Des Moines River Improvement Backed by War Dept
War Department advised Congressman Hull that preliminary engineers report on the Des Moines river shows strong support for improvements. Army engineers to act via St. Louis before a final congress submission. cost estimates to follow once survey is complete. Representative Kennedy expects rapid rivers and harbors committee backing.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Hull
Des Moines
Congress
Division Engineers
St. Louis
Army Board
Des Moines River
Army Engineers
Kennedy
Iowa
Rivers and Harbors Committee
One killed and one shot in Le Mars quarrel
Delbert Church, 27, is dead and his brother Elmer Church wounded in the arm after a quarrel at Fritz Roepke farm in Lincoln township. Otto Nigling, 40, is jailed on murder charges. The Churches chased Nigling from the house, and he returned armed, firing as they attempted to enter his home.
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le Mars
Delbert Church
Elmer
Otto Nighing
Fritz Roepke
Lincoln Township
Nigling
Roads In Bad Condition From Snow Clutter
Knott Iowa January 18 reports roads in terrible condition with one track travel and frozen snow forming a high solid surface. Vehicles tip when leaving the track and loads of corn or wheat dumped into roadside snow. Also Southeastern Iowa fair circuit schedules 1910 dates for Mount Pleasant West Liberty Wanpella Columbus Junction Donnellson Winfield with others to be set later. Senator Dolliver suffers eye gland trouble again and is largely housebound. Dr J P Gilmore of Allamosa jailed for ten years for causing death by criminal operation. Mrs Jennie I Berry national president of the Women’s Relief corps travels to Rochester for operation.
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Knott
Burlington
Mount Pleasant
West Liberty
Wanpella
Columbus Junction
Donnellson
Winfield
West Point
Fairfield
Eldon
Gilmore
Cedar Rapids
J. P. Gilmore
Allamosa
Fort Madison
Ellison
J. I. Berry
Jennie I. Berry
Women's Relief Corps
Rochester
Minn
President Names Iowa Postmasters
The president has nominated the following Iowa postmasters: Thomas W. Purcell Hampton William R Prewitt Onawa Myron Foster Early Oring Crane Spring Valley Samus Hale Tripoli James Rae Marcus.
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Iowa
Washington, D. C
Thomas W. Purcell
Hampton
William R. Prewitt
Onawa
Myron
Foster
Early
Or Ying
Crane
Spring Valley
Samus
P Hale
Tripoli
James Rae
Marcus
Confession Exposes Gunness Victims Scheme and Lamphere
Lamphere tells Rev Schell that he aided Mrs Gunness in killing and disposing of three men at the Laporte home in 1907. He describes chloroform killings, ax beheadings, and burial of victims including Helgelein Budsberg and Petersen Lien, noting motive and later profit disputes.
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Louisa
Poat-Dispatch
Ray Lamphere
Indiana
Michigan City
Bella Gunness
Laporte
Ind
Charnel Farm
E. A. Schell
Lamphere
Gunness
Gunnesa
Andrew Helgelein
Ole Budsberg
Tenness Petersen Lien
Lien
Jennie Olson
Stock broker S B Chapin suspended for 50 days
Simon B Chapin head of S B Chapin & Co New York suspended for 50 days and partner F D Countiss for 30 days by the stock exchange governing committee after the December 27 rock Island stock orders amid a semi panic. Richard A Jackson of Chicago resigned as Rock Island Company president and chair of the executive committee.
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New York
Simon B. Chapin
5S. B. Chapin & Co
No. 111
Broadway
Stock Exchange
F. D. Countiss
Rock Island Common
Richard A. Jackson
Chicago
Rock Island Company
Rock Island Railroad
Bennett Sabath white slave bill passes house
Washington reports Representative Sabath of Chicago scored against Mann as the Bennett Sabath white slave bill passed the house on Wednesday. The measure would deport aliens found in disorderly houses and make it a felony to import a person for immoral purposes. Also noted was a report that Judge Logal E Knappen may replace Judge Turton on the western district bench.
