State May Rest This Afternoon in Baker Murder Trial
Iowa City reports the state likely to rest this afternoon in the Guy Baker murder case. Eye witness Ida Sweden sky testified Baker swung a heavy club with both hands as Driver’s hands remained in his pockets. Squire Windess testified Baker struck Driver twice, and Windess faced threat from Baker.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Guy Baker
Lone Tree
Oliver Driver
Ida Swedensky
Baker
Fern Driver
Driver
Squire George Windess
Windess
David Jayne
Muscatine County
Baker-Driver
T. W. Hawkins
Conesville
McDonald
Hawkins
Keokuk Teenager Ends Life Over Love Affairs
Miss Lena Jeffers an 18 year old Keokuk resident and step daughter of Charles Frankhouse killed herself at home by drinking strychnine. Despondency over a love affair is reported as the motive.
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Iowa Evening Press
Keokuk
Lena Jeffers
Charles Frankhouse
Collision at Jackson Junction injures none on Milwaukee trains
Extra freight and Milwaukee train No. 61 collide at Jackson Junction. Engine and several cars burn after wreck. No serious injuries reported. Mason City Iowa date December 2.
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Milwaukee
Mason City
Jackson Junction
Extra
Jury in Shearer case out after twenty two hours
The jury in the Shearer case had been deliberating for twenty-two hours at noon with no agreement reached. Mason City, Iowa report this December 2 via the Iowa Evening Press.
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Iowa Evening Press
Mason City
Shearer
Northwestern Runs Aground At Fairbay San Juan Island
The steamship Northwestern is hard and fast on the rocks in Fairbay, San Juan Island. She sits with thirteen feet of water in her forward hold, risking total loss. The vessel carried twenty six passengers and six hundred tons of freight, who were rescued by another steamer.
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Seattle
Wash
Northwestern
Fairbay
San Juan Island
Children Die in Blaze as Mother Left Home
Chicago reports two children, Thomas Jr five and Sarah two, burned to death after their mother left them alone to shop. Fire damaged three homes in Irving Park. investigators also found Benjamin Ryan, ex prize-fighter, among barn ruins believed set ablaze by a cigarette. In Racine, Anna Sadovsky and Joseph Sadowsky died in a kitchen fire started with kerosene. Annie Chavala survived with severe burns.
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Chicago
Ill
Thomas, Jr
Sarah
Thomas Cuthberter
Irving Park
Benjamin Ryan
Ryan
Racine
Wis
Anna Sadovsky
Joseph Sadovsky
Annie Chavala
Iowa Republicans to hold primary on Dolliver seat fate
Des Moines dispatch notes joint debates on the Dolliver succession with a proposed winter primary. Senator Lafe Young says he would submit the short term race to Iowa Republicans in January or February 1911 and favors a party wide vote or a special primary in districts. Attorney General Byers confirms candidacy and urges consideration with other hopefuls, pledging progressive Republican principles.
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Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
Dolliver
Senate
Lafe Young
Iowa
United States
Cummins and Dolliver
Largest seizure of butterine made in Davenport
Davenport Iowa December 2 A state dairy inspector confiscated 810 pounds of yellow butterine from Buehler Bros meat market. Louis Eckert manager pleaded guilty and was bound over to the grand jury. Dairy laws prohibit sale of yellow butterine in Iowa.
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Davenport
M. E. Flynn
State Food and Dairy Commission
Buehler Bros
Louis Eckert
Iowa
California Population Rises by 892,496 in Census
Census figures show California at 2,377,549 residents, an increase of 892,496 from the prior count. Virginia registers 2,061,612, up 207,428, as announced today in Washington.
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Coast State
Washington, D. C
California
Virginia
Railroads Stand Against Sleepers Rate Cut Across States
The Interstate Commerce Commission delayed the nationwide 20 percent sleeper berth reduction as railroads and several state attorneys general seek to present evidence. Railroads argue the cut shifts burden, while AGs say the decrease does not reflect service value. Officials from Indiana Kansas Arkansas and Oklahoma challenge the proposal at a joint hearing.
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Chicago
Ill
Interstate Commercce Commission
Pullman Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
James Bingham
Indiana
John 8. Dawson
Kansas
Luther Walters
Norwood
Arkansas
Charles West
Oklahoma
Franklin Lane
E. E. Marke
Commission
Federal Circuit Court
Divorcement Granted to 16 Year Old in Newton Court
Mrs. Harry Shintoffer formerly Miss Inez Redding aged 16 was granted a divorce from her husband in Newton Iowa on the grounds of desertion. The couple wed July 1 1908 and she was 14 at marriage. the husband deserted the next day leaving her homeless since.
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Newton Court
Iowa Evening Press
Newton
Harry Shintoffer
Inez Redding
Mexican Soler Tells of Battle and Retreat Through Hostile Country
Dispatches from Chihuahua report 20 government dead and wounded in the San Andreas fight last Sunday. Government troops, attacked by about 400 rebels, fought eight hours, ran low on ammunition, and withdrew to Pedernales after a bayonet assault. Rebels pursued as troops, many wounded, suffered hunger and thirst while retreating. Railroad workers along the line suspected of aiding insurgents. telegraph operators warned rebels of troop movements and trains halted at ambush points.
