Best of the News Interesting Items Gathered
Condensed international domestic items note Denver police chief Felix O Neill closing forty two poker games. Regents in Dubuque train regiments near Des Moines while Topeka youths sue Washburn over caps. Rainmakers in San Angelo hire to dynamite clouds for three thousand dollars. Kansas graduates, unions, courts, politics and sports appear across multiple cities and universities with varied incidents and actions.
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Denver
Felix O'Neill
United States
Dubuque
Topeka
Washburn College
San Angelo
Tex
Kansas
Missouri
Kansas University
Lawrence
Newark
N. J
Hannibal-St. Joseph
Bucklin
Breckenridge
Manhattan
Kan
John Booth
Roosevelt
New Jersey
Colorado
Arizona Senate
Kansas State University
University of Oklahoma
Whitesburg
Covington
Stewart Iron Works Co
K. C. Southern
Frisco
Missouri Pacific
Berry
Southern Missour
Peoria
Ill
C. & A. Railway
San Diego
California
House Judiciary Committee
Beef Trust
Washington, D. C
New
Two Oregon Men Seek Pardons in Land Fraud Case
Two more men convicted of land frauds in Oregon petition President Taft for clemency claiming unfair prosecutorial methods. Separately, Swift Armour Morris and National packing companies named defendants in an Arkansas anti trust suit brought by the state seeking penalties totaling 312000 dollars.
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Oregon
Taft
Swift, Armour, Morris and National Packing Companies
Arkansas
Global and domestic briefs from 1910s era dispatches
Reports include arrests of Americans in Juarez, four U S battleships sent to Guantanamo, a German duel sentence, William II thanking Taft, wireless presence at a London conference, and a Turkey fire in Stamboul. Also mentions rail and tech contracts in China, aviation deaths in Germany, U S marine talk, clock reform in France, and various US political and crime items.
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Orozco
U. S
Juarez
Cruz Ortiz
Key West
Guantanamo
Cuba
Breuning
Lieut
Springer
Rastatt
Germany
William of
Taft
Hampton Roads
United States
London
Stamboul
Akhir Kapusi
Turkey
China
Albert Buchstaetter
Bremen
Gomez
France
Ungava
Quebec
Kirk Mansker
Blaine
John Decker
Mansker
Missouri Phone Girls Win Raise and Holiday
In Springfield 50 central phone operators won a raise and a monthly holiday after submitting a petition to telephone managers. After two days of talks all demands were met and working conditions improved. In other Missouri news lightning killed two in Ludlow, and missing Sedalia man Edward Ellison was traced to Derlaw Illinois after text dispatches prompted his wife to be notified.
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Springfield
Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company
Sedalia
Edward 0. Ellison
Cooper County
Derlaw, Ill
Ellison
Macon Good Roads Group Organizes to Improve Roads
In Macon the newly formed Good Roads association gathers business men doctors and editors to boost road improvement. Members pledge financial support or manual labor digging and repairing as needed to advance the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Good Road Association
Macon Good Roads Association
No Courthouse for Barry Bond Defeated in County Seat Feud
The long feud between Cassville and Monett over Barry County's seat ends with a fourth defeat of a $40,000 bond to build a Cassville courthouse. Monett voters opposed it while outside areas favored the measure.
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Barry
Cassville
Monett
Barry County
County Court Approves $2,000 for Rock Road Near Brookfield
Linn county court funds $2,000 toward a mile of rock road to be built with private gifts on the Hannibal St Joseph cross state highway known as The Prairie Route near Brookfield.
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Linn County
Brookfield
Hannibal-St. Joseph
Missouri geologists to spend summer in Wyoming camp
Prof. and Mrs. W. A. Tarr of the University of Missouri geology department will lead eight students on a geology trip to Wyoming. Six of the students are young women, marking the first time women join university geological expeditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
W. A. Tarr
Geology Department
University of Missouri
Missing Mother and Daughter In Birch Tree Case
Mrs Elizabeth Bockman, 50, of Birch Tree disappeared after reportedly traveling to Springfield on May 14 to visit sister Mrs George Whittaker. She was accompanied by her 17 year old daughter. Authorities seek information.
