Fragmented 19th Century Notes on Faust and Odd Inventions
A jumble of antiquarian curios and brief items touches on Faust legends with mentions of Goethe and historical figures, an 18th century Hungarian automaton pilot, Indian oyster shells used as window panes, a Paraguay sugar plant, and a survey of German painters inclinations, plus stock notes on UK and US topics, meteor sightings, postal exams, and military education costs.
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Pheophilus
Faust
Cracow
Helen of Troy
Margaret of Goethe
Baron Skempulen
Hungary
Europe
Woeronsky
India
Enghi Rise
Bombay
Paraguay
Amambahi
Constantinople
America
Deadwood Blaze Claims Six Victims and Fallout
A Deadwood blaze left six people dead and others injured as firefighters battled the flames. The disaster disrupted the town and prompted warnings about safety while investigators began tracing the cause.
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Deadwood Blaze
Spencer Receives Upgraded Fire Protection
Spencer, 8 D Neyar Spencer is being equipped with efficient fire protection as a new fire engine arrives this week and a reservoir is constructed to hold several thousand gallons of reserve water. Past years have seen several disastrous fires, prompting the recent procurement of fire apparatus to reduce losses.
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Spencer
Neyar Spencer
Newspaper Finds Man's Long Absent Brother
John King of Tabor via a newspaper ad located his brother who had been separated since age seven. The brothers were raised apart after a 25 year family breakup, with one living in Camden New Jersey and the other in South Dakota. They have begun correspondence after decades apart.
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Man
Tabor
BK U
John King
John
Elkton
Peter Heron
Lesterville
Manchodd
Camden
N. J
Booth Dakota
Receiver to be appointed in American Mexico Mining case
Huron 8 D Nov 10 Judge Whiting granted an application for the appointment of a receiver in the suit A Merrifield vs American Mexico Mining and Development Company. The company has drawn wide attention for its business methods amid ongoing litigation. a receiver will be named within a few days. Jewelry store robbed of goods worth 2000 Alexandria B C Nov 10 Jewelry store of H C Stroup was burglarized Friday night of 50 watches and many rings valued around 2000.
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Mining Corporation Huron
Judge Whiting
A. Merrifield
American Mexico Mining and Development Company
Inte
Whiting
Alexandria
B. C
H. C. Stroup
Oil Magnate Pierce Surrenders to Sheriff
Austin, Texas, November 10. H. Clay Pierce arrived and surrendered to the sheriff under indictment for perjury connected with Wartes Pierce Oil company ouster hearings. He expected exoneration, bond set at 20000 dollars, bond argued by local wealth totaling 3500000 dollars. Trial continued to January term of court.
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Austin
Tex
H.clay Pierce
Pierce
State of Texas
Wartes-Pierce Oil Company
Texas
Nat Goodwin and Edna Goodrich wed in Howton Mass
Nat C Goodwin the comedian and Edna Goodrich married yesterday at Goodwin's mother's home. A Justice of the Peace conducted the ceremony attended by the bride's mother Miss Goodrich and Goodwin's manager George C Wheelan. The party stayed for a wedding breakfast and then left by train for New York.
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Howton
Mass
Nat C. Goodwin
Edna Goodrich
Mr. Goodwin
Goodwin
wedeHe
New York
Mr. Nellese
Miss Goodrich
Escapes Death Sentence in Novel Way In Panama Canal Case
Westington May 10 The case of Adolphus Conieen under sentence of death in the Panama canal area was commuted on a technical ground after a trial without a jury in a supreme court ruling. The defendant’s fate hinged on a questionable process and a challenged juror, prompting a rare reversal.
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Westington
Adolphus Conieen
Panama Canal
Wes
Ian
Supreme United
Zoee
Armerign
Triada
Fifteen women named to head county schools in Iowa
In Iowa more women were appointed to county superintendent posts this year. Counties electing women last Tuesday included Polk with Jennie Steele Huegle Ada Jaiis and others. note mentions Miss Tyler, Bertha, and Mary B. Faint-Poweshtek among several counties. The piece also reports a separate town incident of a marshal being attacked and a man killed in an accidental gunshot with a posthumous will drafted.
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Die Moines
Joye
Thy
State Teachers
Unis
Polk
Jennie Steele Huegle
Ada Jaiis
Clan Tyler
Casy
Bertha John
Hardin
July Scurry
Jefferson
Bele
Buchanan
Butler
Mary
B. Faint — Poweshtek
Extelle Coon
Monroe
Mike Harlow
Adal Misa Omerinners
Washington
Wort Purvis
Hrnni
Mel
Sylvia Cook
Howard
Imbh Mugitter
Bremer
Kate BE. Sullivan
Katherine . Logan
Young gets 20 years for Parker murder near Kellogg
George Young was sentenced Saturday for the Parker murder near Kellogg. In Fort Madison, he will serve a 20 year term at hard labor starting today. Judge Clements spoke kindly as Young admitted past trouble, offered no appeal, and may reduce the sentence for good behavior. Separately, John T. McIlroy of Odessa bought 9000 acres in the Texas valley from General Granville Dodge for $150,000.
