West Swept by Cyclonic Storms Across Midwest
Storms sweep the Midwest causing at least a score of deaths and extensive property damage from Wisconsin to Illinois. Heat in Chicago left a man overcome as a cold wave loomed, with record warmth earlier and a drenching, thunderous downpour later.
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Chicago
Zhicngo
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Iowa
Westernlinois
Odfordville
Hock County
Wis
Virginia
Springfield
Isl
Milton
Janesville
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Milton Junction
Pewaukee
Rock County
Waterloo to form new baseball circuit with regional towns
Waterloo plans to form a new minor league circuit with Rockford Cedar Rapids Clinton Moline and other similarly sized towns. W A Reed will attend the National Association of Minor Baseball Leagues meeting in San Antonio to present the petition. The plan would shift Terre Haute Evansville Decatur and Bloomington to the new league while Rock Island Davenport and DuQuoin join in. The Colleen Bawns perform at the Princes tonight.
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W. A. Reed
San Antonio
Tex
Waterloo Baseball Association
National Association of Minor Baseball Leagues of America
National Commission
Waterloo
Rockford
Cedlar Rapids
Clinton
Moline
Rock Island
Davenport
du. Duque
Terre Haute
Evansville
Decatur
Hloenington
Socialist Legislator Gains Seat in Schenectady
A socialist candidate, Ino New York State her bert Merrill, wins a Schenectady district seat in the State Legislature. Supporters claim Socialists may win several seats in the next year’s lawmaking body.
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Ino
New York State
Herbert M. Merrill
Schenectady
Harlan Roberts Killed by Train Near Clarksville
Harlan Roberts twenty, son of Mr and Mrs William Roberts of Clarksville, was killed instantly when struck by a northbound Rock Island passenger train at the Hiram Poisal crossing near Clarksville. The collision wrecked the buggy and left Roberts body and horse mangled. wind and darkness likely prevented seeing the oncoming train. The accident was reported from Rockford to the Clarksville authorities and the coroner was notified for burial arrangements.
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Clarksville, la
Harlan Roberts
William Roberts
Shell Rock
Hiram Poisal
Here
Rock Island
Iwo
Rockford
Cedar Rapids
Professor Bernhard Fraenkel Dies Noted Throat Specialist
Berlin reports the death of Professor Bernhard Fraenkel renowned throat specialist and tuberculosis crusader. He advised Col Roosevelt in May 191 regarding a throat issue during his European tour and was a longtime figure in international anti tuberculosis congresses.
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Berlin
Bernhard Fraenkel
Price
Col. Roosevelt
Thanksgiving in Prisons and Almshouses Mark Feast Day
Thanksgiving day brings special meals to inmates in state prisons and almshouses, where the holiday lifts misery for a day. Kings County Almshouse inmates look forward to a church service and a noon feast of chicken, turkey, cranberry sauce, potatoes, and tea amid hopeful chatter and improved uniforms. At Bisckwell Island workhouse New York offenders enjoy a similar banquet as tramps plan to extend their stay for the holiday feast.
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Kings County Almshouse
Warbush
N. Y
New York
Bisckwell’s Island
New York City
Thanksgiving Menu From Aged Menu Card
Boiled Mish and groiled chicken with oyster sauce appear alongside mashed potatoes beets onions squash mashed turnips and roast turkey with cranberry jelly. Assorted pickles plum pudding brandy sauce and pies plus cider nuts apples raisins cheese coffee courtier wants ads.
Italian Premier Giolitti denounces unfair press on Tripoli action
A Rome cable reports Signor Giolitti angrily defending Italy's Tripoli expedition. He says troops were sent to advance civilization, not commit atrocities against women and children as alleged by English newspapers.
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Rome
Signor Giolitt
Tripoli
Pastors Attend Synod Meeting on Valuation of Dubuque Churches
Archbishop James J. Keane convenes a special session next Thursday at the ecclesiastical residence in Dubuque. Pastors from three city churches will report on church property valuations, expected to total about 400000 based on real estate holdings, as Rome orders drive parish incorporation.
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James J. Keane
Dubuque
Rome
Hach
Father Slattery
Waterloo
Evidence on Mrs Quinn Developments in Chicago Case
Detectives return from Jackson Michigan where they pursued leads in the deaths of John McDonald and Warren Thorpe. Investigators expect evidence to prompt the state's attorney to order exhumations for poison tests. Dr. J H Demay of Jackson asserts McDonald was poisoned. Mrs Jno H Hornigas visits sister Mrs Geo Selbig and niece Mrs Herbert Corning.
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Chicago
Jackson
Mich
John McDonald
Warren Thorpe
Jane Quinn
John Quinn
McDonald
Thorpe
J. H. Demay
Jno. H. Hornigas
Lena, IV
Geo. Selbig
Herbert Corning
Governor Baldwin Announces Presidential Candidacy
Connecticut Governor Simeon E. Baldwin enters the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. A campaign push begins to advance his new ambition as supporters rally behind the announcement.
