Iowa News Roundup of Crimes and Fires in Iowa and Nevada
A jumble of Iowa and Nevada items: injuries from a factory accident, a gasoline fire harming a wife and children, a murder conviction in Linn County, thefts, forgeries, desertions, and a wide mix of criminal cases. Notable names include Wesley Shaffer, Henry Lowery, and John Holsten, with multiple towns like Des Moines, Muscatine, Audubon, and Fort Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Presbyteria Hospital
Waterton
Nauman
C. Rudolph
Rock Rapids
Rudolph
Wesley Shaffer
Linn
Shaffer
Nevada
Henry
Lowery
Preston
Newton
Games Hart
Monroe
Hart
Chicago
Jle
Oscar Armintraut
Centerville
Dan Watts
Eldon
Des Moines
Carma
John Holsten
Bessie
Holsten
Fort Madison
Molsten
Eltburg
Muscatine
M-searald Maward Wittell
Des Moines Newsway
Frank Brothers
Brothers
Oain Gavils
Wittel
Hmit
Young Witter
Mercy Hospital
William Neff
Audubon
Burlington Union
Roosevelts foes block simplified spelling push and chorus of events
A week’s news condensed reports the House vote to raise vice president and cabinet salaries to 12000 while keeps congressmen pay. Roosevelt abandons simplified spelling efforts amid House opposition. A special message to Congress urges full citizenship for Porto Rico residents, native troops, and harbor dredging. numerous appointments and disputes across politics and industry follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
House
Congress
Porto Rico
Winthrop
San Juan Harbor
Senate
William N. Moody
Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the United States
Charles J. Bonaparte
Maryland
Victor H. Metcalf
California
Navy
Oscar §. Straus
New York
Commerce
Burrows
Reed Smoot
Taft
War Department
United States
Dubois
Idaho
Multiple notable deaths and events reported in a dated miscellany
The item lists numerous brief notices: Jeremiah Curtin dies in Bristol Indiana from Bright's disease. Fred Ring dies at 71 in La Crosse Wisconsin. Gen. Nogi is injured after a fall but may recover. Ecuador rebel Vega captured and commits suicide. Martha Unrt files for divorce in Salina Kansas. Enrique Creel appointed US ambassador from Chi huahua. Angie Birdsong denied new trial and sentenced in Mississippi. Fire at Wakanda First National Bank and six other buildings with $75,000 loss. retired Admiral R. M. G. Brown dies in Washington. Montana Supreme Court upholds eight hour statute. Spreckles plans San Diego to Yuma railway. elk killed in Yellowstone. B&O freight rule shocks Central Freight Traffic. Wareham Mass fire destroys ten buildings. George Skurnham Jr convicted in fraud in New York. St Petersburg paper urges US-Russia alliance. Sidney Smith claims Chicago lakefront land worth $40,600,000. Wisconsin judge allows legal strike activity. France expels papal nuncio secretary, with Clemenceau hinting at war
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Jeremiah Curtin
Bristol
Vit
Bright
Fred Ring
Masonic Lodge
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Wis
Nogi
Port Arthur
Col. Vega
Ecuador
Ayancay
Martha’ Unrt
Salina
Kan
Enrique Creel
Chihaubau
United States
Angie Birdsong
Butler
Mississippi
Miller
First National Bank
Wakanda
S. D
R. M. G. Brown
Washington
Montana
Central Freight Traffic Association
Wareham
Mass
George Skurnham, Jr
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
New York
Jay
Eeny
St. Petersburg
Trussia
Orient
Sidney Smith
Cambridge
Maas
Lake Front
Chicago
France
Clemenceau
Rome
Denver
Robert W. Lewis
James D. Hegleston
President Eggleston
Pacific Express Company
Jesse Clyde Rumsey
Alton-Durlington
Track Island Limited
Glasgow
Cummings Commission Company
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Smithsonian Institution
Board of
Regents
Arthur Brown
Utah
Raleigh
Anna M. Bradley
Salt Lake City
Nergency Hospital
Roosevelt
Senator Rayner
Maryland
San Francisco
Paris
Augustus Hartje
Pittsburg
Hartje
Hartis
Honolulu
Greenwood
Ind
Gilbert Meeks
