On the Trail of the American Missionary
William T. Ellis reports from Shanghai on Judge L. BR Wilfley’s crackdown on opium dens, brothels, and vice among foreign residents. He notes the collapse of the American sex-trade monopoly, reforms in gambling, and the moral reform impact on expatriate society and foreign relations.
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Shanghai
China
East
uMcer
United States
Gcov Cormment
L. BR. Wilfley
New Circuit Court For
Judge Wilfley
Wilfley
Kipling
Suez
Cat Returns Home After Two Years In Coal Mine
James Warke of Ashley, a miner, kept a notorious mine cat for two years despite Mrs. Warke demanding its punishment or disappearance. The cat thrived in No. 20 colliery, living off mine rats, then reappeared at home after the mine shut and grain vanished, with no clear explanation of how it escaped.
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James Warke
Ashley
Warke
Stop and Then Rush. Where will woman stop
The Roanoke World ponders the rhythm of shopping and asks where restraint ends as ads show price drops like Was 7 now $6.99. The Washington Herald notes the recurring sale cue prompting consumer questions about value and impulse.
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Roanoke World
Washington Herald
Woman Golf Fans Weigh In On the Sport and Its Rise
Mrs Hobart Chatfield Taylor a renowned golfer and society leader argues that golf has evolved from fad to sport for women. She notes eastern players as ahead in training and technique, praises putting, and criticizes professional caddies as unsportsmanlike in matches.
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Hobart Chatfield Taylor
Charles B. Farwell
Ilinois
Hobart Chatfield-Taylor
Illinois
Evolution of Women Golf From Pose to Pastime
The piece traces how American women shifted golf from fashion statement to purposeful sport. It notes three eras the pose period with red coats and social play, the purpose period with rivalry and record chasing, and the pastime period where genuine love of the game drives competition. Beatrix Hoyt dominates early, alongside Mrs. Butler Duncan, as the sport evolves.
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Beatrix Hoyt
Golf for Women a Joyful Pastime Not a War
The essay extols golf as a glorious game for women and all ages. It emphasizes exercise over aggression, cautions against over seriousness, and urges playing for enjoyment and health rather than relentless pursuit of championships. It praises golf’s accessibility and lasting charm.
Sensational charge in Pratt murder trial
In Iowa City Judge M J Wade sparked a sensation as he told the jury the prosecution committed willful perjury. He asserted someone used an innocent child as an instrument of perjury and noted changed statements by Mrs Connell Eddie Connell and John Boarts about the Pratt shooting. Photographs allegedly show Pratt's house was hidden from the Connell window by timber.
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Pratt
Iowa City
M. J. Wade
Phig
Judge Wade
Connell
Eddie Connell
John Boarts
Wreck injures Waterloo officials in Illinois collision
William A. Dodd secretary of the William Galloway Company of Waterloo and A P Granger expert machinist of Nashua were badly hurt when a Rock Island freight crashed into their coach at Rock Island Illinois. Granger's head and arm were torn through the transom and he was dragged along the track. Granger suffered severe injuries including multiple stitches to the head and arm. Dodd's injuries were less severe with bruised limbs. Granger was enroute from Springfield to Nashua for his father's funeral.
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Waterloo
William A. Dodd
William Galloway Company
A. P. Granger
Nashua
Rock Island
Granger
Dodd
Springfield
Farm rent dispute ends in shooting by 17 year old
W J Hinch, a 17 year old school boy, shot Louis Huber twice after a quarrel over grain division on farm rent. One bullet hit Huber in the hand and the other in the hip. Huber, a renter on land owned by George Domrick, was pursuing Hinch when the shooting occurred near town after an earlier street altercation.
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Arley
W. J. Winch
Louis Huber
Huber
George Domrick
Hinch
SHORT LINE NOT SOLD CLAIMS PROMOTER
Mason City report says promoter G W Dodge denies sale of the Short Line to Milwaukee though road is for sale and he plans to discuss terminals in Milwaukee. He discounts Wabash interest, cites brick company land price blocking entry to the city as a factor.
