World record quick fire department hitch set in trials
In Buffalo New York the No. 4 fire company claims a world best for a quick team hitch in an eight trial series. Horses Jack and Prince placed in two jumps as harness snapped, judges noted times from 1 to 4 seconds with five full threads required. Captain Bob Jones J Olive and Clarence Houg Hale Jones led early hitches while Fred Johnson W Sapp judged. Sixteen trials showed longest time three seconds and shortest one second amid stairway exhibitions.
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Coulet Burs Wta
Fire Department
Buffalo
N. Ys
Hale Jone
Bob Jones
J. J. Olives
Fred Johnson
W. Sapp
ToWa Association
Kale
Jones
Cochran
Kale Jones
Former Little Rock businessman faces rape charge in Iowa case
E B Donovan, once a prominent jewelry dealer and land agent from Little Rock, was arrested on a rape charge. The plaintiff is his wife’s cousin Violet Bowen, 22. The case traces Donovan’s movements from South Dakota to Council Bluffs LeMars and Adrian Iowa, where Bowen pressed the complaint.
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Little Rock
E. B. Donovan
Violet Bowen
Donovan
South Dakota
Misa Bowen
Miss Bowen
Council Bluffs
LeMars
Adrian
Minister May Sue In Slander Case At Sheldahl
In Sheldahl Iowa 73 year old Kate Peterson a leading Swedish Methodist member faces a possible defamation suit from Otto A Rabe a church pastor aged about 30 over alleged false stories about his debts and misconduct The pastor admits taking church coal for his home but says he replaced it and accuses Peterson of circulating unfounded charges aimed at harming his reputation.
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Sheldahl
Swedish Methodist Church
Otto A. Rabe
Kate Peterson
Mra. Peterson
Parties Lose Ballot Status. Hollister Dies at 101
In Dos Mores on November 28 the populists and socialists lose official ballot status due to low vote totals, while prohibitionists keep theirs. J A Lowenberg of Ottumwa runs for supreme judge, with other results showing Caldwell a Democrat and Bishop a Republican leading. Mapleton mourns David Hollister, aged 101, a long-lived citizen born in Genesee County New York in 1802, who died after a period of good health.
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Dos Mores
Adlai Willet
People's Party
Inés
Supreme Judge
State ‘Executive Council
J. A. Lowenberg
Ottumwa
McCrillis
Des Moines
Socialista
Carts
Orr
Caldwell
Amocrat
Bishop
David Hollister
Mapleton
David Hol-later
Heter
Uei
Genesee County
Women and work push toward equal rights in industry
A fragmentary article notes women gaining ground in business and science, with references to salary, education, and leadership. It argues women will soon win voting power and co education in universities, while asserting women already exceed men in study and reading pace.
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Ronni
Acta
Borinssa
Min
Tiey
Annais
Stokteats
Will Bring Action Against Shipbuilding Scandal
A formal announcement from the Commonwealth Trust Company president states intent to investigate ties between the Trust Company and the United States Shipbuilding company. The move aims to clear the company’s name and may lead to actions justified by results of the inquiry.
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Reorganized Trust Company of the Republic
New York
Commonwealth ‘Trust Company
Trust Company
Re Public
United States Shipbuilding Company
Bearritt
Commonwealth “Company
Townsend ’& Downey Shipbuilding Company
Bates
Holt
Federal Court
United States
Panama Attitude Sparks Latin American Protest Note
La Prensa of Buenos Aires says the idea of a foreign protectorate over part of Latin America is serious. Argentina Brazil and Chile seek harmony on the Panama question but Colombia protests and arms defenses its integrity. Paris subway accidents cause burnings but no deaths as riders escape along tracks.
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South America
Uncle Sams
Panama
Buenos Ayres
da Prensa
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Latin America
la Prensa
Paris
Metropolitan Electric Underground Railroad
Markets Report From Sioux City And Rail Markets
Sioux City stock yards report hogs at light and butcher prices with heavy hogs around 4.00. cattle listings include fat cows, stockers, feeders, and butcher steers with various per hundred weight quotes. Chicago and South Omaha prices for hogs and cattle noted. grain and provisions show cash quotations for flour, corn, oats, rye, barley, and pork products. Midwest exchanges list cash wheat prices and livestock values across several markets.
