Richeson Goes to the Chair for Avis Linnell Murder
Clarence V. T. Richeson, a former Baptist clergyman and condemned killer of Avis Linnell, Hyannis, was electrocuted in Boston at 12 17 am. He walked erect to the chair, prayed aloud, forgave all, and said he was willing to die for Jesus. The current at 1900 volts, eight amperes, lasted one application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Hyannis
Richeson
Herbert S. Johnson
Jesus
Episcopal Conference Opens in Davenport Iowa
Bishop T N Morrison urged Iowa Episcopal conference to consider an interchurch federation and its proposed constitution in the light of the work of the kingdom. He warned that some outside the church may protest against diocesan involvement but urged open discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
T. N. Morrison
Iowa Episcopal Conference
Jesus Christ
Passenger Crash Hits Freight Train in Rockwell Iowa
In Rockwell Iowa a southbound passenger No 6 collided with a freight train on a siding after a switch was left open by the freight crew. Several passengers suffered cuts bruises and shock. Samuel Swanson engineer and Frank Whaley fireman both of Marshalltown Iowa were injured more severely but not seriously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Rockwell
Samuel Swanson
Frank Whaley
Reward Offered for Missing Boy in Fort Dodge Case
Gov. Carroll offers 300 dollar reward for solving northern Iowa baby mystery prompting renewed Kossuth county search for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Blugh Marlow who disappeared after a week of efforts without success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Carroll
Kossuth County
Blugh Marlow
Button Strike Case Faces Trial in Davenport
The Clayton Rowland trial, a fellow union member charged with conspiracy to intimidate tied to the Muscatine button strike, opened early in the week after a mistrial in the Oliver C. Wilson case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Clayton Rowland
Oliver C. Wilson
Death of Judge Dodge in Hartington Nebraska
Hartington Nebraska judge Dodge died Monday after long cancer battle and multiple operations over the past years. He had been in failing health for weeks and his death was momentarily anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartington
Neb
Dodge
Sioux City Live Stock Market Report
Cattle prices range from good to choice corn fed steers at 7.75 to 8.75, medium to good 6.50 to 7.75, fat cows and heifers 7.00 to 7.75, grass cows 3.50 to 5.00, canners 2.50 to 4.50, bulls 4.25 to 7.00, veals 3.50 to 7.50. Hogs 7.25 to 7.70 with most deals 7.60 to 7.85. Sheep lambs 6.50 to 8.75, yearlings 6.50 to 7.50, ewes 4.25 to 6.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Lichty of Waterloo Heads National Wholesale Grocers
George M. Lichty of Waterloo Iowa was chosen president of the National Wholesale Grocers' Association at the close of the association's annual convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
George M. Lichty
Waterloo
National
Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Retired German Farmer Dies in Auto Accident West of Wynot
Wynot Nebraska. Joseph Bruning senior wealthy retired German farmer resident of Wynot died four miles west of town in a violent incident by falling from an automobile and breaking his neck. The accident occurred as he was being transported by vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wynot
Neb
Joseph Bruning
Here
Washington Tariff Fight and Senate Caucus Agreement
Democratic senators will push tariff legislation through the session under a caucus deal led by Senator Simmons. Secretary Meyer ordered the cruiser Birmingham to patrol Atlantic ice fields and report ice conditions twice daily. Senator Crawford accused former Interior Secretary Hitchock of trading lava beds for timber lands. The interstate commerce panel ruled a railroad wharf is a public terminal. President Taft plans a July 1 summer trip to Beverly Massachusetts, weather permitting. In his absence the Vice President signed a constitutional amendment proposal for popular Senate elections. A confrontation between George McCabe and Representative Nelson was avoided at a meat inspection hearing. The House passed the Clayton anti injunction bill by 244 to 31, requiring notice and a hearing before injunctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Simmons
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Secretary of the Interior
