Earthquake Destroys Korinchi Town in Sumatra
News notes report Korinchi, 185 miles southeast of Padang, was destroyed by an earthquake on the night of June 3 4. Other items note Henry C Ide presenting credentials in Madrid, false German naval port dispatch reports, Russia Germany talks, Berlin wireless airship experiments, death of Paris department store owner H A Chauchard, and the American lodge of Freemasons in London consecrated by Lord Amphhill.
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M. Chauchard
American Lodge of Free Masons
London
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Supreme court of Nebraska upholds livestock law
Multiple items report a Nebraska supreme court ruling validating the livestock law. Other notes include a St. Louis gas works sale for 700000, political frictions between senators, fires, and various European and U.S. political and industrial developments.
Washington Senate Rejects Dividend Tax Substitute Plan
The senate declined to back a proposal to tax corporate dividends as an alternative to an income tax, signaling strong opposition. Attorney General Wickersham welcomed Judge Trieber's ruling upholding the new employers' liability act. The Last Philippine party honored Miss Mabel Boardman with a diamond watch. Congressman Burke said partial-state staff would stay. H R Smith resigned to join a Lincoln firm after four years with Burke.
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Orient
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Burke
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Attempted Kidnapping of Turkish Sultan Reported
A kidnap attempt targeting the deposed sultan of Turkey is reported. Samuel A. Daugherty of Trucerne Missouri editor of the Standard there died by drinking carbolic acid. A Peeping Tom preacher was arrested in St Joseph Missouri. Senatorial bids and tours involving Ex Governor Folk and William Jennings Bryan are noted. New York bankers may back a Chinese railroad loan. Senator Burkett and Brown split on tariff plans. Mrs Gee Sheah of Duluth lost twenty thousand dollars hidden in bed sheets near Seattle.
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Iowa News in Af ton Mass Meeting and Local Tragedies
A mass meeting in Af ton endorses the greater Iowa club movement with attendees S A Cobb P J Clancy J W Roovart and E B Hill. Reports include numerous incidents from Neola to Ottumwa with murders robberies drownings and accidents, plus college and legal notices across the state.
Banks Gain Over Twenty Seven Million In Iowa
Des Moines reports show deposits in Iowa state and savings banks rising by 27 227 860 72 during the past year. May 18 figures list total deposits 225 155 164 61 and total assets 269 730 523 21 across 620 savings banks 263 state banks and 15 trust companies.
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Iowa
State Banking Department
State
Ewe
Eee
Etree Eee
Ieee
Carroll Cancels a Date at Waterloo Bankers Meet
Governor Carroll could not attend the Iowa bankers gathering in Waterloo due to indigestion. J. D. Whisen of Des Moines was to read his prepared address at the convention. The supreme court upholds a lower court ruling sentencing D T Blodgett to five years in the penitentiary. Simpson college trustees in Indianola vote to award Governor Carroll a Doctor of Laws degree.
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Raccoon
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Supreme Court
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Carroll
Simpson College
Indianola
B. F. Carroll
Big Gain for Clearings in Des Moines Banks
Clearing house totals for last week rise by 613,697.69 dollars over the same week last year, with Des Moines banks recording 3,504,867.76 dollars in clearings over the six days.
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Des Moines
Woman for Reformatory Head
State board of control favors a woman as head of Mitchellville school after Superintendent E P Fitzgerald resignation. Chairman John Downie notes few women applied and the board seeks a capable executive to carry on the work. Mrs Geo Newman dies at 60 in Fort Dodge from apoplexy while attending G A R encampment. Funeral services held in Cedar Rapids. she is survived by husband and two sons.
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Mitchellville
John Downie
State Board of Control
Board of Control
E. P. Fitzgerald
Cownle
Fitzgerald
Geo. Newman
George A. Newman
Iowa Department of
Fort Dodge
Newman
Women's Relief Corps
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines plan praised by Honolulu Ad advertiser
D F Young of Des Moines favors the Des Moines plan of municipal government. He cites advantages of the new form and Honolulu shows active interest by sending to Des Moines for information on the plan.
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Honolulu
D. F. Young
Des Moines
State Receives Largest Inheritance Tax Payment
State Treasurer Morrow collected a $40,000 collateral inheritance tax from the estate of the late George Wells, Grundy Center. It is the largest single estate tax payment, reached after a long controversy.
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George Wells Grundy Center
Memorial Day Observed by Local Odd Fellows at Woodland Cemetery
Memorial day was observed by the local lodges of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs at Woodland Cemetery Sunday afternoon. All members of the lodges participated in the exercises. Wright Spots Impure Oils. State Food and Dairy Commissioner H. R. Wright warns retailers that adulterated linseed oil is being sold to retailers by jobbers and manufacturers in Omaha and Chicago.
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Wright
Food and Dairy
H. R. Wright
Omahe
Chicago
Buckeye Blawkeye Picnic Set for Union Park
Annual basket picnic of the Buckeye Blawkeye association will be at Union Park on June 23. Preparations indicate one of the largest and most elaborate outings by the organization.
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Buckeye-Blawkeye Association
Union
Large Class of Graduates at Drake University
Sixty three graduates of the Drake College of Education received diplomas in a ceremony at the Drake University Auditorium.
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