckfield Maine in 1837, served as secretary since 1897 and earlier as lieutenant governor and speaker of the Massachusetts legislature.
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Chicago
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Record-Herald ‘Telegraphs
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Massachusetts
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Long
White House
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Lodge
Newbury
Mass
Phillips Academy
Andover
Jie
Harvard University
William Cogswell
John D. Long
Buckfield
Oxford County
Hebron Academy
Westford Academy
Harvard Law School
McKinley
Morrison Granted New Trial in Eldorado Murder Case
Topeka Kan March 10 Jessie Morrison convicted of second degree murder for the killing of Mrs Clara W Castle of Eldorado about a year ago was Saturday granted a new trial by the supreme court The court held error in the empanelling of the jury that tried Morrison Morrison rival of Castle in a love affair She invited the victim to her home and in a quarrel cut her throat with a razor First trial resulted in a disagreement.
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Topeka
Kan
Jessie Morrison
Clara W. Castle
Eldorado
Supreme Court
Miss Morrison
Castle
Russian general Gribski dismissed after Blagovestchensk massacre
Berlin dispatch to the Daily Chronicle reports General Gribski, blamed for the Blagovestchensk massacre, has been removed from the Russian army. Accounts describe about 5,000 Chinese driven toward the Amur River, with troops on the banks beating or shooting those who tried to land and miles of corpses along the shore.
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Daily Chronicle
Berlin
Gribski
Blagovestchensk
Amur
Harvard Thanks William Message and Gift To Prince Henry
Harvard University conveys thanks to Emperor William for an inspiring message to Prince Henry and for a munificent gift. The note expresses hope that the acts will unite two hundred peoples. Ireland faces coercive measures as disturbances tied to the United Irish League lead to enforcement of the crimes act. Joliet businessmen demand removal of Joliet penitentiary officials over convict labor contracts.
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Eliot
Harvard University
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Joliet, IL
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Salvation Army Notice of Dismissal Over Stock Speculation
Dismissal notice from New York based Marc Pwooth-Lucker to Salvation Army ranks. Col. Brewer and three associates are removed for speculation in stocks amid internal action.
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Marc Pwooth-Lucker
The
Salvation Army
Col. Brewer
Disgraceful Marriage Scandal In Hot Springs Doctor
Mrs Hargens, once wife of Dr Charles W Hargens of Hot Springs, narrates how he left her for Mrs Pearl Carey Hunt of New York. The ex couple split amid claims of desertion after his rise as Hot Springs mayor and his marriage to the eastern bride. Vanderbilt is mentioned as courting Hunt during the divorce.
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South Dakota
Charles W. Hargens
Hot Springs
South Lend
Ind
Pearl Carey Hunt
New York City
Indiana
Hargens
Little Sioux
Chicago
Hargen
Hunt
William KK. Vanderbilt
Dr. Hargens
Wonderful Record of Northwestern Engineer L Sisco
Engineer L Sisco celebrated his sixty sixth birthday in Clinton after 42 years with Northwestern. He rode 1,402,297 miles in service, would circle the globe 56 percent of times, and pulled 6.5 billion pounds of freight. He began in 1857 when the line was 88 miles long and helped operate Pioneer engine No. 1 the Bison. He never missed a day, never had a serious accident, and now retired after 22 years with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
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Clinton
Northwestern Company
Caba
Globe
Sisco
Northwestern Railway Company
Cedar Rapids
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Des Moines
Northwestern
Warning on graft in rural homestead schemes across Midwest
Government land inspector warns Blackhawk county farmers about graft schemes in Iowa Wisconsin and Illinois. Ring plans to enroll farmers as homeseekers in South Dakota paying 10 down and 90 note. Target area is Gregory county South Dakota Indian reservation not yet opened. If opened, price could drop to 2.50 per acre.
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Blackhawk County
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
South Dakota
Gregory County
Congress
New Examining Board for Osteopaths Adopted
The new board to examine and license osteopaths will have five members appointed by the governor for five year terms. The first board, starting May 1 1902, will be drawn from the Iowa Osteopathic association. Provisions allow licensing from other states without examination and set Iowa requirements to secure statistics.
