Exposition official hurt as streetcars derail on Fillmore Hill
SAN FRANCISCO June 7 J D O Neil chief of concessions at the Panama Pacific exposition was possibly fatally injured and a score of persons sustained minor hurts when two coupled exposition bound streetcars broke loose at the hilltop, plunged 300 feet, and collided with two upbound cars near the bottom. O Neill suffered both legs broken and a skull fracture is reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
J. D. O'Neil
Fillmore Street Hill
O'Neill
Nebraskan incident inquiry after Berlin statement
Washington June 7 The state department announced receipt of a cable from Ambassador Gerard in Berlin saying he asked the German foreign office for a statement about a Nebraskan incident. The German reply indicated no official information of an attack had been received but the matter would be investigated and reported to Gerard promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Hebatgecoht
Gerard
Berlin
Foreign Office
Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
The Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder problems and bladder irregularities in men and women and regulate children's bladder troubles. It promises a two month treatment from one small bottle and offers testimonials, with Dr J W Hall in St Louis as the contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Wonder
J. W. Hall
Olive Street
St. Louis
Druggista
Citadel Surrounds London Amid War Front Advances
June 7 report says German and Austrian forces push through Galicia with encirclements near Lemberg and Przemysl while extending offensives in the Baltic region. British air defense sharpens after Zeppelin raids. Italy joins Allied financial bloc with Britain and France. Chancellor and Italian treasury minister agree to pool resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Brussels
Ghent
London
Italy
Germany
Treasury
Britain
France
Russia
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promoted For Wounds
An old advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a remedy for ordinary ailments like cuts bruises and scratches. It claims the salve prevents infection lowers danger from blood poisoning and heals skin blemishes pimples eczema and salves are sold in a 2-ounce 23-cent box via druggists.
Geldermeister Seeks German Sympathy
Geldermeister reports from Berlin that a sizable portion of the German populace and an important faction in the government oppose extreme militarism and favor peace talks. Neutrals are urged to mediate now to avert broader involvement and a drawn out conflict.
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Gster
Berlin
Counties vote on saloon closures in Minnesota
Voters in 12 counties including Olmstead Blue Earth Traverse Todd Pipestone Renville Dodge Kandi vota Murray Otter Tail Redwood and Watonwan decide today whether to vote out more than thirty saloons under the Minnesota county option law. The Todd county race is especially heated with two breweries in contention.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Olmstead
Blue Earth
Traverse
Todd
Pipestone
Renville
Dodge
Kaniyogsa
Murray
Otter, Tail
Redwood
Watonwan
Todd County
Germans Victors at Klusz in June advance
Berlin reports Austro German forces crossed the Dniester and then scored a victory at Klusz, forty five miles southeast of Drohobycz. They took many prisoners as Gen. Linsingen's army conducted a feint on Zurawna and pressed the main advance northeast toward the frontline sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klusz
Berlin
London
Dniester
Linsingen
Zurawna
Drohobycz
War Briefs from Europe and Africa in 24 Hours
A 24 hour review notes Western front fighting around Arras Neuville Saint Vaast and along the Aisne with trench gains by Allies, eastern theater sees Russian advances halted, and Berlin reports suggest German progress in Galicia. Przemysl area prisoners exceed 30,000 for Austria, Italians push toward the Isonzo, and British action in Africa drives Germans from Sphinxhaven and sinks the Hermann von Wissmann.
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Arras
Neu- Ville St. Vaast
Aisne
War Office
Galicia
Berlin
Russia
Paris
Hebuterne
Sadissons
Rheims
Champagne
Przemysl
Vienna
Isonzo
Africa
Sphinxhaven
Nyassa
Herrmann -von Wissmann
Burlington Will Stick to General Association
In Burlington a meeting decided to take over and finance the Burlington baseball team and finish the season after T. C. Hayden quit the club and took the uniform. No game was played with Muscatine today. the forfeit did not count as an agreement was reached that the game would not count.
