Taft plans new tariffs fortifications and canal tolls
National Capital notes say President Taft will seek congress to fund Panama Canal fortifications establish a permanent tariff board advance conservation measures and set tolls for canal use. He will speak at the National Tariff Commission association convention at the New Willard hotel January 11 12. Senator Cummins forecasts efforts to unseat Senator Lorimer. Aldrich Hale Frye milestones noted. A Chicago fire at Morris and Co Union Stockyards kills 23 firefighters and 2 bystanders with $750000 in losses.
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National Capital
Taft
Congress
Panama Canal
Permanent
Tariff Board
National Tariff Commission Association
New Williard Hotel
Lorimer
Illinois
Cummins
Aldrich
Hale
Senate
Frye
Morris & Co
Union
Chicago
Multiple Traffic and City News Briefs from Early 1900s Kansas City
Reports include a fatal crash on the Inter- ity Viaduct in Kansas City with two deaths and four fallers, a hatpin safety ordinance, seizure of nine tons of liquid eggs in Jersey City, a rear-end collision near Far Der Missouri with three deaths, and a proposed river pageant for New Orleans’ centennial.
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Kansas City
Chicago & Alton
Chicago
Far- der
Behman
New Orleans
Pittsburg
Oklahoma City
Muskogee
Missouri Pacific
St. Joseph
Leavenworth
Newbold
Fort Leave
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas State Horticultural Society
Edward Hoover
Wichita
J. T. Treadway
LaHarpe
Walter Wellhouse
Topeka
Just
Nationwide Fraud Probes Spark Federal Action
Immense sugar customs frauds are being investigated by federal authorities with possible prosecutions and civil suits. Fort Leavenworth soldiers vaccinate to ward off typhoid amid disease fears. Oil strikes near Hominy and Bliss spark bets on a Glenpool like field with recent finds near Ponca City and Pawnee. A Texas prohibition state contest looms for summer elections. A deadly Christmas powder explosion near Greensburg Pennsylvania kills three and injures many. Taft aims to push Panama Canal related legislation before adjournment. Captain Doyle rescued from Morris & Co warehouse collapse, total 24 dead. Clarence Mackay gifts woolen sweaters to roughly 5,000 Postal Telegraph messengers.
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Fort Leavenworth
Hominy
Osage County
Glenpool
Bliss
Ponca City
Pawnee
Texas
Greensburg
Taft
Congress
Panama Canal
Dennis Doyle
Morris & Co
Chicago Stock Yards
Doyle
Mount Etna Activity and Global Tensions Report
Foreign affairs note Mount Etna shows strong volcanic activity with red hot ejecta amid snow, while Maj. Gen. Duvall orders searching Japanese property for explosives in Manila provoking Japanese anger. Mexican revolution spreads to western Chihuahua, famine in China threatens 3 million with $1 million needed for relief. Casualties in the Philippines as US troops clash with Monobos tribesmen on the Basiaman river.
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Mount Etna
Manila
Duvall
Mexico
Chihuahua
Rio Grande
New York
China
Notable Names From Many News Items Include Governors and Records
Green McCurtain, Choctaw governor and witness in the Gore-McMurray bribery probe, dies at Kinta Oklahoma. Arch Hoxsey sets a new altitude record of 11 877 feet in Los Angeles. Judge Woodson named presiding justice of division No 1 Missouri Supreme Court for 1911. Western railroads end wage dispute with settlement terms avoiding a strike. Oscar Chitwood killed Sheriff Haupt at Hot Springs last August. mob executes him. Fred Fleming convicted of receiving deposits after knowing bank’s failing condition. Wesley M Owen resigns as associate justice of Panama Canal Zone Supreme Court. Peary to finally present proofs of his North Pole discovery to Congress. George Record Peck resigns as general counsel of the Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Railway.
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Green McCurtain
Gore-McMurray
Kinta
Arch Hoxsey
Pasadena
Cal
Wright
Los Angeles
Woodson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Western Railroads
Oscar Chitwood
Jacob Haupt
Hot Springs
Ark
Fred Fleming
Western Bank and Trust Company
Dallas
Texas
Wesley M. Owen
Leroy, NL
Panama Canal Zone
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Carthage law declared void in state voting case
In Jasper county Missouri Judge H L Bright voided Carthage local option in State vs Gene Clingan. Defense claims two novel points. one ballot method without a special ordinance and lack of regular polling places. Wets threaten prohibition on saloon licenses. no appeal due to criminal case. December crop report touts Missouri corn yield of 252,472,100 bushels and 7,795,786 acres with 32.4 bushels per acre.
