Rebels occupy whole Yangtse Kiang Valley
Dispatches from Peking and Hankow report rebels control the Yangtse Kiang valley from Hankow toward Shanghai with refugees arriving at Shanghai and Kiukiang claimed under revolutionary control. Telegrams say government troops are marching south. foreign observers warn of broader conflict and rising revolutionary funds reaching half a million dollars.
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Yangtse Kiang Valley
Reu Mion
Yangtse Kiang
Yuan-Shi-Kai
Hankow
Shanghai
China
Kiukiang
Whchang
Han Yang
Vancouver
B. C
Old Railroad Man Found Dead in Cedar Falls
Harry Nixon, veteran conductor for the Burlington Cedar Rapids Northern, was found dead in bed at the Owen Brun home after spending the night there following a period of financial distress. He suffered heart trouble but appeared well before retiring. a son in Onawa has been notified.
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Cedar Falls
Harry Nixon
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
Owen Brun
Nixon
Burr
Brun
Titingis Central
Strike attackers injure Illinois Central caller in Centralia
W. J. Burd, train caller for the Illinois Central, was attacked and seriously injured by strike sympathizers in Centralia this morning. City, state and federal warrants have been issued for the assailants.
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Centralia
Tlf
W.J. Burd
Illinois Central
Steel Company Silent on Ore Lease Cancellation
United States Steel Corp declined to break silence on the meaning of its decision to cancel the lease of the Great Northern ore property. Chairman W H Gary and officers conferred while directors had not yet decided on steps to divest interests in the vast ore beds in the north.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
W. H. Gary
Uneasy Lies Stomach That Wears a Crown Broker Swallowed Gold Tooth
Chicago broker Mumford swallowed a gold crown after laughing in the wheat pit. Friends and doctors aided. the tooth eventually dislodged and he was sent home to rest. He joked he survives with the tooth in his stomach but warns against using fingers to laugh. He lives at 646 West Sixty second Street.
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Chicago
W. Onis Aumford
Board of Trade
Mumford
Omnis
Drs. Baylor and
Beant
Weat
Mayor Harrison Declares War on Police Graft
Chicago Mayor Carter H. Harrison launches an extensive inquiry into police graft amid a drive to clean up the department. Lt. William Walsh and Charles J. McClellian are dismissed as subordinates fall before the reforms.
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Carter H. Harrison
Chicago
Ie Nm
Harrison
William Walsh
Civil Service Commission
Charles J. McClellian
American League Baseball
New Ruling in McNamara Murder Trial
Los Angeles October 19 The Mir Namara murder trial resumes as Judge Bordwell weighs two defense peremptory challenges claiming a salesman who thought the Times building blast was dynamite cannot be fair. The defense argues the blast was gas related and seeks impartial jurors. The state says any juror without opinion on guilt remains fair.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Bordwell
Los Angeles Times
Times
James B. McNamara
Charles G. Haggerty
McNamara
Cummins to Speak on Trusts at New York Dinner
New York Met. Attorney General Wickersham and J. P. Morgan join an invitation to a dinner November 20 at the New York Economic Club. The topic is Government regulation of Trusts with speakers including Senator Cummins of Iowa and Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University.
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New York
Met
Wickersham
J. P. Morgan
New York Economic Club
Senator Cummins
Iowa
Nicholas Butler
Columbia University
Mammoth Glue Plant Fire Ravages Chicago Yards
Fire at Sulzberger and Song glue factory in the Union Stock Yards engulfed a five story building after starting in the bone drying room on the fourth floor. Fire crews from the south side battled the blaze for two hours, with only a few employees inside escaping injury. Loss estimated at 75000 dollars.
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Chicago
Met
Sulzberger & Song Company
Union Stock Yards
Serfertich
Fragmented OCR City Weather Note October Temperature Readings
Temperature data for October 19 with unclear markings from Rechanan Optical Co. Syndicate Black. The OCR text shows IR night readings and odd symbols, followed by numbers 50 46 48. Specific locations or units are not clear. The fragment lacks完整 context for a full summary.
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Rechanan Optical Co
Syndicate Black
Butler County Woman Fatally Burned in Home Tragedy
Mrs. Robert McGregor, 35, living seven miles southwest of Clarksville Iowa, died early this morning after clothing burned away in a house fire. Investigators note possible ignition from oil and a match amid recent melancholia. relatives favor the oil theory. Funeral plans await word from distant relatives as the community expresses sympathy.
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McGregor
Clarksville
Robert McGregor
Here
Sues for 31000 After Walk in Nightgown
Mrs. Mary Barnhill sues the Pullman company for 31000 after a night journey incident in Atlanta. She alleges she was routed from a berth to a different sleeping car barefoot and in a nightgown in view of many male passengers, with her artificial hair items left behind and shown by the conductor to the crowd.
