Taft Visit Preparations Near Completion in Waterloo
Waterloos preparations for President Tafts visit advance with three days left. Des Moines firm arrived to decorate the city with lithographs and banners. Guards bands and police plans set, streets to be cleaned for the 24 hour pause, and a large turnout anticipated for the presidents address.
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Taft
Wateroo
Des Moines
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
la Porte City
Shell Rock
Towa
Town Talk notes from local visits and travels
A busy town page records visits and travels by residents including Mr and Mrs Clyde Gilliam returning from Chicago and others such as F P Hawley Marshalltown L A Kuhns Council Bluffs and George W Huntley heading to the K of P grand lodge in Dubuque Delegates are expected to travel tomorrow Mrs Andrew Ortner of Dewar stays with Mrs T Blim while Mrs H W Brown plans an art studio move in Marsh Place Prof H Bartholomew Iowa State Ames and Major FE M Carr Manchester attend various assemblies Advertising rep J A Townsley discusses Waterloo rail stations and Muscatine peaches 25 cents a bushel W W Urie on trial after sleeping on duty
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Dubuque
K. of P. Grand Lodge
Andrew Ortner
Dewar
T. Blim
Commercial Street
H. Edwards
Rowena Edwards
Denver
Colorado Springs
Manitou
Mayme Fox
James Gardiner Company
East Side
Osage
H. W. Brown
Colo
Marsh Place
H. ©. Bartholomew
Iowa State College
Ames
George Mills
Bartholomew
Mills
University of Pennsylvania
J. A. Townsley
Townsley
Waterloo
Muscatine
Davenport
Officer Uriehag On Eleventh Street Bridge Beat
City hall report notes officer Uriehag, with several years on the force and a solid record, checked in late due to a missed box time and dozing near midnight after being on the Eleventh Street bridge beat, prompting a police call.
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Uris
Uriehag
Eleventh Street Bridge
EX U 8 Treasurers Taken For Swindle
New York report on a raid at Jared Winge’s stock offices on West Fortieth street leads to the arrest of Flagg and seven others on charges of mail fraud in eight chain schemes. Among those jailed are former U S Treasurer Daniel N Morgan, minister James K Schock, publisher F Tennison Neely, brokers Joshua Brown and Harold Jackson, lawyer Alvin M Higgins, and Edward L Schiller. Arraignments yielded not guilty pleas. Bail set at 25000 for Flagg, higher than others. all to have a hearing next Wednesday.
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New York
Jared Winge
West Fortieth Street
Flagg
United States
Daniel N. Morgan
Bridgeport
Conn
James K. Schock
Dutch Reformed Church
F. Tennison Neely
Iifth
Joshua Brown
Harold Jackson
Alvin M. Higgins
Edward L. Schiller
Smith
Young business man is married in Waterloo
F. Gerould and his bride were married in Chicago last week and returned to Waterloo yesterday. They are now at home at a Cedar River park cottage. Mrs Gerould's home was New Castle, Pennsylvania, and she was married at relatives in Chicago. Gerould is a retail manager for Sindlinger Dairy Company. Friends congratulate Iva on the marriage and welcome his bride to Waterloo.
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F. Gerould
Martiers
Chicago
Waterloo
Cedar River Park
Black Hander Caught in Act in Chicago
Lester Harrison was arrested in Chicago on September 25 charged with attempting to extort $2,000 from former Alderman Frank I Bennett by a black hand letter. He was nabbed while accepting a decoy package from a messenger.
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Chicago
Lester Harrison
Frank I. Bennett
Harrison
Young man jailed for life in Fort Madison case
Fort Dodge Iowa Sept 2 Special J H Corkhill indicted for breaking and entering with aggravation signifying attempted rape today pleaded guilty and was sentenced to Fort Madison for life. Corkhill is 26 and was acquitted on the rape charge last January.
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Fort Dodge
J. H. Corkhill
Fort Madison
Corkhill
Women Flyers Set For International Aviation Meet
The International aviation meet runs September 23 to October 1 at Naewau Boulevard Long Island featuring a women pilots competition. Three American entrants join three French flyers led by Mile. Herene Dutrien with notable aviators including Mrs. Blanche Stewart Scott Ms Harriet Quimby and Miss Mattie Meinent.
