Fraud in Illumination in New York City Lighting Case
Counsel for W R Hearst seeks to extend a temporary injunction blocking mayor McClellan and comptroller Great from paying disputed 1908 city lighting bills totaling about 4.5 million dollars, with Hearst arguing at least 1.25 million should not be paid. Hearst’s lawyer calls the public lighting crisis the worst since the Tweed era.
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New York
W R. Hearst
Dickey
Supreme Court
McClellan
Great
Hearst
New York City
House adopts retrenchment driven appropriation bill
Washington December 10 The house passed the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill essentially as reported by committee and adjourned until Monday The session kept to retrenchment with all attempts to raise salaries defeated A resolution to adjourn on December 31 until January 4, 1905 for Christmas break was approved.
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Washington
House
Dee
Creditors Accept Two Thirds of Claims in National Con Mission Failure
Indianapolis December creditors of the National Con Mission company agreed to accept two thirds of their claims with installments of five and three month intervals. Receiver Buskirk estimates total indebtedness above one million. no new company will take over assets and operations.
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Indianapolis
Dee
National Con Mission Company
Tiesdave Treceiver Gaoree
Ruskirk
Buskirk
Coat of Anderson And Little Kids At Play
A poet muses on afternoons with children resting on a knee as the day ends. The verse weighs how strength and color could change if a coat by Anderson were bought for weeks.
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Anderson
News From Country Correspondents People Who Come and Go
Country correspondents report on notable movements and arrivals in towns across the region. Short sketches highlight new residents departures visits and community changes with emphasis on local names and places.
Mrs. Risk Died In Brigition This Morning
Mrs. R C Risk died at her Brigition home this morning after a long illness. Her children were all summoned to be with her, and funeral arrangements had not yet been made. The town and surrounding area note several residents visiting or returning from events in Des Moines and Washington.
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R. C. Risk
Local Social Notes and Activities Detailing Moves and Visits
Dec 9 notes show Mr Bidwell and family relocating to Guy Oldaker residence from Brighton. Eva Oldaker and son Vernon return home from E I Coffey place. C B McDowell of Seymour visits relatives. Varney well drillers strike artesian well near creek. Jes Simmerman family host Earl Simmerman. Exhibit at Struble hardware store. Mrs A L Palmer to return from Oklahoma. Anna and Barbara Reber visit Joseph Reber in Low Point Illinois. P J Greigg at home this week. Emma Thomas returns from South English. Arthur McDonald plans move to Ames. E H Hucke visits C C Gingerich.
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Emma Thomas
Arthur McDonald
Ames
E. H. Hucke
C. C. Gingerich’s
Box Supper At Possum Hollow Ends With Minor Injury
A bus tongue failed on a Possum Hollow school trip causing a fall where Mr. Fletcher was thrown under a wagon wheel but others were unharmed. The crowd returned home with another wagon from C A Wooley. Local events include church services by evangelist Mrs Iona Harvey and a modest box supper profit.
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Rob Shatler
Washington
E. L. Tennant
Wyman
Margaret McKee
R. A. Chisinger
Chiicsinger
Thomas McKee
Winterset
J. Ek. Peck
Possum Hollow
Carry Brown
Haskins
John Cochran
G. F. Niblock
O. E. Harvey
Local Briefs From Des Moines and Surrounding Areas
W L McConnell returned yesterday from Chicago after accompanying a shipment of stock. EK M Funston attended an aunt s funeral at Richland moved from St Louis. Stone W Scudder left for a visit with relatives in College Hill Ky after a year with I L Colthurst home. Miss Cora Bell visited the M L Miller home yesterday.
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W. L. McConnell
Chicago
EK. M. Funston
Richland
St. Louis
Stone W. Scudder
I. L. Colthurst
College Hill
Cora Bell
M. L. Miller
Local Notes From Richmond Farm News
Joe Pieper teaches at Will Geret farm for Nelson Smith. Anson Small, once threatened with lung fever, shows improvement. Dr and Mrs Chittum spent Friday at Sunnyside. Mrs John Shalla visited near West Chester Thursday. Joe Knotek taught a cow belonging to Jim Knebel. Mrs Frank Lintz has a grippe.
