Beaties Babe in Death Sleep Galloway Child Dies
Esther Robina Galloway, sixteen months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Galloway, died at 9:85 this morning at 104 Sunnyside avenue from an intestinal infection. Survived by two brothers, William Ross seven and Dwight five. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 pm at home conducted by Rev M G Munn with interment at Elm Wood cemetery.
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Esther Robina
William Galloway
Sunnyside Avenue
Amons
Hinass
Chicago
Gaby
William Ross
Dwight
M. G. Munn
Presbyterian Church
Elm Wood Cemetery
Hamid of Turkey Recovers After Throat Ailment
Reports spread that Abdul Hamid's life was despaired of after a throat illness kept him from swallowing. He refused surgery and the ailment soon resolved itself. In Crete, an international squadron to enforce the lowering of the Greek flag reached Canea Bay with British French Russian and Italian warships.
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Crete
Canea
Canea Bay
Cedar Falls Widow Williams Drops Dead on Porch
Cedar Falls Aug 17 A boarding house operator Mrs Marietta Williams aged about sixty dropped dead on her porch at 10 tonight after a day of hard work Her heart trouble was given as the cause Doctors were unable to revive her She was mother of Mrs George B Rowell of Waterloo and had long been a Cedar Falls resident Her husband and son ran the Williams Manufacturing Co which was later sold Her sister was David Onan
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Cedar Paris
Marietta Williams
Sixth
Washington Streets
Strick Ian
Wiliams
Rowell
George B. Rowell
Waterloo
W. PF. Williams
International Harvester Co
Dubuque
Harry Willams
St. Paul
Williams Manufacturing Co
Gail Dayton
Boehmler
Sands Soud
Annual Regatta Begins at Peoria
The Western Power Boat Association regatta opens in Peoria with races for whole cabin cruisers half cabin cruisers 20 foot and 26 foot speed boats. Over a thousand yachtsmen are in Peoria including fifty from Fort Madison Iowa. Two hundred racing boats entered. Balloon and canoe races featured by local merchants.
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Peoria
Lil
Western Power Boat Association
Fort Madison
Iowa
Real Estate Transfers From United States to Waterloo Owners
United States to David A. McKinney land in 29 90 14. United States to David S. Wilson land in 20 90 14. United States to Samuel C. Bees land in 30 90 14. William K. Hostetler to Arthur A. Kelley lot in East Waterloo. Oak Lawn Building Co. to John Hansen lot in West Waterloo for 800 dollars. Marande Williams to Vanluab Starr lot in East Waterloo for 400 dollars. Marc Jensen to Fred J. Horsfall lot in East Waterloo for 650 dollars.
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United States
David A. McKinney
Severe Sunday Storm Causes Widespread Farm Destruction
Aug 17 Northwood reports a Sunday storm damaging Mitchell and Floyd county farms including C E Johnson, William Anger, O Peterson, and Joseph Quinn. Dozens of barns wrecked, cattle losses, hogs killed, hay fires, and a damaged Chase residence. Charles City also hit with wind, hail, and rain. Chautauqua tent destroyed and college struck by lightning. Cornwall weather tied to heavy crop losses.
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Northwood
Mitchell
Floyd
Mead of Stock
C. E. Johnson
William Anger
O. Peterson
Joseph Quinn
Mitchell County
William Chase
Mr. Case
Henry Lantz
Case
George Erring
Ton
Niles
Frank Webster
Charles City
Guaries City
Ball Park
Chattauqua
Taft Iowa Visit Sparks League Row and Transfer Demand
Des Moines August 17 Local politicians anger the state Republican league by ignoring the Taft reception on September 21 The issue was referred to President Taft for settlement President Olsen seeks to have Taft trip in Iowa assigned to the league and backed by John Hay Hammond now with Taft at Beverly.
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Des Moines
Iowa Evening Pressj
State Republican League
Taft
Olsen
Iowa
John Hays Hammond
Beverly
Horse swallowed by earth in alley near Oelwein
In a back alley behind the Mealey hotel in Oelwein on a Sunday, gardener Fred Stockwell drove a horse that suddenly sank from view as if swallowed by a hidden well. A six foot diameter old Adam Smith well, later sealed, collapsed under the horse under years of rot and decay, causing the animal to disappear into earth.