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Carthage
Illelgal
H. L. Bright
Division No
Jasper County
State
Gene Clingan
John W. Halliburton
Missouri
Clingan
T. C. Wilson
Missouri State Board of Agriculture
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
St. Louis
Kansas City
Union
Lectures to Farmers Week at Missouri Agricultural College
For a week starting January 10 the Missouri Agricultural College will host Missouri farmers with lectures by faculty from 7:30 am to 3 pm. The event includes hog cholera, tree spraying, dairy, butter making, livestock and corn judging, plus other demonstrations. Railroads offer special rates. Attendance last year was 650. double is expected this year.
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Missouri Agricultural College
Missouri
Agricultural, Horticultural and Livestock Associations
Man Hoisted by Record: Kernal of Truth in Missouri Famer
Record details the life of William Howard Sheeks a farmer who died near Kirksville. He claimed in his eighty nine years to never lie or quarrel with his wife. He reportedly celebrated more wedding anniversaries than any other Missouri man. His widow is ninety and they wed Christmas Eve 1840 near Huntsville.
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George Washington
William Howard Sheeks
Kirksville
Missouri
Huntsville
Wealthy Brashear recluse dies at 73 in Adair county
Calyin G. Cornell once a poor crippled boy died at age 73 and was buried in Brashear Adair county. He left an estate valued around 300000 to be divided between two sisters. Cornell never married and owned over a thousand acres in Adair county and half the town of Brashear.
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Calyin G. Cornell
Brashear
Adair County
Cornell
No Frats May Graduate Measure Passed
The Columbia board of education approved a rule denying graduation honors to any student who was or had been a member of a fraternity or sorority during the year of graduation. The policy aims to stamp out high school fraternities and sororities.
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Columbia Board of Education
Saloon owner Rudolph Wyrick commits suicide in Kansas City
Rudolph Wyrick a 55 year old saloon keeper in Kansas City hanged himself amid bad health and failing business according to reports. He tied strips of his shirt to a board stretched between partitions in the saloon as a makeshift noose.
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Kansas City
Rudolph Wyrick
Burnes donates 20 acre park to St. Joseph
James N. Burnes president of the Empire Trust Company and a member of a prominent Missouri family presented a 20 acre tract valued at $50,000 to the city of St. Joseph for park purposes as a Christmas gift to the people.
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James N. Burnes
Empire Trust Company
Missouri
City of
St. Joseph
Burnes
Central Trades Union opposes St. Louis charter plan
The Central Trades and Labor Union of St. Louis adopts a report denouncing the new city charter. After a riotous scene at the meeting it plans a campaign to defeat the measure and defeat the charter.
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St. Louis
Central Trades and Labor Union
Tobacco Revenue From Missouri in 1909
In 1909 Missouri tobacco manufacturers paid 4,456,841 dollars in revenue taxes on 74,610,452 pounds of plug twists smoking tobacco and snuff to the United States treasury.
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Missoui
United States Treasury
Missouri land offer sparked by Hampton editor in St Louis
Thos E Green of Hampton's Magazine delivered a lecture in St Louis proposing to move all U S residents to Missouri and grant them 1 percent acres of land. He argued Missouri's 70000 square mile expanse could accommodate this plan under the Citizens' Industrial Association event.
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Missouri
United States
Thos. E. Green
Washington, D. C
Hampton’s Magazine
New York City
A Louis
Citizens’ Industrial Association of
Burial of Judge Gavon D. Burgess
Burial services were held for Judge Gavon D. Burgess. Honorary pallbearers included Judges Gantt Henry Lamm Kennish Valliant Woodson and Graves. Active pallbearers were J D Allen J H Finks H L Creel C A Stratton and James J O Connor. State officers present included W M Williams Gordon Gordon Gordon and Cornelius Roach Howard Gasa Charles Revelle and J M Dawson. Brief grave addresses were given by Judges Butler and Benantt.
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Judge Burgess
Gavon D. Burgess
James B. Gantt
Henry, Lamm
John Kennish
James J. O’connor
W. M. Williams
John P.gordon
Cornelius Roach
Howard A. Gasa
Charles Révelle
J. M. Dawson
John P. Butler
James Benantt
County Clerk Returns Over Two Thousand In Questioned Fees
St. Louis experts reviewed county books in St. Joseph under county court leadership and found Sterling Price Smith, county clerk, owed to the treasury 2271.15 dollars in fees to which he was not entitled. He blames the shortfall on a legal misunderstanding and a deputy’s error after nearly a month of audit by expert accountants.
