Butter Fire Claims Missouri Congressman De Armond
Butler Missouri paid final respects to Representative David A De Armond who died saving his grandson. Both victims buried together in one casket at a Methodist church service led by the Masons. Mourners included Edward H De Armond at West Point and brothers William and James A De Armond with Lieutenant George W De Armond missing in the Philippines. Governor Hadley Senator Warner and Senator Stone attended.
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Son
Philippines
Speaker Cannon
Hadley
Butler
Missouri
David A. DeArmond
David A. de Aprmond, II
Methodist Episcopal Church
Masonic Lodge
Edward H. de Armond
Tax Regulations Finished Under Taft Administration
Washington reports that secretary MacVeagh and IRS Commissioner Cabell told President Taft the corporation tax regulations are complete and ready for printing. The plan estimates about 25 million dollars in net revenue annually, with penalties to enforce proper registration and compliance in the face of expected challenges.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
MacVeagh
Internal Revenue
Cabell
Taft
White House
Taft Holds Talks With Railroad Leaders On Commerce Law
President Taft seeks to harmonize interstate commerce legislation and has discussed proposed changes with railway chiefs. Participants include James J. Hill of the Great Northern W C Brown of the New York Central and Edward P Ripley of the Santa Fe in Washington on November 27.
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Hill, Brown and Ripley
Washington
Taft
James J. Hill
Great Northern
W. C. Brown
New York Central
Edward P. Ripley
Santa Fe
Robber and Officer Shot in Northern Minnesota
In Bemidji Minnesota on November 27 a robbery at Puposky ended with one bandit identified as Jim Smith killed instantly. Deputy Sheriff Andrew Johnson was fatally wounded in the gunfight. the second robber escaped.
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Bemidji
Minn
Jim Smith
Andrew Johnson
Puposky
Iowan Elected T P A Secretary
Frank Rainbow of Davenport Iowa was chosen national secretary and treasurer of the Travelers' Protective Association, succeeding in the post the state secretary of Iowa.
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Iowan
St. Louis
Frank Rainbow
Davenport
Iowa Post
Travelers’ Protective Association
Order
Mexican War Veteran Samuel Garrett Dies in St Joseph
Samuel F. Garrett, a retired merchant and veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars, dies at his daughter’s home in St Joseph Missouri at age seventy eight.
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St. Joseph
Samuel F. Garrett
Bank Bandit Dashes Free After Failed Hold Up
Mazomanie Wisconsin November 27 George Benbon eighteen attempted a bank robbery by asking to change a bill and confronting assistant cashier Miss Smith. She screamed prompting his flight and a pursuit ending in his capture.
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Mazomanie
Wis
George Benbon
Miss Smith
Benbon
Probing Students Pranks After Thanksgiving Victory
Des Moines reports no faculty investigation into Drake university students after a Thanksgiving football win riot disrupted streetcar traffic. President Bell said action hinges on police notification and potential misdemeanors lead to expulsion. Police investigation continues with definite actions expected.
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Des Moines
Drake University
Ames
Bell
E.G. Gates
A. 0. Oliver
Hamery
Department of Public Safety
Rifle Fatality In Fence Sparks Iowa Tragedy
John Donahue sixty a Van Buren county farmer was instantly killed near Mount Sterling by an accidental rifle discharge while driving cows. The weapon fired as he passed a barb wire fence, the bullet striking his forehead. He is survived by his widow a daughter and his son William Donahue county auditor.
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Ottumwa
John Donahue
van Buren County
Mount Sterling
Donahue
William Donahue
Mrs Jeanette Stuart Ford Indicted in Big Four Case
Hamilton county grand jury returned an indictment against Mrs Jeanette Stuart Ford tied to a $645,000 shortage in Charles L Warriner’s Big Four railroad accounts. Warriner, former local treasurer, testified after being brought from jail to appear before the grand jury.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Grand Jury
Jeanette Stuart-Ford
Charles L. Warriner
Big Four Railroad
New World Typing Record Set by Blaisdell in 15 Minutes
H Q Blaisdell of New York set a new world record at the Missouri Valley Commercial Teachers association meeting in St Joseph Missouri by typing 1505 words from unseen copy in fifteen minutes. The rate exceeds 100 words a minute and tops the previous high of 95 words per minute.
