Drain tile contract bids for Boone and Story counties Iowa
Public notice invites bids by November 1 1909 for installation of drainage tile along multiple stations from Station 0 to 34 with varying sizes 12 inch 10 inch and 6 inch tile plus one bulkhead. Bids must include furnishing and laying branch or T tile with separate 10 percent bid security and bond or cash deposit. Joint boards may reject any bid. F G Dunahugh auditor Story County and F Jone auditor Boone County Iowa.
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Boone
Iowa
Nevada
Story Counties
Boone-Story
Boone and
Ontario
Story County
Joint Boards of Supervisors
F. G. Dunahugh
F. Jone
Boone County
Administrator's Notice of Elenor L Bisbee Estate
The district court of Story county Iowa appointed J A Campbell administrator of the estate of Elenor L Bisbee deceased on February 19 1909. Creditors must present claims legally authenticated and debtors should pay the administrator.
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A. D
District Court
Story County
Iowa
Elenor L. Bisbee
J. A. Campbell
Oil Firms Lose in Missouri Supreme Court Ruling
Missouri high court overrules rehearing requests from Standard Oil Indiana and Republic Oil Ohio in ouster suit. Waters-Pierce Oil wins partial relief as Missouri company ouster denied, Waters-Pierce stock held by Standard Oil NJ gains business rights. Expectation of appeal to U.S. Supreme Court.
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Jefferson City, Mo
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Republic Oil Company of Ohio
Missouri Supreme Court
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Missouri Company
Ohio
Missouri
Waters-Pierce Company
New Jersey
William
Lamm
Woodson
Standard Oil
Supreme Court of the United States
Boy Postoffice Robber in Montrose Doe Arrested
Eight year old Robert Oxford robbed multiple Montrose post office lock boxes on March 9, gaining 168 dollars in cash and drafts and jewelry. He demonstrated his method by opening more boxes after police arrived and returning to the post office with officers.
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Montrose
Colo
Robert Oxford
Montrose Postoffice
New Position for Moxey at Guggenheim Interests
Edward P. Moxey, longtime government bank examiner, retires to head the Guggenheim interests accounting department in New York. He has led many bank prosecutions and secured convictions in over ten years of work.
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Guggenheim
New York
Edward P. Moxey
Special National Bank Examiner
Moxey
Oliver Succeeds Knox as Pennsylvania U S Senator Candidate
George T. Oliver of Pittsburgh was chosen by the state joint caucus of the senate and house as the Republican nominee to succeed P. C. Knox in the United States Senate. Oliver, born in Ireland in 1848, owns the Gazette Times and Chronicle Leader and has wide business interests in Pittsburgh.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
George T. Oliver
Pittsburg
Senate
House
United States
P. C
Meat will be cheaper this summer
J Ogden Armour, passing through Atlanta in his private car from Palm Beach to Chicago, said meat prices are high now due to feeding stock costs but should fall this summer as corn prices drop. He predicted cheaper meat nationwide.
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Atlanta
J. Ogden Armour
Palm Beach
Chicago
Contractor Sentenced For Contempt In Quarry Case
John Bambrick a leading St. Louis contractor is serving five days in jail for contempt after his firm continued quarry blasting despite a court injunction. The sentence was affirmed by the St. Louis court of appeals.
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St. Louis
John Bambrick
Submarine Boat Contracts Awarded to Union Iron Works
Contracts for two submarines authorized by Congress awarded to Union Iron Works of San Francisco. Boats to be completed in twenty three months at a total cost between 350000 and 400000 dollars.
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Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Congress
Union Ironworks
Railways Win Victory in Missouri Rate Case
Judge McPherson of the U S circuit court in Kansas City Missouri rules against state rates in the cent fare and maximum freight rate cases involving eighteen Missouri lines. He finds the Missouri rates are not remunerative, implying possible return to 3 cent passenger rate.
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Missouri
McPherson
United States Circuit Court
Kansas City
State of
Liberty or Death Chair: Patrick’s Plea in Court
Albert T. Patrick, on death row for the Rice murder, pleads before New York’s appellate division arguing Governor Higgins lacked authority to commute. He declares Liberty or death in a dramatic appeal while urging the court to avoid an impressionistic reading of the law.
