Cannon Scores Cumming et al at Knoxville homecoming
Big crowd greets Speaker Cannon as he visited Knoxville for the homecoming week. He praised Senator Cummins and Rep Frank L Lenroot of Wisconsin, discussed house rules, tariff policy, and the contrast with William Jennings Bryan. Cannon warned against mixing with Democrats and praised Howard of Georgia. The Knoxville audience packed the opera house for a two hour address amid carnival excitement.
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Knoxville
Cummins
Frank L. Lenrnot
Wisconsin
Eugene N. Foss
Massachusetts
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Joseph G. Cannon
House of Representatives
Cannon
Bryan
Congress
House
Senate
Senator Cummins
Wiliam Jennings Bryain
Taft
Dolliver
Wicona
Payne
Parsons
New York
Tammany No
W. M. Howard
Georgia
Cham Clark
Frank L. Lenrort
Clark
Champ Clark
Lenroot
Howard
Democratic Party
Bryan Democrats
Court House
Congressman Hull
Opera House
Mr. Hull
Hull
Roosevelt
William B. Allison
Uncle Joe
Methodist Church
Spain Prepares for Great War
A Spanish camp under General Sotomacer was attacked by Moors near Mella. The assault was repulsed with shelling to nine o'clock. Madrid reports meager Moroccan news. three trans-Atlantic liners are being fitted for service on the Moroccan coast. Authorities confiscated entire editions of five republican newspapers for criticising the government. A plan to raise Spain’s army in Africa to 150,000 with a 150,000 reserve aims at rapid victory. A republican deputy urged ending the Moroccan expedition. In France, 1,200 revolutionists await trial in Barcelona after Gracia’s execution, where an alternate firing squad member killed Garcia.
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Madrid
Senor Roost
Correo Espanol
Alfonso
Africa
Senor Galdos
Spain
Gerbere
France
Barcelona
Gracia
Mt. Judi
Garcia
Greene people and visitors share a busy week
Local notes record visits and movements of residents and guests across nearby towns. Oct 2 gatherings include Mr. and Mrs. Hardman hosting, Mrs. Hodgdon and Marion returning from Was terloo, and Rev Hesse greeting friends. New positions and sales accompany social updates.
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F. D. Mabee
Minneapolis
Rev
B. W
Soper
M. B
Mason City
H. J. Lockwood
Second Street
Port Barnett
Fourth Street
Ira Imgram
Lew Wallace
M. Wb
Aua
Epworth League
J. A. Reynolds
Greane
J. Fetfer
Morals of Old Testament Questioned by Chicago Study
The University of Chicago divinity department backs a historical method of Bible study arguing the Old Testament offers an ancient moral framework not aligned with modern views. Editors in Biblical World contend moral ideas arose from specific social needs and should inform pastors for practical Christian work today.
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Chicago
University of Chicago Divinity Department
Biblical World
Ernest de Witt Burton
Herbert L. Willett
Greece
Linguist Youth Dies of Typhoid at 11
Ray Cleveland master of languages aged 11 dies in Rockford hospital from typhoid fever while awaiting Yale entry. Son of Mr and Mrs A M Cleveland, he had studied Latin Greek French German and graduated from State Teachers College Iowa State and University of Michigan. Family had traveled to attend a reunion when struck. Interment to be in Cedar Falls with two surviving brothers.
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Cedar Falls
Ray Cleveland
State Teachers’ College
Towa State University
University of Michigan
Yale University
Rockford
A. M. Cleveland
Decedent
Yale
Where Apples Are Plentiful In Mills County
In Glenwood Mills County leads in apple production with an estimated 600 carloads this season and $300,000 returned to farmers. Packers arrive from Missouri as farmers’ wagons fill the streets with fruit. Two acres of apple trees yielded $300 in fruit sale, while rental for the two acres stands at $6. A separate item notes Pennsylvania’s confusion over Matt Quay’s statue and its inability to settle the matter by dying.
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Glenwood
Mills County
Pennsylvania
Matt Quay
Clever Girl Magie Describes Her Hell in New Statement
Chicago report details Elizabeth Magie, once famed for offering herself for sale as a slave, presenting a graphic view of American hardship. She cites poverty, class bias, and denied opportunities, quoting personal hardships from education to employment. Magie, represented by attorney Edward J. Ader, plans a damage suit tied to her販売 offer.
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Chicago
Elizabeth
Magle
Magie
Herl
Miss Magie
Edward J. Ader
American Wins Bennett Cup by Edgar Mix in Balloon Race
Edgar W. Mix of Columbus Ohio won the Gordon Bennett cup balloon race returning to the United States. He landed north of Warsaw Poland early Tuesday after crossing from Hungary where Alfred Leblanc also completed a landing. The Russians issued special passports for pilots to prevent harassment, and the American embassy in St Petersburg was notified seeking protection and action from Russian authorities.
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Zurich
Edgar W. Mix
Asronaut
Columbus
Ohio
United States
Mix
Warsaw
Russian Polan
Alfred Leblanc
Kubin
Hungary
Mik
Russia
Switzerland
St- Petersburg
Moroccan Envoys Present Odd Letters at State Department
Two Moroccan officials in white Moorish robes delivered letters from the sultan to President Taft and Secretary Knox during the Hudson Fulton celebration period. The letter to Knox praised God, called the sultan a holy empire envoy, and noted friendship and mutual regard between Morocco and the United States.
