Iowa industrial meeting opens in Sioux City
Workmen's compensation freight rates taxation industrial education efficiency and topics of vital interest to Iowa industrial affairs will be discussed at a three day State Manufacturers' Association program in Sioux City. Speakers include Frederick W. Taylor James A. Emory Senator W S Kenyon and John T Brindley.
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Sioux City
Ila
Iowa
State Manufacturers’ Association
Frederick W. Taylor
James A. Emory
Washington
W.S. Kenyon
John T. Brindley
Iowa State College
Locomotive Engineers Conclude Convention Peace Pact
Grand Chief Warren S. Stone presides as the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers opens its national convention in Cleveland. Stone says a permanent peace is assured between engineers and fifty eastern railways where a threatened strike arose from arbitration terms.
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Cleveland
Warren S. Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Mr. Stone
Eastern
Maeterlinck Honored With Nobel Prize Fete In Brussels
In Brussels on May 8 Maurice Maeterlinck Belgiums leading poet playwright and essayist was feted by his countrymen for winning the Nobel prize in literature. A special opera house performance features Georgette Leblanc as Melisande with King Albert and the Queen in attendance.
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Brussels
Belgium
Maurice Maeterlinck
Opera House
Georgette Leblanc
Melisande
Maeterlinck
Albert
Mosquito Control by Trained Bats Proposed
Dr A B Campbell of San Antonio urged the Texas State Medical Association in Waco to use trained bats to eradicate mosquitoes. He cited extensive San Antonio experiments and says large scale propagation could rid the South of malaria and yellow fever.
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Waco
Tex
A. B. Campbell
San Antonio
Texas State Medical Association
Campbell
Mude
Hie
South
Sociological Congress Organizes Nine Departments
Nashville Tenn May 8 At today's session the Southern Sociological Congress was divided into nine departments. Experts of national reputation addressed delegates in sectional sessions on handling specific social problems.
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Nashville
Tenn
Southern Sociological Congress
Quebec election in Montreal May nominations high view
Nominations take place today as Quebec voters prepare for a province wide election next Wednesday to choose members of the thirteenth provincial parliament. Sir Lomer Gouin expresses confidence in success and a strong administration backed by a solid majority.
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Montreal
Quebec
Lomer Gouin
Illicit love cited in Pittsburgh killer’s death
Frank Maly, who shot and killed Frank Benek at Moon Run last September, will be hanged today. Governor Tener has refused to interfere with the death sentence.
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Pittsburgh
Frank Maly
Frank Benek
Moon Run
Tener
Maly
Forrest Cavalry Survivors Reunite at Confederate Camp
Macon Georgia May 8 survivors of Forrest famous cavalry command gathered for a reunion with a business meeting to elect a new commander to follow Lieut General H A Tyler today.
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Macon
Forrest
H. A. Tyler
Rose Day Observed Coast Cities For Charity
In San Francisco and沿 coast cities from Stockton to Santa Cruz Rose Day is observed with proceeds from flower sales aiding charity. Socialites sell bouquets in hotels and public places and roses are sold from cars in the streets.
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San Francisco
May
Stockton
Santa Crug
Strikes Roil Chicago as Wagon Driver Beaten in Street Fight
Alexander Hickey, 28, a newspaper delivery wagon driver, was severely beaten by a crowd of citizens after an alleged assault on a news dealer during a pressmen strike. Joseph Murray, 41, was stabbed amid a related dispute. two suspects were arrested. Deliveries resumed under police protection as papers circulated.
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Chicago
Alexander Hickey
North Side
Slickey
Hickey
Joseph Murray
Baby narrowly escapes drowning in river accident
In New Hartford Louisiana on May 8 the baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Burns was sleeping in a cabin when a gust of wind blew it over a high river bank. The father jumped in and pulled the child to safety, suffering only a thorough wetting.
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New Hartford
Elmer Burns
Elmer
IOWA TEPANTO VICTIM BURIED IN TITANIC DISASTER FUNERAL
Walter D. Douglas, an Iowa victim of the Titanic sinking, was brought to Cedar Rapids on a special Minneapolis train at 4 p.m. His funeral procession proceeded to the cemetery for a service conducted by Rev. Dr. E. R. Burkhalter of First Presbyterian and Rev. Dr. John A. Marquis, president of Coe College, who spoke.
