Week of News Notes Highlight Public Figures and Events
A digest of varied items: Mrs Taft’s sister-in-law dies in Baltimore. Gen Dudley and John Berwynd donate and invest. Taft nominates Lurton to Supreme Court. Kilns of Belfort and other global updates include ship safety, New York wealth per capita, and a push for reform in steerage conditions.
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Horace B. Taft
Taft
Tohns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Harvey Cushing
George Parish
New York
Hagland
United States
Great Britain
W. W. Dudley
Indiana
Pensons
Washington
Bright
John B. Berwynd
Emmett Delton Williams
Roger Williams
Rhode Island
Kansas City
Charles N. Crittenton
Horace Harmon Lurton
Tennessee
Supreme Court of the United States
George A. Carpentier
Chicago
Northern District
iMuals
Bethea
Kremer Convicted in Grand Rapids County Theft Case
A. A. Kremer former county treasurer was found guilty of grand larceny for diverting county funds. The trial revealed a growing shortage potentially near $100,000 with experts debating his sanity amid ongoing accounting by Marwick Mitchell. The county awaits restitution, bonds, and potential losses from the Metropolitan Surety company.
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Grand Rapids
A. A. Kremer
Arthur Sweeney
St. Paul
Kremer
W. A. Jones
Minneapolis
C. C. McCarey
Frank Price
George T. Simpson
M. F. Kain
Eberhart
Marwick, Mitchell and Company
Metropolitan Surety Company
Iowa News Roundup of Fires Deaths and Corn Prizes
A sprawling Iowa clipping reports Miss Helen Cook’s sudden blindness after a reading lesson in Oxford and follows with a Des Moines jewel find claim by Miss Elgie Lincoln. It notes W. D. Lee of Toledo’s death, Parberts winning a $900 yearly scholarship, a Primghar suicide by Roy Plank, hotel fire at Milo, and Fort Dodge’s founder George B. Sherman’s death. It covers grain prizes won by John Meredith, corn export values, and a wave of local accidents, fires, public notices, and political shifts across towns like Dubuque, Grundy Center, and Webster City.
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Helen Cook
A. T. Cook
Oxford
Iowa City
Miss Cook
Elgie Lincoln
Des Moines
John Heynolds
Boone
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Miss Lincoln
W. D. Lee
Toledo
Fifth District Central Committee
Toledo Chronicle
Dubuque
William Parberts
Grundy Center
Primghar
Tillie Hospe
Milo
Halterman
Cora Hollingsworth
Myrtle Monroe
George B. Sherman
Fort Dodge
Sherman
van Duyn
Garrett
State Board of Parole
John Carey
Oskaloosa
Bolton
Carey
A. W. Bundy
Great Western Section
Readlyn
Joseph Spencer
Morse
Rock Island
Missouri Valley
Alma Kurz
Fred C. Over
F. W. Hodgdon
Iowa
Pythian Temple
Chariton
Frank Sporer
Crocker Township
Mimers
Oralabor
Fire Destroys Five Story Brick Block in Minneapolis
A massive blaze in Minneapolis gutted the five story brick building housing McKusick Towle & Co wholesale confectioners. Firemen fought the flames for 16 hours, collapsing a nearby structure owned by Stoddard Day ton of Dayton Ohio. Estimated loss not yet set but likely under 50000, with most coverage by insurance.
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Minneapolis
McKusick-Towle & Co
Third Street
Stoddard-Dayton Company
Dayton
Ohio
Radisson Opens In Minneapolis At Charity Ball
The Radisson Minneapolis opened with a formal charity ball attended by about six hundred city elites. The palatial hotel debuted as a marvel of modern hotel engineering and is now open to guests.
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Minneapolis
Radisson
Twin Cities
Five Die in Naples Explosive Factory Blast Near Caserta
An explosion at a Naples area manufactory of explosives near Caserta killed five workers and injured five others. Investigators begun tracing the blast’s cause as local officials ordered safety reviews and reinforced protections at similar plants. Authorities have not released identifications of the deceased or injured.
