Funeral held for Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley
Indianapolis crowds gather as James Whitcomb Riley lies in state at his home and is interred in Crown Hill vault. Rev Joseph A Milburn leads services. pallbearers include Marshall Kern Fairbanks Ralston Nicholson Ade. About 50,000 pass by the poet’s coffin in the hours 3 to 9 pm.
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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
New
Meredith Nicholson
George Ade
Carranza Coin Proclamation Sparks Parral Death Decree
Gen Luis Herrera in Parral posts a decree announcing that refusing Carranza money issued in El Paso at 20 cents will face the firing squad at sunrise. The order, after a return from Mexico City and talks with Carranza, is believed to carry Carranza’s sanction.
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el Paso
Tex
Carranza
Parral
Luis Herrera
Herrera
Mexico City
Coal Rate Stands Against Alabama Complaint
Washington The interstate commerce commission refused to disturb coal rates from Southern Illinois Western Kentucky and Northwestern Alabama to Memphis Tennessee and dismissed Alabama coal operators complaint that adjustments 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 released in Little Rock show that of 2 095 officers and men of the Arkansas National Guard called into federal service 922 were rejected for failing to pass the physical examinations.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas National Guard
Wilson to Stay in Capital In renomination decision
President Wilson will remain in Washington regardless of congress timing and will delay notifying his renomination until after adjournment. This marks a firm choice to keep headquarters in the capital during the legislative session.
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Wilson
Capital
Washington
Congress
Inventor John Hamilton Brown Dies at 79 in Hoboken
John Hamilton Brown, inventor of the segmental wire-wound gun, died at his home in West Hoboken at age 79. His death closes a long career noted for innovations in weapon design and precision winding technology. He was born in an era of early industrial innovation and leaves a legacy among engineers and researchers in New Jersey.
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Hoboken
John Hamilton Brown
West Hoboken
Free Rent for Canal Employes Executive Order
Executive order grants free rent fuel and electric current to federal employees in the Panama Canal Zone. A separate weather note reports rain every day in Atlanta for 22 days, breaking weather bureau records. the 1882 rainfall also saw 22 consecutive daily days.
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Canal
Washington
Wilson
Panama Canal Zone
Atlanta
Weather Bureau
Children Die of Heat Across Quebec Cities
The severe heat wave in Montreal over the past week has caused over 260 children to die. In Quebec City the heat led to 280 child deaths this week.
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Montreal
Quebec City
Negro Troopers In Border Row Sparks Shootings
San Antonio dispatch reports four black Illinois National Guard members shot by a guard unit aiding a white man during a clash near the militia camp. The confrontation began when lawyer Herbert G. Henne encountered the soldiers. provost guards intruded, quelling the violence as several troopers were injured.
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San Antonio
Tex
Highth
Illinois Nation Guard
Herbert G. Henne
New Braunfels
Henne
Nineteenth Infantry
Mexican generals swap orders reported in Saltillo dispatch
El Paso reports a Saltillo dispatch claiming Gen. Trevino was removed from the Mexican army of the Northeast and sent to the capital. The dispatch also conflicted with Gen. Bell’s reports that Gen. Herrera in Parral was named successor and that Gen. Cabellero, Tampico garrison commandant, received 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 in Henrietta. Son Arrested
William Smith was shot and killed on the porch of his Blue Grove home twelve miles south of Henrietta Texas. Alfred Smith, twenty, his 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 in Rich Hill
In Rich Hill Missouri Vivian Green age 5 and Jessie Green age 8, children of John Green, drowned in an abandoned coal pit near the town. The tragedy occurred when the youngsters wandered onto the fill area and fell into the water. Authorities are investigating the incident and notifying relatives.
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Rich Hill
Mo—Vivian
Jessie Green
John Green
Twenty perished in Spree ferry collision near Berlin
Twenty people drowned when two ferries collided on the Spree near Berlin. One boat sank, prompting rescue efforts and investigations as authorities assess the tragedy and salvage work continues.
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Copenhagen
Spree
Berlin
Prairie Oil and Gas posts mid continent crude price drop
The Prairie Oil and Gas Co. sets mid continent crude at 1.45 dollars, a ten cent cut from the last two months. The move is hoped to lower gasoline prices for consumers in Tulsa and surrounding areas.
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Tulsa
Prairie Oil and Gas Co
Ramsay Dies at 63 Chief Chemist and AAAS Leader
Sir William Ramsay aged 63 died at his Beechcroft Hazlemere residence in Buckinghamshire where he resided. He was a noted chemist and served as president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
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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 coaches of the Sequora Park excursion train struck Frisco passenger train No. 1258 five miles south of Springfield Missouri. Injured include E. E. Utley Frisco brakeman 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 Drowns in Mill Creek
Topeka Kansas 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
Carranza Silent on Commission Plan as Washington Seeks Accord
Washington prepares for a commission on Mexico policy while persisting over Pershing withdrawal. Polk holds daily talks with Arredondo as negotiations stall over Carranza demands and Villa bandit activity. Officials stress U S aims to limit border actions and preserve military objectives.
