Wilton and Davenport youths wed in Joliet elopement
Robert Naeve of Davenport Vera Miller of Wilton James Ady of Atalissa and Vera Mason of Davenport eloped to Joliet and were married there returning home. Families forgave and blessed them as news spread through Davenport and nearby.
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Davenport
Iowa
Robert Naeve
Vera Miller
Wilton
James Ady
Atalissa
Vera Mason
Joliet
Mason
Pacific Coast
Denver
Elderly Muscatine man dies after night of exposure
Andrew Cracker 81 wandered all night along the Wilton branch right of way in cold rain and sat in a pool, found at 5 AM. He died shortly before 1 PM at his home 1219 Oak Street. He led Hershey mill work and left five daughters and one son. Funeral set for Saturday at German Methodist church.
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Wilton
Andrew Cracker
Andrew Cracker, Jr
Julius Gerndt, Jr
Oak Street
Cracker
Muscatine
Hershey
Mississippi River
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
Benjamin Hershey
Musser Lumber Company
Margaret Lambert
J. Asthalter
Lewis Kinsley
Benj. Boling
Nellie Meyers
Jones Farm
Martin Sweitzer
E. B. Fulham
Mr. Cracker
South Muscatine
Frank Ellman
Sensation grows as Junken murder trial unfolds
In Centerville Iowa on May 27 the Junken murder trial features sensational testimony about the victim Clara Rosen and claims of ravishment. Defense asks clemency, arguing Junken’s moral irresponsibility from “Smoky Row” Ottumwa. State presents evidence linking a local negro to the crime and possession of the victim’s ring and belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Junken
Charles Petersen
William Black
Clara Rosen
John Junken
Ottumwa
Frank Hunter
J. C. Mitchell
Hunter
Seneca Cornell
Fred Rosen
Mitchell
W.S. Hollingsworth
J. E. Hixenbaugh
W. S. Carmer
B. L. Meadows
Enoch Cline
F. A. McKern
Frank McCollum
J. R. Hamilton
E. E. Craver
George Huston
Morgan Edwards
H. Beavis
Roberts
Court House
William Bray
Grand Jury Room
Tes
Triple shooting follows reconciliation attempt near Tiffin
Levi Hill shot his wife and their 6 year old son at her home near Tiffin Iowa then killed himself. Both victims were badly wounded but survived after hospital treatment. Hill was jailed and a charge of assault with intent to commit murder was expected to be filed.
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Iowa City
Levi Hill
Tiffin
Here
Hill
Rowland
McDonald
Train mail run may start on Georgia Railroad
Atlanta on May 27 reports the post office department will move to begin a mail train service on the Georgia railroad. Striking firemen have offered to operate the train, enabling mail carriage to commence.
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Atlanta, Ga
Post Office Department
Georgia Railroad
Thirteen Hanged in Constantinople Publicly
Constantinople May 27 thirteen men were hanged at daybreak for complicity in the April revolutionary outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Weston Reaches Denver in Hike Across Nation
Edward Pay son Weston, aged pedestrian, arrives in Denver after 2 479 miles from New York and reports being two days and a half ahead of his schedule. Crowds grow restless for the verdict in the sister murder case as guards and secret service tighten security around the courtroom.
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Denver
Col
New York
Edward Payson Weston
Jimony
Fred Rosen
Stard
Secret Service
Junken
Suffragettes Seek New Laws On National Petition Day
Julia Ward Howe marks her 90th birthday as suffragists nationwide launch petitions to urge Congress to pass suffrage legislation next fall. Howe celebrates with family in Boston as friends send congratulations and flowers.
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New York
N. Y
Congress
Julia Ward Howe
Boston
Mass
Roosevelt Accepts Bid To Big Banquet In Nairobi
Theodore Roosevelt, guest of Governor Jackson in Nairobi, accepts an invitation to a public banquet on August 3. The expedition reports 86 game specimens from 22 varieties, most for the National Museum in Washington, and naturalists have gathered about 1,000 birds, mammals and snakes.
