John Bull Is In The Toils
An American observer warns that England will soon be thoroughly Americanized by trusts starting with the soap industry. He discusses the soap trust linked to the meat trust, the control of tallow, and potential price rises, with implications for English politics, press, and the public as legislation lags and the empire’s ruling classes back expanding corporate power.
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London
England
Soap Trust
Magnete
W. H. Lever
M. P
United States
John Bull
The
Meat Trust
Hugland
New Zealand
Australia
Ile
American Trust
English Soap Trust
American Meat Trust
Weir Meat Trust
Lever
Ike Roosevelt
Empire
Fire destroys property in Hamilton business district
A midnight blaze in Hamilton Ohio causes losses exceeding 350000, damaging a key block in the East and West Waterloo area. The fire started after midnight and rapidly ravaged the heart of the business district, with extensive damage reported to several lots and buildings. Authorities investigate the cause as residents assess the financial impact and property owners begin cleanup and reconstruction plans.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Associated Press
Cassaday
Oscar Cassaday
Finchford
Holahan
Maynard F
Waterloo
Maynard
Whitney
John Tolahan
Destructive Storms Haunt Maritime Provinces
Halifax reports severe weather off Navin Seatha Ose Breton and Prince Edward Island. Four vessels driven ashore, others wrecked, crews marooned. ships Adoonn and others drag anchors, leaking amid cold and heavy seas. Widespread telegraph lines and poles toppled, cutting communication across the four provinces.
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Halifax
Trspatchea
Riley
Sun
Navin Seatha
Ose Breton
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Alice
Vhor
Northumberland Surat
Eaxtern
Adoonn
Resto
North Reef
Cherokees Win in White Man's Case at Supreme Court
Washington Nov 6 The U S Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Claims ruling in the Daniel Red Bird Cherokee Nation et al vs United States known as the White Man's Case The decision favors Indians denying property rights to whites intermarried with Cherokees prior to 1875 and to those married since 1875 who paid into the common fund The ruling upholds the claims court on all points Chief Justice Filer delivered the opinion.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of the
United States
Court For Claims
Daniel Red Bird
The
Court of Claims
Supreme Court
Filer
AW Carpenter FRENAY Stabbed Victim Then Self Harming Attack
In Rock Island on November 6 Barney Howlins a carpenter stabbed Mrs ENicker who refused his advances. He fled through the streets with a Kuba weapon, inflicted multiple wounds, and on the way to the police station cut his own throat, then died.
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Rock Island
Barney Howlins
Enicker
Bear Kills Bear in Distant Wisconsin Encounter
In Chippewa Falls Wisconsin a man pursued a bear that chased him from a camp toward his office a half mile away. Fountain sprinted to a door and, after two men opened fire, killed the bear with shots near its hind leg. The bear’s weight measured 248 pounds.
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Bevin
Stoge
Fountain
Selvin
Uevia
Low Rates to the West During Open Season on Select Dates
The Chicago Great Western Railway will sell one way colonist tickets at nearly half fare to Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and more, valid on the rest and third Tuesdays monthly until March 1907. For details contact offices listed. The open season days are described as hazardous with hunters and guides in pine woods noted for deer hunting.
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Chicago
Death Angel Called Him Death Angel Called Him
John F. Messinger aged 63 or 81 died at his daughter Mrs J H Mase’s home 309 Branklin Street Waterloo after three years poor health, two weeks bed rest. Born March 8 184? in Marion County Indiana he moved to Iowa at 16, Bremer County then Black Hawk County. Survived by ten children and many grandchildren, two sets of twins. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm from Mrs Mason’s home conducted by Rev EH Hull.
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Black Hawk County
John F. Messnger
J.H. Maise
Branklin Street
Mesginger
John F. Messinger
Marian County
Indiana
Iowa
Bremer County
Denver
Didus
Plains
Mr. Messinger
J. H. Mason
Waterloo
Richards
Messinger
Black Hawk Count
Tacoma
Wash
Jie
Robert Anderson
Old Settlers’ Association
Clanauqua Park
Muasita
Charel Wil
Charel Wil Singe
Grace M. Ebchiveht
Mason
Eh, D. Hull
Grace ML FE
Railroad panel seeks 20 percent Pullman fare cut in Texas
The Texas railroad commission demanded a 20 percent Pullman fare reduction and issued an order for a hearing on November 27 to consider the proposed rule. If approved, the rule would take effect at once. The commission also plans a parallel rule to require Texas railroads to haul Pullman cars as directed.
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Austin
Tex
Railroad Commissing of
Texas
Texas Railroans
Notice of Proof of Will in Black Hawk County Iowa
State of Iowa Black Hawk County district court September term 1906 notice to all concerned that an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of William Bernarden deceased has been filed opened and read hearing proof of same fixed for Monday November 5 1906 at 8 o’clock A M Dated November 1 1906 D M Bentley Clerk District Court
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Nn District Court
Herchy
Willam Benarden
Mrnday
M. Bentley
Pension Decisions Cite Separate Claims and Nondependence
The decision examines a widow's pension claim under different laws, holding she is not dependent since a contract with her son provides substantial annual support. It also covers loyalty, practice, service, and remarriage rules, noting separate claims cannot be combined, and a Missouri militia unit’s status as not federal service. Mississippi marriage validity is addressed with a presumption of validity unless a prior spouse is alive and undivorced.
