Various Social Squibs and Notes From The Express Iowa
A collection of light items and jokes from The Express Iowa includes Peary delaying Arctic travel until next summer, a Chicago woman losing 800 dollars in cash and jewelry, a Washington dancer who bathed in beer, and a 107 year old woman crediting onions for life. It also mentions an Italian duke and a multimillionaire father, balloon plans by the Duke of the Abruzzi, Walter Wellman’s aerial route diagram, and quips about kissing, dowager empress, and married women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of the
Walter Wellman
Peanuts vs Beef Stir Debate on Nourishment
A professor notes peanuts may exceed beef in nourishment yet a sack of goobers cannot evoke the same contented expression as a large juicy beefsteak after good digestion.
Georgia hotel cleanliness bill follows Texas bedding rule
After Texas required nine foot bed sheets, Georgia passes a bill mandating clean sheets pillow cases and towels in hotels statewide. The next step, likely clean tablecloths and dry napkins in hotels and restaurants.
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Texas
Georgia
Clergyman Calls for Living Gospel Over Names
A New York clergyman at Chautauqua urged less preaching on the Jebusites and Molochites and more focus on the living gospel. He joked that without constant mentions of those Irish names, listeners' memories would not be jogged.
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New York
Chautauqua
Embarrassing Omaha Court Moment Sparks Hugs in Court
In Omaha a judge blushed as a grateful woman, whose children he had custody of, hugged and kissed him in open court without prior permission. No assault or contempt actions were filed, making the incident notable for its lack of formal proceedings.
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Omaha
Monkeys In Omaha Win City Council Hearings On Six Hour Day
The Rev John Williams appeals to Omaha City Council for an ordinance limiting monkey labor to six hours daily. He claims organ grinders force monkeys to work twelve to sixteen hours, denying schooling. The piece contrasts with Newport.
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Omaha
John Williams
William
Newport
New York Aero Club President Sees Balloon Pleasure Trips
The NY aero club president returns from three months in London and Paris where he focused on ballooning. He predicts pleasure balloon outings for six or seven people for a couple of hours at interior resorts within a year, though such flights may be too costly for the middle classes.
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New York Aero Club
London
Paris
Fellowships Lost Says Chicago Professor
A Chicago University professor laments Americans drift toward segregation and isolation and lack of soul sharing. He argues people fail to become confidential and cautions about lost fellowship in society. He questions cultural habits and calls for more open exchanges.
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Chicago University
Government Costs on Poverty and Crime Questioned
A lecturer cites that the country spends 6 billion dollars yearly on poverty and crime and the government notes rats cost up to 5 million annually. The statements imply potential avenues for retrenchment as none of these expenditures yield pleasure or profit proportional to the amount invested.
Marriage Compared to Picnic Says Professor Mathews
Prof. Shailer Mathews of the University of Chicago says marriage is too much like a picnic. He adds that in some cases it can resemble a picnic when it rains, implying flaws in romantic ideals.
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Shailer Mathews
The
University of Chicago
England Court Reveals Gala Tea Statue's Earnings
A young woman in England who performs as the living statue Gala Tea earns up to $500 weekly in music halls. The report notes that while her earnings are high for a performer, her face alone is not considered her sole fortune.
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England
Unclear prompt on usefulness of men amid aging
The text questions when a man loses usefulness and posits that some remain useless or stay useful to begin with, implying value persists or fades with time without a clear conclusion.
The One Task Done Right Once Deserves Care
A concise reflection on completing a single challenging task with care and precision, underscoring that finishing once can set a standard for all future work and avoid repeated effort.
Wellman Foiled in Polar Airship Attempt
Walter Wellman and party arrive at Tromsoe after the America ascent fails. A gale drove the airship over Spitzbergen, the balloon abandoned on a glacier, and the car saved after rescue. Wellman plans a new attempt with a different airship in 1908.