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Oelwein
Fred Stockwell
Mealey Hotel
Mr. Stockwell
Adam Smith
Sudden Death Ends College Romance in Minneapolis
Fort Dodge reports the death of John Muir, son-in-law of Mr and Mrs Clark Woolsey, in Minneapolis on Sunday afternoon. Muir married Leong Woolsey in June after completing studies at the University of Minnesota. An all round athlete, he died of heart trouble after a brief married life of less than three months. The body may be taken to Bampton Iowa for funeral arrangements.
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Fort Dodge
Minneapolis
John Muir
Clark Woolsey
Muir
Woolsey
Leong Woolsey
University’ of Minnesota
Bampton
Iowa
Man Reappears and Cuts Throat in Iowa Town
Sioux City report says Peter Brown of Rock Rapids, who vanished three days earlier, returned last night and cut his throat this morning. Doctors fear he will die.
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Sioux City
Iowa Evening Press
Peter Brown
Rock Rapids
Cane
Mosquito Plague Drives Cattle Starvation in Galveston
In Galveston Texas on August 17 a mosquito outbreak afflicts the area causing heavy losses to stockmen as cattle wander miles to the gulf and strand in water starving while travel to the coast declines.
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Galveston
Texas
Gulf
Investigation of Iowa primary law opens in Des Moines
Des Moines reports that the New York legislature investigation committee began an inquiry into Iowa's primary law at the state house. Secretary of State Hayward was first examined, followed by editor Lafay ette Young who advocates reform to block cross voting between parties.
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Des Moines
New York
Iowa
State House
Hayward
LaFayette Young
Methodists Elect University Head in Cleveland Era
The executive board of the Friends' Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal church elected Rev. J. T. Locking president of Rust University at Holly Springs Mississippi. The move followed the abrupt resignation of Rev. Dr. E B English of Cincinnati who said he was threatened by a mob in Ethel Mississippi for shaking hands with a colored presiding elder. Citizens of Ethel denied a mob but opposed racial equality.
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Cincinnati
Freamen’s Aid Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. T. Locking
Rust University of
Holly Springs
Miss
EB. C. English
Rust University
English
Ethel, Miss
Ethel
Indian assassin hanged for murder at penal sentence
London August 17 Madarlal Dhin agri an Indian student who killed Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Hutt Curzon Willis and Dr Sawai Laleaca at a public gathering at the Imperial Institute was hanged at Pentonville prison this morning.
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London
Madarlal Dhinagri
Imperial Institute
Wiliam Hutt Curzon Wyllis
Sawai Laleaca
PentonyiHe
Quakes Hit Acapulco and Ocean Recedes
A delayed dispatch from Acapulco reports three severe earthquakes felt yesterday in the area. The ocean dropped far below its usual level, exposing the shoreline and a beach area about thirty feet wide along the port.
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Acapulco
Mexico City
Jina
Seven Saved One Lost To Light On Arlington Rescue
Seven men, including the Arlington schooner captain, were saved from the bowsprit of the three masted Boston schooner Arlington after it ran aground on a sand bar at Long Beach Long Island. A crew member who launched a life raft drifted toward Sandy Hook and is presumed lost. another sailor washed ashore at Rockaway Beach and is receiving care.
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New York
Hisioalag
Arlington
Boston
Long Beach
Long Island
Sandy Hook
Sute
Rockaway Beach
Glasgow Blaze Runs Through Retail Quarter. Loss Tallies
Fire ripped through Glasgow’s retail quarter early today burning several blocks. The initial estimate puts property damage at 1.25 million dollars, with total losses reaching about 4.25 million as firefighters battled the blaze.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Americans Share In Loan Approval At Hankow Board
Henry P Fletcher and dian Tun Yen formalized the Hankow Szechern railroad loan increase from 27 6 million to 50 million. American bankers take a quarter of the funds while British French and German interests receive the rest. Also notes Iowa lottery winners and the death of Robert Maxwell, longtime Star Cole Steamship general manager in Rochester.
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Peking
Foreign Board
Henry P. Fletcher
Dian Tun
Robert Maxwell
Rochester
Stobert Maxwell
Star Cole Steamship Company
Great Lakes
Fifteen Skeletons Found Near Potomac During Excavation
Fifteen skeletons were unearthed near the Potomac during work for a United States medical school hospital project. The remains lie together in a way suggesting hasty burial. Three English copper coins bearing the date 1729 were found with the skeletons, hinting at a possible Indian or piratical tragedy in early American days. History has yet to explain the event.
