Iowa Board Cuts Freight Rates On Windfall Apples
The Iowa state board of railroad commissioners lowers class C rates for windfall and cull apples in carload lots, enabling surplus fruit to move from fields to markets. The ruling also grants a Stop privilege for unloading silos and lowers freights on heavy planter parts, with broader rate reductions to aid farmers and manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Iowa
Wesley Greene
Towa Big Fall
State Board
State House
Parole Hopes Dented by Governor’s Murder Ruling
Des Moines report notes that Governor Carroll’s ruling in the Rains bargaining case narrows chances for parole or commutation for twelve lifers and Sophie Kruger. Notable names include Charlie Thomas, Leonard Haley, Hugh Rothbard, Harry Hartman, and William Lucas. Parole board hearings planned this week or January term. two members oppose executive interference.
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Des Moines
Carroll
Rainsbarger
Sophie Kruger
Charlie Thomas
Albert Parnitsky
William Lucas
Joe Bagdaney
Ira Noble
Hugh Robbard
Leonard W. Haley
C. Eckerlebe
John L. Kater
Harry Hartman
John Hammill
D. F. Fairbanks
Senator Berry
Howe
Des Moines Strike Looms Over Arbitration Board Selection
Des Moines officials and union leaders race to avert a city railway strike as a noon conference over a third arbiter stalls. Key figures Guernsey Urick Harrigan face off as union votes to strike if demands and reinstatements are not met by 5 PM with a 7 AM Sunday start looming.
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W.L. Kuser
Industrial School For Boys
Des Moines
Des Moines City Railway Company
Board of Arbitration
Messrs
Guernsey
Urick
Tnal
Street Railway Men's Union
Harrigan
Li. Hiatt
J. Bruce
W. Roberts
J. M. Sweonard
J. D. Seaman
J. Bb. Wiley
Fred Fay
N. T. Guernsey
Travels in Africa by Miss Mary Gaunt in Hammock Trek
Miss Mary Gaunt recounts an eight month journey across tropical Africa in a hammock covering 700 miles on the Gold Coast and Togoland to Ashanti. She details dangers from heat and disease a near shipwreck on the Volta river and encounters with Krobo Hill and local tribes while noting German and English colonial areas.
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Mary Gaunt
London
Africa
Gold Coast
Togoland
Sunyant
Ashanti
Beyond
Timbuctoo
Angameda
Krobo
Labolahy
Hyeto
Umbrella for a Squirrel in Tarrytown Weather Tale
Residents report two gray squirrels crossing Garybrooke road using cabbage leaf capes to stay dry in the rain. Irving Revere brings a dead gray squirrel and notes gardens have suffered cabbage theft, explaining why top leaves were used as improvised rainwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarrytown
N. Y
Garybrooke Road
William Rockefeller
Irving Revere
Revere
Hungary's Maize Crop Lower Than 1910 Expectation
Budapest reports that Hungary's maize crop for 1911 is expected to be 30 percent below 1910. Agriculture Minister Adalbert Serenyi announced the estimate, citing drought and conditions affecting yields across the counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
Budapest
Huingary
Adalbert Serenyi
Labor Parade Suppressed in Muscatine Amid Arrests
In Muscatine on October 7 three women were detained and Lee W. Lang, a socialist school board member, was arrested for obscene language as police seize yeast stocks during a labor dispute. Margaret Flynnigan of the Chicago Trade Union League, active with the strikers, was released after six hours on $3 bond. Judge Theophilus refused an immediate hearing on an injunction to stop mayor and sheriff from interfering with the labor parade, which was then abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Lee W. Lang
Board of Education
Margaret Fwinnigan
Trade Union League of Chicago
Theophilus
Wireless romance ends in New York wedding
A French girl Miss Marguerite Castain and Indianapolis manufacturer James Guy Haugh wed in New York after a wireless marriage proposal aboard a steamship and a French arrival aboard the La Bretagne. Their courtship crossed oceans aided by cable and wireless messages.
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New York
Marguerite Castaign
Jean Castaign
Jules Vernicke
James Guy Haugh
Indianapolis
France
America
Atlantic
Pictures From Balloons At Paris Aero Club
Rooms of the French Aero club in Paris showcase over a hundred photographs of Paris taken from balloons. A new room will soon be dedicated to photographs captured from airplanes, illustrating aerial surveying and view perspectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
French Aero Club
Man given twenty years for manslaughter murder
Des Moines reports William Madden colored was convicted of murder in the district court with Judge Bradshaw imposing a twenty year sentence at Fort Madison. Madden was indicted on murder. jury verdict found manslaughter.
