Riley's Remains Laid To Rest In Crown Hill Vault
Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley was laid to rest at Crown Hill cemetery in Indianapolis on Tuesday July 25. Relatives and close friends attended a house service led by Rev. Joseph A Milburn before the body was placed in a vault decorated with his favorite bright flowers. A public viewing drew an estimated 50 000 people as officials and pallbearers including Vice President Marshall Senator Kern Senator Taggart Governor Ralston and others attended services.
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Indianapolis
James Whitcomb Riley
Indiana
Crown Hill Cemetery
Joseph A. Milburn
Sewanee, Tenn
Second Presbyterian Church
Marshall
John W. Kern
Thomas Taggart
United States
Charles W. Fairbanks
Samuel M. Ralston
Henry Watterson
Louisville
Henry S. New
Meredith Nicholson
George Ade
Must Accept Carranza Coin In Parral Decree
El Paso reports Gen. Luis Herrera orders that refusing Carranza coin new issue at 20 cents in Parral will bring the firing squad at sunrise. The decree, posted on walls and telegraph poles, follows Herrera's return from Mexico City after a conference with Gen. Carranza and is believed to have Carranza's sanction.
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el Paso
Tex
Carranza
Parral
Luis Herrera
Herrera
Mexico City
Caraanza
ICM Declines Coal Rate Adjustment Challenge
Washington The interstate commerce commission declined to disturb coal rates from Southern Illinois Western Kentucky and Northwestern Alabama to Memphis Tennessee and dismissed Alabama coal operators complaint that the adjustment discriminated against them.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois
Kentucky
Alabama
Memhis, Tenn
Nearly Half Rejected from Arkansas National Guard
Official figures from Little Rock show that out of 2 095 officers and men called into federal service 922 were rejected for failing physical examinations.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas National Guard
Wilson to Stay in Capital Defense After Adjournment
Washington President Wilson has definitely decided to remain in Washington despite Congress's session length and will postpone notifying his renomination until after adjournment.
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Wilson
Capital
Washington
Congress
Inventor John Hamilton Brown Dead at 79 in Hoboken
John Hamilton Brown, inventor of the segmental wire-wound gun, died at his West Hoboken home aged 79. The Hoboken native was renowned for his innovations in early ordnance design and held several patents in weapon construction. His death marks the passing of a noted figure in industrial gun development.
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Hoboken, N. J
John Hamilton Brown
West Hoboken
Free Rent for Canal Employes Executive Order
An executive order grants free rent, fuel, and electric current to federal employees in the Panama Canal Zone. Rain Every Day in Atlanta breaks weather records with 22 consecutive days of rain. Montreal endures extreme heat causing over 260 child fatalities this week. Quebec City reports 280 children affected by heat.
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Canal
Washington
Wilson
Panama Canal Zone
Atlanta
Weather Bureau
Montreal
Quebec City
Negro Troopers In Border Row Fire At Man On Street
San Antonio Texas four black Illinois National Guard members were shot by a rescue squad after a confrontation with a white man near the militia camp. Injuries include a pelvis wound to Sergeant Walter Blue a thigh wound to Private Edward Lightborne and a leg fracture to Private Sidney Williams. Command devolves to Luis Herrera amid reports General Trevino relieved.
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San Antonio
Tex
Highth
Illinois Nation Guard
Herbert G. Henne
New Braunfels
Henne
Nineteenth Infantry
Walter M. Blue
Edward Lightborne
Sidney R. Williams
Mexican Army Command Shuffle Reported From Saltillo
A Saltillo printed dispatch from Mexico City claimed Gen. Trevino was removed from command of the Mexican army of the Northeast and sent to the capital. It conflicted with Gen. Bell’s reports that Gen. Luis Herrera in Parral was named his successor and that Gen. Luis Cabellero, Tampico garrison commandant, was given the assignment.
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el Paso
Tex
Saltillo
Mexico City
George Bell, Jr
Trevino
Bell
Luis Herrera
Parral
Luis Cabellero
Tampico
Machine Gun Classes Planned at Fort Sill
Lawton Oklahoma reports a special term of the United States Army school of musketry for machine gun instruction will begin August 20 at Fort Sill.
