Washington Senators Clash Over Lobbying And Tariff Debate
Minnesota senators Nelson and Clapp testified before a committee denying Mulhall’s charges about lobbying payments for a tariff commission. News from Mexico warned of Huerta versus revolutionaries nearing a decisive moment within two weeks. Senate debate in Washington saw Cummins oppose the Underwood S immons tariff with support for an income tax, while Bryan outlined a new U S policy toward Nicaragua as a U S protectorate akin to Cuba. Duluth’s freight rate case advanced with a class rate cut to equalize treatment, and Supreme Court decrees in Minnesota and Missouri rate cases required railroads to cover state litigation costs. Consul Luther Ellsworth warned of a dynamite plot against the Piedras Negras consulate, and Bristow challenged Bryan’s vacation lecturing amid cabinet criticism.
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Nicaragua
Republic
United States
Cuba
Bryan
Senate Foreign Relaions Committee
Washington
Luther Ellsworth
Piedras Negras
Mexico
United States Supreme Court
Minnesota
Missouri
Women smoke in buffet cars on trans continental trains
Report notes women passengers on a speeding train near Yellowstone puffed cigarettes with men in the buffet car. Also mentions California’s antielien land law becoming effective August 10, a New Lands act mediation statement, a murder charge in International Falls, a mayoral bail, and negligence cited over a public bathhouse drowning in Lawrence Massachusetts.
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Chicago
Yellowstone Park
California
Johnson
Riots cool after Potlatch as city grapples with failures
Mayor Cotterill says he used all legal means to curb disturbances after sacking the LW and Socialist headquarters in Seattle. A rash of transport accidents and maritime incidents frame a day of crisis including a fiery rail collision near Perry and Madison, a sunken steamer Tremper at Esopus island, and a major insurance suit in San Francisco. The Photographers' Association of America opens its largest convention in Kansas City as aviation prizes go to Upton, Watta, and Honeywell in a Kansas City balloon race. Mount McKinley may be renamed Denali if Archdeacon Stuck persuades the National Geographical Board.
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LW. W
Socialist
Seattle
Wash
Daily Times
Cotterill
R. A. Upton
John Watta
Kansas City
H. E. Honeywell
The
Aero Club of America
Mount McKinley
North America
Denali
Archdeacon Hudson Stuck
Episcopal
National Board of Geographical Names
Vatican Guard Disarmed Amid Fears of Disorder
A Sofia dispatch to the London Times reports mutinous Vatican guards in Rome have been disarmed due to fear of graver disorders. The Turks reportedly withdrew from Adrianople. Romania accepts Turkaibaltchik as the frontier, but will not withdraw troops until Bulgaria negotiates with belligerents. Earth tremors shake southern Germany from Strasbourg to Frankfurt. General Chang Sun defeats Chinese rebels, capturing four field guns and forty cases of ammunition. revolutionary leader Lang Lu is killed.
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Sofia
London Times
Adrianople
Roumania
Bulgaria
Turtukai-Baltchik
Chang Sun
Lang Lu
Sare
Notable Deaths And Crimes From Across The Nation And Abroad
Personal Word relays the death of Commissioner George Scott Railton, pioneer of the Salvation Army in the U S, France and Germany, in Cologne. The report notes Akron residents Mabel Ross and Bryan F E Rogers fatally injured in a railroad collision near a Pennsylvania line, and William Joy also killed in the crash. John Cahill, a New York policeman, was shot and stabbed by burglars at St Matthew's rectory in Brooklyn. Jim Cummerford alias Frank White, a noted pickpocket, escaped Alameda County jail by clothing swap with a young woman. Truman Chapman of Hamilton Ontario was saved when four men grabbed him from the brink of the American falls after toppling from an iron railing at Point.
