World at a Glance Highlights Across The Nation
Condensed items report ground purchased for a $40,000 depot in Salina Kansas. Socialists nominated for Seattle city council defeat union men. Ex convict kills Roy Hodges in Anderson Missouri over a livery bill dispute. The manager of a theater company fined in Scammon Kansas, appeals. Kansas news notes from Topeka to Wichita including snowbound trains Enid Oklahoma and snowstorms demoralizing the Midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Winnipeg & Gulf
Kan
Seattle
Roy Hodges
Anderson
Scammon
Chicago Woman’s Trade Union League
Lindsey
McPherson
Sedalia
Enid
Cherryvale
Parsons
St. Louis
Middle West
Fairview
Larned
Houston
Tex
Kaw
Topeka
Grand Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons
Harry EB
Manhattan
Duluth
Minn
Roy Stevenson
Hot Springs
Ark
Pittsburg
War Department
Ainsworth-Wood
Wichita
Chas, Meyers
Bean Lake
Lawrence
Mass
Kansas State Prison
Chicago
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Harley McWhinney
Salt Lake City
Shreveport
Kansas
Council Grove
Pennsylvania R. R
Middletown
Ladis
Packer
Kansas Asylum
Senate Bribery Conviction Lands Three Years In Penitentiary
A senate member was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary for legislative bribery. The Bell Telephone companies across ten states merged at a St. Louis stockholders meeting with a total value over 200 million dollars. The House committee added a 20 million dollar Missouri river appropriation to the river and harbor bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Bell Telephone Companies
St. Louis
Aotal
House Committee
Missouri River
Harbor Hill
Merchants’ and Business Men’s Club
Erie
Kan
Weir City
Putnam County
William Woods College
Fulton
Oakland
Cal
Steamer Founders Near Rangoon Amid Burmah Floods
Reports say a small steamer sank near Rangoon with fifty drownings. In global notes Sinaloa Oaxaca and Yucatan clash with Madero forces in Mexico. A train was held up at Ahumada. Mukden unrest threatens Manchuria. Portugal floods cause $10 million in damage.
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Rangoon
Burmah
Sinaloa
Oaxaca
Yucatan
Madero
Ahumada
Mex
Pekin
Mukden
Manchuria
Persia
Bertrand Dawson
London
George
America
Schmidt Fell
Berlin
Portugal
Various Local Official Changes and Tragic Incidents Across States
Personal notes report H. C. Gill renominated by an open town platform in Seattle. Missouri names Prof. J. D. Wilson as superintendent to replace C. C. McClaughry. Kansas farmer H. K Barg found dead from exposure near Eureka. Kansas convict H. C. Logan recaptured after a gunfire chase. Judge Grover paroles Watson Scranton from a one year term for assault in Shady Bend. James Bodine shoots at a mule. his eight year old son Carl Haddan dies. Coffeyville photographer and fiancée Elsie Ralph arrested for diamond theft worth 500 dollars. William Springer, son of Warren Springer, located in Little Rock and to receive half the estate. Gov. Stubbs appoints Porter Caldwell Maher Estey to state textbook commission. William Orr dies on 92nd birthday in Kirksville. Henry Reed dies of hydrophobia at Nevada after December bite. Chas Miller of St Joseph commits suicide. George Golden of Matfield collects 32.20 bounty for crows in one week. Georgia Goodnight dies near Springfield prompting poison examination. W G Sherwood railroad detective robbed and killed near Joliet. In Keota Ok Ed Gatlin fatally shot by Samuel Neely in political argument.
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H. C. Gill
Seattle
Wash
J. D. Wilson
Kirksville Normal School
Missouri Training School
C. C. McClaughry
H. K Barg
Eureka
Kan
H. C. Logan
Kansas Penitentiary
William Springer
Warren Springer
Chicago
Little Rock
Ark
Stubbs
D. C. Porter
Caldwell
John Maher
Salina
S. S. Estey
Topeka
State Textbook Commission
William Orr
Kirksville
Henry Reed
Nevada
Chas Miller
St. Joseph
George Golden
Matfield
Ten-Year-Old Robber Confesses After Missouri Sleuths
Smile Rabicoff, a 10 year old, tearfully confessed at police headquarters to a spree of robberies in St. Joseph. A newsboy spotted him hiding $10, leading officers to recover about $200 stolen from more than a dozen houses. He claimed cold weather sympathy led to break ins.
