Iowa board protests quarantine law omits consumption from list
Des Moines reports Iowa’s state board of health faults the new quarantine law for excluding consumption from the contagious diseases list. The omission removes the board’s power to compel disinfection in quarters occupied by consumptives, allowing owners to avoid disinfection. The change draws criticism as a backward step in tuberculosis control.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Board of Health
Department of Tuberculosis
State Board of Control
Board of Health
Thirty-third General Assembly
State Board
Moon bill heads to courts after governor pledge
Des Moines April 15 Governor Carroll is expected to sign the Moon bill limiting saloons to one per 1000 people. Liquor Dealers' association attorney Willis Birdsall urged a veto citing procedural irregularities. Backers expect the governor will sign and let courts settle any challenges.
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Des Moines
Carroll
Willis Birdsall
Birdsall
Laws Liquor Dealers’ Association
Pure water and milk supply praised in Marshalltown report
Marshalltown health physician Dr. M. A. Cheshire cites the city’s pure water and milk supply as a key asset. In 1909 the town recorded only eight typhoid cases, all traced to outside sources, and infantile intestinal troubles were notably low last summer.
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Marshalltown
M. A. Cheshire
Milk inspection ordinance praised amid diphtheria decline
The health report shows two diphtheria cases and twenty two smallpox cases, with overall contagious diseases down 25 percent from the prior year. Dr Cheshire calls milk inspection one of the city’s biggest steps forward in public health. In LeMars on April 15 Captain Net hans fatally shot Miss Bessie Wengler after she rejected him and wounded her father before being subdued. no cartridges exploded.
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Cheshire
LeMars
Nethans
Bessie Wengler
Neihaus
Wengler
Attorney advises Maybray to stay in Des Moines
Council Bluffs attorney George S. Wright, representing J. C. Maybray, who arrived in Des Moines in custody of a U.S. deputy marshal, spoke with his client by telephone and urged Maybray to remain in Des Moines and not seek transfer to Council Bluffs for the moment.
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Maybray
Council Bluffs
George S. Wright
J. C. Maybray
Des Moines
Little Rock
United States
Seizure of Carroll Springs Distillery by U S Warh
Washington reports formal instructions to Baltimore collector to seize Carroll Springs Distillery and its plant with about 8000 barrels of whisky under the 1868 act. The action follows a three month internal revenue inquiry directed by the commissioner. Alleged violations include new whisky in old barrels and substitution of whisky.
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Washington
Goldsborough
Baltimore
Carroll Springs Distillery Company
Maryland
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Indiana night riders terrorize Hartmans Ferry area
Night riders on horseback threaten landowners near Hartmans Ferry south of Washington Indiana. Twenty riders warn tenants to pay one third of crops, otherwise crops may be mowed. A riding plow and farm implements are destroyed and a mailed powder and matches warn of harsher penalties. A stranger seeks discounts on carriage whips, suggesting planned floggings.
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Washington
Ind
Hartmans l Frerry
William Schrolucks
Thomas Taylor
Lvy
Convicted Highway Robbery Suspect in Sioux City
John Hardiman was found guilty by a district court jury of assault with intent to commit robbery in the hold up and shooting of John Garvin in Sioux City. Garvin narrowly escaped death. Sentence to be imposed within three days.
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Sioux City
John Hardiman
Hardiman
John Garvin
Baltimore Social Set Fetes Harriet Brown Wedding
Society notes spotlight the spring marriage of Miss Harriet Brown, daughter of Alexander Brown, banker of Baltimore, to T Suffern Tatler of New York. The bride, famed as a beauty, receives $500,000 from her father as a wedding gift. the couple will reside in New York after a honeymoon abroad.
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Harriet Brown
Alexander Brown
Baltimore
T. Suffern Tatler
New York
Maryland
Taller
Gotch Retains World Wrestling Title
Frank Gotch of Trumboldt Iowa defeated Yussiff Mahmout of Bulgaria in a fast two fall match to retain the world wrestling championship. Gotch won the first fall in 8 minutes 9 seconds with a crotch and half Nelson, the second in 9 minutes 10 seconds after overcoming Mahmout’s resistance and avoiding the toe hold.
