Grand Lodge officers appointed in Iowa and state notes
Grand Master Whittaker of Council Bluffs announced reappointments for Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge officers including George J. Garton Des Moines and Rev Joseph F Nawton Cedar Rapids. Des Moines figures also named for senior and junior grand deacons, stewards, marshal, and Tyler. Union veterans, Elks parade, and multiple town news items follow, with fire losses in New Virginia and other local notes across Iowa.
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Whittaker
Council Bluffs
Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge
George J. Garton
Des Moines
Joseph F. Nawton
Cadar Rapids
L. H. Warren
Percival
Bonaparte
J. B. Lyman
Tracy
Samuel Clark
Sabula
Thomas Head
Maquoketa
Tyler Amos N. Alberson
Washington
Laura Zimmerman
Mason City
Iowa
Ladies of the
GA. R
Mary Burt
Decorah
Pearl King
Waterloo
Myra Root
Delia
Tanner Taylor
Red Oak
Jinx
J. H. Jacobs
Davenport
Elks
Illinois
Callope
Iowa Elks
Burlington
New Virginia
Boyles & Stickers
James King
Dewey Carbett
Hidora
Hazjeton
Jefferson
Iowa City
W. P. Hohenschule
W. M. Welch Company
Anamosa
Board of Supervisors
New Hampton
Shanandoah
Hunters and jumpers headline Iowa State Fair debut
Des Moines reports the Iowa State Fair board offers prizes for hunting and jumping horses for the first time. Entry already numbers several stables, with six prizes including weight divisions and a high jump starting at four feet. The event, likely staged in front of the amphitheater, aims to showcase top hunters and jumpers amid growing interest from breeders in the east and Europe.
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Charter Oak
Black Hawk County
Knowles
Cedar Falls
C. H. Benson
United States Department of Agriculture
J. W. Creighton
William Nicholson
Des Moines
Heldon
Great Western
Twelfth Avenue
Marshalltown
Green Mountain
Iowa City-Des Moines
Montezuma
Williamsburg
Deap River
Secarsboro
Tynville
Sully
Reagoner
Prairie City
Wright
W. L. Pelton
Stnois Central Railroad
Guy Baker
Lone Tree
Fort Madison
Baker
Oliver P. Driver
Wapplin
Lee
Humboldt
George de Groote
Pocahontas County
Emmetsburg
Northwestern Veterans’ Association
Wells
New Hampton
Montrose
Ben Schooling
Stillwater
Minn
Gerta Lindberg
Muscatine
E. Hayes
Catholic Church
Imogene
Ireland
Rome
Keokuk High School
Board of Education
Center Point
Harvey Wetler
H. E. Raidinger
Logan
Fair Board
A. R. Corey
Iowa
Middle Western States
England
Middle West
Tie Faly
Corey
Sixth Cavalry
Mr. Corey
Will Explain MNAB Charges Revised U.S. probes over Western Fuel directors
Assistant Attorney General Harrigan takes responsibility for ordering the postponement of trials for Robert Bruce and Sidney V. Smith, Western Fuel directors, to avoid miscarriage of justice. McReynolds is asked to report to President Wilson amid resignations rumors and calls for inquiries into the justice department.
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Harr
Attorney McNai
Robert Bruce
Sidney V. Smith
Western Fuel Company
McNab
Mr. Harr
Western Fuel
Bruce
Smith
United States
McReynolds
San Francisco
John 14. McNab
Ila
Wilson
Aviator Drowns After Plane Flips Into Keuka Lake
Aviator Fred P. Gardner, age 24, from Portland Maine, drowned when his aeroplane turned turtle and plunged 100 feet into Keuka Lake near Nath New York. A flying boat attempted rescue, with Francis Wildman and C. Witner diving for the body, but Gardner was not recovered. Relatives live in Hunnastown Pennsylvania.
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Portland
Hunnastown
Wilsons Celebrate 28th Wedding Anniversary at White House
Washington marks Woodrow Wilson and Ellie Loy Axon Wilson's 28th anniversary with an ice formal tea for intimate friends in the White House this afternoon and a family dinner planned for tonight. Jessie and Eleanor Wilson remain at home to join celebrations as Margaret Wilson visits the West. Flowers and gifts arrive from close friends, and the White House overflows with cards.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Ellie Loy Axconu
Savanenah
White House
Jessie
Eleanor Wilson
Mie
Margaret Wilson
West
Jack Johnson Wing Appeal Granted in Chicago
Leave to carry big cane to the United States district court of appeals was granted to Jack Johnson the pugilist who on June 3 was sentenced by Judge Carpenter to a year and a day in Joliet penitentiary and to pay a fine of 1000 dollars. The sentence followed his conviction for violation of the Mann act in connection with the transportation of Ralle Schrether from Pittsburgh to Chicago on October 17, 1910.
