Happenings That Are Making History Worldwide
News of a Week IR condensed from Appleton to New York reports the deaths of William B Murphy a major Midwest paper maker and Mrs Elsie Sigel the civl war widow. Bishop Foss in Philadelphia is paralyzed on a trolley. Marjorie Gould weds Anthony J Drexel Jr. Gifford Pinchot receives riotous reception at Civic Federation. Nathan Straus collapses under tuberculosIs fight. Harriman and Vanderbilt Webb top Yale class. Gerrit Diekema seeks Cannon’s seat. Yerkes funds temperance teaching. Pam post Notre Dame prize for religion education themes.
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William Beverly Murphy
Middle West
Appleton
Wis
Elsie Sizel
Franz Sigel
Civclewar
Elsie Sigel
New York
Cyrus D. Foss
Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington
Nathan Straus
Lakewood
N. J
William Averill Harriman
Vanderbilt Webb
Yale
Gerrit J. Diekema
Michigan
Cannon
House
Herman Yerkes
Bordentown
N. Y
Max Pam
Chicago
Notre Dame University
New York Comptroller probes estates of Smiths amid transfer tax charge
New York State Comptroller William Clark begins action to reappraise the estates of George Smith, a Chicago millionaire, and his nephew James Henry Smith known as Silent Smith, asserting the executors defrauded the state over a transfer tax on 1,263,481. The article lists multiple other national items including a Franco-Canadian trade pact, investigations into meat pricing, and a Philadelphia factory fire. The scope spans legislation, prosecutions, and economic concerns across several states.
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New York State
Clark William
George Smith
Chicago
James Henry Smith
Wall Street
Smith
France
Canada
Major
Missouri
Meat Trust
Ballinger
Hitchcock
Nebraska
House Committee On
Joseph Marek
Fairfield
Conn
Bartoni Jasky
Union Station
Springfield
Mass
Citizens' National Bank
Evansville
Ind
Colorado Midland Railway
Leadville
Cal
Barrett Hastman
Biloxi Migs
Taft
House
Ballinger-Pinchot
Rainey
Illinois
Lst
James
Kentucky
Philadelphia
Joseph Chachkin
Michigan
Battle Creek
Ann Arbor
Lem Loy
Saginaw
John GC. Fetzer
Benjamin Thomas
Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Company
Charles R. Kappes
Fort Leavenworth
John R. Walsh
Walsh
Northern Pacific Coast
New Salem
N. C
Allegheny River
Pittsburg
United States Weather Bureau
Fee Gorge
Freeport
Italy
Spain
Turkey
Switzerland
British Empire
United States
Germany
Kaw
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Washington
White Mouse
Lumber Carriers’ Association of the Great Lakes
Detroit
Naval Commission
California
Japan
Nagai
San Francisco
Tom L. Johnson
Edwin D. Faber
Mendota
Sadie Tauser
la Salle
House of Representatives
New Mexico
Arizona
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Keystone
Cedar Rapids
Maine
Havana
Iowa County's Court House Described as Model Temple of Justice
Iowa county presents a model courthouse completed in 1892 at a total cost of 74000 dollars. Built with Cleveland sandstone and Bray stone the structure houses auditor treasurer clerk and recorder offices on the main floor with vaults while the second floor holds the superintendent's room and county court room. The basement provides an assembly room G A R room storage engine room and general utility spaces. The county celebrates this landmark as a symbol of thrift and progress.
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Iowa County
Iowa
G. A. RB
Temple of Justice
Carroll urges dairymen to boost profits and roads
Governor Carroll addressed Cedar Rapids dairymen urging higher dairy profitability through better herds and feeding, more butter per cow, and improved roads and homes to keep families on the farm. He noted Iowa’s 1,000,363 midl cows, 102,000,000 pounds butter from creameries, and pressed for silos and macadam road plans.
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Iowa
B. F. Carroll
Cedar Rapids
Carroll
Ike
Wright
Food and Dairy
Wis
Prof. McKay
United States
Canada
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Towa
Larrabee
Clermont
Governors Invite Des Moines to Host Governors Meet Next Year
Governor Carroll urges Des Moines as the meeting site and touts Iowa facilities in a Washington conference. He backs a committee choice amid Kentucky and Illinois bid, and discusses divorce reforms including education, restricted marriage for the afflicted, and uniform laws. He calls for county attorney review of divorce petitions and better marriage laws.
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Washington
D. C
Carroll
Des Moines
Commercial Club
Iowa
Kentucky
Il{nois
Congress of Governors
Woman leaps from bridge into Missouri river
A disclosing unidentified woman around forty commits suicide by jumping from the bridge into the icy Missouri river after paying the Nebraska toll. The leap, witnessed by two streetcar loads, was followed by a swift plunge fifty feet into the water and a body recovery about a half mile downstream.
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Council Bluffs
Missouri
Nebraska
Stensland and Herring Paroled From Bank Wreck Case
Paul O. Stensland formerly Milwaukee Avenue State Bank president and Henry Herring its former cashier were paroled yesterday after conviction connected with the bank wrecking and the disappearance of 1,300,000 dollars in funds in Chicago.
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Stensland
Herring
Chicago
Paul O. Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank of Chicago
Henry Herring
Cummins to Conduct Inquiry into Civil Service Laws
Washington January 21 1 The civil service committee chaired by Senator Cummins has been authorized by a senate resolution to hold hearings aimed at revising civil service laws.
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Cummins
Washington, D. C
Civil Service Committee
Senator Cummins
Senate
Odell Appointed Acting Postmaster in Oelwein
A. M. Odell was appointed acting postmaster in Sturgiss' place at Oelwein Iowa on January 21. The prior postmaster J. Sturgiss was suspended after an investigation found his accounts short about 1500 dollars.
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A. M. Odell
Sturgiss
Oelwein
J. Sturgiss
Oskaloosa to Merge Toll Lines Under Phone Co
Oskaloosa Iowa January 21 The Home Telephone company has taken over the toll business of the Bell company It is probable Oskaloosa will have only one telephone exchange in this district
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Oskaloosa
Home Telephone Company
Bell Company
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General News
Iowa County's Court House
Henry Wallace
Gov. B. F. Carrol
Missouri River
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