Iowa National Guard to triple strength under pay bill passage
Congress approves a military pay bill sending Iowa Guard from 3640 to 10400 troops effective July 1. Six Iowa cities including Corydon and Independence apply to organize new companies under the expanded force. Guardsmen will receive federal pay with salaries tied to rank. The War Department will authorize new formations, likely creating a full division and a major general post. Brig. Gen. H. A. Allen of Cedar Rapids is the current highest officer.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Congress
Adjt
Guy E. Logan
Corydon
Independence
Iowa Guard
War Department
H. A. Allen
Cedar Rapids
Tornado Strikes Pleasantville Hurting Two Injured Residents
A small tornado hit outskirts of Pleasantville injuring two people and damaging homes. Mrs. Robert Hicks and her daughters were barely spared when seeking shelter in a storm cellar. Mrs. Bruce Benge and others suffered minor injuries as several houses and barns were demolished or twisted from foundations.
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Pleasantville
Knoxville
Robert Hicks
Bruce Benge
Charles Lyon
C. Speed
Leonard Mohler
Child Fatally Hurt by Farm Machinery Near Glidden
John Anear farmer south of Glidden saw his three year old son pull a wagon to a manure spreader. The spreader engaged and drew the boy into the machine. A spike pierced his head and he died within hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glidden
John Anear
Anear
Tornado Ravages Newton County Farm Homes
A tornado swept through Newton County Farm injuring none and wrecking outbuildings. The storm toppled windmills and tore the roof off the inmate home as two tornado clouds moved from SE and SW toward the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Laser County
Bootlegger Sentenced to Fort Madison for Liquor Injunction Violation
Des Moines judge William 8 Ayres sent Polk county's first bootlegger to the state prison for liquor law violations. Bert Doolittle drew three months hard labor in Fort Madison penitentiary on his second liquor injunction violation.
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Pen
Des Moines
William 8. Ayres
Polk County
Bert Doolittle
Fort Madison
Kerosene Explosion Claims Clinton Esth Dunn
Clinton Esther Dunn aged 23, daughter of a farmer west of Clinton, was burned to death when a kerosene can exploded in her hands. A spark from the fire ignited the oil as the can blew apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Esther Dunn
Poweshiek Sheriff George Binegar Dies at Home
Montezuma reports Poweshiek County Sheriff George Binegar died at his home after a paralysis event. A Civil War veteran, he served twelve years as sheriff and long stood as a prominent political figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poweshiek
Montezuma
George Binegar
Poweshiek County
Masked robber flees with cash from local bank
A masked gunman entered the Farmers and Merchants bank at noon and forced the teller to hand over between $800 and $1,000 before escaping. The incident occurred in Sioux City. Police seek clues as they investigate the robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Cities Contest for College Fight in Des Moines
Des Moines seeks to establish a college by the Northern Baptist convention board of education. A seven member committee from Des Moines and Central college at Pella leads the effort with Dr E E B Burton from the University of Chicago and Frank Padelford from Boston. Waterloo Marshaltown and Iowa Falls compete.
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Des Moines
Board of Education
Northern Baptist Convention
Central College
Pella
E. E B. Burton
University of Chicago
Frank Padelford
Boston
National Church Board of Education
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Iowa Falls
Buena Vista College Launches $100000 Endowment Drive
Storm Lake Buena Vista college, entering its twenty fifth year, begins a $100000 endowment campaign with over $9000 on hand and $20000 promised upon reaching the target. Founded in 1891 by Fort Dodge and Sioux City Presbyteries, the college has graduated 4009 students and aims to secure long term support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storm Lake
Buena Vista College
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Plan Bakers Short Course at Ames Iowa State College
The engineering extension department at Iowa State College weighs a short course for bakers as part of the Ames short course next winter if plans proceed. It would be one of the few such programs in the country and aligns with growing demand for specialized baking training. Chicago schools offer three and six month programs. Iowa State would introduce a focused course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Engineering Extension
Iowa State College
Chicago
Adventists Plan Convention in Nevada
The fifty third annual Iowa Seventh Day Adventists conference and camp meeting will be held in Nevada. Delegates from Des Moines Council Bluffs Davenport Burlington Keokuk Muscatine Cedar Rapids Ottumwa Creston Atlantic Carroll Denison Sioux City Algona Mason City Dubuque Waterloo Marshalltown and 75 other churches are expected to attend about twelve hundred people.
