Davenport officers to face court martial over prize fight
Captain O W Kulp First Lieutenant James D Mason and Second Lieutenant Dan Evans of Davenport Company B were arrested for disobeying orders to stop last night’s prize fight. A military board will hear charges within eight days while steps to impeach Scott county’s sheriff and attorney follow. Davenport residents mock governor Cummins, claiming the fight went ahead legally and the militia was merely a spectator presence at the Coliseum.
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Kulp
Davenport
Des Moines
O. W. Kulp
James D. Mason
Dan Evans
Byers
A. B. Cummins
Scott County
Iowa
Albert B. Cummins
Main Street
Commonwealth
William H. Thrift
Oliver W. Kulp
Oliver
Lewis Eckhardt
Kid Herman
Sheriff Eckhardt
Chicago to decide boxing bout outcome for “ Kid ” Herman
The bout started after 11 o'clock and finished around midnight with no decision given. It is understood a decision will be rendered in Chicago and bets will be settled according to the referee's ruling.
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Kid” Herman
Chicago
Davenport Ministers Adopt Wary Attitude
Davenport ministers refuse joint talks with German-American and Commercial club unless aimed at enforcing state liquor laws. They condemn any plan to undermine law and back full abolition of wine rooms and vice. Anti-Saloon League seeks a Davenport plaintiff to press liquor law cases. none found yet.
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Davenport
Davenport Ministerial Association
German-American Central Association
Commercial Club
Ministerial Association
Anti-Saloon League
Des Moines
Iowa State Anti-Saloon League
Davenport is a Rotten City Described by Rev Sunday
Muscatine Iowa November 23 1910 three thousand townspeople endorsed Governor Cummins stance on the Davenport prize fight incident and denounced Davenport in revival tabernacle remarks. Rev Sunday called Davenport the rottenest town in the U S and praised law enforcement while noting past ties to his friends there.
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Muscatine
Cummins
Davenport
William A
Tabernacle
Bryant C. Preston
First Congregational Church
Willits
First Methodist Church
Scott County
U. S
Sunday
United States
Revival Draws Crowds In Townwide Event
Sixteen persons were converted at the revival tonight and 170 at the children's meeting this afternoon, marking a strong turnout for the townwide event.
Bryan and Roosevelt Meet Over Banking Plan In White House
Washington November 23 Roosevelt and William J Bryan conferred in the White House for about half an hour. Bryan described the talk as a polite call and discussed his depositors insurance plan, favoring government backing with minimal assessments on national banks and urging state banks to consider guarantor roles. He also signaled openness to tariff changes on newsprint paper and wood pulp. In Iowa Deloit ships sand daily to Pittsburg glass factories, boosting the town’s growth as sand shipments rise and local employment expands.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
William J. Bryan
White House
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Congress
Certificates Held Up Over Iowa Teaching Exams
Des Moines reports County Superintendent Elliott of Black Hawk County refuses to register teachers certificates from State Normal Cedar Falls exams directed by the state board and supervised by President Seerley. He argues exams and certificates are illegal, prompting potential court action. The state board sought to save teachers travel by testing at the Normal and deputizing professors to judge morality and fitness. Some teachers, already teaching in Black Hawk, may defy registration and face possible legal action to stop them.
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Deloit
Iowa
Pittsburg
Crawford County
Denison
Omaha
Des Moines
Elliott
Black Hawk County
State Normal
Cedar Falls
State Board of Educational Examiners
Seerley
State Board
Woman killed by a bull in Iowa tragedy
Miss Elizabeth Bell, about fifty, unmarried, was killed near Portsmouth Iowa when a short horn bull charged from a barnyard. She was crushed and gored and died shortly after the incident on November twenty second in Harlan.
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Harlan, Ia
Elizabeth Bell
Portsmouth
Iowa Corn Yields Ranked Against Illinois Says Sage
Des Moines reports Iowa corn will average 30.5 bushels per acre with 78 percent quality, while Illinois is projected at 36 bushels and 86 percent. J R Sage of Iowa weather and crop service questions the federal estimates, calling them largely speculative and possibly too high. He anticipates Iowa's forthcoming bulletin will refine the state yield estimates based on farm reports.
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Illinois
Des Moines
Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
J. R. Sage
Lowa Weather and Crop Service
Department of Agriculture
Sage
Iowa Crop Service
Iowa City Medical Dept Earns New York First Class Status
Iowa City medical department of the state university is placed by the New York medical examining board among the few first class schools. This means graduates can enter licensing exams without further qualification, reflecting another national recognition for the institution.
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Iowa City
Examining Board of
New York State
The
State University
Medical Examining Board of
State of
New York
Bohemian woman dies after self-inflicted wound in Iowa
Mrs Emma Peishah a Bohemian farmer's wife about thirty five was found unconscious with a bullet hole in her right temple at Spaulding township Creston Ia Tuesday afternoon She died Wednesday morning at 10 in a hospital Doctors found a rifle near her head and suppose she fired the shot herself possibly accidentally or in a personal crisis She had long suffered from swelling in a lower limb and had undergone an operation in Coakley hospital prior to the incident
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Creston
Emma Peishah
Spaulding Township
Joseph Peishah
Peishah
Coakley’s Hospital
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Captain Kulp
Packy
McFarland
H. S. & M. Clothes
Gobble & Heer
Billy
Evangelist—Muscatine
Mr. Roosevelt
Detoit
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