Rioting in Toronto Spurs Pay-Enter Cars Clash
A Tuesday night mass gathering at Massey Hall sparked a riot in Toronto causing eighteen injuries and the destruction of eleven street cars with windows broken on more than a hundred others. The disorder followed the introduction of pay-as-you-enter cars two weeks earlier, prompting Mayor Geary and the board of control to call a public meeting to discuss the plan. Police reserves failed to stop the mob as it surged along principal streets, halting traffic for over two hours.
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Toronto
Ont
Massey Hall
Toronto Street Railway
Geary
Board of Control
Street Railway
Quits His Job Under Fire In Washington
Jack Abernathy United States marshal for Oklahoma and Roosevelt appointee came to Washington on a leave of absence to answer charges. He waited through a congressional crush, pressed to see Attorney General Wickersham, then wrote and handed in his resignation to the secretary and left after talks.
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Jack Abernathy
T. R
Washington
D. C
United States
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Wickersham
Abernathy
Marshall
Frank Cole
Mr. Wickersham
Federal aid homes for disabled soldiers well managed
Washington D C All thirty one state homes for disabled volunteer soldiers and sailors with federal aid are well managed and meeting requirements according to a report to Congress by Inspector General W E H Elwell
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Washington, D. C
Congress
W. E H. Elwell
Death in Hot Cupola At Foundry In Barnesville
In front of about fifty workers, Charles Kendall a mother's helper fell into a cupola of white hot metal at a Barnesville foundry. Only bones were recovered, reporting a fatal accident with a grim scene witnessed by coworkers.
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Barnesville
Charles Kendall
Texas Forest Fire Seen Near Mt Pleasant Texas
One thousand citizens and farmers are battling a forest fire in the Sulphur river bottoms near Mt Pleasant Texas as firefighters struggle to control the blaze.
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Mt. Pleasant
Tex
Grain Elevator Destroyed in Port Dalhousie Fire
A Grand Trunk grain elevator in Port Dalhousie Ontario was destroyed by fire causing about 100000 dollars in losses. Fire departments battled the blaze but the structure was a total loss with no immediate reports of injuries.
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Port Dalhousie
Ont
Grand Trunk Railroad Company
American Ship Arkadia Reported Missing at Lloyds
The Arkadia, an American steamer sailing from New Orleans October 11 bound for San Juan, is listed as missing by Lloyds. Sioux City Live Stock Market figures show top beef cattle at 6.75 and top hogs at 7.50.
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London
New Orleans
San Juan
Lloyds
Sioux City
Commander Platt dies after cerebral embolism
Commander Robert Platt United States Navy retired died at his Washington DC home Tuesday after a cerebral embolism struck three weeks earlier. The death was reported from the capital where he had served in active duty prior to retirement.
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Washington, D. C
Robert Platt
United States Navy
Four Night Riders On Trial For Kentucky Barbecue Murder
Eddyville Kentucky four alleged night riders Alonzo Gray Edwin Hawkins Bart Creekmar and Jim Bryant are on trial charged with murdering Axton Cooper at a bar beque near Lamasco last July.
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Eddyville
Alonzo Gray
Edwin Hawkins
Bart Creekmar
Jim Bryant
Axton Cooper
Lamasco
Notable Deaths and Events From a Turbulent Year
Mary Baker G Eddy dies quietly at her Boston home in her ninetieth year. Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt dies at Natural Bridge, Va. Edward A. Smith and Howard A. Smith die in Pittsburgh taxicab incidents. Elizabeth Allen is murdered at Shirley, W Va. Willie Hoppe defeats George Slosson in New York to retain the billiards title and prize. Illinois students expelled for alleged plagiarism. A baby survives after dramatic wreck near Trinidad, Col. Medical cases follow. electric cookery tested for navy ships. Political and legal notes include rail and Pullman rate changes, rail lobby revelations, and New Jersey inheritance tax receipts. Various international and domestic events fill the day’s bulletin.
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Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science
Boston
Edddy
Chestnut Hill
Wesley Merritt
Natural Bridge
Philippines
United States
Edward A. Smith
Hilander C. Knox
Frank B. Smith
Crucible Steel Company
Pittsburg
Elizabeth Allen
Shirley
W. Va
Howard A. Smith
Philander C. Knox
Pittssburg
Harry Lane Wilson
United States Ambansheor
Mexico City
State Department
Mexico
Willie Hoppe
George Slos
New York City
Hoppe
University Ofllinois
Council of Adminstration
Frank Berry
Trinidad
Frank Belding
University of Kansas At Lawrence
Testa
Padernalles
Chihuahua
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
G. S. Fernald
Pullman Company
Jack Thomas
A. B. Walton
New Jersey
George Crocker
Mr. Crocker
Albany
Joint Legislative Investigating Committee
Lkely
Agnew Hart Law
Missouri Pacific
Knobwoster
Ulster Unionist Council
Belfast
Ireland
Berlin Academy of Sciences
Lewis Ross
Dudley Observatory
N. Y
C. L. Foch
Quincy
Doctor Koch
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Seattle
United States Steel and Carnegie Pension Fund
United States Steel Corporation
Macao
China
Portugal
Patria
Winnemucca
Ney
Mack Neal
Waverly
Hugene N. Foss
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States Senate
Provincetown
Mass
Pennsylvania
William J. Bryan
Taft
Haskell
Oklahoma
Senate
Gov. Bellamy
Turnef
Helen Taft
White House
Carnegie Steel Company Mills
Peary named discoverer of north pole in official report
In a congress report Secretary of the Navy George von L Meyer urges retirement with pay for explorer Robert B Peary from the day he discovered the pole. Across France torrential rains flood streams and towns, with soldiers delivering boats to besieged villages.
