The Chillicothe Woman Question Letter and Odd News
R W Hayes & Co summarizes Hall Caine letter to Sorosis on the evolving status of women, praising American progress and male chivalry. The column bundles London theater antics, Roosevelt turkey hunt anecdotes, a child’s country letter, aging signs in women, pension petition humor, toy trade, a treasury clerk farewell, a lizard tale, mob violence in Caruthersville, a ship race, Carnegie library debate, frugal reading habits, Galway yeast relic, and a St Louis damages award for lost beauty.
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Hall Caine
Sorosis Club
Chillicothe
Hioself
Nations
Republic of Art
America
Ottumwa Waterworks Decision Sparks Interstate Debate
Iowa Supreme Court allowed Ottumwa to build waterworks for 400000, but the St Louis federal circuit reversed, reversing the state ruling and threatening municipal ownership efforts. Cedar Rapids and Des Moines leaders lament the reversal, while Attorney General Mullan and lawyers discuss possible Iowa intervention and national implications.
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Des Moines
Towa
Federal Circuit Court
St. Louis
Iowa Supreme Jourt
Ottumwa
Iowa Court
State Supreme Court
Tower Court
Mig
Cedar Rapids
Dusuque
Mullan
Circuit Court
Taney
United States
Friends of
Supreme Court
Dred Scott
Iowa
Federal Supreme Court
Iowa Supreme Court
Justice Weaver
Inna Court
Dubudaue
Iowa Has Distillery Twenty Four Brews in State
Washington December 1 The internal revenue report shows Iowa with a single distillery producing 196 gallons of fruit brandy in the year. Iowa also has 21 rectifiers, 24 breweries, 665 malt dealers and 600 wholesalers. Tobacco production includes 22 750 pounds fine cut, 40 000 smoking, 130 snuff and 110 cigar factories. Olio margarine tax $646, mixed flour factory tax $200.10. Total assessments $69 000 with 12 158 taxpayers. Seizures: 688 gallons spirits valued at $959 and beer at $1 800. Nine hundred fifty-three thousand dollars in fines and cases.
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Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Iowa
Tillnois
Cana
United States
Market Declines After Export Ban Shocks New England Stockyards
Decline follows secretary of agriculture order forbidding live stock exports from New England ports. About 2000 head of cattle and sheep arrived en route to Boston, then diverted to local markets or sent to New York and Philadelphia. Canadian shipments rise as prices drop. Ottawa reports foot and mouth disease prompts disinfection of cattle entering Canada from eastern states.
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New England
Porte Gaudet Sraak
Citas
Buffato
Secretary of Agriculture
Higlani
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Tlna Department
United States
Negro Kills Two Women Then Himself in Providence
Henry Crotchford an itinerant banjo player from Washington D C shot and killed Elsis Lewy and fatally wounded Mabel Nixon in Providence on November 29 before turning the pistol on himself. Jealousy motive cited in the brief unidentified report.
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Providence
A. 1
Henry Crotchford
Washington, D. C
Elsis Lewy
Mabel Nixon
Jealouay
Colombia Pacified After Surrender of Two Leaders
Washington dispatch reports General Vergas Santos and De Soto surrender, completing pacification of Colombia. The move ends long running revolutionary activity and marks a unified government.
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Washington
Vergas Santos
de Soto
English visitors praise American industry and worker welfare
An English delegation led by Anred Moreley and Terence Flynn of the Tailors union toured the United States for six weeks. They found the up-to-dateness of factories and frank, helpful American employers notable. Flynn states American workers are about 15 percent better off due to sanitation and comforts, noting English workhouses as a contrast and age-50 poverty doubt.
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New York
Anred Moreley
Caada
England
Terence Flynn
Tailors’ Union
Mew Currency Scheme Endorsed by Eastern Bankers Amendment Planned
Rep Fowler of New Jersey, head of the House Banking and Currency Committee, plans to introduce an amendment to his currency bill. The plan, backed by conservative bankers in New York Philadelphia and Boston, would deposit surplus Treasury funds in national banks secured by U S state or municipal bonds and issue emergency currency against them. National banks could count some of their currency reserves toward the reserve requirement. Proponents say the scheme would yield a trustworthy secure currency with additional supply during demand surges.