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George S. Nixon
Nevada
Washington
Champ Clark
Idaho
Bernice Godair
C.H. Bonner
San Francisco
Harvey W.wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Boston Board of Health
Springfield
Ida Earnhardt
Mary Lowman
Oskaloosa
Kan
Stephen B. Buck
St. Louis
Elizabeth Bockman
Birch Tree
George Whittaker
Bockman
Richmond man struck by freight on Milwaukee tracks
Richard Bohanan, 73, of Richmond, was killed on the Milwaukee tracks near Lawson. He was walking eight miles toward Excelsior Springs after missing a train when a southbound freight train struck him.
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Richard Bohanan
Richmond
Milwaukee
Lawson
Bohanan
Excelsior Springs
Plattsburg Rock Road Effort Extends Toward Gower
Local groups form to build a rock road from Cameron via Turney Lathrop and Plattsburg to Gower, intending to connect with the proposed state road from Kansas City to St. Joseph. The project links multiple towns to a regional transportation plan.
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Plattsburg
Cameron
Turney and Lathrop
Gower
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Hand Lotion Poison Case Upheld by Springfield Court
The Springfield court of appeals affirmed a $750 judgment against A. Y. Rossa, a local druggist, in favor of Miss Jennie Kelley for being poisoned by a hand lotion. The ruling sustains the lower court decision and names miss kelley as plaintiff.
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Springfield Court of Appeals
Jennie Kelley
A. Y. Rossa Springfield
Hannibal River Tragedy Ends with Final Recovery
The bodies of Mary Dorothy Kirtley eight and Crandall King seventeen were recovered as the last two victims of a fishing party four drowned in the Missouri river at Hannibal. King was found about a half mile from the tragedy site while the child was found five miles south of Louisiana.
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Hannibal
Mary Dorothy Kirtley
Crandall King
Missouri
King
Louisiana
Cow Kicks Hat Pin Wound At Monroe City
Mrs. Bessie Carroll a widow living seven miles west of Monroe City fractured both bones of her right arm when a cow kicked during milking after a 14 inch hat pin pierced the cow's side and startled it.
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Bessie Carroll
Monroe City
Pilgrims Gather at Pertle Springs Warrensburg
Trains discharge pilgrims at Warrensburg as more than 3000 devotees of the Millennial Dawn movement known as the International Bible Students association gather at Pertle Springs for a religious assembly.
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Warrensburg
International Bible Students’, Association
Pertle Springs
Missouri Drummers Hold Sedalia Convention Parade
Mayor Fred L. Lidermann welcomed 300 members of the Missouri State Drummers Association to the seventh annual convention in Sedalia. Delegates toured the city by motor cars and enjoyed a nighttime reception.
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Sedalia
Fred L. Lidermann
Missouri State Drummers’ Association
Doctor Magee Trial Set for July 8
The trial of Dr. R. F. Magee, staff physician at Fulton State Hospital, on a charge of criminal assault against an insane patient, has been scheduled for July 8. The case involves alleged misconduct during treatment at the Fulton facility.
Four Crown Drowns Crossing Mississippi River
O. T. Kirtley, proprietor of a St. Joseph printing office, his wife, and four year old daughter, along with Crandall King, Hannibal high school senior, drowned when a skiff they rode to cross the Mississippi was swept by a current under barges at the levee while planning a day of fishing.
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St. Joseph
O. T. Kirtley
Crandall King
Hannibal High School
Mississippi River
Jones Memorial Building Planned at William Woods College
Alumni association at William Woods College Fulton forms a movement to raise a $40,000 academic building and gymnasium in memory of the late Rev. J. B. Jones former college president. The proposed name is the J. B. Jones Memorial.
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William Woods College
Fulton
J. B. Jones
The
College Alumni Association
Romance faded couple stirs talk of affinities in humorous exchange
Congressman Jim Mann overhears a newlywed couple in a train car. The woman dreams of a grand affinity praising beauty while the husband finds it a lie. The exchange ends with a punchline about wanting a plain liar.
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Jim Mann
Chicago
Mack
National Monthly
Mann
Springfield man refuses to sign release papers
For the sixth time A. L. Elliott a Springfield business man who has finished serving a forgery fine refused to sign the official jail papers declaring him insolvent. Criminal Judge Page ordered the prisoner returned to his cell before finally releasing him.
