Iowa special session ends with unresolved senate race
The Thirty second general assembly of Iowa adjourned Thursday at 5 pm after a partial agenda. A primary law passed, but selecting a United States senator remained deadlocked. The session recessed until Nov 24 to elect the short term senator, under a pledge to choose the candidate with the most votes in the upcoming special primary. Senate 36 14. House 68 30.
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Thirty Second General Assembly
Iowa
United States
State House
United States Senate
Senate
House
General Assembly
William 1
Allison
Victory for the Toads in Commerce Clause Ruling
The U S circuit court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania declared the commodities clause of the Hepburn railroad act unconstitutional. It held the clause not a regulation of commerce and beyond federal power, despite prior actions by railroads and government promises not to enforce pending decision.
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United States Circuit Court
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Bonaparte
Philadelphia
Locomotive Company Declares Quarterly Dividend
The American Locomotive Company directors on Thursday issued the quarterly dividend on common stock. The last quarterly dividend was 1.44 percent. The regular quarterly dividend of 1 percent on preferred stock was declared as usual.
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Locomotiyve Company
American Locomotive Company
Death of Charles K Lord railroad executive in Philadelphia
Charles K Lord president of the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Company and former third vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad died in Philadelphia on Thursday. Cause of death was Bright's disease.
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Charles K. Lord
The
Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Company
Ie Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Philadelphia
Bright
Sioux City Live Stock Market Prices and Local Honors
Thursday quotations in the Sioux City live stock market show top beeves at 4.25 and top hogs at 6.75 dollars. The Obrinsk council in Russia named the central square Tolstol in his honor and sent a congratulatory note to the author.
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Sioux City
Tolstol
Obrinsk
Russe
Olstol
Assembly Passes Amendment To Primary Law For Senate Vote
Both houses approve a bill to move the United States senate primary to the general election next November and require a party pledge from voters. The measure, with a cross party pledge, passed the house 21 to 0 after Democrats opposed an Oregon plan substitute.
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Town General Assembly
Cummins
United States
House
Senate
GriMiond
Congress of the United States
Atte
Nelson Gains Lightweight Title With Gans Victory
Nelson defeats Joe Gans in Colma arena San Francisco in the twenty first round to clinch the lightweight championship. Gans collapses after a relentless barrage as Referee Eddie Smith finishes the count. Gans declares he has fought his last battle.
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Nelson
Joe Gans
Colma Arena
San Francisco
Gans
Eddie Smith
Wright Breaks All Records at Fort Meyer Aeroplane Flight
Greville Wright set a new aviation record at Fort Meyer near Washington, circling the parade ground fifty times in the first minute and a half, achieving an estimated speed of 36 to 38 miles per hour. He reported minor motor slips but no other issues, and planned another attempt later in the day.
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Greville Wright
Fort Meyer
Washington VC
Tr Ty
Wright
Man Attacks Family During Mental Health Crisis
A 60 year old man named Pearson Talley of Wilnington Det. during a mental illness episode assaulted his wife in bed, fracturing and splitting her skull with a broad ax. He then attacked his niece and her husband Andrew Johansen, injuring the niece's head and the husband’s skull.
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Pearson Talley
Wilnington
Det
Andrew Johansen
Police Captain W Auble Shot in Desperate Street Encounter
Los Angeles police captain Walter Auble was shot during a street confrontation with two burglars. One suspect, Fred Horning, a chauffeur, was captured, while the other assailant, Carl Sutherland, a white man, escaped and the captain's condition was described as probably fatally wounded.
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Walter Auble
Los Angeles
Cal
Fred Horning
Carl Sutherland
Haovu ligo s begins seventeenth annual lodge convention in Chicago
The Concatunated Order of Huo Huo, featernal and guctal lodge of the National Lunberrmen's association, opened its seventeenth annual session in Chicago on Wednesday with impressive ceremonies.
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Order of
National Lunberrmen’s Association
Chicago
Nomination of George Litley for Governor by Republicans
George Litley of New Haven Connecticut was nominated for governor by the Republican state convention on Wednesday. The action marks Litley as the party’s chosen candidate for the forthcoming election and sets the stage for a heated campaign in the state.
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Litley
George L. Tdiley
New Haven, Conn
Tells Startling Death Plot in Omaha Case
Mrs Abbie Rice testified she planned to kill Dr Frederick Rustin and then take her own life to protect his life insurance. The coroner's inquest into Dr Rustin's death at his Omaha home heard Rustin had proposed framing others and arranging a hired killer. Charles H M Davis testified he attempted suicide with drugs from Rustin but denied involvement in the doctor’s death.
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Rhee
Austin
Frederick HH. Tustin
Omaha
Neh
Police
Abbie Rice
Tir. Austin
Tam
Irving Rice
United States Army
Fort Des Moines
Thee City
Cuba
Pinar del Rio
Des Moines
Dr. Austin
Chas. KH. Davis
Rustin
Davis
Four Die in Fire at Belmont Hotel in Penger Colo
A mass blaze gutted the Belmont hotel on Tuesday morning in Penger Colorado. Nearly 160 guests stayed there as fire spread rapidly trapping people on the third floor. Four men died and many were injured, some seriously, as guests jumped or were carried to safety by firefighters and police. Firefighters credit Cripple Creek fireman Patrick Treadwell with saving at least ten lives by guiding entrapped guests to jump to the adjoining roof. Officials suspect arson and are conducting a thorough investigation amid a spate of fires in Denver lodging houses.
