Large suit claims 90 percent oatmeal control consolidation
William A. Tilden and Charles D. Thompson of the cereal company sue Quaker Data Company Great Western Cereal and directors in US district court for 10 million dollars under the Sherman act. They allege a 1941 sale of trade names and properties deprived stockholders of assets and brands including plants at Fort Dodge Iowa and Joliet Illinois.
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Chicago
Quaker Data Company
Great Western Cereal Company
United States District Court
William A. Tilden
Charles D. Thompson
Cereal Company
Fort Dodge
Joliet
Joy Morton
Coroners Jury Probes Christmas Eve Disaster in Calumet
Witnesses testified that a white button like the Citizens' alliance badge was worn by the man blamed for the Christmas Eve panic at a Calumet hall. officials note the alarm came from inside, doors were open, and no fire occurred. O N Hilton of the Western Federation says further developments will follow. Chicago public schools chief election rescindment leads Shoop to resign his post and return to first assistant position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet
Mich
Citizens’ Alliance
O. N. Hilton
Denver
Western Federation of ‘Miners
Women's Auxiliary
Federation
Anthony’ Lucas
Houghton ‘County
Wupt ‘Shoop
Chicago
John JD. Shoop
Chicago Public Schools
Elia Flagg ‘Young
Board of Education
Young
To Buy Warship for Turkey in London Arrival
London captain Raouf Pasha of the Turkish navy arrived to complete the purchase of the Brazilian dreadnought Rio de Janeiro for the Turkish government. The price is stated to be $16,000,000.
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Turkey
London
Raouf Pasha
Hamidieh
Rio de Janeiro
California Prohibition Petition Advances to 1914 Ballot
Sacramento reports that petitions from ten counties totaling 25,693 names push the statewide prohibition initiative toward the 1914 general election ballot. The current petition count stands at 41,045 names supporting the measure.
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Drys
Sacramento
Cal
California
Fourth Hyde Trial Set in Swope Murder Case
An agreement of counsel sets the fourth trial of Dr. B Clark Hyde for the murder of Thomas H Swope a notable Kansas City philanthropist to begin here on January 12.
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Hyde
Kansas City
B. Clark Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Dowager Queen Sophia of Sweden Reported Dying
Dowager Queen Sophia widow of King Oscar II is said to be dying in Stockholm after years of declining health sparking concern among Swedish circles.
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Stockholm
Sophia
Sweden
Oscar II
Quake in Southern Peru Kills Two In Aymarcaz
A strong earthquake struck the province of Aymarcaz in Apurimac, southern Peru. Two people were killed and numerous houses were destroyed while railroads suffered severe damage making transit impossible.
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Peru
Lima
Aymarcaz
Apurimac
Ohio Strike Settled in Steubenville Plant Conflict
In Steubenville Ohio a long running Pope Tin company plant strike was settled after efforts by the local chamber of commerce ending a dispute that began in July. The settlement concludes months of labor unrest involving plant operations and employee negotiations.
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Ohio
Steubenville
Pope Tin Company
Chamber of Commirce
Washington Officials Propose Hearings On New Currency System
Secretary McAdoo and Secretary Hotlaton lead a 14 city hearings tour seeking banker and business views on the federal reserve district boundaries and regional banks as part of implementing the new currency system. Includes resignations and policy notes from the Department of Justice and Interior, plus nominations and reorganizations for commissions and diplomatic posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo and Secretory of Agriculture Hotlaton
United States
Federal Reserve District
Regional Reserve Bank
Missouri court fines and revokes lumber licenses in antitrust case
The Missouri Supreme Court fined 436000, ousted 20 lumber companies, and revoked five foreign licenses in state ex rel Attorney General v. Arkansas Lumber Co. Respondents found guilty of conspiring to limit yellow pine output and fix Missouri prices. President Wilson served as foreman bodyguard during Gulfport fire incident as his car passed. Ten men drowned in a New Jersey storm. two died in East River, New York, as a barge disaster caused losses of 1 million. An attorney for the Missouri health board was shot in his office by Frank Klimek, later dying by suicide. another official wounded. A trial acquitted Dr. H F Price and Angel Gandia in a death-at-criminal-operation case. A Prescott Bank vault in Emmet, Ark was blown. several thousand dollars stolen. yeggman escaped on a hand car.
