Elopees Caught At Carnival As Mrs Wren Chooses Love
Mrs. William Wren eloped with William Wilcawe after illness in Minneapolis. They were captured by her husband and Patrolman Arneson at a La Crosse carnival and taken to the central police station. Both face a probable Minneapolis court on a statutory charge.
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William Wren
William Wi Cane
Arneson
Market Square
Wren
la Crosse
Wilcawe
Wilawe
Nicollet Avenue
Minneapolis
LaCrosse
Wileawe
Laen
Carniva
Weather outlook and regional conditions across states
yesterday’s temperatures reached a high of 99 and low of 74 with no rainfall. unsettled conditions persist in wisconsin minnesota and iowa with chances of showers tonight or saturday and variable winds. local showers extend from the pacific coast through the northwest to the upper lake region and gulf states with a general trend toward continued high temperatures and unsettled weather. river flood stage reports indicate gradual fall over the next 48 hours.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Pacific Coast
South Dakota
North Dakota
Upper Lake Region
Atlantic and
Gulf States
Buffalo
New Orleans
Lake Superior District
Nebraska
Upper Lakes
New England States
East Gulf States
Pau
Pr. du Chien
Romance Began Over Cigarette Name Ends in Divorce
Edward Kimbrough of York Nebraska and May Lauck of St. Louis started their romance after she penned her name on a cigarette paper. He returned to Nebraska amid quarrels over a movie outing and alleged mistreatment, leading to a separation and plans for divorce.
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ST. Louis
Edward Kimbrough
York
Neb
May Lauck
Kimbrough
Nebraska
Miss Lauck
Minneapolis Slaves to Heroin Exposé Shocks City Officials
Minneapolis officials hear a report that scores of residents, including high school students and families, are heroin addicts. The piece details a 20 year old, David Viall, seeking state farm commitment while describing a Saloon known as The Snow Bird's Nest and a club of twenty fiends sharing tablets. It notes multiple snow clubs in operation and explains heroin’s strong cravings and weaker legal restrictions compared to cocaine and morphine.
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Minneapolis
Minn
David Viail
Viall
Famous hurdler elopes in Missouri marriage shock
John P. Nicholson, famed Missouri University athlete, elopes with Gladys Hunt of St. Louis after a Washington, Missouri ceremony. Hunt, a former Olympic team member, has equalled the high hurdle record and Nicholson is now at home with his bride instead of training in Chicago.
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ST. Louis
John P. Nicholson
Missouri University
Chicago
Washington
Gladys Hunt
Hunt
President Wilson to Vacation in Cornish New Hampshire
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson with their daughters will depart Washington for a short vacation in Cornish New Hampshire. The length of the stay hinges on Congress with a possible recess over July 4 delaying any return by a week from next Monday.
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Washington
Wilson
Lost Girl Found After Two Nights in Park
Helen McCarty, 16, daughter of John A. McCarty a wealthy newspaper broker, was found exhausted after spending two nights in Fort Washington Park. She was sleeping in her parents apartment at the Hotel Hargrave. Her father said she was not in a serious condition.
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New York
Fort Washington Park
Helen McCarty
John A. McCarty
Hargrave
Scouts Relay Wilson Message Across 43 Mile Trek
Sixty five Toledo boy scouts started from Woodville to Swanton to deliver President Wilson's message to Mayor Harrison in Chicago. The relay covered forty three miles in three hours and fifty five minutes.
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Toledo, CO
Toledo
Wilson
Harrison
Chicago
Woodville
Swanton
Outsiders blamed for failures of farmers co operatives
Milwaukee June 27 speakers at the National Grainmen's convention contend that co operative societies fail because farmers admit outsiders who gain control.
