Coronation of King George V Captivates London
London witnessed George V's coronation at Westminster Abbey on June 23 with a brilliant spectacle. About 7,000 dignitaries filled the abbey while hundreds of thousands cheered from streets along the royal route. The ceremony featured the anointing, crowning, and homage, with Lord Roberts receiving particular acclaim and a select quartet of short knights bearing the canopy over the monarch.
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London
George V
Great Britain
Westminster Abbey
Old Abbey
George
Tower of London
Buckingham Palace
Rom
Andmperor
Duke of Norfolk
Hach
Huhumor
King George
York
Canterbury
Edward I
Westminster
St. Ba
Ward
Archbishop of
Prince of Wales
Mary
Alexandra
Taft
John Hays Hammond
Hammond
Greely
Vreeland
Army
Navy
Whitelaw Reid
Reid
Pierpont Morgan
Queen Mary selects four coronation maids of honor
Queen Mary chose four coronation maids of honor: the Hon. Sybil Brodrick Venetia Baring Mabel Gye and Katharine Villiers. Brodrick is Viscount Middleton’s daughter with Lady Hilda Charteris, her elder sister is Lady Tweedmouth. Venetia Baring is noted for dress sense and individuality.
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London
Mary
Sybil Brodrick
Venetia Baring
Mabel Gye
Katherine Villiers
Viscount Middleton
Hilda Charteris
Harl of
Wemyss
Tweedmouth
King's North Wales Visit Dates Announced
Lord Kenyson, president of Bangor University College, announced royal visit dates. On July 13 the king leaves Dublin for Holyhead and travels to Carnarvon for the Prince of Wales investiture, then returns to the royal yacht. July 14 opens Bangor university buildings before returning to Holyhead, and July 15 proceeds to Aberystwyth.
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Carnarvon
London
Bangor University College
Bangor’ City Council
Lord Kenyson
North Wales
Dublin
Miss Gye Among Maids of Honor with Cosmopolitan Ties
Miss Gye, noted as the most interesting maid of honor in 54 foras, has a cosmopolitan background. Her father was the British consul at Brest and she was educated in Paris, giving her fluent French. The final name is Miss Katherine Villiers, daughter of the late Colonel George Villiers, brother of the Earl of Clarendon, who served as military attache in St Petersburg.
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Miss Gye
Brest
Paris
Katherine Villiers
George Villiers
Earl of Clarendon
St. Petersburg
Seven Train Bearers at Queen Mary's Coronation in London
Seven daughters of noble lineage served as Marys train bearers at the coronation in London. The list includes Lady Hileen Butler and Lady Mary Dawson among others, daughters of prominent earls and counts, with ties to Lanesborough, Dartrey, Airlie, Carrington, Dundonald, Banffshire, and related noble families.
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London
Queen Mary
Hileen Butler
Earl of Lanesborough
Mary Dawson
Earl of Dartrey
Mabell Ogilvy
Earl of Airlie
Victoria Carrington
Earl Carrington
Jean Cochrane
Earl of Dundonald
Hileen Knox
Earl
Rock Island Extension Progress Across Iowa Toward Allerton
Des Moines reports show the Rock Island line from Des Moines to Allerton advancing with right of way acquired except for a few cases. About 1,500 men and teams are clearing and filling between Des Moines and Allerton while two eighty two ton steam shovels move toward the project one from Knoxville and one from Chariton on improvised tracks due to weak bridges. The Knoxville shovel arrives last week and will take about thirty days to reach Dallas fifteen miles away.
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Des Moines
W. P. Brady
Rock Island
Allerton
Chariton
Knoxville
Dallas
Colby Motor to Build Second Mammoth Structure in Mason City
Colby Motor company ordered 3,000,000 brick from Farmers' Co-operative Brick & Tile company for a major Mason City project. The order funds the construction of the second large brick building by the firm in the city this year.
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Iowa Auto Company
Mason City
Colby Motor Company
Farmers’ Co-operative Brick & Tile Company
Bankers Gather in Mason City for Silver Jubilee
Over 1 000 Iowa bankers attended the twenty fifth annual meeting and silver jubilee. C H McNider president First National Mason City gave the welcome address. Prof J Lawrence Laughlin of Chicago University delivered the convention address.
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Mason City
C. H. McNider
J. Lawrence Laughlin
Chicago University
Iowa Central Wreck Delays Traffic Near Newburg
A derailment on the Iowa Central one mile north of Newburg halted traffic for hours. Eleven cars carrying butter eggs corn oats and pork were twisted and badly damaged causing heavy losses.
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Iowa Central
Marshalltown
Newburg
Judge Denies Writ in Des Moines Forgery Case
D. T. Blodgett of Des Moines had a habeas corpus petition denied by Judge Henry T. Reed in federal court. Blodgett remains imprisoned at Fort Madison penitentiary after being convicted of forging a Boone county school warrant.
