Notable Happenings Told In Brief Of The Week
Secretary Wilson began a westward tour to aid the agriculture department. Sherman arrived in Utica with a grand welcome. Hapgood and Kilby were arrested for fraud. Jogi Chandler Harris ill at Snap Bean Farm near Atlanta. Peary planned another North Pole attempt. Prouty nominated for Vermont governor. Taft handed war duties to Luke Wright and focused on the presidential race. Fernald nominated for Maine governor. Dudenhofer found guilty of embezzling state funds. Robert Jardine, 10, charged with murder in Minnesota. Mrs. Moore elected president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. Bishop Potter reported near death. Fire chief Steven Adams in New York to study American methods. Ohnmeiss jailed for $20,500 defalcation. The shah of Persia proclaimed amnesty in Teheran. Elihu Root sought treatment in White Plains. Gates bid mother farewell in St. Charles and bought a stock farm for $25,000. Aldrich, wanted for forging notes, arrested in Springfield and admitted guilt.
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Wilson
West
James S. Sherman
Utica
N. Y
Herbert J. Hapgood
Hapgoods, Incorporated
Brain Brokers
Broadway
New York
Ralph L. Kilby
Jogi Chandler Harris
Remus
Atlanta
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
George H. Prouty
Vermont
William H. Taft
Luke Wright
Bert M. Fernald
Poland
Maine
Ferdinand Dudenhofer
New Orleans
Robert Jardine
Lesueur
Minn
Philip N. Moore
St. Louis
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Henry C. Potter
Steven J. Adams
Budapest
Hungary
New York City
Robert Ohnmeiss, Jr
Marine Trust Company
Atlantic City
N. J
Persia
Teheran
Elihu Root
William Muldoon
White Plains
John W. Gates
St. Charles
Europe
E. J. Baker
Ralph A. Aldrich
Nevada
Springfield
Ill
Dozens Die in Russian Mine Disaster and Related News
The report details a gas explosion at the Rikovsky mine in Yusovo Russia with at least 200 believed dead. It also notes a Milwaukee man’s suicide with wishes for cremation and ashes given to a woman, a Windsor Colorado house fire killing three Adams Claus children, and various other national stories including legal actions, crimes, and political events across North America and Europe.
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Rikovsky
Yusovo
Russia
Milwaukee
Adams Claus
Windsor
Col
Ohio
Mexico
United States
del Rio
Tex
Las Vecas
Texas
Bischoff
New York Supreme Court
Batavia
Indianapolis
Wenry V. Marshall
Western Construction Company
Mary Joy Newland
Detroit
Count Limberg
Prussia
Mme. Sherstnova
Kiev
Vast Iowa news mix highlights floods crimes and deaths
Iowa reports from Dubuque to Sioux City cover flood relief funds, a death by poisoning, a graveyard rescue, property theft, a murder charge, a circus dispute, a church school expansion, a mayoral police youth corps, and county wealth tallies with Marshall county leading the figures.
Pardon hearing for S F Smith of Davenport described
Des Moines reports an upcoming parole board hearing for S F Smith son of famed Davenport resident Samuel Francis Smith author of America. The piece notes his embezzlement case, lengthy sentence, and claim that mercy may temper justice as he nears release after years in prison.
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Ife
Anamosa
State Board
Governor May Pardon Lifers In Iowa Power Debate
Attorney General H W Byers says governor can pardon life convicts without legislative input. The ruling affects twenty one lifers who sought pardons after the last legislature. Cummins appeals for aid to McGregor storm victims. proclamation names city mayors and J A Waller as recipient.
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H. W. Byers
General Byers
Legal Department
Smith McPherson
State House
M’gregor
Cummins
McGregor
Iie
Giles
J. A. Waller
Rock Island Cuts Tariffs on Freight Rates
Tariff reductions reduce freight charges between Des Moines and Rock Island stations. The rate cuts are expected to affect shipments through Chicago and Davenport, with carriers adjusting schedules and announcing changes for delivery within days. Officials anticipate a material boost to freight business as reductions take effect and shippers respond.
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Iowa
Valley Junction
Ferry
Army Post
Col
Jan Lowerlig
Moines
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Denver
National Education Association
Stamping Ground
McKeesport
Barrington
San Jose
Guatemala
San Francisco
Knobwoster
Atlantic Squadron
Pacific
Francis G. Bailey
Export Shipping Company of
New Jersey
Albert W. Bailey
Charles H. H. Myers
Albert Oxley
Utstein
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
P. W. Beery
Minnesota
Madison
Chicago
Frances Thompson
Fargo
N. D
August Beltzner
Joliet
Wilbur F. Parker
Idaho Board of Pardons
Harry Orchard
Fran Stuenenberg
Des Moines
Thomas Hill
Yosemite Valley
Lorenzo Dow Harvey
Stout Training School
Menomonie
Wis
Cleveland
Antipodes Island
Pegasus
Oliver P. Ensley
Walter J. Bartnett
Oswald Reginald Douglass
Lord” Douglass
Norfolk
Minneapolis
Friedrichshafen
Zeppelin
Frank Frazer
Lincoln
Wiliam Webber
George J. McClellan
W. R. Hearst
Lambert
Justce
Sanborn, Hook and Adams
St. Paul
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Stock Yards
Swiss Aero Club
Alps
Iowa News
Dubuque
John Hisinger
Burlington
St. Francis Hospital
Einsiedeln
Switzerland
J. W. S. Lowry
Corning
R. D. Bentley
Frank Parker
Newton
Young
Willis Brown
Annie
Opige
Cedar River
James Davis
Davenport
St. Ambrose College
Mason City
Joseph Stewart
Stewart
Western Grocery Company
Marshalltown
John T. Hancock Sons
Charles Istermeyer
Carrol
A. H. Zellinger
G. J. Zellinger
A. C. Zellinger
Cleveland, O
Warthberg Seminary
Thermopolis
Wyo
Council Bluffs
Edith Abood
California
Sutherland
Alfred Brenneman
Charlton
Leon
Prenneman
George H. Richmond
Young America
Iowa State Normal School
Marshall County
Sacred Heart Church of
Duburyne
Armour & Company
Andrew Stong
Sioux City
Stone
West Des Motines
Penny Provident Association of the
West Des Moines
Bison Society
Wht Hage
Hornaday
American Bison Society
Mathis
Congress
Montana
Society
Popudier
Socialis
John J. Hamilton
Prohibition Party
Polk
Dallas
Rock Island
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