Boston Nationals circle Lee Magee trade talks in NL major moves
Boston manager Stallings proposes to trade Lefy Tyler to St Louis for Cozy Dolan and Lee Magee while Huggins counters with Dolan and Steavans for Tyler. Cubs president Murphy lists eight players including Bresnahan Zimmerman and Schulte on the market as league clubs eye potential deals.
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Philadelphia
Craflings
Dolan
Steavans
Tyler
Stallee
Boston Braves
Stallings
George
President Murphy
Chicago Cubs
Bresnahan
Lavender
Zimmerman
Schulle
Cubs
Stove League Gossip From Gorey On Federal League Moves
The note reports that the Federal league attracts star players from the Three I circuit with Blooming ton and others targeted and trains in Kewanee facing funding troubles for baseball next season. Col A Z Welsing offered to assist with a funding chart as directors meet to raise the needed amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kewanee
A. Z. Welsing
Battle Trotter Sold For 10006 In Iowa County Sale
Marshalltown Iowa January 3 Battle the brown stallion developed and driven by Joseph McLaughlin has been sold to T W Murphy of New York City. Reported price around 17000 may be highest ever paid for a horse in the county. Battle with other animals bought.
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Marshalltown
Battle
Joseph McLaughlin
T. W. Murphy
New York City
Egan To Lead Ottumwa Club For 1914 Season
Ottumwa Iowa January 8. Dr J C Bonham secretary of the Ottumwa Baseball association says a two year lease on Myrtle street baseball park has been arranged with A T Stoessel The Ottumwa club awaits Ned Egans return to lead the team in 1914 He telegrammed from St Paul I will sure be with the Ottumwa club next year The director meeting will set plans to raise funds as the treasury is near empty and league guarantee must be posted soon
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Tener
National League
Tinker
Thooklyn
Federals
Brown
Ottumwa
J. C. Bonham
Ottumwa Baseball Association
A. T. Stoessel
Baseball Association
Myrtle Street
Bonham
Egan
Ottumwa Jeader
St. Paul
Ned
Talks Judge Wade for U S Senator
Washington January 3 considerable talk of Judge Wade as the probable democratic candidate for senator in Iowa has started here. Wade visited the post office department among others as supporters discuss him as the prospective nominee since Pepper's death. Claude Porter is expected to run. Connolly's supporters say he is likely to run.
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Washington, D. C
Judge Wade
Iowa
Post Office
Senate
Pepper
Claude Porter
Connolly
May Be Married Soon Plan To Wed In Chicago Case
Hardy Friend and Hazel White plan marriage soon after a conference at the White home in Marshalltown. Hazel left with Friend for Chicago after eloping. J. M. White and A. M. Friend debated delay. no wedding date fixed though the elder Mr. White favors postponement. Hardy was bedridden with a non serious illness.
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Hardy Friend
Hazel White
Marshalltown
Chicago
J. M. White
A. M. Friend
Friend
Botled Eggs In Soup Sparks Family Feud In Chicago
In Chicago on January 3 Andrew Fransen angered by botled eggs in soup drove his two daughters Clarice 28 and Mary 16 from their home at 1104 Sedgwick street He was arraigned for disorderly conduct before Municipal Judge Scully The daughters said the eggs were fresh and the father had not worked recently. Separately Samuel Gompers attacks the Wilson administration in the American Federationist editorial charging indictments of labor union officials under the Sherman act.
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Chicago
Andrew Fransen
Clarice
Mary
Sedgwick Street
Scully
Chicago Avenue Court
Gcompers
Wilson
Washington, D. C
Dan
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
American Federationist
Gompers
William RL Wilson
House of Representatives
United Mine Workers of Amerie
Department of Later
Gommpers
United Ming Workers
West
Benton County News and Notes Highlights
Vinton appointed Joe Carrier as deputy county treasurer after Harry Harlung’s resignation to join a family bank in Yan Hope. Rev A W Caul leaves the Baptist church to serve Ames. Presbyterians hosted a reception with short talks by local pastors and Mrs George W Jones. The Kids’ Dinner drew nearly 200 children. the College for the Blind opened its new year with a large renovation including a new chapel, lighting, classrooms, and extended quarters. Masonic lodge and Eastern Star installed officers. D E Martin of Jackson Township, a Benton pioneer, died. The Vinton Poultry and Pet Stock association plans its third annual exhibition next week. Calumet club hosted a New Year’s dance for about 175 guests in a festively decorated hall.
