Desertion Rise Among Des Moines Poor Hit By Winter Strain
Charity workers in Des Moines report an epidemic of desertion among families as cold weather nears. Salvation Army Sumane Society Associated Charities and the Overseer of the County Poor note rapid increases, with mothers and children left by deserting husbands. Brigadier McMillen says cases are unprecedented in scale for the city.
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Des Moines
Salvation Army
Sumane Society
Associated Charities
County Poor
Avery
Brigadier McMillen
Qrat
Denkon
Costly Blaze Strikes Clinton Brick Tower Plant
A gasolene line explosion ignited the brick tower of the American Wirecloth Company in Clinton. Firemen fought for over two hours to control and extinguish a blaze that caused about 15000 dollars in damage, partly insured.
Bright Causes Girl's Death After Playful Dog Attack
Gertrude, daughter of Engineer and Mrs JoHo awker, died in Creston after a neighbor boy playfully set a dog on her. The incident sparked brain fever that worsened in days, while her brother, present at the time, remains highly nervous and at risk of the same condition.
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Gertrude
Joho Awker
Creston
Boy Shot While Hunting at Voorhies Tragedy Report
A six year old Warold Eliot died from a rifle discharge during a hunting morning near Voorhies. An older boy Tarold, twelve, carried the rifle and stumbled on railroad ties causing the accidental shot through the abdomen. The incident raises suspicions of foul play in separate local criminal chatter surrounding Michael Cummings’ death. A banker’s bankruptcy petition is denied in St Louis after poker losses. A Des Moines juvenile court case sees Frank Leonard escape and risk reoffending. A Liscomb boy’s arm burns raise questions on possible amputation or graft. A Creston fireman’s miraculous belt incident leads to multiple fractures.
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Voorhies
Warold Eliot
Tarold
Fis Dwather Earl
Gon Maimer
Retewe I Denlvad Bankerape
Bennett Beigel
Des Moines
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Selgel
Fiery Accident Leaves Emma Miller Near Death in Iowa City
Emma Miller aged 18 is dying at her Iowa City home after attempting to start a fire with kerosene. Her clothing ignited and burned off across more than a third of her body. Neighbors heard screams and rushed to help but her condition remains grave with severe burns to her head, face, and both legs. Des Moines residents vote to fund a new city hall and tax relief for manufacturers, passing all but one precinct. John Wilson injured by exploding fermented fruit jar at Third and Orchard streets Des Moines while opening preserves.
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Emma Miller
Iowa City
Neighbora
Des Moines
Thia
John Wilson
Third and
Orchard Streets
Wilson
Tiskut Agent Resigns from B and Q Albia Post
UU. AH. Keamerick, longtime day Heket agent and operator for the B. and Q. in Albia, resigns after three years to join the National Union Coal Mining Company. He will work in the tonnage of the company store.
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Tiskut
UU. AH. Keamerick
Albia
National Union Coal Mining Company
Within Our Borders A string of local tragedies and notes
A stream of short notices from Iowa towns reports deaths, fires, accidents, and legal matters. One death follows peritonitis after a wreck near New London, another after apoplexy near Muscatine. A Colfax man faces wire desertion charges, a Stanwood barn burns, a coal miner dies near Charlton, and forgery returnees in Mason City. Other items cite a window injury in Muscatine, a Davenport suicide, a Polks County settler’s death, and political notes on women voters. The Dubuque steamer ends its season, a new grandstand plan emerges, and various minor incidents trail the day.”
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Iudward Rateliffe
Clemens
Burlington
New London
John Webb
Muscatine
William Jugsler
Colfax
Newton
Jussler
Miller Brothers
Stanwood
Andrew John Saunders
Coa
Megg Bros
Charlton
Fred Tawlson
Chicago
Mason City
Polls County
Sarah ¥. Oyler
David Oyler
Beaver Yond
Webster Township
Dan Moines
Iarold Ellliott
Voorhies
Jacob Walmos
Myrneat Rohnhof
Davenport
Fairmount Cemetery
Adio’ Federated Clubs
Creston
Des Moines
Palitien Equality Club
Melbourne
McChikey
N. D
William Hambleton
Myra
Hambleton
Sarah Wreckman
Dubuque
Diamond Jo Company
Keokuk
Iowa State
Executive Council
Morse and Curtis Sentenced in Bank Misuse Case
Charles W. Morse, director and major owner, drew fifteen years in New York for misapplying National Bank of North America funds. Alfred H. Curtis, indicted with Morse, had sentence suspended after jury clemency. Morse’s judge granted a ten day stay before execution. The cases affected his firms and three banks. wives fainted as verdicts were read.
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Charles W. Morse
America
New York
National Bank of North America
Alfred H. Curtis
Morse
Jim
American Tee Company
Trust
Consolidated Steamship Company
Curtis
Judge Hough
Newly Elected Governors of Middle West States
Judeon Harmon Democrat has been elected Governor of Ohio after serving as United States Attorney General in Clare Iynd's second administration. Born 1846 in Hamilton County Ohio, Harmon studied at Denison University and Cincinnati Law School, and held judicial posts in Cincinnati before private practice in Cincinnati. Carroll Republican elected Governor of Iowa, previously State Auditor and State Senator, age 48, active in politics since 1890. Hadley Republican acknowledged as Missouri’s first elected governor in 35 years, former attorney general, Kan City native. Nadley Bas Kansas, attorney from Jackson County, former prosecutor. Star, Democrat Indiana, lawyer and judge from Columbia City, Wabash College graduate, Phi Gamma Delta member. Marshall HOS, storyteller and public speaker, Democrat Indiana, prominent fraternity member.
