Death of Dr James Emmert Prominent Atlantic Physician and Politician
Dr James Emmert, longtime Atlantic resident and state senator, died suddenly at home after feeling unwell overnight. Born June 13 1846 in Maryland he practiced medicine at Johns Hopkins and served in the Iowa General Assembly. He leaves a wife and two sons and was highly esteemed in the community.
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James 4. Emmert
State Aid of Parole
Lome
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Cher
Medical College
Johns Hopkins University
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Senate
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
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Bruce
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State Board of Earth
Board of
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Cummins
Woodbury Passes Away Former Bank President Dead at 72
Marshalltown July 16 After learning of a short illness John P Woodbury prominent citizen and past forty years president of the First National Bank refused to surrender to treatment He died at St Thomas Hospital after an exploratory operation revealed cancer at age 72 He was the last surviving member of Greenleaf M Woodbury’s family who settled Marshalltown in 1854.
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Marshalltown
John P. Woodbury
First National Bank
St. Thomas Hospit
Woodbury
Greenleaf M. Woodbury
Indian Reservations Open for Farm Registrations at Missoula Coeur d Alene and Spokane
A state early 20th century item reports three Indian reservations Missoula Coeur d Alene and Spokane offering 160000 acre 200000 acre and 50000 acre tracts. Qualified applicants may register 10 acre plots on all three with chances to win. Registration costs are low with farm prizes priced 41.25 to 7 per acre. Rail fares from various points including Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and others are listed with specific round trip prices to Missoula Coeur d Alene and Spokane. Also noted are unrelated items about indictments in Oklahoma City and other local notices and deaths.
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Chicago, Milwaum
Chinese Masons Hide Leon Ling in Denver After Sigel Slaying
A Denver report claims Leon Ling, accused in Elsie Sigel case, is under protection of Chinese Masons and aided by Chinese government figures. The New York consul’s dispatch cites fears of lynching and efforts to dispose of the body, with officials urging concealment unless guilt is proven.
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Denver
Leon Ling
Elsie Sigel
New York
Ont Jese
Peking
Ling
Ching Ling
Repeats Snell's Prayer Highlights Clinton Will Case
Bloomington reports at Clinton as Col. Tom Snell's sole public prayer, recited before Judge Fred Nill, anchors the will dispute. The jurist recounts the moment, noting Snell's plea for relief from illness and transformation into a better man. Also cited is a Washington letter from a prominent woman mentioning a personal, affectionate communication and a missed delivery incident.
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Bloomington
Tom Snell
Fred Nill
Snell Will
Clinton
Washington
Florence
Evelyn Thaw On Stand In Matteawan Fight
Evelyn Thaw, attractive and petulant, testified for over an hour in White Plains as the state sought to prove her husband Harry K. Thaw sane for the Matteawan asylum case. The testimony yielded a favorable impression for Thaw. A separate item from Denver notes that Sunday funerals will be banned unless health orders permit them, following an agreement by 43 ministers.
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N. Y
Nesbit
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Justice Mills
Supreme Court
Thaw
Matteawan
Harry Thaw Jr
Roger Clarke
Denver
Col
Board of Health
Wealthy Thief Tries Suicide During Arrest in Doylestown
Leopold Acker, a retired brewer, was caught stealing grain at the mill of J. W. Stilwagon Sons in Philadelphia area. Police report he attempted to kill himself as officers arrested him.
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Philadelphia
J. W. Stilwagon Sons
Doylestown
Leopold Acker
Two Killed by Lightning in Mohawk Calumet Michigan
Two laborers were killed and three others injured during a violent thunderstorm at Mohawk in the Copper Country. The storm was among the heaviest experienced in the region, striking workers at a Calumet area site.
