Sixth Annual Meeting of Postal Clerks in Des Moines
National President Rogers cannot attend the Des Moines gathering of the Iowa State United National Association of Postoffice Clerks and National Association of Letter Carriers. The event includes forenoon sessions, a city tour, a Shrine temple banquet and dance, with about 500 Iowa members and 27 000 national members participating. A message from Rogers conveyed his regrets.
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Des Moines
Towa
United National Association of, Postoffice Clerks
National Association of Letter Carriers
Shrine Temple
Iowa Association
Iowa
Nalional Association
Cleriss
P.O
Frank Rogers
Yeaters Day
Association
Perry Commercial Club Pushes Rural Road Paving Project
The Perry Commercial Club raised funds with a raffle to pave rural roads in Dallas County Iowa. They secured 2500 from the county supervisors and added city funds for a total aimed at a two mile west of Perry concrete road sixteen feet wide over a mile long. The effort hopes to expand across the county, making Dallas County known for good roads in a few years.
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Perry
Perry Commercial Club
Iowa
Dallas County Board of Supervisors
Perry City
Dallas
Negro Minister Arrested in Fairfield Assault Case
Rev. L. Bass, pastor of the African Methodist Episcopal church in Fairfield, was arrested on an assault charge after a complaint by Mrs. Maggie Messick, a 64 year old woman who says he assaulted her in her home last Sunday. Bass failed to post bond and a hearing is set for next Wednesday.
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Fairfield
LW. Bass
Goa
Bess
Maggie Messick
Bound Over to Jury in Seymour Bank Case
John Ware of Seymour was bound over to a federal grand jury on bond for threatening a man in Seymour. The case concerns the earlier irregularities at the Seymour bank involving his son Leroy Ware the banker. The stake was a $3,000 writhe claim.
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John Ware
Seymour
Leroy Ware
Seymour Bank
Federal Grand Jury
Caver
Young Farmer Sentenced to Anamosa Reformatory
Cylinder resident Claud Pugsley, a young farmer, was sentenced in Algona to up to five years in the Anamosa reformatory after being found guilty of breaking into a Milwaukee freight car and stealing goods.
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Algona
Claud Pugsley
Cylinder
Anamosa
Pugsley
Grain Dealers Meet Marks First District AGM
Iowa grain dealers from nine central counties gathered in Marshalltown for the first quarterly meeting of the district organization of the Farmers' Grain Dealers' association of lows. They discussed grain enrollment and crop outlook.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Iawa
Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association of Lows
Assailant of Newton Man Captured
Newton man Tom Malone was stabbed in his room. Howard captured at Kellogg charged with attempt to murder and arraigned before a judge with bond set at 1000 dollars for a hearing next Tuesday.
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Newton
Burglary Report At Sorglers Logan City
A burglary at Sorglers in Logan resulted in a broken rear window and entry. The thief carried off suits, bats, neckties, shoes and other goods valued around 125 dollars plus about 5 dollars in cash, and a baseball museum drawer contents were also disturbed.
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Logan
Ioagan
Jeysen-Myers
Flood Toll Grows as Mississippi Flood Expands
New Orleans reports confirm thousands of acres flooded after the river at St Sophia broke Tuesday. The disaster stretches from Rosedale Minnesota to Natchez Mississippi, leaving 105000 people homeless and prompting a major relief effort as life and property suffer heavy losses.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
St. Sophia
Torras
Rosedale
Misn
Natchez
Arkansas City
Red River
Mexico City Quake Toll Rising Across Several Cities
Mexico City reports thirty four killed and many buildings damaged in Zapatalan on the volcano Colima. Sixteen dead at Ciudad Guzman with ten more injured. Guadalajara felt twelve shocks causing substantial damage. Over half a million dollars in losses including a church at Quartel. The volcano near Colima erupts after the quakes and the observatory warns of another disaster in twelve hours.
