Unsettled Week of News Notes from Across the Nation
A busy weekly digest reports Warren Grand a 14 year old in East Orange building an airship of Eternot type ready to fly when weather moderates. Roosevelt suggested as speaker of the house. Conners to testify on stock gains. Tragic murder cases and notable obituaries. Yale freshmen Harriman and Vanderbilt lead in class rankings. Beef trust prosecutions loom under Sherman act. Magazine rate tensions with post office. The Lincoln liner ships a menagerie for Roosevelt. Zelaya plans Brussels trip with family. A headless murder case shocks New York. Bank officials in Chicago to gain release. Canadian miners probe Lickel trust. Taft wins a partial caucus victory amid party splits. Fire in Philadelphia shirtwaist factory yields deaths. White slavery exposed in Michigan through arrests. Stock market turmoil hits Columbus & Hocking. New York tax actions against prominent financiers unfold. Ballinger graft allegations surface in Congress. Cook Pole claim debated by Copenhagen. Fort Leavenworth power politics favor an infamous convict. Milk price audit eyed for eight cents in NYC. Interior department investigators choose Lloyd and James for a special committee.
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Warren Grand
East Orange
N. J
New York
United States Independent Telephone Company
Arthur Shibley
Gotham
William Beverly Murphy
Middle West
Appleton
Wis
Elsie Sigel
Franz Sigel
Cyrus D. Foss
Methodist Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
Marjorie Gould
George .J.gould
Anthony J. Drexel, Jr
Philadelpha
Gifford Plaochot
Forester
United States
Civic Federation
Washington
Nathan Straus
Lakewood
Wiliam Averill Harriman
Vanderbilt “Webb
Yale
Beef Trust
New York City
Post Office Department
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Santos Zelaya
Nicaragua
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Brussels
Belgium
Whitechapel
London
Jennie Cleghorn
West Seventeenth Street
Paul O. Stoneland
Henry W. Hering
Milwaukee Avenue Bank of Chicago
Board of Pardons
Stolet, T
Illinoi State Penitentiary
Lickel Trust
Taft
House
Ballinger-Pinchot
Rainey
Illnois
Democratic Caucus
Mr. James
Kentucky
Joseph Chachkin
Michigan
Battle Creek
Ann Arbor
Lem Luy
Sagitaw
Columbus & Hocking Coal & Iron Company
Lathrop, Haskins & Co
J. M. Fiske & Co
New York State
Clark William
George Smith
Chicago
James Henry Smith
Wall Street
Smith
Ballinger
Hitchcock
Nebraska
House Committee On
University of Copenhagen
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
John C. Fetzer
Benjamin Thomas
Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Company
Charles R. Kappes
Fort Leavenworth
John R.walsh
John R. Walsh
Walsh
James T. Lloyd
Missouri
Ollia M. James
Interior Department
General Land Office
Henry T. Rainey
Lloyd
Governors end conference seek school not law gains
Governors finishing their Washington sessions deem them a learning experience rather than a path to national reform. Reports note Nelson’s anticipated final public appearance before facing Ad Wolgast in California next month and a deadly tunnel accident near Cold Springs where twenty men worked with nitroglycerin for New York City’s Croton aqueduct, leaving fifteen dead and five seriously hurt.
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Washington
Battling Nelson
Ad Wolgist
California
Kadie Lang
Chicago
Memphis Athletic Club
Cold Springs
New York City
Croton Dam
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Webbwood
Ont
Spanish River
Natchez
Miss
Thomas Taggart
Indianapolis
Ind
National Democratic
Harry Norton
A. O. Eberhart
Minnesota
Congress of Conservation and Agriculture
St. Paul
Denver
Col
Senate
Council Bluffs plans revival of street fairs for good roads
In Council Bluffs Iowa Mayor Thomas Maloney and business leaders push a September street carnival to fund the National Horticultural Congress and improve local highways. Projections show net proceeds of 4000 to 5000 dollars, with a substantial balance for road work if conditions allow. In Des Moines Iowa millers fund a 5000 dollar lab to test wheat and other grains to raise yield from seven to twelve million bushels annually, boosting farmers’ incomes.
