County Officials Tour 100 Miles of Roads
Melrose and surrounding towns were surveyed by Highway Superintendent L. L. Boyer and Supervisor Chairman Oscar Arntzen. The 100 mile auto tour found roads in good condition with workers present in Liberty McKee Payson Richfield Fall Creek and other areas. Officials expect reports on work done soon though delivery is delayed.
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L. L. Boyer
Oscar Arntzen
Board of Supervisors
Liberty
McKee
Payson
Arntzen
Rose Taken From Jail in Bowling Green Missouri
Fearing a frenzied mob after the capture of Harrison Rose a Black suspect in the Dudley Davidson farmer murder authorities moved Rose from Pike county jail to a safe location. Sheriff Hawkins and deputies refuse to reveal the current whereabouts while prosecutors delay arraignment until public sentiment cools.
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Bowling Green
Harrison
Rose
Dudley’ Davidson
W. P. Hawkins
Pike County
Bowling. Green
Hawkins
McGinnis
Town Topics Band Contest And Baseball Tournament
Golden Era announces a band contest and baseball tournament in town on September 1 and 16 with other attractions. Elsie Wiskirchen leaves for St Elisabeth's Institute in St Louis to join her aunt in the staff. John Daul the local barber returns from Chicago. Dorcas Guild of Luther Memorial church plans a meeting this afternoon at Mrs Schwinedeler's home with music refreshments and a program. Mrs Hollander visits Chicago. Blomberg family returns from Rockford. Seidel family visits from Chicago. Kraft family hosts Seidel relatives.
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Golden New Era
Elsie Wiskirchen
Henry Wiskirchen
St. Elisabeth's Institute
St. Louis
John Daul
Chicago
Dorcas Guild of the
Luther. Memorial Church
W. A. Schwindeler
Maine Street
Bingaman
van Doorn
Schwinedeler
Frank Hollander
C. F. Nesbit
C. E. Blomberg
Carl
Howard
Rockford
Albert Seidel
Jacob Kraft
Kilburn Named Official Rangemaster for Chicago Shoot
Dale G Kilburn prominent city druggist and Fifth Infantry adjutant is appointed rangemaster for the Chicago range hosting the state shoot starting tomorrow through Sunday and Monday. He will lead the range operations with Camp Lincoln officials guiding the Windy City site. Company F, Fifth Infantry, will participate with a strong record, and the team departs for Chicago and returns Tuesday.
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Dale G. Kilburn
Fifth Infantry
Chicago
Windy City
State Department
Company F
Fifth. Infantry
Catholic Calendar of Events Sept 3 to Sept 12
Catholic calendar lists meetings of Young Men and Ladies Sodalitys at St Francis St Boniface and St Mary schools, Labor Day observances, various WCUs and parish groups, openings of St Peters St Francis St Marys institutions, and multiple feast days from Sept 3 to Sept 12. The schedule includes picnics openings and numerous branch meetings across St Peters St Boniface St Marys and St Rose churches.
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St. Francis School
St. Boniface School
Arcade
Hall
St. John’s School
St. .Peter’s
W.C. U
St. Boniface
St.Rose
St. Rose School
St. Agnes
St.Mary's Academy
St. James
W. C.U
St. Peter's Hall
St. Peter Claver
St. Nicholas
W.C.U
St. Barbara
WW. C. U
Young Men’s Society
St. Boniface Church
St. Aloysius Orphan Society
St. Elizabeth Ladies’ Society
Organized Motorcyclists Plan for National Guard Detachment
Major General John F. O’Ryan of the New York National Guard details Capt. Yorfillard Spencer to form and command a volunteer detachment of motorcyclists to be temporarily attached to the state guard. An invitation is issued to motorcycle clubs and riders around Greater New York to attend a meeting next week where the plan will be outlined.
