Alleged Horse Slayer Seized Near Oakland Jail
James Harvey Turner of Council Bluffs Iowa, jailed in Oakland, faces charges for slashing throats of four horses at Oakland and suspected links to cases in Fontanelle and other southern towns. Authorities report no razors taken with his arrest, and he was captured near the site where two injured animals were found.
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Council Bluffs
James
Harvey W. Turner
Jureln
Kun
Oakland
Hero
Fontanelle
Turner
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Issues Welcoming Protest
Cedar Rapids hosts the Iowa Liquor Dealers association annual convention. The WCTU issues a protest greeting to Mayor Roth, noting a home products show excluded saloons and mocking the city’s liquor trade. The union emphasizes humanity and divine guidance, leading 7,000 members in opposition to the welcome.
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Cedar Rapids
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Iowa Liquor Dealers’ Association
Louis Roth
Penitentiaries
Women's Christian ‘Temperaner Union of
Iowa
Powers Seek Peace to Avert Balkan War
London reports great powers press for Balkan restraint as Russia and Germany urge peace with France backing them. Serbia and Bulgaria clash near Makres, with note to evacuate Volodan and threats to bombard Itsip if not complied. War decision expected within days as Serbia demands control of occupied territory and a changed alliance treaty with Bulgaria.
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London
Vienna
Russia
Germany
Servia
Bulgaria
Makres
Belgrade
Volodan
Itsip
Turkey
Quickest Relief For All Sore Feet Claim
An advertisement touts Calocide compound as the fastest cure for foot ailments. Soak feet in warm water with two tablespoons of Calocide for fifteen minutes, rubbing sore areas. It promises instant relief from soreness corns and callouses, bunions and sweaty feet, and claims a 75 cent box suffices. Druggists stock it.
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Ally
French scientist claims heatless illumination breakthrough
The article reports Professor Dassaux of France developing a light that emits no heat by rapidly flashing and resting the electric charge to fool the eye into perceiving continuous light. If commercialized, this cold light could replace heat emitting arc lamps and expand indoor lighting possibilities.
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Hudson Mixim
Funong
Dassaux
Dussaux
Blind Man's Memory Recalls Friend After Years
Vancouver Washington report shows Fred Lester newly blind but able to identify G W Holder by voice after twenty two years apart. Lester uses a cane and moves about city streets with normal appearing eyes as they converse at Firth and Main streets.
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Vancouver
Wash
Fred. Lester
Lester
Firth
Main
G. W. Holder
Wanted a wife with saneish origin under twenty five
A Tredding California man seeking a wife in Los Angeles asked for a “saneish” woman under twenty five in a letter to the county clerk. The note, unsigned, was forwarded to the marriage license bureau for eligible candidates to apply.
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Los Angeles
Tredding
Cal
Amende Honorable Encounter at the Club
In Harper's Weekly, Bilkins accuses Wiggles of calling him a jackass at a club. Bilkins seizes Wiggles and demands an apology. Wiggles agrees to locate the real Jackass to apologize in person.
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Bilkins
Wiggles
Ginger
Bilk
Jackass
Harper’s
Weekly
Cancer Study at Harvard A Radium Investigation
Harvard Medical School to conduct a special investigation into radium's effect on cancer under Dr William Duane. Experiments start in Collis Huntington building with future dedicated radium研究 building adjoining the medical school. The study, overseen by Harvard Cancer Commission director Dr KE Beyavee, will assemble investigators from multiple viewpoints.
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Cambridge
Mass
William Duane
Harvard Medical School
Collis P. Huntington
Medical School
Duane
Curle
Radium Institute
London
Cancer Commission of
Harvard
KE BE. Yyavee
Blame for War in Coal Fields Probed by Senate Panel
Charleston, June 11 The U S Senate mine strike investigating committee opened hearings to determine who is responsible for the wartime conditions in Paint Creek and Cabin Creek mining districts West Virginia. Operators file two not guilty briefs denying prior charges and blaming the United Mine Workers for violence while supporting martial law. A Los Angeles boy recovers after a bone graft to his spine replaces diseased bone enabling hoped for full recovery.
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Charleston
W. V
United States
West Virginia
Paint Creek
Cabin Creee
Senate
Painte Creek Collieries Company
United Mine Workers of America
Glasscock
Hatfield
Los Angeles
Frederick Loring
Clarence Darrow Fund Drive For McNamaras Lawyer
Clarence Darrow surprised Chicago Federation of Labor by entering a meeting and speaking on child labor. A letter from Charles Moyer urged union groups to donate to a fund aiding Darrow in his third trial, previously $150,000 swallowed by two trials. No collections will be made. Trial set for June 16.
Swift Eye Of The Camera Reveals Rapid Tennis Action
A historical article discusses how high speed cameras capture swift movements that the human eye cannot perceive. It references W Hicks, player-manager of the Australian tennis team, leaping in the air to intercept a flying ball during a match in New York, illustrating the precision of modern photography.
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W. Hicks
New York
Hicks
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C. Tu
American Press Association
Professor Dassaux
Blind Man
Senate Committee
Clarence Darrow
News-Telegraph
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