News of a Week Condensed From Home and Abroad
Happenings that make history from around the globe include Bernhard Dernburg in Kansas City advocating war, Seattle marriage of Miss May Chiyton and Peary S. Tsuji, and Rudolph Gluck sailing to Russia. Other items report Taft on a Texas ranch, typhoon damage in Luzon, and political moves in New York and Europe.
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Bernhard Dernburg
Kansas City
Germany
England
May Chiyton
Peary S. Tsuji
Seattle
Wash
Rudolph Gluck
Russia
New York
Kaprin
Warsaw
Lieut
Foulois
International Aeronautical Congress
Paris
France
King Manuel
Portugal
William J. Buchanan
Argentine Republic
Panama
London
Gonzalo de Quesada
United States
Permanent Court
The
Hague
Republic of Cuba
Orinoco Steamship Company
Venezuela
George Wharton Popper
Philadelphia
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Providence
R. I
Edith T. Perkins
Burlington
Harvard University
Iown
Burlington Railroad
Gipsy Smith Leads 20000 in Chicago South Side Parade
A large Christian procession led by Gipsy Smith numbered about 20 000 and passed through Chicago's South Side Tenderloin with little trouble as many resorts closed. Other items note Taft's Texas stay, Portola day celebrations in San Francisco, and national temperance efforts in Omaha.
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Gipsy” Smith
Chicago
Thenderloin
Taft
C. P. Taft
Gregory
Tex
San Francisco
Gaspar de Portola
National Purity Congress
Burlington
Hanscome
Mineral Point
Wts
First National Bank
John Gray
Cleveland
Richard McMartin
Thompsonville
Mich
Ashland
Wis
Bay City Creek
International Banking Corporation
Peking
Hankow
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Omaha
Neb
Lilian M. N. Stevens
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
New Jersey
Robert
Urbana
Ohio, Indiana and
Kentucky Library Associations
Louisville
Iowa State News Highlights Long Careers and Local Feats
A long serving United States Express agent O. S. Phelps in Oskaloosa keeps his job with full pay for life after forty years of service. The report also lists diverse Iowa events including tuberculosis findings on cattle at Eldora, a Wright county couple’s fiftieth anniversary, University of Iowa law students defending drunks, and notable land, tax, and crime items across the state with multiple farms and local incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Express Company
O. S. Phelps
Oskaloosa
Phelps
Iowa Central
Iowa
Tacoma
Wash
Boys’ Industrial School
Eldora
Marshalltown
Paul O. Koto
Forest City
Cc. W. Anderson
Jewell
A. L. Wood
Hampton
F. J. Netman
Board of Control
Ilinois
Wright County
Iowa Falls
Oakland Township
Glaus Erickson
Iowa Prairies
Erickson
Company G
Twenty-second
Wisconsin Volunteers
George W. Stevens
Dudley
Wapello County
John Cooper
Knoxville
Cooper
Stevens
Miller Mercantile Company
Gruber
J. N. Miller
St. James, Minn
Butler
Estherville
Miller
Greene County
L. H. Roberts
Paton
George Rutgers
Rippey
A. Rosecrans
Primghar Haa
Thos, Mpperson
Story County
Linden Schaffer
Clinton
Lambert BH. Hall
Newton
Thomas Mitchell
Mitchellville
MF Mitchell
Lulu Maptag
Fred L. Maytag
William H. Smith
Plattsville
Ala
Shenandoah
Postoffice
Clarinda
McKinley Interests Ready to Buy Des Moines Lines
Des Moines October 22 The McKinley interests ready to purchase Des Moines City Railway and Inter Urban Railway properties for 6.5 million dollars pending a twenty five year franchise. N W Harris company represents stockholders and will sell if council grants an acceptable franchise. Plans include 1.5 million in immediate improvements and fifty new cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
McKinley Interests
McKinley Syndicate
Illinois Traction Company
N. W. Harris Company
McKinley
Chicago
W. B. McKinley
Des Moines City Railway
Inter Urban Railway
Doan's Kidney Pills Sold For Back Pain Relief
Thompson Wetkins, a professional nurse in Parsons Kansas, reports relief from back pain and irregular kidney secretions after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She says the pills banished sharp twinges in the small of her back and irregular passages. Sold by all dealers for 60 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson Wetkins
