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Washington reports the Turkish peace delegates at St James Palace in London will treat with Greek representatives while insisting Adrianople remain with Turkey. U S imports hit 153 134 995 and exports 277 893 681 in November, records set. Morgan disputes monopoly power while denying vast control. Taft warns Madero over U S demands for punishment of American deaths, interlocking banks hold 25 325 000 000 capital across 134 concerns. Flynn named U S secret service chief. Carpenter and Cutting named for federal judgeships. Archbold letters appear in hearings. Local crime, graft, and public safety items span Harlem bootlegging, a Harlem hotelier case, a Kansas City highwayman, and a Molloy store plot. Fire, murder, and a high profile divorce headline in later items.
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Washington
St. James’ Palace
London
Greece
Turkey
Adrianople
Balkan War Victory and Turkish Losses Reported
Vice Admiral Halil Pasha, former Turkish minister of marine, slain in a Dardanelles engagement with Greece. Four officers died aboard the flagship, with many sailors killed or wounded. Turkish commander claims a great victory near Ja nina with heavy Greek casualties and captured guns and rifles.
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Halil Pasha
Dardanelles
Janina
Turka
Iowa News Roundup From Des Moines to Oskaloosa
A mash of notes: Mrs TRerhaar arrives with dead child in arms to join husband in Oskaloosa. trappers Dad Newton and Cliff Talatey earn over $60 monthly from hides. Mrs Peckham of Villseca dies as Iowa Moor e tragedy survivor. Iowa Poultry Show at Des Moines draws vast entries and big prizes. Billy Sunday’s revival in McKeesport shatters records with over 10,000 converts and $13,438 in offerings.
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John V. Trerhaar
Hjolland
Oskaloosa
Chicago
Dad Newton
Cliff Talatey
Charles City
D. Peckham
Villseca
J. B. Moore
Peckham
Moore
Iowa Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Coliseum
Des Moines
West
McKeesport
Billy’ Sunday
Iowa
L. L. Caldwell
Decorah
Iowa G. A. R
A. W. Carlyon
Julia Carlson
Ida Grove
Martin
Carsten Henrichsen
William Bruene
Bruene
Pete Wilson
Breda
Gravity
Hospers
Lewis
Marble Rock
Salem
Zearing
Kellogg
J. E
Guthrie County
Dorothy Deemer
H.H. Deemer
Gas Pocket Found On O Dell Farm Sparks Iowa Excitement Near New Market
A well on I L O Dell’s farm near New Market yielded natural gas during depth testing, triggering a flash explosion that burned the man’s whiskers and left water boiling in the bore. The discovery follows oil investigations in the area, fueling speculation about larger gas and oil pockets beneath the region.
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I. Ll. O'Dell
O'Dell
Mr. O’dell
Poultry and Pet Stock Show to Bring Big Prizes
Des Moines hosts the Iowa Poultry and Pet Stock Association annual exhibition at the Coliseum December 27 to January 2 with over a thousand entries. An exhibitor from Butte Montana already sent in. The event offers more than $1,500 in prizes and has drawn entries from across the region. Three nationally renowned judges will evaluate the high priced birds.
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Des Moines
Iowa Poultry and Pet Stock Age Sociation
Butte
Mont
Judge sentences former friend in murder case
Des Moines James Clark was sentenced by Judge Hugh Brennan to a ten year term in the penitentiary for second degree murder in the shooting of Robert Callahan at a Mulberry street gallery on Oct 26. The judge, old friends with the prisoner, said it grieved him but imposed the minimum sentence allowed by Iowa law.
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James Clark
Robert Callahan
Hugh Brannan
Clark
Callatan
Mulberry Street
Des Moines
Brennan
Redhead
Warle
Ded Moines College
Fleanor Dix-Childs
Childs Hall
H. B. Wibbard
Iowa State College
Ames
University of Wiston At
Madison
Hibbard
Wisconsin Institution
Towa
Blackhawk County
Iowa
Brethren Church
Orange Township
Waterloo
Rockwell
Avoca
Rock Island
John B. Brown
Mason City
Mr.Brown
Dean Stambaugh
Shenandoah
Arthur Howard
Emlin McClain
Supreme Bench of
California
Law College
Leland Stanford University
Gardston
Eastherville
Seventh Street
University of Lows
State University
Iowa Brick and Tile Association
B. Platt
van Meter
Southeastern Iowa
Fairfield
Edward Reilly
Illinois Central
Dubuque
Elmer
Elmer Loupee
Hear Newton
Hugh Brennan
Criminal Division
District Court
Callahan
Elaborate Structure Planned for Sioux City Davidson Block
The Davidson office block at Sixth and Pierce streets will be a $400,000 six story structure, finished in marble and mahogany. It is planned to be one of the finest buildings in the city, currently under erection.
