Impressive Memorial Day Parade in Muscatine
A large crowd witnessed Muscatine's Decoration Day observance with a parade by veterans and auxiliary groups. The day featured cemetery flagging, wreaths, a church service at First Congregational, patriotic music, and remarks by Commander Robert Baird.
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Muscatine
Greenwood
St. Mary’s
Grand Army
Sons of Veterans
St. Mary’s Cemetery
First Congregational Church
Hawkeye
Alfred Wagner
Company
54Th Regiment
Iowa Avenue
Second Street
Jas. McElravy
Paudiet
Co. C
54Th Regt
Hill Camp
Dennis O’leary
Drum Corps
Julius Schmidt
Shelby Norman
G. A. R. R. B. Baird
G. H. Wiles
Bers
High Bridge
Third Street
Eda Critz
Buglers
Charles E. Bryden
First Baptist Church
Amalia Schmidt-Gobble
Keller
Ora W. Carrell
Friends Church
F. A. Smith
Musserville M. E
Baird
Robert B. Baird
Shelby Norman Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Gustav Schmidt
E. P. Day
Lincoln
Lyon
Wilson's Creek
Grant
Sherman
Shiloh
Nashville
Carolinas
Canby
Spanish Fort
Blakey
Farragut
Mobile Bay
Davis
Porter
Mississippi
Appomattox
Johnnie
Curtiss Flies Albany to New York for $10000 Prize
Glenn H. Curtiss completed a 137 mile Albany to New York flight in 2 hours 32 minutes setting a long distance speed record. He landed on Governor's Island after stops at Poughkeepsie and Inwood and earned the New York World prize of $10,000.
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New York
N. Y
Glenn H. Curtiss
Albany
Curtiss
Governor's Island
Poughkeepsie
Inwood
Curtis
New York World
New York City
Manhattan Island
Spuyten Duryvil Creek
Governor’s Island
Paulhan
London
Manchester
Passover memorials and community tributes described
A page recounts a ceremony with a kiss on the platform and a drum corps playing The Girl I Left Behind Me. Rev. Arthur S. Henderson delivered a masterful address on Exodus and Passover as a memorial feast.
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Arthur S. Henderson
First Congregational Church
Mr. Henderson
Revolutionists Take Prisoners in Nicaragua Fighting
Severe morning clash near Bluefields Nicaragua between Madrid troops and rebels. Revolutionists took two hundred prisoners. General Mena拒 refused to surrender Rama. Chavarria forces will press the town operations at San Juan Del Sur.
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Washington, D. C
Madrid
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Mena
San Juan del Sur
Rama
Chavarria
Curtiss Performs Fearless Flight Over Hudson Island Start
Curtiss lifts off from Van Rensselaer Island to race southward turning west briefly as crowds watch. The flight climbs to 500 to 700 feet then disappears from sight within three minutes. Charles K. Hamilton arrives from Florida and offers 2000 toward the prize for a New York to Chicago flight.
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Great Bridge
Poughkeepsie
Curtiss
Storm King
West Point
Curtis
van Rensselaer Island
Hudson
Albany
River Brink
New York Central
New York
Chicago
Charles K. Hamilton
Florida
Glenn H. Curtiss
Body of Alma Kellner Found in School Subbasement
The eight year old Alma Kellner disappeared last December and was identified by her uncle Frank Fehr. Her body was found in the sub-basement of St John s Catholic school Louisville five blocks from home wrapped in carpet with a missing limb in a separate part of the cellar.
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Louisville
Alma Kellner
Fred L. Kellner
St. John’s Catholic School
Frank Fehr
Candidacy of Sen Burrows Announced
Kalamazoo Michigan May 30 United States Senator Burrows today announced his candidacy for re election and his desire to be endorsed at the primary next fall.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
United States
Burrows
Woman Weds. Exhibits Insanity After Wedding
In Fespina Iowa May 30 Mrs Fred Rolfes formerly Miss Bella Leichman became violently insane within forty eight hours of her marriage due to wedding excitement and will be sent to a sanitarium.
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Iowa Evening Press
Fespina
Fred Rolfes
Bella Leichman
Gifford Pinchot Back From Europe Arrives in New York
New York May 30 Gifford Pinchot chief forester arrived on the steamer Arabic late last night but did not reach the dock until this morning.
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New York
N. Y
Gifford Pinchot
Chinese Boycott Call Expands Across China
San Francisco May 30 The Chronicle reports the local Chinese chamber of commerce plans a boycott of American goods to spread through China. Cablegrams were sent to Chinese merchant societies seeking aid and cooperation in retaliation for alleged injustices and denials of rights in the United States.
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San Francisco
Cal
the Chronicle
China
Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Day Observances Across Cities With Taft in New York
Memorial Day activities in New York featured President Taft reviewing veteran parades amid ideal weather. Chicago held ceremonies and large autos carried veterans while Washington closed Congress and executive offices for commemorations. Memorial services included flower boats on the Potomac and speeches at Arlington Soldiers Home Congressional Cemetery and Battleground Cemetery.
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New York
N. Y
United States
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument
Taft
Grand Army
Washington
Henry W. Taft
West Forty-eight Street
Sherman Square Hotel
Connecticut
Rhode Island
West End Avenue
Seventy Second Street
Riverside Drive
Monument
Chicago
Ill
Fort Sheridan
Washington, D. C
Congress
Potomac River
Arlington Cemetery
Senator Bradley
Kentucky
Depew
Heyburn
Idaho
Congressional Cemetery
Battleground
Senator Brown
Nebraska
New York Athletic Club Captures Regatta Events
At Harlem regatta on May 30 the New York Athletic Club won the junior double scull with a time of 6 minutes and 2025 seconds. Frederick Fuissell of Harlem won the senior quarter mile dash in 1 minute 3 seconds. The New York Juniors also took the junior four oared gig in 6 minutes 28 seconds.
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New York
N. Y
New York Athletic Club
Harlem
Frederick Fuissell
Husband shoots wife and priest in St Paul homicide
In St Paul Minnesota on May 29 1914 husband P J Gibbon shot his wife Mrs P J Gibbon 35 and killed Rev Father E S Walsh 39 a parish priest at the church of St Augustine after a long suburb drive. He then shot the priest twice and surrendered at the police station eight blocks away.
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Church of St. Augustine
Father Walsh
Gibbon
Chief McCormick
Lorimer Probe Seen Thorough and Expansive
The article notes the Senate investigation into Lorimer will likely be more exhaustive than the proposed resolution. Chicago reports Senator Broderick, indicted by Sangamon county grand jury for bribing Senator Holslaw to back Lorimer, surrendered and denied bribery.
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Lorimer
Washington, D. C
Senate
Illinois
Chicago
Ill
Broderick
Sangamon County Grand Jury
Holslaw
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Lar Ai
Congregational Church
Mulberry
Court House Square
Curbstone
New York State
Metropolis
Kellner
Ment
Sen
Europe
U.S
Commerce Chamber
Rade
Hall of Congress
Sible
The
S. & Weather
Iowa
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