Gaynor Names His Assistants in New City Administration
New York on January 4 Mayor Gaynor announced a raft of appointments through secretary Robert Adamson. He defendedآ Murphy of Tammany Hall, saying he urged selecting the best men. Appointees include Archibald R. Watson as corporation counsel and Charles H. Hyde as city chamberlain, among others. A boiler explosion at Pennsylvania Cold Storage in Philadelphia injured several workers.
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New City
Charles F. Murphy
A. R. Watson
New York
Gaynor
Robert Adamson
Tammany Hall
Charles
Murphy
Trafic
Boller Burata
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Cold Storage Company
Higher Prices for Grains and Livestock Market Summary
Chicago and South Omaha report widespread gains in grains and provisions led by stronger cash grain demand. Wheat led advance with May at 1.13 1/4 and July 1.0254, corn at 66 3/4 to 64 3/4, oats about 45 1/4 to 45 6 1/2 cents, pork and ribs higher, live cattle and hogs also up with varied regional receipts and top prices across classes.
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Chicago
South Omaha
Oga
Ught
Duel Ends in Death as Son-in-Law Kills Mother-in-Law
Dresdén January 4. Clarende Carney shot and killed his sixty five year old mother in law Mrs. Sarah Griffith after a long standing quarrel escalated to a revolver duel. Griffith fired five times and hit Carney in the hip before he died. The incident follows the prior suicide of Carney’s wife by poisoning about a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wena
Dresdén
Teta
Clarende Carney
Sarah Griffith
Carney
Griffith
Brother claims Mrs Cook with explorer in polar claim
William J. Cook says Mrs. Cook has joined Dr. Frederick A. Cook and may hold his North Pole records. He asserts the explorer has not abandoned his aim to prove he reached the pole despite Copenhagen university findings, and that critics may owe him.
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New York
William J. Cook
Frederick A. Cook
Farmers profits on beef not to high
Washington reports Secretary Wilson stating farmers do not reap exorbitant profits from beef. He notes agriculture agents in every state will report production costs and returns, compare with city prices, and publish findings to reveal the true cost of living and underlying market factors. He cites rising demand and population growth as feeding the need for more farm output.
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Washington
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
May Suspend Brokers Prompt Rock Island Flurry
New York January 4 Officials on the exchange discussed the Rock Island episode with a special committee report due January 12. The inquiry blames at least one large brokerage house for the events of that day and cites acts detrimental to the welfare of the exchange. Suspension for up to a year is possible, and the firm plans to vigorously defend itself against any adverse ruling.
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Rock Island
New York
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Special Committee of Inquiry
Black Hand Plot Fails At Tenement On Christie Street
Dynamite exploded under a stairway in a Christie street tenement, shaking the building and alarming tenants. A tenant was seriously injured as masked Black Handers demanded 8000 dollars from Giuseppi Gerisco Co. Two murderers died in the electric chair at Sing Sing, Morse and Barabuto. Helen Boyle, wife of a kidnapper, has appendicitis in Pittsburgh.
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New York
Christie Street
Ope
Giuseppi Gerisco& Co
Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
William Morse
Brooklyn
John Barabuto
Middletown
Helen Boyle
Pittsburg
James Boyle
Willie Whitla
Sharon
Western Penitentiary
Iowa Happenings Investigate County Attorney Integrity
An Iowa Civic League push seeks a grand jury investigation into rumors about County Attorney J. H. Egermayer’s integrity in saloon injunction cases. Attorney General Byers plans to oversee the inquiry upon return from Washington, while no saloons are currently in operation.
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Byers
Washington
Ln Gore
Marshalltown
Civic League
J. M. Parker
J. H. Egermayer
Egermayer
Judge Parker
New Attack On Liquor Law Challenges Injunction Provisions
In Red Oak Iowa on January 3 a federal suit contends Iowa liquor law injunctions violate due process and equal protection. Judge McPherson granted a restraining injunction against the Anti Saloon League and Carroll County authorities from citing liquor dealers for contempt. A hearing is set for the next term in Council Bluffs. The petitioners argue the injunction method deprives property without due process and that attorney fees for prosecutors create unequal protection. They aim to test constitutional validity in court within weeks.
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Carroll
Red Oak
Iowa
Federal Court of
Smith McPherson
Anti-Saloon League
Carroll County
Corncil Bluffs
Thomas Held On Charge Of Whipping Schoolmaster
Joseph Thomas, a Hamilton County farmer, was found guilty in justice court of whipping Professor B. B. Coe, principal of the Williams schools, and is held to the grand jury under $500 bond. Witnesses testified that Thomas bragged of the act and implied the school master might have died if not for his clothing. The complainant, in court with a black eye, said the trouble began after the professor punished Thomas' son for alleged misconduct.
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Nevada
Joseph Thomas
Hamilton County
Thomas
B. B. Coe
Williama
Standardization Moves Through Farm Machinery Reform
Ames Iowa January 1 The national convention of agricultural engineers concluded its annual meeting here and urged standardized forms for machinery. Manufacturers are understood to adopt a common standard for bolts nuts and other parts enabling cross compatibility across makes, a reform long urged as vital to farmers. Hayward Defends Filing Fee Law Des Moines January 1 Secretary of State Hayward reiterates in a Davenport paper that high fees on foreign corporations operating in Iowa are unfair. Drainage Project Estimated at 10156163 Forest City January 1 Drainage District No 8 between Winnebago and Kossuth counties will cost a total of 101561.63 per two county boards. Navy Deserter Surrenders Boone January 1 Charley Oscar Gear a deserter from the U S ship Vermont surrendered in Boone and was taken back to Norfolk Virginia by Deputy Sheriff John Reed.
