Miscellaneous quips and notes from early 20th century press
A column of brief items covers politics, society, travel, and culture. It mentions Governor Stokes, Caruso’s pay, airline and rail branding scams, mad dog scares, and a New Yorker offering fake European labels. It also notes Alhambra preservation efforts and historical restoration efforts in Granada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Express-Gazette
Spain
Granada
Isabella
Asiatic Population Promise and Peril Highlighted
The latest Chinese census reports a population of 400,000,000, seen as shaping world influence if enlightened. Military scholars warn of potential Asiatic depredation, urging Europe to preserve civilization and prepare for possible invasion.
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Admiral Mahan
Europe
Medals and Money Collide in Lending Shops Warning
A columnist notes Carnegie hero badges end up in pawnshops where the three golden balls advertise collateral loans, implying public recognition for bravery becomes currency in financial markets. The piece critiques the commodification of valor and its clash with monetary needs.
Auto commerce ends horse suspense in market price
The speaker notes that the auto era threatens horses but for now the horse enjoys a higher price, about $100 more than ever before, in the current market. The contrast highlights shifting economic values and potential obsolescence.
Ottumwa man dies after fall from eighty foot tower
Gilbert Albertson of Ottumwa fell from an eighty foot steel tower during construction at the Jefferson county poor farm west of Fairfield and died shortly after. The report lists multiple Iowa incidents including graft case rulings, a fatal train accident, post office robberies, drownings, medical society events, and other local tragedies.
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Gilbert Albertson
Ottumwa
Jefferson County
Fairfield
W. R. Green
Atlantic
Henry Hollen
Burlington
Danville
Earl Baker
Ray Arnold
Clinton
Mason City
Mississippi
Bellevue
Jake
BE. L. Butts
Lynnville
Montezuma
Seymour Bank
J. A. Bradley
First National Bank of
Centerville
A. A. Harris
Brooklyn, S. D
Jane Pollet
Buxton
Albia
Henry Lowe
Winyard
Northwestern
Ralph McCreery
Chicago
Worly
Camanche
McCreery
Lowe
Logan
W. H. Johnson
Darty
A. B. Holbrook
Jonathon Holeton
M. Murray
Board of Supervisors
Harrison County
G. W. Atkins
Logan City
William Brayton
Brayton
Board of Equalization
Town Coil
Joseph Curry
Tiffin
Johnson County
Hawkeye
Haywood murder case and world news review
The Haywood trial in Boise closes its state case with new evidence including letters and Denunciatory Miners Magazine articles. Across the page, reports detail drownings in St Louis, a New York hotel sale, winter snow at Butte, and various political and crime items from Memphis to Moscow.
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William D. Haywood
Frank Steunenberg
Wood
Haywood
Pettibone
Bradley
Steunenberg
Miners’ Magazine
Boise Idaho
Goddard
Harry Orchard
Western Federation of Miners
Orchard
Fred Adler
St. Louis
Augustus Adler
J. H. Goad
Memphis
Tenn
Isom Reed
Reed
Fifth Avenue
New York
Butte
Mont
John C. Clark
Milwaukee
Clark Engraving Company
Ocean Grove
Cal
Lawrence County
Miss
Parry L. Wright
Luxfer Prism Company
Chicago
Hungary
Federal Grand Jury
Denver
Emily Deigle
St. Paul
Yerkes
London
Headless Italian child found after kidnapping in swamp near New Orleans
Police and vigilantes found Walter Lamana, a seven to eight year old Italian boy, strangled after a $6000 ransom case. Several Italians were held for questioning as part of the investigation.
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Chamber of Deputies
Narbonne
Western Union
San Francisco
Oakland
Michigan
Kalamazoo
Odessa
Kiev
Frank E. Woller
Municipal Court of
Milwaukee
Murity
House of Correction
Assumption
Ill
Alfred Rowland
Detroit
Speck von Sternberg
Joseph Soley
Cleveland
Veronica Varga
Henry T. Allen
Philippine Constabulary
United States Army
Yellowstone Park Service
Eddie Tate
Eddie Fay
Patsy Flaherty
Peoria
School Board
Dougherty
G. KK. Beasley
Linton
Ind
New York
James Bartlett Hammond
Hammond Typewriter Company
Supreme Court
Arnaud Massey
Great Britain
Hoylake
Alex Ross
Brae Burn
United States
St. John
N. B
Booth
Salvation Army
England
London
Daniel Osiris
Paris
Pasteur Institute
Mexico City
President Cabrera
Guatemala
Emma Kaufmann
Moses Kaufmann
Sioux Falls
Agnes Polrels
Philomena Castino
Charles McCarthy
Clemenceau
Pennsylvania State Hospital For the
Norristown
Raymond
Cal
Wawona
Public Land Convention
Denver
Roosevelt
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Newport News
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Mass
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Elmsford
N. Y
Des Moines
Sheepshead Bay
Ce Ees
Thomas H. Huntington
Ami B. Todd
Fred Hoyt
Munger
Omaha
Western Union Telegraph
Small
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Prince Piscara
Caianello
Italy
McClellan
Peekskill
Catskill Water
Commercial Telegraphers' Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hamburg-American Packet Company
Peter Wright & Sons
Philadelphia
Cosmopolitan Shipping Company
Cosmopolitan Lines
Ira B. Smith
Smith, Thorndike & Brown
Hague
Horace Porter
Viscount Hayashi
Aoli
Washington
Vincent Schwab
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Oliver M. Dennett
Trust Company of America
New Orleans
Walter Lamana
New York Central
Pittsfield
Hartford
John Bello
Rock Island
Kansas
Clyde Glidden
Parkersburg
W. Va
William Duffield
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Columbia College
Emory Foster
J. Eien Foster
Muskegon
Mich
Indian Territory
Mid-Continent
Columbus
Oliver Anderson
Anderson
Marcellin Albert
France
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
San Juan
Porto Rico
Ponce de Leon
Church of San Jose
Cathedral
D. W. Dell
Fountain
Col
Colorado & Southern
Crews
Aboul Fath Mirza
Shah
Kermanshah
Duke of Manchester
Miss Zimmerman
America
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Edward Casper Stokes
New Jersey
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Father
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Ohio
Zanesville
Boston Globe
Alabama
Rufus W. Cobb
Thomas G. Jones
Willilam C. Coates
Joseph F. Johnson
William D. Jelks
William’ S F. Stamford
Iowa News
Town College Conservatory
School ‘of Music
University of Wisconsin
Cole
Grinnell
Jennie Park
Park
William Richardson
Duncombe
Illinois
Harry Hawke
Newton
Harry
Joseph Patton
Vinton
Waterloo
John Robinson
Minerva Sisters
Effie Minerva
Harry Anderson
Jack Anderson
Walter Roberts
Roberts
Dubuque
Lovett
Boston
Dubuque County
John Turpin
Panora
Chester Hicks
Pleasantville
John Wright Decker
Agricultural ‘College
Ohio State University
Continental Limited
Wabash Railway
Laporte
Daisy Gordon Maud Hanna
Dan A. Hanna
Hanna
John Sheets
Alexander McKenzie
Jackson
W. J. Downs
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Black River Falls
Wis