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Dan C Brainard of Des Moines dies in Kansas City. Iowa towns seek site for new tuberculosis hospital. May Walsh dies from lockjaw after nail injury. Council Bluffs Woman’s Christian Association faces 10000 short for hospital. Harry Thomas exonerated for Rutledge killing. Pay Bros publisher arrested for assault. Des Moines woman almost drowns herself after remorse. Dr C F Filmer named pension examiner at Centerville. Des Moines divorces rise. Strain in June weddings. Trast landlord Silas Poland dies suddenly. Sheldon endures fire. Moyers injured by fire team. Fort Dodge mine worker crushed in shaft accident. St Thomas Episcopal church robbed of $10. Johnson County resident Fred Charlton killed by horse kick. Harrison and Pattawattamie counties protest drainage assessments. Two sudden deaths in Lewis town area. Sheriff investigates Dr G L Ricard arrest in Sioux City. German American Old Settlers clash venue again in Council Bluffs. State circular invites San Francisco earthquake rebuilding donations from schoolchildren. Alfred Augustson dies after horse kick near Primghar. Federal court rules railroads in interstate traffic cannot be attached for damages.
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Dan C. Brainard
Des Moines
Kansas City
Iowa
May Walsh
Garner
Woman's Christian Association of
Council Bluffs
Harry Thomas
Sioux City
Nathan Rutledge
Rutledge
G. A. Pay
Pay Bros
Clinton Daily Advertiser
Henry Utraska
B. K. Johnson
C. PF. Filmer
Centerville
Hepburn
F. Brown
Silas Poland
Trast
Sheldon
Royal Moyers
Frank Dunning
Mineral Hill Gypsum Mill
Fort Dodge
St Thomas Episcopal Church
Slous City
Fred Charlton
Johnson County
Tiffin
Harrison and Pattawattamie Éounties
Lewis
H. J. Ackerman
Ons
County
Woodward & Co
Sherm Rhoades
G. L. Ricard
Harvey School of Medicine
National School of Medicine
Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery
John M. Collins
Chicago
Stony City
Old
San Francisco
Wark
Magnificent Gift for Buena Vista College Endowment
I S Coffin of Fort Dodge Iowa plans donating 10000 to Buena Vista college endowment with conditions. The chair of political economy must advocate total abstinence from intoxicating liquors and the college must work to keep the city liquor salon free. Coffin, known for temperance work and a home for released prisoners, announced the gift during a visit.
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Storm Lake
I. S. Coffin
Fort. Dodge
Buena Vista College
Ree
Pather" Coffin
Fort Dodge
Youth Roughly Handled in Shenandoah Incident
Ballard Carey, son of a local Methodist preacher, was abducted by three boys who bound him to a tree with baling wire and gagged him. He escaped after hours, sustaining injuries to hands and face. Hans Nelson, Edgar Skragges, and Abbert Nelson were arrested. Nelsons fined or jailed. Community outrage grows over the attack on a prominent local youth.
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Shenandoai
Ballard Carey
Shenandoah
Ballard
Carey
Hans Nelson
Edgar Skragges
Abbert Nelson
Edgar Skrages
Attachment of Four Bis railroad cars in Iowa case
Judge Henry F. Reed of the federal court rules on the attachment of railroad cars belonging to the Bis Four railroad in Iowa to satisfy a $10,000 damages claim by Charles yeCarl administrator for the estate of Jamey. The defense argued commerce business and not object to attachment, and the motion was sustained.
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Sioux City
Henry FT. Reed
Ortinee
Bis Four
Towa
Charles yeCarl
Jamey
Pottawattamie
Attempt to Blow a Dam at Clear Lake
An attempt to blow the outlet dam at Clear Lake failed to divert much water as a large dynamite charge shattered the concrete apron and three or four spillways. The blast woke the town, caused overflow on adjacent land, and sparked local dispute over water levels.
