Sunday Revival Breaks Records at Muscatine Meeting
Muscatine crowds surge as 254 convert at Mr Sunday revival marking a record turnout. Four thousand shout Hallelujah as 4,000 handkerchiefs wave and 244 cards recorded with more to come, boosting total conversions to 2,188 since the revival began.
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Tabernacle
Mr. Sunday
Christ
Trotter
Sunday
Grand Rapids
West Liberty
Mel Trotter
Prof. Fischer
Bb. C. Preston
Stirlen
Munn
Jesus
Mr. Fischer
Carpenters’ Union
Faye Bennison
Fred Garrison
L. Reppert
Court martial hearing in Davenport shifts as witnesses summoned
In Davenport Iowa December 11 Captain Kulp faces a court martial with his attorneys predicting clearance. The hearing delays to subpoena Davenport witnesses follows cross examination of promoter Lewis Martens. Manager Fox and Western Union details emerge about telegrams ordering the stop of a fight.
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Des Moines
Kulp
Berkebile
Davenport
Lewis Martens
Martens
Judge Advocate
Athletic Club
William Klinck
John Bryson
Hugh Corrigan
Scott County
Cox
Manager Fox
Iowa
Fox
Frank Smith
John Randolph
Western Union
Mother Slays Her Child Then Tries Suicide
Indianapolis report shows Frances Cooper aged 18 confessed to killing her 10 month old baby. With husband in prison she sought work and a home but stigma from a convict tied relationship cost her jobs. In despair she killed the child and attempted suicide by drowning.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Frances Cooper
Night Riders Alleged Fatal Wounds Reported
Mayfield Kentucky December 11 Two alleged night riders Will Gray and Ed Cook died yesterday from wounds suffered during a 500 rider assault on Hopkinsville early Saturday. Wounded members were hidden by the night riders and only disclosed today.
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Mayfield
Will Gray
Ed. Cook
Hopkinsville
Negro Attorney Sues Over Coffee Refusal in Des Moines
Des Moines December 11. S Joe Brown a prominent Black attorney assisted by the Negro Protective association has filed suit for 1500 damages against a local coffee firm. He and his wife were refused coffee at the pure food show recently held in Des Moines Iowa.
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Des Moines
S. Joe Brown
Negro Protective Association
Dowager Queen Sophia Ill After King Oscar’s Death
Stockholm December 11 The Dowager Queen Sophia is ill and confined to her bed due to the strain from the death of King Oscar. Her condition has caused anxiety as she remains largely bedridden since the monarch’s passing.
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Oscar
Stockholm
Sophia
Mines cleared soon after Monongah disaster report
Monongah West Virginia December 11 170 bodies of victims from the Fairmont Coal Company mine disaster had been brought to the surface by noon today with more rescuers arriving. Officials hope to have the mines cleared very soon.
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Monongah
W. Va
Fairmont Coal Co
Taft Ship Touches Plymouth in Grief Stricken Welcome
The Grant with the Taft party docked at Plymouth on December 11. The secretary, deeply affected by his mother's death, refused to see anyone during the stop.
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Taft
Plymouth
England
Grant
Officials Go 10 Goldfield Start From Washington to Endorse Strike
Washington dispatch reports Assistant Secretary Murray and labor officials depart for Goldfield Nev to probe miner operator tensions after a Roosevelt conference. The Western Federation of Miners endorsed the strike and pledged aid while General Funston began his trek to Goldfield to join the field investigation.
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Washington, D. C
Murray
Department of Commerce and Labor
Charles P. Neill
Herbert Knox Smith
Washington
Goldfield
Nev
Smith
Roosevelt
Denver
Colo
The
Western Federation of Miners
Banks Reopen After Closures In Kansas Missouri Area
Kansas City news reports Ardmore Bank in Kansas reopen today and Union Avenue Bank of Commerce in Kansas City along with D A Becker private bank in Stoesbury Missouri to reopen today or tomorrow. With these four banks resuming operations, all small banks in the area affected by the NAC Kansas City closure last week have resumed.
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Kansas City
State Bank of
Jenkins Indicted In Bank Conspiracy Case
John G Jenkins formerly president of the First National Bank of Brooklyn and his three sons were indicted by the Kings county grand jury on charges of conspiracy and perjury. This marks the elder Jenkins first indictment while the sons have already faced other charges.
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New York, N. Y
John G. Jenkins
First National Bank of Brooklyn
Kings County Grand Jury
Jenkins
Derailment Near Wann Kills One and Wounds Two
One man died and two were injured when a Burlington freight derailed after a switchman’s alleged carelessness caused it to run on Baltimore & Ohio tracks. Thirty one cars were wrecked and livestock killed amid the incident near Wann, Illinois, as reported from St. Louis, Missouri.
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St. Louis
Wann
Ill
Burlington
Baltimore & Ohio
Jones 18 found again not him and arrest near Pleasantville
Johnson County Sheriff summoned by excited farmers who thought they saw the alleged murderer. A man named William Wood, matching some details of Harry Jones, was arrested at Pleasantville near Iowa City. He is held as a thief. photo likeness to Jones is noted but not confirmed.
