French Aviator Louis Bleriot Crosses Channel to England
Louis Bleriot crosses the English Channel in a small monoplane in about 36 minutes, landing at Dover on a wind boosted flight. He lands amid cheers and police protection, aided by a following destroyer and his party aboard.
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London
Louis Bleriot
Dover
Bleriot
Les Baraques
Calais
France
England
Latham
Count Lambert
Sangatte
Anzani
Beatrice Warner Freed to Wed 37 Year Old Meredith Evans
Beatrice Warner aged 13 released from Des Moines city jail to marry Meredith Evans aged 37. Parents requested release after the girl threatened self harm if consent was refused. The action stems from the families approval and the public record notes the marriage plan in Iowa Evening Press reports.
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Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
Beatrice Warner
Meredith Evans
Spain mobilizes forty thousand men in Norian conflict
Madrid reports fighting resumed last night near Melilla as General Marina’s force nears forty thousand with mobilization pushing toward twenty four thousand more. A general strike in Barcelona prompted a state of siege while King Alfonso attended the keel laying ceremony for Spain’s first battleship in Ferrol.
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Madrid
Marina
Melilla
Linares
Barcelona
Ferrol
Spain
Alfonso
Mrs Oliphant Leaves Jail for Bloomingdale With Brother
Mrs William Oliphant accused of murdering her baby and poisoning three other daughters and attempting suicide left Tipton Iowa after posting 5000 bond. She will be produced in Cedar County court by her brother at the September term.
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Tipton
William Oliphant
Cedar County
Grand Jury
Bloomingdale
Ill
Sutton's Mother to Testify in Duel Case at Annapolis
Annapolis Md July 26 In the Sutton case Mrs Sutton mother of the dead officer is likely to be called as a witness She may identify a written challenge and later apology from a marine corps officer connected to Sutton The challenger has not yet been subpoenaed but is expected to be summoned after her testimony
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Annapolis
Sutton
Marine Corps
Navy plan confirms four extra super-dreadnoughts
First Lord of the Admiralty McKenna announced in the House of Commons this afternoon that the big navy campaign has won and four additional super-dreadnoughts will be added to the current year's ship building plan. The statement was made in London on July 26.
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London
Admiralty
McKenna
House of Commons
Murderer Kills Wife Then Takes Own Life in New Bedford
New Bedford, July 26. Robert M. Fanning of Westport shot himself after showing a letter claiming he had murdered his wife. Police found his body and, at his direction, located the badly mutilated wife’s body.
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New Bedford
Mass
Robert M. Fanning
Westport
Wreck of Big Four train injures forty two near Indianapolis
Forty two people were injured when Big Four train No. 16 traveling from Chicago to Cincinnati wrecked at Zionsville Indiana, seventeen miles northwest of Indianapolis yesterday afternoon. Six severely hurt were taken to Indianapolis hospitals including D P Beatty Akron road master Lake Erie and Western, H B Creel Cincinnati American Book Co, Mrs Mary Elzy Louisville, Jacob Elzy Louisville, Edward Long Lafayette, and Dr D A Sullivan Lima.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago
Cincinnati
Zionsville
Beatty
D. P
Akron
Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Creel
H. B
American Book Company
O. Elzy
Mrs
Mary
Louisville
Elzy
Jacob
Long
Edward
Lafayette
Sullivan
D. A
Lima
Wife of Pharmacy Dean Dies in Iowa City
Mrs. W. J. Teeters wife of Prof. Teeters dean of College of Pharmacy at the University of Iowa died last night of puerperal convulsions after falling ill yesterday morning. Her husband is reported to be in New Mexico. An only child was killed in a runaway last year.
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St. Louis
University City
John Berry
Paul J. McCullough
John S. Thurman
Savanna
Ill
Iowa City
W. J. Teeters
Mausoleum Planned for Des Moines Cemetery
Senator Maytag forms a company to build a 500-burial mausoleum in Des Moines cemetery at a cost of 125000 dollars, first of its kind in the state.
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Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
Maytag
Father-in-law of President Taft improves after stroke
Cincinnati July 26 The condition of John W Herron father in law of President Taft who suffered a mild stroke on Saturday is much improved today Mrs Taft has been advised not to come to Cincinnati at present
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Cincinnati
John W. Herron
Taft
Banker Missing At Tipton Bank With 50 Thousand Vanished
Noah R. Marker assistant cashier at First National Bank Tipton has disappeared. Investigators say more than $50,000 of the bank's funds are missing and the bank remains temporarily closed.
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Tipton
Ind
Noah R. Marker
First National Bank
Thaw Hearing Under Way In Sanity Quest
In White Plains New York Justice Mills orders a supreme court sanity hearing for Harry K Thaw with testimony from Dr Henry E Schmidt noting Thaws mental and physical condition is normal aside from a heart beating a trifle fast District Attorney Jerome attends and Morsehauser plans to put Thaw on the stand to prove his mental fitness
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White Plains
N.Y
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
Mills
Supreme Court
Thaw
Morschauser
Jerome
New York
Henry Ernest Schmidt
Schmidt
Amorita Wins In Chicago Mackinac Yacht Race
Amorita crossed the finish line first at Mackinac Island at 9 28 09 unofficial with Valmore second at 9 33 03. Three yachts Juanita Amarita and Valmore led at Mackinaw City as light winds favored Amorita which remained ahead by over four minutes before the time allowance.
