Inventive Ingenuity Highlighted With Several Notable Inventions
A Pittsburg man develops a machine to make and bake forty pizzas a minute. An Italian engineer introduces an elevator for sunken ships using compressed air chambers. Silicon is now producible in quantity for steel alloying. A new single lens enhances photo contrast. Belgian factories convert smoke into usable gas. A Danish laborer seeds clothes to keep shipwrecked people afloat for days.
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Pittsburg
Denmark
Notable Americans in Science Arts and Public Life
Waldo Story the sculptor to carve Sir William Harcourt statue for the house of commons becomes the first American honored. John Butler Burke, discoverer of radiographs, gains UK fame as an eminent scientist. Grace Corbin, daughter of Maj Gen Corbin, adopted by Sioux as Princess Pure Heart in Wilmington. Dr Joseph Spencer Kennard to be knighted by the Italian king. his novels in Italian command high royalties. H P Mallan, Boer colonel, now a streetcar conductor in Kansas City, 27, Cape Town home. Susan B Anthony once wore bloomers in the 1860s then quit. she buys one dress yearly and favors dainty attire and accessories.
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Waldo Story
William Vernon Harcourt
House of Commons
John Butler Burke
United Kingdom
Trinity College
Wilmington
Grace Corbin
Corbin
Pure Heart
Joseph Spencer Kennard
Italy
Kennard
Philadelphia
Tarrytown
N. Y
D’annunzio
H. P. Mallan
Kansas City
Mallan
Cape Town
South Africa
Mexico
United States
Susan B. Anthony
Geographical Jottings shows tin, mines, and fortresses
The Malay states supply seven tenths of the world tin. Bengal is the most populous British India province. Himalaya barley grows wild. Panama canal area holds old Spanish gold mines to reopen. Aden is the key fort between Egypt and Bombay. Liechtenstein lacks an army. Ascension island catches sea turtles weighing 500 to 800 pounds with an average price of 50 shillings.
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Bengal
British India
Himalaya
Panama Canal
Spain
Aden
Egypt
Bombay
Principality of
Lichtenstein
Austria
Switzerland
Europe
Ascension Island
Grape-Nuts Praised By Sunflower State Judge
A respected judge from Kansas extols Grape-Nuts as a healthful breakfast, noting it replaces pastry, aids complexion in women, and provides stronger appetite satisfaction than meat in a single dish. The endorsement cites Postum Co. Battle Creek as the product source.
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Sunflower State
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Gov Cummins Shaws Feud Warms In Exchange Of Letters
Des Moines Iowa September 4 Gov Cummins disputes Secretary Shaw over remarks on the French reciprocity treaty and senate approval. Shaw says Cummins misinterpreted him and prompts a righted view while Cummins stands by editorial evidence from the Des Moines Capital. The clash sharpens as both men defend their positions and accuse the other of misrepresentation.
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Russell Woodard
Des Moines
Gov
Cummins
Treasury Shaw
Iowa
Chicago
Shaw
National Senate
France
America
Gov. Cummins
United States
England
Great Britain
Senator Lewis Assails Iowa Railroads in Speech
Senator Lester W. Lewis and Governor Cummins are denounced for railroad influence in Iowa politics. In a College Springs address titled Railways of Politics he accuses rail interests of bribes and judicial taint, praising anti railroad independence on the executive council and warning of a growing political menace.
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Iowa
Lester W. Lewis
Cummins
College, Springs
Haseen
Lewis
Higath
State House
Executive Council
Sage Sees Bright Iowa Corn Outlook
Director Sage of the crop service reports fair weather through Sept 20 supports a strong Iowa corn crop with the state expected to produce one of its greatest yields. He notes above normal temperatures and ample rainfall with some central counties suffering wind hail damage though overall statewide losses remain small.
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Sage
Iowa
The
Crop Service
Coal Production Increases In Iowa Mines
The biennial report shows a 600000 ton rise in Iowa coal output last year with Monroe Polk and Appanoose producing over 60 percent. Accidents declined. 55 fatal and 184 serious in the period. Monroe County remains the state’s top producer, about one third of total output.
