Rockefeller Philanthropy Fund Bill Passes House 182 to 66
The House approved a measure to create a Rockefeller philanthropic fund of 100 million dollars with incorporators including J D Rockefeller and John D Rockefeller Jr. The goal is to advance civilization and disseminate knowledge, relief, and philanthropic programs. The bill restricts capital growth and requires full income expenditure, while the Senate rejected the conference report on immigration provisions amid concerns over foreign control.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
Rockefeller Foundation
John D. Rockefeller
House
Representative Peters
Massachusetts
J. D. Rockefeller
Frederick T. Gates
Starr J. Murphy
Harry Pratt Judson
Simon Flexner
Edwin A. Alderman
Wickliffe Rose
C. O. Heydt
United States
Burnett-Dillingham
Russia
Hart Shot to Death in Chicago auto gang pursuit
Detective Peter Hart was killed in a confrontation with automobile bandits on South Wabash Avenue as he went to arrest an alleged accomplice. Hart discharged his own revolver during the confrontation and ran from the scene, pursuing the gang across nearby buildings.
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Chicago
Peter Hart
South Wabash Avenue
Bob" Webb
James B. Berry
Hart
Cranded
Pole Sleds In New York Museum New York
Two battered sleds from opposite poles are on display at the American Museum of Natural History. Captain Roald Amundsen donated one of his expedition sleds, set beside the sled used by Admiral Peary when he claimed the north pole.
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New York
American Museum of Natural History
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
the Museum
Admiral Peary
North Pole
Inaugural Ball Cancelled by Wilson Favor
The time honored inaugural ball for the presidential ceremonies is called off this year. In compliance with President-elect Wilson’s wishes the inaugural committee, at a special meeting, unanimously decided to eliminate it.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Wilson
Sioux City Live Stock Market Report Tuesday
Sioux City Ia livestock buyers posted quotes on beef cattle with ranges from 3.25 to 8.50 per cwt and veal at 5.76 to 8.50. Hog prices ranged around 7.00 to 7.25 with average weight 254 pounds and cost 7.17. Sheep and lamb figures include spring lambs at 8.00 to 8.50 and yearlings 6.50 to 7.25, wethers 5.00 to 5.50, ewes 4.00 to 4.50, bucks 2.00 to 3.60.
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Sioux City
Gale Damages Oyster Beds in New York
Severe gale and exceptionally low tide on January 3 caused extensive damage to Long Island oyster beds with potential losses reaching several hundred thousand dollars. The incident highlights the coastal shellfishing area's vulnerability to seasonal storms.
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New York
Long Island
Lemon Tariff Cut Hinted in Democratic Revision
Washington moves to remove the lemon tariff or cut the present duty by about sixty percent as part of the Democratic tariff revision planned for an upcoming extra congressional session.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Washington passes immigration bill amid filibuster
The national House of Representatives approved an immigration bill with an oil literacy test after an all day filibuster led by former Speaker Cannon and Representatives Moore Bartholdt and Sabath. Secret Service guards for Gov. Wilson proposed a $3,000 special appropriation. The Justice Department opened an inquiry into Osage tribal council and oil interests. Government printing contracts for 32 million pounds of paper were awarded to 38 bidders.
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House of Representatives
Cannon
Moore
Philadelphia
Bartholdt
Sabath
Secret Service
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
McVeagh
St In
Wilson
Department of Justice
Osage Indian Tribal Council
Secretary of the Interior
Fisher
Raven
New York Governor Sulzer’s first law targets intoxicated chauffeurs
The report notes actions from 1906 and 1912 contexts including Governor Sulzer’s stance on punishment for intoxicated drivers, a steamer grounding near Halifax, and a Warren Live Stock company inquiry. It highlights a Carnegie Hero Fund commission meeting in Pittsburgh awarding 25 medals and $168,025 disbursed in 1912.
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Sulzer
New York
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Pittsburg
Early 20th Century Political Shifts and Notables
A broad dispatch details electoral moves with Senators elected in Maine New Hampshire South Dakota and Tennessee along with Montana and Michigan. It notes Taft at a New Haven hotel and Taft pardoning a bank official while Irish home rule nears passage and Poincare is elected French president with a royal society vote granting women admission.
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Wilson
Trenton
N. J
United States
Maine
New Hampshire
Tih‘nets
South Dakota
Tennessee
Taft
New Haven
Conn
Castro Denied U S Entry by Board Over Crime Admission
Cipriano Castro the former Venezuelan president held on Hills Island was refused admission to the United States by a special board of inquiry which ruled he admitted the commission of a crime and a felony involving moral turpitude. The report notes other items including church funding, probate filings, railroad indictments, wage dispute mediation failure, and a fiery Livestock Association convention attack on meat and cattle policy in Phoenix.