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St. Louis
Suits Filed Against Missouri Corporations
In Kansas City about 400 suits were filed in the circuit court to forfeit corporate charters for failing to file proper reports. Virgil Conkling, prosecuting attorney, led the action. If a defendant pays a fine, the prosecutor receives ten dollars per case.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Virgil Conkling
Idaho Potatoes Gift to Governor Hadley
The Commercial Club of Twin Falls Idaho sent Governor Hadley about a peck of potatoes. A similar gift was sent to the president of the United States.
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Idaho
Hadley
Commercial Club
Twin Falls
United States
Missouri Mules Dominate South Africa Trade
Consular reports say American mules are far superior to Argentine animals in South Africa. The Missouri or Kentucky mule is favored as best suited. One hundred mules were imported from the United States and a contract for 200 more has been closed.
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South Africa
Argentina
United States
Western Surgical meeting picks Kansas City as next host
At the Chicago gathering the Western Surgical Association decided to hold its next annual meeting in Kansas City. Officers elected include President Dr. W. A. Abbott of Minneapolis, First Vice President Dr. Albert E. Halstead of Chicago, Second Vice President Dr. W. J. Frick of Kansas City, and Secretary-Treasurer Dr. Arthur T. Mann of Minneapolis.
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Kansas City
Western Surgical Association
Chicago
W. A. Abbott
Minneapolis
Albert E. Halstead
W. J. Frick
Arthur T. Mann
John McCord Found Guilty in Attack Case at Springfield
John McCord was found guilty by a jury in Springfield for attacking his stepdaughter May Carpenter six years old. He received a fifty year sentence in the penitentiary.
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John McCord
May Carpenter
Springfield
Rasco Denied Change of Venue in Hubbell Family Murder Case
Judge Ellison overruled a motion to change venue for Hez Rasco accused in the Hubbell family murder near Barnard. Trial date set for January 30 in Maryville.
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Rasco
Ellison
Hez Rasco
Hubbell
Barnard
Maryville
County Officers Short Audit Unfolds in Buchanan Court
An audit firm contracted by the Buchanan County Court conducts a financial examination of county officers. Details on scope and findings remain limited as officials review the preliminary report and consider next steps.
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County Officers
Buchanan County Court
Oil as Navy Fuel Would Redefine Battleship Support
The general naval board led by Admiral Dewey recommends oil as the fuel for next dreadnoughts and the construction of oil carrying vessels to replace coal stations. Oil ships would allow fleets to be fueled at sea, extending steaming range and removing coal logistics, though costs on the Pacific coast pose concerns.
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Washington
General Naval Board
Dewey
Congress
Pacific Coast
General Board
Drawback Frauds Prompt Tough Terms With Sugar Refineries
Washington reports reveal drawback fraud disclosures pressuring Treasury to shape a settlement with sugar refiners. The American Sugar Refining Company offers $700,000 while government evidence allegedly seeks at least $1,000,000 in recovery.
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Washington
Treasury Department
American Sugar Refining Company
Man Tickled Lion, Loses Fingers in San Francisco
John Kellert of Knights Landing California visited a wild animal show in San Francisco winter quarters and was told he could make a lion yawn by tickling its chin. He tried it and is now hospitalized with two fingers amputated from his hand.
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San Francisco
John Kellert
Knights Landing
Cal
John
Joint US Canada transport rates set by permanent commission
Washington reports that international transportation rates and regulations between the United States and Canada will be decided and enforced by a permanent joint commission. The commission will include members from the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Canadian Railroad Commission.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Interstate Commerce Commission
Canadian Railroad Commission
Luther Burbank Introduces Patagonia Strawberry
Luther Burbank announces a new strawberry named Patagonia that ripens earlier and bears longer than any other variety, in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Luther Burbank
Patagonia
Congress to Seek Spying Punishment Legislation
Washington reports Congress will be asked soon to enact penalties for foreign spies. A matching proposal will be submitted in the Filipino assembly.
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Washington
Congress
Packers Oppose New Move In Civil Suit Dismissal
Chicago ten packers indicted on charges of forming an alleged beef trust fight a government motion to dismiss the civil suit to dissolve the National Packing Company as the hearing opens before U.S. Judge Kohlsaat. The government seeks to prevent the packers seeking immunity after testifying in the suit.
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Chicago
National Packing Company
United States
Kohlsaat
Tension Risk Between China and Japan Reported
Disquieting conditions raise potential trouble between China and Japan and possibly Russia, according to Tokyo Kokumin newspaper reports cited by the Tacoma Maru steamer.
