Rock Island GOP Draws Stead As Ottawa Attourney Candidate
W H Stead of Ottawa addressed a large Rock Island crowd at the Shakin Rock Island hotel, praising the administration and attacking Parker. He critiqued pension policy, supported a protective tariff, and aligned with the St Louis platform while discussing issues of democracy, imperialism, and current policies.
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W. H. Stead
Ottawa
Repubican
Genom
Shakin Rock Island
Harper House
Steal
Rock Island
Rocki Me
New York
Koosete
Parker
St. Louis
Tedge Parker
Ethiman
Timan
Macy
Tan Hay
China
Girl earns master mariner license in Philadelphia
Miss Jane Morgan daughter of Randall Morgan passes the local United States steamship inspector examination and becomes entitled to command a vessel as master mariner. Her license reads for all ocean and she may command an ocean liner, including the family yacht Waturas.
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Philadelphia
United States Steamship
Jane Morgan
Randall Morgan
Fanajers
Naster Mariner
Armstong drill team to help Valley Forge post celebration
The Fort Armstrong drill team and a large Bankers' Pioneer Association delegation practiced at Labrymann's Hall Ox Oct 27 to aid in the second anniversary of Valley Forge post Io 2. Davenport delegates plan to travel, with Valley Forge to be hosted Nov 28 by Fort Armstrong post in Muscatine.
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Ft. Armstrong Ansi
Bankers' Pioneer Association
Labrymann’s
Oficer
Muscative
Valley Forge Post
Davenport
Fort Armstrong
Bankers’ Pioneer
Valley Forge
Muscatine
Penny dreadfuls ban urged at library meeting
At the American Library Association convention in St Louis on October 18, John Bollinger of Card England argued the reading of penny dreadfuls has practically ceased, likening it to the establishment of school libraries.
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St Louis
American Library Association
Wan Mare
John Bollinger
Card
England
Mies Ludie E
Steams
Milwaukea
Supper Shoot 10 Occurs at Schuetzen Park
Davenport Shesting association holds a Sunday supper shoot at Schueten park. All members are invited as teams are not yet chosen and will be decided the afternoon of the event. Poor weather earlier kept outdoor shoots going, prompting a longer season.
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Schueteen Park
Davenport Shesting Association
Mother Drexel misquoted over Indian mission statement
Arch bishop Ryan rebukes Father Scheil for misrepresenting Mother Katherine Drexel. He clarifies Scheil did not speak for Drexel or authorize statements or investigations on her behalf regarding the Winnebago reservation and Indian Affairs administration.
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Philadelphia
Ryan
Father Schueli
Katherine Drexel
Order For the Indians
Father Scheil
Winnebago Reservation
Nebrasia
Omaha
Jones
Archbishop Ryan
Mother Katherine
Father Saheil
Prison Congress Selects Lincoln as Meeting Site Next Year
The national prison congress in Quiner Illinois chose Lincoln as the meeting site for next year in a largely attended session. Brigadier W P Areuthard of Canada spoke on the prison gate movement with Salvation Army examples. Eugene Emich of New York Prison Association talked on crime reduction during the evening address.
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Quiner
Lincoln
Ned
W. P. Areuthard
Canada
Salvation Army
Eugene Emich
New York Prison Association
Des Moines Man Traumatically Robbed After Drinking Spree
Des Moines man Joseph Carr awoke in a nursery wagon between Harver Junction and Ottumwa after four days in a stupor from strong liquor. He recalls drinking with strangers in a saloon, then becoming drowsy and waking penniless and ragged. The wagon and team disappeared with the driver.
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Des Moines
Joseph Carr
Harver Junction
Ottumwa
Carr
Cir
Booth Keller Lumber Co. denies sale of half interest
Eugene Oct 19 M J V Kelly secretary Booth Keller Lumber company says there has been no sale of eight half interests in the firm holdings. He adds a sale would require a shareholders meeting and stockholders approval. He notes no more than fifty shares have changed hands in four months.
