Diaz Medal Presentation By New York State Committee
The Hudson-Fulton committee of New York presented a gold medal honoring President Diaz to Gen. Diaz, delivered by James G. Bailey the American charge d affaires at Mexico City. Charles T. Yerkes plans a spring auction of paintings, statuary and oriental rugs from his New York residence. Baron Bhikusawa at a Tokyo dinner praised American prestige and highlighted the Y M C A. Thomas Taggart may regain sight after a hunting accident in Mississippi. the X ray shows a shot near the eye. Senator Clark of Wyoming names Ollie R. Smith of Cheyenne as alternate for West Point. officials fear integration could spark trouble.
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Hudson-Fulton Committee
New York
Diaz
James G. Bailey
Mexico City
Charles T. Yerkes
Traction
Tokyo
Baron Bhikusawa
Y. M. Co
Thomas Taggart
Indianapolis
Mississippi
Clark
Wyoming
Ollie R. Smith
Cheyenne
West Point
Academy
Global unrest and reforms dominate regional news
News from Rama Nicaragua reports Gen Chamorro defeating Madriz troops at Acoyapa after days of fighting, with heavy losses. In Ohio, ten Sicilian Black Hand members are sent to Leavenworth after federal trials in Toledo. A Pennsylvania train wreck in Loudonville and Crestline leaves multiple dead and injured. Louis Glavis levelled new Ballinger-Pinchot accusations during congressional hearings. A protest over a Virginia Hall of Fame statue is approved by Woodbury G A R post. Ohio state examiners report illegal county fees totaling 21338.90 with 5129.28 refunded. A Charleston farmer militia suicide killing his wife and himself is noted. A cyclone injures seven at Two Mile Swamp school. Maryland proposes a new suffrage amendment, lacking grandfather clause. New Jersey representatives push for a larger rules committee with the speaker ousted. Connecticut plans a pole cat focused corporation. Kansas City church fire causes 75000 loss. Federal receivers take charge of Columbus and Hocking coal firms.
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Chamorro
Madriz
Ggn
Vasquez
Acoyapa
Rama
Nicaragua
Toledo
Leavenworth
Kan
Ohio
Loudonville
Roy Covert
Ballinger-Pinchot
Congressional Investigating Committee
Woodbury Post No. 46
Adrian
Mich
Congress
Gen
Robert H. Lee
Virginia
National Capitol
L. G. Tallman
R. A. Tallman
State Auditor of
Columbiana County
Claude Fred
Charleston
Two Mile Swamp
Orangeburg
S. C
Maryland
Fowler
New Jersey
Connecticut
B. M. Mills
New Boston
First
Church of Christ, Scientist
Kansas City
J. E. Sater
Columbus
Columbus and
Hocking Coal and Iron Group
Louis R. Glavis
Ballinger
Congressional
Glavis
Land Office
Cunningham
Armour Car Lines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Pacific Company
Minneapolis
Standard Oil Company
Postal Savings Bank
Senate
Committee On Post Offices
Wickersham
Union Pacific- Southern Pacific
Taft
Tulsa
Okla
Houston
Tex
Uncle Sam Oil Company
Oklahoma
Washington
Burke
Pennsylvania
New York
American Institute of Architects
Tokyo
United States
Michigan
Detroit
Willam F. Connolly
Jean Valjean
Germany
Empire
Bowling
Northern Miners’ Federation
Sydney
S. W
Boston Consolidated Copper Company
Nevada Consolidated Copper Company
Utah Copper Company
Brunswick
Duchy of Brunswick
Hast St. Louis
Ill
Elizabeth Fricke
Belleville
Paris
National Waterways Commission
O. T. Artlip
St. Joseph
John Rogers
Kansas
Artlip
Glavis testimony flags Alaska coal land issue and more
Louis R. Glavis continues testimony against Secretary Ballinger, claiming orders to clear list Alaska coal land claims followed by a revocation after protest. The day also reports a rejected Armour Car lines claim for reparation against Southern Pacific, antitrust suits by independent oil producers, and various federal and international notes.
Sac City couple celebrate fifty ninth wedding anniversary
Sixty old friends gathered at the Sac City home of Asa and Mary Platt to mark their fifty ninth anniversary. Platt, born 1830 in Connecticut, and wife born 1832 in New York state, married in 1851 and have four children, two living. He remains active at eighty and is a community booster.
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Asa Platt
Sac City
Platt
Mr. Platt
Connecticut
New York State
Rose Heagy
Jennie Irvine
Long Beach
Cal
Aultmann
Kellogg
Lina Ammer
Verne Barr
Monroe
Iowa
Riggs
Frederick J. Turner
American Historicals Association
Mississippi Valley Historical Association
Iowa City
Mississippi Valley
Dike
Etta Cook
Peter Peterson
Roy Plain
Roy Cook
Richard Cook
Otto Nelson
Mary Harrah
International Land Company
Kansas City
Davenport
Flora Evans
Carl Byoir
Des Moines
Scimitar
Fez
Oskaloosa Home Telephone Company
Bell
Bell Company
John T. Smith
Glenwood Coal Company
East Fifth Street
Will Harvey
Ray Saner
Cooley
Bloomfield
Dell Frazier
Rhea Davidson
Chariton
Farmers Institute at Guthrie Center closes strong three days
The Farmers institute wraps a record county turnout with over five hundred participants. John W Foster spoke on Hard Dirt Roads and governors action on Des Moines Good Roads convention drew unanimous resolutions. Other items note rail congestion in Iowa Falls grain and hog markets, plus state crop and health updates.