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Adventists Plan Convention
Nevada
Iowa Seventh-Day Adventists
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Burlington
Keokuk
Muscatine
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Creston
Atlantic
Carroll
Denison
Sioux City
Algona
Mason City
Dubuque
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Warn Against Impure Meat In Iowa
W F Clowes executive secretary of the Iowa Anti tuberculosis association urges Iowa women to avoid meat from packing houses without federal inspection and dairy products from cattle not TB tested. He says the public underrates TB cattle in Iowa and without legislation the state animal health commission cannot control the issue.
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Cedar Rapids
W. F. Clowes
Iowa Anti-tuberculosis Association
Iowa
State Commission of Animal Health
Iowa Officials Plan Statewide Hog Cholera Fight
Federal authorities show hog cholera can be controlled but Gibson warns eradication by a single county is unlikely. Dr J I Gibson state veterinarian will organize Iowa counties to combat hog cholera.
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Ames
J. I. Gibson
Gibson
Iowa
Iowa Bishop Transferred to Tennessee Area
Sioux City reports Bishop Frank W. Bristol of Omaha, head of the Iowa episcopal area, has been reassigned to the Chattanooga episcopal area by the general conference in Saratoga Springs New York. No new Iowa and Nebraska assignment has been made yet.
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Iowa
Sioux City
Frank W. Bristol
Omaha
Chattanooga
Electrician Survives 2200-Volt Contact at Plant
Mason City electrician Geoif Lacore of the People s Gas and Electric plant endured a 2200 volt jolt while at the switch board. He rose and touched live wires, suffering only a burn across the back. He reported no serious injuries and survived the incident.
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Mason City
Dedication of New Lutheran Church in Newton Iowa
The Newton Lutheran congregation will dedicate their new church on Sunday June 4 with Rev. John Bright as pastor. The impressive building is described as among the finest Lutheran churches in Iowa, attracting many prominent pastors and laymen from the state.
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Newton
John Bright
Iowa
Arsenal Expansion Plans at Davenport Rock Island Plant
Government funds of 1,250,000 will enlarge the Davenport Rock Island arsenal, already the largest government manufacturing plant. The current workforce of 2,000 will be boosted by hundreds of additional workers to meet congress’s appropriation requirements.
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Wih
Davenport
Rock Island Arsenal
Congress
Hospital Change Rumor Circulates in Knoxville
Rumor circulates in Knoxville that the local hospital will close in coming months and be converted into a hospital for the insane due to severe overcrowding at the state facilities.
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Knoxville
Boone couple marks sixty six years of marriage
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jones, longtime Iowa residents, observed their sixty sixth wedding anniversary. Due to ill health no public celebration was held. Mrs. Jones has been unable to speak since a stroke two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Richard Jones
Iowa
Woman Golf Champion Killed in Collision
Miss Jennie Jones, 25, Iowa women’s golf champion, died when a police car struck her father L. H. Jones’s auto in Sioux City. Jones, thrown against the curb, survived with slight bruises to her father. The vehicle was wrecked. Jones had held the state title since Des Moines four years ago and played in eastern tournaments.
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Sioux City
Jennie Jones
Iowa
Miss Jones
L. H. Jones
Des Moines
Miss Margaret Kanaly to Be Honored at Newell Commencement
Newell high school retires long time teacher Miss Margaret Kanaly after thirty three years of service. She was the first and only graduate of Newell high school in 1833 and has taught since in the primary room now in use after the school was rebuilt three times during her tenure.
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Newell
Margaret Kanaly
Newell High School
Kanaly
Miss Kanaly
Iowa Appeals Fight Shipments of Liquor to Individuals
Des Moines report on C A Robbins Iowa attorney general assistant arguing before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago that outside brewers have no right to ship beer into Iowa. He contends only permit holders may receive liquor and that private shipments to individuals should require in person pickup at delivery points. The lower court had barred railroad refusals to carry consignments to individuals for private use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
C. A. Robbins
Iowa
Consignee
State of Iowa
Circuit Court
Robbins
Reform School Graduates Eldora First Eldora high school class
Nine boys at the Eldora state reform school completed the new eighth grade exit exam and received diplomas. Superintendent Kuser led the ceremony with W. J. Dixon delivering the graduation address. Remaining students enter high school, parolees join homes with educational continuation required.
