Trial Over Dying Words Shape Illinois Poison Case
At Aledo Illinois the murder trial of Miss Tona Dunlap focuses on whether the dying words of Miss Allie Dool can be heard by the jury. Doctors and witnesses describe Dool saying she would die after consuming candy given by Dunlap amid strychnine poisoning.
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Ramsay
Miss Tona Dunlap
Miss Dool
John C. Dool
B. F. Felix
Allie Dool
Leonard Marquis
A. G. Reynolds
Miss Dunlap
Salter Murder Victim as Knife Wound Killed in Ottumwa
In Ottumwa Iowa on December 10 William Salter aged 45 died from a chest knife wound after a quarrel over a woman. Frank Williams, a Keb miner, is under arrest.
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Ottumwa
William Salter
Frank Williams
City approves paving district 20 costs and bonds
A special city council meeting last evening heard objections to the plat and schedule for Improvement District No 20 paving. The total cost was 21711.59 with 3196.20 to the city and 18515.39 assessed to abutting property owners. No objections were filed and bond and tax resolutions passed. Maple avenue contracts with David Grant and Elijah Baker were approved and filed. The streetcar line on Pars Place was ordered to run to the city limits. Council adjourned.
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David Grant
Elijah Baker
Maple Avenue
Oak Street
Mulberry
Riggs
Pars Place
Grand Evening of Song Delights Muscatine Crowd
Max Heinrich of Chicago brought a rare vocal treat to Muscatine assisted by Amalia Schmidt Gobble. A several hundred strong audience praised Heinrich from the Schubert Prelude to the final Chadwick Bedouin Love Song with encores and eloquent piano by Blasius. Gobble’s elevated tone and the Globe of teachers behind her backed a memorable recital.
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Max Heinrich
Chicago
Muscatine
Amalia Schmidt Gobble
Schumann
Blasius
Mendelssohn
Gounod
Foote
Land of the Seal
Mr. Heinrich
Chadwick
Heinrich
Eloise Harford Schmidt
Charles R. Adams
Boston
Lamperts
Dresden
Mme. Padillo Arto
Paris
Geo. Henschel
London
Reinhold Becker
Mrs. Gobble
Beethoven
Adelaide
Gobble
Blasius Grand Piano
Mrs Lucy Atkins Passes After Son’s Murder Case
Iowa City mourns Lucy Atkins mother of James Gallaugher whose son was murdered. Her son’s skull was used as testimony in court and she endured the trial to its end before dying, shortly after the trial concluded with acquittal of the daughter-in-law.
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Miss Dunlap
John C. Dool
Atkins
James Gallaugher
Iowa City
Lucy Atkins
Supreme Court upholds life insurance policy in Jarman case
Washington Iowa December 10 The United States Supreme Court affirms the circuit court of appeals ruling in Knights Templar and Masons Life Insurance Co versus Rosa B Jarman. The policy remains liable despite a clause voiding coverage for death by own action whether voluntary or not.
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Washington, Ia
United States Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Knights Templar and Masons’ Life Insurance Company
Rosa B. Jarman
Advertising as a salesman in daily papers
In a National Printer-Journalist editorial from Chicago the piece argues that sustained daily advertising keeps a paper’s sales momentum. It warns that pausing ads after a few months undermines accrued reach and lets competitors harvest the previous salesman’s goodwill and reputation.
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National Printer-Journalist
Chicago
Mrs Jetta Block Stricken by Rheumatism Attack
Mrs Jetta Block of 121 East Second street suffers the effects of a rheumatism attack and remains under medical care.
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Jetta Block
East Second Street
Chicago Markets Special Dispatch From H J Toker
Market news from Chicago reports open high low close figures for Wheat Corn Oats Pork Lard and Rib Pork futures. H J Toker & Co records daily price movements with volumes and regional receipts for wheat corn oats hogs cattle and sheep from Chicago Kansas City Omaha Minneapolis Duluth and Liverpool exchanges.