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Clear Lake
Girl Returns Home After Lincoln Boarding School Runaway
Anewa Girl Located in Denver Jeanette Olm stead 11 daughter of a Tich farmer from Eagle Grove Iowa ran away May 4 from a Lincoln Nebraska boarding school. Her father and sister found her clerking in a candy store and she had eloped with her employer. The family was notified.
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Denver
Jeanette Olmstead
Eagle Grove
Lincoln
Neb
Bister
Golden
Lumber Fall Tragedy Claims Child in Des Moines Yard
In Des Moines Edmund Carlson nine years old was killed and his twin Emil was seriously injured when a Nile of lumber collapsed in a yard where the brothers were playing.
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Des Moines
Edmund Carlson
Emil
Eva Bedford Abbott Aims at Self by Shooting Man
Eva Bedford Abbott twenty five year old daughter of R F Abbott a farmer north of town attempted suicide by shooting an unnamed man in the temple with a pistol. The injured man named Rerselé will die.
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Bedford
Eva
R. F. Abbott
Rerselé
Tempe
Mrs J E Reid Dies in Clinton Social Leader Aged SE
Mrs J E Reid wife of prominent Clinton manufacturer dies at her home aged SE. She led Clinton social clubs and was active in local organizations, leaving behind a widow and influential presence in the community.
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J. E. Reid
Clinton
J. EB. Reid
Starr Home Receives $5000 From Will In Charles City
The will of S. B. Starr founder of Starr Home for Intigents probated in Charles City outlines about 75000 dollars to grandchildren Percy and Ruth Starr after a large portion to others. Five thousand goes to Starr Home and 2000 to Charles City College. Eight hundred to Andrew Slater and furnishings to Mrs Slater. Forty dollars to Texas nephews. A codicil leaves 1000 to the Methodist Ladies Aid society.
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Starr
Charles City
S. B. Starr
Starr Home
Percy
Ruth Starr
Charles City College
Andrew Slater
Texas
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
Russians Demand Liberty Jensure for Ministry and its Retirement
In St. Petersburg the lower house censured the ministry and demanded its retirement, a bold move seen as a challenge to government. Parliament’s action likened to a national convention, signaling a revolutionary stance and possible government panic amid a tense political moment.
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Jensure
St. Petersburg
Fertilizer Men Indicted By Federal Grand Jury
The U S circuit court grand jury returned an indictment against about 80 fertilizer manufacturers including several Nashville locals. The six count indictment accuses violations of anti trust laws through combining and operating a trust. Defendants across the country will be served with copies and must post bonds for October term appearances in Nashville. The grand jury heard 140 witnesses during the four week investigation.
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Nashville
Yenn
Pfhe Grand Jury
United States Circuit Court
Brand
Louisville Goes Dry as Sunday Saloons Close
Scores of corner pumps with handles removed and signs reading Its sinful to drink on Sunday appeared across Louisville. The city was for the first time in many years dry as Tophet, bringing clear proof to early risers in many sections.
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Louisville
Louisvillle
Elevator Slips Into River at Fort William
Ogilvie grain elevator in Fort William slides from its pile foundation into the river during Saturday night. Rescue deemed impossible as foundation displacement is blamed for the collapse.
Four Soldiers Drowned in Lingaman River Ferry Capsize
Four soldiers from the Eighth Cavalry and the commissary division drowned when a ferry boat capsized in the Lingaman river. Privates J O Miller J S Morrison and Mendoza were among the victims. The tragedy occurred Saturday with several other passengers rescued or missing.
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Manila
Sergi W. H. Thompson
J.O. Miller
J. 5. Morrison
Eighth Cavalry
Mendoza
Lingaman River
Anti-Trust Law Challenge From Cleveland Ice Trust
Six members of Cleveland’s ice trust indicted under the Valentine anti trust law vow a vigorous defense asserting the statute is unconstitutional. The defendants plan to contest the law’s validity in court, arguing it oversteps constitutional bounds.
