Important News Notes Of A Week Condensed For Busy Readers
A weekly digest notes Washington changes as Charles D. Hilles returns as private secretary to the president and Carmi Thompson steps down as US treasurer. O H Briggs of Frapport Me is named superintendent of supplies for the executive branch. Oscar W Underwood buys Maj Archies Butt’s Washington residence. The Agriculture Department’s vast output and a raft of counts mark the year’s activity. Uncertain outcomes and political shifts ripple through Congress and court decisions.
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Washington
Charles D. Hilles
Chatrpun
Republican National Committee
White House
Carmi Thompson
United States
O. H. Briggs
Frapport
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Briggs
Dr. T. CG
Marshall
Turkish forces hold Tchatalja as cholera ravages ranks
Nazim Pasha struggles to defend Tchatalja amid dwindling troops and a cholera outbreak in Constantinople reports. Bulgarian armistice proposals were rejected and Turkish operations ordered. Turkish cruiser Hamidie repelled a Bulgarian assault by sinking torpedo boats while Sofia claims a Turkish torpedo sank the cruiser. Greek forces seize Morina south of Monastir and isolate the Turkish rear guard retreating from Monastir after its fall to Serbia.
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Nazim Pasha
Tchatalja
Constantinople
Hamidie
Sofia
Morina
Monastir
Hoppe Wins 18.2 Balk Line Title In New York
In New York City, Willie Hoppe defeats Ora Morningstar 500 to 476 to retain the world 18.2 balk line billiards championship. George Slosson earns second prize as Morningstar claims third in another event. Simultaneous report notes a theft of ten thousand sovereigns from a London to Alexandria shipment.
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Kodi Yamada
Ora Morningstar
New York
Willie Hoppe
New York City
Hoppe
George Slosson
Iowa Editor Pleads Guilty In Obscene Mail Case
Frank A. Latter editor of the Billsworth News admitted guilt in federal court in Fort Dodge for sending obscene matter through the mails. Judge Reed fined him 25 dollars, while a separate case tied to Clarence Hartshorn involved post office thefts and a prison parole history. Other Iowa items include college service bureau appointment for Perry Holden, veterinary officers elected in Ames, and multiple local incidents from Des Moines to Council Bluffs.
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Frank
Bllsworth News
Iowa
Uncle
Falstaff
Reed
Fort Dodge
Ellsworth
Dilsworth
Clarence TI
Hartshorn
Corning
Council Bluffs
Post Office
Ranger
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Sapp
Pacific Junction
Iowa Penitentiary
Cegar Rapids
Perry G. Holden
The
Town Agricultural, Agsociation
Iowa State College
Ames
International ‘ Harvester’ ‘Company
Holden
Trn
Chicago
Service Bureau
C. H. Stang
Veterinary Department
Ames College
H. L. Stewart
Lacona
Alce Lowthers
Creston
John Lowthers
Dene Lowthern
Clyde M. Richardson
Keokuk
Lee County
Grand
George W. Curtis, Jr
Ferguson
Marshall County
Frank Gordon
Dow City
Morningside
Morningside College
Simon Vickers
Buchanan Street
Des Moines
Nels Bundy
Scheuerman Woolen Mills
Magonie
Charles City
Clarisa Rice
Maine Street
Grand jury indicts O Gara coal and railroads in rebates
A federal grand jury in Chicago returned indictments against the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Big Four and the Chicago and Indiana Southern railroads, charging rebates over 60000 and naming the O Gara Coal Company and its president Thomas O Gara. The case stems from an Interstate Commerce Commission probe into unlawful payments tied to New York Central system links.
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Chicago
Lake Shorea & Michigan Southern
Big Four
Chicago & Indiana Southern
Eskina Act
O'Gara Coal Company
Thomas O'Gara
O’gara Coal Company
Ates
Hurriabure
Til
Danyiile
Interstate Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Lake Shore Road
Coal Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
James 8. Harlan
James H. Wilkerson
United States Grand Jury
R. M. Huddleston
New York Central
George M. Glazier
Lake Short
Cleveland
W. A. Brewerton
O'Gara Coal Ca
Schrank Declared Insane After Roosevelt Shooting
Milwaukee November 26 John Schrank the New York man who shot Col Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee last month was declared insane by a five physician commission. He will be sent to the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane near Oshkosh. The report was presented before Judge August C Backus in municipal court. Schrank showed little interest as the commission discussed its finding. District Attorney Zabel said he would move that the criminal charge be dropped and that he be sent to the insane hospital.