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Washington
Sabath
Chicago
Mann
House
Senate
Knappen
Lurton
Logal E. Knappen
Michigan
Horace E. Turton
Supreme Bench
Wickersham
President Tight Dies in California Sanitarium
William Tight aged 45 years, eight years president of the University of Mexico, died in a Glendale sanitarium where he was treated for acute stomach trouble. In Lincoln, C. O. Whedon announced as Republican candidate for United States Senate to oppose L. F. Burkett, whose term ends March 3, 1911.
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Tight
Usad
Albuquerque
N. M
William Tight
The
Unversity of Mexico
Glendale
Cal
Burkett
Lincoln
Neb
C. O. Whedon
Senate
United States
L. F. Burkett
Cleveland Workers Back Meat Boycott to Probe Costs
In Cleveland, 640 superintendents and foremen from 21 large manufacturers pledge to boycott meat for 30 days and urge about 7,000 underlings to join. If prices stay high, the abstention may extend to 60 days, affecting up to 30,000 residents. The pledge urges lawmakers to focus on meat costs and asks for broad cooperation.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
24 DROWNED IN SHIPWRECK Marshfield Ore
Seventy men on the steamer Czarina were wrecked at the Coos bay bar with two rescued and five or more believed saved including Capt Dugan and Harold Millia. Kentzell the first assistant engineer was found unconscious, later revived, and said Dugan and Millie were lashed to a mast. Others were last seen alive on the forward mast rigging as the vessel broke apart. Cadets at West Point face hazing convictions and dismissal pending secretary of war approval. Denver papers resume publication after a one year strike, with News Times Post and Republican returning to regular issues.
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Robinson
Miller
Denver
Cal
the News
the Times
the Post
the Republican
Wealthy Society Woman Killed in Runaway
Wabash Ind Mrs George Daugharty 42 a wealthy society woman was killed instantly when a sleigh runaway Saturday caused her to be hurled headfirst to the ground after the sleigh overturned two other affluent women were with her at the scene and survived.
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Wabash
Ind
George Daugharty
Taft Supports Raising Wreck of USS Maine
Washington reports President Taft backs a congressional bill to raise the wreck of the battleship Maine sunk in Havana harbor. The move aims to determine whether the explosion came from inside or outside the vessel with Rear Admiral Sigsbee, who commanded the ship, also favoring the ruling.
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Washington
Taft
Maine
Havana
McKinley
Roosevelt
Congress
Sigshea
Pittsburg graft arrests trigger new warrants for five leaders
In Pittsburg, warrants issued Friday target five prominent figures after months of graft probes. Named are Max G Sealle delinquent tax collector, Edward H Jennings bank president and oil/trust magnate, Frank A Griffin former Columbia National Bank officer, Frank F Nicola Pittsburg magnate, and Charles Stewart former council member. Bail amounts cited include ten thousand dollars for several and sixteen thousand dollars for Sealle, tied to alleged conspiracy and perjury. The case follows December arrests and ties to State Senator Flynn. Also: South Dakota corn show opens in Mitchell drawing farmers to the state event and showcasing a long standing gora palace repurposed with corn displays.
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Pittsburg
Max G. Sealle
W. M. Flynn
Benator Flynn
Edward H. Jennings
Columbia National Bank of Pittsburg
Pure Oil Company
Colonial Trust Company of Pittsburg
E. H. Jennings Brow
Frank A. Griffin
Columbia National Bank of Pittsburgh
Jennings
Frank F. Nicola
Monater North Bros
Charles Stewart
Busines
William Schempp
South Dakota
Mitchell
Northwest
Gora Palace
Coin counterfeiting gang busted in San Francisco
Secret Service men shattered a door to seize what investigators call the most complete coin counterfeiting outfit yet taken in this region. Three alleged coiners were arrested, Schoota Father, Protests Mother, Ludington, Mich. Charles Smith was fatally wounded by his 14 year old son Henry in his home after an intoxicated confrontation following threats to kill his wife.
