Weekly papers may raise prices in Des Moines area
Des Moines editors discuss a price increase for weekly newspapers with strong support for raising rates. Club women push for a safer Fourth of July celebration as city council members face pressure to act. Smallpox outbreak at Cedar Falls State Teachers College prompts a request for a $5000 emergency hospital fund, with state officials uncertain on funding.
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Des Moines
Teachers’ College
Horace Barnes
Albia Republican
Southern Iowa Editorial Association
W. H. Davidson
Burlington Hawkeys
O. BE. Hull
Leon Reporter
Burlington
Counc
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
State Board of Education
State Executive Council
Fast Mail Kills Man Near Denison Iowa
Carl C H Lorenzen of Denison was struck by the Northwestern fast mail five miles west of the city. He had recently been at Hecla South Dakota and Glidden Iowa. Married man leaves several brothers in Denison. He was walking to Arion to catch the Milwaukee train for South Dakota.
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Denison
Carl C. H. Lorenzen
Northwestern Fast Mail
Arion
Hecla
Glidden
Milwaukee
South Dakota
Boy Shot at Charivari Near Logan Iowa wedding
Thirteen year old Will Grayton was shot in the face at a northwest Logan charivari during the Hunter Weston wedding. He may lose an eye and was taken to Omaha for surgery. No shooter has been identified and there has been no search for the culprit.
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Logan
Will Grayton
Omaha
Hunter-Weston
Boone Given Swedish Home
The Boone Commercial association reports the national convention of the Swedish Free Church of America has accepted its proposal. A national home for aged people of the Swedish Free Church of America will be located in Boone Iowa.
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Boone, Ia
The
Commercial Association
National Convention
Swedish Free Church of America
Chicago
Boone Commercial Association
Boone
Farmer dies in cave-in on Fairfield area farm
Charles Johnson fifty year old wealthy farmer living a mile north of Fairfield was killed when four feet of a dam caved in during repairs to an overflow pipe. Neighbors pulled him from the water but he was dead at the scene.
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Fairfield
Charles Johnson
Explosion hurls gasoline tank, fires Galt store
In Marion Iowa on June 24 a gasoline tank exploded at the Pasco store in Galt blowing the tank across the block and igniting the building. EBA Pasco suffered severe burns while fire crews fought the blaze threatening the town’s business district. Live Stock Men Meet at Sioux City delegates from all markets attended the National Live Stock association convention in Sioux City Iowa on June 24. A luncheon for 193 meeting delegates was served at the Hotel West in Portland as Dr G A Johnson of the United States bureau of animal industry spoke
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Marion
Pasco
Galt
EBA Pasco
Sioux City
National Live Stock Association
Portland
Ore
Wanto
Hotel West
G. A. Johnson
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Griswold Farmer Henry McCullough Dies at Home
Griswold Indiana June 24 Henry McCullough a well known farmer living three and a half miles northeast of Griswold dropped dead at his home. He was about sixty and unmarried.
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Griswold, In
Henry McCullough
Noutheast
Griswold
Mr. McCullough
Victoria's Old New York Hotel Sold for 8 Million
The Hotel Victoria in New York was sold by Lady Almeric Hugh Paget and John S Melcher for 8 million dollars. Plans call for tearing it down to build a twenty story office building, ending a historic hotel era once frequented by actors politicians and English visitors.
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New York
Almeric Hugh Paget
John S Melcher
Folk
Henry Irving
Fifth Avenue
Cleveland
Walton
Awhille
Supreme Court Work Sets Heavy October Term Ahead
With the U S Supreme Court ending its term and judges departing for summer, officials outline a vast October return. Thirty five important cases will be heard starting first day or soon after, including challenges to coal land claims in Alaska and antitrust actions against James A Patten. The court also will review land fraud trials on the Pacific coast and leave about a dozen undecided cases from the just closed term. The federal employers liability act constitutional question tops the summer docket. Deputy Clerk Maher notes 100 cases filed and 44 disposed of in the term just ended, with 166 opinions issued.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Charles F. Munday
Stracey Coal Lands
Alaska
James A. Patten
Frederick A. Hyde
Pacific Coast
Maher
Mutton Plot at Hay Market Causes Comical Fall
A London tale from the Hay Market theater recounts a prank on the prop man by Farren and Compton. Farren fixed a hook to a boiled leg of mutton used as a prop. the leg rose and splashed to the stage audience, provoking laughter as the property man claimed his unwitting supper.
