Revision urged for Iowa school laws by Superintendent Riggs
Governor Carroll endorses a broad reform program in the Riggs report. Proposals include making townships separate school districts, enlarging county boards, abolishing the office of school treasurer, and raising the superintendent’s salary to 4000. Health measures and nurse inspectors are also urged to improve school conditions.
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John &. Rigis
County Boards of Education
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Iowa
Butchers Slash To Beat Independents In Slump
Ormala and others report meat prices at five year lows as a midweek decline in hideouts hits 2 cents a pound. Retailers call the drop due to a proposed financing move by local capitalists to support independent markets.
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Ormala
Ciation
Fianton Con- Paes
Birlein
Porterhen
Rouni
Death in Ring Fight Ends in Manslaughter Charge
Le Gerhart, Detroit lightweight, dies from a brain bleed after a ten round bout with Jack McHenry in Lima Ohio. Coroner Fiviffar cites a fatal blood clot from a blow. McHenry surrenders and is charged with manslaughter. bond set at $1600.
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le Gerhart
McHenry
Lima
Fiviffar
Leo Gerhardt
Elhroit
Jack MacHenry
McKenry
Kansas City merchants push ad reform against lodge fundraisers
Kansas City Kansas business leaders heard J W Robinson advocate restricting lodge and church fundraising ads and subscriptions. He described forming a paid secretary led association to direct solicitors to legitimate ads and replace coercive programs, aiming to cut costs and boost philanthropy. An Topeka model may inspire a Kansas City chapter next week.
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Hin
Kas
Grand Horel
J. W. Robinson
Slopeka
Topeka
Commercial Club
Stobinson
Dusiness Life
Tn Topeka
Leach
Ilegitimate
Provident Association
Robinson
Lodge
Tutle
Isas
Mercantile Chib
Hoppe Shatters 181 Cue Record in Philadelphia
Willie Hoppe broke the world high run record with 181 balls in a single turn against Joseph Mayer, amateur champion of Philadelphia. The feat surpasses Hoppe’s prior 150 in New York. Final scores show Hoppe leading Mayer 1 103 to 658 in one pairing, with Hoppe posting an average around 31.13 and Mayer around 4.13.
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Philadelphia
Willie Hoppe
Joseph Mayer
Hoppe
New York
Mayer
Watter
Hope
Governors Conference Tackles Senate Elections and Divorce Laws
Frankfort and Louisville hosts discuss popular elections of U S senators and uniform divorce laws. Governors from many states hear talks on the governor's powers, conservation, income tax and border issues with figures such as Woodrow Wilson and Governor Hadley among speakers.
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Frankfort
Louisville
United States
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Burk
North Dakota
Herbert S. Hadley
Missouri
Gam
Eliel Bradford
Edwin L. Norris
Montana
John A. Dix
New York
Hog and grain markets show steady to higher tones in Chicago
Estimated receipts for hogs cattle and sheep given for Chicago with hogs opening steady and closing higher. notes on sheep market steady and cash wheat corn oats with mixed bid values. New York stocks report lists several major issues including Canadian Pacific and United States Steel with varied prices.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Mhc
Canadian Pacific
Pennsylvania
Reading
Rock Island
Chicago Great Western
Northwestern
Atchison
Ee American Smelter
Union Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio
Southern Pacific
Brooklyn Rapid ‘Transit
United States Steel, Common
United States Steel
Northern Parific
Great Northern
Missouri Pacific
New York Centrale
American Sugar
Waterloo
Prairie hay and animal product price list
A fragmented price list shows Alay and Straw baled prairie hay priced at 9 to 11 dollars, tame hay at 10 to 13 dollars, loose straw at 5 dollars, and various leather hides and wool categories with prices ranging from 8 to 12 cents per pound.
Record Deer Season Ends With High Toll in Michigan
Calumet Michigan November 30 the 20 day deer hunting season closed with 46 accidents in the upper peninsula 20 of them fatal. Five thousand deer were killed the largest number in a single season. Accidents and fatalities surpass any prior season. Cote's Hot Blast Range was operating at C M Berkleys.
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Michigan
Calumet, Mich
Upper Peninsula
Gaston named as Massachusetts Senate hopeful at Toston
William Alexander Gaston a banker lawyer and director aims to succeed Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. Born March 4 1859 in Massachusetts he attended Harvard Law School and was the 1902 Democratic candidate for governor of Massachusetts. He earned the colonel title from Governor Russell and has long been active in national Democratic conventions.
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Toston
William Alexander Gaston
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Gaston
Harvard ‘Law College
W. E. Russell
Harmony Conference at Baltimore Stirring Democratic Talks
Washington reports a Baltimore harmony conference plan stirring political talk. The plan invites William Jennings Bryan despite his recent political shifts and current stance on party unity. Bryan plans to speak at a separate Jackson Day event, expected to limit harmony aims.
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Baltimore
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Jim Dahlman
Dahlman
Aldrich
Washington
Taft
The
Times
Wall Street
Gift for Cripples Endows Kernan Hospital and School
Baltimore announces a gift by James L. Kernan worth 100000 for the James Lawrence Kernan hospital and industrial school for crippled children. He plans perpetual endowment and the institution will teach trades alongside medical care.
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Baltimore
James L. Kernan
James Lawrence Kernan
City Council Bans Firework Discharges and Retail Sales
Kansas City adopts an ordinance prohibiting the discharge of fireworks except at regulated public exhibitions with permits and bans retail sales while allowing wholesale sales for use in other cities. The mayor plans to sign, making it effective. The piece also notes a backstory about an insurance age question involving “if living” in a humorous dialogue.
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Kansas City
Be Kind Today Be Tender With Your Words
Be kind today and spend on the living not the dead. Many hearts break as loved ones wait and tears fall from unspoken words and unsent letters. Speak loving words now, send a message, write the letter before memories haunt you.
W C Brown Plans Return to Farming and Show Honors
W C Brown, president of the New York Central Mines, says he will quit railroading to return to farming, owning a Perry cheron stallion Helix and aiming to breed quality stock. Shamrock IL calves and Percheron champions highlight a night that also notes John J Mitchel purchasing three imported hackneys for 5000 dollars. Town Calf Shamrock IL is named grand champion of fat cattle after judges from Ireland praise the top entry.
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W. C. Brown
New York Central Mines
Carroll County
Iinoia
International Live Stock Exposition Association
Helix
Paris
Kansas City
Springfield
J. C. Lynch
John J. Mitchel
Mneis Trust and Savings Bank
J. H. Truman
England
Pioneer
Bushnell
Mitchel
Lake Geneva
Town
Shamrock IL
Richard G. Carden
Ireland
Town State College
Cubs Drafted Lenihan Goes Missing After Note
John Lenihan the Wakefield pitcher drafted by the Chicago Cubs has disappeared from his Bronx home since Monday. His brother found a note saying he was ill feared to be a burden and hoped for forgiveness for leaving with only a dollar in his pockets.
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John Lenihan
Wakefield Baseball Club
Bronx
Chicago Cubs
William Founda
Lenihan
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