Payne Snubbed as Cannon Bypasses Ways and Means Chair
Washington gossip swirls over Speaker Cannon severing Payne from the ways and means committee news and the president notification. Rep Bennett of New York replaces Payne in a move seen as a rebuke amid deep rifts with Payne over tariff policy and committee loyalties. The episode signals potential friction for the rest of the session.
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Washington
Bec
Cannon
Serena FE. Payne
House
Pays
York
Bennett
Payne
Rapid Trial Sentences Negro to Death in Kentucky
In Williamstown Kentucky Mark Thompson a negro was indicted tried and sentenced to death within hours for a criminal assault. A mob of several hundred threatened lynching prompting Judge Cammack to promise Thompson would be hanged within thirty days. Thompson was scheduled to be executed Friday January seventh nineteen nineteen.
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Williamstown
Mark Thompson
Thompson
Cammack
Twenty-One Fishing Cutters Lost After Severe Storm
From Finkenwerder near Hanover reports say twenty-one cutters from the local fishing fleet failed to return after a recent storm. Each vessel carried at least one crew member, affecting eighty families as the search ends with them declared lost.
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Finkenwerder
Hanover
Roosevelt and Kermit Health Update for June Return
Message from former President Roosevelt says he and Kermit are in good health and spirits and plan to return to the United States sometime in June.
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Washington
Dec
Ward
Roosevelt
Kermit
United States
Local resident praises Dr. Jones for nonoperative cure
Timm Wieben of Faribault Minnesota says doctors in Paribault claimed only surgery could cure him but Dr Jones cured him without an operation or pain and without losing time from work. He calls Dr Jones an honorable man and expects full good treatment.
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Addison Jones
Paribault
Dr. Jones
Timm Wieben
Faribault
Minn
Choice Farm Properties in Dodge and Mower Counties Minnesota
Farm listings describe a 32 acre Dodge County property near Claremont with stock, a nine room house, barn, granary, windmill, and fruit growth priced at 55 per acre. Also offered are 160 acres in Mower County at 50 per acre with a large seven room house and substantial outbuildings. Additional Austin area properties available with subdivision options and direct sale. Lenders offer real estate loans and insurance services.
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Dodge Co
Minn
Claremont
Austin
Taft Delves Into Whisky Question In Legal Debate
President Taft spends spare time weighing whether whisky can be artificially aged or highly rectified. The dispute, pushed through the agriculture department and to the solicitor general, raises whether such spirits are genuine whisky or imitation. He studies testimony in private to seek a strict legal ruling on the mooted issue.
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Washington
Taft
Fis
Department of Agriculture
Solicitor General of the
United States
Ay Dane Ee Ee
Supreme Court of the United States
Prison Life Given in Circumstantial Murder Case
William Bchribner convicted of murder in a cabin near Ashawa, Mifiti, about two years ago. Judge Dibell stated circumstantial evidence can justify life imprisonment and, at the defendant's request, the court imposed life terms. The defendant and his attorney agreed on the harsher penalty, and Schribner received life imprisonment.
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Pulith Beé
William Bchribner
Frank Massapust
Ashawa
Mifiti
Dibell
District Court
Schribner
Taft Re elected Red Cross President At Annual Meeting
Taft was re elected president of the American Red Cross and presided at the fifth annual meeting in Memorial Hall. He presented in person a gold medal to Lloyd C. Griscom for earthquake relief work in southern Italy and silver medals to Miss Katherine B. Davis and Samuel L Parrish. Other officers re elected include Robert W. De Forest as vice president Peekman Winthrop as treasurer and Henry M Hoyt as solicitor.
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Washington
Taft
American Red Cross
Association
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Red Cross
Lloyd C. Griscom
Italy
Katherine B. Davis
Samuel L Parrish
Robert W. de Forest
Peekman Winthrop
Henry M. Hoyt
Snowfall Hinders Logging Near Grand Rapids
Loggers report heavy snow in Grand Rapids area on December 8 injuring logging. Rain in previous week melted frost, so the snow cannot freeze swamps, delaying work and raising concerns for the industry.
