News Notes From Washington And Beyond A Week In Review
A compact wrap of notable 1912 events includes the cotton crop value, postage rule changes for parcel post, tariff revisions favoring free cotton sewing thread, and President Wilson's actions on the Union Pacific merger. Other items cover Justice Gerard's potential ambassadorship, Palmer's Senate testimony, free sugar and raw wood in tariff talks, a suspension of federal investigator Clayton Herrington, income tax plan tweaks, Olympic events in Chicago, medical deaths at Montefiore sanitarium, miner strikes in Cabin Creek and garment workers and clerks wage talks, Panama canal spillway plans, weather and economic strains, and local legal and violent incidents.
Multiple criminal and public notices from early 20th century events
Personal Frank D Crane of St Louis indicted by Sangamon county grand jury for murder during a carpenters strike fight in Springfield. Katherine Hamon twelve murders Julian Genek nine while flower picking at Waller Sask reported confessed. Dana family affair as Della Farley Dana weds Robert H Hutchinson in Danabeach Manchester by the Sea first eugenic marriage. Dayton banker Joseph EB Bimm commits suicide after heavy March losses. Philip Kahn found guilty of Abeling Henry Russell imprisoned one year. Curtis Guild robbed of 1000 cash and two letters of credit for 50000 in Paris. Mrs Woodrow Wilson to head reorganized congressional section of Woman s Welfare. Walter Hines Page guest at luncheon. record attendance. Henry Norman shoots Oscar McHire over account dispute claiming self defense. Six drowned when motor launch upset near Edmonton. Cromartin Sutherland-Levegson-Gower dies in London. Bulgarians defeated at Zletovo. Bergians suffered heavy losses. Mdlle Juliette Schettler sues James Gordon Bennett in Paris under 1912 law on paternal liability for out of wedlock birth. Sixty Mongolian Jamaa burned in pagoda at Kweihwa cheng. Thirteen Beaten and Irish immigrants killed. Imperial Limited wreck near Ottawa.
Iowa News Highlights From Cedar Rapids To Chariton
A roundup from Iowa reports Cedar Rapids interurban tax drive for 200,000 dollars to connect Urbana to Cedar Rapids, tragedy in Des Moines area as Eddie Bracken 11 dies and George Bracken 13 hurt after a 60 foot fall. Burlington Memorial W. A. building dedicated. Will of Daniel O Connors set aside for 60 000 estate to wife and nine children. New bell installed at Winterset Catholic church. Miss Monaghan dies in elevator accident. Iowa Falls reports earliest Fourth of July injury from dynamite. Mitchell county estate case fees reach 5 000. Webb Clay county road law case and Perry firemen tour preparations. Ames farm tour in Chickasaw county yields farmer engagement. State highway conference at Atlantic for road law. Grinnell court case on alienation of affection seeks 25 000 damages. Farragut case of Gudgel fatal shooting. Des Moines Epworth League closes in Winterset. Manly electric franchise approved. Sioux City search for missing daughter Anna Holt. Various rail travel notes and local disasters including damed restaurant wall, Glidden foundation work, and Chariton fire. Iowa college and state historical society elects curators.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Road
Urbana
Eddie Bracken
George
Des Moines
Hoya
Burlington
Ars. G. H. Higbee
Higbee
Emma F. Byers
Minneapolis
Daniel O'Connor
Cartersville
Mason City
Daniel
Michael
John
Winterset
Mary Monashan
Miss Monaghan
Equitable
Iowa Falls
Milo Hamilton
Hamilton
Mitchell County
Pheoda Ann Cole
Ida Johnson
Cole
Ellise& Elms
Charles City
Clyde
Osage
Webb
Clay County
Watt James
Costa Butt
Perry Commercial Club
Fire Department
Iowa State College
Lucus C. Clark
Namline Methodist Church
Washington, D.C
James N. McCray
Kansas City
Clark
Grundy County
Cornell
Eldora
Helle Plaine
Iowa City
Ames Farm Investigation
State Highway Commission
Ninth Congressional District
Atlantic
Highway Commission
Grinnell
A. (. Porter
B. C. Hershman
George Gudgel
Farragut
Chris Schoop
Davenport
Rock Island Railroad
Waleuti
Epworth League
John L. Hillman
Frank Bristol
Omaha
Manly
F. J. Hanlon
Hanlon
Sioux City
Gretchen Holt
Marshalltown
Paul Lee
Anna Holt
Albert Jones
Shea Lumber Company
Montrose
Keokuk
Main Street
Clear Lake
J. E. Smith
Oelwein
M. B. Stevens
Glidden
W. M. Wilfong
Cornell College
Myr
William Blanchard
Chariton
Henry Romberg
Williamsburg
Rowland
Jasper
Dubuque Club
Comiskey
May Erect Temple Campaign Dividing Cedar Rapids and Des Moines
Des Moines Masons plan two story addition to the Masonic temple to house state headquarters and push Des Moines Consistory No 2 to build a new Scottish Rite temple on adjacent ground. Grand Master backs Cedar Rapids site. statewide move to relocate headquarters to Des Moines gains momentum. Des Moines Consistory has prepared plans for a new temple as funds reach 75 000 of 125 000 proposed.
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Des Moines
Des Moinés
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Iowa
Masonic Temple
Council Bluffs
Cedar Rapids
Tenth and
High Streets
School Board Revises Teacher Payroll in Dubuque
The Dubuque independent school district adjusts teacher salaries to comply with the new minimum wage law. Second grade certificate teachers begin at 47 dollars monthly and rise to 55, while first grade certificate teachers start between 51 and 57 dollars. Maximum for seventh and eighth graders rises from 660 to 670 dollars per year.
