Body of Claus Thiedemann Found After Drowning
A 65 year old man, Claus F. Thiedemann, was found dead in the Mississippi near Davenport on Saturday morning after reportedly leaping to his death the previous night. Thiedemann had been at the Amana colony and faced pressure to return, with relatives noting a recent morose mood. Coroner ruled death by self inflicted action. burial took place at Pine Hill cemetery amid decomposition. Additional items note local misfortunes, hospitalizations, a missing brother appeal, a fraud allegation by a creamery owner, and obituaries of Davenport residents.
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Duke Waki
Henty Whipka
Marquette Street
Claus F. Thiedemann
Mississippi
Thiedemann
Amana
Iowa
Davensport
Runge
Pine Hill Cemetery
Rudolf
Old Country
Amana Colony
Bret- Titan
Florence
Mercy Hospital
Harrison Streets
Brotman
Davenport
Schramm
Beatrice Woods
Polk Street
Memphis
Tenn
Andrew Woods
Harriett Wriedt Overdieck
South Street
Miss Overbeck
Albert Overbeck
Charlotte McNeal
Ella Robeson
Oakdale Cemetery
Rachael Preston
Iown Street
Preston
James
Stewart
West Eighth Street
Ireland
America
Thirteenth Iowa Infantry
Co. RL & P. Railway
Mary McMannon
Thomas
John
Edward Stewart
Nellie Stewart
St. Anthony's Church
St. Marguerite’s Cemetery
Newport Society Debates Mrs Vanderbilt Status
Newpor t society circles discuss how to treat the present Mrs A G Vanderbilt amid gossip of marriages and transfers. The Vanderbilts and London connections figure in plans as the social leadership weighs whether the current Mrs Vanderbilt will remain in Newport or relocate to England with Mr and Mrs Mitchel and allies from Paris and London.
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Newport
Mar Quesion
Emerson Smith Hollins
McKim
A. G. van
Vanderbilt
Herbilt
A. G
Mitchel
London
Elsie French van
Vanderbilts
Derbilt
Van-Newport
Gerbilt
Curious Alaskan Birds in Two Tongues and Bullying Mates
Article notes ptarmigan wooing in mixed French and English. Males yap on wing then sing on ground, using parlez vous phrases. Males fight often while hens watch and later suffer bullying after choosing mates.
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Belmore Browne
Ptarmigan
Inexpensive Monotony and a Low Down Trick
An architect recalls designing a grand wholesale store in six cities, only to have the firm reuse the same plans for all new houses, calling it a cheap trick. In Los Angeles a $10,000 judgment is awarded to Martin Wiesorek after his infant son was killed by an automobile driven by Ralph Sterling Ferris. Ferris faces a manslaughter charge.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Los Angeles
Cal
Ralph Sterling Ferris
Rawlins
Wyo
Martin Wiesorek
Michael
Ferris
Wiesorek
Two killed in aero contest near Paris and Deauville
Paris and nearby Deauville mark the scene of a 200 mile hydroaeroplane race. De Montalent and Metivier died when their Breguet machine crashed near a river, while Weymann abandoned after wing damage. The Deauville meet runs through Aug 31 with navy and Aero club prizes totaling $20,000.
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Paris
Deauville
de Moesialent
Metivier
Roven i
de Montalent
Rouen
Weymann
Lepecq
St. Germain En Ye
Douen
Chemet
Levasseur
Navy Department
Aero Club
Lincoln
Neb
Dolly Labelle
Green Bay
Wis
Havelock
Springfield
Mass
Ralph M. Brown
Connecticut River
Raymond
Down
Aledo residents share visits across several states
Mrs James Warwick and daughter Nancy return from Pennsylvania Indiana and Ohio. Mrs Julia McCreight and Bes sie McCreight travel to Ainsworth Iowa to visit a niece. Fort Stockton Texas visitors Mrs Frank Henderson and Mrs George Hawks visit Galva to see James Gaster and relatives. Various locals visit relatives and travel to Oklahoma City Clinton Nevada Indianapolis and Rock Island.
