Summer School Attendance Sets Records at Iowa City
Iowa City notes a 114 session summer enrollment of 425 after the first registration week, with 150 teachers among registrants and courses offered by Grand Arts College Liberal Arts and Fine Arts. Masons plan dedication of a new temple July 25 with judges and grand masters attending. Glick Brothers of Muscatine announce active summer plans for professors and students including Dr. Seashore’s private secretaryship and lectures at Chautauqua events. Riverside pioneer Joseph Wombacher dies at about 70, survived by widow and two sons and two daughters.
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Sarvica
Iowa
University of Iowa
Wis
Tallagas
Oradnats College
Liberal Arts College
College of Fine Arts
Masonic Temple
William Hutchinson
Alton
Frank W. Whitaker
Hilis‘boro
Charles W. Walton
Dubuque
P. L. Lever Stuart
Knights Templar of
W. 8
Cleveland
Harlan
Glick Brothers
Glick Brothers of
Muscatine
Harry Glick
Carl &. Seashore
Bene
Graduate College of
George G. Glick
F. C. Ensign
Lean DE Mon
Allmater
Oxford
Joseph Wombacher
Riverside
Council to tour to locate city lights
Ausentine city council plans an adjourned session on Monday evening to approve a lighting tour. The undertakings include a city tour by aldermen to decide where additional street lamps will be placed after a Thursday meeting with Masestine Lighting manager Gargon produced no recommendations. The council also reopened bids on cemetery grading and on removing two houses from cemetery property.
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Ausentine
Ilkaly
Nndermen
Gargon
Masestine Lighting Company
Severe Attack of Colic Cured in Virginia Journey
EB B Cross, traveling through Virginia and the South, suffers a sudden severe colic. A merchant at the first store advised Cham Berlin's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Two doses cured him. Do not travel without a bottle. For sale by all dealers.
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EB. B. Cross
Virginia
Chamberlin’s
Deasers
Farm house fire on Lange property destroyed by lightning
A house on Dr H L Lange’s farm near the city yard burned after being struck by lightning. Neighboring residents helped shield other buildings as a new $1,200 barn escaped damage. The dwelling, old but insurable, could not be replaced for about $2,500 and was reduced to debris.
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Javes
Hyts Lange
Burmas
Wagle
Tie Farm
H. L
Lange
Towa
Wasle
Young People Picnic in Cranston at Walter Shella barger’s Pond
The True Workers of the U. Sunday School in Cranston held a picnic at Walter Shella barger’s pond on Thursday evening with tor ing and other amusements. Refreshments were served after the activities, with many local youths in attendance across several families.
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Cranston
Walter Shellabarger
Syere
W. L. Steeger
von Clark
Allyn
Amma Wilhehne
Marie Hwnter
Rice
Ruthetta
Ralph
Lyle Shellabarger
Grace Bors
Agoos Townaler
Mildred
Lois
John Thenas McColm
Leo West
Cyrus Bunda
Guy
Eiva
Vesta Hafner
Aflie Bell
Elsie Edgington
Harris
Lida Barnharl
Camps of Homeless Now Chief Concern
Anneniated Press reports Salem Massachusetts on June 27 faced urgent sanitary needs for the homeless as fire relief crews from the state militia and state board of health established camps. Two camps were active with a third planned, housing dozens per tent yet maintaining order through the night.
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Winey
Salem
Mass
State Board of Health
Open Air Prayer Sessions Start At 7:30 Sunday
Open air services by five local churches begin Sunday evening July 5 on the Presbyterian church lawn. A ministerial committee set 7:30 as the starting hour to avoid insect issues and ensure good attendance, with the gatherings long a successful summer tradition.
30000 to march in parade at International Sunday School convention
Fifty thousand men and boys gathered in Chicago for a parade at the International Sunday School Association convention. Altars were to be carried on shoulders with an open Bible behind each, while a mounted police squad and National Guard escort led the procession.
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Chicago
International Sunday School Association
National Guard
Meat Shortage Says Nation Faces Livestock Gap
W A Burnett of Louisville warned at the National Livestock Exchange meeting in St Paul Minnesota that the United States as the greatest meat eating country faces a serious problem as farmers raise too few cattle sheep and hogs. He urged increasing livestock to reduce high living costs and noted yearly decreases in supply. Indianapolis was noted as a likely next meeting site.
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St Paul
Minn
W. A. Burnett
Louisville
National Livestock Exchange
Mr. Burnett
Indianapolis
Labor Leader Clancy Arrives at Leavenworth Prison
Eugene Clancy of San Francisco, a labor leader convicted in the dynamite conspiracy, arrived at Leavenworth Federal Prison to begin his term. He walked to the gates alone and declined to comment. Another convict, William Wiggina of Pittsburgh, is expected to arrive soon.
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Clancy
Leavenworth
Higgins
Heport
Wassociates Press
Usavenworth
Kansas
Eugene Clancy
San Francisco
I Prigon
Engineer’s Bold Stop Saves Passengers From Falling Beams
Associated Press lease wire Pittsburgh June 27 Stop ping a fast passenger train in time to save it from thirteen tons of steel falling from 129 feet was the deed of B C Ripley a Pennsylvania engineman of Whitestown as his train neared a bridge under construction. He rounded a curve spotted a car of steel beams beyond control on the unfinished bridge end and activated emergency turns stopping the engine just as the beam car crossed the track ten feet in front of him. Passengers were shaken but none hurt.