Santa Fe
Senate
Crawford
Sherman
United States
State Department
George P. McCabe
Department of Agriculture
Nelson
Wisconsin
House Committee
Washington
Meat Inspection Service
House
Battleship Texas launched at Newport News
The Texas, the largest US navy fighting vessel, was launched in Newport News Virginia and christened by Little Miss Claudia Lyon. Clarence Pierce Brokaw, with his six year old son he is said to have kidnapped from New York on May 5, was found in Colorado Springs at his parents home. Bernard Newman of Loma North Carolina choked on beef at dinner and died within moments. An Illinois court fined Judge John E. Owens and three officials $500 each for contempt after breaking the Seventh Regiment armory doors to order the Democratic county convention against an injunction. Indictments were returned by a federal grand jury in Indianapolis against Michigan Central railroad for false billing and Chapman & Co. of Hammond for soliciting concessions. penalties up to $5,000. Mrs J W Mitchell died in Pierre South Dakota. her death prompted a fatal shock to her mother Mrs James Coleman. The fifth national good roads congress opened in New Orleans with Arthur C Jackson of Chicago presiding. Governor Sandera welcomed delegates. Capt Oliver S Gilmore of Pittsburgh drowned as towboat Little Fred capsized near Steubenville. nineteen crew members escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Pierce Brokaw
New York
Colorado Springs
John E. Owens
John McWeeney
Schuettler
Anthony Czarnecki
McKinley
Superior Court
Chicago
Seventh Regiment
Indianapolis
Michigan Central Railroad
Chapman & Co
Hammond
Ind
J. W. Mitchell
Pierre
S. D
James Coleman
Multiple 1900s incidents surge across the nation in a single report
Floyd Allen is found guilty in Wytheville Va of murdering Commonwealth's Attorney William M Foster five people were killed at Hillsville Carroll County court. Sentencing delayed pending trials of Allen's two sons for murder. Mississippi River at La Crosse Wis rises to 9.9 feet highest in eight years per government gauge. Oklahoma City hosts Southern Baptist convention expected to draw 6000 delegates. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers plans new organizer offices four officials to be named by grand chief Harrisburg Pa. Emma Goldman expelled from San Diego Cal after tar and feathering, Ben Reitman forced to kneel and kiss flag swear not to return. International Sunshine Society holds fourteenth annual Rochester convention. U S district judges in Trenton NJ deny injunction in government dissolution suit citing no shown intent to destroy evidence. Thirteen men killed in a cave-in at the Norrie mine Ironwood Mich as collapse traps them after seeking safer drift. National Wholesale Grocers association meets St Louis for sixth annual convention. Ray Wheeler declared dead. Pete Glasser severely injured after crash at Kinloch Park St Louis.
Boyhood Twain House Gifted to Hannibal City
The boyhood home of Mark Twain was presented to Hannibal Missouri by George T. Mahan and will be preserved by the city. Rev Dr Homer C Stuntz was elected bishop on the first ballot at Minneapolis conference with 577 of 802 votes. Rev Dr Mark Alison Matthews chosen moderator of the Presbyterian general assembly at Louisville. A healthy baby boy weighing 9 1/2 pounds born to Mr and Mrs Harvey W Wiley in Washington DC. Gen Joseph W Duncan US Army commanding the Texas department died at San Antonio Texas of heart failure. He was slated to command troops to the border amid reports of trouble with Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Hannibal
George T. Mahan
Homer C. Stuntz
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Minneapolis
Mark Alison Matthews
First Presbyterian Church
Seattle
Wash
General Assembly
the Presbyterian Church
Louisville
Harvey W. Wiley
Washington, D. C
Wiley
Joseph W., Duncan
Department of Texasa
San Antonio
Tex
Mexico
Denmark Names Foreign Christian X King in Copenhagen
The balcony proclamation in Copenhagen declared Foreign Christian X king as a vast crowd gathered in the palace square. King Frederick VII lies in state at Christianborg after dying in Hamburg. Consul General Louis Henry Ayme died in Lisbon at fifty seven, noted for wires from Martinique disaster. Octave Garnier, Paris bandit leader after Bonnot’s death, was killed by melinite near a Paris suburb villa where he and Vallet had held police at bay.
