World At A Lange Best Of The News Items
Collection of brief items: Katmai eruption deaths in Alaska. desertions at Fort Riley. earth shocks in Columbia Augusta Savannah. Canada tobacco ban by Methodists. drowning and $400000 property loss near Buffalo Wyoming. Taft delegates and GOP moves. Iowa commencement 400 graduates. cement freight rates unchanged. Kansas U regents on fraternities. California delegates threaten bolt. Democratic convention staffing rush. mine superintendent fined. deadly train wreck near Dalton Georgia. will of L W Lewis filed. injunction against Midland Valley rail line. New York welcomes German battleships. Missouri river project stalled. three extinct volcanoes erupting in Alaska. grain company failure. orders for 5000 troops to Cuba. Chicago fire rescue injuries. San Quentin riot. Lorimer unseating vote. 200 boy scouts camp. politicians wives poker game. St Joseph to bar natural gas.
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Illinois
du Quoin
Katmai
Alaska
Fort Riley
Salina
Columbia
U S. C
Augusta
Savannah
Canada
Buffalo
Wyo
Republican Committee
Taft
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Middle West
Kansas Mills
Kansas State University Regents
California
Underwood
Pittsburg
Kan
Western & Atlantic
Dalton
L. W. Lewis
Emporia
Lyon County
Muskogee
Midland Valley Railroad
New York City
Germany
House
Senate
M. T. Shepherdson Grain Company
Sioux City
War Department
Cuba
Chicago
San Quentin
Cal
Lorimer
Central
Kansas
St. Joseph
Charities and Correction Conference in Cleveland
The thirty ninth annual conference of charities and correction is in session at Cleveland Ohio. An attempt to repeal the prohibitory clause of the Oklahoma state constitution will be made again. The senate votes to abolish the commerce court and only the president's signature is needed to end it. Heavy rains fall in northwest Kansas this week and a freight train collision in Coffeyville kills three and wounds one fatally. A rail arbitration board is appointed by Chief Justice White. A Santa Fe mail pouch is stolen at Emporia. Gold coinage resumes due to popular demand. Railroad shopmen vote to strike July 1 in sympathy with Harriman lines. A Chicago and Alton fast train derails near Bloomington with no deaths or serious injuries.
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Conference of Charities and Correction
Cleveland
Ohio
Oklahoma
Senate
Commerce Court
Kansas
Coffeyville
Kan
Eastern
White
Santa Fe
Emporia
Harriman Lines
Chicago & Alton
Bloomington
Ill
Notable deaths and wartime notices cross 1910s era headlines
Frederick Passy dies in Paris at 91 as peace advocate. Havana fears unrest prompt Admiral Osterhaus to bar shore leave for battleship crews. Italian fleet aims to seize Seames in the Aegean. Wilson recall requests rise in Mexico. UK labor unrest sparks cabinet session. France ship France crew strikes on departure. Sopwith and Hamel aviation results noted. Kimmerling killed in Mourmelon fall.
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Frederick Passy
Paris
Havana
Osterhaus
Aegean Sea
Seames
Henry Lane Wilson
Upohk
United Kingdom
Widespread Elections and Incidents Reported Across States
Personal changes include Dr. Frederick Walter and Dr. H G Dallas chosen to succeed on the Fulton asylum board. Theodore Roosevelt voiced support for woman suffrage via Judge Ben B Lindsey. Notable deaths and crimes span Otto Tosetti’s suicide, a teen’s fatal freight ride injury, a poisoning case in Mississippi, and a hotel owner killed in Oklahoma. Local dry vote in Higginsville plus a Wichita beer club raid and parole request for Abe Ruef.
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Frederick Walter
Perry
H. G. Dallas
Augusta
Wiseman
Magee
Fulton, Mo
Theodore Roosevelt
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
Otto Tosetti
Tosetti Brewing Company
Chicago
Roy O'’Laughlin
Wichita
Collie Dickey
Oshka
Miss
Walter A. Bixby
Springfield
T. CC. Peter
St. Louis
Vienna
J. L. Robinson
Caddo
Ray McGee
Robinson
Abe Ruef
San Francisco
San Quentin
Cal
Kirby Smith
Admiral Osterhaus
Havana
Higginsville
A. Welch
Leighton W. Hazlehurst, Jr
A. L. Welsh
Cole Park, Md
Alumni Gather at Missouri for Luncheon and Address
Five hundred alumni attended at the University of Missouri on Wednesday. After Kimbrough Stone of Kansas City spoke, a luncheon at the university dining club honored this year’s graduates with William R. Gentry of St. Louis as toastmaster. James Love, the 91 year old alumnus hoped to attend but could not. Love graduated 59 years ago in a class of 14 from a school enrollment of 114. The Rev. James Shannon was president. the faculty then numbered six. Hog cholera serum production at the state university in Columbia has surpassed demand, with daily output matching peak epidemic levels and stored for fall use.