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Eugene
Ore
M. JV. Kelly
Booth-Keller Lumber Company
Kelly
University of Cincinnati Students Paint Signs
Cincinnati reporters describe University of Cincinnati juniors taking part in a campus activity to paint two bronze statues in bright green with white accents. The event capitalized on campus excitement and featured class colors green and white.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinvali Juniors
McMickes
Kimball Expounds Christian Science Faith at Rock Island
Dinard A. Kimball, of Chicago, lectured at the Illinois Theatre in Rock Island on Christian Science under the First Church of Christ, Scientist. Davenport and Moline attendees filled the auditorium as he argued the religion offers hope beyond sorrow and asserts a scientific path to relief, contrasting it with other beliefs.
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Earth
Eril
Sciences
Rertiin
Concensus
God
DOWIE SCARE ON SALOONS IN CHICAGO LETTER
Alexander Bowie signs a letter to J McCarty seeking guidance on the percentage of “stink pots” saloons in Chicago and its decline. McCarty, City Collector, notes about 7300 saloons in the period and refers questions to Mr Lahiti for a fuller answer.
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Chicago
Alexander Bowie
Heavenly
McCarty
Sundar
SteCarty
Alexander
Apostle
Christian Catholic Church
Tr. McCary
Lahiti
Supreme Court denies review in Swan vs Western Union
Oct 14 report states the United States Supreme Court refused to review a Chicago circuit court ruling in the Charles Swan versus Western Union Telegraph Company suit. The ruling required telegraph companies to give the sender timely notice of any obstruction after a message is filed.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court Dionday
United States Circuit Court
Chicago
Charles Swan
Western Union Telegraph Company
Mayor and Editor Fight on Market Street in May
Mayor A J Gibbons and editor G C Harner of Metropolis engaged in a fist fight on Market street today sparked by Harner’s criticism of Taxter’s acts in the Journal Republic. Harner was seriously injured in the clash and authorities reported the incident to be under review.
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Metropolis
Get
A. J. Gibbons
G. C. Harner
Market Street
Mr. Harner
Journal-Republican
Weither Participate
Six suffocated by fire in Brooklyn tenement blaze
In Brooklyn Williamsburg a tenement fire killed six people and endangered more than 100 others, mostly children. Police rescued many from the smoke filled building as firemen used ladders and lowered screaming women and children to safety amid flames bursting from windows. The incident followed two other nearby fires as alarms raced in before the flames were fully controlled.
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New York
Williamsburg
Brooklin
S Hospital
Cme
Hhumen
Davenport Committee of the Whole to Discuss LeGlaire Street Grade
A Davenport city council committee of the whole is set to meet this afternoon to discuss the grade on LeGlaire Street as provided in a recent ordinance. The session will include a report on signatures from residents who waivered damages from the grade change and may consider additional items.
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Davenport
LeGlaire Strest
Aiaer- Men
Veteran of Three Wars Passes at New York Home
William Stott Worth, brigadier general, longtime Army officer, dies at his nephew De John Sprague home in Clinton. He served in the Civil War and Indian wars, was commissioned brigadier general in 1898 and retired two months later due to disabling wounds.
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New York
William Stott Worth
de John
Ferguson to Speak Twice Daily in Oklahoma Tour
Governor Ferguson plans two speeches a day for five days across the territory, drawing good crowds including leading populists and Bryan democrats. He aims another tour in a different part of the territory within days, with dispatches noting strong attendance.
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Guthrie
O. T
Ferguson
Mershern
Arritory
Bes Hen
Unil
Davenport Rain Threatens Continued Rise With Cooler Temps
The Davenport area faces rain and cooler weather today and Thursday as the river slowly rises over the next 48 hours. Jacksonville reports 2.68 inches with a Southwest storm shifting northeastward toward Omaha. Oklahoma Kansas and eastern Colorado see light rain as Florida endures heavy showers.
