Cooley Reappointed as Chief Engineer of Chicago Sanitary District
International interest centers on Lyman E. Cooley’s reappointment as chief engineer of the Chicago sanitary district. Known as the Father of the drainage canal, he has long opposed the Sag drainage scheme through the Calumet River, arguing funds should prioritize city sanitation as Chicago’s population grows.
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Chicago
International
Lyman E. Cooley
Chicago Sanitary District
Calumet River
Cooley
Desplaines Valley
Lake
Michigan-Huron
Earth
Arrests Sought in White Slavers Case in St Louis
Police search for two men who abducted 15 year olds Marceline Bursaw and Edna Schemerhorn from Winnebago Minnesota. The girls say they were enticed with marriage promises and held prisoner for ten weeks in a house until Marceline secretly sent a letter to her brother John T. Bursaw who located her with a policeman.
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ST. Louis
Marceline Bursaw
Edna Schemerhorn
Winnehbag0
Minn
Bursaw
John T. Bursaw
Infant grandson of the Kaiser in good health
Berlin December 27 reports say the infant grandson of the Kaiser narrowly escaped being a Christmas present to Prince and Princess August Wilhelm of Prussia and is in good health, as is the mother. The youngster is the Kaiser's fifth grandson, and Prince August is the Kaiser’s eldest son, married in 1890 to Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein.
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Berlin
August Wilhelm
Prussia
Prince August
Kaiser
Alexandra Victoria
Schleswig-Holstein
Continental Offers Special Sale of Smoking Jackets
The Continental advertises a special sale of smoking jackets with limited quantities and formatted prices. Proceeds likely support in-store promotions and customer discounts.
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Continental
Beaver Proves a Bonehead Worker
Chicago dispatch reports Ontario authorities may exterminate a large number of beavers from Algonquin park after they dam streams beyond the reserve. The beavers’ overzealous labor caused floods and farm damage, prompting calls to curb the population outside government protection zones.
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Nmdods
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Dominion
Departments of Lands, Forests and Mines
Ontario
Algonquin National Park
Algonquin
Canada
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Department of Game and Fisheries of
Algonquin Park
France Challenges U S to Golf Match
France has formally challenged the United States to a golf match for the first time in history. President Deschamps of Golf de Paris sent a letter to USGA secretary Robert C. Watson inviting four professional golfers to compete at La Benile links near Paris after the British Open. The challenge has been acknowledged and likely to be accepted.
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New York
Golf France
United States
Deschamps
Golf de Paris Club
Robert C. Watson
United States Golf Association
la Benile Links
Paris
Iowa County Society Guests and Local News Roundup
Visiting physicians attended the Wauk on County Medical Society meeting. Local aquaintances travel for funerals and weddings including Miss Verne Waterman to Mr Knute Ivandahl and Max Promnitz to Miss Martha Schaal. School notes report mumps, vacations, and a matinee treat at Cora's Theater. Decorah bans community dances after late December.
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Martha A. Miner
H. B. Miner
Monona
A. P. Bock
The
Republican
G. G. White
Elkader
C. P
Gertrude Bryant
Purdy
Nelle Purdy
Lincoln
Neb
Bernice Pratt
Mildred Johnson
Des Moines College
Verne Waterman
Knute Ivandahl
van Nice
Lillian Wampler
Entwisle
Cora’s
Horace van Nice
Decorah
H. J. Green
Ole Tesla
Union Prairie
Frank Fuller
J. F. Clyde
Osage
E. M. Hancock
F. A. Wildman
Redpath Vawter Chautauqua
Mayor Bans Boxing Fight For Cleveland Card
The Cleveland Athletic Club cancels the scheduled January 20 bout in Cleveland after Mayor Baker prohibits boxing matches. Jack Britton the New York lightweight and Pat Brown of Minnesota were to meet in the canceled event.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Baker
Cleveland Athletic Club
Jack Britton
New York
Pat Brown
Minnesota
Britton
Serpent of the Nile headliner at Majestic in La Crosse show
In the Majestic the vaudeville headliner MoveI DANCE reveals Cleopatra impersonation with a live serpent and original serpent dance amid scenic stage effects. Reba and Inez Kaufman, plus Frank Parish, La Marcia and dog act, and The Longworths perform strength, song and dancing numbers.
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Bothwell Browne
Majestic
la Crosse
Browne
Cleopatra
Reba
Inez Kaufman
Frank Parish
la Marcia
la Carcla
Longworths
Congres ses at Ghent World Exposition 1912
The Ghent world exposition of 1912 will host several international congresses including a teachers of domestic science gathering and a women in farming meeting linked to a general agriculturalists congress.
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Ghent
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