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Milwaukee
National Grainmen’s Convention
Hayden Named to Push Cases in San Francisco
Washington June 27. President Wilson to nominate Thomas E Hayden as United States district attorney in San Francisco to succeed McNab who resigned after the Caminetti scandal Hayden and Matt J Sullivan named as special prosecutors for the white slave and Western Fuel cases will press the prosecutions at once Hayden had been a candidate for DA and accepted the post as special prosecutor with the understanding of permanent appointment. Meanwhile lack of a quorum blocked action by the house judiciary committee on the Kahn resolution ordering McReynolds to submit papers in the Diggs Caminetti and Western Fuel cases. Sims blamed McReynolds in a debate over a commerce court and produced correspondence with Hines showing McReynolds urged attention to the railroad man’s suggestion.
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Washington
Wilson
Thomas E. Hayden
United States
San Francisco
McNab
Hayden
Matt J. Sullivan
House
Judiciary Committee
Kahn _ resolution
McReynolds
Diggs-Caminetti
Western Fuel Company
Sims
Tennessee
Commerce Court
Walter D. Hines
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Clayton
Hines
Wisconsin Gettysburg veterans depart for field fifty years after battle
Three hundred Wisconsin veterans who fought at Gettysburg complete final preparations in Madison for departure on a special train to the Gettysburg field. A message from Gettysburg reports the Wisconsin division encamped on the Badger regiments’ night before the battle ground.
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Madison, Wis
Wisconsin
Gettysburg
Salsman
Senate Caucus Delays Tariff Bill Until After July Fourth
Report indicates the senate democratic caucus will not submit the tariff bill to the senate proper until after July 4, as of today. The note assigns no immediate plan or timing beyond the post holiday window.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate Democratic Caucus
Senate
Editors Sentenced in Bismarck for Obscene Magazine
Sam H. Clark and Clarence Crockard, editor and business manager of Jim Jam Jems, received two years in Leavenworth and $2000 fines after conviction on two counts of nine indictments for transporting obscene literature. An appeal is expected. The magazine was alleged shipped to Twin City dealers by express, with nineteen Twin City dealers awaiting trial.
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Bismarck
N. D
Leavenworth
Sam H. Clark
Clarence Crockard
Jim Jam Jems
Twin City
Express
Customs Agency Retained in La Crosse After Protests
The U S Treasury Department ruled to keep the La Crosse customs office, defeating a eight year effort to consolidate with Milwaukee. Congressman Esch announced the decision, citing economic advantages of local car seals, motorboat inspections, and shipments to Canada, with La Crosse as the sole Mississippi River port with a customs office. The breweries and railroads led the protest, influencing investigations and arguments.
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la Crosse
United States Treasury Department
United States Customs Agency
John J. Esch
J. F. Curtis
Treasury Department
Milwaukee
Congressman Esch
Department
United States
Esch
la Crosse Breweries
Canada
Treasury
Canadian
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Customs
Curtis
Smithoman
J. S. Medary
Washington, D. C
M. C
Wis
Woman Boss Emerges in Chicago Political Scene
Mrs Annie Carlo Blasi, long dubbed Queen of Little Italy, is poised to lead a women’s organization backing Hinky Dink Kenna and Bathhouse John Coughlin. She plans a 5,000 vote drive and the first meeting is set under the Incoronato society with her as president.
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Chicago
Hinky Dink
Kenna
John" Coughlin
First Ward
Annie Carlo-Blasi
Little Italy
Illinois
Mike
John
Kenna- Coughlin
Incoronato Society
Carlo Blassi
Tries Hari-Kari AWAITING TRIAL Denies Wife and Daughter Murder
James I Bacon former legislator lies dying in a Colorado hospital after a dynamite blast killed his wife and her daughter. He denies guilt in their murder and says two masked men slashed him in his jail cell while awaiting trial.
