Congress Receives MacVeagh Report on Red Tape Abolition
Secretary Franklin MacVeagh urges currency reform and broader banking powers, proposing a leaner government with reduced red tape. He forecasts 1912-era expenditures of about 687 million dollars and pins future Panama Canal costs while advocating revenue measures and foreign banking growth.
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Washington, D. C
Franklin MacVeagh
Congress
Treasury
MacVeagh
Panama Canal
New York
Panama
Delano urges cross interest view on waterway plan
President Delano of the Wabash railroad spoke at the National Rivers and Harbors congress urging railroad men and shippers to consider the general welfare rather than narrow interests. He supported maintaining Mississippi and tributaries at six to nine feet instead of deepening a fourteen foot main channel, warning that deep main channels could reduce use of deep draft vessels and raise costs.
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Washington, D. C
Delano
Wabash Railroad
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Mississippi
Gulf
Dawson to Head Davenport Bank After Congress
Davenport Iowa December 8 announcement that Albert F Dawson will become president of the First National Bank of Davenport after his retirement from Congress March 4. He will succeed Anthony Burdick who will retire at the bank’s annual meeting. Dawson to take office around April 1 with Burdick remaining chairman of the board.
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Davenport
Albert F. Dawson
Iowa
First National Bank
Dawson
Anthony Burdick
Burdick
Bank
Davenport Bank
MacVeagh
Congress
Champ Clark
House
Muscatine
South Muscatine
East Hill
Court House Square
Journal
Fair Oaks
Amsterdam
Operation Fatal to Pioneer
David H. Park died after an operation in Carroll Iowa last night. He had lived in Carroll for 40 years and was a well known business man.
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Iowa Evening Press
Carroll, Ia
David H. Park
Carroll
Burns Fatal to Shawcross in Davenport
Albert Shawcross about 40 died from burns after a kerosene lamp toppled in his rooming house while he was intoxicated. The accident occurred Tuesday night and he died at midnight.
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Iowa Evening Press
Davenport
Albert Shawcross
Cruiser to Honduras
Washington December reports an impending Honduran revolution prompt the navy to order the cruiser Tacoma to Puerto Cortez to protect American interests.
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Washington, D. C
Honduras
Navy Department
Tacoma
Puerton Cortez
Dubuque Establishes Free Municipal Rink and Coasting Grounds
Dubuque city council voted to create a free skating rink in the harbor near the business district. The ice will be shaved flooded and snow free with police supervision and lights. Shanties will offer warmth and skate adjustments. A committee with the police chief will oversee the coasting grounds in designated hills under supervision.
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Iowa Evening Press
Dubuque
Reports Reveal Party Expenses Across Iowa Campaigns
The Republican committee spent multiple thousand dollars in Iowa with 2 000 sent for district distribution while Democrats spent 200 on hand to N F Reed. Indiana and Michigan mentions follow with census figures and library holdings.
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Washington, D. C
Democratic Committee
Iowa
N. F. Reed
State
Des Moines
Republican Committee
Chas. H. Duell
Republican Congressional Committee
Congress
House
James T. Lloyd
F. Garrett
National Democratic Congressional Committee
Hanger
Haugen
Northwood
Congress Hall
Michigan
Census Bureau
Librarian of Congress
Coalition margin narrows as gains shift in parliament
London reports show coalition parties with 209 seats to 189 for the unionists. Unionists gain six seats yesterday, four day gains total eighteen, liberals eleven, labor four. O'Brienites hold five nationalist seats as Waldorf Astor wins Plymouth. Notables include Arthur Hamilton Lee, Austin Chamberlain, and John Swift McNeil returning for Donegal South.
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London
Labor
Arthur Hamilton Lee
United States
Washington
Austin Chamberlain
John Swift McNeil
Donegal
South
Eighteen Injured in Traction Wreck Near Springfield
The Illinois interurban passenger car struck the rear freight car east of Springfield due to slippery rails. Eighteen passengers were injured, with James T. Uppergrove of Chicago seriously hurt.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Interurban
James T. Uppergrove
Chicago
Anniversary Section Highlights from Muscatine Journal
A sprawling table of contents lists anniversary features, editor profiles, civil war era sketches, local school history, veterans in Muscatine, editor greetings, and notes on Muscatine newspapers. It frames decades of local journalism and community memory across multiple pages and departments.
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Journal
Washington
Advertising World
Carrier Boys
Ellis Parker Butler
Harold J. Mahin
Muscatine
John Mahin
Eleventh
Iowa Infantry
Iowa
Pearl City
Saving a Great Industry Through Science
Muscatine articles discuss advances in local industry and science driving growth. The Muscatine Button Company expands with outside plants while analysis highlights the button trade’s modernization. Buildings and civic projects reflect a busy year with churches and the new bank building shaping the city.