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Iowa
Monroe
Polk
Appanoose
Monroe County
Mahaska
Abdeses
Adbuceseooly
Paula Appanooss
SORTA
Robald Mahaska
Marion
Aee Boone
Jasper
Lucas
Webster
Okuk Oo
Guthrie
Saros Vetstes Pyiedet Sagesbrent
Taylor
Warren
Jefferson
Davis
TOCA
Fort Des Moines Praised By Army Report
The annual report of Brig. Gen. Wint, commander of the Department of the Missouri, highlights Fort Des Moines as a key post. He notes strong recruit intake, high-grade mounts, excellent buildings and new facilities, plus solid subsistence and medical departments. Telegraph and target systems are praised amid a generally favorable assessment. The brief also mentions hail-damaged corn, Otto Kell’s mural discovery, and Iowa prohibitionists censuring a newspaper man in a separate note.
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Fort Des Moines
Wint
Department of the
Poweshiek County
Germany
Otto Kell
Des Moines
Prohibitionists
Iowa
Indianapo lis youth wins Iowa state agricultural scholarship
Roy Igo of Indianapolis won a $200 state department of agriculture scholarship at the state fair for best judge of stock and grain among Iowa entrants. Twenty six youths entered, twice last year, with brisk competition. Prof. Rutherford oversaw the contest and praised the participants.
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Des Moines
Roy Igo
Indianapolis
Agricultural College
State Department of Agriculture
Rutherford
Perry Brick & Tile plant sale for taxes near Perry
The Perry Brick & Tile company plant west of Perry sold for 50 dollars to H M Shively. The property valued at 16,000 dollars was seized after a non payment tax notice dated April 1. Directors failed to act and inoperable plant led to ignored service of notice.
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Perry
Perry Brick & Tile Company
City
H. M. Shively
Embezzlement Charge Filed Against Local Gas Company Cashier
David T. Stubbs cashier of Citizens' Gas and Electric Company was arrested on embezzlement charges after the company reported a shortfall. Stubbs admitted a discrepancy of at least 1500 dollars, with authorities stating about 1875 dollars involved.
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Council Bluffs
David T. Stubbs
Citizens’ Gas & Electric Company
Stubbs
New York
Pittsburg
A. G. Marshall
Chicago Youth Wounded While Resisting Arrest
Harry Mumm of Chicago was shot by Special Policeman C. J. Miller during an escape attempt after alleged insult to girls. The bullet pierced his back and abdomen. he is in serious condition but may recover.
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Des Moines
Harry Mumm
Chicago
C. J. Miller
Thunderstorm Claims Burlington Resident in Night Fatal Shock
Mrs Helma Hausen of Burlington was shocked to death in bed during a severe storm described as the season's worst. Lightning struck three city houses amid the violent weather and authorities suggest heart disease as the underlying cause of death.
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Burlington
Helma Hausenclever
Border Leicester sheep arrive for breeding at Iowa State
The animal husbandry department of Iowa State College receives four Border Leicester sheep from Scotland for breeding purposes. Local events include a Cedar Falls lightning strike that destroyed Joe Morin’s barn with Morin and his wife inside. Morin rescued and aided by his wife. Additional notes cover a jail release in Council Bluffs, a Thurman church lightning damage, a Clinton doctor dying, a drowning near Lamont, a freight train fatality near Albia, a disappearance in Des Moines, a Logan man’s arrest, a near-cooked diet claim in Iowa Falls, and other scattered incidents such as a pioneer reunion, a bankruptcy fee dispute, and a fatality from lightning in Medford.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Scotland
Cedar Falls
Joe Morin
Morin
Council Bluffs
David T. Stubbs
Sidney
Methodist Episcopal Church
Thurman
Clinton
J. C. Phillips
Onro
Wis
Mt. Pleasant Park
Lamont
Arthur Shakespeare
Here
Albia
Marion Howard
Des Moines
G. Perrott
Iowa
State and Territorial Pioneers’ Association
Clinton County
Mount Pleasant Park
Carroll
H. J. McAllister
Sioux City
W. G. Woodbury
George H. Stillman
Arcanum Rates Finalized at Put-in-Bay Convention
Supreme Secretary Robson announced the Royal Arcanum changes including removing option D and making B and C available to current members. Reinstatement without new medicals was allowed for suspensions since June 1 if applied by November 1. A fraternal fund proposal was referred to an executive committee.
