Notable Honors And Miscellany In Early 1900s Society
Theodore Roosevelt received the LLD from Cambridge University in quiet ceremony. Dr Robert Goch, famed bacteriologist, died in Baden Baden. he discovered tuberculosis and cholera bacilli. William Rankin of Summit, N J, nearing 109, claims status as the oldest US college alumnus. William Brown completes a 25 000 mile world trip from Newfoundland toward San Jose. Miss Mathilde Townsend marries Peter Gerry in Washington. Boston patrolman Higging jokes about mistaking a financier. Leroy Hendricks begins world tour by motorcycle to fund painting signs. Mrs Theodore Roosevelt visits Buckingham Palace and meets Queen Alexandra. James A Patten plans retirement July 1. Commander Robert E Peary awarded honorary Doctor of Laws from University of Edinburgh.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Lir
Cambridge
England
Robert Goch
Baden Baden
Krausthal
Hanover
Kock
Mathilde Townsand
Washington, D. C
Mis
May Scott Townsend
Peter Goelet Gerry
New York
Elbridge T. Gerry
Boston
Stephen Higging
Thomas W. Lawson
Leroy Hendricks
A. R. Hendricks
Sterling, Jr
Buckingham Palace
Alexandra
Mr. Roosevelt
Wenaried
James A. Patten
Robert E. Peary
University of Edinburgh
Prominent New York Brokerage Firm Suspended
GENERAL NEWS reports F. Hutton & Co. suspended from New York Stock Exchange membership for one year for violating uplift commission rules. Also noted are: Sloggart injured, Merritt arrested for pilfered pay, Peck fined for census age refusal, a Denver man dies after dog bite, Phelps Stokes comments on Milwaukee election, James T. Morse sunk off Maine with 22 rescued, Dewey dock may be refloatable, and the Danish cabinet resigns with king awaiting successors.
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Vellejo
Cal
Jackson Edwards
Denver
Col
New York
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Milwaukee
James T. Morse
Rockfard
Belfast
Dewey
Manila
P. 1
Frederick
Zable
Paris court finds two privates guilty in Gouin murder
Privates Graby and Michel were found guilty by a Paris court martial for the murder of Mme Gouin wife of the Bank of France governor. Graby received the death sentence, Michel 20 years’ imprisonment.
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Graby
Michel
Mme. Gouin
Bank of France
Paris
Ballinger
Brandeis and
Pepper
Vertrees
Taft
Tawney
Minnesota
House of Representatives
Congress
South
Navy Department
Gilmer
Paducah
Madriz
Bluefields
Minos
United States
D. W. Holstlaw
Iuka
Marion County
Illinois
Sangamon County
Holstlaw
English Channel
Oliver Spitzer
American Sugar Refining Company
Whillameburg
New York
Atlanta
Henry O. Havemeyer
Sugar Trust
Louis Gratch
Belle Moore
Auburn
James A. Patten
Bears
Chicago Board of Trade
Presbyterian General Assembly
Atlantic City
N. I
Cannon
Federal Commission
Hallane Cleminger
McSurley
Chicago
Orange
N. J
Alexandra
Roosevelt
Buckingham Palace
America
Actus
Fraternal Tribunes Company
Sarah 4. Peck
Normal Department
Union College
United States Dlatiigte Court
Lincoln
Neb
Secretary of State Health Board Urges City Sanitation
Des Moines May 39 Dr G H Sumner secretary of the state board of health addresses the Iowa Funeral Directors Association at the Coliseum urging city officials and private owners to improve cleanliness. He calls for widespread sanitation measures including opening cellar doors to sun and air and cremation of refuse. He advocates a national sanitation campaign funded by savings from prevented disease deaths.
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Des Moines
Iowa Funeral Directors’ Association
Coliseum
G. H. Sumner
State Board of Health
Sumner
Student Sickness At Mason City Shocks Town
Marshall Palmer a 16 year old high school student in Mason City lies at home in a rare illness resembling paralysis. For about a week he has been unable to move or speak while doctors monitor his condition and fear lasting paralysis of his limbs if he does not recover.
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Mason City
Marshall Palmer
Corn Prospects and Replanting Rising in County
County farmers report good corn prospects with grain coming out fine after recent rains. First plantings are up nicely but many fields require replanting due to poor seed. Estimates suggest twenty five to thirty percent will need replanting. Haydrop outlook is short because of the drought.
