Telegraphers Quit Work in San Francisco Strike
San Francisco and Oakland telegraph operators from Western Union and Postal Telegraph walked out at 3 30 pm amid calls for a 25 percent wage hike. Strike leaders say the action remains local unless outside workers are brought in, with union president Small backing the walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Western Union and
Postal Telegraph Companies
Oakland
Clowry
Western Union
Small
Commercial Telegraphers' Union
Postal
Albert Calls On Clemenceau In Paris Visit
In Paris a major Sunday event in the wine-growers revolt was Marcelin Albert’s surprise visit to Premier Clemenceau at the ministry of the interior. The pair spoke fifteen minutes as Clemenceau urged lawfulness and urged Albert to persuade his followers to return to work and end disturbances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Marcelin Albert
France
Clemenceau
Ministry of the Interior
M. Albert
M. Clemenceau
South
Des Moines Adopts Plan Replacing Ward System
Des Moines voters approved a new plan of government replacing the ward system with a city wide election of five full time commissioners including a mayor and four department heads. All other offices become appointive under the Des Moines plan, a modification of the Galveston model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Galveston
Tex
Child Arrested as Firebug in Parkeraburg West Virginia
Clyde Glidden, seven, is jailed on an incendiarism charge after two houses burned a week ago. Occupants escaped with injuries feared possible as authorities pursue possible links to the child.
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Parkeraburg
W. Va
Clyde Glidden
Tpoerlee
Lady Shot By Thief in Albia Wife Dies in Ottumwa
Edith Darby, 23, wife of William Darby of Albia, lay dying after a burglar shot her on May 8, 1905. In Ottumwa Hospital, a brain bullet remained, with memory shattered and surgery deemed too dangerous to remove. The robber escaped. no suspect has been found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Darby
Ottumwa Hospital
Ottumwa
William Darby
Albia
Farmer Defaults Fees Case Affects Board Trade
In Fort Dodge a federal suit between Ware Leland brokerage firm and farmer John Pearson asks whether a $5500 indebtedness to the firm for board of trade dealings in 1905 is legal. The case, before Judge Reeg, could set a national precedent on payment of such obligations with D M Curtis of Chicago leading for the plaintiff.
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Fort Dodge
Reeg
H. Ware
Ware& Leland
John TH
Pearsons
Board of Trade
United States
D. M. Curtis
Chicago
Two More Marshalltown Men Said Arrested in Safe Heist
Police chief H oagland reports two suspects held in Grand Island Neb tied to the Marshall Vinegar safe robbery on April 18 1906. If identified as Frank Rogers and James Corcoran, only John Lawson would remain at large among the six conspirators once jailed elsewhere.
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Marshalltown
Hoagland
Grand Island
Neb
Marshall Vinegar Company
Hutson
Frank Rogers
James Corcoran
Woonsocket
N. D
Ed Wacner
George Leonard
Joseph Burns
Rogers
Corcoran
John Lawson
Mason City Man Fined for Spanking Domestic Assistant
Homer Holcomb, prominent Mason City resident, was fined 310 and costs by Justice of the Peace Court for spanking his hired girl Miss Minnie Herman during Mrs. Holcomb’s absence. The case included violent language claims amid a dispute over back pay as Herman prepared to leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Justice of the Peace
Minnie Herman
Homer Holcomb
Justice Church
School Ma'am Wins Case In Des Moines Court
Mary Tullis is found guilty of assault and battery on Miss Kitty Morris, a Saylorville school teacher, after a brief jury deliberation. The defense claimed self defense and prior mistreatment by Morris, who had faced prior charges of cruelty to Tullis’s children.
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Kate
Des Moines
Brennan
Mary Tullis
Kittle Morris
Saylorville
Ma'am
Miss Morris
Ma’am
Cars Smash Into Station at Mason City Depot
Three loaded box cars derailed from the Great Western yard at Mason City and ploughed through the depot platform about 20 feet above the floor. Passengers escaped in time after the crew gave warning. Beams supporting the platform bent, one end punching into a car and through cement sacks to the roof. The cars and track were badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Great Western
Des Moines Plan for City Government Wins Victory
The Des Moines plan for government by a city commission won in a special election. More than half the East Des Moines precincts supported the new municipal system while West Des Moines showed a slight opposition. The overall tally was 2,289 in favor out of 10,408 votes, indicating broad support across the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
East
Friends of the New
West
Cyclone Hits Sac County Damaging Farms and Livestock
A cyclone struck Sac City on the 24th destroying Barnes farm six miles NW of Sac City and leaving a trail of damage across the county. Reports indicate many hogs cattle and horses killed while farm premises suffered extensive destruction. In Cedar Rapids a crime wave is noted with two youths aged 20 linked to a string of robberies from New Mexico to Peru Indiana, including a Collins general store. Osborne fledged captured near here and Maher later apprehended at Mt. Vernon awaiting his partner.