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Put-in-Bay
Robson
Massachusetts
Four Die After Gasoline Fire on Ben Hur Launch
Panic broke out when a match dropped into spilled gasoline aboard the launch Ben Hur on the St. Clair flats. Four passengers died, including August Mogg of Cleveland H J Wossenger Miss Becker and Miss Newman of Detroit. The boat carried about 30 people to Algonac hotels after a Joe Bedares hotel dance. The fire was started by a passenger who spilled gasoline and lit a cigar, causing mass jumping overboard before rescue boats arrived. The vessel was damaged but repairs were minor.
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Detroit
Mich
St. Clair Flats
August Mogg
Cleveland
H. J. Wossenger
Becker
Newman
Lake Superior Gale Destroys Ships and Lives
Destructive gale on Lake Superior reports at least eighteen to twenty two lives lost and almost half a million dollars in damage. Vessels including the schooner Pretoria with five of ten crew removed. Olive Jeannette believed sunk. Fifty ships were at sea during the storm with wreckage seen at many Lake Superior ports. Six survivors from the steamer Lavonia reached Bayfield and the bodies of Captain McDonald and a crewman washed ashore at Sand Island.
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Duluth
Minn
Lake Superior
Pretoria
Olive Jeannette
Lavonia
Bayfield
McDonald
Sand Island
Two Hundredth Benjamin Franklin Birthday Planned Nationwide
The American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia plans an elaborate event for the two hundredth anniversary of Benjamin Franklin’s birth with President Roosevelt expected to take part. Philadelphia New York and Boston will honor the philosopher with federal state and French participation.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Roosevelt
American Philosophical Society
Franklin
New York
Boston
New Route Opens to Southern California by San Pedro Line
The Chicago and North Western announces a daily through Pullman tourist sleeping car service from Chicago to Los Angeles via the San Pedro Route across southern Utah and southwest Nevada. The line promises cheap homes and plentiful work in a new country rich in natural resources with Rainbow Canyon scenery and Southern California citrus regions. travel will link Salt Lake and Ogden with through service from the East, boosting tourism this fall.
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Utah
Nevada
San Pedro
Goldfield
California
Theassenger Department
Chicago North-Western
Ba Y
Chicago
Los Angeles
Rainbow Canon
San Bernardino
Riverside
Pomona
Salt Lake
Ogden
New World Riviera
Mull's Anti Belch Wafers sales pitch ad
An advertising claim offers free samples of Mull's Anti Belch Wafers for stomach ailments including indigestion gas and sour stomach. It asserts cures by absorption with no drugs and promises two boxes on order or a sample in exchange for a coupon.
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Mull
Mull'n Anti-Belch Wafers Free Box Offer
Readers are urged to mail a full name and address plus druggist’s name for a free box of Mull’n Anti-Belch Wafers, offered by Mott’s Grape Tonto Co. at 147 Third Ave, Rock Island. The notice promotes boldness and cites Ward Seminary Nashville Tennessee as a model educated Christian home.
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Mott's Grape Tonto Co
Rocke Island, Ti
Ward Seminary
Nashville
Tenn
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Doctors
Doctor Brigham and many physicians report Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures for female ailments. A Fitchburg doctor praises its use in uterine trouble and female weakness, urging women to seek the remedy and Mrs. Pinkham's free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia B. Pinkham
C. Brigham
Brigham Park
Fitchburg
Mass
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia KB
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Leslie M. Shaw
Military Jay
Iowa State News
Medford
Charles Butler
Ottumwa
Mary Harris
James Harris
Harris
Mason City
Nels Jensen
Grant Township
Ruby Yokom
Smith Yokom
Jensen Farm
Cedar River
Supreme Council
Atlantic City
St. Clair River
Butte
Mont
Patrick Manley
J. F. Barnes
Main Street
Mount Holly
N. J
Joseph McDonald
Iowa Qold Fellows
Constantinople
Adrianople
Mars
Philadelphia Ledger
Senator Sullivan
Doan
Timothy D. Sullivan
New York State
Sullivan
Doun
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Carters
Price
Chas
Harare
Diemer
M. D
Springfield
Lydia E. Pinkham
W.L. Douglass
W.L. Douglas
Nore
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Maas
W. L. Douglas Strong
W.l.dougne
W. GL
Douglas
W. EL. Douglas
Oka Ei
A. Paxton Company
Masa
Wielbt
Bowth-West
Marin & CO
Wichita
Mansius
J.m.auld
Dearborn St
Ill
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