Keokuk Extends Saloon License Under New Law Test
Keokuk city council voted 2 to 4 to renew Harry Nickell's saloon license for one year despite the repeal of the mulot law. An agreement allows only one glass of liquor to be sold January 3 as a test case to challenge repeal. Attorney General Cosson says readiness for all fights to make the amulet repeal law stick.
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Keokuk
Harry Nickel
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Cosson
Keokuk Council
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Moines
Manning
Prize Winners in Cedar Falls Women’s Corn Contest
In Black Hawk county 175 farmers wives earned more than 1000 dollars in prizes after Cedar Falls National Bank held a three day corn show ending Saturday. A silver trophy swept the top prize. numerous Haviland china sets and kitchen utensils were awarded while 75 nonwinning wives received hand painted china.
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Cedar Falls
Black Hawk County
Cedar Falls National Bank
Robbins Named For Iowa Town On Burlington Line
The new town Blain-Iowa will be called Robbins and sit about five miles from Hastings in Mills County on the Burlington railroad. J D Robbins, a prosperous farmer, helped secure the station after twenty years of effort. Farmers donated land and prepared tracks, elevator, and stock yards grounds.
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Council Blain
Burlington Railroad
Robbins
Hastings
Mills County
J.D. Robbins
Rich Season for Trappers in Lansing Area
Trappers report a rich winter harvest with over a thousand skark pelts and many fox skins selling from 2 to 7 dollars each. Muskrat hides exceed 1,600 sold by a single individual. some pelts were trapped while others were speared in bayous.
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Lansing
Tira
Doctor Sought as Marshalltown Man Dies at Drugstore
Marshalltown resident and Iowa veteran Austin Paris Parks, 72, once of Oskaloosa, entered a drug store claiming severe illness and asked for a doctor. He died of heart disease before aid arrived. Parks served in Company F Thirty-ninth Iowa Infantry and Company E Seventeenth Iowa Infantry and had lived at the soldiers home almost three years.
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Austin
Paris
Oskaloosa
Parks
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Iowa Infantry
Seventeenth
Big Estate Suit Tests Deed Transfer In Mason County
A major estate case in Mason County challenges a deed transfer. William Brett of Los Angeles deeded 7,000 acres in this county to George W. Brett, son of the elderly donor, while Albert Brett and other heirs claim they were neglected.
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George W. Brett
William Brett
Los Angeles
Albert Brett
Fifty Five Indicted in Ottumwa Grand Jury
The Ottumwa grand jury has returned indictments against 55 men including owners of several Ciger stores drug stores and tool halls on charges from bootlegging to gambling via punch boards and slot machines.
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Ottumwa
Ciger
Des Moines Man Bitten by Mad Dog Hospital Headill
Des Moines Jarvis Cassidy aged 7 years is dangerously ill after a bite from a mad dog he was treating at a cat and dog hospital. Four others bitten by the same animal are receiving Pasteur treatment.
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Des Moines
Jarvis Cassidy
Pasteur
Would-Be Suicide In Fort Dodge Risks Death
Mrs Kate Flynn who attempted death by own action by taking ear bolic may die as a result of her act while facing a five year sentence for operating a house of slame in Fort Dodge.
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Fort Dodge
Kate Flynn
Grinnell Graduate Returns Home From War
Norman Hall, Grinnell college alumnus, has returned to Colfax after 172 days serving with the British army in the trenches. He came home uninjured and eager to reunite with family and friends.
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Des Moines
Norman Hall
Grinnell College
Colfax
Exberlerier
Arcadia Man Hangs Self at Carroll Station
Carroll William Dargfriede aged 30 of Arcadia was found hanging in a toilet room at the Northwestern station in Carroll. He died by his own action. The motive has not been disclosed.
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Wiliam Dargfriede
Arcadia
Northwestern
Des Moines News Roundup On Liquor Law, Auto Totals, and State Posts
Des Moines reports confirm bootlegging prosecutions under test cases, and the attorney general notes enforcement limits. Iowa officials map tighter flavoring extract bans, auto registrations rise to 146000 with fees near 1.29 million. Warren Garst contemplates state liability insurance under workmen’s comp, while Granville Pickett marks 30 years with the state.
