Death of Green Forest youth in Anita crash
Herman McNeil twenty of Green Forest Ark died from a broken back after an auto wreck near the overhead bridge on the Anita Tribune route. Clyde White of Anita was badly bruised and will be off work for days. McNeil died at home of Chas Cromsant after being removed from the scene. Parents are en route. funeral arrangements await their arrival.
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Herman McNeil
Green Forest
Ark
Clyde White
Anita Tribune
Maine
Ford
White
McNeil
Chas
Cromsant
Avoca
Anita
Phivy
Justes
Anite
st.Green Forest
Roland
Roland, Peacock’ & Baxter
Ford Denies He Will Be Candidate
Associated Press dispatch from Springfield Massachusetts June 18 reports Henry Ford denying plans to run for president. Ford says he has no desire to become president and will not run, calling rumors spread by newspapers and rumors without basis.
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Ford
Associated Press
Springfield
Mass
Ted
Henry Ford
Providence
New
Aged English native Ulysses Joyce dies at home
Ulysses Joyce, long resident of this county since 1870, dies at his South Chestnut street home. Born December 26 1847 in Reynold Bedfordshire England, he endured rheumatism and subsequent illnesses, leaving him a helpless invalid. He married Margaret I Barnwell in 1872 and leaves seven children and surviving relatives in the United States and England. His wife died February 14 1914. Continued on Page Five.
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Ulysses Joyce
South Chestnut Street
England
Thomes and
Mary Joyce
Reynold
Bedfordshire
John Bunyan
Ttwo
Caleb Joyce
Winnetoon
Nebraska
Margaret I. Barnwell
J.H. Barnwell
Atlantia
W. H. Oakes
Atlantic
W. P. Joyce
Maxwell
Tassy A. Joyce
Drinkwater
Canada
F. B. Joyce
Lewis
Klan to Hold Big Meeting Here Next Friday Evening
The Ku Klux Klan plans a large gathering in the city next Friday at Sunnyside park. Rev. Rob ers, former Sheffield organizer, is expected to speak and address charges of law and motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klan
Revision of Iowa tax laws to surface roads plan
Des Moines June 18 Associated Press reports Senator Ed M Smith of Winterset says highway improvements tied to taxation require tax law revision before a state wide hard road system. He chairs the senate ways and means committee and backs a bond funded program, while urging economy and new tax sources to avoid heavy burdens.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iuwa
State Highway Commission
Good Roads Societies
Ed. M. Smith
Winterset
Smith
Senate
Ways and Means
Special Taxation Committee
For-Tieth General Assembly
Iowa
Highway Commission
Yowa
Farm Bureau Board Accepts Resignation of L. K. Bennett
Cass County Farm Bureau directors accepted the resignation of L. K. Bennett who will leave July 15 to take a similar post in Dickinson County at a salary of 2700 dollars per year. The board, reluctant to lose him, will soon choose a successor and praised his three years of steady, efficient work improving township bureau operations.
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Cass County Farm Bureau
Unon
L. K. Bennett
Shane Dean
Dickinson County
Bennett
Iiew
Liireau
Willys-Overland Builds Millionth Car in Jubilee Week
Willys-Overland employees in Toledo Ohio celebrated the production of the companys one millionth car, serial number 1 000 000. The event will receive official recognition across Willys-Overland branches, distributors and dealers nationwide during Jubilee week from June 18 to 23, proclaimed by President John M Willys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil Ronkerd Company
Toledo
Ohio
Willys-Overland
United States
John M. Willys
Red Oak Legion Seeks Members Amid Large Post Count
Lorraine post of the American Legion in Red Oak seeks new members as state offers $1,000 in prizes for membership drives. The post reports 209 members and ranks third among cities with populations from 1,000 to 5,000.
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Red Oak Legion
RED OaAk
Lorraine Post
American Legion
L Jne
State Department
Lorrain Post
East Side Team Wins Ball Game Yesterday
The East Siders defeated Odom's Farmers 15 to 2 yesterday at the fairgrounds. Two East Siders homered, Davey O'Neil and Ed Bunnett, with Bunnett misplaying a ball in the grass. O'Neil pitched for the Bastenders while Odeni pitched for the Farmers.
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East Side
East Siders
Odom
Fairgrounds
Atlantic
Davey” O'Neil
Ed Bunnett
Neil
Bastenders
Odeni
Insect Swarms Ravage Northwest Farmlands
June reports from Des Moines describe grasshopper invasions spreading across the northwest in wind driven clouds. Since 1873 and through 1879 these plagues devastated pioneer settlers, destroying crops, cloth, even bark on trees, forcing some to abandon land and stores.
