Rivers and Harbors Congress Seeks 500 Million Bond Plan
John A. Fox promotes a bond issue of 500 million dollars to develop U S waterways. He cites a nationwide tour of 15000 miles and predicts the December convention in Washington with up to 5000 business leaders pressing for regular annual appropriations and immediate bond funding.
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Washington, D. C
John A. Fox
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
United States
Fox
Europe
Taft
Atlantic Seaboard
Florida
Rio Grande
Pacific Coast
San Diego
Bellingham
Puget Sound
Columbia
Missouri
Ohio
Tennessee
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Congress
Panama Canal
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Oakland
Eureka
Portland
Gray's Harbor
Tacoma
Seattle
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San Joaquin
Snake Rivers
Missouri River
Montana
Nebraska
Iowa
Mississippi
Sudden Death in Kalona Rocks Local Community
Dr. G W Hay county coroner investigated the death of George Spanner four miles from Kalona at his sister Mrs S S Gringer's home. Spanner, age 47, long heart trouble and western land investments, was found in an out-building and the death declared natural, with funeral held at the residence at ten in the morning. He left two Kalona area brothers and his sister as survivors.
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G. W. Hay
Kalona
George Spanner
S. S. Gringer
Spanner
Ile
Gringer
Trespass Notice on Howard L. McCleery Farm
All persons are hereby notified against trespassing on my farm under penalty of the law. Howard L. McCleery.
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Howard L. Meccleery
Card of Thanks for kindness during illness and death
Henry Miller and Family express gratitude to friends and neighbors for help during the sickness and death of their wife and mother.
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Henry Miller
First Iowa Women to Sit Rhodes Exam
Girls in Iowa City will be eligible to take the Rhodes examination marking a state first. One girl will attempt the October tests and is unnamed by the secretary. The scholarship is from the General Federation of Women's Clubs and funds study at Oxford Cambridge or London University with a 27 year age limit.
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Iowa City
George McKibben
MacLean’s
Lhodes
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Washington, D. C
Rhodes
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Iowa
Oxford
Cambridge
London University
Celebration Day in Pittsburg Promotes Pirates Victory
October 18 Pittsburg declares celebration for Pirates over Tigers with a downtown parade led by Mayor Magee. Colonel Albert J. Logan named chief marshal, Forbes Field stand prepared to present players with checks. Babe Adams gains fame for three wins as fans credit Adams cocktail for local bar lore. Magistrate Matthews discharges twenty seven intoxicated individuals after accepting excuses about a new Adams cocktail.
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Pittsburg
Pirates
Tigers
Magee
Forbes Field
Albert J. Logan
Eighteenth Regiment
Babe” Adams
Adams
Detroit
Matthews
Mentone Chamber Plans French Hotel Keeper School
A scheme funded by Mentone Chamber aims to establish a hotel-keeper’s school for Frenchmen. The plan notes Riviera hotels total £75,000,000 in capital, with many owned by Swiss and foreign interests. French entrants would study languages cooking and hygiene to enter the hotel trade, following successful Swiss models.
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Chamber of Commerce of
Mentone
Riviera
Switzerland
Paris
London Express
Pape’s Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An old advertisement touts Pape’s Diapepsin as a harmless stomach remedy. It claims digestion relief within five minutes for indigestion heartburn and gas, urging readers to buy a 50 cent case from their pharmacist.
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Pape
Disciples at Forbes Field Sing Beloved Hymn to 26000
At Forbes Field a vast, interdenominational gathering closed the Disciples centennial celebration with a unifying communion service. The crowd of more than 26000 joined in the hymn Bless Be the Tie That Binds as a finale to nine days of events.
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Pittsburg
Forbes Field
Disciples of Christ
Children Return Home From Kidnapping in St Louis
Grace and To masso Viviano were kidnapped from their home on August 2 and returned to St Louis with their fathers. Relatives and friends greeted them at Union Station as mothers kissed them goodbye en route to home. Special services were held at St Charles Borromeo church to thank for the return.
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Ohes
St. Louis
Grace
Tomasso Viviano
Union Station
St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church
Fire in Friendenuald Building Injures Six Firemen
A blaze at the southeast corner of Baltimore and Eutaw streets in the Friendenuald building injures six firemen and narrowly misses others. Damage estimated at 400000 dollars.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and
Eutaw Streets
Friendenuald
Jeffries or Johnson faces big chess match for title
Jeffries must accept a custody of the heavyweight championship by signing to fight Jack Johnson or admit plans to quit boxing. Johnson will reach Chicago by week end, ready to sign articles and post a forfeit to back a side bet after knocking Ketchel out in the 12th round.
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New York
Jeffries
Jack Johnson
Lusitania
Johnson
Chicago
Ketchel
Stuyvesant Fish Likely Appointed U S Minister to China
A Shanghai report on October 18 states Stuyvesant Fish of New York is likely to be named American minister to China.
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China
Shanghai
Stuyvesant Fish
New York
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