Committee forms to push All Panhandle Fair plans
A county court room meeting organized the All Panhandle Fair effort into a working body. D C Priddy presided as chamber secretary with H R Greer as secretary and T F Turner as chairman. Priddy, Greer and Newcome named to lead a three member committee from the Chamber of Commerce Real Estate Exchange and Young Men's Civic League to spearhead immediate action and secure grounds and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C Priddy
Chamber of Commerce
H. R. Greer
T. F. Turner
Priddy
Edward O'Brien
Chamber of Commerce, Real Estate Exchange
The
Young Men’s Civic League
Panhandle
DOJ Eyes Shoe Prices for 1930s Anti Trust Probe
Washington officials vow close watch on shoe prices amid reports of consumer price hikes. If prices rise, the Government likely will launch an investigation to determine if a Sherman anti trust violation occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Poultry Show Opens in Boston Exhibition Housed in Mechanics Building
The sixteenth annual Boston Poultry and Pet Stock Association exhibition opens in Mechanics Building and runs through Saturday. More than 4,000 high class chickens turkeys ducks pigeons rabbits cats and other poultry and pet stock will be on display. Exhibitors come from a dozen or more states and parts of Canada.
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Boston
Mass
Boston Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Mechanics Building
Canada
Weather forecast for Hienerally fair midweek
Sparse readable text shows a local forecast of fair weather on Wednesday and notes yesterday's temperatures and a range around the mid forties. Mention of Washington, D C and West Texas indicates regional outlooks with cold and snowy conditions possible in the Panhandle.
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Washington
Wastington
D. C
West Texas
The
Panhandie
Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Income Tax Law
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled the state's income tax statute, enacted in the last legislative session, constitutional. The decision was handed down in Madison on January 9.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Supreme Court of
Lorimer Defends Self in Senate Election Case
Senator Lorimer begins testimony in his own defense against charges his election was obtained or paid for by others. He testifies he paid all campaign expenses himself and never accepted money from anyone.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Lorimer
United States Senate
Illinois
Bishop testifies in Conners dynamite conspiracy trial
Los Angeles state witnesses describe a plan to place dynamite in an alley beside a hall records building. B Bishop testifies that he and Conners with Maple and Beaver prepared two sticks of dynamite and discussed blowing up the hall records, with potential large harm.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
V. B. Bishop
Conners
Beaver
Itisnop
Labor Temple
East Texas Rui Tree Compared to California Giants
Special to Daily News from Marshall Texas reports a remarkable tree near the city rivaling California giants. It measures 27 feet 8 inches in circumference 18 inches above ground and 24 feet 6 inches at six feet with a forty foot arch and no limbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily News
Marshall
Tex
California
Kansas State Poultry Show Opens in Wichita Forum
The twenty third annual Kansas State Poultry Association exhibition starts in the new Forum in Wichita Kansas and runs through the week. It features several thousand birds and representation from all Kansas sections plus exhibitors from neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State Poultry Show
Wichita
Kas
Kansas State Poultry Association
Kansas
Southern pastor to lecture at Chautauqua platform
Fort Worth Texas January Dr Jno A Rice pastor of the First Methodist church has accepted an August lecture invitation before the National Chautauqua Society at Chautauqua New York. It marks the first Southern pastor invited to this assembly, a compliment to Dr Rice and Southern Methodism. He came to Fort Worth from New Orleans and is regarded as a leading figure in Southern Methodism.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Jno. A. Rice
First Methodist
National Chautauqua Society
Chautauqua
N. Y
Rice
Chautauqua Society
New Orleans
South Dakota Conservation Congress Opens in Sioux Falls
The South Dakota Conservation Dry Farming and Good Roads Congress opened in Sioux Falls with Bishop O Gorman delivering the invocation and Mayor Burnside welcoming. Former Senator Pettigrew spoke as sessions begin a three day program with Governor Eberhart of Minnesota scheduled to address Thursday morning.
