Clash at suffrage meet over congressional union
Chicago June 8 mid year conference of the National American Woman Suffrage association opened amid sharp exchanges. Dr Anna Howard Shaw and Mrs Youmans argued over tactics and influence of the congressional union with Harriet Taylor Upton acting as peacemaker. A resolution for arbitration with fair union representation was debated and tabled 49 to 25 despite protests.
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Anna Howard Shaw
Youma-2
Chicago
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Association
Thomas W. Youmans
Wisconsin
Harriet Taylor Upton
State Organization of
Ohio
Youmans
Shaw
Peace rumors swirl as Dutch citizen meets Berlin officials
June reports say Van Ghell Geldemeester, a Dutch national with German contacts, arrived at the German embassy in Washington after visits to the German foreign office. He carried no official letters but sought informal peace term discussions and was said to have been received by some U.S. officials. Concurrently Harry Thaw’s sanity trial was postponed to June 1 following an appeals court decision on the state's appeal.
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Washington
van Ghell Geldemeester
Holland
Berlin
Europe
Gelslemeester
Count von Bernstorff
Fromerlin
Geldemeester
England
Germany
Canada
New York
Ottawa
London
Dominion
Exports Show Decrease Before War Era
An official Commerce Department analysis shows exports of manufactured goods other than foodstuffs declined relative to prewar levels in the ten months ending April. The report notes only food exports rose as crude materials shrank, with a trade balance near $1.009 billion and $48 million in horses plus $10 million in mules sent to battlefields, and $10 million sent to Europe in April.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Europe
The Herrick Refrigerator Catalogue Request
The Herrick refrigerator features Opalite enamel and spruce linings with a pure sweet design and no zinc or mould. Request a catalogue for details and specifications.
Eastern Ohio Mining District Like Alaska
A June dispatch from Zanesville describes Muskingum county mines in the Eastern Ohio district using dog teams on the three foot vein due to limited mule and machine access. About 24 dogs haul loaded cars along tracks, weighing 35 to 50 pounds and valued at 5 to 15 dollars each.
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United Press
Zanesville
Ohio
Muskingum County
Remedy for Cholera and Diarrhoea by Chamberlains Colle
An advertisement urges every family to keep Chamberlains Colle Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on hand, especially in summer, claiming it relieves suffering quickly and is thoroughly reliable. It notes the remedy is for sale by all dealers and suggests asking users about its effectiveness.
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Gilbert & Hennett
Deddy
KinKerman Swindled Out of 8000 in Local Gambler Plot
J W KinKerman of Las Animas Colorado traveled to St Joseph Missouri hoping for a share of 80000 from a horse race scam. He believed he and another man had won 40000 but found he had been swindled out of 8000 two weeks earlier by a confidence game operator.
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The
United Press
Josepit
J. W. Kinkerman
Las Animas
Colo
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Bedition Bhotee
Baby with two heads born in Chicago
A Chicago woman gave birth to a 16 pound baby with two fully formed heads four arms and a third leg and foot. The infant lived only fifteen minutes and breathed through the main head. The mother, 33, has had five normal children and will recover.
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The
United Press
Chicago
Ottumwa Man Finds Fast Relief From Stomach Ailments
Thomas H. Lewis of Ottumwa Iowa reports rapid relief after taking Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. He says the first dose convinced him and he would recommend it to others needing a stomach remedy. The ad promises permanent results for stomach liver and intestinal issues with a money back guarantee.
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Thomas H. Lewis
West Second Street
Ottumwa
Mayr
Mr. Lewis
Cass County Assessment Totals Reveal Wealth, Kringel Reports
Auditor Kringel presents county recapitulation showing a slightly lower total assessment than last year. Figures list livestock, bank stock, capital employed in manufacturing, and land values, with total personal property around 34 million and land at about 61 dollars per acre, reflecting Cass as a prosperous county.
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Cassa Rich County
Kringel
Cass
Merehan Corporation
Real Estate Transfers and Atlantic Listings 1916
Real estate transfers show Samuel and Sadie Goss at 42 Atlantic with 3000 dollars, Richard York and J E Wood at 18 Atlantic for 2850 dollars, Bessie Maher Wood and Timothy Maher at 72 Atlantic for 200 dollars, and Geo P Fish to Dollie M Garside at 97 Atlantic with 8650 dollars. dated 1916 with multiple entries and sub divisions.
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Dune
Samuel F. Goss
Sadie Pearl Goss
Atlantic
Richard York
J. E. Wood
Bessie Maher Wood
Timothy J. Maher
Geo. P. Fish
Dollie M. Garside
Odd Okmulgee encounter leads to job pitch
In Okmulgee a traveling man named John Davenport trailed a woman, obtained her street and phone number, then visited her home where he encountered a heavy spoke man. The message shifts to an employment plug for Wilken Monument Works in Atlantic, with the Atlantic Commercial Club offering a free employment bureau and phone 476.
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United Presa
Okmulgee
Okla
John Davenport
John
Free Employment Bureau
The
Atlantc Commercial Club
Cheer Up Talk at the Ginseng Store
A jovial speaker named Colonel Woolly promotes upbeat trade and steady movement in a ginseng shop. He mocks sour dealers, touts a sunny line and hustling spirit to attract buyers, noting brisk sales of bird nest soup and encouraging cheer amid tough times.
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Willym Woolly
Woolly
Adams Newspaper Service
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad Signs Relief
An advertisement describes a terrible backache seen as organic trouble and claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound offers the only effective remedy. It highlights symptoms like headaches nervousness and depression and asserts the remedy speeds restoration to health over forty years of use.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Springfield adopts commission form of government
Springfield voters approve commission government by 1928 to 1166 after a political upheaval eroded alderman rule following a municipal muddle last winter. The change ends the city’s long experiment with aldermanic governance and sets a new administrative structure.
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The
United Press
Springfield
Money for harvest hands in Kansas City vaults
Eight hundred thousand five dollar bills will be in the Federal Reserve Bank vaults there next week to meet the district’s demand for harvest hand payments over the coming weeks, as reported by Results News Telegraph want ads.
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The
United Press
Kansas City
Federal Reserve Bank
Picks cut her own casket in tragic crash case
Dallas June reports detail a fatal auto crash in which a woman, after attending religious services, allegedly cut her own coffin from a white site and was buried in it. The fragment notes Miss Erunees Payne as a victim and mentions a nearby plant and recent services.
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Cured Press
Dallas
Tex
Edle Toowatt
Runees Payne
Tulay
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