02 Jul 1914
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Newspaper
Dakota City County Herald
Location
Dakota City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1914
Page
1
Salem Massachusetts endures a historic conflagration with the water supply failing and dynamite used in futile efforts to halt flames. Governor Walsh assumes militia control as about fifteen thousand people are left homeless, with vast property loss and unverified fatalities.
Washington reports the naval appropriation bill passes congress allowing sale of the battleships Idaho and Mississippi to Greece and using the proceeds to fund a new American super dreadnought. Other items note hotel fires in Manchester and a storm deaths in Friedrichshafen with ten bodies recovered and 25 missing. Laura Reilly travels from Los Angeles to kiss President Wilson in Washington.
The House voted 130 to 128 against a Senate amendment to the legislative appreciation bill authorising the purchase of automobiles for Vice President Marshall and Speaker Clark.
Eight men die in Philadelphia from oppressive heat with a 94 degree maximum. Among the dead is an electric light lineman who collapsed while working on a pole sixty feet high. The city faces a deadly heat wave with several workers affected.
Wisconsin storms kill eleven and injure dozens across multiple towns. Mosinee Green Lake Fond du Lac Appleton Oshkosh Milwaukee Sparta Tomah and Watertown report debris and heavy losses. Tornado impacts Watertown with 16 blocks hit and hundreds of buildings ruined. Trip from North Dakota to Wisconsin widens fatalities across the region.
News from New York states the H. B. Claflin company the bankrupt dry goods house owes about 36 million dollars. It comprises 2.8 million owed to manufacturers and dealers and 24 million on bank discount paper. Six stores in Brooklyn and elsewhere are in bankruptcy or receiverships. Authorities expect most liabilities to be settled through reorganizaton with dollar for dollar repayment, while bank fears fade as paper is spread across 4,000 banks.
Frank M. Ryan former president of the Structural Ironworkers union and 11 other pardoned prisoners begin serving the unexpired portions of their sentences on the new federal prison expansion at Leavenworth Kansas. Ryan greets Warden Thomas Morgan and the men are housed with their original numbers and cellmates.
The House approved the conference report on the naval appropriation bill. The Senate rejected a $7,000,000 Norfolk drydock amendment and accepted a House substitute on selling the battleships Idaho and Missouri to Greece. The president was authorized to sell the two ships and use the funds to build a new dreadnought.
Miss Belva Lockwood aged eighty four, the only woman to ever run for president of the United States, fell in her Washington law offices breaking her arm and dislocating her shoulder.
Ice wagon drivers in St Louis tied up four delivery companies serving about 12 000 customers by hitching a large red touring car to their wagons and forcing the halt of deliveries.
A lightning strike hit a building in Hagerstown Maryland on Thursday causing a fire that destroyed the Wind aor knitting mill early Friday. Losses were estimated at about 100000 dollars with fire officials scrambling to control the blaze.
Ty Cobb pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace after chasing a butcher named WI Carpenter with a revolver over an alleged insult to his wife. He was fined $60 in Detroit Michigan on June 27.
Villa forces capture Zacatecas after four days of fierce fighting with heavy losses on both sides. About 2,000 federals killed and 5,000 taken prisoner. General Barron’s 14,000-strong command largely defeated. Washington reports three US Huerta protocols signed for a provisional Mexican government and amnesty for foreigners.
Wheat harvest progresses across southern Nebraska counties with forecasts of 80 to 90 million bushels statewide by week end. Fields show high per acre yields up to 45 bushels, while northern Kansas reports rapid cutting and early threshing.
President Wilson declared the Administration will press forward with its anti trust program and seek to place the measures into law promising unparalleled prosperity. The speech to the Virginia Press association was watched closely by congressional circles as a decisive address to supporters and opponents alike.
A Yosemite Valley tourist train plunged 20 feet into the Merced River killing two passengers and the conductor. Sixteen people were injured, with twelve more hurt less severely as crews freed trapped riders in the dark in Merced California. Passengers, many visiting Yosemite, aided each other in the accident aftermath.
In Nottingham England on June 27 King George and Queen Mary escaped harm after a car narrowly avoided a police horse in a street incident. The royal party remained uninjured as the horse dashed aside and the car was bumped.
The Unit 1 States Steamship Dolphin sails from Key West headed for New York with Rear Admiral Fletcher and staff aboard. Fletcher will move on to Washington from New York.
The supreme court stayed the indeterminate sentence of one to ten years for Thoma J. Brown who stole seven cows valued at 210 dollars from Thomas Byron. An appeal citing error in jury instruction prompted the suspension.
Police report Harman secured a victory in the case against Mike Swantner of St Paul, a butcher charged with unsanitary and unlawful hog slaughter methods. Swantner pleaded policy on six counts and was fined $500. Inspectors Kemble and Mayo led the charge for the pure food department.
The county court jury could not reach a verdict in the Emerson rottingham Implement Co v Theodore Karr suit. Judge Risser discharged the jurors after hours of deliberation while a counterclaim for engine warranty brews. Women in Nebraska show strong interest in the pure food display at the new state fair. Deputy Mood Commissioner Harmon coordinates demonstrations on food manufacturing and consumer education. The agricultural exhibit space will host the food display with club women assisting.
The article describes black marine backgrounds for gay hats and two elaborate hats. One features a black hemp hat with knife-plaited marine and a bouquet of roses, laid on a wide bandeau with a rose wreath. The other uses maline and lace with forget me nots and a velvet rosette for a rakish summer look.
Women spend spring auto rides in adaptable hats blending silk and hemp braid with soft shapes. Descriptions feature two designs with braid brims and silk crowns, ribbons, and straps, plus washable chiffon options praised for easy care and lasting color.
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