Notable 1900s Figures Honored at Washington Convention
President Taft and guests join the World's Sunday School association as life members, with $1000 subscriptions for each honoree. A bronze statue of Samuel Spencer is unveiled in Atlanta by 30000 Southern Railway workers. Hetty Green faces a $550 rent suit in New York. Senator Nathan B. Scott survives a car crash in West Virginia. Mrs. George W. Wilson becomes Grand International Auxiliary president in Detroit. Rector William A. Wasson resigns to battle the temperance curse. Max Lansburgh proposes naming all Roosevelt birthday boys after Theodore Roosevelt in Washington.
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Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
King George
England
Diaz
Mexico
William Jennings Bryan
World's
Sunday School Association
Washington
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway
Atlanta
Georgia
Hetty Green
New York
Safe Deposit Company
United States
Nathan B. Scott
West Virginia
Loveland
Wheeling
W. Va
George W. Wilson
Allegheny
Grand International
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Detroit
Mich
William A. Wasson
Grace Episcopal Church
Riverhead
L. 1
Max Lansburgh
Roosevelt
Convictions in Venice trial and broad U.S. political notes
The Venice trial of Countess Tarnowska and three others ends with conviction for the countess and her co-defendants while the maid is acquitted. In Washington, Representative Butler Ames exposes confrontational letters with Rep Payne. London crowds at King Edward’s funeral clash with police. Ballinger-Pinchot inquiry aims for quick closure. Chicago sportsman injured in a streetcar crash. tornadoes devastate Maysville and McCarty. Miners’ strike at Peoria after adjournment. Education conference opens in St. Louis. Bank treasurer Hall defrauds funds for charity. losses rise to about $600,000. Bryan’s Buffalo talk colors Taft views. Presbyterian assembly nominates Rev. Charles Little as moderator. Korean assassin Yie Chaim Yong sentenced to death in Seoul.
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Countess Tarnowska
Naumoff
Prilukoff
Elsie Perrier
Venice
Count Komorowski
Butler Ames
Repubican
Massachusetts
Sereno E. Payne
Ways and Means
Payne
King Edward
London
Ballinger-Pinchot
George McDonald
Chicago Journal
John J. Evers
Chicago Cubs
Evers
Chicago
Maysville
Oklo
McCarty
United Miners
Peoria
National Conference On Education
St. Louis
John A. Hall
South Bridge Savings Bank
Worcester
Mass
Hail
Buffalo
N. Y
Norman BH. Mack
William Jennings Bryan
Taft
Charles Little
Wabash
Ind
Presbyterian General Assembly of the
Standard Oil raises wages for workers to ten percent
The Standard Oil Company boosted wages for its labor force from six to ten percent retroactive to May, adding an estimated 6 to 10 million dollars to annual payrolls. Office staff are excluded while most beneficiaries are laborers across subsidiaries in the United States. the company employs about 70,000 people and has never experienced a strike.
Iowa Railroad Commission Highlights by Palmer Chairman
Des Moines report shows 2,884 complaints resolved with 2,307 settled in favor of complainants, 340 rate cuts and only two rate hikes due to classification errors. Three full revisions of Iowa classifications completed, joint rate order and uniform demurrage rules issued to aid shippers. legislators saw its value and preserved the agency.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Railroad Commission
David J. Palmer
Washington
Palmer
Iowa General Assembly
General Commerce Commission
Iowa Commission
Special days at the Iowa state fair announced
Des Moines set state fair days with Children's day Music day Des Moines day Soldiers day State day Pioneer day and Parade day from Aug 27 to Sept 2 A special program by the Iowa Equal Suffrage association will be held Wednesday Speakers of state and national reputation will attend Plans call for a homecoming week with an assembly tent and district headquarters for out of state visitors on Pioneer day September 1
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Des Moines
State Fair Board
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Cownie Issues Statement Refuting Governor Carroll Claims
Des Moines May 25 The Hon. John Cownie formerly a member of the state board of control has prepared a refutation of insinuations by Governor Carroll which Cownie calls a campaign of misrepresentations and falsification in which he says he has been the victim.
