Metropolis fading Kaskaskia waterway and festive parades
The article notes Kaskaskia Illinois nearly swallowed by the river while Janesville Wisconsin declines Fourth of July parade short skirts and Chicago vaudeville girls are hired for replacements. It covers 18 hundred New York street sweepers TB rates 283 with tuberculosis from dust exposure. It adds a Bennington Vermont woman preserves two antique dolls 150 and 100 years old. It ends detailing luxury private cars of Adolphus Busch and Charles M Schwab with 70 foot length, Louis XV furniture and $1,000 brass bedsteads.
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Kaskasia
Ill
Janesville
Wis
Chicago
House of Commons
United States
New York City
Bennington
Adolphus Busch
Charles M. Schwab
Busch
Mr. Schwab
Church strength and voting rights across nations
The piece lists church metrics and leadership across countries. It notes 1,224 Methodist deaconesses in some context, voting rights for taxpaying women in Hungary, an English churchwarden appointment, and a Charlestown pastor predicting Protestant union. It cites church seat totals and attendances in England, Russia, Australia, and Japan, plus the Russian embassy chaplain's remarks on missions and a 26,321 convert, 34 clerics Bishop Nic holas headed Japan mission started 1865.
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Evangelical Church Council of
Hungary
England
Lady Lawson
Aspatria
Cumberland
Peter MacQueen
Charlestown
Mass
Australia
Russia
Eugene Smirnoff
London
Japan
China
Nicholas
Electrical progress and power sources around the world
The German government runs 15 200 telephone stations and Niagara power is valued at 1 billion. Marconi’s 130 foot wireless masts cost 40 pounds each. Coventry produces advances in high power incandescent lights and electric welding grows in importance across industries as its use expands yearly.
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Niagara
Marconi
Coventry
Food that revived a dying man who trusted Grape-Nuts
A man who was near death from a grip illness credits Grape-Nuts and cream with restoring strength and health. He moved from Albany to San Francisco after three months on the diet and reports renewed vigor, sharper brain, and a youthful appearance. He urges others to try the cereal and mentions Postum Company as the sponsor.
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Albany
San Francisco
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Iowa Corn Crop Below Standard Report Finds Poor Stand
Special correspondence from Des Moines notes cool wet weather has harmed corn seedlings across Iowa. John R. Sage reports 624 fields examined, 125 good 40–50 bu/acre, 247 fair 30–35 bu, 252 poor 15–30 bu. Northern areas near the Rock Island line worst due to drainage neglect.
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Des Moines
John R. Sage
Lowa Weather and Crop Service
Sibley
Rock Island
Gowrie
Ends 25 Year Search for Sister Reunited in Waterloo
William Mitchell after a quarter century found his sister and other family members in Waterloo. The Wisconsin pastor's son left home young for adventure, endured an Omaha hospital stay after a street accident, and pursued a careful search that led to a joyous family reunion in Waterloo.
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William Mitchell
Waterloo
Wisconsin
Omaha
Potatoes Boom Fueled by Iowa Harvest Surge
Early Iowa crop yields large quantities and high quality promising rich returns for timely growers. Market watchers note light southern crops keep prices high while plentiful Iowa output could push prices down later if weather stays wet. Potatoes raising becomes a popular farming trend in Iowa as acreage expands.
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South
Iowa
Decorah Pioneer George Phelps Makes Annual Ocean Crossing
George Phelps of England has crossed the Atlantic each May for 25 years to attend Decorah memorial day events. He is now in a Chicago hospital after an operation en route. A former Decorah apprentice who built wagons, he later prospered in England becoming a multi millionaire who never forgot Decorah and his first wife and two children buried in the town cemetery.
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George Phelps
England
Decorah
Mr. Phelps
Chicago
Phelps
Faraway Town
Carnegie Adds To Gift For Denison Library
Andrew Carnegie increases his donation by 2500 dollars on top of the 10000 dollar pledge for a Denison library. A message from Skibo Castle, Scotland confirms willingness to add funds if Denison residents raise an equal amount. With the new total, a 5000 volume library becomes possible rather than 2500.
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Denison
Andrew Carnegie
H. H. Savage
Library Board
Carnegie
Congressman Conner
Skibo Castle
Scotland
Luther Savings Bank to Open in Luther
Articles of incorporation for a Luther state savings bank will be filed with the secretary of state. The Luther Savings Bank will start with 10000 dollars in capital, with stockholders including M. H. Thatcher, O. M. Thatcher, Oscar Oakleaf, and others. Officers are M. H. Thatcher president J. E. Bennett vice president and O. M. Thatcher cashier. Business is to commence about August 1.
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Luther
Luther Savings Bank
People’s Savings Bank of
Des Moines
M. H
O. M. Thatcher
Grimes
Oscar Oakleaf
Madrid State Bank
M. H. Thatcher
J. E. Bennett
Woman Attempts Suicide After Husband's Death
Mrs. August Martens of Sioux City, grieving after her husband hanged himself in their new home three months ago, attempted suicide by swallowing poison to join him. A physician’s prompt arrival saved her life and she was taken to a health resort. Her husband owned a flour mill.
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August Martens
Sioux City
Martens
Illinois Central sued for 50000 in death at Dyersville
J W Dautermann acting as administrator of the M C Corrigan estate files a federal suit in Dubuque seeking 50000 for the death of Mr Corrigan in a Central railroad wreck at Dyersville Iowa. The action is described as one of the largest damage suits against the Illinois Central Railway.
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Illinois Central Railway Company
Dubuque
J. W. Dautermann
M. C. Corrigan
Corrigan
Dyersville
Central
Simon Riggs kills wife then dies by suicide
A man named Simon Riggs shot his wife at Clinton and then took his own life. Despondency is listed as the stated cause of his death.
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Simon Riggs
Clinton
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