Voters Soon To Decide Canadian Reciprocity See Note
Washington reports the Senate may vote on the Canadian reciprocity agreement around July 15 with adjournment planned by July 27. Senator Smoot of Utah, while opposing the pact, expects a safe majority once voted. Representative Underwood warns the Root amendment could trigger a deadlock between houses and prolong the session. Senate leaders aim to keep the discussion ongoing as unfinished business after tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Heed Smoot
Utah
White House
Smoot
Democratic House
Underwood
Alabama
Ways and Means
Wreck Victims Improving From Indianola Burlington Crash
Seven victims brought to Holdrege Nebr for treatment from the Indianola wreck are recovering. Notable cases include Dr Hart of Mount Pleasant Ia with clouded mind and head wounds, L B Thomas of Lincoln badly burned, David Striker of Chicago with skull fracture, I M Anderson of Washington with neck injury, D W Burnett of McCook with a broken arm.
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Holdrege
Neb
Indianola
Burlington
Dr. Hart
Mount Pleasant
L. B. Thomas
Lincoln
Thomas
David Striker
Chicago
I. M. Anderson
Washington
California
D. W. Burnett
McCook
Witnesses for Defense in High-Profile New York Shooting Case
Sisters of Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad rush to aid, while Mrs. John Singleton travels from London with key papers. Los Angeles relatives, including Mrs. Alice Andrews and Mrs. Greittin, accompany them as defense efforts aim to unravel the case and secure freedom for the young women.
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New York
Lillian Graham
Seattle
Ethel Conrad
W. EB
B. Stukes
Cordagel
John Singleton
Miss. Graham
Los Angeles
London
Alice Andrews
Greittin
HUNTING GERMS IN HOTELS IN TOPEKA
State health board experts collected roller towels from hotels across the state and count germ populations. Dr Crumbine will draft an order and push for a stringent law prohibiting roller towel use in public places.
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Topeka
State Board of Health
Crumbine
Teacher's Fee Law Ruling on Normal Institutes
Iowa attorney general interprets Cowles Ritter bill, saying the $1 teacher fee applies to those applying for a teaching certificate and not to enrollment. The act takes effect July 4, leaving institutes delaying openings pending guidance.
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Des Moines
Kim
Cowles- Ritter
Attorney General's
Normal Institute
Attorney General
Codd Divorce Granted 25000 Alimony in LeMars Case
In LeMars Iowa on June 12 Judge Gaynor granted Mrs Codd an absolute divorce and twenty five thousand dollars permanent alimony in the Codd versus Codd suit. The trial drew interest due to party prominence and property stakes amid sensational testimony of cruelty and social insult by the husband who kept his wife apart. The defendant did not contest the divorce but aided in the property settlement.
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LeMars
Codd
Gaynor
Keokuk
W. N. Merrill
Webster City
Traer
Titonia Lutheran Church
Corporation
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
J. G. Wilcox
Mason City
Cole Bros
Methodist Episcopal
Ames
Medium Lake
Emmetsburg
Knights Templar of
Iowa
Spirit Lake
Mr. Pinckney
Oto
Congregational Church
Samuel Gilinsky
Council Bluffs
J. C. Erler
Marshalltown Railroad
Ventura Heights
Clear Lake
Greene
Britt
Mercer
Anthony Burdict
Davenport
First National Bank
Joseph L. Samuel
Centerville
H. W. Terrell
Ayr
Ringgold County
Marshalltown
J. B. Hammond
Deas Moines
Jacob Haley
James Sinnoth
Albia
John Adams
Solon
C. A. Robbins
Theodore Johnson
Frank Edwards
Oscar Fosse
Hattie Moore Mitchell
Drake University
Des Moines
Colorado State Teachers’ Association
Denver
Cleve Holland
Forest City
Daniel Williams
Sioux City
G. M. Parsons
Algona
Elks
The
Order
Elke
Boone
Arthur Murphy
Squaw Creek
Lottie C, Nagle
Hampton
Sam Anderson
Eigh
Omaha High School
Harlan
Smith Johnson
Stockport
Hunting Elevator Company
McGregor
Minneapolis
Bert Lavin
Dubuque
P. Youtz
Adolph Stodola
Chicago & Northwestern
H. A. Dyer
Iowa G. A. R
Tima
Muscatine
Laurens
Josephine Grape-Sheuerman