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Christian X
Denmark
Copenhagen
Royal Palace
Frederick VII
Hamburg
Germany
Christianborg
Louis Henry Ayme
Lisbon
Portugal
Mr. Ayme
Martinique
United States
Octave Garnier
Bonnot
Paris
Vallet
Republican convention names eight delegates for Taft in Provo
Eight delegates were named at the Utah Republican state convention in Provo to go to Chicago and support President Taft. Debs and Seidel received national nominations at the Socialist convention in Indianapolis. Michigan delegates split between Champ Clark and Woodrow Wilson, with potential unit voting shaping outcome in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provo
Utah
Chicago
Taft
Champ Clark
Michigan
Woodrow Wilson
Baltimore
Clark
Like Enoch Arden Otis Wilton Case in Missouri Suit
Otis Wilton Sr returns to Keokuk after fourteen years away his wife remarried his son Otis Wilton Jr seeks to have the father legally declared dead to claim his share of a Missouri estate his mother Mrs Delian Wilton had moved to Indiana where she died leaving a large Missouri estate to be divided among heirs amid domestic estrangement and separation years ago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal
Wilton
Delian Wilton
la Grange County
Indiana
Missouri
Double Track Finished on Carlisle Allerton Line
Knoxville contractor H W Beaman completed his segment on the Carlisle Allerton short line of the Rock Island near Dallas twelve miles south of the city. His crew and equipment were sent by eight-car special train to Madrid Iowa, where Beaman also holds a double track contract on the Milwaukee road. The Milwaukee is upgrading its roadbed across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
H. W. Beaman
Rock Island
Dallas
Madrid
To Sink a New Shaft Near Knoxville
The Anderson Coal company of Des Moines has completed the survey for a new shaft in East Knoxville township four miles from town. It will be sunk immediately, about a mile south of the coal town of Flagler. A spur from Flagler is being extended to the new shaft by the Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Anderson Coal Company of
Des Moines
Flagler
Rock Island
Farmers Use Fertilizer in West Liberty Soils
West Liberty reports farmers broadly adopting commercial fertilizer after repeated clover crop failures. F D Steen, a leading local farmer, notes clover failures have impoverished the soil making corn production difficult, prompting widespread fertilizer use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
F. D. Steen
Foul Play Suspected in 14Yearold's Death
The body of Tommy Duncan aged 14 was found in a river drift after two weeks missing. The coroner's jury ruled foul play. Several younger associates behaved oddly at disappearance and an investigation is ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chariton
Tommy Duncan
Woman Sues Over Alienation of Husband Affection
Grace Seibert, a city ticket and passenger agent for the Great Northern and Burlington railroads, sues Flora Follett for $10,000 damages claiming she alienated her husband’s affections. Sensational developments feared in Sioux City suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Grace Seibert
Flora Follett
Theater Boss Censured Over Moulin Rouge Burlesque Show
City ministers adopted resolutions censuring the Odeon theatre management for permitting Moulin Rouge girls to present a burlesque show in Marshalltown yesterday. The action reflects local moral standards and theater oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Odeon Theatre
Hold Benefit Meetings for Morningside College Loss
Sioux City hosts a series of benefit meetings at city churches to aid Morningside College after its main building burned. President A. E. Craig will speak at these gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Morningside College
A. E. Craig
No one claims body of local hotel death victim
The body of the late M. P. Mulroney, found dead in his room at a local hotel, remains unclaimed. Authorities request information on any possible relatives or residence locations to locate next of kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
M. P. Mulroney
Sioux City Woman Guffay Killed by Gas At Home
Sioux City Mrs. Louisa H. Guffay aged 74 a pioneer resident was asphyxiated by illuminating gas at her home in Sioux City authorities said the death is under investigation with no further details available at this time