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Mich
Mohawk
Copper County
Wind and lightning kill and injure across Mississippi Valley
A cyclone force wind swept the Mississippi valley causing property damage and injuries across Iowa Missouri Indiana and northern Illinois Kentucky and Ohio. Four deaths from lightning struck trees near Mahomet and Danville. In St Louis and Alton wind damaged ships bridges levees and buildings with many passengers endangered. A funeral procession near Seven Mile Station was blown apart scattering carriages and injuring occupants.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Iowa
Missouri
Indiana
Osio
Louisville
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dubuque
Cleveland
Fithian
Danville
Illinois Traction System
Will Strube
Mavana
Mr. Strube
Roberts
Thomas Quayle
Mahomet
St. Louis
Alton
Mississippi River
Venice
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Butler County
Seven Mile Station
Sarah Lloyd
Shake up at Commerce and Labor as 100 lose jobs
Washington reports a major personnel shake up in the Department of Commerce and Labor. Secretary Nage announced about 100 employees were reduced and around ten resigned after an investigation into efficiency records. Those kept were deemed inefficient or based on the job.
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Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
Nage
Persian Rebels Take Teheran
Nationalist forces seize much of Teheran as Royalists are disarmed. Guards patrol gates while the Nationalists promise safety for foreigners, with the movement led by a nationalist leader who warns foreign legations and assures life and property protection.
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Teheran
Persia
Farhey
Hill visits Taft and Cannon after Labrador fishing trip
Washington dispatch reports James J. Hill, veteran St. Paul railroad magnate, returning from Labrador with a sunburnt look. He called on President Taft and paid a courtesy visit to Speaker Canon, but did not discuss tariff or any legislation.
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Taft
Washington
James J. Hill
St. Paul
John W. Brown Killed by Car in Los Angeles Incident
John W. Brown, believed from Indianapolis, was struck and killed instantly by a car in Los Angeles. Police have not released further details as they investigate the fatal collision.
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John W. Brown
Los Angeles
Cal
Indianapolis
New Chancellor Named After Buetow Succession
Berlin reports Von Bethmann Hollweg named chancellor replacing Prince von Buelow as Emperor William arrives in Berlin from Kiel. The emperor greets the former chancellor with a warm handshake and promenade talks. William later presents Buelow with the Black Eagle in diamonds amid public greetings.
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Prince von Buelow
Berlin
Vbr
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Empire
Prince von Buetow
William
Kiel
Wie
Spree
14 Die In Lake Ship Wreck Near Whitefish Point
In Lake Superior a fogbound collision between segments of steamers Isaac M. Scott and John B. Cowle caused the loss of 14 crew members from the Cowle. The Scott returned to port badly damaged but afloat after the early morning crash off Whitefish Point, with the Cowle sinking in 60 fathoms while carrying 8000 tons of iron ore.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Isaac M. Scott
John B. Cowle
Lake Superior
Whitefish Point
Lghthouse
Cowle
Scott
Bald
Girl and Rescuer Drown in Iowa Falls Launch Accident
Dorothy Bruce was struck by a guy wire from a launch and fell into the water. Archie Drake jumped to save her and drowned. Miss Jeona Sherry and Marvin Reynolds were thrown in but saved themselves by grabbing the wire. Bodies recovered about an hour later. Wright Aeroplane Files report Orville Wright achieved a four minute flight at Fort Myer in a Wright biplane, hovering five minutes fifty seconds and reaching about forty miles per hour while circling the parade grounds.
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Iowa Falls
Dorothy Bruce
Archie Drake
Down City
Jeona Sherry
Marvin Reynolds
Wright Aeroplane Files
Washington
Orville Wright
Wright Aeroplane
Fort Myer
Noose Slips as Slayer Barrett Hanged in Alberta
Gary R. Barrett, who killed Deputy Warden Stedman at the Alberta penitentiary on April 13, maintained innocence to the end. In Winnipeg he was hanged, but the noose slipped and Barrett died by strangulation at the Edisonian pri ja u.
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Winnipeg
Gary R. Barrett
Stedman
Alberta Penitentiary
Barrett
Japanese Break Honolulu Strike on Wamanale Plantations
Japanese laborers on the Wamanale plantation form a cooperative association for profit sharing and will oppose strikes while continuing work.
