Congressmen to Hold On To Work In Census Jobs
Senate reports a bill for noncompetitive civil service exams for census clerks under director North with patronage by senators and representatives. Congress adjourns for holidays until January 4 as Gary urges government control of the steel trust.
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Gary
Steel Trust
Washington, D. C
Senator Long
Committee On Census
Senate
Gieans
Civil Service
House
Liberty High School Holiday Concert Delights West Liberty
The Liberty High School holiday concert at the Presbyterian church drew a large audience. The 65 voice chorus received hearty encores, with a reading by Miss Winifred Hill and piano by Miss Eva Hogue under Mrs Emma Luse supervision.
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Liberty High School
West Liberty
Presbyterian Church
Winifred Hill
Emma _ Luse
Eva Hogue
Armour Scholarships Offer Free College Aid in Ames
Six Armour scholarships valued at 250 dollars each will be awarded at the Ames short course this winter. The awards go to diligent young men in judging grain and live stock, funded by Mr Armour, and restricted to sons of families unable to afford college.
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Armour
Ames
Explosion Kills Two at Senour Powder Plant
A blast at the Senour Powder plant near Morrow Lebanon Ohio yesterday killed Clinton Ertle and Will Urton instantly. The glazing mill was wrecked in the explosion.
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Lebanon
Senour Powder Company
Morrow
Clinton Ertle
Will Urton
Mason City Presbyterians Dedicate Splendid Church Edifice
Mason City will dedicate its new Presbyterian church Sunday as part of the Waterloo Presbytery's meeting held there. Rev. C. A. Coeley will be installed as pastor. the congregation has grown to 250 members after organizing a year ago in a library.
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Mason City
Waterloo
C. A. Ceeley
Cooley
Hadley Gas Trust in Bad Hole
In Jefferson City Missouri Attorney General Hadley announced the state will present no further testimony in the ouster suit against International Harvester. The case rests on the defendant's own officials evidence with no outside witnesses. Paul Mittlander a Muscatine musician in the regular army had death reports from the Philippines. later reports say he is alive at Camp Bumpus Leyte.
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Jefferson City
Hadley
International Harvester Company
Missouri
Washington
the Journal
Washington, D. C
J. C. Welliver
Dawson
Paul Mittlander
Muscatine
Philippines
Mittlander
Camp Bumpus
Leyte
Cora Mittlander
West Fourth Street
Fourth Infantry
Storekeeper a Hero in Buxton Shooting
Macy Hunley a Black man went on a deadly rampage in Buxton injuring Emanuel Lobbins and Constable Beasley and killing Verne Watkin. Roy McRae, manager of the Buxton store, restrained Hunley and prevented further bloodshed. Hunley was jealous but had no grudge against the victims.
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Iowa Evening Press
Oskaloosa
Macy Hunley
Buxton
Verne Watkin
Emanuel Lobbins
Beasley
Roy McRae
Hunley
Robbers Loot Ceresco Bank Seize $3000 in Heist
In Ceresco Nebraska, robbers overpowered a boy guard and wrecked vaults, escaping with about $3000 after a bank raid reported from Lincoln on December 19. The incident occurred at the state bank of Ceresco, located 18 miles north of Lincoln.
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Ceresco
Neb
Lincoln
Oldest Civil War Vet James Clancy Dies at 100
Milwaukee December 19 James Clancy said to be the oldest Civil War veteran died today at the National Soldiers Home aged 100 He enlisted with the Fourth Michigan guards in 1862 and served through the conflict.
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Milwaukee
Wis
James Clancy
National Soldiers’ Home
Clancy
Michigan Guards
Mrs. Rittman Elected Foresters High Chief Ranger
The validity of the election making Mrs. Rose D. Rittman the high chief ranger of the Woman's Catholic Order of Foresters was affirmed by Judge McEwen in the superior court in Chicago.
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Chicago, Ill
Rose D. Rittman
Woman's Catholic Order of Foresters
McEwen
Death claims Mary Evans longtime West Liberty resident
Mrs. Mary Evans died at her West Sixth street home in West Liberty at age 75 after two months of illness from paralysis and heart trouble. Born May 9, 1830 in Ohio, she married William Evans in 1852 and lived in West Liberty 52 years. Survived by eight children and a noted Presbyterian philanthropist, she and her husband helped platted West Liberty. Funeral Tuesday at 10 from the home. interment Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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West Liberty
Mary Evans
West Sixth Street
Story of Hang of Rankin Told in Trial
Union City Tenn December 19 In the murder trial of night riders for the Rankin killing Col R Z Taylor recounted the hanging and shooting of Captain Rankin and his own escape He said Rankin pleaded for life as he hung and was shot while earning mercy The leader answered with a command to be silent Taylor could not identify any riders on cross examination
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Washington, D. C
United States Steel Corporation
E. H. Gary
United Steel Corporation
House
Ways and Means Committee
Steel Corporation
Gary
Clark
Missouri
Union City
Tenn
Quenten Rankin
R. Z. Taylor
Rankin
Ranken
Taylor
Jury Funds for Wealthy Defendant in Breach Case
The jury in a $5,000 breach of promise suit filed by Mrs. Hattie Clarey of Des Moines against wealthy farmer M. H. Ruby at Guthrie Center, Iowa, returned a verdict for the defendant this morning.
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Iowa Evening Press
Guthrie Center
Hattie Clarey
Des Moines
M. H. Ruby
Woman for life sent to prison in dynamiting case
Oakland Cal Dec 19 Mrs Isabell a J Martin convicted of conspiracy in the dynamiting of Judge Ogden s home was sentenced today to imprisonment for life.
