Cold wave death toll rises as Great Lakes storm rages
A fierce winter storm sweeping from the Mississippi to the Great Lakes left at least eight dead and many injured. Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa saw tornados, frozen towns, and widespread property damage as wind, sleet, and zero to near zero temperatures battered Nebraska to Dakota.
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Nebraska
Dakules Union
Josa
Ife
Wisconsin
Illinois
Great Lakes
Chicago
Oxforville
Rock County
Milton
Virginia
Springfield
Iowa
Dead Moines
Dakota
Deadwood
Hyde murder trial juror handshake triggers questioning
In Kansas City on November 3, Pierce Kane, a young attorney, was questioned about his handshake with a juror in the Hyde murder case. The court released Kage after explaining actions. Abraham Morgan of Independence and James N. Harper were named jurors, with 35 men qualified. Riots accompany New York’s looming general Teamsters strike as strikebreakers face resistance in street cleaning depots.
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Kansas City
Hyde
Pierce Kane
Kage
James N. Harper
Gidea
Abraham Morgan
Independence
Teamatera
New York
Af al
Departiment
Carta Mannad
Carnegie gives 26 million to New York corporation
Andrew Carnegie announced a 26 000 000 gift to the Carnegie corporation of New York created last June under a New York charter to promote knowledge and understanding among Americans. Other items note a man jailed for drinking liquor on a Burlington train in Wisconsin and a major fund drive completing a 500 000 endowment for Huron College in South Dakota.
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Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Corporation of New York
New York
United States
LaCrosse
Wis
Burlington
Charles Buckenridge
Highland
Buckenridge
Wisconsin
Huron
Huron, & D
Huron College
Northwest
Press Berates Kaiser's Son During Reichstag Debate
German press flays Crown Prince Frederick William for openly displaying pleasure at critics of Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg amid the Morocco affair with France. Newspapers call the incident frivolous and dangerous and warn it could signal a hardline war party image abroad.
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Frederick William of Germary
Releastag
von Bethmann-Hollweg
France
Berliner Tageblatt
Vorsosche Zaltung
Vorwaerts
Cologne Gazette
Frankfurter Zeltung
Seriou
Viefertr
Swofford Indicted for Mail Fraud in Kansas City Firm
J Swofford former president of Aworfbra Brothers Dry Goods Company of Kansas City was indicted by a federal grand jury on using the mails to defraud. He allegedly sold $200000 worth of stock to buyers while misrepresenting the firm’s condition and promising large returns.
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Kandae City
J. Swofford
Aworfbra ‘Brothers Dry
Gooda Company
Karieas City
Swofford
Rock Island Strike Delayed Three Weeks
Action toward the threatened walkout by Rock Island shop employees was postponed three weeks. General manager J N Tinaman refused to treat with the federation, and the federated committee set the dispute to time until the AFL convention opening in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Rock Island
Striku
JF N. Tinaman
J W. Dut
Tinaman
Federated Committee
American Federation of Labor
Atlanta
Ween
Find Body of Man in Shark Near Pensacola
After a one hour fight the plant shark was killed by a dozen men near Pensacola Florida. The twelve foot plus shark devoured Jules Antoine. its carcass held the body and tattoo of an anchor on the back. Identification confirmed by tattoo.
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Jules Antione
Pensacola
Fie
Antoine
Trade Corridors See Substantial Yet Not Marked Change
A portion of the report notes that changes in trade corridors are not especially marked. Overall turnover remains substantial, with the southern region at a notable level, though not a complete stocking up.
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Brédatrect
Foochow Looting and Nanking Massacre Amid Yuan Crisis
Reports say Foochow defenses held while Manchus burned targets and hundreds, including women and children, were killed in Nanking. The throne wavered between hope and despair as Yuan Shikai could not travel for health reasons. Negotiations with General Li Yuan Bene showed cautious signs of potential compromise to avert more bloodshed.
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Yuan
Foochow
Kallers
Hebels
South Gate
Nanking
Ing
Pektage
Haos
Yuan Bhi Kai
Peking
Chang Shao Taen
Yuan Shi Kai
Tsi Liang
Manchuria
Foreign Board
Li Yuan Bene
Ure
Parcels Post Plan Favored by Incoming Congress
Washington reports indicate the next Congress will back a parcels post plan. The post office shows that domestic packages would cost 12 cents per pound with 16 cents postage and international parcels at 18 12 cents per pound. Support grows for a comprehensive system similar to postal banks.
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Washington
Thic Esteb. Hehment
Kesalon
Congress
Postofica
International Parcels Post
Platts Widow We's Married Aviator in New York
Mrs L J Platt widow of Senator Thomas Platt and WW Atwater aviator wed secretly at Saferd New York after a drive from Central Valley. They plan California voyage as Atwater joins Curtlas aviation school. In Central Valley they live in seclusion. Kansas City man finds twelve pearls worth 175 dollars in one oyster.
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New York
L. J. Platt
United States
Thomas Collier Platt
WW. B. Atwater
Mineola
Experts May Decide McNamara Case
Masses of twisted iron and photographs of great Rivierala will play an important part in the James D. McNamara trial in determining the cause of the explosion and fire that wrecked the Los Angeles Trior building. Whether McNamara by dynamite provoked those deaths would largely depend on expert testimony. Undertaker C. C. Boysen and Dr L. Hurtel were questioned by Coroner Tae tan regarding the deaths of ten people buried beneath the rubble of Mrs Lavrie Vermilya.
