Powers bill and Great Lakes merger dominate DC and industry
United States moves toward replacement of hanging with the electric chair in DC, while a Kentucky congressman pushes the measure. Senate panels advance reciprocity and pulp provisions as the steel and shipping sectors see major mergers and new company formations on the Great Lakes and at Bassett Presley.
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District of Columbia
Caleb Powars
Kentucky
Great Lakes
Gilchrist
Steel Trust
Cleveland
Great Lakes Steamship Company
United States Steel Corporation
Bassett-Presley Company
United States
Multiple Crises Reported in Nation Wide News
Six thousand garment workers strike in Cleveland for union recognition. California Limited on the Santa Fe collides with a light engine near Domingo New Mexico. engineer J W Green of Las Vegas dies, fireman Ray G Flowers burned, fifteen to twenty passengers hurt. W E B Stokes shot in New York by Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad over letters. Wisconsin Senate accuses Ignac Stephenson of buying his seat and seeks investigation. C Frederick Kohl wounded by Adele Verge in San Francisco, motive tied to a lawsuit. Sporting Billy Papke defeats Jim Sullivan in London to claim middleweight world title.
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Santa Fe
Domingo
Albuquerque
N. M
J. W. Green
Las Vegas
Ray GC
Flowers
Limited
W. E B. D. Stokes
Ansonia
New York City
Lillian Graham
Ethel Conrad
Young Women's
C. Frederick Kohl
San Francisco
Adele
Verge
Engage ment announced for Ella Clapp to Dr Roy Adams
Minnesota senator and Mrs Moses E Clapp announce their daughter Ella engaged to Dr Roy B Adams of Washington. Also noted are a $125000 organ installed at ex Senator W A Clark's New York residence and various obituaries including Carrie Nation at Evergreen sanitarium and Mary Kingdon in Paris. Col William Bromwell Melish visits New York. other deaths include J H Wayland Nathaniel Tooker and William Cornelius Hall. Roosevelt denounces fake 1912 presidential support claim.
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Moses E. Clapp
Minnesota
Ella
Roy B. Adams
Washington
Fifth Avenue
New York City
W. A. Clark
Montana
Mary Kingdon
George J. Gould
Paris
Frederick the Great launches from Hamburg amid coronation reports
The German navy launches the second turbine battleship Frederick the Great at Hamburg, christened by Princess Auguste Wilhelm. Crown events accompany King George V’s coronation as Windsor sees the prince of Wales receive the Order of the Garter insignia. Royal and diplomatic gatherings occur at Nuneham Park and London. In Mexico, battles near Sinaloa shift cities Mazatlan and Cullacan surrender to Maderists with heavy casualties. An Olympic horse show opens in London with record international entries.
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Hamburg
Auguste Wilhelm
Frederick the Great
George V
England
Windsor Castle
Prince of Wales
Order of the Garter
WILL DEVELOP MUCH POWER
The company has opened negotiations to supply current for commercial use in southeastern Iowa. Three dams are under construction on Skunk River at Augusta Lowell and Oakland Mills. Wire is already reaching Mount Pleasant and the state hospital and city may receive power. A steam plant will back up water power and support other towns along the circuit.
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Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Skunk
Augusta
Lowell
Oakland Mills
State Hospital For the Insane
Burlington
Wapello
Iowa River
Train Hits Two Laborers Near Four Mile Curve
Des Moines report states Rock Island eastbound passenger No. 8 struck two laborers, George Barbers and Tom Minors, working a section handcar. Barbers was instantaneously killed while Minors died shortly after from a crushed lung, broken shoulder and rib, after being taken to Mercy hospital.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
George Barbers
Tom Minors
Barbers
Mercy Hospital
Thirty-third Degree Masonry Conferred in Clinton
G M Curtis former congressman and W S Gardiner former postmaster received the thirty-third degree of Masonry at the Scottish Rite cathedral in Clinton. Inspector General Alver Ben conferred the degree.
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Clinton
G. M. Curtis
W. S. Gardiner
Alver
Ben
Barely Escapes Drowning Near Lanesboro
Charles Winters of Lake City was saved from drowning in the Goon river near Lanesboro after diving from a spring board into ten feet of water. A boy rescued him as he sank for the third time.
