Two Killed and Two Injured in Iowa Train Crash
A Milwaukee freight train struck an automobile near Herndon Iowa killing George Murphy 20 and Demby Duitman 15 both legs severed and skull fractures. Surviving passengers Max Van Scoy 20 and Cale Dullman 18 were bruised. The four men were returning from Jamaica after a baseball game.
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Milwaukee
Rippey
Iowa
Herndon
Jamaica
George Murphy
Demby Duitman
King’s Daughters’ Hospital
Perry
Max van Scoy
Cale Dullman
William J. Gordon
Davenport
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Des Moines
Keokuk
T. J. Hickey
J. J. Loughlin
J. F. Buckley
America
Paris
Shellsburg
Martin Werning
Collinger
Claus Behrens
Murphy
John S. Murphy
Telegraph-Herald
Ben Nelson
Minburn
Nelson
Ottumwa
City
Iowa Master Painters’ Association
Seth J. Temple
F. A. Corey
Algona
Plainview
Wesley
Frank L. Smith
Dwight
Corey
William Ryan
Clause Griese
Grover
Ceylon
Minn
Butler
Estherville
Harper & Murphy
Talmage
Charles Bunzendahl
Cresc
Grand River
Spring Valley Ranch
Bunzendahl
Ames
Munn
Sheldon
W. T. Zitteral
Webster City
L’ans
Varmers
Tabor
Louis Murphy
Internal Revenue
Dubuque
Old Soldiers’ Association of
Sioux City
Maple River Valleys
Correctionville
Washington News Summary From 1914 Era Dispatches
Secretary Bryan confirms Panama-Pacific exposition for 1915 and urges Americans home. Wilson signs emergency shipping bill allowing foreign built ships. Senate debates trust law penalties and cotton warehouse act advances. Powell and Clayton deaths noted. wheat records mark Pacific Northwest high. Oil fires in Oklahoma and price jumps in canary seed reflect wartime strain. Boston opera prospects dim as European singers enlist.
Various World War I Updates and Local Donations
William Guggenheim of New York donates 5000 dollars to the German Red Cross. Stephen F. Russo of Peekskill gives blood to save Jerome Bladwin. Receivers appointed for International Steam Pump Co. by Judge Mayer. Bert Cutting of Indianapolis uses a mechanical device to shorthand a speech by Governor Ralston. Libera seeks US neutrality guidance over wireless stations. Federal Reserve plans simultaneous opening of all twelve banks. Togoland surrenders to Britain. Berlin reports Namur captured. Brussels resumes normalcy. German commander pledges protection for Brussels. Japan-Austria diplomatic rupture noted. Vienna fortifications begun. British Marines occupy Ostend to block German foothold. Duke of Connaught’s Canada governorship extended. Belgian royal family moves to Antwerp. Zeppelin attack raises London fears. Paris to be a fortified camp. Russian army vows attack on Berlin. 8,000,000 mobilized. Tournai pays indemnity. English proverb challenged. Defense of the Realm Act outlined by British authorities.
Women who are always tired advertisement excerpt
Swan Creek Michigan reader praises Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound as helping her with fatigue and weak appetite. Hebron Maine woman reports full recovery from female weakness after using the remedy and Sanative Wash. The Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co offers confidential advice from Lynn Massachusetts with letters read by a woman.
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Swan Creek
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Annie Cameron
R.F.D
No. 1
Swan Creek, Michigan
Hebron
Charles Rowe
No.1
Maine
Lydia
War prophecy found in old family Bible predicts 1914 wars
George Fletcher of Gillett discovers a note in an antique Bible handwritten by his father William Fletcher. The prophecy states that in the year 1914 there will be wars in every corner of the earth, a conclusion drawn from Bible study and calculations.
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George Fletcher
Gillett
William Fletcher
Towanda
Philadelphia
Gave Him the Laugh in a College Reunion Moment
A brief exchange recalls college days as one man greets another with a sly reply about fortune, hinting at a tempered reunion. The dialogue captures a tone of irony and familiarity between former classmates.
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Jesse T. Stephenson
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Albia Republican
S. W. Wilson
Oskaloosa
Horace Barnes
Don McGiffen
Wilson
Oskaloosa Times
St. Louis Paper Co
Knights of Pythias and
Pythian Sisters
Cedar Rapids
Grand Lodge of
Grand Temple of Pythian Sisters
Grand Lodge
H. H. Whitaker
Smith McPherson
W. S. Mayne
Council Bluffs
Frederick D. Everett
Albia
W. J. Roberts
A. M. Antrobus
Burlington
Ralph C. Williamson
Pleasantville
John Morrell & Co
Waverly
Mr. Knott
Alpine
Soldier River
Toledo
J. M. Albertson
Harrison County
Soldier River Drainage District
Theodore Kautéz
Buffalo Township
Hamilton County
Jonathan Lee
Finley Avenue Baptist Church
Lee
Vernon
Ind
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State Capitol
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Ington
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Austria-Hungary
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Paul Fuller
New York
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Hoke Smith
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Uncle Sam
Tunis J. Powell
American District Telephone Company of
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Pacific Northwest
Portland
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Healdton
Cushing
Oklahoma
Charles F. Brown
The
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Federal District Court
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Boston
Ellen Jordan
Boston Opera Company
William Guggenheim
German Red Cross Society
Stephen F. Russo
Peekskill, N. Y
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International Steam Pump Co
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Antowa
John F. Kaleer
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Otettumwa
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Buffalo, N
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Formul
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National Institute
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Stanger
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