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South Dakota Conservation Congress
Sioux Falls
S. PD
South Dakota Conservation
Bishop O'Gorman
Burnside
United States
Pettigrew
Eberhart
Minnesota
Minister Sentenced to Death for Premeditated Murder
Rev Clarence V T Richeson received the death penalty by electric chair after pleading guilty to the premeditated murder of Avis Linnell His sentence will be carried out in the week beginning May 19 The judge offered a concluding blessing. The article also notes a separate Seattle report about a Wilson campaign group in Washington state forming to secure delegates for the Democratic national convention and a potential fight for state delegation control.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Sanderson
Wilson
Seattle
Wash
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Harmon
San Francisco Initiates New City Government Plan
San Francisco inaugurates Mayor James Rolph Jr and officials elected last fall under a new form of city government. The plan mirrors the commission system with an eighteen member body to handle city and county affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
James Rolph, Jr
Rolph
Boots and Shoes Prices to Rise in 1912
New York reports an expected 5 to 7 percent wholesale price increase for shoes after fall samples, due to higher raw material costs. The National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Association began its annual meeting in the city to discuss the rise.
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New York
Jan
National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
Wendover to Stage Johnson Flynn Fight Scene
Chicago promoter Jack Curley announced that Wendover Utah will host the Johnson Flynn boxing match in July. The exact date has not yet been decided.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Ian
Wendover
Utah
Jack Curley
National Democratic convention chosen for Baltimore on June 25
The National Democratic committee fixed June 25 in Baltimore as the convention date to select President and Vice President candidates. The committee adopted a permissive primary plan allowing direct vote in states with laws. One thousand seventy four delegates will be chosen as harmony prevailed and Baltimore won on the final ballot over St. Louis. Denver Chicago and New York received scattered votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
National Democratic Committee
Baltimore
Chicago
St. Louis
Denver
New York
Young Texan Held by Chicago Police
Frank Holloway, arrested as a pickpocket in Chicago, confesses to six murders and a dozen major robberies across the United States Canada and South America. Police question the full truth while probing the claims. Holloway, from Vernon Texas, cites his late father Captain Frank Holloway a noted Texas criminal lawyer. He forfeited bond at Fort Worth while held for alleged Harrold bank robbery.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Frank Holloway
United States
Canada
South America
Holloway
Vernon
Texas
Fort Worth
Harrold
Webster to Plead Guilty in Wife Murder Case
Dr Harry Plein Webster of Chicago, charged with the murder of his wife Pessie Kent Webster, will plead guilty before Judge Farrand in the Ogle County circuit court on Friday. The penalty is death. The body was found October 1, 1911, in Scherr woods with a fatal knife wound to the throat.
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Oregon
Iil
Jane
Harry Plein Webster
Chicago
Pessie Kent Webster
Ore
Farrand
Ogle County
Scherr Woods
Opposition to Johnson Fiynn fight rocks Nevada
Bitter opposition spreads across Nevada over a proposed fight near the Utah Nevada line. Nevadans say any benefit would go to Utah and Nevada would bear the odium. Talks of a special session to repeal prizefight laws persist, and Metropolis Nev remains cool to promoters. Wendover is listed as the fight site though it lies in Utah and arena boundaries cross into Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Salt Lake
Utah
Johnson Fiynn
Nevada
Nevadone
Utah-Nevada
Odie
Wendover
Ine
Rarities in the Hoe Sale at Anderson Rooms
Bibliophiles and book dealers gather in New York for the second part of the Robert Hoe library auction. The sale spans ten days with hopes of high prices but likely below the $50,000 Gutenberg Bible on vellum from last year. The standout is a second Hoe Gutenberg Bible on paper, two volumes folio, in perfect condition.
