Boys at Iowa City High Build Wireless System
Iowa City High School boys establish a wireless system and do good work. In Marshalltown a dispute at a cigar shop over a boxing match led to a fatal shooting. Harry Lashelle fired three shots at Doc Seibert after being provoked. Seibert died en route to hospital. Lashelle surrendered to authorities. Seibert had a drinking problem and old grudges. Seibert’s brother Fred is linked to Bully Sunday’s right hand man reputation.
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Iowa City
Marshalltown
Cook's
Doc’’ Seibert
Harry Lashelle
Lashelle
Seibert
W. Lashelle
Fred Seibert
Iowa City Teens Pilot Local Wireless Telegraphy
Three Iowa City high school students Horace Mullin Melvin Lorack and Ralph Huggett have built a Marconi style wireless telegraph system linking the city’s high and grammar schools. They plan to extend the station a mile or two upriver and test remote communication with other Iowa cities including Muscatine Davenport Des Moines and more, amid ongoing experiments.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Marconi
Horace Mullin
Fort Dodge
Melvin Lorack
Ralph Huggett
Muscatine
Davenport
Des Moines
Local arrivals report Gulf Coast trip and land sale
Back from the South A. A. Hughes Ralph Shannon and John Mathers and son arrived this morning with good reports of the late trip. Henry Kientz of Brighton joined them and purchased 160 acres of the George H. Paul land. He likes the land’s appearance.
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A. A. Hughes
Ralph Shannon
John Mathers and Son
Gulf Coast Country
Henry Kientz
Brighton
Reminiscence of Modjeska and Her Shakespearean Ties
Indianapolis doctor recalls Helena Modjeska the Polish tragedienne born in Cracow in 1844. She rose from humble beginnings to prominence in Warsaw and San Francisco before meeting Edwin Booth and studying English Shakespeare. A letter from Modjeska to Dr. Clarke reveals her lifelong devotion to Shakespeare and her early Polish edition of Hamlet. She later starred with Booth in New York and retired a decade ago.
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Indianapolis
Talls
Sakespeare
Helena Modjeska
Bay City
Cal
Cracow
Poland
Modjeska
Warsaw
France
Germany
Mme. Modjeska
Charles Chlapowski
Bogenta
United States
California
Edwin Booth
Adrienne Lecouvreur
San Francisco
W. B. Clarke
Shakespeare
Macaulay
Louisville
Medical Society
Hamiet
Theater of
New York
Mr. Booth
Local visitors and business callers in Hedrick and surrounding towns
Mrs. L Stoke is visiting Hedrick while A A Menhard of Chicago made a business call. S W Brookhart returned from Des Moines and J Mathers with son from Corpus Christi are in town on business. Mr and Mrs Gaffey of Kansas City arrive to manage the Greir lunch room as G M Keller returns to Chicago after resigning. Mrs Burnell and daughter Louise from Newton visit the Cunninghams.
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A. A. Menhard
Chicago
S. W. Brookhart
Des Moines
J. ©. Mathers and Son
Corpus Christi
Texas
Mrs. Gaffey
Kansas City
Greir
G. M. Keller
Foley's Honey and Tar Endorsed for Spring Colds
Foley's Honey and Tar is promoted as a safeguard against serious spring colds that can inflame the lungs and become pneumonia. Pharmacy ads urge buyers to insist on the genuine product, noting it contains no harmful drugs.
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Foley’s
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
McElhinney Drug Co
Nixon invents shell to neutralize airships
Lewis Nixon, shipbuilder, claims a new shell will render airships harmless by exploding inside the envelope to destroy the bag. He plans a public demonstration at Staten Island shipyards and seeks foreign patents. Also noted: Washington's Twentieth Century club mobilizes women to clean streets on April 15 at 5 AM.
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Lewis Nixon
Shell
Nixon
New York
Staten Island
Washington
Women of the Twentieth Century Club
District Commission
Women of the
Twentieth Century Club
History by Automobile Route for John Nicholas Brown
John Nicholas Brown of Newport Rhode Island the richest boy in the world will learn European history by automobile as he travels from scene to scene. His mother will teach him during a June to August tour ending at St George's School Newport remains the plan.
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John Nicholas Brown
Newport
R. I
Europe
St. George’s School
Jump from hotel eighth floor kills New York man
Joseph Israel a sixty year old retired businessman died instantly after leaping from the eighth floor of the Hotel Belleclaire in New York. A trained nurse had left the room briefly and upon her return found him deceased.
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New York
Joseph Israel
Belleclaire
Largest American Flag to Fly on Flag Day in Chicago
The Guadeloupe will sail to Port Limon Costa Rica tomorrow where Castro relatives recently landed. Flag Day June 14 will likely feature the biggest flag raised in Lincoln Park Chicago before the statue of the martyred president as the American Flag Day association appeals to patriotic groups to fund the effort.
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Sage
Venezuela
Guadeloupe
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Castro
United States
Lincoln Park
Chicago
American Flag Day Association
Mrs Castro Barred From Colon Border Entry
Ex president Castro's wife and sister with party members arrived on the French steamer Guadeloupe at Colon. They did not disembark and it is rumored they will not be allowed to land for fear they will take some action.
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Castro
Colon
Guadeloupe
Missouri to vote on prohibition amendment in 1910 election
Jefferson City Missouri April 15 the lower house approved 86 to 51 a resolution to submit the prohibition constitutional amendment to voters at the November 1910 election. If the senate passes it governor's signature not needed. Democrats largely for submission with city members opposed. Anti saloon leaders Carrie Lee Stokes and F H Ingalls drove the push. If adopted it would end sale of intoxicants and close all towns. Senate support noted and final action pending.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Senate
Carrie Lee Stokes
Kansas City
F. H. Ingalls
St. Louis
House
Old Reliable Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Endorsed
The Chicago Tribune favors Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for colds over simple resorted treatments. It warns indoor confinement and potential pneumonia with basic methods, praising the remedy’s reputation for curing colds and its dependable market availability at Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Chicago Tribune
F. L. Stolte
Lemmon
Fresh nut fingers macaroons and kisses at the Vienna
Dr A A Finkelstein of Mediapolis spent last night in town. Harry Darbyshire and H D Smith were passengers on No 1 this morning. John Skipton went to Richland to day to transact business until tomorrow. John Randall of Kalona was bound for Ottumwa to transact business. Albert Mace left yesterday for Allerton after attending his brother in law's wife funeral. Mrs James A Work arrived from Burlington for treatment and shows health improvement. The Teeter family were released from quarantine after the illness of Miss Cora with scarlet fever.
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A. A. Finkelstein
Mediapolis
Harry Darbyshire
H. D. Smith
John Randall
Kalona
Ottumwa
Albert Mace
Allerton
J. M. Mace
John Teeter
Miss Cora
Mr. Teeter
The Fortune Telling Lady Reveals Past Present and Future
A promotional piece describes a lady who reads fortunes to reveal past, present, and future. She locates losses and friends, predicts marriage timing, tests fidelity, reunites separated couples, and answers questions about lucky days and months.
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Doc “Seibert
L. Stoke
Hedrick
Munn & Co
Scientific American
oNew York
Broadwey
F &T
Washington, D
Boulevard
North Second Avenue
Highland Park
Wapello
South Dakota
FOX & Dewey Repairing
Los Angeles
Frederickson
Just
Frey
Sie Studio of Quality
Iowa-Nebraska Coal Men
Clear Lake
Iowa and Nebraska Coal Dealers’ Association
Nebraska
Vienna
John Skipton
Richland
James A. Work
Burlington
Castor
Fon
Swiss Cottage Hotel
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