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Polk
Juhiseo Arredondo
Mexico
Carranza
Gen. Pershing
United States
Parral
Villa
Dental operation ends in death for Marine wife
Mrs. Vesta Davis wife of Major Henry C Davis United States Marine Corps died in 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
Engine kills man near Evergreen Park station
A switch engine fatally struck and killed a man near Evergreen Park station in view of several hundred bystanders. The incident left Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lahm among the dead or severely affected. Further details were not immediately available.
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Chicago
Fred Lahm
Evergreen Park Station
Mrs Pankhurst Departs for Liverpool After U S Tour
English suffragist leader Emmeline Pankhurst, active in aid of destitute Servians, left New York on the steamship Saxonia bound for Liverpool, concluding her U S tour begun January 15.
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New York
Emmeline Pankhurst
Saxonia
Liverpool
Miners Strike Second Time Near Little Rock
Seven hundred miners employed by the American Bauxite Company at Bauxite near Little Rock Arkansas have struck for the second time in a month. Most recently they joined the union and allege about fifty have been discharged for union activity.
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Little Rock
Ark
American Bauxite Company
Bauxite
Here
Sulzer Seeks Presidential Nomination at New American Party Convention
Minneapolis reports William Sulzer former New York governor has agreed to accept the presidential nomination of the new American party. The party opens its first national convention in Minneapolis next Tuesday with Sulzer as a key figure.
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Sulzer
Minneapolis
Minn
William Sulzer
New York
New American Party
United States Agrees to Buy Danish West Indies
Lausanne Gazette reports negotiations completed for the US to acquire the Danish West Indies. The price cited is 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 by Prohibition Party
At St Paul, Minn, J Frank Hanly former Indiana governor was chosen on the first ballot for president with 440 votes to Sulzer 181 and other names receiving minor totals. Rev Ira D Landreth of Nashville was named for vice president after other candidates withdrew. The platform endorsed initiative referendum and recall.
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St. Paul
Minn
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
United States
Ira D. Landreth
Nashville
Tenn
Eugene W. Chafin
Arizona
Charles J. Hall
California
Dr. Landreth
Hendrickson
Resolutions Committee
Austria Hungary asked for Petrolite attack details
Washington reports Vienna received a request for more details on the Austrian submarine attack on the American tanker Petrolite. Ambassadors provided no clear signal on whether Vienna will apologize punish the submarine commander or offer reparations. In Indiana Valparaiso Joseph Decker plans a concrete lined grave with a $300 monument and leaves $500 to his undertaker.
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Washington
State Department
Austria-Hungary
Penfield
Vienna
Petrolite
Valparaiso
Ind
Joseph Decker
Chamber of Commerce
Missing Man's Body Found Near Sheboygan Island
The body of Charles Marcell of New York, who left with James H. Hurty for Sault Ste. Marie in a canoe in early June, was found on Albany Island shore near Sheboygan. 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
Mines Shut Indefinitely After Rosiclare Strike
Rosiclare and Fairview Spar mine officers closed plants indefinitely following a strike and ensuing violence. All workers except a few watchmen were discharged, ending operations at Rosiclare.
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Elizabethtown
Ill
Rosiclare
Fairview
Grand Marshal of Sweden Dies in Lysekil Baths
Stockholm Count Lewis Douglas, who served as grand marshal of the kingdom and chief of the Swedish court, has died at Lysekil Baths. The prominent official was 68 and had long led royal ceremonial duties and court administration.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Lewis Douglas
Lysekil Baths
Kingdom
Rotary chooses Atlanta as 1917 convention city
Cincinnati Atlanta Ga was selected as the 1917 convention city for the International Association of Rotary Clubs, chosen over Kansas City and Salt Lake City.
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Rotary Clubs
Atlanta
Cincinnati
International Association of Rotary Clubs
Kansas City
Salt Lake City
Lesson for July 30 Corinthian Church Power of the Cross
The lesson explains Paul’s letter to the Corinthians from Ephesus, addressing church governance and moral issues. It highlights the cross as God’s power and wisdom, the call of the “foolish” to salvation, and seven outcomes of the cross including atonement, salvation joy, and the Spirit’s work.
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Lord Jesus Christ
Paul
Corinth
Ephesus
Sosthenes
God
Jesus
Christ
Woman Overcomes Nervous Trouble with Pinkham Compound
Mrs DeWitt Sinsaugh of West Danby New York credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with easing lifelong nervous trouble and female disorders. She describes relief for sleeplessness irritability backache and headaches after using the tonic and notes family members also benefited. The advertisement touts the remedy as a four decade old trusted female tonic made from native roots and herbs widely tested by women.
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West Danby
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Teheir
Mrsa. Dewitt Sincebaugh
West
Danby
Lydia K. Pinkham
Boy Freed In Stamp Theft Case By Indiana Juvenile Court
A juvenile court in Indiana acquitted a boy charged with stealing stamps after witnesses admitted they did not see the theft. The judge emphasized justice and noted the confession came from coworkers who did not observe the act. The boy later returned the stamps to his employer.
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Indiana
Indianapolis News
Farmer Corn tessel praises Josh's escape from Fourth of July picnics
In a folksy remark, Farmer Corn tessel notes with mixed pride that Josh will avoid the poor yearly speechmaking as he heads toward the border. He concedes the decision with a wry smile about missing holiday gatherings.
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Josh
Farmer Corntessel
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Wwe
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Hanly
DRY Covention
Landreth
Tennessee
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