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Lawton
School of Musketry
United States Army
Fort Sill
Man Killed on Porch. Son Held in Texas
William Smith was shot and killed on his Blue Grove porch twelve miles south of Henrietta, Texas. Alfred Smith, his 20 year old son, is in custody on the murder charge.
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Henrietta
Tex
William Smith
Blue Grove
Here
Alfred Smith
Two Children Drown in Coal Pit Disaster
Rich Jill Mo-Vivian and Jessie Green aged five and eight, children of John Green, drowned in an abandoned coal pit here. Police and local emergency crews investigated the tragedy as a missing persons call led to the grim discovery.
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Rich Jill
Mo—Vivian
Jessie Green
John Green
Ferry collision drowns twenty near Berlin and Copenhagen
Twenty people perish when two ferries collide on the Spree near Berlin, one vessel sinks. Rescue efforts ongoing as authorities report the disaster affecting multiple passengers and crews from both boats.
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Copenhagen
Spree
Berlin
Prairie Oil and Gas cuts crude price in Tulsa hope
Tulsa based Prairie Oil and Gas Co posts mid continent crude at 1.45 a barrel, a 10 cent cut from the last two months price. The move is aimed at reducing gasoline prices for consumers.
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Tulsa
Prairie Oil and Gas Co
Ramsay dies at 63 in Hazlemere Buckingh
Sir William Ramsay, eminent chemist and president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, has died at his Beechecroft residence in Hazlemere Buck.
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William Ramsay
London
Sir William Ramsay
Beechecroft
Hazlemere
Buck
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Four Hurt In Collision near Springfield Missouri
Four persons were injured when two trains collided five miles south of Springfield. Injured include Frisco brakeman E. E. Utley and passengers Miss Annie Underwood B B Barret and P W Fuller.
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Springfield
Sequiora Park
Frisco
Here
E. E. Utley
Annie Underwood
B. B. Barret
P. W. Fuller
Bride of a Month Drowned in Mill Creek Near MacFarland
Topeka Kans Mrs Hildur Nygren Carlson of Topeka a bride of a month was drowned while bathing alone in Mill creek near MacFarland.
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Topeka
Kans
Hildur Nygren
Carlson
Mill Creek
MacFarland
United States Carranza Talks Move Toward Border Settlement
Washington weighs a proposed commission to settle US Mexico tensions as Polk educates Arredondo. Negotiations stall over Pershing withdrawal and scope of talks. Officials note US aims to limit further Mexican incursion while accepting Carranza’s stance on Villa.
Dental Operation Fatal for Mrs Davis in Hospital
Mrs Vesta Davis wife of Major Henry C Davis United States Marine Corps died in the hospital a few hours after a dental operation from blood poisoning.
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Newport, R. L
Vesta Davis
Henry C. Davis
United States Marine Corps
Fatal train accident shocks Evergreen Park crowd
Chicago couple Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lahm were killed almost instantly when struck by a switch engine near Evergreen Park station in view of several hundred bystanders.
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Chicago
Fred Lahm
Evergreen Park Station
Mrs. Pankhurst Departs for Liverpool on Saxonia
English suffragist leader Emmeline Pankhurst, who has toured the United States since January 15 supporting despot Servians, departs New York aboard the steamship Saxonia bound for Liverpool.
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New York
Emmeline Pankhurst
Saxonia
Liverpool
Miners Strike at American Bauxite Company in Arkansas
Seven hundred miners at the American Bauxite Company plant in Bauxite near Little Rock Arkansas struck for the second time in a month. Many recently joined the union and about fifty workers are said to have been discharged for union activity.
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Little Rock
Ark
American Bauxite Company
Bauxite
Here
Sulzer Accepts Nomination by New American Party
Minneapolis report says William Sulzer former New York governor agreed to accept the presidential nomination of the New American party which will open its first national convention in Minneapolis next Tuesday.
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Minneapolis
Minn
William Sulzer
New York
New American Party
United States to Buy West Indies for 25 Million
Geneva reports Lausanne Gazette states negotiations are finished with Denmark for the sale of the Danish West Indies. The United States is said to pay 25 million dollars for the islands.
