Ghouls Raid Cemetery Vault in Erie Case
Police probe a mausoleum desecration in Erie in the affair linked to the missing body of Mrs Anna McCollum wife of J A McCollum and daughter of John A Tracy. The vault doors were pried and most caskets disturbed while the body of McCollum vanished amid a $1000 reward offer from the Erie Cemetery Association and no suspects named.
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Eric
Pat
Erie
William L. Scott
Anna M. McCollum
Erie Cemetery Association
A. T. Stewart
New York
Anna McCollum
McCollum
J. A. McCollum
John A. ‘Tracy
Stehr Held To District Court In Fatality Case
Henry Stehr bound over to district court without bail on first degree murder charges in the death of his 38 year old stepson Kaurt in Norfolk Nebraska. Preliminary hearing before County Judge Bates at Madison. Coroner jury testimony outlines case details. Stehr to remain jailed until spring term.
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Norfolk
Neb
Henry Stehr
Kaurt
Bates
Madison
Stehr
Clara Barton III Ill in Maryland Home at Glen Echo
Clara Barton III founder and longtime head of the National Red Cross in the United States has been seriously ill at her Glen Echo Maryland home for several days. Doctors say she will recover from bronchitis and pneumonia though she is in her 90th year and historically active in relief work.
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Clara Barton III
Oxford
Mass
Miss Clara Barton
National Red Cross
United States
Glen Echo
Miss Barton
Blast Entombs Men In Mine Near Trinidad Colorado
Night shift at Cokedale mines near Trinidad is believed entombed after a strong explosion felt in town. A government mine rescue car has been sent to Cokedale. About fourteen men were believed at work when the blast occurred.
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Trinidad
Colo
Cokedale Mines
Cokedale
Puzzle Confronts Senate Over Judges Positions
Washington D C reports a Senate resolution by Senator Bacon of Georgia questions whether 34 United States circuit judges may be legislated out of office. The conundrum centers on the scope and potential impact of such action.
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Washington, D. C
United States Circuit
Senate
Bacon
Georgia
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotations
Sioux City Iowa Thursday's quotations on the Sioux City live stock market list Reeves at 0.25 cents, hogs at 7.35 dollars. The item records current bids and prices for local buyers and sellers.
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Sioux City
Reeves
Siren Sold Gunboat Suspected in Honduras Revolution
Treasury officials could not confirm reports that the navy gunboat Siren, recently sold, would join a revolution in Honduras. The story notes Washington officials found no evidence linking the vessel to such plans.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Honduras
Treasury
Daylight Saloon Closing Bill Moves Through Texas Senate
Austin Texas daylight closing saloon measure clears the senate. It requires saloons not to open before 6 a m and to close by 7 p m affecting statewide alcohol rules and municipal enforcement.
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Austin
Tex
Senate
Happenings of World and Nation Beam Across Headlines
A sweeping roundup notes marriages in New York City between Lord Dacies and Miss Vivien Gould, political moves in Seattle, and the capture of Haitian official Montreuil Guillaume near Cape Haitien. Also covered are fatal crashes in Ontario, naval canal forecast, university honors from Roumania, and a string of notable deaths, elections, and legal questions shaping early 20th century public life.
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Lord Dacies
Vivien Gould
George Gould
New York City
Frederick Kreismann
S J. Youls
Seattle
Montreuil Guillaume
Nord Alexis
Port Au Prince
Cape Haitien
John Whitelaw
Grand Trunk
Paris
Ont
Goethals
Panama Canal
Washington
Frank Slosson
Kenosha
Wis
John P. White
United Mine Workers
Oskaloosa
Herman Cary Bumpus
University of Wisconsin
Roumania
Thomas Bonacum
Lincoln
Neb
Sanl-Ed-Dowleh
Teheran
Persia
Democratic pledge secures favorable Canadian reciprocity vote
A party line pledge from Democratic caucus members assures favorable action on the Canadian reciprocity agreement. In other news, one explosion kills ten at Piute Powder mills in Ishpeming, and a Chicago blizzard causes five deaths. An aeroplane patrol along the Rio Grande is planned to aid neutrality, while a Pekin to Bloomington collision injures seventeen. A robbery at Rector's cafe nets $3302 as King George and Queen Mary open parliament. Volcanic disaster hits Manila region with Mount Taal eruption tidal wave claims lives.
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House of Representatives
Pekin
Peoria
Eureka
Bloomington
South Bartonville
Congress
United States
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
United States Senate
Piute Powder Company
Ishpeming
Mich
Wilburn
Carpentersville
Ill
Howard Mann
Adam Oberst
Elgin
Chicago
Rio Grande River
War Department
Rector’s
George
Queen Mary
Moody Bible Institute
Mount Taal
Manila
Exonerate Oil Go. Hampton's and Moffett Retract Slur
Standard Oil filed libel suits for 350000 damages over claims Hampton's Magazine and Cleveland Moffett published accusing the company of selling impure candies in Philadelphia. Read the signed retractions from Moffett and Hampton's Piano show the company was not involved.
