English rulers arrive at Delhi amid grand coronation camp display
The King Emperor and Queen Empress greeted in Delhi as hundreds of princes, officers, and officials parade through fort and camp. Majesties toured a vast canvas city with 250,000 residents, while crowds and regiments line routes from the fort to the coronation camp.
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Delhi
India
Bombay
Solingarh
J. Willcox
Extarrow
Mio
Durbar
Peyton
Harald
Gultad
Emriane i
King-Mperor
Lord Curzon
Wallah
Minglax
December 1 Crop Report Shows Winter Wheat Area
Washington reports 32.648 million acres sown to winter wheat this fall, with 86.6 percent in normal condition on December 1. Tyosi rye area at 8.498 million acres, while rye condition stands at 93.8 percent of normal, comparing to prior years and ten year averages.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Tyosi
Payne Bill Postponed By Ways and Means Committee
Washington December 7. The Payne bill to create a permanent tariff board was indefinitely postponed in the House Ways and Means Committee by unanimous vote, likely ending its chances this session. E H Gary testified before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee on corporate regulation and proposed federal supervision with publicity rules for big combinations. Persian people appealed to Congress for aid in their dispute with Russia. Oscar W Underwood was endorsed by Alabama Democrats for the presidency but stated he was not a candidate. Territorial pageantry as natives viewed their emperor and empress continued.
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Washington
D. C
B. MH. Dary
U. S. Steel Corporation
Senate
Alttee
Gary
I. 3. Steel Corporation
Senate Committee On
Federal Commission
Steel Corporation
House
Dontorius
U. S
Congress of
Russia
House of Representatives
Persia
Underwood
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
Congress
Wleg
Commission Rules Interchange Car Rules Expanded
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that car interchange rules are subject to its regulation, deeming temporary car embargoes as unlawful. It condemned retaliatory practices by railroads that confiscate or withhold cars, threatening shipping rights and steady freight service. The decision grants broad federal oversight over transport and freight charges to prevent retaliatory closures affecting Missouri and Illinois coal shipments.
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Washington, D. C
Interstats Commerce Commission
Lane
Missouri & Illinois Coal Company
Illinoia Central Railroad
American Railwey Association
Vietim
Tuberg
Waleh
Missouri
Inn
Nindrs Gentral
Missouri Pacific
Death of Sister-in-Law Shocks Muscatine Friends
Mr and Mrs A J Hurlbut and Ruth Geluz left for Genesee Wisconsin after the sudden death of Mrs C H Wintel, sister-in-law to Mrs Hurlbut. Wintel, though not a Muscatine resident, had been a frequent visitor and left many friends in Muscatine after her stays in the city.
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A. J. Hurlbut
Ruth Geluz
Genesee, Wis
Blackmail Plot Surfaces in Lorimer Inquiry Testimony
Washington witnesses describe a plan by Frank Seems and Charles A. White to blackmail Senator Lorimer for up to 150000, with talks of delivering the story to a magazine or newspaper if funds were not paid. The scheme involved White’s purported contact with Edwin B Wright and a sale to a newspaper, allegedly the Chicago Tribune.
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Washington, D. C
Lorimer Sematorial Investigation Committee
Frank Seems
Charles A. White
White
Lor+imer
Seems
Tas
Lorimer
Jury opens dynamite probe in McNamara case
Orlie B. McManigal, first confessing dynamiter, was taken from Los Angeles County Jail to the federal building to testify before a grand jury investigating a nationwide conspiracy involving dynamiting. The probe aims to link McNamara brothers and others to attacks on construction and mail transport.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Dee
Ortie BE. McManigal
McNamara
Federal Grand Jury
McManigal
Federal
Hamel
U. S. District Court For
Southern California
Siilac
Indjangpolis
John D. Fredericks
Los Angeles County
John J
James B. McNamara
Tuurder
Los Angelas Times
Lod
Shery
Auen
San Quentin Pen
Ordle
McManlysl
Fredericks
McNaulgat
California
Indianapolis
San Francisco
Grand Jury
William Hamnisl
Orte McMauiga
McNamaras
U.S
Edward A. Reagan
McNanacas
Wan
D. H. Ingersoll
San Franqcisco
Louie James
B. McNamara
Federal Building
Y McNamara
John J. McNamara
Nuniter
Gallegher
Jay Fallowing
Bain Sovers
Oscar Lawler
Govertines
Iave
Federal Prand
Burns
New York
N. Y
Wiliam J. Burns
Walter Drew
National Erectors’ Association
NeNamaras
Organized Labor
John Mitchell
Burts
Memiras
Trial of English Spy Schulz Opens in Leipsig
In Leipsig Saxony December 7 the trial of English spy Max Schulz and four German associates began before the imperial court. Schulz, accused of using his profession as a rover to corrupt shipyard workers and betray naval secrets, was observed by government detectives while traveling between Hamburg and Bonin where ten warships were under construction. Authorities deem him the most dangerous espionage agent. proceedings are secret.
