Italian Sailor Drowns Bathing in Cedar River Near Breckenridge
Joseph Masetti a 25 year old Italian section hand working from Nichols drowned while bathing in the Cedar River Sunday around 1 30 pm near the old Breckenridge ferry. Despite expert swimming he disappeared likely from a cramp or heart trouble. his body was recovered four hours later by diver James McMicheal and brought to Muscatine for an inquest.
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Joseph Masetti
Cedar River
Breckenridge Ferry
James McMicheal
Muscatine
E. P. Day
Musetti
Nichols
George Matheney
Cedar
John Kirchner
Thomas Nugent
Mr. Kirchner
Masetti
Chicago
Kirchner
Italy
America
H. S. Howe
Ceda
A. G. Tyler
William Mathus
Fred Garrison
Howe
Oneowan Among Spokane Winners
Spokane, Wash. Allen Newton of Helena Mont drew No 1 in the Spokane reservation today. Other winners include Mabel D McMickle Chicago Fay J Snoddy Milter S D David Menzer Springville Ia Emil Schnaffer Evansville IN George H Tusk Libertyville Ill Claude H Stein Mount Carmel Ill
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Spokane
Wash
Allen Newton
Helena
Mont
Mabel D. McMickle
Chicago
Fay J. Snoddy
Milter
S. D
David Menzer
Springville
Emil Schnaffer
Evansville
George H. Tusk
Libertyville
Claude H. Stein
Mount Carmel
Tipton Bank Reopens After Cashier's Disappearance
Tipton Indiana First National Bank resumed operations today after closing on July 26 due to the disappearance of assistant cashier Noah Marker. The reopening passed without incident and the bank returned to business as usual.
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Tipton
Ind
First National Bank
Noah Marker
Gas blast injures ten at storage firm in Cleveland
An early morning natural gas explosion wrecked the Whick Moving & Storage Co. building in Cleveland injuring seven men and three women. The blaze spread to seven neighboring buildings but was contained by firemen. The four story structure and contents suffered about 100000 dollars in losses.
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Cleveland, O
Whick Moving & Storage Co
Murder Mania in Chicago Victims Named in Tragic Deaths
In Chicago on August 16 Gustav Hering Sr shot his wife and wounded his son before killing himself. Earlier Marie Handzel killed herself by gas after bathing her three young children, including 4 year old and two 2 year old twins, leaving four surviving kids.
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Chicago
Ill
Gustav Hering
Loura
Gustav
Hering
Marie Handze
Joseph Handzel
Work First Then Vacations Ordered for Commerce Department Staff
Washington August 16 No vacations for the employes of the department of Commerce and Labor until their work is done announces Secretary Nagel. The order affects about twelve thousand employes who have been notified of the change.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
New Danish Cabinet Formed Under Holstein-Ledrebord
Copenhagen reports the crisis ending as a new Danish cabinet is formed under Prime Minister Count Holstein Ledreborg following last month’s cabinet resignation. The move consolidates a reshaped government leadership in August.
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Copenhagen
Count Holstein-Ledrebord
Congress Opens In Denver With Pinchot Ballinger Rift Ahead
Denver Aug 16 The twelfth annual Trans Mississippi Commercial congress opens with 5000 delegates and guests. routine business begins while the Pinchot Ballinger clash promises to enliven proceedings over the next five or six days. In Washington speculation centers on Secretary Wilsons fate amid the dispute and party lines.
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Denver
Col
Great West
National Irrigation Congress
Interior
Ballinger
Forester Pinchot
Wilson
Washington
D. C
Pinchot-Ballinger
East
Pinchot
Two Mount Tacoma climbers presumed dead found near crater
Tacoma Washington August 16 Rescue party finds Alpine staffs and packs of T F Callaghan of West Seattle and Joseph W Stevens of Trenton New Jersey ten feet from the crater suggesting they perished while attempting to ascend Mount Tacoma.
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Tacoma
Wash
T. F. Callaghan
West Seattle
Joseph W. Stevens
Trenton
N. J
Mount
Injunction Sought to Block City Cash for Court Street Pavement
William Horrabin, rival contractor, seeks a temporary injunction against Iowa City and the city council plus Lehman & Bradley to stop cash payments or bonds for brick paving on Court street. Judge Newell will hear the case on merits later to decide a permanent injunction. The city engineer had refused to approve the payment, but the council approved it over his veto.
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Iowa City
Lehman & Bradley
Court Street
William Horrabin
Horrabin
Newell
Five Hyde Children Die in Frisco Train Crash
At Frisbee station near Kennett Missouri a Frisco train struck a wagon carrying five of A H Hyde's children aged twelve to twenty three as they rode to church. The accident occurred last night at a road crossing.
