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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
FARMERS SON KILLED
IN RUNAWAY ACCIDENT

schaller. Ia. July 2.-The 17-year-
old son of William Huseman, living
about seven miles northwest of this
place, was killed in a runaway accident.
He and brother were blowing, when
the team driven by the brother became
frightened and ran away, running di-
rectly over him. He was so badly in
jured that death resulted in a short
time
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
AUTO DRIVERS MUST
KEEP ON WATER WAGON

Fort Dodge, Ia, July 4.-Opposition
Bennett, himself an automobile enthu-
siast. recognizes the need of cool
head on the part of the driver of ma
chimes, and has issued orders that
drivers of cars found to be frequenting
saloons or in the least under the in
flucnce of liquor shall be forbidden to
operate cars on the streets of the city
The order is issued to prevent possible
accidents on the part of persons Of
unreliablity.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
The production of Gretna Greer

The production of a Gretna Green
marriage certificate in court is not abb
solutely Unprecedented, for in The
Wakefield case. In 1927, such GER
ificate vas produced and identified by
the famous blacksmith himself. and In
another case at Carlisle Assizes. in the
early 18th century. Il Gretna Green
certificate played its part. Some idea
of the number of these marriages may
be gained from the fact that one of the
made as much as C l6o IN one week. a
code of secret signs between himself
and the postboys enabling him to ascer.
tam the station of his clients. and to
charge accordingly just as the doctor
OF today charges you accordingly to
Your suppusee! means.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
TWO WOMEN HURT IN
A WRECK AT MANIrv

Mason City Ia, July "a Rock ISL
and passenger train standing on the
main line ut Manley was struck in the
rear by an Iowa Central passenger
train last evening. Two coaches We're
overturned and two women, whose
names could not &c learned. were quite
badly injured by broken glass. The
Iowa Central engine was badly demol-
iShed.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
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; FARMER FALLS FROM
; 60-FOOT MILL TOWER

Marcus. Ia. July 1.-Charles
Quinn, aged 35 years, farmer
living four miles south of this
place, fell from 6O-foot wind
mill tower last evening and suf-
fered injuries to his back which
are expected to prove fatal. No
bones We're broken by the fall.
His wife was absent in Sioux
City for the day, and he was
alone when the accident oc-
Cured.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
DIVORCE Is ASKED
OF CRUEL PASTOR

Des Moines, Ia, July 1.-Rev. AL
bert M. Drake, formerly pastor in the
Baptist church at Carroll, but now a
resident of Des Moines, was sued for
divorce by his wife today Mrs. Drake
alleges that her husband beat ter. She
claims he has 137 acres of land in Black
Hawk county, 200 acres in Winnebago
and $1,000 in a bank.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07

The Electrician states that the Penn
sylVanla railroad officials are still maxi
ing experiments with wireless telegra-
ply with view to ascertaning it's af-
hcacy for railroad work. The mast In
use for the tests is erected near Altoona
on the mountain, at a point 1855 feet
anove sea level, the receiving apparatus
itself being 1.735 feet above the level of
the ocean. Communication already has
been established with various wireless
stations along the Atlantic coast. as
We'll as with various vessels at sen
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
EsTHERvlLLE PASTOR RETURNS
FROM VACATION ABROAD

Estherville. Ia, July 2.-The mem
bers and friends of the Methodist
church of the city will give reception
tomorrow Eight at the church in honor
of its pastor. DIR. w. c. Wasser. who
has just returned from four months
trip abroad, where he has been tour
Ing Egypt, Holy Land and Europe.
The republicans of Emmett county
Will hold their county convention in the
tung has called the convention.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
CONVICTED HINDOO
ADMITTED TO BOND

Hamilton, Bermuda, July 1.-The
Ladd in the Iowa supreme court today,
overruled the lower court and submit
ted to bond Count G. A. Nathoo, the
Hindoo seer who was convicted of
criminal assault upon a girl of 16 and
has been in Jail pending appeal.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07

The new double track bridge built
over the Mississippi river at Clinton.
Ia. by the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad has length of 1900 feet. but
Its chief feature is the length and man
span. This span is AGO feet long and
is swung on it's central pivot by means
of electric power supplied by power
house on the shore ard carried to the
bridge by submerged cable.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
ERoNEL WINS RACE.

