Uniform Bank Note Flaw Spurs Counterfeit Tactics
The Tribune notes a uniform thickness flaw in Bank of England notes aiding counterfeit detection. It also reports on Juan Valera starting a Madrid magazine Genie Vieja to defend classic art standards, and mentions Spain's immigration to Cuba and a proposed electric Montana rail line from Billings to Great Falls. A South Dakota bill seeks funds to preserve territorial history, referencing the 1862 Dakota legislature and a dynamite fishing accident in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Juan Valera
Madrid
Eiditore
Montana
Billings
Great Falls
Missouri
Yellowstone
South Dakota
Territory
Dakota Territory
American Circus Tours Germany Creates Awe in Aix la Chapelle
The U S consul at Aix la Chapelle recounts how an American circus impressed Germans. The posting revealed vast tents and ground preparation astonishing the crowd. Factories paused as the show arrived and performances drew filled tents. Antipathy toward the United States gave way to respect and awe, with locals believing Anything is possible to Am ericans.
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Germany
United States
Aix-la-Chapelle
Gersanans
Americana
Archduke Charles Enrolls In Public School In Austria
Archduke Charles of Austria and heir presumptive joins the public school in Nae yuna Schotten district. He sits among humble classmates while wealthier youths study privately. The move, first for a Habsburg, stirs controversy and pleases the masses.
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Archduke Charles of
Austria
Archduke Otto
Schotten District
Nae Yuna
Archduke Charles
Imperial House of Hapsburg
Remarkable New York Auto Show Displays Obsolete Steam Car
The event featured a 40 year old steam locomotive on wheels built by Richard Dudgeon of Locust Valley Long Island still in service as a pleasure vehicle weighing 2.75 tons delivering eight horsepower and speeds of 40 mph. Nearby stood the electric hydrant or electrant offering electric juice from a street corner meter as a novelty for modern vehicles. Also noted are upcoming Senate elections with states preparing for selection of the 1907 senatorial class and sessions after New Year.
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Nework
Richard Dudgeon
Locust Valley
Long Island
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Webster City stabbing leaves victim in precarious condition
Barry Love, a Wisconsin native, was assaulted on ice east of Webster City after a crowd jeered him. He fought through and was stabbed in the left side with a knife near the kidney and lung. Tika Holman, a local youth, is jailed over the incident while claiming he may have fallen on the blade during the scuffle.
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Barry Love
Webster City
IWin+ois
Ge. T. Williams
Williams
Love
Tika Holman
Lowe
Will Baxter
Holman
Supreme Court Upholds Predecessor Injunctions Against Saloon
Des Moines reports that the Iowa supreme court ruled the 1897 code did not abrogate preexisting liquor injunctions. State v. Mark Chiesa involved a Des Moines dealer who resumed operations after the code's adoption, with the anti saloon league seeking closure. The high court reversed a lower court ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Supreme Court
State
Mark Chiesa
Chiesa
Anti-Saloon League
Prouty
Council Allows Ames Repairs After Des Moines Visit
Des Moines December 21 The executive council on a Northwestern train between Ames and Des Moines approved repairs to the State college main building and permitted a temporary eight classroom structure. The trustees had sought funds from the providential contingent fund and expect total costs of 12 000 to 15 000 with repairs at 3 500.
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Ames
Des Moines
Executive Council
Northwestern
State College
Growth of Des Moines Daily News Expands Pages
Des Moines Dec 17 reports the Des Moines Daily News has grown from eight pages and earlier issues of twelve to sixteen pages. Publishers are astonished by the expansion while subscriptions remain $1 a year 75 cents for six months and 40 cents for three months.
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Yowa
Dollar
Des Moines
Des Moines Daily News
Daily News
Ottumwa Man Receives Twenty Year Sentencing
Elza Booker colored rapist sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary after a militia escort from Ottumwa to Albia. Also reports a fatal shooting accident near Dixon by a 13 year old, a Des Moines birthday observance for Nash Brockway Bacon aged 101, and C W Rowe’s release from Belem prison Mexico amid missing funds. Move to prosecute Des Moines drug stores under liquor law.
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Elza Booker
Ottumwa
Albi
Des Moines
Nash Brockway
Bacon
Mr. Bacon
Westmoreland
Oneida County
N. Y
Charlotte York
Chet Rowe
Grinnell
C. W. Rowe
Malcom
Belem
Mexico
Rowe
Poweehick County
Pinkerton
Howe
Mexico City
Abme Real Estates
Des
Confesses To His Crime In Freemans Tragedy
Webster City man John A Freen ay confessed to the coroner s jury that he knocked his wife unconscious with a shoe then placed a chloroform soaked handkerchief over her face before covering her with a blanket and dousing the bed with gasoline setting it aflame near Estherville The couple had been married six months and were both nearing fifty years old
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John Freeman
Webster City
Estherville
John A. Freenay
Severson
Freeman
Freemans
University of Iowa appoints Deemer as law chancellor
The board of regents elected Horace E. Deemer to head the College of Law at Iowa State University for 4500 dollars a year. Six candidates were considered including C W Gregory L M McKean and Attorney General Remley. Deemer has not yet accepted. Separately Sabula reports an attempted highway robbery near Clinton as Otto Flor and wife were ambushed. the assailant fled after the couple used a pitchfork to prod the frightened horses.
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State University
Iowa City
Board of Regents
University of Iowa
Horace E. Deemer
Supreme Bench
Alnenus
University of the Law
College of Law
Tudge Deemer
C. W. Gregory
Law Faculty
The
University of Wisconsin
L. M. McKean
Sioux City
Remley
Clinton
Sabula
Otto Flor
Clinton Pearl Button Company Incorporation Formed
Clinton December 21 articles of incorporation filed for the Clinton Pearl Button company with capital stock of 10000. Stockholders include bankers and business men. Management will be in the hands of practical button men. Authorized to buy and sell shells pearls slugs and saw button blanks. Plant to employ fifty people. factory ready when ice goes out in spring.
