Roosevelt confidant Root briefed on American crises in London
Elihu Root, former secretary of state and New York senator, met Colonel Roosevelt at Dorchester House in London. Root shared details from Gifford Pinchot and big newspaper correspondents on the insurgent movement, Ballinger hearings, Cannon battles, and Taft’s actions. Root travels to The Hague to argue for American fishermen’s treaty rights in Newfoundland waters, a case with broad international implications for treaty rights and colonial limits on aliens.
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Elihu Root
United States
New York
Colonel Roosevelt
America
Lion Hunter
London
Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
Senator Root
Dorchester House
Ambassador Reid
Ballinger
Taft
Root
Hague
Newfoundland
Hague Tribunal
Millikan Named New Wizard Of Electrical World
University of Chicago physics professor Robert A. Millikan captured a single ion, tagging it to unlock the mysteries of electrical charge. He explained ions as charged atoms or groups, showed oil droplet methods in an air condenser, and supported Faraday’s ionic hypothesis while proving kinetic theory of gas molecules.
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Robert A. Millikan
University of Chicago
Millikan
Edison and
Marconi
Sigma Chi Society
Faraday
Wilson Calls for Democratic Regeneration in Colleges
Dr. Woodrow Wilson, president of Princeton, warned at a Pittsburg banquet that without self-possession the nation would stagger into bloodshed. He attacked churches and universities for serving elites over the masses, urged democratic reform, and said American colleges must embrace common people and rebuild from top to bottom. He praised Lincoln’s legacy but argued college men are less serviceable to the country.
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America
France
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Sons of
Old Nassau
Pittsburg
Wilson
Lincoln
Princeton
Illinois Bribe Case Judge McLurely Rules on Indictment
Judge W H MecLurely of Cook County Circuit Court rejects motions to quash the indictment against a former legislature member in the Illinois bribery case. He rules bribery occurs when money is given to a legislator in exchange for voting or actions, regardless of where the crime is alleged to have occurred. The ruling follows arguments over jurisdiction and legality of bribery laws affecting postvote rewards. The case, first since Lorimer era, draws wide interest from the bar and the public as it proceeds.
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W. H. MecLurely
Cook County
Illinois
Lee O'Neil Browns
McLurely
Sangamon
United States
Mesurely
Arsig
McBurely
Salaries Raised for Iowa Postmasters in July
Des Moines reports list salary increases for numerous Iowa postmasters effective July 1, with amounts ranging up to 3 200 for Marshalltown and 3 500 for Waterloo, plus numerous smaller rises. Also notes decreases for Anita Cambridge Eagle Grove Emmetsburg Kingsley Lisbon Livermore Marion Mechanicsville Rockford West Union and other towns. Incident summaries include a Grinnell Methodist conference and two local injuries in Marshalltown and Iowa City.
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Des Moines
Adel
Alden
Allerton
Allison
Alta
Anamosa
Anthon
Atlantic
Aureluia
Avoca
Bancroft
Bedford
Bellevue
Blockton
Boone
Brighton
Buffalo Center
Burt
Buxton
Calmar
Cascade
Ete Casey
Cedar Falls
Centerville
Central A
Clarion
Coin
Colfax
Columbus Junction
Coon Rapids
Corwith
Cresco
Dallas Center
Danbury
Decorati
Delta
Dunlap
Wartham
Earlville
Harry
Eddyville
Eldora
Elgin
Elma
George
Gilmore City
Gladbrook
Glenwood
Glidden
Goldfield
Gowrie
Hartley
Hawarden
Molstein
Hubbard
Hull
Humboldt
Ida Grova
Ileton
Katona
Kellerton
Keota
Latona
Lake Mills
Laurens
Lime Springs
Lohrville
Lonetree
Lorimer
Madrid
Malvern
Manilla
Manson
Mapleton
Maquoketa
Marengo
Marshalltown
Massena
Milford
Milton
Montivello
Mount Vernon
Moville
Murray
Muscatine
Nashua
Newell
New London
Newton
North English
Ocheyedan
Ogden
Olin
Onawa
Ossian
Oxford Junction
Perry
Pleasantville
Prescott
Preston
Primghar
Radcliffe
Riceville
Richland
Rockwell City
Russell
Seymour
Sheffield
Spirit Lake
Stanton
Story City
Strawberry Point
Sutherland
Tama
Toledo
Tracr
Tripoli
Union
Wall
Victor
Villisca
Walker
Wall Lake
Walnut
Washington
Waterloo
Waucoma
Waukon
Weat Liberty
West Point
Williams
Wellton Junction
Winfield
Winterset
Woodbine
Woodward
Anita
Cambridge
Eagle Grove
Emmetsburg
Kingsley
Lisbon
Livermore
Marion
Mechanicsville
Rockford
West Union
Plan Old Fashioned Campmeeting in Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge will host an old fashioned campmeeting in the first week of August at Queson park from August 2 for eight days. Evangelist H. W. Bromley of Willmore Kentucky will lead a corps of assistants with local pastors aiding. The event will include about seventy district churches and also host the district conference in August.
