Interurbans Net Earnings Rise Across Iowa Lines in 1915
Des Moines report shows twelve Iowa interurban lines earned net $1,146,404 in 1915, up $216,094 from 1914. Fort Dodge Des Moines Southern led with $257,630 net, Waterloo Cedar Falls Northern $406,118, and overall gross receipts $3,248,933 with expenses $2,103,528 and taxes $103,584. Average per mile figures were $6,683 gross, $4,326 expenses, $2,857 net. expenses totaled about 64 percent of income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern
Cedar Rapids & Marion Railway Company
Centerville Light and Traction
Charles City Western
Davenport & Muscatine
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
State Executive Council
Alma Madsen Helps Kimballton Win Red Cross Seal Banner
Miss Alma Madsen cashier at the National Bank in Kimballton Iowa helped the town win a national Red Cross banner for best percentage of Red Cross seal sales at Christmas. Kimballton population 300 achieved per capita sales of 18.3 percent earning national recognition.
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Kimballton
Alma Madsen
National Bank
Iowa
National Red Cross
National Red Cross Society
Thousands Seek Billy Sunday in Kansas City
Des Moines reports crowds attempting to hear Billy Sunday last Sunday in Kansas City. About 20,000 were turned away from morning and afternoon sessions, with 10,000 and 20,000 attending respectively. Mrs Sunday drew 9,000 in the afternoon and 3,000 were refused. Miss Gamblin’s group reached 700 youths, while 474 started the trail, totaling 3,531 participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Billy Sunday
Kansas City
the Tabernacle
Iowa Butter To Supply New York Wealths
Iowa dairy reports are requested by W B Barney dairy and food commissioner to prove Iowa butter’s superiority for New York markets. The eastern exclusive supplier aims to start sales at 60 to 80 cents per pound with producers receiving a large share of the higher price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
Morgans
Rockefellers
New York
East
W. B. Barney
Plan To Form County Health Boards In Iowa
Dr G H Sumner secretary of the state board of health advocates a plan for a county board of health in every Iowa county. The board would serve with or without pay as directed by the legislature and focus on preventing disease as well as stamping out epidemics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
G. H. Sumner
State Board of Health
Iowa
John Wildman Dead in Marshalltown State Oil Inspector
John E. Wildman aged 73 died at home of euremia in Marshalltown. He served as state oil inspector for the fifth district and was well known in the area. His son W. B. Wildman is news editor of the Marshalltown Times-Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wildman
Marshalltown
John E. Wildman
Euremia
W. B. Wildman
New Consolidated School District Formed Near Mt Pleasant
Henry county records reveal a new consolidated district about four and a half miles northeast of Mt. Pleasant. The district covers twenty sections in an area with land valued at 250 dollars per acre, bringing the state total to 176 districts. Districts are common with ongoing construction of modern buildings serving as local social centers.
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Mt. Pleasant
Henry County
Flood Damage Destroys Riverview Park Sea Wall
Strong winds and rising river levels battered the Mississippi letting waves wash away the sea wall at Riverview park. Fifty cement slabs collapsed into the river as the promenade foundation failed. The rock protection built by the power company during the Keokuk dam project was overwhelmed. Company officials assure restoration as soon as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madigan
Mississippi
Riverview Park
Power Company
Keokuk
AID FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS Ames Rural and grade teachers aided
Iowa State college will again help rural and grade teachers with new subjects agriculture home economics and manual training in public schools. Courses at Ames during both summer terms offer instruction and time for other certificates. Training is free of fees or tuition for rural and grade teachers.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa Surges to 14th in U.S. Population
Iowa officials report population reach 2,358,066, moving from eighteenth to fourteenth place. The state has passed Alabama Kentucky North Carolina and Tennessee, with Missouri and Wisconsin nearly in reach. Farm output remains at the head of states with field crops around a billion dollars yearly. Prospects for 1916 look bright to hit another billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
Union
Alabama
Kentucky
North Carolina
Tennessee
Missouri
Wisconsin
University student drowns in Towa River near town
Laverne Chapman, 20, a freshman in the State University liberal arts college, drowned two miles north of University City in the Towa River. Efforts to recover his body failed as river stages remained high. Chapman’s home is Waterloo and his parents were notified.
