State Happenings Include Bible Contempt and Box Car Theft
Ida Groven contests heirship to her grandmother Mrs. Aley McHugh estate using a family Bible in court. A set contempt fine looms if the Bible is not produced. Young thieves, ages 10 to 17, admit tampering with box car seals in Alton. A Carrigan case awards $5,000 against the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad after a fatal collision near Ayrshire. Des Moines hosts the Phoenix insurer takeover of State Fire. Henry Elliott to retire.
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Sioux City
Powers
Alton
Crowell
Northwestern Railroad
L. N. Bambers
Orange City
Emmetsburg
Carrigan
Minneapolis
Phoenix
Des Moines
Mne Fire Insurance Company
State Fire
Hartford
Herry Elliott
Fire destroys Mille Lake home leaves family harmed
Mason City reports Albert Thorvelson burned to death in a house fire near Lake Mille. Selma Haugen a maid suffered a broken arm and bruises. Mr and Mrs Thorvelson their children and Mert Rojles son a farm hand were badly burned in the blaze destroying the Thorvelson home three miles poulh of Lake Mille.
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Mason City
Albert Thorvelson
Selma Haugen
Gilbert Thorvelson
Mert Rojlesson
Tha ‘Horvalson
Lake Mille
Mason City Robberies Reported in Wild Notes
Disjointed Iowa notes report robberies at Mason City rooms and a fire incident at Twin Owl restaurant in Amery. Sally, a Denison civic leader and church figure, dies after cancer battle. Rev John Lengson, former Cedar Valley minister, dies in Canada after moving farms.
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Amey
John Lengson
Swaledule
Bhefield
Nora Springs
Canada
Fred Brown
Farmers Short Course At Ames Promises Wide Farm Benefits
Ames state college hosts annual winter short courses December 29 to January 9 drawing over a thousand township farmers and families. Lectures and demonstrations cover animal husbandry, dairy, crop care, soil, orchard and forestry topics with expert instructors and practical sessions. Crop summaries detail Iowa yields and values for corn, oats, wheat, barley, rye, flax, potatoes and hay, highlighting record-year totals and market prices.
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Town State College
Devery
Ant Ames
College
State Experiment Station
Ames
America
Iowa
Crop Service Bulletin
Des Moines
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Nearrest
Waterworks Pumping Station Burns in Mason City
A fire destroyed Mason City waterworks pumping station causing loss of motors and leaving the city with limited water protection and supply. The blaze damaged the Garner facility and disrupted main water lines and service.
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Mason City
Garner
Farmer Die, Throat Slit, Near Dubuque
Dubuque area farmer Charles Wetzel age 48 died by self inflicted throat wound with a pocket knife. No cause given. He leaves three wives and three children. Obscure notice also mentions Rev. John Longuon, prominent Baptist minister, with pastorates at Swaledale and Sheffield.
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Dubuque
Charles Wetzel
Prohibition Demand Moves to Congress by Temperance Groups
Washington dispatch reports 1000 delegates from the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League marching to the Capitol to urge a constitutional amendment for nationwide prohibition. Senator Shepherd of Texas and Representative Hobson are named in the drive, though Hobson is sidelined by a cold.
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Washington
National Women's Christian Temperance, Union
AntiSaloon League
Congress
Capitol
Burley
Baken
Ohio
Anti-Saloon League of America
Baker
Shepherd
Texas
Hobgan
Tam
Eeek
Hobson
Harvard seniors choose a Negro orator for class day
Cambridge Ma Dec 12 Harvard seniors elected Alexander L Jackson of Hagerstown New Jersey as their class day orator for 1914 The move reflects the era's evolving attitudes toward race among elite institutions and sparks discussion in campus circles.
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Cambridge
Hays
Alexander L. Jackson
Hagarwood
N. J
Omaha
Nob
Fehr
City National Bank
London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Paris
Concord
N. H
Edgar Aldrich
Harry HK. Thaw
Supreme Courts of the
United States
Thaw
Los Angeles
Cal
Wilmington
Del
L. J. Moore
Mona Lisa Mystery Involving $5 Million Offer Declined
The Mona Lisa theft saga from the Louvre in August 181 has long stirred art lore. An Italian resident of Pap torno claims custody of the painting, while negotiations in France reportedly valued the work at around $5 million though the offer was refused.
