Iowa Senate Adopts School Reform Plan With Higher Superintendent Salary
Des Moines reports the Better Laws for Public Schools program advances as the senate passes the Savage bill retooling the Department of Public Instruction. The measure raises the state superintendent salary to 4000 dollars, shifts the office to appointive, creates a 2500 dollar deputy, and adds three inspectors at 2000 dollars each. An appropriation boost of 14000 dollars accompanies the package, with Roe, Pickford, Jones, and Cowles bills expanding state aid and rural education reforms.
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Iowa
Better Laws Schools Commission
Senate
Savage
Department of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
Doran
Boone
Adair
Roe
Pickford
Jones
Cowles
McKinley Buys Oskaloosa Line in Iowa Transit Deal
In Oskaloosa William TB McKinley and H E Chubbock of Illinois Traction Company sealed a contract to buy the stock of the Oskaloosa Traction and Tight Company and the Oskaloosa and Buxton Interurban Company. Local stockholders must vote and franchise extension is needed. The combined stock value exceeds 200000 dollars with over 401 stockholders, signaling a major electric property development in Iowa akin to Illinois.
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Oskaloosa
William TB. McKinley
H. E. Chubbock
Illinois Traction Company
Oskaloosa Traction and Tight Company
Oskaloosa and Buxton Interurban Company
Iowa
Amillar
Ininots
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs to Hold Tenth Session
Preparations underway in Cedar Rapids for the tenth annual Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs meeting on May 21 and 4. National leaders are expected to attend. The federation counts 442 clubs with a total membership of 12,330.
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Cedar
Solon man to be arraigned for federal sentence
Cedar Rapids report says George Cawley of Solon, convicted in federal court here of complicity in sending blackhand letters threatening Charles Adams, a wealthy farmer near Solon, will be arraigned for sentence when the federal court convenes this week.
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Cedar Rapids
Four story Davenport hotel planned by local builder
A new four story family hotel costing 75000 dollars will be built by Charles E. Cline, a Davenport real estate man. The structure will include fifty eight apartments and feature a root garden as a notable amenity.
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Davenport
Charles E. Cline
Evans sells plant but keeps coal mines in Smoky Hollow
Albila J. Z. Evans has sold a manufacturing plant for 100000 dollars to Harry Charlton of Pana but will continue to operate its extensive coal mines at Smoky Hollow and Hynes.
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J. Z. Evans
Harry Charlton
Pana, 1
Smoky Hollow
Hynes
Fire destroys Spahr barn killing seven horses
A fire at Samuel Spahr's Mount Pleasant farm destroyed the barn and killed seven horses. Tramps suspected in the blaze.
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Mount Pleasant
Samuel Spahr
Ames Grants High-Paid County Agricultural Adviser
Wise, an Ames graduate, has accepted the position of agricultural adviser for Wright county at a retainer of 2500 dollars for the first year. The role mirrors the county administration office and promises a lucrative starting salary.
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Ames
Wise
Wright’ County
Mexicans Seek Diaz Return as Cananea Battle Kills Dozens
A Havana delegation sails for Europe to urge Porfirio Diaz’s return to power amid a Cananea siege where federal and state troops agreed to an armistice after intense fighting. Casualties include 69 Federals and 39 state troops. onlookers and foreign nationals are among the wounded and dead. In Coahuila near Saltillo, 300 to 400 Carrancista followers are killed or wounded in clashes with federal forces.
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Mexicana
Europe
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Esperanza
Fa Due
New York
Felix Diaz
Naco
Ariz
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Morenos
Cuananea Club
Bushnell
Edmonton
Northwest Mounted Police
Robert Charlot
Bablo Boto
Arizona
Foster
Brownsville
Tex
Monterey
Max
Vanastiano Carranza
Reachel
Coahuila
Saltillo
Bob Moha Defeats McGoorty In Ten Round Fight
Milwaukee’s Bob Moha wins on points against Eddie McGoorty in a hard ten round bout at the flte rink. McGoorty used longer range but Moha’s steady tactics and aggression earned him the decision before a large crowd as both fighters pressed from the first bell.