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Piorida
Jacksonville
Omaha
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
Lake Superiar
Florida
Daverport
Bindoun
St. Paul
Red Wing
Reeds
la Crone P. du Chien
Dumuque - le Claire
Morton Brothers Drive Kansas Gas Boom
Paul Morton secretary of the navy has moved into Kansas gas fields with Morton & Levering. They drilled two big gas wells at Arkansas City the first in the area and residents foresee rapid growth. The firm seeks a franchise to supply natural gas and locals expect new factories to follow, citing Morton's influence in the East.
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Topeka
Paul Morton
Kansas
Hue
Morton & Levering
Akansas City
Arkansas City
Morton &Levering
Morton
WAME SA MAN KILLS HIMSELF IN WAMEGO
Wemégo Kas Oct 19 A L Armstrong of this city committed death by his own action about 6 oclock tonight by shooting himself in the head dying instantly He had been in ill health He was about 40 years old and leaves a widow.
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Wemégo, Kas
A. L. Armstrong
Seventeen Men Walk Out at the Lee Broom Works
Seventeen men at the Lee Broom and Duster Company's Davenport plant walked out this morning over pay and treatment concerns. They allege unfair language by foreman Ellis Gibbons and demand reinstatement of four discharged workers, with manager Julius Grube pledging to investigate but defending the firings as necessary. The strikers demand language reform and higher piecework pay, noting they could earn more than one dollar a day if work is done properly.
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LEE Broom and Duster Company
Davenport
SND
STAER
ROTI
Julius Grube
Broom Works
The
Star
Elis Gibbons
Mr. Gibbons
Gibbons
T “Gibbons
Thia
Hure
Julius Orube
Ellis Gibbons
Giobous
Grube
Iowa Not Discouraged After Rough Test Against Stagg’s Men
From Iowa City comes a report that the football game with Stagg’s team was not indicative of either side’s strength. Fans say Iowa played two strong periods and wore out by late, while substitutes were needed against a fast opponent back field. Officials draw ire for a disputed ruling on a long run.
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Iowe City
Obleege
Stagg
Iowa
Hot Dave
Griffith
Eckersall
Spark in Beard Fatal Blaze Claims Angell Father
A fire outbreak described as spark dropping into a beard caused the death of A. P. Angell, Sr., age 26 years or more, after twelve hours of agony. The incident occurred last evening while Angell was shaving at home, with medical aid arriving too late to save him.
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Clinton
Tay
A. P. Angell
Russian General Kuropatkin’s Daughter Baptized in Lane City
General Kuropatkin's daughter was baptized by Father Lambert of Lane City, once of Lohrville, about ten years ago. The girl, later a ward of Mother Superior Burtwell at a convent in Baldmore, is now a grown woman concealing her identity. Lambert says he knows little beyond what he learned when she was brought to America by her father, a distinguished general, who was married to her stepmother. The family toured America, visiting Yellow Stone and Paris. the first wife later died, and the child was sent to America. Lambert may travel to Chicago to meet reporters regarding the case.
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Kuropatkin
Lamber
Lane City
Lohrville
Trace
Fost
Ltyrus
Bald
Jiurtwell
Shevie
Bert
America
Yellowatone
Paris
Gindead
Elise
Aimerles
Koropatkin
Lambert
Chicago
Melien Denied Registration for New Haven Election
New Haven Conn Oct 19 President Charles S Melien of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad was refused registration as a Connecticut delegate at large to the Republican social convention in Chicago. He had signed the registrar’s list but cannot vote as he will not have lived in the state a year by election day. He moved to New Haven on Nov 8 1908 from St Paul where he had led the Northern Pacific railroad.
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New Haven
Conn
Charles S. Melien
New York
Joliet Mayor and four policemen seek delay in jury case
Mayor Croling and four officers indicted for conspiracy filed affidavits claiming Jurges Dibell and Hilscher were prejudiced and asked for a chance of crime, which was granted. The chief judge C. B. Garnsey is critically ill, likely delaying service for months.