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Patrick
Supreme Court
New York
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Higgins
Miss Goulds Sailor Guests
Miss Helen Gould hosted 1500 sailors from the Ohio and Rhode Island at a Brooklyn Y M C A tea. Tomorrow another 1500 from the Connecticut and Nebraska will join, with the Knickerbocker set serving them. The sailors praised American beauty and wit.
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Ohio
Rhode Island
Helen Gould
Brooklyn Y. M. C. A
Connecticut
Nebraska
Kealing Quits Over Panama Canal Libel Case
Indianapolis district attorney Joseph B. Kealing resigns rather than aid federal efforts to bring Delavan Smith C R Williams and Joseph Pulitzer to Washington for trial on criminal libel tied to Panama Canal and railroad publications in the presidential campaign. Kealing says the government errs and the defendants cannot be lawfully extradited.
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Joseph B. Kealing
Indianapolis
Department of Justice
Delavan Smith
C. R. Williams
Joseph Pulitzer
Washington
Panama Canal
Indianapolis News
New York World
Kealing
Taft Address Boosts Trade Confidence and Recovery
Dun's Review says Taft's inaugural stance on stability supports financial and trade confidence. It notes price readjustments begin to lift demand and that iron and steel show gains in new business in sight, signaling stronger industrial recovery.
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Taft
R. G. Dun & Co
Havana fears criminals as amnesty frees many inmates
President Gomez signs a general amnesty bill in Havana Cuba effective immediately. It releases convicts not tied to grave atrocities and unsettles the capital’s police by discharging seven captains and substituting political favorites.
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Havana
Cuba
Gomez
Vana
Senator Bruce Pushes Pure Labeling for Footwear in Iowa
Des Moines March 6 Senator Bruce introduces a bill requiring all boots and shoes sold in Iowa to be properly labeled with materials used and to avoid misleading terms such as pure oak tanned soles. The measure imposes heavy fines for violations and mandates labels on non leather footwear. The legislature also acts on bond company securities, urban government plans, rural education, and price discrimination laws.
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Bruce
Des Moines
Iowa
House
Moore
Hackler
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Sioux City
Frudden
Congress
Brandes
Senate
Hammill
Moon
de Armand
Gilliland
Jamieson
Clarke
Des Moines Sn
Cosson
Louis A. Thomas
State Board of Health
Evening Tribune
Thomas
Johnson
Miller
Jewell
Hunter
Inman
Special
State Educational Commission
Riggs
Schools Committee
House of Representatives
Sullivan House
Death of J. W. Blythe in Iowa Hunting Trip
J. W. Blythe of Burlington died suddenly near Wapello while on a hunting trip with friends. He was a prominent state figure and general counsel for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy. He administered the estate of C. B. E. Perkins and was the son in law of the late Senator John Gear.
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Des Moines
J. W. Blythe
Burlington
Wapello
Blythe
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
C. B E. Perkins
Burlington System
John Gear
Man in irons attends funeral of father in Tama
Roy Hull serving life at Anamosa reformatory for Daniel Leary murder attended his father George Hull’s funeral in Tama. He arrived with iron shackles on his hands and steel chains on his legs, after his father was killed by a Northwest train in local yards.
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Tama
Roy Hull
Anamosa Reformatory
Daniel Leary
George Hull
Northwest Rn
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Kodol
E. E. DeWitt & Co
C. A. Gamble
Smith Premier Typewriter Co
Berlin Medical Institute
West Sth St
Chicago Record-Herald
Standard
Republic
Supreme Court of the
The
ters-Pierce Company
Missouri Concern
Lad
Oliver
Knox
Railways
Miss Gould
Dun’s Trade Review
Rockwall
Tex
Arthur McKinney
Anderson Ellis
Hawkeye State
Irons
Tone Bros
J. W. Adams
John Alian
Depot
Ames
C.R. Quade
G. A. Brugger
U. S. Spring
West Main St
Mutual
Ames Savings Bank
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