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Iowa Osteopathic Association
Iowa
Inhuman Act Arrest of Calhoun County Farmer Lee Van Scoy
Calhoun county farmer Lee Van Scoy was arrested on charges of maiming his three year old son after the child refused medicine for scarlet fever. The father reportedly used a chisel to remove most of the boy's teeth and damaged the jaw and upper mouth while his wife had died two years earlier. He is under bonds.
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Lee van Scoy
Calhoun County
van Scoy
Moorhead Man Reaches Railroad Injury Settlement
Andy Rude of Moorhead settles with the railroad over a December 18 Missouri Valley wreck that also killed Frank Adams. The company pays 1050 dollars plus transportation for one year for injuries suffered in the incident.
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Andy Rude
Moorhead
Missouri Valley
Frank Adams
Trade Review signals spring activity amid regional disruptions
Bradstreet's notes that despite floods snowblocks and crippled railroads in the Alleghenies region, western and northwestern areas show strong demand for dry goods millinery clothing and other spring goods. February clearings rise slightly from a year ago while failures rise modestly though bank suspensions widen vulnerabilities. Prices rise for textiles dairy products beef and coal with overall activity above last year, though iron and steel show less tension and hog markets soften somewhat.
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Bradstreet’s
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Western
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United States
Canada
Heavy Snowstorm Paralyzes Western Pennsylvania Roads
Pittsburg reports a record snowstorm with 12 inch drifts up to 20 feet high on the Allegheny Valley and higher drifts on the Low Grade division stall trains. Rail schedules canceled, businesses closed, and travel halted across western Pennsylvania and northeastern West Virginia. Washington County sees 22 inches on the level and rural delivery paralyzed.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Allegheny Valley
Oil City
Washington
Banker in Elkhart Bank Suicide After Shortage
Lincoln Illinois March 6 Frank W Cottle cashier of the Elkhart state bank that failed Monday and was accused of a 32000 shortage killed himself at home Wednesday evening by shooting himself in the head. Cottle had been ill and despondent over the bank trouble and disgrace.
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Frank W. Cottle
Elkhart State Bank
Cottle
Alfred Booth Dies. Chicago Oyster Merchant Leader
Alfred Booth a pioneer oyster and fish merchant of Chicago and the west died early Wednesday at his home 1638 Michigan avenue after a lingering illness at age 74. He founded and led the A Booth Packing company and built a large, profitable business from a small start.
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Alfred Booth
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A. Booth Packing Company
James Galvin Dies at Home in Allegheny
Pittsburg March 8 James Galvin once famous pitcher known as the Little Steam Engine died at his Allegheny home after four months of stomach illness. Born in St Louis 47 years ago he was in his prime in the 1880s and had many friends and admirers nationwide.
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Pittsburg
James Galvin
Allegheny
Galvin
St. Louis
Perfume Company Syndicate Forming in U S
Detroit report says American Perfume Company with 5 million capital will be formed in days by about 15 major perfume makers. Headquarters planned in New York with distribution centers in Detroit and Chicago. In Washington Miss Alice Roosevelt will not attend King Edward's coronation. White House declines comment.
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Mich
American Perfume Company
United States
New York
Chicago
Alice
Washington
Alice Roosevelt
Edward
White House
Rebels Battle Federal Troops in Yucatan Skirmish
The fighting near Santa Cruz and Peten on the road to Guatemala left 80 rebels dead and 150 wounded as Maya forces under Chief Leon clashed with federal troops in Merida Yucatan on March 7.
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Merida
Leon
Guatemala
Santa Cruz
Peten
Alleged Conspiracy Ties In Ordeal For Canal Bid
Washington reports a supposed alliance among Colombia Nicaragua and Costa Rica to force the United States to pay a high price for building an interoceanic canal. In Tennessee a courthouse burned at Decatur destroying county records and about 25000 dollars in value with incendiary origin suspected. Vienna says Austria-Hungary will raise its Washington mission to embassy status in 1903 signaling strong ties with the United States.
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Colombia
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
United States
Chattanooga
Tenn
Miggs County
Decatur
Vienna
Austria- Hungary
Fire Rips Marshalltown Block Hurting Hotel Guests
A blaze in Marshalltown destroyed half a city block near Tremont hotel causing panic among forty guests who escaped by jumping from balconies. The fire injured Lulu Stephens Bessie Madden Birdie Myers J H Jayne Jacob Stunkle George Steffe and John Church Company staff with burns sprains and broken limbs as losses reach seventy five thousand dollars.