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Mason City
Dodge
Milwaukee
American Brick Nd Tile Company
Mrs Sims Joins Sunday to Address Women at Galesburg
Des Moines reported Mrs A B Sims famed whist player who renounced card playing to fight social evil has joined Rev Billy Sunday. She will address about 2000 women at the Congregational church Sunday afternoon and speak at the tabernacle the next day on dealing with the white slave question.
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Des Moines
A. B. Sims
America
Billy Sunday
Tabernacle
Galesburg
Congregational Church
Money Gift From Mrs Sage Reaches Des Moines Oliphant Family
Mrs Russell Sage widow of the late money king sends about $10,000 to four Oliphant family members at 1110 East Court avenue Des Moines. Attorney Robert O Brennan acted for Trustee Robert DeForrest of the Sage estate in New York.
Charles City Jury Awards Beck $1750 for Injuries
In Charles City, a damage suit by W. R. Beck against the city reached a verdict for the plaintiff. The jury awarded $1,750 as damages for injuries from a fall into a ditch with no warning signs.
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Charles City
W. R. Beck
Indictment of Iowa and Minnesota Lumbermen Over Mail Fraud
Four leading Iowans and others tied to timber firms face federal indictments for conspiracy to defraud via mail order schemes linked to a so called little black book. Plaintiffs allegedly marshaled futile catalog mailings to dupe victims, naming Ralph Burnside Stanley Moore C I Greer B F French among the charged executives.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Wen
Grand Jury
Iowa
Minnesota
Ralph Burnside
Northwestern Retail Lumbermen’s Association
Hawkeye Lumber Company
Oskaloosa
Stanley Moore
Waterloo
Northwestern Lumbermen’s Association
C. I. Greer
Eldora
B. F. French
Hawarden
Queal Lumber Company
Held for murder attempt Black Hawk youth taken into custody
Bert Haymond of Spring Creek township was arrested in Waterloo on assault with intent to murder charges. He claims intruders on his father's farm refused to leave and he fired three times to frighten them, leading to his hearing before Justice Hildebrand.
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Waterloo
Bert, Haymond
Spring Creek Township
Caldwell
Hildebrand
Edward Haymond
Andrew Clark
Haymond
Rand to Go Free as Burlington Case Is Dropped
Attorney for Horace Rand, wealthy Burlington lumberman, says the government will dismiss the Rand indictment. Rand, who attended Senator Borah’s Boise trial, was not aware of his name in the indictment and had no connection to any illegal land fraud dealings.
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Robert E. Lewis
Young Men's Christian Association
Shanghai
Congress
United States
China
Judge Wilfley
Gov. Taft
Philippines
Islands
Burlington Lumberman
Burlington
W. H. Blace
Horace
Rand
Senator Borah
Boise
Idaho
Blake
Olin Banker Freed After Repeated Indictments
Cedar Rapids notes that E. E. Snyder once of Olin, a banker who failed in 1904 and faced multiple fraud indictments, has been declared a free man after 1907 district court proceedings in Anamosa yielded a not guilty verdict and remaining indictments were deemed likely to be dismissed.
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Cedar Rapids
E. E. Snyder
Olin
Anamosa
Mackown Must Face Jury in Webster City Embezzlement Case
Webster City Judge Wright refuses to quash the indictment against Geo MackKown charged with embezzlement and with burning the Webster City felt shoe factory. Jury list irregularities cited but ruled not prejudicial. Earlier Judge Lee dismissed the jury panel over similar issues.
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Webster City
Wright
D. C. Chase
Geo. MackKown
Felt Shoe Company
Lee
MacKown
Man Charged in Hammer Attack in Grundy Center
In a fit of rage James Heisler struck his wife with a hammer causing serious injuries she is not expected to survive. Heisler was arrested on assault with intent to commit great bodily injury charges. He was bound over to a grand jury and released on bail under guard to prevent community violence.
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Grundy Center
Iin
James Heisler
Heisler
Pushed from Train Suspected in Newell Tragedy
Reports indicate George Holmes was found dying beside a railroad track in Newell and believed by many to have been pushed from a train. Investigators and interested parties are conducting a thorough probe into the circumstances and possible motive.
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Jefferson
George Holmes
Newell
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