Neutral Bliss to Guard Americans in Mexico Crisis
Washington reports Consul Silliman will push for a peaceful settlement in the Carranza Villa dispute while Bliss orders protection for Americans near Naco. In Naco Sonora Gen Hill prepares for retreat as Maytorena resumes bombardment. A Mexico City streetcar strike paralyzes the capital with 1200 workers demanding higher pay and union recognition.
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Washington
John R.silliman
Mexico City
Carranza-Villa
Bliss
War Department
Maytorena-Hill
Naco
Ninth Cavalry
Tenth Cavalry
Silliman
Nacho
Ariz
Maytorena
Carranza
Sonora
Benjamin Hill
Guilfoyle
Ninth
United States Cavalry
Man Slain in Auto Crash Near Sayville
New York police report a crash near Sayville Long Island killing Donald Bellman secretary of the Bellman Automobile company Patchogue and wounding Miss Irene Burk heardt. Two other men and a girl escaped with injuries in the same vehicle.
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New York
Sayville
Long Island
Donald Bellman
Bellman Automobile Company of
Patchogue
Irene Burkheardt
French Statesman Adrien de Mun Dead at 83
Bordeaux Oct 7 Count Adrien Albert Marie de Mun former French foreign minister died suddenly of heart failure aged 83. He was a grandson of the marquis de Mun and a chamberlain of Napoleon I. He leaves three sons all in the French army. Born in 1841.
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Bordeaux
Adrien-Albert-Marie de Mun
Marquis de Mun
Napoleon I
Count de Mun
Cannonading Startles Gotham
Sound of heavy cannonading alarms New York City workers and New Jersey residents but is traced to gun tests at Sandy Hook proving grounds and a salute at Governor's Island for Rear Admiral Fletcher.
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Gotham
New York
New Jersey Shore
Sandy Hook Proving Grounds
Governor's Island
Fletcher
Bryan Banishes Grape Juice From His Table
Washington reports that after two years of popularity due to Secretary of State Bryan, unfermented grape juice has been banished from his table as part of a personal dietary shift.
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Bryan
Washington
Bank Teller Joins Death By Self Inflicted Shooting
Reading Pennsylvania October report states Joseph L. Babb a teller at the Pennsylvania National Bank killed himself with a gun. The bank records were in order and no motive is given. Babb followed predecessor William H B Gehry in the position.
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Bank Tellier
Reading
Joseph L. Babb
Pennsylvania National Bank
Babb
William HB. Gehry
Stork Visit to Queen Helena Echoes Royal Arrival
Official word from Rome via Paris announces the expected January arrival of Queen Helena’s acquittance. The royal couple already have four children a son and three daughters.
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Stork
Rome
Paris
Helena
Wife Slayer Dies by His Own Hand in Danville
Hisworth Dare shot and killed his wife on September 23 in Danville Illinois and then shot himself in the head. He died at the county hospital late Monday evening.
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Danville
Ill
Hisworth Dare
Senate war tax bill completed to raise 108 million
Democratic senate caucus finished the war tax bill with a projected 108 million dollars in new revenue. The plan targets rectified spirits with higher taxes and keeps wine duties while removing gasoline and automobile taxes and other changes.
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Washington
Senate
Simmons
News From Far and Near Highlights Oct 9 Items
Reports from Rome Paris London and Washington cover Mrs Nelson Page arriving in Rome Mrs Winston Churchill giving birth in London Republican Sen Beekman nominated for Rhode Island governor moonshine raids in Kentucky violence with two officers killed and three moonshiners wounded ICC to reopen Rock Island Pere Marquette probe with Louis Brandeis as chief prosecutor
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Rome
Paris
Thomas Nelson Page
England
Providence
R. Livingstone Beekman
Newport
London
Winston Spencer Churchill
Admiralty
Louisville
Jellico
Tenn
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Island
Pere Marquette
Commission
Clementa
Louis D. Brandeis
Fraud Case Suspect Arrested in Storey Cotton affair
Arthur O. Howard was arrested by Post Office Inspectors in Philadelphia on a mail fraud charge tied to Storey Cotton. After a preliminary hearing, he was held in 7500 dollars bail. The government says the firm took 7 million dollars from the public via the mails in 1905. six firm members were arrested and sentenced.