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Farmers’ Institute
Guthrie Center
John W. Foster
Carroll
Des Moines
Chapman
Iowa Falls
Rock Island
Iowa
P. G. Holden
Ames
Holden
Des Moines Commercial Club
Commercial Club
Eastern Star
Boone
Henry Albert
Albert
Newton
Cass County
W. A. Hamlet
Atlantic
Blue Lodge
Knight Templars
Marshalltown
T. C. Brady
George Stone
A. H. Ward
C. A. Noggle
Mat Darling
Ole C. Anderson
Oscar Holland
Lake Mills
Forest City
Holland
Clear Lake
Rosevear
Moore
Waverly
L. B. Sparks
Gilman
L. G. Seager
Whitehall
Mich
N. C. Nelson
Essex
Thomas F. Armstrong
Lenox
William H. Tyrrell
Charles O. Ryan
Eldora
Charles Chambers
West Union
Charles Ueinert
C. Corey
Corning
Royal Land Company of
Hardin County
Buckeye
Bloomfield
Becase
Will Stacy
Bridgewater
Davenport
Moline Wagon Company
Deere & Co
Moline
Black intruder chased off as girl alarms neighbors in Bloomfield
In Bloomfield Iowa on February 1 a burly black man forced entry at the Hoffman home and extinguished the light. Mrs Hoffman’s daughter fled to a neighbor screaming for help and alerted authorities. George Wilson, a known Bloomfield character, escaped but was captured Sunday morning by Marshal G E Rodgers. Wilson faced charges for the home intrusion and assault as tensions grew but no lynching occurred.
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Bloomfield
Charles Hoffman
George Wilson
Wilson
G. E. Rodgers
Hoffman
Iowan Held for Arson in Stable Fire at Council Bluffs
February arrest of Alex Sigman, a prominent Council Bluffs citizen, on arson charges for firing a sales stable where six horses perished. He was taken from bed during the blaze. Sigman says he was at home eight hours before the fire. Police withhold case details but suggest prior knowledge. Insurance payout appears light. no revenge motive disclosed.
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Council Bluffs
Alex Sigman
Sigman
Miners Die in Primero Mine Explosion Toll Climbs
Seventy nine bodies were recovered in a mass near the air shaft after a deadly explosion at the Primero coal mine. The shaft area was wrecked and rescuers found victims rushing toward escape routes as disaster struck.
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Primero
Colo
Carpenter Takes Own Life Over Unrequited Love
Davenport Iowa February 1 EH A Franz a 30 year old carpenter shot himself in his room before a mirror. Letters found there show a quarrel with a Watersett a girl he had been engaged to in Illinois.
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Davenport
A. Franz
Watersetta
Ill
Letter Promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Minneapolis woman urges public publication of her testimonial to Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter describes relief from female troubles, regained strength, and full recovery within three months. It notes many unsolicited testimonials support the product and invites confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Joan G. Moldan
Second St
North
Inn
Lydia HE. Pinkham
Wisdom on judgment and conversation from Fuller
A compact quotation notes that associating with men of good judgment shapes our own discernment. It asserts that judgment is formed through regular contact and dialogue, emphasizing how company influences thought and decisions.
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Fuller
Welcome Kisses and Health Pitches for Bromide Brand
An odd ad style snippet markets WRIGLEY S SPEARMINT kisses and praises a central life lesson from Cowen. It touts LAXATIVE BROMO MINT as Bromo Quinine with a 25 cent claim and ends with a quip about flattery and jealousy in marriage.
Dolliver Aids Publishers Speech Impacts Postage Plan
Senator Dolliver's speech before the Periodical Press Publishers association is likely to derail efforts by Postmaster General Hitchcock and congressional leaders to raise postage rates on second class matter.
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Dolliver Aids Publishers
Washington
Senator Dolliver
Periodical Press Publishers’ Association
Hitchcock
Congress
Sam Ormond Dies After Hotel Shooting in Des Moines
Sam Ormond died of a self inflicted gunshot wound at Methodist hospital after shooting himself at the Iowa hotel last week. His wife, linked to his alleged disappearance, visited the hospital three times during the sixty hours he lived but was not at his bedside when he died.
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Sam Ormond
Des Moines
Iowa
Methodist Hospital
Sam
Thief Loots Neumayer Hotel in Council Bluffs Raid
A clever thief raided the Neumayer hotel during breakfast hour in Council Bluffs on February 1. The theft included $100 in cash and jewelry valued at several hundred dollars from the room of Mrs. Matt Mergen, wife of one of the proprietors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Neumayer Hotel
Matt Mergen
Girl Wanders Away in Fields Likely Demented
Marshalltown February 1 Miss Bertha Roberts a 20 year old domestic in the employ of Mrs. R J Clark left the house half clad and it is feared she has become demented and is wandering in the fields.
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Marshalltown
Bertha Roberts
R. J. Clark
Iowa Associated Dailies Meet in Des Moines Thursday
The Iowa Associated Dailies will hold a called meeting in Des Moines on Thursday. The session is set to begin at 4 o'clock at the Chamberlain hotel.
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Des Moines
Iowa ‘Associated Dailies
Chamberlain
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William Brickley
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M. C. Squires
Geo. Wilson
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Cowen
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Dodds
Ridne
Guaraitl
Carter
Western
Canada
Hill
Alberta
Makatchewan
Manitoba
West
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St.Paul
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