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Jack” Johnson
Chicago
United States’ District Court of Appeals
Byudge Carpenter
Jollet
Viehition
Ralle Schrether
Pittsburgh
Congressional Doings in Washington June 24
The Senate met at noon and refined unanimous consent to pass the Alaskan railroad bill. Perkin introduced a Hatch Hetchy water bill. Adjourned at 1 40 p m until Thursday. The House met at noon. Kahn of California introduced a resolution calling for all papers relating to white slave prosecutions in San Francisco. Bill for Hetch Hetchy water works for San Francisco agreed upon by the Public Lands Committee and introduced.
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Washington
McReynolds
Wilson
Diggs
Clayton Herrington
Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
San Francisco
Kahn
California
Hinebrough
Illinois
House
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Consant
Perkin
Glass Defends Bill on Reserve Board Power and Independence
Representative Carter Glass, author of the administration currency bill, counters New York bankers and Ohio Senator Burton. He says the reserve feature aims to curb inflation and stock speculation, while guarding against major credit contraction, and defends the plan for regional reserve banks with substantial independence. National banks must join the proposed system or exit.
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Washington
Carter Glass
House Banking and Currency Committee
New York
Owen
Burton
Ohio
Federal Reserve Board
Aldrich
Man Tries to Shoot Court After Rejection of Probation
Washington June 24 Ray M Stewart eighteen years old attempted to shoot the criminal court when Justice Stafford refused probation after conviction for attempted highway robbery. Stewart whipped out a pistol and fired three shots near Justice Stafford and assistants Given and Hawken before officers overpowered him. He was jailed to answer a more serious charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ray M. Stewart
Staford
Stewart
Stafford
United States
Given
Hawken
Burns Beats World Champion Johnny Coulon In Ten Rounds
In Kenosha Wisconsin Frankle Burnes celebrated his twenty fourth birthday by drawing even with world champion Johnny Coulon in a ten round bout at the Kenosha arena. Burnes predicted he could match the king pin and proved his claim with a solid performance last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Wis
Frankle Burnes
Riot at Cosmopolitan hall disrupts striking garment meeting
At Cosmopolitan hall a riot broke out as striking garment workers gathered with about a thousand attendees. Women were seated and trampled, revolvers flashed, and chairs flew while officials restrained the crowd, with no serious injuries reported.
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Clicionadt
Cosmopolitan Hall
McReynolds Mother Injured After Tauqua Nightfall
Mrs Ellen McReynolds aged seventy six mother of Attorney General Jaume Ti McReynolds attended the chapel tauqua which closed Sunday night. She fell while alighting from a car near the Illinois and Northern depot and authorities fear a fractured hip.
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McReynold
Wloplinsvilla
Ellen ‘McReynolds
Jaume Ti. McReynolda
Ohautauqua
A. Our
IL. & N. Depot
Durango Cutters City Reports Siege Amid Telegraph Gap
Mexico City dated June 24 reports the capture of Durango is unofficially acknowledged. No telegraphic communication exists and the city has been under siege for several weeks.
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Durango
Mexico’ City
Tero
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Iowa State News
Commonwealth
Ringgold County
North Adherty
Cedar Rapids
Haseen
Grand Aerle
Aeria
Aeria of
Magles
A. M. Worden
Ida Crowe
Battle Creek
Burns
Ore
Worden
State Board For First Time
Breaders of Animals
State Highway Commission
Thomas McDonald
McDonald
Henry E. Sampson
Highway Commission
County Auditora
Railroad Commission
State Fair Board
Delaware
Manchester
Newhall
Homestead
Town
Laneshoro
Carroll
Nemaha
Aine City
A. R
W. J. Willett
Willett
George A. Newman
Ty. L. Cadwell
Joseph KR. Reed
J. O. Stewart
Cedar Haplds
Staf
C. Spear
Algona
Grand Army
Pea Ridge
Towa
Alonzo A. Abernathy
Franklin Treynor
Epworth
Ninth
Iowa Infantry
Clarke
Arkansas
Third Cavalry
Samuel R. Curtis
Grenvilla M. Dodge
William Vandaver
Florce
Missouri
Thomas H. MacDonald
MacDonald
Dallas
Wood
State Board of Forale
New Orleans
Mississippi
Audubon
Walter Whitbeck
Jesse Miller
Petersburgh
Mississippi River
Whitbeck
Iowa National Guard
Guy F. Logantas
Camp Dodge
General Assembly
Talrs
St. Corey
Wis Flenres
F. F. Gardner
Bath, N. Y
Wilsons
Congressional
Glass
Bill
Reserve Board
Washington, D. C
Coulon
Frankle Burne
Wic
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