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Lobrville
Drouth
Dedicate Masonic Temple in Storm Lake Iowa
The new Storm Lake Masonic temple was dedicated with principal addresses by Iowa Grand Master and Grand Secretary. A banquet for over 400 guests followed, and the temple is described as among the largest and best equipped in the state.
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Storm Lake
Iowa
Traveling Man's Wife Ends Life in Gas Suicide
Mrs. W. F. Heath, 50, wife of a traveling salesman, turned on kitchen gas, closed doors, and covered her head with a blanket. Found dead by friends. Ill health is believed to have prompted the act.
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Mason City
W. F. Heath
Carrell Woman Fractures Hip In Household Accident
Mrs J H Cheasebro of Carrell, wife of engineer Cheasebro, fractured her hip while performing household duties. She was taken to St Anthony’s hospital for treatment and, due to age, is feared to be left a cripple.
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Carrell
J. H. Cheasebro
Engineer Cheasebro
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Arrest Dubuque Man for Murder
Dubuque resident Frank Hutter, 35, is under arrest for murder after a dispute with Charles Veitzen, 60, who died following injuries from a fight two weeks earlier in the lumber yards.
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Dubuque
Charles Veitzen
Frank Hutter
Veitzen
Roland bound over in Rock Island cafe robbery case
Iowa City. Frenchie Roland, a colored man, charged with robbing Sam Bays, another colored man, on a Rock Island cafe car while en route from Tiffin to West Liberty, was bound over to the grand jury by Justice F J Horak.
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Iowa City
Roland
Sam Bays
Rock Island
Tiffin
West Liberty
Grand Jury
F. J. Horak
West Liberty Telegraph Operator Dies After Paralysis
A. I. Parker, a telegraph operator for fifteen years with the Rock Island railroad, at West Liberty, was stricken with paralysis and died four hours later.
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West ‘Liberty
West Liberty
A. I. Parker
Rock Island Railroad Company
Des Moines Set For Iowa Grand Army Encampment Elections
Des Moines leaders back B. C. Ward for senior vice commander with no opposition. Five elective posts will be decided by delegates. H. A. Dwyer seeks commander, J. M. Briggs seeks junior vice commander, S. J. Robertson is noted as a past holder. Encampment runs June for four days with plans to honor veterans amid a bright, celebratory mood.
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Des Moines
Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin from Des Moines
The weekly crop bulletin reports cool but wet conditions in Iowa with rainfall heavier than the season's prior weeks. Corn replanting is likely due to poor seed and cold weather, but overall germination may improve with warmer weather. berries and fruit trees show new blossoms as prospects for strawberries improve.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George M. Chappel
Geo. M. Chappel
Davenport Grants Extended Franchise to Interurban Plan
In Davenport the Tri City Railway and the Merger company won a twelve year extension of their street car and lighting franchise after a special election with 2972 voting for and 1794 against. The deal includes building an electric interurban line to Muscatine and a plan to set Davenport gas at 90 cents in five years, with gradual 2 cent reductions starting now until the target is met. labor unions opposed the measure demanding six street car tickets per quarter which the company refused.
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Davenport
Tri-City Railway Company
Peoples Light Company
Merger Company
Rock Island
Moline
Muscatine
Iowans Wedded Fifty Years Celebrate in LaGrange
Mr and Mrs William Bremner of Marshalltown marked fifty years of marriage at their son Georges home in LaGrange Illinois They wed in Iowa City on March 24 1860 and moved to Marshalltown soon after He served as county surveyor for over twenty five years and was city engineer for a long period Mrs Bremner was the daughter of the late George H Hepburn an early Iowa Supreme Court clerk and sister of Col W P Hepburn a longtime Iowa figure in Washington
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George H. Hepburn
Supreme Court of Iowa
Col
W. P. Hepburn
Iowa
Washington
Eighth
Long Trip for Turtle Eggs to Dry Tortugas
Dr Tank A Stromsten of the University of Iowa laboratories of animal biology sails from Iowa City to the Dry Tortugas in the West Indies to obtain giant sea turtle eggs. The state board of education grants him special leave of absence to lead the expedition.
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Iowa City
Tank A. Stromsten
Laboratories of
Animal Biology
University of Iowa
West Indies
Turtle
State Board of Education
Fifty fourth Regiment Chooses Burlington Encampment Site
By a unanimous vote Company H of the Fifty fourth regiment approves holding the next encampment in Burlington from July 13 to 21. This action effectively settles the encampment location for the regiment.
