Ill senator Allison may get a statue at Iowa State Capitol
Adjutant General Thrift reports Senator Allison in a serious condition with Brights disease like symptoms and frail health. He notes Allison would likely return to Washington if able and argues for a granite statue on the state house grounds to honor his national service and Iowa support.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Dubuque
Allison
Thrift
Bright
Senator Allison
Washington
Congress
Lowa
West Capitol
National Congress
State House
Murder Suspected After Metzger Death and Missing 1700
Tinconning Michigan September 21 The disappearance of 1700 once secreted in Fred Metzger home shifts belief from suicide to murder Officials say Metzger died from a self inflicted shot but missing money prompts homicide theory Mrs Charles Cofrain near the farm heard shots Sept 9 Dr M Porter could not enter Metzger home until neighbors helped enter findings show Metzger seated with revolver a bullet hole behind left ear one chamber empty investigators now consider robbery murder tied to the money.
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Tinconning
Mich
Fred Metzger
Charles Cofrain
Metzger
M. Porter
Gets Her Place Again Springfield I Ill
Illinois Soldiers Orphans Home at Normal resumes Miss EF Medora Schaeffer as principal after civil service commission rules duties of superintendent and principal are the same She had been superintendent until Sept 10 when the post was abolished and an acting principal was named The commission also approves of Mrs James R Locher’s removal for insubordination
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Springfield
R. N. McCauley
Ilinois Soldiers Orphans’ Home
Normal
Illinois Civil Service Commission
EF. Medora Schaeffer
McCauley
Civil Service Commission
Evansville Man Arrested as Mayor Threats Suspected
Evansville Indiana September 21 John Fricke arrested after threats against Mayor John W Boehne and declared insane. His wife also declared insane.
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Evansville
Ind
John Fricke
John W. Boehne
Meeting at Eureka Changes Held Next Sunday
The quarterly meeting at Eureka will be directed by Rev. R. L. Patterson instead of Rev. W. G. Thorne as previously announced.
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Eureka
R. L. Patterson
W. G. Thorne
Cure Trusted: Chamberlain's Colic Remedy Tames Ill Child
Maggie Hickox of Midland Michigan touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy curing her two year old's severe bowel illness. The ad claims it can defeat cholera infantum and promises a certain cure when directions are followed, with sales listed at Cook & Sherman and Stewart's Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
Maggie Hickox
Midland
Mich
Cook & Sherman and
Stewart's
Popular Excursion To Minneapolis and St Paul
Iowa Central offers a last Twin Cities excursion dep Brighton 9 19 p m Saturday Sept 22 arriving Minneapolis 8 25 a m and St Paul 9 00 a m for 4 00 round trip Tickets limited for return on any train to Sept 26 Includes tourist sleeper with double berth 1 00 reserve through agents and see bills for details. also a testimonial for Foley's Honey and Tar curing hay fever and summer cold from Batesville Indiana resident and his wife.
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Iowa Central
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Brighton
Twin Cities
A. J. Nusbaum
Batesville
Indiana
Foley
Nickel Plate Road Buffalo Return Fare Offer
$13.00 to Buffalo and Return from Chicago for October 10 to 13 via Nickel Plate Road. Return limit from Buffalo by October Mth or October 20 by extension. Three daily through trains with Vestibuled Pullman sleepers and Club Meals from 5c to $1.00 in dining cars. No excess fare. John Y. Calahan General Agent Chicago 107 Adams St for details and berth reservations.
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Chicago
Nickel Plate Road
Buffalo
John Y. Calahan
Adams
Cousins Named Chairman of House Foreign Affairs Committee
Des Moines reports that with the death of Congressman Hitt, Robert G. Cousins of Iowa moves to the top of the House committee on foreign affairs. Previously third, Cousins rises to chairman by succession and will retain the post for the coming session under Speaker Cannon.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hitt
Robert G. Cousins
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Congress
Cousins
Robert Adams
Pennsylvania
Cannon
We Have a Bill Against Him Tangier to Fez
United States mission to Morocco led by Minister Gummere reached Kiksar without incident and proceeded for Fez. It is believed the department will demand indemnity for the kidnapping of Perdicaris by Raisuli and the punishment of Raisuli.
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Tangier
Morocco
United States
San Francisco Struggles With Hotel Shortages
San Francisco on September 21 reports no vacancies in eight major hotels with guests sleeping on cots in halls as West bound travel surges. The city ferries travelers from across the country seeking lodging amid crowded inns and limited rooms.
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Prisco
San Farisco
San Francisco
City to display habitual drunkards list in saloons
Fon du Lac Wisconsin September 21 city council passes resolution to publish a list of habitual drunkards in all saloons creating a practical blacklist and enforcement plan through public display the measure aims to curb disorder and promote sobriety in the county.
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Fon du Lac
Wis
Midland man declines Saigon consul post
Lansing Mich Sept 21 Perley G Heald of Midland will decline his appointment as consul to Saigon Cochin China He says he might accept and cover duties then return to the United States via Europe and make 500 on the trip but he is opposed to that sort of business
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Lansing, Mich
Perley G. Heald
Midland
Saigon
Cochin China
United States
Europe
Steamer State of Ohio Runs Aground Near Put-in-Bay
The steamer State of Ohio grounded on Rattlesnake Island near Put-in-Bay. All passengers were safely removed. The Cleveland and Toledo line vessel belongs to the Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navigation Company.
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Cleveland
State of Ohio
Put-in-Bay
Cleveland and
Toledo
Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navigation Company
Chief of Police Dismissed by Board in St Louis
The board of police commissioners sustained long standing charges against Chief Matthew Kiely and dismissed him from the police service in St Louis on September 21.
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St. Louis
Board of Police Commissioners
Matthew Kiely
Walking Through Fire Hindoo Devotees Walk Over Glowing Coals
A Straits Budget description from Singapore details a Hindu fire-walking ritual. Priests light embers, prepare a sand lane, and place the gods by a pond. Devotees, men and women, walk barefoot through embers, some bleeding from a ritual knife, then through water, danced before idols, ending as embers are hurled skyward.
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Singapore
Peculiar dis ease in trades and linked ailments
A detective notes how every trade carries unique health risks. Blacksmiths risk right side paralysis and weak eyes from forge glare, carpenters varicose veins, bakers and miners weak lungs, miners also weak eyes, coopers swollen knees, housemaids knee strain, India rubber workers headaches and mood dips from fumes, and painters face lead poisoning, often fatal.
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India
Not Irish but delightful tale of cross country motorist
A motorist on a Dakota tour breaks down and seeks a monkey wrench from a Swede at a small house. The Swede jokes about confused language, claiming he has sheep, cow, and pig ranches but no monkey ranch, in a humorous clash of cultural misunderstandings.
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Dakota
Ile
America
Ole
Meester Ferguson
Nord Dakota
Sea Gulls Attack a Danish Sailor Near Shipwreck
A Danish sailor on the Flandria was washed overboard near Cronstadt while en route to Copenhagen. He stripped to swim, but a large flock of sea gulls attacked him for six hours until the Russian steamer Elisa rescued him, leaving him exhausted but alive.
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Cronstadt
Copenhagen
Newcastle Chronicle
Local buyer lands fine horse near town sale
Louis Brinning delivered a 1650 pound horse this morning to a local buyer. The animal sold for 250, illustrating steady demand and profit in regional horse trades.
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Louis Brinning
Hall's Catarrh Cure ad promises reward and cure
One hundred dollars reward for a catarrh cure by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo advertise a cure taken internally. Walding Kinnan & Marvin certify Cheney's reliability. Testimonials available free. Price 75 cents a bottle. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
I’. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
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