State board rejects $11,000 offer for Mt Pleasant cattle
The state board of control refused an $11,000 bid for a herd of four cows and twelve offspring bought two years ago for $3,000. They say Mt Pleasant developed cattle should stay in Iowa, giving residents first chance to buy, after the Kansas City buyers' offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
State Board of Control
Iowa
Kansas City
Buena Vista County Approves Gravel Road Project Contracts
The board of supervisors authorizes thirty miles of graveling at 32 cents per yard including trenching rolling and sprinkling marking the county's first scientific graveling effort. Bridges and culvert contracts totaling 23780 dollars have also been awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta
Buena Vista
Atlantic approves bonds for new city hall
In Atlantic voters pass bond issue of 30 158 dollars by nearly seven to one for a new city hall. An Omaha firm holds the contract. The building will house city offices council chamber jail public auditorium rest room and quarters for fire apparatus.
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Atlantic
People of
Omaha
Davenport Congregational Conference Elects Moderators
Rev. H. F. Milligan of Dubuque was elected moderator of the Congregational conference of Iowa at the annual meeting in Davenport. Rev. Naboph Osborn of Burlington was chosen assistant moderator and Rev. L. R. J. Montgomery of Red Oaks scribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
H. F. Milligan
Dubuque
Congregational Conference of
Iowa
Naboph Osborn
Burlington
L. R. J. Montgomery
Red Oak
Foot and Mouth Fund Restored in Bill For Farmers Losses
Dr J J Gibson state veterinarian reports a provision of 2 500 000 to pay farmers for losses due to foot and mouth disease was restored to a pending congress bill after Secretary Harry Hull had struck it out.
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Ames
J. J. Gibson
Harry Hull
Congressman Birdsall Dies in Clarion Obituary
B P Birdsall known as Judge Birdsall former district judge and congressman for Iowa's Third district died suddenly at his Clarion home after a brief illness leaving a noted public service career and local impact.
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Birdsall
Clarion
B. P. Birdsall
Third District
Iowa
Five Hurt When Bleachers Fall at Fort Dodge Event
A section of bleachers collapsed during a Fort Dodge public school program, sending about 300 people tumbling. Five were badly hurt as audience members and students scrambled to escape.
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Ft. Dodge
Magnete
Many To Become Teachers Grinnell Graduation Plans
Grinnell College graduates reveal that more than half intend to pursue teaching careers next year while others choose law medicine theology and business in that order. Graduation exercises run June 9 to June 14 with commence ment day on June 14. The Mrs H W Spaulding prize and the Hill prize will be awarded during the commencement period. Baccalaureate services are scheduled for Sunday June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Iowa College
Boy Scouts Plan River Log Cabin Near Charles City
Charles City Scouts complete plans for a two room log cabin three miles up the river. They will use discarded telephone poles and field boulders for a large fireplace. Funds from selling newspapers collected by scouts will cover part of the Nettle expenses.
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Boy Scouts
Charles City
Many Automobiles in Iowa Outpace Last Year Registrations
Des Moines reports continued strong new car sales with 450 registrations daily and a total of 164 973 to date this year. Over 10 000 new autos since April 1 1916 push Iowa past 1915 totals, while 8 549 owners have paid penalties for unregistered older cars. The average penalty is $1 per car. Highest fee paid this year was $24. One official notes road conditions limit use of high powered cars. Based on 1915 census, Iowa has one car per fourteen people with rural areas often more car dense than cities.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Automobile Department
Saloon closures and growth spark Iowa City boom
Iowa City enjoys rapid prosperity with record building, rising rents, and busy downtown commerce as saloons close. State university attendance climbs while Assistant Attorney General Henry E. Sampson notes the city has the best liquor law enforcement he has found in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
the State University
Henry E. Sampson
Iowa
Woman Golf Champion Killed In Iowa Accident
Miss Jennie Jones twenty five year old woman golf champion of Iowa was killed instantly when a police automobile struck her father's car in which she rode. Jones was thrown against the curbing and her father L H Jones received slight bruises. The car wrecked and Miss Jones, socially prominent, had become state champion four years ago at Des Moines and played in many eastern tournaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Jennie Jones
Iowa
Miss Jones
L. H. Jones
Des Moines
Prominent Former Iowa Official Dies in Washington
Des Moines reports the death of Col William H Michael a former private in the Eleventh Iowa infantry wounded at Shiloh He later served in the navy and with the state department where he was chief clerk from 1897 to 1912 and consul general at Calcutta He once edited the Sioux City Journal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
William H. Michael
Washington, D. C
Michael
Eleventh Iowa Infantry
Shiloh
Navy
State Department
Sioux City Journal
Calcutta
Coe College Leader Elected Moderator in Presbyterian Assembly
President John A. Marquis of Coe College Cedar Rapids was elected moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States at the national conference in Atlantic City New Jersey He won on the second ballot with 616 votes to 237 for Reverend William L McEwan of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
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Coe College
Cedar Rapids
John A. Marquis
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In the
Hospital Change Reported in Knoxville
Circulated rumor says the local hospital will close in months and be converted into a hospital for the insane due to overcrowding at four state facilities. No official confirmation from city or health authorities.
