Resignations and travels fill a busy week in high circles
President Taft accepts the resignation of Vespasian Warner as United States pension commissioner due to his son’s illness. The duke of Roxburghe breaks a leg riding with Quorn hounds, and the duchess May Goelet rests at his bedside. Admiral Seymour presents the Inflexible’s wardroom a silver bow commemorating the Hudson Fulton celebration. John G Carlisle shows little improvement in St Vincent’s hospital. Gompers Mitchell Morrison are re elected heads of the American Federation of Labor in Toronto. Count Bon de Castellane seeks papal annulment to remarry Anna Gould. President Simon of Haiti arrives at Cape Haitien aboard the Liberte with a joyous welcome. Mrs Marie Radleigh of New York bears her nineteenth child, nine alive. Lost rings valued at $500 found and returned in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vespasian Warner
United States
Taft
Warner
Duke of Roxburghe
May Goelet
New York
Admiral Seymour
John G. Carlisle
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
America S Federation of Labor
Toronto
Count Bon! de Castellane
Rome
Anna Gould
Princess de ‘Sagan
Simon
Haiti
Margaret Adams
Chicago
Union Station
Kansas City
Multiple Disasters and Deaths Sweep Nations In One Report
A sprawling news digest recounts a Missouri congressman burned in a Butler home blaze while grandson is saved, the Astor party rumored safe in San Juan harbor, and Cherry mine fatalities with 101 recovered. Chicago fires, Gilder’s death, and Nelson Zelaya tensions frame a day of disasters.
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David A. DeArmond
Missouri
House of Representatives
Httie
Butler
Dalton
Harry J Fanckenbach
New York
San Juan
P. R
John J. Astor
Col. Astor
Ponce
Cuba
St. Paul
Cherry
Lucky
Clark Street
Chicago
Grand Opera House
Richard Watson Gilder
Century Magazine
Domingo Gana
Great Britain
Rothschilds
Hague Arbitration Court
Alsop
United States
Chile
Hague
Haldane Cleminson
Frank B. Kellogg
Circuit Court of Appeals
Standard Old Company
Puritan
Lake Michigan
New Elks Club House in Iowa City Dedicated
The New Elks club house at Iowa City dedicated November 1 is one of the state’s most complete buildings. Furnished at about $36,000, it serves as home for the Iowa City lodge B P O Elks. The brick two story with basement spans 44 by 100 feet and features reception rooms dining rooms with 200 capacity large billiard room kitchen and a grand lodge room 42 by 47 feet plus ladies’ parlor. The basement holds baths and an auxiliary dining room seating 250. Hardwood finish and mission furniture complete the harmonious interior. The lodge has around 200 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks’ Club
Iowa City
Des Moines
Towa
Iowa
Simpson
Iowa considers grand 1910 homecoming at state fair
Secretary Simpson leads Iowa effort to stage a statewide homecoming centering at the state fair. The plan aims to gather about 60,000 former residents from across the country, with county officers and city associations aiding in collecting addresses and sending invitations, funded by postage for 50,000 letters.
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Iowa
Kentucky
Isaac Brandt
Simpson
Des Moines
Old Settlers’ Associations
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
State Librarian Honored By Library Association Council
State Librarian Johnston Brigham has been named to the council of the American Library Association from a pool of over 1,000 members. The council, 60 members strong, handles business affairs while annual conventions focus on library methods. Brigham was chosen by past presidents to fill one of eight or nine vacancies. he has previously served on the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston Brigham
Council
The
American Library Association
Brigham
Association
Annual Iowa Implement Dealers Convention
The Iowa Implement Dealers association announces its annual convention in Des Moines from November 30 to December 3. About 1,500 dealers from across Iowa are expected, with entertainments, exhibits, and a packed program including open sessions, addresses by governors and officers, presentations, and industry talks at venues such as Savery Hotel, Me G. A. hall, and the Orpheum theater.
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Moines
Pideramiou Rh
Lowa
Des ‘Moine Ber
Iowa
Savery ‘Hotel
R Tesy
Implemat
T. Fred
Harry
Eaton
Manufacturers’ Implement and Vehicle Club
Orpheum Theater
Orpheum
Y. M.C. A. Hall
EB. P. Armknecht
J. R. Vaughan
W. R. Thomas
National Association , Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers
Federation
George Yule
W. J. Howard
Li, E. Geil
Drake Downs Iowa State College For Iowa Title
Des Moines fans witnessed Drake defeat Iowa State College 11 to 0 to claim the undisputed Iowa football championship. Nearly 10 000 spectators in attendance saw Drake secure the victory and demonstrate its claim as the top team in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Drake
Iowa
Iowa State College
Towa
Father and Four Children Die in Auto Trolley Collision
Nicholas Jacobs, real estate dealer of Los Angeles, his two daughters and two sons are dead after an auto tram collision with a trolley car on the Los Angeles and Santa Anita road, six miles from the city. Mrs Jacobs and her 2 month old baby are dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Nicholas Jacobs
Teenaged boy ends his life over Drake game denial
Harold Perkins, 16, of West High School, Des Moines, killed himself by hanging in his bedroom at 1169 West Tenth Street within an hour of being refused permission to attend the Drake Amen football game at the stadium. His father, Seth A. Perkins, is named in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des
Moines
Drake-Amen
Harold Perkins
Junto
West High School
Seth A. Perkins
Tenth Street
Tragedy On Milwaukee Freight Tracks In Jefferson
A man named Nelson from Cooper was found with a leg cut off beside the Milwaukee freight line in Jefferson. The incident occurred near downtown as the man lay by the rails, with details unclear from the fragmentary report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Nelson
Howard
Hunter
Cooper
Milwaukee
Aid for Cherry Widows and Orphans Mine Disaster
Notes describe relief efforts in Webster Iowa after the Cherry mine disaster. Teachers and the city organized aid for widows and orphans and miners affected by the tragedy. Boxes of hay barrels and supplies were gathered to support families in the aftermath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster ‘City
Justthel
Cherry
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Genera. News
Fifth Street
New York City
Daisy von Marlow
Dayton
National Civic Federation
Borah
Idaho
Senate Committee On Irrigation
Congress
Lil
State Department
Zelaya
Cannon
Grace
Philadelphia
City of Benton Harbor
Graham & Morton Transportation Line
St. Joseph
Mich
Benton Harbor
New Buffalo
Boston
Kenilworth
Col. Roosevelt
Kermit
Carl B. Akeley
Guas Inghisu Plateau
Africa
Museum of Natural History of
State Crop-Post Commission of
Louisiana
C. L. Canfield
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
San Francisco
Armstead B. Baxter
James Callahan
Pittsburg
John B. Tabb
Maryland
St. Charles’ College
Ellicott City
Col
John Jacob Astor
Caracas
Porto Rico
Andrew Hell
Charles Benfield
Benfield
Knox
Nicaragua
LeRoy Cannon
Leonard Grose
of Zelaya
Buffalo
California
Panama
Independence
University of Nines
Pritchett
Carnegie Foundation
Indiana Academy ‘of Science
Indianapolis
A .L. Foley
Bloomington
Wright Company
New, York
Heen
Albany, N
Ture
Henry Watterson
Bill Coop
Carroll
Peple
Beattle
State Librarian
Board of Education
Supreme Court
Teda
State Library
Johnaton Brigham
Igwa
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