Veteran Virginia senator dies after paralysis and hemorrhage
John W. Daniel, senior Virginia senator, dies in Lynchburg Va at 67 from cerebral hemorrhage after third paralytic stroke. Other items note Giford Pinchot run for Pennsylvania governor as independent, Bishop McVickar’s death, Roosevelt Jr’s San Francisco arrival, and various political and legal items from the era.
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John W. Daniel
Virginia
Lynchburg
Senator Daniel
Giford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
John B. Stanchfield
F. A. Heinze
New York
William Nielson McVickar
Rhode Island
Beveries Cove
Mass
United States
Samuel Douglas McEnery
Louisiana
New Orleans
Joseph Thomas
Hoboken
James Schoolcraft Sherman
Sherman
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Eleanor
Butler Alexander
San Francisco
John ¥. Philips
United States Court For the Western District
Missouri
Wide range rulings touch freight rates and schools
Interstate Commerce Commission orders rate cuts up to fifty percent on transcontinental freight while a flood of events unfolds. Kentucky cloudburst deaths mount with dozens missing. Illinois bans Bible readings in public schools during attendance. Yale defeats Harvard in Thames regatta. Taft auto accident injures worker. multiple fatal crashes, bombings, and shipwrecks reported across the nation.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Magoffin
Floyd
Knott
Kentucky
Illinois Supreme Court
Yale
Thames River
New London
Conn
Harvard
Taft
Robert T.taft
Lnborer
Beverly
Mass
Peter Ripley
Simplex Railway Appliance Company
Hammond
Ind
Edward Bushay
Minneapolis
Minn
Teatro Colon
Buenos Aires
George Washington University
Washington
Richard OD Larlan
Lake Forest Collage
Robert C. Abel
Frederick Abel
Harry Jessom
St Louis County
Missouri
George Badger
Lfe
Jackson
Mich
Jim Shivers
Count Zeppeline
Deutschland
Teutoburgian Forest
Germany
Mia
Emil Rohn
Mount Clemens
Lee O'Neil Browne
Chicago
McSurely
Deutsche Vacuum Oil Company
Standard Ol
E. L. Quarles
Quarles
Ogden
Utah
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company
Water Valley
Mies
Debating coach honor for Cedar Rapids ally at state university
Clyde Robbins the Cedar Rapids native and new debate coach at the State University earned honorable mention in the Baldwin prize contest by the National Municipal League for an essay on The Commission Plan of Government. The winner received 100 dollars, with Robbins and a Harvard man noted as high in excellence.
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Clyde Robbins
Cedar Rapids
The
State University
Menion
National Municipal League of Philadelphia
Commission
Robbins
Harvard
Elias Skinner
Grand Lodge of Masons
Waterloo
Skinner
Vancleve
Marshalltown
James Hardy
Hardy
Iowa
Floyd County
Mary Cadillus Talbott
Roy Talbott
Sioux City
Naglestad
Fred C. Nave
Davenport
Scott County
Rippey
Pengious
Samuel T. Adams
Wm. §. Burton
Joshua Campbell
Adelaide Elsworth
Lucy A. Heflin
Cyrus W. Payne
Laban Pierce
John Smith
Red Men Do Her Honor At Roanoke Anniversary
Roanoke Indiana July 4 gathering of Red Men to honor Mrs Anthony Revarre known as Kil so quah Indian princess. Gov Thomas R Marshall and Judge Robert S Taylor spoke. Mrs Tevatre, descendant of Little Turtle, is highlighted as central figure with long life and family history.
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Roanoke
Ind
Order of Red Men
Indiana
Ohio
Anthony Revarre
Kilso-quah
Thomas R. Marshall
Robert S. Taylor
United States Board of Misssippi River Commissioners
Middle West
Tevatre
Little Turtle
Wak-shin-gay
She-mace-nish
Kibso-grah
Anthony Regarre
Anthony
Sane Fourth Parade Lit Up Chicago Lake Front
Chicago celebrated a lively Fourth with 5000 regulars camped at Grant Park. Soldiers joined a monster parade opening a ten day military tournament with infantry cavalry artillery engineers signal and hospital corps plus aviators. Free daily exhibitions educate the public and offer a valuable lesson for the National Guard.