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Knoxville
Osteopaths Elect Officers in Iowa Association
Sioux City physician Dr. F G Cluett will lead the Iowa Osteopathic Association for the coming year. Elected officers include first vice president Dr. Mabel Andrews of Perry and second vice president Dr. Lloyd St Clair of Clarion.
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Osteopaths
Sioux City
F. G. Cluett
Iowa Osteopathic Association
Mabel Andrews
Perry
Lloyd St. Clair
Clarion
R. B. Larrabee
Webster City
L. O. Thompson
Red Oak
Mattie Kitson
Osage
Ellen Herington
Iowa City
Iowa Wholesale Fruit Jobbers Reach Weight Agreement
Wholesale fruit jobbers of Iowa and the state dairy and food commission agreed that commodities shall be sold by weight. The department recently ruled net weight must appear on all packages, but the jobbers urged weight to be placed on invoices to reduce business costs. State officials accepted the arrangement.
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Iowa
State Dairy and Food Commission
Two Killed In Metropolitan Trophy Auto Race At Sheepshead Bay
In the 150 mile Metropolitan trophy race at Sheepshead Bay speedway on Saturday Carl Limberg and his mechanician R Pallotti were killed when Limberg’s Delage car burst a tire and plunged from the bank. Eddie Rickenbacker won the race in a Maxwell, finishing about 2 1/2 miles ahead of Jules de Vigne. Ira Vail finished third in a Hudson. Rickenbacker’s time was 1 33 31.
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New York
Carl Limberg
Delage
R. Pallotti
Sheepshead Bay Speedway
Eddie Rickenbacker
Indianapolis
Jules de Vigne
Ira Vail
Hudson
Rickenbacker
Limberg
Pallotti
Rural Credit Bill Wins in House Vote
Washington May 17 The Glass rural credits bill passed the house 235 to 10 creating a federal farm loan board and a network of 12 land banks. Banks would lend to farmers at up to 6 percent interest via local associations with mortgages from five to thirty six years, similar measures already in the senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Glass Rural Credits
Federal Farm Loan Board
House
Senate
Germany Warns Neutrals on Submarine Encounters
Berlin issues note to Secretary Lansing stating neutral flag vessels must obey international law when stopped by German submarines and face danger if they alter course toward a submarine.
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Washington
Germany
Lansing
Noted Engineer Elmer Cortell Dies at 76
Albany May 17 Dr Elmer N Cortell seventy six president of the American Society of Civil Engineers died in a local hospital from a stomach disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Elmer N. Cortell
American Society of Civil Engineers
Akron Beacon Journal Building Collapse Kills 12
In Akron Ohio on May 17 a blast caused the Beacon Journal building housing the Crystal restaurant to collapse. More than fifty people were in the cafe when it fell, killing at least twelve and injuring many. National Guard assisted police as crowds gathered in the business district.
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Akron
Beacon Journal
Crystal
Battery B
Ohio National Guard Field Artillery
Main
Quarry
Y M C A Hotel Dedicated In Chicago
Chicago May 20. The Y M C A hotel in Chicago was dedicated after a three day program with prominent religious and philanthropic figures. The 19 story building covers 96 to 166 feet, houses over 1 800 sleeping rooms plus offices and facilities, cost above 1 350 000 dollars, and aims to be self supporting by nominal patron charges. It promises a home for visiting country youths and newcomers seeking work in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Austrian Liner Dubrovnik Sunk by Submarine in Adriatic
The Austro-Hungarian passenger steamer Dubrovnik was torpedoed and sunk by a hostile submarine in the Adriatic Sea without warning. Berlin reported the loss by wireless on May 15.
