Landslide blocks rail line and detours traffic near McGreg
A massive landslide on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line two miles south of McGregor piles earth and rock twenty feet high, suspending traffic and diverting trains to the Burlington road in what’s said to be the largest slide in years. Mayor A A Smith of Sioux City seeks indictment for Rev Wallace M Hamilton over a satire on the mayor and John Dineen. Mrs Olver Batman dies by self-inflicted razor wound. A suspect in the Warner Voriin burglary is arrested. $500 taken from an Rudd store safe. A new Gilde auto stolen near Conroy valued at $1200. search ongoing. Mason City weighs bus regulation with fees, routes, bonds and testing. A farmer near Farrar shoots himself on a public highway. suicide verdict. Dr Samuel Druet, former Marion county state senator, dies at Anamosa. Cedar County jail quarantined for mallpox. A. S. Hallman dies after falling from 5,006 feet at Puget Sound while testing an aircraft. Delaware temperance petition seeks injunctions against eleven druggists. Sam Johnson dies of blood poisoning after being shot by Fletcher Thomas. Fred Ford dies in a ditch cave-in near Buffalo Center. Jeffreys restaurant burns in Buxton. Windstorm causes extensive damage at Salix. Small grain grows well in Manchester area with rains needed. Sheldon firm to build six brick stores at Paulllama. Nashua race meeting planned for June 1910. John Coffman of Magnolia attempts poison near Yorkshire. Walnut High plans June commencement for nine. Charles Darland injured by horse kick in Audubon. T Brents found guilty of bribery in Waterloo patoon cases. Linn Grove district votes to build $48,000 school.
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First Presbyterian Church
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Public Safety Department
Nevada
Olver Batman
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Warner & Voriin
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Conroy
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Farrar
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Lyons
Puget Sound
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Floyd
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Hee
Paulllama
Nashua
Funda
John Coffman
Magnolia
Yorkshire
Walnut High School
Charles Darland
Audubon County
T. Brents
Dubuque
Indian Services
Waterloo
Big J Jackson farm sold in Hardin County at 140 an acre
The J Jackson farm near Burdette, 600 acres, sold to a Pomeroy syndicate for 140 per acre. Three years earlier Jackson bought it for 60 an acre, after devoting time to fencing tiling and buildings. The sale nets a 48000 rise in value over three years.
Fire Escape Law Sets New Standards For Iowa Buildings
Des Moines reports the state labor commissioner outlines a new fire escape law from the thirty sixth assembly. Requirements vary by structure with enclosed escapes favored on high buildings and ladders banned on more than three stories. Minimum exits scale from two minutes for wooden or combustible walls to fifteen minutes for fireproof buildings.
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Des Moines
Thirty-sixth General Assembly
Romes Riots and Cabinet Crisis Stir Italy May 17
Rioting grips Rome amid reports of Premier Salandra and Foreign Minister Sonnino likely to stay in power. Troops mobilize as violence spreads from Rome to Milan Genoa Florence Naples and Palermo. Crowds cheer DAnnunzio and call for war while royal reception at Margherita palace sparks acclaim.
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Pista Monteoitorio
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Genoa
Florence
Naples
Palermo
Austria
Gabriele d'Annunzio
D'Annunzio
Margherita
Americans Battle Yaqui Indians Near Esperanza Camp
In Sonora 65 Americans including women and children fight a Yaqui Indian assault near Esperanza south of Guaymas as 500 Mexican troops gather. Secretary Daniels ordered the cruiser New Orleans to Guaymas to assist relief efforts alongside the Raleigh.
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Sonora
Esperanza
Guaymas
Washington
Daniels
New Orleans
Manzanillo
Mex
Raleigh
Yaqui
Internment of 40,000 Germans Began in Britain
London report says Scotland Yard started interning about 40,000 Germans and Austrians on the preceding Friday under home office direction. Many women children and elderly men will be deported as the un naturalized aliens remain at large.
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London
Great Britain
Scotland Yard
Wmder
Home Office
Death toll mounting in north France battle reports
London dispatch from the Daily News cor respondent describes a brutal and exhausting week of fighting in northern France on Ascension Day. Thousands reportedly buried on both sides as Allied lines hold firm amid immense casualties. Detroit streetcar strike ends after Mayor Marx mediated settlement accepted by D A R officials. Harry K. Thaw gains a further legal point as appellate division upholds trial for sanity.
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Daily News
France
Harry K. Thaw
New York
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Justice Hendricks
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Minnesota Woman
A Minneapolis resident credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending two years of painful illness and extreme weakness. The testimonial urges others with similar symptoms to seek advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co and notes confidential, woman-to-woman responses.
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Aselin
Lydia E. Pinkham
Minneapolis
Minn
Lydia
Pinkham
Jositor Aselin
Fourth Avenue
Minneapolis, Minn
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Baby Loves His Bath Cream Emollients Ad
Fragrant supercreamy emollients soothe and heal rashes and chafings. Soap cleanses and purifies, ointment offers comfort from birth. Sample by mail with Book. Address postcard Cuticura Dept X Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Ady
Patient Hat Heist Spoofs Hospital Ward
A humorous hospital tale in a public ward has two men recovering from appendectomies. A third patient is wheeled in, and as ether fades each speaks of a reoperation caused by items left inside them. The doctor bursts in asking for his hat and the new patient bolts out the window.
Tommy's French and Rubens Picture Escape
London Opinion notes a scene near a church where a crowd questions what is being carried out. The remark frames a Rubens painting, described as his hors d ouvre, being saved from danger.
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Tommy
London
Unclear Newspaper Fragment Reflects Family Quip
A damaged clipping shows a playful line about a mother repainting a bird cage with a new brush. The source includes a humorous exchange attributed to Columbia Jaster, with names and domestic context.
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Papal
Willis
Columbia Jaster
Grape-Nuts and Postum Shine in Health Letter
A conservative Maga woman extols Grape-Nuts as a versatile food for young and old, noting its use as a meat substitute and pairing it with cream and Postum. She reports improved health, steadier nerves, and weight changes over six months, credited to careful directions and varied use. The letter promotes The Road to Wellville and the slogan There's a Reason.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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