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University of Missouri
Kimbrough Stone
Kansas City
University
William R. Gentry
St. Louis
James Love
Liberty
Love
James Shannon
Veterinary Department of
the State University At Columbia
Foreclosure Sale of Sedalia Street Railway Assets
E F Swinney of Kansas City as master under federal court sold the Sedalia Light and Traction property at public sale in Pettis county for 400000 dollars. The bundled assets include street railway electric lighting and power plant and Sedalia gas plant and franchises. A Spencer of Joplin for Henry I Doherty & Co will operate in the first mortgage bond holders interest.
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Solda Street Railway
E. F. Swinney
Kansas City
Sedalia Light and Traction Company
Federal Court
Pettis County Court House
Traction Company
Street Railway
Sedalia
E. Spencer
Joplin
Henry I. Doherty & Co
New York
Eads How Tours Missouri Pushing Unemployment Plan
J Eads How the millionaire hobo travels across Missouri promoting an initiative and referendum petition to amend the constitution to establish and maintain farms factories workshops roads highways and public works to employ the unemployed in dull seasons. He signed up hundreds at Higginsville and reports similar reception elsewhere.
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Eads How
Higginsville
J. Eads How
Missouri
City May Bar Natural Gas
The St. Joseph public utilities commission announced it will tackle the local gas situation next Saturday and may issue an order barring natural gas in St. Joseph. K. M. Mitchell, general manager of the St. Joseph Gas Company, has been cited to appear before the board at the Saturday meeting.
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St. Joseph
Fatally Hurt in Runaway at St. Joseph
Willie Stein, ten years old, was fatally injured in a runaway accident at St. Joseph. He rode a horse while leading another with a halter wrapped around his wrist as the red horse bolted after a piece of paper, dragging him for more than half a mile.
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Willie Stein
St. Joseph
Jordan Plans Farm Institute Tour in County Townships
M. Jordan, Pettis county agricultural manager, will spend two days in Blackwater township and one day in Longwood township conducting neighborhood farmers institutes, outlining cooperative farming methods and local agricultural programs.
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Jordan
M. Jordan
Pettis County
Bureau of Agriculture
Blackwater Township
Longwood Township
Deaf Graduates Hear Address at Fulton Commencement
The sixty first annual commencement of the Missouri school for the deaf held in Fulton featured Prof. George Melcher of Jefferson City delivering the address to the class. Diplomas were presented by Rabbi Louis Bernstein of St. Joseph, a member of the state board of charities and correction.
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Missouri School For the Deaf
Fulton
George Melcher
Jefferson City
Louis Bernstein
St. Joseph
Board of Chariies and Correction
Infant dies after gasoline ingestion near Joplin
Lawrence Combs aged 21 months drank gasoline mistaking it for medicine while visiting relatives near Joplin. He died three hours later. The child was in the care of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Combs and their hosts Mrs. Laura Lewis and others.
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Lawrence Combs
Charles Combs
Joplin
Mr. Comb
Laura Lewis
Lexington Man McGrew Dies in France
Funeral for Jules C. McGrew, who died in Nantes France on May 23, was held at his Lexington home. All local businesses closed for the funeral. McGrew was likely Lafayette county’s wealthiest resident.
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Lexington
France
Jules C. McGrew
Nantes
McGrew
Lafayette County
Higginaville Votes Dry by Clear Majority
Higginaville voters approved prohibition by a sizable margin of 66. The margin four years earlier stood at 189 in favor of dry rule. A parade of residents including women children babies and grandmothers marked the scene.
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Higginaville
Hay Barn Fire in East Nevada Causes Heavy Loss
A large hay barn and stock pens in East Nevada burned with damages estimated at 25000 dollars. A dozen hogs and one horse perished in the blaze and the fall of the building was partial.
