Labor Din the Tous Boys Meet State Convention in Waterloo
In Waterloo Iowa on November 5 6 and 7 a major gathering of boys from Y M C A departments across Iowa will convene The conference aimed at older Christian boys will have delegates only if age fifteen or older and will focus on issues relevant to boys and their religious work Speakers of note are promised with sessions led by experienced youth workers from the state
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Waterloo
Oys
Iowa
Purity Federation Renamed and Expands National Network
Burlington Iowa October 20 report that the National Purity Federation congress has been renamed to the American Purity Federation. Twelve new organizations join, including the Omans Prohibition club of America and the Christian Catholic church of Zion Illinois. Plans set for a national legislative committee and state committees to back reform laws. J H Patton of Boston notes Speaker Cannon opposes reform laws.
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Burlington
National Purity Federation Congress
Ameran Purity Federation
Oman
Prohibition Club of America
Omstock
New York Society For the Oppression of Vice
Christian Tholic Church of Zion
Ill
Imigration Restrictive League of Bosm
New England Watch and
Ard Society
J. H. Patton
Boston
Oma
Annon
Indeterminate sentence law upheld by Iowa Supreme Court
Des Moines reports the Iowa Supreme Court affirms the constitutionality of the indeterminate sentence law in a ruling by Judge Sherwin. The case concerns Nelson Duff convicted in Winneshiek County for aiding Fred Carb to escape from the state jail who received an indeterminate term not to exceed ten years.
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Des Moines
Sherwin
Iow Supreme Court
Nelson Duff
Winneshiek County
Fred Carb
Seats
Duff
Supreme Purt
Sloan Is Found Guilty in Murder Case
Ren gan was found guilty of murdering James Wallace by a jury in Council Bluffs Iowa. Wallace a young man fell in with hobos after a fight on a Missouri Valley car platform and was found dead beside the track.
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Sloan
Council Bluffs
Rengan
James Wallace
Wallace
Missouri Valley
LeMars Man Sentenced Thirty Years for Attacking Girl
LeMars Iowa October 20 Judge Mould in district court sentenced Cas ar Mehuis to thirty years in the penitentiary. Mehuis attempted to murder Anna Wengles a seventeen year old girl on April 14 after she resisted his attentions. He fired five bullets into her body and pleaded guilty.
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LeMars
Mouldn
Casar Mehuis
Penintiary
Mehuis
Mur- Anna Wengles
Woman Burned to Death in Clarinda Fire
Clarinda Iowa October 20 Mrs Hannah Man was burned to death here when he tried to start a fire in a stove using kerosene and it exploded. She endured frightful agony during the twelve hours that she survived.
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Clarinda
Hannah
Iowa Nebraska Grocers Meet Goes Quiet in Council Bluffs
In Council Bluffs on October 26 only members of the Iowa Nebraska Wholesale Grocers association attended a routine meeting. Details of business discussed were not disclosed and a committee meeting was to be arranged for later at an unspecified location.
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Iowa-Nebraska Grocers
Council Bluffs
Iowa-Nebraska Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Sual
John P. Mehlhop
Ql Bluffs Cire
Meat Packers Elect Officers in Chicago Meeting
Meat Packers' association adopted resolutions endorsing President Taft's administration and urging the Department of Agriculture to reduce livestock diseases. Officers elected: President Charles Roche NY, Vice President Joseph Allerdice IN, Secretary George McCarthy NY, Treasurer Michael Hoffman Cincinnati, and an executive committee with members from IA OH CHI NY BUF PA MO Austin ME and others.
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Chicago
Taft
Cincinnati
A. J. Glick
Marshalltown
O. S. Mayer
Jacob C. Dold
Buffalo
Charles Tf. Ogden
Pittsburg
Jacob Beiswanger
Philadelphia
Pierre Garneau
St. Louis
George A. Hormel
Austin
E. W. Penley
Auburn
Oppose Advance in Rates Freight Increase Opposed
Cincinnati delegates from shippers and commercial groups meet to oppose a planned general advance in freight rates. They adopt resolutions denouncing the increase as unjustified and decide to launch a nationwide campaign with a committee to educate the public and press the broader conference powers.
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Cincinnati
General Conference
Swan Song of Carriages Autos Supplant High Grade Carriages
Maurice Connolly of Dubuque Iowa president of the Carriage Builders National Association told the thirty seventh annual meeting in Washington that the high grade carriage era is ending. He warned manufacturers to switch to automobile bodies to survive as demand shifts to autos.
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Connolly
Washington
Carriage Builders’ National Association
Maurice Connolly
Dubuque
Torrential Rains Cause Damage in Southwest Texas
Torrential rains in southwest Texas caused about $100,000 in damage in San Marcos and surrounding areas after a cloudburst dropped ten inches of rain. Lives are feared lost in remote locations as railroad tracks were damaged and property ruined, delaying trains from the southwest.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
San Marcos
Two Die In Auto Crash Near Ramona
Clarence E. Hunt, a noted automobile dealer, and Dr. Edward Grove of San Diego were killed when their car rolled over on a grade while speeding from Ramona to San Diego.
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San Diego
Cal
Clarence EE. Hunt
Edward Grove
Ramona
Russian Troops Move Toward Finland Anew
St. Petersburg dispatch reports the government readying a new guard regiment and other units for rapid deployment to Finland signaling a steepening rift with Helsinki.
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Finland
St. Petersburg
Guidden
Night rider raids reported in Kentucky barley and tobacco region
Night rider raids recurred in Kentucky in Mason county with warnings left at homes of Fréd Adams and Harry Allen. Both men were fined five fara as consequences described in the damaged dispatch, while crops in the area faced threats from the incidents.