N. 23Rd St
Parsons, Kan
Doan
Doan’s
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
Honors for Iowa masons in Washington listing names
In Washington on October 22 the Scottish Rite Masons honored Iowa members by election to the honorary thirty third degree. The list includes Franklin Pittman Bachelder Lyons Frank Clark Brayton Lyons Henry Lincoln Carrell Des Moines Davis Sidney Chamberlain Des Moines Charles Herbert Cogswell Cedar Rapids Oscar Julian Hoberg Sioux City Arthur Stanley Lawrence Muscatine Clarence Pubilus Kilbourne Sioux City George Martin Clinton Charles Franklin Curtis Clinton Frederick E Bacheldey Clinton Willis Smith Gardiner Clinton Lawrence Eastman Clinton William John Keonvalinka Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Franklin Pittman
Bachelder
Lyons
Frank Clark Brayton
Henry Lincoln Carrell
Des Moines
Davis Sidney Chamberlain
Charles Herbert Cogswell
Cedar Rapids
Oscar Julian Hoberg
Sioux City
Arthur Stanley Lawrence
Muscatine
Clarence Pubilus Kilbourne
George Martin
Clinton
Charles Franklin Curtis
Frederick E. Bacheldey
Willis Smith Gardiner
Lawrence Eastman
William John Kconvalinka
Engine and Mail Car Derailed at Neola
A passenger train known as the Nebraska Chicago Limited on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad struck a horse as it entered Neola Iowa on October 22. The engine and mail car were derailed with the engine rolling down an embankment. The fireman jumped to safety while the engineer had a narrow escape. Passengers were badly shaken but no serious injuries. Traffic was blocked for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neola
Nebraska- Chicago Limited
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Brick Mason Kills Tailor in Fall at Coliseum Site
W. J. Kennedy a bricklayer fell fifty five feet from the top of the south wall of the Coliseum striking John A. Holmquist a tailor below. Holmquist died within minutes from a broken neck. Kennedy escaped with a slight scalp wound and partial ear loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Coliseum
W. J. Kennedy
John A. Holmquist
Holmquist
Kennedy
Triple murder near Kansas City linked to two men
Kansas City, Mo October 22. Police conclude two men likely involved after finding another bullet hole in the body of Alonzo Van Royen, a victim in the near Kansas City area triple murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Alonzo van Royen
Kan
Iowa Central Wins Verdict Over 1907 Wreck Injury
Newton October 22 a jury returned a verdict for the defendant in the case of Margaret Pringle versus the Iowa Central Railway Company She was injured in an Iowa Central wreck at Gevena in 1907 and the court ruled for the railroad entity in this action
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Iowa Central
Newton
Margaret Pringle
Iowa Central Railway Company
Gevena
Mt Pleasant Man Drops Dead At Table
Mt Pleasant Oct 22 Reuben Beers an old settler 84 years of age formerly state's attorney died suddenly while at the dinner table He leaves no family His wife has been dead for several years Miller to C and NW Director Des Moines Oct 22 Homer A Miller president of Town National Bank elected a member of the board of directors of the Chicago and Northwestern railway at a meeting held in Chicago
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Lisbon
Portugal
Alfonso
Spain
Edward
England
Ferrer
House of Lords
Luzon
Taft
Texas
Wis
American Antiquarian Society
Worcester
Mass
Eleanor Lorraine Beattie
London
New York
William Fason
Paterson N Ad
W. T. Hearst
Fusion
Newfoundland
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Omaha
Lillian M. N. Stevens
Iinois
United States Supreme Court
Ilinois
Capt. M. Carter
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisville
Cincinnati
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Nicholas J. Martin
Chicago
Manuel
