Supreme Court May Hear Van Buren County Case Early
Iowa court actions move to accelerate the Van Buren county capitol extension dispute as Attorney General Cosson seeks a September term decision ahead of similar filings in Union county. The decree by Judge J. H. Applegate is on file, with appeals proceeding once printers finish.
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van Buren County
Supreme Court
George Cosson
Union County
Francis M. Hunter
Cosson
Friends of
Movement
J. H. Applegate
van Liew
Decatur County
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
Bouton
Christ
Jesus Christ
God
Jesus
Mzek
Lord Jesus
Welsh Colony Names Echo Through Philadelphia Area
Article traces Welsh and Indian influenced place names around Philadelphia and nearby regions. It explains Bryn Mawr Pencoyd Bala Gladwyne Bethryn Uchlyn Upper and Lower Dublin Gwynedd North Wales Kincora Cornwell Tullytown Tacony and Delawares naming tea chings. It notes Indigenous and Welsh origins for many towns and topography.
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Pennsylvania
Gwalia
Bryn Mawr
Bryn
Hill
Mawr
Pencoyd
Head of the Woods
Pen
Head
Coydie Woods
Se Bala
Schuylkill
Manayunk
George B. Roberts
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Bala
Gladwyne
Bethryn
Uchlyn
Uch
Lynn
Upper Dublin
Lower Dublin
Dublin
Dark Pool
Dubh Lin
Liffey
North Wales
Gwynedd
North Penn
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
James Penn
St Gwynedd
White Land
Northland
Wales
Kincora
Cornwell
Cornwall
British Isles
Tullytown
Tacony
Delaware
Pocono
Big Hills
Manunka Chunk
Czar Ferdinand to Abdicate in Sofia Report
Report from Sofia states King Ferdinand of Bulgaria intends to abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Boris to avert revolution. Boris is nineteen. rumors link Grand Duchess Olgas to him.
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Ferdinand
Vienna
Sofia
Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Boris
Olgas
Aged Indians of Siletz Found After 3 Days Lost
Newport Oregon locals report Dr Johnson aged 104 and Susannah Jack aged 100, the oldest Indians on the Siletz Reservation, who were lost three days and nights while berry picking. They returned to their wigwam in critical condition after subsisting on berries and roots.
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Newport
Ore
Siletz Reservation
Dr. Johnson
Susannah Jack
Siletz Forest
Cat Attacks Man During Morning Shave Fatal Gash
Edmond Hury was killed when his pet cat sprang onto his shoulder while he shaved in his bedroom in Paris. The cat knocked his arm, slicing a gash in his throat and causing fatal bleeding before help could arrive.
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Paris
Edmond Hury
Hury
Grasshoppers Strike Kansas As Clouds Darken Fields
A Kansas reminiscence recounts a 1870s grasshopper swarm that darkened skies, devoured green crops from corn to wheat straw, and forced cattle to stampede toward Nebraska. The account contrasts legendary locusts with Rocky Mountain grasshoppers and recalls a winter of hoarded feed.
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Kansas City
Grasshoppers
Kansas
Tom
Kansans
Rocky Mountain
Moses
Land of
Egypt
Nebraska
Four Months For High Treason In Bust Incident
In Alsace era tensions a German named Schatz of Saargemund received four months imprisonment for turning a bust of the German emperor with its face to the wall. The action followed remarks about Alsace possibly being incorporated into Prussia and sparked a provocative political moment at a French society meeting.
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Herr Schatz
Kaiser
Berlin
Saargemund
Ple
Alsace
Prussia
Schatz
Women in Froissy Lead All Local Posts in Village
In Froissy, a French village near l Oise, all public posts are held by women including the station master Mino Taillefer and the barbiere Mile Jeanne Marchandin. A female postwoman and a young telegraphist keep the village connected, while Mme Druhon Marchandin leads with drum music for weddings.
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London
France
Frolasy
l’Oise
l'Isle de France
Picardy
Chef Do Garo
Mino
Taillefer
Hla
Vrolssy
Factrice
Des Postes
Froissy
Mile
Jeanne Marchandin
Barbiere
Mme
Druhon Marchandin
Cantonadere
Pipe to a boy's heart drains perilous condition in surgery
Monroe Rodgers, twelve, in St. Louis, recovered after a historic operation at the city hospital. A silver tube was inserted to drain the pericardium, a dangerous procedure performed by Dr. Fred Hagler and two assistants. The boy was admitted July 6 for a stone bruise and threatened by heart blockage.
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St. Louis
Monroe Rodgers
City Hospital
Fred Hagler
Monroe
Sleep Trance Confounds Weehawken Woman
Miss Gelser of Weehawken New Jersey suffers a rare malady that makes her unconscious when not standing. Physicians say the condition is unparalleled, with two years of illness unlike African sleeping sickness whose typical course is two weeks.
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Weehawken
N. J
Alice Gelser
Risa Gelser
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