Washington News Roundup on Post Office Surplus and War Readiness
Summary of 1911 era reports: Hitchcock notes a postoffice department surplus for the first time since 1882 and urges a parcels port and postage readjustments. War Secretary Stimson warns the army would be unprepared in a major war, due to dispersed posts and few reserves. Navy findings confirm the Maine explosion in Havana harbor from an external blast. The Payne tariff board bill stalls in the Ways and Means Committee. Labor leaders denounce the McNamara brothers, while Elbert Gary urges U.S. government control of big corporations. Agriculture Secretary Wilson reports farm product values down for 1911 per census estimates. U.S. money per capita stands at 34.54.
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Maine
Havana Harbor
Navy Department
Washington
Joint
Army and Marn Board
Payne
House Committee On Ways and Means
Foreign Eight Die in Shensi and Persian Crisis Deepens
Reported from Sienfu and Peking describe mass killings in Shensi and Manchus slain by Chinese while 2,000 Russians approach Teheran amid martial law. The U S dispatch supports Shuster’s rights as Persian finances face upheaval. Panama shipborne goods worth nearly 100 million dollars move during 1911 fiscal year. Prince Chun abdicates as revolutionary forces press China toward constitutional government. George V and the Empress are part of a grand Delhi entry witnessed by 250,000 in India.
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Shensi
Peking
Sienfu
State Department
Shuster
Teheran
Persia
Coar
India
George V
England
Delhi
National Business League gathers on federal legislation
Leaders from commerce and finance across the country met in Chicago under the National Business League of America to consider federal legislation and advise Congress. The report covers notable trials, flights, mine disasters, court cases, and political moves shaping national affairs.
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Chicago
National Business League of America
Congress
Vanderlip Links Business Mood to Legal Turmoil
National City Bank of New York president Frank A. Vanderlip, in an Outlook interview, says businessmen and capitalists are unsettled by the chaotic situation from attempts to adjust bankers and law, reflecting widespread anxiety among financial leaders.
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Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank of New York
Outlook
To & Law
Iowa youths prep for state corn and cooking short course
More than two thousand boys and many girls are engaged in Iowa corn growing and cooking contests linked to the Iowa State College short course at Ames January 12 to 13. Prof E Bishop leads the clubs, with prizes totaling thousands of dollars including eight Washington trips for top corn yields and numerous cups, medals, cash and merchandise for wide varieties of gardening, sewing and cooking efforts.
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Ames
Iowa
Towa State College
Jan
Iowa Boys’and Girls
Extension Department
E. ©. Bishop
Washington,d.c
Reynolds May Leave Iowa for California Banking Venture
Des Moines report in the Chicago Banker says Arthur Reynolds president of the Des Moines National Bank may enter banking in California. Rumors tie his potential move to a January 15 decision and a larger bank consolidation dependent on his residency. Davenport Iowa City Line Sold to C E B Coon of Omaha.
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Reynolds
Iowa
Des Moines
Chicago
Arthur Reynolds
Des Moines National Bank
California
Six Story Hotel Proposal Presented in Ottumwa Meeting
W R Daum, Ottumwa capitalist, proposed a $200,000 six story hotel building to a gathering of business men. Sufficient stock pledges were secured to spur a campaign to carry the proposition through.
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Ottumwa
W. R. Daum
Hotel to Add New Wing at Fort Doige
Patrons at the 150 room Wehb konsa hotel prompt plans for expansion. Richard Snell heir of the late Tom Snell of Clinton Michigan announces a three story building will be erected west of the hotel next spring.
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Fort Doige
Wehbkonsa
Richard Snell
Tom Snell
Clinton
New Hospital Completed at City Park in Mason City
The City Park hospital, a three story brick building 126 by 60 feet, has been completed and turned over to its owners by the contractor. It cost 75000 dollars and is owned by local physicians.
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Mason City
City Park Hospital
Boy Fatally Wounded by Shotgun Accident in Marshalltown
Frank Wittig aged 15 accidently discharged a shotgun while handling it during rabbit hunting in Marshalltown striking Roy Snyder also 15 in the back of the head. Both youths were students, authorities reported no further details available at press time.