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Chicago
Chiicago
Lake Front
Grant Park
Infantry
Artillery
Engineers
Signal and
National Guard
Catholic Educators Meet Opens in Detroit July Fourth
Detroit hosts the seventh annual Catholic Educational association session at the Hotel Pontchartrain. An executive committee meeting opens the event with a reception for delegates. Archbishop Glennon and Justice Anglin are among speakers at a mass public meeting. A choir of 1,000 children will perform to close the convention with talks on Catholic education.
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Detroit
Mich
Catholic Educational Association
Hotel Pontchartrain
Tech Association
Mgr. Falconio
Glennon
Justice Anglin
Ottawa
Canada
Pythians Dedicate New Temple in Waterloo
Hundreds of Pythians attended the dedication of the new Pythian Temple in Waterloo on June 30. The temple, recently completed at a cost of 70000 dollars, was praised as the finest building in the state. Congressman Pickett gave the principal address. A class of 100 was initiated last night.
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Waterloo
Biiding
Pickett
Separate Meetings Weigh On Optometrists and Jewelers
Des Moines reports the Iowa State Association of Optometrists and the Iowa State Retail Jewelers will not meet jointly next year. The four day session at the Coliseum approved separate conventions for 1911, Cedar Rapids for optometrists and Des Moines for jewelers. Resolutions urged the national association to curb fake jewelry ads and pressed Congress to restrict such claims. Sympathy messages were sent to William H. Boynton's family of Manchester. Over 250 members attended, marking one of the largest gatherings, with forecasts that separate meetings will boost future attendance.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Optometriste and Jewelers
Iowa State Association of Optometrista
Iowa State Retail Jewelers’ Association
Coliseum
Optometrists
Cedar Raphis
Convention of
Jewelers
National Association
National Organization
Congress
William H. Boynton
Manchester
Gypsy Girl Testifies to Brutality in Kidnapping Case
In Marshalltown Iowa on July 2 gypsy girl Mary Demitro aged about 16 described brutal treatment by rival gypsy faction head Eli Bimboo who is jailed on seduction charges after allegedly abducting her in Taunton Illinois on March 25. Her father Spedden Demitro faced perjury charges for falsely swearing to the seduction information. The court denied habeas corpus as Mary was a witness, not detained.
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Marshalltown
Mary Demitro
Spedden Demitro
Eli Bimboo
Bimboo
Tauton
Ill
Mary
Illinois
Fire from fireworks explosion devastates Des Moines shop
Fire caused by a spark dropped during a fireworks display at H S Chase & Co on Walnut Street between Fifth and Sixth wrecked the store and destroyed about 700 dollars worth of fireworks. Interior damage may total twenty thousand dollars. Mrs B C Newton and her son Ralph narrowly escaped suffocation on the building’s third floor as Star theatre patrons evacuated safely.
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Des Moines
H.S. Chase & Co
Walnut
Fifth
Sixth
B. C. Newton
Ralph
Star Theater
Nathoo Demands to Save His Long Hair in Fort Madison
From Des Moines Nathoo, known in Fort Madison for six years, has been brought in by Deputy Sheriff Curran. The Hindoo inmate requests keeping his long hair, and prison authorities are expected to grant the appeal as no law requires shaving.
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Nathoo
Fort Madison
Des Moines
Curran
Body Found in Iowa River at Iowa City
July 3 report states the body of 13 year old Difford Shantz was found floating in the Iowa River with a crushed skull. Police believe he fell from the interurban bridge. The case notes the boy had been missing since last Sunday and mentions a separate bond news from Fort Dodge about $16,000.