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Mexico City
Zapatalan
Iilano
Colima
Ciudad Guzman
Guadalijara
Quartel
Shriners Name Officers At Imperial Court Meeting
Southern Bhrivera won a decisive victory electing Ernest A. Cutts potentate of the Ales temple Savannah Ga as imperial outer guard by a large majority. Dallas Tex was chosen as the site for the imperial council sessions next year with May 14 1913 as the dates. Cutts aims to become imperial potentate and will succeed in twelve years. William J Cunningham of Baltimore was chosen as the best imperial potentate.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Bhrivera
Imperial Court
Ernest A. Cutts
Ales Temple
Savannah
Imperial
Dallas
Tex
Mperial Council
Cutts
William J. Cunningham
Raitimore
Lightning Kills Woman at Farm Home in Sioux City
Mrs. George Saunders was killed by a bolt of lightning while looking from her farm home window. Four children in the room were unharmed in the May 13 incident near Sioux City.
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Sioux City
George Saunders
New York Steel Corp Posts Large April Orders Rise
White United States Steel Corp announced on Friday that April 30 it had on hand upfied orders totaling 6 084 886 ton, up 960 044 from the previous month.
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Increage
New York
United States
Bteel Corporation
Inquiry into Judge Archbald misconduct charges opens
Washington May 11 The judiciary committee hears testimony in the Archbald impeachment inquiry. Edward J Williams a Scranton witness admits using a letter to influence railroad coal cases and denies knowledge of signed statements alleging coal land deals. Borland and other witnesses await cross examination as proceedings continue.
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Washington
Robert W. Archbaid
Commerce Court
House Judiciary Committee
Edward J. Wiliams
Scranton
Archibald
May
Williams
Department of Justice
Archbald
Erie & Lebigt
William P. A. Borland
Horland
Awe
Borand
Borfd
Worthington
Willams
Nea
Borland
Alg
Courling
Witter P
G Borland
Poey
Tla
Judge Measle Shot Dead in Hillavine Courthouse Rampage
Witness Daniel Thomas described the May 13 incident in Carrot county where Floyd Allen and the Alles gang opened fire in the Hillavine courthouse. The report says Judge Measle uttered a dying line as he lay wounded beside the bench while witnesses recalled Floyd Allen as a respectable businessman amid the attack.
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Wythaglils
Judge Measle
Hillavine
Ucats
Alles Gang
Daniel Thomas
Lumberman
Floyd Allah
Thomas
Floyd Alten
Busines
Inga
Motherless Girl in Kentucky Ends Her Life
A twelve year old girl from Gouleville Kentucky attempted suicide Friday after claiming no mother to care for her. The mother died eight years ago, per local report. An unrelated item notes a London port medical officer report that no vessel with stars and stripes arrived in the Thames last year.
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Self
Gouleville
Aline House
Giles
Local rider dies after a horse throws him in city
A man identified as a local horse rider was killed when thrown from a horse in a city area on May 1. The incident occurred near a table owner and involved bystanders as authorities began investigations.
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Goliet
Viera
Thie
Thuradey
Yelectria
Woman's Wit Sparks Meat Inspection Conspiracy Claim
Myra Scott Durand of Chicago testified that Arthur Meeker general manager of Armour & Co used the U S meat inspection service to ruin her Crabtree Farm dairy. She says inspectors betrayed cows condemned as tubercular and shifted them to Armour plants. Durand seeks witness status as claims tie packers to a government probe.
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Washington
Heer
Myre
Scott Durand
Jet
Chicago
Nelson
Wisconsin
Arthur Meeker
Armour & Co
Meat Inspection Service
United States Department of Sericulture
Crabtree Farm
Durand
Meeker
House Committee On Expenditures
Meat Trust
Meat Inspection Aervine
Halland Minister of Marine Quits in The Hague
Vice-Admiral Z Wentholt resigns from the Netherlands minister of marine post after the chamber defeats a plan to build a battleship for service in the Dutch East Indies. The resignation follows the collapse of the proposal on May 1 in The Hague.
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Halland
the Hague
Z. Wentholt
Chamber of Deputies
Dutch East Indies
Chief of Police Hyrdatte Abel Dies at Desk
May 18 in Binghamton New York reports Police Chief Hyrdatte Abel aged about 68 collapsed dead at his desk after decades of service. Abel had been a member of the force for forty years.
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Binghamton
Poliga jChiet Hyrdatte
Investment and Bankers Unite to Build Iowa Industry
Iowa towns thriving with factory growth rely on close banker manufacturer partnership. The piece notes seed capital from farms, spring weather boosts seed corn, and warns against migration of investment capital. It discusses stallion law, homeopathic debates, stock on the farm advocacy, and insurance probe signals across Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Gree Bay
Iown
Cengus
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