Prisoner in solitary at Mort Madison jail
Leonard W Haley life prisoner at the state penitentiary in Des Moines has been placed in solitary confinement. Haley’s friends say it followed a letter to Attorney General Casson demanding an investigation of Warden Sanders and concerns about sanitary conditions. Warden Sanders says Haley is feigning martyrdom and was placed in isolation for cause. The piece also reports a state railroad commission ruling on minimum car weights for livestock shipments, plus a $250,000 damages suit by J A J Powers and W S Way alleging a “freeze out” in a Marion county coal deal involving FE A Hollingsworth and J G Everist.
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Des Moines
Teonard W. Haley
State Penitentiary
Mort Madison
Casson
Sanders
Carroll
Haley
State Railroad Commission
Linton
Iowa
FE. A. Hollingsworth
J G Everist
Sioux City
J. A. J. Powers
W. S. Way
Marion County
Way and Powers
Merritt Funeral Friday in Red Oak Iowa
Darwin Merritt, assistant engineer with the U.S. Navy and the only American officer to lose his wife in the Maine explosion, will be buried Friday at 2 p.m. in Red Oak. Adjutant General Logan of the Iowa National Guard will supervise a military funeral with Company M present. Governor Carroll and staff plan to attend.
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Red Oak
Darwin Merritt
U.S. N
Maine
Havana Harbor
Med Oak
Logan
Lews National
New York
Iavana
Havana
Merritt
Parson Charged With Arson In Mison City
Rev. Thomas Robertson, pastor of the United Brethren church, was arrested on arson charges after a fire destroyed a parsonage barn and Imgey property. The complaint was filed by Thomas, a board of trustees member and church member, alleging Robertson started the blaze.
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Mison City
Thomas Robertson
United Brethren Phare O
Ventura Min
Boy Thomas
Robertson
Thomas
Roberson
Eloping Couple Married After Backed by Parents
Newton Aug 14 Elmer Schermerhorn and Jeota Lovelace eloped and were brought back from Marshalltown. They obtained their parents consent a license and were wed there. The bridegroom is 21 and the bride 15. Des Moines Aug 14 Every person operating a milk tester after Sept 15 without a state permit will be prosecuted. State dairy and food commissioner W B Barnaby says the examiner will check applicants for fitness to operate a tester.
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Des Moines
W. B. Barnaey
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
Mystery Chambers in Old British Castles
Mystery rooms in Glamis Castle Poulton Old Hall Nether Trail and Minster Lovel House intrigue historians. Secrets reside with heirs and solicitors while hidden vaults and preserved relics fuel legends of locked chambers and a decayed past.
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Glamis Castle
Earls of Strathmore
Earl of Strathmore
Leir
Poulton Old Hall
Green
Mersey
Nether Trail
Cumberland
Sewhouse
Minster Lovel House
Oxfordshire
Foy
Lord Lovel
Henry VII
Pearson’s Weekly
Scheme to cheat a river gambler with a cold deck
A plantation gambler plans a smuggling poker ruse to bilk Phillips, arranging a private game with a professional to be dealt four queens for the mark and four kings for himself, plus a confidence ace. The Old Man agrees, seeking easy gain from a river card scheme.
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New Orleans
Squire
Phillips
Saturday Evening Post
Big Noses In Japan Feature Tale From London Telegraph
A London Telegraph piece notes that noses define Japanese facial variety. It claims large noses mark a gifted beauty class and that many depictions emphasize this feature as a sign of favored status among women.
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Japan
London
Sweet Child Statement About Parties and Safety
A fragment from the Chicago Record Herald notes Elsie quotes magma and a nurse praising party visits at a house. The dialogue includes assurances there is no danger of harm from offerings, reflecting a domestic conversation on trust and safety.
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Elsie
Guamima
Chicago Record Herald
Her Undeveloped Sense of Humor Chronicle
A humorous exchange quoted from the Chicago Record Herald where a man blames women for lacking humor and his wife concedes the joke in a wry, domestic moment reflecting social banter of the period.
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Chicago Records Herald
Foolishness Leads to Fine in Local Hearing
In Washington Werald a speaker was fined five dollars after arguing with a police officer. The exchange focused on whether the defendant’s actions constituted foolishness and whether more appropriate conduct was available.
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Yudze
Washington Werald
Remark on love and fortune by King
A pithy aphorism by King notes that making love is easier than making a fortune yet involves higher risk. It contrasts personal affection with wealth, highlighting gamble and effort in both paths.
Advertising as a Message and Its Profit Impact
A Seattle Times article discusses how advertising moves a message from merchant to customer across media, comparing it to double-entry bookkeeping. It cites cases of a streetcar company promoting courtesy and a city cafe failing because its ads emphasized expense and exclusivity, illustrating how message relevance drives outcomes beyond the medium used.
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Seattle Times
Practical Ideas About Copy
Carl J. Ballett argues before the Cleveland Ad club that advertising copy should pursue two aims. First to influence buyers in a purchasing frame of mind, second to imprint future recall on those not wanting the product now. He proposes varying copy for the prospective buyer while keeping trademark and slogan fixed in the same place.
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Carl J. Ballett
Cleveland Ad Club
The Man Who Fears Falling Never Wins Race
A compact aphorism notes that fear of failure undermines success. The idea links anxiety to poor performance, suggesting courage and confidence lead to better outcomes.
Paying investment cited by Colonial Bureau official
Alfred Patek secretary of the Colonial Bureau of Investigation wrote to T. W. LeQuatte president of the Des Moines Admen's club about investing 5000 dollars in scientific advertising. We have on record actual sales with names of buyers and locations totaling over 1540000 dollars. Patek said this traces likely 25 percent of results obtained.
