Iowa Declares June 15 Good Roads Day Statewide
Gov George W Clarke designates June 15 as good roads day after auto groups push for a statewide observance. Boosters from every county and city pledge cooperation with prizes and road activity to spur permanent improvements including bridges culverts and paving funded by county and township money.
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Des Moines
George W. Clarke
Iowa
A. E. Nisson
Iowa State Automobile Association
Bert Mills
Polk County Automobile Association
County Automobile Association
Farmers to sign up for parcel post advertising
Iowa farmers are asked to send their names and produce to the Rock Island Illinois post office for a new parcel post advertising experiment. By May 1 lists will go to Davenport, Moline and local patrons. Rock Island post office was chosen by the Postmaster General as one of ten test sites with expansion dependent on farmer participation.
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Davenport
Iowa
Uncle Sam
Rock Island
Ill
Moline
Burleson
United States
Bank cashier cleared in Kelley bank case
Clyde L. Siverly of Ames was found not connected with E. J. Penfield of the Bank of Kelley. Penfield fled three years ago with about $30,000 in assets, leaving the private bank to fail as a result of his peculation.
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Ames
Clyde L. Siverly
Union National
Union Savings Banks of
E. J. Penfield
Bank of Kelley
Grinnell Student Wins Perkins Scholarship to Harvard Law
Grinnell College senior Grinnell Joe R. Welch receives the Charles Elliot Perkins scholarship at Harvard Law School. The $300 annual award goes to an Iowa college graduate entering the Harvard Law freshman class.
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Harvard
Grinnell
Joe R. Welch
Grinnell College
Charles Elliot Perkins
Harvard Law School
Iowa
Minister Is Suspended Over Saloon Petition
Council Bluffs The Rev J H Lindemeyer suspended from the ministerial association after signing the saloon consent petition replies vigorously he has studied prohibition and challenges proof that it is morally wrong.
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Council Bluffs
J. H. Lindemeyer
Nolen Breach Suit Cut to 7500 in Iowa Case
Judge Fahey reduced the jury verdict from 12000 to 7500 in the breach of promise suit of Miss Mary Nolen against William H. Glenn a Cumming banker. He ruled the original award excessive and the jury acted too hastily.
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Nolen
Indianola
Fahey
Mary Nolen
William H. Glenn
Cumming
Booze Destroyed in Mason City Raids
Police destroyed about 400 dollars worth of liquor seized in recent raids on illegal saloons and transportation rings in Mason City. Officials carried out the destruction after weeks of enforcement actions.
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Mason City
Runaway Horse Crashes into Kidd Drug Store
A runaway horse pulling a delivery wagon dashed into Kidd drug store in Ottumwa breaking the front doors and smashing show cases. No injuries reported though damage disrupts business as authorities investigate the incident.
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Ottumwa
Kidd Drug
Find a Plite of Gold in Waukon Farm Field
Farmer Alton on the Kavanaugh farm near Waukon uncovered a pile of gold pieces totaling 1050 dollars said to have been hidden by the late Patrick Kavanaugh. The find is described as a significant hidden hoard discovered in an old area. Local authorities were notified and will assess the treasure.
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Waukon
First Interurban Train Opens Waterloo to Cedar Rapids
The Waterloo Cedar Falls Northern belt line runs its first freight train from Waterloo to Cedar Rapids. The interurban is finished to Center Point while the trolley service is not yet in beyond Urbana.
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Waterloo
Waterloo, Cedar Falls &Northern
Cedar Rapids
Center Point
Urbana
Red Worm Death to Horses in Western Boone County
Several horses owned by farmers in western Boone County died after an investigation revealed small red worms. No remedy proves effective at this time.
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Boone
Wall and McFall Form Osceola Democrat Partnership
L. L. McFall joined EH. T. Wall as partner in the Osceola Democrat, bringing experience as a newspaper man to the paper.
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Wall
Osceola
L. L. McFall
EH. T. Wall
Osceola Democrat
McFall
Keokuk Beneficiary Will Names Churches and Hospital
The late Mrs. Helen Mar Comstock Leaves 1000 to First Westminster Presbyterian mission society trustees 5000 to Trinity Church formerly Chatham Square Methodist Episcopal 5000 to Graham Hospital for an endowment Martha M. Graham room Residue divided between Westminster and Methodist churches Public library receives pictures and curios collection.
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Westminster
Methodist
Man Escapes Iowa Mob After Lynch Assault
Clarence Gilmore allegedly assaulted Mrs Frank Vernon in Clear Lake prompting a mob. Gilmore fled to Swaledale where officers found him asleep in a railroad station and jailed him in Clear Lake. He was bound over to the grand jury on $2000 bond after being rushed to Mason City. This marks a third similar assault in Clear Lake recently.