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Fort Dodge
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Methodist Church
Queson Park
H. W. Bromley
Willmore
Boy Pounded Dynamite in Marshalltown
Floyd Billman, 10, son of farmer H. E. Billman near Marietta, began July fourth with a basket of rubbish. He found dynamite, drove a nail into a cap, tearing his left hand. Anti-streptococcic serum given to prevent tetanus. his life and possibly his hand are at risk.
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Marshalltown
Floyd Billman
H. E. Billman
Marietta
Young Hardy Is Released After Inquest
Melbourne Raymond Hardy, held by Marshall county authorities in the murder of his father, mother, and brother Jane 6 at their farm home near here, was released after the coroner's inquest. The jury found the deaths were at the hands of an unknown person or persons using a blunt instrument, and did not conclude the gas pipe was the cause of death.
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Young Hardy
Melbourne
Raymond Hardy
Marshall County
Jane
Here
Hardy
Portrait Unveiling for Dr William S King in Des Moines
Iowa City pastor Dr Rollo Hurlburt will deliver the principal address at the portrait unveiling of Dr William S King longtime president of Cornell College. The Iowa State Historical Society meeting in Des Moines will feature Ex Governor Leslie M Shaw and Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Horace M Deemer as notable visitors.
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King
Iowa City
Rollo Hurlburt
Methodist Church of
William S. King
Cornell College
Iowa State Historical Society
Des Moines
Leslie M. Shaw
New York
Horace M. Deemer
Supreme Court of Iowa
Plans for Fortage Homecoming Week
At a meeting of the younger business men the city, definite plans for a homecoming week in August were made. The association was formed with J. Jolly Jones Jr. as president Donald Vincent as secretary and B E R Campbell as treasurer. Executive board members named were C H Smith S T Thompson H A Welch F A Loomis R M Stevens and Olaf Larson.
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J. Jolly Jones, Jr
Donald Vincent
R. Campbell
C. H. Smith
S. T. Thompson
H. A. Welch
F. A. Loomis
R. M. Stevens
Olaf Larson
Young Bride Killed by Cars Near Milwaukee Depot
A three day honeymoon ended in tragedy at Arion when Mrs. Frank B. Sherwood aged 28 daughter of T F Broderick of Sioux City was killed by an engine of the Minois Central near the Milwaukee depot as she ran to catch a Milwaukee train and failed to hear the oncoming train. Her husband, recently married, witnessed the incident.
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Sioux City
Arion
Frank B. Sherwood
T. F. Broderick
Minois Central
Milwaukee
Central
Brighton Pastor and Girl Arrested
Rev J B Lewis pastor of the Brighton Methodist church and Zoe Swain an 18 year old church organist were arrested at the Harper hotel in Rock Island. They were registered as man and wife and held overnight. Lewis admitted guilt and paid a $50 fine while the girl was not prosecuted.
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Brighton
Davenport
J. B. Lewis
New Harper
Rock Island
Zoe Swain
Lewis
Cedar Rapids Church Raises 55000 for New Building
Cedar Rapids congregation of St. Paul S M H church raised 55000 in fifty five minutes toward a new 100000 church. Five thousand was subscribed in the evening with 10 000 from H Armstrong and 5000 from John H Taft. Clinton Chosen as U S Traveleers Meeting Site on Second Ballot at Atlantic session.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Paul S. M. H
Clinton
Atlantic
United Commercial ‘Traveleers
Grand Council
Knights Meet at Charles City
Charles City hosts about four hundred Knights of Columbus with around forty candidates initiated. Excursions traveled east to Ossain and west to Mason City Gladbrook. Man killed in auto smash near Tripoli William Koster is dead and John Mason seriously injured. Chauffeur George Schoel and Messrs Klein and awe were bruised.
