Fire Devastates Winfield As Six Buildings Burn
A early morning blaze in Winfield destroyed six western street buildings including a drug store and hardware shop. Loss is estimated at about 100000 dollars with 50000 dollars insured. most stock saved at Roy Farris jewelry and nearby outlets. fate of rebuilds undetermined but city hopes to restart once weather allows.
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Winfield
Carse Drug Store
Welock
Roy Farris
Anderson
Carse
Dargis Butcher Shop
Bloomer & Company
State Bank
Snow Plow Collision Kills Two Near Northfield Illinois
Two men riding in a caboose were killed when a snow plow collided with a freight train on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad near Northfield Illinois. A blinding snowstorm caused the crash and several railroad workers were injured.
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Northwestern
Northfield
Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Ill
Caboose
Fitzsimmons Defeated in Twelfth Round
Sydney boxing notes report Bin Lang defeated Bob Fitzsimmons in the twelfth round of a scheduled twenty round fight held in Sydney New South Wales on December 2.
Last Chance for Banker Morse Faces New Trial Bid
Charles W. Morse banker and former kingpin eyes one more appeal after Judge Hough denied a new trial. Attorney Martin W. Littleton plans a writ of error in the circuit court, potentially delaying Morse’s 15 year federal sentence for national banking law violations.
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Littleton
Hough
New York
Charles W. Morse
Tce King
Atlanta
United States
Circuit Court
Martin W. Littleton
Circuit
Morse
Supreme Court of the United States
Governors to Meet Over Bank Deposit Guaranty Laws
Lincoln Nebraska December 30 Governor Shallenberger sent a letter to Governor Haskell of Oklahoma agreeing to a conference with Nebraska Oklahoma and Kansas governors. The aim is to adopt a policy on bank deposit guaranty laws following court rulings upholding Nebraska and Kansas enactments. Shallenberger proposed January 18 in Washington during a meeting of many governors.
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Lincoln
Neb
Stallenberger
Haskell
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Kansas
Shallenberger
Washington
Ship subsidy bill expected to pass after recess
Representative Dwight of New York the Republican whip said after meeting the president that recommendations would be enacted into law by Congress and that the house would act soon after reassembly. The Humphrey bill from Washington state is the measure agreed upon by the president and GOP leaders.
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Washington
Dwight
New York
House
Congress
Humphrey
Patch Department Stores Fail in Iowa City and Oxford
In Iowa City and Oxford, F R Patch announces failure of his large department stores with liabilities listed at 18000 dollars, assets far shorter. Both stores are closed and operations halted.
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Iowa City
F. R. Patch
Oxford
Girl Dies by Own Action After Train Window Leap
Miss Cecil Dodge an eighteen year old girl was found dying near the Wabash depot in Malvern Iowa. A coroner jury ruled death by self harm after she leaped from a moving train while en route from Mineola to Imogene. The train window and locked toilet room are cited in the investigation.
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Malvern
Cecil Dodge
Mineola
Imogene
National Hotel Clerks Association Formally Organized
Springfield Ohio December 80 The National Hotel Clerks association was formally organized with Charles H Miller of Cincinnati named as president.
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Springfield
National Hotel Clerks’ Association
Charles H. Miller
Cincinnati
Zelaya Arrives in Mexico City Amid Mixed Reception
Nicaragua's self styled president Zelaya lands in Mexico City with two suitcases of gold and a third bursting with paper currency greeting by about 200 Central American and Mexican supporters. He declares himself still head of Nicaragua and urges US Mexico backed intervention to unite the Central American republics under a neutral leader.
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Madriz
Mexico City
Jose Santos “Zelaya
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Mexico
Palace Hotel
Diaz
United States
Knox
Five Die as Boiler Explodes at Reading Electric Plant
Five men were instantly killed when a boiler exploded at the Metropolitan Electric company’s new Reading plant. The deceased are Clifford Martin Elmer Dengler Martin Lynch James Connelly and Frank Cole.
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of Electric Company
Reading
Metropolitan Electric Company
Clifford Martin
Elmer Dengler
Martin Lynch
James Connelly
Frank Cole
Eleven Vessels Lost In Newfoundland Blizzard
Eleven Newfoundland schooners and their crews totaling sixty men are believed lost in a blizzard that ravaged the island colony, with widespread property damage reported across St Johns and surrounding areas.
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St. Johns, N. F
Mexican Governor Creel Meets Knox on Nicaragua Peace
Governor Creel of Chihuahua, envoy of President Diaz, conferred with Secretary Knox in Washington about peacemaking in Nicaragua. He aims to reconcile U S policy with the Zelaya administration and to narrow differences between the two sides.
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Washington
Creel
Chihuahua
Diaz
Mexico
Knox
Nicaragua
United States
Zelaya
Divorces Choir Singer in New York Suit
Edwin E. Martin a commission merchant won a divorce from his wife Etta Hamilton Martin a Brooklyn choir singer. The supreme court under Justice Crane held for Mr. Martin against seven co-respondents. Etta Hamilton Martin is the daughter of Rev Jay Benson Hamilton former president of Walden University Nashville Tennessee.
