Shankland Bill Faces Opposition From Anti Saloon League
Des Moines reports that John Wright of the Anti-Saloon League told the Council of Sociology the incoming legislature backs the Shankland bill or any similar measure. Shankland defended the proposal against charges it would reopen dry territory issues and urged reform minded action.
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Des Moines
John Wright
Anti-Saloon League
Council of Sociology
Wright
Frank
Shankland
Iowa
Knoxville
State Departments Run Behind in Biennial Finances
State departments under the executive council report expenses totaling 2,615,175.25 with 2,028,537.97 collected for the last biennial ending July 1, leaving a shortfall of about 600,000. The breakdown lists salaries, travel, printing, binding, supplies, and other costs across various categories and state printer items. In separate cases, three residents file involuntary bankruptcy petitions in federal court: Robert Kinkaid of Des Moines, Aaron Mackwood of Pleasantville, and George Pearl Dudney of St. Charles. Dudney lists assets of 582 against liabilities of 2,705.53. Kinkaid shows 29,401 debts against 28,880 assets, with credits tied to contract labor and railroad work across several states.
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Executive Council
A. H. Davison
S. Prntr
Robert Kinkaid
Des Moines
Aaron Mackwood
Pleasantville
George Pearl Dudney
St. Charles
United States
Dudney
Kinkaid
Hotel Firm from Dover Plans Iowa City Hotel
The Iowa City Hotel company of Dover, Delaware, filed with secretary of state W C Hayward for permission to operate in Iowa. It has leased land at Iowa City to build a hotel with capital stock of 109000, of which 10000 will be invested in Iowa. Wilson Creditors Meet: The first meeting in the bankruptcy of Wilson Machine Company was held. Wilfred C Lane of Des Moines elected trustee with a 5000 bond. The business will operate as a going concern until January 14, 1913, when assets will be sold by the trustee.
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Kepford
Thirty-fifth General Assembly
Iowa
Automatic Mail Exchange Company
Washington, D. C
Francis E. House
House
C. H. Thomas
Kent
Iowa City Hotel Company
Dover
Del
W. C. Hayward
Iowa City
Wilson
Wilson Machine Company
H. H. Whitaker
Federal Building
Wilfred C. Lane
Des Moines
Local Corporate Changes Reported in Iowa Entries
Iowa firms file changes including Boone Dry Cleaning Moving its business from Le Claire to Davenport and Rock Island Land Company altering its Iowa doing business location. Credit Guide Company of Iowa changes to Credit Guide and Adjustment Company in Cedar Rapids. Tri City Automatic Telephone shows foreign corporation annual statement with a $2000 rise in property value over last year.
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Iowa Dry Cleaning Company
Boone
Rock Island Land Company
Rock Island
Ill
Iowa
le Claire
Davenport
Credit Guide Company of
Cedar Rapids
Credit Guide and Adjustment Company
Tri-City Automatic Telephone Company
Parole Board Investigates Thomas Case In Iowa
The state board of parole is finishing its investigation of the Charlie Thomas case. Attorney Walter McWenry who helped defend Thomas at his first trial appeared before the board. McWenry overheard Charles Aynerson describe an incident involving Mabel Schenfeld that Thomas' friends say could influence parole. Thomas, serving a life term at Fort Madison for murdering the Schofield girl.
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Parole Board
State Board of Parole
Charlie Thomas
Walter McWenry
Thomas
Man Faced Death in Drowning and Arab Spear Wounds
London writer recounts near death experiences from a London public bath drowning, an Arab spear wound, and a deadly cholera camp. He describes disbelief from friends, the pain of injury, and the longing for death, contrasting common views on fear and faith.
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London
Wharf
New York
Africa
Five Men Attempt Robbery at New York Luncheonette
Aaron Zuckman, cashier at a Western luncheon on 4 Oey street, battled a group of five men attempting to grab the cash register while a second group waited outside. A bowl of toothpicks struck Zuckman, and another assailant jabbed at his eyes as detectives from Greenwich station took up the case. Zuckman identified two men he knew from a nearby construction site.
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New York
Oey Street
Aaron Zuckman
Zuckman
Buckman
Mr. Zuckman
Greenwich
Fewer Divorces If Women Marry At Thirty Belmont Says
Mrs. O H P Belmont a suffrage and society leader states that delaying marriage to age thirty would reduce divorces. She asserts women know their own minds better than others and advocates women marrying later.
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New York
Gambler Florence Gamble Confesses Matrimonial Swindle Scheme
Post office inspector says Florence Gamble of Boone admitted defrauding more than ten men across the country. She lured single bachelors with matrimonial ads in St Paul and Bridgeport, taking funds from several suitors including J. Prater of Arlington. Additional charges may follow.
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Florence Gamble
Boone
Des Molines
United States
W. C. McArthur
Postoffice
Charles Caine
Gamble
J. 2. Prater
Arlington
Tex
Post Office
Caine
Prater
Mrs
St. Paul
Minn
Bridgeport
Conn
Mera
Adolph Blessing
Victor, Mont
Victor
Orville Wilson
Minneapolis
Wh. A. Randolph
Niagara Walls
Bert Gates
Cagswell
Nld
Joan Gamble
N. A. Weaver
Golombo City
Colo
Books Will Be Baked Here
Montclair New Jersey public library installs a steam sterilizing device to sanitize books and protect patrons from contagion. The unit uses gas jets in a metal cabinet to maintain 150 to 200 degrees Fahrenheit automatically.