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Fowler
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Powler
United States
France Backs Powers Plan on Venezuela Crisis
Paris reports the French foreign office has not decided on French participation in the British-Jamaican naval demonstration against Venezuela. Officials view the British-German accord as likely to benefit all powers and clarify the true scope of the Monroe Doctrine while progress toward adjustment continues.
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Lut
Venezuela
Paris
Fice
Mrs Dillon Sails to Aid Ill Irish Leader in Chicago
Mrs. Dillon wife of Irish leader John Dillon sailed today on the Antibia for Chicago after being suddenly summoned to attend her husband who lies ill there.
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London
Bec
Burglars at Iowa City Escape With Jewelry Heist
Unknown burglars entered the Miller block in Iowa City last night and rummaged through Mrs Will Burger's apartments. A jewelry case with her mother's wedding ring and other pieces, valued around 250 dollars, was stolen. police have no clues.
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Iowa City
Miller Block
Will Burger
Big Guns on Texas Explode At Sea Trial
Hampton Va Nov 24 During practice two of the battleship Texas large caliber guns exploded no one was fired and no serious damage reported to the ship officials said the incident caused no injuries or danger to the vessel and the crew splashed reports about the blast remain unconfirmed
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Texas
Hampton
Foul murder suspected in Gilliam death at Rock Rapids
Report from Rock Rapids Iowa dated December 14 states W C Gilliam of Sioux Falls was murdered for money. Evidence contradicts suicide with a possible motive of robbery. Two sisters cleared, three men saw figures near the bridge. a closed revolver, knife, and a cent piece found near the scene. A family nearby with unsavory reputation and financial embarrassment are under suspicion.
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Rock Rapids
W. C. Gilliam
Sioux Falls
Gilliam
Gilllam
William
Mapleton minister released on bonds flees to Avoca
C B McKay Mapleton Protestant Methodist preacher indicted by the Monona county grand jury for rape and seduction was released on $1,000 bonds in each case and left by the 8:20 p m train for Avoca and vaca In Iowa J A Heisler signed the bonds and three McKay brothers in Illinois are said to provide collateral Fearing mob violence McKay did not dare to return to Mapleton where his wife lives and many expect he will never face trial
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Mapleton
Ana
Avoca
Onawa
C. B. McKay
Monona County
Vaca
Hved
J. A. Heisler
Cooper Township
McKay
Illinois
Meny
Congressmen Ran Behind Head of Republican Ticket
Des Moines Iowa December 1 Republican congressional candidates trailed the head of the ticket by 6 204 votes across eleven districts. The largest gaps were in the fourth district at 1 228 and the seventh at 1 276 with smaller deficits in others. Analysts attribute part of the drop to opposition to the Iowa idea, notably by Lacey and Hull.
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Des Moines
Congress
Martin
Lacey
Hull
Iowa
Des Moines man declares war on wives with committee claim
In Des Moines Ts Dec J Lewia A Merwin staged a scene at East Court Streets claiming appointment by the secretary of war as a committee of one to his wife. He struck an officer with a cane while asserting Congress had passed a law against wives of old soldiers talking to other men.
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London
Charles Brookfield
Haymarket
Des Moines
Dec. J
Lewia
A. Merwin
East Lourth
Court Streets
Secretary of War
Congress
M Mcmillan Recovering After Hunting Injury
Cedar Rapids United States attorney H G McMillan is recovering from a foot wound after a hunting accident. Earlier reports suggested amputation might be needed, but letters from Des Moines indicate the injury will heal without surgery.
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Dex Moines
H. G. McMillan
Cedar Rapids
United States
Towa
Dedication of Pure Bred Live Stock Building at Expo
Attendance at the exposition will exceed last year by about 100000 persons with Sunday crowds around 20000 from Chi tumo and vicinity. The dedication of the Pure Bred Live Stock Record building occurs this evening. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson to deliver dedicatory address. Speeches by five leading stockmen and other business notes expected. Building cost $100600 by the Uso Stock Yards company for the national stock association.
