Drake University law graduates prepare for future careers
Thirty-eight students graduated from Drake University’s law department. Memorial events include a parade and a Bar barge of flowers for unknown Civil War dead. A large Odd Fellows Orphans Home dedication in Mason City drew at least 2,000 attendees. Multiple local incidents: engineer injured at Calmar. a missing man from Aspinwall feared to have had an accident. a suspect arrested in Mason City. a windmill accident near Anamosa. Judge sessions in Harrison county adjourned with another session planned. Memorial Day ceremonies in Ottumwa featured river tributes. A grand hotel arrest and a hotel guest misidentification are noted, plus a dangerous fire scare during a Carroll stage production. Shifts in future plans include Estherville’s semi-centennial postponed for fall with larger fair. Bank creditors in Dow City see unexpected payments from Sid Green. A child’s severe burn in Sumner is reported. Iowa Swine events in Des Moines June 11 and 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Perkins
Sharon
Lee County
Iowa Retail Jewelers’ Association
Des Moines
Odd Fellows’ Orphans
Mason City
Peter Gluckstadt
Aspinwall
Kelley
Sionx Falls
Sioux Falls
James Boyle
Calmar
Harrison County District Court
Logan
Ottumwa
J. M. Tuttle
W. R. C. Ralph Isham
Central City
Anamosa
W. B. Isham
Estherville
Farmergan State Bank of
Clearfield
District Court
Grand Hotel
Council Bluffs
H. C. Davis
Washington, D. C
Davis
Carroll
Ladies of the Presbyterian Church
Henry Clark Moore
Tama
Ite
Roosevelt
Dow City Bank
Sid Green
Various 1910s Briefs Collide Across U S News
Resignations strikes and deaths ripple through Joliet Cleveland Akron and Milwaukee. A 70 year old Portland man aims to walk 1256 miles again. National Cement firm plans a 25 million capital stock merger. Prince William of Sweden to visit Jamestown New York and Newport on a summer tour. Navy yard commandant Pendleton takes over at League Island. Fire tragedy in St Paul claims two children. wife killed in Bronz tunnel project. Russian consulate blocks socialist parliament members. Glasgow seamen strike worsens as crews stay scarce for Atlantic sailings. Rio Grande levee breaks flood El Paso area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Laing
Universalist Church
Joliet
Swift & Co
South St. Joseph
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Cleveland
United States
Horace Thompson
Wisconsin
Marinette
Arthur B. Linds
Harlin
St. Louis
Edward Payson Weston
Portland
Chicago
National Cement Company
Prince William of Sweden
Jamestown
Fylgia
New York
Newport
Tuxedo
Saratoga
Edwin C. Pendleton
Missouri
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Tilley
Samuel Coplovich
St. Paul
Minn
Catherine Killeran
James Killeran
Bronz
Illinois University
Germany
London
Glasgow
Scotland
Canada
Rio Grande
White's Spur
el Paso
Texas
Electric Light Men Convene in National Association Meet
Washington June 4 with several hundred delegates at the thirtieth annual convention of the National Electric Light association opening a five day session. The first session featured a display of unique electrical appliances and a reception followed at the New Wilard hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Electric Light Association
Wiklard Hotel
Snow at Newport brings brief wintry mix
A slight snowfall occurred in Newport Rhode Island late Monday followed by cold rain as a brief wintry mix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
R. 1
President Roosevelt Praises Rural Interests At Michigan Event
President Roosevelt, amid the semicentennial celebration of the Michigan Agricultural College, addresses crowds in Lansing. He urges steady rail policy, praises farmers wives, and calls for stronger agricultural education to curb rural youth migration. He stresses farmers’ social life and unity against powerful interests. He criticizes wage misconceptions and the shrinking rural church as a social bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Roosevelt
Michigan Agricultural College
Lake Shore Railroad
Michigan National Guard
South Haven
Michigan Naval Reserve
Representative Hall
New York
J. L. Snyder
Agricultural College
Department of Agriculture
Country Church
Iowa items of accident and public notices in 1908 era
