Taft Defers Court Appointments to Congress Meeting
Glencoe Minn Oct 25 President Taft delays Supreme Court picks until after Congress convenes as he weighs vacancies from Harlan and Grosscup. Many suggestions roailway in and names like Wickersham Lehmann discussed. also to fill New York Montana Wisconsin seats plus a Carter successor and U S marshal for the northern district of New York. Marshal Bullock accompanies Taft touring Minnesota and South Dakota.
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Minn
Taft
Washington
Congress
Justice Harlan
Supreme Bench
Wickershaw
Lehmann
Supreme Court
New York
Montana
Wisconsin
United States
Grosscup
Chicago
International Boundary Commission
Thomas H. Carter
Minneapolis
Shakopee
O Peter
Mankato
Madison
Lake
Waterville
Morristown
Faribault
Northfield
Randolph
South Dakota
Seth Bulock
Colonel Bullock
Aberdeen Commerce Club
Deadwood
May bear big bank crash truth from Walsh's tale
Chicago October 25 death of John R Walsh may reveal the hidden history of the banks failure. A prepared story of the great financial crash could implicate outside financiers and political enemies. Family will decide whether the truth is kept secret or made public.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Walsh
Wharves Chief Topic at Upper Mississippi convention
Alton Ill Oct 25 The tenth annual convention of the Upper Mississippi River Improvement association opened with a large attendance of mayors and officials. President Thomas Wilkinson of Burlington Ia presided. The main discussion focused on improving wharves and terminal facilities with an exhibit of landing places and proposed local improvements. Death Takes John Dobson from Denison Ia died in Deloit after being an early settler in Crawford county and a member who arrived with Brigham Young party in Council Bluffs.
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Alton
Ill
Upper
Missisippi River Improvement Association
Thomas Wilkinson
Burlington
John Dobson
Denison
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Brigham Young
Deloit
Dobson
Crawford County
Large Farm Land Deal Near Sioux City
A major land transfer closes with Alvern Wendel purchasing the 1,740 acre Barlow ranch nine miles south of Sioux City for 156,600 dollars. Wendel also owns a neighboring 1,000 acre farm and previously acquired C. L. Voss’s property from Capt. H. A. Barlow estate for 63 dollars per acre. The Barlow residence on the estate cost about 20,000 dollars to build. Dry weather boosts alfalfa yields in Story City as M. C. Marvick finishes a fourth cutting, averaging about one ton per acre on the four acres.
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Ida Grove
Barlow Ranch
Sioux City
Alvern Wendel
Story City
M. C. Marvick
Marvick
Van Horne Edges Toward New Municipal Electric Plant
The town, fourteen miles south of here, votes to build a municipal electric plant after a storm left the old plant destroyed in early spring. It issues bonds totaling $10,000 to fund the project and restore electric lights for residents who have relied on alternative lighting.
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Vinton
Van_ Horne
Here
Killed While Rabbit Hunting On Island North Of Burlington
Henry Grupe aged 17 was shot and instantly killed while rabbit hunting on an island north of Burlington. He fired at a rabbit, missed, and attempted to club it with the gun stock when the pump gun exploded sending shot through his heart.
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Burlington
Henry Grupe
Grupe
Mastodon Tooth Unearthed in Cedar Rapids Found 18 Feet Deep
In Cedar Rapids Iowa a supposed mastodon molar was recovered by excavators in the city center and sent to university experts for study. The tooth weighs twelve pounds and was located eighteen feet beneath the surface.
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Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Horse Show Planned for Villisca This Winter
Proposals for a Villisca horse show are under consideration with plans for a winter exhibition. The event aims to draw crowds from neighboring towns and boost local interest.
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Villisca
Mrs Rush At Sheffield and Resigning County Auditor
Hampton Aletha Rush recently acquitted of murdering her husband spends a few days at Sheffield with friends before returning to Jamison Clarke County to live with her parents. Forest City Auditor L J Nelson of Winnebago County resigns after third term due to health strain.
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Forest City
L. J. Nelson
Winnebago County
Board of Supervisors
Claim Boy Is Burglar In Keokuk
Police credit 14 year old Harry Pyles a Keokuk colored boy with burglary skills that would dazzle an experienced second story man and he is held at the police station.