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St. Joseph
Missouri Valley Commercial Teachers’ Association
H. Q
Blaisdell
New York
Graft Uncovered in German Navy Supplies Office
Kiel Germany November 27 Extensive financial irregularities in the department supplying meat for the navy are disclosed The most serious discrepancies affect the torpedo boat division Arrests are expected soon
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Department of Supplies
Kiel
Germany
Navy
Prisoner in Davenport Jails After Suicide Attempt
Harry O. West alias H. N. Ordway, arrested in Chicago for heading a bank swindling gang, attempted death by cutting his left wrist with a tin box in Scott county jail. He was found unconscious, later tore off bandages in the hospital ward, and a watch was placed in his cell to prevent further attempts.
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Davenport
Harry O. West
H. N. Ordway
Chicago
Scott County
New Series of Frauds Ties Fig Imports to Giddings Indictment
Thomas C. Giddings a customs weigher was arrested on an indictment for conspiracy to defraud the government. Prosecutors say he underweighed two fig shipments in 1906, dodging duties on 8 700 pounds. The case is described as the first of a wider series the government aims to prosecute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas C. Giddings
Giddings
Two Die In Balloon Wreck Near Fiume
Berlin reports the bodies of Dr. Brenckmann and Hugo Francke, top Aero Club members, recovered near Fiume in Austria Hungary after their balloon Kolmar collapsed during flight. The wreck shows a large rent in the envelope signaling the fatal accident.
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Berlin
Austria
Brenckmann
Hugo Francke
Aero Club of
Kolmar
Fiume
Austria-Hungary
Ratless Nurses Begin Labor at Mullanphy Hospital
In St Louis on November 27 thirty nurses at Mullanphy hospital started work with bare heads after Sister Gabriel ordered removal of foreign material. An injunction banning rats was issued for sanitary reasons.
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St. Louis
Mullanphy Hospital
Gabriel
Chicago Rail Merger Unifies Five Railroads
An official announcement states the consolidation of the Chicago and Alton with the Clover Leaf lines the Minneapolis and St. Louis and the Iowa Central, creating a single management across five railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago and Alton
St. Louis
Missouri Valley Conference in Session
Des Moines reporters say the Missouri Valley Conference representatives meet today to decide on future athletic event schedules and other important matters. The session aims to fix upcoming sports schedules and address key governance issues.
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Missouri Valley Conference
Des Moines
Drake University Telescope Watches Long Moon Eclipse
The big telescope at Drake University in Des Moines tracked the total lunar eclipse through the early hours, a fine event lasting more than three hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Drake University
Cannon Again Attacks Cummins in Kansas City Speech
Speaker Joseph G Cannon assails insurgents led by Senator Cummins in a Knife and Fork club address in Kansas City. He defends the Payne Aldrich tariff, cites import rises, and warns against allied progressive forces with Bryan threatening party unity.
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Kansas City
Jet
Cummins
la Follette
Bristow
Bryan
Payne Aldrich Bill
Joseph G. Cannon
Knife and Fork Club
Iowa
Cannon
Republican Party
Lincoln
la Follette Bristow
Conductor Fatally Shoots Two in Memphis Transfer Dispute
Conductor J. H. Lowrey killed two black individuals during a dispute over a street car transfer in Memphis. He fired twice, missing his intended target. a bystander negress was shot dead and the other victim died from the second shot. The incident occurred aboard a crowded car on November 27.
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Memphis
Tenn
J. H. Lowrey
Lowrey
Grain Order Is Again Delayed
Washington reports that the Interstate Commerce Commission postpones the effective date of its order in the Peavey elevator cases. The stay delays the plan to April 1 1910 to allow the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to hear the cases affecting wheat shipments and western grain shippers and interstate railroads.
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Washington
Middle West
Interstate Commerce Commission
Peavey Elevator
Commission
United States Circuit Court of the Eighth Circuit
Crane Is Wire King in New Telegraph Combine
Massachusetts Senator W Murray Crane dominates the evolving wire communications field. As head of Crane Company and a major stockholder in American Telephone and Telegraph, Western Electric, and General Electric, his influence grows amid a Justice Department probe into the Western Union merger.
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Massachusetts
Western Union Combine
New York
W. Murray Crane
Department of Justice
Senator Crane
Crane Company
Dalton
Mass
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Union Telegraph
Western Electric Company
American Telephone
General Electric Company
Mummy Worth $30 000 As Ship Arrives in Boston
Rameses the mummy, about 3000 years old, rests aboard the steamer Aragonia in Boston as cargo is discharged before sailing to New York. The case bears the inscription Valued at $30,000. The mummy was moved from Suez by sailors and will be transported onward.