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Grand Rapids, Minn
Grain and Provision Prices in Minneapolis Markets
Minneapolis grain prices show wheat at 1.06 for December with May and July at 1.07 and 1.07. Northern and hard grades move around 1.07 to 1.08 with No. 2 and No. 3 Northern futures near 1.05 to 1.06. Market activity reflects small shifts across standard wheat futures on December 7.
Wheat and flax prices move on track in Duluth report
In Duluth on December 7, wheat prices show No 1 hard at 1.07 and No 1 Northern at 1.06 with Dec at 1.04 and May at 1.05. Flax sits in store at 1.82 with on track and to arrive at 1.83 for Dec and 1.82 for May.
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Duluth
Northern
Cattle and hog prices reported in St Paul market
St Paul market report shows cattle from good to choice steers priced at 6.75 to 7.50, fair to good 5.00 to 6.75, cows and heifers 4.25 to 5.25, yearlings 5.50 to 7.25. Hogs range 7.95 to 8.10. Sheep quotes list wethers 4.50 to 5.00, yearlings 5.25 to 6.00, spring lambs 6.50 to 7.65.
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St. Paul
Market Prices Reported for Wheat Corn Oats Pork Butter Eggs
Chicago wholesale prices for wheat corn and oats show December and May contracts with modest gains. Pork futures edge higher with January and May quotes. Dairy and poultry prices listed for creamery butter dairy butter eggs and turkeys and chickens at various steady to slightly rising levels.
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Chicago
Train Schedule Notes for Great Western Railway
North Bound trains depart 4 28 a m for St Paul Minneapolis Dubuque Chicago Des Moines and Kansas City and 5 50 p m to Fort Dodge Council Bluffs Omaha. Other routes at 12 25 p m and 11 47 p m reach Lyle Manity Mason City. Returns from Fort Dodge Mason City Lyle Council Bluffs Omaha at 5 50 p m and 4 28 a m with last from a set at 11 47 p m.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Dupuque
Chicago
Des Moines
Kansas City
South Sound
Fort Dodge
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Lyle, Manity
Mason City
Lyle
Cornell Bluffs
Chicago Market Prices for Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Chicago market report lists cattle categories with bid ranges for Cattle-Ree ves Texas steers Western steers stockers and feeders cows and heifers calves plus hogs with light mixed heavy rough and good to choice grades and pigs native yearlings and lambs with corresponding price ranges.
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Chicago
Reeves
Texas
King Leopold III Ill Feared as Belgium Rests in Anxiety
Reports conflict on King Leopold’s health. Brussels dispatches say paralysis or general debility may be spreading, with the monarch suffering rheumatism and a loss of appetite. Official briefings note illness but improving signs, while a somber view cites his age and serious overall condition.
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Brussels
Leopold
Minnesota Wins Sweepstake Prize in oats show
Minnesota wins the world open sweepstake on oats and the $1,500 silver trophy promised by Colorado’s Olin. Governor Sharfroth was to present the cup in Omaha but the trophy’s whereabouts caused a scramble. Colorado officials pledge to raise funds to pay for the trophy and its manufacture.
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Omaha
Minnesota
Olin
Colorado
National Corn Show Association
Denver
Denver Commercial Club
Allied Commercial Clubs of
Sharfroth
Noted Michigan hunter wounded in Pine River country
Traverse City reports John Dalzell seriously wounded by a rifle shot while hunting near Mackinac county. The bullet passed through his forehead destroying both eyes and part of his nose, the cause of the accident remains unexplained. Dalzell is expected to recover despite grave injuries.
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Traverse City
Mich
John Dalzell
Dalzell
Pine River
Mackinac County
Fatal shotgun explosion injures Wade Bennett in Murray
Wade Bennett twenty one years old in Murray Iowa constructed a homemade noise maker by mounting a double barreled shotgun on a plank loading each barrel with powder and wadding. The device exploded causing fatal injuries.
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Murray, Ia
Wade Bennett
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