Taft Speaks in Des Moines at Large Military Review
President Taft arrived in Des Moines to be greeted by thousands as he visited Senator Cummins and the state house. He reviewed 6,200 regulars in a monumental military tournament, spoke to a large crowd, then opened the event at the fairgrounds before departing for Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Taft
A. B. Cummins
State House
United States
J. A. T. Hull
Dolliver and Cummins
Carroll
Iowa
Fair Grounds
Omaha
Shippers Win On Rates And Rail Finances
Iowa shippers celebrate Inter State Commerce Commission action against trunk line rate schemes. Meantime Iowa & Minnesota Railway reports a net loss of 10,881.22 despite 48,313.68 in net revenue after fixed charges. Governor Carroll names J W Classen to the state voting machine commission to succeed Isaac M Wie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Chicago
Crogeing
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Corn Belt" Meat Producers’ Association
Iowa Shippers
Iowa & ‘Minoje Railway Company
Railroad Commission
Clinton
Davenport
Classen
Brandt
Carroll
J. W. Classen
Green Mountain
Marshall County
Perof Ahe
Comamunisiion
Isaac
Delegates Named for Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways Trip
Governor Carroll selected delegates from all eleven Iowa districts for the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways convention. Named are Irwin M. Welsha of Keokuk. 8. L. Johnson of Muscatine. Peter Kiene of Dubuque. W. L. Turner of New Hampton. H. M. Rebley of Anamosa. Austin P. Haines of Grinnell. Clinton Price of Indianola. D. W. Higbee of Creston. A. D. Lemon of Guthrie Center. J. A. Ericson of Boone. C. W. Lister of Sibley. Also traveling are Governor Carroll and Congressmen Good, Woods, Haugen, Kendall and Pickett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin P. Haines
Grinnell
Clinton Price
Indianola
D. W. Higbee
Creston
A. D. Lemon
Guthrie Center
J. A. Ericson
Boone
C. W. Lister
Sibley
Carroll
Good, Woods
Haugen
Kendall
Pickett
Manufacturers Seek Lower Express Rates in Iowa Joint Shipments
Secretary George A. Wrightman of the Iowa Manufacturers' Association filed a petition with the railroad board asking that the joint rate order for freight be applied to express business. The board previously ruled that when freight crosses two Iowa roads neither may charge more than 80 percent of the regular rate. The association asks express firms to follow the same rule for joint shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Wrightman
Iowa Manufacturers’ Association
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Iowa
Manufacturers’ Association
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Convention in Davenport
The thirty sixth annual convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union Town will meet in Davenport October 12 15. Mrs L M N Stevens president and Miss Anna Gordon vice president of the national union will attend. Rev Miss Gertrude von Petzold Unitarian minister of Des Moines and Miss Alice French Davenport known as Octave Thanet will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Town
L. M. N. Stevens
Anna Gordon
National Union
Gertrude von Petzold
Unitarian Church of
Guiberson Made Life Member At City Club Frolic
The Press club elected W. P. Guiberson a life member in appreciation of his sketch An Hour at the City Hall performed at the Ingersoll park frolic. A vote of thanks to S. H. Cobb noted his role in organizing the club and his chairmanship of the executive board before his resignation due to leaving the city. Garrity named new assistant. Captain Chester W. Fenton of Fort Des Moines will join General Grant in Chicago as an aide and adjutant Lieut. George Garrity succeeds Fenton at the local post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamiltton
State Control Board
John I. Hamilton
Cedar Rapids
Carrol
Board of Control
Hamilton
Carroll
Hamlton
State House
Garrity
Chester W. Fenton
Fort Des Moines
Frederick D. Grant
Second Cavalry
Philippines
Chicago
Grant
George Garrity
Captain Fenton
Des Moines Posts Strong August Postal Gain
Des Moines leads the middle west in percentage increase of postal receipts for August 1909 over August 1908, ranking fourth in the nation. The Des Moines gain is 21.71 percent, behind Seattle 37.14, Hartford 29, and Syracuse 25.16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Middle West