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Kansas City
Omaha
Northwest
Minneapolis
Duluth
Liverpool
Deserted Bride Sparks Mystery in Sherman Township
Geo. Baker, a young Sherman township farmer near Newton Iowa, disappeared after marrying Miss Bair six weeks ago. He sent a note to his wife saying he would not return, and speculation spreads that he was to wed another Newton woman. Baker’s absence shocks his newlywed spouse and local neighbors.
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Newton
Iowa
Geo. Baker
Sherman Township
Baker
Bair
Miss Bair
City church youth union forms with Friday program
The city young peoples societies have formed a union and will finalize on Friday evening at the Baptist church. Admission is free with a business meeting and election of officers followed by readings by Miss Tomlinson and Miss Morgan, vocal selections by Miss Eaton Mason Ralph Hix and duets by Mrs. Sawyer with W. D. Peck. The program ends with social hour in church parlors.
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Baptist Church
Eaton
Miss Tomlinson
Ann Morgan School
Chicago
Herbert
Arthur
Patsy
Ralph Hix
Mrs. Sawyer
W. D. Peck
Dooley Weds Miss Margaret Abbott in New York
Finley Peter Dunne, renowned journalist and creator of Mr. Dooley, married yesterday in New York to Margaret Abbott daughter of Mrs. Mary Abbott formerly literary editor of the Chicago Times Herald. The ceremony linked two prominent literary families in a quiet city event.
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New York
Finley Peter Dunne
Mr. Dooley
Margaret Abbott
Mary Abbott
Chicago Times-Herald
Force Likely From Brits Push Displayed in Talks
In ongoing negotiations observers note a potential push by British representatives. The discussions focus on strategic leverage and timeline while senior officials weigh options and responses.
Coercive Measures Justified Over Venezuela Crisis
Washington reports say Germany and Britain seized the customs house at La Guayra. In London the commons discussed coercive actions against Venezuela with ministers noting ample precedent and concessions deadlines. Foreign officials await papers on the causes while a warship readiness was warned if talks fail.
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London
Venezuela
Caracas
Rock Island Road Expands to Thousands of Miles
Muscatine residents are told the Rock Island line, running through the city, has greatly expanded under the Moores. In about eighteen months it will total 8,057 miles, up 3,741 since control was acquired, ranking among the largest midwestern systems with routes from St Paul to the Gulf of Mexico and Chicago to Salt Lake City.
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Rock Island
Muscatine
Rock Island Road
Moores
Middle West
St. Paul
Minnesota
Gulf of Mexico
Chicago
Salt Lake City
Gulf of California
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joe
Omaha
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Northern
Fort Worth
Houston
Galveston
el Paso
Mexico
Port Stillwell
Pacific
Name Change for Burlington and Western Railroad
Washington Iowa December 10 The Burlington and Northwestern narrow gauge line will be renamed in the new Iowa division of the C B and Q after the first of the year The Burlington and Western will also join the C B and Q with operations continuing on the main line style and scope of business preserved
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Washington
Iowa
Burlington and Northwestern
Burlington and Western
Threatening and Colder Weather For Iowa Here
Chicago December 19. Special indications for Iowa show threatening tonight and Thursday with possible snow flurries. Colder east and south portions tonight.
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Chicago
Iowa
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Aledo
Terest
Aledo, Ill
Miss Allie Dool
Reynold
Dunlap
Mrs. Dool
Mrs. Dunlap
Tona
Mr. Dool
Dunlaps
Allie
Catheen’s
Frank Owens
J. Edward Addicks
Delaware
United States
Senate
GRAND
Insurance Company
H. J. Toker & Co
H. E& Mc Kay
Ribe
George Baker
Young People’s Union
Dooley
F. P. Dunne
Benedict
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Stlze Custom Houses
State Department
Bowen
Laguayra
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