New Iowa Post Office Opens at Lundgren in Webster County
A new post office is established at Lundgren Webster County twelve miles south of Port Dodge John H Lundgren named first postmaster. State post office promotions list Clerks and Carriers in Mason City Clinton Fort Dodge with raises. four new Iowa fourth class postmasters named including Boonville Knie tm Commissions issued to Donna Metella Mizner Hobart Clarence Cook Kensett Angus Joseph Simpson Wilrick Orson Johnson Hansell Tron Hills Pacific Junction Haynie.
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Webster County
Marc J. H. Lundgeren
Tin Nanhy
Lundgren
Port Dodge
John H. Lundgren
Postoffice Department
Mason City
Clinton
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Boonville
Carl R. Compton
S. M. Cook
Knietm
William M. Schworm
B. EH. “Richardson
Donna
Rich farmer Amos Kohl dies by self destruction
Wealthy farmer Amos Kohl aged 78 living six miles northeast of Mechanicsville shot himself in the head with a 38 caliber revolver. Found by his granddaughter in the yard, death likely instantaneous. Kohl owned 440 acres of Iowa soil worth over a hundred dollars per acre and left a large family of four sons and five daughters. he was a widower.
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Amos Kohl
Mechanicsville
Kohl
Iowa
Woman severely burned in wood alcohol accident
Mrs Geo Swallow, wife of a druggist in David, was seriously burned while starting a gasoline stove with wood alcohol. In the dark she poured too much into a cup. when she struck a match a flash and explosion occurred, burning her face and hands and blistering her arms to the elbows.
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George Swallow
David
Geo. Swallow
Sgist
Wreck Injures 22 On Chicago Milwaukee Westbound Train
The Overland Limited of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line derailed in Cambridge at 230 AM. At least 22 people were injured, including a Marion mail clerk J B Hanson and a passenger. A broken rail caused the crash. only a Pullman and an observation car remained on the track.
Tragic Idaho river drowning and related deaths report
A telegram from Buhl Idaho confirms the recovery of Lawrence Kupka’s body after a Snake River drowning during a rel ative outing. his aunt Mrs Kinner also died, and her body was sent home for burial. Separately a Des Moines crash injured two girls and two men, while Marshalltown businessman W S Reed faces terminal illness after a misdiagnosed condition.
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Idaho
Buhl
Lawrence Kupka
FE. M. Kupka
Yining
Young Kupka
Snake River
Elberon
Kupka
Iowa man given high post in Treasury reform drive
Iowa man Statter, former pirate secretary to Secretary Shaw and ex assistant secretary, is chosen by Secretary MacVeagh for a top Pacific coast role supervising customs reforms. He will likely base in Seattle. The duties remain unclear though the scope follows Loeb’s New York approach and he was a Hitchock Hewtenanta ally in the recent campaign.
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Awe
Statter
MacVeagh
Cuatoma Reforma
Arthur
Towa
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
The
Treasury
Department
Pacific Coast
Loeb
New York
Seattle
Mr. Statter
Hitchcock
Hewtenanta
Deaths and injuries from Iowa incidents and events
A farm hand David Olson, 22, drowned in a pond on R. A. Smith’s farm near Council Bluffs four miles northeast. The body, taken to Forest City for burial, showed no known cause. Samuel Doran was wounded by two masked highwaymen near Park road in Waterloo and may lose his leg. Short state notes mention Billy Sunday’s crusade in Cedar Rapids, a sunstroke death in Haver, barn fire at Morayia, and other regional incidents including drownings, storms, and local deaths.
