Iowa State College Team Wins Judging Contest at International Livestock Exposition
The Iowa State College team from Ames won first place in the students judging contest at the International Livestock Exposition with a high score. Members include O Wise Vilitsca Ta EB Girton State Center In R Go Me Chord Lebanon Ky J W Schwab Britt Ia Rix Gatewood Ames and H J Boyts as alternate. Wise and Girton were top individuals with scores of 77 and 541 respectively. Iowa led in horses and cattle judging and showed strength across animals though sheep and hogs varied in results.
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Chicago
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
O. Wise
Vilitsca
Girton
State Center
R. Go Me
Chord
Lebanon
Wn. Schwab
Carth
Kansas
Manitoba
Towa
Ohio
Nebraska
Missouri
Armistice Hopes Rise as Allies Gain in Balkans
Allied forces sack Turkish positions and Bulgarian advances near Adrianople unfold as talks for a fortnight armistice gather pace. German Austrian Roumanian Servia mobilize, with 60,000 Russian troops ready, Albania seeks Austrian aid as Servian resistance stiffens. Durascu falls per Belgrade report.
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Tehatalia
Ro Pene
Swere
Oesker Roumania
Austria
Bulgaria
Russia
Bucharest
Reserviste J
Albania
Italy
Imbroglia
Adriatic
Jankovitch
Belgrade
Durascu
Adrianople
Unusual death case tied to mental telepathy beliefs
William B. Howes a former Des Moines traveling salesman killed himself in a Los Angeles hotel on January 4 1911 amid beliefs in mental telepathy and related subjects Ellen Louise Howes sought five thousand dollars from the Iowa State Traveling Men's association claiming a policy payment for her husband death Judge McPherson directed verdict for the defendant in a rare federal court ruling
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Des Moines
William B. Howes
Los Angeles
McPherson
Sheep Breeders Meet to Convene in Ottumwa
The Iowa State Sheep Breeders and Wool Growers association holds its annual convention in Ottumwa on Friday and Saturday December 20 and 21. Dr C D Cline of Ames College will be principal speaker delivering two lectures on sheep diseases and feeding. Several prominent state sheep growers will join the program.
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Ottumwa
Iowa State Sheen Breeders & Wool Growers’ Association
C. D. Cline
Ames ‘College
Hellance Brick and Tile to Crush Damaged Brick
Belle Plaine reports Hellance Brick and Tile company plans a crusher to break spoiled bricks or tiles from burning into proper sizes. The crushed product sells for 50 cents a yard at the plant and serves cement work or road maintenance as an efficient roadbed material.
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Belle Plaine
Hellance Brick and Tile Company Ia
Asd
Harlan Creamery Expands with Major New Plant
The Harlan Creamery company bought the Merrill block on Market street and will install modern machinery for a large western Iowa plant producing butter ice cream bottled drinks and re manufactured ice. Directors include Dr FE Bragle Martin Ankerstyne and R BD Ramsey of Portsmouth.
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Harlan
Harlan Creamery Company
Merrill Block
Market Street
Iowa
Dr. FE. Bragle
Martin Ankerstyne
R, BD
Ramsey
Portsmouth
Improvements At Standstill Maton City
The Rock Island improvements at their freight yard and depot in Maton City were halted by an injunction from Independent Lumber Company. The company argues railroad grading will block access to its yards.
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Standstill
Maton City
Rock Island
Independent Lumber Company
Presbyterian church hires pastor in Astley town
The Reverend C. B. Perahing from Pueblo Colorado accepted a call to lead the Presbyterian church of Astley at a salary of 1000 dollars for eight years, with a signed agreement.
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Alnister
Ackley
Iowa
C. B.perahing
Pueblo
Colorado
Hag
Presbyterian Church of
Astley
Des Moines Reports Population Rise Across City Areas
Officials note a growing population in Des Moines with total estimates nearing 122,720. Areas including Fort Des and Urhaniple show heightened counts as planners assess development near Ye Park and Go.
Patrick Leaves Sing Sing on Full Pardon
Albert T. Patrick walked out of Sing Sing on November 20 at 4:25 PM after eleven years of confinement. Governor Dix granted a full pardon for the murder conviction of millionaire client William Marsh Rice, citing lingering questions about the fairness of the trial and expressing hope Patrick will seek vindication of his claimed innocence.
