Aides Elks Goat Oldest Elk in World at Marshalltown
Joseph Tuffree, aged 100, was initiated into Elks Lodge No. 312 in Marshalltown Iowa on February 11 celebrating his centennial. The event, part of the new $40,000 Elks home ceremonies, drew family including son Elmer and grandson George. A reception followed after a family dinner.
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Marshalltown
Marshall Lodge No
Joseph Tufferee
Tuffree
Iowa
A. C. McClurg
Davenport
George Tuffree
Records for Battey case shipped to Atlantic for evidence
Pottawatamie county records by wagon load were sent to Atlantic for use as evidence in the state against H. V. Battey. Forty one big record books and other documentary items were moved under Roy Hardesty supervision and will stay in Atlantic until the court allows return. The absence hampers county clerks and delays inquiries.
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Council Bluffs
Pottawattamie County
Atlantic
H. V. Battey
E. B. Woodruff
Roy Hardesty
District Court
Gas Plant Explosion Wrecks Burlington Generating Plant
An explosion at the Burlington Gas Light generating plant shattered the building and damaged the engine room in Burlington Iowa on February 11. Two workers, Joe McShane and Tom Lieba, were severely injured and hurled distances. Despite extensive damage, the city will avoid a total gas outage. Separately, Peter Christianson swallowed a silver dollar during a Low Moor party and carried it in his stomach six days before doctors removed it and he plans to wear it as a charm.
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Burlington
Low Moor
Peter Christianson
Postmaster Henry Todd Dies in Diagonal Louisiana
Diagonal La Feb 11 Postmaster Henry Todd aged 78 dies He was among early Ringgold County settlers and served as treasurer in the 1870s He held the Diagonal postmastership for fifteen years and is survived by a large family
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Diagonal
Henry Todd
Ringgold County
Advance in Wages for Rock Island Shops
Cedar Rapids reports boiler makers helpers and car men in Rock Island shops are set to receive a three cent per hour wage advance. The move, anticipated soon, reflects a broader trend in local industry wage adjustments.
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Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Eye Lost by Nail Accident in Lone Tree Driller
February 11 report from Muscatine Iowa states Will Crawford a 4 well driller at Lone Tree lost an eye after a nail he was pounding flew upward penetrating the eyeball. The optic was removed in a later procedure.
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Muscatine
Will Crawford
Lone Tree
Burns Fatal to Milo Woman in Iowa Funeral
Milo Iowa February 11 funeral held for Mrs Abbie Clark fatally burned while removing ashes from a stove when an ember toppled over and set her dress afire at Liberty Center authorities report the woman died from burns sustained in the accident in Milo ring role of the stove fire prior to the blaze
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Milo
Abbie Clark
Liberty Center
Indictment decision in beef trust probe moved to attorney general
Chicago witnesses link Armour Swift and Nelson Morris to National Packing in a push to show a trust like restraint of trade. Grand jury votes on indictments paused as prosecutors plan to submit true bills and evidence to Attorney General Wickersham, with district attorney Sims preparing a detailed report.
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Chicago
National Packing Company
Federal Grand Jury
Beef Trust
New York Butchers’ Dressed Meat Association
Armour & Co, Swift & Co
Nelson Morris & Co
Trust
Swift
A. F. Rogers
Swift & Co
Armour
H. T. Moyer
Accounting Department
George Lee
William F. Sheehy
Dressed Meat Association
Wickersham
Washington
Jong
Edwin W. Sims
Sints
J. H. Wilkerson
Terror at Cherry Mine Delays Pump Startup
At Cherry Illinois on February 11 a 4 inch steam pipe burst near the 600 foot level as workers prepared to start a pump to eject seepage water. The blast sent scalding steam into the 350 foot vein, driving men from the job and delaying pumping for several hours. No injuries were reported, but workers remained on edge recalling last November’s fire.
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Cherry
St. Paul
Swope Death Probe Grand Jury to Convene Saturday
Judge Ralph Latshaw instructed county marshal to impanel a special grand jury in Kansas City Missouri to investigate the death of Col. Thomas H. Swope. Prosecutor Virgil Conkling will await the grand jury actions before deciding on further steps.
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Kansas City
Ralph §. Latshaw
Criminal Court
Col
Thomas H. Swope
Virgil Conkling
Vaughn Poison Mystery Probed by Missouri Expert
Chemical analysis of Prof J T Vaughn's viscera, who died in Kirksville, began at the University of Missouri with Prof Paul Schweitzer predicting it will take ten days or more. Analysts warn small poison amounts are hard to detect. In Michigan, the University of Michigan board of regents voted to create a separate political science department expected to start in the fall term.
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Columbus
J. T. Vaughn
Kirksville
Paul Schweitser
University of Missouri
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Board of Regents
University of Michigan
Livestock Scarce Spurs Meat Price Rise in 1909
Washington reports from the commerce and labor department show 1909 livestock receipts at seven main interior markets were the lowest since 194, with hogs dropping sharply. Cattle and sheep also fell short of recent years, while packing house products and grain receipts declined from earlier highs, signaling broad market weakness.
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Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Not Slayer Faces Prison for False Confession
Washington February 11 James Hall the marine who falsely confessed to murdering Anna Schumacher in a Rochester cemetery may be sent to the prison ship at Portsmouth New Hampshire to serve the unexpired portion of his enlistment sentence. He likely will be tried on a charge of practicing a new fraud on the navy.
