Local notables and visitors fill holiday town scenes
Personal notes from Des Moines to Blairuburg list travelers and guests. Will N Hellen visited Stanhope and Stratford. Laura Bossert and Lillis Eyestone returned from visits. Rose Iverson stopped en route from Cedar Falls. Mrs Jackson, D M Moore, County Attorney Blake, James McMarchy, Will Dinsdale, J O Green, Martin Smith, Margie Murphy, Joy Ballard, Myra Call, Nela Olsen, Leona Call, Hale of Blairsbury, Robert Letta, J W Moore, Jas McDonald, E J Busing, C M Brown, Julia Ingertson, Des Moines, Rochelle, New York, Iowa Falls, Dubuque, Cedar Falls, Blairsburg, Minneap olis referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will N. Hellen
Stanhope
Stratford
Laura Bossert
Woolstock
Lillis Eyestone
Mayveriille
Alberta
Canada
Dr. Dysart
Mt. Vernon
Rose Iverson
Kamrar
Cedar Falls
Jackson
Fairfax
J. E. Park
Des Moines
D. M. Moore Sa
Hugh Moore
Vinita
Indian Territory
J. M. Blake
Prairie City
Saiper County
B’s Parente
James McMarchy
Rochelle
Ill
Chicago
Mec- Murphy
Will Dinsdale
Blairaburg
Green
Mt Pleasant
Martin Smith
Ben Henning
Cherokee
Margie Murphy
Joy Ballard
St. Joseph’s Cvhoo
Dubuque
Myra Call
Normel
Cedar Falle
L. N. Osll
Local residents arrive and depart on holiday visits
Mrs Dot Hunter Closson arrives tonight to visit her parents Mr and Mrs D L Hunter. Mr and Mrs W Upton of Newah Wisconsin visit brother G B Ross and family on First Street. Miss Ella Palmer of Winona Minnesota visits sister Mrs S J Root in Rockford Iowa. Mayor F A Edwards travels to Manila Iowa for a Shorthorn sale. Ione Listenden and Mrs Clark return to Scranton. Other locals travel for business and family visits including J B Sterling Roy Peterson Judge Richard and E Stevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dot Hunter-Closson
Mra
D. L. Hunter
Upton
Newah
Wis
Ross
First Street
Mias
Ella Palmer
Winona
Minn
Rockford
Iowa
J. Root
F. A. Edwards
Manila
Misa Ione Listenden
F. Etlas Smith
Scranton
O. D. Hellen
Des Moines
Roy Peterson
Richard
Fort Dodge
Elvin A. Young
F. D. Young
Almeda
Texas
Robert Pringle
Donaldson
Ind
Mesdimes W. Stafford
John Fowler
John Jerrell
Bilairsburg
Rome Election Results and Conner Vote Gap
The Journal questions Conner's popularity by citing the recent general election results in Rome County. Gov Cummins led the state ticket while Conner trailed by 1 607 votes. Butler trailed Porter by 229 in the county. Local officials outpaced the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conner
Cumming
Republican Party
Cammine
J. M. Holaday
Cummins
Claud R. Porter
Garst
Heat
Hawyard
Carroll
Morrow
Byers
Riggs
Bherwin
Crocker
Cornwall
Palmer
R. R
Congress
Evans
Peterson
Anderson
Butler
Butter
Porter
Webster City charity group names officers for winter drive
The Webster City charity association held its annual meeting at the Methodist church. Officers elected include President Mrs Derr Vice President Mrs Treat Secretary Mrs Davis and several Treasurers. The treasurer reported receipts of 82 807 in money and clothing with expenditures of 67.66 and a 15 14 balance. Donations yesterday included 11 dollars from an anonymous donor. The group asks for money and clothing and to report cases needing aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Derr
Charity Association
M. E. Church
City Charity Association
Methodist
Webster City
Mra. B. F. Derr
Mra. L
Mra. E. N. Lee
Mre. Thomas
I. W. Hyatt
L. L. Treat
N. B. Trumbauer
C. D. Doolittle
F. D. Young
Mra. Christengen
Geo. F. Tucker
Currie
Micas Glasgow
L. N. Gerber
Mra. Arnold
Peraone
Northwestern Railway Case Upheld by Judge Whitaker
Judge Whitaker upheld Hamilton county supervisors in the Northwestern Railway Co case on Johnson drainage district benefits totaling 800. The local bar praised the judge, D C Chase delivering the appreciation speech. bar resolutions will be filed with the clerk and given to the judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Chase
Mine Blast Kills Two at Fidelity Coal Mine Stone City
An explosion in Fidelity Coal Company Mine No 1 in Stone City, Pittsburg on December 21 killed Oliver Cotteross and John Day and badly burned fifteen others. Five kegs of powder carried by seventeen men exploded as they left the cage, likely due to a spark from a smoker igniting powder at the bottom of the mine, and the bottom section of the mine was badly wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kan
Fidelity Coal Company
Stone City
Oliver Cotteross
John Day
Plotta’s Assassin Executed by Drum Head Court Martial
In Radom Russian Poland a 17-year-old student Werner was tried by drum head court martial, convicted, and shot for killing Colonel Plotta, commander of the gendarmerie. Werner threw a bomb at Plotta on December 16. the colonel died the following day, triggering a general strike among local workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radom
Russian
Poland
Werner
Plotta
Osage Oil Wells Shut Down by U.S. Marshal Action
Osage nation oil and gas wells were shut down except three to avoid idle losses. The move follows interior department guidance after an investigation found over 4,800 acres of oil land leased in violation of law. In a separate item, President Fremont Hill of Yankton and Southern railroad awarded a survey contract for a Yankton to Kansas City line with work to start soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
I. T
Osage Nation
United States
Interior Department
New ‘Road
Sioux City
Fremont Hill
Yankton and Southern Railroad
Yankton
Kansas Hue
Strikes at Old Age Pensions Raise Civil Service Debate
The National Civil Service Reform league attacks government funded pensions for civil servants in state and nation. It cites a proposed English style civil pension list costing $19,000,000 yearly for classified service and $26,000,000 overall, versus current losses from inefficiency pegged at $1,200,000 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Civil Service Reform League
Congress
League
City Heat and Light Bills Due by 25th
The city notes that heat and light bills are due and payable at the city clerk's office on or before the 25th.
