Thugs End Serious Heist as Messenger Is Attacked
New York detectives baited a trap with bank messenger Peter W H Plunkett and a bag of payroll cash. A robber was captured after a pursuit. another escaped, leaving a bullet pierced overcoat behind. Plunkett was beaten and sent to hospital. detective James A Watson was badly wounded.
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New York
Peter WH. Plunkett
Union Exchange National Bank
Plunkett
James A. Watson
Frank Moran
Bat Plunkett
Senate probes Standard Oil letters postponed
Washington January 11 The Senate committee investigating campaign funds and correspondence between members of Congress and Standard Oil officials postponed testimony on how the Archhoid letters became public because Democratic senators were absent.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Standard Oil
Waterloo progress praised in year end editorials
Rev Robert Brown of Austin Minnesota commends the Waterloo Courier and Marshalltown Times Republican for their year end editions. He notes Waterloo remains on the map with expansion and optimism, praising moral and educational interests alongside commercial growth.
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Clinton Herald
Waterloo Courier
Marshalltown Times- Republican
Robert Brown
Central Presbyterian Church
Austin
Minn
Waterloo
Courier
Powell Clayton Resigns After Forty years on Republican Counsels
Washington January 11 Powell Clayton longtime Republican national committeeman from Arkansas resigns after four decades of service. Born Bethlehem Pennsylvania August 7 1833 he served in the Civil War becoming brigadier general in 1864. He later moved to Eureka Springs Arkansas engaged in railways and hotels and held multiple national offices including governor US senator and ambassador to Mexico.
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Washington
PoweLl Clayton
Arkansas
Clayton
Bethlel
Eureka Springs
Ark
United States
Mexico
Elbert Hubbard Pleads Guilty on Immoral Mail Matter
Elbert Hubbard of East Aurora admitted guilt before Judge Hazel on six federal counts accusing him of sending immoral matter through the mails. He pleaded guilty on one count and was fined $100 with the remaining five counts suspended during good behavior.
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Buffalo. N
Elbert Hubbard
East Aurora
Federal Grand Jury
Haazel
Moon Law Fight To Reach Supreme Court In Davenport
Davenport seeks a ruling from the Iowa Supreme Court on whether the Moon law limiting saloons to one per 1 000 residents applies to special charter cities. Judge Theophilus in Scott County District Court upheld that the rule does not cover Davenport, a decision echoed in the Corrigan case where the plaintiff died before appeal. If overturned, Davenport could face limits near forty three saloons instead of more than one thousand sixty.
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Davenport
Wii. Theophilus
Scott County
Supreme Court
G. M. Rabbitt
Rudolph Brandt
J. M. Alger
Theophilus
Hugh Corrigan
Corrigan
Death Bed Note on Thaddeus Lowe War Balloon Scientist
Thaddeus Lowe, aged about 80, lies near death at a daughter’s home in Los Angeles. A Civil War balloon observer for the Army of the Potomac, he helped pioneer artificial ice and gas-making devices. He suffered a fractured hip in a Pennsylvania visit and has shown little hope of recovery. Meanwhile M E Wiltner recovers from an appendectomy, and Mr Whitney nears discharge to 714 Vinton Street.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Thaddeus
Lowe
Army of the Potomac
Cunningham Nominated for Iowa House Speaker on First Ballot
Edward H. Cunningham of Buena Vista county wins the Iowa House speakership on the first ballot 48 to 24 over Gerrit M. Klay of Sioux county after Stipe and Larrabee withdraw leaving two candidates. Cunningham, 43, longtime Buena Vista representative and former Newell mayor, is widely expected to win due to Republican majority.
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Des Moines
Edward H. Cunningham
Buena Vista County
Iowa House
Gerri Klay
Sioux County
Cunningham
Buena
Vista County
Newell
Herbert Half
Tardin County
Senate
Arthur C. Savage
Ada
Indicted Labor Leader Arrives in Los Angeles for Trial
Los Angeles January 11. Tone Johannsen a San Francisco labor leader indicted last year with Olaf Torell Eugene Clancy and J E Munsey on conspiracy to transport dynamite arrived in Los Angeles and may face United States District Judge Olin Wellborn for trial. He went to his counsel Lecompte Davis whose firm associates Clarence Darrow in the McNamaras case. The defense may seek a continuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Antone Johannsen
San Francisco
Clarence
Darraw
McNamaras
Ffor
Bequeaths Generously to Ottumwa Religious Groups
In Maria Major’s will, the Ottumwa beneficiary leaves cash and property to religious institutions including the Ottumwa M C A and Congregational church and Home Missionary societies of Iowa. Dr BE M Gabbard of California receives 10000. two grandchildren of Guy Major inherit the bulk of an estate valued around 5000.
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Ottumwa
Maria &. Major
Ottumwa Congregational Church
Congregational Home Missionary Soviets
Iowa
U. Mlc. AL and Missionary Societies
BE. M. Gabbard
California
Guy Major
Special traits and five nurses for baby Vinson Walsh
Washington January 1 Apple sauce favorite dish of Baby Vinson Walsh McLean the 100000000 baby was supplied by indulgent parents on a special train to Palm Beach due to a cold. A German woman expert in Apple sauce joined the entourage with five nurses ready to soothe him. The baby had a slight illness since a Christmas party and his cold worsened prompting travel.
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Washington
Vinson Walsh McLean
Mir
Mel
Bdward Beale McLean
Palm Beach
Vinson
A Waterloo Courier canvass on newspaper circulation
A report by Frank Hickenlooper documents a telephone canvass in Waterloo during early January 1913. He tallies how many residents subscribe to the Courier, Reporter, and Times-Tribune across east and west city sides, noting the Courier appears to lead.