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Smile Rabicoff
St. Joseph
Smile
Commercial Club Banquet Set For February 23
Columbia Commercial Club president N T Gentry announced the seventh annual banquet will be February 23. Speakers include A C Trumbo Muskogee Hugh Stephens Jefferson City Mayor W S St Clair Rev Madison A Hart Prosecuting Attorney E C Anderson Dr Isador Loeb and J A Hudson with Claud Wheeler as toastmaster.
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Commercial Club
N. T. Gentry
Columbia Commercial Club
A. ‘C. Trumbo
Muskogee
Hugh Stephens
Jefferson City
W. S. St. Clair
Madison A. Hart
E. C. Anderson
Isador Loeb
J. A. Hudson
Columbia
Claud Wheeler
Death Aroused Suspicion Near Springfield Farm
The death of the wife of J. F. Goodnight near Springfield prompted coroner J. W. Major to order a viscera test. City chemist Harrison Hale of Drury College is expected to conduct the examination. Neighbors reported illness of the mother and a grown daughter, raising concerns with authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Goodnight
J. F. Goodnight
Springfield
J. W. Major
Harrison Hale
Drury College
Two Real Estate Dealers Arrested On Fraud Indictments
Will W. Chinn and W. E. Blanton, realty dealers, were arrested in Springfield to answer charges in Des Moines Iowa. Joint federal indictments allege false affidavits in homestead claims. Similar indictments are pending in Kansas City St. Joseph and Hannibal. The accused men posted bond.
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Will W. Chinn
W. E. Blanton
Springfield
Southern District Court
Des Moines
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Hannibal
Police Seize Bowman in $25,000 Gold Brick Swindle Case
An elderly man calling himself J A Bowman is held in Springfield jail awaiting a Minneapolis detective to confirm if he is the swindler suspected in December 1910, accused of defrauding businessmen of 25000 by the gold brick scheme. If confirmed, the arresting Springfield officer earns a 3500 reward.
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Graybeard
J. A. Bowman
Springfield
Minneapolis
Minn
Bowman
Church Row Over Mo Berly Factions Split Over Unity Bid
The anti White wing now in control of Central Christian church of Mo berly voted down a plan to unite the two factions. The rejection leaves the church divided and unsettled in its leadership.
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Central Christian Church of
Moberly
Suspect Arrested in Nebraska Grand Island Murder Case
A nameless man was arrested in Savannah on suspicion of murdering Goldie Williams in Grand Island Nebraska. He claimed to have been arrested three times in Nebraska on suspicion of being the child’s killer.
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Nebraska
Savannah
Goldie Williams
Grand Island
Neb
Weddings Close Two Schools in Morgan County
Two Morgan County teachers were wed at Versailles. Miss Fannie Merriott married Alman Tracy of Eldon, Iowa, and Miss Revo Johnson married Frank Kramer, a local merchant, with honeymoon plans in the West.
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Morgan County
Versailles
Fannie Merriott
Alman Tracy
Eldon
West
Revo Johnson
Frank Kramer
Belton Hearings Push Missouri Tax Amendments
A deputation of businessmen and Missouri Equitable Taxation league representatives addressed Belton citizens in city hall. They urged passage of tax reform constitutional amendments to be voted on by Missourians next November.
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Missouri Equitable Taxation League
Belton
Missouri
Old Missouri Editor Dead
Col. Edward 8. Darlington an old Missouri newspaper man died near Richmond at eighty. He held every newspaper post from devil to editor. His father James Darlington was an early Missouri printer who published the Far West in Liberty in the late 1830s.
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Missouri
Edward
Darlington
Richmond
James Darlington
Far West
Liberty
Woman Sheriff Delivers First Prisoners to Penitentiary
Sheriff Nancy A. Williams of La Clede County becomes Missouri’s first female sheriff to escort two prisoners to the state penitentiary. The inmates mark the first time a woman has conveyed inmates to the institution.
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Nancy A. Williams
Laclede County
Missouri
State Penitentiary
Taft Club Formed in Joplin for 1912 Campaign
A Taft 1912 club has been organized in Joplin with a meeting of supporters of President Taft as the logical candidate for re election. An even number of signatures was presented on the membership roll.
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Joplin
Taft
Missouri Y. M. C. A. Convention elects officers in Hannibal
The thirty fifth annual Missouri Y M C A convention met at Hannibal and elected George Coxhead of St. Louis to preside with G A Mahan of Hannibal as vice president and F C Childs of Independence as secretary.