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Alfred Patek
Colonialj Bureau of
Lmmigation
Wotten
T. W. LeQuatte
Des Moines Admen's Club
Partic
Foragers Busy in the West in Iowa Check Forgery Case
Des Moines reports detectives and banker secretary Pp. W. Hall assist in tracing a systematic forgery ring. Wealthy Iowa farmers on summer trips are targeted. Rhodes and an accomplice arrested in Manitou Colorado for 475 dollars using Jacob Arnold of Dexter Iowa’s forged name. Additional cases involve Walter Ellick in Salt Lake City and a $610 entry in Florence Colorado. A $1,000 Des Moines check from Salt Lake City was halted, with arrests expected. Other cases noted in Ogden and Bronson Massachusetts.
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Des Moines
Pp. W. Hall
Iowa Bankers’ Association
Iowa
West
Manitou
Colo
F. W. Rhodes
Jacob Arnold
Dexter
Rhodes
Arnold
Bankers’ Association
Walter Ellick
Salt Lake City
Essex
Florence
Ogden and
Bronson
Will Move the Mississippi St Paul Pushes $10 Million Redirect
St Paul plans to divert three miles of the Mississippi River into an artificial channel on the west side flats to create 900 acres of land for rail union station facilities and manufacturing sites. The project, costing about $10 million, will provide rail trackage and long term downtown value, funded by a $500,000 bond authorization.
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St. Paul
Mississippi River
West Side
River and Harbor Commission of
Dayton’s
Kansas Grants Births and Deaths Registry Start
Topeka Kansas, August 14 The nation long registered livestock and now Kansas begins recording births and deaths. Counties must pay the 25 cent birth registration fee, with local registrars supplying forms and sending copies to the state vital statistics division. The delay in getting blanks delayed full effectiveness until supplies reached 478 local registrars.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
State of
Vital Statistics Division
State Board of Health
Wolf bounty fund prorated at 55 cents on dollar
Pierre August 14 holders of wolf bounty certificates will receive only 55 cents on the dollar of face value. The appropriation is 13000 dollars, but claims total 23365 dollars, so claims will be prorated from the fund to cover the cards issued. General Edwin A McAlpin elected national president and chief scout of the American Boy Scouts at New York headquarters.
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McAlpin
Boy Scouts
New York
Edwin A. McAlpin
The
American Boy Scouts
Aimmer Voy
Back From Race Congress Dr Felix Adler Tells Plans
Dr Felix Adler head of the Society for Ethical Culture reports on his return from the universal race congress in London. He cites two proposed bureaus: a press bureau to share information on oppressed races and an investigative bureau to document their grievances.
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Felix Adler
London
New York
Society For Ethical Culture
Taft and Senate Clash Over Arbitration Treaties
Washington reports the senate foreign relations committee amended the British and French arbitration treaties by removing the joint high commission power. Taft urged postponement to December, with strong warnings on possible treaty failure. Senators debated risks of old world influence and Bryce criticism amid uncertain prospects this session.
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Washington
Taft
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Joint High Commission
Senate
American Commonwealth
Bryce
Congress
Five Hurt When Auto Upsets in Iowa City
Aug 14 report states Mr Vergil Mercer Mrs Mercer two children and Miss Flo Anthony were trapped beneath a overturned auto on the road to Ottumwa. The top shielded them after the car plunged down a ditch. No bones broken though all shaken. Campaign Bill Agreed To by Congress
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Iowa City
Vergil Mercer
Flo Anthony
Ottumwa
Obligingly Clawed Crabs Parade for Seaside Fishermen
Chicago Record-Herald reports on crab claws displayed and exchanged for venturing fishermen near Seville. Salt water crabs from Moroccan shores shed claws without bleeding, often presenting them to crabbers as tribute. Fishermen block dens or dig out crabs, then release the creatures to regrow new claws, while the crabs depart claw in hand.
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Seville
Morocco
Spain
Portugal
Chicago Record-Herald
Pressure of water changes corked bottle in ocean depths
A corked bottle with fresh water lowered into the sea shows salt water replacing the fresh water when raised. As depth increases water pressure rises, compressing air and forcing the cork inward, allowing salt water to mix with fresh water, then the returning surface pressure re-seals the cork.
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St. Louis Republic
Counterfeit Detectors Carry High Value Fresh Funds
A New York Sun report notes counterfeit detectors, licensed by the Treasury, carry about 150 sample bills for comparison. Bank tellers describe the practice as risky and legal penalties apply for possessing counterfeit money without proper authority. The total value kept with the detectors ranges from forty to fifty thousand dollars, with notes from one dollar to one thousand dollars.
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Treasury Department
Washington
New York Sun
The Solar Plexus and the Bowels of Compassion
A New York Tribune excerpt explains that emotional response is felt in the innards through the solar plexus. The plexus consists of abdominal nerves behind the stomach, sending signals to the brain which interprets them as originating there.
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New York Tribune
Her Great Love
A tender exchange unfolds as a man asks for love despite lacking a coat. She answers with soft reassurance that she would love him if he sacrificed his other garments to buy her a new dress, set in a London Mali frame.
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London
Mali
Fishermen’s Luck vs Wall Street Speculation
A Chicago News quip contrasts speculative stock bets with the luck of fishing, noting that while wise guys risk much, true luck can feel like saving bait while fishing. The saying implies restraint and method over reckless pursuit.
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Wall Street
Chicago News
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