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Warren Garst
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa News Notes Highlights From Across the State
Crackamen dynamited the Hubbard post office safe securing 289 dollars and stamps. Mrs. Elen Leatherman of Brooks died after anxiety over her late husband. Indianola celebrated the Simpsons college endowment reaching 396 6 6. Evangelist Peacock’s meetings in Chariton drew over 500 converts with a free will offering over 120. State organizers report many new love churches forming in southeast Iowa. Farmers Mutual Automobile Insurance formed in Des Moines. Nine men were received at Fort Madison in one day. Alfalfa crops paid for land and manure with strong yields. E G C Spaulting former state senator died after a two week illness. Seed corn shortages prompt counties to organize funds and seek 1874 seed corn from seed-rich farms.
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Hubbard, Ja
Elen Leatherman
Brooks
Simpson College
Chariton
Luther Knox Peacock
Evangelist Peacock
Billy Swuday
Arthur Eluba
Olumiwa
Iowa
Wapello
Henry
Farmers Mutual Automobile Tesurance Association
Des Moines
State House
Fort Madison
Alex Moir
Burlington
Mississippi River
Spaulting
Woyl-Chickasaw
Gallipoli Withdrawals In Suvla And Anzac Districts
London reports all British troops in the Suvla and Anzac sectors of Gallipoli have been withdrawn with insignificant casualties. The operation moved forces and guns to another theater, done without Turkish knowledge, while other Gallipoli front sectors continue to operate.
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Suvla
Anzac
Gallipoli Peninsula
Gallipoli
Suvia
Ar Neiy
Charles Monro
Royal Navy
Waw
Balans
Russians Capture Varna Port in Bulgaria
The Daily Chronicle reports Varna, Bulgaria’s chief Black Sea port, captured by Russian forces. bombardment silenced Bulgarian guns, town in ruins, garrison suffering, Russians landed infantry and artillery with no losses, insufficient troops to hold against a Bulgarian counterattack.
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Der
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Varna
Bulgaria
Black Sea
British Generals Shake Up In World War I Commands
London reports Sir Archibald Murray will replace Sir Charles Monro as British commander at the Dardanelles while Sir Charles Munro takes command of the First British Army in France succeeding Sir Douglas Haig. Governor Dunne pardons James Ryan and Barney Bertsche after board recommendations.
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Charles Monro
Belieges
Haig
France
London
Archibald Murray
Dardanelles
Charles Munro
Douglas Haig
Bertsche
Ryan Springfield
Dunne
James Ryan
Barney Bertsche
Chicago
Board of Pardana
Bun's Son to Fight Yuan in China Move
Sun To a University of California student, son of Bun Yat Sen the first president of China, plans to join the revolutionary movement in China against Yuan’s accession, reported from San Francisco on December 27.
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Yuan
San Francisco
Sun To
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China
Ching
Two Americans Killed In Juarez Riots Prompt Border Tensions
El Paso reports two Americans killed and eight Mexicans wounded in Juarez rioting after a railroad standoff. A U S brakeman George A Dipert died aboard a freight train as snipers fired from the Juarez side. Mexican and American crowds clashed at the international bridge and stores were robbed before General Banda and General Ochoa restored order and pledged to transfer the garrison to Carranza. Ville fled Chihuahua City with 400 followers.
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Sever
Juarez
George A. Dipert
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Ochoa
Carranza
Ville
U S Official Kills Two Men in Baton Rouge Depot
Robert L Knox a surveyor of customs for New Orleans port and Louisiana attorney shot and killed Ben Poster of Hattiesburg Miss and Alex Franko of Natchitoches La at Yazoo and Mississippi Valley depot in Baton Rouge. Knox had suffered mental trouble and spent years in a Washington sanitarium before arriving in Baton Rouge. Reports say he knew neither victim.
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Robert L. Knox
New Orleans
Lowniana
Ben Poster
Hattierburg
Miss
Alex Franko
Natchitoches
Yazoo
Knox
Washington
Baton Rouge
Geither
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Met
Peace overture echoed as House of New York to Europe
A Tuesday report claimed Col. B M House of New York City, a close ally of the president, would travel to Europe to sound sentiment on peace efforts. The White House denied the report through Secretary Tumulty, though some credence remained.
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Wooshington
Roc
West Virginia Railways Ban Whisky as Passenger Baggage
Four railroads enforce a general order prohibiting whisky as passenger baggage in West Virginia. The rule follows recent court rulings and applies to travel through Charleston and Dee on the designated lines.
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Charleston
Dee
West Virginia
Mexican General and Staff Executed
News from Mexico City reports General Rafael Egula Lis and all his staff executed at Cuautla by order of Emiliano Zapata. The execution was carried out publicly.
