Local residents depart for visits and travel on afternoon trains
Local notes show multiple residents leaving for Davenport, Austin, Freeport, Maquoketa, and other nearby towns for visits and holidays. Miss Jonnie Pike heads home on an afternoon train. Mrs. Lyda Dale and Mrs. F R Schmidt also plan trips, while others plan extended stays with relatives. Local shops advertise services and entertainment listings accompany the notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonnie Pike
Idhols
Ater
Lyda Dale
Smmley Avenue
Davenport
F. R. Schmidt
Wallips
Austin
Minn
Mes
TE. Bones
Dating Edda King
Clinton Street
Edsington
Ill
Pilgrim Residence Destroyed By Fire In Night blaze
Fire destroyed the seven room Pilgrim residence five and a half miles north of the city shortly after midnight. The organ was saved with neighbors helping. No water supply hampered efforts as the pump on the porch burned away. Fire likely started in the kitchen stove with damages over $2,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Pilgrim
Ira
Mrs. Pilgrim
Mr. Pilgrim
Prominent Detroit Capitalist Killed in Auto Accident
Edward A. Skao, a prominent Detroit businessman, died instantly when his car ran over an embankment near Pontiac, about twenty five miles from Detroit, this June 27. The accident occurred as he traveled in his vehicle, marking a sudden local tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Edward A. Skao
Sted Capitalist
Pontiac
Recess Taken in District Court for Iowa Bar Meeting
Judge L J Moran adjourned the term until Saturday morning due to the Iowa Bar association meeting in Cedar Rapids. County Attorney Herbert G Thompson of Muscatine presented a paper on labor conspiracy trials and the event was opened by Fred Vollmer of Scot County. Several local attorneys planned to attend the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Bar Association
Cedar Rapids
L. J. Moran
Herbert G. Thompson
Muscatine
Fred Vollmer
Scot County
Low River Stage Feared Affects Upper Mississippi Navigation
River men on the upper Mississippi fear low stage conditions will worsen before summer, with stages dropping from 10.7 feet to 4.0 feet and a potential continuation of drought in the northwest. Navigation may become difficult as August approaches, despite flood experiences earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groun
Opium May Be Made Lawful From Yen Shen
In a U S court of appeals decision Alfred Shelley was released after a year’s sentence for unlawfully manufacturing opium for smoking. The ruling holds yen shen the residual after smoking can be used to make opium, while yen hi gum opium remains contraband under law.
Transcript evidence sought in bribery trial over hotel recordings
Los Angeles June 97 The transcript of conversations between Clarence Darrow and John Harrington recorded by a hidden telephon device was debated as trial evidence. Judge Hutton ruled the stenographer could testify if the prosecution failed to introduce it before trial ends. The prosecution reportedly agreed to produce and offer the transcript as evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Clarence
Darraw
McNamara Brothers
John &. Harrington
Hutton
Ecourt
Actress Mabel Hite Out Of Danger After Illness
New York June reports say Mabel Hite wife of baseball player Mike Donlin has been out of danger after ten days of critical illness in a local hospital. Donlin will join the Pittsburgh team in Chicago tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Donlin
Pittsburgh
Chicag
New York
N. Y
Bel Hite
Mike Dotlin
Chicago
Chris Ludi Held in Custody Again After Melee
CHRIS LUDI HELD IN CUSTODY AGAIN Was arrested charged with intoxication after a melee with Charles Kollman near Ludi’s home. Fresh from a county jail sentence of thirty days ended Monday he appeared before Judge J A Rowan this morning, pleaded not guilty, and the case was continued. Police say Ludi sought to settle old scores and assaulted Kollman, leaving Ludi with bruised features and rib pains as he was arrested last evening by Officer Frank Binhull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris. Ludi
J. A. Rowan
Lis
Ludi
Ghastisa Charles Kollman
Kollman
Frank Binhull
Money letter lost in storm found near McLeansboro
A letter postmarked Pittsburgh August 11, 1912, found two miles east of McLeansboro by George James after a cyclone nearly destroying Bush, Wisconsin. The Italian written missive contained four drafts totaling 2.25 Italian stamps and 1a cent stamps, with a savings bank return card. The letter is to Luigi Caringa and was turned over to a city attorney for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLeansboro
George James
Bush
Pittsburgh
Luigi Caringa
Bearing 18 to be Wegun Hearing in Dissolution Case
Cleveland June 27 hearing of arguments in the government suit to dissolve the Great Lakes Towing Company as an alleged Sherman act trust was scheduled to begin in federal court. Transcripts run into hundreds of thousands of words after two years of testimony in ports across the Great Lakes. Each side has been allotted three days for arguments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towing Co
Cleveland
Great Lakes’ Towing Company
Great Lakes
Vermont Republicans Nominate Gubernatorial Candidates
The Vermont Republican state convention in Burlington nominated candidates for state officers with Debore of Montpelier and Aner of Cavendish as the gubernatorial contenders. The assertion is scheduled for September 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Vermont
Ters
Debore
Montpelier
Aner
Cavendish
Circular theme of day's testimony in antitrust case
In Chicago New Jersey June 27 witnesses testified before Examiner Masker in a government antitrust probe against Keystone Watch Case Company over a 1910 circular letter requiring workers to handle exclusively Keystone products. First witnesses were Max Eppenstein president of Illinois Watch Case Co Elgin Illinois and H Ebe Stein of the same firm and Jones of Wadsworth Watch Case Co Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Keystone Watch Oasy
Max Eppensten
Illinois Watch Case Company
Elgin
Hebe
Ldestein
Jones
Wadsworth Watch Case Company
Clacinnan
Joy riding on track ends in two deaths at New Richmond
In New Richmond Wisconsin on June 27 Charles Olson aged 21 and Nora Lee aged 15 were killed instantly when a locomotive backing up collided with a track speeder they were riding. They were returning to Drummond Wisconsin from Lake Owen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Richmond
Wis
Charles Olson
Nora Lee
Drummond
Lake Owen
Need for a Iowa state publicity bureau urged by editor
An editor in Greater Laws argues for a state publicity bureau in Iowa to centralize statistics on state resources and industries. The piece notes officials and businesses face constant inquiries and that no current statewide repository provides information in a useful, affordable format.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laws
Greater Laws
Department of Agriculeure
Iowa
Towa
No plate unifies agriculture stats in town report
A fragmented discussion notes lack of consolidated agricultural and industrial statistics across departments. The text urges legislative action during the town’s legislative selection period to provide coordinated data, warning that no single printed compilation exists yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Bac
Gold Strike Reported in Pax Gulch Alaska
News from Airbanks Alaska dated June 27 reports a gold strike in Pax Gulch within the Innoka District. Dozens of prospectors rushed to the diggings eager to work new claims and stake claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airbanks
Alaska
Pax Gulch
Innoka
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