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San Francisco
Secret Service
Schoota
Ludington
Mich
Charles Smith
Henry
Smith
Thwart Militant Conspiracy in Madrid Amid Political Turmoil
Dispatches indicate the government foiled a military conspiracy led by former interior minister Juan de Laci erra y Penafiel. Eighty officers were surrounded, forty implicated sent to fortresses, and several regiments relieved by royal decree. Rumors of Carlist uprising and Don Jaime’s manifesto circulate as Madrid and Barcelona report heightened tensions and barracks readiness.
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Paris
Madrid
Juan de Lacierra Y Penafiel
Providelal
Zort- Yenges
Recso
Pignatelli
Tempa
Rélcans
Moret
Don Jaime of Bourbon
Spain
Barcelona
Pinchot Statement frames conservation and governance clash
Gifford Pinchot, recently ousted as forest service chief, warned that conserving natural resources and preserving popular government are both at stake. He urged support for measures advancing conservation and government by and for people, while declining comment on his removal.
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Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Forest Service
Iowa
Federal charter plan would create national holding companies
Washington describes a 21 section draft by Attorney General Wickersham adopting Taft cabinet ideas for federal incorporation of business enterprises. The bill would establish a national holding company with a charter to oversee subsidiaries under state law and would bar activities like discounting bills and accepting deposits.
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Washington
Wickersham
Taft
ELOPING HEIRESS AT HOME IN CHICAGO CAPTURE
Frederick Cohen ex-waiter and Miss Roberta De Janon the 18 year old granddaughter of Robert Buls t eloped from Bellevue Stratford on December 29 with their gray fox terrier Tootsie. They were captured in Chicago amid police uproar and official hubbub. Also noted Detroit lawyer Ashley Pond died at 88 after a long career with Michigan Central Railroad. In Bridgeport Ohio Tom L Lewis of United Mine Workers accused fraud in national officer elections favoring William Green.
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Philadelphia
Frederick Cohen
Roberta de Janon
Robert Bulst
Bellevue-Stratford
Tootsie
Chicago
Prince
Detroit
Mich
Ashley Pondi
Michigan Central Railroad
Bridgeport
Tom L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
William Green
Body of Miner Oscar Mattini Found in Mina Mine
The body of Oscar Mattini, the last of four miners trapped by a mud rush in Mina, Negaunee, Michigan, was discovered Friday beneath several tons of sand. The incident occurred about a month ago when a sudden mud flow buried the workers.
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Lhat
Mina
Negaunee
Mich
Oscar Mattini
Old Fashioned Remedies and Whimsical Verse Collide
A playful snippet blends nostalgia for boyhood stomach aches with ads for Hamlina Wizard Oil and Wrigley's SPHARMINT. It weaves in satire on poetry and modern duty, ending with a light nod to faith and action.
Cuticura Remedies Promoted and Tuberculosis Fight Expands
An advertisement extols Cuticura Ointment for skin ailments and release with towels to protect clothing. The article notes increasing anti tuberculosis funding and programs with nearly $3.98 million in municipal appropriations plus over $4 million from state legislatures for TB work this year.
Bonnet Orders and a Little Customer
A vintage scene from Lippincott’s Magazine and Delineator shows a departee manager handling an elaborate bonnet order with specific measurements and decorative options. A four year old girl asks for a hat pin, offers a bright penny, and receives a kind response from Mrs Riggs as her mother’s a regular customer.
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Mary
Mra.riggs
H Peelar
When Dinner Come One Ought to Have a Saas Appetite
Reader letters extol Grape Nuts as a healthful breakfast and dinner appetite stimulant. An elderly grandmother reports improved appetite after breakfast with Grape Nuts and milk, while a 13 month old shows growing health after using the cereal. The column cites testimonials and notes the letters are genuine and timely.
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Childe
Wellville
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C.F. Paine & Co., Publishers
Congressman Hull
Albert
Otto Nigling
Senator Dolliver Buthered
Washington D. C
Dolliver
Borgia
Arch Murdereza
S. B. Chapin & CO
Rock Island
Harvard
Czarina Goss
Coos Bar
Mansfield
Ore
Dickingson
Porto Rico
Ralalng
Havana Harbor
Bud
Pinchot
Draftstaft
Walter
Shoe
Wrigley
Letus
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
Mazarea
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