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Tremont
Lulu Stephens
Bessie Madden
Birdie Myers
J. H. Jayne
Jacob Scunkle
George
David Ashmore Buys Freedom in Divorce Settlement
After five marriages, David Ashmore of Mitchell pays $100 to his former wife to relinquish all claims as his legal mate. The ex-wife was Mrs Frank Darling and had once raided the house with a gun but is now silent. Ashmore’s net worth is listed as $25,000.
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David Ashmore
Mitchell
Frank Darling
Ashmore Darling
Ashmore
Kansas City man sues hotel proprietor over arrest
C F E King of Kansas City sues Paul Leader owner of the Leader hotel in Sioux City for two thousand dollars claiming malicious arrest after a forged check cashed by Leader on Pelletier Dry Goods. King was jailed six days then discharged.
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C. FE. King
Kansas City
Paul Leader
Leader
Sioux City
Meyers
Pelletier Dry Goods Company
King
Paroled Felon Recommitted to Penitentiary
Fred Bradley, once pardoned by Gov Shaw on Christmas, has been ordered recommitted to the penitentiary by Gov Cummins. He served a forgery sentence and had secured a railway job through influential friends. After three months of freedom he resigned and informed the governor that parole was not enduring.
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Shaw
Cummins
Northwestern Railway
Calhoun County farmer charged with maiming son
Lee Van Soow a Calhoun County farmer is jailed on charges of maiming his three year old son The boy suffered scarlet fever and refused medicine when the father allegedly used a chisel to remove most of the child's teeth tore the roof of the mouth and fractured the jaw Van Soow is under bonds
Iowa Oratorical Contest Leaders Named in Des Moines
Glenn A. Mitchell of Iowa Wesleyan University Mount Pleasant won first with The Blot on the Scutcheon. A. R. Kent of Cornell College Mount Vernon took second for The Constitution and the Union. S. G. Fisher of Drake University Des Moines placed third with John Ruskin.
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Glenn A. Mitchell
Iowa Wesleyan University
Mount Pleasant
A. R. Kent
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Constitution
the Union
S. G. Fisher
Drake University
John Ruskin
Iowa News Roundup Highlights Diverse Local Events
Gov Cummins signs a seven thousand dollar smallpox aid bill for Tama reservation. Des Moines pension payouts total nine thousand six hundred sixty three dollars and fifty five cents last week and sixty thousand seven hundred thirty four dollars for the month. Samuel Bowman, oldest Inldora resident, dies at seventy five. State Bankers meet in Des Moines May 21 22. Iowa employs sixty thousand in seven thousand five hundred factories. Waterloo inventor of a cream separator strikes roy alty deal over eighty thousand dollars. Sioux City area town league opens May 30 with Sioux Falls Rock Rapids LeMars Melndreau and Sheldon. John D Cummings arrested for embezzling one hundred fifty dollars. State Federation of Labor calls Cedar Rapids convention May 14. Cambridge burglary yields about one hundred dollars and stamps. Attorney Frank Sherman dies in Des Moines at forty five. Iowa Central railroad office move slated to Minneapolis April 1. Sioux City ministers back municipal slate. Coppack Iowa incorporated. Ed Brainard murdered near Preparation. Walter S Packard returns from state university. fears mental decline. Mrs Margaret Malloy of Dubuque dies at ninety. Post offices discontinued Pigeon Rosendale mail to Reels Story City. Shenandoah national bank extended to 1922. Olive Bush of Garner dies of typhoid at twenty four.
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Rock Rapids
Sioux City
le Mars
Mlandreau
Sheldon
John D. Cummings
Charles E. Thornburg & Co
J. H. Strief
Iowa State Federation of Labor
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C. K E. Larson
Cambridge
Frank Sherman
Hoyt Sherman
William T
John Sherman
Des Moines
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Minneapolis
Coppack
Jefferson County
Ed Brainard
Pigeon
Pottamattamie County
Rosendale
Boone County
Story City
Shenandoah National Bank of
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Olive T
C. Bush
Garner
M. J. Finch
Hawarden
Iowa Senate and House Debates Shape State Law Orders
Iowa legislative brief outlines senate actions from March 4 to 8 including changing railroad assessment dates to July and April report deadlines, raising salaries for governor and judges, and appropriations for state buildings. House actions include tax and university funding measures, adoption and child welfare bills, and veterans’ home eligibility changes.
