Man Who Killed Wife Mends, Marries Orphaned Heiress
W D Royce of Sioux City, who murdered Lorett Patton Menderikson ten years earlier, married her daughter Lorett, now 20, in a Chautauqua tent ceremony. After prison, pardon, and a model citizen life, Royce sought forgiveness from the girl and wed her mother’s heir, amid honors in Sioux City society.
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W.D. Royce
Sioux City
Lorett Patton
Menderikson
Hay
Machar
Royce
Guy
Cummings
Sioux City Meetiie Company
Jloretta
Hendrickson
Frank Yours
Revi W. G
Moore
Stoyeo'smother
Hve
Sirree
Guarded Mass at North Fonda Parish as Court Blocks Wrenn
In North Fonda a contested Catholic church feud unfolded when Mival Punstara and Sheriff Kelleher delivered guarded mass under Bishop Garrigan’s injunction. Rev Francis X Wrenn refused to yield keys to Rev T B Sullyan, prompting legal action after Wrenn was found guilty of conduct unbecoming a priest and ordered to surrender the parish.
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Mival Punstara
North Fonda Oxelite
WB. Builivan
Francis X. Wrenn
North Ponda
Kelleher
Pocahontas County
P. J. Garrignan
FP. X. Wrenn
Nya
Father Wrenn
Fort Dodge
Clinton May Be Freight Terminus for Northwest Line
Rail officials consider relocating the freight terminus from Chicago to Clinton. Proviso yards lie twelve miles from Chicago between Melrose Park and Elmhurst, causing workers to seek homes far from their shifts. If true, about ten Chicago families would move to Clinton as the change unfolds.
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Insbiuty
Clinton
Chicago
Swhich
Ari
Child near death after ingesting butter coloring
The four year old child of Mr. and Mrs. George Witzgerald of Mason City fell gravely ill after drinking butter coloring. Within ten minutes he suffered violent vomiting for an hour, then grew weaker. A physician arrived and the child remains in a critical condition. doctors warn the coloring is as dangerous as arsenic.
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Munson
Lihitl
George
Witzgerald
Mason City
Hog Kills Young Child Near Muckburg
A year old girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Smith, died after a hog in the pen attacked her while her mother attempted to catch pigs near Muckuburg. The hog knocked the child down and trampled her before the mother could free her. The tragedy occurred as the child neared the pen to pet the pigs.
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Wiunteract
Wille
Oscar Smith
Muckuburg
Mia
Amother
Battle Over Proposed Hospital Site Faces City Opposition
In Iowa City debate on locating a new hospital strong opposition from local businessmen arises. Mayor George W. Isat advocates a suitable site, while architect O M Carpenter suggests moving it far from town. City physician Dred A Valenta vehemently opposes, citing sanitation and economic concerns. The board of control reviews multiple sites, but property owners near proposed locations resist.
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Towa City
Lowa City
George W. Isat
O. M. Carpenter
Dreda Valenta
Ife
Bones Unearthed at Clinton Gravel Pit Item
Workmen at the Como gravel pit near Clinton uncover four human skeletons including skulls and forearm bones. Jewelry on one forearm hints at ancient adornment. In other news, Colfax Coal workers strike over unsafe transport, impacting mine access. a Waterloo man sues sanity after a spell of delirium. a London bacteriologist suffers an on-bridge injury. and triplets born to Mr and Mrs Bernard at Pleasant Grove.
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Clinton
Como
Northwestern
Railtroad
Bernard
Pleasant Grove
Betcome
Farley Opens New State Bank and Town News
State happenings from Farley to Town City include a new bank in Farley and a fatal rail bridge fall in Town City. Volga City cremery burned, Neola Elerator mill fire, and damages around $100000 with insurance $00000. Reports of diphtheria in Story City are debunked as false. An Ottumwa anti-organization formed by fifty boys, plus a curious slaughterhouse accident in Pocahontas. Onawa school board to install drinking fountain and fire hose setup. River engineering plans near Rodney to be discussed in August.
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Farley
Farmers’ Co-operative Creamery
Volga City
Barbara Carbal
Town City
Patrick Loney, Jr
Rock Island
Neola Elerator Company
Madrid
Story City
Ottumwa
South Ottumwa
Pocahontas
H.R. Shupe
Young Shupe
Shupe
Onawa
Little Sioux
Woodbury County
Rodney
Monona-Fmorrison
Board of Auger Iivorw
Port Arthur surrender report targets Stoessel and Fock
A czarist inquiry proposes death for General Stoessel and twenty years in the galleys for General Fock over Port Arthur surrender. Rouss to be expelled and Admiral Alexeïff reprimanded. sentences to be formalities. Stoessel lauded as heroic defender with a long record from 1877 onward.