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Marshalltown
Frank Wittig
Roy Snyder
Death damages suit reopens in Albia district court
The $10,000 damage suit of John Teeter against Mocking Coal Co. over a miner death continues in district court. Teeter seeks compensation for the fatal accident at the company’s mines as the case proceeds.
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Albia
John Teeter
Mocking Coal Co
Prominent Sioux City Man Dies Suddenly at Home
Sioux City business leader Edgar H. Stone died unexpected from heart failure. A Yale classmate of President Taft, Stone built wealth through local ventures and was a notable figure in the community.
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Sioux City
Edgar H. Stone
Taft
Yale
Albia man found guilty of second degree murder
John Buford of Albia was found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to twelve years in the penitentiary at Anamosa.
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Albia—John Buford
Grailty
Anamosa
Storm Lake Votee School Plans New $60,000 Building
Storm Lake officials propose a new sixty thousand dollar school building to replace the current inadequate structure in Storm Lake Storm Lake.
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Storm Lake
Votee School
Storm Lake Is
Peters Claiming Record for Potatoes in Iowa Race
West Liberty farmer J. L. Peters claims the championship title in eastern Iowa for producing 550 bushels of potatoes by weight from a tract of ground just over two acres.
Muscatine Schools Closed Over Teacher Shortage
Two Muscatine county schools shut down due to the county superintendent’s inability to hire enough teachers. More closures may follow if hires are not secured.
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Muscatine
Muscatine County
Garrett Addresses 300 at Boone Northwestern Shops
B W Garrett, clerk of the supreme court, spoke first at the new Chicago and Northwestern railway shops in Boone to 300 Northwestern employees. The facilities, part of the Men and Religion Forward Movement, are said to be the largest between Chicago and the Pacific coast and will cost about 5 million dollars.
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B. W. Garrett
Boone
Supreme Court
Chicago& Northwestern Railway Company
Mr. Garrett
Northwestern
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Bank Deposits Rise Across 712 Banks and 14 Trust Firms
The state banking department reported deposits across 712 savings banks 289 state banks and 14 trust companies rose by 6 108 324 29 between November 10 1910 and November 15 1911 according to official returns to the state auditor.
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Banka
Des Moninea
State Banking Department
Dean Made Commissioner for Skunk River Ditch
Seth Dean has been appointed by Jasper county supervisors as commissioner to assess land for benefits to pay for the Skunk river ditch project. The plan straightens the river for twenty miles and costs about 175000 dollars.
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Dean
Glenwood
Seth Dean
Board’ of Supervisors
Jasper County
Skunk
Glenwood Grower Wins Big at State Apple Show
Glenwood resident J. W. Murphy dominated the St. Joseph Missouri apple exhibition last week. Exhibiting Mills county apples, Murphy captured twelve firsts and nine seconds across varieties. He took first and third on Jonathan apples and first and second on Winesaps.
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Glenwood
National ” Congress
Aid
Pastor Chastisda Assaults Church Leader in Urbana Village
In Urbana, a pastor named Chastisda of the Flack Vinton district severely pummeled William Clumberland, a leading church member, on village streets following earlier church matter differences. Disturbance stemmed from ongoing disputes within the church.
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Chastisda
Flack
Vinton
F.M. Wood
Urbana
Here
Pummeley William Clumberland
Four Homeless Girls Found Living in Lumber Pile Refuse
Four young girls aged 7 8 11 and 12 were deserted by their mother Mrs Hattie Gatton and found living in holes in lumber piles and subsisting on refuse from Tegiaur ants. They were dirty and half starved and were taken to the county farm.
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Hattie Gatton
Fish Saving Effort Underway at Glenwood Park Lake
State Game Warden Lincoln coordinates a plan to prevent fish loss as Glenwood Park lake faces freezing due to low water. Water will be pumped into the lake below the ice to maintain viability for the game fish.
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Glenwood
Glenwood Park Lake
Lincoln
Gonds for Shooting Buckley Bound to Grand Jury
Quimby Dan Buckley bound over to the grand jury under ten thousand dollar bond for shooting Ebb Hull in the back near Buckley's house. Hull says he stopped near Buckley's house and while talking to a friend he was shot from an ambush.