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New York
Sing Sing
Albert T. Patrick
William
Marsh Rice
Clent
Dix
Abbert T. Patrick
Jury Finds Hyde Guilty in Illegal Fee Case
New York December 2 1900 jury convicts former City Chamberlain Charles H Hyde of accepting an illegal fee. The sentence may be ten years imprisonment or a $100000 fine or both at the court's discretion.
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City Chamberlain
New York
Charles H. Hyde
Bank Official Shoots Self at Paducah Bank
Paducah Kentucky Friday afternoon Bagby assistant cashier of City National Bank of Paducah shot and killed himself in the bank basement. Officials refused to comment.
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Guicide
Paducah
Bagby
City National Bank of
Nogl Case Reporting Confusing Fragments
Fragmentary OCR text mentions an individual and unclear events. No coherent facts or identifiable names, places, or dates are discernible for a structured summary.
Lawrence Strike Riot Trial Results In New Indictments
In Salem Massachusetts on November 28 a jury acquitted Joseph Ettor Arturo Giovannitti and Joseph Caruso on charges related to the murder of Anna Lopizzo in Lawrence. Caruso faces a new charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Ettor and Giovannitti were also released on bond in connection with an alleged conspiracy with William D Haywood and others to incite the riot.
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Salem
Mass
Eage
Joseph J. Wttor
Arturo Giovannitt
Joseph Caruso
Annd Lapizzo
Lawrence
Ford
Thay
Caruso
Cand
Ettor
Cgiovannitt
Hald
William D. Haywood
Industrial Workers of
Worl
Gonapiracy
Inelia
Tor
Giovannitti
Anna’ Lopizzo
Commonwealth
Confessed Killer Hickey Details 2 Murders in Lackawanna
Frank Hickey of Lackawanna New York confessed Friday to killing seven year old Joseph Josepha whose dismembered body was found in a Lackawanna cesspool on November 16 and to killing twelve year old Michael Kruck in New York ten years earlier. He said liquor drove the killings, claiming an irresistible mania when drunk.
Taft Attends Rayner Funeral in Washington
Isidor Rayner of Maryland, who died here of neuritis, was laid to rest in Rock Creek cemetery. President Taft, cabinet officials, and members of the senate and house paid tribute to a leading U S senator as Maryland sent its official mourners.
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Washington
United States
Isidor Rayner
Maryland
Rock Creek
Taft
Senate
House
Congress
Pha
Ita Moury
Blanche Bates Weds George Creel in Newcastle Home
Blanche Bates, the famed tragedian, and George Creel, editor and police commissioner, reportedly wed at Bates family home in Newcastle after a Denver ceremony. The pair are widely recognized in theatrical and public service circles.
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Blanche Bates
George Creel
Yonkers
Agte
Tess
Denver
Colo
Migg Bates
Newcastle
Novel Legal Appeal in Seoul Involving Koreans
A fragmented report from Seoul notes a legal appeal involving Koreans in November. Details are unclear due to OCR garbled text but references to a trial or appeal in a Korean locale are present.
Fatal Train Wreck Near Philadelphia Tragedy
A Penn Road express derailed at Glenloch twenty five miles from Philadelphia Thursday after a broken rail caused a double header to plunge down an embankment. Four people were killed and fifty injured as Pullmans and steel cars piled onto coal cars. The dead include J. H. Collins of Buffalo Howard Baldwin of Brooklyn Edwin R. Jones of Pittsburgh and L. D. Finley of Pittsburgh.
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Philadelphia
Glenléch
J. H. Collins
Buffalo
Howard B. Baldwin
Pullman Con
Brooklyn
N.Y
Edwin R. Jones
Pullman
Pittsburg
L. D. Finley
Typhoon Devastates Philippine Islands Wipes Capiz City
A massive typhoon strikes the Philippines causing widespread death and homelessness. Tacloban and Leyte suffer near total ruin with Capiz heavily damaged and losses projected above ten million dollars. American and native residents are affected across multiple islands.
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Manila
P. I
Leyte
Philppine Islands
Algus
Tacloban
Capiz
Plot to Bomb Los Angeles and Panamal Canal Locks Revealed
A federal court case recaps the Me Namayas and other conspirators plotting extensive violence. The dynamiter describes plans to destroy Los Angeles, blow up canal locks, and resort to highway robbery to fund the effort. Dialogue centers on the conference at the international headquarters in Detroit in April 1911.