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Louisa H. Guffay
Keokuk Man Arrested for Forgery Over Pony Team
C. B. Munson of Houghton Iowa was arrested by Sheriff Crimmons in Keokuk on charges of securing a team of ponies from J. E. Walljasper of West Point with a worthless check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
BE. Munson
Houghton
Crimmons
J. E. Walljasper
West Point
Road Boosters Chart a Rock Road Project
Campaigners in Ft. Dodge and Gilmore City rally around building a rock road at a rate of $1,000 per mile. The site near the Portland Cement rock crushing plant becomes a focal point for the effort and local officials weigh the potential impact on transportation and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Dodge
Gilmore City
Portland Cement Company
Veterans urge new site for Des Moines monument
Des Moines veterans of the civil war seek the next legislature to relocate the Soldiers and Sailors’ monument to the river front as part of the civic center. G A R posts and auxiliaries back the plan and seek council cooperation to move the monument for public patriotism lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Front
Des Moines
Soldiers’ and
Hunters Find Fox Nest Near Knoxville
Two local hunters Kertz and Ol Clark captured two fox whelps after stirring an old fox and driving the chase. Nearby farmers aided in digging the nest and unearthed three more young foxes, revealing a mother fox was present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Kertz
Ol Clark
Iowa Knights Reelect Leaders. Mason City Wins Next Convention
Iowa Knights of Columbus held re elections for state officers with E G Dunn Mason City as state deputy M J Fitzpatrick Fr Dodge secretary E H McCoy Waterloo advocate Rev John T Noonan Creston chaplain George M Junk Sioux City warden P H Donlon Emmetsburg treasurer Mason City secured the next convention placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa K. of
C. Elect
Sioux City
Iowa Knights of Columbus
E. G. Dunn
Mason City
M. J. Fitzpatrick
Fr. Dodge
IE. H. McCoy
Waterloo
John T. Noonan
Creston
George M. Junk
Sioux Cuy
P. H. Donlon
Emmetsburg
Keokuk D A R Elects Officers for Year
Keokuk chapter Daughters of the American Revolution met electing officers for the ensuing year with Mrs. Calvin Hornaday as president Mrs Hazen I Sawyer as vice president Miss Olive Strickler secretary Mrs Cora U L Sheldon treasurer Mrs Theodore A Craig historian Miss Anna Gage registrar in session here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Daughters of the American Revolution
Calvin Hornaday
Hazen I. Sawyer
Olive Strickler
Cora UL. Sheldon
Theodore A. Craig
Anna Gage
Strike Delays Freight Reach Sioux City Wholesalers
Freight handlers strike in Chicago causes serious delays for Sioux City wholesalers and retailers. Almost all goods from Chicago and the East are affected, with Michigan factory furniture delaying the outfitting of a new hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Chicago
Michigan
Keokuk group secures 375 acres for factories west of city
Keokuk Industrial Association has secured 375 acres of land for industrial development. Part of the land is under long term options while the rest is purchased outright. The land lies immediately west of Keokuk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Train Kills Montour Man Near Montour
A farmer named T. S. Rose land, 45, of near Montour, was killed instantly two miles west of Montour after stepping in front of an east bound Chicago & Northwestern train while failing to notice a westbound freight. He died at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Chicago & Northwestern
T.’. S. Roseland
Montour
Prominent Lawyer Gites Dies in Burlington at 66
C L Poor city solicitor president of Burlington Hawkeye Publishing and head of Poor & Poor law firm, died after a brief illness in Burlington Iowa. He was 66 years old and a well known member of the legal profession in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gites
Burlington
C. L. Poor
Burlington Hawkeye Publishing Company
of Poor & Poor
Iowa
Fort Dodge Heating Plant Tentative Ordinance Planned
Ft. Dodge Light and Power proposes a central heating plant to supply 100 buildings within six months, submitting a tentative ordinance to the city council for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Ft. Dodge
