Murder Mystery Beats Maryland Shore In Hooded Broad Daylight
Edith May Woodhill of Los Angeles was found murdered near St Michaels Maryland her nude body weighed down with an iron pot and bricks. Newspaper man John T Roberts was tracked down at Coxman seven miles away and captured after a posse pursuit. Roberts claimed to be a magazine writer and was said to have returned to cover the case.
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Backcreek
Choptank
Woodill
Roberts
St. Michaels
J. T. Roberts
McQuay
Cornell Heads Attorneys
Marshalltown Iowa June 25 The County Attorneys Association of Iowa elected Seneca Cornell Ottumwa president Bradford Knapp Clarion vice president W C Edson Storm Lake secretary treasurer The convention rejected the nominating committee report naming I B Pepper Muscatine president and L J Dickinson Algona vice president A resolution asked the legislature to furnish county attorneys copies of all new laws within thirty days after adjournment The state bar association was welcomed by Judge J M Parker of the seventh district bench and Hazen I Sawyer of Keokuk spoke
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Marshalltown
Iowa
County Attorneys’ Association of Iowa
Seneca Cornell
Ottumwa
Bradford Knapp
Clarion
W. C. Edson
Storm Lake
Pepper
Muscatine
L. J. Dickinson
Algona
General Assembly
State Bar Association
J. M. Parker
Seventh District
Hazen I
New Medical Officers Named in Iowa Union Medical Society
Iowa City June 25 new officers of the Iowa Union Medical Society were elected with Dr A Crawford of Mount Vernon as President Dr J B Kessler of Iowa City as Vice President Dr C B Murray of Cedar Rapids as Secretary and Dr George P Carpenter of Cedar Rapids as Treasurer.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa Union Medical Society
A. Crawford
Mount Vernon
J. B. Kessler
C. B Murray
Cedar .Rapids
George P. Carpenter
Cedar Rapids
Mine Cage Drops Sixty Feet At Clinton Mine
The No 4 tondike cage at Clinton mine dropped sixty feet while lowering a twelve man crew. One worker suffered back injuries and five others had broken legs. The rest sustained serious injuries. Survivors include Bryan Wedson of Colorado and Grand Lake, Cole. Jennings Bryan Jr and Helen Virginia Berger of Milwaukee wed at Kinnikinatcki Lodge summer home of Mr and Mrs F Devering on the Grend Take shore.
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sMerre ‘Haute
Ind
Tondike
Clinton
Proken
Bryan
Oe Wedson
Colorado
Grand “Lake
Cole
Wil‘Mam
Jennings - ‘Bryan, Jr
Helen
Virginia Berger
Milwaukee
Irish language not required for new Irish university
The Irish parliament established a new university in Dublin with liberal language policies and a strong emphasis on Irish studies. A Gaelic league push for compulsory Irish shaped statutes, including commerce chairs in Dublin and Cork, a modern Irish economics focus, and high degree standards requiring original published work. The project aims to begin operations before year’s end.
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Dublin
Irish University
Gaelic League
Ireland
United States
America
Cork
England
Board of Studies
Plague of Pigeons Strains Vienna Officials
London Vienna faces a pigeon overrun with thousands of birds thriving unmolested. Complaints about dirty building facades push Vienna magistracy to seek action, appealing to the Society for the Protection of Animals for a local slaughter. The society declines, citing animal friendliness, leaving officials to decide future steps possibly using the unemployed.
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London
Vienna
Vienna Magistracy
Magistracy
Vienna Society For the Protection of
Magistration
Harvesters and autos sold abroad show wide American reach
The Bureau of Statistics reports extensive American trade with 75 nations for mowers and reapers, Russia as Europe’s top buyer, and auto shipments totaling nearly five million dollars. Plows, bicycles, watches, and other goods reach dozens of countries including Greenland, Iceland, the Canary Islands, and ports in Asia and Africa.
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Russia
Europe
United Kingdom
Mexico
Cuba
Central America
Australia
New Zealand
Dutch East Indies
Greenland
Iceland
Gibraltar
Tripoli
Falkland Islands
Canary Islands
Kiao Chau
China
Port Arthur
Talleman
Chine
Morocco
Africa
Servia
Roumania
Tasmania
German Oceania
French Oceania
British Oceania
Whale entangles and drowns on Alaska cable line
Captain Laffin of the Burnside reports a whale on the Alaska coast twisted the government cable around its head while feeding. The whale drowned after the wire wrapped tight and the carcass was consumed by sea life. Crew later hauled a large amount of whale bone and found a severe twist in the line.
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Seattle
Alaska
Laffin
United States
Burnside
Valdez
Sitka
Cook’s Inlet
Fourth of July Celebration in Rural America
A lively Fourth of July scene depicts a rural parade with families from Brun Bes Runa Cly Green Vale and Da le, diverse ages and classes sharing a common table of grub and pies. Speakers recite the Declaration as moonlight guards the night while firelight and drums set a patriotic mood. James Ball Naylor in the Reader Magazine.
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Ol* Newsome
Brun
Bes Runa
Cly
Green Vale
Dale
James Ball Naylor
Reader Magazine
Original Draft of the Declaration on Display
RESENT DAY visitors to the state department may inspect the original Jefferson draft of the Declaration with Franklin and Adams interlineations, kept in a steel cabinet beside the safe. A mahogany desk Jefferson gave to Joseph Coolidge Jr. in 1776, later presented to the nation, bears his inscription and is exhibited in the same treasury house of historic mementoes.
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State Department
Jefferson
Franklin
Adams
Monroe
Thomas Jefferson
Joseph Coolidge, Jr
Miss Randolph
Mr. Coolidge
Honora
United States
Department of State
Ben Randall
Philadelphia
Monticello
Remembering Fourth of July firecrackers and thrift
A reminiscence recalls growing up frugally buying firecrackers in packs at low prices, hiding celebratory bursts in dawns and cisterns, and salvaging spent or unfired pieces the day after the holiday, with vivid contrasts to modern indulgence.
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Mr. Fattipose
New York Sun
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