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Des Moines
Florence Durtt
William Madden
Fort Madison
Bradshaw
Criminal Division
District Court
Madden
Five Year Old Weighs 140 Denver Baby Vera Mary Jones
Vera Mary Jones aged five strutted through Denver with her mother on a shopping trip. The child weighs 140 pounds and cheerfully asserts she is not a patent food baby but an all kinds of a food baby. Her luncheon included mashed potatoes salmon bread and cake as onlookers question her appetite.
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Denver
Cole
Vera Mary Jones
Vera Mary
Vera
Sixteenth
Champa
Decoys Used to Nab Mashers in Pittsbug Pa
Police deploy 80 well dressed decoys described as hotel pests to trap mashers. The targeted men approach the decoys in public places as authorities work to curb the harassment.
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Pittsbug
Skyrockets in a romance led to an Ashland marriage
A St. Louis born romance ended in marriage in Ashland Oregon as George Mold Jr of Alton wed Sophia Bindell. Mold worked in a St. Louis fireworks plant and filled an order sent to George Binder of Artesian New Mexico, formerly of Alton.
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St. Louis
Ashland
Ore
George Mold, Jr
Alton
Sophia Bindell
Mold
George Binder
Artesian
N. M
The Note Sparks Unexpected St. Louis Wedding
A note on a rocket read The girl who finde this will be the girl who will marry me George Mold St. Louis. Miss Bindell found the rockets, answered the note, and the couple wed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Mold
St. Louis
Arctic Volcano Active at Pavlof in Aleutians
Reports from the bark Guy C. Goas recount Pavlof erupting in the Aleutians during the summer with a mass of smoke rising thousands of feet while fog and stormy weather hindered 1911 expeditions to photograph the area.
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Seattle
Wash
Pavlof
Aleutian Islands
Guy C. Goas
Bogoslof
Shishaldin
Aleutian
Goss
Breasnes
Trea
MacVicar Elected President Of American Municipalities
John MacVicar of Des Moines Iowa was chosen president of the American Municipalities Association at the Atlanta convention held on October 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacVicar
Atlanta
John MacVicar
Des Moines
Iowa
American Municipalities Association
Train Fatalities Claim Two at Albia
John Adams a grain merchant and Clem Brown a local restaurant cook were killed instantly when struck by a Wabash train while crossing the railroad tracks about a mile south of Albia. The accident occurred last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albia
John Adams
Clem Brown
Two Hurt In Wreck On Iowa City Streetcar
In Iowa City on October 7 a street railway car veered off slippery rails injuring a conductor and two passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Prominent Keokuk Man Passes
Keokuk oct 7 John A McGrath a prominent Keokuk druggist and formerly manager of the Constitution Democrat and the Gate City during separate periods of his newspaper career is dead.
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Keokuk
John A. McGrath
Constitution
Democrat
The
Gate City
Divorced Woman Linked to Dr Webster Slayer
Zoe Varney-Webster, widow of Dr. Harry E. Webster, who was convicted in the case of his third wife’s slaying, obtained a divorce in the district court here yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoe Varney-Webster
Cedar Rapids
Harry E. Webster
Seeing Blessings: Eyes to Receive Life’s Riches
The text argues that blessings depend on one’s ability to see and use them. It contrasts carnal views of wealth with spiritual sight, warning that wealth pursued for fleshly pleasure harms happiness. It emphasizes spiritual joys over material riches and calls for a right, God-centered perspective to enjoy life’s abundance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
Jude
Jesus
Hilo
Jesus Christ Among Lost Souls Our Savior Seeks the Lost
A sermon emphasizes Christ’s glory among the outcast and lost, contrasting comfort with mission. It asserts Jesus, not fashion science or art, seeks and saves those who are lost, including classes tribes and races, as quoted from Rev. W. L. Watkin gon.
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Jesus Christ
Man
Rev
W. L. Watkingon
D. D
Forgiveness Lesson from Cardinal Gibbons
A Baltimore Cardinal praises forgiveness over vengeance, calling retaliation base and praising charity as a divine privilege. He contrasts the human impulse to retaliate with the godlike magnanimity to pardon, urging mercy as nobler conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore, Md
Quote on evil seed sowing by Rev N D Hillis
The Congregationalist leader from Brooklyn Rev N D Hillis warns that some men roam communities spreading misunderstandings and bitterness. He says such persons sow tares of evil by undermining others and poisoning minds wherever they go.
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N. D Hillis
Congregationalist
Brooklyn
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State Library
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Joel Chandler Harris
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