Des Moines, Ia, July 1.-Justice
motorboats Eronel III. and Yo Ho, ar
rived here this morning, the former
sufficiently in the lead to give her the
victory in the race from New York.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
CLARK FAMILY HOLDS
BIG OFFICES HERE

Mason City. Ia, July 1.-THE Smith
and Jones families have been relegated
clear to the rear in this county, and
now it is the Clark family that are hav
ing their innings. If you are in trouble
j. Clark, of the district court. If an
arrest is to be made it is Charles /.
Clark that is the sheriff. When the de-
cision is reached it is County Clerk Ed
W. Clark who will read the verdict and
when the jurors come to draw their sail
AIRY it is Auditor A. S. Clark who will
draw the warrant
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07

AS far as is known, no one ever died
of seasickness, although frequently this
cause is ascribed in reports of the death
Of travellers. In practically all such
cases, however some organic disease
has been the real cause, and not the
simple seasickness itself.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
EYE AND WATCH FLYERS
SEVER THEIR RELATIONS

Des Moines, Ia, July 4.-The jewelers.
and optoinetrists who have been meet
ing in joint convention here will split
UP next year. The jewelers. will come
to Des Moines and the optometrists
will go to Cedar Rapids. The Jewellers
reelected former officers.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07

Deputy Consul Albert S. Troushton
states that during the last four years
the cinematograph has become very
popular in Malaga, Spain, the four
theaters being crowded nightly. Only
Az cents is charged for first-class seats.
and y cents for second class. French
and Italian films are used exclusively.
AS the proprietors are continually look
Ing for novelties. it would seem that
Malaga offers a good field for Amer
lean film makers. Nothing has yet
been shown in the way OF depicting
American life or industries. one or
two Of the local theaters are connected
with similar places throughout SOUTH
ern Spain, and American films once in
troduced would be widely viewed
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
ROOSEVELT WON'T SPEAK
IF FEE is CHARGED

Roosevelt will not make an address
where admission fee is charged, ac-
cording to letter received today by
the knights of Pythias, who wanted him
for a paid lecture. He desires the
humblest citizen to hear him speak
without charge.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
In the Wa
r.. MARTEL's FEMALE PILLS.

Seventeen Years the Standard.
Prescribed and recommended for
Women's Ailments. A scientifically
prepared remedy of proven worth.
The result from their use is quick and
permanent. For sale at all Drug
Stores.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
GAMBL ER'S ASSAILANT
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE

Deadwood, S. D., July John Pc
irovich is in the hospital here fatally
wounded as the result of a row over
q game of cards in q Lead saloon last
night. His assailant is Mike Shuk.
Shuk gave himself up to an officer after
bystanders prevented his committing
suicide
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07

There are many methods of manufac
turing matches; there are many diff
1erent machines employed In such man.
ufacture. Nearly every company has
machinery specially adapted to it's own
peculiar use, and employs processes
discovered or devised by it's own chem
lists and mechanics. which are kept as
trade secrets. One of these machines
has been known to turn out Ii ,926. 400
machines In one day. boxed and la
belled ready for shipment
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
LEGISLATIVE NOMINEE
is DANGEROUSLY I'LL

Des Moines. Ia, July 2.-Michael
Helland cashier of the bank at Slater.
and republican nominee for the legis-
lature from Story county, is lying at
Mercy hospital dangerously iii from
blood poisoning, following an opera
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07

I'm 1871 Edward Lear was STAYING
with the governor of Bombay at Maha
baleshwar the hill station of the Bonn
walk with him one day. He asked
me tho name of some trees. / told him
they We're called 'jabu' trees in India
He immediately produced his sketch
book and in his nimitablc style drew
bull-looking into jam pot. He said
II would help him to remember the
name"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
EIGHT HUNDRED MEN LET
OUT az GREAT WESTERN

Fort Dodge, Ia, June SO.-The Chi
cago Great Western railway has dis
charged 800 of 5000 laborers on con-
struction work on the western division.
No explanation of the move has come
from Chicago, but it is surmised that
the freight rate tangle is to blame. The
discharged men have been working at
the east and west ends Of the divisions.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07

Mrs. Clara Bancroft Beatley has been
elected for her eighteenth consecutive
term as superintendent of the Sundav
school of the Church of the Disciples in
Boston. Under Mrs. Beatley's admins
tration graded system of instruction
has been introduced which includes n
series of bible lessons, ethical teachings
and course of social service Because
of its wide success the school has at.
tracted visitors and Investigators from
many churches throughout the country
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
REpoRI ON co1InM

Washington. July .4-The condition of
the cotton crop was SO.7 per cent Of a
normal on June Is as compared with
50 per cent on May %, 1910; 74.6 on June
rs. 1905; S1.2 on June Is, 1908. and 1875
the June Is l0-year average.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07

To have lived in Idaho county &c
gears and yet never have seen Il railway
Tram untli the other day is the exper-
ience of Mrs. Oliver Canfiehl. of White.
bird. Idaho, who accompanied by her.
husband. one of the survivors of the
Whitman massacre. passed through
Fem, Idaho. enroute to Portland 10
attend the rose carnival. says the Ana
conda, tMont) Standard. Mrs. Can
the plains in Idaho 40 years ago.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
ONCE RICH GAMBLER
DEAD AT POOR FARM

former gambler and politician. a rich
man in the palmy days when open
gambling was permitted in Des Moines.
died in the county poor farm and was
buried here today
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
BODY OF DROWNED
MAN is RECOVERED

