Bonis Million-Dollar Custody Battle Reopens in Paris
The Count Boni de Castellane sues Princess de Sagan for custody of three children as the Paris hearing resumes. Clemenceau questions the lavish 11 year spend rate of about 11 million dollars, noting a proposed settlement of 200 thousand cash or 390 thousand yearly income was rejected.
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Paris
Count Boni de Castellane
Princess Dé Sagan
Count de Castellane
Anna Gould
MM. Clemenceau
M. Clemenceau
Italy
de Sagan
France
Two Japanese steamships collide off Chefoo port
In dense fog off Chefoo China two Japanese passenger vessels laden with Europeans and Americans collided. About 700 people were drowned as lifeboats failed to launch and many leaped into the sea before the ships sank. Japan began identifying the ships and investigating the disaster.
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Chefoo
China
Indian couple elopes from Carlisle Indian School
Superintendent Fried man at Carlisle Indian School sent telegrams to police chiefs in several cities seeking the arrest of elopers Joseph Twin and Lysthia Waboo Winne Lago. The girl, a student, eloped with her lover who came from the West, and marriage consent was withheld from their parents.
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Carlisle
Friedman
Carlisle Indian School
Efri
Elopery
Joseph Twin
Lystlia Waboo Winne Lago
Jenking Found Not Guilty of Trust Funds Theft
New York jurors found John G. Jenkins Jr., former president of the Jenking Trust Company of Brooklyn, not guilty Wednesday of appropriating 80 900 dollars of the trust company funds for his own use.
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Jenking
New York
John G. Jenkins, Jr
The
Jenking Trust Company
Brooklyn
Mt Ayr to get light plant ending town’s blackout
Mt Ayr, the last county seat town without a light plant, nears completion of a $20,000 facility. Town boosters plan a banquet to celebrate the dawn of a new era as merchants report better business and housing tightness. A water plant is also proposed for likely operation before year’s end 1909.
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Mt. Ayri
Mt. Ayr
Iowa Boys Win Take International Championship Stock Judging
Iowa State students at Ames won the International Live Stock exposition judging contest with 4873 points across horse cattle sheep and swine. Nebraska finished second with 4163 points Texas A and M third with 4081. Ross Morgan C W Campbell R S Hunt H B Kiger and W W Hunt led the team.
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Ames
Studentsa
Iowa
Agricultural College
Hawkeye
University of Nebraska
Texas Agricultural College
Ross Morgan
C. W. Campbell
R. 5. Hunt
H. B. Kiger
W. W. Hunt
Town
Ohio
Minnesota
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas
Ontario
Towa
Des Moines Describes New Cement Plant Near City
Des Moines reports the large Portland Cement plant southwest of the city nears completion with about 200 workers. The facility will start cement output in spring, employing around 400 when full, creating a substantial suburb with eighteen dwellings built. Capacity exceeds 5,000 barrels daily, fed by frequent rock and shale trains, mostly sourced from near Earlham.
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Lowa Portland Cement Company
Des Moines
Towa Portland Cement Company
Earlham
Gas Explosion Injures Father and Son Near Minburn
William Girgis and his son John were badly hurt in an acetylene gas explosion in their cellar while repairing a gas tank. The blast fractured the son’s leg, bruised and cut both men, and knocked out several teeth for the father. Neighbors aided in freeing them from debris.
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Minburn
William Girgis
John
New Iowa R R Commission Supported by Manufacturers
The Iowa State Manufacturers association backs a three member railroad commission appointed by the governor with salaries of 5000 dollars annually. O T Dennison of Mason City argues the panel should have mandatory powers and seeks modernizing rail rates and rules. The Iowa Implement Dealers adopted resolutions urging enforcement against the parcels post law and pressed for a uniform bill of lading while cautioning dealers to promptly file damage claims.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa State Manufacturers’ Association
O. T. Dennison
Mason City
Dennison
Iowa Implement Dealers Association
Des Moine
Carroll Bank to pay all creditors in full
Ex examiner Bostwick completes anination of the defunct Carroll First National Bank now in the hands of receiver J. W. Fowler. The treasury report estimates 75 percent of doubtful paper collectible, value about 380000, with full stockholder levies ensuring all depositors paid and possible small stockholder dividend. Also Marshalltown high school adopts a teachers course to train seniors for country schools with focus on teaching methods and psychology.