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Cripple Creek
Col
James l. Bacon
Bacon
Finish of S H C Testimony in Harvester Suit
Chicago June 27 testimony in the government suit to dissolve International Harvester ended after Special Examiner Taylor of Duluth heard witnesses in hearings across several months. In total 1,385 witnesses testified, 1,300 for the company and the remainder for the government.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
Taylor
Duluth
Weston Fatigued on Long Walk to Minneapolis
Edward Payson Weston, exhausted by heat, trudged through Creston Ohio while walking from New York to Minneapolis. He failed to beat a 55 mile day from Dayton to Ashland and rested at Ritman after the attempt.
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Creston, O
Edward Payson Weston
New York
Minneapolis
Ashland
Dayton
Ritman
Cyclone Damages Minot Normal School Buildings
A cyclone struck Minot North Dakota yesterday causing extensive damage. The half completed walls of the power station at the Minot normal school were blown down and the main building suffered heavy damage.
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Minot
N. D
Minot Normal School
Normal School
Six Edmonton Residents Drown in Saskatchewan River
Six prominent Edmontonians die when a gasoline launch overturns on the Saskatchewan river near Edmonton. Victims include R. C. Hooper and his wife, Mrs. Hooper, Mrs. Everett Case, Earl Meredith and his wife, and Robert Patten. Everett Case survives, but is prostrate with grief.
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Saskatchewan
Edmonton
Alta
R. C. Hooper
Marshall- Wells Company
Hooper
Everett Case
Imperial Bank
Earl Meredith
Marshall-Wells Company
Meredith
Robert Patten
Case
Bounce’s Pal Suspected in New Chicken Killings
Reports say a big white shaggy dog killed sixty chickens over three to four nights, with ties to Bounce the dog shot last month after a chicken raid. Neighbors describe two dogs involved in raids and police seek the current culprit amid South Side poultry losses.
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Bounce
Herman Kienahs
Fred Schultz
Adams
South Side
Peter Moran
Gund Brewery
Moran
Beamed Ethical Eugenic Marriage Heads to New Zealand
Robert E Hutchi son of Philadelphia and Delia Farley Dana granddaughter of Longfellow wed on a beach without clergy or attendants. They plan to study state socialism and travel to New Zealand to pursue their ideas after a self devised ceremony.
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Manchester
Mass
Robert E. Hutchison
Philadelphia
Delia Farley Dana
Longfellow
New Zealand
Death of the Fourth Duke of Sutherland Shocks London Society
The fourth duke of Sutherland died early today at his Sutherland home, aged 62, stunning Olympia Horse Show planners and London social circles. He was considered Europe’s largest landowner aside from the Russian czar, shaping wealth and influence across the continent.
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London
Olympia
Duke of Sutherland
Sutherland
Europe
Li'l Artha Across the Line Route to Paris
Montreal reports that Jack Johnson the boxer has been ordered arrested by Canada at Secretary Bryan's request as an undesirable immigrant if he stays in the dominion. He fled Chicago wearing a false mustache and is now in Montreal awaiting his next move toward France. Johnson plans to sail next Tuesday.
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Montreal
Bryan
Jack Johnson
Dominion
Johnson
Chicago
Canada
United States
France
Johnson Planned Flight From United States Sparks Legal Action
Attorney General McReynolds may seek Canadian help to detain and return Jack Johnson the boxer who reportedly fled to Montreal en route to Paris. Officials in Washington and Chicago aim to compel Johnson to face the white slave law and consider forfeiture of his bond if he leaves jurisdiction.
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Chicago
McReynolds
Jack Johnson
Europe
Johnson
Montreal
Paris
Charles F. de Woody
Department of Justice
Wilkerson
United States
Washington
de Woody
District Attorney’s
Australia
Benjamin Bachrach
Tom Clark
Joe Levy
Wisconsin
American Giants
Detroit
Toronto
St. Petersburg
Sam Langford
Smith
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Breweries
PAL Bathhouse
Hari-Kari
Danville
Ill
Lulu Shumaker
Nellie Shane
Shumaker
Weston
Li'l
Artha
Jumps Bond
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