Taft in St Louis for Honor Banquet Tonight
President Taft arrived in St Louis as part of his swing around the circle and is greeted by a mix of local business and civic groups. He will speak at a banquet in his honor and may attend the Cleveland St Louis American League game despite a labor boycott over non union labor at Cleveland grounds. Taft opposes boycotts and has spoken publicly against them.
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St. Louis
Taft
Business Men's League
Traffic Club
Farmers’ Union
Central Trades Union
Cleveland
Pauline Chase sails to New York for return voyage
American actress Pauline Chase, famed for creating Peter Pan in London and Paris, sailed from London to New York today then will immediately head back, making a 6000 mile round trip.
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London
Pauline Chase
Peter Pan
Paris
New York
Miss Chase
English Actress to Attend New York Actors' Fund Fair
Miss Chase may appear for six hours at the Actors Fund Fair in New York on May 10. She will spend less than a day in America and will sell numerous autographed photos of English literary and dramatic celebrities at auction. Mr. Frohman calls the six thousand mile trip a novel feature for the fair.
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New York
America
Miss Chase
Frohman
Social swells to don uniforms for benefit baseball game
May 4 in Washington will see capital social leaders wear uniforms and take the field at American League park in a charity exhibition between Metropolitan and Chevy Chase clubs. Proceeds go to Providence hospital.
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Washington
National Capital
Metropolitan
Chevy Chase
Providence Hospital
Congressmen Seek Re-Election At Polish American Congress
Washington May 4 Congressmen aiming for re election travel a noisy route to capture delegates attending the Polish American Congress and gain favorable attention among national attendees.
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Washington
Maine Prohibitionists Open State Convention
The Maine Prohibitionists held their state convention in Portland with large attendance. Officials announced plans to make prohibition a key issue in upcoming elections.
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Portland
Maine
Prohibitionists
Cost of Crime in Britain Presses UK Budget
Britain faces an annual cost of crime totaling about 30 million dollars to the state. Authorities report the sum covers policing, courts, and related security expenses across the United Kingdom.
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Britain
United Kingdom
Mahaska Day promises grand parade with governor and Roosevelt
May 12 Mahaska Day in Oskaloosa will feature Gov. Carroll and President Roosevelt in the parade. Fort Dodge tribe brings a sleeper, Des Moines arrival May 11, with red men leaders and notable guests. Two Delaware Nation boys, Little Wahoo and Little Kiowas, will perform wrestling stunts.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Gov. Carroll
Des Moines
Roosevelt
Northern musk rat fraud hits trappers in Iowa
In Humboldt Iowa on May 4 officials reveal a large scale scam selling southern musk rat hides as northern skins. Buyers faced heavy losses with one man allegedly taking his own life after a 260 skin fraud. Southerners shipped thousands of deceptive furs to northern markets.
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Humboldt
Iowa
Fred Hauck
Mississippi
Hauck
Bootlegging defendants fined and jailed as federal court closes
Davenport May 4 two Muscatine men John Maher and John Brady were fined 100 dollars and sentenced to one year and one day in Fort Leavenworth Kansas. Other cases against Charles Raines James Riles Joseph Oppelt and Robert Riepe were continued to the October term. Chas Hasleigh initially pleaded not guilty then guilty and was fined 100 dollars or 30 days in jail. The term of court adjourned after disposing of the bootlegging cases. Judge McPherson presided last fall.
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Davenport
John Maher
John Brady
Muscatine
Ft. Leavenworth
Kaw
Charles Raines
James Riles
Joseph Oppelt
Robert Riepe
Chas. Hasleigh
McPherson
Judge Warns Heavy Sentence for Liquor License Violations
The judge noted a series of bootlegging cases and warned that any future convictions for selling liquor without a government license would likely carry a heavy sentence.
Two Falls Decide Match in Groeschel Bout
The first fall went to the negro in 16 minutes 33 seconds. Kuff won the next two falls in 7 minutes 12 seconds and 11 minutes 22 seconds.
