Prison Officials Ship to Leavenworth on Special Train
A train carrying thirty three labor union officials to Leavenworth Kansas departed Indianapolis after a county jail farewell. Ed Lewis and J E McClory attended with family members as guards handcuffed prisoners for the journey. Judge Anderson took under advisement a writ of error petition involving more than one hundred typed pages. United States District Attorney Miller called much of the petition junk and asked for time to review the records.
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Indianapolis
Leavenworth
Kan
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ed Lewis
San Francisco
Lrom Workers’ Union
J. E. McClory
International Union
Anderson
Chester H. Krum
St. Louis
Mr. Krum
United States District Attorney
Charles W. Miller
Woman appointed city comptroller in Atlantic City
Miss Bessie Townsend twenty four years old is named city comptroller succeeding David R. Barrett who was dismissed for approving a 21000 payment to Pennsylvania railroad for work on a timber water main without consent. Townsend will oversee over 3 million dollars and sign every city rent check. She is said to be the only woman comptroller in the country.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Bessie Townsend
David R. Barrett
Pennsylvania Railroad
Miss Townsend
Victims of Aviation Count 112 Dead This Year
New York reports 112 aviators died in aeroplane accidents in the year just ended. Three women among the victims include two Americans. Germany led fatalities with twenty nine. France and the United States followed with twenty seven and twenty six. British Isles had fifteen fatalities. Italy four. Russia three. Switzerland two. Austria Spain Romania Greece and China one each.
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New York
Germany
France
United States
British Isles
Italy
Russia
Switzerland
Austria
Spain
Romania
Greece
China
Felton Named President of Pere Marquette Railway
Felton headlined as Samuel M. Felton, president of the Chicago Great Western Railway, named to the Pere Marquette presidency. The announcement also notes George W. Perkins resigning as chairman and director, and Frank W. Blair with Dudley E. Waters elected as receivers and new directors.
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New York
Samuel M. Felton
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Pere Marquette Railway
George W. Perkins
Pere Marquette
Frank W. Blair
Dudley E. Waters
Road
Rates Rise in New Classification No 61
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission suspends the proposed Western Classification No 61 affecting railroad rates nationwide. The inquiry shows classification 51 aimed for uniformity but yielded mixed effects, raising some rates while lowering others, keeping overall levels higher than before.
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Washington
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bailey Speech Draws Long Traveling Delegation
Led by Jone Stevens of Woodbury Texas a small group traveled 2000 miles to hear Senator Joseph W Bailey speak in the U S Senate The travelers describe him as the biggest man in the country and express hope his address on the initiative and referendum will be his last public forensic effort in the chamber.
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Washington
Van
Jone Stevens
Woodbury
Tex
Joseph W. Bailey
United States Senate
Senate
Stevens
Taft Returns to Washington After Panama Trip
President Taft and Mrs. Taft arrived in Washington aboard a special train returning from the Panama excursion. The White House awaited them as Col. Goethals’s civil governance nomination for the canal zone was expected to reach the Senate around February 1. Indy indictments touch railroad board in wake of the Tivington wreck that claimed sixteen lives.
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Washington
Taft
Panama
Mrs. Taft
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Holiday News From County Correspondence
County notes report Henry Peterson pursuing bachelor stunt while relatives enjoy holidays in the Twin Cities. Will Simon visits friends north of Valley City. Hunter family moved from Towne farm to Wheeler farm near Darey. Andrew Soure and family spent Christmas with the Reidman family. School District 74 held a well attended entertainment on Dec 24 with lunch. Marsh Township updates include James Rodeman visiting Kentucky for vacation. Critchfield School closed Dec 24 with three graduates Caroline Mason Maude Olstad Agnes Olstad. Martha Bjerke visiting parents. Charlie Fagerstrom visited Petti Bone and R. King on winter claim. Cling Formo visited from Valley City. Gartland and Willie Fagerstrom saw wrestling at the Armory. suggested annual event. E. C. Thompson hosted holiday gathering for Boyd and Nellie from Fargo A C. Agnes Jones hosted Xmas tree for pupils and patrons. Gordon hosted New Year party. Bruske of Wimbledon spent Christmas at the town home. James McLees to Des Moines for relatives and school. Arthur Kee and Mabel Tilings wed Dec 24. Kee homestead in Hemen Township to be home after Jan 1. Edmund Tabbert and Nellie Gordon to Valley City Normal. Anna Tabbert back from South Dakota Minneapolis Fargo trip. Ray and James McLees visited Campbell home Sunday. Anna and Agnes Jones hosted a four‑course Xmas dinner. Elmer Cowdrey, teaching at Adrian, spent Xmas with Kee family. Kee Sr moved to Sanborn. old home to be occupied by Arthur.