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Department of the Interior
Ville
United States
Andrew County Company
Missouri
Mississippi
Advertised Letters at Waterloo Post Office 1906 List
Waterloo Iowa post office announces advertised letters dated November 7 1906 including Armstrong Bennett Brown Campbell Caulkins Garland Jlofer Hunt Jenkins Kelley Kyle Maloney Meeker Merril Mitchell Murray Myers Nelson Nichols Shaw Sheridan Sorensen Thurston Todd Wagner Wyaitman Adolphs Albright Harman Barr Baker Boland Bressie Barger Curmec Christensen Qayton Cross Cummings Davis Daly Davis DePre Ellice Bugle Fulin Pisher Gay Guth Haifa Hansen Hidenger Hinkey Hughes Kener Luther Lyon Mason Metcalf Morris Mott Nowling Oliver Orr Packard Raynor Paterson Pritchard Rica Ryan Sexton Shinker Smith Sower Sutherland Swimney Titus Turner Welch Whitney Wheeler Poreign mail Abraham Becker Fourth class Hays Ethel Brown Misc Hygen Cranmer y Co Sindlinger P M
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Waterloo
Iowa
Armstrong
Abraham
Indictments Tilt Toward Midwestern Rail and Grain Firms
A special federal grand jury in Minneapolis returned indictments against county officials and railroad and grain firms from Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha. The charges involve giving and receiving bribes and concessions in a widespread corruption case.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis, Minn
Treat
Northern
Chicgwo
St. Paul
Minneapols
Omaha
Wisconsin Centra
Minneapolis and St Pant
Hearst Loses In New York Election Shock To Hughes Victory
In New York the Tuesday results show Charles E Hughes elected governor by about 40,000 votes. Hearst carried all Greater New York boroughs and several upstate cities but faced widespread scratching and ticket complications. The Republican slate faced losses in Syracuse Gloversville Amsterdam Ithaca and other counties while the legislature leaned Republican despite Hearst strength in cities.
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Evening Press
New York
Greater
Hearst
Charles E Hughes
William R. Hearst
Higgins
Kings 'County
Pat McCarren
Buffalo
Rochester
Wicca
Troy
Elmira
Rome
Little Falls
Johestown
Alita
Hughes
Syracuse
Gloversville
Amsterdam
Ithaca
Schenectady
Watertown
Plattsburg
Utica
Root
Croker
Congress
James W. Wadsworth
Geneseo
Wadsworth
New York State Racing Commission
John Hay
Beef Trust
Platt and Ransier Named To Tenth District Bench
Franklin D. Platt of Waterloo and Charles E. Ransier of Independence will serve as district judges for four years in the Tenth judicial district. Their opponents, H. B. Boies and J. D. Liffring, won strong votes but not enough for nominating plurality. Platt succeeds himself. Ransier succeeds Blair of Manchester, who leaves office January 1.
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Tenth Judicial District
Franklin D, Platt
Waterloo
Charles E. Ransier
Independence
H. B. Boies
J. D. Liffring
Platt
Ransier
Blair
Manchester
Late figures from La Porte Va Porte election results
The election board finished at 2:30 PM with results from Big Creek showing Cummins 221, Porter 155, Garst 212, Denison 113. Langley leads for senator with 225 to Dewalt 93. Feely for representative 2038, Mornin 121. Rainbow for auditor 187. Ashley and Aub Mears for county attorney 267 and 73. Gillan and Bailey elected constable Gillan 193 Bailey 175 Unger 176.
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Feely
Mornin
Rainbow
Ashley
Aub. Mears
Wilson
McQuilitin
Pegles
Gillan
Bailey
Unger
Balley
Wages Raised Ten Percent At Pennsylvania Railroad
The board of directors ordered a ten percent wage increase for all employees earning two hundred dollars a month or less. About 125,000 workers are affected by the raise, reflecting a broad labor adjustment across the company.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Harriman's Fight On Fish Over Illinois Central Battle
New York dispatch outlines Stuyvesant Fish losing the Illinois Central presidency after a seven year dispute sparked by the Omaha extension. Hariman allies push for broader control, arguing the line’s losses from 1900s onward justify a shift to Harriman’s system. The plan hinges on routing eastern traffic through Omaha and expanding revenue across the Harriman and Vanderbilt interests.
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New York
Chicago Tribune
Stuyvesant Fish
Chicago
Illinois Central
J. T. Harahan
Road
Fish
Harriman
Hartiman
Newport
Northwestern
Miwaukee
St. Paul
Vanderbilt
Ilinois
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Harahan
Omaha
Burlington
Rock Island
Wabash
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Wish
Omahue
Ilinois Central
Bia
Union Pacific
Pacific Coast
Central
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf
Union
Rooster Attacks Child Near Lyonston Home
Joseph Nugent, year old son of Edward and Mrs Edward Nugent of 2114 Maple Avenue, narrowly avoided eye loss when struck by a game rooster at 1000 Emerson Street. The bird, one of two owned by Matthere Maxwell, lunged after the boy as kittens played on Maxwell's steps. The first stroke missed the eyeball by a fraction of an inch. the mother drove the bird away.
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Chicago
Joseph Nugent
Edward Nugent
Maple Avenut
Lyonston
Matthere Maxwell
Imerson Street
Maxwell
American Railways Net Rail Mileage Rises in 1905
The Associated Press reports that U S railroads totaled 217341 miles of complete track at year end 1905, up 4746 miles from 1904, per Poor's manual figures. The increase reflects ongoing expansion in the national railway system.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Poor's Manual
Autumn Heat Records Spark Drought Hints Across Town
Government thermometers show a record high for the season as late autumn sun blasts like midsummer. Clouds mostly absent, downtown doors wide open, merchants offer cooling sodas and root beer while residents brace for a shorter chilling period as autumn edges toward winter.
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Hong
Colt
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