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Lake City
Charles Winters
Lanesboro
Carlisle Bank Robber Arrested in Minneapolis
Carlisle man Harry Bowen accused of the Carlisle bank robbery two years ago was captured in Minneapolis. Police had pursued Bowen since the alleged heist, finally locating him after a lengthy manhunt.
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Carlisle
Harry Bowen
Bank of Carlisle
Minneapolis
Bowen
Iowa Sunday School Convention Held in Cediz Rapids
The forty sixth annual Iowa Sunday School association meeting took place this week in Cediz Rapids with delegates from across the state and several nationally prominent figures in attendance.
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S. A
Cediz Rapids
Iowa Sunday School Association
Fireman Seriously Hurt on Milwaukee Train at Calmar
Lewis Cole a fireman on the Milwaukee road was seriously injured at Calmar when struck by a switch stand as his train ran at full speed. His face was crushed while he leaned from the cab to get fresh air.
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Mason City
Lewis Cole
Milwaukee Road
Calmar
Newton Extends City Limits by Quarter Mile
The election on extending Newton city units passed. The new limits will expand about a quarter of a mile in all directions and raise the population to more than 3,000.
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Newton
Tramp Ends Life by Train West of Rock Island
An unknown man, driven from town as a tramp, threw himself beneath a Rock Island train two and a half miles west of town after being chased out with nowhere to go. No identification or motive provided.
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Selfe
West Liberty
Rock Island
Here
Scout Troop Heads to Wall Lake Hike
Twenty five boy scouts led by Rev A S Heck scoutmaster departed with two loads of baggage for a sixty mile hike to Wall Lake and returned after a two week outing.
Two Hundred Men Jobless in Dubuque Fire Loss
Standard Lumber company in Dubuque will not rebuild after $606,000 of losses from two large incendiary fires. Two hundred workers are laid off as a result.
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Dubuque
Standard Lumber Company
Bluffs Saloons In Danger Claim Moon Law Sparked Rush
The Anti-Saloon League targets all Council Bluffs saloons alleging they opened after the Moon law took effect. Local officials weigh enforcement as debate heats over temperance crackdown.
Car Burns While Running On Country Road
Albert Brehmer noticed a fire beneath his car while driving on a country road and stopped to fight it. The vehicle was completely destroyed before firefighters arrived. no injuries are mentioned.
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Albert Brehmer
Bankrupt Manufacturer William F Main Faces Court Adjudication
William F Main a once prosperous manufacturer worth 350000 dollars has been adjudged bankrupt by a federal court. His liabilities amount to 80000 pounds and there is doubt he can pay any substantial amount to creditors.
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Wiliam F. Main
Main
Marshalltown Factory Deal Brings New Plant and Jobs
Union Stoneware of Red Wing Minnesota sells its abandoned Marshalltown plant to the Marshalltown Vitrified Sewer Pipe and Tile Company. Capitalists will form the firm for 800000 and invest 75000 to ready the plant in ninety days, employing about one hundred workers. Sheldahl-R F Graeber named trustee for the defunct Penfield bank assets under federal court order to liquidate and distribute proceeds to creditors. Estimated assets total about 10000.
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Marshalltown
Union Stoneware Company of
Red Wing
Mint
Sheldahl
R. F. Graeber
Bee
Penfield Bank At
Kelley
Federal Court
Centerville-A to Host Postal Savings Bank
Centerville will establish a postal savings bank at once. The local post office already handles large foreign and domestic money orders, mostly for miners in the area, making it an ideal site for the new bank.
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Centerville
Postal Savings Bank
Denison Couple Transfers $250000 Estate to Daughters
Mr and Mrs Carl Gronau deeded property valued at 250000 to their daughters Mrs B I Sibert of Denison and Mrs John D Sievers of Los Angeles California. Gronau arrived in Denison as a wagon maker thirty five years ago.
