Woman Found Slain in Her Yard Near Rapid City
Davenport dispatch reports Mrs. Clara Adams shot and stabbed in her Rapid City Illinois yard. Husband Thomas Adams fled. a coroner’s warrant issued. Relatives search the couple’s home and nearby towns for Adams as investigators assess the scene and an inquest notes lethal wounds.
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Davenport
Clara Adams
Rapid City
Ill
Here
Mississippi River
Thomas J. Adams
John F. Rose
Moline
Rose
Adams
Silvis
Watertown
Hazel Cox
Mrs Hill and Son Recover After Narrow Escape
Mrs Levi Hill and her young son Delbert were released from the university hospital in Iowa City and are home near Tiffin after surviving a shooting incident. Levi Hill, the husband and father, is jailed in the city hall jail and likely to plead guilty or waive examination before a grand jury on a charge of assault to commit murder.
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Iowa City
Levi Hill
Delbert
University Hospital
Tiffin
City Hall
Weather Overview for Iowa and Illinois Showers and Winds
Partly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms expected tonight or Tuesday. Brisk southwest winds. Sunrise at 4 14, sunset 7 28, moon set 10 45.
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Iowa
Illinois
Rumor of Harriman Illness Triggers Stock Slide
A circulating unconfirmed report that E. H. Harriman was seriously ill in Vienna spurred a bear raid on Wall Street. Denials from Union Pacific followed, but prices fell quickly with Union Pacific down 3 percent, Reading 3 percent, Amalgamated Copper 3 percent, and U S Steel 2 percent.
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New York
N. Y
E. H. Harriman
Vienna
Union Pacific
Reading
Amalgamated Copper
U. S. Steel
Oldest Mason Ikowa James Russell Dies at 96 in Keota
James Russell known as Uncle Jimmie, the oldest Mason in Iowa, died suddenly at 96 in Keota after celebrating a June 14 birthday. Born June 21, 1813 in Pennsylvania, he lived in Ohio and Iowa, married Loretta Long, left a large family, and was buried in Keota with Masonic rites.
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James Russell
Keota
Jimmie Russell
Iowa
Mr. Russell
Washington County
Pennsylvania
Cuba
James
Ohio
Jimmie
Atna Scott
Loretta Long
Russell
Edward Rock Exhibits Large Berries at Journal
Edward Rock of West Liberty displays a variety of unusually large berries at a Journal exhibition. Twenty berries make a quart, signaling notable fruit size for the local display.
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Edward Rock
West Liberty
Von Kuizleben Is Now Free From Anamosa Reform School
Baron Eric von Kuizleben, a German nobleman, was released from Anamosa reformatory after four years. His mother, Baroness von Kutzleben of Berlin, will take him to New York then home to Germany. The escape followed habeas corpus actions by attorneys Popham and Havner after a Rock Island train wreck at Homestead in March 1905.
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Des Moines
Baroness von Kutzleben
Berlin
Anamosa
Chicago
Rock Island
Homestead
Baron Eric von Kutzleben
Kutzleben
Near to Death Is Gasoline Tank Rescue in Iowa
Ray Burns of Columbus City narrowly escaped death after being overcome by gasoline fumes in a Standard Oil tank in Columbus Junction Iowa. coworker William Marshall struggled to pull him out before carpenter Harry Wilson aided, enabling Burns to be rescued just in time for medical help.
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Columbus Junction
Ray Burns
Columbus City
Standard Oil Co
William Marshall
Burns
Marshall
Harry Wilson
Wilson
House Agrees 10 Senate Change in Census Appointments
The House adopted the Senate amendment on geographical apportionment for appointments in the census bill and disagreed with other amendments. The measure goes back to conference as the House adjourned. Meanwhile the Senate resolution to continue unexpended river and harbor appropriation balances for 1910 was adopted under a rules suspension.
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Washington, D. C
House
Crumpacker
Indiana
Sims
Senate
Giant Strawberries Shown From Local Farm
A farmer displayed oversized strawberries grown on his property. He presented a quart box holding twenty berries, noting the fruit was exceptionally large and luscious.
Joy ride tragedy as car crashes into tree near Coney Island
In New York on June 21 a sightseeing auto full of merrymakers careened along Ocean parkway after returning from Coney Island. It struck a tree, throwing all twenty five aboard, leaving six injured and one young woman in critical condition. Authorities expect her to die from injuries.
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New York
N. Y
Coney Island
Ocean Parkway
Mauretania Sets New Eastward Record From New York
Queenstown June 21 The Cunard liner Mauretania shaved fifty minutes off its own eastward record. It completed the New York to sea route in four days seventeen hours twenty one minutes, arriving off Daunts Rock at 10 11 this morning.
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Queenstown
Cunard Line
New York
Daunts Rock
Trains Collide On Southern By Way. Ten Killed Forty Hurt
Two separate wrecks dated June 21 report ten deaths and forty injuries in Indiana and Illinois. Belmont and Browns near Mount Carmel saw a head on collision due to train order errors. mail clerk Jackson killed. In Porter county, two electric cars collided head on, killing ten and injuring forty. motorman Reed killed for disobedience of orders. Chesterton discussion hints at possible criminal action against railroad officials amid ongoing criticism of railway management.