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Council Bluffs
Thomas Maloney
National Horticultural Congress
National ‘Horticultural Congress
Commercial Club
Old Carnival Committee
Grand Hotel
Horticultural Congress
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Millers’ Association
H. A. McDonald
Iowa Minlers' Association
McDonald
Ready to Buy Water Plant in Waterloo
Waterloo will take over the water works within days after voters approved a 525000 bond. Of that, 360000 covers the purchase price and the remainder funds extensions. Mayor Doty appointed trustees J E Sedgwick secretary of Waterloo Water Co James Groat former mayor and T Wilson city engineer.
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Waterloo
R. A. Doty
J. E. Sedgwick
Waterloo Water Company
James Groat
T. Wilson
Ida County Assessors Pick Officers and Set Tax Schedule
At Ida Grove meeting of Ida County assessors J L McWilliams was named president and James Baxter secretary. The body voted to adopt last year’s tax schedule with increases for blooded bulls from 26 to 80 dollars and hogs from 3 to 4 dollars, among other adjustments.
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Ida County
Ida Grove
J. L. McWilliams
James Baxter
Plumbers Association Concludes Session in Cedar Rapids
The Iowa Master Plumbers' association adjourned after a three day session. The next meeting will be in Waterloo. Old officers including president J. F. Garvey of Mason City were re elected. The concl uded with a banquet at the Montrose Hotel.
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Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Master Plumbers’ Association
J. F. Garvey
Mason City
Montrose Hotel
Theater Men Lose Sunday Test Case
Cedar Rapids judge Trechler ruled against theater managers in a case to block a city ordinance banning Sunday theaters. He granted until February 15 to complete an appeal to the supreme court.
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Cedar Rapids
Trechler
Supreme Court
Corning Death: Local Man Shoots Self Thirty Miles North
Near Corning Charles Leipertev, unmarried and living fourteen miles northwest, shot himself in the head with a revolver and died. The motive is unknown.
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Corning
Charles Leipertev
Here
Hay At Seventeen Dollars A Ton Sets Local Record
Bridgewater Feed reports hay sales booming this winter. At a public sale of Wm. Warrior hay brought 17 dollars per ton, a banner high and the highest price paid locally.
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Bridgewater
Wm. Warrior
$200 an Acre for Land, Marshalltown
Farmer Alex Robbin sold his thirty five acre farm near State Center to Charles Hilleman of Pipestone Minnesota for 200 dollars per acre. Hilleman will take possession on March 1.
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Marshalltown
Alex Robbin
State Center
Charles Hilleman
Pipestone
Minn
Hilleman
Miss Warren Chosen Chair at Parsons College Fairfield
Miss Arletta Warren now at the state normal at Madison Wisconsin has been elected to the chair of Hinglish and literature at Parsons College Fairfield replacing Miss Cora D Smiley who resigned. Warren is a Worcester University graduate and earned a doctoral degree from the University of Michigan.
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Miss Warren
Ottumwa
Arletta Warren
State Normal
Madison $. D
Parson's College
Fairfield
Cora D. Smiley
Wosster University
University of Michigan
Pomeroy Man Gets Contract for Drainage District Work
At a county board meeting in Rockwell City the drainage district No. 22 contract was let. Labor bid came to 1535 dollars while tile furnishing bid was 2092 dollars. The drainage runs through Twin Lakes township.
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Pomeroy
Lake City
County Board of Supervisors
Rockwell City
Twin Lakes Township
Central Iowa Short Course prizes announced for Feb week
Over $1,000 in prizes are set for the annual Central Iowa Short Course association session during the week of February 7. A $104 prize will be awarded to graduates or rural school children for excellence in oratory and spelling.
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Marshalltown
Central Iowa
Bailey Heirs Named in Will of Pioneer Thom as Bailey
Silas Bailey falls heir to four thousand dollars and property. By the will of Thom as Bailey, a wealthy Camp Point pioneer, James W. Harlan of Iowa receives realty valued at fifty thousand dollars. Silas Bailey of Des Moines gets four thousand in cash and realty. Other leading heirs are listed in Phillips Maine and Lyzin Massachusetts.
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Silas Baily
Bloomington
Thomas Bailey
Camp Point
James W. Harlan
Iowa
Silas Bailey
Des Moines
Phillips
Maine
Lyzin
Mass
Defamatory Post Card Charged Man Waives Exam
Bari Ryder of Creston is charged with sending defamatory post cards through the mail. He appeared before federal commissioners and waived a preliminary examination, pledging to appear at the next term of court.
