Happenings That Made History At Home And Abroad
Mrs. Raymond Robins in New York welcomed suffragist Mrs. Pankhurst and praised Western factory girls. Rep. Aiken of South Carolina vows a prohibition bill for D C in the next congress. Cherokee writer De Witt Clinton Duncan dies at 75 in Vinita Oklahoma. Augusta E. Stetson says she will not secede from the Boston church. John Chandler hides in a barn during a storm which lifts and carries it away unharmed. John Ware, 70, denied marriage license to Cora Burns 15 in Oroville California. mother may lose custody.
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Raymond Robins
New York
Pankhurst
Congressman Aiken
South Carolina
District of Columbia
de Witt Clinton Duncan
Vinita
Okla
Duncan
Augusta E. Stetson
Christian Science Leader
Boston
John Chandler
Kansas City
Chandler
John P. Ware
Cora Burns
Oroville
Cal
Leonard Dunmore
Knoxville
Mise
Alva Coan
Alexander Hoenig
Cleveland
National Geographic Society
Washington
Robert H. Peary
North Pole
Speaker Cannon
South Bend
Ind
Danville, Jr
Hanauer
Frankfort
Germany
United States
Mme
Marguerite Steinhell
Paris
President Faure
Mme. Steinheil
Des Moines
Montgomery
Fort Riley
Hagemann
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
Bureau of Navigation
Department of Commerce and Labor
California
Francis J. Heney
San Francisco
Charles M. Fickert
William Marlow
Pittsburg
Taft
Columbus
Miss
Dickinson
George Baker
Gov
Marshall
Indiana
Goshen
Rockland
North Dakota
Delaware
Albert Pierce
Denver
Rossi
Deep Waterway Convention Adopts Fiery Resolutions In New Orleans
The deep waterway convention at New Orleans passed bold resolutions urging immediate federal action for waterway improvement. A committee will travel to Washington when Congress convenes to present the resolutions.
Building Description of 90 Seat Assembly Room Facility
The 90 seat facility includes an assembly room seating 1,000 and two laboratory rooms. Construction uses fire proof materials with Bedford stone and granite outer walls and a framework of structural steel and concrete.
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Movement for Good Roads in Iowa: call to action
The editorial urges Iowa to advance road improvement as a measure of progress. It highlights Oskaloosa's poor surrounding highways, vows that the new movement can change conditions, and urges the Commercial club to prioritize better roads to attract trade and keep pace with progress.
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Iowa
Oskaloosas
Oskaloosa
Smallest Iowa baby born to Groves near Albion
A baby boy weighing three pounds arrives at the Hugh Groves home near Albion. Reportedly the smallest baby ever born in Iowa, the infant is well developed and healthy and can be placed in a quart cup. It cries vigorously if meals are late.
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Hugh Groves
Albion
Big Northwest deal closes in Portland railways buyout
James Hulbert of Fontanelle Iowa and C. Dunbar of Vancouver B C acquire the United Railways of Portland Oregon and the Ruth Trust Company in a deal reported near five million dollars.
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Northwest
James Hulbert
Fontanelle
C. ¥. Dunbar
Vancouver
B. C
United Railways
Portland
Ore
Ruth Trust Company
Tariff Commission Member Alvin H Sanders Traced to Iowa Roots
Alvin H Sanders named to a new tariff commission by President Taft. A Iowa native, his father Harvey Sanders served as Keokuk county clerk and founded the Kilgourney News. Harvey later led the Weatern Stock Journal and the Breeders' Gazette. Alvin born in Keokuk county in a log cabin and now directs the family publications amid a slow moving political payback.
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Alvin H. Sanders
New Tariff Commission
Taft
Iowa
Harvey Sanders
Keokuk County
Kilgourney ‘News
State Senate
Alvin
Weatern
Gagette
New Curator of State Historical Department
E R Harlan appointed as curator of the Iowa state historical department by Gov. Carroll after serving as acting curator since 1908. A lawyer and former Van Buren county attorney, he aims to expand work, attract funding, and place the department among the nation’s leading historical institutions through public support and active citizen involvement.