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New York
John F.o’ryan
New York National Guard
Yorfillard Spencer
Coast Artillery Corps
National Guard
Marines seize Petit Grave Haiti customs house
Two companies of American marines occupied the Petit Grave customs house in Haiti on Wednesday, as reported by Admiral Caperton to the Navy Department today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Petit, Grave
Haiti
Caperton
Navy Department
Inghram to Explain Amendments to Road Law
County highway commissioners and all road work stakeholders are asked to attend a court house meeting tomorrow. John T. Inghram, county attorney, will outline the amended road law and its advantages, following a history of dissatisfaction with the old Tice road law and broad state objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyer
Court House
John T. Inghram
Tice Road
Inghram
August Weather Record From Hannibal Station
A historical note summarizes August weather with seven clear days and fifteen cloudy days, plus nine partly cloudy days. The river stage began at 14.9 feet and ended near 6 feet, peaking at 16 feet on August 5 before declining. The Hannibal station records August mean temperature at 68 degrees, with earlier low marks in 1892, 1893, 1897, and 1904. Precipitation shows no notable deviation from other years.
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Tommy
Hannibal
Ammonia Tank Blast Triggers Panic in Chicago Restaurant
In downtown Chicago a tank connected to an ice plant exploded causing a fatal burn to one man and leaving three more overcome. More than 100 diners fled as firemen braved fumes to rescue employees. The plant had just been installed and the men were likely unfamiliar with its operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Handcuffed to a Pole in Flooded Newport
Private Robert Watson of the Arkansas National Guard was found guilty by a court martial of robbing a Black man while on patrol duty in Newport on Main Street amid flood devastation. He was publicly humiliated for three hours, handcuffed to a telephone pole.
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Newport
Ark
Main Street
Robert Watson
Arkansas National Guard
Nashville mural church organizer backs Sunday baseball stance
Hammond Ind Sept 2 J W Street mural church organizer of Nash ville Ind told delegates to the National Efficiency church conference here today that he did not oppose Sunday baseball. He described the pastime as the natural expression of buoyant young life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
J. W. Street
Nashville
National Efficiency Church
Autumn Race Meeting Opens at Montreal Track
Montreal Que Sept 2 The Autumn meeting of the Montreal Jockey Club opened at the local track today under ideal conditions. The seven day program includes several attractive stake events and promises one of the year's best meetings on the Canadian circuit.
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Montreal
Que
Montreal Jockey Club
Zip the Himalayan sloth bears swallowed mouth organ
Visitors at New York Central Park Zoo heard strange music from Zip the Himalayan sloth bear after it swallowed a mouth organ early today. Keepers fear the bear might play itself out as it enjoys the sounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Central ‘Park’ Zoo
Zip
Ile
Zop
Time clocks to be installed at Highland Park school
Time clocks will be installed in the new three hundred thousand dollar Highland Park school in Detroit Michigan. Pupils will be required to ring in and out.
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Detroit
Mich
Chicago Doctor Arrives to Join Fiancee in City
Dr. Stuart Bell of Chicago arrived yesterday to join his fiancee Miss Joan Kiely of Chicago, who has been visiting Mrs. Ernest Kuhlo of East State Street.
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Stuart Bell
Chicago
Joan Kiely
Ernest Kuhlo
East State” Street
America's New Policy on Caribbean Control Proposed by Lansing
Secretary of State Robert Lansing unveiled a new American policy aiming to control the Caribbean to protect the Panama Canal. The plan includes a ten year protectorate over Haiti, with bases at Fort Au Prince and a naval presence near New Orleans, pending Senate approval.
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Robert Lansing
Caribbean Sea
Panama’ ‘Canal
Caribbean
Washington
Panama Canal
Fort Au. Prince
Panama Strip
New Orelans
Hayti
United States Senate
William B. Caperton
Navy ‘Department
Cardinal Gibbons Maintains Silence on Wilson Talk
Cardinal Gibbons, returning to Baltimore from Washington, declined to discuss his conference with President Wilson or the papal message from Pope Benedict. He said he was gratified by his interview with the president and would not reveal the Holy See’s confidential communication without authorization.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Washington
Wilson
Benedict
Holy See
Rome
London Press Sees Danger in 1e Policy
The Daily Telepath editorial from London argues submarines must obey the same rules as other warships and protests Germany's plan to distinguish between liners and merchantmen. It warns the move could set a grave precedent with broad, dangerous consequences for sea faring nations.