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Davidson
Sioux City
Sixth and
Pierce Streets
Baker Denied Pardon by Governor Carroll
Des Moines report says Gov. B. F. Carroll denied Guy Baker of Lone Tree a pardon. He refused to interfere with the courts, noting no evidence was presented to warrant intervention. Local officials and Baker's supporters awaited further action.
Mitchellville Death of Early Settler J W McCleary
Mitchellville reports the death of J W McCleary a longtime prominent local businessman and early settler in the vicinity seen as a notable loss to the community.
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Mitchellville
J. W. McCleary
New Gardston Hotel Opens in Hatherville District
The Gardston Hotel in the city, costing $669000 to build and $12500 for furnishings, stands as one of the state’s finest north of Des Moines. It features 88 feet of Seventh street frontage and rises three stories.
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Taft
Senate
G. A. Carpenter
Peter S. Grosscup
Seventh Circuit
Witnois
Charles S. Cutting
Carpenter
Illinois
Hatherville
Gardston
Des Moines
Seventh Street
Grand Junction Defeats Nevada High in Overtime Clash
Grand Junction high school basketball team edged Nevada High 23 to 22 in a close home contest at Grand Junction The Grand June arena. Nevada led early but Grand Junction rallied in the final minutes to claim the win in a tense local matchup.
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Grand Junction
Nevada
Grand
Hon High School
Canada Week in Chicago showcases western Canada's farm bounty
Hon Dr Roche set space at the United States Land Show to display grain and grass exhibits from western Canada. Visitors saw wheat weighing 68 pounds per bushel, oats 48, and barley 65. The display featured bread from Canadian flour and products like butter cheese and honey, plus placards noting recent Canadian farm prize wins and the world championships for Marquis wheat and oats. The piece highlights Angus steer Glencarnock Victor winning the Chicago Livestock Show with cattle fed on prairie grasses, oats, and barley, and praises British Columbia apple exhibits and provincial agriculture leadership.
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Canada
Chicago
Central States
Roche
Interior
United States
W. J. White
Ottawa
Rosthern
Holmes
London
England
Towa
Illinois
Nebraska
Kansas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
McGregor & Sons
Aweildom of
America
Victor
Brandon
Manitoba
McGregor
British Columbia
W. B. Scott
Western Canada
Frenzied Arithmetic Fragment Teaches Ams Lessons
A garbled OCR excerpt shows a three year old Amy praised for arithmetic attempts. The fragment mentions adding one and one, then questions what two plus more would yield, noting a mother with two children. The text is incomplete and lacks clear context or outcomes.
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Amy
Gai Hey
Anion
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Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
J. Pierpont Morgan
Money Trust Investigating Committee of the House
Christendom
Madero
House
Money Trust
J. B. Foraker
Senate Campaign Expenditure Investigating Committee
Gilchrist Stewart
W. W. Winkfeld
Charles Stump
Archbold
Standard Oil
William R. Hearst
William J. Flynn
New York
United States Secret Service
MacVeagh
Treasury Department
John J. Wilkie
Custome Service
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Met
John Eddy
Leelie, Ark
Raines Law
Harlem
Greater
Charles N. Butta
Kansas City
Batte
Butts
J. Hamilton
Horace Kearny
Chester Lawrence
Fer
Redondo Beach
Agricultural Department
Georgia
Gertrude Rown
Bowerman
Springfield
Joseph H. Bogue
Meicker’s
Coalings Oil Fields
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Federal District Court
Los Angeles
Cal
Court Hero
W. H. van Schaick
Sing Sing
General Slocum
East River
Memphis
Tenn
Adam J. Hohler
John Cartengen
New York Centraluey
I A
O’gara Coal Company
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Big Four
Chicago, Indiana & Southern
Carstenson
Wilson
Trenton
N. J
Lindaburg
Grafton
Ill
New York State
Bernice G. Heinze
Arthur 8. Tompkins
Newburgh
N. Y
Fritz Augustus Heinze
House of Commons
Francia
Bridgeman-Bridgeman
British Admiralty
Lord Charles Beresford
Wington Spencer Churchill
Admiralty
Covilhao
Bela
Portugal
Bay of Biscay
Port Stanley
Talande
Cape Horn
Taylor County
L. L. O'Del
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