Political reshuffle and tariff notes from national events
Reports from Hot Springs place Hitchcock as saltmaster general in Taft's cabinet while tariff reform and political maneuvering dominate the scene. Other items note ministerial resignations, indictments in Chicago elections, and regional disasters from mine explosions to tornadoes across the U S, with ongoing fiscal and diplomatic developments.
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Hot Springs
Hitchcack
Republican National Committee
Taft
Sanctioned actions and political shifts reported abroad
Reports note the Shah of Persia blocking a constitution, and Taft’s inaugural plans. Nebraska bar backs new supreme court judges, lynching in Union City shocks. National committees report funds and tariff talks loom as Congress drafts long awaited measures.
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Persia
National Democratic Committee
Sayan
Hitchcock
Taft
Nebaska Bar Association
Supreme Bench
Union City
Tann
Nebraska Lodge No. 1
Knights of Pythias
Omaha
Order
Samus
Kennedy
Medical Reserve Corps
Army Retiring Board
James W. Vondusen
Medical Corps
Cannon
Wille
Secret Service
Lavitur
Providence
Indiana
Bryan
Ohada
Watson
Debs
Breston
Wisgen
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General backs rural package plan
Washington reports FP V De Graw urges rural free delivery to handle packages up to eleven pounds with special postage and uniform carrier duties. He says a targeted merchandise carriage system could boost department revenues, aid merchants, and improve rural service without harming existing methods.
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Whalhington
FP. V. de Graw
Bureau
Mr. de Graw
Congress
de Graw
Ames Students Win Honors at International Live Stock Show
Ames students from the long Agricultural college at Atics won the judging contest at the International Live Stock show. University of Nebraska placed second and Texas A and M third. Iowa led in judging. Cheyenne Wyoming reports quarantine and enforcement against foot and mouth disease as deputies sworn in by Dr W S Teck to enforce the quarantine.
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Ames
Chicago
Long Agricultural College
Atics
University of Nebraska
Texas Agricultural College
Iowa
Nebraska
Tenas
Iown
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wys
W. S. Teck
State Board of Sheep Commissioners
Magoon Salla From Cuba Negotiates Troop Withdrawals
Washington Governor Magoon departs Cuba for Tampa on Tuesday and will reach Washington on December 3. He comes at Secretary Wright’s request to discuss the best methods for withdrawing troops from Cuba.
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Magoon Salla
Cuba
Washington
Magoon
Tampa
Fla
Wright
War Department
Four New Supreme Judges Named by Governor Sheldon
Governor Sheldon named Judge Jacob Fawcett of Omaha and Lincoln’s John J. Bullivan along with W. B. Roge of Lincoln and Jesse L. Root of Plattsmouth as supreme judges. The four were appointed late Monday. terms run one year for Sullivan and Fawcett and three years for Rose and Root with a yearly salary of four thousand dollars.
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Sheldon
Jacob Fawcett
Omaha
Lincoln
John J. Bullivan
Columbus
W. B. Roge
Jesse L. Root
Plattsmouth
Sullivan
Wawcett
Rose
Root
International Live Stock Exposition Opens at Stock Yards
Classy Horses and stock from Chicago and Britain arrive to the expo with 2600 pound steers and a 2600 pound bull. Five Shires delight crowds as English royalty admires the horses. Monday arrivals push the event toward its zenith as farmers, breeders, and spectators gather.
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Chicago
King Wilward
Stock Yards
Ships Head for Home Manila Departure Ends Round-the-World Voyage
With the Manila departure on December 1, Rear Admiral Sperry leads sixteen ships in a notable round-the-world voyage. The fleet turns its prows toward home waters as the distant journey concludes. A liquor dealers meeting in Washington is noted in the same issue.
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Manila
Sperry
Iowa Legislature to Tackle Broad Tax and Governance Reforms
An outline of proposed measures for the upcoming Iowa legislative session includes creation of an insurance department with a governor appointed commissioner, reorganization of the railroad commission, taxation reforms for mortgages and banks, establishment of trust companies, rail terminal assessments, city viaduct controls, expanded agricultural funding, annual insurance dividends, river pollution controls, and a state tax commission. S. H. M. Byers of Dex Moines is a candidate for United States minister to Switzerland, with no other foreign postings expected.
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Marianna
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
United States
Japan
Far ‘East
Guthrie
Isthmian Canal Commission
Chicago
Ejeven Indjictmeste
Freud
Antil Capluses
Eleanor Cowper
New York
Turkey
Austria
Serena Payne
J. W. van Cleave
Ohio
Chas. P. Taft
John Gardner Coolidge
Nicaracos
Coolidge
Nicaragua
Castere
Iowa
Illinoia
Missouri
South Dakota Land Department
Faulk
Hyde
Potter
Cummins
W. T. Allison
Pacific
Fayne
van Cleave
Picthoda
Arkansas
Roosevelt
New Colored Young Men's Christian Association
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Michigan
Barbara Bik
Herhang
Owa
Ennot. Des Mointa
Towa
Busines
Insurance Department
Senate
State Railroad Commission
Hud
Railroad Commission
State Agricultural Department
Java
Tuwa
S. H. M. Byers
Dex Momes
Switzerland
Terary Tur
Wttle
Ues
Banner Potato County Touts Big County Crop Figure
Ceeston Grandy county claims top status in Iowa on bean crops. Last season 360000 bushels of potatoes shipped from the county at an average 45 cents per bushel, yielding farmers about 160000 dollars. Prosecution of hunters planned after recent fires blamed on hunter carelessness.
