Bombardment of Tripoli Seen In News Dispatches
Reports from Rome and London circulate on October 3 claiming the Italian fleet bombarded Tripoli at dawn local time. Dispatches state residents flee, Arabs arm for guerrilla resistance, and Turkish garrisons remain largely isolated.
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Dardanelles
Samos
Derna
Japan
Tokio
Berlin
Foreign Office
Webster to face grand jury and seek death penalty
Oregon Illinois reports Dr Henry E Webster self confessed wife murderer will be charged before the Ogle county grand jury and a fast criminal court trial sought. State's attorney Emerson says evidence will be presented and capital punishment insisted though some confession portions are disputed. Divorce action against Webster planned by Zoe Varney’s husband with legal steps announced.
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Oregon
Ill
Emerson
Ogle County
Henry E. Webster
Dr. Webster
Chicago
Webster
Cedar Rapids
Varney
Strikers Kill Texas Officer and Settle Down to Long Struggle
Reports from Cairo Illinois Houston Texas New Orleans Chicago Memphis and Ft Dodge detail a series of labor clashes as strikers and rail security forces clash at rail yards. Incidents include the killing of J J Pipes and a Texas officer, injuries to guards and a stab wound, and a broad shift toward an extended strike era with trains moving and police guarding plants.
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New Orleans
Memphis
Tenn
Illinois Central
Ft. Dodge
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Dictionaries Exhausted as Demand Surges in Community
The second shipment of Evening Courier Webster Dictionaries sold out this morning due to unprecedented demand. A third shipment was ordered by telegraph over a week ago and should arrive today or tomorrow. notice of receipt will be posted in this column.
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Webster
Courier
Waterloo Fivening Courier
Evening Courier
Telegraph
Witnesses called in Stephenson bribery inquiry in Milwaukee
Milwaukee, October 8. High witnesses summoned before the senatorial committee investigating bribery charges in the election of United States Senator Isaac Stephenson. They include Stephenson's 1908 campaign managers and state officials accused of financing the campaign. Defense counsel vows thorough scrutiny to expose alleged spread of charges across Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee
Wis
United States
Isaac Stephenson
Stephenson
Charles E. Littlefield
Wisconsin
Fort Dodge Shippers Protest Chicago Freight Rates
The Fort Dodge shippers association protested to the Interstate Commerce Commission against Chicago freight classes. They urged reducing first class rates from 72 to 64 cents per hundred pounds, aligning with the Chicago Des Moines rate.
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Washington
Fort Dodge
Shippers Association
Chicago
Hughes Brother Killed in Automobile Accident at Rochester
Misses Mary and Harriet Hughes, milliners, were summoned to Rochester Minnesota yesterday by telegram informing their brother Frank Hughes aged 45 had been killed in an auto accident. No details accompanied the message. He leaves a family.
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Mary
Harriet Hughes
Rochester
Minn
Frank Hughes
Hughes
Burglar Steals $20 From Cedar Falls Grocery
Cedar Falls Indiana October 3 Special Around 11 PM a rear door entry at W Cox grocery First and Malin streets netted about $20 from the money drawer. No clue yet. Miss Bolton Western Union operator upstairs heard the entry but mistook it for the proprietor and did not investigate.
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Cedar Falls
W. Cox
First
Malin Streets
Miss Bolton
Western Union
Fire destroys six stove foundries in Chicago
A blaze at the Home Stove works plant in Chicago destroyed six foundries, causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars and leaving many workers unemployed. The fire interruption halted production as investigators assessed the cause.
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Chicago
Home Stove Works
Prominent Shipper Urges Waterloo Action Now
Editor Courier urges Waterloo citizens to back a plan for a new passenger station by persuading shippers to route freight via the Illinois Central, arguing it would offset losses and trigger a Rock Island and Great Western station project, naming Thomas Cascaden, president of Cascaden Manufacturing Company, as signer.
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Courier
Waterloo
Ulineis Central
Union
Ilinois Central Railroad
Rock Island and Great Western
Thomas Cascgadar
Cascaden Manufacturing Company
Flood relief spreads as toll and aid rise in Pennsylvania
Austin reports no new flood horrors as relief mobilizes after the dam breach. Dead reach 32 with four missing. State health officials say money, men, and food are in demand. Philadelphia raises five thousand dollars. Dubois sends volunteers and laborers, Wellsboro raises two thousand two hundred for transport and aid.
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Austin
S. G. Dixon
State Health Department
Philadelphia
Dubois
North Sea Storm Wrecks Fishing Fleet Across Zeeland
A fierce North Sea storm caused heavy loss of life and damage in Zeeland and nearby provinces. Of 120 fishing boats, all but zero were lost or damaged. 28 bodies washed ashore near Steenbergen. Reports say 45 vessels wrecked between Dordrecht and the North Sea. communication restored today.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Zeeland
North Sea
Dordrecht
Steenbergen
Three Officers Killed in Gibson Arrest Shootout
In Middleboro Kentucky three officers were killed and a fourth wounded during an arrest attempt at Gibson. The officers were shot as they tried to make the arrest in a violent exchange early today.
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Middleboro
Gibson
Captain Peter Hains Jr. pardoned and freed from Sing Sing
Ossining New York October 3 Captain Peter C Hains Jr who killed William I Annis in August 1968 received his pardon today and left Sing Sing prison with his father General Peter C Wains United States Army retired en route to New York City. His pardon followed efforts by his elderly father and a jury signed petition. He faced a sentence of eight to 16 years and had divorced his wife last August.
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Ossining
N. Y
Peter C. Hains, Jr
William I. Annis
Sing Sing Prison
Peter C. Wains
New York City
Hains
Annis
Auto Collision Injures Four In Town
Town City, Ta. Oct. 3 Two persons were seriously injured and two others sustained bruises when an automobile driven by Dr E T Kegel collided with a carriage occupied by Homer Johnson and wife at 1 o clock this morning. The seriously injured are Mrs Homer Johnson and Lee Whittaker and Jacob Hotz Jr and John Magruder with Whittaker were in the automobile with Dr Kegel and were less seriously hurt. The car attempted to avoid the buggy, turned into the curb, then somersaulted and landed on its wheels. The buggy was demolished.
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Town City
E. T. Kegel
Homer Johnson
Homer Johson
Lee Whittaker
Jacob Hotz, Jr
John Magruder
Whittaker
Kegel
Lover kills operator and self in Rock Island case
E. Walker shot Magdalene Camp, a telephone operator, through the body and then killed himself after she refused marriage. He left a note stating he planned the deed and his reasons. The woman was likely to die.
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Rock Island
Walker
Magdalene Camp
Fire At Residence Causes Gasoline Stove Blaze
Fire, traced to a gasoline stove, reached a 1415 Hammond avenue home when a tea kettle was placed on high flame, igniting the fuel in the tank. The stove was removed from the house and only minor damage occurred.
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Hammond Avenue
Quarantine Hits Fort Dodge Family with Diphtheria
Fort Dodge Indiana reports a diphtheria outbreak in a 17 member family the Foraires. Doctors tended the situation for an entire afternoon and $50 worth of antitoxin was required. Fifteen children are affected and several adults show symptoms. The city health concern centers on containing the illness and protecting the broader community.
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Fort Dodge
Bip
Mra
Aiready
Childree
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