Dedicatory Day Draws Huge Crowds at Louisiana Purchase Exposition
On May 1 in St Louis President Francis and foreign ministers led second day ceremonies. Diplomats were greeted at the St Louis Club then paraded to the Liberal Arts Building. Francis spoke on global cooperation and progress while ambassadors from France and Spain received boisterous applause. The Marine Band played national anthems and a 190 gun salute closed the day amid fireworks.
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St. Louis, Mo
Francis Tallis
Francis
Earth
U. S
M. Jules Jusserand
France
Senor Ojeda
Spain
Marine Band
Samuel J. Niccolls
St. Louis
Many Strikes Hit Cities Over Pay and Hours
Workers in Iowa City Boston and New York walkouts push for higher wages and ten hour days. Chicago engages laundry staff amid labor unrest. Omaha teamsters cooks and waiters strike reducing city service. McCormick plant strike leaders fail to stampede workers at Deering plant.
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New York
Chicago
Omaha
McCormick Plant
Deering Harvester
McCormick Company
Blue Island
Western Avenues
Actor Denman Thompson III Is Seriously Ill
Claremont New Hampshire May 1 Denman Thompson the actor is seriously ill here with heart trouble.
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Actor Denman Thompson III
Claremont
N. H
Mariquina Town Destroyed by Fire in Manila Province
Fire destroyed Mariquina in Manila province with about a thousand houses burned. Suspected incendiary causes are under investigation by local authorities.
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Mariquina
Manila
Mrs. W. H. Davis Dies After Operation at Hershey Hospital
Mrs Susan J Davis born September 15 1857 in Drury township Rock Island county Illinois died at Hershey hospital after an operation failed to prevent relapse. She was a wife and mother survived by husband two children Nora E and Joseph F and several Johnson siblings. Funeral from 1009 East Seventh Street Sunday at 2 PM.
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Hershey Hospital
W. H. Davis
Susan J. Davis
Drury Township
Rock Island County
Til
Nora E
Joseph F
James
Chas. Johnson
Illinois City
John
Margaret Johnson
Charles City
Fannie Johnson
Dennison
Texas
Dwyer funeral held at St Marys Wilton Ia
Mrs D J Dwyer was laid to rest in Wilton Iowa with a 10 oclock mass at St Marys church Rev M P Kirkpatrick presiding. Miss Gertrude Monyahan sang three solos and pallbearers were her four brothers D F Dwyer and J P Ryan among relatives from Rock Island Muscatine and nearby.
Port Allen News Sketches Local Trio Visits and Farm Notes
Port Allen Illinois May 1. Geo Taylor wife and Grace of Davenport visit Mrs Taylor's parents Mr and Mrs Marion Murray. Mrs Laura Chown and Myrtle shop in Junction. A Jennings of Junction visits Alex McCullough. Jennings baby goes home with him. Wm Norris builds new barn on farm bought from C A Sprague. Ernst Lee, son of Orrin Lee, is sick. fear he may need an operation. Jeff Fletcher assists Wm Norris. Mr and Mrs Wm Chown of Conesville visit son Co R and family. Harmon Marion helping Geo Brown with farm work spends weekend in Columbus City. Miss Jennie Tucker with Will Hawkins to Muscatine.
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Illinois
Port Allen
Geo. Taylor
Grace
Davenport
Taylor
Marion Murray
Laura Chown
Myrtle
A. Jennings
Junction
Alex. McCullough
Jenning
Wm. Norris
C. A. Sprague
Ernst Lee
Orrin Lee
Jeff Fletcher
Wm. Chown
Conesville
Co. R
Harmon Marion
Geo. Brown
Mrs Jennie Hendricks Recovers After Operation
Mrs Jennie Hendricks of Nichols underwent an operation by Drs Fulham and Clapp yesterday afternoon. She is now at Mrs Simons’ home on Cherry Street and is very much improved.
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Jennie Hendricks
Nichols
Fulham
Clapp
Simons
Cherry Street
Will J. Mark Ill Be Absent From Work
Will J. Mark of 603 East Ninth street is forced to be away from his work due to illness.
