Supreme Court splits on Hariman plan in railroad merger
The Supreme Court declared that a large railway merger violated the Sherman Antitrust Law. Justice Day announced the unanimous decision while Justice Vandevanter did not participate. The Utah court findings reversing were overruled as the two roads were deemed competitors, ending the Harriman plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ington
D.C
Union’ilroad Company
Southern’ Railway
Imer
Supreme Court of the
United ‘States
Justice Day
Vandevanter
Utah ‘Court
Northern Securities Company
Harriman
Circuit Court For
District of Utah
Tecalver
Reassuring turn in war as Britain and Germany seek peace
London reports a joint statement from the imperial chancellor and German foreign secretary signaling cooperation for peace. The news notes Bethmann-Hollweg’s pledge of alliance solidarity and renewed German commitment to support Turkey, shaping expectations ahead of peace talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Germany
London
Herr von Kiderlen-Waechter
Great ‘Britain
von Bethmann ‘Hollwee
Indiana Oil Price Rise By Indiana Pipe Line Co
Hartford City Indiana fuel news reports a 2 cent per barrel price increase by Indiana Pipe Line Co raising Indiana and South Lima to 1.11 and North Lima to 1.16 per barrel. The rise is linked to higher gasoline demand and usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Vampe
Hartford City
Ind
Indiana Pipe Line. Company
South
Lima
North
Diphtheria Report About Ponca Turned Out False
A news item claiming a severe diphtheria outbreak in Ponca Nebraska for last week is contradicted as erroneous, attributed to a space writer with little talent for gathering facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponca
Poca
Bandits Rob Salt Lake Depot Safe in Wild-Note Heist
Two masked highwaymen armed with revolvers entered the Bambarger route depot in Salt Lake City Utah and forced the ticket agent to open the safe stealing about $300 in cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Live Stock Market Report for Bronx City
In cattle, corn fed steers ranged 6.60 to 9.69 per hundredweight with good to choice quality. Hogs sold mainly 7.60 to 7.70, average cost 7.67. Sheep showed lambs 5.60 to 7.00, yearlings 4.75 to 5.25, wethers 4.00 to 4.50, bucks 2.50 to 2.00 per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronx City
Lad Injured In Hazing Incident At Methodist College
A 16 year old student, Bryone Crane of this city, was stabbed during a hazing incident at a Methodist college in Morrisville Missouri. A fellow student who had recently been hazed was arrested and charged with the stabbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryone Crane
Methodist College
Morrisville
Crane
Horse Meat Sold in Chicago Food Scare
Health department investigations reveal hundreds of Chicago residents have unknowingly consumed horse meat, prompting questions about meat sourcing and safety practices in local markets. Public health officials urge vigilance and traceability in meat supply chains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gly Health Department
Important News Notes Of A Week
Washington hosts Taft and cabinet members along with Supreme Court figures and Western Hemisphere representatives at a Pan American Unity Mass. Witnesses hunt for Judge Archbald case as December trial nears. Hitchcock proposes pay by car space used, not mail weight. Taft to reappoint Edgar Clark to the Interstate Commerce Commission for a seven year term starting January 3, 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Supreme Court
United States
Cardinal
Gibbons
Hitchcock
Edgar ®. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Notable Crimes and Trials From 1911 to 1913 Era Headlines
Quincy man Frank Hickey confesses to multiple murders spanning New York and Massachusetts, blaming alcohol. John W. Sibben pleads guilty to embezzling 44300 from a Michigan bank and receives seven and a half years at Fort Leavenworth. A $140000 bond loss case surfaces from Kansas City with stolen mail sacks recovered. A deadly Pennsy derailment near Philadelphia leaves four dead and fifty injured. Los Angeles eyes recall of Mayor Alexander over city scandals. The Sand Carrier Hustler sinks in the St Clair River with two drowned near Grande Pointe. Michigan women’s suffrage amendment fails by 594 votes. Albert Patrick, freed after 11 years in Sing Sing, pardoned by Governor Dix. Typhoid reportedly near eradication in U S Army circles. Waistmakers in New York plan another strike with 80000 union members. A five year old burns to death in Newark after clothes catch fire from a grate.