United States
Seattle
Hartford
Syracuse
Ed Ash Narrowly Escapes Death from Six Story Fall
Ed Ash, foster-brother of Councilman Wesley Ash, plunged from a six story height to the basement of the White Line Storage Company's new warehouse but survived. The report mentions a wedding at Camp Corse and Justice F A Cope performing the first romance of a military tournament by marrying William C. Scorey of a hospital corps. Effie B Darling of Winfield, Ta, is noted in the same item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Ash
Wesley Ash
White Line
Storage Company
Camp Corse
F. A. Cope
William’ C. Scorey
Effie, B. Darling
Winfield, Ta
Attorney General Files Amendments Over Foreign Corporation Laws
Byers filed amendments to petitions in district court seeking judgments against the Asphalt Company and the Western Union Telegraph Company. The actions involve alleged violations of foreign corporation laws and related bankruptcy petition considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attorney “General
Big Stick
Byers
Bar‘ber. ‘Asphalt, Company
Western Union Telegraph ' Company
Foreign’ ‘Corporation
Permanent tariff commission urged by Sen Cummins
Senator Cummins told Town that the tariff revision will not raise or lower Iowa prices. He urged a permanent commission to scientifically fix tariff schedules and provide exact information for fair protection. He argued such a body could study production costs and determine necessary duties to shield Americans from foreign competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Cummins
Iowa
Congress
Cummins
Washington
Great Invention of Iowan Burr Aided Mail Cars Trial
F H Burr of Atlantic Iowa is named inventor of a mail bag catching and delivering device tested by the post office on Rock Island line cars between Cornell Bluffs and Davenport. The device has operated on west bound train No 7 at all catcher stations from Des Moines to Davenport for months with plans to extend use on east and westbound trains for broader trials. The post office seeks a device to minimize injury to people and damage during mail exchanges on moving trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ar Iowan
F. H. Burr
Atlantic
Post Office
Rock Island
Cornell Bluffs
Davenport
Des Moines
Post-Office Department
Grafts Plums on Peaches William Involved Leon's Ingranted
Fragmentary OCR notes show grafting discussion with names William and Leon and references to ingrafted plums on peaches. Details are unclear due to damaged text and partial phrases.
Hudson Fulton celebration opens with vast naval fleet in New York
The Hudson Fulton celebration began with the presence of American and foreign ships, led by replicas Half Moon and Clermont escorted by torpedo boats, as part of a week of events from New York to Hudson river towns. Vessels from the United States, the Netherlands, Germany, Britain, France, Italy and other nations filled the harbor and river, with elaborate ceremonies and nightly illuminations planned.
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New York
International Naval
Hudson River
Seventy-second Street
Henry Hudson
Robert Fulton
Kill van Kull
Stapleton
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Hudson
William Lam
A. de Bruyne
Huet
Clermont
Jersey
Riverside Park
Half Moon
One Hundred and Tenth Street
International Naval Fleet
United States
Seaton Schroeder
Netherlands
Utrecht
van Hecking Colenbrander
Holland
Germany
Great Britain
France
Italy
Mexico
Cuba
Argentina
Guatemala
Riverside Drive
Palisades Interstate Park
Henry Hudson Monument
Spuyten Duyvil
Tuessday
Riverview Park
Yonkers
Bronx
Richmond Borough
West Point
Manhattan
United States Army
Navy
Marine Corps
National Guard
Naval Militia
Stony Point
Head of Navigation
Forty Years Old DAYS Prohibition Parade Marks Birth of Party
In Chicago on September 25 the Prohibition party marked its birth with a large parade led by Grand Marshal Frederick Dent Grant. Numerous temperance groups, church organizations, and bands joined the floats and processions, followed by a banquet at the LaSalle with living party candidates and leaders in attendance.