Official Chicago Markets Furnished by Martin Telegraph Wire
Market items wired from Chicago exchange sources via the Martin Telephone Co report on current price movement and notable shifts in commodities, stocks, and bonds seen in early trading reflections across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Telephone Co
Car Shortage Inquiry Sees Fallout for Cattlemen
Kansas City December 21 witnesses at a car shortage hearing conducted by Interstate Commerce Commissioner A Prouty testified that lack of cars and motive power hampers cattle shipment to market. Some said railroads prefer cotton and ties over cattle while ranges suffer price depreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
A. Prouty
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Cattle Barons Convicted in Land Fraud Trial at Omaha
Four defendants linked to the Nebraska Land and Feeding Company were found guilty on thirty six counts of conspiracy to defraud the government by fraudulent homestead entries under the Kinkaid law. Bartlett Richards, Will G. Comstock, C G Jameson and Aquilla Triplett convicted. trial lasted two hours of jury deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Federal District Court of
Bartlett Richards
Will G. ‘Comstock
C. G. Jameson
Nebraska Land and Feeding Company
Spade
Aquilla Triplett
Spade” Ranch
Cherry
Sheridan
Box Butte
Nebraska
Kinkaid
Richards
Comstock
Omaha Club
United States
T. L. Matthews
Roosevelt
Irving L. Baxter
George G. Ware
Lead
Deadwood
LL. D
Richards. Comstock
United States Court of Appeals
Fred Hoyt
T. M. Hartington
James Baird
Maverick Loan and Trust Company
Gordon, Neb
Ami B. Todd
Denver
F. M. Walcott
Vatican protests French bill on church state separation
A Vatican note denounces Paris new government measure amending the 1905 church state separation law as oppressive and misleading. It protests over religion rights and the expulsion of Montagnini, secretary of the papal nunciature, and forwards the protest to papal representatives abroad. Japanese warships to visit San Francisco soon. Consul Uyeno confirms a training cruiser squadron under Vice Admiral Katoka will visit, amid prior rumor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Vatican
France
Mer
Montagnini
Paris
San Francisco
K. Uyeno
Katoka
Mikado
Masked bandit wounds agent and robs depot in Leadville pursuit
A masked bandit shot and fatally wounded Joe Dale, a Denver and Rio Grande depot ticket agent in Leadville on December 21. He robbed the cash drawer and escaped as a posse pursued the thief through the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leadville
Colo
Joe Dale
Denver and Rio Grande
Theft Hunt Halts Christmas Break at Washington Seminary
Fifty Washington Seminary students in Pittsburg depart for Christmas vacation after a spree of petty thefts across a dormitory. The principal ordered room and person searches before dismissal. a five dollar bill was found near a room, triggering rapid recovery of all stolen items. The faculty reportedly knows the thief but withholds the name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Washington Seminary
Washington
Pennsylvania
Inquest Hears De Reylan Identity Doubt
Phoenix officials opened an inquest into Nicolai de Reylan and confirmed by autopsy that the death was from consumption and the body is that of a woman. The proceeding adjourned to hear witnesses who knew the deceased in the past two months and to determine if the Chicago wife should testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix, Ariz
Burnett
Nicolai de Reylan
Chicago
de Reylan
Phoenix
Colorado
Patrick Sentence Commuted to Life Imprisonment
Governor Higgins commuted Albert T. Patrick s death sentence for the murder of William Marsh Rice to life imprisonment. Patrick has served nearly five years since his New York City conviction. His brother in law John T. Milliken of St Louis reportedly financed his early legal fight, and Patrick plans to continue seeking exoneration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Higgins
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
New York City
Patrick
John T. Milliken
St. Louis
Telegrams Note Freight Cut and Rhodes Examinations
Telegrams tersely report a 60 cent per ton rate cut on flour and wheat to Oriental ports starting January 1. Rhodes scholarship exams are set for January 17 and 18 1807 across states and territories.
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Nela Olsen
Williama
Piers Rice
Leona Call
the State University At
Iowa City
L. N. Call
Hale
Blairsburg
Robert J. Letta
Minneapolis
Eagie Grove
J. W. Moore
Jas. McDonald
E. J. Busing
C.M. Brown
New York State
Brown
Felt
Julia Ingertson
Rock Rapide
I. Ingertson
Mr. Hellen
Hellen
Joseph Adame
Ruegeli Neece
W. BR. Marsh
Jewell
Gingery
H. E. Randolph
Muscoda
Nannie Williams
W. O. Ray
N. J. Nelson
Ellsworth
Frank Boughton
J. W. Karr
Frank
E. Stevens
E. L. Stevens
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
Steamboat Rock
Geo. A. Walrath
J. E. Sogard
Ben McCoy
Fremont Township
Virginia
W. J. Zitterell
Utica
THE
Association
Man Conner
Northwestern
Whitaker
Kansas
Osage
Civil Service Reform League
Harcorn
Gonvicted
Max Kaftle
Kaftle
Russia
Austin
Tex
Morris
William C. Anderson
First National Bank
Seattle
Oriental
Austria
Frank Mills
Florence
Italy
Tams Bixby
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