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New York
Cologne
Germany
George Scott Railton
Salvation Army
United States
France
Mabel Ross
Akron
Bryan FE. Rogers
Common Pleas
S. G. Rogers
William Joy
Pennsylvania
John Cahill
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
Brooklyn
Jim Cummerford
Frank White
Hotorious
Alameda County
California
Truman Chapman
Hamilton
Ont
Chapman
Iowa crop acreage shows gains in corn and wheat despite declines elsewhere
Government survey reports Iowa corn planted at 9,434,500 acres up 14,067 from 1912 township records. Oats area at 4,204,400 acres just under last year while spring and winter wheat total 871,040 acres with a winter-wheat rise of 7,800 acres. Barley and rye acres track near 1912 levels. flax, potatoes, and hay show declines, with general crop conditions improving for hay and alfalfa rising about 11 percent.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George M. Chappel
One Killed Four Injured In Car Crash Near Fairfax
J D Johnson of Webster City was killed instantly and four others injured when a touring car driven by Anna Harrington of Norway overturned four miles southwest of Fairfax at about fifty mph. Bessie Terhoon and Archie Pirie of Norway suffered fractured collar bones while Harrington and Blanche Paul endured serious bruising and cuts.
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Cedar Rapids
J. D. Johnson
Webster City
Anna Harrington
Norway
Fairfax
Bessie Terhoon
Archie Pirie
Blanche Paul
Keokuk Plans Homecoming for Dam Celebration
Keokuk votes to stage a homecoming during the dam celebration set for August 26 to 28. Postcards will be mailed to about 5 000 former residents now in the country. The special meeting approved preparations to welcome these former Keokuk residents back to the event.
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Keokuk
Two Iowa Farms Bring $237000 in Palo Alto County Sales
Ida Grove based German-American Land company president Edward Meents sold 00 acres in Palo Alto county to Noah Williams for 117430 and 870 acres in the same county to Thomas Michaelson of Schleswig for 120000.
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Iowa
Ida Grove
Edward Meents
German-American Land Company
Palo Alto
Noah Williams
Thomas Michaelson
Schleswig
Boys Encouraged To Steal Chickens Near Keokuk Camps
Report says two local boys admitted stealing twenty chickens and selling them to labor camps outside the city. The incidents involved bank cars with African American railroad workers aboard, prompting concern over tainted influences guiding youths.
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Keokuk
Chautauqua Films Banned on Sabbath by Mayor
Atlantic operators of Chautauquas lose privileges as Mayor Burnea, who closed movie houses on Sundays, rules that the Chautauqua must not show films on the Sabbath as planned.
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Atlantic
Burnea
Focal Moving Picture Houses
Youth Driver Killed as Wagons Collide in Hay Field
Martin Wanderscheid, 15, died when the team he drove ran away and toppled into the ahead team. The loaded wagon passed over him, throwing him from the load in a hay field incident attributed to the runaway horses and collision.
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Hay Field
Lawler
Martin Wanderscheid
Bryan to Speak at Adel Chautauqua Assembly
Bryan visits Adel for a five day Chautauqua starting Thursday. On July 23 Secretary William J. Bryan will address the assembly.
Church Project at Geneva Moves Forward
Ackley area Catholic parishioners plan to build a new church in Geneva. The committee reports the purchase of several lots and a substantial fund already raised, with plans under way for construction.
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Geneva
Ackley
Grinnell Savings Bank Building Contract Awarded
The Grinnell Savings Bank contracts for a new building were let for construction to be finished by February 1, 1914. The project is expected to cost about $40,090.
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Grinnell
Grinnell Savings Bank
Body found in river after night search
Frank Hackett, formerly cook at the Brantwood cafe, was found floating upright in the river east of the Short Line bridge after an all night search. Mrs Hackett had given him water and awoke to find him missing an hour later. The body stood with the head just above water, suggesting he walked into the river and stood upright as there was little current.
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Towa Falls
Frank Hackett
Brantwood Cafe
Short Line Bridge
Veteran with guns arrested in Davenport after gun display
George Hatton a Muscatine Civil War veteran showed a new revolver to friends in Davenport unaware of a new Iowa law making weapon carrying a penitentiary offense. He told the police magistrate he was paid by the government for four years of service and did not know his rights had changed. He was admonished and released, told this era calls for peace and no weapon use.
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Davenport
George Hatton
Muscatine
Patriarch Militants to Meet at Spirit Lake
Arrangements are completed for the annual department council of Patriarch Militants at Spirit Lake August 9 to 18. About 250 Militants are expected to gather. Major General C. W. Paschal and Lt. Col. J. C. Milner will furnish all tent equipment for attendees.
