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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1916
Page
1
A historical overview outlines Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall from early legal work to political rise. It notes Wilson’s New Jersey governorship era and nomination at the Baltimore convention, and Marshall’s Indiana governance campaign style and reform emphasis.
Eighteen 18 year old girls testified for the state to impeach Josephine Davis who said Marlon Lambert threatened suicide over Orpet's lost affection. Witnesses backed Lambert’s mother, noting her daughter was sunny and never indicated suicide, as the body was found near Lake Forest after her birthday party.
Harrisburg June 20 Vance C McCormick the newly named Democratic national committeeman received a telegram announcing his election to the chairmanship and said that he would accept He planned to confer with the president and party leaders within a short time and begin an aggressive campaign He had not yet set an appointment to see the president.
In Gulfport Mississippi a pistol fight between police and imported strikebreakers from Detroit left F C Trigga shot and killed during a coroner’s inquest. witnesses say police opened fire as officers pursued ten trainmen and ten guards from a passenger train. a fund was raised for relief.
Sioux City reports an Interstate Commerce Commission release shows railroads will post operating revenues of about 2.798 billion for the nine months ended April and anticipate roughly 3.36 billion for the year. Expenses total about 1.828 billion, leaving an estimated net income near 2.208 billion for the year.
Racine June 20 the social Democratic party of Wisconsin met in state convention and voted to drop Democratic from its name, adopting Socialist party as the official designation. Bragdon found guilty in Minneapolis district court of a crime against a minor girl by a jury, facing up to seven years in prison.
Ernest Acy, longtime English professor at a local high school and noted playwright, has died in Philadelphia Pennsylvania on June 20. He was a prominent literary figure in the community with a career spanning decades.
Chicago June 20 Search for William E. Kurtz son of a Nevada magnate continues after he vanished three days ago from the home of Carter A. Wood a dockyard official. Wood says Kurtz had about 600 and fears he may have been drugged and robbed.
Washington June 20 Senator Bor met for an hour with Charles Hughes to discuss campaign planning. The session included a review of party strategy and the role of the Republican chairman and other party officials in shaping the tours and messaging.
Lieutenant General Count Helmuth von Moltke died of shoplexy during mourning in the Reichstag for Field Marshal von der Goltz. Born May 23, 1848 in Gersdorf Mecklenburg, he became a cornet in 1869 and lieutenant in 1870, serving with distinction in the Franco Prussian War and earning the Iron Cross second class. He rose steadily and was chief of the general staff from February 16, 1904, until late 1914.
More than 2600 telegraphers and station agents on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul voted nearly unanimously to strike if the company refuses demands for shorter hours and higher pay. The Milwaukee system would be affected and another conference with general manager P C Hart was set for Monday in Chicago.
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