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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1908
Page
1
Blizzard Rages Across Midwest With Snow Drifts and Losses
A large blizzard spreads from Chicago to St Louis Lucknow Michigan and Indiana with eight to eighteen inches of snow in spots. Rail traffic slows and several deaths occur from the storm including two drownings in Waukegan harbor and two Hammond train incidents. Flooding worsens in Southern Indiana as rivers rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Waukegan
Johnson
Josephine
Buffalo Avenue
Hammond
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Murray
Arthur
Michigan Central Road
Warner
William
Detroit
Michigan
Saginaw Bay
Lake Michigan
St. Louis
Child's Throat Cut Mystery Shrugs at Motive
Father hints at an enemy while the mother questions if the crime is his work as a haunting murder mystery unsettles a close community.
Weird murder mystery rocks Rock Island inquest
In Rock Island Illinois the inquest into the killing of Ensign Robert Booths two weeks old son proceeds with Envoy Booth steadfast in his story. Police hold Booth and his wife amid strange clues including a razor wound and a possible intruder theory linked to Ottumwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island, Hl
Booth
Rock Island, Ill
Ensign
Robert Booth
Rock Island
Salvation Army
Booths
Iowa Woman Dies in Burning Home Fire Costs Lives
Winterset Iowa February 19 Mrs Stinson 96 burned to death in a fire that destroyed Roy Deeter home Neighbor Mrs Mills died of shock in the crowd Deeter slighty injured Deeter is husband of Mrs Deeter’s daughter and is not mentioned by relation to the fire
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Winterset
Stinson
Roy Deeter
Albert Mills
Rockefeller Jr. urges truthfulness in business dealings
John D. Rockefeller Jr. told the Young People's Society of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church that low honesty standards in business must end. He urged adherence to truthfulness regardless of expediency or personal gain, saying the highest standard is to always tell the truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Young People’s Society
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Mississippi Prohibition Amendment Defeated in Lower House
Jackson Mississippi February 19 The surprise of the legislative session occurred yesterday when a proposed constitutional prohibition amendment was defeated in the lower house lacking two votes of the two thirds required Those favoring a constitutional convention are credited with defeating the amendment
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Outrages Reported In Gracey Kentucky Night Ride
In Gracey West Christian county Kentucky a 25 man masked night riders band took control of the telephone exchange captured the town marshal and fired weapons. They abducted James Wooten from a hotel room whipped him and ordered him to leave by morning before warning the black residents to go to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinsville
Gracey
Wage Cut Warning By Roads In West Of Chicago
Notice of wage reductions for railroad workers west of Chicago has been served to unions with current agreements. Receivers Stickney and Smith call a general wage conference for March 9 in St Paul. Engineers, firemen, brakemen, switchmen and conductors promise resistance to wage cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Ill
Chicago
A. B. Stickney
Charles H. F. Smith
Chicago-Great Western Railroad
W. J. Trost
Switchmen’s Union
St. Paul
Minn
French Forces Battle Moors Near Fedalla
Paris dispatch reports Feb 16 17 French clash with Moors fifteen miles southeast of Fedalla. French losses include two officers and several soldiers killed and three officers plus twenty men wounded. Moor casualties described as heavy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Philibert
Morocco
Fedalla
Aged ice hauler injured when wagon wheels pass over him
Iowa City area dispatch reports W. S. Files a 60 year old pioneer was thrown from a wagon while hauling ice near North Liberty. The runaway team dragged him under the load, shattering a leg and causing possible internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
W. S. Files
North Liberty
Roosevelt Congratulates King on Birth of Princess Giovanna
Ambassador Griscon delivered a letter from President Roosevelt to King Victor Emmanuel congratulating him on the birth of a daughter, Princess Giovanna, born November 13, 1907. The note marks a new American practice as the U S previously gave no formal notice of royal birth events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Griscon
Victor Emmanuel
Roosevelt
Giovanna
United States
Millionaire Carothers Dies in Pontiac
Pontiac, Feb 19. M A Carothers aged 45 died here today from Brights disease. Carothers was a millionaire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac
Ill
Carothers
Bright
Fight Near End in Illinois Central Case Control Battle
Judge Ball will decide tomorrow if outsiders may vote Illinois Central stock, a ruling that decides who controls the railroad for the year. Directors meet in New York today with Harahan and Fish allies preparing for clashes and protest over proxy statements amid tense political drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ball
Superior
Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois
Stuyvesant Fish
E. H. Harriman
Ctrcwit
Illinois Central
Harriman-Harahan
Fish
Ilinois Central Railroad
New York
Harahan
Red Rag
Maxwell Edgar
Taft Continues Triumphal March in New England
Taft presses campaign through New England with speeches and sight seeing after an overnight stay with Governor Floyd in Manchester New Hampshire. Nashua citizens escort Taft to the city for an afternoon address as support grows in the region. New Mexico Republicans endorse Taft and Alabama GOP leaders announce strong support for his presidential bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
New England
Mancester
N. H
Floyd
Nashua
Manchester
New Mexico
Alburuque
N. M
New Mexico Republican Territorial Committee
Republican Organization
