Resurrection of Wiggett at the Ship Inn
In the Ship Inn Sol Ketchmaid clashes with Ned Clark over license rules while Henry Wiggett, a crippled veteran who saved Ketchmaid, returns and inspires loyalty. Wiggett’s sudden offer to emigrate stirs tension as the truth about a staged New Zealand departure comes to light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol Ketehmaid
Mr. Ketchmaid
Ship Inn
Ned Clark
Ketchmaid
Henry Wiggett
Capt. Peters
Dick Lee
Sol Ketchmaid
Mr. Wiggett
Sol
Little Harbor
Mr. Clark
Mariner
Mr. Wreggett
New Zealand
Cap'n Peters
Rascal
Burnsea
Wiggett
Sam Jones
Appy
Wrestlin
Mr. Smith
Ketehmaid
No Chance For A Flirtation In Cuban Rail Lunchrooms
The traveler expects Cuban or American waiters in Cuban railway restaurants at Las Tunas or Ciego de Avila but finds Japanese or Chinese servers instead. They serve meals and answer questions in Spanish and Maeglish, a surprising mix that puzzled visitors and raised questions about how the staff came to be there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Tunas
Ciego de Avila
Pig Pointer tale sparks debate among sportsmen
A sporting farmer near Brounsburg St Louis named Knittel reportedly trained a pig to point game and shoot over it. The piece notes a historic earlier pig pointer trained by the Toomer brothers in the New Forest, a black sow famed for its nose and rapid training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knittel
Brounsburg
St. Louis
Toomer
New Forest
Bailly
Sardou Dies as France’s Greatest Dramatist at 93
Victorien Sardou longtime dean of French drama died Sunday in Paris from pulmonary congestion at age 93. Born 1831 he rose from poverty with La Taverne des Etudiants then Les Pattes de Mouche shaping stage history. He married Mlle de Brecourt later Mme. Bernhardt starred in many works and he joined the French Academy in 1877.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Victorien Sardou
French Academy
America
France
Leandre Sardou
la Taverne Des Etudiants
Odeon
M. Sardou
Mlle. de Brecourt
Sardou
Mme. Bernhardt
Tosca
Fedora
Theodora
Gismonda
Mme
Sans Gene
Rejane
Marlyle-Roy
Mlle
Soulier
Museum of Versailles
Death by own action shocks hotel in New York
Walworth H. Tappan a noted figure in the iron and steel trade who lived in Louisville blew his brains out in the wash room of the Savoy Hotel on Fifth Avenue New York. Despondency over a worsening nervous affliction is given by his wife as the cause of the act.
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New York
Walworth H. Tappan
South
Middle West
Louisville
Savoy
Fifth Avenue
Tappan
Life sentence for Roubick in Chicago jeweler murder
Albert Roubick of Laporte Ind testified he killed Emil Kvasnicka a Chicago jeweler over infatuation with the victim’s wife. A jury sentenced him to life imprisonment. Roubick expressed clear disappointment after the verdict and said he had hoped for the death penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
Albert Roubick
Emil Kvasnicka
Chicago
Roubick
Nat Goodwin Remarries Actress Edna Goodrich
Boston reports Nat C. Goodwin the comedian married Edna Goodrich at his mother's home. The ceremony was by a local justice of the peace a longtime friend of Goodwin. This marks Goodwin’s fourth marriage and Goodrich’s second.
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Boston
Nat C. Goodwin
Edna Goodrich
Mr. Goodwin
Goodwin
Miss Goodrich
Escaped convict Charles Kelly recaptured in Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo Michigan reports Charles Kelly who escaped from Columbus Ohio penitentiary two years ago was arrested late Sunday night. He had served 14 years of a 25 year manslaughter sentence before being made a trusty and escaping.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Charles Kelly
Columbus
Kelly
Train Derails in Griselles Killing Ten in France
An express train derailed near Griselles in Montauban France on Sunday. Ten people died and many were injured in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Montauban
Griselles
Shooting in Alliance Leaves Lizzie Braner Wounded
Lizzie Braner is hospitalized with fatal wounds after a shooting near Alliance Nebraska. Her brother Charles Braner, who fired, and her sweetheart Frank Augustine are jailed. Braner chased the couple after objecting to Augustine’s attention. Lizzie wore Augustine’s overcoat, and Braner mistook her for him. Augustine was slightly wounded.