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Missouri Y. M. C. A
Hannibal
George Coxhead
St. Louis
G. A. Mahan
F. C. Childs
Independence
Missouri Women Farmers' Club to feature at Kansas City show
Missouri is the only state with a farmers club composed exclusively of women. The Missouri Women Farmers' Club will be a prominent feature at the land show in Convention Hall, Kansas City, February 26 to March 9. President Mrs. Mable Miller of Osceola will give talks on a woman's viewpoint of farming affairs.
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Missouri
Missouri Women Farmers’ Club
Kansas City
Mable Miller
Osceola
Wrapped pies rule and ice handling ordinance
The St. Louis board of health drafts an ordinance requiring every bread, cake, and pie sold within city limits to be wrapped individually in paper. It prohibits resting ice chunks on shoulders or touching sidewalks, requires ice to be carried away from clothing and washed before placing in ice boxes.
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St. Louis Board of Health
State appeals trial option case over local option law
Missouri vs. Harve Eubank Higbee druggist was decided in favor of the defendant by Judge A H Waller. The state will appeal to higher courts to challenge the local option law's validity.
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State of Missouri
Harve Eubank
A. H. Waller
Clarence Hutsell Confesses Accidental Shooting
Clarence Hutsell claims the back shot at Mountain Grove was accidental from a gun held by his young brother. The brothers discarded the weapon and agreed to stay silent to avoid implicating themselves if the wound proved fatal.
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Clarence Hutsell
Mountain Grove
Clarence
State Board Plans Spring Meetings for Better Roads
The state board of agriculture schedules a series of spring meetings to promote good roads. Eldon hosts the initial session for Miller County on February 20 as bonds for road improvements gain support locally.
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State Board of Agriculture
Eldon
Miller County
Elks in Springfield to Host State Convention Plan
Elks arrange entertainment for Edwin C Poor of Chicothe president of the Missouri Association of Elks and trustees in Springfield February 22 to plan for the state convention in May. A reception will be given for the visitors.
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Elks
Edwin C. Poor
Chillicothe
Missouri Association of Elks
Board of Trustees
Springfield
of Elks
Missing Young Farmer Featherson Near Moberly
Robert Featherstone a young farmer living south of Moberly disappeared after driving to Clark. His team was found about two miles west of his home suggesting he may have started for home. Local search under way with few clues and no confirmed sightings.
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Robert Featherstone
Moberly
Mr. Featherstone
Clark
Missing Kansan farmer disappears from Excelsior Springs
Godfried Heil, a 45 year old farmer from Russell Kansas, vanished from Excelsior Springs. He has sandy gray hair and a sandy mustache. Authorities have not located him and believe he may have wandered into nearby woods, with no train departure reported.
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Excelsior Springs
Godfried Heil
Russell
Kan
Mortgaged Land Disappears In Missouri River Region
A farmer who mortgaged a portion of land now has only a quarter acre left. The Missouri river added 1,120 acres to Boone County last year, affecting land records and mortgages. The case ties local land loss to riverine growth and debt obligations.
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Boone County
Missouri
Rock road pledge fuels 21 miles in Dade County drive
A mass meeting of Dade county business men and farmers in Greenfield raised enough funds to build 21 miles of rock roads radiating from the county seat. Officials call it the largest rock road movement attempted in the county.
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Dade County
Professor Philbrick Takes Mechanical Engineering Chair
Assistant Professor H. S. Philbrick of the University of Missouri engineering school has accepted the chair of mechanical engineering, marking a change in leadership.
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Philbrick
H. S. Philbrick
University of Missouri
Penny Postage Push by Merchants Group
The Retail Merchants Association of St. Joseph launched a nationwide drive requesting every commercial body to join for one cent first class postage in cities where mail originates. The effort aims to reduce mailing costs and spur commerce across the United States.
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Retail Merchants’ Association of
Mrs R Thurston Dies of Meningitis in Knobnoster
Mrs R Thurston of Knobnoster dies from spinal meningitis after a two week illness. She is 45. This marks the third meningitis death in Johnson county in the past month.
Colombian Minister Recalled Over Panama Dispute
Gen. Pedro Nel Ospina, Colombia's minister to the United States, is recalled after Colombia and its people reject his note to Washington suggesting Secretary Knox’s visit would be inopportune. The government says Ospina is separated from his post and the incident is closed while Colombia maintains its international policy.