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Mexico City
Chihuahua
San Andreas
Pedernales
Muscatine Youth Takes Own Life in Topeka
Harry Stark sixteen from Muscatine committed suicide in Topeka after failing to find work and running out of money. He drank carbolic acid at his grandmother Ida Godefroid’s home on West Sixth Street after returning from Muscatine. His father Peter Stark, sisters Marguerite and Hazel, and grandparents here mourn his death. funeral set for 2 PM Sunday at Oak Street residence.
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Topeka
Kan
Harry Stark
Stark
Ida Godefroid
West Sixth Street
Do— Peter Stark
Bismarck Street
South Muscatine
Muscatine
Charles Stark
Oak Street
Davenport
Marguerite
Hazel
Fifteen Injured In Missouri Pacific Wreck Near Knobwoster
Lamonte Missouri December report states fifteen people were injured when Missouri Pacific passenger train No 4 derailed two miles east of Knobwoster after a broken rail. W S Humphrey of St Louis Mathew Matson of Maplewood G R Eastland of Nevada were among the severest injured as three passenger coaches derailed and 300 feet of track were torn up with two Pullmans and a chair car rolling down the embankment while the engine and mail cars stayed on track.
Clinton Librarian Grace Mullany Dies in Dubuque
Miss Grace Mullany librarian of Clinton public library died at Mercy hospital Dubuque after surgery for appendicitis she fell ill Sunday and died before operation. Born in Dubuque 28 years ago she was active in social circles and daughter of Attorney John Mullany and his wife.
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Grace Mullany
Dubuque Hospital
Dubuque
Clinton
Mercy Hospital
Miss Mullany
John I. Mullany
Smallpox Quarantine Hits Cassidy School
Des Moines reports excitement at Cassidy school after a pupil who attended yesterday is found to have smallpox. The campus is quarantined, school books burned, and the building disinfected as health officials respond.
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Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
Cassidy
Unionist Gains Seen in Pre election Forecast
London December 2 A nucleus of the new Commons formed today with eleven unionists and four radicals unopposed and returned all from the last house. Tomorrow seventy polls will be held as liberals unionists and laborites defend or win seats. Analysts predict possible shifts including a unionist landslide while liberals seek a coalition majority. Americans Were Guests at Guild Hall luncheon with Rear Admiral Murdock and 100 officers in attendance.
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London
Commons
Murdock
Guild Hall
Corporation of London
Senator Tillman Denies Resignation Plan
Washington Dec 2 Senator Tillman of South Carolina denied any intention to resign. He said he feels in good condition for work but will not apply himself as assiduously as formerly.
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Washington, D. C
Tillman
South Carolina
Bank Safe Blown Open In Garden City Robbery
In Garden City Iowa robbers dynamited the Farmers Savings Bank and escaped with 1800 dollars after a gunfight with awakened residents. The wagon party headed toward Radcliffe was tracked to Des Moines route as police pursued. insurance covered the loss.
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Garden City
Radcliff
E. A. Nessa
Secon
O. E. Seehan
Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Evening Press
Farmers’ Bank
Iowa Falls
Redding
Cambridge
Nevada
Wendling Testifies in Own Murder Case in Louisville
Joseph Wendling took the stand in Louisville as the defendant in the murder of eight year old Alma Kellner. He appeared nervous and sleepless while admitting a happy home life and a good job. A bloodstained pair of trunks found in the Kellner child’s cellar were identified as his property but he could not explain the stains.
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Louisville
Joseph Wendling
Alma Kellner
Kellner
Montt's Body Placed Aboard Chilean Cruiser
The body of Pedro Montt former president of Chile who died August 16 was moved to Bremen and placed on board the Chilean cruiser Blanco Encalada to be taken home.
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President Montt
Berlin
Pedro Montt
Chile
Bremen
No New Currency Legislation at Coming Session
National Monetary Commission votes to cap currency reform efforts and pursue investigation through hearings with business groups during the upcoming congressional session. Iowa reps arrive in Washington as short session opens with appropriation bills ready for early action.
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Washington, D. C
National Monetary Commission
Congress
Commission
Towans
Washington
Iowa
D. A. Kennedy
A. F. Dawson
G. N. Haugen
Captain Hull
W. D. Jamieson
F. P. Woods
E. H. Hubbard
W. I. Smith
J. W. Good
N. E. Kendall
Capital
House of Representatives
River and Harbor Committee
House
Alexander
New York
Indian Affairs Committee
District of Columbia
Dubuque Elks buy fine residence for clubhouse
At a Dubuque meeting the Elks lodge purchased the Dr Flattery residence as a new clubhouse. The property is among the city's most desirable and will be completely refitted to become one of the finest clubhouses in the state.
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Elks
Iowa Evening Press
Dubuque
Missing Seven Years Found In Newton Wanderer
James Mulligan, 28, formerly of Brooklyn Iowa, vanished seven years ago from his home and was located wandering the streets of Newton tonight in a demented state.
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Brooklyn
Iowa
Newton
Evening Press
James Mulligan
Props Dead at Supper Table Near Oskaloosa
John Cochran aged 71 collapsed and died at the supper table at his brother J Cochran’s home a few miles west of Oskaloosa Indiana last night. He served in Co E Thirty first Iowa.
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Iowa Evening Press
Oskaloosa
John Cochran
J. Cochran
Here
Co. E
Thirty-first
Iowa
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