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Alliance
Neb
Lizzie Braner
Charles Braner
Frank Augustine
Braner
Augustine
Miss Braner
Great Dynamite Explosion Rocks Montreal Harbor
A scow of dynamite owned by the Montreal harbor commission exploded Sunday afternoon. The blast shattered many buildings across the city and was heard and felt throughout Montreal. No injuries are reported in the brief notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Que
Montreal Harbor Commission
Former Bank Cashier Arrested in Seabright Misappropriation Case
Charles H. Jones, former cashier of the First National Bank of Seabright, N J, is under arrest on a charge of misapplying sixteen thousand dollars of the bank's funds in Trenton New Jersey finance records indicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Charles H. Jones
First National Bank of Seabright
Inmate of State Asylum In Mad Dash for Liberty
A. C. Beitsch, real estate agent of Scenic City Land, aided by bystanders, thwarted an escapee from the state asylum who armed himself with an ax and revolver at the water plant engine house in Independence. Beitsch struck the patient, disabling him until officers and locals could subdue and cuff him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Liberty
Iowa Falls
A. C. Beitsch
Scenic City Land Company
Independence
Beitsch
Five Burned as Walker Church Fire Traps Youths
Five people were trapped when a lighting plant exploded at the Christian Church in Walker on November first. Flames blocked the usual exit forcing the Endeavor meeting attendants to leap from windows. Rev. Charles I. Fisher led rescue efforts despite injuries as the church and adjoining residence burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
Walker
Waterloo
Christian Endeavor Society
Charles I. Fisher
Fisher
Calhoun County Treasurer’s Office Praised in Audit
Rockwell City reports the Calhoun county board employed W A Burnap to audit the treasurer’s office for 1905 06 07 08. The grand jury had urged a full county wide check but the board limited the review. Burnap’s findings show the treasurer McCrary’s office conducted affairs in a favorable manner.
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Calhoun County
Rockwell City
Board of Supervisors
W. A. Burnap
Grand Jury
Burnap
McCrary
Mutual Telephone Buys Hawkeye Toll Lines
In Des Moines the Mutual Telephone Co pays 350000 to acquire the Hawkeye Telephone Co. assets including exchanges at Perry Valley Junction Indianola Winterset Guthrie Center Panora Greenfield Stuart and Adel. The deal adds over 14000 phones 500 miles of toll lines and 1100 miles of rural lines. Brenton Bros of Dallas Center previously owned Hawkeye lines. The consolidation advances Mutuals push on the Bell system.
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Mutual Telephone Co
Hawkeye
Des Moines
Mutual Telephone Company of
Hawkeye Telephone Company
Perry
Valley Junction
Indianola
Winterset
Guthrie Center
Panora
Greenfield
Stuart
Adel
Mutual Company
Mutual
Brenton Bros
Dallas Center
Hawkeye Lines
Bell Lines
Suffragists Parade Through Boone In Spectacular Display
Six hundred women suffragists paraded through Boone at noon on the 29th led by Rev. Annashaw with Miss Rendell and Miss Costelloe of London famed for English suffrage actions. The mass march drew the entire town as witnesses to a unique spectacle.
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Boone
Annashaw
Rendell and
Costelloe
London
England
Gloves Plant Planned for Iowa Falls
Arrangements are made to start a glove and mitten factory in Iowa Falls about January 1. Mr. Freedman will begin on a small scale and later expand the plant as demand grows. He has secured an option on the second floor of the Rigg block and will install several glove making machines with canvass products, with more lines added as the business develops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
Freedman
Hutchins Postoffice Robbed in November Heist
Claim notes two men robbed the Hutchins post office on November 1 as a freight train stopped. Postmaster away at supper, about $100 believed taken, robbers boarded the train at the station and fled. no trace found.
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Hutchins
Brother Gets All as Medicine Man's Will Leaves Heirlooms
Des Moines report says Dever Weeks the deceased medicine manufacturer left his entire estate to his brother Leo Weeks with a bequest to their mother and two sisters. The widow was paid alimony before death and has no claim. Executor Leo asks for a special administrator to manage personal property and horse stock valued at 3500 until probate on December 10.
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Des Moines
Dever Weeks
Ed Mahan
Weeks
Miller
Leo Weeks
Leo
Della Weeks
Rachel Threasher
Prisoner Attacks Sheriff in Desperate Jail Fight
In Indianola, Reuben Bean a horse thief confined in the county jail attacked Sheriff Grant Kimer with a stove poker and a heavy piece of wood. Ed Doake aided by subduing Bean after a hand to hand struggle. Bean had been jailed three weeks for stealing a horse from a Lacona preacher.