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China
Victoria
B. C
Japan
Russia
Tokia Kakumine
Washburn Student Wins Cecil Rhodes at Oxford College
Phillip Whitcomb son of Georges W Whitcomb attorney of this city was awarded a Cecil Rhodes scholarship at Oxford college England at a Kansas scholarship committee meeting.
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Washburn
Oxford
Topeka
Phillip Whitcomb
Georges W. Whitcomb
Cecil Rhodes
Oxford College
England
Kansas Scholarship Committee
Spokane Decities by Light Vote
Spokane voters approved a light fee by a split margin of 6350 to 4113. The measure imposes the levy on operators and rail workers amid city debates over utilities and services.
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Spokane
Nar
Wash
No Show at Election Darkens Truth's Defiant Stance
A political cartoon text depicts Truth crushed by campaign lies after an election. Truth proclaims he cannot rise again to buck the system, expressing defeat and weariness at the outcome and its deceit.
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Truth
The Prime Modern Necessity
St. Louis business men have raised a fund of $100,000 to be expended in advertising their city in the newspapers of the country. Advertising is as important to a city as to a private business enterprise.
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St. Louis
Baroness Hengelmuller Denies Washington Society Remark
Baroness Hengelmuller rejects claims she called Washington society dull. She suggests the reporter misheard her as she may have been reciting a line about quiet life along the Potomac.
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Hengelmuller
Washington
The
Potomac
Gotham's Bucolic Emergence
Manhattan loses village aspect as electric locomotion expands era. Horses fade from streets, replaced by rail powered transit changing daily life and city texture.
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Gotham
Island
Manhattan
Soa
Wiley's Chance in Dueling Pronunciation Debate
The agricultural department weighs in on the Welsh rabbit question urging an official decision on whether the term should be Welsh rabbit or Welsh rabbit.
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Wiley
Agricultural Department
Voice from the Country St Louis to Spend 100000 on Ads
The county seat plans a $100,000 advertising push described as aimed at promoting the town. Des Moines ideas are noted as potential options St Louis could consider if profitable, signaling a prospective blend of publicity strategies.
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St. Louis
Des Moines
No More Pulque and Mescal in Boycott Message
A historical notice argues Americans should refuse to eat chili or tamales in retaliation for a Mexican boycott of American wares. The piece frames the call as a punitive action and cites Mexican resistance as context.
New York Hippodrome to Show in Kansas City
The New York Hippodrome brings the first annual tour to Convention hall Kansas City for two weeks starting Christmas night. A vast cast and stage crew prepared the three in one production featuring Indians cowboys ballet dancers circus acts singers clowns and Marceline headlining under Shubert management.
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West
Convention Hall
Kansas City
New York Hippodrome
Marceline
It Sticks to the Ribs and the Corned Beef Dilemma
The St Louis Globe Democrat riffs on a kitchen debate about pairing corned beef with cabbage as a stubborn dilemma. The column frames the issue with humor, comparing the tie as a Gordian knot and a Siamese twins ligament in culinary choices.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Nearer Uses in Judicial Settlement of Disputes
The American Society for the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes could help by arranging terms between noblemen and American fathers in law, suggesting mediation to resolve conflicts. The note hints at practical steps for private and ceremonial disagreements among high-status parties.
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American Society For the
A Batter Showing for St. Louis Americans Manager Change
A. Fielder Jones will manage the St. Louis Americans next year. If owners can secure A. Batter Jones or two more, they might improve the club's performance.
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A. Fielder
Jones
St. Louis Americans
Signs in the Heavens Foretold by Autumn Sun
Descriptive piece notes the autumn sun low in the sky over barren fields, casting a serene, coal-smithing glow as the season shifts toward winter, imbuing the landscape with quiet, reflective light.
Chess by Long-Distance Telephony Planned
A plan to play a chess game via long distance telephone is proposed to challenge a stretched communications line. The idea aims to test connectivity and coordination under difficult conditions.
Sunday Supplement Joke About Busy Husband
A Sunday supplement remark has Mrs Hoyle noting her husband is away on business all week. Mrs Doyle replies he is home only one day, calling him her Sunday supplement.
Time to Shut Up. Ohio Man Killed Returning Borrowed Umbrella
An Ohio man was killed while walking to return a borrowed umbrella. The incident occurred as he traveled along a public road, and authorities are reviewing the case.
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Ohio
Socks it to Pa. Is the Christmas shopping game rugby or soccer
Readable text questions whether a festive match described as a Christmas shopping game is rugby or soccer, implying ambiguity about the sport played in a humorous or informal setting.
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