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Roy Milton
Keokuk
Samuel Try
Iowa Soldiers
Marshalltown
Davenport
Myr. Try
One Hundred Forty-eighth
Pennsylvania Infantry
Kenneth Anderson
Muscatine
Callahan
Ed Wiley
Struble
Missouri River
Omaha
Wiley
Pierre
S. D
Forest City
Mason City
Law’ Ler
Iowa
Louisa Schonberger
Dubuque
Col
Parley Sheldon
Ames
James Montgomery
Minneapolis
Robert G. Ingersoll
Sioux Rapids
Goodman
Iowa River
Iowa City
Difford Shantz
Jolee
Fort’ Dodge,’ Ta
Boston Welcomes National Education Association Convention
Boston hosts the forty eighth annual National Education Association gathering with thousands of teachers arriving to register at the Art Museum and explore the city. President Taft will address sessions at Harvard along with Charles Aycock and David Starr Jordan while Col. Roosevelt is slated for the closing address. Illinois leads a strong delegation backing Ella Flagg Young for NEA presidency as others attend meetings with groups like the American School Peace League and Federation of State Teachers Associations.
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Boston
National Educational Association
Old Art Museum
National Council of Education
Joseph Swain
Swarthmore College
James H. van Sickle
Baltimore
William H. Maxwell
New York
Association
Harvard University
Cambridge
James Y. Joyner
Theodore Roosevelt
National Education
American School Peace League
American Home Economics Association
Federation of State Teachers’ ‘Associations
The
Religious Education Association
National Committee On Agricultural Education
Educational Press Association of America
Conference of Teachers of Agriculture
National Education Association
Illinois
Ella Flagg Young
Chicago
Christians Elect Officers in Iowa Convention
The Iowa Christian convention elected officers led by President Senator C. H. Van Law of Marshalltown and first vice president Dr. C. H. Box of Ottumwa. Recording secretary is 8. B. Ross of Fairfield, with E. F. Leak of Newton as assistant. Denny re-elected for the thirteenth time as corresponding secretary. Ross has served twenty three years.
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van Law
Denny
Centerville
J. J.” Grove
Ames
J. M. Licas
Deg Moines
Dea Moines
Ross
Des Moines Franchise Talks Resume After City Conference
Negotiations for a Des Moines street railway franchise were expected to resume following a visit by N. W. Harris Company bondholder N. B. Kingsbury from Chicago. He met with Mayor Hanna and announced that discussions to settle differences would continue with the city.
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Des Moines
N. 8
Kingsbury
N. W. Harris Company
Chicago
Michael Helland Dies in Des Moines July Local Banker Politician
Michael Helland, a prominent banker and farmer from Slater, dies at Methodist Hospital after a bleeding illness. He had been nominated as the Republican candidate for Story County county representative for the June primary.
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Michael Helland
Des Moines
Andstock
Slater
Methodist Hospital of Blood
Doigoning
Myr
Helland
Btory
Powder Explosion Kills Six in Helena Montana
A powder explosion in Helena Montana on July first leaves six dead and twenty or more injured. A number of buildings were damaged or destroyed as the blast rocked the city and triggered fires across the area. Local authorities investigate the cause and assess the extent of the casualties and property damage.
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Helena
Mont
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August Freishman
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University of Vermont
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B. ©. Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Kansas City
Ralph S. Latshaw
Baron de Hirsch
New York City
American Library Association
Mackinac Island
Lea O'Neil Browne
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Duchess of Vizen
Anita Stewart
James Henry ‘Smith
Grosvenor Square
London
Frank L. Farrie
Charles L. Farris
Louisville
Nellie Krutsinger
Porter Chariton
Hasta
Hawkeye State
Kilaoquah
Catholic Educators Meet
Glenrion
Montglair
Eagle Rock
New York Harbor
F. H. Crombie
Frank H. Crombie
H. S. Chase & Co
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