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Cedar Rapids
Walter D. Douglas
Minneapolis
E. R. Burkhalter
First Presbyterian Church
New York City
John A. Marquis
Coe College
Oldest Iowa couple to reach seventy years married
Estherville Iowa May 8 the Armstrong Journal declares Mr and Mrs D H Jenkins of two miles south of Armstrong the oldest married couple in Iowa and perhaps the United States They will have been married seventy years on February 9 next year They wed in Woodbine New York February 9 1848 Both born in 1822 natives of Jackson County New York They moved to Janesville Wisconsin in 1860 and to Iowa in 1904 to be near daughter Mrs E C Smith Armstrong Their only surviving child of four They are in good health If they live to celebrate seventy years the anniversary will be observed in a fitting manner.
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Estherville
Emmett County
Iowa
United States
Armstrong Journal
D. H. Jenkins
Armstrong
Woodbine
N. Y
Jackson County
New York
Janesville
Wis
E. C. Smith
Unwelcome Visitor Brought to Governor Carroll in Des Moines
A young man named Otto Keuhl of Davenport forced his way into the governor's Des Moines offices Monday morning and had to be removed by police. Authorities say he was insistent on meeting the governor, appeared slightly insane, and had recently lived in Davenport before drifting away.
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Des Moines
Carroll
Otto Keuhl
Davenport
Iowa City High Wins Astor Cup in High School Rifle Meet
Iowa City high school rifle team again takes the Astor cup and sets a world high school record with a score of 80 out of 1000. Deering high of Portland Maine places second. The U S War Department cables congratulations to the team.
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Iowa City
Deering High
Portland
Maine
United States War Department
Iowa shippers protest freight rate discrimination claims
Des Moines May 8 shippers from interior towns protest freight rate discrimination in favor of Mississippi river crossings. E G Wylie rate commissioner for the Greater Des Moines committee says the interior town tariffs are inconsistent with river crossing rates and that interior cities face higher costs.
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Des Moines
Interior
E. G. Wylie
Greater
Iowa Rate Burden Highlights Rail Competition Debate
Mr. Wylie argues Iowa must share in railroad rate competition. He says the main flaw in the rate structure is that carriers kept rate reductions for themselves instead of extending them to interior Iowa, beyond points east of the Illinois Indiana line and Chicago Milwaukee.
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Iowa
Chicago
Milwaukee
Mississippi River
Wylie
Barley Fetches Record High Price in Ida Grove
Allen Joslin hauled a load of barley to town and was paid 80 dollars for the load or 1.25 dollars a bushel. The sale marks the highest barley price seen in Ida Grove in many years.
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Ida Grove
Allen Joslin
Water Supply Fears in Waterloo Over Artesian Wells
Waterloo Iowa faces possible future water supply changes as artesian wells show a shrinking yield. Three wells have reduced capacity. Cedar River filtration is rarely used and only for large fires. The city may need a new source if trends continue.
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Waterloo
Berry
Eyewitness to Lincoln assassination recalls Ford Theater night
Eldora Iowa resident William J. Garles who was a teenager in Washington at the April 14 1865 Lincoln assassination recalls being in Ford Theater when a pistol shot rang out. He later moved to Grundy County and Eldora about 18 years ago and is now 66.
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Eldora
Abraham Lincoln
William J. Garles
Garles
Washington
Db. C
John Wilkes Booth
Ford Theater
Iowa
National Lumber Manufacturers Meet Discuss Trade and Policy
Cincinnati May 8 at the tenth annual National Lumber Manufacturers Association meeting delegates from all twelve member associations gather at the Linton hotel. Topics include the Taft administration stance on the lumber trust verdict the Panama Canal effect on trade mail order houses and forest fire policy with experts to offer guidance amid recent muckraking attacks.
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Cincinnati
Taft
Lumber Trust
Panama Canal
National
Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
National Association
Linton Hotel
Mercy Earned Through Hard Work, Not Family Gift
A remark contrasts personal effort with inheritance. One character claims mercy came from hard work, while another suggests it was inherited from an uncle and later wrested from lawyers through effort. The dialogue implies themes of merit, legal struggle, and family ties.
Goodbye Catarrh Head with HYOMEI Inhaler Ad
An advertisement claims HYOMEI relieves catarrh after one day of use. It features a hard rubber pocket inhaler and HYOMEL solution priced at $1.00, with refills available for 50 cents at Lemmon's Pharmacy and druggists.
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Hyomeil
Lemmon
Kidney Pills Prove Quick Cure for Racine Man
F R Weiss of 1006 Forest Street Racine Wisconsin suffered an acute kidney attack with back pain. He took Foley Kidney Pills and within days his back improved and the trouble did not return. Lemmon's Pharmacy carries the remedy.
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F. R. Weiss
Forest St
Racine
Wis
Foley
Tam
Lemmon
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