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State Reformatory
Eldora
Kuser
W. J. Dixon
State Board of Control
Movie Men Elect Officers at Des Moines Meeting
A. H. Blank of Des Moines was chosen president of the Town League of Motion Picture Exhibitors at the league’s fourth annual convention in Des Moines. W. D. Ingledue of Marshalltown became first vice president, H. DeBaggio of Colfax was named second vice president, and J. C. Collins of Des Moines was elected secretary treasurer.
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Des Moines
A. H. Blank
Town League of
W. D. Ingledue
Marshalltown
H. DeBaggio
Colfax
J. C. Collins
Waite Trial Opens as Witness Details Grudge and Murder Plot
Dr Albertus Adair Moore testified about John B Peck a Grand Rapids millionaire infected by poison. Prosecutors allege Dr Arthur Warren Waite son in law planned murder to gain wealth and used arsenic and chloroform on Peck. The case centers on Waite’s alleged motive and links to Mrs Margaret Horton.
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New York
Albertus Adair Moore
John B. Peck
Grand Rapids
Waite
Swann
Peck
John EB. Peck
Margaret Horton
Small Juries Valid Under Common Law State Statutes
The Supreme Court ruled that juries of fewer than twelve men are valid when required by common law and verdicts by a reduced jury are valid under state law in cases including those arising under federal law. It upheld Minnesota and Virginia provisions, affirmed two railroad rulings, and struck down a Wisconsin law empowering state officials to revoke foreign corporations licenses for removing actions to federal court.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Minnesota
Virginia
Wisconsin
British and German Advances Reported on Western Front
British war office reports German penetration 1500 yards along the front north of Vimy ridge and 300 yards deep. Berlin states Germans captured British positions southwest of Givenchy En Gebelle and a quarry south of Haudremont on the Meuse. French troops hold on at Hill 304 and about a thousand French soldiers were taken prisoner.
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London
British War Office
Vimy Ridge
Berlin
Givenchy-En-Gebelle
Haudremont
Meuse
Verdun
Record Price for Cattle in Towa City
Milton Tudor set a state record for black Angus cattle at a sale with fifty six head averaging 526 dollars each. It was the nation's largest Angus sale in ten years. Ballinero the top bull sold for 1775 dollars to Glen C Forgy of Logansport Ind marking the highest black Angus price in the state.
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Towa City
Milton Tudor
United States
Ballinero
Glen C. Forgy
Logansport
Ind
Iowa Doctors In Demand
Iowa City university senior medical students secure internship posts at hospitals. Twenty seven of the twenty nine Class of 1916 have received posts in Iowa and other states and overseas.
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Iowa
Iowa City
Iowa University
Northwestern picks Richard H. Aishton as head of railroad
Richard H. Aishton, recently elected president of the Chicago & Northwestern, has no prior employer. He began as an axman in 1878 and rose to Iowa division superintendent before later advancing. He is well known in Iowa for past service as Boone section boss.
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Northwestern
Iowan Boone
Richard H. Aishton
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Chicago & Northwestern
Aishton
Rishton
Iowa
Boone
Nationwide Auto Theft Ring Reported By Police
Officials say a nation wide gang operates to steal largely new cars across the middle west and as far east as New York. Thirty or forty principals allegedly lead confederates in various cities driving cars at night to central points where identifying marks are removed.
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Waterloo
Middle West
New York
German War Loan figure floated in July at 2.5 billion
London dated May 25 reports the Vossische Zeitung states the new German war loan to be issued in July totals 2.5 billion dollars. This figure comes from advices to the Exchange Telegram company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Exchange Telegram Company
Vossische Zeitung
Germans Sentence Dutch Consul in Belgium
The Tijd announces that the Germans condemned Dutch consul W. Van Rijckevorst at Dinant Belgium to ten years hard labor in prison.