Ft. Dodge Light and Power Company
Perry Aviator Recovering After Plane Fall
Perry aviator Ralph McMillan, injured Monday in a biplane fall at Perry, is recovering well at Mercy hospital. Attending physicians report little pain and expect a full recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Des Moines
Ralph McMillan
Mercy Hospital
McMillan
Bowman Ignored Attack Seaside Iowa City President Refuses Reply
President Bowman will not reply to an attack by the State Homeopathic Association at Des Moines. He has just returned from the east and states that he will issue no reply whatsoever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowman
Iowa City
State Homeopathic Association
Des Moines
New Phase of Strike in Dubuque
A carload of strike breakers arrived and were put to work on the Illinois Central Chicago Great Western and Milwaukee lines in Dubuque as the freight handlers strike widens in sympathy with the Chicago action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Ilinois Central
Chicago Great Western
Milwaukee Roads
Chicago
Muscatine Boy Missing After 24 Hour Search
Muscatine authorities and volunteers continued a search for 9 year old George Bishop who disappeared from his Muscatine home yesterday near the river. The effort has lasted about a day with no sign of the boy and local residents are hoping for a breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
George Bishop
Lightning Kills Woman in Sioux City Farm Home
Mrs. George Saunders was killed by a bolt of lightning while looking out the window at her farm home near Sioux City. Four children in the room escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
George Saunders
Richards Freed on Parole Board Recommendation
Des Moines reports William A. Richards once a U S marshal and later a burglary convict at Ft Madison will be paroled by Governor Carroll in days. Aged 60, his good prison record and advanced age prompted the parole board to recommend release under standard conditions after seven years in custody for the 1903 Hamilton burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Applegate
Guthrie County
Hamilton
Iowa
Richards
Creston
Warren County
Marion County
Supreme Court
Ft. Madison
State Board of Parole
Carroll
Secretary Hayward Inspects Drained Lake Lands
The secretary of state travels across Iowa to examine reclaimed lake beds owned by the state. He will review drainage, sales, rents, and profits, visiting Wright, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, and Emmet counties to assess affairs tied to reclaimed lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Council
State Executive Council
Hayward
Wright, Hancock, Kossuth
Palo Alto
Emmet
Union Improvement Company Incorporates in Des Moines
The Union Improvement Company of West Virginia files articles of incorporation with $1,000,000 capital for real estate and property development. Officers include N. T. Guernsey H. E. Taylor F. A. Brown A. G. Ripper and C. F. Maxwell. Building at Sixth and Mulberry to rise in Des Moines, starting within a month. Also, St Paul and Kansas City Short Line advances track work between Mason City and Des Moines with ballast trains and 200 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission-Dollar Company
Union Improvement Company of
West Virginia
Mulberry Street
Des Moines
Secretary of State
N. T. Guernsey
H. E. Taylor
F. A. Brown
A. G. Ripper
C. F. Maxwell
Sixth and Mulberry Streets
Des Moines City Railway Company
St. Paul
Kansas City
Mason City
Iowans Granted Pensions for Fifteen Names
Pensions have been granted to Iowans including Joseph C. Stoddard of Cedar Rapids for 15 dollars, Alexander Mitchell of Fairfield for 20 dollars, August Soechting of Fort Madison for 15, Julia A. Brunson of Goose Lake for 12, William Hoppar of Jefferson for 20, Milton Pickerell of Marshalltown for 15, Lucien G. Winey of Milford for 15, Sarah Cozad of Moulton for 12, John N. Moore of New Sharon for 15, Jesse Thompson of Pilot Mound for 6, Adam Lafollet of Russell for 20, Allen D. Grow of Ruthven for 15, and Washington I Corwin of Sharpsburg for 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilot Mound
Adam Lafollet
Russell
Allen D. Grow
Ruthven
Washington
Corwin
Sharpsburg
Sioux City Fire Inspection Comes This Week
