Iowa Crops Prospects Bright Despite Early Spring Drought
A bulletin from Dr. George M. Chappel of the Weather Bureau notes Iowa’s dry early spring enabled large corn and small grain plantings. Corn ahead of normal with continued favorable weather expected to yield above average. small grain generally good though hay is below average. Potatoes and fruit crops show good prospects in southern and southwestern areas.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George M. Chappel
United States Weather Bureau
Red Oak Dairying Meeting Highlights Guernsey Breeders
Red Oak residents attended the Iowa State Guernsey Breeders Association meeting at the Mayhew farm. President C. W. Wilcox of Des Moines presided while prominent breeders spoke. Exhibits included valuable cows and a granddaughter of the world champion cow was present. the owner refused a $300 bid for the calf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Guernsey Breeders’ Association
Mayhew Farm
C. W. Wilcox
Des Moines
Much Alfalfa Is Raised In Scott County
Scott county farmers produced alfalfa worth 22000 in the last year from 296 acres yielding 1089 tons. Pleasant Valley township led production due to Jowana Farm. Col George W French model farm had 70 acres planted with a yield of 885 tons.
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Davenport
Scott County
Pleasant Valley
George W. French
Iowa Editors buy Waukegan Daily Gazette
Keota editor A H Richardson and postmaster L Elmer Hulse have purchased the Waukegan Daily Gazette of Waukegan Illinois. Richardson served twentyfive years with the Keota Eagle and Hulse twelve years as postmaster.
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Keota
A. H. Richardson
Keota Hagle
L. Elmer Hulse
Waukegan
M. and St. L. Official Resigns for Seaboard Role
Oskaloosa reports Ross Marshall superintendent of the eastern division on the Minneapolis and St. Louis railway has resigned to become general superintendent of the Seaboard and Airline route with headquarters in Richmond Virginia.
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Oskaloosa
Ross
Marshall
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway
Seaboard
Richmond
Establish New Bank Home National Bank of Royal
The controller of the currency has received the application of T Bailey F Huss L J Hjelm and William Roberts to organize the Home National Bank of Royal with a capital of 25000 dollars.
Iowa Miner Entombed in Alberta Mine Disaster
Centerville resident Centerville Leonard Clark brother of Tom Clark travels to Hillcrest Alberta after 195 miners lose their lives in a coal mine disaster. Clark’s family brace for news as rescue efforts continue.
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Iowa
Centerville
Leonard Clark
Tom Clark
Hillcrest
Alberta
Has No Use for Jail in Ankeny Town
Ankeny residents vote to remove the town jail deeming it unnecessary and have sold the facility to a local farmer.
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Ankeny
Pensions Granted to Iowans Listed in Des Moines
Ida Kelly of Vinton receives 12 dollars, Hannah P. Kelsey of Smithland gets 12 dollars, and Mary A. Oake of Sabula receives 12 dollars in recent Iowa pension awards.
Travel Over Lincoln Highway Through Toveland
To gauge Lincoln highway traffic through Toveland a tabulation counted 150 cars passing between 7 a m and 8 p m. The tally offers a forecast of travel levels once the highway is completed.
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Sgoveland
Toveland
Lightning Kills Farmer Henry Huss Near Dubuque
Henry Huss a 44 year old farmer living five miles from Dubuque was struck and killed by lightning while at his work. The tragedy occurred on his property and authorities reported the incident as instantaneous.
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Dubuque
Henry Huss
Honored Iowa Physician Elected Vice President
Dr. C. P. Howard of the University of Iowa College of Medicine was chosen vice president at the American Society for Clinical Research meeting in Atlantic City. The society limits its membership to 100 members.
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Iowa
Iowa City
American Society For Clinical Research
Atlantic City
C. P. Howard
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Drowning of Fisherman in Iowa River Near University Dam
Fred Buck, 30, a laborer, drowned while fishing in the Iowa River at Iowa City. He and four companions capsized when their boat snagged below the university dam. Buck did not survive.
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Downs
Iowa River
Iowa City
Fred Buck
University Dam
Will Build $85,000 Church In Fort Dodge
A white stone cornerstone was laid for the new First Methodist Episcopal church in Fort Dodge. Mrs. Margaret Garmoe, longtime church member and donor of 40000 dollars, performed the ceremony with a silver trowel as the stone was lowered into place.
