Blizzard Paralyses Iowa Train Service And Street Cars
Des Moines reports a crippling blizzard across Iowa with drifting snow and low temperatures. Rail freight halted, trains late, and two Denver-bound Rock Island passenger trains blocked at Council Bluffs. Des Moines street cars scarce. many cities report closed schools and suspended business.
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Iowa
Rock Island Railroad Office
Rock Island
Denver
Council Bluffs
Lincoln
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Burlington
Clinton
Tipton
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Chicago-Denver
Davenport
Colo
Union Pacific
Kansas City
Kansas Line
Colorado and Southern
Kansas
Cummins Proposes New Trust Bill For Antitrust Reform
Washington February 26 Senator Cummins of Iowa proposes a trust platform set in a bill to strengthen federal antitrust powers. It would create a three member Trade Commission with nine year terms to curb unfair competition and oversee large corporations rated at five million dollars or more. The measure preserves the existing antitrust law and aims to foster competitive conditions through liberal construction and enforcement.
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Washington
Cummine
Iowa
Cummins
Trades Commission
Corporation Bureau
Allts
Trade Commission
Department of Juation
Ricaaure
Roosevelt Says He Will Accept Nomination
New York report states Col Theodore Roosevelt will accept the Republican nomination if offered and will adhere to the decision until the convention expresses its preference. Governors from seven states urged him to run, and the letter dated February 24, 1912, to West Virginia’s Glasscock and others was read at Roosevelt’s offices.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Hodore Roosevelt
William E. Glasscock
West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
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Lincoln
Neb
Robert P. Basa
New Hampshire
Concord
N. H
Joseph M. Carey
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
Charles Osborn
Michigan
Lansing
Mich
W. R. Stubbe
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Herbert 8
Hadley
Missouri
Jefferson City
Chicago
Roosevelt
California
Johnson
Col. Roosevelt
Cleveland
Mack
Republican
Samuel Koenig
New York County
Taft
Koenig
Norman E. Mack
Galloway Denounces Catalog Fire and Printing Threats
William Galloway of Cedar Falls defends his company against a Cedar Falls Record claim that he is owned by catalog houses. He offers $10,000 in gold to prove the statement true, calls the fire a staged joke, and asserts the trust-backed opposition seeks to curb free advertising and fair competition through catalog dominance.
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William Galloway
Presbyterian Hospital
Franciscan Hospital
Cedar Falls
Galloway
J. B. Williams
Hdwards & Longley
B. F. Swisher
Cedar
Falls
Black Hawk County
Cedar Falla
Agricultural Club
International Harvester Co
Waterloo
Mr. Boreman
Kia Tg
Iowa
Wilson Junction
Murphy
Catalog House
David Harum
Niagara
Iowa Retail Dealers’ Association
Cedar Fala
United States
Soi
Double Murder Limits Shown In Tacoma Car Fatalities
In Tacoma Washington a double murder case emerges after the bodies of Mrs W Brown aged 24 and John Wilson aged 33 are found on a country road near Larchmont Dupont. The deaths occur after they left a car to return home and are believed to have been attacked by robbers. Senator Reed of Delaware introduces a Senate resolution directing an investigation.
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Wash
Wilson
Washington
Reedeee Wan Savaririr
Tacoma
Missouri
W. Brown
Senate
John Wilson
Legation
Larchmont
Dupont
Delaware
Tacoma City
Gritigal Day in Negotiations at Cardiff Talks
London February 26 The coal operators and miners allied under government auspices face a critical day as Cardiff hosts separate meetings of South Wales mine owners and miners federation. Outcome could shape tomorrow national conference with Asquith reportedly ready to seize control of coal operations to avert price panic.
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Jas
Association of
South Wales
South Wales Miners’ Federation
Cardiff
National Conference of Miners
Asquith
William Galloway Libel Suit Seeks 28000 Damages
The William Galloway company of Waterloo files a libel suit for 25000 dollars against Cedar Falls Record editor Lars Bladine and publisher, alleging a February 24 issue falsely reported a meeting, quoted speeches, and claimed ownership controls by catalogue houses to harm the plaintiff’s business.
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William Galloway Company
Waterloo
Cedar Falls Record
Lars Bladine
Williams & Clark
Edwards & Longley
B. F. Swisher
Cedar Falls
Boreman
Galloway Company
William Galloway c Company
Meet to Discuss Rates on Sash and Lumber
Davenport Ia Feb 21 A gathering of sash and door manufacturers from upper Mississippi river cities will meet this evening to seek better freight rates from the Pacific coast to eastern cities and on lumber to the Mississippi Valley. They claim current sash and door rates from Pacific to New York are 75 cents and from the Mississippi valley 96 cents. The dealers will consider efforts to secure improved rates.
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Davenport
Mississsippi River
Pacific Coast
Mississippi
Pacific
New York
Mississippi Valley
Roosevelt Test Taken In Waterloo
A poll on the presidential candidate was taken at Mr. Poorman's department of the Town Dairy Separator factory by E. W. Dettmer. Of 110 men in the department, 102 voted and Teddy Roosevelt received more than half the votes, about a third more than all other candidates combined. The poll was taken Saturday.
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Mr. Poorman
E. W. Dettmer
Teddy
Roosevelt’s Fight Apparently Opens for Nomination
Boston and New York reports say Theodore Roosevelt will consider the presidential nomination if offered. Governors and editors hail his surge, while Taft supporters in New York County remain firm. Roosevelt’s Boston visit shifts to political talks and possible speeches as La Follette moves in Nebraska.
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Mass
Theodore Roosevelt
Harvard
la Follette
Lincoln
Neb
Robert la Follette
Nebraska
Carrick
la Follette State League
White House
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Roosevelt
Taft
Ohio
Sherman
Murray Crane
Massachusetts
Toledo
Col Roosevelt
Odlambua
Lives Lost In Portland Break Follows Building Disaster
Portland report describes fatal blaze at the Gilman Wedge building with Edward Imera, 60, among the dead. An unidentified man leaped from a fourth floor and died on the sidewalk as others perished or were injured.
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Ore
Gilman Wegde
Edward Iimera
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