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Chitumo
Wilson
Uso Stock Yards Company
Restock Agsdelation
Amertica
Republicans Back Sherman Law Enforcement Funding
Washington dispatch notes Republican leaders favor an appropriation to enforce the Sherman antitrust law. A $600,000 DOJ funding plan is proposed, with a push to place it on regular appropriation bills. The coal strike commission requests $50,000 to cover expenses, clerical costs, and member compensation.
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Washington
Hepburn
Iowa
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Department of Justice
Judiciary Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cannon
Appropriations Committee
Gray
Boiler Explosion at Swift and Co Packing Plant
Chicago officials probe the Swift and Co boiler blast at the stock yards that killed thirteen and injured fifteen or more. Water tender Owens is blamed by investigators, with the death toll rising as ambulances ferry victims to nearby hospitals. Identified dead include George Tate Edward Wright Thomas Holman and Charles Wiber among others. damage to the plant is listed at 16000 dollars.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
Owens
George Tate
Joan Owens
Edward Wright
Thomas Holman
Charles Wiber
Foreman Park
Bang
A. M. Bushnell
Voucher Jepairment
John Frank
Frank Weller
N. S. Oliver
Lewis Zirk
M. D. Higtee
M. W. Welch
Germany to Maintain Fleet in Caribbean Waters
Berlin reports the German Fleet Society states more cruisers are needed for abroad service, with seven vessels in the West Indies by December 10 and an indefinite stay there. A large delegation of German agriculturists will tour the United States in April for three months, studying farming methods from dairy farms to beet sugar and wheat, with visits to St Louis Kansas City Omaha and Chicago.
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Germany
Caribbean
Berlin
German Fleet Society
William
Central
South Amercan
West Indies
German Agricultural Society
United States
St. Glouis
Kansas City
Omaha
Nebraska
Colorado
Pacific Coast
Washington
Dakotas
Minnesota
Chicago
Michigan
Berlin Agricultural Institute
Golden State Limited Crashes Into Freight Engine
Three hours late at Topeka, the Rock Island Golden State Limited derailed after colliding with a freight engine at Herrington. Passenger engine and six coaches wrecked. Binghieery Crogan killed, several others seriously injured.
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Golden State Limited
Ong
Topeka
Kan
Dee
Rock Island Golden State Limited
Herrington
Binghieery Crogan
Slerk
BARS COLLEGE BOYS Cited for Denied Seats at Mansfield Show
Western Reserve University students and later Case School delegates tried to buy blocks of seats for Richard Mansfield in Julius Caesar in Cleveland. Treasurers refused after Mansfield issued orders to bar students from the house amid prior gallery disruption.
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Cleveland
Richard Mansfield
Western Reserve University
Tower Receives Russian and French Honors in London
The czar conferred the grand cordon of the St Alexander Nevsky on Ambassador Tower, and France made Tower a grand officer of the Legion of Honor for his book on Marquis Lafayette in the American Revolution.
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London
Ambassador Tower
Tower
Legion of Honor
Marquis Lafayette
Army Navy Game At Franklin Field Social Event
The annual football clash between Annapolis Naval Academy and West Point Military Academy at Franklin Field drew elite attendance. Invitations limited, but demand for seats far exceeded supply as cabinet officials, officers, and notable citizens including former President and Mrs. Cleveland observed. First half score stood West Point 20 Annapolis 8.
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Army
Navy
Philadelphia
Annapolis Naval Academy
West
Point Military Academy
Franklin Field
Cleveland
West Point
Annapolis
Disastrous Fire Wipes Normal Village Business Section
A massive fire destroyed most of Normal near Rat Portage, wiping out the business portion and causing estimated losses around 600000. Lumber companies reported major damage as flames raged through residences before being checked after fifteen structures burned.
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Normal
Canada
Rat Portage
Ani
Cally
Here
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