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Washington
Aug
United States Medical School Hospital
Potomac
Winter Leaves Tribune After Long Critic Tenure
William Winter, famed American drama critic and former dean of critics, resigns from the New York Tribune where he began his column in 1865 at the invitation of Storace Greely. Announcement made yesterday notes the severance of his connection with the paper.
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New York
William Winter
New York Tribune
Storace Greely
Editor’s confession on Winter resignation and related note
Hart Lyman states Mr Winter resigned of his own accord with no expectation of change. He cites a small portion of milder content from the Sunday Tribune of Ang August 8. Winter disagreed, and his resignation followed. A Monte Carlo report of an American marshal’s assassination by a hospital guard cannot be confirmed here.
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Hart Lyman
Winter
Milter
Sunday Tribune
Ang
Monte Carlo
Two Jurors Secured in Railways Bribery Trial
San Francisco, Aug 17. The fifth week of Patrick Calhoun's trial for attempted bribery began with only two tentative jurors seated. Judge Lawler started voir dire of the seventeenth century talesmen, but progress remained slow toward a full jury.
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San Francisco
Cal
Patrick Calhoun
United Railways Company
Lawler
Talesmen
Iowa Musicians Win Distinction for 54th Regiment Band
Ottumwa reports the 54th Regiment band captured a silver loving cup ten inches tall in a competitive event, highlighting their achievement and recognition within Iowa.
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Ottumwa
Iowa Evening Press
54Th Regiment
Ot Lumwe 54th Regiment Band Wins Elks Cup
The Ot Lumwe band from the 54th Regiment directed by B. O. Werrell won the Elks grand lodge cup and $3500 in prizes at a Long Branch California event. Mayor T. J. Philips led the band, with Town Elks pleased by the victory.
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United States
Long Branch
Cal
Elks’ Grand Lodge
T. J. Philips
Elks
54Th Regiment
Ot- Lumwe
B. O. Werrell
Mrs. W. W. Hamlin Dead at Huron
Mrs. W W Hamlin, Augusta, died at her Huron South Carolina home after a lingering cancer. She was 73, formerly lived in Jesup for years, leaving husband in Huron, son Edgar Hamlin of Brookings South Dakota, and daughter Mrs H J Sherman of Broadland South Dakota.
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H. J. Sherman
Broadland
Nebraska primaries hold three supreme court seats
Lincoln Aug eight teen delegates from Nebraska parties meet in primaries for three supreme court judgeships and three state university regents. Republicans seek all three nominations while Democrats enter three candidates. Populists and prohibitionists back two of the three Democrats, with socialist party absent.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Supreme Court
Supreme
Webster City pair in Lincoln jail on adultery charge
Miss Clara Gretsch formerly of Rolfe and traveling salesman C M Day are in Lincoln jail after being arrested for disorderly conduct. The couple, alleged affinities of Day, had previously faced similar trouble in Webster City and Omaha. Day is well known in the state for years of travel. The pair have been held for district court with bond set awaiting next month’s term.
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Webster City
Clara Gretsch
Rolfe
C. M. Dey
Willson Hotel
Day
Lincoln
Ned
Auto Crash Injures Mrs Fullerton Near Cedar Falls
Dr and Mrs K M Fullerton and Mr and Mrs P W Merrill were in a wreck five miles from home while returning from Dike. Mrs Fullerton suffered bruises and shock but is recovering. The car struck a ditch after a slow approach around a rail engine crew. Mrs Merrill stayed in the car while Dr Fullerton assisted. A doctor treated Mrs Fullerton at home. she rests well and resumes newspaper work soon.
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Cedar Falls
Dike
K. M. Pullerton
P. W
Merrill
Jar
Diten
Fullerton
Crete Defies Powers as Admins Take Oath to Greece
Crete defies the great powers as the provisional administrative committee, in charge after the Cretan cabinet resigned, swears allegiance to the king and kingdom of Greece. The move signals rejection of demands to lower the Greek flag, risking a forceful landing by protecting powers. Turkish merchants begin boycotting Greek steamers in Salonica Symria Gallipolis and other ports per the Young Turks proclamation.
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Canes
Crete
Provisional Administrative Committee
Greece
Salonica
Symria
Gallipolis
Committee of Union and
Progress
Young Turks
Death of Samuel Salant Rabbi of Jerusalem
A cable from Jerusalem reports the death of Samuel Salant, chief rabbi of the Ahskenazic congregation. Born January 2, 182, in Byelostok Russia, he married the daughter of Sandl of Salant and later bore the name Salant. An eminent Talmudist, he moved to Jerusalem in 1840 for health reasons.