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Montclair
N. J
Montclair Free Public Library
Initiation in Abandoned Jail Impresses Greeley Sorority
A score of sorority girls conducted a jail initiation in an abandoned jail at Greeley Cole. The candidate fainted and was carried home after being led blindfolded to the scene. Ghostly robed members waved bloody turkey wings while alcohol burned in a tub as Deputy Sheriff Frazier set up turkeys leaving bloodstains.
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Greeley
Cole
Frazier
Slang Lessons Spark Radcliffe Student Playwright
Cambridge. Mary Green Conklin a Radcliffe College student and author playwright says slang is all right and reports many apt pupils in her effort to teach the latest slang to classmates.
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Cambridge
Mass
Mary Green Conklin
Radcliffe College
Railroad Work Nearing Finish in Madrid Area
Milwaukee engineers push toward completion of the river bridge at Madrid Iowa the Story and Boone county project progresses with a deep cut through the Andrew Anderson farm nearing a long wagon bridge requirement as crews plan winter quarters the shovels continue to sub work.
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Nevada
Milwaukee
Story
Boone
Madrid
Andrew Anderson
Harvard Lads Play Kiddoo At Cambridge Campus
Harvard students stage the game Kiddoo originated among law students. Young women are central as players judge looks and award or deduct points. A dispute ends with a violent punch when a veiled woman confronts the accuser, who flees the scene.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Kiddoo
Biograph Used by German Bandits in Rhine Robbery
Franz Kugler encountered two robbers on the Rhine bank who fled after he intervened. A well dressed stranger, claiming to be a moving picture manager, offered Kugler a role and then had him pose as a victim while burglars took his pocketbook watch and chain. The faux cast vanished with the assailants and the camera crew.
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Cologne
Germany
Franz Kugler
Rhine
Kugler
London Kisses Learn Two Classes of Affection
A London piece describes two kiss types pleasure and duty. Duty kisses persist in society with chaperons offering a hair touch near the ear. The minister's wife uses an air kiss on the cheek and the fashionable woman greets between the eye and hair line during her siesta.
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London
Fashion
Cutting Wife's Credit Cost
Brooklyn man A. W. J. Pohl sought to avoid responsibility for his wife's debts by advertising for nonpayment. His sister-in-law says the plan backfired, leaving the wife publicly disgraced and considering relocation to escape shame.
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New York
A. W. J. Pohl
Brooklyn
George H. Pohl
George Pohl
Rescued collie honored at burial in Walla Walla
Tacoma dog that saved 20 lives in a fire was buried in Walla Walla with a grave ceremony attended by many rescued residents. The heroic collie drew mourners among those he saved, marking a solemn community tribute.
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Tacoma
Wash
Wala Walla
Sweeney Fleet Street resident dies at 66
Novida alin fleury Sweeney, longtime Story and Hamilton counties resident, died aged 66. He came to Story county after the Civil War, served three years in the war, lived in Ames, and later moved to Hamilton County where he held offices as county auditor for two terms, postmaster, and Jewell clerk.
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Novida- Alin
Fleury Sweeney
Story
Hamilton Counties
Story County
Ames
Hamilton County
Jewell
New Ida County Bridge Plan Proposed at Ida Grove
The State Webway commission recommends Ida county supervisors approve a new Maple river bridge with an arch of at least 80 feet to cross the channel. The bridge would replace a trestle and span 600 feet in length.
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Ida Grove
State Webway Commission
Ida County Board of Supervisors
Maple River
Orphanage Receives California Land Gift From Knowles Estate
Mrs. Lacey A. Knowles of Sargents Bluffs left the Bluffs orphanage 540 acres of southern California orange land valued near 100000 dollars upon her death at Long Beach California on December 19.
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Conneil Bluffs
Lacey A. Knowles
Sargents-Bluffs
Long Beach
Cal
California
Iowa Conductor Killed as Train Passes Over Him
Mason City reports Abraham Hammill a railroad conductor on the Oregon Short Line was killed when three cars passed over him during an accident. He was brother of State Senator Hammill of Britt and the body was sent to Britt for burial.
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Iowa
Mason City
Abraham Hammill
Hammill
Britt
Cedar Rapids Pioneer Dies at 96 After Homestead Here
Robert Wis, Cedar Rapids first settler, died last week at age 96. He arrived in 1888 and took a homestead on land now within the city limits.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Wis
Banquet Honors Retiring Major in Shenandoah
Members of company KE Iowa National Guard held a New Year banquet in Shenandoah to honor Major George H. Castle whose resignation took effect that date after twenty six years of continuous service in the national guard.
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Shenandoah
Iowa National Guard
George H. Castle
Castle
National Guard
Bradford Methodist Church Dedicated
The new Methodist church at Bradford was dedicated Sunday with ceremonies led by Rev. W. T. Garner in charge.
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Town Falls
New Methodist Church
Bradford
W. T. Garner
Communion as a memorial and pledge of Christ's sacrifice
The sermon traces the meaning of the Communion table as a memorial to Jesus death for sin and a pledge of Christ second coming. It links the rite to history faith and prophecy while urging faithful remembrance as a guiding spiritual practice.
Think on thy wants on thy faults and patience
Think on Ifa and its short bitterness and the ease of bearing or chasing it away. The power of affection can make wrongs right, Punshon.
Humility and Modest Duty Highlight Classic Quote
A concise reflection on humility emphasizes quiet strength and restrained demeanor as enduring virtues. The quote attributes timeless wisdom to a revered literary figure, urging steady conduct and inner discipline.
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Marshalltown
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Fort Madison
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A. A. Coates
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