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Hampton’s and Moffett
New York
Standard Oil Company
Hampton’s Magazine
Cleveland Moffett
Philadelphia
Shearman & Sterling
Broadway
Hamptons Magazine
West Thirty-fifth St
Hampton's Magazine
Cassidy
Moffett
Mr. Moffett
Benj. B. Hampton
Broadway Magazine, Inc
Judge rules on vote selling case in Danville circuit court
In Danville Illinois Judge Kimbrough orders City Attorney Jones to answer all grand jury questions about vote selling. The ruling cites US Supreme Court immunity for witnesses before grand juries and voids parts of the city election law, limiting inquiries to events within eighteen months. Investigation continues as more witnesses are examined.
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Danville
Taal Volcano Toll Reaches 700 in Philippines
Washington reports 700 dead in the town of Talisay after Taal eruption and related disturbances. Gov. Forbes of the Philippine Islands cabled the governor general with news of ongoing shocks. Five thousand families are ruined as mud and lava destroy crops, prompting urgent relief needs.
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Washington
Taal
Philippines
Talisay
Batangas
War Department
Forbes
Philippine Islands
Philippine
Cercles Honeymoon Planned in Egypt After New York Wedding
New York reports Lord and Lady Cercles soon to wed on February 7. They plan a honeymoon in Egypt, departing February 18 aboard the Cunard liner Carmania. The couple will stay in Cairo for a few days and visit notable palaces in Upper Egypt.
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Lord
Lady Cercles
Vivien Gould
Egypt
America
Cunard Nuer Carmania
Cairo
Notalle Palats
Upper Leypt
True conservation dairy expert tours Iowa on special train
Waterloo dairy expert W W Marsh spoke at the Iowa Dairy show and joined the Iowa State Dairy association’s special dairy train. He urged that the dairy cow is the key to conserving soil fertility and emphasized its role as a cost effective food producer. Wireless at Ames marks Iowa’s first state college station with 2 kW output and 50 000 volt lines, aiming to become a center for wireless experiments in the state.
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Tama
W. W. Marsh
Waterloo
Iowa
United States
Corn Belt
Mr. Walsh
State College
Ames
State of
Physics
M. E. Packman
United Wireless Telegraph Company
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
New York
Cape Hatteras
Atlantic City
New Orleans
Milwaukee
Chicago
Town State College
Principal in Suit Dies in Chicago Telephone Case
Ruth Hall, a West Union principal and West Union pioneer, died recently from injuries linked to an electrical shock while using a Chicago telephone. The Chicago Telephone Co. damager suit, filed four years ago, drew figures from science leaders including Thomas A. Edison, who testified on the risk of fatal shocks.
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West Union
Miss Hall
Chicago
Thomas A. Edison
Tables Turned at Northwood Iowa Theft Arrest
The theft of oats worth about 25 dollars ten chickens five turkeys and groceries at Wallace McKinney’s house led to the arrest of Carl Vester after a long chase. County Attorney E. M. Sabin and Sheriff P. A. Gullickson investigated houses frequented by Vester and accomplices. Vester is held for the next grand jury on burglary charges and more. Police in several northern Iowa cities link the case to about a dozen grain thefts this winter.
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Northwood
Wallace McKinney
Carl Vester
M. Sabin
P. A. Gullickson
Vester
New Factory For Marshalltown
A new factory will be built here within the next weeks and begin operation around March 1. The Miller-Manney Cement Products company will manufacture cement blocks reinforced fence posts cement brick and various cement novelties such as porch piers and columns.
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Marshalltown
Miller-Manney Cement Products Company
Went to School With Dix Estherville
Jason L. Slowe known as Shorty Howe about 45 dropped dead of heart failure ascending stairs in the Coon block. He was unmarried and educated and in his youth attended school at Len Falls New York with Governor Dix.
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Estherville
Jason L. Slowe
Shorty” Howe
Coon Block
Atlen Falls
N. Y
Dix
Boone's Water Bonds Sold For City System
Boone issues bonds to fund a new water system drawing supply from the Des Moines river gravel beds. The sale supports construction of infrastructure to provide city water.
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Boone
Des Moines
Iowa Girl in Kansas Message Provides Update on Missing Nevada Girl
A Kansas dispatch from Mankato says Bliss Flossie Kent sixteen daughter of Mrs. E Kent of Nevada who vanished last November is alive and will be sent home. The report helps locate the missing teen and reuniting her with her family is anticipated.