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Cleveland
Ice Trust
Bomb Throwers in Russia Melt into Turmoil
In Tiflis Sunday bombs were hurled at Gov Gen Timasciff and Chief of Police Martinoff escorting him. A Cossack guard died. another assailant fled after one bomb failed to explode. In St Petersburg the prison warden Shataloff was mortally wounded by an 18 year old revolutionary in retaliation for mistreatment of prisoners. Three killed in a parade bombing during an imperial anniversary celebration.
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Tiflis
Tim
Aseif—I Ani
Pultee Alar- Uno
Martinoff
Timasciff
St. Petersburg
M. Shataloff
Shataloft
Sebastonol
Anarchists Attack Bank at Industrial Savings
A band of anarchists attacked the Industrial Savings bank on Friday. Armed intruders ordered staff to raise hands as the chief clerk opened fire. A fusillade killed two customers and wounded five clerks, one anarchist, and two others before the attackers fled with their wounded.
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Warsaw
Industrial Savings Bank
Perkins Freed By Appellate Division In Campaign Fund Case
New York May 26 The appellate division discharged George W. Perkins from custody. The supreme court had held him awaiting grand jury action on a technical grand larceny charge tied to New York Life Insurance Company campaign contributions to the Republican national committee.
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New York
Supreme Court
George W. Perkins
Grand Jury
New York Life Insurance Company
Republican National Committee
Fetal HeadOn Collision in West Monterey Area
One man was killed and five injured in a head on collision between two light engines and a freight train on the Buffalo and Allegheny division of the Pennsylvania Railroad near West Monterey on Sunday.
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City
Buffalo and Allegheny Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Monterey
Bank Cashier Ends Life in Battle Creek Mystery
Frank P. Bangton, cashier of the National Bank of Battle Creek, reportedly hanged himself Saturday. Bank officials state the accounts are straight and no foul play is suspected.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Frank P. Bangton
National Bank of Battle Creek
Gas Explosion in Monongahela Mine Injures Nine Men
A gas explosion at the Brazwell Gas Coal company mine near Bentleyville just after midnight Saturday injured nine men, two of them seriously, in Monongahela, Pennsylvania.
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Monongahela
Brazwell Gas Coal Company
Bentleyville
Body of Clyde M Showalter Found in Patoka Creek
The body of Clyde M Showalter, a wealthy farmer from Mount Carmel, who vanished last October, was found upright in Patoka Creek. Authorities believe Showalter was killed.
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Mount Carmel
Clyde M. Showalter
Patoka Creek
Showalter
Nation's Revenue Grows in April 1906
Washington reports internal revenue for April 1906 totaling 18,864,068 dollars, up 1,395,736 dollars from April 1905. The monthly statement shows increased receipts across internal revenue collections.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Illinois bankers indicted in Pekin bank collapse case
Four principals of the failed Tess Smith bank in Pekin were indicted on 125 counts each by the Tazewell county grand jury. Bonds set at 35000 each. Defendants named J O Smith E B Unlund Conrad Luppen and Henry Block. Depositors plan a creditors meeting May 28 to pursue remedies.
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Peoria
Tess Smith Bank
Pekin
Tazewell County
Worthington
J. O. Smith
E. B., Unlund
Conrad Luppen
Henry Block
Diveulry
Jacob Woolner
Wooller
Ilinois
Orat Jury
People's Savings Bank
George Simons
Noted Playwright Dead Henrik Ibsen Dies in Christiania
Noted Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen aged 78 died at 2 30 PM Wednesday after a long illness marked by apoplectic attacks. King Haakon and Queen Maud expressed condolences as the nation mourned its foremost literary figure. The storthing prepared to formally record national grief and a state funeral was planned.
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Henrik Ibsen
Tony
Christianli
Norway
Ibsen
Christiania
Haakon
Queen Maud
Storthing
Guards Escort 125 Nonunion Miners at Plum Creek Mine
Stubenville Ohio reports the United States Coal company began operations with 125 nonunion workers escorted by armed guards. No disorder occurred though fears of foreign element unrest persist if the mine continues. Deputies fired into the air to intimidate possible strikers.