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Fort Dodge
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Margaret Garmoe
the Methodist Church
Christian Church Meeting in Iowa Convention at Colfax
The state convention of the Churches of Christ in Iowa will meet July 15-20 at Epworth League park north of Colfax. Rev. John L. Brandt of St Laws will speak along with Dean A. M. Haggard and Rev. F. S. Idleman of Des Moines. Sunday school work will be discussed and a mass congregation communion service held.
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Des Moines
The
Churches of Christ In
Iowa
Epworth League Park
Colfax
John L. Brandt
St. Laws
A. M. Haggard
F. S. Idleman
Change Athletic Board Towa City
A state university athletics board changes its makeup. The board will have one member from each college: liberal arts, law, dentistry, applied science and pharmacy, appointed by the university president. Team captains from football basketball baseball and track join. An alumnus is named by the alumni association and a student by the Iowa union.
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Change Athletic Board
Towa City
The
State University
Liberal Arts
Law
Dentistry
Applied Science
Pharmacy
Alumni Association
Iowa Union
Drain a Large Area
Hamilton and Story counties approve a drainage ditch contract for 2200 acres. J A Dunkle of Webster City wins the bid at 49995 dollars. Work starts immediately and should finish this fall. The project will raise average assessments over 20 dollars per acre.
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Webster City
Boards of Supervisors
Hamilton
Story Counties
Scott
J. A. Dunkle
This City
Hamilton County
Howard Township
Story County
Six Year Old Injured In Exploding Dynamite Cap
A 6 year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Beveshmer of this place, was seriously injured when he carried a dynamite cap to the haymow and it exploded. The blast tore a hole in his chest damaged his eyes possibly blinding him, and tore off a finger and a thumb with additional injuries.
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Modale
Beveshmer
Iowa Man In Colorado Candidate Seeks State Senate
A. C. Newton former editor and Storm Lake postmaster now runs for state senator in his Colorado district. He has a background as editor of the Storm Lake Pilot and Grand Junction News and served two terms as state representative.
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Iowa
Colorado
Storm Lake
A. C. Newton
Storm Lake Pilot
Grand Junction
Colo
Baptist Young People Trip to National B Y P D. Meet
A Davenport to Kansas City special carried a company of Baptist young people from southeastern Iowa. Rev. W. F. Huxford planned a delegation of 300 from southern Iowa to attend the International B Y P D convention.
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Centerville
Davenport
Kansas City
Iowa
W. F. Huxford
County to Exhibit Montgomery County Products at State Fair
At the Montgomery County Agricultural Association meeting on the Mayhew farm members voted to stage an exhibit of county products at the state fair. Plans were laid for gathering the display through the county auditor's office.
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Montgomery County Agricultural Association
Mayhew Farm
Montgomery County
Body of Plumber Identified After River Tragedy
The body of J. B. Reed aged 30, a Sioux City plumber living with his mother, was found at the Decatur landing on the Missouri river. Reed, who was out at Riverside Sunday, fell from a launch and drowned.
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Onawa
Decatur Landing
Missouri River
J. B. Reed
Sioux City
Riverside
Victim of Motorcycle Crash Near Glidden
B. A. Brownell was found unconscious on the road near Glidden from injuries in a motorcycle accident he was riding to Clinton. He is believed fatally hurt.
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Glidden
B. A. Brownell
Here
Clinton
Former Iowa Man Honored in Oklahoma Supreme Court
Willard R. Bleakmore, son of Wylie H. Bleakmore of Fairfield, is named associate justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court to succeed the late Judge S. H. Russell.
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Iowa
Fairfield
Willard R. Bleakmore
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
5. H. Russell
Wylie H. Bleakmore
Professor Anderson Resigns From Dubuque High
Prof. J. A. Anderson resigns after sixteen years on the Dubuque high school faculty and eight years as principal. He will pursue school work in Chicago.
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Anderson
Dubuque
J. A. Anderson
Dubuque High School
Chicago
Iowa Light & Railway to Supply Jefferson Plant Power
A contract has been signed by the Iowa Light and Railway Company of this city with the owners of the electric plant at Jefferson to provide the Greene county company and town with power from here.
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Furnish Light and Power
Boone
Iowa Light & Railway Company
Jefferson
Grene County Company
Pioneer Editor Very II Waterloo
Isaiah Van Metre veteran Iowa editor and former Waterloo Tribune publisher is gravely ill at his son Dr R T Van Metre’s home in Fremont Nebraska where he had gone for a visit.
