Drake Contest Plagiarism Scandal Shocks College
John Booth of Colorado Springs faced a Drake oratorical committee after plagiarism charges. He admitted the oration “The Sublimity of Great Convictions” copied from Portraits and Principles, was ruled invalid, with Booth denying wrongdoing by claiming thought is common property.
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Des Moines
John Booth
Colorado Springs
Drake
Colorado College
Colorado University
Booth
Colorado Springs High School
Sheldon Bank faces receiver bid in Illinois petition
A petition filed with the clerk seeks appointment of R. W. Ady as receiver for the Sheldon bank in Indiana with a salary of 100 dollars per month. The filing notes 470 shares held by E W Brown and others as collateral, 31 500 in deposits due, and 32 600 in notes and bills receivable pledged as security, with a contingent liability from rediscounts and a pending Receiver Act report.
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Sheldon, In
Earl W. Brown
CC. Brown, Jr
Co. Sr
C. Brown
R. FE. Brown
Sheldon Bank
R. W. Ady
Ed C., Jr
Farr W
Brown
I. B. Richards
du- Northrup
Nation- Republic
Chicago
Desines Savings Bank
First National Bank of
Minneapolis
Nationa Bank of the Republic
Ff al
Butter Exhibit at Iowa dairy meeting in Waterloo
The Iowa State Dairy Association meets in Waterloo this week with a premier butter display. Ki fer, assistant state dairy commissioner, samplers about 200 twenty-pound packages from top cows and butter makers. Judge G L McKay will assess entries and lecture afterward. The national meeting is deferred to next year. Delegations from Chicago New York New England and Philadelphia will attend, with lodging arranged at local hotels.
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Iowa State Dairy Association
Waterloo
Kifer
G. L. McKay
Iowa Agricultural College
Association
West
National Association
Sioux Falls
S. D
National Organization
St. Louis
Iowa
Chicago Butter Board
Chicago Commission
Hummel
New York
New England
Philadelphia
500 Men Idle as Musser Lumber Plant Closes
Muscatine Iowa November 18 nearly 300 workers will lose jobs when the Musser Lumber Company plant shuts for the season. The mill has filled sheds and stores with lumber and will not cut more. The season saw over 25,080,000 feet of logs cut.
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Musser Lumber Company
Muscatine
Threshing Machine Cylinder Packed With Wild Ducks
C L Thompson near Hawarden Iowa found his threshing machine cylinder blocked by wild ducks seeking shelter from the cold. The birds were killed by the machine, with about a dozen usable for meat.
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Hawarden
C. L. Thompson
Farmer H A Han Run Over by Great Western Train
In Des Moines on November 18 1) D P Han a wealthy retired farmer was killed at Bon Durant when a Great Western passenger train struck him. He was deaf and did not hear the train. John Booth a Drake University student who won prizes for an oration has admitted plagiarism in the work. A committee probes the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Western
Tes Moines
P. Han
Bondurant
John Booth
Drake University
Colorado
Miraculous Escape as Woman Falls Seventy Feet
Miss May Buckly, a night operator for the telephone company in Clinton Iowa, fell seventy feet from a fifth story Weston building elevator shaft and survived the impact with an iron cage. She suffered a broken arm a badly bruised leg and a crushed hand but is expected to recover. In a separate incident Thomas Burke was assaulted by editor Lessering who may die. Lessering claims Burke was stealing chickens and Lessering was arrested.
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Clinton
Editor Lessering
Burke
Lessering
Ireton Bank Closes for Liquidation
Ireton Bank in Treton Iowa did not open and a door placard announced liquidation. Proximity to the Sheldon State bank closing is noted as a contributing factor. H F ickKeever serves as cashier.
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Treton
Ireton
Sheldon State Bank
H. F.ickKeever
Florence Jack Identified as Suicide Victim From Traer
Iowa City report identifies Mabel Ives as Florence Jack of Traer Ta 38 year old woman who died by taking carbolic acid in Iowa City. Her brother Charles arrived and recognized her, father W L Jack a Civil War veteran hospitalized nearby. coroner rules death self inflicted and virtuous conduct post mortem. Remains will be sent to Traer with brother in charge.
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Iowa City
Mabel Ives
Florence Jack
Traer
Miss Jack
Charles
W. L. Jack
Tre
Palatial Houseboats to Sail for St Louis Parade
Garret I Lamb of Clinton Ia progresses on a palatial 120 foot houseboat with 24 foot beam and a matching 110 foot steamboat 24 foot beam towed on the Mississippi. Both crafts feature oak hulls pine and birch upperwork full cabins and roofs with Washington boilers. The owner plans an initiative trip to the St Louis fair and aims for speed.
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St. Louis
Clinton
Mississippi River
Garret I. Lamb
Mississippi
Washington Fire
Ida Grove Concrete Block Firm Forms With 15000 Capital
Ida Grove Iowa November 17 The Concrete Stone company organized with 15000 capitalization is testing Palmer system blocks and plans a 50 by 400 building and full equipment including a mixer Palmer machine and gasoline engine. The 39 by 10 by 32 block equals five bricks and new forms for cornice arches sidewalk blocks will be made. Fire damages Mrs A B Chaffee millinery stock in Ida Grove on November 16, loss about 200 insured.