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Bogota
Colombia
Pedro Nel Ospina
United States
Senor Ospina
State Department
Washington
Knox
Panama
Ospina
Houston Fire Cost Five Million Dollars
Houston Texas recheck of losses from the great fire shows totals above five million dollars with 3900 bales of cotton two cotton compresses and a warehouse among the heaviest losses. Other properties destroyed include 11 industrial plants one church one school eight brick business buildings 119 residences and 124 box and tank cars.
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Houston
Texas
Standard
Cleveland
McFadden Agency
Indian Life Exhibit At Kansas City Land Show
At Convention hall February 26 to March 9 the Nebraska State Historical Society presents a model Indian village illustrating life before Europeans. Prof. Gilmore leads the exhibit and will give illustrated lectures during the show.
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Nebraska
Kansas City
Missouri
Convention Hall
Nebraska State Historical Society
Gilmore
Nursery Babies Poisoned In Brooklyn Ward
Eight infants aged up to ten months died over three days at the Brooklyn nursery and infants hospital. Four more children are ill with suspected poisoning. All affected were in one ward. four others remain symptom free. Doctors believe poisoning caused the outbreak and continue investigation.
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New York, N. Y
Brooklyn Nursery and Infants
Cherokee Prosecutor Quits In Border County Enforce Blue Laws
Cherokee County attorney Charles Stephens resigns effective March 1 to Judge Sapp, signaling a drastic tightening of blue law enforcement in the border county where lax interpretation has long prevailed. The move highlights financial and political pressures in enforcing stringent legal standards.
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Columbus
Kansas
Charles Stephens
Cherokee County
Sapp
Oklahoma KU Alumni Meet in Tulsa Dinner Speakers Attend
The Oklahoma Association of Alumni of the University of Kansas held its fourth annual reunion in Tulsa. Chancellor Strong and Dean Jimmie Green spoke at the dinner before the ball. Emid was chosen for the next meeting.
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K. U
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Association of Alumni of
University of Kansas
Strong
Jimmie” Green
Emid
Spotter in Wichita Receives Severe Shock at Hidden Hole
G W Moore, a police spotter, was burned after touching exposed electric wires connected to a false back in a joint raided before. The pain was intense and his injury considered dangerous, though no liquor was discovered in the concealed recess.
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Wichita
Kansas
G. W. Moore
Moore
Kansas Masons Elect New Grand Master
The grand lodge of Kansas Masons closed its annual session electing W. E. Hutchinson of Garden City as grand master.
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Kansas Masons
Topeka
Kansas
Grand Lodge of Kansas Masons
W. E. Hutchinson
Garden City
Farmers' Union Convention Reports 173 Local Unions Formed
Salina Kansas President Maurice McAuliffe of the Farmers Co operative union in his annual address to the convention said 173 local unions were established in Kansas in the last year.
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Farmers’ Union
Salina
Kansas
Maurice McAuliffe
Farmers’ Co-Operative Union
Cash Register Men Indicted in Cincinnati Case
Cincinnati report states thirty officials and employees of the National Cash Register company of Dayton were indicted on charges of criminal violation. The case centers on alleged fraud and irregularities tied to company operations. Authorities pursue detailed legal action in Ohio courts.
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Cash Register
Cincinnati
Ohio
National Cash Register Company of
Dayton, C
Chronic cough ends with Peruna relief says Mrs Hohmann
Mrs Hohmann of Chicago credits Peruna with curing a lifelong bronchial cough and sore throat after three bottles. She reports improved appetite, less chest pain, better sleep, and an end to coughing though doctors had failed. She praises Peruna and recommends it broadly.
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Wm. Hohmann
Lincoln Ave
Chicago
Ill
Peruna
Suitor Seeks Daughter’s Hand Amid Family Loss
Mr. Nervee asks for the hand of the daughter. her father explains she is all he has left since the mother is dead, and the suitor comments on the fine recommendation.
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Mr. Nervee
Man and His Happiness Quote
A reflective excerpt defines happiness as the aroma of a life aligned with high ideals. It contrasts external possessions with personal growth and asserts that what a person attains is growth, while true happiness stems from the soul's joy in possessing the intangible.
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William George Jordan
Unclear Case Study of Abnormal Definition
Dialog from a dialogue about what abnormal means noting an actress who has never applied for a divorce as an example. The passage explores deviation from expectation and ordinary standards.
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James Fuller
Edward Haley
Haley Eral
Tabasco
Houston Fire
Him
Bocker
Post
Postum Cereal Company, Limited
Battle Creek, Michigan
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