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Tromsoe
Norway
Walter Wellman
Wellman-Chicago Record-Herald
Frithjof
Spitzbergen
Wellman
America
Express
Vogel Bay Island
Camp Wellman
Riesenberg
Vandman
Trondhjem
North Pole
Will Close Copper Mines As Trade Deadlock Hits Output
New York reports a copper crisis from producer consumer deadlock causing overproduction. Amalgamated Copper plans mine suspensions at Butte leading to 10 000 layoffs. Stocks fell to 60 25 as reserves swell and prices drop from 25 to 18 cents.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper Company
Butte, Mont
Amalgamated
Stock Exchange
Butte
Amalgamated Company
United States
United Metals Selling Company
Metal Exchange
Financial District
Chicago women admit smuggled goods in trunks case
Miss Anna Olson of Chicago and two fellow travelers Mrs. Lucy Rapp and Mrs. A Hulbert admitted the contents of three canvas trunks worth about 5000 dollars were smuggled. Olson said the other two had no money invested and only aided with the trunks. All three said they are in the ladies furnishing goods business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Huron
Mich
United States
Harris
Anna Olson
Chicago
Lucy Rapp
A. Hulbert
Hulbert
Rapp
Stensland Must Serve His Time In Prison
Joliet Illinois former Milwaukee Avenue State Bank of Chicago president Stensland must serve full term in penitentiary. State board of pardons refused plea for release. He will be released after eight years and three months for good behavior. Without deductions the maximum penalty is 14 years.
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Stensland
Joliet
Sir
Paul O. Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank of
Chicago
State Board of Pardons
Defaulter's Friend Tries Death By Jumping Into Bayou
Virginia Reed, alleged accomplice in a tax theft by clerk Charles E. Letten, reportedly attempted suicide by jumping into Bayou St. John in New Orleans. She was rescued from the water after the plunge.
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New Orleans
Virginia Reed
Charles E. Letten
Bayou St. John
Bank Robbery Strikes First-State Bank in Leola
Three bandits robbed the First-State bank in Leola early Friday, wrecked the safe, and escaped with 1200 dollars. Police seek leads as the intrusion disrupts Aberdeen area banking.
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Aberdeen
Leola
Beloit Banker Fatally Injured in Car Crash
Beloit banker Walter M. Brittan president of a Beloit bank was likely fatally injured when his touring car plunged over a 25 foot embankment in Janesville Wisconsin. His wife and Mrs. Fred W. Strong sustained serious injuries while Mr Strong escaped by jumping from the vehicle.
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Beloit
Janesville
Wis
Walter M. Brittan
Fred W. Strong
Strong
Wisconsin Tobacco Pioneer James Murwin Dies at 86
James Murwin founder of Wisconsin tobacco industry dies in Evansville at age 86. He built the state’s early tobacco trade and led local businesses through decades of growth.
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Anesville
Wis
James Murwin
Wisconsin
Evansville
Pennsylvania two cent railroad fare law declared unconstitutional
Judges Wilson and Audendried of the common pleas court void the two cent fare law. The Pennsylvania case will be appealed to the supreme court as a test. Other railroads in the state file similar suits seeking restraints on fines for violations while Michigan's railroad commissioner says all roads will adopt the rate when it takes effect September 28.
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Philadelphia
Wilson
Audendried
Common Pleas Court
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
McCrea
The
Masked men hold up Great Northern train No. 1 near Rexford
Two masked robbers halted the Great Northern Oriental limited six to seven miles west of Rexford Montana shortly after dawn Thursday. They fired over the locomotive to frighten passengers, blew the express safe, found it empty, and escaped with registered mail. Great Northern offers a $10,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the bandits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Elliott
Great Northern Express Company
Great Northern Oriental Limited
St. Paul
Rexford
Mont
Dynamite Explosion Injures Five in Wisconsin Grain
An explosion of dynamite in grain bundles on Peter Peterson farm near Chippewa Falls injured five men and wrecked a threshing machine. Investigation shows several bundles contained dynamite. the culprit remains at large.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Peter Peterson
Here
Pettibone Taken To Hospital In Critical Condition
George A. Pettibone, charged with complicity in Governor Steunenberg's murder, was taken to a Boise hospital Friday in critical condition and faces possible surgery.
Physicians Indicted in Trust Case in Iowa
Dubuque, Ia. Bremer county grand jury indicted 14 physicians for violation of the state anti trust law after the medical society raised fees. The move follows concerns over fee increases and professional practices within the local medical community.
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Dubuque
Bremer County
Mothers Dies After Fire Kills Her Babies in Dubuque
In Dubuque Iowa Mrs Augustus Pumpke died from burns suffered while attempting to save her two and three year old sons who had set fire to their clothing with matches. The mother perished shortly after witnessing her children die in the blaze.
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Dubuque
Augustus Pumpke
Leyland Line Cuts Cabin Rates Boston to Liverpool
Leyland Line announces a fare reduction for Boston to Liverpool cabins from 70 to 50 dollars. The change affects passenger pricing on the transatlantic route.