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Mienapolis
Orde
Manigal
Mongay
MeNamayas
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Agarty
John J. McNamara
J. J. McNamara
McManigal
Panalia
McClntie
Marshall Company
Dynamiter
International
J. Fh
McNamara
Orde McManigal
Detroit
Notable early 20th century crime and political notices
Brief dispatches report John Schrank’s transfer to a hospital after an assassination attempt on Roosevelt, Navy Secretary Meyer denying resignation rumors, Ad Wolgast’s boxing upset and title loss in Queensberry history, Maryland Senator Jackson’s gubernatorial appointment, four gunmen convicted in a New York murder slated for execution, J T Brush’s funeral in Indianapolis, and a Thanksgiving dinner tragedy in Bloomington Illinois.
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Be — Tain
Milwaukee
John Schrank
Roosevelt
Oshkosh
Fred Becker
Fudge
Backus
Municipal Court
Washington
Meyer
Navy Department
San Francisco
Ad Wolgant
Nelson
Willie Ritchie
Daly City
Jim Crufin
Queensberry
Californian
Ballmore
Willian Parnell Jackson
Maryland
United States
Goldsborough
Annapolis
Ialdor Rayner
Jackson Cuta
Senate
New York
Q Poth
Whitey” Lewis
Lefty Laure
Dago Frank
Herman Rosenthal
Justis ‘Gott
Sing Sing
Colonel Ransdell Dies After Operation in Washington
Col Daniel M Ransdell long prominent in public life and a friend of President Harrison died after an operation on November 7 His death marks the end of a noted career as sergeant at arms of the Senate and former US marshal for DC Also reported Fitzgerald trial postponed in Chicago as Judge Carpenter remains unavailable.
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Washington
Col
Daniel M. Ransdell
Arma
United States Senate
United States
District of Columbia
Harrison
Ransdell
Huntington’s oldest resident receives 100th birthday shave
Jacob Kouers Huntington’s oldest resident submitted to a celebratory shave on November 30 at age 99, with plans to mark his upcoming hundredth birthday on December 14. A local barber, Thureday, performed the ceremonial shave in Huntington, Indiana.
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Huntington
Ind
Jacob Kouers
Bret
Untitled Uproar Describes Turbulent Evening Fight
The account unfolds with a tired narrator describing a clash as bandages veil his face. He recalls a confrontation involving Sam Jackson and an unnamed assailant who chased and struck him multiple times. The fragment hints at fear, pain, and ongoing conflict during a troubling incident.
Child's scalp illness cured by Cuticura regimen
Mrs. Omma Patterson of Muncie describes a severe head skin outbreak on her little girl. She tried various soaps and salves before using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. After a week of washing and applying, the scalp cleared and hair grew, with noted improvement in itching and burning.
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Muncie
Ind
Omma Patterson
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Ady
End of a Noted Folly Monocle Fades From Paris After Vienna Debut
The monocle, once a fashion staple in England and Paris, is nearing extinction in France as its Dutch inventor’s eyewear quickly wanes. Coined at Vienna in 1814 the accessory lasted about a century before fading from public view.
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England
Paris
Clergyman Testifies to Dodds Kidney Pills Relief
The Rev Edmund Heslop of Wigton Pa suffered dropsy for a year with swollen limbs and fatigue. After using six boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills the swelling disappeared and he felt strengthened. He remains confident in the remedy and endorses Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY, 600 per box. Correspondence offered from Rev Heslop inviting inquiries and free household hints and music.
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Edmund Heslop
Wigton
Roy. H. Hestop
Heslop
Dodds
Dodds Medicine, Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Ady
Untitled Historical Ad Fragment On Health and Morality
Fragmentary OCR shows dialogue about a kiss with a daughter and a stern response. An advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Pellets as a cure for constipation and “seriously aggravates may diseases” with sugar coated granules.
Suburban advertising tale prompts self doubt
An unclear, fragmented passage describes an advertising man’s misleading story and a speaker’s reaction to it. The narrator recalls reading a lure and confronting deception, reflecting on how an advert may prompt self questioning and doubt.
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Howes
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Willam Marsh -Rice
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Korea
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Lite
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Chacinnati Express
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Troéka
M'Manigal
Eign
Sage James B. McNamara
Paniama
Locks Brown
Plst
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Angeles
Anes
J. T.brush
Indianapolis
J. T. Brush
New York National League Baseball Club
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Crown Hill Cemetery
Ploomington
Fitzgerald
George W. “Wiggerald
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