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Clear Lake
Clarence Gilmore
Frank Vernon
Gilmore
Swaledale
Grimm
Hyde
Mason City
Grand Jury
Iowa Cartoonist Promoted
Roy Van Nice resigns from the Chicago Tribune to lead the art department of a Chicago photo play magazine with a handsome salary increase. He is the son of Rev. R. L. Van Nice, pastor of Waukon's Presbyterian church.
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Iowa
Waukon
Roy van Nice
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
van Nice
R. L. van Nice
Presbyterian Church
Des Moines to Acquire Epileptic Colony Site
State officials notify owners that options on a tract near Woodward have been accepted for the epilepsy colony plan. Transfers of cash and deed filings will follow as the state takes 952 acres at about 194 dollars per acre.
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Des Moines
Woodward
Board of Control
Iowa Girl to Foreign Field in South America
Miss Angeline McKinley of St Ansgar Iowa resigns after four years as secretary of the Young Women's Christian Association in Marshalltown to take a foreign field post. She will be assigned to one of the South American republics.
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Iowa
Marshalltown
Angeline McKinley
St. Ansgar
Young Women’s Christian Association
McKinley
Local electric firm wins 25 year franchise
The Hampton electric light company received a twenty five year franchise by a vote of 277 to 66. They will proceed to supply light to the surrounding towns in this county and neighboring areas.
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Hampton
Metz Gets Two Years in Federal Fraud Case
Judge Smith McPherson sentences Jacob Metz a Chicago livestock dealer to two years in Stillwater penitentiary for mail fraud in defrauding John Saar of Cantril Iowa of fourteen thousand dollars.
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Metz
Keokuk
Smith McPherson
Jacob Metz
Chicago
Stillwater
John Saar
Cantril
Miner Killed by Explosion at Durfee Mine near Bussey
J. W. Harris, 45, shot firer at the Durfee mine two miles east of Bussey, died instantly in a blast. He leaves a widow and five children.
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Knoxville
J. W. Harris
Durfee
Bussey
Rockwell Forms Fastest Ball Club In Region
Rockwell forms a fast baseball team with several hundred dollars spent. A coach and battery have been employed to organize the squad in the Rockwell area.
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Rockwell
Mrs. Brazzell Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
A district court jury convicts Mrs. Dora Brazzell of murder in the second degree in the case charging her with the death of her husband Charles Brazzell. The verdict comes after a full trial in Dubuque.
Golden Wedding Celebrated by Atkinsons in St Anthony
Marshalltown reports Mr and Mrs William R Atkinson of St Anthony observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary. He is 75 and she 66 years old.
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Marshalltown
William ‘R. Atkinson
St. Anthony
Belt Enters Congress Race as Progressive Candidate
Waterloo report says R. J. Belt, a former merchant now in the loan business, has announced his candidacy for Congress on the progressive ticket.
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R. J. Belt
Waterloo
Congress
Express Driver Missing Warrants Out for Emery Faatz
A warrant is sworn for Emery D. Faatz a 28 year old Wells Fargo Express driver in Dubuque. He is reported missing with 825 dollars involved including 500 in silver dollars weighing thirty pounds.
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Dubuque
Emery D. Faatz
Wells Fargo Express Company
New Depot to Be Built in Humboldt
Humboldt officials promise construction of a new Minneapolis and St. Louis depot and works to start within thirty days. The announcement highlights rail expansion in the city and indicates soonest project commencement.
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Humboldt
Minneapolis
Des Moines appoints Billy Sunday publicity chairman
Rev. Dr. BK EB Higley of Grace Methodist church becomes chairman of the publicity committee for the Billy Sunday Evangelistic association. The Des Moines campaign is set for November with funds to be raised for the effort.
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Des Moines
BK. EB Higley
Grace Methodist Church
Billy Sunday Evangelistic Association
Postmasters Commissioned in Iowa Names List
Des Moines reports newly commissioned Iowa postmasters including Nelson C. Roberts of Fort Madison M, Patton of Lenox, Harvey Black of Palle Plaine, Elizabeth Crowe of Clermont and others.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Nelson C. Roberts
Fort Madison
Patton
Lenox
Harvey Black
Palle Plaine
Elizabeth Crowe
Clermont
Colorado Troops Called as Ludlow Mine War Intensifies
Colorado National Guard orders entrainment to Trinidad to quell the strike crisis while Governor Fitzgerald calls a special session to fund militia. In Ludlow district coal towns a 14 hour battle leaves forty five dead and many missing as state troops and miners clash.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado National Guard
Trinidad
Stephen R. Fitzgerald
National
William Waddell
Empire Mine
Southwestern Fuel Company
John Church
Empire
David Donovan
Delagua
Victor American Fuel Company
Fred Dougherty
Carl Johnson
Felix Gonzales
Joe Chavez
Hastings Canyon
J. W. Piple
Empire and Southwestern
H. B. King
Ludlow
Colorado & Fuel Iron Company
Rockefeller Holdings
Devastating Peoria Fire Ravages Nelson Morris Cattle Barns
A major blaze in Peoria destroys Nelson Morris company cattle feeding barns and 3000 cattle burn. Firefighters from nearly every unit battle the three hour blaze. Loss estimated at 400000 with stock scattered and 50 cattle swimming the river to safety.
