Reverence and Honor Paid to Sleeping Heroes on Memorial Day
Memorial Day observances in Muscatine honored fallen soldiers with services at Greenwood and St. Marys cemeteries followed by memorial events at the W A Sunday Memorial Tabernacle. Rev Osborn and Lew J Yaggy spoke as veterans and local women's groups recalled war efforts including the Loyal League and Soldiers Aid Society.
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Greenwood
St. Mary’s
Shelby Norman Post
Post
Sons of Veterans
G. A. R. Hall
Greenwood Cemetery
St. Mary’s Cemetery
W. A. Sunday Memorial Tabernacle
Thomas Osborn
First Methodist Church
Lew J. Yaggy
Robert B. Baird
Gus. Schmidt
Sarah Fox
Isabelle Norton
John Circle
Frank Warfield
Col
Col. Hare Circle
W. S. Norton
Alfred Wagner
Co. C
Emmet Huffman
Baird
Lou Dunsmore
Sarah Horton
Laura Eicchelberger
Ella Pratt
Royal League
Court Square
Laura Eichelberger
Edna Howe
W. W. McQuesten
Charles F. Cadle
Benj
Beach
Young Ladies’ Loyal League
Soldiers’ Aid Society
Loyal League
M. E. Church
H. Brewster
C. Cadle
F. H. Stone
W. C. Woodward
Gabriel Little
Sanitary Commission
Iowa
Chicago
A. B .Robbins
Tremont Hall
Muscatine
Col. Beach
Benj.” Beach
Muscatine County
The
Journal
Second Street
Iowa Avenue
Mulberry Avenue
Tabernacle
Paudhet
Assembly
Robert Schenck, Jr
A. T. Cummins
Fifty-fourth Regiment
I. N
Dennis O'Leary
Camp Hill No
Parnhouse
Lew J. Yager
Iowa Sons of Veterans
Congregational Quartette
Garner
Paudiet
Potpouri
Memorial Day Observed in West Liberty with 4000 in Attendance
Judge Horace E. Deemer of Red Oak delivers Memorial Day address at the Vawter Chautauqua tent. West Liberty crowds honor fallen comrades with G A R and W R C procession to the cemetery, cadet salutes, and a camping drill after the service.
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West Liberty
Vawter
Red Oak
U. S. Band
P. H. Green
United States Cadets
Fair Grounds
The Bivouac of the Dead Poem Excerpt
The muffled drum's sad roll marks the soldier's last tattoo. Their silent tents lie on Fame's camping ground as glory guards the bivouac of the dead. Rest on embalmed and sainted dead, dear as the blood you gave, while honor keeps the hallowed spot where valor sleeps.
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Theodore O'Hara
Lightning Strikes Iowa Home Wrecks House. Family Escapes
A May 31 report from Columbus Junction Iowa describes William Cosgro and his family narrowly escaping injury when lightning struck their south of town residence at 2 am. The bolt destroyed a window two feet from Cosgro's bed, split a closet door, damaged the roof and chimney, knocked plaster loose, burned exterior walls, and left the home heavily damaged yet unoccupied. The house was insured and drew visitors all day to view the damage.
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Columbus Junction
Iowa
William Cosgro
Memorial Day Strike Disrupts Philadelphia Transit
Philadelphia on Memorial Day as Philadelphia Rapid Transit workers strike, only 25 percent of cars run, hindering cemetery visits and park trips. Police accompany each car. order largely maintained amid the disruption. A Taft conservation note urges federal action to protect waterways soil forests and public lands.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Chicago
Ill
Taft
A. W. Shaw
Business Man's Magazine
United States
Airship Travel Ends With Field Landing Near Copenhagen
The Zeppelin returning to Friedrichshafen from Bitterfeld landed in an open field near Copenhagen after the envelope touched a tree branch and tore. Repair work will be conducted in Friedrichshafen before further travel. The aeronaut calls the trip the longest yet, covering about 50 miles in 37 hours.
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Copenhagen
Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Bitterfeld
Berlin
Expert Tells of Degeneracy and Crime Destiny
Dr. H. J. Hoeve a criminology expert of Des Moines testified in Centerville Iowa that Junken represents the most perfect degenerate type he has examined linking heredity environment and education to criminal inclinations He compared Junken with Billy Arholt the Chicago hold up man and noted similarities Junken claimed acquaintance with Arholt and the doctor said Junken tends toward dissipation and robbery He found no insanity but said degeneracy explains his view that wrong acts are right The state has doctors in court to testify that Junken can discriminate between right and wrong.
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J. M. Beck
Centerville
H. J. Hoeve
Des Moines
Junken
Billy Arholt
Chicago
Earthquake in Greece Reports Minor Damage on Morea Peninsula
A quake struck the Morea peninsula yesterday morning near Athens with slight damage reported. No injuries are mentioned and authorities assess the tremor’s impact.
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Greece
Athens
Morea Peninsula
Senators Face Holiday Duty Over Tariff Debate
Washington on May 31 senators entered the senate with sour looks to work on a legal holiday. The tariff bill was taken up and the lemon paragraph again discussed as Flint defended the committee's amendment raising duty to one and a half cents a pound.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Flint
Committee On Finance
Wilton High School Graduates Hear Baccalaureate Sermon
Rev. J. B. Bloom pastor of the Presbyterian church delivered the baccalaureate sermon to the Wilton high school graduates at the church last evening. Graduates attended in a body with many friends and patrons filling the church to capacity. The address was eloquent.
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Wilton
Iowa
J. B. Bloom
The
Presbyterian Church
Wilton High School
HullUnableToAppearInCourt DueTo Wounds
Iowa City May 31 Special County Attorney McDonald filed charges against Levi Hill for assault with intent to murder his wife in Justice Kenderdine's court. The case was continued as Hill was unable to appear due to severe injuries and suspected blood poisoning.
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Iowa City
McDonald
Levi Hill
Kenderdine
Hill
Navigators Run Up the Cedar on Exploration Run
The government gasoline skiff Hornet led by Major Montgomery Meigs of Keokuk and assistants Theodore T. Meyling and George R. Hartell progresses up the Cedar River toward Cedar Rapids from Columbus Junction Iowa. After rest they resumed the expedition with hope for smooth navigation and minimal difficulty.
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Columbus Junction
Hornet
Montgomery Meigs
Keokuk
Theodore T. Meyling
George R. Hartell
Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Meigs
Iowa
Cedar
Taft Speaks At Gettysburg Monument Unveiling
President Taft unveils the granite monument to regular Army troops of the 1863 Gettysburg campaign at the battlefield. Helen Taft lifts the covering as the Star Spangled Banner plays. Secretary Dickinson transfers the monument to the Gettysburg National Park Commission amid parade and salutes.
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Congress
Taft
Pittsburg
Helen
National Government
Gettysburg National Park Commission
Dickinson
Col
Nicholson
Washington
Navigators Leaving Columbus Junction for Cedar Rapids
A travel note indicates navigators depart Columbus Junction by morning, aiming to reach Moscow by evening before continuing to Cedar Rapids.
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Columbus Junction
Moscow
Cedar Rapids
Weather Outlook Shows Showers and Thunderstorms Tonight
The forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms tonight with possible activity into Tuesday. Colder air moves in tonight and Thursday in the east. Illinois remains unsettled with showers and thunderstorms tonight and probably in the north Tuesday. Sunrise is 4 17, sunset 7 20, moonset 2 43 a m.
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Illinois
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