Flaws in Hardy's Story Raise Murder Guilty Doubt
In Marshalltown Iowa on June 8 investigators say new developments bolster belief that Raymond Hardy killed his father James Hardy mother and younger brother Earl near Van Cleve. County Attorney Eger Meyer and Sheriff question Hardy who reportedly gave conflicting accounts of the day and night of the killings after a three hour grilling in his cell.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Egermeyer
Raymond Hardy
James Hardy
Earl
van Cleve
Shors
Young Hardy
Raymond
Maybray Man Still Uncaught in Transit
Seattle report states S L Thielman, a former baseball pitcher linked to the Mabray gang, escaped custody while being moved toward Omaha for trial. U S Marshal Fred Lathem lost track of him and officers have no clue to his whereabouts.
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Seattle
Wash
S. L. Thielman
Omaha
Mabray
United States
Fred Lathe
Thielman
Fine Canadian crops in prairie wheat fields
Growing reports come in from Winnipeg and prairie provinces as warm sunshine today and yesterday sign favorable weather for the wheat crop.
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Winnipeg
Man
Prairie Provinces
Man Discusses Past Affairs as He Plans New Romance
A man begins talking with a woman about his past love affairs while revealing plans to add another to the table of his romantic life. The exchange hints at lingering regrets and the potential for a complicated triangle.
Greene's Show Ostrich Plumes Displays Worth Thousands
Greene's store features an ostrich plume display valued around five thousand dollars secured by Manager M Harfield. The exhibit showcases plumes from fifteen to three hundred dollars per pound, with bundles from the farm often valued at several hundred dollars. The display also includes ostrich eggs used in window decor and a teaching angle on ostrich life.
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Greene's
M. Harfield
Hatfield
Milady
Harlem
Beffel Denounces Taft Movement In Milwaukee
Dr. J M Beffel Milwaukee Republican leader denounces the Taft convention push calling it insincere and an attack on party leadership He says the struggle is not about principle but personalities and predicts Wisconsin as the upcoming national battlefield where entrenched interests oppose the people’s rights.
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Milwaukee
Wis
J. M. Beffel
Wisconsin
Croesus
Wisconsin Elks Hold Ninth State Convention in Neenah
Neenah Wisconsin hosts the ninth annual Wisconsin Elks convention with a stag night at Brighton Beach and a banquet for the ladies. About 19,000 visitors attend as the big parade features ten bands and many Elks. Officers are elected to determine the 1911 convention city with Milwaukee Wausau Racine Green Bay Kenosha and Grand Rapids seeking hosting duties.
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Neenah
Wis
Neenah and Menasha
Wisconsin
Elks
Brighton Beach
Milwaukee
Wausau
Racine
Green Bay
Kenosha
Grand Rapids
La Crosse Valley Baptists Meet in Kendall Wisconsin
The fifty fourth annual La Crosse Valley Baptist association opened in Kendall and will run through Thursday. Eleven churches send sixty five delegates. The group dedicated a new seven thousand dollar church and observed a memorial for N. F. Clark of Neenah. Rev. W. D. Hulburt preached the dedicatory sermon and Rev. W. D. Wells led the memorial service.
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Wauwatosa
W. D. Wells
Whitehall
Van Sant Talks to Veterans in Fond du Lac Event
Commander in Chief Van Sant and former Minnesota governor was a guest at Fond du Lac Wisconsin for the fourteenth annual veterans event.
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van Sant
Fond DU Lac, Wis
Minnesota
Ostrich Feather Trade Process Described in Detail
The article explains how ostrich feathers are captured and prepared from live birds in a sequence of steps. Birds are restrained, feathers plucked, roots damaged to avoid regrowth, then cleaned and dyed. Feathers are graded, sewn, steamed, curled, and bunched for fashion use. It notes 400,000 to 500,000 tame ostriches in South Africa and the major export routes to London and New York.
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South Africa
London
England
New York
Wisconsin G A R delegates march to Gen Bragg’s home
About 1000 delegates of the G A R in Wisconsin marched to the home of General Bragg the Iron Brigade trader who was seriously ill. Frank A Walsh of Milwaukee is the only candidate to succeed William H Grinnell as department commander.
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Wisconsin
Gen. Bragg
Iron Brigade
Frank A. Walsh
Milwaukee
W. H. Grinnell
Milwaukee Wins Next Convention For Odd Fellows Meet
Attendance at the Wisconsin grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs tops prior records as Milwaukee is nearly unanimously chosen to host the grand lodge and Rebekah conventions in 1911.
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Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs
Milwaukee
Grand Lodge
Rebekah
Death by Own Action in Independence Wisconsin
Ed Olson hanged himself in the henhhouse at his home in Independence Wisconsin. Authorities believe he took his own life while despondent over financial matters.
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Independence
Wis
Olson
Prairie Du Chien High School Class of 1919 Commencement
The Prairie du Chien Metropolis reports a full house at the high school class of 1919 commencement exercises. Eleven graduates received diplomas across several courses, with notable glee club singing. Other items note Sacred Heart college building dedication, Royal Neighbors Children’s Day excursion, and local visits and events.
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Metropolitan Theater
High School
Glee Club
Board of Education
Minnie Hurlbut
Lawrence Kieser
Joe Schweiger
Jessie Atchison
Gladys Bower
Iva Coleman
Esther Harding
Hattie Koepp
Maude McDaniel
Joe Schwartz
Francis Halpin
la Crosse Rubber Mills Co
la Crosse
Wis
Sacred Heart College
Royal Neighbors
Dubuque
William Huard
South Dakota
J. E. Crary
Chicago
George L. Hazen
Waureka
J. A. Gillis
Thomas Taylor
Seneca Bank
N. S. Dousman
St. Paul
C. E. Howard
Rathbun
Rosencrang
Will Mueller
River Falls
William Muldowney
C. B. Hn
R. M. Chapman
Houston
Texas
Mystic Workers
Elgin
Mabel
Nellie Poehler
Relativ
City
Tenn
Victor Kramer
Margaret Gouch
Caer
Harrison Colen Steuben
Ts. Mayme O'Brien
Rela
Local Republicans Attend Milwaukee Convention
W R Graves and Dr W T Pinkerton of this city Ed Sherwood of Mt Sterling and John O Nash of Ferryville left Tuesday to attend a Republican convention in Milwaukee.
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Tives
Eastman
W. R. Graves
W. T. Pinkerton
Ed Sherwood
Mt. Sterling
John O. Nash
Ferryville
Milwaukee
Black Independent Seeks Challenge to Dalzell in Pittsburgh
Considerable interest is shown in a local boom launching today for Dr. Robt J Black, opponent of congressman Dalzell in the recent primaries, urged to oppose Dalzell in the fall elections.
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Pittsburg
Robt. J. Black
Dalzell
House Post Office Committee Opposes Postal Savings Plan
Washington June 1 members of the house committee on post offices and post roads with representative Moon present object to a postal savings bank bill. The report, filed as a Republican caucus effort, charges the plan central bank basis and opposes its passage.
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Washington, D. C
House
Commt Post
Postal Savings Bank
Republican
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Taft
LA Crosse Valley
A. Grams & Sons
Morning Star Mills
LA Grosse
Prairie DU Chien
Bell Telephone
Bell
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Black
Congress
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