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United States
Acapuco
Mex
State Department
Meyer
Denver
San Diego
Cal
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Hills Island
American Live Stock Association
Phoenix
Ariz
Fort Dodge Line Expands Power Plant and Freight Cars
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern plans a 100000 dollar upgrade to its Fort Dodge power plant, adding a 000 horsepower turbine wheel and enhancing electric capacity. The line, known for hauling more freight than any traction line in the United States, has ordered 200 additional freight cars powered by electric motors with a 1300 ton tractive power.
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Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
Southern
United States
Rich Property Divided in Delaware County Referee Sale
The Smith sisters own land in Delaware county to be sold at a referee's sale. The property has been managed by the three sisters for years with little assistance. The sale includes the old home farm of 400 acres west of Hopkinton and the Milroy farm.
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Rich
Monticello
Delaware County
Clothing on Fire Burned in Mason City Incident
Mrs. Orilla Nutting wife of Conductor Ralph E Nutting Northwestern railroad suffered serious burns when her clothing ignited from gasoline used to clean a skirt She was recovering from earlier injuries reported after a train wreck involving Conductor Nutting in Mason City.
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Mason City
Orilla Nutting
Ralph E. Nutting
Northwestern Railroad
Nutting
Special Train Furnished Idwans For Inauguration
Iowa democrats attending President elect Wilton's inauguration will ride a special Chicago to Washington train. Negotiations with Pennsylvania Railroad provide three cars at Des Moines depots for about 200 party members. The service mirrors the train that carried Iowa delegates to Baltimore last July as many Iowans plan to attend the inaugural in honor of Iowa's Democratic plurality, the first in sixty years.
Club Entera Road Work Iowa Falls
The Commercial club of Iowa Falls will improve surrounding roads linked to the city. Plans follow Milwaukee and other state routes to haul crushed rock for highway surfacing. Two large crushers and abundant raw material enable significant road improvements.
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Iowa Falls
Milwaukee
New Centerville Pastor Brings Change to Community
Centerville appoints Rev. James Glendinning as the new Methodism pastor replacing Rev. Joe R. Hanley who resigned to pursue evangelistic work. Glendinning came from Ainsworth where he dedicated a new church costing $17 000. His church here has about 700 members.
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Centerville
James & Glendinning
Ainsworth
Joe R. Hanley
Glendinning
Cattle Men Meet in Des Moines Plan Next Year
Des Moines dairy association members gathered last week to map plans for the coming year. They intend to seek another legislative appropriation. Attendees included Prof. C. F. Curtis of Iowa State Agricultural College and W. H. Pew of Ames.
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Des Moines
C. F. Curtis
Iowa State Agricultural College
W. H. Pew
Ames
Nevada Man Sues Doctor for 26000 Damages
W. B. Higgason sues Dr. C. W. Powell for 26000 damages over unsatisfactory surgical work. Jury secured in the case. Co-defendants named as Drs. Cre shire and Nichols of Marshalstown.
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Nevada
W. B. Higgason
C. W. Powell
Higgason
Drs. Creshire and Nichols
Marshalstown
Woman Burned When Clothing Ignites at Daughter's Home
Mrs. L. G. Everists, wife of a prominent coal dealer with mines near Des Moines, was badly burned while dressing at her daughter's home after her clothing caught fire from an open gas grate. doctors say she will die.
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Sioux City
L. G. Everists
Young Farmer Adolph Shegetka Dies By Own Action
A young farmer Adolph Shegetka living with his father Joseph near Oxford, bought a revolver in town and killed himself in an old barn near his home after a disrupted romance. His body was found later by a farmer who went to the barn to feed stock.
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Adolph Shegetka
Joseph Shegetka
Oxford
Bartender Slashes Merchant in Burlington Fatal Assault
W. Lb. Linder, a 62 year old retired clothing merchant, is dying after Charles Caesar, a Burlington bartender, slashed his throat. Caesar then locked his room, and upon police arrival shot himself, dying from the wound.
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Burlington
W. Lb. Linder
Charles Caesar
Linder
Caesar
Ain
Start Construction at Charles City Gas Engine Factory
Work has begun on the new Charles City gas engine factory and the adjacent station, with large crews. If good weather holds, construction will proceed quickly, and the two buildings will be ornaments to the city.
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Charles City
Mayor's Ouster Trial in Harlan Court
Attorney General Harlan-George Conson and Assistant AG John Fletcher prosecute ouster suit against W. L. Baughn mayor. Baughn faces removal over alleged intoxicated street appearance.
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Harlan
George Conson
John Fletcher
W. L. Baughn
Baughn
Ida Grove Debaters Win in Inter-scholastic Debate
In Ida Grove the Ida Grove high school defeated Whiting in a unanimous judges’ decision. The debate motion was Resolved that the United States Should Adopt a System of Ship Subsidies.
