Kendall Poised to Be Speaker of Iowa House
Iowa State coverage notes N. B. Kendall of Albia is favored for Speaker of the next Iowa House with three candidates in contention. Benedict, Kepford, and O Leary are named for top posts, while Heffelfinger is mentioned as a former sergeant at arms and also included in the lineup.
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Orouunt Sayn
N. B. Kendall
Albia
Kendall
Althin
Benedict
Shelby
Keepford
Des Moines
Dennis ‘O'Leary
Council Bluits
Council Bluits;sergeant-ntarins
Jack Lheffelfinger
Grandy Center
Cleck
Kepford
Des Moines Hotel Death by Own Action Ridiculous Case
Casey Young Man MacMullan commits death by own action in the Savery hotel Des Moines by stabbing his throat and hanging to a steam pipe. John Jnamieson, clerk of the State land office, knew MacMullan and said he was studying law with A. T. P. Fagan at Casey and planned to return soon. His parents, Mr and Mrs Joseph MacMullan, live near Casey in the poultry business.
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Casey
Des Moines
Charles S. McMillan
Savery
John Jnamieson
State Land Office
MacMullan
McMullan
A. TP. Fagan
Joseph McMullan
Wealthy Near Abingdon Farmer Found Dead by Own Action
Cornelian Tait, a rich farmer near Abingdon, shot himself in the barn where he was doing chores. The body was found by his alarmed family after he failed to come to breakfast. No motive is clear though planning to move to Fairfield and housing troubles are noted.
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Cornelian Tait
Abingdon
Cornelias Tait
Init
Fairfield
Dows Building Fire Ends With Tragic Child Death
A morning blaze at George Stoger’s lunch room in Dows, caused by a gasoline stove explosion, killed nine year old Harold Stoger who slept on the second floor while his father George was severely burned trying to rescue him. The building burned completely as firemen saved nearby frame structures.
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Cremnich
Defalia
Geo. Stoger
George Stoger
Dows
Tle
Harold
Grand Hotel
Smith & Loveland
International Land Company of
Davenport
Uaa
Frank Stiehards
Auamom
Burglavae
Vincent of
Wagenport
William Phiflee
Berwick
Criabing
Bye
Amana Communistic Society Keeps Its Plural Property
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled the Amana Communistic Society may keep its vast holdings including near 8,000 acres valued at over 6 million dollars and multiple villages and factories. The decision rejects a bid by a disgruntled member to appoint a receiver, citing religious liberty and incorporation limits. The community, with 70 members and 200 employed outsiders, runs mills and several factories producing 400,000 dollars annually in output. Residents live in German peasant attire and speak German, focusing on spiritual preparation over worldly life.
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Iowa
Supreme Court
Amana
Towa
Slashes Husband in Murder Plot at Moorhead Home
Mrs Lempse, previously at Merry Hospital Council Bluffs, slashed her husband in the throat with a razor while he slept after a request to nag him. A second attempt failed. The husband survives but may not recover. She is in custody. the family, including two children, fled to her parents near Dunlap.
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Merry Hospital
Council Bluffs
Governor Cummins Wins With Narrow Statewide Plurality
County canvassing boards report Cummins Republican 20 451 plurality over Porter Democrat for governor, total votes Cummins 216 505 Porter 116 033. District tallies show Cummins leading in several divisions with varying margins, final statewide results indicate a tight race and a modest plurality.
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Omeral Neturne
Cummins
Porter
Dem
Murder Charge In Creston After Fatal Ham Quilt Attack
A Creston homicide leaves Sam McFerley fatally injured when crushed with a ham quilt while asleep. Police arrest his son Robert Mel’eley, a cigarette fiend deemed mentally unbalanced. No witnesses exist. two operations failed to save the elderly man. The son refuses to speak, remaining sullen.
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Creston
Sam McFerley
Robert Mel‘eeley
Galt
Multiple Iowa thefts and crimes linked to Des Moines region
A Dallas Center store robbery ended with robbers fleeing by hand car toward Des Moines after looting goods from Gould general store. Other reports include Henderson Bank dynamited for nearly $3,000, a Waterous nursery stockhouse fire, postmaster change in Lacey, and a fatal construction accident at Berwick. Detectives alerted. various local incidents noted across Des Moines area.
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Gonida
IT. C. Gould General Merchandise
Dallag Center
Hanil
Des Moines
Henderson Bank
Bank of Henderson
Excapes
Tire
Waterous Nursery
Warren J. Upton
Lacey
Tlee L. K. Ingledue
Milwaukee
Mayan City
Chelsea
Dubuque
Bradstreet's Year In Review Shows Broad Economic Rise
Bradstreet's Commercial Agency compiles an intergating table of 12 months in agriculture, manufacture and trade. Major gains are reported in corn wheat sugar cotton and railroad earnings with overall prices and money in circulation rising, while barley and anthracite show declines and tobacco remains soft. The summary notes record or near record yields and strong foreign trade.
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Bradstreet
Ee. Se. Cseas
Louisiana
Porto Rico
United States
Casa Visssecseees
Tillman Fiery Talk Sparks Race War Warning in Chicago
Senator Benjamin Tillman spoke at Orchestra Hall Chicago defending equal protection but warning of a coming race war. He argued the fifteenth amendment does not grant suffrage to blacks, calls for laws applying to both races, cites demographic imbalances, and denounces lynch law while criticizing Northern and Southern politics. Two disruptors were removed from the gallery during the heated exchange.