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London
Telepath
Germany
London Market sees stabilized exchange rate after crisis
Commentators in London express relief that the American exchange rate crisis has passed and stability is likely to continue. The Times notes the overnight rate swing underscores the United States as a land of contracts.
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London
London Morning Papers
the Times
United States
Explosion injures two in potash experiment
MILWAUKEE Sept 2 An explosion during experiments to find a process of manufacturing potash injured prominent physician Dr Frederick C Gillen of 919 New Hall street and his brother William H Gillen a contractor. The injuries to Dr Gillen may prove fatal and he may lose both eyes. The cause of the blast is unknown.
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Milwaukee
Frederick C. Gillen
New Hall ‘Street
William H. Gillen
Three Davy Siblings Charged in Express Package Theft
Indianapolis detectives arrest Harold Davy 22, Victor Davy 21, and Mrs Harold Davy 20 for larceny of a $10,000 Adams Express package from Terre Haute on March 5, 1915. They reportedly confessed and are held on $5,000 bond.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Harold Davy
Victor, Davy
Adams Express Company
Perre Haute
Russians Admit Retreat From Grodno Fortress
An official communication published tonight by the Russian war office announces the evacuation of Grodno fortress and the retirement of Russian troops to the right bank of the Niemen river in the ongoing campaign.
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Petrograd
Landau
Grodno
Niemen River
Williams Triumphs In Swift Round Three Tennis Test
Forest Hills reports erratic play amid strong weather as leading contenders clash in the national singles. R Norris Williams Jr of Harvard defeats Walter Merrill Hall of New York 6-2 9-7 2-6 6-1 while Maurice E McLoughlin of San Francisco beats Leonard Beekman 6-2 6-3 6-2. Behr beats Robert Leroy 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 and Johnston of San Francisco defeats D S Watters 6-1 6-2 6-2. Clarence J Griffin of San Francisco ousts Ward Dawson 6-3 7-5 6-2. Williams battles Hall in a long, high-spirited match, finally winning in four sets as Hall tires against the defending champion.
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Forest Hills
N. Y
West Side
Williams NI
Harvard
Philadelphia
Walter ‘Merrill Hall
New York
Maurice E. McLoughlin
San’ Francisco
Leonard Beekman
Karl Behr
Robert Leroy
W. A. Johnston
San Francisco
New Orleans
Clarence J. Griffin
Pacific Coast
Ward Dawson
Los Angeles
Wallace F. Johnson
Williams
Hall
Thaw In California Moves Toward San Francisco
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Thaw remains at Lake Tahoe California and plans to depart for San Francisco within a few days. The divorce case may proceed in October if Evelyn appears, otherwise the trial shifts to April 1916.
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Pittsburgh
Lake Tahoe
Cal
San Francisco
Evelyn
Death by Poison Ends Mrs. Ewing’s Life in St. Louis
In St Louis on September 2 Mrs Martha Jane Ewing widow of Capt Mathew Ewing and daughter in law of the late Gov Ewing of Ohio died by drinking poison. She was about 50 years old and her death is noted as a self inflicted act.
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St, Louis
Martha Jane Ewing
Gov. Ewing
Ohio
Mathew Ewing
Taft Urges Tax need to fund national defense
President Taft argues for a small tax on incomes to increase national income and fund defense. He calls for a patriotic congress and administration to accept costs, defer to naval and army experts, and resist politicized obstruction by uninformed officials.
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Congress
Administration
Naval
Army
The Grail at the Family Theater Today
The Grail a two reel drama by the Laemmid players at Universal City Calif is presented by director L Vo Jefferson It reimagines Tennyson and the Arthurian quest as a modern tale of sacrifice and valor shown at the Family theater today
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Laemmid
Universal City
Cal
L. Vo. Jefferson
Tennyson
Family Theater
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