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Judeon Harmon
Ohio
United States
Clare Iynd
Cincinnati
Mr. Harmon
Tamilton County
Tudson Harmon
Denison University
Cincinnati Law School
Common Pleas Court
Superior Court of Cincinnati
Beryl ¥. Carroll
Iowa
Senate
Carroll Ie Ed Sartl
Davis County
Republican
Herbert Hadley
Missouri
Ile
State University
Lawrence
Kan
Northwestern University
Chicago
Kansas City
Jackson County
Phong R. Starshall
Indiana
Columbia City
Whitley County
Wabash College
Phi Gaming Delta Hos
Kentucky Racing Board Refuses to Lift Bookmaking Ban
The Kentucky racing commission maintains its ban on bookmaking for races despite rival changes. Belmont Park saw Fair Play win the Municipal handicap over Master Robert by a length amid a 2 58 time. Yankton defeated Dakota Wesleyan 21 to 6 in football at Yankton.
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Kentucky Racing Commission
Walt Play
Colin
England
Dan Patch
Lexington
Hughey Jennings
Detroit
Yankees
Latonia Jockey Club
Yankton
Dakota Wesleyan
Mitchell
Belmont Park
Fair Play
Master Robert
Frank
Gill
New Orleans
I. Heagip
Louisville
W. I. Schulte
Zienap
M. H. Sexton
Rock Island
Chicago
James Hagee
Davenport
Iowa
Record International Live Stock Show Nominations Rise
The International Live Stock Show in Chicago from November 28 to December 10 at the International Amphitheater sets a new entry record with unprecedented nominations from Canada and strong U S participation. Railroads offer their lowest rates ever, with round trips on a two cent basis. Traffic managers expect over a million attendees, while sheep and swine classes limit entries to three and two respectively. Horse and cattle divisions attract top entries from major fairs, yielding the world’s largest show listings.
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Chicago
International Amphitheater
Canada
United States
Kluxon horn inventor credited in Alabama tale
Miller Yt. WWatchinson of Alabama is said to invent the Kluxon horn the most effective noise producer. A five pound device reportedly heard five miles away and as far as lighthouse beams. The mechanism uses a steel diaphragm struck on an anvil attached to a ram wheel driven by a battery to yield 24,000 vibrations per minute, producing a penetrating shriek directed by a horn.
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Miller Yt
Wwatchinson
Alabama
Jury Service Criticizes Courts and Lawyers
Hadley Ansalia Court Practice president Sladiey of Yate argues in an address that jury service is mishandled, voters in out of state regions avoid service, lawyers misapply law, and judges focus on precedent over actual facts in railroad and tax cases.
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Hadley Ansalia
Sladiey
Yate
President Outlines Final Message to Congress
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt has outlined a characteristic final message to Congress. He will stress unfinished business, press for anti trust reform, stronger railroad regulation, and expanded naval power while reserving tariff details for Taft after a March special session. He favors child labor legislation and may propose broad federal control of water powers with efficiency reforms to the bureau system.
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Washington
Congress
Java
Roosevelt
Taft
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commission
Appalachian
Internal Waterways Improvement and Development
Capaign Fund
Piscosa
District of Columbia
Menange
Battleshp Fiecer
scattered notes from a Louisville area news page
The brief item notes several minor items: a Jackson Opera House and some stores in London Kentucky were damaged with fifty thousand dollars of loss mostly uninsured. reports claim cocaine sales spread among Philadelphia schoolchildren with Toys as distributors. Joseph John Turtan, a long time postal worker in Brooklyn, aged seventy, near retirement after fifty five years in service. plans to seek cabinet representation at the American Mining Congress session in Pittsburgh December 2 to 5. Clerk James McKenny of the Supreme Court marks fifty years in the clerk’s office in Washington with congratulations and gifts.
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Jackson Opera House
London
Buena
Philadelphia
Josep John Turtan
Brooklyn
American Mining Congress
Trade review signals improving Chicago business outlook
The Weekly Review of Chicago trade notes a drop in commercial defaults and a healthier tone across sectors. It cites rising payments, growing manufacturing and rail equipment demand, firmer quarry and lumber prices, and a rebound in bank clearings to 126,243,314, up 10.1 percent from the year before, with 24 district failures reported and seven with liabilities over $3,000.
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Chicago
Weekly Review of
R. G. Dun & Co
Tron
New York leads as weather warms trade and orders rise
New York report notes election results and easing weather boosting trade across sectors. Wholesale and manufacturing show clear improvement with confirmed orders and new contracts. Pig iron, structural materials, and spring goods rise as several firms announce expanded capacity and longer running times. US weekly business failures total 206, Canada 33.
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United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Stepart
National Market Prices by City Show Mixed Farm Commodities
A sprawling list details cattle hogs sheep and grain prices across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Ottawa markets. Notable ranges include cattle 4.00 to 7.75, hogs 3.50 to 6.20, wheat 1.00 to 1.40, corn 0.49 to 0.72, and butter 0.25 to 0.30 per unit, reflecting regional price dispersion and commodity variety.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Pawnbrokers Fight City Pawn Transaction Ordinance
Pawnbrokers of Grand Forks oppose a city ordinance requiring a daily report of pawn transactions to the chief of police. Drafted from Minneapolis fores and echoed by Fargo, the measure would compel disclosure of patron business, which many patrons prefer to keep private.
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Grand Forks
Fores
Minneapolis
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