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Chicago
Frank Gotch
Trumboldt
Yussiff Mahui
Bulgaria
Goteh
Gotch
Mahmout
Smith
Mount Wilson Uphill Race Attracts Western Runners
Pasadena April 15 unique endurance event draws crack athletes from the west to climb Mount Wilson 6000 feet. Contest counts only ascent this year with King’s 1 hour 25 minutes 80 seconds record likely to fall. Thirty entrants start at three minute intervals for medals.
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Pasadena
Cal
West
Mount Wilson
Joe King
King
Civic Alliance Banquet in Plaza Hotel Prosperity Forum
The New York council of the American Civic alliance holds its inaugural banquet at the Plaza tonight with 300 invited guests. Baron Takahira and Dr Wu Ting Fang have promised addresses as the New York branch organization debuts and civic problems are discussed.
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New York
Women in Washington Clean Up Day Drive
In Washington today 9 AM and later women from prominent families join clean up efforts to pick up litter in streets and parks. The Twentieth Century club leads the effort aiming to improve civic pride and curb visual pollution.
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Washington
National Capital
Twentieth Century Club
Rich Autoist Held for Homicide
Nathaniel Platt of New York, president of the Baker Vehicle company, is arrested on homicide charges after a motor car he drove killed John Burns, an orderly at Metropolitan hospital. Burns was dragged under the car at Broadway and Eighth street until a pedestrian alerted others.
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New York
Nathaniel Platt
Baker Vehicle Company
John Burns
Metropolitan Hospital
Broadway
Eighth Street
Platt
Burns
Hogs and cattle markets report from Chicago May 15 1909
The Chicago market notes show hog receipts of about 22 000 with prices mixed from 5 lower to near 7 40 for heavy salable grades. Cattle and sheep volume around 5 000 and 10 000 respectively with overall softness, yesterday’s declines extended into today. Estimated receipts for tomorrow placed at 18 000 hogs plus 10 000 cattle and 5 000 pigs, with market softness continuing. Local totals include official receipts yesterday at 30 318 and shipments at 2 101.
No Grain Corner Says Patten
Chicago operator James A. Patten says he does not control the wheat market and predicts a long shortage driven by rising world demand. He notes selling large amounts at high prices and cites three to four years of thinning bins and a need for wheat for Chicago mills amid Europe’s demand for 55 million bushels.
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Chicago
Pittsburg Bakers
Knox
James A. Patten
Mr. Patten
Europe
Liverpool
Cummins Proposes Reciprocal Trade Amendments in Senate
Senator Cummins today introduced amendments to the tariff bill to extend reciprocal trade. The plan allows the president to suspend duties on foreign goods from countries that discriminate against American products, with 20 to 25 percent duty increases on certain lists, and to negotiate broader commercial agreements with reciprocal concessions. The president would suspend duties in exchange for concessions.
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Washington
Senator Cummins
Senate
Favors Commission Plan Reported After Galveston Tour
A five member Senate subcommittee reviewing city government forms in Galveston and Houston reports strong public support for the commission plan. Senator John Dailey of Peoria notes almost unanimous citizen approval and says cities show marked improvement under the system.
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Springfield
Senate
Galveston
Houston
Tex
John Dailey
Peoria
Texas
Woman Stabs Chicago Police Chief in Evanston Conflict
Chief of Police Shaffer of Evanston was stabbed in the face during a confrontation with Miia Esther Moline a farmer's daughter who attacked him with scissors. The incident occurred in Chicago on April 15. The chief sustained severe injuries.
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Chicago
Shaffer
Evanston
Miia Esther Moline
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Cunard
Margaret Clark
Brooklyn
Annie Miller
Beach- Wickham Grain
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