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Burlington
Burlington Baseball
T. C. Hayden
Muscatine
Justice
Keokuk Moose Defeats Quincy Lodge 13 to 1 on Sunday
Bill Whittaker a former Central Association pitcher for Keokuk Moose hurled a 13 to 1 victory over Quincy Lodge Sunday. Whittaker allowed only three hits and struck out fifteen while also homering in the ninth. Moecker Hermsmeier and Weiss had Quincy hits with doubles by Moecker and Hermsmeier. A number of good catches highlighted the exhibition.
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Bill Whittaker
Keokuk Moose
Quincy Lodge
Gem
Whittaker
Wen
Moecker
Hermsmeier
Weiss
Quincy
Senator Underwood Urges Merchantmen Over Battleships
In Andalusia Alabama on June 7 Senator Underwood urged construction of merchantmen rather than battleships saying transportation facilities would aid cotton transport and help business in the South. He called for calm deliberations with Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andalusia
Ala
Underwood
Germany
Foley Kidney Pills Restore Kidney and Bladder Health
A promotional notice urges prompt treatment of kidney and bladder issues with Foley Kidney Pills from Miller & Arthur Drug Co. It claims sufferers feel better after the first dose and warns against delaying care for rheumatic and related pains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Miller &Arthur Drug Co
Riot in Ceylon: Buddhists loot mosques on Buddha birthday
An official Ceylon report describes May 28 looting of Moslem shops in Kandy by Buddhists, followed by outbreaks in Colombo and other provinces. Martial law proclaimed. disorder attributed to racial and commercial tensions, with murders and rioting. European population spared per telegrams.
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London
Ceylon
Kandy
Colombo
Sabara Gamuwa
Obituary notices from Quincy residents
Obituaries report the death of Mrs. Sarah Burrall at 72 in Quincy with a large family surviving. Other notices include the deaths of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Mescher, Adolph Bachman, Mrs. Hal V. Smith, and John W. Myers, with survivors listed and burial plans noted for each.
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Sarah Burrall
Sarah A. Burrall
Quincy
Locust Street
Treaty Ratified Between Sweden and Russia
A dispatch from London reports that Petrograd ratified a treaty between Sweden and Russia last week, though the Morning Post notes no independent confirmation.
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London
Stoeshalry
Morning Post
Sweden
Russia
Petrograd
Villa Ready to Consider U. S. Note
Gen Francisco Villa will invite Carranza to a neutral conference to discuss President Wilson's note and a truce to avert intervention. Villa plans to draft a reply to Wilson and relocate ministers to Aguas Calientes. Carranza forces pursued by Obregon after Villa ordered troop retirements. Indians execute Mexican officers near Aldamas in Nuevo Leon over a planned revolution funds.
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EL Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Venustiano Carranza
Wilson
Enrique Perez Rul
Villa
Aguas Calientes
Carranza
Obregon
Leon
Brownsile
Eulalio Gutierred
E. P. Nafarrate
Matamoros
Gutierrez
United States
Mexico
Aldamas
Nuevo, Leon
Eugenio Aguirre Benavides
Julian Delgado
Guillermo Moran
Farmer Re-elected to Illinois Supreme Court Second District
Judge William M. Farmer, a Democrat from Vandalia, appears to have won re-election to the Illinois Supreme Court from the Second Judicial District. He led in most counties, with rough margins across Bond, Christian, Shelby, Bond, Pike, Jasper and Effingham. Bundy, the Republican from Centralia, was defeated.
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William MM. Farmer
Vandalia
Illinois Supreme Court
Centralia
Farmer
Bond
Scott
Marion
Madison
Christian County
Bundy
Shelby County
Pike
Jasper
Effingham
Republicans Carry Eleventh Judicial Judges Elected
BLOOMINGTON June 7 G W Patton of Pontiac T M Harris of Lincoln and Sain Welty of Bloomington all Republicans were elected judges of the 7th judicial circuit today Patton and Harris were re elected Welty succeeds Judge C D Meyers of Bloomington who declined re nomination
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Bloomington
G W. Patton
Pontiac
Lincoln
Sain Welty
7Th Judicial Circuit
Patto
Harris
Welty
C.D. Meyers
Dunn Elected to Supreme Court Third District
Early returns from Decatur Illinois indicate the re election of TL Or Dunn to the Supreme Court for the third district by a greatly reduced majority. Macon county previously gave him a 715 plurality in 1907 but today Fitzhenry leads. Additional counties report Dunn ahead in Champaign Pratt Ford and others. In the sixth judicial district F H Boggs W K Whitfield and George E Sentel win circuit court judge posts with Sentel succeeding Cochran as Cochran did not seek reelection.