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Creston
Bari Ryder
Pends
Senator Ericson to Tour World in Seven Months
Senator C. J. Ericson will depart in about ten days from San Francisco for a seven months world tour. The itinerary includes the Philippines and Japan, then Europe. He plans to attend the passion play in Oberammergau in May.
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Senator Ericson
Boone
C- J. Ericson
San Francisco
Philippines
Japan
Europe
Oberammergai
Reed Dies at 61. Inventor of Reed Heater
W S Reed prominent Marshalltown inventor and former councilman dies after long illness from stomach cancer. He gained wealth from inventing the Reed heater at age sixteen and built a fortune from the device.
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Inventor Reed
Marshalltown
W. S. Reed
Hogs Stolen From Car On Siding
A carload of hogs loaded for shipment was stolen from a siding near Mason City. Thieves cut into the car, drove the hogs into sleds, and hauled away as many as they could, despite efforts by the buyer W C Johnson for Chicago packers.
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Mason City
W. C. Johnson
Chicago Packers
Farmer Burned to Death Near Harlan
Harlan County farmer George Roseman aged 60 living six miles north of Harlan was accidentally burned to death in his home after his clothing caught fire from a lantern when he fell and was rendered unconscious.
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Harlan
George Roseman
C. Brazelton
M. K. Flint
Flint
Power Plant at Kenwood Park Burns in Cedar Rapids
Fire at the waterworks Kenwood park power plant started by an overheated motor. The blaze caused about 1500 dollars in damage before it was brought under control. Cedar Rapids fire crews responded to the incident at Kenwood park.
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Cedar Rapids
Kenwood Park
Old Settler Davenport Gollinghurst Sr. Dies at 78
Davenport George Gollinghurst Sr. aged 78, pioneer Scott County settler died from injuries after a fall on an icy walk a week earlier. He was a longtime resident noted for local pioneering efforts and community involvement.
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Davenport
George Gollinghurst Sr
Scott County
Fell in Well May Die In Council Bluffs
Karl F. P. Anderson, 45, fell fifty six feet into a well when the rope broke during a rescue in Council Bluffs. He sustained a fractured skull and other injuries likely to prove fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Karl FP. Anderson
Youthful elopement shocks Marsnalltown officials
Ingledua, son of Mayor O J Ingledua, aged 19, secretly married Tama resident Anna May Erickson, 18, after slipping away to Des Moines with her. The event surprised his parents and townsfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsnalltown
Vari Ingieane
O. J. Ingledua
Des Moines
Migs Anna May Erickson
Tama
Auditor Probes Bank Tax Dodges in Iowa
Des Moines January 22 Auditor of State John L Bleakly has referred findings to Attorney General Byers seeking an opinion on whether Iowa bankers tax dodges by converting undivided profits into government bonds are legal If Byers deems the practice illegal wholesale arrests of Iowa bankers may follow Bleakly cites banks converting profits to non taxable bonds and then back to cash after assessor visits saying bankers should pay taxes like others and calling the method a clear dodge
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Des Moines
Iowa
John L. Bleakly
Bleakly
Byers
Breakly
Chicago
Mr. Bleakly
Riggs Favors Reorganizing School Governance in Iowa
J F Riggs argues against abolishing the school board. He supports reorganizing the board to appoint a buildings and grounds superintendent with a single focus, while the rest of the board remains to handle other duties. The piece also notes travel for road improvements, legal actions, and state agricultural updates.
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Riggs
J. F. Riggs
Mr. Riggs
Homer Miler
Jerry
Sullivan
Des Moines
Doctor Robbed by Jesse James Dies in Des Moines
Dr Billa M Gray returns from Sioux City with her father Dr Sidney Mosher who died there after a long career in Sioux City. Mosher survived by wife and six children, two in Des Moines. A famed early robber by Jesse James is noted as a life oddity in Mosher's biography. An unrelated local notice covers postal company name change denial and a large carpenters union fee rise.
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Jesse James
Billa M. Gray
Sioux City
Sidney Mosher
Mosher
Gray
Mabel Mosher
Des Moines
Carpenters
Carpenters’ and Millmen’s Union
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