Two Cent Fare Pays Big Rail Profits In Iowa
Iowa railroads show strong earnings under two cent fare rule with Chicago Northwestern reporting a net profit of 485.05 dollars for the year ended June 30 1911. Its subsidiary Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha earned 686 809 93 dollars net with total revenue 5 394 132 11 dollars. The Northwestern’s Iowa operations cover 1620.6 miles with 1 115 888 freight tons and 4 848 303 passengers. The company paid a 7 percent dividend on common stock and 5 percent on preferred stock.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Northwestern
Northwestern Railroad
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad
The
Interstate
Attacking State Board Sparks Public Backlash
An Iowa agricultural weekly denounces the state board of education for autocratic control, alleging patronage firings and policy decisions without faculty input while warning that a flawed system can work with capable leadership. Other items note higher past due warrants, freight-cut hearings, a Grinnell lawyer admitted to the federal bar, a new state factory inspector, and a state medical licensing exam underway with 25 candidates.
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State Board of Education
Des Moines
State Board
Iowa
E. T. Meredith
Captain Hains Freed From Sing Sing Prison
Ossining N Y Oct 4 Captain Peter C Hains Jr who killed William E Annis in August 1908 received his pardon and left Sing Sing prison a free man Accompanied by his father General Peter C Hains U S A retired he took a train for New York City His pardon followed efforts by his aged father and a jurors petition The defense argued mental strain and his divorce from his wife last August ended his army service.
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Peter C. Hains, Jr
William E. Annis
Sing Sing Prison
Peter C. Hains
New York City
Hains
Annis
Plenty of Labor for Canal
Washington reports a potential labor shortage on the Canal Strip was avoided as about 1,300 contract workers were recruited in the previous quarter. Most came from Barbadoes, where recruitment continues despite Barbados authorities halting further recruitment.
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Barbadoes
Canal Zone
Washington
Canal
Barbados
Labor Sluggers Sentenced to Prison Terms
Peter Gentleman Edward Storgaard William Red Connors and Arthur O Connor labor Sluggers were convicted for assaulting Morgan H Bell a steamfitter at the Hygienic ice plant on April 20 Judge Marcus Kavanagh imposed sentences ranging from one to fourteen years in the penitentiary All except Gentleman were granted liberty until Saturday as their counsel seeks a write of superseders to delay imprisonment pending a Supreme court ruling on a possible new trial.
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Chicago
Peter Gentleman
Edward Storgaard
William
Red”) Connors
Arthur O'Connor
Morgan H. Bell
Marcus Kavanagh
Gentleman
Springfield
Supreme Court
Bumper Crop of Sugar on Dominican Island
Washington reports Dominicans celebrant over a record sugar harvest and high prices while U S housewives face rising sugar costs. Customs receipts for eight months ending August 31 totaled 2 320 204 79 dollars, up 221 406 69 from the prior year.
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Washington
Confederate Hero David Crockett Dies at 75 Near Columbus
David Crockett a Civil War Confederate fighter, cousin of the famed Texan, died at his home six miles east of Columbus Missouri at age 75. He was hanged to a tree by Union soldiers during border warfare and rescued at death by his comrades. The elm tree near Two Mile station remains a local landmark.
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Columbus
David Crockett
Missouri
Crockett
Two-Mile Station
Ruling Like Solomons Judgment Settles Calf Dispute
In New Albany Indiana on October 4 E M McCulloch celebrated the recovery of a Jersey calf after a Solomonesque ruling by Magistrate Thomas E Fogle. The pair could not identify their animals so the pasture was used to decide rightful offspring by letting each cow claim its calf. In Bakersfield California on October 4 a car went off a mountain road killing a chauffeur and injuring Mrs Mary Eckenrod and her daughter Alice while a cat nearby ferried the injured to town.
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New Albany
Ind
E. M. McCulloch
Thomas E. Fogle
McCulloch
Abel McConnell
Bakersfield
Cal
Mary Eckenrod
Alice
Harry Briscow
Scientific farming yields praised in Nevada area wheat
Mrs Dilla Waldrop’s nine acre winter wheat near Nevada yielded about forty bushels per acre, higher than the state average of twenty five. The crop, planted by her late husband J W Waldron, sold at 75 cents a bushel under model farming as taught by the Experiment Station. Merrill from Ames High earned a place at the state high school meet in Iowa City after joining Des Moines Ames Freshman meet and West High school.
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Dilla L. Waldrop
Nevada
Merrill
Iowa City
Ames High
I. S.C
West High
Des Moines
Ames
Redfern
Council Bluffs
Merrill Manning’s Transfer Boosts Iowa State Track Outlook
Merrill Manning, formerly at Clinton high school and an Iowa State graduate, has returned to teach, promising stronger track work for the state university. His move follows work in agriculture and partnerships with state schools, signaling a brighter track future at Iowa State.
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Iowa State
W. S. Mitchell
Merrill Manning
Clinton
Eldora Awards Paving Contract For Four Blocks
A contract for four blocks of cement concrete paving was awarded to Dearborn & Jackson of Cedar Rapids at 1.36 dollars per yard for paving and 0.40 dollars per foot for curbing. Work to be finished by October 15. Upon completion Eldora will have twenty two blocks of concrete paving.
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Eldora
Dearborn & Jackson
Cedar Rapids
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