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Kennett, Mo
Frisbee Station
A. H. Hyde
Fraternal Congress Opens Amid Stand Against Old Line Firms
Boston delegates from fifty-one fraternal societies gather for the National Fraternal Congress twenty third annual convention. President Piper reports the order’s flourishing condition and a united policy against old line companies with total indemnities near eight and a half billion. In Los Angeles the American Pharmaceutical Association holds its fifty seventh annual convention urging uniform license laws for cross state practice.
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Boston Mass
United States
National Fraternal Congress
Charles S. Piper
United
Pharmaceutical Association
Los Angeles
Cal
American Pharmaceutical Association
First Skirmish in War Game Near Wareham Described
Boston August 11 The first clash in the mock invasion near Boston ended in a minor skirmish between a cavalry detachment of the invaders and Massachusetts militiamen. Blue forces destroyed key bridges along the Assonet Taunton and Minnetuxet rivers using dynamite packs and a large firecracker.
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Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Wareham
Army of the
Red
Army of the “Blue
Bridgewater
Draper
Pew
Army of the Blue
Ninth Infantry
Graves
Assonet
Taunton
Minnetuxet
Red Army
Yachts for Third Struggle Picked From 19
Marblehead Mass August 16 The first sonder trials select 19 fast yachts for Americas entry in the third contest with Germany. Winners in the three divisions were Joyette Ellen and Skeezix after six mile sprints in a southeast wind and heavy seas.
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Marblehead
Mass
International Committee
The
Eastern Yacht Club
America
Germany
Hottest Anl Years in the Southwest
Kansas City reports the last 24 hours the hottest since 1901 with many readings at 105 and above 100. No deaths yet. St Louis records 11 heat related deaths, two today and nine earlier. Iowa City notes E A Patterson overcome by sunstroke after Pythian convention travel.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Iowa City
E. A. Patterson
Des Moines
Sioux City
Harriman Secures Ocean-to-Ocean Route Play
A report from New York dated August 16 notes that E. H. Harriman has obtained an option on controlling interests in the New York Central lines. If exercised, it would grant him control of a through Atlantic to Pacific route, a development circulating on the stock exchange.
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New York
N. Y
E. H. Harriman
New York Central Lines
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Stock Exchange
Toda
Steward Succeeds Shippy as Police Chief
Chicago authorities announce Col. Leroy T. Steward was confirmed as chief of police, succeeding George M. Shippy who resigned after a special session resolution.
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Steward
Shippy
Chicago, Ill
Theldermen
Col
Leroy T. Steward
George M. Shippy
Infant dies in Seventy-Six township
Lottie Geusen four days old died at 1 49 this morning at the parents home in Seventy-Six township. The funeral was held from the home this afternoon.
Son of Mormon founder dies at Des Moines area convention
Arthur Hale Smith, the third son of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, died yesterday in Montezre Iowa while attending a convention of the church.
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Des Moines
Arthur Hale Smith
Joseph Smith
Mormon Church
Montrose
Iowa
Latter Day Saints
Maccabee Picnic Date Set for Muscatine
At a local tent meeting plans for the August 25 Maccabee Picnic in Muscatine were finalized. T. E. Gleason noted strong merchant support and an added balloon ascension by a renowned aeronaut, expected to attract many visitors.
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Muscatine
T. E. Gleason
the Maccabees
Quashing Land Fraud Indictments Sought in Oklahoma
Attorneys for Governor Charles N Haskell and five other defendants indicted in Muskogee sought to quash the indictments in federal court. They allege improper conduct by U S Marshal Grant Victor and challenge the grand jury selection, noting Muskogee county was excluded from the jury pool.
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Muskogee
Okla
Charles N. Haskell
United States
Grant Victor
Muskogee County
Missouri Passes 80 New Laws Tightening Moral Rules
Missouri lawmakers enacted 80 new laws effective today highlighting Puritanical aims. Prohibitions include nude art exposure, publishing scandalous items, display of revolvers and deadly weapons, liquor on trains outside dining cars, segregated reform schools, felonious power theft, bans on promoting divorces, and stiff fines for underage smoking and supplying youths.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Earthquake Recorded. Likely California or Mexico Coast
A moderate earthquake was recorded today by the seismograph at the weather bureau in Washington. It began at 2:05 a.m. and lasted nearly an hour, with the origin estimated about 2,500 miles away, possibly California or the Pacific coast of Mexico or near the Azores.
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California
Pacific Coast
Mexico
Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Pacific
Azores
Weather outlook for Iowa and Illinois with scattered showers
Iowa mostly fair with possible showers in the west tonight or Tuesday. Illinois mostly fair tonight and Tuesday with potential showers in the extreme north on Tuesday. Sunrise at 4 50 and sunset at 6 49.
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Iowa
Illinois
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