iWashington Roger . Sullivan and Others Named as Lorimer Fund Suspects
Chicago Record Herald editor Herman H Kohlsatt lists possible contributors from the Lorimer corruption fund of 1909 including Roger Sullivan of Illinois and B S Conway of W W Kimball Company. Albert J Hopkins testifies of a $2500 offer to State Senator McCormick. Congress to be asked for $10000 to entertain Admiral Togo after London coronation. House rejects direct senate election bill and sends compromise Bristow amendment for conference. President Taft accuses drug manufacturers and urges stronger pure food and drug law reforms.
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Roger ©. Sullivan
Illinois
B. S. Conway
W. W. Kimball iPiano .Company
Weyer‘haetisers
Andan
Mead
Herman H. Kohlsatt
Chicago Record
Herald
Lorimer
United States Senate
McCormick
William Lorimer
Senate Investigating Committee
Washington
Congress
N.ear
Tait
United States Supreme Court
Court rules Union Pacific purchase did not restrain trade
In St Louis the Eighth Circuit held that Union Pacific's purchase of Southern Pacific did not amount to a direct or substantial restraint on interstate or international commerce. The beer inquiry by the FDA was announced with a general hearing July 31 in Washington. Angelina Napolitano faces execution August 9 in a death row case from Ontario. Aalto seeks death by hanging in a separate case. Twenty people injured when a three-car Specier train crashed near Waukegan after a Saengerbund convention. A Nashville jury found Judge Goodpasture not guilty of bribery charges. A New York suit against Harry Thaw to recover $56,000 for legal services related to the Stanford White murder proceeds. Hutchinson women begin Methodist church excavation fund. A Memphis car crash kills Charles McDonald and injures four.
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United States Circuit Court of the Eighth District
St Louis
Southern Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Chicago
Milwaukee
Justice Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
New York
John B. Geason
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
Strikes Turn Violent Across States and Courts
Reports describe strike riots at Cleve jend Ohio injuring eight, many struck by police. 200 protesters confront Abe Monheim. Mill layoffs hit New England and the South in early July due to weak markets and Independence Day holiday. Yale loses Beeman bequest to educate colored students entering ministry. Habeas corpus petition seeks release for Charles W Morse. Connecticut lawmakers push seven day work prohibition with farm and domestic exemptions. Illinois waterway bill defeated by two votes. grand lodge dedicates Masonic Orphans home in La Grange. Indicted lumber secrecy groups face Sherman act charges. Medical sociology meeting opens in Los Angeles. Amateur wins Columbus Ohio shoot. Memphis train hold-up. registered mail stolen. Search for Danish engineer Christian Sandborg continues. Bankruptcy filing by Rev Frank T Lace. Gulfport twins claim world record. Mrs. Wadsworth and James Hackett fly with Cof fin. Taft orders largest wicker chair to White House.
Pinchot Mother Recovers From Home Appendectomy
Mrs J W Pinchot of Washington, mother of Gifford Pinchot, is recovering from an appendectomy performed at her son Amos Pinchot's home in New York. Former Senator Henry Gassaway Davis of West Virginia announces the engagement of his granddaughter Katherine Brown to Lieut Chester P Barnett of the Fifteenth Cavalry, U S Army.
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Mra
J. W. Pinchot
Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Amos
New York
Henry Gassaway’ Davis
West Virginia
Katherine Brown
Chester P. Barnett
Fifteenth Cavalry
Emperors Visit Aboard Louisiana Amid Atlantic Fleet
Foreign Emperor William was entertained aboard the American battleship Louisiana by Admiral Badger who commands the second division of the Atlantic fleet. A thief seized a handbag from Mrs. Mary Scott Lord Harrison in Venice, Italy. She screamed and the thief was arrested.
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Emperor William
Amerieon
Louisiana
Admiral Badger
Mary Scott Lord Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Venice
Italy
Rock Island Road Extension Progress Report
Des Moines to Allerton expansion advances with about 1,500 men and teams at work between Des Moines and Allerton. An eighty two ton steam shovel is moved from Knoxville to Dallas on a temporary track, with two shovels active along the route rebuilt bridges and temporary structures to bear their weight. The company asserts full right of way across the survey with few exceptions and plans thirty digs to move the Knoxville shovel to Dallas, fifteen miles away.
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Des Moines
W. P. Brady
Rock Island
Allerton
Chariton
Brady
Des
Maines
Increase In Gerro Gordo Army Quota Rise
Mason City may furnish 2,246 men for army service based on assessor returns, a rise of about 500 from last year. Property value on the books totals $7,924,268, up from $1,263,776 last year.
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Mason City
Prison Conditions in Iowa Attacked by Editor
Editor Dave Brant of the Iowa City Republican writes to Governor Carroll calling Iowa prison conditions rotten and vows to continue his campaign, promising further investigation until changes occur.