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Carroll
First National Bank
Cly
J. W. Fowler
Ottumwa
National Treasury Department
H. M. Hostwick
Marshalltown
High School of
A. Palmer
Nelson
Former Justice of the Peace Found in Navy Under Indictment
Iowa Falls reports former Justice of the Peace and son of a state supreme court justice, L. Weaver, missing attorney, located serving in the U S Navy under the alias William L Walters. He faces two indictments from last March for attempting to obtain 1500 dollars from W A Biggs via forged loan papers and notes. Efforts proceed to bring him back for January term trial.
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Iowa Falls
W. L. Weaver
Justice Weaver
Iowa Supreme Court
United States Navy
Weaver
VY. A. Biggs
William L. Walters
Brown gets pen sentence for manslaughter
Judge Powers overruled a new trial motion and sentenced J. M. Brown to a maximum eight years in the penitentiary for manslaughter in the killing of his daughter in law. A $4,000 bond was posted, Brown was released and left by night train for Manson. Newton robber suspect taken in Colfax.
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Rockwell City
Powers
J. M. Brown
Brown
Manson
Newton
Marshal Kentley
Colfax
Rock Island
Harry Langhof
Dave Yates
Marshall Reins
Cattle Vaccination Against Black Leg Underway in Iowa Falls
Several large herds in the Iowa Falls area have contracted black leg. Assistant State Veterinarian W. L. Evers has been summoned to multiple locations to vaccinate cattle in an effort to slow the disease's spread.
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Iowa Falls
Ths
W. L. Evers
Friends Plan Sword Presentation for Rear Admiral Blockinger
Personal friends and former schoolmates of Rear Admiral Blockinger have completed plans to present him with a sword on his arrival home on holiday leave. Blockinger was recently elevated to his current post.
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Lowan
Dubuque
Godfred Blockinger
T Blockinger
Pontiac Jr Returns Home After Twenty Years Missing
Fred Refund, long presumed dead by relatives, arrived to visit his mother on December 4. He disappeared two decades ago and is now prospering in a business in Dubuque, Iowa.
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Pontiac, Jr
Fred Refund
Dubuque
Family Learns Mother Passed Before Arrival in Fort Dodge
From Denver, Fort Dodge-Cassie Wellia and Fay McNemanim arrived after hearing their mother was ill. They were shocked to learn she had died the night before, ending their travel in grief.
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Fort Dodge
Cassie
Wellia
Fay McNemanim
Oity
Denver
Garst Lays Corner Stone at State Law Building
Governor Warren Garst attended the ceremony marking the corner stone laying of the new state law building at the Iowa City university campus. The event highlighted support for the project and officials from the university and state government.
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Garst
Corker
Iowa City
Warren Garst
Juws Blale University
Revolt in Port au Prince Proclaims Legitime Chief Executive
Nord Alexis is deposed and flees aboard the French warship Duguay Trouin as insurgents led by Gen Antoine Simon march on Port au Prince with an army of about 5,000. Gen Legitime is proclaimed president amid violent crowds that scream insults and fire off 21 gun salute marks.
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Legitime
Port Au Prince
Simon
Nord Alexis
Duguay Trovin
Antoine Sinton
Alexis
Hippolyte
Burton Offered Treasury Post to Theodore Burton
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports President elect Taft has offered Theodore Burton of Cleveland the position of secretary of the treasury. Burton has taken the offer under consideration but will make no final decision yet.
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Cleveland, O
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Theodore Burton
Cleveland
Taft
Taft Delayed Reply Amid Ohio Senate Fight
The message instructs replying to Mr Taft only after the Ohio senatorial situation clears. It notes President-elect Taft offered the secretaryship to Mr Burton without regard to the Ohio contest, in which his brother Charles P Taft of Cincinnati plays a key role.