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New York
Jerusalem
Samuel Salant
Ahskenazic
Byelostok
Russia
Sandl of Salant
Salant
Benjamin Beinish
Basket Factory Fire in Burlington Causes Big Loss
A Burlington fire early today damaged the Burlington Basket Factory for about 30000 dollars. The main buildings were doomed before the fire department's arrival, leaving about one hundred workers unemployed. The plant produced two compartment baskets including an ice-holding model.
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Burlington
Mrs Gullom Improves Slightly in Illness at Home
Slight improvement noted today in the condition of Mrs. Shelby M. Gullom, wife of the senator from Illmeigs, who is dangerously ill with heart trouble at her Washington residence.
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Washington
Shelby M. Gullom
Illmeigs
Swarm of Bees: Dr E F Bigelow Arrives for Lectures
Dr E F Bigelow, editor and naturalist from Sound Beach Conn, travels with a pet swarm of bees and hornets. He assists Prof Horchem's Park Life movement and lectures at Union Park and nearby locales. The first talk occurred Monday afternoon, detailing his nature writings for The Guide to Nature.
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Dubuque
Natural Bridge
Yea
Dr. Bigelow
E. F. Bigelow
Hig Bonnet
Sound Beach
Conn
Horchem
Park
Ballinger aides push to a Cunningham case ruling
Washington reports Ballinger aides in the General Land Office believe a Cunningham case ruling on Alaska land and coal ownership could come within two months. They claim interior officials can win, while Pinchot’s forest service counters that Ballinger’s team may jeopardize the government’s Alaska tract and delay a final decision.
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Washington
Ballinger
General Land Office
Gifford Pinchot
Cunningham
Alaska
Pinchot
Secretary of the Interior
Foresters
Interior Department
Interior
Eeeene
Forest Service
White Dress Suit Latest In Gotham
New York, Aug. 17 There were many well dressed persons at Long Beach, but the observed of all observers was Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the National City bank. He wore pure white serge with regulation waistcoat and white silk accessories, a striking effect in evening dress. Weather crop bulletin notes extreme heat and uneven rainfall across Des Moines area, with dry central and southern counties and beneficial rain in north, affecting hay, grain, corn, pastures, and water supplies.
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New York
Long Beach
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank
Alt
Des Moines
JIETHO LOVER KILLS GIRL.
Portamouth Ohio August 17. Borag ad because he had been jilted Harry Bilns 18 years old yesterday at noon shot and fatally wounded Biss Minnie Clark 17 years old
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Jietho
Portamouth
Boragad
Harry Bilns
Biss
Minnie Clark
Water Toll In Des Moines River Tragedy Strikes Pleasantville
Pleasantville reports a second Des Moines River drowning within a month as farmer Tom Peffers and his brother-in-law John Speed attempted to swim across near Oredell. Speed survived after sacrificing his rescue attempt, while Peffers drowned and was found by late night. Peffers left behind three young children.
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Pleasantville
Des Moines
Tom Peffers
John Speed
Oredell
Speed
Peffers
Bedford Fist Blow Leaves Man Near Death
James Hanshaw lies at the point of death in Bedford after being struck by William McGoun and then falling to a cement walk. McGoun is held on $1,700 bonds as the outcome of Hanshaw’s serious head injuries is awaited.
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Bedford
James Hanshaw
William McGoun
Hanshaw
Carrie Nation
M McCoyn
McCoyn
Rock Island Fights the Rate Decision
Chicago Aug 17 Railroads led by the Rock Island plan to file a bill in the U S court seeking an injunction to restrain enforcement of the interstate commerce commission rate rulings. The Des Moines case is cited with claims the new rates favor Des Moines and ignore impact on other commercial centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Island
United States
Des Moines
Claims Miser’s Fortune In Pittsburgh Heir Case
Chicago resident Carl Liebauch files claim to a $100,000 estate unearthed after Allegheny miser Peter Liebauch, committed to Marshalsea asylum, is questioned about kin. Peter denies vast wealth, claiming only about $100, while misers’ rumored heirship triggers investigations and pleas from Chicago.
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Pittsburger
Pittsburg
Aiaw
Carl Liebauch
Clybourn Avenue
Chicago
Peter Liebauch
Marshalsea
Liebauch
Germany
Peter
Carl
Saylum
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