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Washington, D.C
Morocco
Sid Laarby Zenhagi
Sid . Mohamed Ben Abdeslan Ben Jelul
Fez
State Department
Hudson-Fulton
New York
Taft
Knox
Aftars
Philander Chase Knox
Sid Laarby
Fekiah
Sid Mohamed Sanhagi
Sultan Mouley Hassan
Amin
Sid Mohamed
Ben Jesus
Diplomatic salutation from Shaaban 20 1327 letter
A government congratulates the sultana and expresses hope for growing friendly relations between the two nations. The dated note, signed AIOSA BEN OMAR, uses the era Shaaban 20 1327 corresponding to September 6 1909, reflecting formal imperial correspondence.
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Sultana
Shaaban
Aiosa Ben Omar
Had six husbands chapter in Kansas City trial
Grace Chapman pleaded guilty to bigamy in Miller court after admitting she married six men without divorces. She said most husbands were farmers and she grew tired of matrimony. Unable to post 2000 bond, she was remanded to jail pending trial. Cabinet members return from summer vacation in Washington.
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Kansas City
Grace
Chapman
Homestead Memorial Preserved by Pfeiffer Children
Cedar Falls Oct 6 Special memory of their mother moves eight Pfeiffer siblings to keep the old homestead. The Cedar Falls house built in the sixties will be maintained as a gathering place and memorial with mother’s furniture, Bible, and relics. H J Pfeiffer serves as local contact and a candidate in state senate. Ex congressman Payton dies at 68 in Washington.
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Cedar Fall
Barbara Pfeiffer
Nessary
Mullarky
Pfeiffer
St. Louis
Pfeiffer Chemical Co
Philadelphia
H. J. Pfeiffer
Ll. J. Pfeiffer
Cedar Falls
H. J
Black Hawk- Grundy
Dad
Washington
D. C
Lewis E. Payton
Illinois
Parsons
Providence
R. 1
United States Court
John D. Rockefeller
Hetty Green
Harriman Interests
New York New Shipbuilding Company
Governor Draper's Boston Home Destroyed by Fire
Boston October 6 Governor B S Draper’s Beacon Street residence was reduced to a shell by fire early yesterday causing about 100000 dollars in losses. No one was present as the governor and family were at their Hopedale home. Fire likely started in the basement possibly from workers careless with matches.
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Boston
Mass
B.S. Draper
Beacon Street
Back Bay
Hopedale
Reconciliation Tragedy: Des Moines Man Kills Wife Then Self
Dennis Sweeney, a coal miner and brother of State Mine Inspector Ed Sweeney, shot and fatally wounded his wife Emme Sweeney at their New Saylor home near Des Moines after she refused reconciliation. He then shot himself, dying minutes later. Emme died at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines at 8 p.m. Sweeney, fifty, left a family of five. the oldest son had just graduated from Highland Park College.
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Dennis Sweeney
Des Moines
Iowa Evening Press
Ed Sweeney
Emme Sweeney
New Saylor
Sweeney
Passenger Trains Clash Near Farmer City Illinois
A state fair special carrying excursionists collided with a regular Illinois Central train near Parnell three miles south of Farmer City. One person died and about thirty were injured, several seriously, as engines collided on a sharp curve at high speed. Conductor Duncan and engineer Clark provided accounts of the crash and actions taken to reach the scene.
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Springfield
Ill
Parnell
Farmer City
Clara Watson
Thomas Bateman
B. F. Barnes
Jacob Ross
Gibson City
Daniel Hollowell
Duncan
Clinton
William Jones
Farmer
Geo. A. Carpenter
J. Clark
McCue
Frank McKinley
McCord
Dewitt
Frank Hansey
Darus Waters
Miss Watson
Clark
Mimic Wars Ended Too Hard on Play Soldier
Washington officials reflect on joint Army and National Guard maneuvers noting high human costs and limited gains. Lessons from the Boston campaign lead to rejecting future mass drills in favor of safer training methods to avoid hospitalizations and long absences.
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Washington, D. C
Get
Regular Army
National Guard
Boston
War Department
Ral Gall
National Guard Armoria
Mine Disaster In Canada Claims Thirty Two Lives
Ladysmith B C Oct 6 thirty two miners perished in an explosion of fire damp at the Wellington Collier company mine extension. Eighteen bodies have been recovered amid the wreckage as rescuers race to reach the others.
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Ladysmith
B. C
Wellington Collier Company Waas
Twain Daughter Weds Russian Pianist in Glowing Ceremony
Daughter of Mark Twain, Clara Clemons, marries Osip Gabrilowitsch, Russian pianist, in a society wedding reported from Weat Redding, Ott. The ceremony connects prominent families, with attendees including Samuel J. Clemons and Clamong observers noting the union's cultural significance.
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Mark Twain
Gabrilowitscy
Weat Redding
L. Clemons
Samuel J
Clamong
Osplp Gabrilowitscy
Pianlat
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Cannon Scores Cumming ET AL
Mella
Sotomacer
University Magazine
Cies
Spe
Bennett Gup
Sultan
Wickersham
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Draper
Holland
Emma Sweeney
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