Opening of a unique building in Battle Creek
The Grandin Advertising Agency Ltd occupies a distinctive Battle Creek edifice promoting Postum Cereal Co. Ltd. Advertising worth about one million dollars yearly. C. W. Post spoke at a banquet October 3 1904 praising publicity as sunshine for a meritful product.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Grandin Advertising Agency Ltd
Postum Cereal Co. Ltd
New York
Chicago
Post Tavern
C. W. Post
Ian
Maclyn Arbuckle Portrays Early Legal and Political Hopes
Theater Magazine recounts Maclyn Arbuckle tale of leaving law for acting and politics. He recalls signing as attorney then quitting after chasing fees and public office, detailing poverty, campaigns, and restless years before victory or defeat.
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Maclyn Arbuckle
Eastern
George Ade
Mr. Arbuckle
Dickens
Micawber
Rip van ‘Winkle
Courts of Justice
Red River
Wagner
Solhouse
Wil
Patriotism of Japanese Relief Efforts in Wartime Society
In Japan, war relief drives unite families and communities as women sew lint and bandages, children forgo treats, and even prisoners offer earnings. A village inquiry verified a boy’s two yen gift earned by making straw sandals. Government bonds rise sharply with each issue, the imperial household leading with 20 million yen.
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Japan
Nobushige Amenomori
Atlantic
Imperial Household
Color of Hair Linked to Intelligence, Professor Claims
A professor studying hair color asserts chestnut haired students tend to lead classes, while fair haired girls are more studious. Brown hair is linked to individuality and style, and red or auburn hair shows no consistent trend.
World pleads for peace amid Manchurian slaughter
A global appeal for peace rings from Tokio as brutal week long battles in Manchuria claim heavy Russian and Japanese casualties. Diplomats urge an end to the conflict arguing humane settlement and honor questions should yield to diplomacy.
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Tokio
Manchuria
Diplomatic Corps
Russia
Port Arthur
Responsibility fixed for Slocum disaster officials
A U S commission report blames New York steamboat inspection officials for the Gen Slocum fire that killed about 1000. President Roosevelt orders discharge of inspectors Bodie Dumont and Barrett for inefficiency and neglect. The findings cite fire apparatus failure poor response by the master and crew and lax New York inspection procedures.
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Washington
Gen. Slocum
New York Steamboat Inspection Service
United States Commission
Roosevelt
Victor H. Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
Public Service
Robert 8. Bodie
Steamboat Inspection Service
James A. Dumont
Thomas H. Barrett
New York
Slocum
Tenement House Fire Kills Four In Williamsburg
A five story brick double tenement at 15 Moore Street Williamsburg burned early Monday. Four people died and 15 were overcome by smoke. two seriously, including a boy and girl. Fire originated in the basement and spread up a dumb waiter shaft. Several fires in the area earlier this hour are noted as suspicious. Firemen and police rescued many residents. dynamite was later used in an attempted hotel bombing at Glassport, PA, injuring several.
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New York
Moore Street
Williamsburg
Bertha Glass
Henry Glass
Samuel Rubenowitz
Max Reubenowitz
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Glassport
Glassport Hotel
Pittsburg Steel Foundry Works
Helen Keller Arrives for National Deaf Education Conference
Miss Helen Keller of Wrentham Mass arrives in St Louis to attend the conference of superintendents of American schools for the deaf. She will also take part in honoring “Helen Keller” day at the world’s fair on October 18. Keller is the first person honored with a special day by the fair management.
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St. Louis
Helen Keller
Wrentham
Mass
Conference of
Superintendents of American Schools For the Deaf
Miss Keller
Ruined Bank to Hide Crime in Grinnell
The Grinnell bank failure climaxed with the double suicide of cashier H C Spencer and his son after discovery of defalcations. C H Spencer, the father, died in 1893 owing eighty thousand dollars, and the son forged notes to conceal shortages while involving his own son in the cover up.
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Grinnell
H. C. Spencer
C. H. Spencer
Lands Returned to Des Moines River Settlers
The Washington department notified Des Moines river land settlers around Webster City that those holding title as of 1898 will receive 160 acre land warrants usable anywhere. Webster City solicitor G F Tucker reports warrants are transferable or usable to locate a quarter section of land if not fielded by the claimant.
