Cabinet Decisions Point to Limited 1908–09 Changes
Washington reports indicate the president will keep most of the cabinet, replacing Postmaster General Wynne with George B. Cortelyou. Shaw and Wilson likely to stay for a time. Hitchcock expected to remain. Some members likely retire before March 4 1909, with announcements to follow.
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Washington
Wynne
George B. Cortelyou
Shaw
Wilson
Hitchcock
Roosevelt
Washington Post
Hay
Moody
Morton
White House
Ames Wins First in Horse Judging at Exposition
Chicago December 17 W T Skinner announced results of the student judging competition opening the stock show at Union Stock Yards. Iowa Agricultural College Ames led horse judging with team members E B Thomas James L Cutter J D Ashby J A McLean R K Bliss C R Scott. Ontario Agricultural College and Michigan Agricultural College followed with Canada and Ohio, Texas, Kansas, Minnesota in order. Ohio Agricultural College Columbus won bronze steer prize. A W Martin of Ohio A C won $500 Alexander Ward Conover contest.
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Chicago
W. T. Skinner
Union Stock Yards
J. A. Spoor
Alexander, Ward & Conover
Agricultural College
Iowa Agricultural College of
Ames
Charles IF. Curtiss
E. B. Thomas
James L. Cutter
J. D. Ashby
J. A. McLean
R. K. Bliss
C. R. Scott
Iowa Agricultural College
Iowa
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Canada
Michigan Agricultural College
Texas Agricultural College
College Station
Texas
Ohio Agricultural College
Columbus
Ohio
Kansas Agricultural College
Manhattan
Kansas
Minnesota Experiment Station
St. Anthony Park
Minnesota
Ohio Agricultural College of Columbus
A. W. Martin
Keokuk Clerk Arrested in Mail Robbery Case
Walter Shaw, a night mailing clerk at the Keokuk post office, was arrested on charges of robbing the mails. Marked money from decoy letters was found on him as six months of missing funds are tied to the case. He denied the crime and await hearing, held on $1,000 bond.
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W. Shaw
Keokuk
Walter Shaw
Shaw
United States
Roberts
Death by own action in Garthwait case at Laclede hotel
Ottumwa reports coroner's jury verdict of death by self act after autopsy showed burns from carbolic acid in Charles F. Garthwait found dead at the Laclede hotel. Body sent to Frederic for burial today.
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Ottumwa
Charles F. Garthwait
Laclede
Frederic
Iowa Boy Has Done Well
The United States Signal Service pays tribute to Captain Geo. S. Gibbs of the signal corps in Washington for his commendable work over the past year or two. The notice appears in Harlan, Iowa dated December 17.
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Iowa
Harlan, Ia
United States Signal Service
Geo. S. Gibbs
Signal Corps
Washington, D
Telephone lines built by Alaska district officer
C., now serving as disbursing officer, earned fame for laying telegraph lines in the bleak Alaska districts. He is a graduate of Harlan High School and the University of Iowa.
Knoxville Man Is Not Guilty in Murder Trial
Charles Bridges was found not guilty of intent to murder after a four day trial in district court. He shot S M Stallings after seeing him with Bridges' wife on a January evening, but Stallings recovered and Bridges was acquitted on self defense.
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Knoxville
Charles Bridges
Des Moines Minister Aims for Indianapolis Postmaster
Rev. D. R. Lucas former Iowa pastor and Drake University trustee nominee for the Indianapolis postmaster position worth about 7000 dollars annually. He helped found Drake University in Des Moines and served long as pastor of Central Christian church before moving to Indianapolis.
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Des Moines
Amos Brandt
D. R. Lucas
Towa
Pos
Indianapolis
Ind
George G. Carpenter
Drake University
Central Christian Church
Alderman Pleads Guilty in Tampico Traffic Violation
J. M. Adams, Tampico alderman and city council member, admitted violating an ordinance by crossing street rails with a traction engine without planking. He rode the engine to move an old building, passed multiple crossings, then appeared before the council and a justice to plead guilty and pay a fine.