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Ida Grove
Concrete Stone Company
H. S. Palmer
A. B. Chaffee
Toss
Rebellion Warning Over Injunctions Sparks Union Aid Drive
The American Federation of Labor in Boston on November 17 adopted a resolution to provide 1000 dollars to aid the Western Federation of Miners in the vending strike. It also urged unions nationwide to donate funds. The committee rejected the idea that unions should ignore injunctions, favoring spontaneous and united opposition to court rulings in labor disputes.
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F. of L
Boston
American Fredration of Labor
Western Federation of Miners
Committee On
Insurgent Toll Reported in Monastir Vilayet
Boris Sarafoff, the Macedonian leader, says in an interview that the Monastir vilayet insurrection has cost 1,290 insurgents killed and 130 villages burned. He adds that the revolutionary operations continue.
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Vienna
Boris Sarafoff
Vilayet
Monastir
Revolutionary Organization
Burglars Flee After Fremont Officer Wounding Remark
Officer Kent surprised three burglars in an alley. Shots were fired, and the trio escaped with one likely wounded. A bystander trio helped a wounded man onto a Union Pacific train as officers spread alerts to Columbus and Grand Island for capture.
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Bill
Military Avenue
Pollock
No. 5
Union Pacific
Columbus
Grand Island
Lena Lillie Sues for Insurance Proceeds in Three Actions
Lena Margaret Lillie, widow of Harvey Lillie who was murdered in February 1903, sues three fraternal benefit societies in David City Nebraska for insurance totaling 7200 after 5000 policy and 700 paid to the daughter Edna. She is represented by Matt Miller and C N Aldrich, who defended her criminal case.
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Lena Lillie
Hheself
David City
Neb
Lena Margaret Lillie
Harvey Lille
Lfe
Harvey Lillie
Edna
Burglars Seize Explosives From Cedar Creek Quarry
Reports from Cedar Creek detail a night raid by masked burglars at Newell and Atwood’s quarry powder house. They took a large quantity of dynamite and quarry tools, possibly aiming for bank or train robbery, with connections to other local thefts at Richey’s lumber office and Burlington depot.
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Plattsmouth
Neb
Newell & Atwood
Cedar Creek
Nebraska
Happes
Richey
Burlington
Cullom
South Dakota to Hold Irrigation Talks With Officials
The South Dakota delegation led by Burke and Martin will meet with Department officials to finalize irrigation plans. Land withdrawals have been made to reduce land speculation, with locations to be announced after upcoming meetings. Senator McCumber proposes directing irrigation funds from land sales to the states, citing North Dakota and Oregon contributions and larger reclaimable acreages.
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Congressional
Department
Washington
South Dakota
Burke
Martin
Dakotas
National Irrigation Fund
McCumber
North Dakota
Oregon
Senator McCumber
$1000 Beauty Prize Contest At Madison Square Garden
A worldwide beauty contest opens in New York at Madison Square Garden the week of December 28 with prizes of 1000 dollars for the most perfect man and the most beautiful woman. 1090 competitors will be judged equally in skin-tight outfits on elevated platforms with black velvet backgrounds and calcium lights. Preliminary rounds occur in fourteen U S cities and London venues before finalists compete in New York.
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Madison Squares
New York
Madison Square Garden
London
Liverpool
Manchester
New Castle
Sheffield
Birmingham
Brighton
Vnstel
Dublin
Belfast
Dinburg
Glassow
United States
New Jersey
Henderson on Sherman Delivers Address at New York Banquet
General David B. Henderson former speaker of the house gave his first public address in New York at a Lafayette camp Sons of Veterans banquet honoring Sherman’s march to the sea. His son P Tecumseh Sherman attended and the camp displayed the flag Sherman gave, carried from his coffin to his grave. Henderson recalled Sherman’s remark about the marching song during a reunion of the Army of the Tennessee.
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New York
David B. Henderson
House of Representatives
Lafayette Camp
Sons of Veterans
Sherman
P. Tecumseh Sherman
St. Louis
Henderson
Army of the Tennessee
Georgia
Carolinas
Henry Gellert dies near Cleveland veteran of Harper's Ferry raid
Henry Gellert plainsman Indian fighter and ally of John Brown who joined Brown at Harper's Ferry and later served as commissary sergeant in the Civil War has died at his Cleveland home. A close friend of General Custer Gellert survived the raid and traveled widely including a sleigh trip from St Paul to St Louis on a frozen Mississippi.
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Harper’s Ferry
Cleveland
Henry Gellert
Custer
John Brown
Brown
Gellert
Union
General Custer
Little Big Horn
St. Paul
St. Louis
Alississippi River
Senator Platts Postoffice Friend Asked to Explain Absence
Miss Mae Wood a postoffice clerk who had leave to attend a sick aunt is asked by Postmaster General Payne to explain her absence without leave within three days. She traveled to New York for a alleged breach of promise case involving Senator Platt and wedding plans. She now occupies rooms at the Normandie and refuses to work, threatening a fight if removed.
