James J Hill Dies and Funeral Held at Home
James J Hill died at his St Paul home Monday morning and his funeral was held at 2 PM Wednesday at the residence. Public viewing was limited to family friends and employees who paid respects before services. Hill's wealth was vast, with estimates ranging up to 250 million dollars, and control of the First National Bank of St Paul is noted as passing to his son Louis W Hill.
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Wester Newsparne Union News Servce
St. Paul
Minn
James J. Hill
Calgary
North Oakes Farm
Northwest
Hills
Thomas J. Gibbons
Hill
Louis W. Hill
Pew
Great Northern Railway Company
K Hill
Mr. Hill
First National Bank of St. Paul
First National Bank
Mississippi River
Note False to Arrive in Washington Fails to Reach Officials
Washington officials were puzzled by a missing note from General Carranza not reaching the State Department or the Mexican embassy. Manual Mendez, Mexican foreign office attache, said he acted as messenger but had no knowledge of any note and was in Washington on vacation. Mexican ambassador-designate Alisae Arledulide said Mendex had no messages from the foreign office mentioning a new note.
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Washington
State Department
Mom Dey
Carranza
Department
Manual Mendez
Foreign Office
Mexico City
Alisae Arledulide
Mendex
War Supplies Burn Destruction Reported from Vladivostok
A Lloyds dispatch from Vladivostok states large quantities of cotton and rubber recently landed there were destroyed by a fire that burned from Sunday afternoon to midnight Saturday.
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London
Lloyd's
Vladivostok
Chief Iron Tail Dies in Nebraska Frontier
Chief Iron Tail of the Giveurs aid, whose home lay on no government reservation near Rushville Nebraska, died Monday night aboard a passenger train near Fort Wayne Indiana. The incident closes the life of a noted Sioux leader known for his resistance to federal limits on tribal lands.
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Giveurs
Rushville
Neb
Pusaenger
Sinatter
Fort Wayne
Ind
Wilson Favors Open Seas For Peace and Lawful Order
President Wilson told the League to Enforce Peace that the United States is ready to join a feasible association of nations to secure a common order, common justice, and common peace. He urged absolute freedom of the seas, territorial integrity guarantees, and a collective framework to prevent future wars. He spoke of sovereignty, equal rights, and the world’s need for impartial justice guiding a new era of diplomacy.
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Germany
Great Britain
Europe
United States
League
Paaca
Asia
Iberty
America
Cyclone sweeps Cedar county in Nebraska May 26
A cyclone plowed across Cedar county from the south to the northwest during the night of May 26 in Hartington Nebraska. The storm caused damage across the area as residents reported strong winds and debris. No serious injuries were immediately noted.
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Nebraska
Hartington
Neb
Cedar County
Anat
World War I Battles and Allied Heights Report
Across Verdun and the Italian front news detailing French and Austrian actions. Reports cite Verdun counterattacks near Meuse, Haudremont quarry recapture, and Italian advances at Chiema near Vicenza with substantial casualties. Fire at Rovereto munitions depot. Florence to Rome dispatches note Italian and Balkan developments including Florina, Monastir, and Isonzo captures. Parliament in London approves a 1.5 billion dollar war credit, raising total to 11.9 billion.
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Verdun
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Haudremont
Nation-wide religious vote swings to women’s suffrage
The Methodist general conference at Saratoga Springs voted in favor of woman suffrage with only minor dissent. Other items note Dr Abram W Harring elected secretary of the Board of Education, a fatal shooting aboard a San Francisco houseboat, Margaret Moreland's surgery in New York, Arthur W Waite’s testimony in a murder trial, a teen confession in Aurora, a Tuskegee principal appointment, a naval pilot’s death near Panama City, and a Chicago probate case verdict. The report also updates James J Hill’s condition as satisfactory.
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Abram W. Harrig
Northwestern University
Board of Education
Methodist General Conference
Saratoga
N. Y
Arthur W. Waite
New York
John H. Peck
Grand Hapida
Mich
Waite
Pay and structure of Iowa National Guard pay bill
Congress considers pay for National Guard members with salaries tied to regular army rates. Privates could earn about 1 dollar per drill, officers up to 200 dollars yearly. Iowa Guard would triple in strength, expanding to nine infantry regiments, twelve cavalry troops, and nine artillery batteries under War Department direction. Brig. Gen. E. A. Allen of Cedar Rapids is the current top Iowa officer.
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Tata
Signa Méhanie
la Corydon
Iowa Guard
War Department
E. A. Allen
Cedar Rapids
Postal Deposit Limit Raised to $1000 by Act Amendment
President Wilson approved an amendment to the Postal Savings act increasing the maximum deposit per individual from 500 to 1000 dollars. Previously the monthly deposit limit was 100 dollars, now removed.
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Marshalltown
Postal Savings Department
Postal Savings Act
Wilson
Cattle Town records state sale price for Angus cattle
Record price details from Cattle Town City Milton Tudor set a state record for black Angus cattle sale. Fifty six head averaged a high overall bid while Ballinero, a bull, sold to Glen C. Forgy of Logansport Indiana for 1775 dollars, the highest price ever paid in the state for a black Angus bull.
