Local residents readied for holiday visits across towns
The lists of residents plan travels and visits over the holiday season. Names include Mrs Edward Gentery and Blanche Gaumer traveling from Des Moines to relatives in Dae tava and Columbus, with many others from Mt. Pleasant to Eddyville, Des Moines, and Fairfield visiting family.
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Tava
Edward Gentery
Quincey
Blanche Gaumer
Columbus
Jamelion
Lonm Graham
J. C. Thorne & Son Dry Woods
Breed Ward
Wendell Glotfelly
Sinter
J. W. Koch
Eddyville
Iowa
Ih. McCray
Smith Center
Kansas
J Co Thorne
Chas. Gage
Mt. Pleasant
C.D. Hough
Hogland
Packwood
Walter van Tassel
Keokuk
Harrison Hogland
S C. Douglas
Mtt. Pleasant
South Up Street
Moses Martin
Glasgow
Leon. Pickett
Des Maimes
Fairfeld
Mroo
Lovin “Phoma
Newton
Public Sale on Hayden Farm Near Libertyville
Public sale at the Hayden farm one mile southwest of Libertyville on Tuesday January 7 1913 at 10:00 a m. Includes 5 horses 2 yearlings 7 head cattle 40 head fall shoats 12 Rhode Island Red hens 24 Sephorn hens farm implements and various items with cash and credit terms. Proceeds benefit Ladies Aid with J A Wolp as proprietor and W H Cooper and Chas Riggs as clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayden
Libertyville
Rhode
Milwaukee
Rock Island
J. A. Wolp
W.H. Cooper
Chas, Riggs
President names Industrial Commission members today
President Tah named the following as members of the Industrial Commission to study workingmen's conditions and improve capital labor relations. Senator George Sutherland Utah George Chandler Conn Chas S Barrett Georgia Frederick A Delano Illinois Adolph Lewisohn New York George F Schwedtman Missouri Austin B Garrettson Cedar Rapids Iowa John B Lennan Illinois James O Connell District of Columbia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tah
Industrial Commission
Congress
George Sutherland
Utah
George Chandler
Conn
Chas, S. Barrett
Georgia
Frederick A. Delano
Ilinois
Adolph Lewisohn
New York
George F. Schwedtman
Missouri
Austin B. Garrettson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
John B. Lennan
Illinois
James O'Connell
District of Columbia
Local social notes and holiday travel plans
Miss Jessie improves and hopes to regain health. Charlotte Johnson visits Lincoln Hastings Nebr with grandparents. Harriett Seymour from Ottumwa visits Parsota College. Mrs I N Biddle returns from Centerville. Robert Anstead plans Christmas visit from Omaha. Mr and Mrs W E Johnson travel to Lincoln and Hastings to meet daughter Ruth. Warry P Thorne ill. Gertrude Conner returns from Wisconsin for holidays. Mrs Paul Grooms reports mother G W Simmons improving in Birmingham.
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Charlotte Johnson
Harry Johnson
W. £. Johnson
Lincoln
Hastings
Nebr
Harriett Seymour
Ottumwa
McElroy
Women
Parsota College
I. N. Biddle
Centerville
Robert Anstead
Omaha
N. C. Anstead
East Burlington Street
W. E. Johnson
Ruth
Fairfield
Warry P. Thorne
J. C. Thorne & Son Dry Goods
Burlington Street
Gertrude Conner
Wisconsin
W. H. Conner
South Main Street
Paul Grooms
Birmingham
G. W. Simmons
Rag-pickers organize union in New York City during November
The rag-pickers of New York City form a union with activities planned in November. Leaders and participating members unite to protest working conditions and seek collective bargaining rights. Local governments monitor organizing efforts and potential demonstrations.
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New York City
Congressional Doings In Senate And House Actions
The Senate elected Gallinger of New Hampshire and Bacon as presidents pro tempore for the current session. Sutherland proposed adding impeachment hearing rules by the Judiciary Committee. Burton pressed a one cent postage law after July 1 1913. Bailey to give farewell addresses January 2 3 and resign thereafter. The House advanced private bills. bills passed include 400000 toward Denver federal building and Labor Day holiday. Other measures include railway valuation study for New York New Haven Hartford and a term limit change for House members. Cline called for livestock carriers to average 15 mph in delivery.