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Keokuk
Yearold
Harry Pyles
Ute Postoffice Robbed in Bold Safe Blast
The Ute postoffice was entered and the safe blown open. Five hundred dollars in stamps and $100 in cash were secured. Local authorities investigate the break in and seek witnesses.
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Ute
Well crown Conductor Harry Nixon Found Dead At Home
Harry Nixon longtime conductor for the B C and N was found dead at Owen Bren’s home where he had spent the previous night. The incident marks a sudden death in the local railway circle with authorities treating it as a reported death at the residence.
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Harry Nixon
Owen Bren
New Sewerage District Election Planned for October 24
A special election will be held October 24 to establish a new sewer district costing $39,000. Aaron G. Tucker, age 61, a longtime Rock Island station agent, died at his home after twenty years of service and broad local acquaintance.
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Plessant
Aaron Tucker
Aaron G. Tucker
Rock Island
Woman Forger Pleads Guilty in Waterloo
Mrs Mildred Winner 32 pleaded guilty to passing forged checks for 800 dollars and was sentenced by Judge Ransier to eight months in the county jail. In Davenport a man named George Mullin is jailed on a charge of shooting at William Norman in a Davenport Hotel room with a woman and liquor involved.
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Waterloo
Mildred Winner
Ransier
Davenport
George Mullin
William Norman
Widow Miltion awarded 3500 in Keokuk district court
Mrs Pearl Miltion received a 3500 verdict from a Keokuk district court jury for the death of her husband Roy Miltion killed in a runaway while employed by Tabor Timber company. Funeral held for aviator Eugene Ely in Oxford. Funeral at home of his mother, burial beside two sisters in local cemetery.
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Keokuk
Pearl Miltion
Roy Miltion
Tabor Timber Company
Aviator Ely
Oxford
Eugene Ely
Macon
Baptist Meeting Denounces Rural Moral Decay in Schools
In Centerville on Oct 25, educators from a Baptist state convention condemned many state high schools. Dr Batten warned rural towns risk ruin if moral vitality declines, urging spirit filled ministers and strong church loyalty, while leaders urged Baptist influence in local schools to curb dancing and Bible disrespect.
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Educational Society of the
Baptist State Convention
G. W. Lee
Sac City Academy
Christian Academies
Baptist
John A. Earl
Des Moines College
Samuel Z. Batten
Des Moines
United States
Centerville
National social center movement opens in Madison event
Madison Wis Oct 25 the first national conference to promote social center movement opens under the extension division of the state university and the Social Center Association of America Gov Woodrow Wilson New Jersey delivers the opening address on citizenship organization The conference spotlights meeting places for citizens in every community and neighborhood clubs to foster public spirit through open discussion of public questions Rural emphasis follows with talks on social centers in rural communities and schoolhouses as rural centers by noted speakers
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Madison
Wis
the State University
Social Center Association of America
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Murder Trial at Newton opens with defense claims of coercion
Newton, Oct. 25. Leo Krampe faces trial for the murder of Mrs. Matilda Hemsmeyer near Baxter in February. The defense contends the confession was obtained by third degree methods and county official conspiracy. Krampe admits cattle theft but says he hired Al Guest to kill the woman and planned to share cattle proceeds. The body was found nine days after the killing. Lay Plans to Get Money. Iowa City, Oct. 25. Presbyterian delegates from West Liberty to Tipton explore fundraising methods for church funds. Horticultural Society Meets. Sioux City, Oct. 25. Northwestern Iowa Horticultural Society to meet Nov 2. display of fruit expected large. Prof. N A Hansen to lecture on Horticulture Around the World.
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Newton
Leo Krampe
Matilda Hemsmeyer
Baxter
Krampe
Iowa City
Presbyterian Church
West Liberty
Wilton
Marengo
Williamsburg
Conroy
Brooklyn
Washington
West Branch
Tipton
Horticultural Society
Sioux City
Northwestern Iowa Horticultural Society
N. A. Hansen
South Dakota State College
First Train Over Burlington Extension Opens
Burlington witnesses the first run of the Muscatine north and south railroad extension to this city with ceremonies. The line now connects Muscatine to Kingston and marks a new rail milestone for the region. Fort Madison to hold Iowa’s first agricultural short course starting December 11 with an expanding list of students.
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New Road
Burlington
Muscatine North and South
Muscatine
Kingston
Fort Madison
Iowa
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