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Dubrovnik
Berlin
Adriatic Sea
Austrian munition ship sunk off Durazzo by mine
Telegraphic notes report an Austrian munition ship sunk by a mine in the Adriatic Sea near Durazzo Albania. Also a Missouri derailment injures twenty-two passengers with several seriously hurt on the Missouri Kansas Texas line at Clinton.
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Amsterdam
Durazzo
Albania
Clinton
General Marchand Killed at the Front
Paris reports General Marchand a renowned French officer of the old school has been killed at the front. Dispatches confirm his death and note his prominence in military history.
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General Marchand
Paris
King Daytan of Annam Deposed by Hanoi Governor General
The governor general of Hanoi has ordered King Daytan of Annam deposed on charges of complicity in riots in Queng-Ngai and Quang-Nau. Shanghai reports the action as a major political upheaval in French Indo-China with possible regional consequences.
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King
Annam
Shanghai
Hanoi
French Dirigible Burned Off Sardinian Coast
A French navy dirigible balloon reportedly fell into the sea off the Sardinian coast near Tou lon. Four of the six aboard died, the others survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Toulon
Sardinian
Four Persons Drowned in Reel Foot Lake
Four people drowned when a gasoline launch capsized on Reel Foot Lake near Hornbeak Tennessee on May 17. The victims identified as Mrs Frank Dane Mrs H F Keller John Hamilton and infant Hazelhurat.
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Hornbeak
Tenn
Reel Foot Lake
Frank Dane
H. F. Keller
John Hamilton
Hazelhurat
Senate rejects Rublee for federal trade post
Washington May 16 President Wilson's nomination of George Rublee for federal trade commissioner was rejected by the Senate in a 42 to 36 vote.
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Washington
Wilson
George Rublee
Senate
Hindu Mutiny Reported From Egypt Near Suez Canal
Berlin reports Hindu troops mutinied in Egypt during recent fighting near the Suez Canal. Hindus reportedly refused to obey orders in many cases, according to the Neue Zurcher Zeitung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Egypt
Neue Zurcher Zeitung
Suez Canal
War Balloonist Calderon Killed Parachute Fails
Paris reported May 19 that Jose Garcia Calderon, son of Peru's ex-president, an American volunteer observation balloonist with the French army, was killed when his parachute failed to open.
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Paris
Jose Garcia Calderon
Calderon
Peru
Coal Prices Rise in Philadelphia Wholesale Market
An announcement from the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company says wholesale anthracite coal prices rise by 10 to 80 cents per ton. The update dated May 18 in Philadelphia notes the price adjustment across the market.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Cabrera Ready for Flight
Galveston Texas May 18 private cable advices report Estrada Cabrera president of Guatemala preparing to flee the country as revolution advances rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cabrera
Galveston
Tex
Estrada Cabrera
Guatemala
Cabinet Accepts U S Terms From El Paso Talks
Secretary Baker reported to President Wilson and the cabinet on an El Paso conference with General Scott and Obregon. Promises cited by Carranza advisers include 16000 troops policing areas near Parras and border bands policing the Big Bend region, freeing Deemer, and no troop moves through Pulpit pass without local command consent.
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Washington
Wilson
Baker
Scott
Carranza
el Paso
Funston
Obregon
Columbus
N. M
Trevino
Parras
Pershing
Big Bend
Texas
Glen Springs
Boquillas
Deemer
Sonora
Pulpit Pass
General Pershing
General Obregon
Austrians Launch Major Offensive on Italian Front
Vienna May 18 Austria has begun a large drive on the Italian front after months of prep. About 300000 troops are massed in the Trentino Tyrol sector. The war office reports the capture of nearly 3000 prisoners along with many machine guns and several cannon. Italian trenches were rushed and occupants killed or captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Trentino-Tyrel
War Office
Powder Plant Explosion Kills Fourteen in New Jersey
A Du Pont Powder plant blast at the Rerauno facility near Jibbstown on Monday killed fourteen workers and injured about thirty others. The explosion wrecked the trinitrotoluol building and three adjoining structures, with identified victims including W. F. Lawley of Woodbury, assistant superintendent, and George Marsh of Paulsboro, foreman.