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Clinton, Ta
J. M. Adams
Tampico
Adams
Whisky Kills Foreman After Iowa Accident
Thomas Wilkinson, a grader foreman near Ottumwa, drew pay then drank whisky in Cedar Rapids. A switch engine knocked him down. he died eleven hours later. Doctors ruled whisky as the cause, not the accident.
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Cedar Rapids
Thomas Wilkinson
Ottumwa
Prominent Malvern Farmer Norton Missing Since Thursday
J R Norton of Malvern Iowa, a well known farmer living seven miles southeast, disappeared Thursday. He told a neighbor he would be better fixed financially when next they met. In poor health financially over two years, it is feared he left the country. He is about 55 with a wife and several children.
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Malvern
J. R. Norton
Norton
Iowa Man Louden Missing After Leaving Family in Minneapolis
Alexander M. Louden formerly of Mingo Iowa is missing after leaving his wife and two daughters in Minneapolis en route to eastern Montana. He left to buy fruit at Union Depot and has not returned. He is not known as a heavy drinker and the case has drawn onlookers from Hennepin County Poor Department.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Alexander M. Louden
Mingo
Louden
Hennepin County Poor Department
Montana
Union Depot
W W Kimball President of Chicago Piano Firm Dies
W W Kimball president of the Kimball Piano company of Chicago died at his home in Chicago Saturday morning. He was 76 and had been ill for six months.
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Des Moines
W. W. Kimball
Kimball Piano Company of
Chicago
Kimball
Freight Trains Collide in Chariton Delays
Chariton Iowa December 17 A fast stock train collided with No 92 way freight blocking the track and delaying service One man Tom Gayle of Chariton was injured but not seriously
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Chariton
Ueas
Tom Gaylee
Missing traveling salesman located after three weeks
E G Popejoy a Webster City commercial traveler who vanished three weeks ago was found in Sioux City by his brother in law P W Hiser. He had wandered in Sioux City after becoming incapacitated and returned to Webster City with his finder arriving this morning. Popejoy will likely resume his duties after a period at home.
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E. G
Popejoy
Webster City
Sioux City
E. G. Popejoy
P. W. Hiser
Wexlngton
Ill
Bile
Pépejoy
Hiser
Poejoy
Dubuque
Popej@y
Pretty Widow Waits in Vain for Bridegroom
Frank E. Brooks of North Dakota failed to appear for the wedding to Mrs. Olive Osborne of Hampton Iowa. The ceremony was canceled as guests gathered and the bride was prepared for marriage. Osborne, a telephone exchange central girl, mourned the abrupt change in plans. Brooks had been a laundry worker in Hampton, later farming in North Dakota, and returned ten days earlier amid rumors of the union.
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Frank E. Brooks
North Dakota
Olive Osborne
Hampton
Brooks
Osborne
A Brooks
Mrs. Osborne
Alleged Absconder Caught in Chicago
Cedar Rapids Ia Dec 17 Thomas McFarland financial secretary of the Boresters of America local court was arrested in Chicago this morning and an officer left to bring him back to answer a charge of absconding with 336 of the court funds. His peculations date back to near his election a year ago an auditing committee recently found a shortage and a telephone arrangement was made for him to explain to the committee. He took the first train out of town.
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Cedar Rapids
Thomas McFarland
Boresters of America
Chicago
Bersouk
McFarland
Oskaloosa Orator Wins Prize at Penn College
R Riley a senior won the $25 prize and college honors in the annual oratorical contest at Penn college. Errol Peckham took second with $15 and Miss Myra Hadley third with $10. Friends church ladies bazaar supported the event, selling Os kaloosa crafts. About sixty articles were sold and roughly $100 was raised for a new church building.
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Oskaloosa
R. Riley
Penn College
Errol Peckham
Myra Hadley
Ladies of Friend’s Church
Bigamy Arrest In Sioux City Man Separated From First Wife
Adolph Mathis, 67, was arrested in Sioux City Iowa on a bigamy charge brought by his second wife Lena Miller. He wed Lena last April while his first wife, still alive in Omaha with two sons, had been his spouse for 28 years. The second wife, 38, runs a restaurant in a large city.
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Sioux City
Adolph Mathis
Lena Miller
Omaha
Mathis
Big City
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