Roy Hawk Rescued From Sinking Cabin Boat by W Dugan
Roy Hawk, a South Muscatine youth believed lost, returns after surviving a sinking cabin boat on the river. He credits woodcutter William Dugan, who saved him when the craft crippled by ice and wind neared disaster. Hawk was rescued late Wednesday afternoon and weakness limited his movement to Dugan’s cottage.
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Roy Hawk
W. Dugan
South Muscatine
William Dugan
Dugan
Genevt Island
Hawk
Illinois
Muscatine
Goosie Goes On Not Like a Bird With One
Des Moines reports Clarence Flanders elopes with Miss Cora Bird from Albia and returns to marry, facing charges of bigamy and adultery at the request of his wife. The item notes the sensational case as described by the Iowa Evening Press in Des Moines on December 13.
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Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
Clarence Flanders
Albia
Cora Bird
Massive Racine factory blaze devastates plant district
A fire in Racine Wisconsin destroyed the Racine Manufacturing plant six buildings along with the Danish Brotherhood hall and several nearby houses. Loss tallies near 650000 with most insured. Origin undetermined, flames swept a six story main building and four story outbuildings, damaging shops and residences across the block.
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Racine, Wis
Racine Manufacturing Company
Danish Brotherhood Hall
Mitchell & Lewis Works
Danish Brotherhood
Inss
Mitche’l Wagon Works
Peter Sinnen
a_sa-lnon
Suit filed against United States Telephone and Cuya Hoga firms
Cleveland Ohio December 15 suit filed today against the United States Telephone Company and the Cuya hoga Telephone Company seeks redress in a civil action. The case involves alleged contract and service disputes between the two firms.
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Cleveland
Askinka
United States Telephone Company
Cuyahoga Telephone Company
Telegraph Service Disrupted by Eastward Storm
Large storm sweeping all districts east of the Rocky mountains disrupted telegraph wires across the region today. The weather interference affected messages and communication services, with officials monitoring the impact on lines and traffic.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Reign of Terror Continues in Managua Prison
Managua endures a reign of terror under Zelaya with political prisoners starved and beaten. The crackdown fills jails as authorities punish offenders. A Mexican gunboat is en route to Corinto, signaling possible Mexican cooperation with U.S. policy against the Zelaya faction in Nicaragua.
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San Salvador
Salvador
Managua
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Washington, D. C
Corinto
State Department
Mexico
United States
Insurgent Chief Abandons Fight for Rules Change
Representative Gardner of Massachusetts says in a Washington interview he will not pursue any further personal effort this Congress to alter the rules or claim the speakership. He but notifies no further attempts to change leadership.
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Washington, D. C
Gardner
Massachusetts
Body of Unknown Gypsy Girl Found Near Sandusky
The body of an unidentified eight year old girl was found in an abandoned well on the J. P. Harrington farm near Sandusky. Authorities suspect she may have been part of a gypsy encampment seen near the farm last summer. The coroner is investigating the case.
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Girity
Sandusky
J. P. Harrington
Band of Gypsies
Harrington
Maybray lieutenant sentenced to five years
In Council Bluffs Iowa Judge Green overruled Dob bins motion for a new trial and sentenced Maybray lieutenant to five years in the penitentiary. Dob bins posted a five thousand dollar appeal bond.
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Iowa Evening Press
Council Bluffs, Ia
Green
District Court
John R. Dobbins
Maybray
Dobbins
Looking Forward edition to feature Muscatine history
The Muscatine Journal announces a special Looking Forward edition to be published Thursday December 16 with twelve thousand copies. It will cover historical significance, feature profuse illustrations, and reflect many changes in Muscatine. Advertising space remains limited and available by contacting the Journal office or calling the advertising manager at extension 27.
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Muscatine
Journal
Navigation on Lakes 10 Close After Storm Disaster
Nearly all of the fifty sailors who drowned in last week’s storm on Lakes 10 remain unrecovered. Nine bodies were found in a wrecked boat, frozen to death, as the peril ends navigation on Lakes 10.
Lake Erie Gale Claims Sailors as Ferry Sinks
Port Huron reports the steamer Jesse Spalding foundered after passage Saturday night. In Cleveland the 1909 shipping season nears end with about twenty five vessels braving gales. fifty bodies are believed afloat on Lake Erie as searches continue for missing sailors. Captain Driscoll’s Commodore Perry recovered nine frozen bodies from the Marquette and Bessemer No 2 wreck near Conneaut while a yawl sighting ends hopes of saving the rest.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Great Lakes
Port Burwell
Canada
Lake Erie
Erie
Dee
Driscoll
Conneaut
Marquette
Bessemer No. 2
State Fisheries
Perry
Bessemer and Marquette
Commodore Perry
Little State Fisheries
Yuletide Trees Not a Forest Menace, Say Officials
Washington reports that Christmas tree demand need not threaten forests. The forestry service advises selective cutting of young evergreens and warns against reckless slashing, noting thinning can help when applied properly and not damage pine stands.
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Washington, D. C
United States Forestry Service
Forestry Bureau
Sentence and a Fine for Broker Hopkins Convicted
Wallace H. Hopkins a former broker was convicted of using the mails to defraud in Chicago Illinois. He received a four year and three month federal prison term at Leavenworth Kansas and a $15000 fine. Prosecutors alleged Hopkins obtained $500000 from customers.
