Vigilantes Reported In Nebraska Robbery Absconding Family
Word from Santee agency reports masked white capppers marched to the home of Robbins in Knox County Nebraska. They took him to the Missouri River placed him in a boat gave him two dollars and warned him not to return. They returned and compelled Robbins wife to start packing to join him, identity of the vigilantes not known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Niobrara
Neb
Santee
Robbins
Missouri River
Knox County
Local notes from Manhattan and visitors in the city
Local news lists Burlington resident Ecker and West Chester visitors Mrs Schurr and Mrs White in Manhattan yesterday. It notes arrivals from Fairfield Sigourney Muscatine and Iowa City for over Sunday visits, plus travel to West Chester and Ainsworth. Also advertises safe horses and clean turnouts and Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Ecker
Burlington
Wm. Schurr
West Chester
Howard White
Bess Mealey
Pleasant Plain
M. R. Meek
Frank Webb
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Lemmon
Students urged to enter 1910 Hart Schaffner essay contest
Iowa university students are invited to submit prize essays on business topics for 1910 with a June deadline. Competitions span multiple classes with cash prizes from 200 to 600 dollars and subjects range from labor unions’ impact on trade to a central bank in crises. Judges include Laughlin Clark Adams Gay and Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
J. Laurence Laughlin
University of Chicago
Hart Schaffner & Marx
United States
Laughlin
J. B. Clark
Columbia University
Henry ©. Adams
University of Michigan
Horace Wright
New York City
Edwin F. Gay
Harvard University
Hall's Catarrh Cure Firm's Oath 100 Dollar Reward
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio pledges one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason notes the oath dated December 6 1886. Product sold by druggists for 75 cents with testimonials available upon request. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Christian Science Lecture By Mr Frank H Leonard
Frank H Leonard of Brooklyn member of the Christian Science Board will lecture on Christian Science at the Graham Opera House Friday evening April 23 1909 at 8 oclock. The lecture is free and all are invited to attend.
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Frank H. Leonard
Fine Eggs for Sale in Ainsworth Iowa
Barred Rock eggs from high scoring birds available at $2 per 15 outside eggs 3 per hundred. Contact Mrs J M Stewart Ainsworth Iowa for orders and pricing.
Two Men Blown To Atoms In Gordon Ill Explosion
Charles Dewis and Moses Lants were killed when the nitroglycerine factory of the Independent Torpedo company at Gordon Illinois was destroyed. The blast tore a wide area, shook the region for miles, and shattered plaster in distant homes. Early reports overestimated casualties. Only two workers were present at the factory at a time.
Japanese Ambassador Baron Takahira Visits Bridgeport
Baron Kogoro Takahira Japanese ambassador to the United States arrives in Bridgeport along with Captain J B Murdock and lawmakers Hill and Moore for a visit hosted by the local board of trade. He will tour the Lake submarine boat and inspect submarine navigation in harbor. Testimony begins in Calhoun trial in San Francisco as jurors are seated and Ferdinand P Nicholas faces bribe questions related to Abraham Ruef.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Kogoro Takahira
United States
J. B. Murdock
Rhode Island
Hill and
Moore
Board of Trade
Baron Takahira
Calhoun
San Francisco
Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads
Ferdinand P. Nicholas
Abraham Ruef
More Council Bluffs Saloon Suits
Council Bluffs Iowa April 16. J J Hess county attorney filed thirteen suits against saloons. With twenty eight cases disposed of by M S Odle of the Anti Saloon league this covers practically all the local saloons. All the saloons in the county will be lined up for the payment of the united tax on or before the first of each quarter.
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Council Bluffs
J. J. Hess
M. S. Odle
Anti-Saloon League
United
Grain buyer killed by engine in Plattsmouth incident
W R Murray twenty three a grain buyer for the Missouri Pacific elevator in Plattsmouth Neb was caught in a gasoline engine and instantly killed April 16 His father arrived and carried the body to his Maynard home.