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Chicago
Benjamin R. Tillman
Orchestra Hall
Chicago Union Hospital
Statesman
South Carolina
BR. Tillman
North Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Carlina
Radium viewed as compound not chemical element says Soddy
Frederik Soddy, a leading English authority on radium, admits that radium may be regarded for now as a compound rather than a chemical element, challenging the long-held view of radium as a pure element.
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Frederik Soddy
Bes
Damp Winds and Consumption in North Devonshire
The British Medical Journal reports figures by Dra Gordon and Mar par over forty four years in North Devonshire. It shows diarrheic damp winds correlate with higher phthisis deaths, about 1000 per 1,000 in districts with damp winds versus 80 per 1,000 elsewhere.
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Dra. Gordon and
Marpar
North
Devonshire
Fire at Salvation Army Motel in St. Louis Claims Dozens
Fire swept the Lighthouse hotel at Ninth and Market in St. Louis early Wednesday, housed about 500 homeless men. Five hundred lodgers faced panic as flames roared through the three story structure, with at least six deaths and numerous injuries. many leapped from windows and nets. Firemen forced a door open to escape the crowd, while escape lines proved insufficient.
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Salvation Arty Motel
Lighthouse Hotel
Ninth and Market Streets
St. Louis
Salvation Army
Wainy
Mystery of a Woman Voice and Hidden Baritone Power
New York researchers and doctors study Mira Edna Murray once from Fort Worth Texas who claims to sing in a man’s baritone voice she developed after age twenty and notes her handwriting shifts to a masculine style while her spoken voice remains feminine idiosyncrasy draws attention from Prof. Whyslop Dr. G W Colby and Albert Gerard Thiers exploring unusual vocal and handwriting changes.
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New York
Mira Edna Murray
Wis
Fort Worth
Texas
Whyslop
G. W. Colby
Albert Gerard Thiers
Miss Murray
Dia
Fire destroys Newtonian hotel and two stores at Somerset
Telegraphic brief notes a fire at the Newtonian hotel in Somerset Kentucky that consumed the hotel and two stores. Fire loss estimated between seventy and one hundred thousand dollars and salvage arrangements were discussed. A plan by the Sement-Pond Company of New York to acquire the Ridgway Machine Tool Company of Ridgway Pennsylvania was reported. The Luther League of America held its seventh biennial convention in Canton Ohio, a three day session with five hundred delegates from across the United States.
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Newtonian
Somerset
sHement-Pond Company
New York
Ridgway Machine ‘Tool Company
Hidgway
Luther League of America
Secson
Canton
Ohio
United States
Sea's heavy death toll from wrecks on treacherous reefs
A disastrous season on the St Lawrence and Gulf waters left about sixty mariners dead. Vessels from foreign registers suffered major losses, including the Russian full rigged iron ship Savin, wrecked off Viicata Pond during a northeast gale, and the Norwegian bark Adeona, driven ashore at Richibuda. The Magda and other ships were lost with all on board, as a flood of wrecks swept the coast and hundreds of sailors faced doom from the violent seas.
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St. Jumorence Lectin
Esse
St Lanwrence
Gowen
Savinto
Helsingfors
Viicata Pond
P.M. Ly
Diluouste
N. L
Melbourne
Australia
Adeona
Arondal
Richibuda
Johansen
Comber
Sexton
Preston
England
Riviere du Loup
Quebec
Buenos Ayres
Red Island
Seattle Sees Surge as San Francisco Evacuees Flock In
After the San Francisco earthquake, thousands relocate to Seattle seeking homes and work. The influx boosts population and commerce, with shipping firms moving HQs and railways expanding to handle demand. Native residents face higher rents and scarce housing as Seattle's boom continues.
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Sirleken City
Seattle
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
California
San Franciusco
Seeattle
Farming prospects in the Southwest offer vast opportunities
The article notes millions could develop farming in the Southwest. It cites Texas with 172,000,000 acres, only 14,000,000 cultivated. Indian Territory has 20,000,000 arable acres, 2,000,000 cultivated. Arkansas holds 34,500,000 acres with 4,000,000 under cultivation. Missouri retains 10,000,000 acres in the southwest not cultivated and available at moderate prices.
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Southwest
Texas
Indian Territory
Arkansas
Missouri
Indicted Waters-Pierce Exec Seeks Extradition
The District Court grand jury in Austin Texas indicted J Clay Peres of St Louis and New York president of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company for swearing falsely in a 1900 affidavit that Waters-Pierce stock was not owned or controlled by Standant Of Company. An extradition attempt from Missouri is planned.
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Austin
Texas
J. Clay Peres
St. Louis
New York
Waters- Pierce ON Company
Waters-Pierce
Wilson's body interred after 108 years at Milanton graveyard
The body of Jamey Wilson a signer of the Declaration of Independence and one of the framers of the federal constitution after lying 108 years in Milanton North Carolina cemetery has been placed opposite his wife in Old Christchurch graveyard. A wreath on the coffin was sent by President Roosevelt. Speakers at the ceremony included Andrew Carnegie Dr S West Mitchell Alton B Packer and Attorney General Moody.
Trade and industry show strong demand and rail strain
A Bradstreet Commercial Report notes robust fall and winter demand across sectors, with heavy materials increasing construction and power outputs. Rail congestion persists as car shortages bite railroad and manufacturing, while wages rise to attract labor. Holiday trade opens strong with high quality purchases and broad retail demand.
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Chicago
Dan
New York
Bradstreet
Grain and Livestock Prices Across U S Cities
A wide listing from Chicago to Toledo shows cattle hogs sheep and various grain prices. Illinois Indiana Missouri and Michigan markets report No 2 wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and cash product ranges with observed gains and declines.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Castle
St. Louie
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
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