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Providence
R.L
Arthur O. Howard
Post Office
Frank W. Smith
A. T. Hawkseworth
Philadelphia
Storey Cotton Company
Howard
United States
Harvey
Refugees Reach New York On Ryndam Arrival
The Holland America liner Ryndam docked in New York with 1244 passengers including 412 first 462 second and 370 steerage. Among the travelers were Karl Muck and Mrs Muck Alfred Hertz Otto Roth and the Hon Charles Nagel returning from Germany.
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New York
Ryndam
Rotterdam
Germany
Karl Muck
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Judge Moore elected sovereign grand commander of Southern Scottish Rite
Washington October 9 Judge George Fleming Moore of Montgomery Alabama was chosen sovereign grand commander of the Scottish Rite Masons for the Southern jurisdiction of the United States.
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Washington
George Fleming Moore
Montgomery
Ala
United States
Racing to a fire ends in fatality during patrol action
New York Oct 9. Sergeant John B Hodgins was killed and Patrolman Joseph King fatally injured when a commandeered automobile struck an Eighth avenue trolley while racing to a fire.
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N. Y
New York
John B. Hodgins
Joseph King
Eighth Avenue
Reserve Banks to Open Oct 15 Disclosed in Plans
Washington announces treasury department plans indicate that reserve banks in St. Louis and Chicago and possibly Boston and other cities will open October 15. The move aims to bolster currency operations and stabilize financial systems nationwide.
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Washington
St. Louis
Chicago
Boston
Treasury Department
Sculptor John Van Rensselaer Found Dead in San Jose
Sculptor John Van Rensselaer was found dead of heart disease in a San Jose hotel. He had arrived September 8 from the East and remained in the city.
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San Jose
Cal
John van Rensselaer
van Rensselaer
British Prize Court Revived After Sixty Years
London reports the British admiralty reconvenes the prize court to adjudicate captured German ships and goods, with proceeds to be prorated among captors. It notes the last sitting was 1854 and explains prize court functions, neutrality, and sovereign control.
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London
Admiralty
England
Airships Capture a Steamer
London reports an unusual wartime event as seven German hydroplanes intercepted the Swedish steamer Bodel near Grimsby. The Dutch captain states the aircraft later escorted the vessel to Helgoland as a prisoner after confirming his nationality.
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London
Standard
Grimsby
Maxtha
Helgoland
Danish Home for Aged Opens in Des Moines
Des Moines hosts dedication of a Danish Lutheran home for aged members in America. C Larsen of Racine Wisconsin gave 15000 dollars toward a 20000 dollar building south of Grand View College with an equal maintenance fund. Dedicatory address by Rev Grazengaard Marquette Neb led by Rev Roddholm Des Moines and Grand View’s President Knudsen with Chicago’s Peterson aiding fundraising efforts.
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Des Moines
C. Larsen
Racine
Wis
Grand View Collage
Larsen
Danish Lutheran Church of America
Ao National Church
Grazengaard
Marquette
Neb
National Conference of the Church
HH. Roddholm
T. Knudsen
Grand View College
Peterson
Chicago
Auto Into Deep Ditch Near Crescent
Charles Chapman his father William Chapman John Handberry and his son near Neola narrowly escaped death after an auto wreck in darkness. Returning from Omaha they drove into a twelve foot ditch where a bridge had been removed during the day. The machine overturned and pinned the four men beneath it.
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Council
Waterloo plans extend street oiling next season
The city council announced that oiling improvements will extend to additional highways next season after using 86 119 gallons of oil. Main thoroughfares were kept free from dust and drives in city parks were periodically treated with oil as part of the program.
