Progressive party formed in Grand Island Nebraska
The Progressive party was organized by 550 delegates in Grand Island on December 9. Hopkins of New York spoke urging abolition of privilege and public control of resources and railroads. The platform calls for government ownership of railroads, open primaries, currency use by government, and collective bargaining.
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Progressive’ Party
Nebraska
J. A. Hopkins
New York
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Degler murder trial testimony crosses paths with Button Plant
Testimony centers on the Degler case with references to the Degler tragedy, the mule barn, and the Iowa button industry. Witnesses dispute employment details at the button plant during the crucial period while statements from Mrs. Apolonia Degler surface and Lukas is questioned.
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East Seventh Street
Degler
Joe Geltz
East Front Street
Iowa Pearl Button Company
Henderson
Earl Lukenbach
Lukenbach
Louis Rosenmund
Rosenmund
Lukas
Apolonia Degler
Michael Lukas
Mattoon
Ill
Muscatine
Clyde Bauguess
Adolph Romann
Walter Gunzenhauser
W. S. Norton
John Bierman
George C. Holzhauer
Hn T. Reinhart
Charles Beach
Illiam H. O'Brien
Charles Binz
Convicts Stage Prison Delivery Escapes Reported
Convicts battled guards and opened cells in a mass escape at a state penitentiary. Seven prisoners fled as Warden Dempsey and guards were forced to retreat, with Slaughter taking control, seizing vehicles, and distributing civilian clothing to escape. Slaughter, 26, has a long crime record across Arkansas and neighboring states.
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Eeds
E. H. Dempsey
Dempsey
Associated Press
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Arkansas
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Missouri
Brown
Hot Springs
Junction Sets Cement Factory Plant to Open Soon
W S Randolph and son of Eldon lease Zeigler canning factory in Columbus Junction and will install equipment to manufacture Norwalk cement burial vaults granite tombstones cement blocks and tile. A bazaar and chicken pie supper is planned at Gladwin Church on Dec 14. A workers conference will be held Dec 19 at Columbus City United Presbyterian church.
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Columbus Junction
W. S. Randolph and Son
Eldon
Kay23
Zeigler Canning Factory
Norwalk
Gladwin
Keokuk
Senator Watson clashes in heated hearing over conduct
Senators Watson and Shields spar in a tense inquiry as Watson attacks Major Cohen and demands broader probes. Brandegee, later chair, rules review of hangings only, while Watson presses for sixty three witnesses and letters. Hearing adjourns to an executive session with claims of pre judgment denied.
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Watson
Shields
Brandegee
Senate
Senator Watson
Tennessee
Partial Trial Transcript Mentions Juror Kinship
The fragment names defense figures Henry C. Dietrich Sidney Vanatta W. C. Fuhlman Joe Geltz McDermid Earl Luken bach and Mrs Degier. Witness W C Fuhlman is a nephew of juror C W Fuhlman before whom the trial is held.
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John Henderson
Henry C. Dietrich
Sidney Vanatta
W. C. Fuhlman
Joe Geltz
McDermid
Earl Lukenbach
Mrs. Degier
C. W. Fuhlman
Recluse Dies in Destructive Iowa House Fire
Emanuel Brandt aged 59 was burned to death in a Monday blaze that destroyed his home twelve miles northeast of Decorah Iowa Brandt lived alone and was last seen Sunday night authorities investigated the cause of the fire as a solitary dwelling tragedy
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Decorah
Iowa
Emanuel Brandt
Here
Brandt
Junction Literary Society Program At School
The Simpsonian Literary Society of the high school presented an evening program at the auditory. The program featured music by Cecil Schlichting and Hope Browning, a play Pollin Picks a Wife with a cast led by George Boulton and Mildred Brockway, a dialogue The Train to Mauro, and a three act tragedy with apologies to Shakespeare.
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Columbus Junction
Simpsonian Literary Society
Cecil Schlichting
Pollin
George Boulton
Randall
Margaret Bell
Mary Randall
Mildred Brockway
Sharpe
Ted Duncan
Arthur Swift
Everette Hanft
James
Ralph Gilkey
Hope Browning
Mauro
Mrs. Buttermilk
Ruth Oats
Johnnie Buttermilk
Orval Kemp
Mr. Bright
Glenn Woodruff
Shakespeare
Illiteracy Rates Named for Cities Over 100000
New Bedford Massachusetts records the highest illiteracy share among large cities in a census report released last night. Spokane Washington is listed as having the lowest percentage of illiteracy.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
New Bedford
Mass
Spokane
Wash
Opium Den Raid Nabs Thirty Chinese in Chicago
Chicago police raided a five story building on Chicago's Chinatown fringe uncovering elaborate opium rooms. Inspector William H. Williams and a dozen aides arrested thirty Chinese and confiscated thousands of dollars in drugs. Many detainees claimed recent arrival from California and Oregon.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
William H. Williams
Chinatown
California
Oregon
Two Break Prison From Fort Madison Penitentiary
Two inmates, James Davis from Sioux City jailed for murder and Ralph Lawshe serving a forgery sentence, escaped Fort Madison state penitentiary. Authorities suspect Davis heads toward Chicago and have alerted officials there to watch for him.
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Associated Press
Fort Madison
Iowa
Fort Madison State
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