Iowa news item highlights include Walter Whittaker an 11 year old boy from Council Bluffs narrowly escaping death when boarding a Rock Island freight at Neola with a broken leg as the extent of injuries. Also T R Wallace former consul leaves Atlantic for Jerusalem with wife. Phi A Boland dies in Sioux City at 38 after bowel obstruction surgery. Crossed headlines cover a man found dead near Manchester struck by a train. Dubuque carpenters warned to use local products or lockout looms. a boy burned badly in a boiling water accident. and thefts in Cedar Rapids with a $150 robbery. Additional notes: legal stipulations for Farmers’ State bank at Clearfield, arson attempts on Summit House in Creston, a Pisgah family burned in a gasoline explosion, and Montana hold-up news from Ottumwa. Fire damages Burt business district. Mason City woman found dead by hanging. two divorce actions in Clinton. temperance law challenge in Waterloo. Taft to speak in Iowa City. a Des Moines jail suicide attempt. death of artist Professor Felix Shorty in Iowa City. West Point cadet appointment for Gustave Franke Jr. at Manning. and Odebolt warning against issuing a marriage license to a 16 year old couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Whittaker
Whittaker
Council Bluffs
Rock Island
Neola
T. R. Wallace
Atlantic
United States
Crefeldt
Germany
Jerusalem
Phi A. Boland
LeMars
St. Joseph's Hospital
Sioux City
Wm. L. Gross
Manchester
Jeerp
Cross
Hnols Central
Boss Carpenters
Dubuque
Fred Pochler
Bummer
Mat Cavanaugh
Cedar Rapids
Frank Maturla
Shere
Fo Cavanaugh
Erasingles Garden
Waverly
Farmers’ State Bank Et Clearfield
Bedford
William Hugh
Leon
Herren
Bummit
Creston
Lee Chapman
Pisgah
Ottumwa
Morgan Palmer
City
Montana
Northern Pacific Northwest Limited
Butte
Clark
Palmer
Iowa
Sheridan
Wyo
Wyoming
Burlington
Burt
Algona
Bancroft
Joe Navretall
Mason City
Navreta
Parker Dexter
Clinton
Clinton District Court
Dexter
Mitnola
Joliet
Wana Peter Hanson
Supreme Court
Waterloo
Dunshee & Dorn
Des Moines
Temperance
XY. H. Campbell
Prohibition Party State Central Committee
Temperances
The
Commonwealth
Matthew Dick- 300
Ridgedale
Dickson
Dickeon
Grundy County
Grundy
George Wells
George Murry
Rebecca Wilkey
Probata
C. W. Mullen
John Gavin
Indianapolis
Ind
William E. Taft
Iowa City
Iowa University
Commercial Club
Frank English
Felix Shorty
Rofessor Shurig
Dresden
Royal Academy
Shurig
Adolph Vogel
West Liberty
Harriman
Shrader
Dean Currier
Calvin
McBride
N. R. Leonard
J. L. Pickard
Gustave H. Franke, Jr
Manning
Military Academy
West Point
Franke
Manning High School
H. V. Battey
Odebolt
Harring
Burris
Twelve Men Sworn to Try Haywood Trial Begins
A twelve-man jury is seated in the Haywood murder case in Botee Idaho with O V Sebern among the panel. State prosecutors outline a conspiracy doctrine linking Haywood to the Steunenberg killing and related acts by the Western Federation of Miners. Orchard testimony, including his confession to Detective McParland, will anchor the prosecution’s case as it seeks corroboration from additional witnesses.
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Haywood
Moyer
Pettibone and Simpkins
Western Federation of Miners
Vindicator
Independence Depot
Light Gregory
Denver
Arthur Collins
Telluride
Fred Bradley
San Francisco
Gov. Peabody
Gabbert and Goddard
Colorado
Gov
Steunenberg
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Steve Adams
McParland
Orchard
William D. Haywood
Frank Steunenberg
Bell to inspect western posts in army tour
Major General J Franklin Bell chief of staff will personally inspect principal western army posts to boost efficiency. He departs Tuesday for about two months with Mrs Bell and will later be joined by Secretary Taft to review forts in the northwest including Fort Meade South Dakota. He will travel from Washington to Lexington Kentucky for the state college commencement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Franklin Bell
Army
Taft
Northwest
Fort Meade
General Ruger Dies at Stamford Home
Gen. Thomas H. Ruger, retired A. S. A. officer, died at his Stamford Connecticut home on Monday. He leaves a widow and two daughters. Burial likely at West Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Ruger
Stamford
Conn
West Point
Buffalo magnate Hamlin killed in auto crash
Buffalo citizen Harry Hamlin a wealthy prominent figure died when his car hit a light wagon on the Wik Yameville road near the city. The elderly Hamlin 50 lived at 1014 Delaware Avenue and left a widow and son Chauncey J. Hamlin. Schaller the wagon driver was badly hurt and 12 year old John Heckel in the wagon died from multiple injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Harry Ham- UN
Wik Yameville Road
Hamlin
Jacob Schaller
Schaller
John Heckel
Mr. Hamlin
Delaware Avenue
Cicero J. Hamlin
Chauncey J. Hamlin
Secretaries to Visit Oklahoma in August
Guthrie Oklahoma June 8 Secretary of War Taft and Secretary of the Interior Garfield have promised to visit Oklahoma in August and make public speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
Secretary of War
Taft
Secretary of the Interior
Garfield
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Drake University
Fred Pochier
Sumner
Louis
Omaha
Michigan
State Agricultural College
Boise
Maj. Gen. Bell
Harry Hamiln
Pittsburg
A& Young
Patrick Reardon
Thomas Morton
M. M. Moorhead
Moorhead
Morton
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