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Boston
Rameses
Egypt
Aragonia
New York
Monarch
Suez
Sundberg Claims World Record Corn Yield In Iowa
Johns Sundberg of Whiting, president of the Iowa Corn Growers Association, reports a grain yield record with an acre producing 153 bushels 65 pounds and an acre and a half yielding 224 bushels 40 pounds. An affidavit by Roy Atwood confirms the measurement and timing. Sundberg credits soil care and seed selection, noting seven years of work and urging other farmers to replicate the method.
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Des Moines
Johns Sundberg
Whiting
Iowa Corn Growers’ Association
Iowa
Sundberg
Roy Atwood
Atwood
Mr. Sundberg
Avoid Mixing Acids and Starches in Diet
Dr T J Allen cautions against combining fruits with starches noting acids in apples lemons grapes peaches and bananas interfere with starch digestion. He says fruits like oranges peaches and pineapple are best in the morning for light meals, especially for sedentary individuals or invalids.
Hog Market Recap From Chicago November 27 1909
Market notes show hog receipts about 12 000 with leftovers from yesterday. Prices range light hogs 7 66 to 7 5, mixed packers 7 75 to 8 25, heavy shipping 7 80 to 8 30, rough 7 80 to 7 95. Cattle 50 steady and sheep about 2 000 steady.
Market Receipts and Prices for Hogs Cattle Sheep
Chicago No 27 1909 reports estimated receipts today 12900 with yesterday 29285 official shipments 5644 and leftovers 6618. Tomorrow estimated 34000 with market steady. Hog prices range 800 to 820 bulk 800 to 830 heavy ship grades 780 to 830. Cattle and sheep: steady with 2000 sheep and 500 cattle receipts.
Diamond theft charged in New Haven arrest
Samuel and Simon Perlin were arrested in New Haven on a Los Angeles police complaint for the theft of diamonds valued at $12,000 from J. Rosencrans of Los Angeles.
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New Haven, Conn
Samuel
Simon Perlin
Los Angeles
J. Rosencrans of
Two Fatalities From Coal Gas In Lynn
A high wind toppled a chimney and closed the damper of a parlor stove causing coal gas asphyxiation deaths of Charles Herrick and his housekeeper Miss Ida Lidston in Lynn Massachusetts on November 27.
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Lynn
Mass
Charles Herrick
Ida Lidston
Care of John A. Babcock North American Live Stock
A brief notice from the U S Stock Yards Chicago indicates care of John A Babcock at the North American Live Stock Commission Company. The entry records the entity responsible and the location associated with livestock operations in Chicago.
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North .American .Live .Stock Commission Company
Agricultural Convention Programs Set at Des Moines
Secretary John C. Simpson announced the Iowa agriculture department programs for the upcoming convention at the state house. Morning sessions will feature six addresses including Governor Carroll and W. R. Mellor of Lincoln Nebraska on The State Fair and Exposition. Mellor is the only out of state speaker. Afternoon sessions cover committee reports and elections for president vice president and district members from odd numbered districts for the next two years. Governor Carroll has addressed the national convention of the American Association of Fairs and Expositions in Chicago last week.
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Des Moines
John C. Simpson
Department of Agriculture
Department
State House
Governor Carroll
W. R. Mellor
Lincoln
Neb
Carroll
Iertcan Association of Fairs and Expositions
Chicago
County Farm Run At Loss At Nora Springs Iowa
County figures show the county farm costs taxpayers 26 per month for each dependent, with the facility running at a yearly loss. Auditor Rosecrans notes the 240 acre farm's net loss of 4949.75 last year after income, while farm income has ranged 700 to 1500 in recent years, fueling talk of selling the property.
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Nora Springs
Rosecrans
William Fisher Dead Augusta Ta Postmaster and Merchant
William Fisher, 74, postmaster at Augusta Iowa Ta and longtime local merchant, died after a short illness. A Republican leader, he was highly respected in his town.
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William Fisher
Burlington
Augusta
Americans Win Patent Case in Berlin Ties
The supreme court ruled in favor of an American company with a Berlin office, interpreting the patent agreement between Germany and the United States in a case involving a patent dispute.
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Leipsic
Supreme Court
Germany
United States
Berlin
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Clinedinst
David A, DE Armond
Ford
Warriner
New Yorker
Raps
Peavey
John Sundberg
Whiting Farm
T. J. Allen
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Hicago
John A. Babcock
U. S S
Tll
Agricultural Convention
Cerro Gordo
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