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Gonds
Quimby
Dan
Buckley
Grand Jury
Mahaska Grange marks 45th founding anniversary
The Mahaska Grange in Oskaloosa held a banquet attended by about 200 to honor the 45th anniversary of the Grange in Mahaska County. The society now counts roughly 1,100 members across the county.
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Mahaska Grange
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Display of Fruit Largest in Iowa Horticultural History
The forty sixth annual Iowa State Horticultural Society convention opens at the state house in Des Moines with William Langham presiding. Morning includes reports from Wesley Greene and F O Harrington and committee appointments. afternoon bids fruit men discuss orchard care. Over 200 boxes of apples prepared for display while premiums exceed 400 dollars.
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Desi Moines
Iowa State Horticultural Society
State House
William Langham
Cedar Rapids
Wesley Greene
F.O. Harrington
Williamsburg
Iowa
Laurent Greene
Ames
State Association
Ben Marks Trial Started in Council Bluffs
The trial in the state district court of Benjamin Marks a wealthy Council Bluffs resident charged with complicity in swindles linked to J C Mabray and associates who were previously sentenced in federal court about two years ago began after several postponements. George W Cossom Iowa attorney general holds personal charge of the prosecution.
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Council Bluffs
Benjamin
Marks
J. C. Mabray
Mabray
George W. Cossom
Iowa
Warning of Maine disaster warned two nights prior
Bedford December 12. A. C. Brice then consul at Matanzas Cuba says he was warned two nights before the Maine disaster would happen. He reports he told President McKinley but kept the warning private until now.
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Bedford
Special Naval Investigating Committee
Maine
A. C. Brice
Matanzas
Cuba
Belle Plaine Suits City for Damages Over Sidewalk Fall
Mrs Susan Ward sues Belle Plaine city for 2000 dollars claiming injuries from a sidewalk fall. Mrs 8 Pettit files a similar suit seeking 1000 dollars in damages.
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Belle Plaine
Susan Ward
8. Pettit
Sensational Case Settled at Glenwood Marriage
Miss Maud Rodman and Earl Mendenhall wed at Glenwood. Abduction charges against Mendenhall will be dropped after a case marked by a disappearance last August and years of arrests and sensational reporting.
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Glenwood
Maud Rodman
Earl Mendenhall
Will Have Quiet Trial in Deaf Mute Suit
Marshalltown James Johnson sues John A Welter and Dennis Milag for 50 pounds damages on a real estate matter. All parties are deaf mutes and an interpreter will be necessary before trial.
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Marshalltown
James Johnson
John A. Welter
Dennis Milag
Co operative Company Decision by Decorah Judge
Judge Hobeen in district court ruled that Farmers' cooperative companies cannot enforce special member requirements and must operate in the open market like other concerns. The decision limits internal restriction power and aligns co operatives with general market conduct.
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Co-operative Company
Decorah
Hobeen
Start Co operative Store Creston Plans Secret Meeting
Railroad men held a secret meeting in Creston to form a start up cooperative grocery store and meat market to end the grocers and butchers trust and gain supply control for members.
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Creston
Burglary at Avery Lumber Supply Store
A nitroglycerine blast hit the Avery Supply Company store on Avery Lane Brown. The safe was blown open and about $50 stolen. No suspects named in the readable text. Officers report a burglary with significant property loss.
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Sata
Avery Ln Brown
Avery
Avery. Supply Company
Jury awards $10,000 in Korab v Rock Island RR case
In a Rock Island district court verdict the jury awarded $10,000 damages to Paul A. Korab in the action against the Rock Island Railroad over the death of Elmer Little who was killed in Oxford about a year ago.
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Town City
Korab
Rock Island Railroad Company
Paul A. Korat
Elmer Little
Oxford
Body Found In Tree Near Skunk River
A well dressed foreigner was found hanging from a tree along the Skunk River near Fort Mailison. The body, not yet identified, was discovered by locals, and authorities are puzzled by the unattended death.
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Fort Mailison
Willowa
Skunk River
Decision of Interest on Farmers Co operatives Illegal
Mason City reports Judge Hodson of Win dishiek county ruled farmers cooperative associations pressuring members to sell hogs hay to the group are illegal monopolies in restraint of trade. Black Hander Pleads Guilty in Independence a 16 year old Donald Handley bound over to grand jury later pleads guilty pays a 500 dollar fine for threatening black hand letters to farmer Frank Richie.