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Banner
Ceeston
Grandy County
Tximuer
Iown
Pardon Board Delays Rainsbargers Case to January
The pardon board will review the Rainsbargers after January, citing insufficient investigation. The Rain s bargers, once heads of a horse thief gang, presented their case. local visits and public sentiment were considered. A decision on George Weems and a pardon for W A Richards were also discussed with the governor.
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Pardon Board
Hes Moluckse
Fife
Ramsbergers
George Weems
W. A. Richards
United States
Mciherson
Tha Federal Court
Dairy Association Adopts Dairy Education and Pricing Reform
The Waterloo Dairy association approved resolutions urging the legislature to fund short courses in dairying statewide and to cover reasonable compensation to owners of cattle slaughtered after tuberculin tests. It also urged a law prohibiting price discrimination on milk cream and butter fat.
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Dairy Association
Waterloo
General Assembly
Officers Ja Killed in Murray Clash with Bulgarian Gang
In Murray a confrontation ended with Officer Ja dead after his skull was crushed during a dark pitched battle with a Bulgarian gang. A search warrant for stolen goods was sworn by O. H. Garret. Mayor Bufler deputized Martin and four others to inspect cars occupied by foreigners. The sequence reached the second car before the scene deteriorated.
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Murray
Oscenla
Howard Martin
O. H. Garret
Bufler
Martin
Prairie era notes mix of bank merger and local events
Cedar Falls National bank absorbs Cedar Falls Sayings bank and will occupy new quarters. Reports mix in town: shooting near Brainerd, a man losing an arm after a severe wound, a Mason City assault bound over to grand jury, and a civil war veteran dying of heart trouble. Prognostications of a hard winter by Lake City seer Rufus Hamlin. Grandstand funds for Grinnell College athletic park. multiple jail escapes retaken. road work and park expansions noted in Glenwood. farmers short course dates set. various legal actions and local accidents described.
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Cedar Falls National Bank
Cedar Falls
Muscatine
Cot
John H. Munroe
Lake City
Rufus Hamlin
Venee Posts
Sava Rufus Hamlbs
Wayfield
Iowa College
Grinnell
Tie
Carl Renstein
Nebraska Asylum For the Insane
Lincoln
Logan Farm
Glenwood
Ed Dalton
Fremont
Mills
Mottie Morgat
Jamaica
Corm
Morgan
Wiliam Countryman
Benton Elgin
Winols
Morrison
Morrison Fall
Sterling
Brownbridge
Larry GH
Tama
Park Commissioners
Chienga, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Iowa
Hettom
Iowa Agricultural College
J. C. McCabe
The
Logan Observer
Cigil
Harrison County
McCabe
Harrigan County
Northwestern Railroad
B. D. Wolf
Parlereburg
Walt
Matt Allerton
Mason City
Henry F. Liebke
Board of Control of State Institutions
Henry W. Rother
Iowa School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
William Butler
le Grand
Costa
Roman Ruins of Nimes and Pont du Gard Highlight Ancient Engineering
The article extols Nimes as home to preserved Roman monuments including the Maison Carree temple and the Gateway of Augustus, noting the arena where bulls are seen today echoes gladiatorial history. It describes the Pont du Gard aqueduct near Romans, France, built 27 BC by Marcus Agrippa, spanning the Gard valley with three tiers of arches 180 feet high.
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Nimes
Augustus Caesar
Diana
Nemausus
Hadrian
Romansins
Gard
Marcus Agrippa
Pont du Gard
Rome
France
Oxygen for athletes foreseen by researchers
New York reports that Dr. F Smith of Fordham University says oxygen is the athletic food of the future and will smash record tables. Dr. A A Stagg of Chicago plans to test inhaled oxygen on football players this fall. Dr. Grea notes oxygen is the vital air and believes pure air will aid performance with no harm.
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W. H. Hayward
Victor Rosewater
Cardinal Gibbons
Republican National Committee
Cannon
Chicago
Nebrasika Ber Association
New York
F.'. Smith
Fordham University
A. A. Stagg
University of Chicago
Grea
Gambling tale in town gates hints at loose licenses
A stranger asks if the act covers all games of chance in the town. The native replies with disbelief and notes the marriage license office is wide open, highlighting a lax regulatory scene in Chicago Daily News style.
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Chicago“Daily News
Dean's Kidney Pills Restore Health After Severe Pain
A testimonial states heavy back pain kidney trouble and irregular secretions improved after using Dean's Kidney Pills. The ad also promotes Defiance Starch as safe for fabrics and mentions a humor clip about a literary club.
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Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Foot Care Salted with Quack Remedies Detour
A garbled OCR style snippet appears to reference Allen's Poot-Ease and foot care preparations amid nonsensical phrases. The text hints at a patent medicine tone with claims about foot treatment and a line about a man following his natural chant while staying straight. The fragmentary source lacks clear events or identifiable entities beyond the remedies and a dated sales pitch.
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helps Denver Woman
Mrs A Gregory of 2355 Lawrence St Denver writes that Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured years of female troubles after an unsuccessful operation. The letter endorses relief from backache bearing-down pains and periodic discomfort, noting the remedy's 30 year standard status and seeks other women to write for advice.
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Pinkham
A. Gregory
Lawrence St
Denver
Col
Lydia II
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