Birthday Party Hints at Local Society Scene Shifts
A surprise party for Mrs. John Kerschot at her home honored her birthday with oysters and a pleasant tea. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. J. Worseher and Traymond, H Heussner and Eva, T Kindler and children, various Langes, Mondink, Schmidt, and others. Separate items note N P R club gathering hosted by Bana Pilgrim, a December 15 meeting at Downer home, Bankers' Reserve officers election, Jolly Rovers hostess Mrs. Harry Leem, and a letter from Des Moines liverymen raising hearse and carriage rates by 40 percent effective immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kerschot
Mrac J. Worseher
Traymond
H. Heussner
Eva
T. Kindler
Clarence
Margaret
Mirs
H. Lange
James
Everat
Harry Leem
Jolly Rovers Club
Sycamore Street
Des Moines
Strictly Cash Grocery Price List Fragment
A fragmented OCR price list from Strictly Cash Grocery shows items such as Peaberry cotta per pound 23e Navy beans per pound 4- ess Be Fancy head rice per pound Paney head rice 4 pounds 5e 10-pound can Karo syrup 300 15-pound can Karo syrup a hie DIN pickles per dozen 2-25e cans Ke baking powder a5¢.
Why I Need the Ballot Meeting in Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa December 4. Several prominent Des Moines women will deliver addresses on Why I Need the Ballot at a meeting of the Political Equality Club to be held here next Thursday. The Iowa suffragists are encouraged by reports from Iowa women in California who plan to vote soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downer
Des Moles
Des Moines
Iowa
Price of Dying Too Advances at Des Moines Event
Des Moines reports price rises in the so called price of dying along with the cost of carriages and hearse rentals. The notice notes material increases starting December 4 in the city of Des Moines, reflecting broader price movements in funeral and transport services.
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Dex Moines
Des Moines
Newport and Des Moines city governments to meet
Des Moines will host sessions as Newport adopts the Des Moines plan. Mayor August Hembold and the Newport council plan a week of observations of Des Moines methods. The Newport party arrived yesterday and was greeted by Mayor James R. Hanna and council members.
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Newport
Des Amfoin
Des Moines
Des.Moines
August Hembold
James R. Hanna
Stewart Gets Three Years In Federal Prison
Des Moines, January fourth. Harold I Stewart, formerly a Des Moines post office clerk, was sentenced to three years in Fort Leavenworth for lifting the United States mail. Stewart pleaded guilty last week and the judge, Heath McPherson, pronounced sentence today.
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Des Moines
Fort Leavenworth
Harold I. Stewart
United States Mall
I. Young Stewart
Eaith McPherson
Memorial windows broken at Grace Lutheran Church
Two memorial windows at Grace Lutheran Church were found damaged, allegedly struck by a rock in protest against the church’s fund raising. Some church members deny knowledge or significance, while others say buttons are being sewn to raise money for the treasury.
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Grace Lutheran
Que Tioney
Elections Held by Ladies Auxiliary at Muscatine Launch Clubs
The Musca tine Launch clubs Ladies Auxiliary held its second officer election this afternoon. Results show Mrs C O McBride as president, Mrs W H Grafe as vice president, Mrs George Lowe as secretary, Mrs John Havercamp as treasurer, and Mrs R M Wilson elected chairman of the executive committee.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Muscatine
Mra. C
McBride
W.H. Grafe
George Lowe
John Havercamp
Mig. R. M. Wilson
Missouri Kansas Texas Railway's 62 million claim dismissed
Washington, Dec. 4 The Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway Company claim against the United States for sixty two million dollars was dismissed in Washington. Court action ends the government dispute over compensation tied to wartime losses.
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Washington, D.C
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company
U. S
Court sustains demurrer on railway land claim
The Court of Claims sustains the government demurrer to the railway's petition for reimbursement for every alternate section of land along its line through the Indian Territory now part of Oklahoma, affecting compensation scope for the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Claims
Railway
Indian Territory
State of
Oklahoma
Pers ia Asks Aid of American Congress
Persian national council telegraphed an appeal for aid to the American Congress and to sister parliaments worldwide. Assemblies at Isfahan, Tamoruz and Kerman and other cities have sent messages endorsing Mr. Shuster and requesting his landing services.
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Teheran
Persia
National Council
Asfahan
Tamoruz
Kerman
Shuster
Texas Prison Burns During Inferno at Huntsville
Fire swept the Texas state penitentiary buildings at Huntsville. Two hundred convicts were moved to safety as flames spread through the complex and threatened the town. By afternoon the prison structure was practically destroyed and Houston fire apparatus rushed to the scene as the town faced a dry water supply.
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Penitentiary
Huntsville
Tex
Houston
Longworth Responds After Ohio GOP Meeting
Rep Nichelsa Longworth of Ohio issues a statement in Washington after spending a day with his father in law, Chairman Brown of the Ohio Republican Executive Committee. The report notes the exchange occurred in the capital on December 4.
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Chairman Brown
Ohio Republican Executive Committee
Washington, D. C
Nichelsa Longworth
Ohio
Roosevelt stance cited by Longworth on 1912 convention
Former President Roosevelt faces bipartisan caution as Longworth rebukes efforts to nominate him in 1912. Ohio Republican chairman Brown backs Roosevelt over Taft, while La Follette battles illness affecting her nervous system and rests.
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Law
Roosevelt
Longworth
Brown
Republican Executive Committee of
Ohio
Des Moines Man Charged with Grand Larceny
E B Walizer, 28, was arrested by Detective Jackson on a grand larceny charge filed by his father in law Dan Rare don. He allegedly stole $1,000 in gold from a hiding place in Rare don's cellar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Walizer
Des Moines
Dee
Jackson
Dan Raredon
Walizer
Des Moines Woman Awakens After Two-Week Sleep
Mrs. L. J. Parmenter of Des Moines woke from a coma-like state at 4 pm yesterday after sleeping since November 21. She was fully aware of visitors and friends, and her physician expressed surprise at the recovery, though best hopes remain uncertain.
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Pex Moines
Des Moines
L. J. Parmenter
Tits City
Mire
Parmenter
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