Tropical storm devastates Dalian area causing heavy damage
The storm sweeping Corpus Christi and 10 South Texas counties killed at least three and injured many, with 13 dead overall including nine crew members from Pilot Hoy. Damage totals reach about 2 million dollars, with Corpus Christi bearing half. Other hit towns include Aransas Pass, Rockport, Alice, San Diego, Robstown, Kingsville, and Rio Grande valley towns.
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Asiian
Corpus ‘Christi
Tex
Copus Christi
Texan
Hoy
hich
Aransas
Pasa
Cathérine
King ranch
Alice
San Diego
sity
Corpus’ Christi
Corpus Cheisti
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Corpus Chriati
Pesa
Woman Attempts High Leap in Mission House
Mrs Morse Davis of Vancouver, widow of a mining man who died by poisoning, tried to jump from a window at St Mary's mission house. Attendants restrained her and she was taken to a psychiatric hospital. Police report the Davis death remains a mystery.
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Chicago
Morse Davis
Vancouver
B. C
Davis
Five Men Perish in Fire at Drummondville Powder Plant
Five men were killed and six fatally injured with eight others seriously hurt in a blaze at the Aetna Chemical powder factory in Drummondville Quebec. An electrical spark dropped from a conveyor belt into a powder bin in the blending house, which burned and caused the fire. Estimated loss is $20,000.
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Montreal
Aetna Chemical company
Infantry Hall Blown Over in El Paso Storm
A fierce wind and rainstorm toppled a large wooden building in the Thirty-second Michigan infantry camp near El Paso, bruising several soldiers and disrupting camp life. Torrential rain flooded streets, hindering streetcar service as the storm moved through the area. Red Tape Swept Aside. Ydttle Rock, Ark-President Wile issued an order granting Mrs Myrtle M Davis a post office job in Arkansas without an exam. her husband Edward Davis, a rural carrier, was killed on duty June 10.
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El Paso
Tex
Thirty-second Michigan infantry
Ydttle Rock
Ark
Wile
Myrtle M. Davis
England
Arkansas
Compensation Bill Passes in Senate for Government Employees
Washington D C The workmen s compensation bill to provide uniform compensation for government employees when disabled and adequate benefits for their families in case of death was passed by the senate practically in the same form as it passed the house.
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Washington, D. C
senate
house
Clarke armendment
Washington
British Fight In Mesopotamia Reported In Official Statement
An official statement from London relays renewed fighting in Mesopotamia with Turkish irregulars. It notes sixty irregulars killed and a large number wounded by British forces.
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Mesopotamia
London
Elephant Stops Fast Train Near Udall Kansas
A Santa Fe No 411 train near Udall was halted when an elephant being shipped in the baggage car trampled the bell cord. The animal held the cord with its trunk, forcing the crew to cut the cord on both sides of the trunk to release the air and resume the journey.
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Udall
Kan
Santa Fe
World War News Roundup From Petrograd To Trieste
Dispatches report Brusilov's forces driving gains across the front as Russian and Allied troops advance from the Dniester to the Carpathians. British and French ships face damage while the Italian front nears Trieste and Tolmino. Jablo- oltza falls, Leonardo da Vinci sinks at Taranto, and Zborov town changes hands as movements push toward Lemberg.
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Trieste
London
Geneva
Tolmino ee
Multiple Blasts Threaten Seattle Wharf and Public Grounds
Two attempts to blow the Pacific Coast Steamship Co wharf in Seattle were thwarted by prompt action from firemen, dock workers, and police. Two missing persons and about a dozen injuries followed a collapse at boxing grounds in Warren. Reports cover Labor leader Samuel Gompers opposing Supreme actions, Progressive participation in Wilson campaigns, tragedies at Kilbourne and Pike Lake, rail worker disputes, and other varied incidents including a dye shipment from Germany and a shooting in Morris, Illinois.
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Pacific Coast Steamship company
Seattle
Wash
Bond issue to meet Mexican War expenses urged in Congress
Senate finance committee recommended a $180,000,000 bond issue to cover extraordinary government expenditures connected with the Mexican situation. Treasury department concurrence was noted as General officers of National Guard contingents on station at El Paso, Texas, were ordered to curb soldiers and newspaper correspondents from writing false stories about troops for publication.