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Nevada Mo
Nevada
Feud Ends in Mine Colony Hallmarked by Tragedy
In the Italian mining colony near Bevier Fan Bonatti shot Italo Bartolomaes three times as he emerged from the mine. Bonatti died soon after while the attacker turned killer in waiting. Bartolomaes perished from the wounds, ending a feud that had sparked a prior shooting with no injuries.
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Bevier
Fan Bonatti
Italo Bartolomaes
Bartolomaes
Lightning Strikes Gallatin Area Farm House. Children Escape
In Daviess County the Phillip G. Whitt farm home five miles south of Gallatin was struck by lightning during a storm and burned to the ground. Whitt and his wife were away. two small children inside were shocked but escaped unharmed. Loss estimated at 4,000 dollars.
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Daviess County
Phillip G. ‘Whitt
Gallatin
La Monte funds eight mile road district approved at special vote
The proposition to organize the La Monte special eight mile road district passed by 165 to 124. The district’s east boundary lies within a mile of Sedalia’s twelve mile district and the west boundary within a mile of the Johnson county line, creating an almost continuous road district from Sedalia to Johnson county.
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Lamonte
Sedalia
Johnson County
Drunken Altercation Ends in Double Tragedy at St Joseph
Charles Barton shot his wife after she upbraided him for drinking and then killed himself with two more shots. His wife died from the injuries. Barton also died from the pistol fire.
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St. Joseph Charles
Barton
Girl Burned in Barn Near Mount Zion Feared Fatal
Sadie Kline, daughter of Milton Kline, a farmer near Mount Zion, was playing with her four year old brother in a barn when a fire broke out. The boy alerted their father who could not enter. Sadie’s body was recovered from the ashes.
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Sadie Kline
Milton Kline
Mount Zion
Sadie
Road Boosters Stuck in Mud Causes Delays
Heavy rain mire shuts in 50 motor cars of the Hannibal St Joseph cross state highway party between Bucklin and Breckenridge. The good roads enthusiasts reach Chillicothe by train cart and buggy late at night after departing Hannibal with stops at Callie New Cambria and Bucklin.
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Hannibal
United Commercial Travelers Meet in Joplin Missouri
Three hundred United Commercial Travelers of Missouri gathered in Joplin for the state association annual convention. Among the first arrivals was a delegation of 75 members from Kansas City.
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Joplin
United Commercial Travelers of
Missouri
State Association
Kansas City
Wealthy Farmer's Death By His Own Action Found
Perry Elliott a 78 year old wealthy farmer living five miles west of Jacksonville was found hanged in his barn by his brother and sister. The death is classified as a suicide.
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Perry Elliott
Jacksonville
Found Dead in Road Near Rich Hill Farmer
The body of Frank Williams aged about 00 was found on a public road near Rich Hill, five miles from town. Three bullets pierced his left breast, and indications pointed to death by own action, suggesting a self-inflicted gunshot.
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Frank Williams
Rich Hill
Fatal Quarrel Over Work Ends in Stabbing
Rufus Pollard a building contractor stabbed P F Ray of Fairfield at Moberly during a quarrel over a saved board Ray is not expected to recover Pollard surrendered to police and awaits charges
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Rufus Pollard
P. F. Ray
Fairfield
Moberly
Ray
Pollard
Buck's Son Transferred to City Sanitarium
Stephen B. Buck was moved to the St. Louis city sanitarium after physicians, under whose observation he was pronounced insane. He is the sole surviving son of Charles W. Buck, founder of Buck's Stove and Range Company and a noted fortune collector.
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Buck
Stephen B. Buck
St. Louis
Charles W. Buck
Buck's Stove and Range Company
Trenton Club Secures 40 Miles for New Railroad Route
The Trenton Commercial Club has secured 40 miles of right of way for a railroad line from the new Gainsville coal fields through Trenton to Chillicothe, where it will join the Wabash, Burlington and Milwaukee lines.
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New
Trenton
Kirksville Votes To Stay Dry In Local Election
Kirksville voters maintain a dry status by a 67 vote margin in a local option election. The total ballots cast reach 1 405, about 200 more than the previous Kirkeville tally.