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Peoria
Nelson Morris Company
Stock Yards
Nanois
Japan Maintains Strict Neutrality in Mexican Situation
Tokyo officials declare Japan will stay neutral in the Mexican crisis. The warship Idzuma Is is at Guayamas on the Pacific coast and could embark Japanese residents in Mexico if needed.
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Mikado
Tokyo
Japan
Idzuma
Guayamas
Pacific
Mexico
United States Seizes Weapons Bound for Veracruz
One thousand boxes of ammunition and 25 machine guns bound for the federal commander at Veracruz were removed from the steamer Monterey by orders from New York on Wednesday.
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U. S
Havana
Veras Cruz
Monterey
New York
Fire wipes out Schuze bakery killing three in Philadelphia
Fire destroyed the bakery shop of Paul Schuze Jr in Philadelphia on Wednesday leaving three victims identified as Paul Schuze Jr Paul Schuze Sr and Mary Schuze.
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Philadelphia
Paul Schuze, Jr
Paul Schuze, Sr
Mary Schuze
One Dead In Car Crash In Buffalo Trolley Collision
In Buffalo New York on Tuesday Helen Seibert died instantly and three others were seriously hurt in a collision between a taxi and an eastbound trolley car.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Helen Seibert
Veterans Await Call to Arms by 98 Regiments
Elgin Illinois April 23 Martin Sipple department adjutant United Spanish War Veterans wires Governor Dunne that six regiments of veterans of ’98 will await his call to arms in coming action.
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Veterana
Arma
Elgin
Martin Sipple
Department
United Spanish War Veterans
Dunne
Veterans of ’98
Aris
Beveridge Named for United States Senate
Indianapolis April 21 The Indiana Progressive convention nominated Albert J Beveridge as the party candidate for United States senator The nomination was unanimous and Beveridge accepted He was a Republican senator from Indiana 1899 1911 The platform pledges to eliminate breweries and saloons endorses the Hobson resolution and calls for direct primary law and equal suffrage for women The convention also backs initiative referendum recall home rule and other reforms and opposes treaties with Colombia paying 25 million
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Progressive Convention
Albert J. Beveridge
United States
Beveridge
Hobson
Congress
Colombia
Niles Poindexter
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Party
RUSH TROOPS TO GALVESTON DURING PRACTISE MARCH
The Fifth brigade of the Second Division was loaded onto troop trains at Houston on orders from Washington and rushed toward Texas City and Galveston. The remaining nearly ten thousand soldiers began a 60 mile hike back to the coast, with the fifth brigade to be first aboard transports unless further orders change the plan.
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Houston
Tex
United States Army
Texas City
Galveston
Washington
Good care for wounded plans finalized by services
Army and Navy medical branches and the Red Cross prepared for action in war. Surgeons Gorgas and Braisted and Red Cross chair Miss Mabel Boardman assert no repetition of typhoid epidemics seen in Spanish American war camps.
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Army
Navy
Washington
Medical Department of
The
Medical Bureau of the Navy
Red Cross
Gorgas
Braisted
Mabel Boardman
Army transports ready to carry Fifth Brigade to Mexico
Eight hundred coffins were loaded aboard the army transports at Galveston Texas. The ships are stocked with food supplies to last two months for 4500 men of the Fifth brigade in case the War Department orders deployment.
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Galveston
Tex
Fifth Brigade
United States Army
Mexico
War Department
Peary Receives French Geographic Medal
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, famed discoverer of the North Pole, was notified that the Grand Gold Medal of the French Geographic Society has been awarded to him. The honor recognizes his polar exploration achievements.
May Restore Embargo on Arms at Mexican Border
Washington reports that the army and navy board recommended restoring the arms embargo at the Mexican border. The suggestion was conveyed as information from last Wednesday afternoon.
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Washington
Army and Navy Board
Juryman Becomes Insane After Jury Discharge
Levi Barge of Lexington Kentucky sank into insanity after a jury convicted Joe Eagle of manslaughter and was dismissed. The mental collapse followed the verdict on Tuesday and reflects the strain of service on the juror.