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Will J. Mark
East Ninth Street
Robbers Kill Woman in Lorain Churchkeeper’s Sister
Agatha Reichlin sister of Father Reichlin pastor of a German Catholic church was murdered in her room in Lorain Ohio. Her skull was crushed by a stone and the robbers fled. Police also report a separate case in New York where James McMahon, a wealthy retiree, was found dead in his vestibule with blunt force injuries and a suspect named Donald Kennedy detained.
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Lorain
Agatha Reichlin
Father Reichlin
New York
James McMahon
Jimmy
Donald Kennedy
Blaze Ravages Portland Lumber District and Nearby Mills
Portland May 1 The entire lumber district along the water front is on fire destroying mills factories and dwellings The Standard Oil tanks are threatened A boiler exploded Two men are reported killed and three fatally injured In Montezuma Iowa a young girl three and one half years old died after her night clothes and hair burned away in a farm house fire caused by a spark from a stove killed by the flames while her parents milking cows earlier that morning
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Portland
Ore
Water Front
Mrs. Elliott
F. EB. West
Montezuma
Weather Prophet Predicts May Tornadoes and Storms Across States
Prophet Hicks forecasts a volatile May with potential tornadoes in the central and northern states. He warns of frost, heavy rain, hail, and thunder, with several dangerous periods and a trend toward warmer days interspersed with violent storms and shifting barometers.
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Hicks
President Roosevelt Gambols Through Kansas City Celebrations
President Roosevelt and party visited two Kansas Citys on May 1 with a citywide holiday. He rode 15 miles of boulevards, reviewed 30 000 school children, spoke twice at Convention Hall, and attended a Baltimore hotel luncheon before departing for the west.
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Kansas Citys
Roosevelt
Missouri
Kansas
Baltimore
West
King Edward Arrives in Paris for Historic Visit
King Edward arrives in Paris for the first English royal visit to the city since Charles II. President Loubet and officials greet him as twelve thousand soldiers and seven thousand police line the route. Crowds give an enthusiastic reception.
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France
Edward
Charles II
Loubet
Baby Die from Coffee Urn Scalding Near Salem
At a Salem area home a one-year-old girl Phoebe Lupton was scalded when a coffee urn spilled its hot contents over her. She died hours later at a local residence as her parents watched in distress. The incident occurred while the family sat at their breakfast table west of Salem.
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Salem
Here
Phoebe
Ex convict Clayton Benbow commits suicide on farm
On P. M. Spence's farm near Clayton Benbow an ex convict killed himself by shooting his head with a shotgun. The incident occurred in Knoxville on May 1 and is reported as a self inflicted death.
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Knoxville
P. M. Spence
Clayton Benbow
Turtle Mountains rockslide claims nineteen dead in Frank, N W T
Residents organized search parties after a rockslide buried homes in Turtle mountains. Nineteen bodies were recovered, with many still missing under 150 feet of debris. The revised death toll stands at fifty six.
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Frank
Frank, N. W. T
Turtle Mountains
Captain John Ford Dies. Plate Glass Pioneer
Captain John Ford, a pioneer of America plate glass manufacturing and head of the industry, died at age ninety one in Creighton Pennsylvania. Though aged seventy, he was practically penniless, yet left an estate valued at about 30 million dollars.
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Creighton, Penn
John Ford
America
Luigi Arditi, Noted Composer, Dies in London
London report says Luigi Arditi, renowned composer and musical director, died today in London. Arditi, who achieved fame as a conductor and performer, passed away on May 1 in England.
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Luigi Arditi
London
Eng
Fire devastates West Point Virginia town center
Richmond Va May 1 The town of West Point was nearly wiped out by a morning fire that destroyed four blocks. Loss estimated at 125000 dollars.
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West Point
Richmond
Tyner Critically Ill Former Assistant Attorney General
Judge James N. Tyner, formerly dismissed from government service as assistant attorney general for the postoffice department, is critically ill.
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Tyner
Washington
James N. Tyner
Postoffice Department
Illinois miners strike halts work in Pana district
More than 3,000 miners in the Pana district have quit work prompting a regional strike. The action began May 1 in Pana Illinois as miners protest conditions and seek concessions from operators.
