Railroads and mines dominate Washington briefings as I C C eyes Rock Island
The interstate commerce commission will probe Rock Island financing bookkeeping and reports in Washington while cabinet talks center on the Colorado mine dispute and arbitration. Judge Lindey urges Wilson to end the Colorado coal strike by closing mines until Rockefeller Jr agrees to arbitrate. Morgan accuses Mellen over Grand Trunk talks, and Pan American union learns of radium ore in Salvador.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Rock Island
Colorado
Lindsey
Charles S. Mellen
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Mellen
Morgan
Wilson
E. C. Lindey
Denver
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Pan- American Union
Salvador
Rockefeller and others figure in wide range of early 20th century incidents
The report lists a car collision involving John D. Rockefeller on Elmhurst Hill in Tarrytown New York with no injuries and minor damage. It notes a death toll toll in pleasure trips across four states with nine deaths and various injuries. It covers Aldrich’s alleged Rhode Island trolley sale, post office robbery in Lexington Illinois, explosions in Chicago, and Fire Department injuries. It also notes Democratic convention endorsements in South Carolina and multiple other accidents and violent incidents across the country. It then shifts to Mexican War mediation talks at Niagara Falls and possible plans to kill Huerta. It closes with a hydroplane firing near Vera Cruz, U.S. consular safety, Villa’s Saltillo campaign victory, and executions of captured officials.
Five events mix at global women’s meeting and protests
At Stockholm June 10 18 the World’s Young Women’s Christian Association opens with a theme The Unfolding of the True Plan for Women in God’s Purpose for the World J L C Jenkins wins the British Amateur Golf Championship Emmeline Pankhurst is arrested as police clash with women at Buckingham Palace Ailment incident aboard the Wai Mate reports a fire west of Wellington delegates mingle with Margherita queen mother at Rome garden party
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World
Young Women’s Christian Association
Stockholm
Sweden
New York
Buckingham Palace
London
Emmeline Pankhurst
International Council of Women
Rome
Margherita
Roosevelt denies run for governor on Progressive ticket
The former president at Oyster Bay, New York, denies plans to seek the governorship on the Progressive ticket next fall. Rev. Louis R. Patment, a prohibition advocate kidnapped near Westville Illinois on March 31, says in St. Louis he knows those responsible for his detention after being found in an abandoned house near Columbia Illinois.
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Gifford Pinchot
United States
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
L. I
South America
Theodore Roosevelt
N. Y
Louis R. Patment
Westville
Ill
Columbia, Ill
St. Louis
Hoosier News Briefly Told
Mitchell county farmers toured alfalfa fields with Purdue experts and heard a Purdue lecture. Hartford City boy Merrill Williams killed his brother with a loaded pistol. Bristol post office broken into. thieves escaped on a horse. Porter Bowman died clearing cement company land near Mitchell. Logansport saved Culver’s memorial gateway with a bottle of Wabash water christening. South Bend to Niles road rebuilt by 750 merchants. Rev W T Carpenter briefly ill but recovered. Rushville Diapason Singers plan July state reunion. Hanna Brackenridge founder’s former Fort Wayne office tied to forgery probe. Immel released on bond. Shelbyville man found dead. heart disease. Fort Wayne cops clip 21 vagrants’ hair. threatened 100 days. LaPorte switch tampering wreck injures none. train derailed. Seymour forgery suspect jailed for forged $17.75 shoe store check.
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Mitchell
Lawrence County
Purdue
C. Jones
Doctor Beaver
Purdue University
Hartford City
Merrill Williams
John
John Williams
Goshen
Bristol
Philip Smith
Porter Bowman
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Bowman
Culver
Logansport
Culver Military Academy
Helen Fickle
South Bend
Niles
Mich
Columbia City
W. T. Carpenter
The
Baptist Church
Mr. Carpenter
Rushville
Diapason Singers
Rush County
Morristown
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Samuel D. Hanna
Hanna-Brackenridge Company
John H. J. Immel
Immel
Shelbyville
William A. Davis
Here
Otto Kendall
Davis
Kendall
Charles
Richard Kelly
Laporte
Pere Marquette
Smart sporting outing coats set new stylish summer trends
Advance models of summer sporting coats feature brighter colors including emerald green magenta and scarlet with no striped blazer cloths. Designs show velour de laine or lightweight polo weave fabrics, wide sleeves and belts, deep cuffs, and subtle trims making them graceful yet informal additions to spring and fall wardrobes.