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New York
Edwin E. Martin
Commission
Etta Hamilton Martin
Brooklyn
Justice Crane
Supreme Court
Martin
Jay Benson Hamilton
Walden University
Nashville, Tenn
Roosevelt In Uganda Expedition With 300 Porters
A telegraph from Kabula Mlira, Uganda reports that Colonel Roosevelt and the expedition are camped at Katwe eight miles from Kabula Mlira. The group left Dec 23 and has traveled fifty four miles toward Kisingo, the next objective, with seven white hunters and scientists, 300 porters, seven tent boys, six skirmishers, five gun bearers, four mule grooms, and two cooks.
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Kampala
Uganda
Kabula Mlira
Katwe
Roosevelt
Kisingo
Entombed in Bolan-Darrell Mine After Explosion
M'Alester Okla Dec 30 Two men are entombed in the Bolan Darnell mine near here after an explosion. A rescue party of fifty cannot locate Angelo Ascinar the shotfirer entombed Tuesday night and John Brown the mine's general superintendent who entered the mine Wednesday.
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M’alester
Okla
Bolan-Darnell
Angelo Ascinar
John Brown
Market Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices at Chicago Dec 30 1909
Second report from Chicago shows hog receipts around 18000 with steady to higher trade. Beef cattle and sheep markets mix as beves and western cattle move and natives and western sheep range steady to lower with closing prices mixed for bulk and heavy grades.
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Chicago
Texas
John A Babcock Case of North American Livestock Co
Case involves John A Babcock of the North American Livestock Commission Company at U S S Stock Yards Chicago Illinois. Proceedings concern stock yard matters and corporate interests in Chicago with related notices and filings.
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Case of North
American .Livestock Commission Company
U. S&s Stock Yards
Chicago, Ill
Milk Trust Probed as Profits Questioned in 8 Cent Milk
New York authorities press the milk trust amid findings by accountant Marvyn Scudder. He shows Borden Condensed Milk holding 28 percent of city trade with $15 million in stock as intangible assets. Campbell Milk earns $49,880 in six months at 8 cents a quart, while nine months to Sept 30 yield $1,976,772 in clear profits in New York and Chicago.
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New York
Milk Trust
Coleman
Marvyn Scudder
Borden Condensed Milk Company
Hefield Farms-Slawson- Decker Company
Scudder
Brown
Borden Company
Alexander Campbell Milk Company
Campbell Company
Brooklyn
Chicago
Brokaw Trial Ends Abruptly
The sensational Brokaw separation suit testimony ended suddenly in New York. Adjournment was taken to Saturday for final submission to Justice Putnam after W Gould Brokaw's attorneys presented their client’s financial position. Mrs Mary Blair Brokaw recalled and denied several charges, including smoking before marriage and plans to hire her maid for a separate household.
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New York
Brokaw
Justice Putnam
W. Gould Brokaw
Last Day to Raise Money for Interurban Line
Iowa City on December 30 reports the Davenport Iowa City interurban line needs 15000 to reach the 190000 goal with only hours left. The campaign seeks funds to complete the stock offering for the project.
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Iowa City
Davenport
Militant Iowa Suffragists Prepare March on Washington
Des Moines reports Iowa suffragists marshal county and state battalions under Dr. Anna Shaw and Carrie Catt to travel to Washington in April. They plan a mass show of force backed by petitions to secure a two thirds Senate and House vote for a constitutional amendment.
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Washington
Senate
House of Suffragists
Des Moines
Iowa
Congress
New York
Anna Shaw
Carrie Cha
Can Catt
U.de
Drunken husband drives wife out in freezing cold
Mrs. George Hanley, a farmer's wife from Colfax Iowa, was allegedly driven from her home at 3 a.m. by her intoxicated husband. In only night clothes and bare feet she ran a mile to a neighbor in subzero weather, suffering severe frostbite that may require amputation. Sheriff Russell of Newton arrested Hanley and jailed him. Mrs. Hanley, with her three month old baby, feared for her life as the man threatened to kill her.
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Babe
Colfax
George Hanley
Ing
Russell
Newton
Hanley
Court blocks milk dealer license tax in Council Bluffs
Judge Snyder of the superior court declares a recent city ordinance illegal. The court rules the city cannot license dairymen locally and that state law does not provide for local licenses. It upholds the dairy safety requirements such as tuberculin teat testing.
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Council Bluffs
Snyder
Superior Court
Ait Board
Run Down at Crossing Near Greene Iowa
Mrs Crosby was killed and Mr Crosby injured when their team was struck by a Rock Island express train east of Greene Iowa. Mrs Crosby’s head injury proved fatal. Mr Crosby suffered only minor wounds. Another item reports W Buick of LeMars dying of heart failure after visiting a farm near Milford Iowa.
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Greene
Charles City
Milford
W. Buick
LeMars
Hartley
Rickabaugh
Byers Announces Run for Ninth District Congress
Des Moines dispatch reports H W Byers Iowa attorney general authorized to announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Congress in the Ninth district He will oppose incumbent Congressman Walter I Smith seeking renomination.
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Byers
Smith
Des Moines
H. W
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