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Robert B. Peary
North Pole
George von L. Meyer
Navy
Congress
Peary
Pole
France
Boston
Robert E. Davie
Joseph Wendling
Alma Kellner
Wilfred French
Cairo
Ab Banketon
Pulaski County
Bankston
Banana Anna
New York Central
New York
Berlin
Texas
Meyer
H. M. Heighe
Pacific, Idaho & Northern Railroad
Caldwell
Idaho
Mikert Merida
Nashville
Ind
Flynn
New Fork
West Side
Albert C. Calliar
William Lewis
Iowa College asks $110000 increase in state support
The Board of Education after study proposes to seek from the General Assembly a total $110,000 rise in the educational support fund for Iowa State College. Requests include $50,000 for education, $10,000 for college extension, $15,000 for agricultural experiment station, $5,000 for engineering, $5,000 for roads, and $25,000 for a two year agricultural course, plus $60,000 in special appropriations for equipment and facilities. Additional lines cover public grounds, a dining plant, and a judging pavilion among others, aiming to prevent brain drain due to low salaries and sustain current standards. In Odebolt, Sac County, the world’s popcorn capital, stores 250,000 to 300,000 bushels of rice popcorn for shipment to Boston and New York, paying local harvesters around 15 cents per bushel. Buyers from Chicago arrive to construct new cribs, while the market price stands at about $1.25 per bushel.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Board of Education
Thirty-third General Assembly
Odebolt
Sac County
Sac
Boston
New York
Massachusetts
Chicago
Corn Belt Meat Producers set seventh annual convenation in Des Moines
Addresses by authorities on cattle and freight rates plus a big banquet and business meeting mark the seventh annual Corn Belt Meat Producers association convenation in Des Moines December 13 and 14. Speeches by Mumford Kinzer and Thorne highlight the programme with an Ames design noted for the state flag effort amid Des Moines and Fort Dodge context.
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Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
Des Moines
Herbert W. Mumford
Illinois College of Agriculture
R. J. Kinzer
Kansas Agricultural College
Clifford Thorne
J. F. Jamieson
A. Sykes
J. 3B. Davidson
Ames
Ilinois College of Agriculture
Missing Girl Found at County Hospital Store Room
The disappearance of Blanche Weatherby, an inmate at the county hospital for the insane near Lamoille, ends when a hospital attendant finds her hiding in a store room in the building from which she was thought to have escaped.
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Marshalltown
Blanche Weatherby
County Hospital For the Insane
Lamoille
Woman in Typhoid Fever Jumps to Death at Hospital
Mrs Rose Patterson wife of C H Patterson a Gilman bank officer leaped head first from a second story porch at the Methodist hospital while crazed with typhoid fever sustaining fatal injuries.
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Rose Patterson
Twentysixth Street
C. H. Patterson
Gilman Bank
Methodist Hospital
Dubuque Decides on Big Bond Issue
Dubuque city council, after a lengthy meeting, votes to issue city bonds in $500 denominations to cover a $496000 obligation. The move aims to fund public works and stabilize municipal finances amid projected expenditures.
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Dubuque
Rail settlement ends Albia track dispute in Iowa
In a conference at Oskaloosa representatives of Town Central Albia and Center ville railroads resolved the Albia track seizure by Dr J B Sawyer and W A Boland owners. The line will operate as Southern Iowa Traction with Albia track relaid and terminal facilities restored. A motor car link Albia Centerville to start immediately with plans to electrify the line in spring.
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Oskaloosa
Town Central
Albia
Centerville
J. B. Sawyer
W. A. Boland
Iowa Central
Southern Iowa Traction Company
Trains Crash on Milwaukee Rail Line Near Havreville
A misread order caused two Milwaukee way freights to collide head on one mile east of Havreville at twenty five mph. Engineer George Saucer of Perry was seriously injured and may die. Both engines and a merchandising car in each train were demolished. The other three enginemen escaped injuries by jumping. Saucer became tangled in a cab curtain while attempting to jump.
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Milwaukee
Marshalltown
Milwaukee Way
Havreville
George Saucer
Perry
Saucer
Move to establish state normal in southwestern Iowa
A local movement in southwestern Iowa aims to locate a state normal school here. The Western Normal College at Shenandoah, owned by prominent businessmen, has proposed a competition before the legislature to convert the school into a state supervised normal institution.
