Nikko Shrines and Mount Festival Awe Visitors in Japan
Tourists marvel at Nikko's Shinto Buddhist fusion shrines and mausoleums built for Iyeyasu and successors. The festival draws pilgrims from distant regions along a grand procession over sacred bridges, lanterns, drums, and ornate gates, with monks, warriors, dancers, and townspeople adding color to the mountain anthem.
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Buddha
Theyasu
Kunoran
Nikko
Japan
Hidar Jingoro
Iyemitsu
Yoritomo
India
Dayu
Grand Avenue
Rivalry and sales talk spark ridicule at Hartford dinner
At a Hartford dinner, a car maker boasted sales of one car every two minutes. A rival mocked the claim, calling it poor salesmanship and quoting the proverb there’s a sucker born every minute. Quintilian’s educational precepts were cited by Worth of Education.
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Hartford
Conn
Mke
Wooster
Reform group plans state legislative conference on welfare laws
Philanthropists and reform groups in the state will hold a formal conference this winter to draft a roster of social welfare measures for the next assembly. Proposals include county hospitals for tuberculosis patients, a reform of the penal system, a state institution for epileptic patients, pensions for widows with children, and juvenile court jurisdiction in rural districts among others.
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Theo Piepepak
Lama
Philanthropia
Emb
Hell
Ebths
State Registration Bureau For Vital Statistics
Society Women at Work as Tomato Peelers in Marshalltown
Society women of this city including Mrs E R Jay wife of a leading merchant and Mrs c Trine wife of a banker, both prominent in clubs, yesterday donned kitchen aprons and hired out to Western Grocer company as tomato peelers.
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Marshalltown
E. R. Jay
C. €. Trine
Western Grocer Company
Ag Tomato Peelers
Lost man traverses cornfield stalk to nine feet high
Hamburg George Ford wandered the cornfield and climbed a tall stalk to reach the tassel height. He steadied himself on a projecting ear, moved along the stalks, and found an exit. Ford and others cut down the stalk and brought it to town.
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Hamburg
George Ford
Valuable pearls boost Cedar Rapids river fame
The Cedar River again draws attention as a pearl producer. After a Nashua discovery worth $1,000 a pearl, Waterloo yielded a pearl weighing sixteen grains valued over $800 found by H. C. Egbert last week.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Nashua
Waterloo
H.C. Egbert
Laborer Fatally Injured at Milwaukee Roundhouse
Sioux City reports H. F. Reddington aged 34 a hostler helper at the Milwaukee railroad roundhouse was struck by an engine and lies mortally injured in a hospital. Both legs mangled and recovery regarded as unlikely.
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Sioux City
H. F. Reddington
Milwaukee Railroad Roundhouse
Typhoid Outbreak Hit Fort Dodge Chautauqua
The recent Chautauqua assembly at Fort Dodge suffered a typhoid outbreak due to the diseased water supply. About twenty five residents contracted the illness, with most staying at the event during its sessions.
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Fort Dodge
Farmer fleeced in poker game inquiry opened
Coster of Knoxville told police he lost 2200 in a poker game with a well known Des Moines citizen. He filed information and Chief Jenney began an investigation.
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Farmer
Des Moines
C. Coster
Knoxville
Jenney
Robbers Open Vault at Lake Park State Bank
Robbers forced entry to the Lake Park state bank early Tuesday, escaping with about $3,000 in cash. Investigators believe the criminals fled in a Buick automobile.
Build New Reservoir in Fort Dodge
Excavation has begun on a reinforced concrete reservoir with a capacity of 25,000 gallons. The tank will be 166 feet across its equatorial diameter and 222 feet across its largest dimension, at an estimated cost of 25,000 dollars.
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Fort Dodge
Gypsum Deposit Found Near Centerville Sparks Mining Venture
A long white crystal gypsum sample near Centerville, discovered by Iowa State College researchers, indicates hundreds of thousands of dollars in potential value. The deposit lies about AN feet deep, measures 7 to 17 feet thick, and is nearly pure, prompting formation of a mining company to exploit the resource.
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Ames
Mining Engineering Department
Towa State College
Érik
Iowa
Centerville
Tis
Enone
Ufartupe St
Record Price for Cattle at Interstate Fair
Record price of 21250 dollars paid by buyers for first prize fat cattle exhibited by Cudahy Co. at the interstate fair. Cattle shown by M. G. Beers of Cushing. Second ribbon cattle owned by Frank Woodford of Glenn Ellen, Ia, brought 10.75 dollars.
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Sioux
Cudahy & Coa
M. G. Beers
Cushing
Frank Woodford
Glenn Ellen
Pressman Crushed In Newspaper Press Accident
William Bree, a 30 year old pressman at the Nonpareil press, slipped while at work and tried to recover himself, his left arm was caught between two form cylinders and crushed nearly to the elbow.
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Counct
William Bree
Child Loses Leg in Farm Accident Near Babb Farm
A four year old boy near the Babb farm was seriously injured when a knife swung by his father while cutting corn in a field severed the child’s left leg. The accident occurred while the father was working. Local medical aid responded and the family faces a grim outcome.
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Elliott
Babb
Senator James A. Smith Injured in Osage Yard Incident
State Senator James A. Smith of Osage broke his left ankle while watching workmen build a stone porch. He stepped back and fell from a stone pile. doctors expect bed rest for about three weeks.
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James Smith
Osage
James A. Smith
Foul Brood Destroys Bees in Nevada County
Frank C. Pellett, Atlantic state bee inspector, reports foul brood disease is prevalent among bees in this county as he investigates the situation. He describes the condition as specific to bees and notes the ongoing countywide assessment.
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Frank C. Pellett
Atlantic
Jury Awards $260 in Parsons Oldfield Breach Case
In Council Bluffs the jury after extensive deliberation awarded the plaintiff 260 dollars in the breach of promise suit against Parsons and Oldfield, who faced a demanded 10,000 dollars.
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Council Bluffa
Parsons-Oldfield
Auto Driver Ned Neltefee Injured in Green Goblin Crash
Doctors in Mason City report Ned Neltefee’s condition worsened after injuries from the Green Goblin during the September 3 auto races. Complications have set in and recovery seems doubtful.
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Mason City
Ned Neltefee
Blackleg Strikes Five Cattle In Roland Community
Joe H. Tweet, a leading local farmer, reports losing five head of valuable young cattle to blackleg over the past week in Roland. The outbreak affects the community’s cattle stock and prompts concerns among farmers.
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Blackleg
Roland
Joe H. Tweet
Conference at Wark Marshalltown session in progress
The fifty seventh annual session of the Upper laws conference of the M. and church is in session at Wark Marshalltown with a very large attendance.
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Wark
Marshalltown
Upper Laws
Iowa Hogs Dying In Leon Local Farm Crisis
Farmers in Leon report many hogs dying from a mysterious disease not cholera. Local veterinarians investigate, urging care and reporting to county agricultural officials as losses rise.
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Iowa
Leon
Rock Island Improves Service On Germania Branch
Rock Island will add an extra train to carry passengers and freight on the Germania branch between Dows and Germania, improving service and elating local residents along the line. The enhancement comes as Iowa Falls reacts positively to the expanded schedule and vows better rail connections.
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Rock Island
Iowa Falls
Germania
Dows
Deputy U.S. Marshal Resigns in Creston
Wesley Bryant, a Creston deputy U.S. marshal, who has faced arrest for alleged drunkenness and recent disciplinary incidents, resigns from his post.
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U. S
Council
Blufs
Wesley
Bryant
Creston
United States
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