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Iowa
Kansas
Ames
Mankato
Bliss Flossie Kent
Uniform textbooks to be voted on at March election
Burlington Des Moines county moves toward uniform text books after petitions from over a third of county school directors. Superintendent Parrott county officials plan a popular vote at the March school election. Book agents are expected to campaign, but full publicity will inform voters.
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Burlington
Des Moines
School Book Trust
Parrott
Estherville Short Course Awards Preview
Estherville announces a premium list for district prizes in corn judging and other farm products at the short course. Competing districts include Emmet Kossuth Dickinson Palo Alto and Martin counties in Minnesota. The two day farmers institute ends with a lecture by D Ward King.
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Estherville
Emmet
Kossuth
Dickinson
Palo Alto
Martin County
Minnesota
Farmers’ Institute
D. Ward King
Pleads Guilty and Pays Fine in Mason City Case
Nicholas Balderoff, a Greek barber, pleaded guilty to selling liquor and cigarettes in Mason City after his shop refused service to a man who had entered for a shave. He was fined $100 after the complaint was filed and Balderoff claimed the accuser was refused service.
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Mason City
Nicholas Balderoff
Balderoff
Kinney resigns as Des Moines Water Co chemist
At a special session the state board of health demanded Prof GC N Kinney of Drake University resign as state chemist or sever ties with the Des Moines Water Company. Kinney chose to resign from the water company position.
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Des Moines
State Board of Health
GC. N. Kinney
Drake University
Des Moines Water Company
Explosion Claims Life In Mitchellville-Milan Hibbs Case
A homemade blasting powder blast fatally injures Hibbs and badly injures a nephew and two children nearby. The blast wrecks the kitchen where it happened and damages surrounding areas.
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Mitchellville
Milan Hibbs
Train Crew Not Blamed in Fort Dodge Death
The coroner's jury ruled that C. L. Peterson died from a fall while boarding a south bound Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern passenger car. The incident occurred as the train departed the city at an early hour.
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Fort Dodge
C. L. Peterson
Des Moines
Miss Pankhurst Speaks at Boone Church
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst addressed a large audience in the Christian church in Boone. She described the surprise and honor of being invited to speak before the Des Moines legislature and then argued for woman suffrage with emphasis on equal rights and civic participation.
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Pankhurst
Boone. Boone
Sylvia Pankhurst
Des Moines
Saloon Licenses Revoked in Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge officials deny 39 withdrawals from a petition of consent and bar saloons from operating after July 1. The county board canvassed the withdrawals, ending saloon rights in the city.
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Fort Dodge
County Board of Supervisors
Mulci
Agaloons
Ft Dodge
Policeman Shoots Man Arrested After Fight in Hamburg
Policeman John Alberson and deputy quick response led to the arrest of L. HM. Walker a black man after a sharp struggle. Walker was shot in the lower limb before being captured and taken into custody in Hamburg.
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Hamburg
L. HM. Walker
John Alberson
Walker
Chronic cough cured by Peruna in Chicago memoir
Mrs. Hohmann of 2764 Im Ave Chicago writes she suffered catarrh and a terrible cough since childhood. After three bottles of Peruna her appetite returned, coughing lessened and chest pain eased enabling restful sleep. She proclaims she is well and cured where doctors failed. She urges others to try Peruna.
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Mann
Im Ave
Chicago, IL
Opinion Not Always Final on Engagements
A physician’s pretty daughter engaged to a college student faces her father’s disapproval over age and readiness. The girl tells her lover the father will force a breakup, but she hints that when he yields, hope grows. The dialogue from the Rehoboth Sunday Herald centers on parental influence versus youthful romance.
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Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Senator Newlands Finds Humor in Congressional Eloquence
In a print anecdote from Nevada Senator Newlands during a debate he rose high with praise and joked that eloquence is fed by the subject. The next day the Congressional Record misquoted him, claiming he said the topic furnished all the food elephants need, prompting a lighthearted correction.
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Senator Newlands
Nevada
Newlands
Congressional Record
The Selfish View on Cheaper Postage
A man who focuses on his own bills rejects cheaper postage, saying he rarely writes letters and sees no reason to ease costs for others. The remark highlights self-interest influencing views on postal pricing and accessibility.
Pessimist Sees Apple Blossoms Through Fears of Ills
A wry remark notes that a pessimist cannot enjoy apple blossoms, dwelling instead on potential stomach aches and negative outcomes, reflecting a skeptical view of simple pleasures.
Health and Natural Conditions From Right Feeding
A Boston educator recovering from nervous exhaustion credits Grape-Nuts with restoring health and bowel function. She notes improved brain power and endurance after using the product with raw eggs and hot milk or water. The testimonial, provided by Postum Co., promotes Grape-Nuts and cites The Road to Wellville as related reading.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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