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Amea
Ames
National Convention of Agricultural Engineers
Hayward
Des Moines
Jan
Davenport
Forest City
Winnebago
Kossuth
Boards of Supervisors
Boone
Charley Oscar Gear
United States
Vermont
Kinwell
Norfolk
Shertiff John Reed
Cumming Opens Battle for Progressive GOP Principles
Senator Albert B. Cumming, speaking at a Progressive Republican dinner in Batery, urges Iowa progressives to back candidates who support Roosevelt principles. He attacks standpatters, defends tariff reform, and hints at a progressive gubernatorial challenger to Governor Carroll. Judge S. F. Prouty and others spoke. Dowell presided as Republicans from across the state gathered.
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Albert B. Cumbind
Batery
Iowa
Congress
Spdice
Canton
OG. G. Dowell
B. F. Carroll
8. F. Prouty
Des Moines
Captain Hull
Cuinmina
Theater man asphyxiated in Des Moines tragedy
Des Moines reports William Foster founder of Foster's and Grand Opera houses, and fourteen year old Louis Bemis of Spencer found dead in bed as illuminating gas filled their room. An adjoining bathroom door stood open with a gas heater lit. It is believed Foster rose in the night to check the stove and returned to sleep, death ensuing. R G Fobes discovered the scene in the Foster residence at 8:30 a.m. with Mrs. Foster’s daughter Helen present.
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William Foster
Louis Bemis
Des Moines
Foster’s
Grand Opera Houses
Spencer
Foster
Mr. Foster
R. G. Fobes
Marquis
Lecture on White Plague to Be Held in Ames
Story County Medical Society plans a tuberculosis lecture by Dr Kime of Fort Dodge at the new Methodist church in Ames next Tuesday evening. The talk is part of the college short course and aims to attract several hundred students from across the state to hear this important topic in an open society gathering following the regular meeting.
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Ames
Story County Medical Society
Kime
Bort Dodge
New Methodist Church
Newark Evening News fragment in cryptic prose
A garbled passage from the Newark Evening News references literature and a desk, with phrases about death by own action and Chinese and Iiterature. The readable items are fragmentary and lack clear event details or identifiable entities.
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Newark Evening News
Scipio Africanus Defeats Carthaginians at Zama
Roman general Scipio Africanus is noted as one of history’s greatest soldiers after defeating Hannibal and Carthage at the battle of Zama. The victory, dated October 19, 202 B.C., secured Roman dominance over the known world.
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Berved
Scipio Africanus
Julius Caesar
Hannibal
Zama
Carthage
Rome
Needleless compass gyroscope idea from German inventor
A German inventor proposes a needleless compass using a gyroscope to keep its axis aligned with the earth, avoiding magnetic deflection on steel ships. Rural diplomacy quips about overcharging a neighbor, with a judge’s moment of humor about a two-gallon jug.
The Provincialism of Self and Hot Water Advice
A short, fragmentary text contrasts self provincialism with naturalness and quotes James Russell Lowell about innate nature. It then promotes hot water as a preventative aid, suggesting it can stave off illness, ease headaches, and prevent eye strain when used before exposure to cold temperatures. It warns against rushing into the cold after bathing.
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James Russell ‘Lowell
Natural Desire for Beauty Quote Note
A compact quotation attributes universal womanly aspiration to beauty over wealth or gifts, citing Thackeray. The line frames beauty as a defining, enduring ideal sought by women across eras.
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Thackeray
Reverend I W Williams Testifies About Foley Kidney Remedy
Huningtin West Virginia reverend I W Williams writes that Foley's Kidney Remedy cured nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble, stating it does all that is claimed. He notes the remedy is sold by all druggists.
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I. W. Williams
Huningtin
W. Va
Foley
Automobile for the blind invented
A Minneapolis Journal note reports a new invention enabling the blind to use a car. The blurring text also promotes Foley's Orang Laxative and Foley's Orino Laxative as natural remedies for indigestion, dyspepsia, heartburn and related stomach issues sold by all druggists.
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Minneapolis Journal
Dr Schell refused to reveal Lamphere secret details
In Mount Pleasant and across Iowa several items mix politics religion and crime. Dr Edwin A Schell the minister connected to the Lamphere case refused to disclose secret confessions claiming liberty constraints. Other notes report 4 junior short course attendees from Mason City heading to Ames, a beet sugar factory move at Clear Lake with land secured, Rev Seth M Wilcox leaving Boone for Le Mars, and Carroll death of Julius Ruges county clerk.
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Mount Pleasant
Japan
Edwin A. Schell
Roy Lamphere
Gunness
Laporte
Ind
Schell
Lamphere
Clear Lake
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C. A. Palmer
D. Fl. Heehies
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WAC Ingham
Thro
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Lewis
Kossuth County State Bank
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Europa
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Smith
Hervey Ingham
Wadsworth Barnet Devine
Levis B.smith
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County Savings Bank
Actine Syai
Officres
Murtagh
Hutchins
DODGE
Adat
Counter
Gilmore
Mamabon
Sullivan Andrew Prierson
Hutching
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WM. Dodds
Spear
Alcona State
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DR. Clarke
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F. W. Dingley
Ass't Cashier
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H. C. Adams
Conner
Prop
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Grand Jury
Cumming
Seat Baers
Ver
DR. Schell
Mason City
Arthur O'Harrown
Wal Cooper
Arthur Hammond
Agricultural College
LeMars Church
Boone, Ia
Seth M. Wilcox
Grace Episcopal Church
St. George's Church
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Wilcox
Fiel
Julius Ruge Dieg
Caregit
Dan
Jondullah Rugex
Kideey
Panama Canal
Cuba
Polar
North Pole
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Raa
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