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Cownie
Des Moines
John Cownie
State Board of Control
Carroll
Barn Near Schaller Burned By Lightning
A barn on Fred Jones’s Schaller farm was struck by lightning during a heavy rain and electrical storm, burning the new structure and destroying four horses and a large quantity of hay and grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schaller
Fred Jones
Waverly Racing Association Posts 2300 Dollar Purses
Waverly Racing Association, a Cedar Valley Circuit member, has set 2300 dollars in purses for the city meeting on June 14, 15 and 16 in Mason City Iowa.
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Waverly
Mason City
Waverly Racing Association
Iowa Court Battle Over Mrs Bo lender Will
A suit filed in district court from Nora Johnson and B F Ammerman of Ackley seeks to break the will of the late Nora Bo lender of Iowa City who left about 25000 dollars to Frank Cowles. The case stirs questions of fortune and kinship after the sudden death and probate of the will.
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Frank Cowles
Iowa City
Nora Bolender
Nora Johnson
B.F. Ammerman
Ackley
Newton
Colfax
Gertrude. Harman
Christian ‘Church
Jackson, Township Threshing Company
Benton County
Farmers’ and Traders’ Savings Bank
Douds- Leando
Masonic Temple Association of Independence
Calders van & Storage Company
Cedar Rapids
Coin Electric Light and Power Company
Gowrie
J. E. E. ‘Johnson
Swan ‘Johnson
Swan Johnson
J. E. E. Johnson
Montana
Mason City
J. E. Miller
Des Moines
Hot Springs
S.D
Nathoo
Perry Nobbitt
Jolly
Iowa College
Grinnell
Gates
Fiske University
Polk County Medical Society
Iowa State Medical Society
the Savery
John McNally
James McNally
Rock Island
John
Patrick Stanton
Milwaukee
Stanton
John Stanton
Order of St. Francis
Dubuque
Dean Heer
Minister's Constipation Promoted by Caldwell Remedy
A minister advocates Caldwell's Lyrn Pepsin as a cure for constipation and related stomach and bowel troubles. Rev R A Kemp of Indiana urges church members to try the syrup pepsin, claiming long personal use and recommending it be bought from a druggist. Readers can request a free sample by sending address to Dr. W B Caldwell in Monticello Illinois.
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Moi
R. A. Kemp
Indiana
Caldwell, Bldg
Monticello
Elastic currency problem resolves through flexible money supply
A dialogue clipped from a historical piece discusses the challenge of elastic currency. It frames the problem as balancing money supply with economic needs, hinting at monetary theory debates of the era and the push for adaptable financial mechanisms.
Habit Life Insurance Agent Rejected After Alleged Lying
The company rejected the application saying the applicant lied in answers about circulation. Mr Koloom replies honesty is his business as the exchange includes a demand for a job as advertising manager in the Daily Boomer via Puck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koloom
Zou
Boomer
Puck
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement misprint
One hundred dollar reward offered for cures of catarrh that hall catarrh cure cannot cure. F J Cheney & co promote a blood and mucous based remedy. Walding Kinnan & Marvin attest to Cheney's honesty and ability. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally with testimonials available. 75 cents a bottle. sold by all druggists. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney, & CO
Foleto
F.J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Toledo
O. Hall
Very Fishy Fisherman Romance With Puns on Salt
A playful scene features a fisherman's daughter and her suitor exchanging pun filled lines about boats and bites. The man vows devotion and jokes about sea life while the woman responds with a shy request for salt, closing the barter with a lighthearted moment.
For the Critics Creston Clark Remembered by Critics
Creston Clark, famed actor who died in Asheville, challenged critics to judge actors as they are not as they wish. He argued that each critic has a different taste and urged taking the artist for his true self. A Philadelphia critic quotes him about accepting art, not imposing taste.
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Creston Clark
Asheville
America
Philadelphia
Wedding Fee Counterfeit
A well dressed stranger visited Justice William B. Williams in Montclair New Jersey claiming to redeem a counterfeit ten dollar bill he passed years ago. He recalled marrying the man and his girl two witnesses earlier and asked the judge to accept the note. The justice declined noting he never knew the money was fake and joked about being married himself.
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William B. Williams
Montclair
N. J
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