Noted Executions and Trials Mark Texas and Nation
The Waxahachie hanging of Burrell Oates ends a seven trial saga that helped shape Texas law. Horace Fogel is barred from National League councils after allegations of undermining league integrity. In Indianapolis fourteen dynamite conspiracy defendants must secure new bonds or face jail timing. Cross examining Ordle McManigal reveals a Los Angeles destruction plot tied to McNamaras. A Salem jury acquits Htter Giovannitti and Caruso in the Lopizzo murder amid textile strike tensions. The National American Woman Suffrage Association adjourns after praising Taft and backing women's rights and arbitration to avert war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ordle
McManigal
Kern
McNamaras
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Hans
Taft
National Children's Bureau
Balkan War Peace Talks Stir Hope Amid Armistice Prospects
Reported progress at Baghtche for an armistice with Serbs and Bulgarians, while German, Austrian, Romanian, and Serbian war measures advance after renewed fighting on Tchatalja. Durazzo, held by Serbian troops, prompts international interest as peace envoys from Turkey and Bulgaria meet near Heghtche to push terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Austria
Roumania
Servia
Tchatalja
Durazzo
Adriatic
Turkey
Bulgaria
Heghtche
Btyuk
Chekmendye
California boxer seizes title after Daly City foul disqualification
In a sixteenth round flare of fouls Ad Wol gast fouled Willis Ritchie twice before referee Jim Griffishand disqualified a bint, handing the world lightweight championship to a California challenger. The event marks the first Queensberry title transfer to a California fighter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ad Wolgast
Willis Ritchie
Daly City
Cal
Jim Griffishand
Bint
Queensberry
California
Maryland Governor Names Jackson to Rayner Seat in Senate
Governor Goldsborough of Maryland appoints William P. Jackson Republican national committeeman to succeed the late United States Senator Isidor Rayner. He will serve until the state legislature convenes in January 1914. The Maine presidential vote totals, and plans for Republican leaders nationwide to meet in New York on December 14 for strategy sessions led by President Taft, are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsborough
Maryland
William P. Jackson
United States
Isidor Rayner
Republican Party
New York
Frealdent Taft
Ranayee Mn
D. Ki Kulp
Alto Colinty
Kalpanto
Suffrage Convention in Philadelphia reelected Shaw president
The National Woman Suffrage Convention held in Philadelphia reelected Dr. Anna Howard Shaw as president. The event highlighted ongoing campaigns and plans for advancing women's voting rights with Shaw leading the suffrage movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Anna Howard Shaw
Pensions debate linked to Carnegie foundation plan
Bowman and Pearson travel to New York under the Carnegie Foundation for the Teaching to press coordination of Iowa two state schools under the state board of education plan. The move aims to eliminate duplication and may affect legislation and the consolidation project amid mixed expectations. Creston judge fines real estate dealer Matthew Ahern twenty dollars for contempt after he allegedly offered bribes to jurors in a damages case against the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dak
Éathaly Bera
Tha-Atate Tintver
Proalden A. Pearson
Dole
New York
Profesaora
Iowa City
Ames
Carnegian Foundation
State Board of Education
Carnegie Foundation
Board of Education
Creston
Evans
Matthew Ahern
Ahern
Indictments in Sioux City Voting Fraud Case
Woodbury county grand jury returned thirty nine indictments including tri bills against five members of the election board of the Second precinct Fifth ward. At the time of a special election on the proposed telephone merger they allegedly knowingly permitted nearly 1000 illegal votes to be cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Woodbury County
Grand Jury
Tri
Fifth Ward
Sugar beet payments rise for Iowa beet factory workers
In Iowa at Waverly Over $250000 will be paid to farmers for raking beets this year Over $116000 has already been paid and payments are made daily Iowa ranks third in sugar beet production and hopes to move to second next year California and Colorado lead states in the sector
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Besta
Iowa
Waverly
Towa
California
Colorado
James J. Gibgon
Kansas Board
State Laboratory
Bowers Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
After five hours the jury convicted William Bowers of first degree murder in Forest City. He faced life in the penitentiary for killing Carl Brokke, his neighbor, last June following a dispute over chickens trespassing in Bowers yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowers
Forest
William Bowers
Lfe
Carl Brokke
Bloomfield Robbers Hit Floris Stores at Night
Bloomfield criminals robbed a Floris drug store restaurant and general store, securing 75 dollars in property. Bloodhounds from Ottumwa traced the trail to Laddedale, where the thieves are believed to have boarded a Rock Island train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Floris
Ottumwa
Laddedale
Rock Island
Prominent Mason Dies in Iowa City
Adamgou LeMare Thog, aged 71, a pioneer resident, died here on Monday. He was engaged in business in the community for many years and held several offices. A prominent Mason and Shriner, he served as Brand junior warden of the grand commandery of Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeMare—Thog
Adamgou
Shriner
Brand
Grand Commandery of
Iowa
Justifiable Homicide Verdict In Moore Shooting At Gowrie
