Standard Old Company Pamphlets Spark Sympathy Drive
New York September 26 Standard Oil issues a broad distribution of four million pamphlets titled From the Directors of the Standard Oil Company to Its Employees and Stockholders The pamphlets promote a 23 240 000 fund levied on the Indiana based Standard Oil Company by Judge Landis and accuse federal authorities of a persistent and adroit attack James A Moffett a Standard Oil Indiana executive defends the six cent rate in A Word in Advance and urges consumer awareness through dealers with product sales through the era
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Surveyors Shot and Wounded in Alaska Ambush
In Alaska near Valdes and Summit, surveyors working for the Home Railway project were fired upon by Guergehume men led by Edward Hassey. After hailing them to halt, Hassey’s group opened fire as the workers pressed forward. Deputies pursue those responsible.
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Post
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Guggenheimer Railway
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Hassey
Litton to renew challenge with ninety foot New York Yacht boat
Sir Thomas Litton expresses disappointment at New York Yacht Club not accepting his challenge for the America's Cup. He authorizes the Associated Press to report he will enter a ninety foot boat under NYYC rules in Class J, noting deeds of gift require sloops over sixty five and under ninety feet on the water. He cites boat measurements aligning with a possible seventy six feet waterline.
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Thomas Litton
New York
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Associated Press
New York Yacht Club
Sir Thomas
Ackley Sauerkraut Festival Heats Citywide Feast
In Ackley Iowa on September 26 the Sauerkraut Day festival drew hundreds for a long celebrated event. Fifteen barrels of kraut and over 1200 pounds of red hot wieners fueled a free dinner amid sports and entertainment. James Gillespie seeks 500 from Des Moines claiming city mosquitoes caused his wife illness.
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James Gillespie
Des Moines
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Voliva abandons Zion City fight leads to New Mexico colony setback
Zion City leader Wilber Glenn Voliva declared he has given up the battle for Zion City amid factional strife and announced loss of land options in New Mexico for a new colony. He refuses to vacate offices, vows not to pay the receiver, and cites misfortune in financing and backing. Meantime, a separate report places Richard Walton, sought for Mrs Lillian Grant's murder, surrounded in Summit Summit Illinois with police and heavy armament as authorities attempt capture.
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Wilber Glenn Voliva
Zion City
John Alexander Dowie
Dowie
New Mexico
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Zion
John C. Hately
Hately
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Ghicago
Richard Walton
Lillian Grant
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Thia
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Fourteen Year Old Pilferer in Brooklyn
New York report of Edward Bridge Iman a fourteen year old Brooklyn boy who claims to have committed two hundred robberies since August 5 all in daylight. He was arrested for theft of silver spoons and a violin and paroled to a probationary officer. He later pleaded guilty to a larger burglary and was sent to the house of refuge as authorities question his confession.
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Edward Bridge Iman
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Children's Society
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O'Keefe
House of Refuge
Aged Man Confesses to Fatal Hammer Strike on Wife
Gyrus Baldwin a Kane County Illinois resident fatally harmed his aged wife by smashing her skull with a hammer after a quarrel. He confessed to the killing and then ingested Paris Green, dying later in a personal crisis. The deceased wife was found at home, with authorities believing murder occurred despite no direct proof.
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Explosion at Kelley conservatories devastates Pleasant Hill greenhouse
An boiler exploded today in the conservatories of George M. Kelley, florist, about three miles from Pleasant Hill Missouri, destroying the plant and causing about 75000 dollars in damage. More than half of the plant was saved. The conservatories are among the largest in the west.
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George M. Kelley
Holbrook Applies for Bankruptcy in Memphis
Word reached Waterloo that G A Holbrook filed for bankruptcy in Memphis Tennessee after closing his drug business there last fall. Creditors in Waterloo await details with no firm figures on liabilities or assets. The first creditors meeting will be held in Memphis on Monday October 7. Also included is news that Grand Master E B Evang of the A O U W in Iowa invited the supreme lodge to Des Moines in June 1908 following last year’s Montreal gathering.