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William Farren
Henry Compton
Farren
Compton
Finta
London Family Herald
Total disability ends premiums under Reliance Life policy
George H Foster of Columbus Ohio insured with Reliance Life Insurance Company of Pittsburg in 1905 becomes totally disabled by paralysis and qualifying for the total disability clause his premiums cease and the policy is fully paid up His grateful father forwards a receipt from Sugar Grove Ohio November 8 1909 noting endorsement and appreciation for prompt handling The Plattsmouth Nebraska agent is W J Thomas with bank reference from H N Dovey First National Bank of Plattsmouth
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Reliance Life Insurance Company
Pittsburg
George Howard Foster
Reliance Life of
Columbus
Ohio
Sugar Grove
Reliance Life Insurance Co
G. WH. Foster
Reliance Life Insurance Company of
Plattamouth
Nebraska
W. J. Thomas
H. N. Dovey
First National Bank of
Plattsmouth
Golden Jubilee of Canon H Burgess Ordination
Preparations for the golden jubilee of Canon H Burgess’ ordination proceed for Thursday June 20. St Luke’s parish invites the public to join in special services at the church at morning and 10 30. Bishop Williams and clergy from across the state will officiate. A reception follows at the rectory 3 to 6 50 and again 8 to 10 o’clock.
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Canon H. Burgess
St. Luke's Parish
Bishop Williams
Canon Burgess
Local residents visit Plattsmouth and surrounding towns
Local news notes Omaha residents Mrs H A Smith and W C Ramsey visiting Plattsmouth. Miss Marie Hobscheidt and sister ride to Glenwood. John Hennings of Louisville visits county seat. J J Mayfield Louisville Courier editor arrives on No 4. Mayor L B Brown of Kenosha calls at Journal office and reports local conditions improving.
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Marie Hobscheidt
Glenwood
John Hennings
Louisville
J. J. Mayfield
Louisville Courier
Court House
People and officials travel and ordinances noted in Plattsmouth
Local notices report William Wynn and others boarding the morning train to Omaha visiting friends. Lincoln, Murray, Cedar Creek, and Louisville figures travel for business or duty. An ordinance fixes city salaries including mayor and council pay while a hearing leads to asylum commitment.
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W. J. Miller
William Tritsch
Cedar Creek
Mr. Miller
Journal Ofice
Forest Rose Flour Promoted by Customer Prompt
A prompt pitch suggests trying a sack of Forest Rose flour for baking needs and asks readers to consult their dealer for opinions. The ad tone encourages trying the product and seeking local input on quality.
Another Barn Dance at Puls Home
A barn dance is planned at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Puls next Saturday evening July 1st. Attendees of the last Puls event know it promises a good time with good music and pleasant company. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Otto Puls
Puls
Man recalls cigar habit in windy conversation
In a rustic exchange two men discuss daily cigar costs and smoking habit. One admits spending a dollar a day on cigars while noting a heavy smoke rate. The other points out the seeming excess as the wind shifts.
Stationery Line Featured at Journal Sale
An old line of initial stationery once sold at the Journal for 45 cents now fetches about double that price, illustrating rising vintage paper goods value.
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The
Journal
Bellboy to Professor Yoshio Tanikawa Heads Kyoto University
A Japanese bellboy at a Boston hotel, Yoshio Tanikawa, 18, earned a Harvard MA last year after a BA in Japan and will sail to Japan to lead the philosophy department at the University of Kyoto. He has not explained why he left his hotel job.
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Boston
Queate
Jasmin
Youhio Tanikawa
University of Kioto
Yoshio
Harvard
Mins Heapons
When He Was Bad and Jim Divrwell in Travel Tales
A reminiscence from Mrs. Austen recounts Jim Disraeli’s youth on travels with her and her husband. She notes his mix of depravity and charm, but praises his overall conduct, joking that he is amiable except for stubborn shirt buttons which provoke daily mischief.
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Benjamin Divrwell
Mrs. Austen
Jim
Mr. Monypenny
Disraeli
Witty Pitt Nicknamed Divinity by Family and Friends
The text recalls Ann Pitt nicknamed Divinity Pitt by Bolingbroke and witty exchanges with Lord Chatham. It notes earlier letters to Pitt from Northampton describing his youth and torn between lively phrases like Dearest Nanny and little Jug. A later life Chesterfield quip shows Ann’s sharp humor. It also mentions Representative Browne assaulting Tribune correspondent O Phillips in Springfield, leaving him unconscious for forty minutes.
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Ann Pitt
Bolingbroke
Hagland
William Pit
Lord Chatham
Pitt
Ann
Nan
Jug
Northampton
Chesterfield
Lee O'Neil Browne
Ottawa
O. Phillips
The
Chicago Tribune
Springfield
Phillips
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