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Atlanta
Fra
Mary Barnhill
Pullman Company
Henning Slips From Sleuths Amid Alienation Case
Chicago rumors say Henning and his wife fled Mobile to Chicago seeking legal counsel after a Saturday alienation of affections case involving Clarencr Seneratl, manager of Inter Harvester. Authorities tracked them as they boarded a night train toward the West. Tests before the U S Senate committee yielded colorless testimony.
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Chicago
Doring
Henning and Wife Central
Clarencr
Seneratl
Inter Harvester Company
Mobile
Ala
Junie
United States
William Torimer
Robert Wilson
Wilson
Woman Pilot Leads Steamer Mary in Apple Crop Run
Mrs. Willa G. Hulett, captain and pilot of the steamboat Mary, holds both pilot and master licenses and has strong knowledge of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. She is the region’s only woman steamboat master and competes to transport the Illinois district apple crop from Alton. Her husband failed a prior pilot exam due to defective eyesight, prompting her ascent to command.
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Alron
Mississippi
Illinnis
Mary
Iinois
Willa G. Hulett
Mississippi Valley
Hulett
St. Louis
Alton
Young Man Seeks 6000 Damages in City Accident
John B. Waterhouse, minor by Griffin his next friend, sues the city of Waterland for 6000 alleging injuries from a motorcycle accident on Traly 28 near Lane and Independence avenues. Plaintiff claims a projecting metal pipe in the roadway caused the crash, breaking his collar bone and injuring him.
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John BR. Waterhouse
I. Er
Lc Griffin
Waterlan la Tee
Lane
Independence Avenue
Waterhouse
Wilson Rumor Sparks Resignation Talk In Washington
Rumors circulate that a figure named Wilson may resign amid political turbulence in Washington. Unclear details surface about leadership changes and potential administration shakeups as officials respond to the unfolding situation.
Taft's Weather Jump and North Taft Visit
President Taft began a brief stop in the North Taft region with a weather note and a short entertainment schedule. He rode in an automobile parade, attended breakfast, and delivered an address before moving eastward through Boxenan and Livingstone toward Hillings for a five hour stay tonight.
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Pathe
Monn
Wart
Eam
Atseles
Taft
Boxenan
Livingstone
Hillings
Man Ordered to Support Wife as Monthly Paychecks Surrendered
In municipal court Bartlett received a stern lecture for neglecting family support. The judge ordered that his roughly $70 monthly pay be turned over to his wife for twelve years, a duty to be enforced going forward. Other cases included Crofton fined for drunken disorderly conduct with contraband found, Stonelo bonded after an insult charge, and O'Connor sanctioned for strike-related absence. Justin Prescott and family moved into a new home on Mobile Near Cortlandt Street.
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EL Bartlett
Bartlett
Rheecourt
RB. H. Crofton
Waterloo
Ed Stonelo
Faust
Justin Prescott
Mobile
Cortlandt Street
Aviators Speed Through Midwest Toward Dubuque Flight
Aviator Singh Robinson, after leaving Minneapolis Tuesday, resumes his river flight toward Dubuque aiming to reach Prairie du Chien by late morning and then continue to Dubuque. Earlier reports note Hugh Robinson's hydro-aero plane arrival at La Crosse and quick leg to Prairie du Chien, covering about 60 miles in an hour.
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Winona
Minn
Ort
Singh Robinson
Minneapolis
New Orleans
la Croste
la Crosse
Wis
Hugh Robinson
Robinson
G Lasses
Dubuque
Ite
Rock Island
Robinson Jett
Prairie du Chien
Dubuqe
Helnge
United States
Robingan
Las Crosse
World Series game postponed due to rain at Philadelphia
Rainy conditions halted the Philadelphia New York World Series game at Shibe Park with 1,000 hopeful spectators. The postponement was sent to New York but the game will be played tomorrow if weather allows. Athletic center fielder Reuben Oldring learned his sister Lilian Oldring had died in Mr. Vernon Vermont after a long illness.
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Philadelphia
New York
Naonal Commission
Shibe Park
Oldring
Reuben N. Oldring
Lillian Oldring
Waterloo man hurt after elevator fall at bank building
Stanley Moore of Black Hawk Construction in Waterloo fell down an elevator shaft at the Citizens National Bank building in Cedar Falls at 2:30 pm. He suffered severe injuries including a broken ankle and was attended by two physicians.
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Cedar Falls
Stanley Moore
Black Hawk Construction Company of
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