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Naewau Boulevard
Long Island
France
America
Mile
Herene Dutrien
Dutrien
Blanche Stewart Scott
Mims
Harriet Quimby
Mias
Mattie Meinent
Best Banknotes From Early American Engravers to Modern Counterfeits
A Detroit News article traces American dominance in banknote engraving from Paul Bevere, the first American note artist, through innovations by Jacob Perkins and Asa Spencer, to the global spread of American methods. It notes counterfeiting challenges in Spain, Greece, and Brazil, and cites the Bank of England’s watermark system and note-cancellation as safeguards.
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Bank of North America
Robert Morrie
Marco Polo
Jacob Perkins
Newburyport
Mass
Perkins
London
Washington
Bank of England
Asa Spencer
New London
Bank of Spain
Bank of Greece
Alf
Central
South America
England
France
United States
Detroit News
The Pessimist. Tommy-Pop What Is A Pessimist
A fragment from the Philadelphia Record notes a playful definition of a pessimist as a man who loves himself because of the enemies he has made. The item reads like a columnist aside in a courier want ad then shifts to playful wordplay.
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Tommy
Philadelphia
Gates Bridge Game Ends In 34000 Dollar Note
John W. Gates hosted a high stakes whist session at his Trinity Building office. A young man, initially reluctant, joined for 25 cents a point and won a $34,000 check after mysteriously misreading the stakes. Gates asserted the pair had played for 25 dollars a point and told the signer to cash the check.
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John W. Gates
Trinity
Frm
Charlies G. Gates & Co
House of the Twelve Apostles
Gates
New York Tribune
Regal Funeral for Crocker Kennel Dogs in San Francisco
One hundred dogs led by Miss Jennie Crocker formed a solemn procession on the Crocker estate in San Francisco. Two Boston terriers, Dick Dazzler and Wonderland Duchess, were buried in concrete coffins with Egyptian motifs, reflecting their $5,000 each value and status at the Crocker kennels.
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Jennie Crocker
Crocker
San Francisco
Dick Dazzler
Wonderland Duchess
Boston
Morning Mail Dangers and Jokes Chronicle
A compressed clippings item notes a warning from a Berlin scientist and the Lancet about opening morning mail at breakfast to avoid germs. It includes home remedies for leather bindings, a joke about a misheard husband, and brief humorous exchanges from Cleveland Plain Dealer and other sources.
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Beren
Professor Kron
London Lancet
Kron
Kansans bury hatchet in Taft honor aid march
Baldwin Station Kansas September 25 warring Republican factions joined to honor President Taft. Governor Stubbs welcomed Taft hoping for royal reception across church or party lines. State Chairman Dolley and National Committeeman Mulvane pledged solid Kansas delegation for Taft alongside Curtis and Bristow. Regular and progressive leaders rode together as senators Bristow and Curtis greeted Taft in Kansas.
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Kan
Kansas
Taft
Stubbs
United States
Dolley
Mulva
Hadley
Missouri
Curtis
Campbell
Kansas City
Bristow
Lawrence, Kan
University of Kansas
Baldwin
Young Girl Wins Typewriter Contest Demonstrator Role
Misa Ruth Herfurth, a 14 year old graduate of the College of Commerce, won the gold cup in Des Moines last spring. She has signed to demonstrate the Smith Premier typewriter and departs Wednesday night for Syracuse, N Y to assume duties and participate in the world’s appeal contest in New York City.
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Misa Ruth Herfurth
Des Moines
College of Commerce
Smith
Syracuse
N. Y
York City
Miss Herfurth
Nearly 700 I C clerks walk out
Nearly seven hundred railroad clerks from the Illinois Central and Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroads walked out flagging a strike after noon. The walkout follows a failure by railroad officials to open negotiations with the clerks organization. Officials in Jackson report all clerks on the Ninot Central and Yazoo and Mississippi Valley lines will strike at 2:30 unless negotiations resume.
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Trinois Central and
Yzoo and
Mississippi Valley Railroad
Todatag
Jackson
Miss
Ninot Central and
Yazoo and
Mississipp Valley
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