Epithets of a Week's News Echo Berlin to Washington
Colonel Goethals says the canal will open officially January 1 1915 and ships may pass in 1913. Obituaries include Frank Slosson of Kenosha and Rt Rev Thomas Bonacum of Lincoln. News covers Alexander Pine’s fall, Persian finance minister San i Ed Dowleh shot, and US Mine Workers president White’s welcome in Oskaloosa. Also notes Senate politics, Wyoming irrigation deal, Chicago garment strike end, and other global events with famine in China and dynastic changes abroad.
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Goethals
Panama Canal
Washington
Frank Slosson
Kenoha
Wis
John P.white
United Mine Workers
Oskaloosa
Herman Cary Bumpus
University of Wisconsin
Order of the Crown
Roumania
Thomas Bonacum
Lincoln
Sani-Ed-Dowleh
Teheran
Persia
Richard L. Ashurst
Philadelphia
William Lorimer
Illinois
Libery
Senate
Senaor Elihu Root
United States Senate
John Streckfus
Rock Island, Jr
St.ail
St. Louis
New Orleans
Big Petition For Four Year County Official Terms In Iowa
Blackhawk county residents petition the Iowa legislature to enact four year terms for county officers aiming at greater efficiency. The document also notes petitions on various issues including inheritance taxes, traction engine bridge rules, and liquor amendment resubmission. A wide array of local concerns reflects a busy session with numerous private bills and resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackhawk County
Des Moines
Iowa County
General Assembly
Fletcher
Dabney
Davis
Henry C. Travers
Iowa
Hamilton
Lee
Shane
Wapello
Cousins
Butler County
Hardin County
Downey
Crawford County
Pharmacy Commission
Patterson
Keokuk
Keokuk County
Grout
Jacobson
Audubon County
Hanna Drafts Smoke Law for Cities Over Fifty Thousand
Des Moines reports Mayor James R. Hanna is drafting a smoke abatement bill for large cities. The measure, modeled after a Missouri law, would make offenses punishable by fine or imprisonment and allows exemptions if installation is impracticable. Local civic groups back the proposal and promise cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
James R. Hanna
Missouri
Civic Improvement Committee
Commercial Club
Real Estate Exchange
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Lands Grabs Threaten Illinois Rights In Court Fight
Estimates place the land grabs around Lake Michigan and other Illinois waters at a total of about 250 million dollars as the basis for a push to fund an aggressive legal battle. The report by the Chippewa submerged lands committee urges the Illinois attorney general be equipped to contest encroachments. The era also notes mail service inefficiency may trigger upheaval or reorganization, and Postmaster Hitchcock expresses anger at the situation. Coronel Rabago and 300 federals entered Uarez, Mexico, greeted by locals. The Missouri Capitol building was destroyed by fire with one million dollars in losses. A mugging at Rector’s Cafe in Chicago nets 3302. A Kenosha farmer finds the dead body of Mary Zahon, 24. King George and Queen Mary opened Parliament. Moody Bible Institute marks silver anniversary with Chicago clergy and laymen. A coroner’s jury ruled a December 19 gas explosion at the New York Central power house unavoidable. Engineer Albert Eagroatt was released.
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Lake Michigan
Chiperfield Submerged Lands Committee
Ilinois Attorneyeneral
Raliay
Hitchcock
Coronel Rabago
Uarez
Mexico
Iurrecto
Missouri Capitol
Chicago
Kenosha
Wis
SC. J. Jacobson
Mary
Zahon
Somers
Miss Zahon
King George
Queen Mary
Iowa News Roundup Highlights Deaths and Appointments
A statewide Iowa roundup notes multiple fatalities including H Jacobs near Pleasantville who died by his own hand, George Mormann killed by a freight train near Earlville, and Regula Fischer aged 93 at Kirkman. It also reports new postmaster appointments, hospital openings, bank actions, measles closures, civil service exams, and obituaries of Elizabeth Reeves, Rev. Lester Perkins, and others.