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New York
Anderson Auction Rooms
Robert Hoe
Kansas Democrat Wins Seventh District Seat
Hutchinson Kansas January 9 George A Neely Democrat was elected congress man from the Seventh Kansas district to succeed the late E H Madison Republican defeating Frank I Martin Republican by about 1200 votes
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Hutchinson, Kas
George A. Neely
Kansas
E. H. Madison
Frank I. Martin
Devil Machine Plot 5 Reveals Clock Time Regulator Used
Indianapolis, January. Ortie McManigal testified to the grand jury about dynamite conspiracies tied to an alarm clock attachment used as a time regulator. He described Mount Vernon Illinois blasts, later used on the Los Angeles Times building, and his role in prior plots including a Salt Lake City hotel attempt. He noted McNamara designed the clock and the alibi purpose, recounting earning 125 dollars for the Mount Vernon job.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Ortie McManigal
Mount Vernon
Illinois
Grand Jury
McManigal
Los Angeles Times
McVanigal
Salt Lake City
John J. McNamara
McNamara
McManzal
Winnipeg to the Gulf road plan outlined for Emporia meet
Advices reach Worth Texas that a Winnipeg to the Gulf highway meeting will be held January 17 and 18 in Emporia Kansas. The proposed international route would run from Winnipeg to Calveston Texas via North Dakota Minnesota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and Texas.
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Daily News
Art Worth
Tex
Winnipeg
Gulf” Road
Emporia
Kansas
Canada
Calveston
Texas
North Dakota
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Dallas
Fort Worth
United States
New Jersey Legislature Opens Regular Session
Trenton January 9 reports the New Jersey legislature organized for its regular annual session. The Republican majority, elected on a reform platform, aims to pass measures demanded by the people and shape legislation to limit Governor Wilson’s veto power and aid his Democratic presidential bid.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Wilson
State Conference on Taxation Opens in Buffalo
The State Conference on Taxation began its second annual meeting in Buffalo after being organized in Utica last year. The session lasts several days and is attended by numerous representatives of public organizations and officials from municipalities across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Utica
Fire Destroys Millions in Ruinous Blaze
A large fire swept a storage facility destroying millions in records and two priceless libraries, with investigators assessing the cause as the flames consumed the valuable archives.
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HUN
Equitable Building Fire Claims Lives and Wealth
A massive fire devastated the Equitable Life Assurance building on lower Broadway, with six lives lost and hundreds of millions in securities feared saved or destroyed. The blaze trapped three workers on the roof and claimed top fire officials, while the structure and surrounding firms suffered heavy damage and priceless libraries were destroyed.
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Associated Press
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Company
Broadway
Equitable
Mercantile Trust Company
Equitable Trust Company
Kountze Brothers
Annual Belmont
Tie Eat
Mercantile Safe
Lawyers’ Club
Battalion
William J. Walsa
William Campion
Frank J. Neider
Equitable Society
Cornerstone laid for Masonic aged, indigent home in Keenabora
North Carolina ceremony marks laying of the cornerstone for a new home to aid aged and indigent Masonic members and their widows and orphans. Grand Master R N Hackett presided as the 25 acre site near Keenabora advances toward completion.
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Keenabora
N. C
North
Caroline
R. N. Hackett
Indicted in Misuse of Mails Case in St Louis
Charles L Shaw and seven associates face federal trial this week in St Louis on charges of using the mails to defraud. The defendants promoted or ran Continental Life Assurance and International Fire Insurance, now in receivership, with alleged sale of worthless stocks.
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St. Louis
Charles L. Shaw
Continental Life Assurance
International Fire Insurance Companies
Wisconsin State Horticultural Society opens annual convention
In Madison on January 9 the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society convened in the capitol for what is billed as a premier session. W. W. Hanchett of Sparta delivered the opening address on "The New Era in Horticulture in Wisconsin." The long program includes talks by noted fruit growers and horticultural experts from several states, with sessions continuing through Wednesday and Thursday.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin State Horticultural Society
Capitol
W. W. Hanchett
Sparta
Wisconsin
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