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Reed
Fort. Dodge
D. T. Blodgett
Des Moines
Henry T. Reed
Blodgett
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Boone County
Plant doubles capacity at Belle Plaine concrete plant
Belle Plaine workers at the American Concrete Pipe and Tile company plant will increase to thirty five men this season. The firm is expanding to meet demand for railway culverts for the Northwestern Railway company.
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Belle Plaine
American Concrete Pipe & Tile Company
Northwestern Railway Company
Champ Clark to Speak at Iowa Fourth of July Event
Champ Clark, speaker of the National House, will be the orator at Webster City for an old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration. Special trains will bring Democrats from across Iowa to hear the next Democratic candidate for president.
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Champ Clark
Iowa
Webster City
National House
Woman Shot to Death in Home Accident
Mrs. J. E. Parker, 54, was instantly killed when a shotgun fell from a wall and exploded during a house cleaning at her son Harry Parker’s home in Mount Pleasant, though she was visiting from her winter home.
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Winterset
J. E. Parker
Harry
State Federation of Labor Opens Iowa Convention
The Iowa State Federation of Labor held its annual convention in Sioux City with Mayor A. A. Smith giving the welcome address and federation president A. L. Urick replying to the delegates.
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State Federation of Labor
Sioux City
Iowa State Federation of Labor
A. A. Smith
A.L. Urick
Federation
Davenport Woman Mrs Hugh M Thomson Dies at 97
Came to Iowa in 1844 Davenport widow Mrs Hugh M Thomson aged 97, oldest resident of eastern Iowa, died at Long Grove Scott county this week.
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Iowa
Davenport
Hugh M. Thomson
Long Grove
Scott County
New Deputy Clerk Appointed for Federal Court
Fort Dodge Simes Martin is named deputy clerk of the federal court succeeding the late W H Johnston in this city.
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Federal Court
Fort Dodge
Simes Martin
W. H. Johnston
Rebekahs Hold Twelfth Boone Story Counties Convention
The twelfth annual convention of the Rebekahs of Boone and Story counties met last week in Boone with Mrs. Etta A. Cadd presiding and Mrs. Helen Prescott, state president, in attendance.
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Rebekahs
Boone
Story Counties
Etta A. Cadd
Helen Prescott
Nevada Man Killed by Train
John Wesley Mead 86 was fatally struck by a Northwestern train while walking on a track in Nevada. His body lay beside the line for about a day before responders found him.
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Nevada
John Wesley Mead
Northwestern
Epworth League District Meet Held in Correctionville
The Ida Grove district Epworth league held its twenty fourth annual convention this week in Correctionville with nearly 200 delegates in attendance. President H. Young of Wall Lake presided.
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Correctionville
Ida Grove
Epworth League
Co. H. Young
Wall Lake
Tipton Woman Takes Lethal Drink After Late Night Question
Maud Shaffer of Tipton died by drinking formaldehyde after her father Walter Shaffer questioned why she had been up late. Police report she killed herself following the confrontation at home.
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Tipton
Maud Shaffer
Walter Shaffer
Talbott Skeleton Supposedly Linked to 1877 Hartford Banker
Believed to be the remains of James Talbott a Hartford banker who vanished in 1877 with 2700 dollars in his pocket near Colfax. Friends near Turner’s sanitarium think his skeletal find confirms murder rumors from the era.
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Talbott
Des Molines
James Talbott
Hartford
Iowa
Turner
Colfax
Missing Jowan Turns Up in Philippines After 11 Years
Theodore Kloster, once missing 11 years, is found in the Philippines. Ila enlisted as a soldier and disappeared after discharge. He reportedly runs a livery stable in Manila and has accumulated $80,000. His mother, who believed him dead, received a letter this week.
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Jowan
West Union
Theodore Kloster
Philippines
Ila
Manila
Oskaloosa Increases Saloon License Fees In Resolution
The city council passed a resolution raising the saloon license from 1000 to 2000 dollars. Seven teen retail houses and nine brewery agents will be reduced to eight retail saloons and one wholesale house after July 1 under the new petition of consent.
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Oskaloosa
Davenport and Muscatine Interurban Stock Increase
Des Moines reports Davenport and Muscatine Interurban Railroad stockholders filed with the secretary of state to raise capital from 100000 to 1000000 dollars. The move aims to insure construction of another interurban line in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Davenport & Muscatine Interurban Railroad Company
Hayward
Iowa
Ottumwa Convention Opens With Christian Delegates
Ottumwa reports the Iowa Christian convention opened with objectives outlined by B. W. Garrett of Des Moines, noted reporter for the Iowa Supreme Court. Meetings of the Women s Missionary boards and the Men s Brotherhood preceded the formal opening.
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Ottumwa
Women’s Missionary Boards
Men’s Brotherhood
Iowa Christian Convention
B. W. Garrett
Des Moines
Iowa A Supreme Court
Threshermen Boost Rates in Towa City Meeting
At a Towa City gathering of threshermen, an organization was formed and members voted to raise threshing charges by 10 percent for the coming season, over last year’s prices.