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Hamburg
Iowa
Western Normal College
Shenandoah
Five Years for Kirby in McClelland Bank Robbery Case
T J Kirby of Council Bluffs was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary for the September attempted robbery of the McClelland State bank. A youthful cashier helped thwart the crime, and Kirby’s plea for clemency cited desperation from unemployment and a large family to support.
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Kirby
Council Bluffs
T. J. Kirby
McClelland
McClelland State Bank
Pat Cornell Gets Five Years
Ed Cornwall known as Pat Cornell pleaded guilty to breaking and entering. He received an indeterminate five year sentence in Fort Madison from Judge Thorne ll.
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Pat Cornell
Logan
Ed Cornwall
Fort Madison
Thornell
Sunday Converts Iowa Centenarian Be Sure Your Sins Will Find You Out
Mrs Isaac Spohr of Waterloo aged 100 was converted by evangelist Billy Sunday after his sermon Be Sure Your Sins Will Find You Out. The centenarian joined the church at the close of the service marking a notable spiritual milestone in Waterloo.
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Iowa
Waterloo
Billy
Isaac Spohr
Lad Hurt In Football Game at Galva
Eight year old Carl Freyer son of Mrs Theo Freyer sustained a broken thigh playing football at Galva. He was taken home and the bone was set.
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Galva
Carl Freyer
Theo Freyer
Peary Donates Polar Specimens to Iowa University
Captain Peary, famed discoverer of the north pole, has given three perfect valruy specimens to the University of Iowa Museum in Iowa City.
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Peary
Iowa University
Iowa City
Captain Peary
North Pole
Museum
University of Iowa
Logan Boy Paralyzed After Head Shot Incident
Logan, the 4 year old son of Mr and Mrs George lickerot living west of Yorkshire, was shot in the head by his 13 year old sister and is now paralyzed on the left side.
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Logan
George Lickerot
Yorkshire
Epidemic Dispute Over Braddyville Illness
Braddyville faces an epidemic as five local physicians, joined by three out-of-town doctors, clash over diagnosis. Three external experts declare smallpox while two local doctors dispute that finding, leaving town officials seeking clarity.
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Braddyville
Kennedy Couple Bids 25th Wedding Anniversary
Estherville residents Mr and Mrs James P Kennedy celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with about fifty friends and members of the Royal Neighbors visiting at their home south of the city.
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Estherville
James P. Kennedy
Des Moines Typhoid Crackdown to Inspect Food and Water
Des Moines health officers will inspect groceries, milk suppliers, ice cream outlets, and all food handling sites to curb a typhoid outbreak with over a hundred cases. New water sources blamed. officials issue boil water rules and strict disinfection guidance. The plan involves physician case reporting, voluntary data sharing, and extensive citywide inspections.
Women’s Clubs Elect New Officers and Plans
Des Moines reports the General Federation of Women’s Clubs session at Colfax elected Mrs L L Blankenburg vice president to succeed Mrs Sherman who resigned for health reasons. Mrs Frank White became auditor. A committee to draft a federation history was formed with two others to arrange the 1912 San Francisco meeting. Preparations for a Sioux City 1912 meeting and plans for speakers included Robert Turner Bailey Hila Flagg Young and Caroline Bartlett Crane. State Farmers Institute and Agricultural Convention set for Dec 13-14 with joint sessions with Corn Belt Meat Producers. Des Moines Street Car Company wins a verdict. 46 women now county superintendents. infantile paralysis claims a child. city council urged to send a representative to the legislature. Alva Longnecker legally dead. Jerome Pendleton case and Detroit move noted.
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Des Moines
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Colfax
L. L. Blankenburg
Philadelphia
Benen Federation
John Sherman
Chicago
Blankenburg
Sherman
Directory Board
Frank White
Valley City
N. D
Blankenbure
Mary J. Wood
Portsmouth
N. H
H. Mumford
Pennsylvania
Co. P. Barnes
Kentucky
J. L. Washburn
Duluth
Minn
Lulu Whittier
Boston
Josiah Evans Cowles
Los Angeles
L. L. Blankenbureg
San Francisco
James Donahue
State Federation
Sioux City
Robert Turner Bailey
Hila Flagg Young
State Farmers’ Institute
Des’ Moines
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
State House
John T. Stinson
C. R. Curtis
Agricultural ‘High School
J. P. Mullén
Fonda
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Akron
Owa
Ray A. Smith
Commander Platt eDad
General News
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
Amounts
Ames College
General Assembly
Fort Dodge
Military Advisory Board
Lincoln
Horace Boles
State Health Board
City Health Board
Health Board
Henry Albert
West
Eighteenth Street
State
City Boards of Health
A. C. Moerke
Iowa State Board of Health
G. H. Sumner
Zell G. Roe
Des Moines River
A. QO. Rouse
Keokuk
Cummins
Dolliver
Polk County
Coliseum
State Horticultural Society
Iowa Corn Growers’ Exposition
M. J. Wrage
ELECT
Farmers’ Institute Meeting
J. C. Applegate
Adel
Huegle
Helen Samuelson
John, Samuelson
Enterprise
F. G. Pierce
Iowa League of Municipalities
Hanna
Alva D. Longnecker
de Graff
John Pendleton
Lucius Wilson
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