Notable weekly notes record varied world events
Condensed items report deaths of Rear Admiral McCalla. Rev. Alexander McLaren. Shackleton lectures in Chicago. Japan royals marry Princess Nobuko. Senator McCumber recovering after second operation. Thomas H. Croft committed to Patton asylum. engagement of Miss Mary Harriman to Charles Cary Rumsey. James A. McClurg dies in Denver. Prof. Paxson to Wisconsin chair. Paxson resigning from Michigan.
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McCalla
Santa Barbara
Cal
Alexander McLaren
Manchester
England
Edinburgh
Paris
Jay Gould
Beatrice Godfrey van Brunner
Ernest H. Shackleton
R. N
Chicago
Helen Culver
Geographic Society of Chicago
Nobuko Fumi no-Miya
Japan
Prince Asuka
McCumber
North Dakota
Washington
Thomas H. Croft
Pasadena
California
Patton
Twe
New York
Mary Harriman
E. H. Harriman
Charles Cary Rumsey
Lawrence D. Rumsey
Buffalo
James A. McClurg
West
Denver
Col
McClurg
David H. Moffat
Frederick L. Paxson
University of Michigan
University of Wisconsin
Rockefeller abandons plan for national charter foundation
Washington dispatch reports John D Rockefeller dropped any aim for a national charter for his proposed foundation. Starr Murphy denied Rockefeller involvement with the Economic and General Foundation seeking a New York charter for an aged man of wealth with about 2.5 million dollars. News also notes King Edward VII's death and George V's accession as Wales becomes king.
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Washington
John D. Rockefeller
Starr J. Murphy
Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Murphy
Economic and General Foundation
New York
Edward ‘Wil
Great Britain
Ireland
India
England
Prince of Wales
Privy Council
George V
Palos
Ala
Irving Hanchett
Claire Tedder
Deland
Fish
Macon
New York’ Central Railroad
Buffalo
B.F. Clarke
Edward VII Dead and George V Rules Nation in Mourning
Edward VII, king of the United Kingdom and emperor of India, born November 9, 1841, dies after long reign marked by public duties and liberal patronage of art, science, and welfare. George V now presides as monarch as the nation grieves.
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Edward VII
George V
Edward
Paris
Royal College of Music
Imperial Institute
Prince of Wales
Gladstone
Education and Travels of Prince Edward VII
The late king Edward VII received extensive schooling under private tutors then at universities in Scotland and England. A 1860 tour of the United States and Canada preceded service in the British Army. He traveled to Jerusalem with Dean Stanley, entered the Lords in 1863, and married Princess Alexandra in Denmark, gaining popularity in Britain. His reign showed a bias toward peace, yet occasional friction with Germany arose.
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Kingsley
Baron Blackmar
Charles
University of Heinburgh
Oxford
Cambridge
United’ States
Canada
Curragh Camp
Ireland
Jerusalem
Stanley of
Westminster
Bayard
Ufa
Colonel Palmer Pioneer Iowa Republican Leader and Civil War Vet
Colonel David J Palmer of Washington Iowa a longtime farmer and public servant seeks reelection as Railroad Commissioner where he has served and chaired. A Civil War veteran he fought at Shiloh survived wounds and rose to captain lieutenant colonel before later serving as state senator and railroad commissioner for several years.
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Iowa
Gol
David J. Palmer
Mr. Palmer
Washington
Grant
Vicksburg
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Sherman
Carolinas
Columbia
South Carolina
Andrew Joinson
Lincoln
Stanton
Eighth
Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Shiloh
Mt. Pleasant
Palmer
Owa Girl Founds a Bank in Faith South Dakota
Mrs Alma Franchere Roach a Mason City girl who recently married Joseph Roach set out on horseback to canvass nearby farmers in South Dakota. She returned with $1000 tucked in her stocking and helped establish the First Bank of Faith, a new town in the state. Her husband, formerly with First National Bank at Mitchell, led the effort to found the bank on land tied to the town’s promotion. The Roach family, daughters and siblings, are noted for energy and a violinist sister Luelle.
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Mason
Srma Franchere-Roach
Joseph Roach
South Dakota
Faith
First National Bank
Mitchell
First Bank of Faith
Roach
N.B. Frainchere
Thip’ Guy
Bister
Luelle
Richmond Police Chief to retire after court ruling
Richmond Chief of Police Blufio Cornel, who initially considered contesting a district court ruling removing him, has changed course and will retire, ending his tenure.
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Richmond
WII
Appsal
Cornel: Blufio
District
Seven Cars Wrecked Near Jewell Don Gall Site
A report notes seven cars involved in a wreck seven miles south of Jewell Don Gall. The incident occurred on a stretch described as a 400 foot section with traffic moving, and Northwestern was said to be wrecked in the crash. Names Arepiesha, Smida, and Routhbound Treight are mentioned as related parties.
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Arepiesha
Smida
Northwestern
Gall
Jewell Don
New battleship Florida christened and launched
In New York on May 12 Miss Elizabeth Fleming christened the battleship Florida by breaking a bottle of champagne as the 610 foot vessel slid from the ways. With Secretary Meyer and Gov Hughes present, the government built ship is 62 percent complete and aimed for ready by July 24, 1913, carrying ten 12-inch guns, 16 five-inch rapid-fire guns, two submerged torpedo tubes, and 32 inch main guns across five turrets. The Florida joins Utah and Delaware and North Dakota as a key trio of dreadnoughts, built at a cost under six million dollars.
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Lee O'Neil Browne
Ottawa
Chicago
Charles A. White
O'Fallon
William Lorimer
United States
Browne
White
Briggs House
Robert E. Wilson
Michael S
Link
Mitch
St. Louis
Cartago
Costa Rica
William Randolph Hearst
Henry Watterson
Courier-Journal
Northern Baptist Convention
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Danville
Champaign
Deneen
Vermillion County
H. J. C. Beckemeyer
Carlyle
San Jose
Palos
Ala
Ballinger
Ballnger
Garfield
Hea
Reclamation Service
Columbus (C.) Railway
1 ‘Light ‘Company
Marshall
Taft
William J. Bryan
Charlen E. Hughes
New York
United States Supreme’ Court
Justica
Logan
Meyer
Hughes
Army
Navy
Elizabeth L. Flemineg
Francis P. Fleming
Florida
United States Navy
East River
Utah
Newport News
Delaware
North Dakota
England
Fraternity Representatives Meet in Detroit May Night
About 50 high school fraternities gathered at the Hotel Tuller to discuss their welfare amid city school authorities conflict. A plan to form a body to settle grievances with officials was outlined. The session planned to consider endorsing Senator Owens's bill for a national health department before adjournment.
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Detroit
Mich
Tuller
Owens
Department of Health
To Straighten Keg Creek Between Glenwood and Ta
A contract to straighten Keg Creek between Glenwood and Ta was let. The ditching project involves earthwork and will require an estimated expenditure in the hundreds of dollars, with lowest bids expected to determine the contractor.
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Glenwood
Farmhouse Floors Show Curious Hiccup Pattern
A fragment notes a hicatoy fret floor within a farmhouse near here, describing an odd floor feature observed locally. The report provides no further context or details on cause or timeframe.
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General News
Subjecta
Hla Long
United Kingdom
Great Britain and Ireland
London
Queen Victoria
Albert
Albert Edward
The
Cornwall
Scotland
Duke of
Saxony
Tenth Hussars
Rifle Brigade
Emerald Isle
Howard
Europe
Alway
Nephi
Germany
William
Sederick
Uccneda
New York Navy Yard
Mies
Elizabeth Fleming
Mayer
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