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Naples
Caserta
Market Report Twin City Wheat and Livestock Values
Twin City Market reports mixed grain prices for Dec and May contracts across Minnesota and nearby Duluth and St Paul exchanges. Cattle and hogs show varied ranges with steers, cows, calves, and sheep priced, while Chicago values reflect broader trends in live stock markets for Dec 19.
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Twin City
Minneapoli
Duluth
South St. Paul
Chicago
WU and Burlington Reach Tax Settlement on Wire Line
Des Moines reports Iowa will receive about 657000 in taxes from Western Union Telegraph and Burlington railway for wires along the Burlington to Council Bluffs line and Humeston branch. The 1903 levy of 300 a mile, challenged since, will be settled Monday by representatives with Attorney Hewitt and VP Baldwin. The executive council will hear the proposal to reduce the tax, though exact terms remain undisclosed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Western Union Telegraph
Burlington Railway Company
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Humeston
James Hewitt
Western Union Company
Baldwin
Gc, B. & Q Railway Company
Byars
Western Union
Executive Council
Seasion
The
Mabray cases set for January 7 in Council Bluffs
Criminal cases against J. C. Mabray and about eighty associates for conspiring to defraud many through fake races betting matches and other sports have been set for argument on demurrers January 7, 1910. Civil cases involving Mabray, local citizens and financial institutions brought by victims have been postponed to January 10.
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Council Bluffs
J. C. Mabray
Mabray
Colby Divorce Case Settled in Court
Colby divorce case decided for defendant granting custody of the child for six months. Plaintiff failed to show cause and must pay all costs except attorney fees. W Somerville Colby, longtime county officer, led a bitter sensational fight. his wife came from a wealthy Clear Lake family.
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Colby
Magon City
W. Somerville Colby
Clear Lake
Remley Wins Damage Suit Over Runover Dog
Iowa City jury awards former attorney general Mil ton Remley 27 dollars for his dog run over by Roy Rarick. The verdict lists 3 dollars for medical care 20 dollars for personal care and 4 dollars for the dog’s value. Remley himself spoke in closing for the plaintiff.
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Remley
Iowa City
Milton Remley
Roy Rarick
Silver anniversary celebrated for Mr and Mrs Edwin Osher
At the home south of Estherville Ja December 18 the silver anniversary of Mr and Mrs Edwin Osher was celebrated. About 140 guests attended the event in a festive tribute to the couple’s 25 years of married life.
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Estherville
Estherville, Ja
Edwin Osher
Pardon Denied for Dr Crofford by Governor Carroll
Governor Carroll rejected the state parole board’s recommendation to pardon Dr. J. W. Crofford of Decatur County who is serving a twelve year term for first degree murder at Ft. Madison. In Ottumwa a Black man named Sidney Panting was killed after being struck by a switch engine at a public crossing. he was connected to a marriage in Kansas City.
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Walter Whitbeck
State Supreme Court
District Court of
Fayette County
Arlon Whitpeck
St. Lucas
John Wolf
LeMars
FE. T. Meredith
Iowa
EH. BE. Fayville
Omaha
Meredith
United States
Des Moines
Towa
Woodbury County
Koto
Iowa State Grange
Charles Milerett
Sioux City
Lenbard
Carlisle
Farmers’ Sayings Bank
Mike Ditto
Joe Roumania
Clary
Ness
Frank Sporer
O. Garret
Mitchellville
Elsie Long
Westminster University
Marine
Denver
Webster City
Clarion High School
Clarion
Chas. Wieder
Town City
B. F. Carroll
Sir Hardin
Mia
John Reynolis
Boone Society
Frank Myers
Cedar County
Centerdale
Maggie McCreary
Leake City
Wiliam Burnett
Kansas City
Lord Gallant
Paul Coldren
Iowa City
H.R. Wright
Carroll
J. H. Pennybaker
New London
Indiana
Jefferson County
Davenport
Crofford
State Board of Parole
J. W. Crofford
Decatur County
Ft. Madison
Ottumwa
Sidney Pannington
Jim
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Capt. Loose
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