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Waterloo
The
Courier
Westerloo
Frank Hickenlooper
Dfe
Hickenlooper
A. JT
Times-Tribune
Wee Eee
Daily Report
de Courier Co
Wtlod
Ea Ole Numnber
Elghia Gore
Ella Mae
Namaher
Westside
Vik Daily Report
Han
Wilson Eyes a Change to End Lingering Lingo Fight
Chicago report notes Gov elect Woodrow Wilson visiting the Commercial Club audience as he outlines plans for his administration. He sits with Charles S. Denison and Edward F. Dunne as others attend the session while party leaders seek to settle the U S Senate seat dispute and possible Lorimer recall. Temperature data and an ad close the piece.
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Chicago
Woodrow Wilson
Commercial Club
Shap Pat Battles for Senate Seat in Texas
Austin January 1 Representative Morris Sheppard is expected to be elected United States senator from Texas as the legislature meets. He would assume office March 4 to replace Senator Peiles who resigned.
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Shap Pat
United Stations Senate
Austin
Tex
Morris Sheppard
United States
Fron
Texas
Opiate Legislaurce
Winniow
Marcel
Mran- Hane
Colymitt Fins
Ro OM. Dohneton
pPeiles
MRS Faborck Dies After Husband in Des Moines
Mrs Faborck, widow of the well known editor of the Slants-Ano Ger, died at her home today of pneumonia. She had been ill since Tuesday after her husband died, and she passed away shortly before noon.
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Dew Moines
Jam
Dosepeiborek
Slants
Turkish Position Threatens New Balkan Crisis
A London report notes a deadlock over Adrianople as the Great Powers prepare to press Turkey. An Istanbul envoy says the Turks may travel to Constantinople next week if allies do not reconsider, amid warnings that failure could drive Balkan peoples to desperate acts.
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London
Adriamople
Constantinople
Turkey
Tv Tle
Adrianople
Aegean
Europe
Captain Sverdrup Survives Report From Seattle
A garbled 1d item notes Captain Sverdrup surviving an incident in Seattle. The report mentions Captain Otto Sverdrup and a Greenland hunt context with unclear names and fragments from a transit line or union mate.
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Sverdrep
Seattle
Wash
Cape
Chip Sverdrup
Cearares Hlorer
Otto Sverdrip
Greecland
NOATH MEETS SOUTH POLE NORWEGIAN HONORED BY ROUND OF AFFAIRS
Captain Roald Amundsen receives a gold medal from the National Geographical Society in Washington. President Taft is introduced, with dignitaries including British and French ambassadors and the Norwegian minister. A luncheon and a lecture precede the annual banquet where Rear Admiral Robert Peary will preside.
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Washington
Jan l
Stuard Amundsen
South Pole
Youight
National Geographical Society
Taft
H. H. Bryn
Capt. Amundsen
Gilbert Tl. Grosvenor
The
Geographical Society
Generaphical Society
Robert E. Peary
Mitchell will filed in Ottumwa Iowa
Alice C. Mitchell names husband J. C. Mitchell and three children as beneficiaries. Real estate in Ottumwa and Gunnison City goes to the husband. farm stock in Southern Railway and Chicago, Rock Island Pacific to the mother Adeline H. Wilson and to Paul Mitchell.
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Ottumwa
Alice C. Mitchell
J. C. Mitchell
Gunnison City
Colo
Southern Railway Company
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Adeline H. Wilson
Bakersfield
Cal
Paul Mitchell
Ohio River Still Rising as Flood Threat Prolonged
The Ohio River remains above flood stage at Cincinnati with readings 1.7 feet over, while Parkersburg shows a falling trend. Weather bureau reports snows and rain from the lake region and upper Ohio Valley, with southward rain and cooler temperatures expected Sunday.
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Oho
Washington
Ohio River
Parkersburg
W. Va
Cincinnati
Aejports
Weather Bureau
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Immigration officials to take Castro case
The writ of habeas corpus in the case of Cipria no Castro, former president of Venezuela, was dismissed by Judge Holt in U S district court. Immigration officials said they would determine eligibility to entry under the immigration law and the inspectors’ decision would be reviewed by Secretary Nafted.
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Castro
New York
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Holt
United States District Court Today
Washington
United States
Nafged
United States Consul General Hero Dies in Abyssinia
Addis Ababa January 11. Guy Robert Love United States vice consul and deputy consul general died yesterday in his thirty seventh year. He was a native of Coshocton Ohio.
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Diles
Addis Abeda
Abyssinia
Guy Robert Love
United States
Hero
Coshocicn
Death of Miss Hilt Ewing World's Tallest Woman
The world's tallest woman Miss Hilt Ewing, eight feet four and a half inches, died near Gorlin, Scotland County Missouri at age 37. Her death followed a spinal disease contracted years earlier and worsened by travel limitations as a sideshow performer. She had been bedbound for nine weeks, required two beds to sleep, and faced constant mobility struggles from her height and deformity.
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Miss Hilt Ewing
Deene Curvetare
Bia Ewing
Moarning
Ter Factor
Gorlin
Scotland County
Tors Olve
Miss Mwingg
Miss Ewing
Legan
Sha ‘Aleo
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M.E. Wiltner
Mr. Whitney
Vinton Atreaat
Buena Vista
Stipe
Larrabee
Klay
Waterloo Reporter
Waterloo Time Tribute
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Lormer
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Lorimer
Eiver Dute
Lorimer Tour Seyits
Gayet Gv
Republicate
Ves
Ee Ieee Ae Weld
Legishatine
Amtal
Harmons
Raehsananiptical Co
Tadvertia
Mics
Faborck
Aaturk
Rossin
Union Mate
Aw Eiar
Noath
Peary
Amundsen
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