Drake Defeats Ames 11–0 to Claim Iowa Title
Des Moines Nov 26 Drake wins undisputed Iowa football title by defeating Iowa State College 11 to 0 in front of about 16 600 spectators. Two Ames fumbles produced Drake touchdowns, Roy Havens scoring on the first return and a second late in the half. Burcham kicked one goal and missed another. The rest of the article notes university dedications and Sigma Alpha Epsilon convention in Iowa City with delegates nearing a hundred.
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Des Moines
Havens
Drake
Iowa
Iowa State College
Ames
Johnson
Thompson
Burcham
Burchham
McCoy
Roy Havens
Missouri Valley
Big Red
Blue Flyer
State University
State University Law College
New University Law Building
McClain
James G. Berryhill
M. J. Ferson
Iowa City
Zeta
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
Mississippi Valley
Arkansas
Otterbein Wittenberg Game Left Player Critically Injured
During the Otterbein Wittenberg football clash in Springfield Ohio on November 26 Quarterback Cole of Wittenberg suffered a severe head injury. He was kicked in the head and carried off unconscious after ten minutes of CPR. Doctors say he has a brain concussion a fractured skull and spinal injury with doubtful recovery though he regained consciousness.
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Springfield
Otterbein-Wittenberg
Cole
Wittenberg
One Football Victim Dying at Virginia Game
Lynchburg Va Nov 26 center Webster of the V M I football team was injured in the game with Davidson college he is unconscious and may have concussion of the brain.
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Lynchburg
Center Webster
Davidson College
Five Hurt in One Game in Washington Match
Five football players were injured in a game between Washington State College and Whitman College. Washington State College won 25 to 6 with two players seriously hurt.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Washington State College
Whitman College
Big Dedication Banquet for University Affair
Four hundred invitations issued for a university dedication banquet in November 1994. Officials expect a large turnout with faculty, students, and local dignitaries attending the event at the university campus.
General Grant backs temperance effort in U S Army
General Frederick D. Grant, commanding the Department of the Lakes, promised to aid the proposed total abstinence movement in the army. He told Rev. Wilbur Crafts he is cordial in favor and hoped to address the Dec. 12 meeting to inaugurate the association, modeled after a British army program.
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Washington
Frederick D. Grant
Department of the Lakes
Wilbur Crafts
International Reform Bureau
Grant
Crafts
United States Army
Altmans Acquitted In 1908 Sash Plant Bomb Case
Vincent and Joseph Altman were acquitted by a jury before Judge Tuthill of throwing a bomb that wrecked the Standard Sash and Door plant in Chicago in 1908.
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Chicago
Vincent
Joseph Altman
Standard Sash and Door Company
Tuthill
Ten rural Johnson County schools lack teachers
Iowa City reports ten rural schools in Johnson County have no teachers and there is no prospect of filling the vacancies.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Aged barwoman murdered in Detroit
In Detroit on November 26 Mrs. Bertha Story sixty was found strangled in her galoon at 433 Butternut Street. The money till was empty indicating robbery as a possible motive.
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Netroit
Bertha Story
Butternut Street
Five Meet Death in Auto Wreck
In Los Angeles a real estate dealer Nicholas Jacobs his wife two daughters and two sons died in a crash with a trolley on the Los Angeles and Santa Anita road six miles from the city Mrs Jacobs and her two month old baby were dying and two sons and Miss Josephine Solon survived with injuries.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Navy
Nicholas Jacobs
Budget Bill Under Fire In Lords Debate
London reports the budget bill draws unionist opposition as Lord Ashbourne argues lords may reject measures while Lord Balfour of Burleigh contends Commons supremacy in finance. The budget is accused of unconstitutional tacking on undeveloped land tax and a harsher licensing clause. Consols fall and capital seeks safer shores amid the unrest.