Evansville Flood Alarm as River Rises Toward 41 Feet
Evansville Indiana reports rising river levels with the Ohio River at 39.6 feet Sunday night. Farmers fight to save corn as several Green River sawmills flood. A 41 foot stage would be the highest since 1884.
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Crib
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Kip Holton Hanged in Van Buren Private Execution
Kip Holton was hanged in Van Buren on Friday morning after Governor Davis initially respued him until ten o’clock. The execution, kept private, followed Holton’s spurning of religious counsel. He died after about twelve minutes. He was convicted of murdering his wife in Lancaster last September in a premeditated act driven by jealousy.
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Ark
Kip Holton
Davis
Holton
Lancaster
Des Moines Editor Col Wafe Young Sued Overcharges
Col Wafe Young editor of the Des Moines Daily Capital, famed for nominating Roosevelt for vice president, is sued by the state of Iowa for 4367 over alleged overcharges while state binder. Council Bluffs Assessor lists Portland Mining Co holdings in Colorado. assessment base about 9 million dollars, likely to trigger a lawsuit.
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Iowan
Des Moines
Wafe Young
Daily Capital
Roosevelt
Council Bluffs
Big Corporation
Everest
Portland Mining Company
Colorado
Elm gift and weight facts in early Cleveland notices
Akron man John Davey offers Cleveland 1000 young elms to beautify streets. Pine wood weights given for green and seasoned forms. Manchester and Boston population parity noted, Birmingham and Baltimore similar. Divers breathe underwater using copper helmets. sounds travel clearly. Colorado river water suit recalls Arapahoe county voting history in 1850s Kansas elections.
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England
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United States
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Baltimore
Colorado
Kansas
Arapahoe County
Col
Denver
Rag Carpet From a Dress and Sunday Clothes
A family crafts a rag carpet from a dress and multiple garments over years. A mother recycles cloth into a dress for herself then for her child, later a coat for Baby Maggie, and finally carpet rag fabric for the floor. The piece ends by noting the purple stripe comes from Sunday clothes of Mamma, Mag, and me.
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Baby Maggie
Mag
Harriet Brewer Sterling
Good Housekeeping
Mr Brown and the Big Umbrella
A four year old boy called Mr Brown buys a large umbrella to impress a girl he admires. He borrows the funds by charging it to his papa, and later the shopkeeper reveals the bill was settled in advance by Mr Brown. The village cheers the boy’s grown man act.
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Kitty
Bee
Brown
Boston Globe
Carrying One's Load
A girl and her younger brother walk home with a basket of washing. The boy complains of foot pain as the girl urges perseverance to finish the task for their mother, stressing duty over comfort.
Electrical Genius Gordon Simmons Lights Up Muncie
Gordon Simmons a 15 year old with helper Merk Smith has built a neighborhood telephone system in Muncie Indiana. He strings wires across streets using bonds and has connected three homes including a two block distance. He makes batteries motors and dynamos and even develops a dynamo and motor for an electric fan. He wears an electric bulb in his necktie and carries a pocket battery supplying light.
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Gordon Simmons
J. L. Simmons
Muncie
Ind
Merk Smith
Simmons
Mother ‘Earth
Young Simmons
Young Smith
Foolproof Crow Deterrent With Cornucopias Adorning Fields
Boston Globe reports a Hol land farmers clever method to ward off crows. They place cornucopias of stout paper smeared with adhesive in fields, each containing a grain. When crows peck, the cap sticks to their heads causing confusion and avoidance of the treated plots. The tactic outperforms shooting and relies on crows' misadventure to deter them.
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Holland
Boston Globe
Pony Feeds On Coal Diet In Chicago Stable
A Chicago butcher reports his Shetland pony has been eating soft coal. The pony escaped its halter through a barn partition and was found in the coal shed munching fuel. He suspects the coal diet caused the animal to gain weight and spoil its appetite.
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Chicago
Johnny's Idea of Parents
A brief humorous excerpt from a boy's essay on parents noting that parents are things boys must look after. It suggests both fathers and mothers talk about plans, but mothers largely influence a child’s conscience and behavior.
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