Dubuque, Ia. June sO.-The body of
Fred Abitz. aged As. who was drowned
in the Mississippi on Sunday afternoon
while chasing a frog along the bank of
the river, was found four miles below
East Dubuque this morning, floating.
Abitz's body had f1oated 10 miles In SO
hours. He was married and leaves q
family.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
ROOSEVELT DECLINES
TO VISIT DES MONIES

Des Moines, a.. June 3d.
Theodore Roosevelt, in letter
received today by Lafayette
Young, declines the Invitation Of
the Des Moines Press club to
speak at a banquet for the
newspaper editors Of Iowa. He
intimates thai he will accept a
prior invitation to speak at the
Iowa State Teachers association
in Des Moines in November.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07

Miss Josephine Lowe, of Washington.
has presented to the botanical depart
ment of the University of Pennsylvania
$50 specimens of moss. They win he
made the nucleus of large collection
of MOSES representing every part Of
the country. In the collection presented
by Miss Lowe were rare specimens
from Ireland, Canada Japan and Eng
land 80
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
TELEGRAPH oF

TELEGRAPH OPERATOR DEAD.
Mason City, Ia, July 2.-Loe Lantz,
veteran Western Union telegraph
operator, dropped dead while setting
on porch late last evening. Heart
failure was the cause.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07

One of the newest wave power mo-
TORS, the invention of Californian
consists of a small truck running on a
track With broad tail The waves
strike the tail push the truck up the
track and compress air in a tank by
& piston on the head of the trucl,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
TWO ARE INJURED
BY EXPLODING TIRE

pes Moines. Ia. June so.-E. c. VOL
fers. president of bank at Hopkins,
Mo, and his son, Robert, were proba-
bly, fatally injured, when the tire on their
automobile exploded near Waukee, Ia,
at noon. upsetting the machine In which
they were enroute to Chicago. Three
other Hopkins people in the car We're
unhurt
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
EYE is INJURED sY
HAIR CURLING IRON

Mason City, Ia, June 3O.-The curl
ing iron as means of destruction, is
running a neck and neck race with the
hat pin. Miss Ruth Preston, resident
of this city and student Of Iowa COL
lege, Grinnell, met with most severe
accident. She was about to curl her
hair and had heated the iron hot, and
in raising 1t to her forehead acciden-
tally missed the mark and the end of it
struck her fairly in the open eye. Just
how badly the sight is injured cannot
be told. She was taken at once to a
specialist. The pain is intense.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07

Since the Dutch philosopher Leeu-
wenhoek discovered that the puma of
the flea was somtimes proved on nv
the larva of a mite. it has been we'll
known that various small insects have
their external parasites
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07

Thirteen million cartridge shells, the
result of IL years of shooting by the
members of gun club. have been
gathered into huge pile by one of the
leading sporting organizations Of Eng
land.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07

Rudolph SEE. a Chinese boy, has Just
walked away with the University of
Pennsylvania scholarship which is
yearly awarded by competitive exam
ination to a District of Columbia high
school student
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07

An attachment for acetylene automo-
bile headlights has been invented by
which the gas may be lighted by short
!circuiting the regular sparkling system
with a switch from the drivera seat,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
BROWNE JURY is STILL
WRANGLING OVER CASE

Chicago, June so.-There were no in
dications today that the deadlock Of
the Lee O'Neil Browne jury had been
broken. The imprisoned jurors were
astir early, but gave no outward signs
Of having reached verdict At 10
a. m. it was 80 hours since the battle
over the fate of Browne opened.
1t was persistently rumored that one
jurors stubbornness was the cause Of
the deadlock.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
DUBUQUE PLUMBERS
OUT ON A STRIKE

Dubuque, Ia, July ALI union
plumbers went on strike here this
morning. They have been receiving 81
per day for eight hours work. They
demand $3.50 day. The master plum
bers declare that under no circum-
stances Will the advance be made.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07

TOKIO-The announcement of the
opening of Port Arthur to the shipping
of all nations commencing July /, is
published in the Official Gazette.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
ARMY RECRUIT SHOOTS
SELF THROUGH HEAD

Garrett. a recruit at Fort Des Moines
who enlisted at Brooklyn, N. " two
weeks ago, accidentally shot himself
through the head while cleaning rifle
tOday
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-07-07
CHILD CONFERENCE,

The pawnbrokers of Great Britain is
sue over 100000 900 pledges a year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-11
GIRLS CLOSE CALL.
Youth Fires -Four Shots at Her
and Hounds Himself.