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Penger
Colo
Belmont Hotel
Patrick Treadwell
Cripple Creek
Denver
Fourth of July Casualties Reported by AMA Journal
The journal of the American Medical Association records 5 632 killed or injured in the United States during this year’s Fourth of July celebration, 1 210 more than last year, with 163 deaths. It cites Baltimore and Toledo for ordinances against fireworks and praises enforcement, and notes preventive methods in St Paul and Detroit.
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Rome
Journal of the
American Medical Association
United States
Journal
Baltimore
Toledo
St. Paul
Detroit
Hughes Test Question Spurs New York GOP Question
In New York on Tuesday the Republican primary featured a Hughes test as voters were asked in every election district if they favored renomination of the governor. The marked interest centered on whether party members supported the incumbent rather than other features of the race.
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Hughes
New York
Greater
Bootlegging in Court House Sparks Attention in Paris
Ellis Weant of Paris Ti was arrested for selling whisky by the bottle in the basement of the court house. Paris, a dry town, witnessed a brisk illegal trade before the arrest.
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Court House
Ellis Weant
Paris
Weant
Wentuckian Willy Old Piend
Buck Cottungame entered his Hamilton Ohio home and fatally shot Ferris Arnett in the front room. Both men were natives of WKson Breathice County Kentucky. Cottungame surrendered to authorities.
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Willy Old Piend
Buck Cottungame
Linden Street
Hamilton
Ferris Arnett
Wkson
Breathice Countly
Cot- Luhgane
Wife shoots husband then wounds self in Flemingsburg tragedy
Edward Smoot was shot four times in the back by his wife in Flemingsburg Kentucky and killed instantly. She then attempted suicide by shooting herself in the arm jealousy was given as the motive.
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Edward Smoot
Flemingsburg
Brookville Inn patron murders wife then shoots self
Jesse Woodfull, 63, of Brookville Inn, crushed his wife with a flatiron ending her life. He then fired one bullet into his body and a second into his head, dying after the act.
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Self
Jesse Woodfull
Brookville, Inn
Archduchess Brings Candied Wares to Papal Celebrations
Archduchess of Aris tin, mother of many daughters, is a noted candioanker whose decorated cantilon fragrances fund her lavish lifestyle. She supplies the pope with bedroom ends and annually furnishes the Sistine chapel and St Perera altars for missas, earning substantial wealth from this unique trade.
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Archdachera Arison Cayilles
Broderick
Aristin
Mikes
Sistine Chapel
St. Perera
Popcorn choke near death tale from Chicago Tribune
Johnny nearly choked while eating popcorn, a grain became lodged in his sarcophagus rather than the windpipe, according to Mya Lapsting and later clarified by a doctor from the Chicago Tribune report.
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Johnny
Mya
Chicago Tribune
Guns and Trays Cheap Catalog Copy
An advertisement-like fragment offers guns and trays for sale with trade in hides and fare. It lists catalog 104 N.W. Hide and for Co Minneapolis Minn and repeats in garbled form. The rest is unrelated playful text about a boy at Sunday school and a joking exchange.
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N.W. Hide & For Co
Minneapolis, Minn
Politics as a duty and a satire on fame in a quirky piece
In a humorous passage, the Oties Seewerts Mpstaph Secretary Vortelyon elaborates on politics as a duty, defending its honor while lampooning a former politician Gary Harkness. An editor’s epitaph proposal and a joke about rain checks close the fragment, reflecting a satirical newspaper voice.
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Vortelyon
Gary Harkness
Eilary Alarkness
Wilary
Modest Thaft
The Pale Girl and a Warm Drink Cure Claims
A letter from a North Dakota girl describes health troubles in cold weather and credits coffee replacement Postum with restoring vigor. She had headaches indigestion and nervousness from coffee use but improved after switching to Postum and Grape Nuts. The note asserts genuine benefits and urges readers to try the product.
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Pete
Favourable developments bolster continuing business recovery
Dunn's Review of Trade notes growing confidence in a recovery across production and distribution. Demand for mill and factory outputs rises as Fall and winter merchandise move, agricultural conditions strengthen prices above last year, and purchasing power in the West expands. Chicago August permits total 41 valued at 1 567 000, with bank deposits steady and failures easing from last year.
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West
Chicago
Mercantile
Fall business shows mixed demand and cautious buying
New York reports cooler weather and fall festivals aiding trade and expanding distribution in northwestern and southwestern markets while many southern centers show gains. Crop movements, especially winter wheat and cotton, improve collections. But overall trade remains below last year with conservatism in orders for immediate needs. Industrial output rises with iron and steel at 60 to 80 percent capacity and strikes settled boosting production. Bradstreet notes weekly US failures at 210, Canada 17.
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New York
Alabama
New England
United States
Bradstreet
Regional grain and livestock price quotes across major markets
Price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. Commodities include wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and clover seed with varied grades and prices listed per unit or per bushel. The data reflects regional market quotes for buyers and sellers.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
New York
Egen
Western
Toledo
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Readers
Letters from Mrs. 8 A Williams of Gardiner Maine and Mrs. Alvina Sperling of Chicago Illinois cite dramatic health improvements from Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Williams says it stopped a needed operation in three months after physicians advised it. Sperling claims cures for female troubles and a tumor without surgery after two doctors advised none was necessary.
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Lydia L.pinkeham
A. Williams
Gardiner
Maine
Lydia L. Pinkham
Alvina Sperling
Cleybourne Ave
Chicago
Lydia HK. Pinkham
Tribune Ponders Polite Phrase In Baffling Riddle
A fractured OCR fragment shows quirky dialogue and garbled names as an unidentified speaker addresses a colleague. The text hints at a pun or coded message within a college or Tribune context, but the surrounding context is unreadable.
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