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Amsterdam
Tijd
Dinant
Belgium
W. van Rijckevorst
King of Spain for Peace Plans Peace Outreach
Madrid reports King Alfonso may begin peace talks soon. He intends to survey peace sentiment in each belligerent nation before proposing any negotiations.
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Spain
Madrid
Alfonso
Presbyterians Receive $750000 Gift for Relief Fund
Atlantic City New Jersey May 24 The Presbyterian church relief and sustentation fund receives a $750000 gift announced at the general assembly session from the late Mrs D N James.
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Atlantic City
N. J
The
Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
D. N. James
Army bill passed scaling up U S military strength
The Hay Chamberlain army bill cleared the House by 349 to 25, proposing a regular force of about 218 000 and full strength near 296 000, with 75 percent peace strength around 220 000, plus provisions for a nitrate plant, civilian training camps, and federalized National Guard under presidential orders. The measure awaits the president's signature. The same day the administration shipping bill to boost the merchant marine passed the House 211 to 161.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Hay-Chamberlain
Representative Kahn
California
House Military Affairs Committee
Kahn
National Guard
Administration
Roosevelt Accepts GOP Aid for Presidential Candidacy
Theodore Roosevelt accepts backing from a Republican committee at Oyster Bay New York May 24. The group led by George von L. Meyer asks him to run and cites his Trinidad speech as a condition of his candidacy.
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Oyster Bay, L. I
Theodore Roosevelt
Trinidad
George von L. Meyer
Navy
Roosevelt
Strike Waves Hit Boston Clothing Trade
In Boston 2,500 clothing workers across 150 shops walk out demanding shorter hours and higher wages. In Troy 10 percent pay raises for nearly 20,000 women and girls in collar firms begin next Monday. In London Premier Asquith seeks a new wartime credit of 1.5 billion dollars, raising total government credits since the war’s start to over 11.9 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Troy
N. Y
London
Asquith
House of Commons
Four Die in Nevada Yellow Jacket Mine Fire
Report from Virginia City Nevada states at least four miners died in a fire at the Yellow Jacket mine in the Gold Hill district. Two bodies have been recovered.
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Nevada
Virginia City
Nev
Yellow Jacket
Here
Gold Hil
Death in Illinois Storm Hits Peoria Area
A severe central Illinois storm damaged farm property and buildings near Peoria and caused the death of Fred Sparker, a farmhand, as fires spread through the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
Minois
Fred Sparker
Dutch Government Sends Strong Note to Berlin Over Tubantia
The Dutch government will dispatch a strong note to Berlin rejecting the German account of the Tubantia torpedoing. The May 24 dispatch states the Dutch version cannot be accepted and seeks clarification or restitution from Germany.
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London
Berlin
Hill illness raises concern for St Paul business circle
James J. Hill remains at home in retirement in St Paul Minnesota as illness stirs worry among friends and business associates. He has been out of public life since last Wednesday.
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James J. Hill
I. St. Paul, Minn
Hill
Furious battle on French gain at Douaumont
Paris reports verbatim that German counter attacks in the Verdun region grown extremely violent with two desperate assaults on the left of the Meuse, Fort Douaumont and Hill 304. French forces continue a fierce drive to dislodge Germans, claiming gains within Fort Douaumont while Germans insist Fort Douaumont remains in their hands.
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Paris
Verdun
War Office
Meuse
Dead Man Hill
Fort Douaumont
Hill 304
Mause
Thiaumont
Douaumont
Thiaumont Farm
Porto Rico suffrage amendment struck from bill
The House on Tuesday repealed an amendment granting woman suffrage to Porto Rico by 80 to 59 and passed the bill without roll call. The vote crossed party lines with more Democrats opposing than Republicans. The amendment was inserted by Mr. Mann. The bill assigns Porto Rican internal revenue to its government, regardless of where goods are used. It now goes to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Mann
Porto Rico
Sen
Retreat Admitted By Rome Front May 22 Victory Report
Rome reports on the Isonzo front that Bulgarians have been captured as they aligned with Austrian forces. The Sugana valley where Italian troops fell back to their main lines after repulsing Austrian attacks on May 22 is described as an orderly and spontaneous retreat.