Sioux City will undergo its annual fire inspection this week with about twenty five inspectors and insurance agents. Buildings will be examined thoroughly from top to bottom for wiring flaws, cleanliness, litter, and safety protections as the city aims to improve fire protection after a year of costly fires and questionable insurance losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
State Fair Grounds to Get New Entrance and Expansion
The state fair association plans a street car entrance between Walnut and Logan streets and the purchase of ten acres to the south and west to permit improvements. A. R. Corey cites potential storage for fifty cars and new side tracks. Sheep barns and some horse barns will be built on the new ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut
Logan Streets
State Fair Association
A. R. Corey
Fair Association
Auto Driver Must Use Judgment in Public Highway Case
Supreme court holds drivers must use ordinary care to stop for a blind pedestrian on a public highway. The ruling compares a blind man to an infant in risk and applies the infant standard to blind persons, reversing the district verdict of $200 in favor of Charles H. McLaughlin of Storm Lake against driver Charles E. Griffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Charles H. McLaughlin
Storm Lake
Charles E. Griffin
State Superintendent Visits Indiana Rural Schools
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Devas travels to Indiana to study the rural consolidated school system. Indiana has advanced the consolidation of schools aided by macadamized roads linking homes to centralized schools. School boards and county supervisors cooperate on road building to the schools, benefiting both. Devas undertakes the trip at the state board of education's request and will present an extended report on return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Devce
Indiana
Devas
State Board of Education
Bankers Press Iowa Real Estate Lending Expansion
Bankers of Iowa plan another push in the coming legislative session to amend laws allowing state and savings banks to loan on real estate outside Iowa. Group 6 of the Iowa association approved the recommendation at a Colfax meeting. Border-area banks seek this change, noting several prior bills were defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iawa
Bankers of
Iowa
The
Iowa Association
Colfax
Cittas
Pensions Granted to Iowans in Eight Cities
Pensions have been granted to Iowans: John W. Forester Adel 15, Henry Cohn Des Moines 8, George Y. Boyd Duncombe 20, William G. Henry Kimmettsburg 15, Jacob J. Fiscus Lisbon 15, George Wall Marengo 15, Edwin C. Webarhee Marshalltown 15, James W. Davis Ottumwa 24, William Lasher Sheldon 20, William H. Smith Williams 15.
Iowa Companies Formations and Officers In 1900s Records
Wright Flour company of Fort Madison Iowa with capital of 10000 names Adam Weir as president Lucy Weir as vice president MW M Wright as secretary and treasurer in Fort Madison Mount Pleasant also listed. The Union Cheese company of Marshalltown authorized capital stock 50000 appears with HR W Holmes company of Anitate lumber dealers capital 30000 W Holmes president and treasurer C J Holmes vice president and Robert Scott secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Cheese Company of
Marshalltown
W. Holmes Company
Anitata
W. Holmes
C. J. Holmes
Robert Scott
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Ray A. Smith
Akron
Miss Avis
Linnell
Episcopal Conference
Bishop Morrison
Judge Dodge
Meyer
Birmingham
Interstate Commission
Beverly
Mass
Congress
Texas
United States Navy
Newport News
Claudia Lyon
Bernard Newman
Loma
N. C
National Good Roads Congress
New Orleans
Arthur C. Jackson
National Good Roads Association
Sandera
Oliver S. Gilmore
Pittsburg
Little Fred
Ohio River
Steubenville
Floyd Allen
Wytheville
Commonwealth
William M. Foster
Carroll County
Hillsville
Allen
la Crosse
Wis
Southern Baptist Convention
Oklahoma City
Okla
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Harrisburg
Emma Goldman
San Diego
Cal
Ben Reitman
International Sunshine Society
Rochester
Steel Corporation
Gray, Buffington and McPherson
United States District Court
Trenton
N. J
Norrie
Ironwood
Mich
National Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Ray Wheeler
Pete Glasser
Kinloch Park
Eugene V. Debs
Socialists
Emil Seidel
Enoch Arden
Otis Wilton
Train
Penitentiary Parole Board
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