Bessie Eggers, nineteen years old, who
lives with her widowed mother, Mrs.
Joseph Eggers, at No. 1913 Greene avenue.
Williamsburg, escaped death yesterday by
a narrow margin when love-crazed youth
fred four shots at her She was only
slightly injured
Arthur Faulhaber who fired the shots, IS
in the German Hospital suffering from a
wound in the right eye. which was inflicted
by himself when he fired two shots into his
head, thinking that he had killed the girl.
About two years ago the families lived in
the same building. at No. 226 Hamburg ave
nue. According to a statement made by
the girl, Faulhaber tried to force his at
tentions upon her. and even sent her letters,
which were turned over to her mother.
Shortly after tie Eggers family moved 10
Greene avenue and nothing heard or
seen of young Faulhaber until last Friday
the house. He ran away when he was OBJ
served.
Yesterday. when Bessie and her sister
left their home for Manhattan, where they
work. they were confronted by Faulhaber
at Irving avenue. He spoke to Bessie, and
when she tried to avoid him he drew a re-
volver and fired four shots in rapid Sue
Cession. Two of the bullets penetrated the
girls dress and one grazed her neck. Faul-
haber then fired two shots into his own
head and dropped to the sidewalk. Dr.
Gilmartin took the injured youth to the
German Hospital. He said the boy would
lose the sight of his right eye. Miss Eggers
returned home after the surgeon had
dressed her wound.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-11
BISHOP IN WALL STREET
Congratulates Brokers on Escapinp
Manifold Temptations.

Bishop Charles Edward Woodcock Of
Kentucky preached yesterday noon TO a
large crowd of brokers and clerks at the
corner of Broad and Wall streets rIe
came at the invitation of the Rev. William
Wilkinson. of Trinity Church. who CON
ducts the curb services daily, and who is
familiarly known as the Bishop Of Wall
Street.
Bishop Woodcock spoke on the life and
the activities in the financial district. You
can deceive Your reighbor and your asso-
clates, he said, but YOU cannot deceive
the Lord. it is the great American lie
the superior snobbishness. to say that =
man is rich because he has much money.
have no objection to money and am
glad when man has much of 1t. but il.
must not have been acquired in a ruthless
dishonest, trickery manner"
In ending his address the Bishop said he
considered it a great victory for the men
in Wall Street to escape the multitude of
temptations to which they were constant
~ exposed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-11
TWO FIRES IN SAME BUILDING
First One Followed by Disastrous Blaze
in a Few Hours.

Starting within a few hours after fire
had been discovered on the second floor
or the -FOUR story building at No all to 52S
West 45th street, a second blaze more
damaging than the first. COMPLETELY b,rnt
out the building, causing the hremen a
hard fight before it was subducd The
hrst fire, which did 5000 damage. was
r 'Wo-alarm blaze. but the second one
OF three alarms. did more than 100000 be-
fore il was eXtinguished
The first one was discovered shnrtl,. after
midnight on tho second floor of the loft
building in tie office of the Standard Gas
meter ,ompdny II was Just before Z
CLOCK III the morning. when the alarm
dor me second one was given. When the
r nie.i'el arrived IN" entire building was a
mass OF flames, and "a second alaI,i, ~
.ngne4 IN IN bringing, Chief Croker. who,
seeing NE danger Of the flames spreading
10 neighhorng tenements. caused a thirG
alarm to be sent in ''''"
Inc HreInen prevented the spread Of tho
hre IT IS thought that the second fire. va
.anhed by smoulderlng embors between tLe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-11
IT LOOKED LIKE A BOMB.
But Barney Corners, Unconvinced,
Turned Melodrama Into Farce.

Several days ago two young women hired
a. room from Mrs Matilda Myers. who
keeps a boarding house at No. 149 West 14th
street They left the house about c o'clock
yesterday, and soon afterward the boarders
who were in the dining room in the base
ment heard cries of Flee for your life.
There's a bomb in the house," coming
from the mems room.
Every boarder took the gentle hint and
rushed to the street A maid who had been
mysterious looking continuance. and de-
cided at once that it a bomb.
Mrs. Myers called the police. Lieutenant
Powers, of the West goth street sta
ton, sent PatrolmaH Hyland to the
house 10 get the bomb" and the boarders
waited in the street for the house to blow
up. When the policeman arrived he took
the bomb and hurried TO the station.
Powers had to admit that it looked like a
bomb very much and ordered Hyland to
put it in a fire bucket in the rear of the
station house and report to the Bureau OF
Combustibles.
Soon one Of the experts arrived and
looked into the bucket 1t looked like a
bomb to him. too. Finally, after some dis
cussior, the dOorkeeper of the station
house. Barney Corners. who had had some
experience with automobiles, volunteered
the information that it might be some part
Of an automobile, although he was not sure
A chauffeur was Immediately sent for
When lie arrived he looked into the bucket
and exclaimed with disgust, Why what's
the matter? That's carburetter" Slow
curtain