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Rome
Paris
Isonzo
Sugana
Astico
Brenta
Senate Deadlocks on Rublee Nomination to FTC
The Senate tied 38 to 38 on a motion to reconsider its prior 87 to 41 rejection of George Rublee of New Hampshire for the Federal Trade Commission. With Vice President absent the tie stood, and the motion failed. Rublee cannot be brought up again this session after serving as a recess appointee for over a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
George Rublee
New Hampshire
Federal Trade Commission
Marshall
Rublee
Foreign relations panel backs Ireland protection action
Washington May 26 The foreign relations committee voted to recommend to the senate immediate action to protect American lives and property in the revolution zone in Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Ireland
England Blocks German Dye Exports to U S
Lord Robert Cecil told Commons that England would not permit the export of 30000000 dollars worth of dye stuffs from Germany to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Lord Robert Cecil
The
Foreign Office
Commons
Germany
United States
Greek steamer Adamantios Koreis sunk by Austrian submarine
The Greek steamer Adamantios Koreis of 2947 tons was sunk in the Mediterranean by an Austrian submarine. The crew were rescued and landed at Marseilles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
France
Adamantios Koreis
Mediterranean
French Ship Languedoc Sunk by Submarine in Mediterranean
Information from Marseille dated May 25 states the steamship Languedoc of 1612 tons was sunk in the Mediterranean by a submarine. Captain Battisti was taken prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
Languedoc
Mediterranean
Battisti
Verdun Bloodiest Three Months Battle Rages Near Douaumont
German forces reoccupy Fort Douaumont as Bavarian divisions retake Cumieres and engage French near Dead Man hill. The hand to hand fighting escalates with knives used in close combat while artillery shells rain on the fort and surrounding ruins. German war office reports over 300 prisoners taken in the Cumieres operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Fort Douaumont
French War Office
Cumieres
Dead Man Hill
Verdun
Dead Man’s Hill
Fort
Douaumont
Thiaumon
Douaumont Fort
Berlin
London
War Office
Naval Appropriation Bill Reported With 241 Million Total
The naval appropriation bill, the largest national defense measure, was reported to the house by the naval affairs committee. It totals 241,449,151.99 dollars, about 90 million more than last year, with the largest item covering the building program and first-year costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Navaly Affairs Committee
Evelyn Thaw Weds Again in Maryland
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw married Virgil James Montani known as Jack Clifford, the former dance partner of the bride, in Elliott City Maryland on May 26. Both are 31 and the ceremony was conducted by Rev. Edward J. Snyder at the Eynery Methodist Episcopal church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott City
Eivelyn Nesbit Thaw
Virgil James Montani
Joseph Montani
Royal Italian Army
Montani
Jack Clifford
Edward J. Snyder
Eynery Methodist Episcopal Church
Brandeis Nomination Approved by Senate Panel
The senate judiciary committee voted 10 to 8 to favorable report Louis D. Brandeis as associate justice of the Supreme Court. Ten Democrats backed the nomination while eight Republicans opposed move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Supreme Court
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Louis D. Brandeis
Ventura Reports Long Range Wireless Messages
The American steamer Ventura reported it picked up wireless messages from the Tuckerton station in New Jersey while 9,000 miles from the U.S. plant, indicating a remarkable long distance communication link aboard the vessel sailing from San Francisco to Sydney, N. S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
N. W
Ventura
San Francisco
Tuckerton
N. J
Progressive party selects George Ade as district delegate
In Lafayette Indiana on May 26 progressive party state delegates at Rensselaer elected author and playwright George Ade and Dr. C F Coffin of Monticello as Tenth district delegates to the national convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ade Moose
Lafayette
Ind
Progressive Party
Renselaer
George Ade
C. F. Coffin
Monticello
Mexican Plotter Killed in Texas Uprising Plot
Brownsville Texas May 24 Col Louis Morin charged with planning an uprising in south Texas and Victoriano Ponce attempted to escape rangers 75 miles north of here and was shot and killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Tex
Col
Louis Morin
South
Texas
Victoriano Ponce
Rangers
Here
Senate Approves 1.5 Million for Mississippi River Work
The senate voted a 1.5 million dollar appropriation to improve the Mississippi River from the Missouri River mouth to Minneapolis, reflecting a 300 thousand dollar increase over the house allotment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Mississippi River
Missouri
Minneapolis
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