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Leyland Line
Boston
Liverpool
Encampment Adopts Legislation Urges for Veterans Aid
Saratoga New York Grand Army of the Republic concludes its forty first annual encampment with installation of officers by Robert B. Beath. Resolutions urge Congress to fund a Gulf coast soldiers hospital widen widows pensions to twelve dollars monthly and allow widows buried beside their husbands in national cemeteries. Burton announces appointive officers and Jere T. Dew becomes adjutant general.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Congress
Gulf of Mexico
South
Burton
Jere T. Dew
Kansas City
Charles Burrows
Rutherford
N. J
Col
D. R. Stowitz
Buffalo
L. L
Collins
Minnesapolis
Minn
J. Henry Heacomb
Philadelphia
J. Corle Winans
Toledo
Charles G. Burton
Nevada
Grand Army of the Republic
Lewis C. Griffith
Troy
William M. Scott
Atlanta
Lane Taneyhill
Baltimore
Samuel Fallows
Chicago
National Council of Administration
Lusitania Sets New Queenstown to New York Record
The Cunard liner Lusitania arrived in New York after a transatlantic crossing from Queenstown in five days and fifty four minutes, besting the previous Queenstown New York record by six hours and twenty nine minutes. The log shows an average speed of 23.01 knots with total miles of 2782, while Kaiser's Wilhelm II and Deutschland posts higher hour averages on other routes.
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New York
Cunard Line
Queenstown
Sandy Hook
Lusitania
Lucania
Kaiser Wilhelm Sr
Plymouth
Deutschland
Atlantic rates cut again on east bound cabin fares
The International Mercantile Marine company reduces minimum east bound cabin rates by 22.50 on ships including Adriatic Baltic Cedric Arabia Celtic Minnehaha Minnetonka and Minneapolis aligning with Oceanic Majestic Teutonic cuts. Cunard also schedules further reductions for Campania Lucania Caronia Carmania Umbria Etruria with Lusitania’s cut undetermined.
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New York
International Mercantile Marine Company
Adriatic
Baltic
Cedric
Arabia
Celtic
Minnehaha
Minnetonka
Minneapolis
Oceanic
Majestic
Teutonic
Cunard Line
Campania
Lucania
Caronia
Carmania
Umbria
Etruria
Lusitania
Watterson Fire Strikes Courier Journal Building Again
A second blaze in Louisville endangers the Courier-Journal and Times plant, threatening remaining sections after the ten day old disaster. Fire crews contained the flames with $25,000 loss. The Times abandoned its final edition as the top floor fire origin remained unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watterson
Louisville
Courier-Journal and Times
Courier-Journal
Times
Banker Killed in Auto Wreck in Pittsburg
President John Bunnett of Metropolitan National Bank of Pittsburg is dead and Dr. M C Cameron, a prominent local physician, is seriously injured as his car collided with a telegraph pole late Thursday in Pittsburg Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburg
John Bunnett
Metropolitan National Bank of
M. C. Cameron
Lipton's Challenge for America's Cup Sent to NYYC
The New York Yacht Club received a Friday cablegram saying Lipton's challenge for the America's Cup, in the name of the Royal Irish Yacht Club, was mailed to the NYYC Friday.
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Lipton
New York
New York Yacht Club
Sir Thomas Lipton
Royal Irish Yacht Club
Five Japanese Killed in Roseburg Area Collision
A double end collision near Dillard station ten miles south of Roseburg Oregon on Thursday night left five Japanese dead and five seriously injured.
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Roseburg
Ore
Dillard Station
Here
Steamer Sighted on Reef Near Florida Coast
A Munson Line freighter was sighted stranded on Casyfoot Reef off the Florida south coast on Sept 10 by the steamer El Dia arriving from New York. The El Dia did not render aid as it was too distant to read the vessel’s name or passenger count.
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Reef
New Orleans
Casyfoot
Florida
el Dia
New York
Munson Line
Lincoln man confesses in Mundy home robbery torture
Albert Wehr a paroled convict was captured after leading officers to recovered loot. Authorities say he and two other masked men robbed Mr and Mrs Mundy of Lincoln on Saturday night forcing them to reveal money by applying lighted matches to their feet.
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Lincoln
Albert Wehr
Warren Mundy
Wehr
Mundy
Break in Cleveland Telegraphers Strike Deepens
In Cleveland Ohio eight former strikers including the local union vice president returned to work for the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company signaling a decisive break in the telegraphers strike.
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Cleveland
Telegraphers’ Union
Postal Telegraph & Cable Company
Defaulter Lacks Courage to Die in Mississippi
Charles E Letten, chief clerk in the office of the first district tax collector in New Orleans, disappeared with a deficit over 100000 dollars. He was found on the Mississippi bank Thursday afternoon attempting to jump in but could not. He confessed and was brought back to New Orleans and jailed.