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Farm Hand
David Olson
A. A. Ferron
Gemer Township
R. A. Smith
Council Bluffs
Smith
Olson
Forest City
Waterloo
Shotty Thuga
Samuel Doren
Waterloo Hospital
Doran
Park Road
Billy Sunday
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Neuroth
Haver
W. J. Duvall
Morayia
Hannah Reay’ Simpson
Centerville
Christian Churches
Appanoose County
Mt. Oliva
Clark
John Knowles
Appainaose County
Howard 1Iott
Kellogg
W. A. Clark
Clarion
Hampton Draymen
Wright
Mains
Nebraska
Red Oak
Messrs
Edward and
Gordon Hayes
McIntyre
Eva Porter
Hazel Huddleson
Elm Lake
Des Moines
the Good Shepherd
Dubuque
W. A. Blackman
Casey
Christ Petersen
Charles Wilke
Clinton County
Misa Ella Drone
Chamberlain Annex
Mercy Hospital
Conference Report on Tariff Measures Presented in House
Representative Payne of New York, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, submitted the conference report on the tariff bill to the House, with his detailed statement on increases and decreases by schedule. The Dingley duties largely fall, with few increases mainly on wines, liquors, perfumes, and luxury articles. The report cites census-based consumption data from 1905 and notes substantial increases on perfumes, wines, and luxuries, while overall duties show a large net decrease.
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Washington
Payne
New York
Ways and Means Committee
House
Conference Committee
Catton
Told in a Few Lives. Pietro de Marco Surrenders Offer
Pietro de Marco, wanted in Newark for the killing of Mrs. Raub, offers to surrender if not sent to the electric chair. Tsadore Wulfson, Indianapolis chief inspector, says New Yorkers lose about 10 million dollars yearly due to short weights. Epworth League adjourns Seattle convention after deciding that young people shall rule affairs.
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Pietro de Marco
Newark
N. J
Raub
Tsadore Wulfson
Indianapolis
Epworth League
Seattle
Voters Reject Schmidt Grant In Cleveland Referendum
Voters defeated Mayor Tom L. Johnson in Cleveland as the Schmidt railway grant was rejected by 3,763 votes. The measure proposed a 3 cent fare on Payne avenue for two and a half miles to create a city railway system absorbing all Cleveland franchises.
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Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Payne Avenue
Cleveland Railway
Cleveland Railway Grants Battle War Ends in Plan Vote
The fight over eight years of railway grants ends with a proposed Taylor plan. It would grant Cleveland Railway Company new charters based on a six percent income to stockholders at fair valuation, setting fares as low as possible with good service. Mayor Johnson concedes defeat but signals ongoing strategic moves after the May election.
Off to rescue R. E. Peary from Arctic voyage
The Jeanie left St Johns with coal and provisions for Robert E. Peary Harry Whitney and Dr. Frederick Cook. Captain Bartlett aims to reach Smiths Sound north of Greenland then return by October 1 with enough rations to endure a long winter at sea if needed.
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Jeanie
St. Johns
Atratta
Atlantic Ocean
Utah
Smith's Sound
Greenland
Robert EB
Peary
Civilization
Harry Whitney
New Haven
Frederick Cook
Brooklyn
North Pole
Bartlett
Arctic
Kiel’s Man Kills Brother in Law and Sister in Law
Stephen Eiser of Steelton Pennsylvania shot and killed George Goritz and Katherine Goritz as they were about to enter their rooming house at 11604 Front Street South Chicago. He then killed himself. Goritz 32, wife 28, Eiser 42. Motive linked to sheltering Mrs Eiser after she left her husband and living with Goritz and his sister.
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Stephen Eiser
Steelton
George Goritz
Katherine Goritz
Front Street
Chicago
Gorltz
Eiser
Goritz
Land Grabbing Frustrated Over Water Power Sites
Acting Secretary Pierce ordered about 43000 acres of land for water power sites withdrawn in Colorado Montana and Utah to block alleged combinations aiming to seize control and pursue national conservation policy.
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Went
Colorado
Montana
Utah
Interior Pierce
Washington
Queen Dowager Margaret of Savoy Near Death in Rome
Queen Dowager Margaret of Savoy widow of King Humbert of Italy remains between life and death at the Quirinal in Rome. Court specialists visit her bedside as florid complaint and throat cancer are deemed incurable by attending physicians.
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Margaret
Savoy
Humbert
Italy
Quirinal
Rome
Flor
Wind Negro Slain Two in a Saloon Rampage in Paterson
William Sasson is under arrest in Paterson New Jersey on two murder charges after a Wind Negro at a crowded saloon fired two revolvers in anger at a bartender's refusal to serve more liquor. Two men were killed and a third seriously wounded in the attack.
