President Roosevelt Hosts White House Reception
A large official function at the West Wing drew a crowd as President Roosevelt greeted guests including cabinet members and district court judges. Diplomats and Navy officials attended, with special attention on the cordial exchanges and a celebratory mood marking the event. In Burlington, barbers strike disrupts services as over 100 workers walk out demanding higher pay and commissions.
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West House
Pennsylvania
Burlington
Saloon ban ends Muscatine booze era closes
Muscatine shuts all saloons at 10 pm on the 31st as the civic league with 1590 pledged members forces closure until operators meet legal requirements. Billy Sundar aided effort. W. I. Reach leads anti saloon drive to keep saloons out, following earlier Bartenders mulct law agreement.
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Civic League
Coleague
Billy” Sundar
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League
Sec Ord
New Railway in Operation Across Atlantic Northern Line
The Atlantic Northern and Southern railway opened a new line between Kimbalton and Atlantic. The first regular train ran Jan 1 with officers, directors, and about 200 stockholders in attendance at a New Year feast. Construction cost reached $300,000 funded by 700 stockholders, all local merchants or clerks. Enthusiasm grows for extending to Manning north and Villisca south.
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Northern & Southern Atlantic
Atlantic Northern and Southern Railway
Kimbaliton
New Road
Kimbalton
Manning
Villisca
Day for Davenport as saloons fail to open on New Year
Davenport marks New Year with saloons largely closed after service federation mailed bonds worth 3000 dollars to 151 saloonkeepers to file with the county auditor. Only a few filed. Schuetzen park and Suburban Island park may stay shut, cutting brewery sales. other cities report closures while Dubuque keeps normal business.
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Des Moine
Keokuk
Council
Ozkaloosa
Burlington
Dubuque
Jefferson Dr Wachendorf commits suicide to avoid US mail fraud charge
Dr C H Wachendorf of Her dale North Jefferson area died in Sioux Falls S C by shooting himself as US marshals closed in on him for alleged mail fraud. He had evaded capture for six months, facing a federal charge of using the mails to blackmail Henry Quaid a Omaha liquor dealer. He had traveled from Lidderdale to Manning and then Council Bluffs before his death.
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Dr. C. H. Wachendorf
Herdale
Sioux Falls
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United States
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Lidderdale
Henry Quaid
Omaha
Lidderdaile
Manning
Council Bluffs
Boys in Real Battle Near Guthrie Center
In Bear Creek vicinity Guthrie County a sham battle between two sides led to shotgun fire at close range during a rabbit hunting day. About a dozen youths participated. several were hit by lead shot, but no serious injuries were reported. Local authorities warned against improvised combat to prevent further harm.
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Bear Creek
Audubon County
Big Woods
Guthrie County
Town residents chase county horse thief
Residents in the cent part of the county have rallied over weeks to recover a stolen horse. A horse was taken from Rev. Ralah of Owasa, sparking a townwide search that led to finding the animal, which had been sold for a small sum. The thief is believed to have escaped. A lookout remains in place in hopes of catching the culprit.
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Owasa
Graft Scandal Hits Bluff Creek Deputy Officials
Four Bluff Creek deputies and constables in Monroe County including Buxton are under arrest for graft. Nelson Welker Ed Lee Andrew Blakely and Jim S face preliminary hearing after arraignment. County attorney’s affidavits fueled the bribery informations.
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Jim S
Coum
Refuse to Drain Lowlands Near Burlington
The county board of supervisors halted plans to drain the northern lowlands delaying a project costing about 250000 dollars and delaying an improvement that would raise the rate. Strong protests from landowners against the expense influenced the decision.
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Burlington
Board of Supervisors
Student seeks damages over interurban wreck suit filed
Earl Baird, a Town State college student, sues both Interurban and Northwestern after a wreck in Ames last month injuring several. He claims damages of 1300 dollars and notes injuries to the neck and spine. Notice sent in Story county and Boone.
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Earl Baird
Town State College
Story County
Boone
Baird
Falling Elevator Kills Man in Burlington Building
Joseph Satter died when a falling elevator crushed him at the new Chittenden and Eastmar building. He had come to see a friend among the workers and was beneath the elevator when it dropped. The incident highlights workplace safety issues and raises questions about building site protocols.
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Burlington
Joseph Satter
New
Chittenden & F
Night riders raid Russellville Ky burn tobacco houses
Three men wounded as masked riders destroy Frank W Work tobacco warehouse American Snuff Co factory Robert and Brown planing mill and other properties in Russellville Logan county. Authorities say mob rode in from Cave Springs, aimed to force growers to withhold crops from the American Tobacco Co, with troops now guarding Hopkinsville.
