Bandits Loot Train Near New Orleans Kill Brakeman
Two armed men robbed the New York dyer for Louisville and Nashville credit of 19.50 and a transfer man of 39.60 aboard a sleeper near New Orleans. They killed brakeman Thomas Elgin, fired on a porter, then fled into swamps as passengers huddled inside. Police and a special railroad posse pursued but the bandits disappeared into darkness.
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New Orleans
New York
Louisville & Nashville Road
Thomas Elgin
Potter
Helin
Australasia Eliminates Canada in Davis Cup Doubles
Brookes and Anthony F. Wilding of Australia defeated B. F. Schwengers and R. B. Powell in straight sets 6-4 6-3 6-4 at Lake Forest to gain three points and advance to the semifinals. The next series faces Germany at Allegheny Country Club near Pittsburgh on July 30.
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Chicago
Norman
Brookes
Anthony F. Wilding
B. F. Schwengers
R. B. Powell
Canuck
Lake Forest
Wilding
Germany
Allegheny Country Club
Pittsburgh
New Nomination Nominated For Bureau Chiefs And Postmasters
President Wilson sent to the senate nominations for Edward Brand of Virginia and Frank Rotter of Maryland as first and second assistant chiefs of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. The list also includes postmasters for Illinois Layington Kuykendall Bayvilla Indiana Levi Pennington Spiceland John Huther Jasper Iowa Isaac West Sterling Moore Brady Pratt Missouri A R Alexander Plattsburgh Wisconsin H Meisser Wittenburg.
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Washington
Wilsson
Senate
Edward Brand
Virginia
Frank Rotter
Maryland
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Illinois
Robert Selby
Layington
Charles D. Kuykendall
Bayvilla
Indiana
Levi T. Pennington
Spiceland
John P. Huther
Jas ‘Per
Iowa
Isaac N. West
Mount Vernon
Sterling P. Moore
Villisea
Belfast Ready for War as Ulster Mobilizes
Tension rises in Belfast with a likely provisional government formation imminent. Ulster forces are expected to mobilize quickly, with 36 000 tons of supplies stored to last six months for a 60 mile radius. Boessneck Broese Co. of New York, a dry goods importer, has made a general assignment for creditors.
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Belfast
Ulster Forces
New York
Falls
Boessneck,Broese & Co
Train Robbers Take $2000 Near Chatsworth Park
Deputy sheriffs hunt hills north of Los Angeles for robbers who held up Southern Pacific train No. 22 near Chatsworth Park and escaped with more than $2,000.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Southern Pacific Company
Chatsworth Park
Folk Seeks Rock Island Inquiry on Investments Losses
Joseph Folk expects the Interstate Commerce Commission to begin a formal audit of the Rock Island lines next week at 14 Wall Street with expert accountants. Directors say the probe will reveal only past errors in acquisitions including losses of about 15 million on St Louis & San Francisco, 6 million on Chicago & Aston, and 2 million on coal properties. New Haven directors resist government pressure over Boston & Maine stock and plan to oppose dissolution suits without a consent decree.
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New York
Inter- Btute Commerce Commission
Rock Island
Joseph W. Folk
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Wall Street
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
St. Louis
San Francisco
Chicago
Aston
New Haven
United States
Boston & Mains
Massachusetts
Wilson
Armistice Signed Amid Guar antees Basis for Peace Talks
Gen Iturbide announces armistice between government and constitutionalists in Mexico City. Negotiations will proceed on full guarantees for all. amnesty hinted as key aim. Separate dispatches in Washington note recall of Carothers and possible investigation into Carranza Villa rift. Mediation leaders meet with the president as a final close to talks. In Vera Cruz reports cite heavy fighting in Mexico City and a jail break at the military prison as foreigners consider defense or evacuation.
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Mexico City
Edrardo Iturbide
General Iturbide
Carbajal
Federal District
Iturbide
Carranza
Washington
Bryan
George H. Carothers
General Villa
Carothers
State Department
Beteen Carranza
Villa
John Lind
White Houses
Stung Lind
Huerta
Tha
Senors da Gama
Naon
Suarez
White ‘House
Wil- 800
Vera Cruz
Gar
President Withdraws Jones Nomination to Federal Reserve Board
President Wilson withdraws Thomas D. Jones from consideration for the Federal Reserve Board after opposition from Democrats and several friendly senators. The move follows bitter attacks on Jones and the administration, with Senate criticism of the Harvester trust and related corporate ties.