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H. Jacobs
Pleasantville
George Mormann
Earlville
North Iowa
Charles City
John S. Lard
Fulton
Jackson County
L. McDonald
First National Bank of
Mapleton
Regula Fischer
Kirkman
Switzerland
Pleasant Plain
Lamoille
Elizabeth Reeves
L. C. Reeves
Des Moines
Tandy Allen
Lucas County
Ottumwa
McCallsburg
Bloomfield
Garwin
Manning
Persia
Tama
Clinton Water Works
Mills County
Fred Agne
William Ford
Tipton
Thomas B. Garrettson
Oskaloosa
Lester Perkins
Seventeenth Street
David Wood
Moulton
Coatesville
Angus McLaughlin
A. A
W. M. McLaughlin
Laura J. Houston
Ritter
Fort Dodge
Senate
Iowa
George Hardenbrook
Maxwell
Isaac Hossler
Battle Creek
J. M. Lee
Lone Tree
Simon J. Mak
Inwood
Louis H. Schulle
Remens
Eunice A. Underhill
Cedar Rapids
Bessie Hendrickson
Clark A. Bliss
Meed Blodsworth
William IE. Bouldin
Mary Colbert
Robert M. Hamilton
John Harper
Stanley BE. Ludwig
William A. Spence
William H. Swords
Harvey O. Wilson
Mary E. Winger
Philo R. Woods
United States
Burlington
C. A. Hartman
Calder van & Storage Co
Council Bluffs
Elmer B. Minnick
Keokuk
James Cameron
M. W. Cadwallader
Upper Iowa University
University
P. Ketchum
Fayette
Clinton
Gertrude von Petzold
Unitarian Church
Birmingham
England
Exonerate Oil Co Article Prompts Libel Retractions
In New York a libel suit over a Hampton's Magazine article accusing Standard Oil of selling impure candies leads to signed retractions. Cleveland Moffett admits error stating the company had no connection with the Philadelphia candy matter, and Hampton's Magazine expresses regret and pledges correction in a future issue. The letters come from Shearman and Sterling at 26 Broadway and Hampton's Magazine in New York.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Hampton’s
Cleveland Moffett
Philadelphia
Shearman & Sterling
Mhroadway
Hampton's Magazine
West Thirty-fifth St
Broadway
Hampton’s Magazine
Cassidy
Cleveland
Danville Judge Rules In Vote Buying Probe
In Danville circuit court Judge Kimbrough orders City Attorney Tones to answer grand jury questions on vote selling and buying. The ruling cites Supreme Court immunity for grand jury witnesses and finds city election laws unconstitutional, limiting questions to past eighteen months. Investigation continues with more witnesses to be examined. Indictments rumored but their focus unclear.
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Danville, I
Kimbrough
Circuit
Tones
Jones
Supreme Court of the United States
Volcano's Toll at Tahtsay as 700 Kill in Philippines
The Taal eruption in the Philippines killed 700 people in Tahtsay, per Batangas governor. Earthquakes persist and 5000 families were ruined. Relief measures are deemed essential to avert further suffering as mud and lava destroyed crops over a wide area.
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Washington
Taal Volcano
Philippines
TaHsay
Batangas
War Department
Forbes
Philippine Islands
Philippine
Decies Honeymoon Planned in Egypt After Engagement
New York reports Lord and Lady Decies soon to wed with Miss Vivien Gould as bride to be. They plan a February 7 marriage and depart February 18 aboard the Cunard Carmania for an Egyptian honeymoon. They will stop in Cairo and tour upper Egypt’s notable sites.
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New York
Lord
Decies
Vivien Gould
Egypt
America
Cunard
Cairo
Upper Egypt
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Shanghai
London
Ngan
Hwei
Kiang Si
National Grange
Lexington
National Patriotic Organizations
Minute Men
Mass
Clifton
Ariz
Jack Chambere
Sheriff English
California Assembly
George E. Roberts
Wyoming
Wyoming Central
Petersburg
Ill
Republican Old Guard
Chicago Garment Workers
Davila
Honduras
Taft
State Department
Cooper
Marietta
Congress
Robert E. Peary
West Point
Academy
Roosevelt
Wright
American Breeders’ Association
Columbus
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Communipaw
N. J
Sierra Manila
San Lorenzo
Chihuahua
Mexico City
Prince Tsai Chun
China
George V
Germany
Reichstag
St. Petersburg
Pantchenko
O'Brien de Lassy
de Lassy
Orient
Iubaraki
New York Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Yale
Charles S. de Long
Frederick T. de Long
Hampton's
House
AIGE
Shirely Gillilland
Mills
Thirty-third Assembly
Brown
Decatur
Tax Commission
Executive Council
Canon R. H. Bell
Jefferson
Dewey
Guthrie County
Hanna
Boosters
Allen
Pocahontas
Sullivan
Polk
Webber
Mitchpatrick
Story
Martin Tr. Calkins
House of Representatives
Calkins
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Bremer County
Miller
Owen
Ifith mmm Eee
General News
Iowa News
Exonerate Oil. CO
Standard
Hampton's and
Moffett
New ‘York City
Danville
Wii
Africa
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