Longevity Tale: death of Charles G Whapeles at 101
Keokuk Iowa notes the death of Charles G Whapeles aged 101 years 6 months 11 days at 600 North Fifteenth street after a long, reticent life. Born at sea in 1810 to French parents during a voyage to America, he lived through the 1812 era and beyond.
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Keokuk
Charles G. Chapeles
North Fifteenth Street
Iowa
United States
Whapeles
France
America
Atlantic Ocean
Egeland
Charles G. Whapeles
Clam Digger John Gray Drowns In Montrose River
Montrose Louisiana July daily report states clam digger John Gray drowned Friday morning at 10 while wading for clams. He sank after entering deep water, surfaced to swim ashore, then sank again. The body was recovered at 1:30 pm. Gray, a married man, is survived by his wife and daughter.
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Montrose
John Gray
Kagge
Gray
Suit Held Against Avia tion Company Over Flight Promise
Mt Pleasant July 9 suit filed in clerk's office seeking attachment against Greater Des Moines School of Aviation and A Eastman. Plaintiffs Commercial Club Mt Pleasant Fourth of July Committee Gerritt and Smith allege oral contract for an aeroplane flight on the Fourth, paid $100, claim fraud and intent to move property to defraud creditors, seek $125 judgment and costs plus attachment.
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Mt. Pleasant
Greater
Herry County
Dam Visitor Access Curtailed At Keokuk Works
A new order restricts Sunday visits to Keokuk water power facilities. Publics may enter via the upper gate and stairs to the west lock top but cannot go into the cofferdam bottom or power house, nor view the dam at Hamilton.
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Keokuk
Water Power Company
Illinois Division
Hamilton
Burlington Pitcher Ed Lank Fatally Injured in Game
Burlington July 9 Ed Lank pitcher for the Burlington baseball team, noted as one of the best in the Central Association, was probably fatally injured during a game. The report details a severe incident leaving his condition critical.
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Burlington
Ed Lank
Measured Eating As a Natural Sedative For Meals
Dr. T. dS. Allen urges cereals and vegetables be eaten slowly to calm the nervous system. He argues that thorough mastication steadies thought and reduces hurry which is linked to worry, promoting health through measured eating with each meal.
Tragic Fall From Wagner Hotel Window
A man fell from a third floor window at the Wagner hotel between nine thirty and ten last night. He lost his balance while pulling down a shade and plunged about 25 feet to the sidewalk. Clutched in his hand was a roller shade. spectators concluded the incident was an accidental mishap. The man was unclothed as if for bed.
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Wagner Hotel
Hawk
Dies Under Auto Near Decorah
Mrs. William Scanlon of Peoria Illinois was killed when an auto overturned about fifteen miles north of Decorah. She and her husband were en route to Mason City. In avoiding a corner a high culvert was struck and the car toppled trapping Mrs Scanlon inside. Mr Scanlon escaped but could not release her before help arrived. The vehicle was moving slowly at the time of the accident.
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Decorah
William Scanlon
Peoria
Ill
Mason City
Reckoning Day for BC Companies as Deadline Looms
Victoria BC July 9 Today marks the final deadline for a large number of British Columbia firms to file annual balance sheets and changes in stockholders and head office location with the provincial registrar. Officials expect a possible 30 day extension for noncompliant firms and note about 2400 companies are affected.
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Victoria
B. C
Registrar of Companies
British Columbia
Patent grants for Iowa citizens announced in Washington
Davis and Davis report several Iowa patent grants this week including J. Dobias Cedar Rapids water gage W H George Dexter driving mechanism K D Huxford Cherokee check printing machine R Kallman Davenport handling baking pans J M McDonald Dubuque packed joint T Pointer Beacon check controlled apparatus EK Rowley and R D Williams Albia acetylene gas generator RK Shank Des Moines combined altitude gage and thermometer W H Voss Davenport power mechanism F J Wood Des Moines speed governor.
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Washington
D. C
Messrs Davis & Davis
J. Dobias
Cedar Rapids
W. H. George
Dexter
K. D. Huxford
R. Kallman
Davenport
J. M. McDonald
Dubuque
T. Pointer
EK. Rowley
R. D. Williams
Albia
J. Shank
Des Moines
W. H. Voss
F J. Wood
Forest Reserve Lands Acquired in New Hampshire
The National Forest Reserve Commission bought 30,000 acres in New Hampshire near Mount Adams and Mount Jefferson for 240,000 dollars. The land will protect navigable streams and is part of a larger plan to spend about 2,000,000 dollars this year on similar acquisitions across the country.