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Dunn
Decatur
Supreme Court
Macon County
Fitzhenry
Champaign
Pratt
Ford
Moultrie
F.H. Boggs
Sullivan
Local County Returns Report Dilluted Figures From Sangamon District
An OCR fragment reports estimated returns from Sangamon County with figures for Fitzhenry, Christian, and Montgomery counties. It notes Farmer carried Sangamon by a margin over Dunm and Bundy, listing amounts 350, 2,359 and 1,141 in various counties, but the text is garbled and partial.
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Springfield
Sangamon
Dunm
Fitzhenry
Christian County
Farmer
Bundy
Montgomery County
Bunda
Republicans win local circuit judge seats in Fulton County
In Fulton County Illinois Republicans retain judiciary by re electing Circuit Judges 46 W Thompson of Galesburg H M Waggoner of Macomb and R J Grier of Monmouth over Democrats H H Gallagher Canton W C Ivins Stronghurst and J C Sawyer Macomb the results indicate political line up shifts.
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Fulton
Canton
Ill
Fulton County
Tudges
W.thompson
Galesburg
H. M. Waggoner
Macomb
R. J. Grier
Monmouth
HH. W. Gallagher
Dunn Leads Livingston County For Supreme Judge Seat
In Bloomington on June 7 precincts report three missing of 37, Livingston County gives Dunn, Republican, 29935 and Fitzhenry, Democrat, 1759. Late returns estimate James H. Cartwright, Republican, with a 6975 majority for re election as judge of the supreme court in the sixth district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Livingston County
Dunn
Fitzhenry
James H. Cartwright
Supreme Court
Election of Circuit Court Judges in Tenth Judicial District
In Peoria Illinois on June day, Judge T ON Green Judge John Niehaus and Judge CC E Stone were elected circuit court judges in the tenth judicial district. All are Democrats.
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Peoria
T.on. Green
Tohn Niehaus
Cc. E. Stone
Local marriages and probate notes from Quincy
Local notices record marriage licenses for Howard L. Mays and Edna B. Best in Wichita and Edna B. Best, and John Allen with Clara Rook of Quincy. Henry M. Orange and Jessie A. Wilson of La Grange also wed. Feld will admitted to probate. administrator not named. Inventory filed for W. H. Renfro estate shows no property. Will filed May 15 admitted. Ursula Zanger estate inventory lists cash 745.55 and notes 1100. Quincy receives featured advertising in Chicago Commerce with parks and buildings pictured. A factory clerk’s letter from City Point, Florida mentions growing fruit trees. A crippled man named J. McClune arrested at Burlington depot after a disturbance. Baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Trotter. he is a pitching hope for Quincy.
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Howard’. L. Mays
Wichita
Kan
Edna B. Best
Quincy
John. Allen
Clara. Rook
la Grange
Jessie A. Wilson
Casper H. Feld
C. H. Wood
W. H.renfro
Mr. Renfro
Wwlliam
Fred Rueter
Henry Rueter
Ursula Zanger
Edward Sohm
Chicago Commerce
Chicago ‘Chamber of Commerce
Erde Beatty
Frank A. Parker
City Point
Fla
Parker
McKinley Syndicate
Galesburg
Florida
J. McClune
Burlington Depot
Louis
Trotter
Quirney
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Adolph Bachman
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Brofidway
John’s Lutheran Church
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Hal V. Smith
W.K. Abbott
Taylor
Alice Burgess
Laura Witt
Minnie Prante
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North Ninth Street
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THE
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