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Leipsig
Saxony
Germany
Max Schulz
Hamburg
Esplonake
Max Schultz
Former Wapello Resident Mrs Milo J Smith Dies in Oklahoma
Wapello Iowa December 7 Special Relatives report the death of Mrs Milo J Smith at her Bartellsville Oklahoma home on December 1 1911 from paralysis. Formerly Fate Herrick she was daughter of David and Berida Herrick pioneer residents of Bethel near Wapello. She spent most of her life in Wapello until twenty years ago. Survived by husband Milo J Smith four sons two daughters and siblings Mrs Stephen Kassar of Chicago and J Harrie of this city. Body to return to Wapello for funeral arrangements pending with interment likely at Sathel cemetery.
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Wapello
Milo J. Smith
Bartellsville
Okla
Bethel
Weintey
Bethg County
Smith Ie
Stephen Kassar
Chicago
J. Harrie
Ely
Wanpella
Sathel Cemetery
Muscatine Journal Announces Annual Edition Advertisement Push
The Muscatine Journal will publish a Saturday annual edition on December 9 featuring Muscatine and its institutions. About 10,000 readers are expected to receive it and every merchant should be represented. Advertising copy must reach the office by Friday at 6 pm. Call the advertising manager to arrange pickup.
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The
Muscatine Journal
Muscatine
Journal
Wife Found Dead From Goitre and Heart Disease
William Burger, a blacksmith in West Liberty, Iowa, returned home at noon to find his wife dead on the floor from a goitre with heart disease. The 38-year-old woman, long a resident of the town, was survived only by her husband. Funeral arrangements not yet made. Split across the article, the second item covers President Taft's one-topic message to Congress detailing foreign relations, troop movements to the Mexican border, and proposed legislation and commerce ideas, including a central commerce organization and tariff adjustments.
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Liberty
Dee
William Burger
West Liberty
Ter Hus
Washington, D. C
Taft
United States
Mexico
Great Britain
France
Nicaragua
Honduras
Congress Tod Ve
Congress
Guild
St. Petersburg
Russia
State Department
Minnister of Foreign Affairs
Tunsia
Chamber of Commerce
State and Commerce Ad - Labor
Ithac
Leonard Waod
Army
Hay
Tate
China
Italy
Turkey
Delegates Hear Fisher and Bixby on Waterway Plans
Fisher and General Bixby urged Congress to consider developing waterways for navigation, water power, and irrigation reservoirs on flood levees. They argued state federal cooperation negates claims of river improvements as partisan fights, and predicted a future inland waterway system among the world’s best.
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Washington, D. C
Des
Interior
Fisher
General Bixby
Army Engineers
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Bixby
Congress
United States
W. F. Bland
Kansas City
Missouri River
Gov. Hadley
Missouri
Gaynor
New York
Signal honor for Irving B. Richman in Iowa society
Town City Iowa December 7 Special Irving B Richman of Mtue catine was elected a member of the State Historical Society of Iowa. Only two other Iowa men were chosen.
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Town City
Irving B. Richman
aMtue Catine
State Historical Society of
Iowa
Towa
Weather forecast fragment hints at rain tonight
A partial weather note suggests increasing cloudiness with a chance of rain tonight or Friday. It references likely wetter conditions in inland areas and mentions higher than average moisture in some portions.
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E.H. Gary
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DE Legal
Ways and Means Committee
Payne Vari Board
Sclasion
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
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Trond
Sugar Trust Committee
Clayton Hill
Permanent Tariff Board
National Reserverr
Niagara Walls
Interstate, Commerce Commission
Commission
Restlins
Cou Prom Senstoc
M'Manigal
MeNamare
Sxy
Barrellsville
de Made
West
Goltre
Mouve
Atong Mevlean
Alvaes
Terigalion
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