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Kirksville
Kirkeville
Taft Beats Roosevelt In Delegates Count In 1912 Race
The Republican national committee apportioned eight Roosevelt delegates and eighteen Taft delegates in Chicago. The panel settled disputes in North Carolina districts, clearing Roosevelt supporters there. Missouri contests were compromised, granting Roosevelt eight and Taft six delegates. Taft ends week with 159 delegates to Roosevelt's 13.
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Chicago
Illinois
Col
Roosevelt
Taft
Republican National Committee
North Carolina
Missouri
Hatfield McCoy feud ends nomination of Hatfield for governor
Bluefield West Virginia reports the Hatfield McCoy feud has ended as Dr J Hatfield cousin of Devil Anse Hatfield wins GOP governor nomination after receiving telegram endorsement from A J McCoy leader of the McCoy faction. The message wishes Hatfield success in November.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
West Virginia-Kentucky
Girl Law Student Wins Karnes Prize at Missouri
Miss Ethel Violet Kynaston of Mobery Mo won the Karnes prize for the best essay on legal ethics in the University of Missouri School of Law competition among more than 200 male students. The award, worth 50 dollars, is given by the late J V C Karnes of Kansas City. Kynaston is the school’s only girl.
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Columbia
Missouri
Ethel Violet Kynaston
Moberly
University of Missouri
Kynaston
Karnes
J. V. C. Karnes
Kansas City
Alfalfa Grows Taller Than Corn Stalks In Kansas Field
Cottonwood Falls Kansas reports unusually favorable alfalfa conditions this spring. J B Barrett cut alfalfa reaching four feet one inch, suggesting potential for larger plants if trends continue.
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Cottonwood Falls
Kansas
J. B. Barrett
Wyoming Floods Halt Rail Traffic Across State
Floods across Platt County forced the Colorado and Southern line to suspend traffic a few miles north of Cheyenne. Burlington Railway lines were washed out at Worland and Manderson in Big Horn County, disrupting service and travel plans.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Platt County
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Burlington
Worland and
Manderson
Big Horn County
Mrs Decker Angling for Congress in Colorado Race
Close friends of Mrs Sarah S Platt Decker former NFWC president say she has been assured nomination for Congress from Colorado's first district on any Roosevelt headed ticket.
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Decker
Congress
Denver
Colorado
Sarah S. Platt Decker
National Federation of Women’s Clubs
Col. Roosevelt
Farmers Propose New Party in Hepler
In Hepler Crawford county farmers and town citizens sign a petition urging Roosevelt and Bryan to form a unified progressive party. Thirty Republicans and Democrats back the drive as support grows for a new political banner.
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Hepler
Kansas
Chicago
Crawford County
Roosevelt
Bryan
Criminal to Neglect Skin and Hair Says Ad
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Ointment as essential for clear skin and healthy hair. It claims neglect causes disfiguration and pain and offers a postal sample and 32 page booklet from Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston.
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Dept. L. Boston
Thinking of Summer Travel Plans
The speaker considers England Norway and Scotland for a summer trip but leans toward Punk Beach as the likely destination. The brief reflects casual planning and preferences without firm commitments.
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England
Norway
Scotland
Reading Makes a Fullman and Wine Red Remedy
The fragment hints at proverbs on reading and wine, suggesting reading makes a full man and wine when red is uplifting. It presents a dated, aphoristic style reminiscent of 18th century proverbs.
McCanless Held for Trial in Lincoln County Case
W. W. McCanless former county attorney of Lincoln county who resigned amid rumors and was later arrested for allegedly attacking 16 year old Iva Jameson appeared at a preliminary hearing. He was bound over to the November term of the district court in $1 000 bond.
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McCanless
Lincoln Center
Kansas
W. W. McCanless
Lincoln County
Iva Jameson
Officer Shot at Striker Clash in Perth Amboy
Deputy sheriffs and American Smelting and Refining Company strikers clashed again in Perth Amboy New Jersey. Officers say they fired into the air but one striker was wounded during the confrontation.
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Perth Amboy
New Jersey
American Smelting and Refining Company
German Cruisers Begin Home Voyage from New York
German cruisers Moltke Stettin and Bremen left New York Harbor after a Sunday anchorage in the Hudron. Moltke and Stettin head for Kiel while Bremen sails elsewhere bound for a German port.
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New York
N. Y
Hudron
Moltke
Stettin
Bremen
Kiel
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