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Mackinac Island
Mackinaw City
Mich
Juanita
Amarita
Valmore
Amorita
Golf amateurs qualify with strong scores despite injury
In Flossmore Illinois during the Western Golf association amateur championship 18 holes of a 36 hole qualifying round produced top scores by Warren K Wood Homewood 73 New Sawyer Wheaton 77 Robt Hunter Midlothian 77 and Paul Hunter Midlothian 78 Jack Cady Rock Island shot 86 despite an injured hand in the first round.
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Flossmore
Ill
Western Golf Association
Warren K. Wood
Homewood
New Sawyer
Wheaton
Robt
Hunter
Midlothian
Paul Hunter
Jack Cady
Rock Island
Miner Killed and Comrade Injured by Train in Des Moines
Des Moines police report a Northwestern passenger train fatally struck Harry Blakely a Marquisville coal miner and seriously injured Nels Daniel son near the Iowa Pipe and Tile works at East Fourth and Hayes streets about 4 AM Sunday. George Nichols track walker found the victims about an hour later and alerted authorities.
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Des Moines
Harry Blakely
Marquisville
Nels Danielson
Northwestern
Iowa Pipe and Tile Works
East Fourth
Hayes Streets
George Nichols
Woman Doctor Heroine in Wreck Near Kansas City
Dr Turner Lohveck a woman physician from St Louis was the heroine after Wabash passenger train No 4 plunged into the Missouri river thirty miles east of Kansas City. Six lives were lost and three were seriously hurt. In thirty minutes she treated twenty seven injured and helped prepare bandages with assisting women passengers who tore up skirts for bandages and men emptied baggage for aid.
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Kansas City
Turner Lohveck
St. Louis
Here
Missouri River
Lohreck
Gore Predicts Defeat for Income Tax Amendment
Oklahoma Senator Thomas P. Gore told Muscatine listeners he expected the income tax amendment to fail, arguing Senator Aldrich used the corporation tax clause to whip allies against it. Gore urged possible state votes or referendums, noting likely defeats in New England and other regions. He praised Aldrich’s tariff approach while favoring broad tax reductions.
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Thomas P. Gore
United States
Oklahoma
Muscatine Chautauqua Association
Aldrich
Gore
Washington
Muscatine
Ottawa
Kan
MccConnells
Senate
Conference Committee
New England
Police Stop Bloodless Rioting of Brothers of Friendship
In St Paul Minnesota on July 26 a clash between factions of the Brothers of Friendship colored organization erupted as they sought control of the old state capitol for their national convention. Police intervened quickly to quell a hand to hand conflict on the steps and reported the riot bloodless.
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St. Paul, Minn
Brothers of Friendship
Father Daly Speaks at Catholic Church
Milwaukee priest Father John Daly addressed the chautauqua assembly the prior evening and spoke at St Matthias Catholic church on Sunday morning. During his stay he was hosted by Rev F J Leonard of the English church. His brief sermon followed high mass and conveyed strong appeals to altruism.
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John Daly
Milwaukee
Chautauqua Assembly
St. Matthias Catholic Church
City
F. J. Leonard
Sermon on Parable of the Unjust Steward
The Gospel day sermon uses the Parable of the Unjust Steward to warn against misuse of money and the false belief that wealth equates to power. The preacher condemns those who equate money with authority and urges prudent financial conduct.
Men Back at Work at Steel Car Plant
Pittsburg Pa July 26 The strike at Standard Steel Car Company's Butler plant ends as more than two thousand former employees return to work on company terms American workers given preference in all departments officials say
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Pittsburg
Standard Steel Car Company
Butler
Tariff Fight Rages Over Hides Free List Plan
Washington reports a heated battle in both houses over the idea of removing duties on hides. Opponents plan to push a resolution to free leather and leather goods from duties if hides are put on the free list. Western Republican senators pledge to block any free hides report and seek a consensus to adjourn.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Tariff Conference Committee
Capitol
Conference Committee
Mece- Enery
Aldrich
Warren
Semete
Congress
Bethlehem Steel foreman commits suicide after arrest
South Bethlehem, July 26. William Zimmerman of Hellertown, a Bethlehem Steel foreman, killed himself by swallowing laudanum after his arrest and fine for extorting money from job applicants to secure them positions.
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Bethlehem
William Zimmerman
Hellertown
Bethlehem Steel Company
Weather Outlook For Iowa And Illinois
Iowa showers tonight and Tuesday. Illinois unsettled with thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday. Sunrise at 437 AM, sunset at 717 PM.
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Iowa
Illinois
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