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A. L. Elliott
Springfield
Page
Steers Bring 9.30 At Kansas City Carlot Trade
A carload of steers weighing 1431 pounds from Dennis O Connor's Plattsburg feed lots sold at Kansas City for 9.30. Two carloads of yearling steers from Bean Johnson feed lots at Lindsburg Kansas weighing 1246 pounds also brought 9.30.
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Dennis O'Connor
Plattsburg
Kansas City
Bean & Johnson
Lindsburg
Kan
Bridge Worker Convicted of Manslaughter at Polk County
Herschel Fenny, a bridge worker, was convicted of manslaughter in Polk county circuit court at Boliver. The jury fined him $100 after he shot and killed John McKenzie at Polk town last March. Both men worked on a bridge and quarrelled over a neighborhood woman.
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Slayer
Herschel Fenny
Polk County
Boliver
Fenny
John McKenzie
Polktown
Fox Hunt At Elk Lick Springs Draws Large Crowd
Central Missouri Fox and Wolf Hunters association held its annual meeting near 1200 people attended on Women’s Day. A chase occurred with four foxes run but all escaped. Several women took part in the pursuit.
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Elk Lick Springs
Central Missouri
Fox and Wolf Hunters’ Association
Cornerstone Laid for St Marys Church in Glasgow
The cornerstone of the new St Marys church in Glasgow was laid by O J S Hoag and W G of St Louis with visiting clergy assistance. A large crowd attended the ceremony. The church is expected to cost 30000 dollars upon completion.
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St. Mary’s Church
Glasgow
O. J. S. Hoag
W. G
St. Louis
Berry Fields Rush At Springfield See Big Strawberry Traffic
Rush on in Berry Fields as the Frisco railroad ships over 300 cars of strawberries at Springfield in the first three days of the week. Shipments from one to 20 cars daily at various stations and hopes rise for even more next week. Sarcoxie Monette Chadwick Marionville Neosho and nearby points west of Springfield report large crops this season.
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Springfield
Frisco Railroad
Sarcoxie
Monette
Chadwick
Marionville
Neosho
Buried Treasure Found Near Glasgow Farm
Judge Henry Sartin of Rock Springs unearthed a Civil War era treasure of 6676 dollars buried about five miles south of Glasgow on Isaac Stanley’s farm near an old chimney. The discovery adds a notable historical loot to regional lore.
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Isaac Stanley
Glasgow
Henry Sartin
Rock Springs
Bakers Pick St. Joseph For 1913 Convention
The Master Bakers Association of Missouri ended its Springfield convention with officer elections and chose St. Joseph as host city for the 1913 gathering.
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Bakers Select
St. Joseph
Master Bakers’ Association of Missouri
Springfield
Insane Tramp Captured After Railroad Yard Escapade
Walter Rogers of Clarinda Iowa an insane tramp is arrested at Maryville after opening switches in railroad yards Iowa authorities refuse to take him back He has been confined in 18 hospitals in recent years
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Walter Rogers
Clarinda
Maryville
Iowa
Tarkio College Commencement June 6 Address by Governor Hadley
Tarkio college plans commencement on June 6 with Governor Hadley delivering the address. The program also includes a performance of The Taming of the Shrew by a college group.
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Tarkio
Tarkio College
Hadley
Preservation Drive for Frankfort's Little Red Brick
A movement in Frankfort Kentucky aims to save the 98 year old little red brick building on the State House square. Built 98 years ago it hosted Daniel Boone during visits and would reach a century in two years if preserved as the oldest state building.
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Frankfort
State House Square
Daniel Boone
Atchison Man Skips Ball Game Without Pass
An Atchison man is so economical he won't attend a ball game unless he receives a pass to a double header, per the Atchison Globe.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
Postum touted as cure for bilious temperament and malaria
A Fort Worth man credits Postum with curing his coffee induced biliousness and malaria after swapping coffee for the beverage. He claims weight gain and improved health since stopping coffee and drinking Postum, asserting no medicines used. The ad signed by the Battle Creek, Michigan firm Co. markets Postum as healthier than coffee.
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Ft. Worthman
Battle Creek
Mich
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Methodist University of Oklahoma
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R. B. Peery
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Lincoln County
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Arnold
Graham
Babe P. Waggener
Rochester
Minn
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Archbald
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Plainfield
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BE. H. Harriman
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Tulsa
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Ludlow
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Frank Cape
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