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Henry Peterson
Twin Cities
Will Simon
Valley City
Hunter
Frank Towne
Prairie
Wheeler
Darey
N. D
Andrew Soure
Mike Reidman
E. C. Thompson
Hemon
Boyd
Nellie
Fargo A. C
Agnes Jones
George Gordon
Bruske
Wimbledon
Toens
James McLees
Des Moines
Arthur Kee
Mabel Tilings
Moultrie
Episcopal Parsonage
Kee
Hemen Township
Edmund Tabbert
Nellie Gordon
Anna Tabbert
South Dakota
Minneapolis
Fargo
Ray
Campbell
Anna
Elmer Cowdrey
Adrian
Mrs. Kee Sr
Sanborn
Arthur
Mansfield Dance At Clark City Schoolhouse Draws Crowd
An old fashioned dance hosted by Wm. Jones at the Clark City school house on Friday evening December 27 drew a large attendance. Many longtime local settlers returned to join the merriment and danced in the cotillion led by Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Jones. Arch Ferguson performed a lively display of old time dancing for the guests.
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Mansfield
Wm. Jones
Clark City
Dee
L. R. Jones
Ferguson
Arch
Local visitors and family guests listed in brief notices
Jan 2 Carl Henrikson and Gust Colling were business visitors in Kathryn last Tuesday. Miss Nina Henrikson visited with Miss Mary Monson last Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Ole Stevens and family and Mr and Mrs Gayhart Gregerson and Mrs Peter Gregerson and
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Carl Henrikson
Gust Colling
Kathryn
Nina Henrikson
Mary Monson
And
Oris
Ole Stevens
Gayhart Gregerson
Peter Gregerson
Axel
Carl
John F. Henrikson
Nina
Marie Henrikson
Peter A. Anderson
Martin Thoreson
Julia Rensley
Canada
Henry G. Aas
Enda
Martin Stevens
Peter
Joseph Stevens
Axel Gregerson
Ole ‘Hagen
Fred
Christ Hagen
Andrew
Nelson
Magnus
Ole Hagen
Helge Olson
Thoreson
Casper Haakenson
Ole P. Olstad
Eddie Aas
Herman Luddki
Paul Fjeldstad
Anton
Thom
Thevede
Peter Anderson
Kathryn area social notes and local booster appeal
A genealogy of visits and small-town interactions lists Axel and Carl Henrikson and others visiting neighbors in Kathryn and area families including the Andersons, Stevens, Monsons, and Peters. It notes church services, Christmas events, daily shoppers, and local business trips, ending with a call to boost Valley City Barnes County by promoting agricultural potential and regional development nationally.
SAYS LOW PRICES TEMPT HOUSEWIFE
Chicago December 31 James J Hill former chairman of Great Northern railway board says the housewife's pocket book is the backbone of national life. He argues wives buy on price rather than value and urges buying quality over cheapest options to save money. He compares household spending to rail procurement and stresses the wallet as a key national factor.
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Chicago
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Death by imagined burglars claims Miss Frances Macas
In Chicago on December 31 Miss Frances Macas died after waking from a dream of two masked burglars entering her home. She fled in her sleep, fell down stairs, and succumbed hours later, telling her mother and a physician of the frightening episode.
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Chicago
Frances Macas
Miss Macas
Wisdom tooth found in lung shocks town
Wilkes barre Pa Dec 31 A Sayre man William Peck pronounced incurable by several physicians suffered a racking cough until a wisdom tooth lodged in his lung emerged after gas anesthesia. Two years earlier the tooth had been extracted and its fate unknown. Despite lung operations and a sanitarium stay his condition worsened before recovery was assured.
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Wilkesbarre
William Peck
Sayre
Peck
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