Iowa Students Win National Corn Show Trophy
Iowa student judges won the $1,000 trophy from the Western Grain Dealers Association at the national corn show. The Iowa team included Messrs. Schmaidt Wood Hendricks Quaife and Murphy. Kansas finished second and Missouri third. World open class prizes went to Franklin Indiana and others for corn awards.
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Omaha, der
Iowa
Western Grain Dealers’ Association
Messrs
Schmaidt
Wood
Hendricks
Quaife
Murphy
Kansas
Missouri
Doctor Pitts Shot Dead in Hazelhurst Office
In Hazelhurst Mississippi on December 11 Dr A S Pitts a prominent physician was shot and killed at his office by dentist Dr Thomas Birdsong. Except for a statement from a black man no motive or other witnesses are known.
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Hazelhurst
Miss
A. S. Pitts
Thomas Birdsong
Endurance cycling field halved in Madison Square Garden race
The field of sixteen bicycle pairs began a 142 hour endurance and speed test at Madison Square Garden last Monday. By December 11 only about eight pairs remained, with leaders still ahead of the existing record.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Saloon Keeper Arrested After Triple Killing in Memphis
In Memphis Tennessee on December 11 a dispute at a saloon gaming table led to Will Latura a white saloon keeper killing three Black men and wounding two others including a woman. Latura is under arrest.
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Memphis
Tenn
Will Latura
Latura
German Ambassador Sails for Washington on Amerika
Count Johan von Bernstorff, newly appointed German envoy to the United States, sails the Amerika from Hamburg bound for Washington. The diplomat dodges questions about his mission, promising to answer reporters at Sandy Hook. He reportedly carries a message from Emperor William inviting President Roosevelt to Berlin after Roosevelt's Africa trip.
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Sandy Hook
Count von Bernstorff
H Emperor
William
Roosevelt
Germany
Mr. Roosevelt
Berlin
Europe
Roosevelt hints at criminal libel suits over canal rumors
In Washington President Roosevelt says he will seek criminal libel against Americans spreading falsehoods about the Panama canal. He spoke to a lakes-to-gulf deep waterway group led by Governor Dunne en route to plans for irrigation and waterway development from the Gulf to the Great Lakes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Panama) Canal
Gulf Deep Waterway Association
Deneen
Illinois
White House
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
Reward Offered for Train Bandits in Spokane Case
Government and Great Northern Railway post a 6000 dollar reward for the arrest and conviction of the three bandits who robbed Great Northern passenger train No 4 near Hillyard. Bandits reportedly traced to Spokane after seizing only registered mail sacks from Seattle with 16000 dollars secured. In Frazee Minnesota George Hessing dies when his team runs away and throws him from a sleigh.
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Spokane
Wash
Great Northern Company
United
Frazee, Minn
George Hessing
Dora
Otter Tail County
Vergas
Lohse Patent Door plant destroyed by fire in St Louis
Fire at the Lohse Patent Door company plant in St Louis caused an estimated $100,000 in damage. The nearby O'Neil Lumber company sustained about $10,000 in losses.
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St. Louis
Lohse Patent Door Company
O'Neil Lumber Company
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the Herald
J. KE. Malloy
Austin
Johnson County Corn Club
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Amon
Sherman Township
the Gods
J.S. R. Scovill, Jr Peoples Jeweler
Count von Bernstorf
America
Onoriy
Jacquard
India
Kodak
Kodaks
K.O. Wold
Cor Main & Bridge
Great Northern Railroad
Bibles
Donovan & Goslee
Main St
Court House
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