Senate Lobby Probes Hit Washington With Subpoenas
Subpoenas issued to Baltimore lobbyist Martin M Mulhall reveal long standing activity as field agent for the National Association of Manufacturers. Justice official James A Fowler will stay on in the Treasury Dept as successor is chosen.
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Paithe
Senate
Martin M. Mulhall
Baltimore
National Association of Manufacturers
James A. Fowler
McReynolds
Department of Justice
Steamer to Carry American Livestock to Argentina Station
The Portuguese Prince will transport a large cargo of American pig and poultry stock to Pergamino Argentina to form the nucleus of a government breeding station. The move aims to raise hogs and chickens of American strain for distribution to Argentine farms.
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Argentina
United States
Pergamino
Argentine Republic
World News in 1912 Crisis and Disasters Recap
A roundup of notable events including Sicily and Calabria earthquakes and panics, drownings in Alberta, aristocratic deaths in London and Bavaria, legal actions in Paris and London, a suffragette clash, Mongolian massacre, and a Canadian Pacific railroad wreck near Ottawa with multiple fatalities and injuries.
Dayton man kills wife then himself amid flood distress
Samuel Heck aged 63 of Dayton shot his wife Jane 62 dead and then shot himself through the heart. He had shown derangement in days after the flood. Samuel Greenebaum an importer at 81 Broadway New York sues Miss Leah Sener a young music teacher for breach of promise claiming entertainment costs and $5900 plus $250.
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Samuel Heck
Dayton, Oho
Jane Heck
Heck
Samuel Greenebaum
Broadway
New York
Leah Sener
Greenebaum
Illinois News Briefs Highlight 1914 Convention Sites
D W McMillen of Van Wert Ohio named president of the National Association to succeed Wilkinson of Birmingham. The 1914 convention will be at Cedar Point Ohio. Illinois reports rail strike wage raise, a boy’s death from a boxing blow, mining law prosecutions, fires, a steamboat captain found dead, Rebekah meetings, a fatal shotgun blast, a long marriage milestone, a dog attack, and a Kanakakee farmers college excursion with soil lectures and domestic science tours.
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D. W. McMillen
van Wert, O
National Association—Next Meeting
Cedar Point
Ohio
Peoria
van Wert
HE. Wilkinson
Birmingham
Ala
C. T. Wade
Farina
Ill
W. L. Harris
India
Okla
Ben Martin
Pittsburgh
H. A. Bascom
Boston
J. Vining Taylor
Winchester
Ind
A. D. Campbell
Wilkinson
Bascom
W. A. Culter
Adrian, Mich
J. 8. Balyeat
Utawa
Kan
B. A. Dean
Auburn
N. Y
Illinois News Terse Summary From Across Towns
multiple Illinois towns report July events and accidents. Henry cruise to Hen ry 19 miles from Peoria. Elgin motorcycle race aims for 100 entries on July 4. Pana freight brakeman Warren Finnefrock killed near Moccasin. Murphysboro cops hunt seven attackers of Edith Gray. Mount Vernon train accident claims a two year old, injures mother and sister. Quincy man shoots then kills himself after threat to Pogue. Geneva grants women vote on free kindergarten measure. Springfield encampment of Veterans urges Spain visit. Harrisburg engineer scalded in steam gauge blast. Williamsville man dies of tetanus. Joliet convicts seen near a missing girl. De Kalb naturalization follows suffrage law. Bloomington minister Mones Ropp dies in Groveland. Joliet motorcyclist survives a 40 foot plunge. Sycamore immigrant Emma Peterson becomes De Kalb count’s first naturalization under new suffrage era.
Nurses Die in Bedford Hills Sanitarium Room
Rosalie Roque and Catherine Lacy, both trained nurses and relatives, were found shot dead in their Bedford Hills New York room. A preliminary probe suggests one woman shot the other before taking her own life.
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Rosalie Roque
Catherine Lacy
Bedford Hills
N. Y
Montefiore Sanitarium
Foxy clerk’s boot riddle sparks credit tale
In a Washington club story recalled by Senator Chamberlain a rural general store once trusted a stranger with boots on credit. The clerk said he would return the 50 cents, noting the boots were both for the left foot, a sly cue that the customer would likely return.
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Washington
George E. Chamberlain
Oregon
His Business and the Polis Worker
A dialogue reveals a man described as a very good worker at the polis. The exchange clarifies he is no professional politician but a baz ber, a label indicating his role or reputation in the public sphere.
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Polis
Bazber
Indignant Inquiry About Mr. Jimps Son
An exchange questions whether Mr. Jimps’ son is advancing, with a defense stating the son is not a forger. The line reflects a dramatic accusation and a rebuttal in a historic local print.
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Mr. Jimps
Banished Coffee Finally Had to Go
A Postum advertisement urges coffee drinkers to switch to Postum, sharing a mother’s seven year headache relief after quitting coffee and praising Postum’s two forms Regular and Instant. It notes boiling for Regular and instant preparation by stirring in hot water, with guidance to adjust strength and cream, and ends with the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Fourth Duke of Sutherland
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Gregory
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Missouri
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Aurora
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Department of Ilinois
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Williamsville
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Joliet
Fred Reitz
Sycamore
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Blekeng
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