No Reduction in Terminal Charges
The Supreme Court upheld a circuit court ruling preventing the Interstate Commerce Commission from cutting livestock terminal charges from $2 to $1 per car for railroads entering Chicago. The court found the terminal charge reasonable and advised shippers to challenge any injustice at the source of the through charge.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Circuit Court For
District of Minnesota
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
International Swindlers Arrested in Paris Jewelry Case
Paris authorities arrest a man, a woman, and two others posing as American millionaires. Police find jewels valued at 15000 dollars at their home and charge the group with extensive theft and defrauding jewelers.
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Paris
Typhoid Epidemic Hits Park College
Typhoid epidemic at Park College in Parksville Missouri prompts faculty to seek a state investigation to determine the cause and prevent further spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park College
Parksville
City powers limit encroachment on private property ruled
United States court affirms Idaho Supreme Court finding in Scully v Squier. City of Lewiston may not lay out D street to encroach four feet on private property. Squier had prior occupancy. vested rights safeguard continue. Scully seeks removal of encroaching buildings.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of Idaho
Matthew Scully
Louis BE. Squier
Scully
State District Court
Nez Perces
Idaho
Squier
D Street
Lewiston
Idaho Supreme Court
Rhodes scholars named from Grinnell College
William Alexander Ziegler Raymond Robert Price and Raymond Davis Harriman all from Grinnell college passed the Rhodes scholarship exam. The trio, with Harriman now Muscatine city clerk, were listed as successful candidates. Awards will be granted in January by the Rhodes committee of Iowa.
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Iowa City
Wiliam Alexander Ziegler
Goldfield
Grinnell College
Raymond Robert Price
Earlham
Raymond Davis Harriman
Grinnell
Muscatine
Rhodes
Rhodes Committee
Lowa
Grain and Provisions Markets Slump as Cables Weaken
Chicago trading shows weak cables and broad liquidation in wheat with minor gains in provisions. Prices move indices: Wheat Dec 1.05 and May 1.05 plus July 97c, Corn Dec 58 1/4c, May 61 1/4c, Oats Dec 39 1/2c, May 41 1/2c. Pork Jan 22.00, May 21.174. Lard Jan 12.60, May 11.82 1/2. Ribs Jan 11.00, May 10.97. South Omaha and Chicago cash markets list cattle, hogs, and sheep with varied gains and losses.
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Chicago
Northwest
Des Moines Plan Carried In Burlington Vote
Burlington adopts the Des Moines commission plan of city government by a 2,638 to 1,268 vote.
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Des Moines
Burlington
Des Moines Commission
Aged Iowa Editor Hildreth Critically Ill at Home
Charles City Iowa November 30 The Hon A D F Hildreth the oldest editor in Iowa lies critically ill at his home here The veteran journalist has guided state journalism for decades and is receiving medical care as the community hopes for his recovery.
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Charles City
A. D. F. Hildreth
Iowa
Six Former Sugar Refinery Employees Go On Trial
Six former workers of the American Sugar Refining company faced U S circuit court charges in New York over extensive underweighing frauds discovered at the Williamsburg docks following a 1907 customs raid. Richard Parr, then a customs special agent, led the investigation.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Williamsburg
United States
Iere
Richard Parr
Customs Service
Will
Iamsburg
James F. Bendernagel
Oliver Spitzer
Wilson charged with mail fraud in farmer scam
San Francisco November 30 J W Wilson accused of fleecing farmers in this and other states out of thousands of dollars charged with fraudulent use of the mails. Wilson allegedly operated commission concerns in the United States and Canada that solicited shipments from farmers and disposed of them without returns to consignors.
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Wilson
San Francisco
J. W. Wilson
Canada
Commission
Prominent Iowa farmer Andrew C. Manson dies by suicide
West Union Iowa November 30 Andrew C Manson a prosperous Arlington area farmer killed himself by shooting. He leaves eight children the eldest eighteen. His wife hanged herself four years earlier. He had married Lydia Weber his housekeeper just last week.
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West Union
Andrew C. Manson
Arlington
Manson
Lydia Weber
Girl Assaulted in Astor Iowa Case Shocks Community
Twelve year old Jessie Eastman, daughter of Frank Eastman, was assaulted by Oscar B Tharp of Davis City. Tharp confessed when arrested and the bond was set at 5000 dollars. Preliminary hearing is scheduled for Thursday. He remains in the county jail at Creston in default of bond.
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Aston
Jessie Eastman
Frank Eastman
Oscar B. Tharp
Davis City
Tharp
Creston
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days with Pazo Ointment
Guarantee offered for curing itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money back. Sold for 50 cents.
West Chester Lecture at Baptist Church November 30 1909
The second entertainment of the West Chester lecture course will be at the Baptist church on Tuesday November 30 1909. Miss Nettie Shreve Bayman will appear and is noted as an entertainer likely to match the previous praised performance by Prof L L Smelser in the first number.
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West Chester
Baptist Church
Nettie Shreve Bayman
L. L. Smelser
Mi o na stomach tonic advertised at Washington banquet
An advertisement promotes Mi o na tablets as a cure for dyspepsia at a Washington banquet. It claims quick relief from belching and distress after eating and touts the product as a premier stomach tonic available from Lemmon’s Pharmacy and Booth’s samples in Buffalo New York.
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Lemmon
Washington
Booth
Buffalo
N. Y
Twenty seven Japanese killed in Great Northern wreck
News of the wreck near New Westminster British Columbia reports twenty seven Japanese killed and fifteen injured when a work train on the Great Northern derailed.
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New Westminster
B. C
Great Northern
Administrator’s Sale of Horses Chickens and Tools
The administrator A Anderson 714 will sell at public auction at the late Harrison A Ball’s premises starting 1 o’clock on Saturday Dec 4. Items include two brood mares two colts 3 dozen Plymouth Rock chickens wagon sled harness Phaeton buggy carpenter tools and various articles. Sale tied to Helwick’s sale later the same day.
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Harrison A. Ball
Plymouth Rock
Helwick
A. Anderson
Cardui praised by Mrs. Hattie Cain in Kentucky
Letter from Carrsville Kentucky features a testimonial for Cardui a long standing women’s medicine. Mrs Cain details sixteen years of female troubles and convulsions before using Cardui reporting improvement from the first bottle and improved ability to work and walk. The notice invites women to request medical guidance and a 64 page home treatment book.
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Hattie Cain
Carrsville
Cardui
N. B
Ladies’ Advisory Dept
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Enn
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Hyome
Roger Bros
Limberneck
Fleck
North Side Square
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South Dakota
George Peck
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Westlake
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Wyeth Chemical CO
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McElhinney Drug CO
Washington National Bank
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