Senator Burton Indicted for Accepting Campaign Funds
A federal grand jury indicted United States senator Joseph Ralph Burton of Kansas on nine counts for taking five checks of 500 each from Rialto Grain and Securities. The charges allege he interceded with post office officials to aid Rialto’s mail permissions. Major Hugh C. Dennis and W. B. Mehaney are named as money providers in the case.
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St. Louis
Janay
Joseph Ralph Burton
United States
Kansas
Rial To Grain and Securities Company
Postoffice Inspec
Tor
Rialto Company
Hugh C. Dennis
W. B. Mehaney
Burton
Burrows
Smoot
Michigan
Senate
Why Johnny Helps Take Half of the Apple
A brief dialogue excerpt shows Johnny defending his sister Ethel by insisting he share equally, replying that he must take sister's part as instructed. The line highlights family loyalty and fairness in a domestic moment.
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Johnny
Ethel
Basketball Game Set Between Seniors and Juniors Saturday
The Commercial Club Building hosts a lively basketball game Saturday evening featuring the senior and junior teams in a spirited intra-school clash.
Seniors Cap Off Bout With 28 to 9 Victory
A Saturday night gym game at the Commercial Club pitted the Seniors against the Juniors. The Seniors won 28 to 9 as Sprouls and Lewis each scored 14 points. Referee Lytle and timekeeper Steck oversaw the match amid plans for more games this season.
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Crooks
Lytle
Steck
Johnson
McElhinney
Wilson
Sproull
Lewis
Washington social change and politics noted in early 1900s column
Washington hosts report on social life shifting away from frequent official calls as women hostesses tire of entertaining. The piece also covers John Lind’s return to Congress, Senator Burrows studying Mormonism, and remarks on Spooner Scott and other political figures amid debates and incidents in Paris and Washington.
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John Lind
Senator Burrows
Washington
Indies
Capital
Scott
West Virginia
Senate
Arthur W. Dunn
Personal notice and city briefs from Crown Cafe ads and local events
A column of small notices includes a home produce sale at Crown Cafe via Mrs. MacPherson, birth announced for Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Miksch of Chicago, J. D. Glasgow improving after illness, Wilber Miller home from Waterloo, typhoid fever prevalent there, Stella Savage returning from Brighton, license issued to Frank A. Mayhew and Carrie Libe, B A. Kelley visiting Hugh Dougall, Mrs. Libby Darrow ill at Milton Dicken’s, Alice Morrow visiting Mrs. M. J. Bowman, Keokuk Presbytery meeting at Second United Presbyterian, Helen Moore leaving Columbia Pharmacy after vaporizers demonstration in Iowa City.
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Oliver Miksch
Chicago
J. D. Glasgow
Wilber Miller
Waterloo
Miller
A. Kelley
Galesburg
Hugh Dougall
Libby Darrow
Letts
Milton Dicken
Keokuk
United Presbyterian Church
Second United Presbyterian Church
Helen Moore
Columbia Pharmacy
Iowa City
Valueable Shares and Royal Endorsements Reported
The New River company holds highly valued shares with a history of large dividends. Charles I reassigned his king's shares for a perpetual £500 yearly payment, still paid under the king's clog. Tilow’s bargain is shown by long term dividends averaging over £2,000 per share, with a share once selling for £122,000 at public auction.
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New River Corporation
Charles I
Tilow
London Standard
Taft Arrives with Family. Heads to Washington
Secretary Taft formerly governor of the Philippines arrives in San Francisco with Mrs Taft and two children aboard the Korea. He proceeds to Washington on the eastern overland train to assume duties as secretary of war and begin his official post.
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San Francisco
Taft
Philippines
Korea
Washington
Capital
Oklahoma Farms Mortgage Debt Shows High Productivity
The speaker claims millions loaned on Oklahoma farms, noting no foreclosures or crop losses, and cites the 1902 census showing 39 states with higher mortgage rates than Oklahoma, arguing the farms are productive.
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Oklahoma
U.S
Union
Farmers Are Prosperous Ad Offer
An advertisement urges farmers to switch to a savings program promising absolute security and double interest. It touts excursions, rates, and reliable connections to encourage joining the scheme.
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J. E. Lemmon
Prop
C. Brown
H. B. MacPherson
Lutlantul Services
Commercial Club Gymnasium
Sprouls Lewis
Fisher Swift
Rob Johnson
Wilson Roy Johnson Morton Pire, Dixon
Pure Food Advocates
Washington Society Changing
House
Upriot
Father Delsor
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Prather Delsor
France
Cooking Club
Minnesota
Lind
Congress
Jess
Minneapolis
Burrows and
Mormonism
North Dakota
John Dwight
New York
Spooner
Teller
Tillman
Bailey
Daniel
Bacon
Crown Cafe
Stella Savage
Rock Island
Brighton
Frank A. Mayhew
Carrie Libe
Alice Morrow
Altoona
Pennsylvania
M. J. Bowman
Swift’s Building
Frisco System
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Kansas, Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Texas
Tm. C. Melville
Northwestern
Omaha
Neb
Hue
James Asst
Kansas City, Mo
The
Edison
Thos. A. Edison
Civic Hotel
T. H. Ghilcote
New Mexico
Arizona
Alamogordo
el Paso
Tucson
Phoenix
Yuma
Rock Island System
H. W. Russel
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