Escapee Tracy Eludes Pursuit In Washington Timber Road Chase
Seattle July 9. Escaped Oregon convict Tracy again eludes a large posse after fleeing Gerrel's ranch below Renton on Cedar Mountain road. He dodges capture as deputies surround a rancher’s house and a kidnapped man, Karl Anderson, is found tied to a tree. Stolen watches are recovered from Geralds’ son who said Tracy ate a meal there and warned betrayal.
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Seattle
Tracy
Gerrel
Renton
Seattle Wash
Harry Tracey
Oregon
Gerald
Cedar Mountain
Tracey
Karl Anderson
Johnson
Sheriff's Office
Illinois Attorney General targets beef trust and Packers
Illinois Attorney General H J Hamlin is assembling evidence against the beef trust and the big six. He is monitoring a proposed Packers consolidation and plans to act for stockholders or the state to block the deal if formation progresses.
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Illinois
Springfield
H. J. Hamlin
Beef Trust
Big Six
Twentieth Iowa Veteran Association Executive Meeting Called
Davenport Ia July 9 The executive committee of the Twentieth Iowa Veteran Association will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2 o clock in the Davenport Business college office of Comrade Duncan All members urged to attend J H Wilson of Malcom Ia president and W J Johnson of Malcom Ia secretary to preside at the meeting
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Davenport
Twentie. Iowa Veteran Association
Duncan
Davenport Business College
J. H. Wilson
Malcom
W. J. Johnson
Linden Tree the Arabian Horse Dies at 33
Linden Tree, the Arabian horse gifted by the Sultan of Turkey to General Grant, died at General L. W. Colby's Beatrice Nebraska farm at age 33. Grant met the sultan during his world tour and received the prized horse upon returning home. The animal later passed to Colby, used as a saddle horse for years and then tenderly cared for in old age.
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General Grant
Sultan
Omaha
Turkey
L. W. Colby
Beatrice, Neb
General Colby
Beatrice
Jessie Morrison Sentenced for Second Degree Murder
Jessie Morrison, convicted of second degree murder for killing Mrs. Olin Castle in Eldorado Kansas, was sentenced to twenty five years in the penitentiary. After three trials the sentence stood despite a motion for a new trial being overruled and an appeal to the state supreme court planned.
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Eldorado
Kan
Jessie Morrison
State Supreme Court
Turners Not Socialistic Turners Defeat Pro- Most
Davenport Iowa July 9 The socialist element in the Turner Bund suffered a sharp defeat as delegates Wahlreich and Dr Hartung of Chicago failed to carry a motion to endorse Herr Most propaganda. The band will not feature a national turnfest at St Louis or Chicago Olympian games but allocates 2000 dollars for representation. The remainder of the day covered technical matters and the session adjourned early.
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Davenport
Turner Bund
Herr Most
Wahlreich
Dr. Hartung
Chicago
Choate for President Proposed at London Banquet
Don M. Dickinson, at the Hardwicke Society dinner in London, urged Joseph H. Choate as a possible U S president. Dickinson, counsel before the international high commission on Bering Sea claims, noted Choate does not belong to his party but hopes he earns the presidency.
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Don M. Dickinson
London
Hardwicke Society
Detroit
United States
International High Commission
Bering Sea
Joseph H. Choate
Choate
Mr. Dickinson
Court of St. James
Widow Weds Ugly Chinaman in Denver, Rumors Follow
Hastings July 9 The widow of Arch Mershon formerly of this place married a hideously ugly Chinaman in Denver a few days ago. Relatives claim the man used strange power and drugs to influence her. She met him in a hotel where she worked as a chamber maid and he as a cook. She is pretty and plump. he is coarse and wrinkled and resembles a Chinese god in a joss house.
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Hastings
Arch Mershon
Denver
Epworth League Convention Comes to Mount Carmel IL
The Illinois State Epworth league holds its seventh biennial convention at Mount Carmel's Methodist church starting July 9 at 7:30 pm. It is the first time the event has reached a town of this size and attendance may not meet expected numbers. A special convention train brought only a small delegation.
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Mount Carmel
Illinois State Epworth League
Des Moines Flood Rivals Historic Iowa Deluge
Iowa faces one of its greatest floods as nonstop rain floods Des Moines and nearby towns. Rivers including the Des Moines Raccoon Skunk Cedar and Iowa overflow their banks driving hundreds from homes. Marshalltown and nearby towns evacuate by boat while rail traffic south from Sioux City is halted and bridges collapse.
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Des Moines
Sioux City
Iowa
Marshalltown
Extra
Burytown
Flooded towns cut off rail service across Iowa valleys
Sioux City July 9 Special reports extensive flooding along the Little Sioux and Maple River valleys in Ida Woodbury and Monona counties. Streams reach two to three miles wide, wrecking crops as Mapleton Danbury Ida Grove and other towns on the Maple River division of the Northwestern are cut off with no trains for two or three days.