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Very
Waterloo
Isaiah van Metre
Iowa
Waterloo Tribune
R. T. van Metre
Fremont
Neh
Iowa Farmers to Display Best Corn Show Entries at Des Moines
Iowa plans a December exhibit of top farm products at the state corn show in Ames and Des Moines. F D Steen of West Liberty states Iowa will present exhibits at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. He secured aid from Prof H I Eichling L C Burnett and Prof W A Stevenson to gather and prepare displays including an Iowa soils exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
F. D. Steen
West Liberty
Iowa Commission
Committee On
Steen
Amés
San Francisco
Agricultural Committee
Ames
H. I. Eichling
L. C. Burnett
W. A. Stevenson
Nurse Sues for 100000 in Federal Suit
Sister Regina Kerr of Louisville sues Rev. Bishop Francis Chatard and others in federal court for 100000 in damages alleging unlawful confinement at a Dubuque hospital and mismanagement of Indiana property during the period. A separate Dubuque suit seeks 175000 over the same claims against the Sisters of Mercy and St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital for confinement from March to July 1912.
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Dubuque
Regina Kerr
Louisville
Francis Silas Chatard
Indianapolis
Indiana
Sister Kerr
Sisters of Mercy
St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
Enjoin From Use Of Name Dubuque College
In a novel suit a request to stop St Josephs College from using the name Dubuque College was served on its officers by Dubuque German College. The German college claims St Josephs will benefit from nationwide advertising built by the Dubuque institution and that harm will come to the German college. St Josephs College, one of Iowa's oldest, was reincorporated and renamed Dubuque College.
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Dubuque
St. Joseph’s College
Dubuque College
Delegates to Nominate 48th District Senator in July
Republican nominees for the Forty eighth Senate seat will be decided July 14 in Sac City. Delegates from Carroll Greene and Sac counties will meet to nominate a candidate, with Sayers of Jefferson or Helmer of Carroll as likely choices.
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Sac City
Forty
Carroll
Greene
Sac Counties
S. J. Sayers
Jefferson
Charles C., Helmer
Farmers Elevator Declares 20 Percent Dividend in Alvord
Dividends of 20 percent are mailed to stockholders of the Farmers Elevator company in Alvord a cooperative. The last year’s business totaled 220000 dollars with over 40000 bushels of grain and nineteen carloads of coal handled.
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Alvord
Farmers’ Elevator Company
Land sale near Alden pushes county prices up
Hardin county farm land on the John Laird farm north of Alden brought a record price of $192.50 per acre at auction. Observers say land values in the county are approaching the $200 an acre level as demand remains strong.
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Hardin County
John Laird
Alden
Infant dies after scalding in washing machine incident
In Mason City a washing machine filled with boiling water scalded the infant son of farmer William Stump of Clear Lake. He was removed from the appliance but died from the injuries.
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Mason City
William Stump
Clear Lake
Rushes Double Tracking Nevada Progress on Northwestern
Rock ballast completion extends a few miles west of town on the Northwestern railway project. A crew of 100 to 200 men has operated locally for several weeks, with work continuing in both directions from the city.
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Nevada
Here
Boy Dies of Injuries from Toy Cannon Blast
Des Moines Christian Brobst aged 15 son of R E Brobst a Knoxville jeweler died at the Methodist hospital from injuries after a toy cannon exploded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Christian Brobst
R. E. Brobst
Knoxville, Jr
Methodist Hospital
Mellen Indicted in Hampden Railway Note Conspiracy
Middlesex County grand jury returns twenty true bills against Mellen ex president of the New Haven Railroad Frederick S. Mosely Ralph B. Gillette and Cambridge bank committees. Charges allege conspiracy in floating Hampden railways notes and securities through Hampden Investment company not a substantial security or indorser.
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Boston
Mellen
New Haven Railroad
Frederick S. Mosely
Ralph B. Gillette
Cambridge Banks
Middlesex County Grand Jury
Hampden Railways
Hampden Investment Company
Hampden Railroad Corporation
Huerta Questions Armistice as Mexico Crisis Deepens
Reports from Vera Cruz say Huerta seeks refuge on a naval ship while Constitutionalists threaten to cut the railroad to the coast. Mediators adjourn at Niagara Falls and fear renewed intervention as Huerta asks if the arms truce with the United States ends with the mediation setback.