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Newton
George Young
Frank Parker
Kellogg
Fort Madison
Russell
Young
Clements
Gifford
Texas
el Paso
Tex
John T. Mclroy
Odessa
Granville Dodge
Council Bluffs, Ia
Theatrical manager deserted children in Des Moines
Probation officers remove two boys from Claude Mentzer’s custody after he left them with a woman when he took out a theatrical company six weeks ago. Mentzer has a company in Deatrive Nebraska tonight. grand jury to consider a charge of child desertion.
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Des Moines
Claude Stentzer
Womain
Mentzer
Invited to Dinner, Sued in Terre Haute Case
Ricardo Townley, an engineer, faced allegations by Mrs Ada Townsend that he tried to defraud her over a board bill after accepting dinner invitations from Townsend. Townley testified he called on Townsend several times but later discontinued invitations. the charge was brought by Townsend’s mother and later dismissed in court.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Ricardo Townley
Ada Townsend
Town
Kev
Danehivy
di Shure
Tba
Ames Graduate Hel o as Thief at State College
A Keokuk county graduate from the State college agricultural course last June faced charges for theft at the college laboratory. Pinkerton agents traced the suspect to the theft of two platinum cups and other valuables, with the loot possibly moved to Des Moines or nearby cities.
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Nevada
Town State College
Lacey
Stoluk
Rania
Orit
Euinas
Gein Troy
Fr Iia Cine
Storia
Pinkerton
Tor Hel
Des Moines
Keokuk County
Jordan loses wife but gains a farm in Weekes draw
Story City man Jordan is left wife-less after she abandons their home during his Rosebud trip. Judge Whitten confirms land allotment number 4726 in Tripp county, possibly enabling him to file. He will visit the land before filing, noting his wife was secured by a matrimonial ad and she left for Wisconsin.
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Jordan
Ioway
Rosebuddle
Weekes
Wisconsin
Lindsey Identified Assailant Of Girl
Colfax Iowa November 11 Grace Hopkins eleven identified W Lindsey manager at Prairie City Telephone Company as the man who assaulted her. Officers feared to arraign him. preliminary hearing scheduled at Newton. She was left half dead in the weeds by the roadside, found by a neighbor late last night.
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Cummings
Mason City
Mike Cummings
Plymouth
Minneapolis
Clermont
Colfax
Grace Hopkins
W. Lindsey
Prairie City
Lindsey
Newton
Beautiful Countess and Husband Ordered to Leave Des Moines
Count Viggo Von Holstein Rathou and his Iowa wife Nora Lang, once a Cherokee hospital attendant, arrived in Des Moines on Saturday night but moved north after police issued a move on order. The pair had drawn attention in St. Louis for allegedly attempting the badger game on a wealthy admirer.
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Des Moies
Viggo von Holstein Rathou
Iowa
Nora. Lang
W. M. Lang
Cherokee Hospital
Des Moines
St. Louis
Cherokee
Corning Citizens Fatally Stricken Panics Town
In Corning Iowa on November 11 residents report six deaths from a bowel obstruction like malady. Two more fatalities occurred yesterday prompting appeals to Des Moines and Council Bluffs surgeons for help.
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Corning
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Cat Saves Mistress From Instant Death at Railroad Tracks
Sanbury Pa November 11 Intervening cat pulls at Mary Longenderfer's skirt as she steps toward a Reading Railway crossing. A freight train rumble drowns the engine and she is knocked to the pavement but narrowly escapes with the cat's timely action.
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Sanbury
Times
Mary Longenderfer
Reading
Supreme Court Upholds Kentucky School Segregation Law
Washington November 11 The U S Supreme Court ruled in Berea College v State of Kentucky that states may constitutionally ban mixed co education. The decision upholds the 190 prohibition preventing white and black children from attending the same schools.
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Washington
Berea College
Kentucky
Supreme Court of the
United States
Corn Yield Above Average in Early Department Report
Washington reports preliminary agriculture department estimates showing an average corn yield of 26.2 bushels per acre and a total production of 2,642,687,000 bushels. The 1907 yield was 25.9 bushels per acre with production near 4,000 bushels per acre, based on early data.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Tobacco Trust Ruling and Iowa Election Tallies
The American Tobacco Company and subsidiaries were found to violate the Sherman Antitrust Act by restraining trade. Judges Wright, Lacombe, Coxe, Noyes and Ward issued decisions, suspending the injunction while allowing appeals. In Iowa, Willison H. Talk defeated Bryan, Carroll beat White for governor, with Taft and Carroll leading in state results and totals from 89 counties showingCummins and Lacey majorities, while overall Republican turnout lagged nationally.
