St Pauls Church Norfolk oldest in America and relics
Special correspondence describes St Pauls Episcopal Church in Norfolk as possibly America s oldest church, its ivy covered yard with a 1673 grave, the 1739 building blasted by British fire in 1776, Dunmore s cannonball embedded in the tower, and John Hancock s chair among relics. It notes rector Okeson s 20 year grave and Cortons travel notes before returning to Waterloo and Chicago.
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B. L. Corton
Norfolk
Qct
St- Paul's
America
St. Paul's
Elizabeth River
Lord Dunmore
St. Paul’s
John Hancock
Pioneer Church
Nathaniel Bacon
Common Council
Nicholas Albertson Okeson
World voyage attempt in small 25-foot boat
Captain J. C. Ross of Victoria British Columbia and two young Englishmen began a global voyage aboard a 25 foot sailing boat from Yokohama. They plan to reach the Tiji Islands then Australia and Southern Asia before sailing to the Mediterranean and up the Spanish and French coasts toward England. They will cross the Atlantic to Panama to pass through the canal and then sail up the North American west coast to Victoria before returning to Yokohama via the Pacific.
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London
Yokohama
J. C. Ross
Victoria
B. C
Tiji Islands
Australia
Asia
Mediterranean
England
Atlantic
Panama
Canal
North America
Pacific
Hamlin Garland in Flame Peril
Hamlin Garland, the author, narrowly escaped death when his West Salem Wisconsin home exploded in gasoline fire. A servant Fern Fox was badly injured as flames spread rapidly, forcing Garland to leap from an upstairs window to escape. The blaze destroyed mementos from Garland’s travels and Wisconsin relics.
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Garland
Probe of Beet Sugar Industry to Be Conducted
Ames Oct 8 The United States department of agriculture and Iowa will jointly study beet sugar production in Bremer and Clinton counties. Federal and Iowa State College soil experts will visit Waverly Bremer county to survey soils and determine why sugar beets succeed there and why they fail elsewhere. E B Watson from USDA soils and F R Howe from the college will lead the probe with F W Beckman collecting publicity material.
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Ames
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Bremer
Clinton
Iowa State College
Waverly
Bremer County
State College
Towa
United States
E. B. Watson
United States Department of Soils
Weahington
F. BR. Howe
Tm Soils
F. W. Beckman
Cholera Epidemic Reported in Yokohama
Washington reports cholera epidemic at Yokohama with public health service updates and ship inspection precautions. Also noting a yellow fever case in New Orleans tied to a Greek passenger from Santos aboard the British steamer Chaucer.
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Washington
Yokohama
Japan
Public Health Service
New Orleans
Chaucer
Mississippi River
Santos
Brazil
Electrical machinery powers a modern world across industries
A neophyte learns that the Chinese republic prints new money with motors, and $12,317.06 was spent by corset makers on electricity in six months. The piece catalogs how electrical machinery touches over 200 diverse industries from textiles and printing to cooking, cleaning, bottling, dentistry, mining, and weaponry, calling it the universal servant driving daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nakea
Recorders Office Replaces Pens to Save Transcription Time
In the County Recorder's office, pens last two hours, with Deputy Jennie Bird using eight pens daily. Recorder Plummer attributes improved ink quality to legibility and reduced corrosion, predicting long term savings though current outlay rises from more acid writing fluid.
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Chas
Jennie Bird
Plummer
Vienna Bakery Booth Draws Crowds at Pure Food Show
The Vienna bakery, among the largest in the northeast, had a beautifully decorated booth at the armory, displaying its choicest oven products. An omission kept the name from the exhibitor list in last evening’s Courier.
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Vienna Bakery
Courier
Towa
City in Brief Highlights and Local Notes
Short urban items report glass buyers advertising in Buchanan. Mrs J M Longfellow attends a School Girl's Party at Mrs George Mead's home. East Waterloo Modern Woodmen camp meets with special business. Mr and Mrs Harry Henderson return to Waterloo from Galena with Esther Bodell wintering. Mrs J W Winterbotham recovering after Cedar Rapids hospital operation. W H Miller visits Lanark Illinois after thirty years away. Irvin Weineck shows progress after scalding injury. County supervisors hold a routine afternoon meeting.
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J. M. Longfellow
Shell Rock
George Mead
East Waterloo
Modern Woodmen of America
Harry H. Henderson
Waterloo
Henderson
George Bodell
Jof Galena
Esther Bodell
Irvin Weineck
Riehl Street
Board of County Supervisors
Licensed to Wed in Waterloo Marriage Notice
Clarence R. V. Bassarear aged 24 and Nina C. Stewart aged 20 of Waterloo plan marriage. The notice notes eight pounds of sweet potatoes sold for 25 cents at C. H. Eightey’s grocery in Waterloo.
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Clarence R. V. Bassarear
Waterloo
Nina C. Stewart
C. H. Eightey's Grocery
Gas Case Argued Before U S District Court
Attorneys in the Des Moines gas rate case argued before Judge Smith McPherson in the U S district court at Council Bluffs Iowa on the company's motion to appeal the prior decision. Arguments were expected to take the entire day.
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Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Smith McPherson
United States District Court
Domestic Happiness League planned in Manchester
A group of northern clergymen in England proposes a national league to promote domestic happiness. Ministers and Christians would survey parishes, intervene in household strife, and monitor offenders. The plan cites many separation orders among the working class and notes Lancashire has 26,409 legally separated people not free to remarry.
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Manchester
England
Nexes
North
Lancashire
Recall petitions float over Hunt reforms in Arizona
Dissatis faction in Phoenix circulates recall petitions against Governor George W. P. Hunt over prison reform and executive parole powers. The move targets the governor in his home county as supporters demand the recall option he has long supported.
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Phoenix
Ariz
George W. P. Hunt
Planned 10 Blow Up Panama Canal Plot Details Read
Indianapolis report describes McNamaras Ortie BE and McManigal as leaders of a dynamiters squad discussing plans to blow up the Panama Canal locks. Prosecutor Miller read conversations showing calls to obtain dynamite from the MacClintie Marshall company and to execute the Panama plan to shift attention from the Los Angeles affair. McManigal declined the mission and arrests followed.
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Indianapolis
Ind
McNamaras
Ortie BE
McManigal
Panama
Miller
John J
Jones B. McNamara
McManigat
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
MacClintie-Marshall Construction Company
Los Angeles
Mrs Carroll Opens Mothers Congress in Ottumwa
Mrs B F Carroll president of the Iowa Mothers Congress opened the biennial session at the First Baptist church Ottumwa. The morning feature was the National Mothers Congress report by Mrs Chas Branton Dallas Center and the educational committee report by Mrs A O Ruste Charlies City.
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Ottumwa
B. F. Carroll
Iowa Mothers’ Congress
First Baptist Church
National Mothers’ Congress
Chas. Branton
Dallas Center
Mra. A. O
Ruste
Charlies City
Mechanician Tony Studelarf Dies in Milwaukee Crash
Milwaukee Oct 8 Tony Studelarf mechanician for David Bruce Brown who was killed last week while testing for the Vanderbilt novice course in this city died today from injuries suffered when their car went into the alley. The incident follows Bruce Brown’s fatal accident during a trial in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Tony Studelarf
David Bruce Brown
Vanderbilt
Americans Lose Four More in Nicaragua Battle
Reports state American forces suffered two marines and two blawjackers killed in the attack on Leon and Chinan dega in San Juan Del Sur Nicaragua. Fifty rebels died and many wounded. remaining attackers were disarmed.
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San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Leon
Chinandega
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