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Simeon EB. Baldwin
Connecticut
Plan to Wreck 2 Lives Claimed by Poison Case Continues
Mrs. Evit Larson, jailed on an attempted poisoning charge against her father Douglas Rhodenbaugh, testified she wrote none of ten threatening letters. Marean Rhodenbaugh confessed placing poison in beverages, while witnesses tied to delivery of letters deny involvement. The trial's future rests on cross examination as jury may reach verdict by Tuesday night.
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Northwood
Evit Larson
Douglas Rhodenbaugh
Marean Rhodenbaugh
Larsen
Marean
Amanda Larsen
Ticket Clerk Promoted at Illinois Central
Will Wertenbruch rises from local Illinois Central depot in Illinois to lead at the Nebraska street station in Sioux City. Bruce Comstock of Fort Dodge will take the Sioux City post. Wertenbruch, formerly of Dubuque, is noted for accounting skill. A daughter was born to the couple last Saturday. Fred and Mrs. Austin visited friends in Sioux City over the weekend.
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Will Wertenbruch
Illinois Central
Nebraska Street
Sioux City
Bruce Comstock
Fort Dodge
Wertenbruch
Dubuque
Fred Austin
Trade Congress Opens With Big Delegations In Kansas City
Hundreds of delegates have arrived in Kansas City for the trans mississippi commercial congress meeting. The opening program features speeches by Nelson Aldrich Henry Stimson and G M Hitchcock in the afternoon session with Senator Borah slated for the following night. Inland waterways improvement is a key issue as rivermen from across the country attend.
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Kansas City
trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
Nelson W. Aldrich
National Monetary Commission
Henry L. Stimson
G. M. Hitchcock
United States
Nebraska
Borah
Idaho
Triple Murder Shocks Brooklyn
A triple murder occurred in Brooklyn today. A mother and her daughter along with the child’s new born were found dead in a Park Avenue dwelling as police hunt the missing father of the child.
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New York
Brooklyn
Park Avenue
Supreme Court ruling hits moving pictures sector
The U S Supreme Court ruled that films based on a bank scene may infringe copyright, affecting promoters. Tonight at the Princess a showing of The Colleen Bawn Irish drama is advertised. A St Luke's Parish Evangelical Lutheran meeting for officer elections is set for Thursday at 7 45 in the church. Rev H F Martin will attend for conference and visit. The Royal Ladies plan a supper at Mrs H A Snyder's home on 317 Jefferson Street Tuesday Nov 14.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
St. Luke's Parish
Evangelical Lutheran Church
H. F. Martin
Town City
Town Synod
English Lutheran Church
H. A. Snyder
Jeferson Street
Royal Arcanium
City in Brief Thermometers and Local News
The page reports weather noting a south wind and overcast sky with rising temperatures. It lists local residents visiting or returning, including H A Maine from Des Moines and Dr J Q A Scroggy of Chicago visiting Waterloo. It also mentions a steam pipe incident at the Alscoft building, quarantine outcomes, court activity in Independence, and several community notices and arrivals.
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Buchanan Optical Co
H. A. Maine
Des Moines
FE. B. Walker
Fort Dodge
Scheel
Alscott
J. Q. A. Scroggy
Chicago
Waterloo
Mrs. C. %. Scroggy
Suit Over Small Dog Claims Ownership
A petition filed in Justice Frank Knayp's court seeks the recovery and ownership confirmation of a small white rat terrier named in the action. The plaintiff asks the court to adjudicate ownership in their favor.
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Frank Knayp
Judgment on Dog Ownership Involving Pettition and Trial
A judgment for twenty four dollars assigns the dog’s value. The dog was given to the plaintiff by a friend and the defendants never obtained lawful ownership. Witnesses from between this city and Cedar Falls will be subpoenaed for a 2 PM trial on November 16 in Justice Knapp’s Lafayette Building office. The rat terrier has been with the defendants about a year who refuse to surrender the puppy. Also noted is Magnificent Irish photo play The Colleen Bawn at the Princess tonight.
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James Stewart
Caldwell
Stewart
Fred
William Mauser
Spokane
Wash
la Porte
Frame
Waterloo Business College
Waterloo
Anajestic
Cedar Falls
Justice Knapp
Lafayette Building
Former Booster in Long Games
Chicago, Nov. 13. Jimmy Lewis of the Sacramento team in the Pacific Coast league claims to be the only player to participate in two twenty four inning games. He also played in a twenty one inning Sacramento versus Los Angeles clash. Across three games he logged sixty nine innings, an average of twenty three innings per game. Lewis first faced overtime in 1909 with San Francisco against Oakland.
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Chicago
Jimmy Lewis
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Jack Halla
Lewis
San Francisco
Oakland
Portland
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Improvement Bulletin
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