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Plovence
Italy
Leopardo da Vinci
de Louvre
Pap
Ayénga
Napoleon I
Leonardo
Emile
Thiavas
Lina
Lowe
Repy
Leqnard
Takete Bia
Deliocondo
Florence
Fourtyen
Francis Tr
McDermott Probed for Impropriety as House Debates Expulsion
The report to Congress discusses alleged improper actions by Rep James D. McDermott including possible expulsion from the House. President Wilson faced pressure linked to the Joplin situation and a Rouge Jobby Navigation committee report was presented. The total improper payments cited exceed $417.0.
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Washington
Dyboure
Macdonald Q Mlohigan
Canittse
Wilson
Joppieg
Rouge Jobby
James D. McDermoth
Vaccination debate shakes International Anti-Vivisection Congress
Washington reports the International Anti-Vivisection and Annual Protection Congress discusses global vaccination push with Belgium slated to host the next meeting. Porter R. Gope of Philadelphia cites smallpox as caused by vaccination while J Howard Moore of Crane Tech urges humane limits on vivisection.
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Washington
Belgium
Congress
Porter R. Gope
Philadelphia
America
J. Howard Moore
Crane Technical High School
Chicago
Tfl
Moore
Battleship Vermont Disabled at Sea on Mediterranean Cruise
A radiogram from Rear Admiral Charles Badger reports the battleship Vermont suffered a broken starboard main shaft and damaged compartments. She limped toward Hampton Roads on her return, assisted by the Delaware Orion and Jason, traveling at eight knots with no need for alarm.
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Washington
Dew
Vermont
Hampton Roads
Amooth Aga
Tampico Conflict Draws Foreign Protection Orders
Reports from Tampico describe Villa faction attacks and federal resistance with Rear Admiral Fletcher safeguarding foreigners. British and American ships evacuate residents while 100 Spaniards in Chihuahua face expulsion. Terrazas Jr. is seized and jailed amid turmoil as international protests arise.
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Mexico City
Ree
Meteber
Slexicatss
Tamplco
Lionel
Carden
Christopher Graddock
Berwicks
Tampico
Cay Tampico
Fletcher
Juarez
Chihuahua
Luis Terrazas
Mexico
Terrazal
Blause
Seebell
Scobell
Francisco Villa
Washington
United States
Martin Letcher
Terrazas
Nay
Lulq Terrazas
Olinoge
Uhiraday
Admial Fletcher
Navy Department Ae
Matcher
Constitutionalista
Noel Fletcher
President blocks suffrage aid amid party split
Washington reports the president refused to back a National American Woman's Suffrage Party bid for a standing in-house suffrage committee. He plans to send a special message urging reform. In Little Valley New York a woman named Mrs. Gynthig-Bultam is charged with murdering her husband and two children using a pistol.
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Washington
National American Woman's Buffrage
Congress
Wite
Hald
Little Valley
N Y
Dac
Gynthig-Bultam
Yrder
Bomb kills girl and injures others at bottling plant
A Friday bomb at the O K Bottling Company office in New York City mortally wounds an eighteen year old girl named Ausewicz while injuring others. The device exploded as a windowed blast struck the building and caused chaos across Thirty sixth Street. A separate report notes the death of Dr Cardl Klein at age seventy five in Chicago.
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New York
Nec
The
O. K. Bottling Company
Slehth Atreat
Ide Ausewicz
Thomas Modabe
Fon Paneer
Nur
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Cluivens
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Congressaman Coroner
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Goquhbe
Iowa Minster
Deng
Mayon City
Jotn Longuon
Promiyent ‘Baptist
Miniater
Swaledale
Shefi Ie
Huehag
Nihernine
Salvador Mercado
Soonara
Gennee
Chihuahua State
ASK
Storm Schmidt
Postar
Hapa Bohwidt
Anna Aumuller
Mona Aisa Fund
Piceless
Wdermott
U.S
Mediterranean
EDS Tampico
Fletcher Ders
Federal
Villa
Salze Bon
King George
Taconta
Cheater
Americatt
Suffolk
Stegnig’ Kronprinzessin
Agon
Cardl Klein
Meriden
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