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Nairobi
Theodore Roosevelt
Jackson
Roosevelt
National Museum
Washington
Memorial Programs At Wilton Memorial Day Observances
Wilton Ia May 27 memorial plans announced for Sunday May 30 at M E church 11 a m with organ elegy anthem and America hymn. Monday May 31 procession forms 1 39 p m from Fourth Street to Oakdale cemetery with Wilton Band G A R Henry Seibert Post and civic groups. Decorations and prayers mark Soldiers' graves events.
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Congregation
J. E. Corley
America
D. D. Tallman
J. B. Bloom
Wilton
N. Ayres
Z. R. Hanley
F. W. Doran
D. J. Dwyer
Wilton Band
Henry Seibert
G. Bee
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Clarence A. Brown
Fort Sumter
Faye Ayres
J. R. Hanley
Henry Seibert Post
Oakdale
St. Mary’s
Prinzess Alice runs aground near Fort Wadsworth in fog
The North German Lloyd liner Prinzess Alice grounded near Fort Wadsworth Staten Island while departing for Bremen. Captain expects quick relief as tide rises. Passengers aboard report little excitement. Separately, the Furness liner Almeriana arrived from Liverpool with a damaged bow after striking an iceberg near Newfoundland.
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New York
N. Y
Fort Wadeworth
Staten Island
Bremen
St. Johns
N. F
Furness
Almeriana
Liverpool
Report Calls For Broad Reforms In Liquor Policy
The Presbyterian general assembly praises Taft William and Eliot for temperance example and endorses far reaching reforms to end liquor revenue, stop interstate shipments, prohibit liquor ads in malls, and set a 25 mile prohibitory zone around Indian reservations.
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Denver
Col
Taft
William
Eliot
Harvard University
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
Temperance Committee
Assembly
Congress
Prohibition
Territory liquor shipment bill moved in Senate
Senator Curtis of Kansas introduced an interstate liquor shipment bill in Washington. It prohibits shipments of liquor from outside states to points where such shipment would be unlawful, extending to shipments from within the same state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Curtis
Kansas
National Anti-Saloon League
Langley
Kentucky
Youthful clammer drowns at Cordova
Cordova Illinois May 27 Howard Tew a 12 year old lad was drowned yesterday while clamming in the river He was alone in the boat and lost his balance pulling in his line and fell overboard He never came up again Dragging of the river continued yesterday afternoon last night and this morning but the body had not yet been found.
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Cracker
J. Asthalter
Julius Gerndt
Andrew Cracker, Jr
Mr. Asthalter
Mr. Cracker
Mr. Gerndt
Sweitzer Farm
Hoopes
Cordova
Ill
Howard Tew
Taft seeks 1910 Brussels expo appropriation in congress
President Taft sent to the senate a message urging action on a 1910 universal and international exposition in Brussels and renews Roosevelt's recommendation for U S participation. Cummins, a progressive leader, calls for ending differential duty to protect beet sugar and warns against continued free sugar from Porto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines. The senate votes 47 to 36 to retain the Dutch standard test in the sugar schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate
Herbert Winslow
House
Taft
Congress
Roosevelt
United States
Brussels
Cummins
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Count Boni Wins and Loses By Decision of High Court
Paris authorities report the high court affirmed the lower court ruling granting the mother custody of Count Boni De Castelain’s children. The father retains sole right to choose their instructor and designate the college. Prince Helie De Sagan is barred from visiting the children and the appeal costs are split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Boni
High Court
Paris
Count Boni de Castelain
Helie de Sagan
Explosion knocks out 30 000 Chicago phones on West Side
An explosion of sewer gas in Chicago on May 27 disabled about thirty thousand telephones by blowing a water main hole and flooding conduit wiring, causing a citywide outage on the west side.
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Chicago
West Side
Weather Summary for Iowa and Illinois
Iowa generally fair tonight and Friday with warmer conditions in the west portion. Illinois generally fair tonight and Friday with warmer in the north and cooler in the extreme northeast Friday afternoon. Sunrise 4 19, sunset 7 16, moonset 1 15 am.
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Iowa
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