Assistant Postmaster Arrested in Ames on Government Envelope Charge
Wilson D. Rich, assistant postmaster at Ames for ten years, was arrested in Des Moines and bound over to the federal grand jury. An information filed by Post Office Inspector C B Caine alleges Rich used government penalty envelopes for private receipts and communications to Ames residents. Rich pleaded innocence when charged by United States Commissioner W Mearthur. He is married with one child.
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Yanta College
Wilson D. Rich
Ames
Des Moines
Federal Grand Jury
Rich
Post Office
C. B. Caine
W. ©. Mearthur
United States
Dead son returns home to settle father's estate
Jacob Dorn of Rock Rapids faced a delayed estate settlement due to four sons, including Edward Dorn, who vanished over seven years ago. Edward reappeared after learning the estate plans by publication notices, writing to his mother in Kansas and returning to help complete the settlement.
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Trrax
Jacob Dorn
Rock Rapids
Edward Dorn
Kansas
Cold Coal Hit Iowa State and Iowa City University
The Iowa State University and the University of Iowa in Iowa City were forced to close as coal shortages spread through the region. Officials failed to secure any carloads amid days of famine and an ongoing blizzard, leaving only the university hospital open and at risk for heat loss.
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Towa
University of Iowa
Iowa City
University Hospital
Iowa
Iinols
Wife's broom destroys eye in domestic scuffle
Reverend A. O. Broyles, pastor of a Sidney Baptist church, became involved in a friendly struggle with his wife over a broom. He attempted to seize it and struck his right eyeball, inflicting a deep cut that blinded the eye. Doctors reported the sight was gone.
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Sidney Milinter
A. O. Broyles
Baptist Church
Sidney
Cash box totals and county funds in state treasury
The official count shows the town holds $692,637.98 in cash with $3,058.28 not in Des Moines. The general revenue fund stands at $517,928.88, while other funds include $20,527.97 for agricultural college endowment, $54,863.91 for University special, $69,122.72 for agricultural college special, $12,507.01 for teachers' college special, $3,014.63 for lake bed surveys, and $11,372.81 in agricultural college bonds interest.
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Des Moines
General Revenue
Agricultural College
University Special
Teachers’ College
Dubuque Woman Slain Found with Throat Cut by Children
Mrs Mano Merties is found dead at her Dubuque home with throat cut. Her children return from school to discover the body and summon the father. Officers pursue Rube Bainbridge of Wisconsin, who escapes to a farm and dies from wounds after a confrontation. Also noted are local coffin stock burnings and aging residents Fred Wallert and a 102 year old Durango man.
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Mano Merties
Mac Merties
Dubuque
Theody
Rube Bainbridge
Faly Plpes
Wis
Keokuk Woman Committed After Insanity Claim
Lily Nygren a 20 year old Keokuk woman was declared insane after alleged provocation by male coworker and persistent teasing by female companions at a wholesale house. The insanity board ordered commitment to Mount Pleasant state asylum. she is in critical condition under strict watch for possible self harm.
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Lily Nygren
Keokuk
Lee County
Misa Nygren
New Milwaukee Rail Survey Skips Several Small Towns
A recent survey for the Milwaukee road plans a new track that bypasses Doubleday Bassett lonia and other small towns to avoid four heavy grades. The modification will distance Doubleday from the line to speed coastal traffic. Twelve more train crews have been assigned on the division due to heavy business.
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Milwaukee Wl
Doubleday
Bassett
Lonia
Milwaukee Road
Waterloo Fire Traps East Waterloo District
Fire from a coal bin destroyed part of East Waterloo causing $100,000 damage and forcing several families to flee. Fred Lamsberison, a Kohl's shoe store teleigent, found the blaze at early Sunday and rang the alarm all four blocks away. His legs froze at 20 below zero as he saved his wife, two children, and Mrs Frances Antoine who was unconscious.
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Waterloo
Alutin
East Waterloo
Fred Lamsberison
Kohl
Frances Antoine
Farmers Fear Feed Famine in Calhoun County
Calhoun farmers face a looming feed shortage with one third of corn still in the field and hay scarce. Lake City dealers plan hay shipments from the North to ease conditions as prices soar. Also reported are brief state happenings including pension commissioner selection, a Creston death from cold, a fatal lantern fire in Harlin, and local crime notes.
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Calhoun County
Lake City
Cummins
Col. IL. B. Hedge
Des Moines
Iowa
Nebraska
Senator Cummins
General Daniel H. Rucker Dies at 98 in Washington
Gen. Daniel H. Rucker, the oldest retired U.S. Army officer, died at his Washington home at 98. Born in New Jersey, he joined from Michigan, entered as a first U S dragoons lieutenant in 1837, served in Indian campaigns, Mexican War, and Civil War as brigadier and brevet major general, later quartermaster general before retiring in 1883. His son‑in‑law was Gen. Phil Sheridan.
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Daniel H. Rucker
United States Army
Hom
Washington,d. C
New Jersey
Michigan
Rucker
United ‘States Dragoona
West
Southwest
Army
Phil Sheridan
Eloping Heiress and Her Suitor Caught in Chicago Boarding House
Miss Roberta Da Janon, granddaughter of Philadelphia merchant Robert Burst, and her 42 year old admirer Cohen were arrested in a cheap Chicago boarding house after eloping from Philadelphia on December 29. They had evaded detectives for days, staying four days at 68 West Superior Street with $1,468 gone from their funds.