Coroner's jury at Gowrie returns verdict of justifiable homicide in the shooting of Mert il Moore a horse trader from Lincoln Nebraska by acting Marshal William Woolls. The ruling follows a fatal confrontation during a local dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge
Gowrie
Mertil Moore
Lincoln, Neb
Wm. Wooils
New Interurban Line Aims West Liberty Route
Engineers have worked east and west last week on a proposed Town City Muscatine Interurban line. Finances of the Smith and Dows interests are said to underlie the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
City- Muscatine
Smith and Dows
Play House Dedication Set in Clermont Opera House
The new $10,000 Clermont opera house will be dedicated Thursday with H. P. Hancock of West Union delivering the address and Judge W. B. Ingersoll of Oelwein presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
H. P. Hancock
West
Union Fa
W. B. Ingersoll
Oelwein
Odd Fellows home in city reopens after $100000 rebuild
A rebuilt Odd Fellows home for orphans and aged in the city, completed after a fire that destroyed the prior building two years earlier, now features a 100000 dollar structure. The home houses 167 residents and stands on a firm lot as part of a broader lodge complex. In other news, George Clark alias Ryan Ballas Vandyke received ten years for breaking and entering. Hayes and Ryanag faced industrial terms. J Vardane jailed five years for robbery. C E Bareley and J Hill were sentenced in Knoxville for liquor violations in Harrison county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows Home
Legan
George’ Clark
Ryan, Ballas” Vandyke
Garat
Hayes
J. Vardane
Harrison’ County
C. E. Bareley
J. Hill
Knoxville
Rock Island Improvements in Iowa Falls Rock Island
Officials plan a re organization of the Rock Island and St. Paul and Kansas City short line terminals. A new union passenger depot a freight warehouse and many tracks will be built. The old passenger depot moves south and upper stories used for offices. Road upends 100000 in improvements next spring and summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
Rock Island
St. Paul
Kansas City
Harneds Men Will Meet in December Convention
Retail harneds dealers from eight central Iowa counties will gather in Marshalltown during the early part of December for the annual convention of the district organization. Members include dealers from Marshall Hardin Grundy Blackhawk Tama Story Boone Hoover Poweshiek counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harneds
Marshalltown
Iowa
Marshall
Hardin
Grundy
Blackhawk
Tama
Story
Hoone
Powashelk
Business Men's Temperance to police liquor permits
Waterloo group plans to hire two expert detectives to watch drug stores with liquor permits and expose violators of liquor laws. They aim to target blind pigs and holes in the wall after shutting saloons. The move seeks evidence against illicit liquor operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Business Men’s Temperance Association
State Fights Bank Case Over Tax Dispute in Keokuk
Keokuk National Bank sues Lee County in district court over tax assessment. Assistant Attorney General GA Robbins assists County Attorney Theodore Craig. The State shows intense interest as an intricate legal question is presented, with trial likely to extend two or three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Keokuk National Bank
Lee County
GA. Robbins
Attney Theodore Craig
Shortage of Rural Teachers Delays Winter School Openings
A scarcity of rural school teachers forces postponement of winter term openings in Marshalltown area. Despite monthly salaries of 45 to 60 dollars, vacancies remain for schools slated to begin in December, hindering the start of the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ma'ame
Marshalltown
Railway Company Loses at Tipton Jury Reverses Defense
The Tipton case A J Cantonwine against Rock Island Railway returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The station at Tipton was reportedly locked on the evening of February 16 while the plaintiff waited on the platform in severe cold. The trial awarded $800 to the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
A. J. Cantonwine
Che
Coroner Jury Finds Cause of Death In Waukon Case
In Waukon a coroner's jury determined Henry Fir died of heart disease. He was an elderly man from Mankato Minnesota carrying $200. The inquest noted two Miss Wiemerstagers on the jury and referenced a peaceful cessation rather than foul play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Wiemerstager
Henry’ Fir
Mankato
Minn
Zink Case in Port Dodge Stirs Embezzlement Trial
J L Zink stands trial in Port Dodge for allegedly embezzling 3700 while managing Turmers Elevator of Otho. He contests action by alleging his books are in a muddled condition, challenging the state’s prepared plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zink
Port Dodge
J. L. Zink
Turmers
Otho
Boy Killed While Hunting Near Clinton
Joseph Hand aged 14 son of A W Hand a farmer near Clinton was instantly killed when a shotgun discharged through a fence during rabbit hunting. The accident occurred as he hunted with others in the rural area, authorities investigated the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Joseph Hand
A. W. Hand
Iowa sags over prison reform plans and grand jury actions
State attention centers on prison reform proposals, with Att Gen Condos defending a 2000 acre state farm concept to ease Fort Madison and Fort Madison inmates. Federal grand jury reports indictments for payroll thefts and immoral postcard cases, while road funding and hog cholera relief dominate state campaigns and statutes.