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Wild
Bob” Moha
Eddie Mc Goorty
McGoorty
Fire Alarm Rescues 250 Children at St Marys Home
Fire crews rushed to St Marys home two miles from Binghamton after an alarm last night. Sisters in charge kept flames from spreading before engines arrived. About 250 children were inside. no injuries were reported as panic subsided and the fire was contained.
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Binghamton
St. Mary‘s Home
Train Wreck Near Hog Creek In Indiana
A westbound Hig Four passenger train wrecked at Hog Creek near St. Paul Indiana on March 26 as a washout caused the accident. The baggage and smoking car fell into the stream while passengers escaped through windows and reached shore. Only a few injuries occurred due to the slow speed from a washout warning.
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St. Paul
Ind
Hog Creek
Madoos Aid Is Sworn In As Treasury Secretary
Washington March 26 John Skelton Williams banker of Richmond Virginia was sworn in Monday as assistant secretary of the treasury. Williams succeeds Robert G Bailey. Supervision of national banks and the general governance of the government are among his duties.
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Washington
John Skelton Williams
Richmond
the Treasury
Williams
Robert GO. Bailey
Bhava Tal
Snow Damps Texas as Warm Fields Melt Amid Storm
Snow fell unusually heavy in north west Texas and moved eastward on Wednesday, with the storm then swinging south into regions where spring fields and gardens were already green.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
Lieutenant Hanged in Allahabad for Murder
Lieutenant Clark of the Indian Army Medical Department was hanged here Wednesday morning for the murder of Mr. Fulham an examiner of mailleary accounts in Allahabad British India on March 28.
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Britieh India
Clark
Indian Army Medical Department
Fulham
Adrianople Falls After Stubborn Turkish Defense
London reports Adrianople fell on Wednesday after a fierce defense with heavy Ottoman casualties. Shukri Pasha ordered powder magazines blown and the city torched as Bulgarians captured Adrianople and Tchatalja, with many civilians and Turkish troops fleeing amid fires and chaos. A separate Belgrade dispatch says Turkish commander Riza Ley in Scutari was assassinated by a Maltese trader.
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Adrianople
Tchatalja
Belgrade
Mustapha Pasha
Shukri Pasha
Mafin
Riza Ley
Scutari
Oregon farmers seek wives in Langell Valley plea
Wealthy Langell Valley farmers in Klamath Falls Oregon appeal to Rev. George H. Feese to obtain carload jets of marriageable women from the East. Feese says he will try but has no plan to secure 200 brides, and writes to eastern titles for help.
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Ore
Langell Valley
Here
George H. Feese
Feese
Filipino prisoner guilty on Corregidor plans theft
Manila March 27 Uuanulco, a Filipino thief arrested for stealing Corregidor fortification plans was convicted and given nine months in prison. It was revealed two blueprints had already been sent to Japan through an agency before arrest. Pickup of the helpless steamer Cayo Romano near Halifax March 27 after propeller trouble.
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Manila
Halifax
Cayo Romano
Shields
England
Galveston
Gould Manager Is Shot At Gunner Preserve
In Weensboro on March 27 John Arastrong, manager of George Gould’s gun shop, was shot and likely fatally wounded by Bert English during an argument late Tuesday. The incident occurred at the Gould preserve near the gun shop.
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Gould
Weensboro
John Arastrong
George Gould
Gunnog
Bert’ English
Illinois Senate Deadlock Ended By Bipartisan Vote
Springfield reports Col J Hamilton Lewis Democrat and Lawrence Y Sherman Republican won the Illinois U S Senate long and short term on the fifteenth ballot in a joint session. The move broke a long deadlock with support from both parties and Governor Dunne guiding the effort despite opposition.
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Springfield
Col. J. Hamilton Lewis
United States Senate
Lawrences Y. Sherman
Ilinois
Senate
Col
J. Hamilton Lawis
Wan
Lewis
Sherman
Colonel Lewis
Democrats
Dunne
Lewis and Sherman
Tornado Wrecks Farms in Monroe County Wisconsin
A March twister struck eastern Monroe county causing heavy farm damage near Tomah. More than 100 farmhouses and barns were wrecked and stock killed by the score, with Tomah city feeling the storm but reporting no fatalities. No deaths known at this time.