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Lexington
Joe Eagle
Levi Barge
Hotel Fire at Smediey Hotel Sparks Panic
One man was injured as fire partially destroyed the Smediey hotel in Teyson Maryland. More than 40 guests fled in their night clothing during the early Tuesday morning blaze.
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Teyson
Smediey
Woman Ballot Nullified Could Upend City Politics
Report from Chicago warns that a Supreme Court ruling declaring Illinois women’s suffrage unconstitutional could trigger wide effects. If overturned, about 1,000 dry elections, 1000 saloons, and dozens of women holding office would be affected, including aldermen, collectors, and supervisors, with probes into wet and dry status shaping local votes and school bonds.
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Chicago
Supreme Court
Springfield
Virginia
Levy Meyer
Weta
Notre Dame Denies Mexican Students Were Hurt
Rev. Joseph A. Burke at Notre Dame says a Mexican embassy report claiming 11 students were thrown into the St Joseph river and mistreated is untrue. He cites President Kavnaugh as the source of the denial and notes no trouble occurred between Mexican and American students.
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Indiana
Notre Dame
Ind
Joseph A. Burke
Notre Dame University
Washington
St. Joseph River
Father Burke
Kavanaugh
Ritchie Defeats Murphy for Lightweight Title in 20 Rounds
In San Francisco on April 20 Willie Ritchie successfully defended his world lightweight title by beating Harlem Tommy Murphy over 20 rounds. Referee Jim Griffin awarded the decision, with Ritchie taking 17 rounds to Murphy's 3 and three rounds even.
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San Francisco
Willie Ritchie
Harlem Tommy Murphy
Jim Griffin
Ritchie
Seven Mexicans Arrested After Attempt to Steal Gun
American troops on the border near Douglas Arizona report seven Mexicans arrested at night after an attempt to steal a machine gun from the Ninth Cavalry platoon camp. They were placed under guard pending investigation.
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Douglas
Ariz
Ninth United States Cavalry
Cruiser Tacoma Disabled on Repair Run to Tampico
Wireless news reports the cruiser Tacoma bound from Boston to Tampico lost a propeller blade and turned back to Charleston for repairs.
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Tacoma
Charleston
D. C
Newsa Wags
Tampico
Boston
German government vows no more warships for Mexican waters
Berlin announces on Wednesday that the German government has no plan to dispatch additional warships to Mexican waters. The statement came in the afternoon brief.
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Kaleer
Berlin
Mexican
Congress Discusses Proper Home Life For Children
Washington April 23 The third International Congress on the Welfare of the Child began its session with debates on the proper home life for children as a central issue.
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Congress On
Washington
Third International Congress On the
Boston brokerage firm Gay and Sturgis fails
The brokerage firm of Gay & Sturgis collapsed in Boston on Tuesday. It was among the citys largest and was considered a strong and substantial financial concern in the area.
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Falls
Boston
Gay & Sturgis
Americans Capture Vera Cruz After Fierce Street Fighting
American sailors and marines take Vera Cruz after heavy shelling and rooftop battle. About 12 sailors die and 30 are wounded. Mexican casualties estimated around 150. Commanders report fierce house to house fighting, naval bombardment, and final occupation of the city including the naval academy and barracks.
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Vera Cruz
William R. Rush
Florida
Police Chief Defends Flag in New Orleans Order
Superintendent Reynolds orders arrest of anyone making disparaging remarks about the army navy or the American flag on city streets. The action followed four soldiers in uniform dispersing five street orators who charged the military is subsidized.
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New Orleans
Reynolds
Army
Navy
Missionaries Cause Alarm in Mexican Cities Safe Report
New York churches awaited word from 60 American missionaries traveling from Mexico City to Vera Cruz. The Methodist Episcopal board of foreign missions received a cablegram confirming all missionaries in Pachuca Puebla and Guanajuato were safe along with ten Epias episcopal missionaries under Bishop Henry D Aves.
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New York
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Methodist Episcopal Board of Foreign Missions
Pachuca
Puebla
Guanajuato
Mexico
Henry D. Aves
Diaz Will Not Return to Mexico Believed
Monte Carlo General Porfirio Diaz, ex president of Mexico, again refused to comment on Mexican affairs or his own intentions. His allies think Diaz will not return to Mexico and will likely leave Monte Carlo soon for Vichy to rest.
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Diaz
Mexico
Monte Carlo
Porfirio Diaz
Ding
Vichy
Cleveland Police Enforce Dont Swear Movement
Cleveland officials announce police will detain offenders in the don t swear campaign and give them a stern scolding to curb profanity in public.
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Cleveland, O
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