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Joliet
Croling
Knights of Pythias Meet Opens Grand Lodge Sessions
Peoria Illinois hosts the Knights of Pythias state meeting as Rathbone Sisters participate for the grand lodge sessions at the Coliseum. A replica was presented for Grand Chancellor Ward of Iowa and Grand Chancellor Wilson of Todlane and Supreme Chancellor Charles Shiveley.
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Peoria
Knights of Pythias
State
Rathbone Sisters
Grand Lodge
Coliseum
Charicellor Ward
Iowa
Wilson
Todlane
Charles Shiveley
Supreme Lodge Enjoined In Missouri Fraternal Case
The Grand Lodge of Missouri Ancient Order of United Workmen secured a court order dissolving interference by the supreme lodge over policy changes. The dispute centers on shifting insurance from a fraternal to a modern plan.
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BL Louis
Grand Lorge
Missouri
Order of United Workmen
Supreme Lodge
Grand Lodge
Michigan Girl Dies in Texas Travel Illness
Misa Agnes M. Lowery of Hastings Michigan died in Fort Worth Texas Sunday while traveling with her parents Dr and Mrs W Lowery for her health. She was an invalid and was eight.
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Dallas
Fox
Misa
Agnes M. Lowery
Hastings
Mich
Fort Worth
Texas
W. Lowery
Carl Paulsen Fined in Court for Trolley Incident
Carl Paulsen was fined 10 dollars and costs by Mayor Philipps for pulling a trolley wire on Brady Street. He threatened to cause trouble as the car climbed a hill, prompting police arrest after the conductor warned of danger.
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Carl Paulsen
Philipps
Judge Finger
Paulsen Waa
Brady Street
Paulse
Puppie
Paulsen
Employers to Fight Unions in California Open-Shop Push
San Francisco reports plans to reestablish the open shop and remove walking delegates as unions grow strong along the Pacific coast. Employers anticipate a major industrial clash, aiming to resume operations regardless of unions after the election, potentially affecting 42,000 workers in the city.
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San Francisco
Cal
California
Pacific ‘Coast
Registration by fingerprint plans discussed at prison congress
In Quincy New Jersey Det M The advocates use of fine prints for voter registration and unification were presented by J K Ferner of Scotland Yard London in an address before the National Prison Congress. The Congress opened with 189 delegates from 25 states plus visitors from England Canada and Japan. Bishop Fallows of Chicago spoke on crime and public schools and Professor O R Henderson of the University of Chicago spoke on crime prevention.
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Quincy
J. K. Ferner
Scotland Yard
London
National Prison Congress
Ferrier
Nesides
England
Counla
Japan
Bishop Fallows
Chicago
R Hendereos
University of Chicago
Kansas Girl Feugnson Missing Near Valley Falls
Topeka reporters note three honored men search the countryside above Valley Falls for Mles Pearl Fe guson. She left her home after writing notes to relatives and stated she was tired of living and would end her own life. Pondy ore dragged, wells examined, and Delaware River woods scoured.
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Topeka
Kas
Valley
Delaware River
School Ship Case Dismissed for Lack of Jurisdiction
In Providence on October 19, Judge Brown dismissed a petition to declare the Pennsylvania School Ship Corporation bankrupt, ruling the United States District Court lacked jurisdiction. The hearing centered on the petition and the court dismissed it for want of jurisdiction.
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Providence
R. 1
Atfaira
Pennsylvania
United States District Court
School Ship Corporation
Brown
Union Communion Service in St Louis Coliseum
The only gathering today of delegates at missionary meetings of the Christian church was a union communion service held at the Coliseum. J H Garrison of St Louis presided and a sermon was delivered by Cawley Morgan of Paris Kentucky.
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St. Louis
The
Christian Church
Coliseum
J. H. Garrison
Jan Eédrome
Cawley Morgan
Parle
Kyoree
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