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Waterloo
Change in Manson Journal Ownership
Thomas Walhole takes over the Manson Journal from Thomas D Long who retires after many years. Long and his brother built the paper, and the transition marks an end of an era for the local press community in Manson Iowa.
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Iowa
Manson
Thos. D. Long
Manson Journal
Thomas Walhole
Storm Lake
My. Long
Iowa Pensions Granted to Several Residents
Des Moines reports Iowa pensions awarded to multiple residents under special acts and standard grants. Names include Wisabeth Abernathy Ruthven with $12, Charlotte M Caplan Muscatine also $12, Percilla Kauble Slourney $12, Catherine Rawson Madrid $12, Mary Tinson Connyl Bluffs $12, Augusta Hester Buck drove $12.
Burlington Repairs Flood Damage
Burlington railroad will spend 125000 to repair tracks on the Bedford ranch after flood damage. The work between Conway Iowa and Hopkins Missouri is the railroad's worst in history.
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Burlington
Bedford
Burlington Railroad
Bedford Ranch
Conway
Hopkins
Ottumwa Charities Seek $5,000 Budget Target
The organized charities committee in Ottumwa began a canvass for a $5,000 budget, raising $1,000 on the first day. Plans include hiring a competent social worker as secretary of the organization.
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Ottumwa
Organized Charities Committee
Farm Sells for 230 Per Acre Near Yarmouth
Des Moines county farming property owned by John Nelson, a 140 acre parcel two miles south of Yarmouth, sold for 32 200 total, equating to 230 per acre. The farm is described as one of the finest improved parcels in the county.
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Burlington
John Nelson
Yarmouth
Des Moines
Fine Farm Sells Near Mt Pleasant to James Stephenson
The 178 acre Ross Boyd farm known as the William Boyd place four miles southeast of Mt Pleasant sold to James Stephenson of Onaida Illinois for 23350.00 dollars.
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Mt. Pleasant
Ross Boyd
William Boyd
James Stephenson
Onaida
Tag Sale Nets $4 000 for Visiting Nurse Work
Davenport reports the annual tag day raised four thousand dollars, the largest contribution since the Visiting Nurse association began in the area, supporting their work and ongoing services.
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Davenport
Visiting Nurse Association
New Bank at Ottley Organizes with Wollander Officers
Knoxville reports a new savings bank at Ottley in Marion County organized with capital of 10000. Every officer and stockholder is a Wollander, making the institution a unique financial enterprise in the area.
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Knoxville
Ottley
Marion County
Wollander
Farm Sells at 191.50 Per Acre Near Newton
At the Ned Dullard farm near Newton a 90 acre parcel was offered and quickly bid up to 191.50 dollars per acre. The sale drew strong interest and the farm sold at that price.
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Newton
Ned Dullard
Harvester Loses Savings at Des Moines Union Station
H M Hayssen of Mobile Alabama lost 165 dollars to pickpockets at Des Moines Union Station while traveling south with savings from summer harvest work.
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Harvester
Des Moines
H. M. Hayssen
Mobile
Ala
Union Station
Hayssen
Hornet Sting Fatality in Council Bluffs
James Belshaw aged 1 year died from blood poisoning after a hornet sting to the neck two weeks earlier. He was survived by a widow and five children.
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Council Bluffs
James Belshaw
Farm hand Irvin Mellott found dead near Ollie
Irvin Mellott a farmer from Ollie was found killed in his auto near Tredrick. His skull was crushed with a monkey wrench and four bullet holes were found in his head. Paul Bond and Clell Bottorff saw the abandoned car and alerted Sheriff Knox who sent bloodhounds to track the killer.
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Oltumwa
Irvin Mellott
Ollie
Mellor
Ottumwa
Wapello County
Paul Bond
Clell Bottorff
Tredrick
Mellott
Knox
War tax protests by Towa State Automobile Association
The Towa State Automobile Association filed a formal protest against a proposed war tax on automobiles. Secretary treasurer A 2 Nica Bon sent a telegram to Senator W S Kenyon Senator Albert Cumming and Congressman Vollmer, arguing current taxes are already heavy and further levies would be unjust.
