Two Iowa Towns Under Water in Mississippi Flood
Pisgah and Moorhead Iowa submerged as Soldier River swells to three to five miles wide. Water breaches 50 miles of valley flooding thousands of acres and destroying crops. stores abandoned in Pisgah. Across Montana seven drowned as Missouri River floods claim victims. Northern Pacific and Great Northern service disrupted. Topeka flood relief expected as Kaw and Missouri rivers are forecast to fall.
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Pisgah
Iowa
Soldier River
Missouri
Soldier
Moorhead
Montana
Helena
Mont
Here
Sunnyside Ranch
Craig
Great Northern
St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Hellgate
Garrison
Missoula
Kalispell
Kansas
Kansas City
Kaw Valley
Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kaw
Crawford Leads in South Dakota Republican Primary
Sioux Falls June 1 Returns from the Republican primary indicate Gov. Doc S. Crawford likely wins the U S Senate nomination over incumbent A R Kittredge by about 8000 votes. W G Vacsey of Watertown appears Crawford’s governor nominee, Burke and Martin favored for Congress. Black Hills counties still awaiting returns.
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Kittredge
Sioux Falls
Doc S. Crawford
United States
A. R. Kittredge
W. G. Vacsey
Watertown
Crawford
Burke
Martin
Congress
Black Hills
Wealthy Minnesota businessman dies in buggy during grief
Rushford Minnesota June 11 Petey Miller a wealthy Southern Minnesota financier and stockman died yesterday in his buggy while en route to West Union Iowa The passing farmer found his body Officials say death was due to apoplexy likely caused by grief over his wife s sudden death from heart disease The couple had recently lost the wife to heart trouble
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Minnesota
Rushford
Minn
West Union
Iowa
Petey Miller
Boy Shot Dead in Wisconsin Playmate's Gun Check
In Black River Falls Wisconsin on June 11 eleven year old Floyd Sprester the son of Mr and Mrs John Sprester was shot and instantly killed while he and a playmate examined a gun.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Floyd
John Sprester
Murderous Assault in Pepin Gin Seven
Gunner Frederickson attacked Herman Lobitz at Porcupine near Pepin Wisconsin. Lobitz is in serious condition and Frederickson was arrested and jailed.
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Pepin
Wis
Frederickson
Herman Lobitz
Porcupine
Lobitz
Detroit man kills self in Chicago hotel room
R A Gormley a 35 year old resident of Detroit Michigan killed himself in his hotel room at the Auditorium Annex in Chicago yesterday afternoon. No reason could be given by hotel staff for the act.
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Kills Self
Chicago
R. A. Gormley
Detroit
Mich
Auditorium Annex
Woods Fined 2500 Each in Edwards Company Case
In St Paul on June 10 George W Wood Lewin A Wood and Forest B Wood pled guilty before Judge Page Morris to conspiracy to defraud via the Edwards company. Each was fined 2500 and paid. The other counts were nolled and the Wood brothers were released as free men.
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St. Paul
Geoger W. Wood
Lewin A. Wood
Forest B. Wood
Page Morris
Edwards Company
John F. Stryker
Stryker
Morris
Wood Brothers
Wisconsin Grain and Stock Company
Woods
Wood Brothers Et al
Clinton B. Pheps
United States
Charles C. Houpt
George W. Wood
Martin P. Quigley
Bruce Tuttle
A. W. Brown
George Wood
Tramp Strikes Woman in Little Falls Second Outrage
In Little Falls Minnesota a tramp attacked Mrs Todwin after posing as a chimney cleaner. Police found a camp of about a dozen tramps near town and arrested ten. two escaped. The assaulted woman, Mrs Todwin, received no identification of the assailant from the arrested group.
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Little Falls
Minn
Todwin
Mya
Todsha
Chetek Man Rescues Drowning Farmer Under Water
H R Mc Intyre of Chetek earns Carnegie medal for heroic rescue of Theodore Olsen. He leaped twenty feet from a bridge and dived fifteen feet underwater to reach Olsen, who sank a third time but was brought to the surface and revived after resuscitation efforts.
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Chetek
Minn
H. R. McIntyre
Theodore Olsen
Olsen
TANNERY 8 BURNED IN OWATONNA MONTANA?
A fire destroyed most of Adolph Uber’s sheepskin tannery in Owatonna Minnesota. The shop was valued at 10 000 with 2 500 total insurance after a 2 000 policy lapsed. Cause is undetermined and rebuilding is planned.
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Owatonna
Minn
Adolph Uber
Iowa Mob Seeks Lives of Two Men
A mob in Smithland Iowa attempted to lynch W R Brown hotel owner age 45 and Albert Cromwell age 23 after a 50 mile cross country chase ending near Correctionville. They were protected by officers and moved to Sioux City as the Clark girl aged 13 remains critically ill from alleged mistreatment.
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Iowa
Sioux City
Smithland
W. R. Brown
Albert Cromwell
Brown
Effie Clark
W. E. Clark
Clark
Cromwell
George Davis
F. Nolan
Correctionville
Man acquitted after six months in jail in grocery burglary case
John Pallwoda, after six months in jail awaiting trial in La Crosse Wisconsin, was found not guilty of burglarizing Chris Schmidt's store. Relatives testified the groceries in Pallwoda’s home were purchased for him due to illness. Police found the goods in a crude shrine with crucifix candles and other desecration-related items.
