Denver Martial Law Declared Amid Rail Strike Tension
Denver authorities plan martial law after a conference with Mayor Bailey and state officials. The strike by Denver Tramway workers has led to rioting causing five deaths, injuries to fifty, and extensive property damage. Union leader Henry Silberg says a mass meeting will be held to urge workers to return to duty and prevent further bloodshed.
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Denver
Colo
Bailey
Col Ballon
T’oi
Logan
Denver Tramway Iniennion
Greley W. Whitford
Tramway
Bac
Henry Silberg
President Wilson Heads Carriage Ride as Crowd Gathers
A large crowd blocked the White House route as President Wilson began his second carriage drive of the week. Police removed about six movie operators who attempted to film the procession. The president tipped his straw hat, allowing spectators a close view, and smiled at the crowd.
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Washineton
Wilson
White House
Lincoln
Washington
Kidnap Suspect Pleads as Boy Is Held in Philadelphia Case
After ten hours of continuous arilling Pasquale alias Pasco, allied with the Birkeley Coughlin kidnapping, weakened and urged captors to return the child within 24 hours. Mal Adams, head of Pennsylvania state police, announced Pasquale’s capture at Egg Harbor New Jersey by his troopers.
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Kidraned
Babe
Philadelpia
Arilliny
Augusto Pasquale
Pasco
Birkeley Coughlin
Mal Adams
Pennsylvania
Pasquale
Ege Harbor
N. J
Boy Smothered in Oats Bin near Anita, Ia
Hanses, 12, died when his foot was pulled into a clogged oats bin while threshing at his parents home. Men were hauling oats from the bin and a spout blockage caused a fatal accident as Guy Steinmetz tried to clear it. The threshing noise hid the boy’s cries.
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Anita
Hanses
Guy Steinmetz
Bandits Rob Collector and Messenger in Kansas City Area
Three men in an automobile robbed a Standard Oil company collector of 4100 dollars in broad daylight in Kansas City Missouri and escaped. Earlier, three bandits held up a 17 year old Wilson and Co messenger in Kansas City Kansas and took 3179 dollars.
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Kansas City
Standard Oil Company
Wilson & Co. Packers
Kan
Judge Denies Injunction Over Woodmen of the World Rate Increase
District Judge Button of Fremont ruled against Nebraska City plaintiffs seeking to bar higher insurance rates. He found the increase justified and denied the restraining order.
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W. O. W. Bates
Nebraska City
Mother and Daughter Die in York Nebraska Farm Fire
Mrs Louis Wagner and her 16 year old daughter Meta perished in a fire that nearly razed their farm home near York Nebraska. The blaze began after an oil stove exploded in the dwelling.
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York Neb
Louis Wagner
Meta
York
Adriatic Arrives With Gold Bullion From Southampton
The steamer Adriatic reached New York from Southampton and Cherbourg carrying gold bullion valued at 402,088 pounds.
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New York
Southampton
Gherbourg
Global News Notes From Around the World
Summary of events includes Governor Cox speaking in Chicago, Harding on the Marion Ohio porch, Cox nominated in Dayton celebrations, plus a July debt drop of 76 million dollars. ICC finds stockyard charges unlawful. Wilson invites mine workers to return to discuss wage scales. rail rate boost expected to raise railroad revenue by about 1.5 billion. Cotton production outlook up by over a million bales. Wilson to retire from sheep farming. wool consumption drop of 17 million pounds in June. U S trade balance with Europe worsens by over 500 million.
Notable trials and accidents headline sweep across nation
Domestic Roy M. Shayne and Ruth Wood are exonerated in the Loftis death case by a Chicago coroner's jury. Aviators Lieut Omer Locklear and Lieut Milton Eliot die in a Los Angeles crash. Capt R W Schroeder injured in a Dayton crash while testing a racing plane. William Bross Lloyd and ten others convicted of sedition in Chicago. A Reno garage explosion causes extensive damage. One man seriously injured in the blaze.
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Roy M. Shayne
Ruth Eleanor Wood
Samuel T. A. Loftis
Chicago
Lieut
Omer Locklear
Milton Eliot
Los Angeles
Hawkeye State News Highlights and Local Aims
Camping grounds near Clinton prepared for tourists. The body of Arthur Simmerman returned to Shenandoah after dying overseas. Hampton to host a new brick and tile plant. Several injuries from accidents and thefts across Iowa towns. Des Moines and Cedar Rapids political updates include a radical reform ticket with Clyde Herring for Governor and Claude Porter for U. S. Senator.
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Clinton
Arthur Simmerman
Shenandoah
J. R. Morris
Knoxville
Hampton
Hampton Brick and Tile Co
A. C Bundy
Webster City
Des Moines
Great Western
Dubuque Dubuque County
S. van Boekel
Perkins
Peter Cooke
Nevada
Frank H. Luckensmeyer
Coonley
A. E. Johanses
Dows City
Elmer L. Spears
Mason City
Omaha
Albert Held
France
New York
Waukon
William George
Waterloo
Merrill Simpson
Davis Miller
Theodore Hughes
Burlington
Afton
Ilinois
Mildred Louise Engelking
D. Engelking
Iowa City
Carl Brooks
Laura Brooks
Alfred Miller
West Union
Will Morse
James William
Blairsburg
Edward McLain
Williams
McLain
Grandview
H. P. Kelley
Democrats of
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Clyde L. Herring
Chas. E. Cameron
Alta
Ruth Sumner
Adel
Sec’y
John E. Rude
Marshalltown
C. E. Walters
Toledo
J. C. Boyd
Keokuk
Claude R. Porter
Centerville
U. S
Parcel Post Marketing Merits Show Real Consumer Gains
The Bureau of Markets notes parcel post direct marketing proves its value through growing consumer satisfaction. A Oregon fruit seller ships high quality produce to about 1,000 customers within 200 miles, earning roughly $3,000 yearly while guaranteeing satisfaction and free replacements. Kentucky poultry and egg sellers serve Nashville buyers with emphasis on quality, not price, and a New Hampshire eggseller ships via self designed packaging, achieving weekly output of about 600 dozen eggs with guaranteed satisfaction.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Oregon
Down
Kentucky
Nashville
Tenn
New
Washington, D. C
Best Hay From Alfalfa For All Stock Except Horses
Alfalfa makes the best hay for all kinds of stock except horses when cut just after the first blooms appear. The grain and forage value is highlighted as a key feed choice for livestock.
Shortage of baling wire hits hay crop supply
Scarcity stems from strikes and transport problems with wire. The US Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Markets reports one factory back to capacity at 800 bundles daily and urges manufacturers to boost output to meet demand. plans target regions most in need to minimize hay loss.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Harrowing Alfalfa After First Cut Aids Foxtail Control
Farmers report harrowing alfalfa immediately after the first cutting helps control foxtail and bluegrass weeds. The practice reduces weed regrowth and improves forage quality for the next growth cycle.
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