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Washington
James Hall
Anna Schumacher
Rochester
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
Beveridge Honored At Indiana Editorial Banquet
Senator Albert J. Beveridge was the guest of honor at the 33rd annual banquet of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association at the Claypool hotel in Indianapolis. Judge Oscar H. Montgomery of the Indiana supreme court spoke, with President Eewin A. Remy of Seymour presiding. business sessions featured planned programs.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Claypool Hotel
Oscar H. Montgomery
Indiana Supreme Court
Eewin A. Remy
Seymour
Deep Waterways Bill Aims at Mississippi Valley
Washington February 11 The river and harbor bill would fund about 13 million dollars for deep waterways from Laporte to the Gulf and from Cairo to New Orleans as part of a 40 million dollar package. It directs a five engineer board to plan cooperation with Illinois on the Illinois waterpower project and report by November 1 on river improvements and dam sites.
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Washington
Mississippi Valley
House of Representatives
Lakes
Gulf
Middle West
Laporte
Winds River
Cairo
New Orleans
St. Louis
St. Paul
Ohio River
Missouri River
Kansas City
Secretary of War
Army
Mississippi River
Illinois
Congress
Ohio
Rivera
Jefferson Barracks
Commerce
War Department
Fire Loss Strikes Lancaster Business District
A February 11 blaze in Lancaster caused about 400000 dollars in damage to the business core. It destroyed Reilly Brothers & Raub hardware Henry Gerhart tailor W W Appel jeweler and Catherine Myers millinery plus several lodge rooms. Several hardware employees were injured by an explosion but none seriously.
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Lancaster
Reilly Brothers & Raub
Henry Gerhart
W. W. Appel
Catherine Myers
Six Die In Sawmill Boiler Explosion In Bay City
Bay CityMichigan February 11 six men were killed and others injured when a boiler exploded in the Crump Princing sawmill boiler room as workers waited for the whistle. The mill was wrecked by the blast. In Sault Ste Marie Michigan the steamer Wissahickon floated after six weeks ashore on Outer Duck Island following a December gale on Lake Huron.
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Bay City
Mich
Princing
Crump
Sault Ste. Marie
Duck Island
Lake Huron
Primary Bills Win with One Dissenting Vote in Senate
Springfield Ill Feb 11 primary reformers won passage of a state wide direct plurality primary bill in the senate with only one dissenting vote. Three measures would provide direct plurality nominations for all state and local offices plus university trustees. The main bill and companion measures sailed through, outlining direct nominations for state congressional municipal and judicial posts with a September 15 1910 first primary date and an advisory vote on United States senator in a statewide context.
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Springfield
Ill
Senate
General Assembly
Isley
Jones
House
Sanitary District
State Board of Equalization
United States
Board of Election Commissioners
Boards of Election Commissioners
Gibson
House of Representatives
Chicago
Two years for sugar fraud in New York
Oliver Spitzer former dock superintendent of the American Sugar Refining plant at Williamsburg was sentenced to two years in the Atlanta federal penitentiary for his part in extensive sugar under weighing frauds. His bail appeal was denied and he prepared to depart for Atlanta to begin serving his term. Naval Captain dies of typhoid in Washington. Captain Alexander Sharp president of the navy inspection board and former commander of the battleship Virginia died at the naval hospital after about a month of typhoid fever.
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New York
Oliver Spitzer
American Sugar Refining, Company
Willamsburg
Atlanta
Spitzer
Washington
Alexander Sharp
Navy Inspection Board
Battlegrip
Virginia
Naval Hospital
Former Justice Gets Black Hand Threat
Chicago, Feb. 11 Attorney John A. Mahoney formerly justice of the peace at the Sheffield avenue police station received a letter signed Black Hand demanding 5000 dollars from his wife The threat follows a series of six letters mailed to his home 6825 Sheridan road showing a coffin drawing a dancing skeleton and a roll of bills marked 5000 He said he does not fear the threats and police with detectives were assigned to find the writers with postal authorities likely to join the inquiry The letters were mailed from various points in the city, and Mahoney called the letters the work of a crazy person, denying any organized Black Hand involvement.
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Chicago
John A. Mahoney
United States
Mr. Mahoney
Cotton Brokers Oppose Futures Ban Hearing
Washington heard cotton exchange leaders urge opposition to bills to bar futures dealings. NY cotton exchange President S T Hubbard and George W Naville testified with other metro speculators. Members from cotton states observed, and Chairman Scott noted hundreds of producer letters urging action.
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Washington
Cotton Exchange
House Committee On Agriculture
S. T. Hubbard
New York Cotton Exchange
George W. Naville
Congress
Scott
Indians Fear The Comet At St Peters Reserve
At St Peters Reserve Manitoba on February 11 Indians expressed fear over a comet’s appearance. White Owl a centenarian recalled past comets bringing war, failure, and widespread famine for his people. He warned continued sightings could mean renewed losses in ventures and resources.
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St. Peters Reserve
Man
White Owl
Panics Predicted for 1912 by Babson Economist
New York Feb 10 Roger W Babson economist warns another financial panic is likely in 1912. He bases this on study of the last century noting about a quarter of the current prosperity has passed and predicting the high stock prices come after one third to one half of the prosperous years.
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New York
United States
Roger W. Babson
Misers Stockings Reveal $6000 Hidden Hoard in Bradner
In Findlay Ohio Mrs Emily A Carmen of Bradner, posing as poor, was found in a weak state in her hut. Removal of stockings exposed over $6000 in cash and gilt edge securities. Estate inventory lists two farms about $30,000, cash $3643, diamonds $600, and other property $1200. Southern Minnesota teachers meet at Mankato with leaders from Grinnell Carleton and state normal schools, discussing charity and corrections.
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Boustern Minnesota
Mankato
Minn
Southern Minnesota Educational Association
Edward A. Steiner
Grinnell College
Iowa
Parry
State Normal School
D. J. Cowling
Carleton College
Conference of Charities
Corrections
H. L. Brown
St.James Ia
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