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Chicago
Prohibition Party
Frederick Dent Grant
Department of the Lakes
Salvation Army
G. A. RB
Boys’ Brigade
Cru Madera
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Anti-Saloon League
Law and Order League
Young People’s Christian Temperance Union
Prohibition National Committee
Catholi Total Abstinence Union
Catholic Temperance Associations
Lodging House Temperance Club
Bernard FH. Moore
United States
Seaborn Wright
Rome
Hotel LaSalle
Robert H. Patton
Springfield
John P. St. John
Olathe
Kan
Joshua Leving
Baltimore
John G. Woolley
Honolulu
Bilas C. Swallow
Harrisburg
Eugene W. Chafin
John Russell
New Haven
Mich
Samuel Dickie
Albin
Charles R. Jones
Girls Stop Railroad Train Near Bristol Causing Fright
A Southern Limited train near Bristol Virginia abruptly stopped when the emergency brake cord was pulled, later found to be used as a clothesline by girls in nightwear. Train crews and passengers, mostly chatterbox schoolgirls bound for college, endured a shaken halt as uniforms and dresses dangled from the cord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Southern Limited
Traigmen
Thera
Ottorts
Sudden Death in Judge Church Court Room
Frank Glaez, a prominent Calhoun county citizen and foreman of the grand jury, collapsed and died while listening to a trial in Judge Church's court. The death appears due to heart trouble, ending the jury's session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwell City
Frank Glaez
Calhoun County
Longtime Keokuk County bats breeder dies at 91
W. A. Jackson, a farmer in Keokuk county famous for keeping bats on his property for fifty years, died at age ninety one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Jackson
Keokuk County
Boy Ends Own Life After Fight at Fort Des Moines
John Huffman an 18 year old farm youth shot himself at his home five miles northeast of Indianola after a reported cutting affray with an Army soldier at Fort Des Moines over a girl. He returned home to his timber to shoot squirrels, then killed himself with a .22 rifle in the barn, dying about three hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianola
Fort Des Moines
John Huffman
Huffman
Here
Hooper
Des Moines Woman Confesses in Child’s Death
Mrs Nellie Taylor mother of the babe found in Union park vault confesses she choked the child with a string, threw it into the vault, then sat in a park swing. She traveled to Ottumwa after 6 pm and was tracked by detectives Johnston Brunnemer Pettit Helin and Glynn. Mr Miller, her Ottumwa father, says he cannot believe she committed such an act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Nellie Taylor
Union Park
Union Depot
Ottumwa
Johnston
Brunnemer
Pettit Helin
Glynn
Fort Leavenworth
Miller
Nelle
Dew Moines
Ottuimwa
Iowa Men Leave for National Guard Meeting in Los Angeles
Des Moines Sept 24 Gen James Rush Lincoln Col E R Bennett of the fifty fifth regiment and Col H A Allen of the fifty third regiment depart for Los Angeles to represent the Town guard at the National Guard association meeting September 27 28 and 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Los Angeles
Des Moines
James Rush Lincoln
E. R. Bennett
Fifty-Fifth Regiment
H. A. Allen
Fifty-third Regiment
National Guard Association
Three men executed by guillotine in Drome department
In Valence Drome France on September 24 three men named Berruyer David and Lottard were guillotined for a string of brutal crimes in the department of Drome. The fugitives reportedly tortured victims with red hot irons in a spree of atrocities.
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Valence
Drome
France
Berruyer
David
Lottard
Department of
Fire Ravages Cinch River Coal Mine Near Richlands
A fire at the Cinch River coal mine near Richlands, Virginia, has burned for several days and resisted efforts to extinguish it. Officials fear the mine may be destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Tazewell
Cinch River
Richlands
Banquet Planned in Honor of Rep. J. A. T. Hull
Des Moines reports friends of Congressman J. A. T. Hull plan a banquet soon after the army tournament closes in his honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. T. Hull
Des Moines
Woman Attempts Suicide on River Bank at Burlington
A well dressed young woman, thought to be Misa Wsther Ashley of Carrolltown Missouri, attempted death by her own hand on the river bank by taking carbolic acid. She is believed to be alive, current condition not stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Misa
Wsther
Ashley
Carrolltown
Funeral of Mgr Lenehan in Fort Dodge Saint
In Fort Dodge Iowa on September 24 the funeral of the late Mgr Lenehan was held at Corpus Christi Church with severe simplicity in every detail. The service lasted two days as the body lay in state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenehan
Reet
Fort Dodge
Mgr
Corpus
Christ
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Gras
America
Mutual Tolls
Iowa Telephone Company
Frank W. Dodson
Hawkeye Telephone Company
Mutual Telephone Company
Smeltzer
John
Frank
Delmege
Col. H. E., Johnston
Mercy Hospital
Sam Ross
Second Street
A. C. Douglass
First ‘United Presbyterian Church
Great West
Primier, In
Petitio i
Permanent Commission
Fi H
Burr
William
Leon
Gotham
Grand Naval
Fulton
Carnegie Hall
Hippodrome
Temperance Forces
Babe
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