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E. R. Harlan
State Historical Department
Charles Aldrich
Aldrich
Des Moines
Harlan
van Buren County
General Assembly of
Iowa
Historical Department
United States
Iowa Farm Institutes Highlight Nationwide Agricultural Education
A report by Simpson outlines the importance of farmers' institutes in advancing agricultural education across the nation. The document notes growing attendance and proposes continued state support to enhance rural education programs and farmer training.
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Iowa State College At
Ames
Peeretaay
Wilgon
Inette
Eleventh Annual Meeting of State Charities in Davenport
The Jewes Conference of Charities and Correction began its eleventh annual meet in Davenport Iowa with Dr Jennie McCowen presiding. Pulpits in eleven churches hosted speakers and a mass meeting featured Warden Sanders on The Making of Criminals. The program lists speakers from Davenport Des Moines Minneapolis and New York among others. sessions continue through Wednesday.
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Davenport
The
Jews Conference of Charities and Correction
Charity and Correction
Jennie McCowen
Warden Sanders
State Penitentiary
Marjorie Sutherland
Ida, Grove
E. L. Meacham
Cook Home For Old Ladies
Eva Shaw
Davenport Ladies’ Industrial Relief. Society
R. K. Atkinson
Tri-City Social Service Club
Bessie A. McClenahan
Des Moines
Henry T. Burt
Minneapolis
Max BB. Witte
Clarinda State Hospital
George Mogridge
Institution For
H. H. Hart
Russell Sage Foundation
New York
Hundreds of city experts meet at Arkansas convention
In Little Rock hundreds of municipal improvement experts gathered for the sixteenth annual convention of the American Society of Municipal Improvements. James Owen of Montclair New Jersey presided as acting officials welcomed delegates. Papers on parks water supply were read by Solotaroff, Harper, Sherrerd, and Buck. Tours of industrial plants and Memphis hosting events are planned through Thursday.
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Little, Rock
Ark
The
American Society
James Owen
Montclair
N. J
John H. Touhey
H. L. Remmel
Board of Trade
William Solotaroff
East Orange
A. Harper
Kansas City
Morris
Sherrerd
Newark
N.J
Lucien Buck
Canton
N. C
Memphis
Business Men's Club
Conference of American Rabbis Opens in New York
Hebrew pastors from many cities attend the Central Conference of American Rabbis in New York. President Rabbi David Phillipson of Cincinnati chairs the opening session at the Savoy. Rabbi Samuel Schulman delivers the welcome at Temple Beth El. Sessions run daily through November 17 with discussions on mixed marriages led by Ephraim, Schulman, and Moses. Jacob H. Schiff hosts a Thursday evening reception for amendments and ladies.
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Conference of American Rabbis
New York
Central Conference’ of American Rabbis
Savoy Hotel
David Phillipson
Cincinnati
Temple Beth el
Samuel Schulman
Ephraim
Rappis Schulman
Isaac
Moses
Jacob H. Schiff
National Horse Show Opens in Madison Square Garden
The twenty fifth annual National Horse Show opened today in Madison Square Garden New York. Alfred G Vanderbilt praised the breed as the show displays top entries from Belgians Percherons and hacks. Prize money totals 10000 with potential value in exhibits approaching a million dollars as entries from Moore McGuana Harriman Sorg and others, including harness beauties, vie all week.
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New York
Madison Square, Garden
Entrica
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Middle West
Bill
Moore
McGuana
Harriman
Son
Sorg
Webles
Unclear fragmentary crime report involving fraud charges
Fragmentary OCR text references a court case with fraud allegations and a term proposing a $5,000 charge. No clear names, dates, or place details are readable to specify entities or outcomes.
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New Orleans
Congress
Chicago
Okubo
Korea
Prince Ito
Gary
Lake County
National Guard
Herman C. Baehr
Tom L. Johnson
Diamond Manufacturers’ Association of New York
Church and Labor Department
American Board of Home Missions
Presbyterian Church
William J. Gaynor
New York City
Otto T. Barnard
Hearst
District Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Buck Stove
William J. Dodd
Mary Blakeley
Pogue
Bemidji
Minn
Bargoed
Wales
Oregon
John H. Mackle
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
James Grant Wilson
the Lakes
Bulletin Department
Owan
ON Tariff Commission
Payarty
Iyarty
Institutes
Simpson
Jeniite “McCowen
American Society of Municipal Improvements
Little Rock
Wilson
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