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Supreme Court of Missouri
State
Arkansas Lumber Company
Missouri
Charles Alling, Jr
Manolis
Bank of Prescott
Emmet
Ark
Yegginen
Fire destroys old Michigan Central depot in Detroit
Detroit reports a blaze that wiped out the 80 year old Michigan Central depot damaging property and records with an estimated loss near 300 000 dollars. In Dayton Ohio Captain William F Roberts Civil War veteran died in the National Soldiers Home. A Christmas tree event in Italian Hall at Calumet Michigan left 72 dead, many children, from a false alarm. Nora R B Thayer Harvard Law School dean declined a supreme court nomination from Governor Foss.
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Michigan Central
Detroit, Mich
Galumet
Mich
Nora RB. Thayer
Harvard Law .School
Foss
Supreme Court
Unrest Violent Clash Marks Los Angeles Slot Plaza
Mexican Rafael Adames and 50 others injured as police quell disturbance in Los Angeles plaza attended by unemployed Americans and Mexicans. In Topolobampo Sinaloa an appeal for state department aid is noted. Bank of London and Mexico City delays opening. officials deny insolvency while a holiday is set through January 1.
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Rafael Adames
Los Angeles
Cal
Xamine
Topolobampo
PTH
Sinaloa
Mex
State Department
Bank of London
Mexico City
Mexico
Huerta
Remarkable descent into Vesuvius crater by American traveler
Foreign Frederick Burlingham, an American employed by a British company, descended to the active crater of Vesuvius in Italy. In Paris Grenadieff plans to resign to avert Bulgaria cabinet collapse. A missing will and money once in Cardinal Rampolla’s box appears stolen. Vatican Christmas observances proceed with gloom and papal greetings to European Catholic monarchs, Italy excluded. Paris meat famine threat looms as Slaughterers union calls immediate strike over 14 to 10 hour day. Jackson’s Miss Zeke Emerson, arrested for suffragette riot assault in London, is released after charges are dismissed.
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Frederick Burlingham
Moving Picture
Vesuvius
Italy
Vatican
Rome
Europe
Paris
Title: Multiple 19th Century Figures Pass Away And Move
West ern Federation of Miners leader H Moyer is ousted from the copper district after refusing aid. Wisconsin’s James W Murphy dies at Denver at sixty two. Woodcraft founder Joseph C Root dies in Hendersonville. Danville minister Charles M Travis and Om i ha mayor Lewis die. Senator Lewis to London for Safety at Sea talks. Miss Mary Morrison killed in Kokomo after car plunge to quarry. driver Edgar Hudson rescued. Chicago school board restores Mrs. Da Flags Young as superintendent by 15 to 7 vote.
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Mary Morrison
Kokomo
Ind
Edgar Hudson
da . Flags Young
Chicago Board of Education
Iowa Federal Jobs and Northern Iowa Appointments Uncertain
The piece describes delays and political maneuvering over filling vacant posts in Iowa after Judge Van Wagenen's ouster. It notes Maurice and Frank O'Conor promoting candidacies, a pending January appointment, and hints at a sharp struggle for the northern attorneyship with Huber of Tama involved. Referees have yet to recommend, and the attorney general may sidestep politics in naming a successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Frank O’connor
Washington
Huber
van Wagenen
Connolly
Kirkpatrick
Pepper
Das Moines
Congress
Undaunted by Auditor Redding Petitioners Organize Private Bank
State auditor refused a petition by thirty nearby residents to grant a second savings bank in Redding citing that one bank suffices for the town. The petitioners then formed a private bank with hopes to convert to a state bank later.