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Reuben Bean
Indianola
Grant Kimer
Ed Doake
Bean
Kimner
Lacona
Bloodhounds Trail Burglar to Opera House Arrest
Bloodhounds led Sheriff Brown to Harry Bauzert at the opera house after a trail from Roger and Childs drug stores. He was arrested on suspicion of burglary, having stolen about $20 from J. D. Royer and $1.50 from G and Childs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coon Rapids
Harry Bauzert
Roger and Childs
Brown
Opera House
Bauzert
Opera
J. D. Royer
G &. Childs
Airship Sails Over Eldon at 300 Feet
Mysterious oblong airship seen Thursday afternoon October 29 around 3 o clock hovering over Eldon. Witnesses say it was about fifty feet long and nearly 300 feet above buildings as it sped southwest toward Bloomfield. No passengers or communication were reported.
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Heigth
Eldon
Bloomfield
Servian student arrives to study agriculture at Ames
From Servia Joseph Hekiman has come to Iowa to enroll as a student at Iowa State College and learn the science of agriculture to teach his people. He arrived too late for the term and now spends time in Ames studying the locals he will join as a student. He is bright and enthusiastic about the work he will undertake.
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Ames
Servia
Joseph Hekiman
Iowa
Iowa State College
Mr. Hekiman
Hekiman
Norwegian youth found dead with gas on in Mason City
Ole Olsen a young Norwegian living in the United States for a few months lay dead in bed with the gas on door locked and windows down. Authorities ruled accidental death due to not turning off the gas completely. Some believe it was self harming. Olsen’s brother Charles Olsen resides in Hampton.
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Mason City
Ole Olsen
Olsen
Charles Olsen
Hampton
Coal Fire Threatens Garfield School Basement
About one hundred tons of coal on the Garfield school basement fire. Spontaneous combustion started the blaze and a hard effort kept it from destroying the building. A similar coal quantity at Grant school also shows signs of fire.
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Mason City
Garfield School
Grant School
Prison for Morse ice trust magnate sentenced to fifteen years
From the Tombs prison Charles W. Morse was sentenced to 15 years in a federal prison in Atlanta for misapplication of funds and false bank entries. Alfred H. Curtis, co defendant, was granted a suspended sentence. Morse seeks bail and a possible new trial as his wives react with tears in court.
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New York
Tombs
Charles W. Morse
Atlanta
National Bank of North America
Alfred H. Curtis
Morse
Hough
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Lacombe
Curtis
Judge Hough
Seven Die in Burning House Near Swan Lake
Fire swept the home of E. W. Carey near Swan Lake Manitoba killing Mrs. Carey five children and a visiting teacher Miss Gillespie. E. W. Carey was badly burned and is not expected to survive.
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Swan Lake
Man
E. W. Carey
Here
UNC Football Player John Cooper Dies After Injury
John Cooper a University of North Carolina varsity football player died in Clinton after sustaining injuries during preliminary team practice in September while tackling a dummy. He was a student at UNC and a member of the football eleven.
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Charlotte
N. C
John Cooper
University of North Carolina
Clinton
Steamer Taish Maru Sunk in Storm Off Etoro Island
Tokyo reports the steamer Taish Maru sank in a storm near Etoro island with 150 people drowned. The tragedy prompts rescue and investigation efforts as officials confirm the loss.
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Tokyo
Etoro Island
Steamer Sinks Near Amoy with hundreds feared dead
A small steamer carrying 600 passengers from Amoy to Tungan sank Thursday evening. About 200 passengers drowned while survivors were rescued by Chinese junks sailing nearby.
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Amoy
Tungan
Curator Mason Passes Away at National Museum
Washington report states Prof. Otis T. Mason head curator of the anthropology department at the National Museum died Thursday from paralysis. He was the institution’s oldest scientist and long served in his post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Washington
Otis T. Mason
Department of Anthropology
National Museum
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Resurrection OF Wiggett
Dodd, Mead Company
Sc Ketchmaid
Hennery Wiggett
Hig
Cap’n Jones
The
Sol Ketchmatd
Rio Janeiro
Sam
Mr. Wigegett
Ostler
Cuba
W. H. Tappan
Kvasnicka
Nat Goodwin
Iowa State News
Treasurer’s Books O. K
Brother
Servian
ICE Trust
A. H. Curtis
Charles Woe
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