Global brief items from world happenings
A Washington official predicted a July 3 decision on the freight rate case. West Virginia coal strike talks settled in Washington with conciliators, enabling work to resume. Wilson and Bryan urged ratification of the treaty with Colombia and Panama separation. Dietrich killed by lions in an animal car in Chicago. Modern Woodmen of America elected officials in Toledo with A. R. Talbot reappointed head consul. Thompson murder case in Grand Rapids cleared by a suspect confession. Yale edged Harvard in a four mile Thames race by inches. Twenty-two NY election officials sentenced for fraud in a constitutional election. Margaret Woodrow Wilson spoke to a Chicago audience as crowds surged to hear her. The American Academy of Medicine opened its annual meeting in Atlantic City. A Boston inspector was killed while arresting a suspect. A Vienna aviation disaster killed nine. A Oswego canal launch capsized after hitting a submerged stump. twelve drowned. General Federation delegates in Chicago funded a $100,000 endowment. Mrs Pennybacker elected president. Willard the Wizard Malone killed himself in Cincinnati jail. A mutilated woman's body was found in the Hudson at Schenectady. Rioters tied to miners’ parade were arrested in Butte. Chicago officials moved to prosecute Lorimer and other bank wreckers. bank receiver named.
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Aurora
William Meyers
Allensville
South Bend
Dan Medic
Fred C. Madix
Poice Force
Board of Safety
Danville
Nancy J. Fling
Hendricks
Terre Haute
Indiana State Normal School
Ralston
Charles H. Bean
Ellwood Kemp
Bean
Howard Sandison
Normal School
Fort Wayne
Lima
Moores Hill
Carnegie Hall
Samuel M. Ralston
Moores Hill College
King
Harry 8. Montgomery
Board of Public Works
John E. Cox
Montgomery
George Foulkes
Judge Cox
Foulkes Construction Company
South Center
Washington
Harman
Michigan City
D. W. Wolfe
State
Wolfe
Annie Rutter
Doctor Wolfe
Kutter
William B. Dorsey
New Albany
Floyd County
R. A. Timbrook
M E. Dassauer
Mexican War Leaders Move in Separate Directions
Representative Kent of California reported to the president and Secretary Bryan that a Mexican informant warned General Carranza planned to leave his headquarters and flee to Laredo Texas. Villa telegraphed his plan to push to the front of the division of the north and proceed toward Mexico City as commander in chief. Lazaro de la Garza urged Spaniards in Laguna to return home. Villa’s resignation as commander of the central division was not accepted, averting a breach with Carranza, according to a Saltillo headquarters statement.
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Kent
California
Bryan
Washington
Mexico
Carranzaz
Laredo
Tex
Villa
Torreon
City of
Lazaro de la Garza
Juarez
Laguna District
Central Division
Carranza
Saltillo
Bloomington pioneer Mrs Means killed in Wapello wreck
Mrs. Joseph Means a Bloomington Illinois pioneer was killed and her son in law W R Bach a lawyer was seriously injured when Bach s car overturned at Wapello. W L Brook an American aviator won a round trip air race Hendon to Manchester England.
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Joseph Means
Bloomington
Ill
W. R. Bach
Wapello
W. L. Brook
Hendon
Manchester
England
Greece Greece Turkey clash over sale of battleships Mississippi Idaho
Washington June 23. Turkish protests against selling the battleships Mississippi and Idaho to Greece reach the White House as Greece argues the sale preserves balance and peace. President Wilson on record favoring the sale, while Turkish ambassador and Greek envoy press their positions ahead of a House vote linked to a naval appropriation bill.
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Washington
Mississippi
Idaho
Greece
Turkey
White House
Wilson
Mediterranean
United States
House
Senate
Daniels
Wyoming
Congress
Rustem Bey
A. Vouros
Tsouklas
State News in Brief section reports several Indiana deaths and local notes
The itemized notes cover Mercer Livingstone’s suicide by drowning in St Joseph river in South Bend, a divorce related death of May Vint in Bloomington, Shelbyville’s $12,000 Mirror Screen Company plant and 25 jobs, a fine against Clarence Milliken in South Bend, a Washington church group proposing to curb Band concerts, and William Daily’s return after fourteen years, reuniting with his family in New Albany.