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Kuff
Firestarter caught in Grand Opera house act in Dubuque
Charles W. Smith, 24, was seen starting a fire in the Grand Opera house as a matinee played. Discovered soon after noon, another blaze was set in the basement before an officer detained him on the stairs. He is an attache of the Bijou theatre and faces links to prior city fires.
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Dubuque
Charles W. Smith
Grand Opera House
Smith
Bijou
Rain Boosts Fremont County Farmers After Dry Spells
In Fremont county Iowa on May 4 rain amounts to nearly an inch, aiding late-season pasture and small grain recovery while fall wheat and oats show damage from drought. One third of corn planting is done with germination progressing well, though a potential cold wave may follow.
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Sidney
Iowa
Fremont
Veterans Die At Iowa Soldiers Home In One Day
In Marshalltown Iowa three Civil War veterans died within fourteen hours at the Iowa Soldiers Home. John W Overman 63 of Logan Iowa died of anemia James W Gadd 68 of New Sharon Iowa died from heart failure with pulmonary tuberculosis and Isaac H Riggs 66 of Ottumwa Iowa died of paresis. Riggs and Gadd to be buried here Overman to be sent to Logan.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
John W. Overman
Logan
James W. Gadd
New Sharon
Isaac H. Riggs
Ottumwa
Overman
Illinois Infantry
Gadd
Thirty-first
Ohio Infantry
Riggs
Autopsy Finds Fatty Heart Death of J. K. Macomber
In Des Moines on May 4, doctors ruled the sudden death of former county attorney and city solicitor J. K. Macomber as due to fatty degeneration of the heart. He died Monday night. rumors of poison were denied. He leaves several children. his wife, lecturer and traveler Mrs. Mattie Lock Macomber, is in Italy.
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Des Moines
Iowa
J. K. Macomber
Macomber
Mattie Lock Macomber
Italy
Fairfield Organizes Commercial Club Officers Elected
Fairfield Iowa May 4 The Fairfield Commercial club organized and adopted proposed articles. Chairman Junkin noted a trend to concentrate executive power in a small committee. A nominating committee named officers: President C M Junkin First VP C J Fulton Second VP J C Throne Secretary Theodore Hochuly Treasurer F E Speer. The constitution will require sponsors and promoters to obtain the club's approval before approaching businessmen.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Fairfield Commercial Club
Junkin
C. M. Junkin
C. J. Fulton
J. C. Throne
Theodore Hochuly
F. E. Speer
O. K
Commercial Club
Milk ordinance test drives dairy clean up in Oskaloosa
On May 4 in Oskaloosa Iowa the strict milk ordinance requiring tuberculosis tests for cows began with arrests after attempts to discard untested milk. The dairy service shows few tested cows and the city faces a milk famine.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Dairy Service
Hyomei Inhaler Offers Quick Cold Relief
Advertises Hyomei inhaler and Hyomel liquid as a simple remedy for colds, coughs, catarrh, and stuffed noses. Claims instant relief within two minutes and a cure in a week. Promotes the inhaler kit priced at one dollar with a lifetime inhaler included.
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America
Lemmon's
Infant buried in barn near Murray shocks Creston
Lora Lewis daughter of Lewis family confessed to county authorities that she bore and buried her illegitimate infant in a barn hayloft near Murray Iowa. The child born March 25 died soon after and the mother faces manslaughter charges with bond set at 400 dollars.
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Creston
Iowa
Murray
Lewis
Lora Lewis
Clackard Dinsermore
Chariton
Grand Jury
Kuff Beats Cotton in Riverside Wrestling Showdown
Kuff, known as Kid Kuff, defeated Cotton in Riverside, Iowa, on a Saturday night match. The bout featured Coron and May 4 as notable details, with Kuff securing victory in a no out of three format.
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Riverside
Iowa
Runyon
Kid Kuff
Cotton
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