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John ‘Gehrank
Theodore Roosevelt
Backus
Milwaukee
Schrank
Shepandoah
Northmore
Henry
Sundexman’s
Sunderman
Griffin
Expraga
Meek
Tha Atranger
Iowa
Big Ears
BB. McFarland
Gowrie
Turner
Cedar Rapids
C. W. Mageart
San Diego
Cal
Jessie Glidden
Marshalltown
Norma
Clarinda
Fifty-fourth Regiment
John Lochhead
Marion Steidley
Lochhead
Keokuk
Seasion
Hopevile
Murray
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Road
Boone
EH. H. Cunningham
Newell
Buena Vista County
Tower House
Sioux City
A J. Mon
Heron Lake
Minn
Seventh
Jackson Streets
West Liberty
Masonic Lodge
Marshal KH. B. McFarlin
Webster City
Paliceman Phipps
Lake City
Council Bluffs
A. J. van Duzee
Federal District
Dubuque
Tohn Schrank
New York
Col
Wisconsin State Hospital For
Oshkosh
Wis
August C. Backus
Zabel
Sidna Allen Found Guilty for Massie Murder in Virginia
Sidna Allen, leader of the Allen clan, was found guilty of murder in the second degree for the shooting at the Carroll county court at Hillsville last March that killed five people. The jury sentenced him to fifteen years in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Ford
Grand Napids, Mich
Ford
Martha Beeler-Seely
W. B. Seeley
Sharon
Lee County
Decorah
A. A. Waddell
Thor
Wytheville, Va
Wytheville
Sidna Allen
Allen
Carroll County
Hilleville
Thornton L. Massie
Belgium appoints Theodore Marburg as minister to Belgium
Named Belgian Minister Theodore Marburg of Baltimore designated minister to Belgium. He will succeed Larz Anderson, recently named ambassador to Japan, in a Washington announcement dated Friday November 25.
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Washington
Theodore Marburg
Baltmore
Belgium
Marburg
Larz Anderson
Japan
Grant Miners Demand In Charlestown Setback
Charlestown West Virginia November 26 The National Bituminous Coal and Coke Company which runs four mines and employs 600 miners at Weirdale slowed the scale Friday granting miners a 21 percent increase.
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Grant
Charlestown
W. Va
National Bituminous Coal and Coke Company
Weirdale
MacVeagh Seeks Resignation Of U S Treasurer Rantz
Washington November 25 Secretary MacVeagh asked for the resignation of Gideon C. Rantz as treasurer of the United States Friday because he is said not to be in sympathy with the policy of the secretary.
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MacVeagh
Washington
MacVeach
Gideon C. Rantz
United States
Night Shirts Sell to Missouri Customer in Quirky Tale
A traveling man seeks a merchant to sell samples in a Missouri town. A lank customer, trousers stuffed in his booth, asks about night shirts and jokes about selling a pair. The buyer replies that he does not stay up much at night.
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Mistouri
Lippincott’s
The Luckiest Man He Bhen So Miss Antique to Marry
A local notice proclaims the couple will wed, with the clergyman officiating and receiving payment while taking no further responsibility. The announcement centers on the groom and the ceremony.
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Bhen
Antique
Flo
Health Gospel Converts Coffee Skeptics With Postum Letter
A reader letter extols Postum as a cure for headaches and stomach issues once blamed on coffee and tea. The author cites personal and family improvements after switching to Postum, praising the beverage as satisfying and freeing them from nerves and ailments. The ad ends with a prompt to read The Road to Wellville and notes ongoing letters.
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Au Lantern City
Erd
Alice
Battle Creek
Mieh
Wellvills
Adv
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Oscar W. Underwood
Maj
Archies Butt
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
National House
John A. M. Adair
Indiana
J. W.abercrombie
Alabama
Abercrombie
Supreme Court of the United States
Trensury Department
First Nationail Bank
Ashley
Wilkie
United States Secret Service
Thomas Stevens
Clare Yant
George Darwin
District Court of Appeals
Los Angeles
California
Board of Supervisors
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Foundation
American Federation of Labor
Rochester
National
Woyman Suffrage Association
Philadelphia
Ortie B. McManigal
Tha
Times
James B. McNamars
McManig
Indianapolis
Postal Department
Charles W. Fairbanks
Jacksonville
Cal) Central
American Association For Highway Improvement
Gyp
Lefty Louie
Dago Frank
Whitey" Lewis
Herman Rosenthal
Charles Becker
Circuit Court
Cuyahoga County
Ohio
Issac ©. Huffman
Oxford
la Forrest R. Andrews
Ironton
E.G. Lewis
Willard
United States District Court
St. Louia
Lewis
Elavan Coutts
Charlie White
Pat” Moore
Kenosha
White
Alexandria
Egypt
London
Iowa News
State
Joseph A., Pavilsta
Grand Jury
Indigts
O'Gara -Coal
Company
Government
Dédhiréé
Steam Line
Fisl
Roosevelt
Mirtunef
Dean
Pilla
Nebraska
Més
Mary A
Bixier
Gordon
Nebrasta
Saya
Dolla
Rey Drag Store
Aba
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Pisa
Warrem
Man
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