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Mexico City
Qen
Rafael Egula Lis
Canutla
Emiliano Zapata
Pact ends third circuit as major leagues consolidate
In Cincinnati on December 24 representatives of the Federal American and National Leagues signed a pact dissolving the third circuit. Charles H Weeghman acquired the Cubs and the West Side team moves to the North side with Joe Tinker as manager. Phil Ball buys the Browns. Most other Federal league clubs exit the game and players move to club control. Benny Kaul, Lee Magee courted by Giants Yankees as Mordecai Brown stays with Cubs.
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Browns
Phil Ball
Terriers
Stars
Hempstead
Giants
Benny Kauli
Nuston
Yankees
Lee Magee
Mordecai Brown
Cubs
Lydston Wins A M A Suit In Supreme Court Ruling
Chicago December 23 Dr G Frank Lydston won his long legal battle against the American Medical Association as the Supreme Court upheld the appellate ruling ordering removal of the current board of directors The decision signals a complete reorganization of the national body with more than 40000 members and questions over governance and use of funds within the association
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G. Frank Lydston
American Medical Association
Supreme Court
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George K. Simfmons
Ralding
Onea
Sle
Turkish Troops Arrive in Belgium Amid War Movements
Reported arrival of about one thousand Turkish soldiers in Belgium to fight for Germany. In other items, 300 female workers at the Mueuster Westyhalls powder factory were fired after an explosion damaged the town. British trains on eastern Mediterranean islands diverted to Saloniki. Emperor William postpones his western front trip due to a minor illness with official notes confirming indoor rest.
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Saloniki
London
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Berlin
Ag’ “Zeitsenschentzuendung
Lave
Krupp Works Blown Up Outside Constantinople
The National Tidende reports a Danish source in Constantinople claiming Krupp works near Constantinople destroyed by bombs dropped by British airmen. The statement adds that the attack targeted German munitions facilities during wartime.
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Copenhagen
the National Tidende
Constantinople
Pittsburgh Bank for Savings Fails to Open
Pittsburgh Bank for Savings failed to open on Tuesday September 24 1815. Deposits were about 10 945713 dollars. The institution was one of the citys best known and the closure shocked local residents.
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Pittsburgh
Pittburgh Bank For Savings
Japanese liner Yasai Maru sinks off coast with 120 passengers
A Japanese liner Yasai Maru with 120 passengers and 100 crew sank on a voyage from London to Japan after hitting a German or Austrian submarine. All aboard, including American W. Leigh, were saved by a French gunboat arriving at Port Said. Passengers and crew were landed at Port Said and housed by the company. The Daily Telegraph cites the loss as a major wartime catastrophe with an estimated ship and cargo value around five million pounds.
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Dée
Accusm
W. Leigh
Agenta
Austria
W. JS. Leigh
China
Leigh
Jou
Port
Daily ‘Telegraph
Indictments Return Against German Plotters in U S
Three indictments by a federal grand jury name Paul Koenig Hamburg American Line chief detective Richard Leyendecker antique dealer and Edmund Justice watchman. They are charged with conspiring to dynamite the Welland canal and to secure military information on Canadian munitions for Germany. Bail set at 50000 30000 and 20000. Maximum penalty life imprisonment and a 3000 fine.
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Federal
Paul Koenig
Hne
Richard Leyendecker
Welland Canal
Edmund Justice
Weuwbure- Americanine
United States
Koenig
Leyendecker
Justice
Ulver Gods
Bride Seized by Father After Secret Davenport Marriage
Dorothea Vollmer’s father Henry Vollmer demanded the couple end the union after learning of Dorothea Vollmer and Ed ward Victor Palm’s secret marriage in Davenport. Palm traveled to Chicago. Harry Vollmer heads to California. wedding took place at Trinity Cathedral.
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Edward Victor Palm
Davenport
Trinity Cathedral
Dean Marmaitoke Hare
Ford to Return to United States from Bergen
A report from Christiania, via London, states Henry Ford secretly left Christiania on Thursday for Bergen to board the Norwegian-American steamer Bergenlina and return to the United States. The move was said to be at his doctor's orders to rest his nerves after overwork. The rest of the expedition proceeded to Stockholm unaware of his departure.
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Nationa Yydende
Christiania
Henry
Ford
Bergen
Bergenlina
United States
Sev Ford
Stockholm
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