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Redding
Dean of Dentistry Quits at University of Iowa
Iowa City Dr. Thomas J McLern resigns as dean of the College of Dentistry at the University of Iowa effective immediately amid reported friction among faculty members.
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Iowa City
Thomas J. McLernon
College of
Dentistry
University of Iowa
Miss Lola Kofoed Resigns From Quita Teachers College
Miss Lola M Kofoed an instructor in Plano at Quita Teachers College resigns her position with the holiday season. She will return to her home in Rutland Vermont and leave at term’s end.
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Quita Teachers’ College
Getlar Falls
Lola M. Kofoed
Plano
Teachers’ College
Rutland
Train Kills Perry Woman at Milwaukee Station Platform
Mrs. A. Wallace of Perry was fatally struck while trying to pass between a baggage truck and an incoming train at the Milwaukee station on Woodward. She was hit by the engine’s driving rod and died instantly.
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Perry
Milwaukee
Woodward
A. Wallace
Couple Sought for Abandoning Infant Near Missouri River
Logan Mr and Mrs Olof Hofler were arrested west of Yorkshire by Sheriff Rock M D Myers and Council Bluffs police chief on a charge of abandoning an infant in the willows along the Missouri river. They reportedly admitted to the officers they were the sought couple. Playground Boosters Incorporated in Waterloo filed articles of incorporation for the Children's Playground Association by fifteen prominent women of Cedar Falls. Membership fee is $3.
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Logan
Olof Hofler
Council Bluffs
Willows
Missouri River
Yorkshire
Sheriff Rock
M. D. Myers
Playground Boosters Incorporated
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Children's Playground Association
84 year old Woman Dice in Le Mars
Mrs John Galles a longtime Plymouth county resident died in Le Mars just shy of her 94th birthday. She was among the county’s oldest inhabitants and passed away after a long life marked by community ties and family. Funeral arrangements were to be announced by the family.
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le Mars
John Galles
Plymouth County
Pioneer Suffers Injury After Fall at Home
Mrs Mary Jane Pilcher aged 95 a pioneer of the middle west sustained a fall at her home and is reported not to be in serious condition.
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Boone
Mary Jane Pilcher
Middle West
Tama School Construction Contract Awarded
The contract for building the new Tama school has been let. The lowest bid, 415 975 dollars, was submitted by E. G. Penrose of Tama.
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Tama School
Tama
E. G. Penrose
Invalid Dies in Flames Near Ames
Ames area tragedy reports 86 year old invalid Tody Severson perishes as fire consumes a house six miles south of here, where Anton Rynerson occupied the building. Authorities investigating cause and circumstances surrounding the deadly blaze.
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Ames
Toady Severson
Anton Rynerson
Here
Woman burned to death in Fairfield home accident
Mrs F M Bales aged 60 died after her clothing caught fire from a gasoline leak in the rubber tubing of a Bas range. The blaze caused fatal burns as she tried to escape.
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Fairfield
F. M. Bales
Woman Receives 35 Year Sentence for Murder
Judge Toran sentences Mrs. Winifred Barnett to thirty five years in Anamosa penitentiary after convicting her of murdering her husband George Barnett. The verdict and sentence conclude the Davenport case based on the murder charge and subsequent trial proceedings.
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Davenport
Anamosa Penitentiary
Toran
Winifred Barnett
George Barnett
Road Work in Henry County Moves Ahead in Improvem ent
Henry County has rebuilt and graded miles of road and constructed or repaired 124 bridges. Supervisors credit the new road law for providing a definite, logical basis of action. County engineer C. Smith has been engaged twelve months before the law took effect.
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Henry
Smith
Despondent Iowa Man Afire to Kill Self Ends Life in Park
Arnold Amine, 25, a track laborer from Iowa City employed by the city railway, rode to River View park and told the motorman and conductor he would shoot himself. On the return trip his body was found with a bullet through the forehead, believed to be despondent over losing sight in his remaining eye.