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Ida Grove
Whiting
United States
Henry Assessors Meet at Mount Pleasant
Henry county assessors gathered at the court house for the annual meeting and raised land values by 10 percent over 1912 for the 1913 assessment. An entire new standard of values was fixed.
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Mount Pleasant
Court House
Henry County
Poultry House Breake Record at Hampton
The local poultry house broke records by taking in about 500000 pounds of live poultry and nearly $100000 in two months. In Clarion, O C Sheplee aged 86 longtime resident dies leaving a widow three sons eleven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Poultry House
Hampton
Yowan
Clarion
O. C. Sheplee
Funeral Directors Meet at Davenport State Convention
The Town Funeral Directors association convened in Davenport from May 20 to 22 with President C. H. Gregoire of Dubuque presiding at the executive committee meeting. In Carroll, stores Robbed at Carroll Ni ekels & Son's clothing store and Menstart's shoe store were burglarized taking two suits of clothes an overcoat and eight dollars sixteen cents from a cash register.
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Davenport
Town Funeral Directors’ Association
C. H. Gregoire
Dubuque
Carroll, Carroll,Nieckels & Son's
Alore
Menstart’s
Long Service Is Ended Webster City
Attorney Wesley Martin resigns as superintendent of the Baptist Sunday school after twenty three years of continuous service in Webster City continuing a long local denomination leadership role.
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Webster City
Wesley Martin
The
Baptist Sunday School
Wilson's Father Dead in Centerville Pneumonia
Centerville reports the death of James Wilson Sr., father of State Senator J. M. Wilson Jr., due to pneumonia. A former prominent coal operator, his passing removes a notable local figure from the business and political circles.
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Wilson
Centerville
James Wilson
J. M.wilson, Jr
Sewage Pollution Claim Filed Against Creston City
J W Carpenter of Des Moines seeks 600 damages and costs alleging sewage from Creston city drains polluted a stream crossing his eighty acre parcel west of town. The suit adds to two prior actions against the city in the same matter.
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Creston
J. W. Carpenter
Des Moines
Will Aak Free Delivery Eldora Move Forward
Postoffice officials will attempt to secure a tree delivery system as part of the year’s program, with business interests totaling more than the required $10,000.
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Eldora
Serious Charge Upheld Sidney District Court Finds Cox Guilty
In the district court Don ald Cox was found guilty of statutory assault. The maximum penalty for this crime is twenty years. Also noted, SOS Receive School Bids for a brick high school building to be built this spring. Bids of $25,000 to be received until Jan 30 by President George Swain.
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House Money Trust Committee
Washington
George M. Reynolds
Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Sidney
Donald Cox
North English
George Swain
Youth Charged With Postoffice Robbery in Iowa
William Jenninga Dwight, 16, arrested at Dean forty five miles south of Ottumwa, charged with robbing the Dean postoffice. He has returned 160 dollars in cash taken from the office.
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Postoffice
Ottumwa
William — Jennihga Dwight
Dean
Thea Dean
Pioneer Found Dead In Bed In Sac City At 33
C I Sprague aged 33 was found dead in his bed at his Sac City home by a neighbor. Death was due to old age. He is survived by five children.
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Sac City
C. I. Sprague
Iis
Bluffers’s Bad Night Reveals Hidden Motives at Club
Bluffers bangs a table and laments a past visitor, claiming he expelled a man from his house. Conversation reveals the visitor sought the narrator’s mother in law, not a daughter, exposing family tensions and misunderstood motives among older suitors.
Eczema Cured By Cuticura Soap And Ointment
A Lebanon Ohio reader describes eighteen years of intense scalp and leg eczema with itching so severe he scratched until blood. after trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment he reports immediate relief and complete cure within two days, also noting dandruff cleared on the scalp. Signed LR, Jan. 22, 1812. Cuticura advertised worldwide with free samples.
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Lebanon
Fink
Mabo
Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
I. x
Palm reader tale from Indianapolis streets
A humorous Indianapolis News item recalls a clairvoyant posing as a Hindoo who visits a collector named Mike O’Conner. The exchange ends with the reader’s wit about the customer’s accent and the palm reader’s dream of a perfect English, highlighting streetwise banter and ethnic disguise.
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Mike
Mike O'Conner
Genzelman
Indiana Avenue
Indianapolla News
Fragmentary moral musings on heart and humanity
A clipped extract reflects on human nature and maternal trust, with quotes about homeland scent, mothers' influence, and provincial modesty. It includes a wry line about Alexander and salary cuts, alongside observations on fame and obscurity. The text reads as a pastiche of reflective maxims.
Tired Blood Clogs the Kidneys In 1919 Ad
An aged purveyor claim links tired blood to kidney disease and Bright's Disease. It warns dead matter fails to burn away and clogs kidney tubes, causing ailments including diabetes rheumatism backache and stone in bladder with tonitives claimed to fertilize the blood.
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Tonitiven
Bright
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