30 May 1913
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Newspaper
Dakota City County Herald
Location
Dakota City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1913
Page
1
President Wilton condemns lobbyists and letter writing campaigns aimed at altering the tariff bill. He calls for relief from the burden on government and asserts support for the Underwood bill in nearly its original form. He distinguishes legitimate business interest from disreputable pressure tactics.
Washington May 28 The Supreme Court ruled five to four that patent owners do not have a right to set resale prices for sold articles including nerve tonics safety razors and talking machines. The decision, read by Justice Day, limits patent law to exclusive rights over the article itself, not price control.
Mrs Martha Leiberman and her adopted daughter Lil Ian Jacobs aged nineteen months perished in a fire that destroyed the Leiberman residence in Cicero west of Chicago on Monday.
In Toledo on Monday a man identifying as James Evans of Chicago robbed the Northern National Bank with a bent umbrella rib taking two rolls of bills. Evans was captured soon after the hold up.
Shanghai May 25 Gen Hew Pao Ban was killed by a bomb Monday while opening a box he believed held porcelain. A servant also died instantly.
In Long Beach California 35 people, mostly women, die as a double deck pier collapses during a British Empire Day event. About 50 others are seriously injured as crowds plunge into the tide and chaos erupts on the lower deck and surrounding areas. Panic and trampling add to the disaster as emergency crews respond.
May 23 A bomb exploded at the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh injuring the second car and destroying instruments. Suffragettes suspected.
Richard Lindsay, alleged Chicago resident, arrested in Philadelphia by secret service for sending annoying letters to President Wilson. Authorities say the case involves mail threats and harassment aimed at the president.
News records the moment when two steam shovels met in Culebra Cut marking the Panama canal grade connection from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The event occurred Saturday with one shovel working from the west and the other from the east.
Theodore Roosevelt will take the stand in Marquette Michigan in a libel suit against editor George Newett over accusations of drunkenness. A jury of miners, teamsters and farmers was sworn, with Roosevelt observing as lawyers questioned potential jurors about bias and influence.
Calgary May 27 Luther McCarty world white heavyweight champion took the count from referee Edward Smith of Chicago at the end of a ten round bout with Arthur Pelkey and died eight minutes later from a heart region blow.
The contempt case of Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor with John Mitchell vice president and John Morrison secretary was appealed to the United States Supreme Court on Saturday in Washington.
Dallas May 27 A wealthy capitalist J A Clopton was acquitted of the murder of J L White an official of a trust company Believing White was about to attack him Clopton testified he fired in self defense leading to the acquittal.
Captain Hoald Amundsen, explorer, will carry 4500 cans of soup on his next Arctic expedition. The gift comes from an eastern soup manufacturer.
King George praises peace at luncheon amid royal wedding in Berlin. Princess Victoria Louise, daughter of Kaiser, marries Prince Ernest of Cumberland. Ceremony unites houses Hohenzollern and Guelph, gifts estimated near 4 million dollars, Ernest made duke of Brunswick and grand duke of Luneburg.
Five minutes after a trivial quarrel between Marion Henry and John Law began on a Saturday, both were hurt and two men died with four others seriously wounded. A brother killed a brother and a son wounded the father. Most participants were well known locally.
Six people were killed and several more injured when a train on the Chesapeake and Ohio line was swept down a mountain slope by a landslide near Houghton West Virginia. Pope Pius X is fully recovered and back to normal health after illness. he resumed audiences at the Vatican.
Vance Faught nineteen year old member of the Cozad high school baseball team died here Saturday from a blow behind the ear during a game. The accident happened during the local game. He was a student and athlete at the high school.
Thayer county rainfall totals. Commencement address at Clay Center by View Chancellor Schreckengast. Newman Grove High School sees largest graduation. Newspaper edits shift to semiweekly. Wheat crop forecasted to reach record highs. Death of Joel Reid in Clay Center. A W Hershey killed by machinery at Bloomfield. Falls City depot project. Owen Howell burned by live wire at Auburn. State Poultry Association set Grand Island show. J H Ream enlarging Dakota City Record building. Dan Hiner to Lincoln sanitarium. Elmwood hospital quarantined for smallpox. Dr Liston child contracts disease from nurse. Jefferson County Sunday School convention in Farbury. Lt Col Waldo Ayres inspects National Guard HQ. North Loup slot machine nuisance abated. Eagles convention planned for Heatrice. Hansen child drowns in stock tank. Insects in wheat near Fremont alarm. Pickerel Cortland fans want motor car to Lincoln for games. Steinhaur injured in bike collision. Dempster works for pure water at Zimmerman Springs. State Railway Commission raises salaries. Utroten Row forms public service club. Wall and Gerdes oversee electric plant installation in Heatrice. Kreintbers discovers he remains German subject. Lt Test ordered to report to Bert Crook. FreMont graduating class caps limit on frocks. Grand Island Cozad game fatal injury to Paueht. Edward A Brown dies in Oskaloosa. survived by Belle Swellera. M W A insurgents plan HQs in Hastoga. several directors elected in North Platte. Pure food dept busy with fruit dealers. decayed pineapple fined.
A Maryland inventor patents a hands free umbrella support for letter carriers. Buckles under the armpits grip a central plate to hold the umbrella a strap around the waist secures the handle enabling the user to keep both hands free while staying protected in rain.
Experiments in Germany tested a rifle fired projectile with wings that open in flight. The device pierces a gas envelope then tears fabric to create a larger hole and ignites fulminate on impact. Tests reportedly showed encouraging results.
A Missouri inventor created a cooling apparatus enveloping the entire body to treat fever. Long rubber pipes extend from the patient’s head to feet and around the neck while a liquid circulates back to a tank on a chair, with ice water as the likely cooling agent.
Convenience for Autolats gasoline supply stations offer fuel via a slot to motorists, enabling drivers to obtain gasoline when a vehicle is parked at a roadside unit.
A German scientist claims success curing cancer in lower animals by injections of blood solutions containing salts of tellurium and selenium. The report notes the procedure affected treated animals, presenting a potential breakthrough under discussion by experts.
A British columnist summarized a Detroit Free Press piece on laughter detailing how throat and facial arteries divert blood to the brain and tear glands. It explains tears as blood liquid, the effort of laughter, and relief of brain congestion, noting similar effects in grief.
An article notes a new military bicycle design with an iron shield protecting the rider’s lower legs from rifle fire while in motion. The rider leans over the handlebars, reducing exposure to upper body shots during rapid movement.
A compilation of brief items: a Japanese inventor creates a combined tricycle and jinricksha. a New York inventor develops a typewriter operated by the human voice. a Frenchman flies with flap wing aeronautics. grim health notes claim paralysis germs reach the brain via the nose.
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