Dairy Commissioner Wright Targets Butter Coloring Violators
Des Moines reports Dairy Commissioner Wright will pursue all parties violating the law against coloring artificial butter. After a Polk county court win against Armour, he plans immediate prosecutions even before the Supreme Court rules. He notes summer may reduce prosecutions as oleo use rises with heat.
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Wright
Armour
Des Moines
Armour Company
Polk County
Supreme Court
Marriage Commission Urged by Des Moines Ministers
Des Moines ministers debated a proposal by Rev. Henry Avery to create county marriage commissions of six physicians to approve marriages. Judge McVey urged reform addressing divorce and the state role in marriage, arguing lax laws harm the family and require moral and religious accountability.
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Des Moines
McVey
Iowa
Postoffice Robbed at Kossuth for $150 in stamps
A rough dressed man on a brown horse forced Postmaster Richard Hedges to turn over $150 from the Kossuth post office safe yesterday. The robber escaped, leaving the small village in excitement with little chance of capture.
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Kossuth
Mediaopolis
Richard Hedges
Here
Hedges
Armour Butterine Guilty in Iowa Color Case
Des Moines May 9 The jury found Armour guilty of violating the Iowa law against coloring artificial butter in a bold four hour trial The jurors rejected expert color disputes and held ivory tinted butterine unlawful The company plans to appeal to the state supreme court after a second trial previously ended in disagreement
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Iowa
Des Moines
Armour Butterine
Supreme Court
Iowa Fruit Prospects After May Reports
Secretary Wesley Greene reports May estimates show fruit crop prospects across Iowa at apples 82 percent pears 62 percent plums 58 percent cherries 59 percent peaches 40 percent grapes 67 percent currants 60 percent gooseberries 68 percent red raspberries 77 percent black raspberries 76 percent blackberries 81 percent strawberries 82 percent The southwest faced the heaviest frost damage while the northeast escaped with little injury and early growth hardened after a warm first week in April.
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Wesley Green
Des Moines
Wesley Greene
Iowa
Greene
Diavolo the Bicycle Aerialist Comes to Des Moines May 18
Diavolo, real name George Vandervoort, the only rider to loop the loop on a bicycle, performs with the Forepaugh-Sells circus. He has toured since 1901, briefly spent a winter in Berlin, and will appear at the big show in Des Moines on Monday May 18.
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Des Moines
Coney Island
New York
George M. Vandervoot
Adam Forepaugh
Sells Brothers
Berlin
Vandervoort
Diavolo
Man Killed by Switch Engine in Burlington Yards
John Peala, a stranger, was run over by a switch engine in the Burlington yards. His body was nearly cut in two and no identification or background is known. He stepped onto the track ahead of the engine and was instantly killed. It is unclear whether the death was accidental or intentional.
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Burlington
John Peala
Burglar Sentenced Fifteen Years in Ft Madigan
George S Burrier received a fifteen year penitentiary term at Ft Madigan for burglary. He was wanted in four states for similar crimes. The charge here involved burglarizing the residences of Dr. Hamilton and Ed Henle on February 28. Burrier confessed involvement in the Fay diamond robbery and the Gromsmar fur robbery in Clinton.
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Clinton
George S Burrier
Ft. Madigan
Burriers
Dr. Hamilton
Ed Henle
Barker
Results of the Postal Scandal Reform Enactments Confirmed
Washington May 12 An administration official outlines the scandal outcomes. A. W. Machen is permanently removed as superintendent of the free delivery division. George A. C. Christiancy resigns as assistant attorney general pending investigation. M. W. Tonis to be cleared for the division of post office supplies. No criminal actions planned. Beavers and Machen unlikely to return. Subordinates spared unless fraud proven. Department to reorganize salaries and free delivery. Louis found not to be a ring member.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
A. W. Machen
Free Delivery
George A. C. Christiancy
M. W. Tonis
Division of
Post Office Supplies
Rings
Machen
Beavers
Ring
Department of Salaries and Allowances
M. W. Louis
Roosevelt offers Holls as umpire in Venezuela claims
Washington May 12 President Roosevelt has tendered to Frederick W Holls of New York the position of umpire to settle Germany and Italy damage claims against Venezuela. Holls has the offer under consideration and has not yet decided.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Frederick W. Holls
New York
Germany
Italy
Venezuela
Bowen
United States
Mr. Holls
Great Britain
Hague
Holls
Cattle Plague Reports Trigger Quarantine Delay
The State Department informs the Agriculture Department of a new outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Argentina with an export ban. A separate outbreak is reported in Framington Massachusetts, delaying plans to lift the New England quarantine that officials had hoped to end.