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Towa
Towa State Automobile Association
Nica- Bon
United State
W. S. Kenyon
Albertb. Cumming
Vollmer
Iowa
W. R. Perry Dies in Accident at Substation
Dodge area report states W. R. Parry aged 31 hours was electrocuted at the Town Central Light and Power Co substation at the alley works when a line connected to a lightning arrester carrying 23 000 volts. Parry had told coworkers he was hurrying to Wort Dodge to buy whisky. He died minutes later.
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Ort Dodge
W. R. Parry
Central Light & Power Co
Alay Works
Parry
Wort Dodge
Foreign Students Found Ames Chapter of Beta Phi Fraternity
A group of Spanish speaking foreign students led by Carlos Madero and L. Gonzales founded an Ames chapter of Beta Phi, a national fraternity. The faculty has been asked to recognize the new Ames chapter.
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Ames
Carlos Madero
Amas
Mexico
L. Gonzales
Carranza
Hhe
Farmer Hangs Self in Barn in Atlantic County
Alexander Stuart, a retired farmer valued at $200000 who had lived here twenty years, was found dead in his barn by his niece Mrs. Gertrude Schireath. He committed suicide by hanging, the rope attached to a rafter in the hay loft as breakfast was called.
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Atlantic
Alexander Stuart
Gertrude Schireath
New Lodge Formed in Mexico Under W W Sargent
W R Sargent district manager for the Woodmen of the World organized a lodge in Mexico with twenty five charter members. The officers include J C Newton P C C O Unt G G M I Terhune A La Ban Jensen banker and J C Coe clerk.
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Mexico
W. R. Sargent
Omaha
Woodmen of the World
J. C. Newton
Bowman to join Century magazine editorial staff
John G. Bowman formerly president of the State University of Iowa has been offered an editorial position with Century magazine and will likely accept. The Bowman family currently resides in New York City and plans to remain there for the coming year.
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Iowa City
John G. Bowman
State University of Iowa
Century Magazine
Bowmans
New York City
Adventists Plan Lake City Church After Revival Campaign
After a July through August revival in Lake City the Seventh Day Adventists secure a congregation and purchase a lot for a new church. Architects begin plans for construction.
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Lake City
Seventh Day Adventists
Eightieth Birthday and Golden Jubilee of Rev McCord
Rev John D McCord marked his eightieth birthday and fifty years in the ministry with a large congregation from five Lake City churches gathered to honor him. He remains hale and hearty and preached the occasion.
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Lake City
John D. McCord
Fish Stock Released Into Cedar River At Charles City
A carload of 40,000 young bass, pike, crappies, and catfish was released into the Cedar River at this point. The fish came from bayous near the Mississippi River and aim to boost local sport fishing.
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Cedar River
Charles City
Mississippi River
Man Loses Arm Handling Shotgun in Ottumwa
Earl Crow of South Ottumwa accidentally discharged a shotgun while examining it at home. He blew off his right hand and forearm and a portion of the shot is believed to have penetrated his lung. Local medical aid was summoned for treatment.
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Ottumwa
Earl Crow
South Ottumwa
Bloomfield Woman Elected Sixth District Federated Clubs Chair
Mrs. Henry Taylor of Bloomfield was elected chairman of the Sixth district Federated women's clubs at the convention in session here recently. No other officers were chosen. Hundreds of women from over the Sixth congressional district attended.
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Federated Women’s Clubs
Ottumwa
Henry Taylor
Bloomfield
Sixth Congressional District
Dentist Dies After Operation At Oakville Home
Muscatine Iowa reports retired dentist Dr C Mersherson died of apoplexy at his Oakville residence following a dental operation. The death occurred after the procedure at the home, with medical staff unable to prevent the fatal stroke.
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Muscatine
4 .C. Mersherson
Oakville
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