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Burlington
Fifty-fourth
Tack in Shoe Causes Woman's Death
A protruding tack in a shoe pierced Mrs. E. M. West and led to blood poisoning. Despite physicians' efforts, she died.
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Kamrar
5. M. West
Honor to Heroes Des Moines May Memorial Day Observances
A Des Moines memorial day tribute closed business and civic life as All America honored sailors and soldiers. Milo Ward led ceremonies at the cemetery cenotaph with W W Willcox, Rev Moulton, and a post band. The 1 pm march to Locust Street Bridge led to 2 pm services for sailors at the Auditorium with speaker J A T Hull.
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Des Moines
All America United
United States
Milo Ward
High School
Moulton
Town National Guard
Locust Street Bridge
Amy C. Capron
E.S. Plumley
SHOOTS WIFE THEN PRIEST IN SOUTH ST PAUL
P J Gibbons livestock commission man of South St Paul shot and killed his wife at their home. Minutes later he fired at Father J Walsh pastor of St Augustine's church at his residence wounding the priest fatally. Gibbons was arrested and jailed in Ramsey county amid threats of lynching.
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St. Paul, Minn
South St. Paul
Wreck on Iowa Central injures five near Abingdon
A Iowa Central double header freight from Peoria to St Paul derailed one and a half miles west of Abingdon Illinois. Five enginemen and trainmen were injured none fatally. Engines demolished and eight merchandise cars destroyed. Injured men from Oskaloosa include Engineers Dryden and Stedtm, Firemen Rinehart and Gable, and Brakeman Mackee.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Central
Peoria
Abingdon
Ill
Oskaloosala
Dryden and Stedtm
Rinehart and Gable
Braheman Mackee
Tragedy in Clinton, Officer Wounded and Suspect Wounded
May Kingsom is dead after an attack by Elmer Liston who killed the girl and shot Officer William Lorenzen. Liston attempted to resist arrest. he wounded the officer and himself with a bullet after the girl was killed by a bullet through the mouth and brain.
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Clinton
Kingsom
William Lorenzen
Elmer Liston
Liston
Oskaloosa Club Marks Fifteenth Anniversary Banquet
The Oskaloosa Women's club celebrated its fifteenth anniversary at the Hotel Lacy with an elaborate banquet. Mrs. Rose Blanchard Jerreli presided over the event.
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Oskaloosa Club
Oskaloosa
Oskaloosa Women's Club
Lacy
Rose Blanchard-Jerreli
Weather Troubles Hit Malvern Corn Planting
May 31 Malvern reports harsh weather with a chilly night delaying corn and pastures. Farmers struggle with replanting as only about a third of the corn is up.
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Malvern
Cummins Sets Speaking Dates in Midwestern Towns
Senator A. B. Cuming will address audiences in Red Oak on June 2, Connecti Bivits on June 3, and Creston on June 4, with Des Moines hosting the announcement on May 31.
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Cummins
Des Moines
A. B. Cuming
Red Oak
Creston
Summer Outing to Algonquin Park in Ontario
Promote Algonquin National Park Ontario for a summer outing with 2,000,000 acre preserve, 1,200 lakes and rivers. Highlights canoe trips high altitude atmosphere good hotels and free illustrated brochure from W S Cookson Chicago. Then a brief humorous anecdote about a four year old boy asking to "Show me another" after twins are shown to his father.
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Algonquin National Park
Ontario
W. S. Cookson
Merchants Loew & Trust Building
Chicago
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted With Reward Offer
A 100 dollar reward is offered for proof that Hall's Catarrh Cure fails to cure catarrh as claimed. The advertisement asserts the remedy is the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, and promises testimonials. It urges internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces and mentions accompanying Hall's Family Pills.
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Hall
Nature
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
All Drugeiata
Women Vote in Krain Votes Restricted by Time Limit
Women gain suffrage in Krain Austria province with in person voting only and a special time period set aside for the exercise of the right.
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Krain
Austria
Murine Eye Remedy Ad and Witness Exchange
An old advertisement touts Murine eye remedy with a sales line promising relief and a 50 cent price at druggists, followed by a brief courtroom dialogue where a lawyer questions a witness about whether force was used. The witness corrects that the push was against a door.
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Murine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
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