Nichols
S. BE. Howell
Omaha Coal Exchange
Farmers' and Drovers’ National Bank
Waynesburg
John DB. Cunningham
International Bank
Petersburg
Russia
Hebrew Congregations
Lord Curzon
Kedleston
India
America
Lady Curzon
Inlaw
Earl of Suffolk
Samuel Dodd
International Silver Company
Meriden
Counn
Philippines
Manila
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Newport News
Infanta Maagia Teresa
King Alfonso
Spain
Ferdinand
Bavaria
Rayner
Paddington
Herkimer Street Methodist Church
Brooklyn
Detroit
M. KE
St. Louis
Bat" Masterson
New York Telegraph
Gillette
Joseph &. Kearns
Bend
Bis
Midland National Bank
Newton
Pacific Ocean Exposition Company
Pacific Ocean
Balboa
Panama, Canal
Matt Priestly
Rock Rapids
American Sugar Refining Company
Brooklyn Cooperage Company
Wagene J. Leahy
Monitor
Merrimac
New London
Coun
Multiple 1900s figures face legal and political turmoil
The report lists numerous events including Dr James D Hegleston’s decade plus week sentence for counterfeiting in Denver. $1500 fines. Osborn declining Smithsonian secretary role. Senator Arthur Brown's death after a hotel shooting. Roosevelt criticized over school policy. Paris clergy appeals. Hartje divorce ruling. amid Japan Honolulu disguise claims and a Greenwood Indiana canning plant fire.
Injunction Sought Over Japanese School Segregation
In San Francisco on December 16 officials indicate the United States may file an injunction suit in federal court to halt the board of education from segregating Japanese pupils in oriental schools. Assistant Attorney James McReynolds arrived from Washington to advise, and United States Attorney Devlin awaits instructions for possible immediate action.
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San Francisco
Cal
United States
Federal District Attorney’s Office
Board of Education
James McReynolds
Washington
Devlin
War clouds over Pacific as powers debate clash
Berlin reports growing interest in a potential US Japan conflict. Emperor William discussed Roosevelt's views with officials, while Russia's hardened stance on trade and Ashore rights on the Amur and Siberia fuels tensions. German officers privately foresee Japan seizing the Philippines and challenging the United States across vast Pacific campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
United States
Japan
William
Roosevelt
Russia
Amur
Siberia
California
Japam
Philippine Islands
Pacific
Serious religious clashes near Paris amid church separation law
In France on December 17, minor clashes and quiet church services marked the first Sunday after the law separating church and state. Clergy and crowds moved peacefully, with some rowdies arrested for wearing hats in churches. Provinces reported excitement, with counter demonstrations in Perpignan and Amdena. Bishop de Briy, receiving notice to leave Meaux, suffered a violent nervous shock but recovered.
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France
Paris
Perpignan
Amdena
Catholica
Free Thinkers
de Briy
Meaux
Fraser incident shooter fined for buckshot to boys
William Coleman, tied to the Fraser watermelon scrape last summer, was fined 350 dollars after firing buckshot at three boys. Local authorities charged him in connection with the incident, and the case drew attention to juvenile safety and public disturbance in the Fraser area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
William Coleman
Fraser
Monument proposed for Francis Beott Key in Baltimore
Charles L Marburg of Baltimore offers 25000 dollars to erect a monument to Francis Scott Key the composer of the Star Spangled Banner if the city provides a suitable site. Marburg a Baltimore native formerly in business here. The text also notes camels have never been seen and are or were tame.
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Francis & Key
Baltimore
Francis Beott Key
Charles L. Marburg
Marburg
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