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Merc
Port Arthur
Czars
Siedts
Stoessel
Fort. Arthur
Fock
Stoesgel
Adda
Rouss
Alexléft
Far East
Japan
Nicholas
Philadelphia Icemen Held on Conspiracy Charges
Thirteen ice company heads in Philadelphia were held in 1500 bail each to answer conspiracy to raise prices. Similar actions started in Pittsburg, Boston, Indianapolis and other cities. DoJ probes a Washington DC area ice cartel while District Commissioner West orders a potential criminal-prosecution review. Meanwhile Philadelphia suffers ice famine from slow Maine shipments. Toledo Circuit Court suspended workhouse sentences for five men jailed for ice trash duties as lawyers press for appeal. Each man bond posted at 5000.
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Philadelphia
Piladelphia
Pittsburg
Boston
Indianapolis
Department of Justice
Washington, D. C
West
Maine
Circuit Court of
Toledo
Megers
Glidden Auto Tour Starts With Sixty Cars
Start of Glidden Auto Tour sees sixty automobiles begin a 1100 mile AAA event through northwestern New York Quebec and the New England States ending at the White Mountains. The cup donated by Charles J. Glidden is awarded to the team with the best all around touring results under a strict schedule with penalties for delays or advances. Thirty-five manufacturers are represented, including thirty-two Americans.
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Glidden
Buffalo
American Automobile Association
New York
Quebec
New England
White Mountains
Charles J. Glidden
Boston
Immigration Boom Prompted by Cheaper Steerage Fares
The North German Lloyd line cuts steerage Bremen to New York fare by 2.50 dollars, signaling a surge in immigration traffic boosted by Hamburg American line reductions. The move reflects rising demand and competitive pricing in transatlantic travel from Europe to the United States.
Remarkable Resuscitation of Wakefield Man After Boat Accident
A man named Robert Mooney was resuscitated after twenty three minutes submerged following a boat capsizing near Wakefield. Rainwater entered the water on July 4 when the boat overturned. One gallon of water was expelled from the lungs during artificial respiration held for one hour forty eight minutes before consciousness began returning, with full awareness not appearing until the next day.
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Mfe
Robert Mooney
Wakefield
B. E
Lady Curzon Dies in London After Illness
Lady Curzon widow of former Viceroy of India and Chicago heiress, daughter of Levi Z. Lester, died in London on Wednesday afternoon after heart disease worsened in hot weather. She never fully recovered from Wahner Castle illness in 1904 and was preceded by a long, lavish life in Washington and Europe. The Curzons married in 1895. he was created Baron Kedleston in 1898 and Viceroy of India in 1899, resigning in 1905. The report also notes J. T. Newcomb’s critique of government as employer at Cornell University.
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Chicago
India
Curzon
Daghter
Levi Z. Lester
London
Wahner Castle
Ctir
Sepultien Barre
Kedeston
Ohlenge
Washington
Oakland
Lester
George N. Curzon
Alfred Nathaniel Hollen Curzon
Huron Scarsdale
Marquis of Salisbury
Indla
Baron Curzon of
Kedleston
Earl of
Minto
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Cornell University
J. T. Newcomb
Congress
Newcomb
Denver criminologist Dr Patterson jailed for fraud
Study of crime expert William J Patterson of Denver is jailed after issuing a fraudulent twenty dollar check. He claims criminal instinct is developed by study and environment and says he could not be straight. Patterson had prior forgery commitment. he has wealthy parents a wife and two children.
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de William J. Patterson
Denver
Colo
Patterson
Sweeping Injunction Against Union Persuasion Enforced
A Superior Court injunction barred intimidation and forbade the bricklayers masons and plasterers union of Waterbury Conn from persuading and enrolling employees to quit work. Contractor William I Chrttiedd of Waterbury sought $10,000 in damages alleging interference. The ruling is described as the most sweeping injunction seen in Odungecti cut.
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William I. Chrcttiedd
Waterbury, Conn
Chatfield Hand
Odungcticut
Squash grower tips and insect controls from old farming column
The article gives detailed squash cultivation guidance including soil quality, deep tillage, fertilization with barnyard manure, hill spacing, and beetle and worm pest control. It also covers fruit box sizes, horse rein critique, and general farming advice on cows poultry and horses from 19th or early 20th century sources.
Gardening for Children Aims at Simple School Plots
Growing interest in school gardens spurred meetings at Horticul tural Hall Boston. Experts urged beginners to use narrow blade hoes rakes and weeders, kill weeds early, and keep soil loose. Start with dependable crops like beans beets radishes peas lettuce for part time gardens and extend with early cabbages potatoes tomatoes sweet corn and flowers such as sweet alyssum candy tuft cornflower verbena stocks petunia phonix morni gald.
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Horticultural Hall
Boston
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