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Chicago, Ill
Wallace H. Hopkins
Federal District Court
Leavenworth
Kan
Hopkins
King Leopold Near Death as Doctors Brace for Operation
Physicians report King Leopold in critical condition with a possible operation tomorrow if no improvement occurs. A late bulletin states the king’s condition has not improved and royal chaplain Lacken stands ready to administer the last rites.
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Brussels
Leopold
Lacken
Two Die and Eighteen Injured in Flyer Wreck
Chicago dispatch reports the Chicago and Northwestern No. 5 flyer traveling at high speed jumped tracks at noon near the boundary between Chicago and Evanston. Two immigrants were killed and eighteen passengers injured as cars split and dislodged a rail. The wreck occurred inside Chicago limits with victims dying in Evanston.
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Chicago
Ill
Chicago and Northwestern Flyer
Milwaukee
Howard Avenue
Boundary Line
Evanston
Smithereens
Grain Prices Hit New Records Amid Weather Delays
Chicago December 13 Wheat and corn climbed to fresh market highs on the board of trade. December wheat rose to 1.13 1 2 dollars and May to 1.11 1 2 dollars, while December corn advanced to 64 3 4 cents and May to 67 1 2 cents. Oats and provisions joined the rise as wet weather threatened movement.
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Chicago
Ill
Board of Trade
Woman shoots self after quarrel in Danville
Eletha Edwards aged nineteen fatally wounded herself after a quarrel with her lover in Danville Illinois last night police reported the incident occurred December 13 authorities said the woman died from a self inflicted gunshot wound in the residence
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Danville
Eletha Edwards
Third Victim Dies as Police Hold Husband in Savannah Case
In Savannah Georgia on December 13 Maggie Hunter, beaten and left for dead after the Friday murders of Eliza Gribble and Carrie Ohlander, died today. J C Hunter, Maggie’s husband, who she charged in a statement with assault, is being held by the police.
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Savannah
Maggie Hunter
Eliza Gribble
Carrie Ohlander
J. C. Hunter
President Taft Nominates Carpenter and Lurton to Senate
President Taft has named George H. Carpenter of Chicago to be district judge in succession to the late Judge Bethea and Horace H. Lurton of Nashville to succeed the late Justice Peckham on the Supreme Court. The nominations were sent to the Senate today.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
George H. Carpenter
Chicago
Bethea
Carpenter
Senate
Horace H. Lurton
Nashville
Supreme Court
Justice Peckham
New York
New Haven
Laughlin
Captain Butt
President and Cabinet to Cut Federal Spending
Congressmen say the new plan of executive responsibility for appropriations will save more than fifty million dollars for the nation. Walter J. Smith of Iowa asserts the law coordinating receipts and expenditures will trim estimates for 1911 below 1910 levels and allow Congress to further reduce costs. The 1909 law signed by President Roosevelt requires the president to advise Congress on raising additional revenue if expenditures exceed revenue.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
House Committee On Appropriations
Roosevelt
Operator Gives The Alarm In Iola Safe Blow
The Iola Illinois safe blowing on Saturday night led to a citizen pursuit aided by bloodhounds. Three robbers were arrested in Fiora and one at Exina Illinois after a brief shootout. The Exina suspect resisted arrest and was seriously wounded.
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Fiora
Ill
Exina
Iil
Iola
Son Killy Father: Shoots Brother in Minnesota Barn Incident
In Alexandria Minnesota on August 13 Helmaquist a Douglass county farmer was shot and killed while asleep in his barn by his son who also wounded his brother. The assailant described as feeble minded. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon.
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Killy
Alexandria
Minn
Dee
Helmaquist
Douglass County
Gompers Urges Settlement as Switchmen Push Return to Work
In St. Paul on December 13, reports say AFL President Gompers recommended a compromise to Switchmen's Union President Hawley. Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen members who voted to return to yards did not report for duty at Hawley's request and plan to resume work tomorrow. A major labor conference with 150 delegates began in Pittsburgh the same day to discuss key organized labor issues.
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St. Paul. Minn
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Hawley
Switchmen's Union
St. Paul, Minn
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Switchmen’s Union
Pittsburg
Taft trims federal funding requests by $80 million
President Taft argues Congress has shifted more fiscal duty onto the executive and treasury. He and his cabinet cut their budget demands by over $80,000,000 from last year's department estimates, keeping the final requests within available revenue.
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Taft
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Rayner Denounces Zelaya in Senate Speech
Maryland Senator Rayner brands Nicaragua's President Zelaya as the worst despicable figure in Central America. He urges the US to take all steps to seize Zelaya and prosecute him for the murder of two American citizens, arguing indemnity offers are insufficient.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
United States
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Grace
Cannon
Rayner
Maryland
Central America
Revoluutionists
Snowy flurries and cold spell hit Illinois outlook
The forecast calls for snow flurries tonight with Tuesday turning partly cloudy and colder. Illinois may see rain or snow in the north tonight, with the extreme north also colder Tuesday. Sunrise is 7 19 and sunset 4 20.
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Lawn
Illinois
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Lone
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Clarence
Des Moines Police
Racine
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Managua Prison
U. S
Augbins
Bulletin
Port Huron
Micic
Jesse Spalding
Yule
Forest
Sentenge
FLYER
Vance
Sault
Lurkin
Supreme Bench
Ceed Bethea
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