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congress
Washington
senate finance committee
treasury department
El Paso
Tex
lowans
Resaca De La Palme
Iowa
Virginia
Parker
Brownsville
lows
Taylor
Washington Notes On War Policy And Legislation
Washington reports note the state department’s view on English war actions, a Philippine independence bill near passage, Wilson nominating Von Engelken to lead publicity, railroad eight hour day trial plans, a naval build program approved, a revenue bill forecast of 205 million, and conference talks on naval appropriations. The War Department declares a railroad strike averted with no further displacement expected.
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Wilson
Washington
J. H. von Engelken
East Palatka, Via
uwlat
Robert 3. Woolley
Democratic campaign committee
a ec
war department
Iowa canning season opens as 53 factories planned
Des Moines reports the state labor commissioner says fifty three Iowa canning factories will operate this year, employing thousands of men and women. In 1910 forty plants produced valued output of 1,770,212 dollars, with 3,828 workers and wages totaling 205,914 dollars. The firms span many Iowa cities, with corn and vegetables to be canned over the next four to six weeks.
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Des Moines
Iowa
labor ‘commissione
Thifty
Atlantic
Audubon
Belle Plaina
Burlington
Brighton
Cambridge
Cedar Falls
Cedar ‘Rapids
Center ‘Point
Conwail ‘Bluffs
Davenport
Dexter
Dyersville
Dysart
Elgin
Farmington
Forest City
Madison
Garrison
Glenwood
Gilman
Grimes
Grinnell
Guttenberg
Hamburg
Hampton
Harlan
Independence
Iowa Revenue Report Shows Large State Collections
The Iowa annual internal revenue report for the year ending June 30 lists total Iowa collections at 2,562,852.08 dollars. Individual income tax paid by Iowans totals 277,008.45 dollars and corporation income tax reaches 517,887.96 dollars. Emergency revenue is 1,181,446.50 dollars with ordinary revenue at 586,426.07 dollars. Document stamp taxes amount to 769,073.74 dollars.
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Iowa
Des Moines
commissioner of internal revenue
First cholera death in fifty cases reports a child
The first fatality in the fifty cholera cases is the daughter of Mr and Mrs C Emerson. The child was sick only a few days. Doctors urge better child feeding in hot weather noting improper diet as a cause. Peaches and cream cited as triggering many cases.
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Fort Tudge
C. Emerson
New University Head Iowa City Names Walter A Jessup
The State University of Iowa elected Dr. Walter A. Jessup, former dean of the university college of education, as president after a board conference. President Macbride becomes president emeritus.
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Iowa City
State University of Iowa
Walter A. Jessup
university college of education
state board of education
Macbride
Heavy Oats Yield Near Grand Junction Reported
Perry Dan Wenallag, a farmer living north of Perry near Grand Junction, reports the prize oat yield for the community with 104 bushels per acre from a four acre tract.
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Perry
Dan Wenallag
Grand Junction
Onion farming may lift Iowa land values far
Professor C G L Fitch crop expert says onion growing could lift land values in Iowa from 200 to 500 dollars an acre and even to 1000 with expert guidance. After surveying soils across communities, he asserts promoters could hire onion growing specialists to build a large commercial industry if managed properly.
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Ames
Iowa
CG, L. Fitch
Fitch
Flower lovers in asylum cultivate thriving hospital gardens
Dr M B Witte, superintendent, supports flowers and farm crops in the hospital wards. Five acres host tomatoes melons sweet potatoes and cabbage while six turnips four beans and other crops fill the plots. About 1224 patients live there, including 682 men and 338 women. A harvest of 600 to 700 bushels of corn will be gathered as the orchard is expected to yield well. The late ratna has produced a wonderful effect on vegetables.
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M. B. Witte
fléwére
Prohibition slate chosen at Oskaloosa convention
The prohibition state central committee selected a full slate for state offices at a July convention in Oskaloosa. Nominees include Governor W. O. Tannsteuther of Waterloo and other candidates from Marshalltown Des Moines De Witt and Perry, with several originals declining to accept. A November ballot will reflect the approved list.
