Grounders on Sioux City Purchase and Wrestling Controversy
Sioux City buys Steve Melter from the St Louis Nationals, a 1909 Packers alumnus, as pennant pursuits arise. The Danville News highlights dog thieves, arbitration appeals, and a rural-urban wrestling clash, with Waterloo’s fragile minor league status amid ongoing Keokuk Gate City notes and national sports spending estimates.
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New Bloomington Manager Hints at Strong 1911 Team
Bloomington Pantagraph reports Robert J. Kennedy named manager for Bloomington baseball in 1511. Kennedy, 26, a sharp hitter and base stealer, tracked by Bloomington for a powerhouse lineup including right field, catcher, and second base, with aims to bring in top Western Association talent and a premier pitcher.
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Westerns
League realignments spark Chicago meeting talks
President Kinsella of Springfield leads a push to oust Waterloo and bring in Decatur for a three league system. Decatur favors the change while Kinsella seeks league betterment, not aid to Waterloo. If Quincy sheds its holdings, Dubuque would gain, and Quincy could join. The Chicago meeting will center on these changes.
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Central Association
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Quincy
Doyle
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Kinsella
Springfield
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Commie Village
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Chicago
Would Put an End to Tipping
West Union Iowa December 7 Senator Adams declares he will likely introduce in the next legislature a bill against tipping and treating in Iowa. He argues that patrons must tip bellboys for stamps or water and that tipping is rampant everywhere. He is seriously considering this measure to curb tipping and treating.
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West Union
Adams
Iowa
Right Foot Ground Off Under Train at Dyersville
G W Gibson a Dubuque conductor on Chicago Great Western freight No 01 had his right foot cut off at a crossing in Dyersville while signaling the train to go ahead. He was attended by a doctor and later to be taken home to Dubuque.
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G. W. Gibson
Dubuque
Chicago Great Western
Gibson
Billy Sunday Thunderbolts Stir Oskaloosa Readers
The Oskaloosa Herald portrays Billy Sunday as a potent anti saloon campaign figure whose sermons spark strong reactions. His fiery oratory arouses local fight and compels townspeople to confront temperance issues, leaving lasting memories and a dramatic impression on the community.
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Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Oskaloosa
Boys Fined for Illegal Fishing at Buffalo River
Deputy Fish and Game Warden H S Tubbs arrested Paul Miller and Ray Beck near Manchester on the Buffalo River for spearing fish through the ice. They pleaded guilty before Justice Slulstead and were fined 25 dollars plus costs each. Wardens warn of further action to curb illegal fishing in the area.
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Dee
Fish and Gama
H. S. Tubbs
Manchester
Paul Miller
Ray Beck
Tubbs
Slulstead
C. W. Tenderson
Kinsella to Lead Against Waterloo
Springfield report notes Kinsella set to head team facing Waterloo in the WHL amid talks of franchise changes. Mike Sexton argues Waterloo will stay, while the upcoming Chicago meeting next month looms large for potential shifts in the league alignments.
Roosevelt Warned of Peril at Informal Luncheon
New York Dec 6 Col Roosevelt attended a small luncheon with six or seven politics-connected guests including Douglas Robinson and Lawrence Abbott along with Kansas City editor and Van Hise of Wisconsin. The talk touched on his political future and the possibility of a 1912 presidential run as insurgents move to challenge Taft.
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Col. Roosevelt
Douglas Robinson
Lawrence Abbott
Kansas City
Roosevelt
Col
van Hise
University of Wisconsin
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la Follette
United States
Col Roosevelt
Taft
Fim
Republican Party
Chicago insurgents lose bid to cut Elgin butter quota
In Chicago on December 6 insurgents failed 25 to 19 to lower the Elgin butter board quotation. The quoted price for creamery butter fell from 30 cents to 28 cents per pound, as authorized by the quotation committee.
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Chicago
Insurgenta
Elgin Butter Board
Chicago Contingent Drives Price Talk in Election Stand
A vote after objections from Chicago contingent sets a compromise price. T Gallagher of Gallagher Bros argues a lower figure is justified given market conditions. Next Monday the board caucuses to name a regular ticket for the December 19 election, while Chicago backers plan an opposition ticket, signaling a heated contest.
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Chicago
T. ¥. Gallagher
Gallagher Bros
South Water Gireet Commission
United States
Ills Central graft suit filed by Mrs Edgar in Chicago
Mrs Jeanne Edgar wife of Attorney Maxwell Edgar filed in the circuit court a $10,000,000 suit against directors of the Illinois Central railroad to recover losses alleged from car repair graft. The declaration puts losses at $8,500,000 and accuses officers of indictment and the directors of willful failure to perform duties from 1907 to filing date. Defendants include James T Harrahan Cornelius Vanderbilt R W De Forest R S Lovett John Jacob Astor J Ogden Armour Charles A Peabody John G Shedd A H Hackstaff Walther Lutigen John W Auch and Robert W Goelet.
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Jeanne Edgar
Maxwell Edgar
St Nats Central Railroad
Edgar
Ihnola Central Railroad
James T. Harahan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
R. W. de Forest
R. S. Lovett
John Jacob Astor
J. Ogden Armour
Charles A. Peabody
John G. Shedd
A. H. Hackstaff
Walther Lutigen
John W. Auchinclass
Robert W. Goelet
Saloon fight heats Creston as petitions contest ban
Creston Iowa December 7. The town debates a ten year saloon ban as the Citizens League battles saloon petitions. Officials say about 450 signatures exist while workers canvass door to door, aided by business leaders and the W C T U. A mass meeting drew John Lennon, national AFL treasurer, on the link between saloons and workers wages.
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Creston
Citizens’ League
League
John &. Lennon
American Federation of Labor
Miss Ira Langdon Opens Waterloo Chemical Lab
Miss Ira G Langdon has opened a chemical laboratory in the Black Hawk building marking a new venture for Waterloo. Formerly with Dr Powers and later with Drs Powers and Alford, she studied at the State university and this fall pursued special work at the Chicago Post Graduate Medical school, ready to practice in the city.
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Black Hawk
Waterloo
Miss Langdon
Dr. Powers
Eczema Not a Blood Disease Claim and Remedy
Medical authorities state eczema is not a blood disease and rarely fatal, appearing in healthy people as a surface skin condition. Poslam is promoted as an external treatment that relieves itching and heals skin, with patient testimonials and free samples offered by Emergency Laboratories in New York and products sold by druggists like Wanger Bros. for trial packages and jars.
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Esther Clark
Roxbury
Mase
Twenty-fifth Street
New York
Wanger Bros
Peace terms accepted by Chicago garment cutters strike
Hart, Schaffner & Marx terms for settling the workers strike were accepted by 500 clothing cutters in Chicago. Union officials decided to delay a vote at other meetings until nine language copies are printed and distributed. Result expected in two or three days.
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Chicago
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Diapepsin Paves Quick Digestion Relief for Indigestion
Advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a harmless 50-cent remedy that digests heavy meals in five minutes, relieves heartburn nausea belching and gas, and ends stomach misery. It claims rapid relief day or night and that one case can treat a whole family.
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Pape
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