King Ellsworth the Kansas steer wins grand show title
King Ellsworth, a two year old purebred steer from Kansas State College Manhattan, captured the grand championship at the International Live Stock Show in Chicago. Shown under careful Kansas scientific feeding and management, he stood as the best in America, symbolizing Kansas agricultural prowess.
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Kansas Star Agricultural College
Manhattan
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Department of Animal Husbandry
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King Ellsworth
Symboleer
Blisworth
Agricultural College
Ellforth
Kinzer
F. W. King
T. R. Wright
Alexander Edgar
Dinser
America
King’ Hileworth
Bilsworth
Mitchell steer King Ellsworth sets value on prize goods
King Ellsworth, a pure bred Angus steer weighing 1750 pounds, was shipped in a private car from Chicago to New England for exhibition. He sold for eighteen cents a pound on the hoof and his prime cuts were sold for Christmas dinners.
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King Ellsworth
Chicago
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America
Annual Winter Reception at Memorial Hall Delights Dakota Wesleyan Students
About 250 students from Dakota Wesleyan attended the annual joint winter reception hosted by two Christian associations at Memorial Hall. The event featured mingling, games in the girls gym, a grand march, refreshments, musical numbers, and talks by Miss Judith Greggson and Lawrence Todnem, who discussed the Volunteer convention at Rochester and the contest's equal opportunity prize system. The piece also outlines a Republican prize contest with a 1910 Maxwell auto as head prize, valued at $1,000, plus a McPhail piano and several other instruments and watches, with ten scholarships offered by Dakota Wesleyan University and a call to get in the game.
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Dakota Wesleyan
Memorial Hall
Judith Greggson
Lawrence Todnem
Rochester
Western Motor Car Co
McPhail
Bechtold & Fritz
Dakota Wesleyan University
Taft Seeks Interstate Commerce Reform in Congress
President Taft sends a special message detailing amendments to the Interstate Commerce Act. Proposals include a U S commerce court, DOJ prosecution of IC C cases, power to alter or cap carrier rates, par value payment rules for capital stock, a general interstate corporate law, tighter anti abuses, and clearer employers liability rights.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Interstate Commerce
Congress
United States Commerce Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
Commission
Methodist Revival Draws Bigger Crowds and Strong Music
A revived Methodist gathering drew larger audiences each night with a choir of fifty to sixty and a full auditorium. Stanley Morris led an enthusiastic orchestra providing songs and accompaniment while Dr. Hoagland’s address emphasized inner power and moral instinct as guardians against evil. New members joined the church as existing members commit to a renewed life.
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Stanley Morris
Mr. Tibbet
Mr. Tibbets
Dr. Hoagland
Christ
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Pinchot Dismissed as Chief Forester by Taft
Taft dismissed Gifford Pinchot chief forester and associates Overton Price and Alexandria Shaw for insubordination. The move follows Pinchot’s letter read in the senate and an inquiry into Ballinger Pinchot matters. Congressional vote shifted power away from Speaker Cannon amid insurgent Democrat gains.
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Gifford Pinchot
Roosevelt
Taft
Overton W. Price
Alexandria C. Shaw
Forestry Bureau
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Dolliver
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Congress
House
Joint Investigation Committee
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Cannon
Mitchell gains new Milwaukee trainmaster named Charles A. Anderson
Charles A. Anderson replaces as trainmaster for the Milwaukee system from Sanborn to Chamberlain and the Running Water branch with headquarters in Mitchell. He has 24 years with the Milwaukee company and rose from Emmetsburg to chief train dispatcher at Sanborn before relocating to Mitchell. Frank M. Smith of Mason City IA continues in the dispatch office as chief in charge.
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Charles A. Anderson
Milwaukee
Frank M. Smith
Mason City
Mr. Anderson
Milwaukee System
Sanborn
Chamberlain
Running Water Branch
Mitchell
Anderson
Milwaukee Company
Shelby
Emmetsburg
Iowa
W. A. Peterson
Smith
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