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la Crosse
Wis
Monroe County
Wisconsin
Tomah
Wabash Train Wreck Near Normandy Leaves Fatalities
A Wabash passenger train from Omaha to Kansas City was wrecked near Normandy, just outside St. Louis. The fireman was killed and the engineer reportedly fatally hurt, with several coaches overturned into a ditch.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
Normandy
Mexico Governor Arrested
Mexico City on March 27 Governor Cepeda of the federal district was arrested by order of President Huerta and is held incommunicado at the national palace. Charges have not been made public but he will be prosecuted with utmost severity. Actress Who Saw Lincoln Shot Dead. Pittsfield, Mass on March 28 Mary Bresks, last female member of the Ford theater cast supporting H. H. Sothern in Our American Cousin on the night Lincoln was shot and died Wednesday.
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Mexico City
Cepeda
Federal District
Huerta
National Palace
Lincoln
Pittsfield
Maia
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Bresks
H. H. Sothern
Ford Theater
President Lincoln
Dynamiters Freed in McNamara Case
Ernest G. Basey and Fred J. Sherman were released from the federal prison in Leavenworth Kansas on Wednesday after serving terms for complicity in the McNamara dynamite conspiracy.
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Kan
Ernest G. Basey
Fred J. Sherman
Federal
Origgn
McNamara
Wilson considers new diplomatic posts after refusals
President Wilson weighs appointing Henry Morgenth hen Augustus Thomas Thomas Nelson Page and Col Joseph Willard to key diplomatic posts after rejections of Richard Olney, Dr Charles Williams Elliot and William McCombs. He may send Thomas to Switzerland or Italy while awaiting acceptances.
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White House
Wilson
Henry C. Morgenthen
Augustus Thomas
Thomas Nelson Page
Col
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Richard Olney
Charles Wiliam Elliot
London
William F. McCombs
France
Switzerland
Italy
McCombs
National Democratic Committee
United States
Glavis Receives Suspended Sentence in Lorimer Case
George A. Glavis of Chicago got a suspended sentence of one year and eight months after pleading guilty to obtaining $650 from the Chicago Tribune in June 1911 under false pretense. He had promised to furnish records showing Lorimer's moral turpitude as a House member but did not return the records.
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Washington
George A. Glavis
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
The
Tribune
William Lorimer
Young Musica Confesses in New Orleans Hair Dealer Case
Philip Musica a New York City dealer in human hair confessed to Burns detectives in New Orleans prison after indictment with his father Antonia for defrauding banks of over 1 million dollars. The younger Musica broke down as fears of further charges surfaced. The father suffers a heart condition with poor prognosis.
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New Orleans
Tella Story
Philip Musica
New York City
Antonia
Burns
Musica
Ex-Governor Northen Dies After Carbuncle Complications
Former Georgia governor William J. Northen died at his Atlanta home from complications of a carbuncle. Born July 9, 1835 in Jones County, he served in the Confederate army and was governor from 1890, re-elected in 1892. He leaves a widow and one daughter. Gaynor appeals for flood aid in New York City for Ohio and Indiana sufferers.
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William J. Northen
Georgia
Mr. Northen
Jones County
Gaynor
New York
New York City
Ohio
Indiana
Army Loses Opening Baseball Game to Colgate
West Point March 28. The army fell 3 to 2 to Colgate in the season opener. Rain and darkness halted the contest after six innings.
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Army
West Point
N. Y
Colgate
Huerta Arrests Governor Cepeda in Mexico City
March 28 report states Governor Cepeda of the federal district was arrested by Huerta forces in Mexico City. Details are sparse and ongoing developments are expected as authorities tighten control in the capital.
Allen's Foot Ease Ad Promises Quick Relief
Vintage ad copy touts Allen's Foot Ease antiapptite powder for feet and corns with free sample offer. The text also includes a quip about managers testing plays on a dog and a jokey joke about Peck's unhappy marriage, reflecting light, scattered filler content.
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Allen
Allen & Olmsted
LeRoy, N
The Summer Silo Promises Profit For Stock Farmers
A. L. Haecker argues the silo will boost summer feeding and profits as pasture worsens in droughts. He contends silage converts wasted corn plasks into valuable feed, cutting labor and raising stock yields and wealth for farmers.
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Drouth
A. L. Haecker
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