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Plattsmouth
Neb
W. R. Murray
Missouri Pacific
Maynard
King Edward Arrives in Paris Incognito With Royal Party
King Edward arrives in Paris from Biarritz incognito and is joined by Queen Alexandra and the dowager empress of Russia. The group will travel by special train to Genoa to board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert.
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King Edward
Paris
Biarritz
Alexandra
Russia
Genoa
Victoria and Albert
Pushing Dry Bill in Missouri
In Jefferson City Missouri the prohibition amendment passed by the house was sent to the senate after first reading and referral to a committee. Supporters expect the senate to approve and voters may be asked to decide statewide prohibition at the November 1910 election.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
House
Senate
Friends of
Want New Hole in Doughnut In Springfield
Legislative leaders say a pure cabbage bill and a ventilation measure for doughnuts will be introduced next week. The doughnut bill would require each doughnut to have a tunnel capable of carrying a specified amount of air.
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Springfield
Ill
Youth Dies After Prolonged Nosebleed in Point Mills
In Houghton Michigan on April 16 Harry Flatt a seventeen year old died at his home in Point Mills after bleeding from the nose almost continuously for six days.
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Houghton
Mich
Harry Flatt
Point Mills
President Pardons Banker Tygard
Leavenworth Kansas April 16 Fla vius Tygard seventy years old former president of the National bank at Butler Missouri was released from the federal prison on a pardon signed by President Taft. He was serving a term of five years for violating the banking laws. Congressman DeArmond appealed to the president in his behalf.
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Tygard
Leavenworth
Kan
Flavius Tygard
The
National Bank
Butler, Mo
Taft
Congressman DeArmond
Frost Cannot Harm Missouri Fruit Crop Experts Say
Sedalia April 16 experts say the killing frost this week did not destroy the Missouri fruit crop after thorough investigation.
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Missouri Fruit Crop Safe
Sedalia
Missouri
Money Exchange Between Hewitt and Jewett
A brief dialogue shows Hewitt asking for a dollar from an old man and Jewett refusing to lend. Hewitt insists, offering a dollar in return, highlighting a humorous exchange noted by the New York Press.
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Hewitt
Jewett
New York Press
Train wreck in Harrisburg kills two crew
Harrisburg, April 16. The Reading railway night express The Queen of the Valley wrecked in southern Harrisburg. The engineer and fireman were killed and several others slightly injured. An unrelated classified notice offers land mortgage loans from Chas. D. Gorham of Garden City Kansas.
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Harrisburg
Queen of the Valley
Reading
Tosloan
Chas. D. Gorham
Garden City
Kan
Conway B. Hayes Dies at 44 in Kansas City
Conway B. Hayes, speaker of the lower house of the common council, died in Kansas City from pneumonia at age forty four on April 16.
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Conway B. Hayes
Kansas City
The
Common Council
Kilgore Leaves for Emmetsburg to Visit Daughter
Mrs. E. J. Kilgore departed last evening for Emmetsburg Iowa where she will stay with her daughter Mrs. Joe Atkinson for a few weeks.
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Wm. and
Frank" Parker
West Chester
Martha Porter
Academy
Ainsworth
E. J. Kilgore
Emmetsburg
Iowa
Joe Atkinson
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Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
C.S. Lemmon
Manhattan
Chalmers’ & Edridge
Jennie Wray
Fairfield
Delia Patton
Sigourney
Adam Suter
Muscatine
Jesse DeMarco
Lillian Minick
University At
Iowa City
Mr. Edmund Carroll
Walker Whiteside
WE Are King
Stu
Pete
South America
Christian Science
J. M. Stewart
Ainsworth, Lowa
Gordon, I
Ty Iames
J. A. Work & CO
Wolff’s
J. B. Crow & Sons
Sexton
Ganer Music Co
Ino
Rook
Bradfield Reduator Co
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