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Stubenville
Union of Cumberland Presbyterian and Presbyterian US Church Formed
In Des Moines on a January date the Cumberland Presbyterian church and the Presbyterian church in the United States of America united as one church. Moderator Hunter Corbett proclaimed the union before the general assembly, officially establishing the merged denomination.
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Ars United
Des Moines
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
General Assembly
Moterator Hunter Corbett
Senate Finance Panel Backs Panama Canal Domestic Goods Rule
The senate finance committee on Wednesday favorably reported a resolution directing that materials for the Panama Canal be domestically produced unless presidential bids are deemed exorbitant. The denatured alcohol bill was ordered reported favorably by the committee.
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Canal
Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Panama Canal
Amusement Resort Destroyed Near Cleveland
Five Friday nearly wiped out the White City amusement resort near Cleveland Ohio. Numerous buildings and their contents were destroyed. The loss is estimated at about 150000 dollars.
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Cleveland
White City
Depew Incapacitated Delays Smoot Case Vote
A message to Senator Depew requesting his vote on the Smoot case returned that he is unable to come due to physical and mental incapacity, delaying the decision.
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Depew
Washington
Smoot
American Woman Dies Abroad in Paris Exposition Context
Mrs Francis Ernest Drake born Colton of Chicago wife of the director of the American electrical machinery Departments at the Paris exhibition of 1900 died here Sunday of heart failure in Berlin.
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Berlin
Francis Ernest Drake
N¢É Colton
Chicago
American Electrical Machinery ‘Departments
Panama City councils urge US intervention in Panama elections
In extraordinary sessions on May 24 Panama's municipal council adopted resolutions backing US intervention to preserve peace in forthcoming elections. The declarations claim violence and fraud by government agents, urging US action to ensure free votes on June 24 and July 21. Calan council protested this stance, condemning foreign intervention as harmful to sovereignty.
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Colon
Panama
United States
Roosevelt
Calan
M. Grenaldo
New York Central Franchises Tax Case Decided Favorably
The New York Central railroad won against Comptroller Miller in a New York tax dispute. The Supreme Court, with Justice Holmes delivering the opinion, held that railroad car sites are in New York for franchise tax purposes, assessing $889,008 on permanent car sites despite time spent outside the state.
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Washington
New York Central Railroad
N L. Miller
New York
New York State
Supreme Court
Justice Holmes
Collapse of Big Elevator in Fort William The Oglive grain elevator slides into the river
In Fort William Ontario the Oglive company grain elevator housing 350000 bushels began sliding toward the river overnight. Rescue is deemed impossible. The pile foundation placement is believed to have caused the collapse.
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Fort William
Ont
Oglive Company
Dhe
Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Trying to Vote
William Bogge pleaded guilty in Kansas City to attempting to vote in the recent election and received a two year sentence in the penitentiary.
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Kansas City
William Bogge
Memorial exercises honor nation’s dead at Arlington
Memorial services were held at Arlington National Cemetery by Theodore Roosevelt garrison, General William F. Barry garrison, Admiral David D. Porter garrison, and General Guy V. Henry garrison. Generals Burt and Representatives Dawson and Jenkins delivered speeches on the Army Navy and United People.
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Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Theodore Roosevelt Garrison
William F. Barry Garrison
David D. Porter Garrison
Guy V. Henry Garrison
A.S. Burt
Dawson
Iowa
Jenkins
Wisconsin
First Act of Princess Ena Wins Pardon for Condemned Man
In Madrid Princess Ena of Battenberg arrived to wed King Alfonso and successfully persuaded the king to pardon Ferdinando Severa, condemned to death after a tense trial. The dramatic pardon as Severa headed to the gallows boosted the princess's popularity.
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Madrid
Ena
Battenberg
Spain
Alfonso
Ferdinando Severa
Burdon
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