Taft Praises Reciprocity Bill Marking New Epoch
President Taft lauds the Canadian reciprocity pact as a nonpartisan success that will boost U S Canada trade. He credits Secretary Knox and Democrats for steady passage, notes no amendments, and expresses hope for enduring benefits to both nations.
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Mystery About Identity Declared In Burglar Killing
Omaha reports confusion over the slain burglar's identity after Councilman John Franck killed him during a saloon robbery. Despite claims the body is Jack Temple of Atlantic, conflicting reports from relatives and onlookers lead police to believe identification is accurate and that a thieving gang in South Omaha has been crippled by the killing.
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Omaha
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Jack Temple
Burns Back From Europe in Criminal Court Indictments
Burns waived arraignment on four grand jury indictments for kidnapping labor leader John McNamara and transporting him to Los Angeles where he faces dynamiting charges. Bond set at 2500 per indictment. case presented in Judge Markey's branch of the criminal court. Wyatt Earp jailed for failure to post bond on a get rich quick charge in Los Angeles. Ed Wilcox killed by lightning near Broken Bow while riding in a wagon with relatives.
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Europe
Indianapolis
W. J. Burns
Wyatt Earp
Los Angeles
Cal
Arizona
Bob Fitzsimmons
Tom Sharkey
Custer
Broken Bow
Neb
Ed Wilcox
Wilson
Burbank Accuses Washington Experts of Fraud
Luther Burbank launches a sharp broadside against Washington experts in the agriculture department alleging ignorance and misrepresentation. He claims their produce is spun as superior yet is ancient trash, criticizing their methods and touting his own century's worth of valuable improvements in edible crops as equally significant to a new continent discovery.
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San Francisco
Department of Agriculture
Burbank
Egypt
Luther Burbank
Thieves Kill Clerk and Steal Diamonds in New York Heist
Three armed assailants smashed a Sixth Avenue jewelry shop window, shot clerk Adolph Stein, and seized diamonds worth about $5,000 before escaping in a red touring car. A woman acting as a confederate entered earlier to test glasses for Jacob Jacoby. police pursued suspects who vanished after the fatal shooting.
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Leaderloin
Gayest Hom
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Mir Jacoby
Jim
Adolph Stein
Will
Sturm
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Leon
Éonalitite
Stevi
Cholera Case Triggers NYC Health Response and Quarantine
Medical officials diagnose Asiatic cholera in Manuel Bermudes, a Spanish sailor sheltered at Bellevue. A fumigation squad follows the trail to a harbor area and a nearby pier where the patient was moved aboard a waiting vessel for quarantine. Manhattan mourns a second cholera death, a seventeen year old boy aboard the steamer Moltke.
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Bourd of
Bellevue Hospital
Manuel Bermudes
Vanlmanes
Bermudes
Manhittan
Howse
Swinburne Ishiuid Hospital
Steiner Moltke
Zimmerman Comes to Iowa College Instructor Appointed
Iowa City Iowa July 24 B J Zhu merman now in the employ of the United States government on the isth mus of Panama has been elected in structor in shopwork in the college of engineering state university of Iowa and will commence his work with the opening of school in September.
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B. J. Zhumerman
United States
Panama
State University of Iowa
Congress Faces Big Job With Reapportionment and Statehood Debates
Washington July 24 Congress is ready to push major bills after passage of the reciprocity act. Senators and leaders project adjournment by early September, with August 15 eyed. actions loom on wool duties free list reapportionment and admission of Arizona and New Mexico. Democratic and progressive Republican factions clash over the wool bill and potential amendments to sugar duties and other tariffs.
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Claris
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New Mexico
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Kansas
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Eleven Bodies Recovered From Maine Wreck Site
Report from iTuvana dated July 24 notes eleven total bodies recovered from the Maine disaster. Dodius and six or seven more crew members were found beneath the central superstructure near the inverted conning tower. The remains show fire damage and confusion in the wreckage with no sign of imminent rescue.
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Bid for First Canal Trip Delights Taft Reply
President Taft expresses delight at support from Mississippi Valley readers for permitting a vessel of the Mississippi Valley South American and Orient Steamship company to sail through the Panama Canal as it plans to launch a set of American ships. The letter notes Taft’s approval stance on the proposed voyage.
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Canoe Capsize Drowns Father and Two Children at Lake Michigan
Crand Rapids Mich July 24 Charles Dixy of Kansas City and his two children, aged sixteen and fourteen, drowned when their canoe overturned at Macaiawa park on Lake Michigan. A younger son, eleven, was rescued and revived.
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Charles Dixy
Kansas City
Lake Michigan
Macaiawa Park
Former Judge W. E. Wisse Dies by Suicide in St. Louis
Former Circuit Judge W. E. Wisse, a prominent St. Louis attorney, killed himself with a revolver at a hotel. Friends attribute the act to a nervous breakdown. he had been registered earlier that day.
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St. Louis
Jly
Imer
Staae
W. E. Wisse
Texas Election Closes As Prohibition Vote Results Count
Dallas reports show returns with a 297401 vote for prohibition and 296720 against, a narrow majority for anti prohibitionists amid state totals. Officials note the overall state result favors the prohibition opponents by a slim margin.
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Iowa Firemen State Association Awards Prize Totals and History
The Iowa Firemen's State Association announces thirty five hundred dollars in prizes for the Des Moines tournament set for July 25 to 28, 1911. Members from Atlantic to Sioux City, led by President George M. Kellogg, detail decades of contests, notable chiefs, and past formats while recounting prize history and the shift from hand engines to paid departments.
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Iowa Firemen’s State Association
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LeMars
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Newton
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Willisea
West Liberty
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Muscatine
Tola Grove
Kellogg
International Association of Fire Engineers
E. E. Lambert
Tom Price
Clinton Fire Department
C. M. Nicholson
Nicholson
Iowa
Bluff City Hose Company No. 1
W. J. Francis
Towa
State Firemn
E. E. Parson
Iowa City
Vinton
Prince
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Paddy S
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Paddy
Neola
Mentzer Hose Company of
Maron
Billy Burnett
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Corbet
Sullivan
Charley Nicholson
Jim
Tom
Jerry
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Illinois
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Billy
Des Moines Fire Life Ups and Downs in Racing Tales
An sporting yarn recalls Brown Kellogg and Jack battling in Des Moines. Nicholson dominates the straightaway while dusty water from the Missouri river slows others. Tom Price returns home with Luinois money, underscoring the peril and payoff in a fireman’s life.
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Nicholson
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