Proposals for Presidential Election by District System
A North American Review article argues for a mixed method combining state and congressional district votes to elect a president. It suggests districts determine one district vote each for the candidate with a plurality, while states retain two electoral votes by overall state majority, balancing influence between large and small states.
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North American Review
Tf Ny
Congress
New York
Pennsylvania
The Goat Dream in Circus Posters and Pain
A fragmented verse from the Houston Post reflects on a circus goat amid satire and fear. It mocks the animal’s tin can meals and odd habits while a narrator imagines family reactions and a desire to free the world of goats.
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Houston Post
Defiance Over a Book in a Poetic Fragment
A cryptic fragment recalls a poor scholar whose beloved Virgil is seized by thieves. The verse frames the loss and the scholar’s vow to keep the book close, resisting envy and time as he clings to the treasured text and a distant beloved.
Deacon Seeks Charity Gift In Connecticut Town
In a Connecticut town a deacon appeals for charity subscriptions. Neighbor Richard declines saying he cannot give. The deacon insists the cause is good, but Richard replies that God owes a larger debt yet humorously adds that God isn’t pressuring him to pay.
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Connecticut
Richard
Tod
Dismissal Agreed In Williams Burglary Case
Woodbury County authorities will drop ill erimizing charges against Ed Williams who will go to Elk Point to stand trial for burglary. Williams, found wounded in Sioux City alley in 1904, faced extradition hearings. a habeas writ and conspiracy charges were dismissed, with Williams to receive a preliminary examination in Elk Point soon.
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Woodbury County
Williems
Sioux City
Ill
Shie County
Ed Williams
Willams
Elk Point
Williams
Hare
Eile
Frank Hertraw
Teferson
Bertraw
Sigux
South Dakota
Will
Cummins
Jows
Des Moines
Activ.ity
D. E. Sullivan
Union County
Wakefield
South Deskota
Thal
Elke Points
Él Uh
Woman’s fall saves car fares in Brooklyn incident
A female passenger’s fall from a Whlameburg bridge car to the Brooklyn end saved 6 cents for 70 riders. Conductor Jenkins aided the woman, instructed the motorman, and later attended to her details while the car continued to New York. Passengers thought the woman was uninjured. Switchman Morton was fired for signaling the car to start, claiming Jenkins was judging a beauty show.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Tyne
Brooklyn End
Jenkins
New York
Switchman
Morton
Stark
Lombard College and Bradley Polytechnic Non-Abandonment Plan
Galesburg Illinois January reports say no knowledge of any plan to abandon Lombard college or Bradley Polytechnic. Executive committee members deny the consolidation attempt and note alumni meetings with Dr Harper and Bradley trustees last week. Trustees will not consider abandoning Lombard.
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Galesburg
Ill
Lombard College
Ebredley Polytechnic School of
Peoria
Bord of
T Lombard School
Lombard
Harper
Bradley
Pair Arrested for Robbing Delaware Depot Station
Jan 11 Manichester reports two men Brundaze and Smith were arrested by Monticello Deputy Hennessey and jailed. They are accused of breaking into Haols Central depot at Delaware and stealing a small amount from a gum machine in the waiting hall.
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Manichester
Giv
Woman in Buffalo Victim of Black Hand Case
In Buffalo New York Marie Des sant 24 was found dead by her husband on the Terrace Park hotel third floor. She appeared strangled after reporting a letter from the Black Hand demanding 200 under threat. A man reportedly visited her room last night. she held about 2000 and planned to return to Italy soon.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Tan
Marie Dessant
Terrace Park Hotel
Black Hand Society
Dewnding
Italy
Koch Charged With Poison Death Of Dr Gebhardt
State seeks to prove address found on a typewriter near the crime scene written by dentist G W Barnes, adjacent to Kochs office, as evidence in the murder case against GH Koch for Dr Loa Gebhardt.
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New Ulm
Minny Jom
GH. Koch
Loa
Gebhardt
Wall Street Apathetic Public United in Market Decline
The piece reports ongoing public apathy as stock markets slip after Lawson charges of low business morality. It links declines to speculative excess, reduced reinvestment demand, and recent scandals from Montreal Boston Copper and United States Shipbuilding Company, noting Wall Street’s influence on public confidence and future price movements.
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New York
Jin Weal Street
Fur Tce
Wall Street
Europe
Montreal
Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
United States Shipbuilding Company
Wall Stress -Lisd
Lawson
Ris Agagulis
Amalgamated Copper Company
Keene
Real estate listings offer varied city and rural properties
An OCR style ad highlights multiple 6 to 10 room houses in the West part of the city with prices from 1 to 1,900 plus monthly rents. It also notes 30 to 277 acre tracts near Bettendorf, with prices from 5,500 to 45 per acre and mentions water, sewer, cisterns, and farm buildings.
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Kirkwood Boulevard
Bettendorf
Sousa
Bam
IOWA PROFESSORS RETURN FROM SCIENCE MEETING
Professors TH MacBride Samuel Calvin and Le Weld report a strong American Association for the Advancement of Science gathering in Philadelphia with about 3600 delegates from the United States Canada Mexico and beyond The trio notes sections and subtopics and MacBride delivers an address on the Aldwagor ido Desert while serving as president of the botany section He also served as vice president of the association and attended the American forestry congress in Washington praising the broad forestry industry participation and interest in tree preservation.