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Judes Lacombe
Coxe, Noyes
Ward
United States
Tobacco Company
Land Allied Companies
Ambertean Tolacco Company
Great Britain
Europe
Asia
James H. Duke
Thomas F. Ryan
Des Moines
Ill
Willison H
Bryan
Towa
Carroll
Fred Whiite
Uie
Sted
Utey
Taft
Watt
Beind
White
Carrol
Cummins
Lacey
Clairvoyant flees with victim cash overtaken in Iowa
Davenport reports a self styled clairvoyant named Shaw arrested for swindling Mrs. Johanna Christians of Davenport and Wm. Stettzer of McCausland of 1300 to 1500 cash after promising double returns. He fled on a Milwaukee train but was captured at Savanna and jailed awaiting trial Monday. An allusion to other Iowa incidents includes an incendiary attempt at the Allington pop factory in Des Moines causing 4000 in damage and leading to relocation, plus John Butler convicted of attempted manslaughter in Webster City after knife attack on Officer Young during illegal liquor enforcement.
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Davenport
Shaw
Savanna
Johanna Christians
Wm. Stettzer
McCausland
Haw
Des Moines
Allington
Butler
Webster City
John Butler
Young
Ilegal
Fraudulent land agent nets 28000 in profits in Des Moines case
Minneapolis business head C. W. Bibb of Bibb Insurance was arrested by Des Moines Deputy Sheriff Johnson on charges of conspiracy. Des Moines authorities say Bibb profited about 28000 from land frauds in the city.
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Minneapolis
Minn
C. W. Bibb
Bibb Insurance Company
Johnson
Des Moines
Bibb
Romance Ends In St Ambrose Rectory Wedding
In Chicago a medical romance moves to the altar as Dr Grace Frith Hagans and Dr Jos Ambrosia Jergen, both doctors, plan to wed November 17 at St Ambrose church rectory after meeting in medical college and a shared dissecting table situation.
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Chicago
West Side
St. Ambrose Church
Forty-seventh St
Grace Frith Hagans
Jos
Ambrosia Jergen
Waterloo
Rich woman involved in suit at Buck Shoals estate
Asheville NC November 10 Mrs Sophie Bastman heiress to 1 million from Carter Harrison’s estate has been arrested on a warrant charging cohabitation with an unmarried man at Buck Shoals on the French Broad river. She sues Col W McBee’s son for control of the Buck Shoals estate after financing its purchase.
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Asheville
WN. C
Sophentsba Bastman
Carter Harrison
Chicago
Buck Shoals
French Broad River
W. =. McBee
Colonel McBee
Bill
Schwab's Palace on Riverside Closed to Caretaker
New York reports Charles M Schwab could no longer sustain his vast Riverside Drive mansion. He boarded up the 7,000,000 palace and installed a caretaker after ending services there. The mega-estate faced on Riverside Drive spanning Ley to 74th and back to West End Avenue, long known as America’s costliest home.
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Schwab
Palace
New York
Riverside Drive
Charles’ M. Schwab
Ley
West End Avenue
America
Discarded husband dies of ankylosis in Fort Dodge
A man who hid as J. Johnson from Omaha, later reconciled by divorce from his beloved, was found dead in a hut on the Fort Dodge outskirts. Authorities note the scientific term for death is ankylosis.
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Fort Dodge
J. Johnson
Omaha
Broker Heart
Shercliffe Presents Clue That Caught Him
Des Moines Nov 9 The oxprone box sent by Frank Shercliffe from Knoxville to his wife through Mrs Harley Barnhill was opened by his wife and attorneys. The box held a gold watch a diamond locket a gold ring combs and toilet articles for Mrs Morris and a Teddy bear stuffed with dolis a 40 cart and other trinkets for the children. Receipts in the name of Morris Arbruster accompanied each item to show they were not stolen. The articles valued at 261 were purchased in Cincinnati Ohio.
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Des Moines
Frank Shercliffe
Knoxville
Tenn
Harley Barnhill
Morris
Morris Arbruster
Cincinnati
Ohio
Frenchmen Honor American Aviator Wilbur Wright
Paris honors Wilbur Wright at Aero club of France dinner with gold medal and special academy medal. M Barthou praises Wright and says the French government officially partners in honoring the Wright brothers. Wright modestly accepts, crediting the dream of flight and past pioneers.
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Paris
Wilbur Wright
Wright
The
Aero Club of France
M. Jean Barthou
Public Works
Academy of Sports
M. Barthou
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Illinois pledges support at polls to canal project
Belated returns show Illinois voters approved a $20,000,000 bond issue to fund a lakes to the gulf deep waterway from Lockport to Utica on the Illinois River. Cook County strongly backed the measure with near five to one support, estimated to carry by about 75,000 votes, more than half the total cast.
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Chicago
Waulx
Gulf Deep Waterway
Lockport
Utica
Ilinois
Cook County
Ex President Palma of Cuba Dies in Havana
Santiago reports the death of Thomas Estrada Palma the first president of the Cuban republic. His body lies in state at the palace and government offices are closed as mourning signs appear. Palma’s son arrives with G A Belt, governor Mayoon’s representative.
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Santiago
Nov
Thomas Estrada
Palma
Dent
G. A. Belt
Mayoon
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