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State Department Council
Spirit Lake
Belle Plaine
Department Council of Patriarch
Patriarch
C. W. Paschal
J. C. Milner
Make Farms of Lake Bed at Wall Lake
Clarion Fred Austin who has leased Wall lake for twenty years will convert it into farmland for use or lease. The rental is $200 annually and the land covers about 905 acres. Plans include drilling wells and drainage. Estimated cost for the work is $35,000.
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Clarion
Fred Austin
Wall Lake
Figures on oat smut loss in Black Hawk county
Agricultural expert reports about 120000 dollars lost by oat smut to Black Hawk county farmers last year. He says the loss can be nearly eliminated next year if farmers inspect their oats now and apply preventive steps to curb smut.
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Black Hawk County
Acacia Fraternity Formed as Acacia-Resch Alumni Inc
The Acacia fraternity at the University of Iowa has incorporated as Acacia-Resch Alumni. Officers elected to lead the Masonic brotherhood include President Charles M. Dutcher and First Vice President Dr. Dean H. Osborn, with Second Vice President Prof. Abram O. Thomas and Secretary-Treasurer Charles M. Showers.
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Iowa City
Acacia Fraternity
University of Iowa
Acacia-Resch
Masoniic Brotherhood
Charles M. Dutcher
Dean H. Osborn
Abram O. Thomas
Charles M. Showers
Western Normal College consolidation plan approved
At a mass meeting citizens voted unanimously to support merging the high school with Western Normal College. Arrangements are underway to transfer college property to the school district and move the high school into the college building.
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Western Normal College
Shenandoah
Plan Undertakers Meet in Sioux City
The Interstate Funeral Directors association holds its annual convention in Sioux City August 12 to 14. A feature will be lectures and demonstrations by Dr GCly Barnes.
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Sioux City
Interstate Funeral Directors’ Association
Gcly Barnes
Drowned in Pool Near James Claims Life of A P Noem
A P Noem, 22, station agent at James, drowned while bathing in a small pool near James. He was seized with cramps during the swim and failed to resurface. The incident occurred in LeMars.
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LeMars
A. P.noem
James
Mr. Noem
Man Killed In Runaway Near Clinton
Michael Hand 21 was killed and Chris Suehl Miles Olson and Anton Schwartz were injured when a horse ran away after being frightened by a speeding motorcycle causing the buggy to overturn near Clinton.
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Clinton
Hmichael Hand
Chris Suehl
Miles Olson
Anton Schwartz
Montezuma Grants 25-Year Electric Franchise to McKinley Interests
Montezuma voters approve an electric light franchise awarded to the McKinley interests of Oskaloosa for twenty five years. The company will supply Montezuma with twenty four hour electricity service.
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Montezuma
McKinley
Oskaloosa
Co operative Store Planned At Onawa
A Farmers' cooperative store will be opened here soon. A J Mitchell of Sterra Lake has been obtaining stock at 100 dollars a share among Menova county farmers and reports unusual success.
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Plans Co-operative
Onawa
Farmers’ Co-Operative
A. J. Mitchell
Sterra Lake
Menova County
Fire Rages Through Binghamton Factory Killing Dozens
A four story Binghamton Clothing Co building burned Tuesday afternoon trapping about 125 workers. Fifty people were killed, many injured, with two dozen bodies recovered and about 30 injured in hospitals. Fire turned the structure into a roaring furnace as authorities feared more victims in the ruins. Thousands gathered as police kept onlookers back from the scene.
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Binghamton
New York
Binghamton Clothing Company
Baldwin receives 14000 from Rock Island Railroad
Council Bluffs James Baldwin, first reader in the Christian Science church and estate administrator for Henry D. Baldwin, received 14000 from the Rock Island Railroad in full satisfaction of a judgment for Henry D. Baldwin’s death. Baldwin led a gang laying tracks on the Union Pacific Missouri River bridge when a Rock Island train engineer missed a signal Baldwin set, sending him 50 feet into the river where he died nearly seven years ago.