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Washington
Des Moines
Webster City
G. F. Tucker
Murder Mystery Solved in Creek Death Near Red Oak
State chemist report to the coroner concludes Harry Salisbury was murdered by poisoning. The body was found in a shallow Red Oak creek with no visible injuries, suggesting knockout liquor used for robbery. Watch and money missing at discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Salisbury
Red Oak
Jealous Husband shoots at target after poisoning wife
Harl Ryder an insurance agent forced his wife to drink laudanum then fired several shots at Jesse Spurgeon in Ottumwa in a jealous rage. Ryder is jailed on $2,500 bond for assault with intent to murder while Spurgeon posts $500 bond after counter charges. The wife survived thanks to a doctor’s antidote.
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Harl Ryder
Jesse Spurgeon
Ottumwa
Ryder
Spurgeon
Sigourney Bars Drummers In City Soliciting Ban
Sigourney passes ordinance barring traveling men from soliciting orders for future delivery. Mayor interprets the law. drummer Lon Smithart was fined $1, refuses to pay and will challenge the ordinance in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Lon Smithart
Big German Day Celebration Dazzles Burlington
Ten thousand visitors packed Burlington for a major German day festival with Gov. Cummins and Gen. P. J. Osterhaus as guests of honor. The allegorical and industrial parade stretched a mile through the city as good weather favored the event.
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Burlington
Gov. Cummins
P. J. Osterhaus
St. Louis
Marriages, deaths and notable events across Iowa
News in Brief from Council Bluffs and across Iowa notes the marriage of George Fitch in Kansas City, major fires at Lake City North Ward school, and many obituaries. Re-elections highlight the Iowa Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and the Iowa League of Municipalities elects Charles D. Huston president with Burlington set for the next meeting.
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Council Bluffs
George Fitch
Kansas City
Lake City
North Ward
Iowa Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Iowa League of Municipalities
Charles D. Huston
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Sarah Everett
Logan
A. L. Riseley
Montpelier
Ind
S. A. Scott
Rockwell City
Israel Birdsell
Frankville Township
James Malone
Corydon
Richard Sweet
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
Association of Land Grant Colleges of the
United States
Des Moines
W. S. Long
Chariton
Sioux City
Florence McFarland
Thomas Harris
Iowa General Assembly
Poweshiek County
Phil E. Shaver
Iowa
Iowa City
Iowa University
A. J. Anders
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
John Gregorson
Missouri Valley
August Larson
Town character Jim the Bum shot dead on What Cheer sidewalk
James Smythe known as Jim the Bum was killed with a gunshot while occupying a shop near What Cheer city hall. The body was found by Willard McNabb of a Standard Oil station. Smythe, described as disreputable but clever in some ways, had recently seized a blacksmith shop and faced a grand jury bound over under $300 bond.
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James Smythe
Jim
What Cheer
Willard McNabb
Standard Oil
Smythe
Davenport
Cooley
Grand Jury
Tusk of Mastodon Found in Union Park Gravel Pit
William Chatterton, a melodrama actor and geology hobbyist, found a two foot long fossil ivory tusk fragment weighing about 20 pounds in a Union Park gravel pit. The piece, once part of a mastodon tusk likely ten to fifteen feet long, will be given to the state historical department.
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Union Park
William Chatterton
Chatterton
Lowry
Real Mill at University For Mining Engineering Lab
The State University of Iowa will buy a model concentrating mill from American Concentrator Co for its mining engineering department. The mill, patterned after the World’s Fair exhibit in St Louis, will be installed within two months and will replicate a full sized mill at one fourth scale for authentic test runs and economic ore treatment studies under Prof Frank A Wilder.
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The
State University of Iowa
American Concentrator Company
St. Louis
Frank A. Wilder
Iowa charity gets 3000000 estate split among heirs and institutions
Des Moines businessman James Callahan leaves over 3000000 in total with 100000 to Tuskegee Institute and 50000 to the Iowa humane society for the home for drunkards wives. Other gifts include 20000 to the Iowa humane society and 10000 to the home for friendless children among several church and college bequests. The bulk of the estate goes to collateral heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Callahan
Des Moines
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institution
Iowa Humane Society
Iowa Home
Divorced Woman in Sigourney Court Case Ex Mayor’s Flight
In Sigourney district court Mrs. M. B. Williams of Richland was granted divorce from J. D. Williams the former Richland mayor. He left town suddenly about two months ago and has not been heard from. His assets were about 5000 dollars with liabilities possibly exceeding 15000. The family was left nearly penniless and fast living is blamed for his downfall.
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Sigourney
M. BE. Williams
Richland
J. D. Williams
Williams
Gibraltar
Aged Ruler Dies in Saxony
Dresden Oct 15 King George of Saxony died at Pillnitz at 2:25 AM. His end was peaceful as his sons attended. Before death he named the crown prince as representative for state business. Crown Prince Frederick Augustus will succeed, though the heir George is 12. Emperor William had forced him from the army. subjects reportedly hate him.