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Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Wilson
Thomas D. Jones
Chicago
Congress
Jones
Owen
Banking and Currency Committee
White House
Clarke
Arkansas
Johnson
Maine
Shively
Indiana
Reed
Missouri
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate
Harvester Trust
Trade Commission
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Canal opening for commerce through Panama Canal
Washington reports the Panama Canal will open to vessels needing no more than thirty feet of water on and after August 15, 1914. Secretary Garrison made the announcement. The canal’s formal opening remains set for March 1935, with a government boat propelling the inaugural commercial service on August 15 under Colonel Goethals and no ceremonies planned.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Garrison
Goethals
Marines Start for Haiti
The navy department said the transport Prairie with officers and marines has sailed from Guantanamo for a Haitian port likely Cape Haitien. Captain Eberle reports fighting ongoing at Puerto Plata and indicates peace conferences have not been achieved in Haiti or San Domingo, with a U S Marine landing possible at any moment.
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Washington
Navy Department
State Department
Prairie
Guantanamo
Haiti
Cape Haitien
Eberle
Puerto Plata
San Domingo
United States
Aged Man Hangs Himself in Michigan Orchard
Andrew Schbenz aged ninety a prominent central Michigan resident for 40 years hanged himself from a tree in his son Dorus orchard where he had lived the last years.
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Springfeld
Charles Jerdes
Edinburg
Springfield
Hela Jerdes
Frank Gardner
Petoskey
Mich
Andrew Schbenz
Michigan
Dorus
Australasians Win in Davis Cup Singles
Chicago July 25 Norman 5. Brookes and Anthony F Wilding representing Australasia easily beat Canadian rivals in the Davis Cup elimination series with emphatic singles victories.
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Chicago
Norman
Brookes
Anthony F. Wilding
Australasia
International Eucharistic Congress Opens in Lourdes
Ten cardinals including Cardinal Parley of New York attend the international eucharistic congress in Lourdes with 200 archbishops and bishops from around the world. Cardinal Grantta Di Belmonte-Genaro presides for the pope until July 26.
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Lourdes
Francs
Cardinal Parley
New York City
Grantta di Belmonte-Gennaro
Jollet
Harvey B. Wood
Wood
Taylor
Wis
Richard Roberta
Etef
Roberta
Fiamen
Drunk? Poison Mistake Ends Life in Tower Hill
Mia Fred Mc Cullough of Tower Hill mistook a bottle of carbide acid for peroxide throat Bargle and swallowed an ounce of the drug, dying an hour later. The incident occurred in July at the Pane, US.
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Pane
Mia
Fred McCullough
Tower Hill
Huerta Arrives in Jamaica With Refugees on Dresden
General Huerta and his party landed in Kingston Jamaica on the German cruiser Dresden from Puerto Mexico. Refugees appeared in good health and relieved to escape Mexico.
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Huerta
Jamaica
Kingston
General Huerta
Dresden
Puerto Mexico
Mexico
Sisters File Divorce Suits in Wabash Court
In Wabash Indiana on July 25 sisters Mayd BH Oldfield and Clarence Creviston filed divorce suits in the eastern court at the same hour through the same attorney. Oldfield alleges abandonment and failure to provide. Creviston claims her husband became intoxicated every Sunday.
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Wabash, Ind
Mayd BH. Oldfield
Clarence Creviston
Striking Workmen Killed in St Petersburg Unrest
In St Petersburg a clash between striking workers and Cossacks left at least five dead and eight seriously wounded as fighting continued through the night.
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St Petersburg
Russia
Well Known Nun Bernardina Krampha Dies in Bloomington
Sister Bernardina Krampha of St. Joseph's hospital in Bloomington dies at home following a lengthy illness. A prominent Franciscan, she previously headed hospitals in Peoria and Burlington Iowa.