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James Warwick
Nancy
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ohio
Julia McCreight
Bessie McCreight
Ainsworth
Iowa
McCreight
Frank Henderson
George P. Hawks
Lenore
Fort Stockton
Texas
James Bjorkman
Galva
May Church
Mabel
B. C. Church
Nevada
Dorothy Garrett
Oklahoma City
Okla
W. Garrett
Clinton
Charles Carter
Mabel Linblad
Cambridge
F. N. Taylor
Seer
Margaret
Reynolds
E. H. Osborn
Edna Helen
Big Lake
Minn
Webster City
Radcliffe
L. W. Holmes
Joy
J. A. Powers
Nellie
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City Island
Kate Gaskey
Elizabeth's
C. M. Reisman
Oskaloosa Creamery Company
Frank A. Cooper
Davenport Ice Cream Company
Reisman
Colorado
John W. Buck
The
Buck Automobile Company
Jewish Relief Society
Max Silberstein
Jewish Consumptive Relief Society
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of
Scott County
Berea
Amy Soyster
A. G. Vanderbilt
Wwe
Woo
Oman
Dr. Pierce
Argus
Arthur Mitchell
Millersburg
J. Mawby
B. F. Mawby
Bertha
Keokuk
Clara Holmes
McAllister
Oklo
W. H. Holmes
Ira Dodson
Letha
C. C. Kiddoo
J. W. Blake
Virginia
Chicago
E. Granger
B. B. Boostrom
S. E. Williams
Lenox
Katie
Bessie Porter
Jor Keokuk
T. J. Clark
Margaret Ewing
David Murphy
Keithsburg
Jane Murphy
Laura Ball
Ralph
Whitewater
Carl Reynolds
Lake Geneva
W. W. Warnock
John Warnock
J. G. Chinlund
Rock Island
Alice McNeal
Alice
Peoria
J. H. McNeal
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Church Lawn
Winogene
May Williams
Helen
Lena Winger
Maria Evans
Misses Grace
Jessie
W. H. Gartlet
New Boston
Samuel Almquist
C. J. Carlson
New Windsor
Margery
Martha Cooke
West Virginia
C. H. Kimmal
Kalamazoo
Mich
P. D. Rensenhouse
Nellie Gilmore
Knoxville
Jennie McElwain
Michael Sullivan
Galesburg
David Sullivan
Lulu McIntyre
Denver
Col
Homer Dines
Edith Denis
Salvation Army of Chicago
United Presbyterian Church
J. B. Beattie
Harriott
G. L. David
Elizabeth Boyd
Muskogee
L. P. Boyd
Farmers City
Mercer County Soldiers' and Sailors
Central Park
Aledo Opera House
Aledo
J. B. Bartle
Boys of the Old Brigade
J. B. Bell
Bunker Hill
M. C. Danford
Bell
Edgington Martial Band
Opera House
E. C. Gore
M. J. Bruser
J. C. Brown
A. G. Murdock
Milton
M. B. Kennedy
P. D. Bergen
Chantung
China
Paul
Leona Dunain
City
Hazel Harkrader
Galena
Alexis
Harkrader
D. M. Harkrader
Rose Louise Woods
St. Ann
James Irwin
Minden
Irwin
Jared Irwin
E. D. Spence
Burgess
Noah Guthrie
Bernice Balmer
Glenn Greer
George A. McKinney
Little Rock
Ark
R. E. Woods
Hammond
Ind
Archibald McKinney
Hope and
Marion
Ida Morrow
Sarah Valentine
Kearney
W. S. McCormick
A. Wharton
Alpha
J. B. Bradford
Augustana Conservatory
School of Music of
Augustana College
Augustana
Tri-Cities
Gustav Andreen
J. Victor Bergquist
Western Union
Theo
NW. Vail
Rebe
Western Union Telegraph Company
Illinois
Fourth Avenue
Telephone
H. E. Schreiner
Tomlinson
Mgr
S.S.S
S. S
E Specific CO
Atlanta
S.S.S. E
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