County to reclaim delinquent Polk taxes nationwide
Polk county supervisors authorize a targeted tax collection drive led by E C Worthington to recover over a million dollars in delinquent personal taxes. A card index will be compiled and used to pursue former residents across the country, aiming to reduce county debt.
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Des Moines
Polk County
California
Texas
Board of County Supervisors
Canada
E.C. Worthington
Worthington
Dobson
Polk
Hawkeye Club
Iowa
Oxygen in Marathon Debate Denounced as Unsportsmanlike
London reports Sir Edwin Ray Lankester challenged Olympic organizers to permit oxygen use in marathon racing. He warned pure oxygen is a drug that can shorten life, cause oxygen intoxication, and undermine true endurance tests under natural conditions.
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Sir Edwin Ray Lankester
London
Edwin Ray Lankester
Scientific American
Sir Edwin
Argentina to Organize National Department of Agriculture
The Argentine government will start a national agriculture department modeled on the U.S. system next fall. R. S. Bouin has guided the project in New York for three weeks and plans to return with six American experts. Bouin, born in Louisiana, heads the Tucuman government agricultural experiment station.
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New York
Argentina
Department of Agriculture
Department
United States
Bouin
Mr. Bouin
Louisiana
Tucuman
Doomed Man In New Jersey Appeals For New Trial
In a historic move a death row inmate, Allison M. Mac Farland, filed a self prepared brief for the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals. The document, prepared while he sits in the Newark death house, addresses each phrase of the notorious Bunny letters and explains his case for a new trial.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Court of Errors and Appeals
Frank McDermit
Chauncey H. Beasley
Allison M. MacFarland
MacFarland
Newark
Bunny
Mother's Mock Poison Trap Foils Quick Wedding
The bride Mina Erickson and Charles E. Cowell planned a hasty ceremony this week but were obstructed when the mother of the bride feigned a poison attempt. News of the apparent suicide was conveyed as the ceremony neared completion, which was never finished.
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Tone
Wash
Charles E. Cowell
Mina Erickson
Russian Atrocities in Tabriz Shock Persian City
Two letters from Persian correspondents describe Russian bombardment and seizure of Tabriz, killings and arson by Cossacks, and mass casualties among Persians and defenseless residents. Reports cite executions of local officials and the hanging of Sikat-ul-Islam, with the city reduced to a cemetery and temporary peace prevailing only amid horror.
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Paris
Persia
League For the Rights of Peoples
Tabriz
Americapd
Adgi
Prophet 15-Year-Old Hindu Guru Arrives in Paris
Theosophists in Europe greet a 15 year old Hindu prophet from Adyar India in Paris. He wrote At the Feet of the Master at fourteen and is linked to Annie Besant's Sorbonne prophecy of a coming Master. He plans six months at Oxford to study Western culture and foresees a Pacific continent akin to Atlantis and a Bogolof island trigger for a religious revolution.
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Europe
Adyar
India
Krishnamurti
Alcyone
Annie Besant
Sorbonne
University of Oxford
Pacific Ocean
Atlantis
Atlantic Ocean
Bogolof Islands
North Pacific
Stand and Stir the Kettle: A Common Response
The line notes that many people choose to confront a dispute directly rather than avoid it. It contrasts this tendency with running away and suggests a social behavior where communal action replaces retreat.
Dog Saves Life Of Master In Kansas City Apples Hall
A collie aided Bainbridge Howard, a pioneer resident, who suffered apoplexy in his apple orchard. The dog repeatedly returned to the house to alert Mrs. Howard, age 70, who then summoned neighbors to carry him home.
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Kansas City
Bainbridge Howard
Howard
Blessing In Disguise
A reflective item notes that hard work often saves men who think it is killing them. It emphasizes the paradox of labor forging resilience and character despite distress.
U S Moves to Cuba With Large Marine Buildup
Washington reports orders to send Nashville to Guantanamo to reinforce Paducah and Eagle as 750 marines sail from Philadelphia. and 1,000 troops prepare at Newport News for a campaign in eastern Cuba. The State Department says the insurrection may be timed to force U S intervention, while Cuban leaders demand unconditional surrender. Panic spreads through Oriente as white planters seek refuge.
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Nashville
Santo Domingo
Guantanamo
Paducah
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Newport News
State Department
United States
Army War College
General Staff
Cuba
War College
Havana
Santiago
Evaristo Batenoz
Ivonez
Oriente
Alties
Seven Die In Budapest Riots Over Tisza Election
Street clashes and barricades crippled traffic as seven people were killed and about 160 hurt in Budapest amid Socialist protests against Count Tisza’s election as president of the lower house. A second Socialist proclamation urged stopping rioting and resuming work.
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Buda Pesth
Hungary
Count Tisza
Agreement on Six Year Term Proposal Reaches Senate
Washington May 22 the constitutional amendment providing a six year term for the president with ineligibility for re election was favorably reported to the Senate from the judiciary committee. Senator Cumming who drafted the report is a presidential candidate. The report lacks argument but places the proposal in the normal parliamentary process.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On Judiciary
Cumming
Body of Richeson Buried Near Blue Ridge Home
Clarence V. T. Richeson, who died after a Boston murder sentence, was laid to rest at the family plot at the old Richeson home near Amherst Virginia at the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains. The burial was witnessed only by immediate family, beside his paternal grandparents.
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Amherst
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Boston
Avia Linnell
Richeson
Blue Ridge Mountains
House Passes Panama Canal Bill With Toll Exemption
The House approved the Panama canal bill after adopting the Doremus amendment. It grants toll exemption to American owned vessels engaged in coastwise trade using the canal. The vote was by viva voce.