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Dubuque
Board of Education
Embankment Death Trap Claims Four Fatalities On Rail
The Rock Island road embankment west of the city has become a death trap as four unidentified men were killed in the last thirty days by incoming passenger trains while walking along the tracks. None of the deceased were identifiable, officers report.
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Rock Island Road
Davenport
Iowa Christian Endeavor Convention Awarded at Cedar Rapids
The Iowa Christian Endeavor meeting in Cedar Rapids Ottumwa selected the next convention site for the State Christian Endeavor association at the closing session. Officers re-elected include President William Hardcastle Iowa Falls vice president Rev Charles Stauffbacher Cedar Rapids treasurer P M Rich Hubbard recording and field secretary Miss Mary McClerrin Omaha.
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Iowa Christian Endeavor Meeting
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
State Christian Endeavor Association
William Hardcastle
Iowa Falla
Charles Stauffbacher
P. M. Rich
Hubbard
Miss Mary
Fishermen Drown as Wave Swamps Launch near Keokuk
James and John Chandler, fishermen, were drowned in the Mississippi above the government locks when a passing steamer swamped their launch. John Chandler disappeared with the craft while James Guana tried to swim to the lock and went under before a motor boat could aid him.
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Keokuk
James
John Chandler
Mississippi River
Government Locks
James Guana
Auto accident at Fonda injures clergy and grandchildren
An automobile owned by Rev. A. G. Calkins of Fonda turned turtle trapping occupants under the car. The Rev. C. O. McDonald of Fort Dodge and the two grandchildren of Rev. Calkins were pinned inside and faced serious injuries in what could have been a fatal crash.
Hawkeye Veterinary Association Elects Des Moines Leader
Des Moines Dr. Knowles elected president of the Hawkeye Veterinary Association at the recently closed annual session. His home is listed as Sioux City, Iowa.
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Hawkeye Veterinary Association
Des Moinesi
Ackley Sets Sauerkraut Day Date at Mass Meeting
Ackley citizens selected August 28 as Sauerkraut Day for this year after a mass meeting. The plan outlines citywide celebration efforts with local volunteers and community groups coordinating the events.
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Ackley
Whitman Trolls Whitman A Philadelphia Editor Recounts
A Philadelphia editor recalls Walt Whitman selling subscriptions for George W. Childs in winter. Whitman describes riding horse cars to identify drivers needing winter overcoats, notifying Childs for fittings, a simple task that saved time and effort.
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Walt Whitman
Alfred Noyes
Philadelphia
Walt
Mickle Street
Camden
George W. Childs
Childs
Best Treatment for Itching Scalp and Dandruff
An 1880s style advertisement outlines a scalp treatment using Cuticura Ointment applied in parted sections to reach the skin, followed by a morning shampoo with Cuticura Soap. It claims to relieve itching, remove crusts and scales, prevent thinning hair, and promote growth, with samples offered via a 32-page skim book from Cuticura, Boston.
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Cuticura
Dept. I
Boston
Dinner Guest Dilemma Sparks Private Call
A man asks to borrow Lawson's phone to inform his wife he plans to bring a man to dinner. He fears his face will reveal his discomfort when his wife learns of the proposition, while the other man is waiting in his room.
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Lawson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington
Bureau of Census
Senate
Wilson
Cornish
M. H
McReynolds
Union Pacific
James W. Gerard
New York State Supreme Court
Germany
Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
New York
Ha, Clark, Underwood
Clayton Herrington
United States Department of Justice
San Francisco
Wilg0n
Grant Park
Chicago
Rosalia Roque
Catherine Lacy
Bedford Hills
N. Y
Montefiore Sanitarium
Cabin Creek
W. Va
Cincinnati
Gatun Lake
Panamauly 1
Ohio
Nebraska
Fast St. Louia
Ill
Joseph A. Fansler
East St. Louis
Kasota
Minn
Kasota Elevator Company
J. J. Johnson
Recorder’s Court
Augusta
Gao
Waltham, Mass
Moody Street
Ulysses S. Grant
San Diego
Cal
A. L. Wills
Marshaltown
Willes
Grant
Frank D. Crane
St. Louis
Sangamon County Grand Jury
Robert Wilson
Springfield
Katherine Hamon
Julian Genek
Waller
Sask
Della Farley Dana
Longfellow
Robert H. Hutchinson
Danabeach
Dana Surmer
Manchester
Dana
Joseph EB. Bimm
Dayton
Bimm
City National Bank
Philip Kahn
Henry Russell
Boston Opera House
House of Correction
Curtis Guild
St. Petersburg
Paria
Woodrow Wilson
Congressional Section
Woman's Welfare Department
Walter Hines Page
United States
London
American Business Men's Club
Henry Norman
Marion, II
Oscar McHirey
Norman
Edmonton
Alberta
Rodman C. Hooper
Marshall-Wells Company
Bart Merideth
Mra. Case
Case
West End
Imperial Bank
Cromartin Sutherland-Levegson-Gower
Fourth Duke of Sutherland
Zletovo
Mdlle
Juliette Schettler
Camille Clermont
Paris
James Gordon Bennett
Kweihwacheng
Chinene
Shavel
Mongolia
Imperial Limited
Canadian, Pacific Railroad
Ottawa
Ont
Hawk Eye State. News
Congregational Church
P. F. Marston
Parvin
Scottish Rite
F. G. Murphy
Magon City
State Historical Society of Iowa
George W. Ball
J. W. Rich
Duvlid Sanders
Arthur J. A Marvin H. Dey
Henry G. Walker
Henry Albert
S.A. Swish
Charles M. Ditaness
Grand Lodge
Embankment
Fletcher
Meat Trust
Lydia E. Pinkham
Athens
Texas
Lydia EB
Pinkham
Sanan R. ‘Wuatviry
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