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Des Moines
Carroll
Dave Brant
Iowa City Republican
Iowa
Honorary Degrees Bestowed by State University of Iowa
Honorary degrees granted by the State University of Iowa include Doctor of Literature to Miss Alice French of Davenport and Randall Parrish of Kewanee Illinois, a novelist and former president of the Iowa Alumni Association.
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Iowa City
State University of Iowa
Alice French
Octave Thanet
Davenport
Randall Parrish
Kewanee
Iowa Alumni Association
Explosion Causes Blaze at Pasco Store
A Pasco store proprietor ignited his gasoline house with a light. The gasoline tank exploded, throwing flames toward the school building a block and a half away. The man suffered severe burns but escaped, and the town’s residents helped subdue the fire.
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Clarion
Pasco
Galt
Templar Clans Gather at Spirit Lake This Summer
Knights Templars of Iowa and families begin gathering at Templar Park on Spirit Lake. The annual conclave at the great summer hotel owned by the secret organization in Iowa is planned for mid July.
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Templar
Spirit Lake
Knights Templars of
Iowa
Ralph Collier Dies by Self Inflicted Gunshot
Des Moines resident Ralph Collier of Pen u Iowa died from a self inflicted gunshot to the right temple in a hollow near the South Fifth Street bridge. He died while being removed to Methodist hospital.
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Ralph Collier
Des Moines
Penu
Iowa
South Fifth Street
Collier
Methodist Hospital
Two Stores Destroyed by Fire in Murray
Fire destroyed the photograph gallery of May Thompson and the millinery shop of Mrs. M Le Holcomb in Murray. The blaze began in the photo gallery when a developing lamp burst, authorities report.
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Murray
May Thompson
Degrees Granted at S A J lews City commencement
Degrees were granted to 355 young men and women at the fifty first annual commencement of the State University of Iowa. The armory, where the ceremonies took place, was packed to its utmost capacity.
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S. A. J. Lews City
State University of Iowa
Albia Bay Boy 15 Dies From Lockjaw After Accident
Albia resident Robert Porter aged 15 son of Mr and Mrs John Porter died of lockjaw after injuring his leg while handling a pistol several days earlier. The death follows a leg wound incident described in the Albia city area.
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Albia Bay
Albia
Robert Porter
John Porter
New Deputy Clerk of Federal Court in Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge announces the appointment of James Marytin as deputy clerk of the federal court succeeding the late W. H. Joinston. Marytin takes the post in the local federal court office.
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Federal Court
Fort Dodge
James Marytin
Vies
W. H. Joinaton
Parole Probe in Eldora Probes Rainsberger Release
Des Moines Governor Carroll and the state parole board examined the case of Nate and Frank Rainsberger two Fort Madison inmates seeking parole. The board investigated the details this week in Eldora as part of the release review process.
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Carroll
State Obard of
Eldora
Nate
Frank Rainsberger
Fort Madison
Parole Board
Hardin County
State Board of Parole
Frank Rainsbarger
Hfe
Eledora
Thei
Johns
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Los Angeles Boy Drowns in Des Moines River
A Los Angeles boy named Menless drowned in the Des Moines River at Frazi er. His body was recovered in thirty minutes but could not be revived.
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Los Angeles
Boone
Irold Menless
Des Moines
Frazier
Remains Thought Talbott Skeleton Found Near Colfax
Belief that the skeleton unearthed near Turner's Sanitarium at Colfax may belong to James Talbott a Hartford banker who vanished in 1877 with 2700 in his possession. Once thought murdered his fate remained unknown and the mystery persisted among his Des Moines area friends.
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Talbott
Des Moines
James Talbott
Hartford
Iowa
Turner
Colfax
Animal Trainer Inherits $25,000 After Court Fight
Hampton Court officials seek Emery Stiles saying the animal trainer with a circus inherits $25,000 more than he suspects from the Styley estate, adopted as a child. The Supreme Court refused to award the money to easterners.
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Hampton —Court
Emery Stiles
Ribble Brings Two Suits to Council Bluffs Firms
State factory inspector J. Ribble filed two suits against Council Bluffs proprietors for alleged infractions of state laws. W. H. Trevier is accused of operating machines with set screws projecting, and Charles W. Putnam faces charges of violating the child labor law.
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Ribble
Council Bluffs
JV. J. Ribble
W. H. Treyrior
Charles W. Putnam
Missing Kloster Found in Philippines After 11 Years
Theodore Kloster, long missing after enlisting as a soldier and vanishing on discharge, has been located in the Philippines. He now runs a livery stable in Manila and has accumulated about $30,000. His mother, who had accepted his death, received a letter from him this week.
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Lowan
West Union
Theodore Kloster
Philippines
Manila
Saloon License Doubled in Oskglousa City Council
The city council passed a resolution raising the saloon license from 1000 to 2000 dollars. Seven teen retail houses and nine brewery agents working now will be reduced to eight retail saloons and one wholesale house after July 1 under the new petition.