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Iowa
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Montreal
Progressive push for J A Young as lieutenant governor
Des Moines report from September 26 indicates The Register and Leader advocates former State Senator John Alex Young of Washington as a possible lieutenant governor candidate. The piece suggests Young may consider running for second on the ticket, backed by progressive circles, while aiming to counter Col Palmer who is seen as a standpatter. The article notes tensions within Garst managers and local rivalries, with unclear implications beyond a potential strategic move.
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Col. Palmer
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Cummins Defeat Seen In Des Moines Primaries
Des Moines Sept 26 Special reports circulate that defection within the Cummins forces in Polk county could pit the governor’s allies against United States Senator Allison. Many consider Allison Iowa’s grand old man with proven experience and honor, causing some Cummins supporters to hesitate backing a new man lacking national congressional service.
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National Congress
Belove
Mrs Fiske Open The Waterloo Presents Darling of the Gods
The Waterloo announces Mrs. Fiske in David Belasco's Darling of the Gods as opening attraction on November 30 with a special train from Sedalia to Waterloo. The run includes scenery by Howard Tuttle and interior work by Lundahl Woerckle Michael Co. plus a week of vaudeville and later Harvey Dramatic Co. details.
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Great Western
Fiske
Stors
Hurst
Des Moines
Harvey Dramatic Company
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Chicago
Omaha
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Benton Far a Big Success at Benton County Fair
Vinton September 26 opening day drew a comparatively large crowd despite poor weather. The 1:40 program featured a 2:86 trot won by Dick Albert ton of Walker with Miss Aragon taking second. Agnes Di tact owned by Fred Berry of Mt Pleasant dominated the pace event with fastest heat 2:21. A vaudeville act and a "Guideless Wonder" pace followed, then Japan from Walker won the last heat in 67 1-4. The day closed with a balloon parachute leap.
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Dick Alerton
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Iowa
Life of Lucina Summer-Glas Ends at Presbyterian Hospital
Mrs Lucina Summer-Glas died at about 7 00 am Thursday after an operation for appendicitis on Tuesday. Doctors could not stop the bleeding during the procedure, and she gradually bled to death despite medical care. She was born January 5 1874 in Clarksville and married Henry Glas in Cedar Rapids on August 11 1906. She leaves her husband and parents among others. She had worked as bookkeeper for Smith Lichty Hillman for fourteen years and was highly regarded. The funeral will be held Monday at 8 00 pm at the home 419 Lane Street with later interment in Clarksville.
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Cedar Rapids
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Mabel McCoy
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First Presbyterian Church
Strike Breakers Expected in Oelwein
Two hundred boiler makers will arrive in Oelwein from the east to replace striking workers who walked out earlier. The strike breakers will be kept at the shops to prevent disturbance. Authorities deny rumors of lawlessness, noting the strike has proceeded lawfully, while nearby Clarion reports greater dissatisfaction among those who quit and those taking their places.
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Amont
Clarion
Waterloo Board of Trade adjourned meeting announced
The adjourned annual meeting of the Board of Trade and Commercial Club of Waterloo will be held this Thursday evening in the office of the secretary H. B. Walter.
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President Roosevelt to embark on seven hundred mile river trip
Preparations are nearly complete for President Roosevelt to depart for Canton Ohio then proceed to Keokuk Iowa for a seven hundred mile Mississippi River journey to St Louis Cairo and Memphis He will meet Inland Waterway Commission members in Keokuk and governors from many states to accompany him on this vast excursion through late September to early October 190? with multiple speeches and a large audience in St Louis the J Jeffersonian hotel luncheon and other events noted along the route
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Great Banquet Marks Close of Toters Congress in Boston
Elaborate preparations surround a Hotel Somerset banquet tonight to close the Toters national Congress of Religious Liberals, in session nearly four weeks. Speakers include representatives from foreign countries and distinguished American clergy.
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