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Paterson
N. J
William
Sasson
House Adopts Tariff Conference Report Vote 195 to 18
The House in Washington approved the tariff conference report by 195 to 183 after a long session. Twenty Republicans voted against adoption, two Democrats voted for the report, and a stir arose over alleged jokers in the lumber and leather rates section.
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House of Representatives
Washington
House
Payne
Moth Invasion Sweeps New York Nightlife
Myriads of white and brown moths swarm New York hotels restaurants and streets all Sunday night turning lights into clouds. Entomologists seek to learn why these seasonal visitations vanish at dawn and where the insects disappear.
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New York
G A R MEETING IN AUGUST AT HUTT LAKE EN CAMPMENT
The Grand Army of the Republic will assemble in Salt Lake City on August 9 for its forty third annual encampment. In addition to GAR, meetings of the Woman's Relief Corps and several veteran and allied groups will be held.
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Hutt Lake
Grand Army of the Republic
Salt Lake City
Grand Army
Woman's Relief Cars
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
National Association of ex-Prisoners of War
National Association of Army Narses
Naval Veterans’ Association
Daughters of Veterans
Sons of Veterans
War Musicians
National Press Correspondents
Trade and Industry Briefs From Wisconsin and New Jersey
Pearl button cutters strike for higher wages at Iroquois Pearl Company plant in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. Carnegie Coal Company plans a one million dollar dock project in Superior Wisconsin to be started immediately with Schmidt Bros & Hill of Superior as contractors employing about two hundred workers. St Paul public schools enroll six hundred pupils in summer gardens with eight year old and older children sent to tending patches under gardeners oversight. Rumor of Standard Oil chemists in Bayonne New Jersey developing petroleum butter debunked by company officials.
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Iroquois Pearl Company
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Carnegie Coal Company
Superior
Wisconsin
Schmidt Lros. & Hill
St. Paul
Standard Oil Company
Bayonne
N. J
Big Trust
Puffed Predictions and Balloon Prophecies Across Papers
A collage of quips from multiple papers lampoons forward leaps in science and technology. References include a Harvard professor courting students, an Illinois critic predicting food supply vs population, balloons for advertising, and flyers about aviation, tariffs, and future cities. The tone is satirical and editorial.
Turkeys Intrigue and Abdul Hamid Kidnap Rumors
Various papers discuss the unclear motives for kidnapping Abdul Hamid and the surrounding turmoil. Ex-Sultan Abdul Hamid remains in his Saloniki palace prison while commentators note Turkish internal strife and the rise of a military figure blamed by the Young Turks.
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Abdul Hamid
Galveston
Chefket Pasha
Turkey
Patha
Clevaland
War fears and naval talk ripple through papers
Multiple newspapers joke about dogs of war and dreadnought names while praising Canada’s planned navy and London dirigible fund raising. The Cleveland Leader links a German invasion fear to British naval zeal as Puck notes airship contributions. Indianapolis Star mentions the same chatter.
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J. Ball
Atlanta Constitution
Cleveland
Canada
Dominion
Puck
London
Germany
New Cloth for Hot Weather Report From Calcutta Consul General
A Department of Commerce and Labor bulletin details Consul General Michael of Calcutta reporting a sun shielding cloth called thatchs and ahikiri. The fabric blends wool and cotton with coarse fibers and light color to reflect the sun’s rays, and samples are sent for evaluation.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Michael
Calcutta
India
Naw Toplean Potatoes Shine in Salem Exhibit
John Groves of Salem Ohio raises potatoes with no tops on a small patch, drawing hundreds of citizens and farmers to view the unusual spuds. A sample will be sent to the State Experiment Station at Wooster for further display, making Groves the envy of neighbors who travel to see the topeless crop.
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John Groves
Salem
Ohio
Wooster
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R. E. Peary
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Miller
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Murdoch
Kan
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G. A. BR
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