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Kentucky
Dngton
Mason County
Fréd Adams
Harry Allen
Yorktown Celebration Chooses Covarrubias As Portola
In Yorktown a parade celebrates Portola with Nicholas Covarrubias as the chosen representative. He is described as a former U S marshal and frontier figure who aided San Miguel’s reversion to U S control and symbolizes the era’s westward spirit.
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Don Gaspar de Portola
Portola
San Francisco Bay
Golden Gate City
Nicholas ‘ Covarrabins
United States
West
Cleveland
Covarrubias
San Miguel
San Francisco
Nicholas A. Covarrubias
Gaspar DE Portola
Frisco
King Alfonso Uneasy After First Perrer Demonstration
Madrid dispatch reports King Alfonso's dejected appearance at the palace following news of the initial Perrer demonstration. The Chronicle's London desk cites the Madrid correspondent on October 20.
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London
Madrid
The
Chronicle
Perrer
Alfonso
Carter blocked in bid for extra fees from government fund
Chicago October 20 The Supreme Court of the United States blocked Captain Obertin M Carter from obtaining additional attorneys fees from a 135000 fund held by a government officer pending settlement of his suit against the government. An order staying proceedings in Judge Kohlsaar’s court halted payment efforts. Carter has reportedly drawn 58000 from the fund, raising fears the total could be withdrawn before the suit ends.
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Chicago
Obertin M. Carter
Ris
Supreme Court of the United States
Kohlsaar
Washington
Burned With Full Naval Honors in Dubuque
The body of Lieutenant Carl Richter was laid to rest with full naval honors in Mount Pere peak in Dubuque on October 20. The ceremony honored the officer whose death, alleged to be by his own action aboard the Marietta in Hampton Roads, ended last week. A marine squad escorted the service.
Riot after Polish wedding in Hammond leaves multiple dead and injured
A wedding party at a West Hammond dance hall ends in a riot at 2 a.m. with John Potocki killed and James Kries dying after being shot. Police chief Kaulezky fatally injured, another officer head wound, a Polish couple hosted the party, eight arrests made as attackers dispersed.
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Kaulezky
Taft Plays Golf on Ranch Trip at Taft Texas
President Taft enjoyed his first real day of rest during a 13 000 mile ranch tour. He golfed with his brother Charles at Gregory Texas and planned a Taft town speech and swimming while staying near the gulf with a batting house nearby for his party.
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Gregory
Tex
Taft
Charles
Gulf
Survivor Identifies Rizzo In Ravine Case
Utica report says six year old survivor Fannie infusino and companion of two slain children testified in superior court naming Theodore Rizzo as the suspect. The dramatic gesture involved her white gloved arm extended during the proceedings.
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Utica
Fannie Infusino
Theodore Rigzio
Gaspahrets
Chicago hog and cattle market summary for October 20 1909
Hogs receipts estimated at 24 000 with prices 6 95 to 7 85 for light to heavy packs mixed, 7 20 to 7 75 for packers. Cattle estimated 11 000 with Beeves 3 90 to 5 25, stockers and western cattle 4 00 to 7 25. Sheep estimated 50 000 with native 2 49 to 4 80 and western 2 60 to 4 55. Closing markets show bulk 7 45 to 7 70 with mixed packers 7 25 to 7 80.
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Texas
JOAN A BABCOCK Listed With North American Live Stock
Joan A. Babcock shown as care of North American Live Stock Commission Company at United States Stock Yards Chicago. The dataset lists an executive or contact associated with the livestock trade during the era.
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North .American
Live .Stock Commission Company
U. S. Stock Yards
Chicago
Ubli
Yorktown Surrender Anniversary Draws 15000 Patriots
Yorktown Virginia saw a vast display recreating the Cornwallis surrender with steamers docking, 15000 excursionists from Richmond and Norfolk, a coast artillery battalion, flotilla soldiers, 1000 participants, and a reading of letters from President Taft and Vice President Sherman expressing regret at their absence. Colonel Oswald Tilghman presented correspondence and capitulation documents from the era.
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Taft
Sherman
Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis
Washington
Richmond
Norfolk
Coast Artillery
Fortress Monroe
Maryland Naval Reserve
Oswald Tilghman
Maryland
Yorktown Historical Society
Branley Ketchel talks after Johnson affair
Branley Ketchel, missing teeth, says he erred by hanging on Johnson's punches in the twelfth round after flooring the champion and believes he can beat him in a rematch. He may settle differences with Langford, while Langford eyes December or January for a Johnson bout and Burns could fight Ketchel or Langford before Christmas.
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New York
Branley Ketchel
Johnson
Ketchel
Langford
Burns
Jeffries
Papke
Kaufmann
Wright beats own long flight record in 19 minutes
Wilbur Wright demonstrated continued control as his aeroplane failed to complete flight, yet he stayed aloft for 19 minutes and 5 seconds setting a new personal record despite a midair stoppage.
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College Park
Wilbur Wright
Wright
Balcony Collapse Kills Woman in Rochester Parade
A balcony collapse on East E avenue during the Rochester day industrial parade killed one woman and injured two others. Local authorities reported the incident during the event in Rochester New York on October 20.
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Rochester
N. Y
East E Avenue
Bomb explodes before Church of St Louis in Lisbon
A bomb detonated in front of the Church of St Louis in Lisbon on October 20 shattering windows in nearby residences and causing alarm.
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Lisbon
Church of St. Louis
D O Mills Honored By New York Figure
D O Mills, eighty four, honored in New York as an esteemed former vice president of the state.
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D. O. Mills
New York
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Purity Federation
Supreme Court
Ruggiat
Meat Packers
Rowe
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry
Yorktown, VA
George F. Butler
Barcelona
Ferrer
Hammond
Taft ON Ranch
Rizzio
O.t
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Postal Telegraph
Joan A. Babcock
Cornwallis
Virginia Town
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