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Washington
National Forest Reserve Commission
New Hampshire
Mount Adams
Mount Jefferson
Presidential Range
Connecticut River
Commission
Georgia
Pittsburgh Women Weigh Renewed Meat Boycott
Pittsburgh July 9 women who led a nationwide meat price boycott contemplate a repeat ten day fast to press reductions in meat costs. If successful the movement could spread to other cities.
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Pittsburgh
Uruguay plan may boost use of American farm implements
Washington reports the Uruguay National Assembly backed a rural credit section in the Bank of the Republic with capital of 500000 dollars. It would lend to rural banks or farmers associations to finance land mortgages and purchase of farming machinery, largely on a cooperative basis. American ministers expect U S manufacturers to secure most of the trade.
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Washington
State Department
Department of Agriculture
Republic of
Uruguay
National Assembly
Bank of the Republic
Central Bank of
United States
San Francisco Sees Growers Demand Higher Onion Prices
Rural onion growers from across California threaten to halt pulling onions if prices do not rise, potentially losing about 100000 sacks of onions this year, dealers warn. Local reports note widespread complaints about current market prices.
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San Francisco
Dealera
State and National Food and Dairy Associations Open Convention
The Seattle convention opens with the largest Western display of foodstuffs. The Pennsylvania exhibit stands out as the event gathers pure food experts to discuss national legislation during the three day meeting.
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Seattle
Wash
Food and Dairy Associations
Pennsylvania
Farmers Mutual Insurance weekly loss settlements list
Secretary Sidney Coon of the Farmers Mutual Insurance association of Washington county reported weekly loss settlements. Names include James Havel of Ainsworth for 105.00, Potsander & Son of Well ? for 44.00, F. White of Columbus for 70.00, and J. N. Weaver of Keota for 160.00.
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Sidney Coon
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
Washington County
James Havel
Ainsworth
James Potsander
Maud Mater Sets Trap for Judge After Harsh History
A poem narrates Maud Mater or Maud Maller spotting a judge speeding by and vowing revenge. She notes the judge’s long record of causing her sighs and tears, then snaps into action, recording his number and arranging arrest. Worcester Academy Begonia.
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Maud Mater
Maud Maller
Maud
Worcester Academy Begonia
Conversion Conundrum Behind Prison Walls
A Dartmoor visitor asks a prison warder to deliver delicacies and tracts to convicts. Regulations forbid it, but she seeks a word of admonition. He notes only that the inmates are all teetotallers and non-smokers, leaving her comforted.
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Dartmoor
London
A Walt Mason Essay on Roads and Politics
The piece attacks political convocation noise and pledges while praising practical road building. It argues for better highways to connect cities over grand but empty platforms and recalls Windy Jims as symbols of foolish demonstrations.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Auto World News and Regional Highway Plans Across the Midwest
The Galveston Automobile Club sets a Beach Meet August 8 to 10 on a 2 percent mile beach course near the city. A national highway for automobile tourists may stretch from Winnipeg to Galveston via Fort Worth and Dallas. Farmers raise 3240 dollars to build a 20 mile road into Rutar township. Senate amendments target Mount Rainier and Yellowstone park road improvements. Col Gustave Pabst donates a trophy for a Vanderbuilt Cup event in Milwaukee this September. Forty Minnesota farmers begin a school of traction engine theory and practice at the State Agricultural College. Oklahoma plans a grid of modern highways from Kansas to Red River and from Arkansas to Texas Panhandle with several trunk routes. Jersey’s Job H. Lippincott, the new Motor Vehicle Commissioner, is popular and may boost touring under the new law.
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Winnipeg
Can
Galveston
Texas
Fort Worth
Dallas
T. H. Jackson
War Department
Oklahoma Highway Department
Depont
Kansas Line
Red River
Oklahoma
Arkansas Line
Muskogee
Texas Panhandle
Deckham County
Bartlettsville
Atoka
Job H. Lippincott
New Jersey
Flour trade expands greatly in United States exports
Officials forecast a record expansion as Amoy imports of American flour reach 150 000 barrels in the latest year triple 1910. famine floods and revolution cut central China wheat, shifting mills to flour imports. Rice prices rose, boosting flour use while favorable exchange and cheaper U S flour aid 1911 imports. 1912 outlook remains strong with preference for low grade flour in China.