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Taft
Ohio
Burton
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Chesapeake and Ohio fined for safety appliance violations
Charleston West Virginia railway company the Chesapeake and Ohio was fined fifteen hundred dollars in federal circuit court on Wednesday after being convicted on sixteen counts for violations of the safety appliance act.
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Railway
Charleston
W. Va
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company
United States Circuit
Safety Appliance
Drops Dead While Making Speech in Philadelphia
James M. Beatty, a wealthy retired Philadelphia manufacturer, collapsed and died of heart disease while delivering an address before the Pennsylvania Grand Lodge of Mayans on Wednesday. The incident occurred in Philadelphia. Beatty was known as a prominent local figure and past business leader.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Grand Lodge of Mayans
James M. Beatty
Bank Robbery In Pepperell Nets 14000 In Loot
Burglars blew open the First National Bank vault with nitroglycerin and escaped by auto after taking about 14000 dollars in cash and coins. Ernest Tarbell, awakened by three blasts, fired at the fleeing car but did not halt the robbers who headed toward Groton. Cashier Henry Tarbell arrived to find money scattered in the vault and a missing ten dollar coin among largely untouched Ford currency.
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Groton
Ernest Tarbell
Tarbell
Henry F. Tarbell
Ford
Sava
Census to Cost $12 930 000 for Next Enumeration
Director North reports the next census will cost 12 930 000 dollars, only 410 000 more than the 1900 tally, despite population growth driven by foreign born non English speakers. He credits the permanent Census Bureau and its tabulating machines for the savings and faster work.
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Washington
North
Permanent Census Bureau
Maddox Elected Mayor of Atlanta by Wide Margin
Robert F. Maddox was elected mayor of Atlanta by a majority exceeding 3,000 votes over James G. Woodward the regular Democratic nominee and twice mayor. Maddox carried every ward in the city except two.
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Maddox
Atlanta
Robert F. Maddox
James G. Woodward
Last Selkirk Settler Dies in Toronto at 94
Word reached Winnipeg of the death in Toronto of John MacKay, the last of the Selkirk settlers, at the age of 94. He was among the enduring figures connected to the historic settlement era, marking the end of an era for Canadian pioneers.
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Selkirk
Winnipeg
Man
Toronto
John’ MacKay
Death Toll Rises From Marianna Mine Disaster
Reports from Marianna Pennsylvania detail a coal mine disaster at the Pittsburg Bumn Coal Company shaft where at least 120 miners are believed dead. Officials say many bodies have been recovered and identified, with more likely to be found. Coroner and state inspectors discuss the toll while the company provides aid to families, including carloads of provisions as community members rally to support dependents.
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Pittsburg
Rachel Agnes
Pittsburg-Bumn Coal Company
Marianna
James B. Roderick
State Department of Mini
Marla
David G. Jones
Wiles
Henry D. Thompson
Guthrie Flood Swamps City After 48 Hour Rain
Guthrie Oklahoma endures record Cottonwood River overflow after 48 hours of downpour. Hundreds rescued by boats as river rises twelve inches per hour, flooding streets and crippling streetcars. Water plant submerged, oil mill bales washed away, rail service halted. Citizens remained in flooded districts awaiting safety placements.
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Guthrie
Okla
Cottonwood
Atchison
Topeka & Fe
Missing Chief of Police Believed Overboard Near San Francisco
Body of Chief William J. Bissy, last seen returning by patrol boat from Belvidere, not recovered by Monday night. Authorities combed the bay from Golden Gate to Hot Point with elm boats patrolling as a missing person case is treated as a potential drowning at sea. In West Virginia, suit filed to recover 1,170 under the forfeiture tax law from the late Senator Camden's estate.
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Golden Gate
Hotpoint
William J. Bissy
Belvidere
Parkersburg
W. Va
West Virginia
United States
N. Camden
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