Notable Deaths and Disasters Across the Nation
Dr J E Stubbs president of the University of Nevada died suddenly in Reno. A severe storm in Superior Wisconsin caused one death and over 500000 dollars in damage. Samuel Fitzgerald saved nine people from a tenement fire in St Louis. Chicago fights vice during wartime and a court upholds September Morns censorship ruling. Utah mine output rose to 44858210 in 1913 from 42992302 in 1912. Trainmen on Western roads prepare to strike.
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J. E. Stubbs
University of Nevada
Reno
Superior
Wis
Samuel Fitzgerald
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Chicago
Citizens’ Committee
Appelate Court
First District of
Miller Brewing Company
Memphis
Tenn
Utah
Victor C. Heikes
United State Geological Survey
Denver
Georgia W. Jay
Homer Rodeheaver
Evangelist Billy Sunday
Ben B. Lindsey
Ludlow
Colo
New York
Rockefeller
Colorado
John D. Rockefeller
Carranza to make Tampico constitutional capital per Navy report
Admiral Mayo informs the Navy Department that Carranza plans Tampico as the Constitutionalist capital until Mexico City falls. The Supreme Court voids Oklahoma’s reciprocal demurrage law as unconstitutional, ruling it applied to interstate commerce as well as state commerce.
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Carranza
Tampico
Mexico City
Admiral Mayo
Navy Department
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Shamrock IV Launched in Gosport as Cup Challenger
The Shamrock IV was launched at Gosport England and christened by the Countess of Shaftesbury. Also noted, W L Haynes longtime Denver Baseball Club secretary was mourned in a funeral at Ennis Texas, with the body brought from Denver.
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Gosport
Eng
Countess of
Shaftesbury
W. L. Haynes
Denver Baseball Club
Ennis
Tex
Denver
Not a Real Excuse for Favor or Delay
A youthful employee confesses a harmless, tongue in cheek request to be excused on Tuesday. He answers a blunt line of questions with refusals and politeness, then explains his genuine wish to attend a ball game without making a poor excuse to a shrewd businessman.
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Ficton
Infant Skin Ailment Healed By Cuticura Ointment
Mrs J G Kelley of Port Orchard Washington describes a newborn with painful blisters over the abdomen lasting six weeks until Cuticura Soap and Ointment provided relief and a complete cure within seven to eight days. The advertisement notes Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold globally with free samples and a 32 page Skin Book.
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Port Orchard
J. G. Kelley
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Blow to Romance in Prosaic Age
The Kansas City Journal quotes a witty exchange on modern manners with a remark about a king knighting a man with an umbrella during a prosaic era. The quip mirrors contemporary restraint and social quirks in a humorous, period voice.
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Kansas City Journal
Remedy for Ink and Rust Stains with Cream of Tartar
For ink stains and iron rust on wash goods, use cream of tartar as a remedy. Dampen the stained area with a tartar solution and expose the fabric to sunlight to lift the stains.
Red Cross Bag Blue Ad Promises Happiness and Misery
An advertising tag extols Red Cross Bag Blue as the key to clear white clothes. It contrasts happiness given by the ounce with misery by the pound, urging purchase at all good grocers.
Unions Gain 69 756 Members in April
Secretary Morrison announced April 1914 shows a net increase of 69 756 members across affiliated unions, compared with April 1913. The AFL executive council met as the report noted total paid up membership at 2 069 177 for 1914 and a treasury balance of 106 098 01 at April 30.
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Washington
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Treasury
Prize Jobholder Visits Minneapolis by Aging Chief
John Smith, claimed 128 years old and chief of the Chippewa for over a century, traveled to Minneapolis to view the city once part of his hunting grounds. Government records suggest he was a boy in 1798, and he remains sighted and able to walk unassisted.
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Mexico City
Washington
Huerta
Richard Urban
Montague
Cananea
Urban
Pointed Mountain
Nacozari
Urband
Roosevelt
National Capitol
Wilson
Congress
Smithsonian Institution
Diplomatic Corps
Minneapolis
Minn
John Smith
Smith
Cattle Queen Bonnemont Dies in Salt Lake City
Mrs Elizab et h Bonnemont famed as Utah cattle and sheep queen dies at home in Salt Lake City. Immigrant from Scotland arrived in 1865 at age twenty and built a fortune of about two million dollars through cattle ventures and real estate.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Elizabeth Bonemont
Bonnemont
Scotland
Salt Lake
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Western
Shan Ching Shu
San Francisco
Berkeley Hills
Wall Street
Senate
Shafroth
Porfirio Laurel
Mexico
Laredo
Laurel
Revenue Cutter Service
Reynolds
Bering Sea
Takoma
Unalaska
Unalga
Buffalo
Paramita
Lost Harbor
Toklo
Japan
Post Wheeler
Persia
John L. Caldwell
Fort Scott
Kan
Versailles
Ouimet
Palmer
Travers
Rufer
Mike Gibbons
St. Paul
Johnny Alberts
Elizabeth
N. J
Syracuse
N. Y
Battler
Belmont Park
John Whalen
Buskin
Fairbrother
Fashion Plate
Tose Wontor Lire Sioux
Tye
Lincoln
Omaha
Des Mot
Wichita
Topeka
Bright
Dean
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Genasco
Trinidad Lake
Kant-lenk Kleets
Genansco
Hendrie & Bolthoft Mfe. & 8. Co
17Th St
Ver
Kodaks
Denver Photo Materials Co
Man Kodak Co
Metz
Cartorn
New Mexico
Wyoming
Cartercar CO
Edwy
HD Smith
16Th St
BEE Supplies
THE
Colorado Honey Producers Ass
Market Street
Denver, Colo
Newann An Pip
Tava
8 Bros
Meg
ANT Upely CO
Vance St
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