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du Pont
New Jersey
Jibbstown
N. J
Rerauno
The
du Pont Powder Company
Here
W. F. Lawley
Woodbury
George Marsh
Paulsboro
Birdsall Dies Suddenly Former Congressman Passes Away at Home
Clarion May 18. B P Birdsall former congressman from this district died suddenly after a brief illness at his home. Birdsall served in congress from 1902 to 1908 and succeeded Col Henderson. he was well known throughout the state.
Carranza signalsTax relief for mining properties in Mexico
Washington May 19 Consul Rodgers in Mexico City reports that Carranza announced plans to modify the confiscatory taxes levied on all mining property in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rodgers
Mexico City
Carranza
Mrs Franklin MacVeagh Dies in Washington
Mrs Franklin MacVeagh wife of the former secretary of the treasury and a longtime Chicago society leader died in Washington on Wednesday, ending a prominent social era in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin MacVeagh
Chicago
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
Submarine Lril Launched From Quincy Yard
The U S Navy launched the submarine Lril in Quincy Massachusetts an offshore shipyard May 18. At 170 feet long it ranks among the largest underwater boats in the fleet and is the final vessel of seven in its class built there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Quincy
Mass
Lightning Kills Six Men in Erie Railroad Box Car
A bolt of lightning struck a box car converted into living quarters for laborers on the Erie railroad in Warren Ohio. Six foreign workers were burned to death before they could escape the fire emergency response.
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Warren, O
Erie
Six Raiders Killed in Laguna del Fresno Victory
Mexican bandits said to be the Glen Springs raiders were pursued by Major Langhorne and Colonel Sibley 105 miles south of the border. Six attackers were shot. roughly 75 surrendered after a brief clash as American troops cornered them in a canyon near Frenchlake.
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Marathon
Tex
Glen Springs
Laguna del Fresno
Langhorne
Sibley
Jesse
Deemer
Monroe
Payne
Boquillas
Major Langhorne
el Pino
Cerro Blanco
Frenchlake
House Passes Flood Control Bill With Rivers Plans
The flood control bill providing funds for the Mississippi and Sacramento rivers won approval in the House by 180 to 63 and moves to the Senate. It authorizes up to 45 million dollars for the Mississippi river program and 5.6 million for Sacramento, to be spent over five years with local matching of half the Mississippi allotment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mississippi
Sacramento Rivers
House
Senate
Mississippi River
Mississippi River Commission
Sacramento River
California Debris Commission
Mississippi Valley
Senate Adopts Army Reorganization Bill After Debate
Washington May 19 The Senate adopted the conference report on the army reorganization bill after a lively discussion of the Mexican situation the National Guard and the nitrate plant. The bill sets peace strength for the regular army at 211000 with about 260000 at war strength and a federalized National Guard of 457000 at maximum. Republicans and a few Democrats opposed the nitrate plant provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Guard
Senate
Americans Aboard Sunk Steamer Eritrea Off French Coast
The three American crew members aboard the Canadian steamer Eritrea were among those sunk by a mine off the French coast on Friday, a state department report confirms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eritrea
State Department
Coalition government wins by election in London
The British coalition government secured a sweeping by election victory in London on May 19. Unionist candidate W. F. Hicks-Beach, backed by Liberals, defeated independent William Boosey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indorsed
London
W. F. Hicks-Beach
William Boosey
Carranza Raises Export Taxes on Metals
From El Paso May 17 the Carranza government issued a decree increasing export taxes on various metals from 150 percent upward. The new levy takes effect immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carranza
Ei Paso
Tex
Negro Boy Burned at Stake in Waco Trial Outrage
In Waco Texas on May 17 Jesse Washington, a young African American man accused of assaulting a white woman, was pulled from a courtroom during his trial and publicly burned in front of city hall. The crime stirred shock and condemnation across the city and state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
Jesse Washington
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Red Cross
Mechanician
Victor
Blast
House of Cards
Chicagoe
Refuser
U.S
Republic
First Chief
Sibley Slay
Border
Sacramento
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