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Oakland
Cal
Isabella J. Martin
Ogden
Burlington Buys Road from Colorado and Southern
Leading interests in the Colorado and Southern railroad announce the sale of the road to the Burlington Railroad Co. Price and terms are withheld pending the board of directors meeting next Tuesday in New York.
Glass Workers Strike Across Nation Over Wage Scale
Cleveland December 19 reports say National Window Glass workers quit work nationwide to press adoption of a new wage scale increasing pay by about 25 percent. Several plants have signed the new scale.
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Cleveland, O
The
National Window Glass Workers
Realty Girl Impersonates Boy News Agent in Cedar Rapids
Pearl Waters, a girl who spent two years masquerading as a boy and working as a news agent on Rock Island trains in Cedar Rapids, was detained by police. She arrived from the east and her true history is to be investigated.
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Iowa Evening Press
Cedar Rapids
Pearl Waters
Rock Island
Inventor Fatally Wounds Broker In Manhattan Office
Henry B. Suydam a New York mining stock broker curb market member and Plainfield New Jersey alderman was shot and badly wounded in his Broad street office by inventor John O. Lumsden who said Suydam refused payment for an invention Lumsden fought a clerk before being arrested and claimed the shooting was semi defensive
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New York
N. Y
Henry B. Suydam
Curb Stock Market
Plainfield
N. J
Broad Street
John O. Lumsden
Suydam
Lumsden
Educator Dies at Rose Polytechnic Institute
Terre Haute Ind Dec 19 Dr Thomas Gray vice president of Rose Polytechnic Institute died today after a long illness.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Thomas Gray
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Plan To Entertain Iowa Club Women In Davenport
Davenport women outlined plans to entertain the biennial Women's clubs of Iowa in Davenport next May. Dates to be fixed at the state board meeting in Des Moines on January 12.
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Iowa Club
Iowa Evening Press
Davenport
Women’s Clubs of
Iowa
State Board
Des Moines
Taft Cabinet Lists Reported By Times-Star
A Times-Star dispatch from Cincinnati reports that President elect Taft will seek Knox approval for a cabinet including Herrick as Treasury Secretary and Wickersham as Attorney General. Other posts list Magoon War, Loeb Navy, Ballinger Interior, Hitchcock Postmaster, Wilson Agriculture, and Kryht Commerce and Labor.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Times-Star
Augusta
Philander C. Knox
Taft
Myron T. Herrick
Treasury
Knox
Pennsylvania
George W. Wickersham
New York
Charles J. Magoon
Navy
William Loeb
York
Charles A. Thompson
Interior
Richard A. Ballinger
Seattle
Wash
Frank H. Hitchcock
Massachusetts
James Wilson
Iowa
Commerce and Labor
George A. Kryht
Califor
Roosevelt Denies Break With Taft Reports
Cincinnati dispatch quotes President Roosevelt denying a published report of a rift with President-elect Taft. The Times-Star says Roosevelt authorized a Washington denial stating he does not oppose Charles P. Taft for Senate and favors Congressman Burton.
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Cincinnati
The
Times-Star Today
Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
Charles P. Taft
Senate
Burton
Old Player to Return to Muscatine Courts
Edwin Lillibridge, famed basketball center from Muscatine, plans a comeback. The former star of local teams is poised to rejoin the city hoops scene, drawing attention of fans and former rivals alike.
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Edwin Lillibridge
Muscatine
Court Upholds Alimony Seizure After Divorce
In St Louis the court of appeals ruled a divorced wife may seize her former husband earnings and property to enforce alimony even if he remarries. The decision, seen by lawyers as widening support obligations, could affect many men with two families. In Warrensburg a Missouri circuit court decision found no law prohibiting Christian Science healing by church members. Lena A Jaccard and Theresa M Haywood, Kansas City practitioners, were charged with practicing medicine or surgery without a license.
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St. Louis
Warrensburg
Missouri
Christian Science Church
Circuit Court
Lena A. Jaccard
Theresa M. Haywood
Kansas City
Illinois Club Five to Clash with Muscatine Five
The Illinois Athletic Club Five will visit Muscatine around February 15 and 16 to oppose local teams. Manager Garrison of the Chicago club signed the contract for the games after a city visit last night, with star Lilly among the lineup.
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Muscatine
Lilly
Illinois Athletic Club
Garrison
Chicago
Senator Chosen as Premier of Taft's Cabinet
Taft selects a senator as premier of his cabinet and notes Knox will not resign soon to avoid affecting a colleague's bid for re election. Taft discusses the selection and aims regarding collaboration and continuity in administration.
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Taft
Knox Named Secretary of State in Taft Cabinet
Philadelphia reports a scramble among western Pennsylvania Republicans to succeed Knox in the Senate with Boise Penrose as a rival. Augusta confirms Taft's choice, Knox accepting as secretary of state after considering the offer. Knox says he will leave the Senate with regret and honors Pennsylvania support.
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Philadelphia
Knox
Taft
Pennsylvania
Senate
Pittsburg
Boise Penrose
Penrose
Augusta
Washington, D. C
Philander C. Knox
United States
Weather Forecast for Iowa and Illinois
Fair conditions expected tonight and Sunday across Iowa and Illinois. Sunrise at 7 14, sunset at 4 22, moonrise at 9 45.5 am.
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Iowa
Illinois
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