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Vera Cruz
Dresden
Puerto Mexico
Conde
Huerta
Mexico City
Niagara Falls
Mexico
Lionel Carden
State Department
Senor de Oliveira
Victoriano Huerta
Ont
A.B.C
United States
Guns Are Silenced by U S Navy at Puerto Plata
The U S gunboat Machias under navy orders silenced the artillery batteries of President Bordas in Santo Domingo after they opened fire on Puerto Plata. Captain Russell reported the bombardment halted by 5 30 pm and no further vessels were needed to guard Americans and foreigners in the city.
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Washington
United States
Machias
Navy Department
Bordas
Santo Domingo
Puerta Plata
Arias
Captain Russell
South Carolina
Puerto Plata
Marye Named U.S. Envoy to Russia by Wilson
President Wilson sent the nomination of George T. Marye of San Francisco and Washington to be United States ambassador to Russia to the Senate. A retired stock broker and former San Francisco Stock Exchange president, Marye was born in 1849 in Baltimore and educated in Cambridge, Paris, Berlin and Barcelona. He served as regent of the University of California for one term.
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Washington
George T. Marye
San Francisco
United States
Russia
Senate
Wilson
Marye
San Francisco Stock Exchange
Baltimore
Margy
Cambridge
England
Paris
Berlin
Barcelona
University of California
Fire Ravages Marblehead Lime Plant in Springfield Loss Topped
Fire tore through the Marblehead Lime company plant in Springfield causing about 100000 dollars in damage. Firefighters fought the blaze for three hours under low water pressure and near live wires, narrowly avoiding injury from collapsing walls.
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Springfield
Marblehead Lime Company
St. Paul
Minn
Midway District
Dominican Affair Reported U.S. Interference Talk
Washington July 3 Senor Don I A Carnada a Dominican charged affairs conferred with Secretary Bryan at the state department on Wednesday and a report circulated that the United States would interfere in Dominican affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Domingo
Washington
Don I. A. Carnada
Hryane
State Department
United States
Polar Bear Attack Injures Keeper in St. Louis
A polar bear mauled keeper Henry V. Zimmer to severe injuries in St. Louis during extreme heat. Zimmerman survived with one foot mangled and the other cut, and is at home recovering.
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Keeper
St. Louis
Henry V. Zimmerman
American Heiress Weds Prince in Rome Alliance
Laura Stillg daughter of Edmund K Stallo and heiress to the Standard Oil fortune joined the Rospigliosi family by marrying Prince Francesco di Stonspigl iosi in a ceremony held Tuesday in Paris.
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Paris
Laura Stillg
Edmund K. Stallo
Rospigliosi
Prince Francesco di Stonspigliosi
Death charge pressed in Petras murder case
Geneva Illinois July 1 Death of Anthony Petras being tried here on a charge of having murdered Thresa Hollander in St. Nicholas cemetery at Aurora last February was demanded by State's Attorney W J Tyers
Gas Buildup Triggers Blast in Milwaukee Water Tunnel
Twenty one men suffered severe burns in an explosion at Milwaukee's new intake water tunnel. Officials report no fatalities. Investigators cite gas accumulation in the tunnel as the cause.
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Milwaukee
Cotton Futures Regulation Passes House
By an 84 to 21 vote the House approved the Lever bill to regulate cotton futures on stock exchanges. It standardizes cotton grades and requires delivery of actual contracted grades, with a prohibitory tax on nonconforming deliveries to curb bob-tailed cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ill in Tokyo adviser and naval naming requested
Telegraphic notes report Henry Wil lard Denison, legal adviser to Japan's foreign affairs, critically ill with paralysis in St. Luke's Washington. Senator Lewis asks the navy department to name a new dreadnought for Illinois. Secretary Daniels sends the issue to the general navy board. Also in London Stanley Portal Hyatt dies at thirty seven after serving with his brother in the 1904 Philippine campaign.