Abraham G. Munn
Ridgeway Company
Everybody's Magazine
Butterick Publishing Company
Nicaragua
State Department
United States
Stead
Marine Corps
Columbia Bank & Trust Company
Oklahoma City
Okla
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Tex
Willie Boy
Bullion Mountain
California
Inols
Mlinots Mayors’ Association
Elgin
John D. Johnson
Black Hawk County
Johnson
Waterloo
Glenn Butcher
Oro Dell
Marion County Auditor’s Office
Glenn
Jack Gibbel
George Stardley
Henry Riegelman
Des Moines
Gibbel
David B. Whittemore
Linwood Cemetery
Boone
Lncle Ashley
Fort Madison
Monticello
Charles Vanderham
R. ©. Stirton
Paul Paulson
Wm. McAleer
Independence
George Ambucht
Con
Ife
Ida County
Edith Forbes Perkins
Charles ©. Perkins
Burlington Railway System
Harvard University
Iowa
Dr. Door
Fort Dodge
I. D. Jaity
B. EB. Holmes
Woodbine Normal School
J. H. Hurlburt
John Knorr
Fontanelle
Knorr
Marshalltown
C. C. Caswell
van Scoy
Elgthy
Vancleve
BE. Fitz
John Paterson
Rock Walls
Chas. A. Long
Monroe
Mt. Pleasant
Reuben Beers
Atate
Miller
Homer A. Miller
Town National Bank
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Jersey Lily Ends Up With A Name Twist
In a dialogue from Jersey Lily Mr Brown asks the new cook for her name. The cook replies Mary and Brown jokes that her name matches his wife’s. He suggests another name, and the cook insists on Lily, requesting to be called Lily.
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Mr. Brown
Cook
Mary
Lily
The Soft Answer at Dinner in Bar Harbor
A Boston woman praised the wit of Ed ward Everett Hale at a Bar Harbor dinner. A farmer joked about a No Trespassing sign as a quip about trespassers being prose cuted. The exchange ends with the line We’re Unitarians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Harbor
Boston
Edward Everett Hale
Dr. Hate
Washington Star
Obstreperous Tramps Sentenced at Salisbury Workhouse
A Salisbury magistrate court sentenced Thomas to 21 days in prison after he assaulted a porter and smashed windows when denied his clothes. Tramps at the Salisbury workhouse spend Sundays in cells in a shirt provided by guardians, with clothes withheld on Sundays during the week end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Ingland
Thomas
Port Ter
Expensive Silence Keeps a Penny Challenge
A four year old, Alice, is whining on the floor when her father tires of the noise and offers a penny to stop. She answers she cannot stop for less than a nickel, insisting on greater payment. The exchange ends with the child continuing to cry until a higher reward is offered.
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Alice
Editorial Amenities in Sterling and Sedgwick Panels
Editor Junkin of Sterling and Editor Cretcher of Sedgwick Pantagraph exchange jokes about hair loss in a lighthearted panel. The mock dialogue features Junkin noting Cretcher’s hair and the exchange turns humorous, reflecting a playful staff dynamic.
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Junkin
The
Sterling. Bulletin
Cretcher
Sedgwick Pantagraph
Mac
One Part Melodrama Quips on Worth of a Man
A quotation from the Louisville Courier Journal features a theatre quip about a single performer in a big scene. It contrasts action with inner self and quotes Henry F Amiel on a man’s true worth being what he is rather than what he has or does.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Couriers Journal
Henry F
Amiel
Banker's Nerve Restored by Postum Coffee Switch
A Chattanooga banker credits Postum for steadier hands and clearer thinking after years of coffee distress. He recalls tremors and twitching from coffee, then notes his improvement and high regard for Postum, claiming it delivers a calmer, reliable brain and a satisfying beverage option.
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Postum
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Iowa State News
Henry Dearborn Lamb
Farmers” Savings Bank
Sac City
Mescatine
Harris
Council
Iowa Masons
Washington Meeting
Jersey Lily
Shattanooga
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