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Russellville
Logan County
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Clarksville
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American Snuff Company
Robert and Brown
Alfred
Underwood
King and Proctor
Joshua Knowles
Charles M. Roberts
Fivansve
Ind
J. R. McLean
J. H. Mosely
W. R. Bmee
J. Henry Mosely
Dr. Roberts
Forest House
Taiders
Cave Springs
Kentucky
Hopkinsviile
American Tobacco Company
Tobacco
Tobacco Srowers’ Protective Association
Germans Fear War Between Japan and United States
Berlin dateline reports German foreign office and admiralty view a critical interlude ahead for U S Japan relations. The Marine Rundschau credits US fleet strength with keeping peace if no war breaks out. In El Paso, former Iowa Governor Horace Boies lies near death from pneumonia, transferred by train to California bound hospital.
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Where Is The Jap Fleet Paris
The Patrie in its January 4 issue asks Where is the Japanese Fleet and runs an alarmist report claiming sightings cruising near Hawaii based on disputed reports.
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the Patrie
Hawaii
Wed After Forty Years Marriage in Stamford
Jeremiah O Meara seven years old and Helen Naughton sixty five were wed in Stamford Connecticut after a forty year wait. They were sweethearts when the Civil War began. O Meara enlisted, returned after the war, but could not locate his love. She believed he was dead and did not marry. They finally married yesterday, completing a forty year wait.
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Conun
Jeremiah O’meara
Helen Naughton
O'Meara
Rioting Reignites in Muncie Street Strike
Muncie Indiana saw renewed rioting as striking street railway workers faced strikebreakers. About 2000 protesters stoned cars, shots were fired with nine injured, and cars operated briefly under guards before the company abandoned attempts to run in the city. Governor's rep warned of state troops if violence continued. National Guard units were placed on alert across several counties.
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Receivers Appointed for Seaboard Line in Virginia
Judge Pritchard named R Lancaster Williams of Baltimore and B Davies Warfield to receivership for Seaboard Air Line Railroad. Bond set at 359000. Property includes main line from Portsmouth Virginia to Tampa Florida and branches reaching east coast and Atlanta Montgomery Birmingham.
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United States Circuit Court
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Charles Becker Dies by Own Action at 67 in Belleville
Charles Becker 67, director of the National Bank of Belleville, died by his own hand July shooting. A former Illinois state treasurer in 1888 under Gov. Fifer, Becker suffered from melancholia and his death occurred Thursday in Belleville.
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Oklahoma Bank is Robbed Enid Okla Robbers
A bank in Enid Oklahoma was robbed early Thursday by unidentified robbers. No injuries reported as police investigate the incident and review nearby surveillance footage. Local authorities urged residents to report any information leading to the suspects.
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Okla
Dr Nicholas Senn Dies Foremost Surgeon of the Central West
Chicago obituary for Dr Nicholas Senn a famed surgeon known as fighting doctor rises in the Spanish American War era named surgeon general of the Sixth Army Corps lieutenant colonel chief of the operating staff served in Cuba May through September and later wrote books He was American delegate to the Berlin medical congress in 1900 and to the St Petersburg Red Cross congress in 1901 born in St Gall Switzerland on October 31 1846.
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Nicholas Senn
Ghkcezo
Central West
International Medical Congress
Berlin
United States
International Red Cross Congress
St. Petersbuig
St. Gall
iSit
Train wreck injures dozen near Sunbury Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania railroad express from Buffalo to Sunbury collided with a light locomotive near Montandon early Wednesday, wrecking three coaches and injuring more than a dozen passengers as the heavy train could not stop in time after the opposing engine crossed onto the main track.
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Buffalo
Montandom
Here
Explosion at Fireworks Plant Kills Two Women
An explosion in the finishing room of a fireworks plant on Main Street East killed Sadie Ernst and seriously injured Mrs Lil O Connor who later died at a hospital. Mar Calligan suffered serious burns but is expected to recover as the roof collapsed and debris blew out one side of the building.
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Lil O'Connor
Mar Calligan
Main Street
Children Burn to Death in Fire at Steger Home
Explosion from a lamp in George Steger’s house in Collinsville set the residence ablaze. Three children aged eight, four, and 18 days died in bed as coal oil saturated clothing sparked the fire. the mother Mary Steger was seriously burned while trying to rescue them.
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George Steger
Mary Steger
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