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West Des
Moines
Local man Gives Record Gift for Simpson ADE Drive
Harry QC. Breece of Bear Grove Township subscribed 10 000 to the Simpson Wesley foundation fund, the largest individual contribution in the territory. The Atlantic church drive raised about 1 800 on gleaning Sunday, bringing the district total to 100 000 with the drive ending Wednesday. Bishop Stentz visited to support the effort.
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Harry QC. Breece
Bear Grove Township
Sve
Farters Mutual Company
Lone Tink
Guss County
Simpson Wesley Foundation
M. BE
Brewe Ig
Stentz
Atlantic Church
Atlantic District
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Resigns to Lead College
Charles W. Pugsley, assistant secretary of agriculture, tendered his resignation effective September 1. He will become president of the South Dakota agricultural college and is a resident of Lincoln, Nebraska.
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United Press
Washington
Charles W. Pugsley
South Dakota Agricultural College
Lincoln
Neb
Woman shoots self in breast in despondent state
Vinton Iowa June 18 Will Rice rushed from his room after hearing a shot and found his wife on the floor with a shotgun wound in her left breast. The weapon lay nearby as she was taken to Cedar Rapids hospital. She had been despondent over her parents' deaths.
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Associated Press
Vinton
Will Rice
Brandon
Cedar. Rapids
Sunday Auto Accidents Claim Four Lives
Reports from Iowa detail multiple Sunday auto accidents. Charles Medford and his wife were in a crash near Riverton, with Medford killed and his wife seriously injured, possibly due to a heart attack causing loss of control. In Tama, Myrtly Hammer and E F Meeks perished when a car swerved into a bridge over the Town River. four others were slightly hurt. In Des Moines a nurse, Veronica Stapleton, 40, superintendent at University Hospital, Iowa City, was fatally injured in a taxi streetcar collision, with injuries including pelvis and collar bone fractures.
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Ssociated Press
Shenandoah, Ia
Charles Medford
Hamburg
Riverton Yester
Medford
Tama
Myrtly Hammer
EF. L. Meeks
Here
Hammer
Marshalltown
United Press
Des Moines
Veronica Stapleton
University Hospital
Iowa City
Stapleton
Clyde Pickett
Fuller Brush Sales Meeting Held at Calumet Cafe
The Atlantic section of Fuller Brush, part of the Omaha branch, held an enthusiastic Saturday evening meeting at the Calumet cafe. Representatives from Montgomery Cass Shelby Audubon and Potawatomi counties attended, called by assistant manager L F B Ethington. Refreshments followed.
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Atlantic
Bully Brush Company
Calumet Cafe
Omaha
United States
Montgomery
Cass
Shelby
Audubana
Potkawattarie
L. F B. Ethington
Mt Etna Awakens in Fiery Eruption Threatening Villages
Capania June 18 reports Mt Etna belching lava from the main crater and five new vents. A wall of fire thirty to forty feet wide flows toward Lin guagolla, destroying two townships and the village of Boscorague. No casualties yet, but roads crowd with evacuees and plundered homes. Thick smoke and red glow fill the sky as Sicilians flee. Lava advances at about 2560 yards per hour, damaging fertile farms and vineyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capania
Mt. Etna
Hunt Field Selected as Emergency Landing Site
Emergency landing field at Hunt Field southwest of the city announced by the postal department. Deacon lights towers to be set three miles apart, with government workers to erect signs of activity indicating preparations for a major aviation event. C F Miller of Chicago toured the area to arrange beacon locations.
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C. F. Miller
Chicago
Minnesota Voters Cast Ballots for U. S. Senate Primary
Minnesota voters began a special primary to fill the late Knute Nelson’s Senate seat. Three candidates advance to July 16, with fourteen seeking votes across Republican and Farmer-Labor and Democratic lines. Gov Preus and Justice Hallman run strongest, while Carley has Democratic backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Johnson
Farmer-labor
J. A. Carley
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Marne
East
Mrs
Bula Croker
Wnday Ak
Wood
D. S Burkhart
Atlantic Ter
Farm Bureau Board
Dickingon County
Mark Beatrice
New York Bay
Biggiet
Simpson
HH. O. Breece
Bear Grove’ Township
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Shenandoah
D. M
Fuller Brush
Minnesota
U. S. Senate
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