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Webster City Tribune

Location

Webster City, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1908

Page

3

Notable Early 1900s Headlines Span Crime Politics and War

A large collection of brief items reports on scandals, trials, and political moves. Notable entries include Stewart Brice declared insane in New York, Evans declining a Los Angeles house gift, Frank Spence sentenced to death for murder in Prescott, and Pu Yi crowned emperor of China. Also covered are riots in Haiti, naval warfare code talks in London, and various U.S. political appointments and legal actions.

Stewart M. Brice United States Calvin Brice Ohio New York Evans Los Angeles Frank Spence Prescott Ariz Edgar R. Sullivan Mulai Hafid Morocco Algeciras Elliott A. Archer Newark N. J Seattle Wash Mead Roosevelt Bishop Hendrix Kansas City M. BE. Church South Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America Philadelphia Herbert L. Satterlee Navy Margaret Illington Daniel Frohman Theodore Burton Cleveland Taft Treasury Robert F. Maddox Atlanta James G. Woodward Daniel J. Keefe Detroit Mich Immigration Frank P. Sargent J. Pierpont Morgan Ned W. Barton Patent Office Samuel B. Donnelly Great Britain League Congress Foreign Office London Hamilton County Round Mountain Banking Corporation Round Mountain Nev Lystia Wahoo Winnebago Carlisle Indian School Joseph Twio Pu-Yi Prince Chun China Hsuan Tung Pacific Coast India Beckville Tex

Iowa’s busy news from Woodbine to Des Moines

The Farmers Institute at Woodbine drew crowds while Des Moines lit up Walnut Street with Christmas street trees. Local pages report Bank robbery in Sheldon, a Rome American scholarship bid, new opera house at Eagle Grove, and a host of accidents, trials, and civic events involving Des Moines, Muscatine, Keokuk, Mason City, Ames and surrounding communities.

Farmers’ Institute Woodbine First National Bank of Sheldon Henry Folkenbrock Dyersville American College At Rome Walnut Street Des Moines Fourth Fifth Streets Eagle Grove National Guard Helen M. Bantley Keokuk Henry Bank Order of Owls Iowa City Cedar Rapids M. Flannagan East Des Moines Commercial League Joseph Curry Adelphi Brees Curry Howe Davenport Muscatine Dairy Show Chicago The Show Association Heard’s Dairy Iowa State College Albert B. Cummins Washington, D. C Russell Patterson St. Charles Lesh Helen A. Miles Ames Hartley Milwaukee Lenox Iowa State Fire Prevention Association Iowa Charles Schmelzer Thomas Hetland Webster City Samuel Rerson Ellen Worcester Mason City D. J. Shields Nashua Hagles Oskaloosa Geo. Hough Floyd Red Oak F. M. Haradon Marshall County Walter Canady Gustave Larson Cerro Gordo County Worth Winnebago John W. Smith Harry Benedict Sioux City Goldfield Frederick Vance Evans Drake Conservatory Frederick Howard Simpson State Fair Association National Association of State Fair Managers Sac City Sac City Institute Thornburg Anti Saloon League of Iowa H. F. Pocock Bijou Vaudeville and Moving Picture Theaters

Uniform rule call on freight minimums at conference

Des Moines reports Iowa railroad commissioners will join a central western states conference on December 17 to establish a uniform rule for minimum weight shipments. The proposal sets 100 pounds at third class rates with a 25 cent minimum, and seeks transfer-charge abatement. Other states expected to participate include Minnesota Wisconsin North Dakota and South Dakota.

Elizabeth Johnson Marian Tom Johnson Cleveland Frederico Marian New York Malvern Hill Richmond James River William H. Hall Venezvela Puerto Cabello la Guaira Nord Alexis Haytt Port Au Prince Alabama Street Pine Bluff Ark Henry Boas San Francisco Newfoundland Frank G. Jones Memphis Tenn Garrett E. Lamb Clinton Alexander Shipoff Neva St. Petersburg Archangelsk Ismail Mahir Pasha Adolphus Seebohm Pomeroy Gallipolis Timothy R. Palmer Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company St. Paul John Gill Jackson Mass First National Bank of Pepperell Federal Council of the Church of Christ In America Academy of Music Philadelphia Brooklyn 8. H. Falconer Sioux Falls S. D J Jewelry Anthony Shapiro Dickson City Francis Joseph Vienna Supreme Court of the United States United States Circuit Court Virginia State Railroad Commission Biggey Alcatraz Island Canada Seattle Edward Ward Vanderbilt Mary Ann Scannell-Pepper- Vanderbilt Nicholas P. Errington Chicago Theresa John Alan White Walton N. Y Yale Graduate School West Rock Figueroa Salvador Des Moines Railroad Commission Conference of Commissioners Central’ Western States Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin North Dakota South Dakota Eaton West

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