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Marshalltown
Arnold’ Amine
Iowa City
City Railway
River View Park
Amrine
Teacher Elopes With Student Near Persia
Rural school near Persia reports Miss Alta McVay the teacher and a 19 year old pupil Glen Seddon missing. The couple reportedly traveled to Omaha where they were married, leaving schoolchildren waiting at the building.
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Persia
Alta McVay
Glen Seddon
Omaha
City Hall Grant Raises Janitress Salary to 70 Monthly
After thirty two years of service and despite no pension under the law, Mrs Helen Koenig city hall janitress is awarded a 100 percent salary increase by the city council. Beginning January she will earn 70 a month enabling her to hire help and retire while having cared for an invalid husband.
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Dubeque
Helen Koenig
Ada Grafton wins Wabash damages in Clarinda case
The district court jury at Clarinda awarded Ada Grafton administratrix for A. P. Johnson’s estate nine thousand twenty four dollars in damages against Wabash railway receivers for the death of A. P. Johnson struck by a Wabash passenger train two years ago.
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Verdict Hill Railroad
Shenandoah
Clarinda
Ada Grafton
A. P. Johnson
Blanchard
Wabash Railway
Mo hawk Condensed Milk unveils rapid can-filling machine
A Waverly based member of the Mo hawk Condensed Milk company has invented a can-filling machine that fills 120 cans per minute. Milk is injected through a needle sized pipe while the cans are tested for leaks.
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Waverly
Mohawk Condensed Milk Company
Railroad Men Injured At West Liberty Wreck
Two Gedar Rapids residents injured during a railroad wreck near West Liberty. Fireman Harry Phelps was caught between the coal chute and the engine tender. Winsor Poreck lost his right hand while working with the wrecking crew.
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West Liberty
Gedar Rapids
Harry Phelps
Winsor Poreck
70-year-old hiker seeks ride from Waterloo to Dubuque
Jacob Keller a 70 year old man walked from Parkston eight days, nearly 400 miles, to Waterloo and entered the police station exhausted asking for help to ride the remaining distance to Dubuque.
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Waterloo
Parkston
Jacob Keller
Dubuque
Caldwell records big fortune from rail car inventions
Edward P. Caldwell, former police judge in Waterloo, aims to earn $100,000 in one year from railway appliance inventions. His top creations include an electrical compound rail system and an indestructible crossing designed to improve railway safety and efficiency.
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Waterloo
Edward P. Caldwell
Fall Down Stairs to Fatal in Chequent Township
Mrs Jana Wright, an aged resident of Chequent township in Van Buren county, fell down a flight of cellar stairs and struck her head on the cement floor. She died within an hour.
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Kebsauqua
Jana’ Wright
Chequent Township
van Buren County
Knights of Pythias Build in Council Bluffs
St Albans lodge Knights of Pythias has purchased a large city lot in the business district and plans a three story fraternal building.
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Knights of Pythias
Council Bluffs
St. Albans Lodge
Land Grings Good Prices on Local Farm Sales
Altoona example H F Fleagle buys eighty acre farm near here from M Welday for 13600. J H Shuey of Adel purchases Fred Joyce farm for 10400. Multiple local property transactions reflect strong market activity and steady land values.
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Altoona
H. F. Fleagle
Welday
J. H. Shuey
Adel, Ja
Fred Joyce
Transfer of Colby Motor assets to Standard Motor
Transfer of the own ings of the Colby Motor company to the Standard Motor company of Nevada Ia has been effected. The deal involves 300000 dollars.
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Transfer Motor Holdings
Mason City
Colby Motor Company
Standard Motor Company
Nelvada
Convict Road Work Gains Support From Governors
Iowa and other states push convict labor for highway building as humane, economical, and beneficial to public roads. Governors Dunne, Haddock, Hanna, Cox, West, Mann, McDonald, Carey, Hunt cite restored manhood, lower costs, and security against escapes. Capitol extension talks hinge on bond issues via Bechtel. Interstate hearings in Chicago aim to improve Iowa freight rates. Judge Anderson seeks reelection. Iowa horse shows praised for improving stock and local markets.