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Muscatine
Methodist Episcopal Congregation
First National Bank
Muscatine Button Company
St. Matthias
History of the City of Muscatine and Its Early Times
A compact retrospective traces Muscatine’s rise from its early settlement to a prosperous seventies era. It recalls wartime scenes, local life, and notable events across decades, highlighting a firm with over 70 years of prominence in the city.
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Muscatine
Mary Baker Eddy Laid To Rest in Chestnut Hill
Funeral services for Mary Baker Eddy were held at Chestnut Hill with family relatives and Christian Science church officials attending. Judge Clifford P. Smith led prayers and readings from Science and Health, and Mrs. Eddy’s poem Mother’s Evening Prayer was read by Mrs. Carol Hoyt Powers before burial at Mount Auburn. A guard will stand until the mausoleum is completed.
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Boston
Mass
Mary Baker Eddy
Chestnut Hill
Christian Science Church
Clifford P. Smith
Science and Health
Carol Hoyt Powers
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Judge Smith
Mrs Marr Orr McKinney Dies in Washington
Mrs McKinney wife of Rep McKinney of Aledo Kansas died after apoplexy in the Emergency hospital Washington. She never regained consciousness after Thursday attack on Pennsylvania avenue. Funeral service held with congressional delegation as pallbearers and body sent to Aledo for burial.
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Washington, D. C
Marr Orr McKinney
Representative McKinney
Aledo
D'Nols Actad
Aledo Il
McKinney
Pennsylvania Avenue
Kenyon 10 Seek Senator's Toga
Des Moines Iowa December 8 Judge W S Kenyon the government trust buster and senate candidate to succeed Dolliver arrived in the city with S T Meservey and Col W T Chantland and is expected to announce his candidacy tonight.
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Des Moines
W. S. Kenyon
United States Senate
Dolliver
S. T. Meservey
Col
W. T. Chantland
Ft. Dodge
Waterways Congress Backed by House Leaders
Representative Champ Clark declared that nearly all members of the House favor comprehensive navigable waters legislation and funding. Governor Harmon of Ohio voiced full support, saying waterways offer a solution to transportation problems as railroads face limits, while Gen. Bixby urged local data collection for engineers.
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Washington, D. C
House
United States
Congress
Champ Clark
Senate
White House
Harmon
Ohio
Bixby
Engineer Corps
Washington
Rasco waives preliminary hearing in Hubbel family murder case
Hez Rasco the farm hand accused of four Hubbel family killings near Barnard Mo was arraigned in Marysville Mo after being transported from St Joseph. He waived the preliminary hearing and was returned to the St Joseph jail.
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St. Joseph
Hez Rasco
Hubbell
Barnard
Marysville
Highest Court to Pass on Iowa Law
Saloonkeepers of Marshalltown Iowa plan to petition the US Supreme Court for a stay of enforcement of Iowa liquor laws pending appeal. They seek relief while challenging the law's validity. The move follows a decision questions in state court and potential nationwide implications.
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Iowa
Washington, D. C
Marshalltown
Supreme Court of the United States
Wealthy Wisconsin lumberman James H. Stout dies
James Huff Stout, a wealthy lumberman and philanthropist from Menomonie, Wisconsin, died today. A leader in educational movements, he championed the manual training system in Wisconsin schools.
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Menomonie
Wis
James Huff Stout
Stout
Wisconsin
Famous French sculptor completes bust of Iowan
Madame Laure Hayman, renowned French sculptor, has finished a marble and bronze bust of Raphael Burnham, the pianist and Paris teacher. Burnham is the son of Judge G. W. Burnham of Marshalltown. One bust is shown in London and another in the Berlin museum of art.
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Iowa Evening Press
Marshalltown
Princeton Man Survives 30 Foot Embankment crash
Rudolph Blocker a Princeton carpenter escaped serious injury when his auto plunged over a 30 foot embankment near the Le Claire stone quarry in Princeton Iowa this morning. The crash was caused by a broke steering gear and occurred around a stated hour.
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Princeton
Iowa Evening Press
Rudolph Blocker
le Claire
Blocker
Mrs Elizabeth Banks Rites Held At Greenwood Chapel
Funeral services for the late Mrs Elizabeth Banks were conducted this afternoon at 2 o clock from the Greenwood chapel with Dr J N Elliott of the Presbyterian church presiding Interment followed at Greenwood cemetery
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Elizabeth Banks
Greenwood
Greenwood Chapel
J. N. Elliott
The
Presbyterian Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Attorney William T. Underwood Dies at Railroad Station
Chicago report states Underwood, counsel for Inspector Edward McCann whose bribery conviction was upheld, collapsed from heart disease at the railroad station. The scene followed the Supreme Court confirmation of McCann's sentence.
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Chicago, Ill
William T. Underwood
Edward McCann
Supreme Court
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