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Bloomington, II
Bernardina Krampha
Anpertor
St. Joseph's Hospital
Peoria
Buclington
Carranza backs amnesty stance may disrupt peace talks
Washington reports General Carranza will not grant general amnesty before taking power in Mexico City. The constitutionalists insist on unconditional surrender of the Cabajal government and warn concesssions could derail the planned peace conference. Pelicitas Villareal says Carranza won’t reveal any broad amnesty demand. Felix Diaz cites Huerta's telegram urging new revolution.
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Washington
D. C
Carranza
Mexico City
Ehtet
Mexico
United States
Csrranza
Madero
Suarey
Huerta
Carbajal
Pelicitas Villareal
Treasury
Villareal
Mr. Villareal
Felix Diaz
Toronto
Republic
Harvest prospects rise as grain crops progress
Marshalltown county reports good harvest progress with hay all cut and oats ahead of expectations. Winter wheat is in shock and oats yield is large. Timothy crop is decent though not heavy and pasture remains fair. Corn is advancing, many fields in silk and awaiting rain to improve yields.
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Marshalltown
Hmothy
Camp Meeting At Stratford Draws Large Attendance
Webster City reports the Port Dodge district conference and camp meeting of the Methodist church in Stratford began last Sunday and closes August 5. A big tent near the Nes Moines river hosts sessions with Rev. W. M. Runyan of Baldwin Kansas as evangelist. District Superintendent W. T. Macdonald Rev. W. Spence of Port Dodge and Rev. C. H. Keranhnefner of this city headline the speakers as preparations promise the largest district event in years.
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Webster City
Port Dodge
Mie Methodist Church
Stratford
Nes Moines
W. M. Runyan
Baldwin, Kan
W. T. Macdonald
W. Spence
C. H. Keranhnefner
Prescot
Cedar Falls to Build Soldiers Memorial Hall
Black Hawk county will raise about 16000 in taxes by October for a soldiers memorial hall. A committee of C D Becker William Smith and John Call was elected to supervise construction and site selection. Cedar Falls offers a free site and Waterloo will likely do the same.
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Cedar Falls
Black Hawk County
C. D. Becker
William Smith
John Call
Waterloo
Train Strikes Auto in Ida Grove. Councilman Drops Dead
An automobile driven by FP D Babcock Jr and occupied by his two sons was struck by a passenger train at Ida Grove with slight injury to the occupants. City Councilman Peter Lund, who rushed to the scene, collapsed and died.
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Ida Grove
FP. D. Babcock, Jr
Algo
Orcupagis
Peter Lund
Farmer Dies in Binder Accident Near Schalier
Schalier area farmer Krause crushed by a heavy binder after his horses were startled by an approaching automobile, authorities report. The incident near Schalier involved the farmer Schalier John Krause.
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Binder
Schalier
John Krause
Schailer
Woman Combats Pain with Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Florence reader Mrs P W Lanseng of Florence SD credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing months of bearing down pains backache headaches and loss of appetite She says after using a bottle she felt better and worked again A thirty year stand ard remedy for female ills the company invites inquiries to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn MA for confidential advice
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Florence
Dakota
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
P. W. Lanseng
South Dakota
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Rich Montana Farms for sale with easy terms
Classified notice offers 500 Montana farms of all sizes with water access and churches listed. Describes very low prices and easy terms with free guarantees to buyers. Address provided as Mastin Banker Melana Rovk for contacting sellers.
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Montana
Iusmied Boukteta
Mastin
Melana
Rovk
Sebens and the camp meeting slippers
In a neighborly scene from a rural setting, Bena boasts gaudy feathers and seeks a pair of satin slippers for an upcoming camp meeting. She explains she has no money left and requests sister Mau’s help, while the mistress questions Bena’s shoe size and the fit of her feet.
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Bena
Mig Ford
Preferred the Lesser Evil and a child’s odd reply
A quoted exchange frames a child named Jennie foretelling she will be an old maid. The pair discusses future roles and shopping, revealing a humorous tone. The text abruptly shifts to a claim that Tuscany cultivates 1,486,654 acres of grapes.
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Jennie
Tuscany
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