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Deg Moines
Redard
Asi
National Committee On
Canviets
Dunne
Ilinolg
Didiege
Nevada
Hanna
North Dakota
Cox
Ohio
West
Oregon
Mann
Virginia
McDonald
New Mexico
Carey
Wyoming
Hunt
Arizona
Toad Kork
Iowa Considers Over $400000 Certificate Issue for Capitol Extension
Three firms presented proposals to Iowa’s executive council to assume the $400,000 certificate issue for the capitol grounds extension. Proposals aim to provide immediate cash and facilitate swift ownership of the funds for purchases. Davenport and Chicago bond houses are represented. decision on acceptances pending. Colonel French of Davenport notes state farms focus on improving dairy cattle and hogs to benefit the public, not profits. The state plans to appoint a new inspector to oversee high schools and rural consolidations under the public instruction department.
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Capitol Grounds
George M. Deehtel
Davenport
Capitol- Extension
Bechtel
Iowa
Jthree
H. C. Parsons
F. H.neimaster
George M. Bechtel, Company
C. Williams
Chicago
Colonel French
Iowana Farms
Mahannah
Fuller and Woodruff
Achgol
Adjutant General Logan to Name Successor in Ames Race
Adjutant General Guy M. Logan will announce December 30 the elected successor to Brigadier General Lincoln of Ames, retired by age limit. Col H A Allen of Cedar Rapids, 53rd regiment, heads the officer vote with no opposition. The Union Stockyards in Chicago report 72 989 horses employed, near last year.
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Guy M. Logan
Lincoln
Ames
Duccessor
National Guard
Union Stockyards
Chicago
Boston
Minneapolis
St. Louis
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Western Cereal Companies
Charles EB. de Woody
Bureau of Investigation
Department ‘of Justice
Chlef, Bislaski
DeWoody
Anti-Trust Bureau
McAdoo
The
Treasury
Secretary of the Interior
Lane
Alaska
Senate
Judson J. Clements
Georgia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wilson
United States Senate
George Fred Willams
Massachusetts
Gresee
Brand Whitlock
Belgium
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
War Garrison
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Henry Clay Hall
Colorado Springs
Colo
Thomas
Seldomridge
Eee
Gulfport
Miss
New Jersey
East River
New York
H. F. Price
Clinton, Ill
Angel Gandia
University of Ilinois
Porto Rico
Pittsburgh
Dayton
William F. Roberts
U.S. Grant
George G. Meade
Grenadieff
Defia Ee
Cardinal Rampolla
Mias
Zeke Emerson
Jackson
H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
James W. Murphy
Wisconsin
House of Representatives
Laura ‘Tiffany
Detroit
Joseph C. Root
Woodcraft Orders
Hendersonville
N.C
Mr. Root
Hiihu Root
Omiaha
Neb
Charles M. Travis
Brazil
Grant
Gen
Lew Wallace
Soldiers
Danville, Ill
Lewis
Maurice
Henry County
Interstate Commerce
James S. Harlan
Tha ‘Interstate Commerce Commission
Anderson
D. M., Anderson
Albia
Secretary of State
New Iowa
Sioux Liver Lumber Company
Akron
Charles A. Buchwald
C. W. Brotherton
John H. Ernest
People’s Savings “Bank
R. A. Frazier
D. R
Spet‘er
Edwards ‘and Bradford Lumber Company
Bronx City
Towa
C. H. Bradtarl
Jarvia
Tecretary
Kennedy
Farthars
Whdst
Gome
Hergy
Varoud
General Lincoln
Wesley
J. Fair
Story
Qlen K.hickerson
Wayne
Charles L. Key
Taylor
W. G., Fletcher
Williamsburg
Town
T.C. Cessna
Toket
Poweshiek
Prairie Jim Wilson
James “H. Wilson
Prairia Dim” Wilson
State House
W. 8. Allen
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