Recount in Sioux City district shifts votes in Steele race
In a contentious recount, Tom Steele gains a 56 vote lead over George C. Scott in the Eleventh district race for Congress after new tallies from the second Sioux City precinct. Attorneys for Scott contestballot box access during the count as commissioners review the process amid county results.
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Chickasaw County
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The
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Railroads Restrict Liquor Shipments Personal Receipts Required
Iowa railroads and express firms agreed with Attorney General Hayner to stop liquor deliveries unless the consignee personally signs a receipt at the station or in the presence of the delivery agent. The rule, with Feb 1 deadline for new instructions, excludes Track Island until further court action. The agreement empowers special agents to investigate unlawful shipments and cooperate with the Department of Justice.
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Couple Arrested For Soulful Kiss In Philadelphia
Philadelphia report details a couple arrested for kissing at a home front door. Vice Officer Frank Neese observed the scene and intervened prompting charges of breach of the peace. Magistrate Beaton imposed fines of five dollars each before dismissal.
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Frank Neese
Neese
Catherine Haines
Thomas Winnelay
Beaton
Winning
Benton
Pittsburgh Romance Ends in Divorce After Leg Discovery
In Cumberland Maryland the couple George T Bell and Anna Bell wed on July 28 1914 after eloping from Pittsburgh. Three weeks later Anna learned her husband had a wooden leg and abuse followed. A master hearing recommended granting the divorce.
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Pittsburgh
Anna Bell
George T. Bell
Cumberland
Bmd
Burned Paper Bag Bank Mystery In New Jersey Home
In Concord New Jersey a fire in a stove led to a paper bag containing four hundred dollars in one dollar bills being placed in the stove for warmth and consumed. A ashes-filled package arrived at the Treasury with a note claiming the money may be in the ashes and officials were asked to test.
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Concord
N. J
New Hampshire
Treasury Department
Washington
Treasury
Fined $45 for a Kiss in Aurora Rent Dispute
Richard Chandler Kissed Mrs Charles Libberg on Christmas day while collecting rent in Aurora. He was fined 45 dollars and the incident drew local attention to a domestic dispute style offense.
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Aurora
Richard Chandler
Mra
Charles Liberg
GAVE HIS CANE AWAY Dodd's Kidney Pills praised
Kerrville Texas resident Mr P Benton writes that before 1906 years of kidney and rheumatic trouble bent over and used Dodd's Kidney Pills which restored his health at 64 and allowed him to stand upright again. He urges others to use DODD'S with the three D's to treat diseased kidneys.
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P. Benton
Kerrville
Texas
Dodd
Benton
Women of Brave Old Days in Pursuit of Liberty
Ida Tarbell notes that Revolutionary and Civil War women were radical and outspoken, active with men and shoulder to shoulder in national issues. Courage, endurance, and duty defined their role, refusing immunity from suffering and embracing the price of freedom and national life. Agnes Repplier in Harper's Magazine echoes this tribute.
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Ida Tarbell
Magnes Repplier
Harper's Magazine
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