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Doremus
Washington
House
Carter Named Commander in Chief of Central Division
General William H. Carter, serving as assistant chief of staff, will be appointed commander in chief of the central division with headquarters in Chicago. The information comes from confirmed sources in Washington.
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General Carter
Chicago
Washington
William H. Carter
Central Division
Michigan Storm Strikes Escanaba Damaging Plant
A heavy rain and electrical storm hit Escanaba Michigan and nearby upper bay town Wednesday causing extensive damage. The Es canaba Traction company's plant was put out of commission.
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Michigan
Escanaba
Mich
Upper Bay Town
Escanaba Traction Company
Mt. Vernon Chautauqua Dates Set for August
Mt. Vernon Illinois schedules the chautauqua from August 16 to 26 with William J. Bryan among the attractions and two thousand season tickets already sold.
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Mt. Vernon
Post Office Safe Robbed in St Clairsville Heist
Burglars blew open the St Clairsville Ohio post office safe last Tuesday night and took about $12,000 in mail matter and cash. They escaped in a buggy stolen from a nearby stable.
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St. Clairsville
Wreck Near Orilla Kills One of Three Kansas City Linemen
Three Kansas City laborers riding the Great Western train No 62 to Des Moines were hurt when eight cars toppled into a ditch near Orilla. S. Ross is dead at 22 from 380 North Seventh Street, other injured include J S Lake with a fractured skull and J C Lake with minor injuries. The men, traveling for work, had tools recovered from the wreckage. the cause remains undetermined.
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Des Moines
Mercy
Kansas City
Ross
Ite
Lake Boys
J. C. Lake
Great Western
Young Lake
Lake
Grocers Elect New Officers at Council Bluffs Meet
At the minimal meeting of the retail grocers council Bluffs was awarded the 1913 convention. Officers elected included J. H W. Schaefer of Davenport as president J a Kempner of Council Bluffs as vice president T J Mooney of Clinton as treasurer Jed Rath of Waterloo J J Ludensher of Dubuque William Moehl of Cedar Rapids and Ray Phillips of Albia to the executive board.
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Clinton
Council Bluffs
J. H W. Schaefer
Davenport
J. A Kempner
Cornel Bluffs
T. J. Mooney
Jed Rath
Waterloo
J. J. Ludescher
Dubuque
William Moehl
Cedar Rapida
Ray Phillips
Albla
Rowland Found Not Guilty in Muscatine Labor Case
Davenport report states Clayton Rowland was found not guilty on the first base yesterday after a short jury deliberation in the Oliver C. Wilson case. The state, discouraged, indicated few more trials against alleged conspirators in the Muscatine labor cases are likely.
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Davenport
Clayton Rowland
Oliver C. Wilson
Rowland
Three farmers Held to Grand Jury Over Cattle Theft
John Bolan Otto Bean and Russell Shannon were held to the grand jury under $10 bonds for allegedly forcing the removal of cattle from Elmer Barlow who was guarding them.
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Norah Springs
John Bolan
Otto Bean
Russell Shannon
Elmer Barlow
Bat
Western Electric Purchases Oakwood Park Line
Clear Lake reports Western Electric Telephone company has bought the Oakwood Park line and taken possession. The firm will install a metallic system and extend service to Dodges Point and other west side localities.
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Purchases Telephone Company
Clear Lake
Western Electric Telephone Company
Oakwood Park
Dodges Point
West Aide
Postoffice Robbed at Hopesville Osceola
The Hopesville post office was robbed about 2 o'clock yesterday morning. The safe was blown open and $250 in money and stamps were taken. Sheriff Eggleston is following up a clue.
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Osceola
Hopesville
Eggleston Ia
Tramp Killed By Milwaukee Train Near Marton
A Des Moines man identified as Jerry Sullivan was fatally struck by a Milwaukee train this morning at Marton near Cedar Rapids. Police say he had a brother in Des Moines.
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Cedar Rapids
Jerry Sullivan
Des Moines
Marton
Creston Names Miss Davison Head of Unity Nurses
Miss Davison of Maryland a graduate nurse from the Philadelphia school for nurses is appointed head of Unity hospital nurses in Creston.
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Creston
Miss Davison
Maryland
Philadelphia School For Nurses
Unity Hospital
Lightning strike hits Santa Fe hospital in Fort Madison
Lightning struck the Santa Fe Railroad hospital in Fort Madison during the night. It burned the roof and the attendants quarters on the third floor. The resident surgeon estimates the loss at $20,000.
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Fort Madison
Santa Fe Railroad
Winos Central Changes Fort Dodge Appointment
Elton F. Pay named assistant master mechanic for the Iowa and Minnesota divisions of the Minneapolis Central railroad with Waterloo as his headquarters.
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Winos Central Changes
Ft. Dodge
Elton F. Pay
Iowa and
Minnesota
Minois Central Railroad
Waterloo
Aged Odd Fellow Burton Dies in Mount Pleasant
W. H. Burton past grand master of the Iowa Odd Fellows died at his Mount Pleasant home on Wednesday He was 62 years old last February and served as justice of the peace there for many years.
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Mount Pleasant
Burton
The
Iowa Odd Fellows
Forty third Jasper County Sunday School Convention Opens
The forty third annual Jasper County Sunday School association convention opened at Ira with many delegates in attendance. A basket dinner will feature the program.
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Newton
Jasper County Sunday School Association
Ira
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