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Council Bluffs
James Baldwin
Christian Science Church of
Henry D. Baldwin
Rock Island Railroad Company
Union Pacific
Burglars Open Safe at Beal Milling in Knoxville
Burglars entered the Beal Milling company office in Knoxville and blew open the big safe with gun powder. They escaped with about $100, shattering the safe door and surrounding sills. Tools used were stolen from a nearby blacksmith shop.
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Knoxsville
Beal Milling Company
Married couple injured in highway rollover near Ontario
Mr and Mrs I J Ferguson of Ames sustained serious injuries on the Transcontinental road at Ontario while returning home from a wedding anniversary celebration. The car overturned after loss of control. Mr Ferguson suffered a broken arm and Mrs Ferguson three broken ribs.
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J. Ferguson
Ontario
Boone
I. J. Ferguson
Ames
Mr. Ferguson
Lost Five Fine Horses in Milwaukee Train Collision
Harlan-Mike Blum, a Washington township stock breeder, reports five valuable horses killed by a Milwaukee train. The pasture near the railroad, with a section crossing Mosquito Creek attached to a county bridge, had the bridge rebuilt and the wire removed. During the night seven horses crossed under the bridge onto the railroad right of way, and five were instantly killed.
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Harlan—Mike Blum
Washington Township
Mosquito Creek
Plan to Operate Atlantic Northern & Southern Railway Bidder Says
The successful bidder for the south end from Atlantic to Villisca, represented by Plan to Operate A N aE Atlantic De Koo Webber, states that if the court grants a deed at the hearing on August 9 they will start operating the road August 11. Two round trips daily with one additional round trip on Sundays are planned.
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Atlantic—De Koo Webber
Atlantic Northern & Southern Railway
Atlantic
Villisca
Dentists' Offices Raided Across Two Cities
Dentists' offices in Cedar Rapids suffered thefts during closure, losing hundreds of dollars in gold fillings. Police believe the same culprit who robbed Davenport dental offices last week is responsible for the Cedar Rapids break ins.
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Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Osage Stores Entered Three Osage Stores Burglarized
Three Osage grocery stores were entered and about $15 was taken from William Boyer’s shop. Waterloo bloodhounds were secured but showed little interest in the case.
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Osage
Charles City
William Boyer
Waterloo
Her Varying Preference and Teething Syrup Joke
A fragment notes a humorous view on uniforms and age of eighteen, mentioning Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and a cartoonish exchange about a busy bee. It mixes social commentary with product reference and a pun about a character named Hard uppa.
Tyree's Antiseptic Powder for Perspiring Feet Ad
For Acting Perspiring Feet use Tyree's Antiseptic Powder either sprinkled into the shoes or used in solution. Never fails to relieve. 250 at all druggists or sample sent free by J. 8. Tyree, Washington, D. C. adv.
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Tyree
Washington, D. C
Tabby Gone Forever as Child Notices Missing Pet
A distressed mother consoles her daughter Ethel over a missing tabby. The child sobs that the cat cannot read, prompting the mother to plannedly advertise in the papers to locate the pet.
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Ethel
Tabby
Cuticura Soap Cure Ad and Nebraska Manslaughter ruling
A 1913 ad touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment for scalp disease, detailing a long cure for F. J. Busher who says his hair loss and itching vanished after using the products. Separate Nebraska supreme court note upholds a manslaughter conviction for a father who allowed his child to freeze during a blizzard, ruling neglect of medical care constitutes manslaughter.
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Harrison St
Elyria
Ohio
F. J. Busher
Cuticura
Dept
L. Banton
Stehr
State
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Nebraska
French View of Women Epochs of Love and Regret
A quoted aphorism by Antoine Jean Cas de Saint Prosper summarizes a French view of women. It divides a woman’s life into three stages: dreaming of love, experiencing it, and eventually regretting it.
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Antoine Jean Casse de Saint Prosper
Clouded Brain Clears Up on Change to Proper Food
A Midwestern woman recounts improved health after changing to a diet avoiding rich greasy foods. She credits Grape Nuts with sugar and cream, per The Road to Wellville, noting restored digestion, clearer brain, and renewed vitality. Read the new letter from the Postum Co. at Battle Creek, Mich.
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Wellville
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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