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Mason City
Hodson
Windishiek’ County
Black Hander
Independence
Donald Handley
Frank Richie
Despondent Miner Dies in Shaft After Debt Distress
Seymour December 12 Louis Bylanchi a miner, driven by debts handed to a collection agency, leapt into the 200 foot Sunshitevuine shaft and was instantly killed. He leaves a wife and one child.
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Seymour
Louis Bylanchi
Interurban Promoters Claim Funds For Keota Line
Promoters of the Iowa City Oskaloosa interurban railroad say they have funds sufficient to build the line to Keota next year even if English capitalists do not provide enough for the entire route. The statement was made at a meeting in Iowa City on December 12.
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Interurban
Towa
City
Iowa City-Oskaloosa
Keota
Prominent Merchant Disappears in Mazon City
Mazon City reports prominent merchant E D Graham, after ten years in business, vanished last week with about $5,000 in his possession. His wife suspects foul play and has offered a $50 reward for information on his whereabouts.
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Mazon City
D. Graham
Pioneer Woman Injured as Lamp Explodes in Boone
Dec 12 Boone reports Mrs. R. E. Nolan, a pioneer, was badly burned when a lamp exploded while she carried it. The oil saturated her clothing and the injuries are likely to prove fatal.
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Boone
R. FE. Nolan
Western Canada farmer wins world prize for wheat
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy of the Canadian Pacific Railway posted a $1000 gold prize for the best 100 pounds of wheat grown on the American continent, open to US and Canadian farmers at the New York Land Show. Beager Wheeler of Rosthern Saskatchewan won the top wheat prize, praised for seed quality and farm discipline.
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Thomas Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific Railway
New York
America
United States
Canada
Beager Wheeler
Rawsthern
Bassatchewan
Wheeler
Rosthern
Columbus
West
Reathern
Hil
British- Columbia
Asahel Smith
Colorado Springs
Lethbridge
Alberta
Hotchkiss
Edmonton Bulletin
Empress ‘Hotel
Oln
Hom
Duncan Marall
New View of It. One Unlucky Day in the Week
Mr Growcher voices envy for the believer in superstition about Friday saying it is depressing yet another man feels Friday is not unlucky. He argues a person should be comfortable and confident that only one day in the week is unlucky.
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Mr. Growcher
Castoria Ad Claims Safe Remedy for Infants
A garbled ad claims Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children with a warning about discernment. The text mentions a man arrested for vagrancy and a peculiar misprint about teeth and gums, reflecting a turbulent, clipped newspaper page segment.
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Momere
Castoria
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Anti-Saloon League of America
Stimson
Jack
Wews and Means Committee
American Federation of Labor
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McNemaras
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Jans Wilson
Treasury Department
Jethmus
Panama
Prince Chun
China
McNamera
Bad Quentin Penitentiary
James B
John J
Los Angeles Times
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Llewellyn
Calbraith P. Rodgers
Pacific
Rodgers
Atlantic
Cross Mountain
Briceville
Tenn
John Welder “Mell
George E. Moody
Richland County
Company J
Ninth Dakota National Guards
Weldemeir
White Rock
M. D
Ohio
J. Doyle
Ormond B. Butler
University of Wisconsin
Fred J. Pritchard
Lilian Graham
W. E. D. Stokes
al Adams
Adams
Ausonia Hotel
Victor
Mahb-Fen-Gance
Fergus Falls
Mint
American Tobacco Company
Burley Tobacco Society
Lexington
Ber
Prohibition Party
United States Court
Buffalo
Standard Oil Company
New York Central
Pennsylvania
St Vincent’s Hospital
Indianapolis
Major
Missouri
Supreme Court of the United States
International Harvester Company
Supreme Court of Missouri
Davenport
Iowa City
Towa City
Davenportiowa City Traction Company
C. EB. Coon
Omaha
Waterloo-Oskaloosa
Coon
Daghard Products
Capitol
Ben’ Marks
Mabray “Gang
Brice
Western Canada
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