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Denison
Carl Gronau
B. I. Sibert
John D. Sievers
Los Angeles
Cal
Elks Prepare For Sioux City State Convention
More than five thousand Elks from across the state are expected in Sioux City in June 2022 for the statewide convention. Organizers plan a large parade a beef-eater event and baseball championship games among Elks lodges.
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Elks
Sioux City
Order
Championship of Elks’ Lodges
Cadwell Withdraws from G A R Commander Race
L Cadwell withdraws as a candidate for department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic due to recovery from two major operations and inability to continue in the race.
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L. Cadwell
L. L. Cadwell
Grand Army of the Republic
Morning Star Lodge 759 celebrates semi centennial in Jefferson
Jefferson Masons marked fifty years since Morning Star Lodge No. 759 with speaker W F Cleveland of Harlan. Albia will host the headquarters for the United Mine Workers Town branch after Albia defeated Des Moines 4850 to 4507 in the locals vote.
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Jefferson Masons
Jefferson
Morning Star Lodge No. 759
Masonic
W. F. Cleveland
Harlan
Morning Star Jlodge
Albia
Oskaloosa
United Mine Workers of America
Des Moines
Fewer Druggists in Association Davenport
The Iowa Pharmaceutical Association reports 462 members, down 101 from the prior year. Secretary J. M. Lindly of Winfield submitted the figures at the convention recently held.
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Davenport
Iowa Pharmaceutical Association
J. M. Lindly
Winfield
County Superintendents Meet in Ames Conference
A three day Iowa county school superintendents conference was held in Ames with nearly all counties represented. State Superintendent A W Deyoe presided.
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Ames
Iowa
A. W. Deyoe
Train Kills Iowa Woman at Northwestern Station
Mrs. Peter Brackendorf of Carroll died from injuries after being struck by a backward-moving engine at the Northwestern station. She failed to notice the approaching train while on the platform.
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Carrol
Peter Brackendorf
Hundred Teachers Graduate in Iowa State Normal Class
Cedar Rapids State Normal graduates a record 166 teachers in a single commencement. F C Ensign of Iowa Falls is elected alumni president.
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Cedar Rapids
Grimes Farmer Fred Kohls Passes After Runaway
Fred Kohls, a prosperous Grimes retired farmer aged about 66, was killed in a runaway accident. He was an old settler and widely respected by all who knew him.
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Grimes
Fred Kohls
Kohls
Solon Man Shot at in Suspected Black Hand Threats
John Adams of Solon reports being fired upon from an ambush by unknown assailants. He believes the attackers belong to a black hand organization pressuring him for a $1,000 payment. He narrowly escapes serious injury.
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Solon
John Adams
Pearl worth thousand found by river worker
Bellevue Benjamin Williams, a climmer, unearthed a dam on the Mississippi River containing a pearl valued at $1000. The pearl weighs 3114 grains and was found during routine digging work.
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Bellevue
Benjamin Williams
Mississippi River
Mysterious $60,000 Blaze Destroys Sioux City Furniture Firm
A two story W. F. Brandon company building and its stock of furniture and caskets burned in Sioux City. Officials estimate the loss at sixty thousand dollars.
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Sioux City
W. F. Brandon Company
Eldridge Blacksmith Hangs Self Over Health Fears
Henry Schwed, a 63 year old Eldridge blacksmith, hanged himself in his shop after weeks of worrying about poor health. His wife discovered the body when she went to call him to breakfast.
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Eldridge
Henry Schwed
Dawson Honored as He Heads for Venezuela Mission
Des Moines reports that Thomas C. Dawson of Council Bluffs, former Des Moines resident and current minister to Panama, will depart June 22 as special ambassador to Venezuela. He travels aboard a battleship with Mrs. Dawson and a staff of naval and military aides to participate in Venezuela's centennial celebration and to bolster U S Latin American relations.
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Des Moines
Washington State
Thomas C. Dawson
Council Bluffs
Des Moides
Dawson
Panama
Venezuela
Mrs. Dawson
Arthur to Succeed Green in Fifteenth Judicial District
Des Moines June 13 Attorney Thomas A. Arthur of Logan named judge of the Fifteenth district by Governor Carroll to succeed W. H. Green who has resigned to take a congress seat. Arthur faced J A Rockafellow of Atlantic as his strongest rival with bar leaders backing Arthur.