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Sioux City
Chicago
Hoge
Lowith
Ivant
Creanory
Alienation suit headlines Greek editor in divorce case
A New York divorce action centers on Mrs. Viasto charging her husband Solon J. Viasto editor of Atlantis Greek newspaper and social figure with neglect and alienation of affections. She seeks over 500000 in damages amid alleged trips to Europe including Paris and Switzerland and a secret trial before a referee as Culver and Viasto factions appear in a tangled web of prior separations.
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Byerstt
Culver
Benator
W A. Clark
Montana
Solon J. Vinsto
Viasto
Atlantis
Vinato
Paris
Thurag Aay
Mira Viasto
New York
Chicago
Polymero
Tenderloin
Thirtieth Street
Solon J. ‘Viasto
Gerlach
John T. Leotsakos
Athens
A. Romanos
London
Greek Athens Society
Senator Clark
Henry G. Atwater
Bank Receiver Appointed For Germania Bank
Judge Quarton appoints Frank Weltner receiver for State Bank of Germania of Algonr ina. Bank has 25000 capital and 40000 deposits. Inability to convert real estate into cash and overdrafts cited. proceedings may settle debts with orderly liquidation under receiver’s supervision.
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Algonr
Quarton
Frank Weltner
Led Yard
State Bank of
Germania
Aspety
Divorce and remarriage of Mrs Kemp in three minutes
A Boston court grants a civil divorce to Mrs Arthur Kemp after her husband sails to provide for the year. Justice Du Bois signs the decree and immediately weddings follow at the Greer cottage. Mr and Mrs Hunnewell depart for Europe and the Orient after a brief bridal breakfast.
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Vattorney
Gamuee
M. Kemp
Francia
Ty Peckham
Kemp
Arthur Ty Kemp
Max Ajaeste
Huthewell
Honey
Greer Fottige
Timbewell
and Aira
Reginaid Vanderbilt
Jules Blinc Neilson
Ride
Airs
Bilcott
Aganals
Frederic Neilson
Victor Sorchan
Hunnewell
Mrs. Hunnewell
Boston Express
Mr. Scunnewell
Wellesley
Wunnewell
Europe
Orient
Japan
Maude Jaffray
Edward Somerville-Jaffray
Irvington
Ardsley
Hunnewelles
John Stanbury Tooker
Gabriel Mead Tooker
Newport
Mr. Hunnewell
Mr. Tooker
London
Lakewood
Dakota divorce decree invalid in widow’s dower case
Des Moines dispatch states in district court Judge Howe ruled a South Dakota divorce decree null if the respondent resided there merely to obtain a divorce. The decision concerned the Fagen case where a widow sought dower rights but was resisted on grounds her husband had divorced her before his death. The court invalidated the Dakota decree.
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Des Moines
Tudge Howe
South Dakota
Neldemeier
Brey
Roeski
Chicago
Nelder=meller
Foeski
Aetna Station
Toeski
Fils
Pineh Neldermeier
van Dine
Neldermeier
Neidermeier
Scandal Probe Targets City Institutions in St Louis
Grand jury prepared to indict after a month long inquiry into irregularities in city institutions. Health department reports theft on a grand scale with hundreds of thousands defrauded in four years. Ex-meat inspector Oswald Matt and ex-meat contractor William Kraft arrested. Kraft’s account spurs intense hospital investigations. Indictments expected early next week.
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St. Louis, Dec
Grand Jury
Health Department
Grand
Wells
Oswald Matt
William S. Kraft
Laten Kraft
Thignss
Peary Plans First Polar Push From Grantland Shore
Commander Robert J. Peary arrived on the steamer Philadelphia and denied reports he sought to buy a ship for a new expedition. He expects to depart in July to reach Grantland's north shore, camp through winter, then push toward the pole, aiming for the hardest trip yet if his vessel reaches Grantland.
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North Pete
New York
Philadelphia
Robert J. Peary
Polar Sea
Grantland
Pole
Grabiland
Enyer
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