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Towa City
Funereal of Anita Pioneer
The funeral of George Allanson, struck by a flyer vehicle on his way to church, drew a large crowd. Allanson, in his eighth year, was among Cass county’s early settlers.
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Anita
George Allanson
Mr. Allanson
Cass County
Indianola Chautauqua Dates Announced With Dr Cook
The Indianola Chautauqua association announces August 10 to 19 for seventeen complete programs. The headlining attraction is Dr. Frederick A. Cook.
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Chautauqua
Indianola
Indianola Chautauqua Association
Frederick A. Cook
Road damages case filed over 1909 crossing accident
The Northwestern Railway is defendant in an action for damages of $2,000 brought by L. H. Bakka administrator of Bartoles Fagerland’s estate. The suit stems from a Marshalltown crossing incident on May 17 1909.
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Nevada
L. HH. Bakka
McCallsburg
Bartoles Fagerland
Marshalltown
Miner Rescues coworker in Mystic mine shaft
Edward Hockady earned praise from Mystic residents after sliding down a rope into a Centerville mine shaft to rescue a fellow worker overcome by black damp. The act saved a life and highlighted dangerous conditions underground.
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Centerville
Edward Hockady
Citizens of
Mystic
Parole Board Probes Rainsberger Case in Eldora
Governor Carroll and the state board of parole visited Eldora this week to investigate the parole application of Nate and Frank Rainsberger, life prisoners at Fort Madison seeking release. The high level inquiry centers on the men’s eligibility for parole and potential risk to the public.
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Des Moines
Carroll
State Obard of Parole
Eldora
Nate
Frank Rainsberger
Fort Madison
Sioux City Banker Dies After 43 Years in City
D. T. Gilman, a Sioux City banker and founder of the Towa State National Bank in 1887, died at his home from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 66 and had been a resident of Sioux City for 43 years.
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Sioux City
D. T. Gilman
Towa State National Bank
Drowned man found in drainage ditch near Webster City
The body of Malvern Kinney was recovered from a large drainage ditch north of Webster City. His horse was nearby and his clothes lay on the bank, leading investigators to believe he drowned while swimming.
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Webster City
Malvern Kinney
New Farmers' Savings Bank Opens in Leighton
Leighton near here hosts a new financial institution the Farmers' Savings Bank of Leighton with capital of 10000 dollars. J H Vanderzye named president in the town bank opening.
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Leighton
Oskaloosa
Farmers’ Savings Bank of
J. BH. Vanderzye
Two New Postal Banks Washington
Postal savings banks ordered established at Denison and Missouri Valley on July 1st to expand federal thrift services in Iowa.
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Washington
Denison
Missouri Valley
Syrian merchant summoned from Story City to Turkey
Sam Haddy a Syrian merchant of Story City has received word from the Turkish government that he is expected to return to the domain of the sultan to serve military duties.
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Turkey
Nevada
Sam Haddy
Story City
McCarthy Settles 50,000 Suit Against Railroad for 33000
Storm Lake report: John McCarthy, former Ili nois Central brakeman who lost both arms while switching in the yards last spring, settles his damage suit against the railroad for 33,000 dollars after a 50,000 dollar claim.
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Storm Lake
John McCarthy
Ilinois
Dedicate New Iowa Armory in Fairfield
The new armory building in Fairfield was dedicated with Governor B I Carroll delivering the address. The local G A R post led the ceremony and Col D J Palmer also spoke.
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Iowa
Fairfield
B. I. Carroll
Col
D. J. Palmer
Stranger killed at Boone at main street crossing
An unidentified man decapitated by a freight train at the principal street crossing in Boone. He was well dressed and believed to be from Tama, Iowa.
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Boone
Tama
Iowa
Sister Susie Enables Divorce Plot in Dexter Pony Cart
A rural scene shows Miss Susie escorting her sister Kitty and Ronald Anderson toward a divorce filing in Dexter. Family pressing for reconciliation clashes with Ronnie’s moods and a testy ride, ending with Susie arranging a homeward auto return and promising parental justice at meals.
Visible typewriters provoke tones in mercantile talk
An agent pushily claims the store uses visible typewriters and that when idle they are clearly audible, prompting the mercantile head to retort with confusion and insistence on their visibility and sound.
Falliere's Garlic Sparks Chef's Paris Departure
M. Tesche, famed French chef for ten years at the Elysee Palace, fled to London after clashing with President Fallieres over excessive garlic in every course. He praised Faure and Loubet but said Fallieres demanded garlic in soup, entrees, roasts, vegetables, all fried in oil, ending his Elysee tenure.
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M. Tesche
the Elysee
France
M. Fallieres
London
Felix Faure
M. Faure
Bouzy
M. Loubet
Cronstadt
Where the Fishing Is Good
William Bowen of Atchison says fishing is always good on the other side of the lake citing favorable spots and morale with that remark reflecting local river life and leisure.
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William Bowen
Atchison
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