W C T U Holds Louisa County Meeting with Debating Declamation
At the Methodist church in Wapello on Friday the Louisa county W C T U held its annual meeting amid weather woes. The highlight was a declamatory contest awarding a silver medal to Miss Gladys Kerr of Morning Sun. eight young contestants performed as judges and program details covered devotionals, round table talks on Bible reading in schools, curfew laws, cigarette enforcement, and suffrage, with musical interludes and temperance discussions led by local Morning Sun members.
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Wapello
T.U
Louisa County
McBlain
Methodist Church
Froeschler
Grace M. J
Zolai Sweeney
Gladys Kerr
R. &. Parks
Morning Sun
Round Table
Winona Wilson
Busie Kilpatrick
F. 3. Brown
Railway accidents fever 2102 killed in railroads report
A May 2 report from the Interstate Commerce Commission shows 2102 killed and 41030 injured in the first quarter of 1914. Only 79 deaths occurred in train accidents. the rest were other railroad incidents involving workers, passengers boarding or alighting, and trespassers.
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Associated Press
Leas
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago street car workers vote on strike demand
Eleven thousand employees of Chicago street car lines began voting on a strike to secure wage increases. Balloting ends tomorrow morning while thirty five hundred elevated workers proceed with similar plans. Agreements between workers and companies expire Monday.
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Casseglated
Chicago
Hes Witk Most
West Liberty Commencement Plans Publicized
West Liberty Iowa outlines for class night May 31 and commencement June 5 at the opera house. Hon Frank Gageby to deliver the commencement address on Mountains and Molecules. Programs list music, poetry, oration, readings, and school performances featuring Grace L Gibson Alice Fiano Vincent Bodeman Josephine Chase Eugenia Nichols Gladys Moylan Everett Ward Jonah Hiltmans Frank Sampson.
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Grace L. Gibson
Alice Fiano
Vincent Bodeman
Josephine Chase
Eugenia Nichols
Everett Ward
Reading
Gladys ‘Moylan
Valse Caprise
Frank Sampson
Jonah Hiltmans
Greeley
Frank Gageby
C. L. Stafford
Glee Clas
Mountains and Molecules and Diploma Day at Crestview
Rev Frank Gageby delivers an address on mountains and molecules as the Glee Club performs. Diplomas are presented by President C G Brown with responses from Class President Wilbur Wolff and Benediction by Rev Robert Meclaturff.
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Frank Gageby
Glee Club
C. G. Brown
Wilbur Wolf
Robert Meclaturff
District Meet Program Announced for Muscatine Clergymen
Muscatine clergymen join the Muscatine district conference of the Methodist Church to be held in Conesville next Monday and Tuesday. The schedule lists devotional services, sermons, and discussions led by local ministers on topics including church efficiency, Sunday School, Epworth League, and district campaigns.
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Muscatine
Methodist
Conesville
C. EL Berdine
R. J. Knock
R. Collier
Epworth League
H. Krenmeyer
TH. M. Cannon
J. A. Worrell
C. L. Stafford
J. J. Prichard
J. C. Coughlan
E. C. Brooks
H. F. Gilbert
O. HE
Baumgarten
L. M. Grigsby
Pardons sought for eleven miners jailed after Prairie Creek riot
Applications for pardons for eleven coal miners sentenced to six months and fined $1000 each for conspiracy in the Prairie Creek mining district riot were sent to President Wilson. Among the applicants is Fred Holt of McAllister Oklahoma, former secretary and treasurer of the United Mine Workers of Oklahoma Arkansas and Texas.
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Associated Press
Fort Smith
Ark
Prairie Creek
Wilson
Fred Holt
McAllister
Okla
Ited
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Cough Remedies Promised To End Lingering Ailments
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a cure for persistent coughs and influenza like colds that hang on past May. It claims to ease inflammation clear blocked passages relieve discharges banish mucus wheezy breathing and soothe鼻 passages without opiates. The ad notes it acts promptly and safely and is sold at local outlets.
Funeral Held for Emitt McClain at Iowa City
The funeral of Emitt McClain dean of the college of law at the University of Iowa and former Iowa Supreme Court chief justice was held in Iowa City with notable attendees from the legal and university community. A memorial service will follow featuring Chief Justice Horace Deemer as main speaker. A Memorial Day observance included a graveside parade and river tribute. Johnson County recorded 312 more births in the year, with 167 boys and 145 girls born.
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Iowa City
Emitt ‘McClain
College of Law
Iowa University
Iowa Supreme Court
D. W W. Wylie
Presbyterian Church
Iowa
Law
Johnson County Bar Association
oHrace &. Deemer
Iowa River
T. H. Wacbride
W. A. Willis
Willis’ Academy
DW. Wylie
Herbert B. A
McBride
Cedar Rapids
Johnson County
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Howard Baird
Lillian Beck
Carl
Robetta Hays
Gladys Errusic
Grace M. E. Glee Club
Margaret Robb
Mae Stadgell
Glen Wilson
Reymond Wilson
West Liberty
Mencement
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Old Line Life
National Life Insurance CO
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Faerber Agency
D. B. Addleman
Davenport
Hershey Bank Bldg
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Muscatine Lighting Co
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