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Prohibition ats
Oskaloosa
prohibition state central committee
W. 0. Tannsteuther
Waterloo
O. D. Bilett
Marshalltown
Carl Lewis
Morria Bulley
Des Moines
M. D. Evans
Dewitt
Plan State Dairy Week in Iowa Sept 11 to 16
Iowa dairy week will be observed statewide from September 11 to 16 with the Iowa State Dairy Association coordinating meetings in creameries across Iowa. Creamery managers plan community get-togethers to discuss dairy cattle care, feeding, breeding, and operations to boost the state dairy industry from production to manufacturing. Big Profit From Small Farm Adel: J F Tawney, Adel, quit groceries and now runs a large pigeon operation on under five acres shipping birds daily to all states and Canada.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Iowa State Dairy association
Adel
J .F. Tawney
Tawney
United States
union
Canada
Iowa Baby Beef Contest Offers Trips to Washington and Chicago
Ames Iowa reports a state contest rewarding the winner with a free trip to Washington D C and six expenses paid. Thirty two other youths will receive free trips to the 1917 International Live Stock show in Chicago for having the best beef cattle rated in their counties. Boys may enter by sending their names to BBC Bishop Iowa State College Ames for instructions.
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Ames
Iowa
Washington, D. C
Pirty
Chicago
BBC
Bishop
State college
Bess Drive Family From Home In Bee Infestation
Bees swarmed into the Perry farm house of Guy Fessler forcing the family to abandon part of the residence. Workers removed boards and found eight inch by eight foot space packed with honey. About 400 pounds of honey were secured from the scene.
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Bess Drive
Perry
Guy Fessler
Iowa Guard Report Shows Widespread Shortages At Brownsville
An Iowa National Guard inspection at Brownsville Texas reveals severe supply gaps. Soldiers lack uniforms breeches shirts service shoes and proper packs. Many tents are condemned white fabric and rifles are largely secondhand. Governors may visit the camp as officials seek to bolster readiness.
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Iowa
National’ guard
Brownsville
Iowa National Guard
United States Infantry
Iowa infantry
Camp Dodge
Jowa
Bray
Smith Brookhart
May Wiatt
Clarke
Tex
Adj
Guy” E. Logan
Iowa’ National guard
Denne
Illnois
Ilinois
Texas
Clerke
Guy EF. Logan
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Jablo oltza
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Taranto
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Zborov
Sakharoff
Galicia
Lemberg
Aus‘trian
Lechiteky
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dng
Warren
Samuel Gompers wade
Senator Sherman
Sherman
Mr. Gompers
American Federation of Labor
fen
Sallie Gildmore Van Auken
James Van Auken
Kilbourne
Sil, see
Winchester Repaatlog Arms company
New Haven
Conn
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Lind Harth
Pat Heb end sys
Virgidln
Jen peés
La Salle
Burkhardt
Q. A. Gilmore
W. J. Bryan
Lincoln, Neb
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Arthur Stanford
Pike lake
Indiana
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Arthur
Kimer Crist
Leila Crist
Chester Olague
Kirkwood
Ill
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Denver
Willian R. Willcox
catrman
Republican national committee
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Maye
Battle Creek
Mich
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Deutschland
Guy O’Brien
Alas Ida Torkelson
Morris
Lee
Lansing
state department
senate naval
senate of Washington
CHANINGSEASON ON
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Ilunoia Central
Cedar Rapids
J. F. Newton
City temple
J. R. Campbell
Liverpool
SUE
SHATY NORE
Vartona Colere
Odelgne
Fort Des Moines
George Morgan
Browneville
Towa
H. A. Allen
tate
Bhaw
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Cedar Rapides
A. O. Wolever
Malns
John L. Bleakly
Williamsburg
sudh
Cedar
Mapes
Adcfaty
Wasi
dix
Jos. F. Wall
state
sot
county accounting department
sherif
atata board of health
Bright’s
Barney
W. B. Barney
dairy and food commissioner
national convention of food commissioners
Detroit
association
state board of health
Hancock
Story county
Clear Lake
Wapako county
beat hotels
Hall
state insurance department
Guy B. Logan
state house
state board of parole
winga
Sea
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