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Dresden
George
Saxony
Pillnitz
Frederick Augustus
Emperor William
Crane Named U S Senator by Massachusetts Governor
Gov. John L. Bates appoints former Gov. W. Murray Crane of Dalton to fill the vacant Senate seat left by the death of George F. Hoar. Crane, a major local paper manufacturer and longtime political figure, accepts the post and is a personal friend of President Roosevelt.
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Massachusetts
United States
Hoar
Boston
John L. Bates
W. Murray Crane
Dalton
George F. Hoar
Crane
Bates
Roosevelt
Episcopal divorce canon amendment defeated in House of Deputies
Boston Oct 15 The house of deputies of the Episcopal general convention rejected an amendment to the divorce canon aimed at barring remarriage by clergy of the denomination. The house of bishops may act, but no change is expected this convention. The church law since 1859 allows remarriage of the innocent party in a divorce for infidelity.
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Boston
House of Deputies
Episcopal General Convention
House of Bishops
Man Dies in Loop-the-Loop Accident at Hagerstown Fair
In Hagerstown Maryland on a Wednesday the new top loop ride malfunctioned, killing Thomas Goode 40 of Paterson New Jersey and injuring four others including Roy Bauff Goodman Welsh Herman Mitsal and Charles Yessler from York Pennsylvania. Officials said the mechanism was in good condition after testing and two cars with passengers completed the ride.
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Hagerstown
Thomas Goode
Paterson
N. J
Roy Bauff
Goodman Welsh
Herman Mitsal
Charles Yessler
York
Woman Stabs Man in Pittsburg Borough Home
In Dinton near East Pittsburg Julia Aler stabbed Samuel Brown to death as he was late returning home for supper. The couple, both Black, boarded in the same house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Dinton
East
Julia Aler
Samuel Brown
President Francis Says World’s Fair Lost $1 Million
In a public speech before the American Street Railway association in St. Louis on October 14, President Francis claimed the world’s fair has incurred at least one million dollars in losses due to Sunday closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
American Street Railway Association
Francis
Double death by own action suspected near Bellaire Ohio
Two men aged about 45 and 65 were found dead on the Ohio river bank below Bellaire on Wednesday evening. Investigators believe both deaths resulted from deliberate poisoning with carbolic acid. No identifying marks or papers were found on the victims.
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Bellaire, O
Ohio River
Funeral for 111-Year-Old Joseph King Held in Burlington
Joseph King of Milton Vermont died aged 111. The funeral was held in Burlington on Thursday. Born in Canada he served in the Papinean rebellion in 1837.
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Burlington
Joseph King
Milton, Vt
Mr. King
Canada
United States Treasury Report Reveals Fiscal Year Results
Ellis H. Roberts presents the annual treasury report to Secretary Shaw covering the year ending June 10 1904. It notes net ordinary revenues of 540 681 749 a deficit of 41 770 571 after canal and exposition loans and details changes in customs commerce labor and navy expenditures plus money supply bank growth and coinage totals. It also cites gold share circulation and redeeming records for national bank notes and coinage movements.
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Washington
Ellis H. Roberts
United States
Shaw
The
Treasury
Navy
Panama Canal
Wentworth Tragedy at Chatham Claims Twelve Lives
A schooner Wentworth from Hillsboro New Brunswick to Newark New Jersey wrecked on Chatham bar in a gale. All twelve aboard perished with two surf rescues including the captain's wife and one child. Cape Cod life savers failed to launch due to heavy seas.
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Chatham
Mass
Wentworth
Moncton
N. B
Chatham Bar
Portland
Cape Cod
Hillsboro
Newark
N. J
Democrats Nominate Kennedy for Congress in New Bedford
The democrats of Massachusetts Thirteenth congressional district nominated Dr. Francis M. Kennedy of New Bedford for representative on October 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Mass
Thirteenth Congressional District
Francis M. Kennedy
Millionaire Brainerd Lumber Treasurer Found Dead
Minneapolis widow found Eewin P. Welles, famed Brainerd Lumber Company treasurer, dead in bed on Friday. Officials cite heart trouble as the likely cause, the dying condition long known to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Eewin P. Welles
Brainerd Lumber Company
Memorial exercises honor Senator Hoar in Worcester
In Worcester Mass on October 15 memorial services were held in all public schools marking the life of Senator Hoar. Principals and church pastors delivered addresses reflecting on his career and public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Senator Hoar
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