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Charles City
Knights of Columbus
Ossain
Mason City
Gladbrook
Waterloo
William Koster
John Mason
Tripoli
George Schoel
Messrs
Klein and
Awe
Frugal Life Tips and Sweet Bread Pudding Recipe
An 1800s style column offers moral maxims from Browning and practical domestic advice. It includes economical bread crumb prep by oven drying and grinding, coarse cloth washing with soft soap, honey vinegar fermentation, chives with cream cheese, and a bread and butter pudding recipe with raisins, eggs, sugar, milk, and a final hard sauce.
A Week With the Housekeeper and Its Rules
The article discusses household management and flexible washday tactics. It suggests scheduling chores by day, with blue Monday or Tuesday as wash day, midweek tidying, and daily upkeep strategies to ease weekly work. It notes splitting tasks by floors, baking on Thursdays, and polishing silver during washing to lessen drudgery.
Bits of Fish Use For Leftover Mackerel Melted Cream Sauce on Toast
Free bones and skin from boiled or baked mackerel or any leftover fish. Mince finely and mix into a cream sauce seasoned with onion juice pepper and salt. Add the hot fish to toast or mashed potato shells, sprinkle with parsley and serve very hot.
General meat handling and sauce tips from kitchen guidance
The guidance states never to wash meat, except fowls. Fowls should be scrubbed in soda water and dried. Meat only needs a damp cloth wipe to remove bone bits and foreign matter. Butter added in bits to sauces prevents the oily appearance deemed objectionable.
Gathered Family at Tea Table Recital of Adventures
A lively note from T. DaWitt Talmage emphasizes bustling daily routine and social pacing. He describes noon meals with some absences, six o'clock tea gatherings, and the welcome of friends to share chit chat and tales of adventures.
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T. DaWitt Talmage
Stuffed Beets for Tender Centers and Salad Garnish
Beets are boiled until tender then skin and hollowed centers cut to one fourth inch. Trimmings chopped for next day salad garnish. Mix cabbage and pecan meats with mayonnaise dressing, serve on lettuce. Beets should not be cut too deep at ends to avoid bleeding and flavor loss.
Asparagus in Crustades and Fringed Bread Boxes
A concise guide offers methods for serving asparagus in crustades or in small bread boxes fried or baked and filled with asparagus pieces in white sauce. It notes a fringed rim with egg white and parsley, plus an omelet companion when asparagus is scarce, highlighting a nourishing luncheon option.
Liquor of Red Beets Soup Recipe
Select three dark red beets and simmer until tender. Peel and press through a vegetable ricer into six cupfuls of white stock. Season with salt paprika bay leaves kitchen bouquet celery salt. Simmer twenty minutes strain and serve each portion with whipped cream and nutmeg.
Seasonable Dishes and market buys
As each season advances there are autumn fruits and vegetables peculiar to it. Do not overbuy out of season. enjoy seasonal produce already available in markets without paying high prices for berries or mushrooms.
Spring Dishes Asparagus in Soup and Toast
Asparagus is a favorite vegetable now abundant in home markets and cheaper after southern and hothouse varieties begin. Prepare an asparagus soup with veal stock, butter and flour roux, then add two cups hot milk. Trim stalks, tie in bundles, boil, and serve with melted butter or on toast after removing string.
Prune Dumplings Steam From Simple Dough Mix
Prune dumplings are prepared by stone and chop one pound of prunes, mix with suet breadcrumbs flour sugar and soda, then stir in buttermilk. Steam three hours covered with buttered paper. A dessert variation uses stewed prunes with whipped cream and meringue. Dates can substitute prunes for a similar result.
Raisin and Celery Salad Recipe Entry
Cut two cupfuls of celery finely seed and halys two thirds of a cup of large raisins. Add one cupful grated apple two oranges cut fine and one fourth of a cupful of mayonnaise.
Fireproof Paper Advances in American Fireproofing Method
A new fireproofing process coats objects with paper secured by adhesive to at least four tenths of an inch. A paste is applied, then dried and coated with a water glass mixed element. The finish resists bright heat due to prior impregnation of the paper, ensuring no peeling under high temperatures. A quotation notes a separate sensational line about a maid and flirtation, cited from the St. Louis Star.
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America
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