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Washington
State Department
Department of Agriculture
Argentine Republic
Wilson
Framington
Mass
Department
New England
Secretary Brigham Stricken Ill in Ohio
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture J H Brigham is critically ill at his Ohio home with a grip illness. He traveled to St Louis with the Washington party and suffered a near collapse upon arrival, forcing his return to Ohio where recovery is uncertain.
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Brigham
Washington
J. H. Brigham
Ohio
St. Louis
Arkansas Monitor Arkansas Still Barred From Mississippi Run
Lieutenant Chester, commander of the Arkansas watch, reported from St. Genevieve that the monitor will likely not reach the Mississippi River until next spring unless an unexpected flood occurs, delaying its passage.
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Arkansas
Washington
Lieut
Chester
Navy Department
St. Genevieve
Mississippi
Political Arrests Increase in St. Petersburg May 12
In St. Petersburg political arrests are rising as police regularly visit the homes of students, schoolmasters, and authors. The pattern suggests intensified government scrutiny across the city.
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St. Petersburg
Jealousy over girls blamed for Oakford Hemlock murder spree
In Kokomo Indiana on May 12 authorities linked deadly violence between Oakford and Hemlock youths to jealousy over girls. Louis Yager, 33, of Oakford, was found shot dead in his buggy after leaving with his Hemlock sweetheart Myrtle Finley. Coroner reports cite two earlier failed ambush attempts and ongoing threats to Yager, a respected church and Sunday-school leader.
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Kokomo
Ind
Oakford
Hemlock
Louis Yager
Myrtle Finley
Yager
Harrison
Alfred Knapp Trial Set for June 16 in Hamilton
The Indianapolis “Bluebeard” Alfred A. Knapp faces trial in Hamilton on June 16 for choking his third wife Hannah Goddard Knapp and dumping her body in the river. He had confessed to strangling five women and children but now repudiates the statement, claiming police and reporters pressured him and that no positive evidence exists.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Alfred A. Knapp
Indianapolis
Bluebeard
Knapp
Hannah Goddard Knapp
Baseball results across leagues with various scores
American League games include Philadelphia 4 to Chicago 2 and New York 8 to Detroit 2. National League reports New York 9 over Brooklyn 1 and Cincinnati defeating Ortsburg 7. Other leagues show Indianapolis 11 to Columbus 3, Louisville 15 to Toledo 1, Joliet 7 to Bloomington 3, Rockford ts Cedar Rapids 2, and Terrebank 1 over Marion.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Clayvehind
Boston
New York
Detroit
St. Louis
Washington
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Ortsburg
Indianapolis
Columbus
Loouisville
Toledo
Joliet
Bloomington
Rockford
Cedar Rapids
Vwek Island
Decatur
Dayton
Wheeling
South Bend
Terrebank
Marion
Anderson
Evansville
Scott Wayne
Smuggling Upgrades in New York Jewels Trade
William H. Theobald, ex Treasury special agent, asserts that smuggling has risen to a peak, with a surge in precious stones and other contraband moving into the city.
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New York
William H. Theobald
Treasury Department
Blazing Oil Tank Explodes In Long Island City Refinery
A tank of crude oil exploded at a Long Island City refinery on May 12 spreading about 10,000 gallons of flaming petroleum along the riverfront and igniting a lighter.
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River
New York
Long Island City
Stasi River
Panama Bonus Offer Shocks Colombian Government
Panama Canal Company offers Colombia 12 million of its 40 million entitlement as talks on the canal revenue continue. The report comes from Panama on May 12.
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Panama
Colombia
Panama Canal Company
Co operative Knit Mill Seeks Union Support in Dover
Dover May 12. Knitting mill girls locked out by their employers have organized a cooperative knitting mill company and appealed to union men to subscribe for shares.