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Pana
Workman Hurt As Scaffold Collapses At YMCA Building
Joe Reno a mason on the YMCA project was struck by a falling brick after a scaffold gave way eight feet from the ground. He stretched out his arms to save himself and four courses of brick were displaced. a brick cut his head but Dr. E R King sewed the wound and he returned to work this afternoon.
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Joe Reno
Mr. Reno
E. R. King
Runaway Team Causes Near Collision With Delivery Wagon
A runaway team driven by Banford of Sweetland township attempted to jump onto Theron Thompson's delivery wagon near Hat ties factory. The wagon was pushed into the road center with damage to the wagon and a saloon. The team was halted after causing considerable damage during the incident.
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Theron Thompson
Hattie
Banford
Sweetland Township
Mr. Thompson
Sala
Horan Dies After Long Local Residency in Muscatine
Thomas Horan, 73, a long time Muscatine resident and former farmer, died at 1607 Orange Street from liver and kidney trouble. Born July 4 1830 in Tiperary Ireland he came to the United States about 50 years ago settling in Muscatine then later moving to the countryside before returning to town. Survived by wife Johanna Russell and seven children, the funeral is set for Monday at St Matthias Church with Rev Father Kunkel.
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Mr. Horan
Muscatine
Thomas Horan
Tiperary
Ireland
Johanna Russell
Sarah
WL. J. Horan
City
T. F. Delaney
Menlo
Wm. Dwyer
Sweetland
James Mahoney
Victor
J. J. Farrel
West Liberty
J. J. Archer
Rock Island
St. Matthias Church
Father Kunkel
Rock Island Trainmaster Resigns for Illinois Central
Fred M. Jones, formerly trainmaster of the Southwest division on the Rock Island line in Rock Island Illinois, resigns and accepts a post as trainmaster on a section of the Illinois Central main line based at Carbondale Illinois.
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Rock Island, Ills
Fred M. Jones
Rock Island Road
Carbondale
False teeth kill woman at Mercy Hospital
Laura Beck man, an insane patient at Mercy hospital in Davenport, found a set of false teeth and tried to wear them. The teeth slipped down her throat and choked her to death in five minutes.
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Davenport
Laura Beckman
Mercy Hospital
Blizzard Sweeps Fruit Belt in Northern Michigan
A howling blizzard in Northern Michigan devastates the peach belt near Marquette with temperatures twenty degrees below zero yesterday.
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Fruit Belt
Marquette, Mich
Michigan
Peach Belt
Range of prices on New York Stock Exchange close
New York May 1 report shows closing ranges for leading stocks and securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Prices vary across major names with figures reflecting day’s end trading, offering a snapshot of market movements at close.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
No Muscatine Anniversary Celebration For Episcopal Church
Davenport May 1 Special Bishop Theodore Morrison said no plans exist for a Muscatine fiftieth anniversary celebration of the Episcopal Church in Iowa. He will visit Des Moines soon to draft a diocesan convention schedule and determine events during the upcoming gathering in the city.
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Davenport
Muscatine
Episcopal Church In
Iowa
Theodore Morrison
Morrison
Muscatine Journal
Hawkeye
Des Moines
Boy Admits Fire Setting Livery Stables Blaze
Logansport Indiana May 1 nine year old George Craven of Royal Center admits setting fires to three livery and feed stables in the city during the last week. He is under arrest.
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Logansport
Ind
George Craven
Royal Center
Chicago Markets Update From May First Trading Day
Chicago markets report open high low close figures for May and July futures in Wheat Corn and Oats, plus Pork Lard and Ribs prices. Live stock notes show hogs open steady with 16,000 receipts, cattle and sheep receipts and price ranges. Liverpool and Kansas City/Omaha receipts and weather map summaries complete the dispatch.
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Tod’y Y
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
Northwest
Minneapolis
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Liverpool
Weather for Iowa Outlook in Chicago Report
Fair tonight and Saturday with rising temperatures. Sun rises at 4 49 and sets at 6 48 while the moon sets at 11 15 p m.
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