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Senator Platt
Postoffice
Askew
Washington
Mae Wood
Postoffice Department
Abe
New York
Payne
Miss Wood
The
Normandie
Sayings of Jesus in Ancient Records Unearthed in Egypt
Archaeologists excavating near Cairo uncovered papyri dating to the second century with numerous new sayings of Jesus introduced as Jesus saith. The finds, from a Ptolemaic necropolis at Ethileed, include variants differing from the New Testament and a discourse akin to the Sermon on the Mount.
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London
Jesus Christ
Egypt
Cairo
Bernard P. Grenfell
Egypt Exploration Fund
Hunt
Grenfell
Ethileed
Jesus
Saint Enone
Dr. Grenfell
Christ
Widow Fights Monument Will Ruins Bronx Widow
New York widow Elizabeth Weisson filed for bankruptcy after a court ordered a monument for her husband’s grave in Woodlawn cemetery. Her liabilities reach 42.47 with no assets, as the expensive bequest exhausted both estate and her own resources.
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New York
Elizabeth Weisson
Bronx
Weisen
Woodlawn
Five Thousand Dollars for an Ear in a Bride Swap
In New York a search for a right ear to exchange for money ends with a German restaurant keeper chosen to relinquish his ear for 5000 dollars to a wealthy western miner who wants to marry. The German will sign an agreement and begin training for the operation, with an alternate Englishman ready if needed.
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New York
Italy’s King and Queen Arrive in England for Ceremonial Visit
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena travel to England arriving November 17 for a grand naval display at Portsmouth. The Prince and Princess of Wales greet them aboard the royal yacht and escort them to Windsor where King Edward and Queen Alexandra welcome them at the station. They depart November 21. Diplomatic talks with Foreign Minister Tittoni may touch Somaliland and Abyssinia and an arbitration treaty could follow.
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Sovereign
Italy
England
London
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Portsmouth
Prince and Princess of Wales
Bozard
Windsor
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Signor Tittoni
Lansdowne
Somaliland
Abyssinia
Rome
Chicago Streetcar Strike Wanes as Service Resumes
Chicago November 17 The Chicago Streetcar strike ends with management restoring regular service on the Wentworth line. About twenty five cars run with crews amid police protection as crowds clash and vandalize tracks between Twenty second and Thirty ninth streets. Several arrests occur including a man named McQuaid. Spectators panic at a staged dynamite scare and heavy crowds linger into evening.
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Chicago Strop Railway
Chicago
Porary
Chitags ¢ Railway
Wentworth Nne
Ninth Street
Twenty-second
McQuaid
Harrison and
Clark Streets
Plac
Royal Ceremony for Italian King and Queen in London
King Victor Emmanuel III and Queen Helena arrive in England for a visit marked by an unusual reception. A full home fleet review and grand naval demonstration accompany their Windsor arrival, with Signor Tittoni and Secretary Lansdowne discussing Somaliland and Abyssinia, amid talk of arbitration agreements.
Western Miners Aid Granted by Labor Federation
Bre ton November 17 progress at the American Federation of Labor session. Delegates passed a resolution appropriating 1000 dollars for the Western Federation of Miners after debate. Support came from John Mitchell and several United Mine Workers leaders, while opposition arose over injunctions.
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John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of
Ica
Dun
L Wilkesbarre
Capita Claries
Agate
Conven
Pennsylvania Wreck and Broad Football Results Report
A derailment on the Pennsylvania line near Buffalo kills engineer Alonzo Cole and injures four, with several others bruised. The bulletin also lists college football results from games across the country with multiple scorelines and venues from New Haven to Columbus.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Alonzo Cole
Pennsylvania Road
Sioux City
Storm Lake
Siouxity
Sik
Mitchell
Dakota University
Morningside College
New Haven
Conn
Princeton
Yale
Eh Ail
Cambridge
Mass
Dartmouth
Harvard
Columbia
Missouri
Philadelphia
Carlisle Indians
Pennsylvania
Jean
Ann Arbor
Mich
Michizam
Wisconsin
Cheer
West Point
Neates
Chicago
Northwestern
Tees Dame
Creigh
ontEe Ae Indians
Annapolis
Bucknell
Navy
Lawrence
Kan
Nebraska, & Gas
Champaign
Minnesota
Nois
Indianola
Ames
St. Louis
Christian Bio Lege
Quincy
Rush
St. Louis Univers
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana
Depauw
Pall
Des Moines
Drake
Grinnell
Terre Haute
Rose Po
Butler University
Charleston
Ill
Easternn
Northern Illinoisie
Marietta
Marietta College
Western University
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Lull
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Woodsides
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Een
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Pavillion, Neb
Eugene Pflug
West Beatrice
Deal
Heaven
Princess of
Whidward
Alexa
Alyssinia
Western Miners
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