Ava Matthews Accepts Music Instructor Post in Crawfordsville
Miss Ava Matthews begins a two day a week music teaching position in the Crawfordsville schools after an unsolicited appointment. She is noted for strong musical ability and suitability for the role. Ross Crawford arrived from Kansas City and will spend a week with relatives in Ainsworth, leaving on the Firefly.
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Ava Matthews
Crawfordsville
Ross Crawford
Kansas City
Ainsworth
Ross
Frey
Sudden Attack of Disentery Cured
A Brooklyn lady inquires where to buy Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after a ranch visit in South Dakota left her ill. She reports the medicine cured her symptoms and aided her mother’s sudden dysentery. Sold by Cook & Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
N. Y
Chamberlain
South Dakota
Cook & Sherman
Costs of Canal total to 1907 tally at 84 million
Detailed statement shows Panama Canal expenditures up to Dec 31 1906 totaling 84 449 000. Major cost 50 million to French company and Panama government for property rights and franchises. Other outlays cover material supplies administration sanitation construction and plant including rolling stock machinery and isthmus infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Panama Canal
Panama
Mi o na touted as cure for indigestion crisis
An article warns of a looming commercial decline as people rush life and neglect meals. It promotes Mi o na tablets from Lemmon's Pharmacy, claiming to strengthen stomach walls, regulate digestion and relieve indigestion symptoms with a 50 cent box and money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemmon’s
National Baptist Convention Opens With Large Delegation
The National Baptist colored convention began in Washington on Sept 13 with many delegates from across the country. President E C Morris of Helena Ark urged opposition to social mixing and endorsed strict racial separation in social life. He praised President Roosevelt for not being influenced by race and urged most negros stay in the south and rural areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
National Baptist (Colored)convention
E. C. Morris
Helena
Ark
Roosevelt
South
Cummins Grants One More Chance to Barker in Fay Diamonds Case
Governor Cummins sent a letter giving George Barker another chance after his parole violation. Barker had teamed with the Shercliffe group in the Clinton Fay diamonds theft. Barker turned state's evidence and was convicted, then paroled. He later lived in Clinton, worked for Fay, and assisted in running a restaurant before drunk conduct violated parole. The governor notified Clinton authorities of the decision.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cummins
George Burrier
Fay
Clinton
Burrier
Shercliffe
Barker
Railroad wreck inquiry finds no one to blame
N S Ketchum, chairman of the Iowa state railroad board, returned from Cedar Falls after an exhaustive look at the Rock Island wreck. He will issue a full report but believes the catastrophe was not caused by any single party and notes the law requiring reports had not been widely observed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
N. S. Ketchum
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Cedar Falls
Rock Island
Fort Dodge Receives Site for New $90,000 Hospital
Sept 13 Fort Dodge Iowa citizens and Sisters of Mercy of Dubuque donate 25 000 each toward a 90000 hospital project. Patrick Reilly offers a valuable site for the buildings ending doubts about completion.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Patrick Reilly
Sisters of Mercy of
Dubuque
Florence Fuhhrmiester Shot by Jealous Lover Survives
Iowa City report says Florence Fuhhrmiester who was shot by a jealous lover will live. X ray shows the bullet lodged in her head in a position unlikely to cause serious after healing.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Florence Fuhhrmiester
Iowa Board Amends Car Load Weight Classifications
The Iowa board of railroad commissioners announces amendment No. percent to classification No. 13 dated Sept. 4 and effective Sept. 25. It lowers minimum car load weights for lime plaster stucco flour and millstuffs from 30000 to 24000 pounds with a 34 foot car as baseline. Other lengths see a 3 percent per foot change. Shippers of construction material will be affected.
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Board of Railroad Commissioners of
Iowa
Tragic Death Shocks Bloomfield Bride Elect
Slomer S Casey of Bloomfield Indiana is found dead sitting upright in a buggy in his barn with a bullet wound to the temple. He had just returned from a visit with Miss Anna Stone and was to be married yesterday. The horse was hitched and no revolver found. authorities suspect robbers or tramps inside the barn as the cause of the late arrival death.
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Bloomfield
Ind
Slomer S. Casey
Chicago
Anna Stone
Peter Stone
Casey
Federal probe tests seventy five breakfast brands in Harrisburg
Dairy and Food Commissioner Foust sent seventy five samples of breakfast and other patent foods to Professor Frear of the state college for analysis amid public agitation.
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Harrisbore Pa
Dairy and
Foust
Frear
The
State College
Ridge Farm Prepares Warm Welcome for Mormon Elders
Reports from Ridge Farm near Danville Illinois say residents will greet Mormon elders during their conference meeting tomorrow night. Ridge Farm is described as a strong community for this denomination in the state.
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Danville
Ridge Farm
Alleged detectives raided by patrons in Battle Creek
In Battle Creek Michigan on September 1 authorities are accused of failing to vet two detectives said to be employed elsewhere. They claim to have collected evidence by visiting multiple resort venues and gathering proof from patrons.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Othe Wooo
T. A
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Triggers Mental Break in Local Man
Albert Deaver, 21, son of Reuben Deaver of Newcaste, Ind, suffered a mental collapse after viewing a production of the play Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Doctors describe long standing mental issues and note the theater viewing intensified his condition.
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Newcaste
Indi
Dr Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde
Albert Deaver
Reuben Deaver
Mithine
Mill Hands Walk Out Over Early Loom Start Time
In Danielsonville Connecticut on September 3 workers from the Quinnebane mills led by 125 employees struck claiming compulsory loom starts two minutes earlier than the mill notice. The walkout targets factory schedule and labor conditions at the mill.
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Danielsonville
Conn
Quinnebane
President appoints General S. M. J. Young Yellowstone superintendent
President appoints retired General S. M. J. Young to lead Yellowstone National Park. Young previously commanded in Cuba and now assumes the park post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone Park
Washington
S. M. J. Young
Cuba
Yellowstone National Park
Free trial of Dr. Shoop Catarrh Remedy mailed on request
Trial catarrh treatments are being mailed free of charge by Dr. Shoop of Racine Wisconsin. The tests show the great value of this scientific prescription known to druggists as Dr. Shoop's Catarrh Remedy. Sold by J. H. Stewart.
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Shoop
Racine
Wis
J. H. Stewart
Pitt Parker Cartoonist Delights Scranton Y M C A Audience
Pitt Parker, noted cartoonist, headlines a Washington lecture course in Scranton, praised for engaging entertainment. Reviewers call his sketches admirable and his chatty talk appealing, with warm welcomes anticipated and a lively reception by the R. R. Y M C A secretary.
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Pitt Parker
Washington
Scranton
Scrangton
W. W. Adair
Kendal Announces Candidacy in Sixth District
Albia Iowa Sept 13 Speaker Nj EK Kendal announced as a candidate for Congress in Iowa sixth district. The move contradicts prior expectations of a June entry and follows Kendall indicating a definite statement after a Des Moines visit. Other Republicans have signified they will not compete for the nomination.
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Albia
Iowa
Nj EK. Kendal
Congress
Kendal
Des Moines
Kendall
Otal
Republica
Cham berlain's Pain Balm Says Lame Back Cure Found
This item reports Luise LaGran of Orange Michigan praising Cham berlain's Pain Balm for back pain. After three weeks with other remedies a bottle and two applications cured him. Sold by Cook and Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Luise LaGran
Orange, Mich
Chamberslain
Cook and Sherman
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Work & Meek
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