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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1914
Page
2
Iowa State College engineers plan statewide visits to advise on machinery and industry problems next year. Free for public work, private projects pay only travel, with a modest fee for private consultations. Also notes on fair boycotts, federal appointments, and state agriculture initiatives.
Militants of the suffrage movement set off a bomb beside St Edward’s chair in Westminster Abbey as Home Secretary Reginald McKenna spoke in the Commons. The blast caused panic but little damage, drawing a crowd and prompting police to seal the abbey. McKenna dismissed deportation as impractical and urged newspapers to stop feeding the agitation.
General Carranza appoints three delegates Fernando Iglesias Calderon Luis Cabrera and Jose Vasconcelos to Niagara mediation conference in Washington Ottawa and under U S mediation. Armistice terms and participation conditions are debated as Huerta and American envoys sign initial protocol. In Mexico Mazatlan a major assault by constitutionalists led by General Ggbregon targets federal fortifications. heavy losses reported on both sides.
Chicago reports four LaSalle Street banks closed after state examiners found $4,000,000 in liabilities. Depositors, mostly businessmen, pulled out about $1.5 million since June 1. Three minor banks and related institutions also closed for inspection. exams expected to resume soon.
Provisional President Huerta General Blanquet and a reduced Mexican cabinet plan to travel to Vera Cruz to pursue mediation talks. Blanquet leads with a Brazilian minister to consult General Funston on feasibility and Welcomeness of Huerta. Johnny Williams claims bantamweight title by dethroning Johnny Coulon in Vernon.
Washington reports the Senate restored the mileage allowance to 20 cents per mile after the House reduced it to half, with the Senate committee reestablishing the old figure in the legislative appropriation bill.
The Canadian government steamer Montmagny, reported lost, arrived at North Sydney with all well according to a message from her captain F X Paujiot to the marine department.
Representative William G. Sharp of Ohio a member of the house foreign affairs committee was nominated by President Wilson to be ambassador to France. His appointment was endorsed by the Democratic Ohio delegation. Sharp is a wealthy Elyria manufacturer and has traveled extensively.
West Point announces 107 new army officers from the Class of 1914 who marched to Trophy Point to receive their diplomas. The ceremony marked the completion of their military academy studies.
Yale students leaving after exams flooded Yale post office with parcel post packages causing near overload at New Haven Conn on June 13.
Samuel A Cook of Nee nah was chosen as commander in chief of the Wisconsin department of the G A R at its Madison meeting on June 13. Cook, a longtime figure in state politics, previously served as a state senator and has been a prominent member of the G A R for many years.
Louis B. Hazeman, a New Orleans merchant, clubbed his wife to death with a hoe. His fourteen year-old niece, present with the woman, admitted the killing by her uncle.
Burlington hosts the Fortieth Annual Encampment of the Department of Iowa Grand Army of the Republic with over 3000 veterans present at the Grand Opera House. Department Commander J W Willett presides as Gov. Clarke and local officials address the gathering and parade plans highlight a busy agenda into Wednesday.
Iowa railroad men report circulating chatter in New York and Chicago that the Grand Trunk could assume operation of the Great Western after the voting trust ends June 30. No official confirmation yet. The plan would not buy the line but guarantee a 4 percent dividend on preferred stock, aiming to raise earnings from about 2 percent.
The president nominated Iowa postmasters John L. Devin at Livermore Jacob B. Powers at Murray Cora A. Hildlebaugh at Bagsey Edmund A Hart at Dow City and George W. Newcorn as rural letter carrier at Roger Gertrude M. Mitchell named Postmaster at California Tarrison county replacing Isaac N Warrek who was removed
At the Iowa Wesleyan annual trustees meeting in Mt Pleasant the board authorized establishing a business college tied to the school as an advance step in education.
Raymond D. Ramsbottom aged 27 a wealthy land owner died at a resort near Creston by swallowing car belic acid. Officials report the act as a death by own action with health concerns cited as possible motive. The case details remain under investigation by local authorities and the health department.
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