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South Bend
Tobias Vint
Shelbyville
Mirror Screen Company
Ford City
Crystal City
Frank J. Rembusch
H. D. Warner
Cornelius Warner
Clarence Milliken
Washington
Wshington Ministerial Association
Citizens’ Band
East Side Park
New Albany
William Daily
Cincinnati
Port Royal
Daily
Fires ruin a hay loft at Allensville. $2000 loss
Hoosier brief reports two children playing with matches start a fire in a new building owned by William Meyers at Allensville, destroying the structure with $2,000 in damage. no injuries.
Slips for Furniture Covering as Taught in Washington Star
Ethel Davis Seal shares methods for making chair slips directly on furniture. The guide covers fitting, cutting patterns, basting, and seam placement to ensure a loose, durable slip cover. It details piece-by-piece cutting for chair back, arms, seat, and trim with fasteners such as balls and sockets or buttons.
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Ethel Davis
Washington Star
Modish bridesmaid touches feature La Tosca sticks
The article describes dainty La Tosca sticks with pompadour silks and floral decorations in white, pink, and blue. It highlights a pink silk plait with tiny rose wreaths and a blue cord loop, plus new hosiery and a plateau shaped white Neapolitan hat trimmed with pink ribbons and flowers.
Amber Beads and Buttons Pair With Red Gowns
Amber beads and amber buttons are used on red gowns to create a warm firelike glow. The combination, while not pleasing to some, appears striking and enhances the overall warmth and brilliance of the red fabric.
Comfort in Flesh Colored Blouses For Summer Wear
The article notes flesh colored net or chiffon blouses with plain linings worn under colored tops. As summer nears, sheer fabrics dominate. two or three layers or a substantial camisole aid decency while staying cool. A revived waist elastic on blouses helps distribute fullness and remove bulky tails.
Sally Carver Plans Summer Wearables and Footwear
In June light on the piazza, Sally Carver, twenty, considers summer wearables while preparing low shoes and white tan stockings. She reflects on clothing choices as she enjoys the season's warmth.
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Sally
Sally Carver
Fashionable gray hair sparks Paris hairdressing debate
The Pittsburgh Dispatch notes women on promenades flaunt gray or white hair and discuss whether high pompadour styles should dominate. Paris hairdressers expected to decide next week if high dressing remains fashionable or shifts to alternatives.
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Paris
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Little Ones Frocks in Bulgarian Color Scallops
Spring fashion notes present little frocks for children in Bulgarian color schemes. Crash fabric, Magyar cut, scarlet hem and sleeves, bright embroidered front, and scarlet wool girdle with tassels. Matching Dutch bonnets complete the look as charming washable play outfits.
Post Card Case with Foldable Two Pocket Design
A compact two pocket card case with a foldable inside and a small inner pocket for a stamp book. Embroidered in cross stitch with a Russian crash fabric exterior, it features “post cards” in cross stitch and a floral motif. Used for sending post cards or storing souvenir cards from travels.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Kanawha
West Virginia
Colombia
Panama
Emerson D. Dietrich
Cornell
Santa Fe Railroad
Clark and
Sixteenth Streets
Chicago
Dietrich
Toledo
A. R. Talbot
Lincoln
Neb
Grand Rapids
Ed Smith
J. N. Thompson
Paul Townsend
Walter “Vepper” Lawrence
Phelps
Yale
New London
Conn
Harvard
Twelfth Assembly
Auditorium Theater
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
President Wilson
General Federation of Women's Clubs
American Academy of Medicine
Atlantic City
N. J
Morton
Boston
Laurence Robinson
Robinson
Vienna
Army
Oswego Canal
Syracuse
N. Y
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Pennybacker
Robert M. Maloney
Willard the Wizard
Grand
Babe
Hudson River
Schenectady
G. Gregory
William Devaney
Butte
Mont
Miners’ Union
Maclay Hoyne
William Lorimer
C. B. Munday
LaSalle Street Trust & Savings Bank
Lorimer
Munday
W. C. Niblack
Chicago Title & Trust Company
William C. Niblack
LaSalle Street Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago
George T. Marye
San Francisco
Russia
Eugene Zimmerman
Duchess of Manchester
Icy Waream
Theodore Roosevelt
Imperator
Southampton
Hner
London
Asquith
East End
Downing Street
Mme
Lillian Nordica
Batavia
King’s Weigh House
Grosvenor Square
Nordica
George W. Young
Golder’s Green Cemetery
Hillcrest Colliers, Ltd
Hillcrest
Alberta
Thomas Quigley
Thomas Corker
Earl of Euston
Duke of Grafton
Edith Havemeyer
O. Havemeyer
English Channel
Buelow
Portland
State News
Hoosier News
Slever
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