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Tom
Special Keeping Cover For Party Frocks
A guide to sewing a lawn or muslin cover to protect a party gown from everyday wear. It outlines measuring the gown, cutting two widths, forming shoulders and neck, seaming sides, hemming the bottom, binding the neck, and adding ribbon and sachets for fragrance.
Hats For Shopping Sailor Style described in detail
Pretty shopping hats described as sailor variety with narrow brims and soft crowns. Some crowns taper from head fit to a wider top, where the ribbon band ends, becoming nearly the same circumference as the brims.
Tulle and Lace Rise in Millinery Styles
Tulle trims hats on straw, taffeta and satin, draping crowns and forming spirals that mimic feathers. Lace adds high wired effects, while new flower motifs, ferns and moss soften bold colors. Forget me not pompons and silk rose buds create charming hat clusters and berry trails finish the look.
Embroidered stockings enhance Southern dress style
A Philadelphia Press note describes embroidered clocks on white or organdy stockings paired with organdy or lingerie gowns. A dainty Southern girl wears blue and white organdy with white silk stockings, her own embroidery featuring forget me not clocks and tiny sprays along the legs.
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Philadelphia Press
Linen Embroidered Sets For Summer Frocks
Hand-embroidered linen sets for summer frocks include collars cuffs and sash or girdle in oriental embroidery. A design features a front panel with scalloped ends reaching below the knees in dull blue rose and yellow to match turnover collar and elbow cuffs. Set intended with white linen morning dress or sheer muslin.
New Hat Model with Black White Checked Tagal Straw
A new hat design features a black and white checked tagal straw crown and a satin brim. The model emphasizes a stylish contrast and refined finish for formal wear.
Fine Frilling Adds Handwork to Net Ruffles
The Philadelphia North American notes that frilled net with handwork hides defects on the wrong side and stray threads. Buttonhole edging in any color can finish the net, with the wrong side dressed to look as neat as the right.
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Philadelphia
One boy pursues pie greed with first ambitions
A short, playful note describes a boy determined to eat as much pie as possible, foreshadowing a comical appetite-driven quest. The piece highlights youthful ambition and simple humor without heavy detail.
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One-per - Boy
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Promises Whiter Clothes
An old advertisement claims Red Cross Ball Blue makes laundress happy and fabrics whiter than snow, pitched alongside general grocer availability. It also notes a quip about a college course not aiding a young man to sow his wild oats, reflecting period humor.
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Red Cross
All Good Grocers
Adv
Dr Pierce’s Pellets Advertised As Easy Candy Remedy
An old advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Pellets as small sugar coated pills. It claims they regulate invigorate stomach liver and bowels and cure constipation. The copy frames the product as a simple candy like remedy.
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Dr. Pierce
Limit of Courtesy in Japan's New Prime Minister Okuma
The Count Okuma era in Japan is marked by courtesy despite tragedy after a political assassination. A bomb shattered his leg and killed servants and horses, yet he reportedly smiled and apologized to a foreign statesman for not seeing him to the door, underscoring his famed politeness.
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Japan
Count Okuma
Okuma
Pall Mall Gazette
Cure Claimed for Severe Facial Eruption in 1913
A reader reports a facial eruption spreading across the face from a small pimple, causing intense burning and disfigurement. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for three weeks, the condition fully healed, with an offer for samples and the 32-page Skin Book from Cuticura, Boston.
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East Elm St
Streator
Carolne Miller
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Open up the mills but poker games steal the show
A Chicago parade scene shows ward bosses amid political tension between Republicans and Democrats over industrial conditions. A last minute add of a gambler to carry a lighted transparency leads to derisive cries, shifting the moment from mills to poker games.
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Chicago
Queen Poor Conversationalist
A historical note describes Queen Mary as a poor conversationalist, able to comfort others with fluent talk through concentration, but she abruptly becomes silent. Once the thread breaks she grows abstracted, drifting to other thoughts and leaving companions unsure how to proceed.
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Queen Mary
Wife’s Messy Job Sparks Husband’s Stark Remark
A sharp exchange unfolds as one man claims his attributes come from his wife while another retorts that her work ruined it, suggesting a failed collaboration and a bitter domestic irony.
Grape-Nuts Helps Woman Recover From Nervous Breakdown
A Massachusetts woman credits Grape-Nuts with rebuilding her health after a severe nervous breakdown and dyspepsia. She notes that food the body can digest is essential and that after eight months she feels stronger and her whole system is built up. The letter, sponsored by Postum Co. of Battle Creek Michigan, touts the product as life transforming.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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