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Dover
N. J
Knitting Mill
Vatican Prefers an Envoy Over Direct Gift to Pope
Rome May 12 dissatisfaction at the Vatican as President Roosevelt did not send jubilee present by a special envoy but handed it to Cardinal Gibbons.
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Vatican
Rome
Roosevelt
Cardinal Gibbons
Oil Tank Explosion Triggers Panic and $10,000 Damage
An oil tank exploded in the Standard Oil yards at the foot of Tenth Street causing wild panic and about $10,000 in property damage.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Tenth Street
Austrian Doctor Says Premier Silvela’s Health Weak
Madrid May 12 Prof Leyden, renowned Austrian nerve specialist, has examined Premier Silvela and declares the premier’s heart and nervous system are very weak.
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Silvela
Madrid
Leyden
Woman Leaves Ministry for Cleveland Alderman
Des Moines reports the Rev. Marie H. Jenny has left the Unitarian ministry to marry Alderman F. C Howe of Cleveland, a political protege of Mayor Tom I. Johnson.
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Des Moines
Marie H. Jenny
F. C Howe
Cleveland
Accused of Forging Names in Washington Case
Frank M Barnett chief clerk of the bureau of ethnology was arrested in Washington on charges of forging the names of government officials to checks.
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Washington
Appeal in Merger Cage Supreme Court case filed transcript
The Northern Securities case has reached the Supreme Court of the United States as the transcript of the record on appeal has been filed.
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Cage
Washington
Northern Securities
Supreme Court of the United States
Explosion Link Sets Stage for Balkan Dynamite Ring
Police report a cache of dynamite traced to Salonica linked to a Greek conduit, with authorities noting a fortnight of unrest stemming from Greece as a wider plot unfolds involving Constantinople.
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Greece
Constantinople
Salonica
The Charges Against Paul In Acts Twenty Four
A Sunday School lesson outlines Paul’s trials before Felix in Caesarea. Charges include treason against Rome and blasphemy against Jewish religion, with Paul’s defense stressing worship of the same God and continuity with Jewish law. Felix delays judgment for two years while Paul remains imprisoned and discusses righteousness and the resurrection.
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Paul
Demosthenes
Temple
van Othesy
Jerusalem
Nazarenes
Vertullus
A. Ie
Cosarea
Felix
Ane
Paulwas
Ife
Melix
Cesarea
Drusilla
Tierod Agrippa I
Dieca
Flerod Agripps VV
Jesus Christ
God
Ian
Tie
Ielix
Prof
Ramsay
Tarsus
Idols Melted Down In Indian Mission Story
A Travancore native arrived with a sack of idols. The missionary notes the villagers had learned they no longer want them and suggests melting the idols down into a bell or similar ingot. The encounter highlights changing religious practices.
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Travancore
India
Literary Notes on Wee Macgreegor and More in May
The piece reviews Wee Macgreegor by J. J. B and related titles by Will N Harben and Irving Bacheller. It surveys Ethel A. Pennell’s Chaucer sketch, Hermann Klein on Adelina Patti, and new publications from Lothrop and Harper. It also notes May issues of McClure's Cosmopolitan and World’s Work with notable essays and illustrations.
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Wee Macgreegor
Bell
Little Macgreegor
J. M. Barrie
Helen
England
Harper & Bros., Publishers
New York
Will N. Harben
Abner Daniel
Westarfelt
George Buckley
George
Providence
Ethel A. Pennell
Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer
Edward II
Lionel
Adelina Patti
Hermann Klein
Patti
London Critic
Gounod
Romeo Et Juliette
de Reszke
Romeo
Patti Juliette
Craig-y-nos
Lothrop Publishing Company
Boston
Darrel
The
Blessded Isles
Irving Bacheller
D’ri
Simon Newcomb
May McClure
Minnesota
James J. Hill
F. N. Stacy
Emerson
George A. Gordon
Edwin A. Abbey
Shakespeare
Harper’s Magazine
Joseph Knight
Abbey
Gloucestershire
J. Henniker Heaton
M. P
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Della Pringle
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Blank
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F. W. Holls
Alfred Knapp
Robert Burns
Jean Armour
Persia
Egypt
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