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Associated Press Lease Wire
Pittsburgh
B. C. Ripley
Witteh
Nis
Ripley
Operation Fatal To Resident Of Nichols
Mrs August Peters aged 38 died after a life and death operation performed by a surgeon in Iowa City. She came from Nichols for the operation and died soon after. The body was taken back to Nichols for interment. Surviving are her husband and four little children.
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Tournal’s Segeral
Iowa City
August Peters
Nichols
Uttle
Five Hurt as Auto Plunges Into Ravine Near Sharpsburg
MISS Annie Loeffler of Pittsburgh was killed and Benton Davis of Hot Springs Ark was perhaps fatally injured when the automobile they rode in ran off the Rittanning Pike near Sharpsburg, plunging into a deep ravine. Five other persons suffered injuries, some severely burned, as fire followed the crash.
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Apenaintad Press
Totre
Pittsburgh
Annie, Loeffler
Benton Davis
Hot Springs
Ark
Jess Sert
Rittanning Pike
Sharps
Moeting
Mandan Water Rushes Past Town in Sudden Flood
Mandan, North Dakota reports a sudden rush of water threatening homes and streets as residents fear further damage and seek safety measures. Officials urge caution while emergency crews assess the scene and assist affected families in the wake of the rising torrent.
Flood Threat Forces Town Residents to Seek Safety
A cloudburst ten miles away caused swollen Thea Heart river to threaten the town on a former Missouri river channel. Residents moved to safety as fears of further flooding grew. crops and farm buildings suffered heavy damage from the deluge.
Yeomen Parade Highlights Des Moines Homecoming
A Yeomen parade was the feature of Des Moines Iowa celebrations marking homecoming and the dedication of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen head office. Attendance reached about two thousand, with a Yeomen guard team from Oklahoma City taking first in the drill competition.
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Des Moines
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Oklahoma City
Carnegie Statue Unveiled in Scottish Park Today
In Dunfermline, Scotland, a statue of Andrew Carnegie was unveiled at Pittencrieff Glen park area. The site, gifted to the city in 1903 by Carnegie with a $2,500,000 endowment, featured a 600-voice choir and a band performing the anthem Let us now praise famous men.
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Bensed
Alligator Attack Injures U S Sailor at Ponte Pass
A U S revenue cutter Coxswain Matson was mauled by an alligator while swimming at Ponte Pass with companions. The animal crushed his leg before the others could pull him into the boat. He is treated at a marine hospital. In Atlanta, Illinois Governor Dunne unveiled a monument at Marietta honoring Illinois soldiers from the Battle of Kenneys Mountain.
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U. S
Associated Press
Arg
Ponte Pass
Matson
United States Revenue Cutter
Winona
Marine Hospital
Winone
Illinois
Atlanta
Edward F. Dunne
Ilinois
Marietta
Sta of Illinois
Kennessay Mountain
Ainsworth Visit and Travel Notes Highlight Week
Miss Aelen Paul of Washington visited friends in Ainsworth last week. Eva Daster left for an extended visit in Moline and Rock Island. J. G. Love drove two car loads of cattle to Chicago Tuesday morning and returned Friday. Mire Athearn returned from Washington after days with friends. A T Sands came back Wednesday from Kansas City on business. C R Stearns rode home from Mt. Pleasant Tuesday evening.
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Ainsworth
Aelen Paul
Washington
Eva Daster
Moline
Rock Island
J. G. Love
Qchicago
Mire
Athearn
A. T. Sands
Kansas City
C. R. Stearns
Mt. Pleasant
Waa
Local social notes from Ainsworth area events
Accompanied by his sister Mrs Dr Tomy who returned home to Oskaloosa on Wednesday evening. Churches youths held an ice cream social on the W McConnell lawn. Mrs Chas Olds hosted the embroidery club Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Melissa Moran and Roy Girtman of Mt Pulaski came Tuesday evening and will stay at the Moran home. Ruth Wilson left for Washington Thursday evening for a few days. Nellie Welliver and Elizabeth Roberts returned Thursday evening from Washington after teachers’ exams. Alice Stephens returned to Waterloo Thursday morning after a short visit at home. Mrs Stickley Eliza Sweet Mrs G W Baxter and Rev G N Halsey attended the WGC T G convention in West Chester Tuesday. Prof J J McConnell arrived Wednesday evening to visit his son Wright McConnell. Robert Hites left for Iowa City Wednesday for tonsil and adenoid operation. Rev Golden left for St Louis Monday after a week or two in Ainsworth. Maggie Poster left for Robbins IA Monday to visit her sister Mrs Badham. Rev W J Cronk Des Moines state superintendent of United Brethren Sunday schools was here for church welfare. J H Krause owns a new Velie automobile.
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Tomy
Oskaloosa
United Presbyterian Church
TW. McConnell
Chas, Olds
Melissa Moran
Roy Girt- Man
Mt. Pulaski
Cane
Moran
Ruth Wilson
Washington
Nellie Welliver
Elizabeth Roberts
Alice Stephens
Waterloo
Stickley Eliza Sweet
G. W. Baxter
G. N. Halsey
West Chester
W. GC
T. G
J. J. McConnell
Wright McConnell
Robert Hites
Iowa City
Golden
St Louie
Ainsworth
Maggie Poster
Robbins
Badham
W. J. Cronk
Des Moines
United Brethren Sunday Schools
J. H. Krause
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