Bank of West Point Closes Doors In Sudden Collapse
West Point Iowa February 19 The Bank of West Point private institution closed its doors. Cashier Lawrence Smith vanished since Saturday night and is unaccounted for. President Riley Smith says depositors will be paid in full. Failure blamed on financial stringency and poor loans. Receiver Herman Schroeder of Fort Madison appointed by the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Bank of West Point
Lawrence Smith
Riley Smith
Herman Schroeder
Ft. Madison
Snow delays New York to Paris auto race as crews fight heavy snow
In the New York to Paris endurance event, entrants from America and France faced heavy snow drifts. The American car left Toledo at 9:00, the French St Cnaffy at 9:10, the German from Asthabula at 11:25, and the French God ard from Buffalo at 7:36, with all teams reporting snow obstacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
New York
Paris
Toledo
St. Cnaffy
Asthabula
Godard
Buffalo
Demmon Dies Sudden at 77 Linked to Copper Industry
Daniel L. Demmon longtime treasurer of the Franklin Mining Company and prominent figure in Lake Superior copper, died suddenly today at age 77 in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Daniel L. Demmon
Franklin Mining Company
Lake Superior
Shoveling Snow Claims Des Moines Street Car Victim
Charles W. Chapman aged 70 was struck and killed by a street car while shoveling snow from an crossing in front of his Clark street home in Des Moines on February 19. He did not hear the approaching car and was fatally injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Charles W. Chapman
Clark Street
Stoessel Fate in Court’s Hands
The court martial trying Lieutenant General Stoessel for the Port Arthur surrender to the Japanese retires for deliberation and orders Stoessel and generals Fook and Reiss to reappear February 20 when sentence is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Fook
Reiss
Well Known Lodgeman Dead
Rochester New York February 19 Charles F A Young grand chief of the Ranger Foresters of Ameri died at his home of typhoid pneumonia. He was ill only a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Chas. F. A. Young
Ranger Foresters of
Ameri
Fowler Financial Bill Approved
Washington reports the Fowler financial bill defended before the house banking and currency committee by Lyman J. Gage Charles A Conant and Joseph French Johnson. Roosevelt directs the interstate commerce commission to study railway labor hours and wages to avert disputes and potential mediation. Rumors of a Japanese protest over Manchuria denied by the state department. Senate foreign relations committee moves to favorably report the French arbitration treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
State Department
Japan
Manchuria
Department
Orient
Root
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Missouri Pacific Denies Receivership Bid
New York February 19. Missouri Pacific president George J. Gould denied reports that the railroad would seek a receiver ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
Missouri Pacific Railroad
George J. Gould
Arrival of American Fleet Delays. Callao Declares Holiday
Lima and Callao banks and houses observe Thursday as a holiday for the American battleship fleet. The fleet, 224 miles from Callao, slows to eight miles an hour. Admiral Evans reportedly not in good health. A Japanese Kasato Maru watcher is suspected of spying on the fleet off Tocopilla after a long stop between Iquique and Tocopilla. Tokyo hands O'Brien a memorandum backing general emigration restrictions and a ban on laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
Callao
Evans
Valparaiso
Chile
Iquique
Tocopilla
Antofagasta
O'Brien
Tokio
United States
Ambassador O'Brien
Railroad Stocks Weak Amid Gould Declines
In New York on February 19, several low priced railroad stocks declined on the market. Gould shares were especially weak with Missouri Pacific down 5 percent, Western Union off 3 percent, Denver and Rio Grande down 2 percent with the preferred stock down 5 percent. Other sharp declines occurred in Rock Island, Southern railroad and Erie stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gould
New York
N. Y
The
Stock Exchange
Missouri Pacific
Western Union
Denver & Rio Grande
Rock Island and Southern Railroad
Erie
Eleven Hurt In Explosion At Cotton Plant
Eleven men were injured and one mortally hurt when an economizer attached to a boiler exploded at the Hamilton corporation cotton manufacturing plant in Lowell Massachusetts on February 19. The blast caused heavy property damage and led to the discharge of more than eighteen hundred workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Mass
Hamilton Corporation
American released after Odessa arrest order to depart
Odessa February 19. Dr Dubouche an American citizen accused of ties to a revolutionary organization was released today but ordered to leave Russia within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Russia
Odessa
Dr. Dubouche
Revolutionary Organization
Thaw Denies Divorce Rumors From Evelyn
Harry K Thaw denied reports he has begun or will begin divorce proceedings against wife Evelyn Thaw. Mataewan New York February 19 report states Thaw refutes rumor of separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mataewan
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
Weather report for Iowa and Illinois
Iowa and Illinois forecast fair conditions with cooler pockets tonight. Temperatures rise Thursday afternoon with brighter skies expected. Sunrise 6 41. Sunset 6 29. Moonrise 7 46 p m.
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Iowa
Illinois
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Indianapolis
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Indiana
Bulletin
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Verely
John D. JR
Old Kentucky
Papa King
Millionaire
Ats End
Judge Ball
Harriman
Fish—Directors of Road
Retary
Hitchcock
Jespe O. Thompson
Republican Executive Committee of
Alabama
Birmingham
Fowler Financial Bill
TREAS
Ury
Ghileans
Bob” Evans
Fleet
Harry Thaw
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