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Oskglousa
Ropsent
Ottumwa Convention Opens With Keynote by B. W. Garrett
Ottumwa hosts preliminary meetings of the Women’s Missionary boards and the Men’s Brotherhood ahead of the Iowa Christian conventions. The event formally opens with an address by B. W. Garrett of Des Moines, reporter for the Iowa supreme court.
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Ottumwa
Women’s Missionary Boards
Men's Brotherhood
Iowa Christian Convents
B. W. Garrett
Des Moines
Iowa
Threshermen Set New Threshing Prices in Iowa City
At a meeting in Iowa City threshermen formed an organization and voted to raise threshing charges for the coming season by 25 to 50 percent above last year’s prices. The move signals higher costs for farmers relying on threshing services.
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Threshermen
Iowa City
Commander Dyer Comes Home From Rochester
Mason City reports Commander H. A. Dyer of the Iowa G. A. R. has returned home from Rochester Minnesota. He is said to be suffering from an incurable cancer and no operation was performed there as it could not help.
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Dyer
Mason City
H. A. Dyer
Iowa G. A. R
Rochester
Minn
Fort Madison
Mate Board of Control
State Parole Board
John F. Wade
State Board of Control
Board of Control
Brant
General Revenue Fund
Funeral of Anita Pioneer and Cass County settler Allanson killed
The funeral of Anita Pioneer was held while George Allanson, an early Cass County settler in his sixt year, was struck by No 3 the flyer on his way to church and killed instantly. The report notes a large funeral attendance for Allanson.
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Anita Pioneer
Anita
George Allanson
Mr. Allanson
Cass County
Reunion of Nineteenth Iowa Infantry at Fort Madison
The annual reunion of the Nineteenth Iowa infantry volunteers will be held at Fort Madison Iowa on September 27 28 and 29. An excursion on the river to Keokuk and return to Burlington is planned for the 29th.
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Nineteenth Iowa
Eldon
Nineteenth Iowa Infantry
Fort Madison
Iowa
Keokuk
Burlington
Believed Murder Reported In Bellevue Locomotive Yard
Body of Peter Freiden found beside railway rails on the Northwest ern right of way near here with throat cut skull crushed and neck broken. Coroner's jury hints at foul play as investigation continues.
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Bellevue
Peter Freiden
Waterloo Woman Confesses to Forgery Case
Waterloo Mildred Winner 29 admits police she forged an $800 check for $600 in cash by signing the name of Galloway Gibson, a local firm, authorities report the confession details.
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Waterloo
Mildred Winner
Galloway-Gibson
Dead Lady Identified Boone
Fred Dailey of Marshalltown identified as the young man killed at the Story Street crossing. He leaves two sisters in Marshalltown and a brother in Spokane.
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Boone
Fred Dailey
Marshalltown
Matt
Story Street
Spokane
Tragedy On Tracks Near Denison Claims Rail Worker
Carl Sorenson thirty of Denison was killed by a Northwestern train while walking the railroad between Denison and Arion. He was en route to Arion when struck. The incident occurred on the railroad line in the region, leaving local authorities to investigate the fatal accident.
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Denison
Carl Sorenson
Northwestern
Here
Arion
Two New Postal Banks Established at Denison and Missouri Valley
Washington orders the establishment of postal savings banks at Denison and Missouri Valley on July 17. The move expands federal banking services, signaling a broader rollout of postal financial facilities.
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Washington—Postal Savings
Denison
Missouri Valley
Champ Clark to Speak at Iowa Fourth of July Celebration
Champ Clark speaker of the National House will be the orator of the day at an old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration in Webster City. Social trains will bring Democratic supporters from all over Iowa to hear the next Democratic candidate for president.
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Champ Clark
Iowa
Wabster City
National House
Iowa-born centenarian dies in Long Grove
Mrs Hugh M Thom son aged 97 years and an Iowan since 1844 died this week in Long Grove Scott County. She was the oldest resident of Baxt arn Town.
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Iowa
Davenport
Hugh M. Thomson
Baxtarn Town
Long Grove
Scate County
Iowa Health Press Praise and Legal Notes From Des Moines
Secretary Sumner lauds Iowa newspapers for circulating health statements during epidemics, urging candor in discussing health matters. The Iowa attorneys’ convention at Oskaloosa will discuss Moon law saloons, bootlegging penalties, and tax issues, with talks on penitentiary conditions, inheritance tax, and district attorney duties.
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Des Moines
Sumner
State Board of Health
Health Bulletin
Department
Iowa
Oskaloosa
State Bar Association
Supreme Court
Estherville
Thomas J. Guthrie
Q. A. Willis
Road Law Causes Perplexity Across Townships
Des Moines reports reveal confusion over the Cunningham road dragging provision paying fifty cents per mile. Attorneys say draggers may earn repeatedly for the same mile, prompting officers to seek clarity. Governor Carroll and the parole board investigate the Rainsbarger case. Iowa pharmacists gain multi-state registration through reciprocity. state facilities face improvements and funding debates amid an smallpox outbreak and prison concerns.
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Des Moines
Attorney Generals Department
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