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Tokyo
Japan
Henry Willard Denison
Department of Foreign Affairs
St. Luke's Hospital
Washington
Lewis
Navy Department
Congress
Illinois
Daniels
General Navy Board
London
Stanley Portal Hyatt
U. S. Express Firm Quits After Seven-Year Run
New York reports the United States Express company ended its uninterrupted service as a common carrier at midnight Monday. The firm began seven years before the Civil War and about 90 percent of its 15,000 employees have found other positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Express Company
Santo Domingo Rebels Repulsed by Federal Forces
United States Minister Sullivan reported from Santo Domingo that revolutionists at San Pedro Macoris were decisively repulsed by federal troops with no additional details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Domingo
Washington
United States
Sullivan
State Department
San Pedro Macoris
Japanese Foreign Minister Withholds Treaty Details
Tokyo reports the Japanese foreign minister says specifics of negotiations with the United States on the California anti alien land law will not be released to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U. S
Japan
California
Senator West Sprains Leg in Washington Fall
Senator Henry S. West of Georgia sprained his right leg after slipping on a hotel floor in Washington. He will be unable to walk freely for about a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Washington
Henry S. West
Georgia
English Auto Racer Killed Near Lyons
English automobile racer Raphael Gimble was killed driving at a terrific pace near Lyons on Monday morning. His mechanician was mortally hurt in the same accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Lyons
Raphael Gimble
French Liner La Gasconne Goes Ashore at Lisbon
The French transatlantic steamer La Gasconne grounded on the Portuguese coast while en route from Bordeaux to Buenos Ayres. In Formosa Taihoku Count Sakuma, Japanese governor general, was mortally wounded in combat with head hunters, shot by a poisoned arrow.
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la Gascogne
Bordeaux
Buenos Ayres
Lisbon
Portugal
Count Sakuma
Taihoku
Formosa
Cherokee Nation Dissolved and Funds Divided
The Cherokee nation, largest of the five civilized tribes, was dissolved on Tuesday in Washington. Tribal funds totaling $600,000 are to be distributed among its 41,000 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Five Civilized Tribes
Two Million Homeless in Flood Hit Southern China
Washington reports two million people are homeless and starving in southern China after unprecedented floods. Crops in two provinces have been completely ruined, leaving residents amid widespread hardship and food shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Washington
American killed by Yaqui Indians near La Colorado
The state department received word from Colonel Hostetter at Hermosillo that Thomas Farrell, an American, was killed by Yaqui Indians at Represo near La Colorado. The report notes the incident occurred in the region and is being investigated.
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Washington
Thomas Farrell
Represo
la Colorado
State Department
Hostetter
Hermosilla
Roosevelt keynote speech headlines local rally in Pittsburgh
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt used a Pittsburgh rally to launch the Progressive campaign with a call to elect Gifford Pinchot as senator and Dean Lewis as governor. He accused the Wilson administration of failed promises on costs of living and trusts and urged governance via powerful commissions while endorsing business concentration for efficiency under strict anti monopoly safeguards.
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Pittsburgh
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Gifford Pinchot
Dean Lewis
Wilson
Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Americans Told to Flee Mexico
Brazilian minister Senor de Ali veira, who has acted as U S representative in Mexico since diplomatic break with Huerta, sent a private dispatch urging the State Department to advise Americans to leave Mexico. He said he could not issue such advice on his own authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvey A. Adee
State
France
Mr. Adee
Europe
Paris
A. M. Thakera
Mexico
Washington
Prisoners Paid Over Twenty Thousand Dollars at Waupun
Madison Wis July 3 more than twenty thousand dollars was paid by contractors to prisoners in the penitentiary at waupun according to a compilation made by president smith in discussing annual payments
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Waupun
Smith
Three Negroes Killed In Laurel Posse Raid
Laurel Mississippi July 3 three negroes were killed and two wounded by a posse pursuing a lone bandit who robbed a passenger train near Laurel killing one and wounding two. The bandit has been located several times but escaped.
Nevada Divorce Law Upheld by State Supreme Court
In Carson City Nevada on July 3 the state supreme court sustained Nevada's new divorce law. The ruling requires applicants for divorce to reside one year in the state before the courts gain jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Carson City
Nev
State Supreme Court
Illinois flag raised at Panama-Pacific Exposition
Mrs. L H Rockwell of Quincy Illinois aged eighty two raised Illinois governor's flag on the exposition grounds to mark the groundbreaking for the state building at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
San Francisco
Cal
L. H. Rockwell
Quincy
Ill
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Methodists
Christian Church Meeting
Hawkeye State
St. Joseph's College
Adee
Middlesex County
Massachusetts
U. S&s
Santo. Domingo
Federal
Springfield, Mo
Burns
U. S. Express
TRIN
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
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