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Des Moines
Thomas A. Arthur
Logan
Fifteenth Judicial District
Carroll
W. Bh. Green
Ninth District
Green
Arthur
J. &. Rockafellow
Atlantic
Bank cashier Bourquin missing after 15000 theft and deposits
Cedar Falls reports Louie Bourquin, cashier of the State bank at New Hartford, vanished. Bank Examiner F H Roberts says after 48 hours all appears straight. Bourquin allegedly took 15000 plus life policies and mortgages from his safety deposit box. inspector finds only two deeds valued at 20000 transferred to his wife.
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Cedar Falls
Louie Bourquin
State Bank
New Hartford
F. H. Roberts
Newton
Bourquin
Leeds
Grand Army Meet Heads to Muscatine with Delegates
Streets and buildings are decorated for the Grand Army meeting in Muscatine on June 13. Attending are Gov. B. F Carroll Commander-in-Chief Gilman Major John F. Lacey Col W P Hepburn and other veterans. A large parade is scheduled for tomorrow.
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Iowa
Des Moines fugitives surrender to federal agents
William J. Conners and Irvie Dunn, linked to the Mahray gang of swindlers, surrendered to federal authorities in Des Moines saying they were tired of being hunted.
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Des Moines
William J. Conners
Irvie Dunn
Mahray
Clear Lake Man Hurt in Forest City Train Collision
Clear Lake resident M. V. Seara suffered a crushed shoulder and bruises when his car was struck by a Minneapolis and St. Louis train at Forest City. His wife Mrs Hughit escaped serious injury.
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Clear Lake
Mason City
M. V. Seara
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Forest City
Hughit
Former Iowa Woman Burns in Spokane tragedy
Miss Hattie L. Perry of Spokane Washington formerly well known here was burned to death when her clothing caught fire from a brush heap in Northwood on June 13.
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Iowa
Northwood
Hattie L. Perry
Spokane
Wash
Grain Buyer Missing In Storm Lake Mystery
Grain buyer George De vries of the Western Elevator company, stationed at Alta for a decade, has disappeared. Authorities and staff have failed to locate him despite extensive searches.
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Storm Lake
George Devries
Alta
Western Elevator Company
Hart Purchases Malvern Bank in Major Local Deal
Hart buys the Malvern bank with W. H. Guyer remaining as cashier. The transaction confirms Hart as new owner and custodian of the bank with continued leadership at the counter.
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Hart
Bank
Malvern
Council Puffs Wanker
National Republican
Women May Avoid Operations With Lydia Pinkham's Compound
Mrs Orville Rock of Paw Paw Michigan credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with avoiding surgery after months in hospital. She says a dislocation and a lengthy trip to Ann Arbor for an operation left her worse then. The letter urges others with female complaints to try the remedy and notes its thirty year reputation and wide use.
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Lydia F. Pinkham
Orville Rock
Lydia E. Pinkham
Paw Paw
Mich
Ann Arbor
Lydia i. Pinkham
Indi
Lydia EK
Pinkham
Saskatoon trade drive invites farmers to join prosperity
The notice extols Baskatoon's English speaking agricultural district and calls farmers to participate in prosperity. It urges writing to the Commissioner of the Board of Trade in Saskatoon Saskatchewan for information on improving energy and opportunity for children and a brighter future.
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Baskatoon
Board of Trade
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Western Canada
What Was She Wearing
A fireman recalls a midnight blaze at the Von Fiffers' house on the avenue. Miss Von Biffer emerged from the flames with her niece wrapped securely in her arms, performing a brave rescue as firefighters arrived.
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von Fiffers
Time When Coffee Shows Its True Effects
A Rome New Jersey reader reports coffee caused dizziness nausea and stomach upset. After switching to Postum from Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan the writer claims improved appetite and health, crediting Postum and the book The Road to Wellville with the change.
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Rome
N. J
Touke
Postum
Postum. Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Evergreen Sanitarium
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