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World News Roundup Mixed with Local Crises
A Grennell banker Henry Spencer and his son Clarke drown in Arboriglie, while the steamer Ventura carries 1,000,000 in gold from Sydney to San Francisco. Elks elect Fred C. Robinson as grand exalted secretary by a slim margin and set Buffalo for the next reunion.
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Henry C. Spencer
Grennell
Clarke H. Spencer
Arboriglie
Ventura
Sydney
San Francisco
Fred C. Robinson
Dubuque
Elks’ Grand Lodge
Buffalo
The
Elks
J. W. Cochrane
State Supreme Court
Grand Forks
N. C
Illinois Tunnel Company
Chicago
John Holland
Holland
Stock Yards
Fall River
Frank Pierce
Canton
Iil
Pierce
George
Henry” George
Monticello
Sullivanecounty
N. Y
Harrison County Infirmary
Cadiz
Lucinda Kuoch Marshall
Salvation Army
St. Louis
Marshall
George Byers
Meat Cutters’ Union
Kansas