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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1909
Page
6
News in brief traces President Taft's welcome in San Francisco his role at the East Portland church cornerstone laying and his Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition visit in Seattle where crowds gathered. He pledged to seek a ship subsidy law from Congress during the Seattle address.
Attorney General Wickersham and Secretary Nagel of the department of commerce arrive in Washington following vacations. Richard A. Sherman, son of Vice President Sherman, and Miss Eleanor Mills of Utica are wed in Utica New York. Postmaster General Hitchcock is at Tiagestaff Arizona for a bear hunt and will join the Taft party at Yuma. Professor Abbott Lawrence Lowell was inaugurated as Harvard University president. Robert S. Person, interior department auditor, resigns amid claims South Dakota senators seek his removal to avoid embarrassing the president.
The Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America held its annual Toronto convention with about 320 officers and delegates present. Other items note a Utica wedding, St Louis centennial celebrations, and various global incidents.
Reproductions of maritime and military milestones, public health quarantines, and political notes from national figures. Items include a Hud son vessel statue placement, Rhode Island Civil War memorial dedication in Newbern, a sheep quarantine in Kansas City, remarks by Gen Adna Chaffee on retirement, federal fish distribution, New York suffragists planning a city convention, Dr Cook's reception in Pittsburgh, pole controversy updates, Ray Lamphere illness, a memory-impaired stranger in Michigan City, and government virus reimbursements. Other items cover China delegations, a million‑dollar streetcar exhibit, military surgeon meetings, Peary’s pole claim anticipation, Wilbur Wright’s NYC flight, Morocco-Spain tensions, St Louis centennial, Secretary Knox discussions, Michigan railroad administration course, Warsaw espionage court, cotton cultivation talks, George Washington fund launch, executions in Tennessee, a Santa Monica poisoning claim, Peary’s Naval Pageant, census qualification tests, and a German water-power trust warning.
The Women’s Relief Corps national president election honors Mrs. Jennie I. Berry of Cedar Rapids. Born after the Civil War, she is praised for lifelong WRC service, prior candidacy, and recognized for executive ability, loyalty, and patriotism. Iowans express pride in her achievement and record.
Miss Maude Campbell of Ames won first prize in the state fair cooking contest with a steak fry and biscuits. The event graded 100 points for finished product, method, and reasons, while Miss Olive Sucok of Des Moines finished second. Campbell urged more young women to enter such contests, praising biscuit making and steak frying as worthy skills.
Geo D Eston appointed superintendent of the college for the blind at Vinton. Born 1877 in Buchanan county, he trained at State Teachers College Cedar Falls and taught in Reinbeck Lacona and Afton before selection. The new gymnasium will be built under his supervision. Mr Waton also joins as a senior schoolman.
Government survey shows Iowa third in total crop value at 24.6 million, behind Texas and Illinois. National total crops valued at 4.898 billion. Iowa’s farm values rose 89 percent since 1899, when Illinois led and Texas trailed Iowa.
Mrs Anna Dickens the first white settler in Iowa died at her North McGregor home at 88 after a fall fractured hip. Born Anna Regman she came to Iowa with her parents June 10 1883. She wed Edwin Dickens at age 15 on May 27 1887.
A 130 year old monument was discovered on a farm near Camanche bearing a cryptic inscription mentioning an Indian memory and a name linked to a grim event. The legible fragments hint at a gravestone or memorial marker with erased details and odd capitalization.
John D. Ervin shot his divorced wife and killed Roy Smith before fatally shooting himself in a Des Moines home at 1714 South Fifth Street. Roy Smith, wounded, survived. Divorce filed last spring cited cruel and inhuman treatment. son Harry Ervin, 19, recounted the estrangement and farewell before the killings.
Des Moines will form Trimmer clubs for at least two thousand boys and girls under organizer P Woodring and movement founder Samuel Saucerman. Wealthy backers may endow clubs named after them, funding a banked savings program. Progress shown in Oelwein Waverly West Union Tama Toledo Marion Cedar Rapids with deposits and abstinence goals.
In Marshalstown Ta United States Marshal Clark arrested Mayor C L Ingledue Deputy Chief Michael Clark Desk Sergeant R G Goodale Officer Frank Haas and Deputy Sheriff C B Nason on a federal indictment charging conspiracy to obstruct a federal officer. Also arrested were Fritz and Sam Wenger Leo McNamara and Scott Jones with arraignments to occur in Davenport and Des Moines. Separately Ben Murrow posted 10000 bonds after being charged with murder and waived preliminary hearing.
Iowa City October 8 H Claude Horack professor of law has been appointed to direct athletics at the University of Iowa to fill the vacancy created by the death of Professor L M Byers last summer.
Heith Bailey an 18 year old academy student was struck by the Firefly at the Milwaukee station crossing in Washington Iowa October 8 and may die from injuries. Her sister severely injured with crushed limbs and a mangled left hand.
An Omaha man reported missing was found safe in Nebraska. Authorities did not release his name or further details. The case prompted police to remind residents to report any missing persons promptly.
In Wright county Iowa Mrs. Rockwell recalls a late winter visit from a large herd of native buffalo. The animals crossed a frozen Clear Lake island to feed, then returned to the west as weather fluctuated. Her family watched from shore as the herd approached but showed no aggression before leaving toward the west near the war’s onset.
In Homestead the crop outlooks appear uncertain as seasonal conditions press farmers. Local reports note varied yields and ongoing adjustments in planting and harvest plans amid the unsettled weather across the region.
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