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Sac City
Cedar Rapids
William Osborne
William Maher
New Mexico
Peru
Ind
Collins
Osborne
Mahér
Mt. Vernon
Seiner Drowning Near Van Meter in Raccoon River
A local painter Wright drowned while seine fishing near Van Meter in the Raccoon River. He became entangled in rope and collapsed as he struggled to free himself, ending a nesting outing on the riverbank.
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van Meter
Frank
Wright
Nebraska Chancellor Warns of Impending War With Japan
Benjamin Andrews, chancellor of the University of Nebraska, told high school graduates that war between Japan and the United States is imminent. He warned of a Japanese naval buildup on the west coast and stressed the Panama Canal as a strategic danger, urging preparedness and vigilance.
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Japan
Dubuque
Benjamin Andrews
Nebraska: University
United States
Rusela
Panama
Wild West Show Feud Aboard Idaho Meadows
In Salmon River meadows Idaho a rough cattle outfit welcomed a slick western showman who hired riders to perform hazard prone stunt acts. The riders practiced, then one questioned danger as the agent dismissed safety, promising continued pay.
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Salmon River Meadows
Idaho
Lippincott’s
Reorganized New York Life Insurance Board Takes Charge
The policyholder chosen Board of Trustees has begun reorganization with Darwin P. Kingsley as president and Thomas A. Buckner as first vice president. Wm. B. Ingersoll and Rufus W. Weeks fill top roles, ensuring officers trained in life insurance. The move aims to reassure policyholders amid recent industry upheaval while maintaining large in force coverage and stability across international operations.
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New York Life Insurance Company
Armstrong
Ias Darwin P. Kingsley
New England
Thomas A. Buckner
Wm. B. Ingersoll
Europe
Paris
Rufus W. Weeks
Mr. Buckne
New York Life
State of
New York
Navy officer's wife at Annapolis employs Irish servant
An Irish servant named Bridget, employed by the wife of a naval officer at the academy in Annapolis, expresses homesickness. She says contentment with wages and kindness cannot cure the ache for the place where she truly belongs, not the place where she happens to be.
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Annapolis
Bridget
Loch Katrine Water Praised For Purity In Report
A report extols Loch Katrine water as remarkably pure with minimal alluvial deposits, noting only a quarter-pound per 1,000 gallons, while contrasting the Thames which averages four pounds to 4,000 gallons. The description emphasizes exceptional cleanliness in Scottish water.
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Loch’ Katrine
Scotland
Thames
Italian Kidnapping Case Stuns New Orleans
In a swamp near New Orleans the headless body of seven to eight year old Walter Lamana was found after a ransom plot. An Italian suspect confessed that fear during a mass meeting led to the boy’s strangling and body concealment, with five Italians under arrest for complicity including two women.
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New Orleans
Walter Lamana
Foumnd
St. Rose
Ignazio Campigliano
Campigciano
Milwaukee grocer Ira B Smith arrested for fraud
Ira B Smith of the Smith Thorndike Brown wholesale firm, recently enter ing involuntary bankruptcy, was arrested on a warrant by Oliver Mason real estate broker. He faces charges of obtaining money under false representation of his firm’s finances and posted 6000 bail. Smith owed about 109000 in the firm’s asset schedule and was a longtime prominent local business figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Ira B. Smith
Smith, Thorndike & Brown
Oliver C., Mason
Smith
Man says killing happened in sleep on Rock Island train
John Bello an Italian on a Rock Island train east of Goodland Kansas claims he killed a man and wounded two women while asleep in a dream. He says a masked robber attacked him and he fired, all occurring in his sleep.
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Goodland
Kan
John Bello
Rock Island
Here
Pink Pills Offer Nerve Relief From Impure Blood
An old newspaper advertisement promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills claiming they purify blood to prevent nerve breakdown and treat conditions like rheumatism neuralgia and partial paralysis. It includes a testimonial from Mrs J O Bradley of Rochester describing severe prior illness and recovery after using the pills. The ad notes prices 50 cents per box six for $2 50 and lists Schenectady NY as the company location.
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J. O. Bradley
Parsells ' Avenue
Rochester
Dr. Williams
Notice restricts premises to grandchildren or cats in Kingston
A property owner in Kingston posts a strict notice banning grandchildren and cats from the premises. The rest of the fragmentary text references questionable medical products, dated 1886, and unrelated advertisements for drugs and submarine cables.
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Kingston
London
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Iowa State News
NAB Safeblowers
Waterloo
North End
David Phillips
Phillips
Leonard Horn
Willie Hawkes
Sac County
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John B. Smith
Bscience
Ira
Wisconsin
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Flora Beall
Ginty
George C. Ginty
Wisconsin State Press ‘Association
Chip‘pewa Herald
Isidor Wormeer
Isidor
Wormeer
Louie
Louis
Fred Adler
Mississippi River
Augustus ‘Adler
Williams
Das
Onin
Orry
Toledo
Luias Coury
Frank J
Corsxey
Irtugr
F. J. Curmeyr & Co
Strate
Cald
Avery
Catarra
Hauu
Frank J. Cheney
A. D
Yuko Liull
Krause
Norman Lichty
Dodds
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