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Joe Pieper
Will Geret
Nelson Smith
Anson Small
Chittum
Sunnyside
John Shalla
West Chester
Joe Knotek
Jim Knebel
Frank Lintz
Social guest notices and entertainments in Fairfield
Kathryn Kenally hosts a informal gathering for Hazel Manatrey and Ruth Joncone of Fairfield. Juniors of the Second United Presbyterian church held a party in the church basement with about forty attendees. Mr and Mrs Harrie B Horne hosted about fifteen guests at their East Second Street home with high five and a luncheon. Epworth League members will host a gathering next Thursday at the home of Mr and Mrs Cocklin on South Iowa avenue. Invitations issued for the marriage of Mrs Minnie Sands and Mr Fred Donaldson next Wednesday at 1 PM. A group of thirty four teachers and academy instructors were entertained at the Patton home on East Madison street with music and a wafers and shortbread luncheon. Miss Eda Milligan of Burlington was a special guest. Take home kisses for your wife from Johnsons.
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Second United Presbyterian Church
Harrie B. Horne
East Second Street
R. M. Ackley
Mr. Ackley
Harriet Chilcote
He Ctors
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Cocklin
South
Iowa Avenue
Tchools
Academy
Patton
East
Madison Street
Nellie Martin
Lilian Patton
Agnes Guthrie
John §. Goldthwaite
Eda Milligan
Burlington
Box Supper At Young America School Dec 16
A box supper will be held at the Young America School three miles northwest of town on December 16. An evening program of music and readings will begin at 7 o'clock. LuLu LaMotte is the teacher.
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Young America School
LuLu LaMotte
Teeters Enjoy Southern Tour Visiting Kansas City Memphis and Little Rock
Mr and Mrs Merton Teeter report a southern trip taking them through Kansas City Missouri Memphis Tennessee and now Little Rock Arkansas. They traveled to several southern cities and are enjoying the journey and sights along the way.
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Merton Teeter
South
Kansas City
Memphis
Tennessee
Little Rock
Arkansas
Prisoner Oliver Picket Escapes From Santa Fe Train
In Topeka Kansas on December 1 Oliver Picket a Hutchinson reformatory prisoner escaped from a Santa Fe passenger near the city while the train ran at high speed. He was handcuffed and being returned to Hutchinson after previous escapes.
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Topeka
Kun
Dee
Oliver
Picket
Hutchison Reformatory
Santa Fe
Hutchison
Treatment and Pardons in Midwestern Political Turmoil
A fragmentary report discusses a referee encounter with an attorney and a dismissed observer, possible pardons sought by governors for murder convicts, and notes on James Hove, a long time Associated Press telegraph operator. It mentions a Warsaw farm house arrest of revolutionaries and the state returning board finalizing president election results.
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Zavnesv Ile
James
Hove
United States
Associated Press
Ho Yen Oe Tle
Snow and Wind Then Cold Across Midwest States
Weather forecast warns of snow in northern areas, rain in the south, and colder conditions in the extreme south. Brisk northerly winds spread from Indiana to Lower Michigan with possible snowfall, while Wisconsin and Iowa see partly cloudy skies and brisk northeast or northerly winds.
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Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Chicago Markets: Hog Cattle and Sheep Prices and Receipts
Daily market report from Chicago and East Buffalo listing estimated receipts for hogs cattle and sheep. Prices show wide ranges across grades with hogs averaging around 4.40 to 4.50 for heavy packing, cattle mixed steadier, and sheep strong on export wethers and lambs. East Buffalo notes dull cattle and mixed beef orders with modest gains for sheep and lambs.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Mast Buffalo
Johnson's Bakery Headlines Fresh Bread in City
A business visitor stopped by Johnson's bakery with ten cent cakes advertised including layer and nut cakes. Hazel Dexter and C Bynum received a license to wed yesterday. Stanley Logan returned from Burlington after completing business. The Ackleys, visiting friends, plan to depart Tuesday for California.
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Johnson's
Hazel Dexter
C. Bynum
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