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Honolulu
Wamanale
Dean's Kidney Pills Promote Kidney Health in Algona
Doings Their Duty: readers learn the kidneys filter blood and cure backache and urinary troubles. Dean's Kidney Pills are endorsed by S. S. Page of Minnesota Street Algona and sold by R. Hi Miller's drug store. Price 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo is U S sale agent. remember the name Donn's.
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Algona
Minnesota St
R. Hi
Miller's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Donn
None but the brave deserve the fair in wartime love
The piece rails at a naval marriage ban for midshipmen during six years of training and mockingly targets the president for signing the bill. It paints the policy as a cruel blow to hopeful couples while predicting public scorn and insult toward the president.
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Cupid
Life 100000 Years Ago Discovery in Swiss Cave Bones Found
Scientists report bones of ancient humans from a Swiss cave dating back 100000 years revealing life in danger from beasts. Modern danger is disease says A W Brown of Alexander Maine who credits Dr Kings New Discovery with curing his severe lung trouble and stubborn cough. He praises it for sore lungs colds obstinate coughs and pneumonia prevention. Ode and 1.00 guaranteed by R H Miller trial bottle free.
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Switzerland
A. W. Lrown
Alexander
R. H. Miller
Chinese minister Mr Wu to present credentials in Peru
Mr Wu the Chinese minister at Washington will go to Peru to present his credentials and open negotiations aimed at establishing diplomatic relations between China and South American countries. This signals a new progressive policy and Wu could become a key factor in expanding Chinese ties with contemporary nations.
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Mr. Wu
Washington
Peru
China
Sees Mother Grow Young With Electric Bitters
Mrs. W. L. Gilpatrick of Danforth Maine credits Electric Bitters with turning her mother, past 70, youthful again after 20 years of severe dyspepsia. She says doctors lost hope until the remedy strengthened digestion and sleep, curing liver and kidney troubles and boosting appetite. Only 10 cents at R. H. Miller's.
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W. L. Gilpatrick
Danforth
R. H. Miller
Wireless Messages Fall Short of Practical Commercial Use
Wireless messages are deemed not yet commercially viable as a practical communications method. Experts note interference, bandwidth limits, and latency hinder broad adoption, while alternative wired and satellite systems progress. Research focuses on error correction, compression, and network efficiency to unlock potential.
Arnica Salve cures pile misery and more
A Kentucky man credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with curing long running pile pain after doctors and remedies failed. The ad touts its infallible use for piles tears cuts and skin diseases and guarantees from a local retailer. It also promotes Foley's Kidney Remedy and Burdock Bread Bitters for other ailments while noting a peach basket hat fashion tease and other promotional lines.
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L. S. Napier
Ruglesa
R. H. Miller
Far West
East
Like Unto Prophets of Old Hale as Prophet-like Senate Chaplain
Edward Everett Hale stood tall and imposing with brown hair and beard, often in a black Episcopal robe though a Unitarian. As senate chaplain he delivered a daily prayer with ceremonial gravity, the Scripture reading preceding it lending solemnity to the occasion, prompting many to feel he echoed ancient Hebrew prophets in presence and message.
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Edward Everett Hale
Charles F. Scott
Jola Register
Senate
A Night Rider's Raid Aimed at Rest with Dr Kings Pills
A hostile description compares harmful night pills to night riders, then promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills as a safe remedy that relieves fever, colds, headaches, and constipation without distress. Sold at R. H. Miller's.
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Dr. King
R. H. Miller's
Mars canals spark hopes as telescopes sharpen focus
Astronomers place bets on Mars advancing in telescopes amid canal chatter. A scattered health ad blitz promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs and lung ailments, while other remedies target kidney pain, skin itching, and laxatives. Grainy notes touch on customs seizures and meat packers venturing into shoe making. The piece closes with a jab at college athletics curtailment for scholastic aims.
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Mars
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