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S Pearl Button Fretary
Clinton
Clinton Pearl Button Company
Mixed Up Marriage Sparks Small Town Jail Term
Davenport on December 22 reports William Tucker, first and third husband of Mrs Tucker, jailed ten days by Police Magistrate Finger for striking Ed Cross, the second husband, on the head with a poker. The assault arose as Cross sought to become the fourth husband.
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Davenport
William ‘Tucker
Finger
Ed Cross
Tucker
Secon
Victim of a Dance Ends in Tragic Death Near Clear Lake
Mason City Dec 22 Tom Edmonds son living near Clear Lake attended a brother’s dance. He was intoxicated and later found dead on a barb wire fence. Coroner investigates. Another item notes an embezzlement case against William Drover of Moville ending abruptly after prosecutors seek dismissal. Main witness served with a $2,541,000 suit for malicious prosecution and claims mudded efforts by Heuner.
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Mason City
Tom Edmonds
Clear Lake
Ainlglong
Sioux City
William Rower
Veville
George Coleman
Pureka Mercantile Compiany
Moville
Drover
Heuner
Cudahy Kidnapping House Found Near Omaha
Omaha reporters confirm the two story Grover street residence as the place where Eddie Cudahy was held captive. He identified the north room where he lay and described stairs and other details. Maud Munshaw recalls a man renting the house and the arrival of a spring wagon with a pony later removed. police have yet to capture any suspects. An Omaha National Bank official confirms a $25,000 ransom payment was drawn to secure the boy’s return.
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Eddie Cudahy
Omaha
Neb
Dee
Grover Street
Maud Munshaw
Schneiderwind
Miss Munshaw
Omaha National Bank
DEWET'S BRILLIANT WOVE ESCAPE BEFORE BLOEMFONTEIN
Dec 22 Bloemfontein reports General De Wet led a bold breakout from encircling British forces. With Soasbroek and Knox nearby, 2,500 Boers executed a wide maneuver at Springhaul Nek then charged west to a hill, scattering British units, taking prisoners, and losing a single 15-pounder as Welch Yeomanry pursued.
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Bloemfontein
de Wet
Soasbroek
Thaba N’chu
Knox
Mansbroek
Victoria Nek
le Wet
Springhaul Nek
Nek
Steyn
Peit Fourie
Hansbroek
Welch Yeomanry
Daily Paper Sale Bargain Day for 1901 Iowa Capital
A Daily Iowa Capital offer sets a $2.00 yearly price by mail on December 28, the 54th anniversary of Iowa's admission to statehood. Existing subscribers can renew by paying $2.00 for the new year. Sample copies and agent terms are available. Morocco indemnity, Bouelle to Washington, joint note terms agreed, and reports of Turkish Christian killings are noted in brief dispatches.
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Ffty
Iowa
Iowa Capital
Lafayette Young
Des Moines
Towa
Peking
Cape Colonists in Revolt Amid Boer Invasion Fears
London reports from the Daily Mail say virtually all Cape Colony districts near the Orange River are in open revolt and expect sharp, large scale fighting as Boer forces rally Dutch backcountry support. Capetown cipher notes a second invading column aimed at British town was checked at De Aar and withdrew into the Cedarburg mountains while vast troop redeployments occur in the veldt.
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Cape
London
Daily Mail
Cape Colony
Orange River
Capetown
Britishtown
de Aar
Cederburg
Latile
Boers Raid Cape Colony Two Invading Commandoes
London dispatch reports two Boer comandos invading Cape Colony at 100 miles apart. One moved toward Philipstown between Colesbury and Kimberley. the other crossed the Orange river near Odendaal Stroom and Bethulie aiming for Cradack. General MacDonald efforts push them back toward the Orange river as a large-scale conflict looms.
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London
Cape Colony
Cape Town
Daily Mail
Philipstown
Colesbury
Kimberley
Herzog
Orange River
Odendaal Stroom
Bethulie
Burghersdorp
Cradack
MacDonald
South Africa
National Union of Conservative Associations
Daily News
Lord Salisbury
Lord Kitchener
Lord Kithener
Clements
Senate and House actions on Hay-Pauncefote treaty and bills
Congress daily actions through December 21 1900 show Senate executive sessions on the HayPauncefote treaty with amendments and debate while the House passed tax and district court measures and rail grade crossing bills. Notable items include revenue and appropriation bills and pension measures.
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Wellington
Senate
House
Washington
Chandler
New Hampshire
Montana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ohio
Secretary of the Interior
Texas
Greer County
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Philippines
Foraker
Morgan
District of Columbia
Bacon
Secretary of War
Abraham ZL. Lawshe
War Department
Wouse
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Qgiia
Dee
Committee On Foreign Relations
Great Britain
Constantinople
Suez Canal
Pursuit of De Wet Hampered by Cape Crisis
London reports General Knox halted the chase of General De Wet as Boers cross the Orange River threatening Cape Colony. De Wet with about 4500 men is northeast of Ladybrand, with an attack on Winburg anticipated. republicans have entered Cape Lolany and reached Philipstown. In Washington, John C A Leishman nominated as Turkey minister. In Bogota a two day battle at Girardot Point ends in a government victory with about 600 killed and many wounded.
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Dewet
London
Knox
de Wet
Cape Colony
Orange River
Cape Lolany
Philipstown
Ladybrand
Winburg
Touhman
Turkey
Washington
John C. A. Leishman
Pennsylvania
Switzerland
United States
Colombia
State Department
Bogota
Giraudot Point
Magdalena River
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