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Balfour
Lord Curzon
Ashbourne
London
House of Lords
Lord Ashbourne
Lord Balfour of
Burleigh
House of Commons
Gotch Fails To Win Two Falls In Hour With Zbysco
Frank Gotch failed to secure two falls within the hour against Zbysco the Pole in Buffalo. Zbysco showed great strength and skill, claiming he could beat Gotch in a straight match. Hermann pledged a $2,500 Chicago posting for a future bout with Gotch at $10,000 per side. Zbysco weighed 236 pounds, Gotch 263, and about ten thousand spectators watched.
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Buffalo
Gotch
Zbysco
Giant Pole
Zbyscc
Jack Hermann
Chicago
Zbyseco
Odor and Taste in Cooking by Dr. Allen
Odor and taste improve by slow cooking in a fireless cooker which preserves delicate aromas and minerals. Taste aids nutrition but should not be sacrificed for flavor. The natural chew is important, as cooking has diminished this habit among primates.
Americans Given Slice
London reports the British foreign office learned Germany told the United States state department it would share in the Chinese railway loan by surrendering portions of shares held by British French and German financier groups to allow American participation. No direct confirmation from Berlin has been received by the foreign office on this point.
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London
Foreign Office
Germany
State Department
United States
Hogs and cattle prices in Chicago opening trade
Markets report Chicago Nov 26 1909 shows hog receipts about 20000 with prices 5 higher than previous day and cattle 7000 strong to 10 higher. Sheep strong with 12000. mixed packers and heavy packing grades listed.
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Texas
Wright targets Iowa meat markets to curb sulphite use
Des Moines reports State Dairy and Food Commissioner Wright announced a general inspection of the state meat markets to eradicate the use of sulphites. He says the practice of using the chemical to mask spoiled meat is widespread and must be stopped.
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Wright
Iowa
Es Moines
Dairy and Food
Logan Special Election Endorses Courthouse Vote
The postal card election conducted by the boards of supervisors in Logan Iowa on November 26 returned a large majority supporting submitting to voters the question of building a $100,000 courthouse.
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Logan
Board of Supervisors
Court House
Care of John A. Babcock North American Live Stock
The notice identifies care and handling arrangements for John A. Babcock at the North American Live Stock commission firm located within the U S Stock Yards in Chicago Illinois. It outlines storage or processing steps and the affiliation with the Chicago stock market facility.
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John A. Babcock North
American
Stock Commission Company
U. S
Nicaraguan Revolutionists Gain Ground in East Coast
Des Moines cruiser reports insurgents control most of Nicaragua supreme, Greytown remains blocked by land and sea, and provisions there are low. Two Americans Grace and Cannon are described as prisoners of war, not spies, with Costa Rica possibly drawn into conflict.
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Washington
Des Moines
Shipley
Nicaragua
Greytown
Toledo
Zelaya
Grace
Cannon
Central America
State Department
Costa Rica
Rica
Prairie ready to sail with marines for isthmus
The United States cruiser Prairie lies at the Philadelphia navy yard with hold stocked for Panama or Nicaragua. Four hundred marines are aboard awaiting the signal to depart after orders from Washington to move up the sailing time. The ship is expected to leave soon following a prior Nicaraguan incident.
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Philadelphia
United States
Prairie
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Panama
Nicaragua
Caribbean
Navy Department
Washington
Canal progress please in Havana progress update
Havana reports progress on the Panama Canal as the congressional appropriations group arrives from Iowa and sails for New York. Committee members praise the work led by Colonel Goethal chief engineer and expect traffic to begin before the estimated date. Senator Coe I Crawford of South Dakota lauds the effort.
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Havana
Congressional
Panama Canal
Iow
New York
Coe I. Crawford
South Dakota
Goethal
Chileans oppose U S claim affecting trade
Chilean buyers cancel orders for American goods as the Alsop claim against Chile remains unsettled. A public meeting in Iquique plans a boycott of American imports unless the United States drops the claim.
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Santiago
Chile
United States
Alsop
Iquique
Young Man Loses Leg Near Milwaukee Track
Edward Hunter, a young man from Jefferson Iowa, was found lying by the Milwaukee track with his left leg severed, apparently by freight train wheels. The incident occurred near town on November 26.
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Jefferson, Ia
Edward Hunter
Milwaukee Track
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