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Washington
Senate
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Bacon
Sutherland
Committee On Judiciary
Committee On the Judiciary
Supreme Court of the United States
Burton
Bailey
House
Denver
Redfield
Berger
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railway
Grand Trunk Railroad
DeForest
Representative Cline
Army Strength shifts with 4455 Enlisted Gains
Washington reports the regular army shows a net 4455 more enlisted men year over year while officers fall by five. Authorized strength stands at 4992 officers and 87141 enlisted, with actual 4650 officers and 87965 enlisted. 1017 officers retired. Navy short by about 6000 but recruiting improving after earlier declines.
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Washington
Ofrigadier
George Andrews
Army
Navy
Supreme Court busts coal trust in anthracite ruling
The Supreme Court declares the coal price cartel broken, holds the Reading and other railroads illegally conspired to shut out rivals, and voids 65 percent contracts. The decision opens the way for Sherman anti trust actions against railroads and signals imminent suits to dismantle the trust. Justice Lurton writes. Justices Hughes Day Pitney take no part. no dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anthracite Coal Trust
Spreme Court of the
United States
Reading
Lurton
Department of Justice
Justice Lurton
New York, Wyoming & Western
Temple Iron Company
Tidewater
Simpson and Watkins
Simpson and Watkins Collieries
Harriman
Standard Oil, Tobacco Trust
Railroad
Justice Department
Hughes
Day
Pitney
Harvest er trial resumed in Chicago documents letters read
Testimony in the Harvester Trust dissolution suit continued before Special Examiner Robert S. Taylor. Morning proceedings centered on letters, including a 1907 missive from Cyrus McCormick to the U S Attorney General, noting the International Harvester company did more than 90 percent of U S business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harvester Trust
Robert S. Taylor
Cyrus McCormick
United States
International Harvester Company
Taft Delays Panama Trip Due To Slight Cold
President Taft remained in the White House library due to a slight cold contracted last Saturday. Major Rhoads said the illness is not serious but he chose caution to avoid delaying Taft’s planned trip to Panama on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Panama
Washington
Taft
Rhoads
Elgin Butter Board Abolishes Quotation Committee
Elgin IL December 17 Elgin Board of Trade acts during a wild session abolishing its quotation committee before the government had served notice of dissolution. Dissenting faction bolt marks the annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolt
Mlein
United States
Elgin Board of Trade
Missing Vessels in Port Reach Galveston
Standard Oil reports the steamship Impoco and the barge Hainaut of its fleet, previously thought lost in the Gulf of Mexico with 86 aboard, have arrived at Galveston Texas. The messages indicate recovery after peril in the Gulf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Impoco
Hainaut
Standard Oil Fleet
Galveston
New York
Del 17
Standard Oil Company
Gulf of Mexico
Tex
Bandits Rob Kyle Bank For 38000 Dollars
Four armed men struck the State bank at Kyle Texas stealing about 38 thousand dollars. They bound the night watchman Ralph Guinne after seizing him and then drilled the safe with nitroglycerine. A posse with bloodhounds pursues the fugitives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Kyle
Night
Ralph Guinne
Mr Farmer Look Here ad echoes unclear text
An OCR fragment shows repeated rallying words MR FARMER LOOK HERE with scattered letters and no clear event or details. The readable bits offer no names, dates, or locations to summarize further.
Five ships sunk in sea battle amid Dardanelles clash
Telegram from the front reports five ships sunk as Turkish and Greek fleets battled near the Dardanelles. Turkish envoys threatened to quit the peace conference over Greek presence, while Balkan delegates demanded Adrianople. Austro-Servian tensions ease as a Servian minister arrives in Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Constantinople
Balkan
Dardanelles
Tenedos
Vienna
Priszend
Blind Viennese Woman Scales 11000 Foot Peak
In Vienna a 30 year old blind woman, intensely fond of mountain climbing, recently reached the summit of Monte Clevedale with her husband. The peak stands about 11 000 feet above sea level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sivid
Vienna
Monte Clevedale
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