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Mount Carmel
Ill
Belmont
Browns
Here
Southern Railway
Jackson
South Bend
Ind
Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Electric Railroad
Porter County
H. A. Wallace
George A. Reed
Reed
Gary
Wilson
Baileytown
Chesterton
Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend
Indiana
Crown Point
Crief
Gould Separation Trial Ends As Defense Restes Case
New York June 21 Justice Dowling hears Gould separation suit as Delancey Nicoll says evidence supports the defense to justify a separation from Katherine Clemmons Gould. Clarence Shearn says he may read witness dispositions but no rebuttal witnesses are ready.
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New York
N. Y
Justice Dowling
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
Delancey Nicoll
Gould
Clarence I. Shearn
Nicolls
Cincinnati Attired in Flags for Great Turnfest
Cincinnati O June 21 The city glows with American and German bunting for the thirtieth annual North American Gymnastic Union meeting. Thousands of visitors arrive while four to five thousand active turners are entered for the turnbund drills including about 800 women turners, with many arriving by Wednesday night.
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Cincinnati
North American Gymnastic Union
Turnbund
Ministers decide to ask Foster to withdraw from church
Chicago June 21 at the Baptist ministers conference it was agreed that at next Monday's meeting Professor George Burman Foster should be formally asked to withdraw from the Baptist church.
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Chicago
Ill
Baptist Ministers’ Conference
George Burman Foster
Baptist Church
West Liberty Diphtheria Victim Clarence Hinkhouse Dies
Clarence Hinkhouse died at his West Liberty home on June 19 1909 after a four day diphtheria illness. Born March 9 1891 on a Wilton Ia farm he was survived by his parents three brothers and three sisters. Private funeral services were held at 10 oclock this morning with burial in Oakridge cemetery.
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West Liberty
Clarence Hinkhouse
R. W. Hinkhouse
Wilton
George B
Fred W
A. J
Verda Mountain
Peruna
Okla
Nellie
Myrtle
Oakridge Cemetery
Ironwood Bank Closes Under Directors Action
The First National Bank of Ironwood Michigan closed its doors today by order of its board of directors. The bank has a capital of 50000 dollars and a surplus of 20000 dollars according to the last report. The information was released from Washington D C on June 21 by the comptroller of the currency.
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Ironwood
Mich
Washington, D. C
First National Bank of Ironwood
Philadelphia businessman commits suicide in Ohio town
Frank M. Campbell manager of the Philadelphia branch of Jones & Laughlin Co. shot himself in Van Wert Ohio on June 21 after a nervous breakdown. The death ends a career with the Pittsburgh firm and underscores his illness.
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Philadelphia
Ohio City
Vanwert
Ohio
Frank M. Campbell
Jones & Laughlin Co
Pittsburg
Campbell
Ministers Go Fishing at the Island Pipes Event
A group of Muscatine clergymen from the Ministerial Association spent an all day stag fishing outing. They gathered at the riverfront early and were transported by M. W. Stirlen's launch to a local fishing resort for the excursion.
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Island Pipes
Muscatine
Pipes
Ministerial Association
River Front
M. W. Stirlen
Friend of Countryman Arrested In NY Police Case
A man claims friendship with a countryman sought by New York police for a grave crime but denies knowing Leon's location. The article notes the suspect cooperated with authorities and offered no tips on Leon.
Chinatown suspects tied to Elsie Sigel murder case
Police in New York and Schenectady identify Leon Ling lookalike Leon Lyng as a murder suspect linked to Elsie Sigel. Chu Gain, a Chinatown restaurant manager, detained as a witness. Elsie Sigel’s body identified by her father, Mabel Sigel notes her white pin and teeth.
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New York
N. Y
Schenectady
Leon Ling
Poice
Chinatown
Schenectady, N. Y
Leon Lyng
William H. Leon
Sigel
Chung Sin
West Galaway
Leon
Amsterdam
Paul Sigel
Elsie
Mabel Sigel
Pauli Sigel
Harburger
Chu Gain
Pastor Brown of Hills Church Seeks Retirement
Rev. David Brown aged pastor of Hills Church plans retirement to Cedar Rapids after long service. A meeting of the Iowa City Presbytery called by Rev. D W Wylie on Monday June 21 aims to release the pastor from active duties as he passes 70 years old.
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David Brown
Hills Church
Iowa City
D. W. Wylie
Presbyterian Church In
Presbyterian Church
Hills
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt sends two antelopes to Longworth
Two baby antelopes sent by former President Roosevelt to his daughter Mrs. Nicholas Longworth arrived in New York aboard the Vaderland. The animals were shipped from Antwerp on the German East Africa steamer Admiral and transferred to the Vaderland.
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New York
N. Y
Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Antwerp
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