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Vinton
Joe Carrier
Harry Harlung
Yan “Hope
Presbyterians
Fordsome
A. W. Caul
Caul
Baptist Church
Ames
Judge Brown
P. Marion Simms
Presbyterian Church
I. A. Swisher
Methodist Church
George W Jones
Cedar Rapids
P. M. Simma
Good Fellows
College For the Blind
Masonic Lodge
D. E. Martin
Jackson Township
Benton County
Ohio
Vinton Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Calumet Club
Fruit Growers to Form Kansas City Suburban Association
Missouri and Kansas growers near Kansas City organize a protective union named the Kansas City Suburban Fruit Growers' association. A Jan 10 meeting at Centropolis hotel will formalize the group with a sales agent to handle market offers and curb ruinous competition.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Centropolis
C. A. Swope
Turner
Kan
Missouri Valley Hoarticultural Society
Swope
Ark. prisoner abuse suit targets Latimer sheriff
Charles Williams of Polk county Arkansas sues James F. Lawrence Latimer county Oklahoma sheriff for 25000 alleging arrest officers used the third degree torture. He says he was held four hours taken to a country road threatened with a revolver hanged for five minutes and left unable to work a week with permanent muscle distortion.
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Muskogee
Okla
Charles Williams
Polk County
Ark
James F. Lawrence
Latimer County
Williams
Wawrones
Plan to Erect New County Home in 1914
Architect Smith of Des Moines discussed county home plans with the county board for a project to cost about 35000 this year. The board will canvass siting and favors local architects if building prospects meet standards. eight of ten taxes paid on the first 1914 day, eight visitors from Waterloo, and taxes higher due to property valuation increases.
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Architect Smith
Des Moines
Smith
Corwin
A. H. Pinkerton
Waterloo
Atchison City Lacks A Theater After Fires And Closure
Atchison Kansas with 18000 residents now lacks any functioning theatre with a one two three act company. Fire destroyed the main venue and a second theatre repurposed as a livery stable. The third remains closed under fire code enforcement while residents depend on movies for winter entertainment.
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Atchison
Kan
Joe Jefferson
Rip van Winkle
Kansas Fire Commissioner
United States
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Fay Templeton
Mansfield
Webber and Fields
Peter Daly
Eugene Field
Corinthian Hall
Kansas
Young Father Seeks Custody Of Daughter
James Gilliam a 22 year old father from Seventh and Section streets filed a petition in Polk county juvenile court for permanent custody of his four month old daughter Margaret. Gilliam allegedly kidnapped the child New Year's Eve and kept her four hours in cold weather before she was recovered by Wilfred J. Wiley. He claims his wife’s care is inadequate and the case is set for hearing before Judge Lawrence DeGrat.
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Jes Maines
James Gilliam
Seventh
Section Streets
Margaret
East Nineteenth
Easton Boulevard
Polk County Juvenile Court
Gilliam
Sevasopol
Wilfred J. Wiley
Comilertor
Heir Spends $180 In Hartford Court Battle
Gladstonebury Connecticut January 3. Byron BR Tyler of this place a former fifty one years old who has just inherited 180 threatens a New York City trip for New Year’s Eve John S Tyler filed for a conservator in Hartford probate court Marvin denied the application declaring the heir old enough and sane enough to spend his legacy as he pleases.
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Gladstonbury
Conn
Byron BR. Tyler
Hartford
New York
John S. Tyler
Indee Marvin
Black Building to Be Advertised as World Class
A plan by the H A Maine company will publish a detailed book on the eight story Black building in Waterloo. The volume will cover construction history floor use interior design and building methods like the Woolworth building biography.
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H. A. Maine Company
Waterloo
United States
Woolworth
New York
Business conditions dull over holidays says Bradstreet
Bradstreet reports holiday dullness in trade with end of year inventories and reduced industrial activity. Distributive trade points to 1912 as a roughly flat year, banks profitable with dividends maintained, railroads reentering steel rail market, pig iron prices down, and many holiday plant shutdowns. Business failures rose to 365 vs 287 last year. wheat and flour exports totaled 5,801,412 bushels against 4,596,618 previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bradstreet’s Today
Missing Iowan Found in Chicago Disappearance Mystery
A telegram to Geo. Gregory, Marshalltown Masonic lodge master, reports Henry Marsh, former Minneapolis and St. Louis road foreman, found in Chicago after disappearing in December 1912. The Masons and local papers had searched for him. the message does not explain why Marsh vanished.
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Marshalltown
Chicago
Geo. Gregory
Masonic Lodge
Henry Marsh
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Marsh
Girl Scratched to Death Claims New York Case
The Courier’s New York correspondent reports a five year old girl with eczema who scratched a raw sore until blood poisoning developed and she died after failed treatments by specialists. The notice promotes KRESKO cures with sample offers and lists several drug firms for distribution.
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New York
the Courier
Kresko
Kreako Laboratories
Pourth Ave
Wangler Bros. Co
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Shanker
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the Waterloo Evening Courier
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Ottumwa Club
U.S
Benton CO
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HLM
Chamberlain
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E. H. Jarvis
Agualot
Jas. L. Henderson
Bridge St
A. J. Busby, Mor
Beverly
Graustare
James K. Hackett
McIntyre
and Heath
Seash Hall
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Yale Gould
Iowa State Bank
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Shah Lee Near
Byvank Transfer CO
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