Prosecution Fails in Montezuma Lottery Case
Attorney General Cosson falters in efforts to convict two dozen Montezuma businessmen for lottery conduct. Judge K S Wilt presides after a full day of evidence, with one defendant to be tried and fifty-one others likely dropped. Businesses reportedly gave away two automobiles to customers. tickets were offered for purchases, and no indictment followed. Supreme Court rules property owners liable for city assessments on public improvements, reversing a lower Fort Dodge ruling in Cheney and Flaherty v city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Condos
Fort Maldon
Fort Madison
Cosson
Anamosa
State Farm
Anamoga
Eell
Fort. Madeon
Missiacippi
Iowa
Falla
Montezuma
K. 8
Wilteotkeon
District Court
Matening
Guerdlot
R.J
Smith
Congan
Supreme Court
J. Cheney
B. Flaherty
Fort Dodge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Southern Pacific
EAGER
Abiliial
Ftank Hickey
Quincy
Masai
Buffalo
N. Y
Joseph Josephs
Lackawanna
N.Y
Michael Krack
Joseph Morey
Lowell
Mass
Neo
John W. Sibben
First National Bank of
Manistee, Mich
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Kangan City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Glenloch
Alexander
Guy Eddie
St. Clair River
Alfred Nicholson
John Preserous
Port Huron
Grande Pointe
Mich
Annie Smith
Michigan
Secretary of State
Lansing
Sing Sing
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Dix
George Foster, Jr
United States Medical Corps
New York City
Hadith Merrill
Newark
Burrell Oates
Sol Archor
Dallas
Waxahachie
Tex
Texas Jurisprudetes
Oates
Texas
Horace
Fogel
Philadelphia National League Baseball Club
National League
Teague
Joseph J. Htter
Arturo Giovannitt
Joseph Caruso
Salem
Anna Lopizzo
Lawrence
Council of Ministera
Parta
Pourparlers
Baghtche
Esc
Maine
Sod
Wilson
Roosevelt
Debs
Criffin
Carriagie
Bowman and Pearson
Bald Tate
Bight
WORK
OF the
ODD, Fellows Home
Rock ‘Island
Clinton Bridge & Iron Company
Clinton County
State Prison Farm
Fort ‘Madison
Bellaves State Farm
Great Pressne
Shabor
Federal Grand Jury
Wag
Jadgzy Smith McPhereon
Paul Specknisn
Ameés
Nevada
Speckman
Kearney
Nati
Des Moines
Tan
McPherson
Enpa ‘B
W. B. Moyer
Déa Moines
Hoouter
Legislative
J. Tiscenbanner
Gilmore City
Neadciation
G. D. French
Davenport
Li. J. Dickinson
Algona
C. N. Wyckoff
Frank Kearney
Harlan
Kanaan
James I. Gibaon
Kansas Vet Orlnory Department
Gibson
State Farm. Org
Gibaon
State College
Cae Gary and Food
Department of the State of
Iown
W. B. Barney
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Lcence
H. Ford
Cedar County
Fair
Ford
Ames. College
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!