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la Crosse
Wis
John Pallnoda
Chris Schmidt
Pallwoda
Last Dive Ends in Death near Billings
Frank McCormick twenty six a well known Montana man drowned in the Yellowstone River near his father's farm after being overcome by a cramp during a final dive. Eight companions witnessed the tragedy as he disappeared beneath the cold current and did not surface.
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Montana
Billings
Mont
Yellowstone
Frank McCormick
McCormick
Knud Knudsen Lilledal
Vikedal
Knud
Squaw Resists Arrest as Sioux Warrior Fined in South Dakota
Sioux Falls news reports Marshal Crowley trying to arrest a liquor crazed Sioux warrior at Geddes. He was bitten on the hand by the warrior's wife who was also arrested. The woman paid a $50 fine and the husband $10.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Marshal Crowley
Geddes
Jury verdict holds ex husband for Minnie Grunert death
In Appleton Wisconsin on June 10 the jury in the Minnie Grunert inquest found she was killed by blunt force to the head and strangled with a rope tied to a hook in a closet. They recommended holding Paul Krause the former husband for the crime.
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Appleton, Wis
Minnie Grunert
Paul Krause
Chicago Youth Seeks Ranch Life in Montana Adventure
Fourteen year old Ted Smith of Chicago rides train to Glendive Montana seeking work on a ranch. He dismisses pay, dreams of broncos and six shooters, travels with limited money, critics dining car charges, then meets Charlie Root who agrees to take him to a ranch to learn riding and bronco busting.
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Chicago
Tet Smith
Glendive
Bronco Buster
Dearborn
Fifth Avenue
Indiana
Montana
Ted
St. Paul
Tim
Fowler
Charlie Root
Shelton & Ryan
Supreme Court ends local injunction against labor unions
In a unanimous ruling the Montana Supreme Court dissolves an injunction against the Montana Federation of Labor and others restraining interference with Lindsay & Co. The decision says unions may boycott without illegal means, effectively ending state injunctions against labor unions except by federal courts. The ruling cautions firms cannot claim a property right in patronage.
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District Court of
Yellowstone County
Montana Federation of Labor
Lindsay & Co
Helena
Billings
District Court
Supreme Court
Missing Girl Drowned Near Billings River
The body of Grece Swartz six teen year old daughter of rancher John Swartz was found in the Yellowstone river west of Billings last week. She disappeared Wednesday evening and a search proved unavailing. George Danford found the body while rowing across the river and took it to the bank. It is not known if she died by her own action or fell from the bank into the stream.
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Grece Swartz
John Swartz
Billings
Yellowstone River
George Danford
Helena City Ordinance Bans Noncitizen Employment
The Helena city government announces a new ordinance prohibiting hiring of noncitizens in all departments. The move follows a request from the State Federation of Labor and allies of organized labor. Citizens only will be employed.
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Helena
State Federation of Labor
Nordic notes on culture royalty and public welfare
A roundup from the Nordic region notes plans to place a bust of painter Adolph Tiedeman in Mandal, long service milestones for Olaf Amundsen the dentist, and honors for Ole Bride’s life saving boat. It reports royal visits to Christiania, Danish and Swedish events, rat extermination in Denmark, Sverdrup memorial efforts in Norway, and Danish savings banks and cultural associations.
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Adolph Tiedeman
Mandal
Ole Bride
Aalesund
Atlantic
Norwicy
Prince Wilhelm Named Lieutenant in Russian Navy
Prince Wilhelm receives a lieutenant title a la sulte in the Russian marine. King Oscar and Queen Sofia's jubilee fund totals 221516 crowns at year's start. The new court of justice will have seven members with salaries of 13000 crowns yearly.
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Prince Wilhelm
The
Russian Marine
Oscar
Sofia
Court of Justice
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News of the Northwest
Hero
SQUAW
Appleton
Montana News
Broncos
Montana Supreme Court
Helena City
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Martin W,odland
Olaf Amundsen
Aulie School
Udnes
Amund Nilsen
M. William Barbey
Switzerland
Bergen Museum
M. Echreiche
Christiania
Aftenposten
Edward
Alexandra
Prince of Wales
Duke of Fife
Alexandrine
Marcus Nilsen
Frederickshald
Nilsen
Denmrk
Oslo
Ulriksdal
Agricultural Department
Stockholm
Henri Dunant
Dunant
Gustaf
Nicoolas
Aaland Islands
Berlin
Frederick
Vienna
Emperor Franz Joseph
Austria
Sanderskog
Esbjerg
Tuxen
Zuschlag
Copenhagen
Johan Sverdrup
Nerzes Ungdomslag
Young People’s Association of Norway
Bendeungdomslas
Peasants’ Young People’s Association
Sverdrup
J. Levland
J. Liestel
A. Berge
Iver Tyeiten
Jon Schele
Sverdup
Axel Olrik
Vikuben
Fyns Stift
Peasant Bank of Zealand
Lolland’s Loan and Savings Bank
Danish Laborers’ Bank
Aalborg Bank
Ranft
Royal Theater
Continent
Drottingholm
London
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