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Roberta B. da Janon
Irederick Cohen
Philadelphia
Chicago
Miss Delanon
Robert Burst
Milionaria Sesd
Quaker City
Cohen
West Superior Street
Poison linked death of Terre Haute jeweler and suspect witness
Terre Haute police seek Effa Sellesberry a woman from Terre Haute now said to be in New Orleans as a witness in the death of W. H. Helman a jeweler. Helman was found unconscious in a hotel room and died possibly from poison after notes alleged she gave him poison in Chicago coffee. One theory is Helman drank poison voluntarily while perhaps mentally affected.
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Indiaman
Terre Haute
Ind
Agaffe Sellesberry
New Orleans
Indiana
W. H. Helman
Helman
Chicago
One Fireman Killed in St Louis Hotel Blaze
A blaze in the Cambridge and Barnum hotels in downtown St Louis killed a firefighter and injured six others. Fireman Harry Tasche perished after a doorway blast of flame. Assistant Fire Chief Haynes was overcome but rescued. About 200 hotel guests fled into the street as smoke overwhelmed several women amid near zero temperatures. property loss estimated at $100,000.
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Biaxe
Cambridge
Barnum
St. Louis
Harry Tasche
Haynes
Tasche
Convict Ferrer Confesses to Black Hand Order Murder
Dominick Ferrer, charged with killing George Phelps a real estate collector in Albany, was found guilty of murder in the Bret degree. Ferrer admitted to a New York detective that he belonged to the Black Hand group called The Family of the Dead Bodies and acted under the society’s orders.
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Secret Society
Contexuion
Dominick Ferrer
George
Phelps
Bret
Albany
N. Y
Ferrer
New York
Society
Minister Guilty in Abduction Case at Ottawa
After a two day trial in Ottawa Kansas the jury found Rev Wallace M Stuckey guilty on two counts of abducting Lorena Sutherland a 16 year old parishioner The court set penalties at one to five years on each count and the sentence will be determined later
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Couriet
Ottawa
Kan
Wallace M. Stuckey
Lorena Sutherland
Williamsburg
Mississippi River Icebound Between St Paul and Grand Tower
The Mississippi River is frozen from St Paul Minnesota to Grand Tower Illinois with ice dams at Chester Crystal City and Jefferson Barracks. Ice in the St Louis harbor ranges from one to five feet thick leaving river craft locked in.
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Mississippi River
St. Paul
Minn
Grand Tower
Chester
Crystal City
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Robbers Crack Spencer Post Office Safe in Mass Heist
Five robbers overpowered two policemen, locked them in a steel vault in Spencer town hall, and cracked the post office safe. One officer was seriously injured as the thieves escaped with about $20 in stamps.
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Spencer, Mass
President Taft's anti trust plan urges national court of commerce
Taft submits a long message asking Congress to unify enforcement of interstate commerce law. He seeks a five judge United States Court of Commerce, federal control over holding companies, prohibition on railroad stock acquisitions, and a national corporation law to curb abuses while preserving efficient production. The speech favors centralized federal oversight and continued prosecutions of trusts.
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Taft
Congress
Court of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commission
United States
Taf@n Messe
Senate
United States Court of Commerce
Interstata Commerce Commission
Circuit Court of the United Sites
Circuit Court of the
Department of Justice
Lisle
Nieonal
Arigen
Fereral
Pete Dixelyauro
Department of Commerce and Labor
Greak Trusty
New Senate Democrats Leader Chosen Against His Will
Sen ator Hernando De Sots Money of Mississippi becomes minority leader in the U S Senate despite reluctance. A Holmes county native aged 70 with a university education, he is a lawyer and planter who served in the Confederate army until 1864, later joining the Senate in 1897 after 14 years in the House.
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Hernando de Sots Money
Mississippi
Congress
C. A. Culberson
Bacon
Senator Money
Holmes County
Gee
Federal incorporation vs compulsory license proposal
The text argues against federal compulsory licenses for interstate corporations, asserting existing anti trust injunctions suffice. It suggests corporations will either break apart or ignore federal charters, and advocates a federal incorporation law drafted by the attorney general forCongressional committees to consider.
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Deeres
Congress
Transatlantic Passenger Travel in 1909 Falls Short of 1907
The 1909 yearbook shows total New York steamship passengers near 1,730,000 with 1,247,244 westbound and 482,756 eastbound. Eastbound traffic remained lower due to U.S. industrial mood, while first cabin business in 1909 nearly matched 1907 levels.
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United States
New York
Steel profit sharing plan prompts wage employee stock issue
United States Steel Corporation eyes profits through employee stock incentives amid labor tensions. The firm offers 24,000 shares of preferred stock at 128 dollars per share with a 1 million dollar bonus pool, plus a 7 percent dividend and a 6 dollar per share five year bonus for five year holders. Employees pay over three years via payroll deductions not to exceed 26 percent of pay, while unions expect resistance as labor friction grows.
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United States Steel Corporation
Federation of
Jabor
Steel Trust
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Harlow
Joe Thomas
Hamilton County
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Coe
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