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Washington
United States
Amoy
America
China
Shanghai
Fifty Years Ago Today July 9 Featured Specie Panic
A panic in northern states marked by gold at a 17 percent premium and silver at seven percent. Lincoln reviewed the Army of the Potomac at Harrison's Landing, Virginia, in a Meanlight closing reflection.
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Army of the Potomac
Harrison's Landing
Lincoln
German press stays hawkish toward Prance in wartime mood
Twenty five years ago today reports from San Francisco describe a hawkish German press toward Prance amid war or tension. News of Hawaii's political revolution reached the city by steamer on July 1.
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Hawaii
San Francisco
German immigrant Hensel seeks naturalization after South African missions
The Rev G A Hensel of Maquoketa says he is German by heritage with a Italian father born in Paris and a Russian mother born in St Petersburg. He was born in a sleeping car between Paris and Berlin and later worked as a missionary in South Africa. He has taken out first papers and plans to become American. He is now a baseball fan and enjoys the sport's zest in America as he did in Germany.
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G. A. Hensel
Maquoketa
Chr
T. Rasche
Paris
St. Petersburg
Mr. Hensel
Berlin
Germany
South Africa
America
Fifteen Year Old English Girl Stuns Olympic Field
Stockholm July 9 A fifteen year old English girl Helen Preece daughter of Ambrose Preece of Fulham Road London stands out among Olympic athletes. She competes in cross country 400 metres a 5000 metre ride a 300 metre swim fencing with the epee and revolver target shooting. She already has a world wide reputation as a top rider and is viewed as a mascot by fellow athletes setting a high local tone.
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Stockholm
Helen Preece
Ambrose Preece
Fulham Road
London
America
Stewart Bros Enter Partnership in Selden IL
Stewart has taken his brother John 8 Stewart into partnership and the firm will be Stewart Brothers. The two enterprising young men will push the business to the limit with quality and promptness of delivery as guiding features. They invite the community to welcome the new partners and anticipate presenting an interesting proposal to grocery users in a few days.
Tops Monday Hog Market Load Tops Chicago Market
Otto Schiebel led the Chicago hog market with a load of 240 lb hogs at 7.65 on Monday. John Babcock sold them and praised the load as among the best seen in days. If the fat stock show had been in progress it would have drawn stronger competition.
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Otto Schiebel
Chicago
John Babcock
John
Kellogg to Address Ohio Bar on Judicial Recall
Frank B. Kellogg of St Paul will deliver the principal address to the Ohio State Bar Association in Cedar Point during its three day session. He is famed nationwide for government counsel in the Standard Oil Trust dissolution. Taft is association president. the group has about 900 members.
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Cedar Point
Ohio
Frank B. Kellogg
St. Paul
Standard Oil Trust
Ohio State Bar Association
Frederick L. Taft
The Boredom of Great Riches Debate Shelved
Miss Pearl McGuffin sought to read an essay titled The Boredom of Great Riches before the Punkintown Literary Society. St Simmins, chairman of the lecture committee, refused the proposal stating there is no such work.
Orators Gather for Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest
Atlantic City July 9 delegates from many states compete in the national Intercollegiate Oratorical Association contest. Prizes include cash awards and gold and silver medals for top speakers.
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Atlantic City
Intercollegiate Oratorical Association
New Directory of Celebrities Now Running Rooms
The New York Times notes a need for a directory listing former stars who now operate rooming and boarding houses. It highlights singers actresses and writers who sublet furnished apartments to aspiring artists, offering nostalgia and social access over comfort.
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New York
New York Times
Explosions Kill Many at Conthebrough Colliery
In Conthebrough England a deadly blast at the Cadeg colliery caused fire hindering rescues. Dozens of bodies were recovered and heart rending scenes unfolded as relatives waited at the pit mouth for news of entombed workers.
False Ideas of Perfection in Athletic Imagery
A critical portrait argues against the antique ideal of muscular freaks and vaudeville strength. It champions speed grace and intellect as marks of true athletic beauty, praising the Apollo Belvidere as the embodiment of health and refined form. It condemns crude mass and sensational display as deformed echoes of decadence.
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Apollo Belvidere
Modernife
New York Medical
Cantines Maternelles Feed Paris Mothers at Clinics
Five dining rooms in Paris provide free meals to fifty to eighty pure born mothers daily. Started eight years ago by Mme Henry Coullet as a baby mansion passport, the program shifted from incidental meals to regular attendance at a baby clinic for continued free meals.
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Cantines Maternelles
Paris
Mme
Henry Coullet
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