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West Indies
Geneva
Switzerland
Lausanne Gazette
United States
Denmark
Danish West Indies
Islands
Hanly Nominated for President on Prohibition Ticket
At the Prohibition national convention in St. Paul Minnesota J Frank Hanly former Indiana governor was nominated for president on the first ballot. He won 440 votes to 181 for Sulzer with other candidates receiving small totals. Dr Ira D Landreth of Nashville was named for vice president unanimously after others withdrew. The platform was adopted with a single change endorsing initiative referendum and recall.
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St. Paul
Minn
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
United States
Ira D. Landreth
Nashville
Tenn
Hanly
William Sulzer
New York
Eugene W. Chafin
Arizona
Charles J. Hall
California
Dr. Landreth
Hendrickson
Resolutions Committee
Petrolite Attack Details Sought by Washington
The state department has received a request from Austria Hungary via Ambassador Penfield in Vienna for more information about the Austrian submarine attack on the American steamer Petrolite. The dispatch gave no clear indication of Vienna's intent to apologize punish the commander or provide reparations.
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Washington
State Department
Austria-Hungary
Penfield
Vienna
Petrolite
Valparaiso Man Plans Concrete Grave and Monument
Valparaiso Indiana resident Joseph Decker, active in Chamber of Commerce work, supervised his own digging, which will be lined with concrete. He ordered a $300 monument and says he will leave only $500 at death, to go to his undertaker.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Joseph Decker
Chamber of Commerce
Missing Mah's Body Found in Michigan Shore
The body of Charles Marcell of New York, who with James H. Hurty also of New York, left here in a canoe in early June for Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, was found on Albany Island near Sheboygan Mich. Hurty's body was recovered last week.
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Sheboygan
Mich
Charles Marcell
New York
James H. Hurty
Sault Ste. Marie
Albany Island
Hurty
Miners Strike Closes Rosiclare and Fairview Spar Plants
Officers at Rosiclare and the Fairview Spar mines closed their plants indefinitely after a strike and ensuing violence. All workers were discharged except a few watchmen.
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Elizabethtown
Rosiclare
Fairview Spar
Grand Marshal of Sweden Dies in Lysekil Baths
Stockholm officials report the death of Lysekil resident Grand Marshal of Sweden and chief of the Swedish court, Lewis Douglas. The prominent royal official passed away at Lysekil Baths, leaving a noted career in national service.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Lewis Douglas
Lysekil Baths
Rotary Clubs Name Atlanta as 1917 Convention City
Cincinnati Atlanta Ga was selected as the 1917 convention city for the International Association of Rotary Clubs over Kansas City and Salt Lake City.
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Rotary Clubs
Atlanta
Cincinnati
International Association of Rotary Clubs
Kansas City
Salt
Lesson Text-I Cor 1 1 2 6aul’s letter overview
A compact religious lecture from a July 30 lesson notes on First Corinthians 1 1 2 6 emphasising Paul’s ministry at Ephesus the cross as power and wisdom of God and the call of the foolish to salvation. It surveys church issues and the key theories of unity purpose and the role of the cross in redemption.
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Lord Jesus Christ
Paul
Corinth
Ephesus
Sosthenes
God
Jesus
Christ
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helps Woman's Nervous Troubles
West Danby New York resident Mrs Dewitr Sensiba ugh reports lifelong nervous trouble eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says it steadies her on a farm with four girls and aids her ten year old daughter and oldest daughter as well. The ad touts forty years of use and roots and herbs as its medicinal basis and promotes the tonic effects for female derangements.
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West Danby
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Judge Frees Boy Over Stamp Theft Confession
In an Indiana juvenile court a boy accused of stealing stamps is discharged after witnesses can’t prove he took the stamps. The boy had cleaned the desk and later tried to sell the same amount. The judge notes no one directly saw the theft and releases him. The next day the boy returns the stamps.
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Indiana
Indianapolis News
Farmer Corntossel Bemoans Josh's Border Start
A farmer remarks that his son Josh started at the border, and he congratulates him on leaving just before the Fourth of July picnics. He comments the speechmaking here grows poorer each year and hints the departure may be timely.
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Josh
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Harry
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Lore
Arredondo
Polk
U. S
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Mexico
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Wwe
Mrs. Pankhurst
Sulzer
Ot Dry
Landreth
Tennessee
Mah
International Sunday School
B. O. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute
Western Newspaper Union
Lydia E. ‘Pinkham
Boy Took Chance
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