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Milton
United States
Glen C. Forgy
Logansport
Ind
Accused Man Hangs Bell in Davenport Incident
Davenport police report a man hanged himself in the city jail while awaiting investigation into alleged role in a land swindle involving 930,000. The 36-year-old, identified as M. T. Carpenter of St. Louis, was found dead during breakfast.
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M. T. Carpenter
Bia
Carpenter
Northwestern Head Farmer Iowan Alshton Elected President
Boone Richard H. Alshton was elected president of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad. He began as an axman in 1878 and rose rapidly in the next decade. Known in Iowa from early railroad years, Alshton served in the Iowa division before reaching senior leadership.
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Northwestern
Towa
Aivision
Radiation exercises held at Didora State Reformatory
For the first time radia tion exercises were held at the state reformatory at Didora with Superintendent Ruder presiding. W. V. Dixon, chairman of the state board of control, delivered the graduation address. The new schooling plan allows for Briduation after they pass the eighth grade as part of a move to provide high school work for all inmates.
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Bidora
Didora
Ruder
W. V. Dixon
State Board of Control
Annual Seventh Day Adventists Conference Attracts Delegates
Plans are under way for the fifty third annual conference and camp meeting of the Town Seventh Day Adventists to be held at this place. Delegates from Des Moines Council Bluffs Davenport Burlington Keokuk Muscatine Cedar Rapids Ottumwa Creston Atlantic Carroll Denison Sioux City Algona Mason City Des Moines and over seventy five other Iowa churches will be represented. Attendance is expected to reach about twelve hundred.
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Raples
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Creston
Atlantic
Carroll
Denison
Sioux City
Algona
Mason City
Dabuqus
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Warn Against Impure Meat in Iowa Appeal
Cedar Rapids W F Clowes executive secretary of the Iowa Anti tuberculosis association urges Iowa women to refuse meat from packing houses without federal inspection or dairy products from cattle not tuberculin tested. Reports show many tuberculous cattle in Iowa and until effective legislation is enacted the state animal health commission cannot control the situation.
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Cedar Rapids
W. F
Movie Men Elect Officers at Des Moines Convention
Des Moines A H Blank was elected president of the Town League of Motion Picture Exhibitors at the league's fourth annual convention in Des Moines. W D Ingledoe of Marshalltown became first vice president H DeBagsio of Colfax was named second vice president and J Colling of Des Moines took secretary treasurer duties.
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Town League ‘of Motion
W. D. Ingledoe
Marshalltown
H. DeBagsio
Colfax
Colling
Will of Josiah Kempthorne Allocates 1000 to Preachers and Blind Women
The Hampton estate of Josiah Kempthorne, who died May 13, leaves 1000 to fund superannuated Methodist ministers in Town and a similar amount for blind women. The Des Moines charity opens with gifts totaling 6000 to named beneficiaries.
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Hampton
Josiah Kempthorne
Kempthorne
Des Moinea Charitable and Benevolent
Iowa Transfer Sparks Episcopal Area Shuffle
Iowa clergy changes ripple through the episcopal area as Bishop Frank W. Bria tol of Omaha is reassigned to the Chattanooga Tenn area by the general conference. No appointment yet for the Town and Nebraska district.
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Frank ‘W. Briatol
Omaha
Chattanooga
Hospital Change Report Knoxville Envisioned
A Knoxville report indicates a plan to convert the local hospital into a different facility. The move aims to relieve overcrowding as state surgeons currently used for that purpose are strained.
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Knoxville
Iowa Doctors In Demand In Iowa City
Iowa University senior medical students have set records by securing positions in numerous hospitals. Of the class of 1916, 87 members reportedly received residency placements across Iowa and beyond, reflecting strong demand for new doctors in the state and region.
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Ocean
Polk farmers back county agent campaign with annual dues
About one hundred Polk county farmers join a campaign to hire a county agent. Each agrees to pay fifty five dollars annually for three years toward the movement’s support. The effort reflects organized local farming support for improved county services.
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Polk County
Auto Thieves Organized Across Country Warned
A national gang is said to operate a wide scheme stealing automobiles. The plot allegedly spans the middle west to New York with thirty to forty principals and Confederate links. Cars are taken at night and driven to central points where distinguishing marks are removed.
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Waterloo
Offtoera
Anst'ag
New York
Yarlone Citiss
Pdinte
Iowa and Polk County Updates and Parole Board Report
A report covers liquor shipment legality under Iowa law, noting only permit holders may receive intoxicants and personal use remains prohibited. It details the Parole Board's plan to review sentences, including Charles definite period Thomas W., and Henry Furry after long prison terms, plus industrial insurance and price concerns.
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Averior
Charles
Thomas
W. Ad
Mion
Henry Furry
Polk County
Homie
Mayéhalito
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