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Harry Jones
van Winkles
Pleasantville
Iowa City
Rowland
Johnson County
Janes
Benham
Jones
William Wood
Harry Burke
Walter Burke
Hampton
Project Abandoned by Union Pacific Re-started
Omaha Neb Dec 11 Two hundred fifty men began the actual construction of the Lane cut off of the Union Pacific this morning The cut off was one of the pieces of work abandoned during the financial flurry Additional men will be put on immediately
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Union Pacific
Omaha
Neb
Union .Pacific
Harriman Ill With Cold Keeps Him From Office
New York December 11 reports say railroad magnate E H Harriman is suffering from a cold and has missed office since Monday. His staff denies he is seriously ill.
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New York
N. Y
E. H. Harriman
Harriman
Iowa Debates Illinois and Nebraska on Interstate Corporations
Iowa City hosts two national style debates Friday December 13 with Illinois visiting Hawkeye speakers Vincent Starzinger George Luxford and Chas Briggs while Iowa faces Nebraska in Lincoln. Debaters include G M Palmer J L McLaughlin Thos Angerstein at Illinois and H O Field Irving Brant Carl Bucir at Nebraska. Joe R Lane of Davenport to preside.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Illinois
Nebraska
Lincoln
Hawkeye
Vincent Starzinger
Des Moines
George Luxford
Harlan
Chas. Briggs
Wapello
G. M. Palmer
J. L. McLaughlin
Thos. Angerstein
H. O. Field
Irving Brant
Carl Bucir
Robert Elliott
Wayne County
Martin L. Frerichs
Auburn
Neb
Nebraska Law College Supreme Court
Joseph M. Swenson
Omaha
Joe R. Lane
Davenport
Guatemala takes offense at preconference three republic pact
Port Barros Guatemala December 11 A minor cloud looms over the five republics peace talks in Washington as Guatemala questions a preconference agreement among Nicaragua Honduras and El Salvador not including its representation President Cabrera feels the private pact was improper since all five nations should have had envoys named before any such accord was formed.
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Guatemala
Washington
Nicaragua
Honduras
Salvador
United States
Mexico
Cabrera
Fiery Jeff on Bad Trusts Trail
Senator Jefferson Davis of Arkansas argues to suppress trusts pools and conspiracies in a bid to wipe out every trust. He criticizes the Sherman Act as ineffectual after 17 years, cites tariff effects and government expenses while urging bold action despite fear of disrupting business.
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Washington, D. C
Jefferson Davis
Arkansas
Senate
United States
Congress
Roosevelt
Davis
Closest Municipal Election In Boston in Years
Boston voters backed the Republican ticket in a tight race as Postmaster General A. Hibbard defeated incumbent Mayor John F. Fitzgerald by about 2,000 votes. The city also approved saloon licensing, though by a smaller margin than before.
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Boston
A. Hibbard
John F. Fitzgerald
Six Day Bicycle Race Drags On With Fatigue Withdrawals
New York December 1 riders in the six days bicycle race struggle with fatigue and illness. Seven of sixteen teams started Monday have retired or yielded to injuries leaving Samuelson Mitten Wilcox and Williams among the latest withdrawals.
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New York
N. Y
Miller and Waller
Samuelson
Mitten
Wilcox
Williams
Twelve Shopping Days Left Before Christmas
The piece urges readers to finish Christmas shopping now, warning that delaying increases rush and cost, reduces gift quality, and betrays the Yuletide spirit. It emphasizes urgency, calling those who delay selfish or crabby, and urges immediate action.
Orchard on Stand in Idaho Murder Case
In Boise Idaho James H Hawley outlined the states case accusing George A Pettibone of being the most guilty in the killing of ex Governor Stuenenberg He called it the greatest conspiracy in crime history The evidence was to continue with Harry Orchard taking the witness stand after being moved from the penitentiary to Boise last evening
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Joise
Idaho
George A. Pettibone
Stuenenberg
James H. Hawley
Harry Orchard
Orchard
City cheers Rear Admiral Evans on Pacific voyage
Detroit officials adopted resolutions sending good wishes to Rear Admiral Evans and directing flag raisings at city hall on the fleet's sailing day, as the Evans expedition proceeds toward the Pacific.
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Detroit
Mich
Comemon Council
Admira Evans
Pacific
Farmers to Fight Booze at Michigan State Grange Meeting
Saginaw Michigan December 11 The state Grange with 51000 members at its annual session here yesterday adopted a resolution urging the constitutional convention in Lansing to insert a clause prohibiting traffic in liquor in the new state constitution.
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Michigan State Grange
Saginaw, Mich
State Grange
Constitutional Convention
Lansing
Arabs Cast Down After Marabout Defeat
In Oran Algeria on December 11 emissaries from the Beniz Nasen tribe confer with General Leauté toward stopping hostilities. Arabs are alarmed by the defeat of the Marabout who declared a Holy War.
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Oran
Algeria
Marabout
Weather forecast for Iowa and Illinois
Iowa expects light rain or snow late tonight or Thursday with warmer temperatures tonight in the east. Illinois shows fair weather tonight then possible light precipitation Thursday and rising temperatures. Sunrise 7 00 sunset 4 19 moonset 11 35.
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Illinois
Moone
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