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McNamara
Los Angelena
James D. McNamara
Los Angeles Trior
Chicia
Siim
C. C. Boysen
L. Hurtel
Taetan
Grampe
Lavrie Vermilya
Muder Wrest
Secarged
Arthur Biyonette
Notable Figures and Incidents From Early 1910s News
Notable items include the death of Howard Pyle in Florence, Italy, mining disasters in Punasi lawney, and legal cases from highway robbery to adultery. The era notes Navy deserter declines, a college president’s death in North Carolina, a reprieve for a Washington murder convict, and various local crimes and trials across multiple states. It also reports hog cholera losses, a train disaster near Fort Scott, and demographic concerns about Native American populations in the Southwest.
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Howard Pyle
Othor
Florence
Italy
Adrian
Punasilawney
Fred A. Briggs
Minneayous
Ciger
Winneoxamier B. White
Parle
Vero
Daughters of the Confwicracy
Veenk Orff
Tumpton
New York
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Meyer Rev J BL Jones
Willam Woods College
Fulton
Winston-Salem
N. G
Taft
Mattle BK. Lomax
Washington
Jorda Sundberg
John Sundberg
Wis
Herman Babbits
Neenah
Burnell
Moses Fetton
Callao
Mo Wey
Jane Quinn
Creago
Decathr
Mosbaurger
Arthur Turntell
Canton
Henry Schilling
Leonard Enko
Fremont
Whiteattle
Minois
John F. DeGroat
J. W. Paying
St. Louis
San Francisco
Kansas City
Fort Scott
Newton G.dougherty
Peoria
Joliet
Trinois
Velyn Arthur Lee
Chicago
Mildred Dridges
Fisher
James Carr
Cleveland
Department of Sgriculture
Berlin
America
Soclary
Cincinnati
Knox
Anthony F. Wica
Wise
Evan
Iowa Happenings Highlight State Fairs and Leaders
Statistics show 1 155 000 attend fairs across Iowa with 91 events this year. Miss Alice Dilla of Osceola named president of the State Teachers association as women gain influence in education.
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Alice Dilley
Osceola
Cloeing
Weat
Union
Corey
She Atayé Board of Agriculture
Iowa
Munger
Sanborn
United States
E R. Mason
Wilson Favorite in Iowa
A Democratic county chairman poll in Iowa shows Governor Woodrow Wilson favored for president by 35 of 52 respondents, with Clark nine, Harmon three, Folk two and three non committal. The article also reports a confession by Frank Cornelius of Arlington that two Milwaukee railroad employees were cleared of charges after he admitted three years of robbery at a railroad depot, stealing about 1700.
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Iowa
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
C. G. Gathman
Wildorn
Wilson
Clark
Harmon
Folk
Frank Cornelius
Arlington
Fayette County
Milwaukee Railroad
Cornelius
West Union
Series of Burglaries Plague Webster City Area
Webster City Iowa reports a string of burglaries striking Richardson jewelry store Schoenherr drug store and other businesses. Looted cash, money orders, and registers were taken as several nearby towns Woolstock Britt and Kamit were hit in the past week. Local authorities vow to prosecute midnight prowlers and curb the burglary gang activity.
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Webster City
Surrey
Richardson Jewelry
Sehroerey Drug Store
Sheelwm Ultlard Pax
Jydestey
Plea via phone in Davenport food law case
A Davenport firm used a distant telephone link to plead guilty by phone for a food law violation. Justice F. J. Horack in Iowa City was summoned to hear the charge. a firm representative called in from afar, admitted guilt, and sent a $50 fine payment by mail amid a vinegar adulteration dispute.
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Davenport Firtm
Amazon
Little Man Evens Up in Neck Yoke Fight Near Idxhove
Henry Schutt, a farmer, and Barney Ipson, a farmhand, clashed in a fist fight near Idxhove. Ipson, smaller but armed with a neck yoke, struck Schutt, injuring him. Ipson was bound over to the grand jury as courts weigh use of a neck yoke in such encounters.
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Big One
Henry Schutt
Barney Ipson
Idxhove
Schutt
Ipson
Grand Jury
Van Houten Aims To Break World Corn Husking Record
Bert Van Hontes near Sidnay attempts to beat Ora Hopkins 217 bushels record with 210 husks in ten hours. Officials expect a second try soon as conditions improve and record might be broken.
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Bidnay
Bert van Hontes
Sidnay
Ora Hopkins
van Houten
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Forest Avenues
Carroll
W. B. Barney
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
Burney
Alice Dilla
State Teachers’ Association
Miss Dilla
Ommverad
Misa Alice Ditte
Oneeola High Pchod
F. M. Hammitt
Ottumwa
Idn Nolan Reynolds
Morn- Ingalde College
J. Q. McGlade
Corydon
Beerley
Mothers of Iowai
Homer H. Seerley
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falla
Iowa Congress of Mothers
Dea Maines
Seerley
Frank
Warne
John L. Bleakly
Lewis FP
Runck
Bleakly
State Board of Control
Julia A. Robinson
Dubuque
Beries
Bert van Houten Hooke
WII
Towa Atate Board of Health
Towa
Sumner
H. Walter Harmon
Atate Board
Spencer, Ia
Panny Hagerty
Clay County
Fort Madigan
Thomer Watson
Lowa
Watson
Mills County
Hopeville
Chief of Police
Cedar Rapids
Ed R. Smoyer
Marion
Police
J. .M. Carl
Carl
Smoyer
Tan
O'Callaghan
Des Moines
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O’callaghan
Tresndre
Madison
O’ Callagaal
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