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New Orleans
Charles E. Letten
Mississippi
Louisville Chosen For Permanent Red Men Long House
Norfolk session of the Great Council of Red Men agrees to reconsider liquor dealer ban Thursday. Louisville, Kentucky selected as permanent location for the national body's long house, a $100,000 building to be funded by the finance committee. Next council meeting to be held in a midwestern city to cut costs with minor ritual changes.
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Louisville
Long House
Norfolk
Great Council of Red Men
Wreck Death Toll Rises In Boston & Maine Collision
A southbound Quebec express and a northbound freight on the Boston & Maine collided four miles north of Canaan Station in Vermont due to mixed telegraph orders. 25 dead or dying and 27 injured. Rescue efforts by train crews and local farmers aided by arriving doctors from Concord and Hanover. The crash occurred in morning mist after a mistaken dispatch left the freight with wrong timing.
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White River Junction
Quebec
Concord
Boston &Maine Railroad
Canaan
Sherbrooke
Innto
Hanover
Rich Young Man Is Killed In Rock Creek Park
Washington report says C Berry Winship aged 21, from a prominent local family, was killed after his horse bolted in Rock Creek park. He was dragged by the stirrup and kicked, despite Dr. Glennon's rapid transport to a hospital. He had recently come into a large inheritance.
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Washington
Berry Winship
Rock Creek Park
Glennon
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Mr. Winship
Murdered in Mexico
Telegram from Dwight Furness the U S consul at Guanajuato reports the murder of American George Rose in Mexico by bandits and that his wife was wounded. Rose was 34 and a son of W A D Rose of Benton Harbor Michigan.
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George Rose
Michigan
Guanajuato
Laporte
Ind
Dwight Furness
Furnessville
United States
Mexico
W. A. D. Rose
Benton Harbor
Mich
More Letter Carriers for Cities
Acting Postmaster General Hitchcock authorized October first appointments of additional letter carriers in New York Brooklyn Pittsburg Detroit Milwaukee Newark and Baltimore. Numbers range from 75 in New York to nine in Baltimore with several mid sized cities in between.
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Washington
Hitchcock
New York
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Detroit
Milwaukee
Newark
N. J
Baltimore
Drude Grants Fresh Armistice to Moroccan Tribesmen
General Drude reports to the war office that another day is given to the Moroccan tribesmen to reach internal understanding before resuming hostilities.
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Drudge Grant
Paris
Drude
War Office
Bottle Hits Umpire Evans in St Louis Game
Umpire Evans was struck on the head by a soda water bottle thrown by a spectator during the St. Louis Detroit American league game. The assailant, a 17 year old lad, was arrested and the crowd voiced strong disfavor as police contained the incident.
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St. Louis
Evans
Explosion at Columbia gold mine in Washington County
Information received Sunday reports a disastrous blast at the Columbia gold mine just across the river in Washington county. The explosion is stated to have been caused by a premature discharge of dynamite and several lives were lost.
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Georgia
Washington
Columbia
Germany Miners Blown Up Four Die in Torbach Mine
A firedamp explosion in a Torbach, Germany, mine on Saturday night killed four workers and left three others in danger of death. Rescue teams searched the shaft for missing men as officials investigated the blast cause.
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Germany
Torbach
The Devil Inn Legend On Fleet Street
A fragment recounts how a London tavern near Temple Bar once named The Devil and Saint Dunstan earned fame for good dinners and wines and drew lawyers. Its sign “Gone to the Devil” supposedly marked men neglecting business, a phrase later used to describe decline.
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England
Fleet ‘Street
London
Temple Bar
Saint Dunstan
Medical Failures Prompt Medical Board Alarm
A Kentucky medical examiner warns that 3000 of 4000 yearly medical school graduates are unfit to practice and harm communities. He cites low licensure rates, crammed test passing, and widespread illiteracy in papers. Other officials decry ignorance of pharmacology and the dangers of incompetent physicians nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Mayer
State Board of Medical Examiners of
Kentucky
American Medical Association
Committee On
Chicago
Mayer
W. T. Gott
Indiana Board
Atlantic City
M. Clayton Thrush
Medico Chirurgical College
Philadelphia
Henry Beats, Jr
Pennsylvania State Board of Medical Examiners
Henry G. W. Rheinhart
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Monticello
Iowa
Peary
China
Gale
Buttemont
Miss Olson
Defaulter
South Dakota
Great Northern
S Oriental Limited
Allieds
St.louis Republic
Sister
Atlantic
Mercantile Marine
Cunard Companies
Canaan Station
Boston & Maine
C. Berry Winship
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