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Sioux City
Little Sioux
Maple River
Ida
Woodburry
Monona
Mapleton
Danbury
Ida Grove
Mapel River
Strike Threat Looms After Railroad Wage Talks Fail
Union men and the state board of arbitration hoped for a wage scale at a joint conference this afternoon. The railroads unexpected move upended plans and renewed fears of the greatest strike since the American Railway Union, as workers grow restless and peace from the first two days wanes.
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State Board of Arbitration
American Railway Union
Freight Handlers Strike Threatens Sympathetic Action
Chicago July 9 freight handlers strike threatens spread as railroad managers refuse to meet with committee representatives. The strikers plan to appeal to the Federation of Labor to authorize a sympathetic strike by the teamsters. Railroads refused to negotiate.
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Chicago
Federation of Labor
Teamsters
Snow blindness hits July in Telluride mine area
Telluride Colorado July 9 E Erickson son was brought from the Liberty Bell mine insane from acute snow blindness. It is the first July snow blindness recorded. Ground depth reached 18 inches yesterday morning and the sun was bright through the forenoon. Erickson’s face blistered from sun exposure.
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Telluride
Col
E. Erickson
Liberty Bell
Erickson
Floods Hit Oskaloosa Ruining Many Streets
Heavy rainfall of two and a half inches overwhelmed the town's sewers in Oskaloosa Iowa last night causing several thousand dollars in damages. The event disrupted streets and property with the date noted as July 9.
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Oskaloosa
Anti-Trust Bill Aims at Monopolies and Rail Car Penalties
President to back Rep Littlefield of Maine in preparing an anti-trust bill. The measure declares contracts and conspiracies to restrain trade illegal, with penalties and triple damages for injured parties. It also targets railroads transporting trust-made goods and requires interstate firms to file regular returns and keep books open for inspection.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Representative Littlefield
Maine
Congress
Littlefield
House
United States
Circuit Court
The
United
States
Weather outlook for Iowa and Chicago area July forecast
Fair and cooler tonight then warmer Thursday. Special indications suggest generally fair conditions across Iowa with a cooler night and a warming trend in the western portions on Thursday. Chicago area follows a similar pattern with slight cooling tonight and warmth returning later in the week.
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Chicago
Iowa
Poison linked deaths of Mrs Lambert and dog in Marshalltown
A stomach analysis shows the dog died of morphine, mirroring the alleged poison death of Mrs Maud Lambert found in bed ten days earlier. State Chemist Macy is analyzing the woman's stomach content, and officials suspect murder by the same poison.
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Marshalltown
Maud Lambert
Superintendent Ames Acquitted of Bribery Charge
Minneapolis July 9 The jury cleared Superintendent of Police Fred W. Ames of bribery after eighteen hours deliberation.
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Superintendent of
Ames
Minneapolis
Fred W. Ames
Storm Near Iowa City Hits North Liberty and Des Moines Area
A cyclone struck North Liberty yesterday, lifting James Niederheisser's house fifty feet into a field while his family was found alive in a cave. Twenty barns windmills and orchards were destroyed. loss estimated at $20,000. The Iowa river rose to a high stage at Marshalltown threatening property, with floods inland and boats used by families to move. In Des Moines, 1.07 inches of rain fell in about an hour as rivers climbed, while Six Avenue bridge false work failed and the street railway bridge faced threat.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Liberty
James Niederheisser
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Raccoon
Sixth Avenue
Street Railway Company
New Saloon Ruling From Judge Wakefield in Iowa
Judge Wakefield in Sioux City Iowa rules that owners of real estate housing saloons are responsible for violations of injunctions against saloonkeepers. The decision upholds joint responsibility from a prior ruling and prompts an appeal by an Anti-Saloon League section.
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Judge Wakefield
Sioux City
Iowa
Wakefield
Anti-Saloon League
Four Are Found Murdered Near Prudence
In Enid Oklahoma on July 9 the bodies of a man a woman and two children were found near Prudence thirty miles southwest of Enid mutilated and stripped of clothing with no identification. Investigators believe a robbery and murder by masked men who fled with the team and belongings of the travelers.
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Enid
Ok. T
Prudence
Quiet Day For Quiet Day Foryy Ny Ae Ie Corn High Mark
A terse, fragmented note notes corn high mark with unclear details. No clear events or participants are identifiable from the readable OCR fragment.
Gates Bet Lifts Corn To Ten Year High Amid Speculation
Chicago July 9. July corn closed at 88 after an opening at 86 amid light trading. Reports say John W. Gates won a $20 000 bet that corn would reach 90 cents, with a rush to $1 feared by bulls. Traders question the deal’s status while margins run brisk and long positions dominate.
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Chicago
John W. Gates
Board of Trade
Wall Street Clique
Bull Clique
Ireland Cardinal Hope Suppressed by Roman Mission
Rome reports on July 9 that if Taft succeeds in his Rome mission, Archbishop Ireland may be raised to a cardinal in the November consistory, though enemies of the archbishop are pushing to thwart the move.
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Rome
Taft
Ireland
England Keeps The Cup In Regatta Semi Finals
Henley July 9 The semi finals were rowed today and Trinity College defeated the Arogonauts of Canada. England’s hold on the grand challenge cup is ensured for another year as Canada falls short.
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Canada
Henley
Arogonauts
Trinity College
England
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