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Jews City
TH. MacBride
Samutel Calvin
le Weld
Bukt
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Philadel Phila
United States
Canada
Mexico
America
MacBride
Association
American Forestry Congress
Washington
Fras
Intervat
Dam Flow Dispute in Doncaster Township Trial
In Sigourney Iowa Doncaster township a water flow dispute over a Dam on bottomland near the Skunk River was decided after a contested lawsuit. Reece Jones owned the land and accused George Jones of damming to divert water to his land. The court ruled for the defendant and the case may go to the supreme court.
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Sigourney
Janz
Ces
Doncaster
Mater
Reece Jones
George Jons
George
Reece
Warne
Soda Court
Gorge
D. W. Hamilton
Gd. C. H. Mackey Appea
Editors Plan Convention At Waterloo In February
Manchester editors of the North eastern Iowa Historical association to meet in Waterloo February 2 3 and 4. It will be their first gathering in a year and a half with a strong program in preparation. F G Bilnworth of the Oiece News serves as president and Harry Green of the Decora Public Opinion as secretary. The last meeting was at Mason City and Clear Lake last summer.
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Manchester
A., Inc
Iowa
Waterloo
G. Bilnworth
Oiece News
Asanciasion
Harry Green
Decora Public Opinion
Mason City
Clear Lake
Student conducts seven day fast at Yale calorimeter
Middletown Conn Jan In the interest of science AL Leathers of Ortioglon Me a student in the sophomore class at Weeleyan university has been caged in the Atwater Bong calorimeter for seven days For four days he ate no food And the sole sustenance for the last three days was one quart of milk daily Leathers passed his time reading and sleeping The object is to determine the amount of oxygen used by the human body under austere conditions of diet work and was
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Middletown
Con
Jan
Leathers
Ortioglon
Weeleyan_university
Inquest Opens on Phelps Death in River Detected Contusion Hurdle
Battle Creek Jan 11 The inquest into the death of Net Phelps a pure food maker whose body was found in the river opened today Circumstantial evidence suggested accidental drowning while fishing but did not resolve the forebear contusion finding No letters or papers were found in his inner coat pocket leaving questions about identity or motive unresolved.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Phelps
Harmsworth Concerns Form Agro-Newfoundland Firm
Sir Alfred Harmsworth and associates form the Agro Newfoundland Development Company in St John’s N F with 5 million dollars capital. The group will manufacture pulp and paper on the island and has acquired substantial properties. Operations to begin early next spring.
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St. John's N. F
Sir Alfred Harmsworth
Leicester Farmaworth
Harold Harmsworth
Minx. Beaton
Arl
Tandon, Eog
Agro-Newfandland Development Company
Opergtoma
Reclamation Engineers Conclude West Irrigation Talks
Washington D C engineers in the government reclamation service resumed the annus conference discussing irrigation and related work in the West. Asa Phillips described Delag care tied construction and cement methods while Joxph M Dixon of Montana stressed reclamation's importance to his state. Additional topics included discharge measurement accuracy, rating tables, gauge heights, and low water measurement techniques led by R E Horton and Joan C Hoyt. Notable visitors included Robert W Bonynge Howard Eliett and Thome Cooper with Robert Person delivering the principal afternoon address on auditing accounts. A transport rates committee of Davis Berking and Casy was formed to study railroad charges for hauling reclamation materials.
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Washington, D. C
Government Reclamation Service
Geological Survey
Washington
Asa Phillips
Joxph M. Dixon
Montana
R. E. Horton
New York
Joan C. Hoyt
Robert W. Bonynge
Colorado
Howard Eliett
Thome Cooper
Northern Pacific Railroad
Robert
Person
Interior Department
Messrs, Davis
Berking
Casy
DIES AT KITCHEN RANGE IN BADWIN MO
Mrs Louise Wesche 54 wife of Rev Herman Wesche of Blits ville died between 1130 and midnight while preparing dinner. Her husband and young children were at church a few feet away. He found her motionless by the kitchen range. A physician said heart failure. Coroner Koch will hold an inquest.
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Badwin
Louise Wesche
Herman Wesche
Blits~ville
Here
St. Joan Lutheran Church
Bax
Woscke
Wiichen Range
Koch
Wna
Verdict of acquittal in district court case
Sidney January term began with Judge Green. The State of Town v. Fink ended Friday night with acquittal. Fink faced a heavy with intent to commit murder after a knife attack on farmer Swift. he claimed self defense. Grand jury returned indictments against Louis Perry for incest and Geo Halt for burglary.
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District’ Court
Green
Fink
Litet
Louis Perry
Iucent
Geo. Halt
Berglary
Books Too Popular Demand Change at Carnegie Free Library
Manchester Iowa January 11 Emulating Des Moines library policy the Carnegie Free Library book committee targeted two Mark Twain titles Hack Finn and Tom Sawyer for limited circulation due to wear and aging bindings rather than rebind.
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Tom Sawyer
Hack Finn
Mark Train
Clamiez
Manchester
Des Moines Library Board
Carnewee Free Library
Mark Twain
Scirculation
Warships reviewed by Dewey and Morton at Hampton Roads
Fort Monroe Jan 11 A grand review of the battleship coast and Caribbean squadrons by Secretary Morton and Admiral Dewey impressed observers today. The Dolphin reported station off the capes as the flags of Reed Admiral Sigsbee and Rear Admiral Beats led the Fleet majestic lines.
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Caribbean
Morton
Dewey
Hampton Roads
Dolphin
Om Tard
Kearsage
Texas
Capes
Verie
Bearsage
Kentuky
Minois
Alabama
Iowa
Sinds
Florida
Nevade
Arkansas
Newark
Sigsbes
Tacoma
Denver
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