H. R. Grape
Hamburg
H. Brueckner
Alpena
Mich
Iowa City
German Lutheran Church
Hoerlein
War Department
Missouri River
Willard White
Harry Stevens
J. Scott Stevens
Cedar Falls
Bohnenkemp
Duncombe Tribune
Webster
Wilcox & Bryant
Creston
Francis Chaiiger
Lawrence BH. Craft
Lehigh
State Normal
F .C. Ensign
Ilowa Falls
Dr. Clark
Boston
Davenport St. John’s M. E
J. A Burchit
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Ventura
Bert Cleveland
Father Dunnion
St. Francis de Sales
G. M. Curtis
W. 5. Gardiner
Clinton
Alverson
H. H. Farrall
Northwest Bible School
C. B Tower
B. M. Oagood
Lewis Brown
Civil Engineering
College
Lake Okoboji
Mason City Court House
Lulu Higginbotham
Shenandoah High School
Boone Pioneer Dies at Mackey's Grove
Sebastian Mackey, a Boone county pioneer aged eighty two, died at his home in Mackey's Grove after settling in the county fifty five years ago. He was regarded as a longtime resident and figure in local history.
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Boone, In
Sebastian Mackey
Boone County
Mackey
Kenyon Seeks Taft Clemency For Peonage Convict
Senator Kenyon urged President Taft to remit a $5,000 fine on W. S. Harlan of Audubon Iowa, jailed for peonage in Georgia. Harlan’s 18 month sentence was commuted to six months. he has served nearly six months. Kenyon and Iowa friends argue the punishment is sufficient and ask for fin e remission.
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Kenyon
Wian
Washington
Taft
W. S. Harlan
Audubon
Georgia
Harlan
Iown
Lorimer Prepares Million pamphlets for defense
Chicago June 12 Senator Lorimer is printing one million pamphlets of the speech he gave in the senate in his own defense while the first investigation into his election is being considered by the committee. A Chicago printing house conducts the work for statewide distribution to sway public opinion in his favor.
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Chicago
Lorimer
Senate
Man Lives In Cave To Escape Day Sun Heat
Kansas City Kansas man H A James avoids daytime outdoors after a heat incident twenty seven years ago in the Kansas harvest fields. He has occupied a cave each summer since and only ventures outside at night to walk, fearing sunstroke.
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Kansas City
Kansas
H. A. James
Kan
White Slaver Convicted in Missouri Case
Mabel Mowler of Atchison was found guilty by a criminal court jury in St. Joseph of engaging in white slave traffic and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Mabel Mowler
Atchison
Iowa News Briefs Highlight Local Developments Across State
Iowa notes report an automobile club organized at Keokuk and a hotel project in Keokuk valued at 150000. Cedar Rapids waives YWCA construction at 60000 while Waterloo hosts a new Automatic Air Pump company. Multiple deaths, marriages, and civic events round out the state briefings.
The Mandarin’s Robe and a London Bore at the Club
A Victorian column recounts a haunting linked to a mandarin’s robe claimed to be loot from Peking. A London flat, eerie odors, phantom footsteps, and dying cats are tied to a cursed garment until the robe is burned. The piece then pivots to Ruskin and a notorious bore at a Pall Mall club, famed for his autumn holiday tale of a mysterious lakeside lodging and a hidden cousin named Rhugkin.
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China
Peking
London
Ruskin
Pah Mall
Lakes
Truskin
Rhugkin
Proper care and fitting of glasses urged by Youth's Companion
The article stresses glasses must be kept clean and worn at the prescribed angle. It warns that dirty or misaligned eyewear strains vision, urges professional fitting by an optician, and cautions against touching or loosening frames between fittings.
Meteoric Showers Increase Earth Size Yet Gravity Grows
The article notes that about a hundred tons of meteoric matter fall to Earth daily, potentially forming a one inch layer over the globe in a billion years if the material is thrice as dense as water. It explains Earth’s gradual growth alters gravitational pull, drawing objects with greater force as size increases.
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Young
Gun and sun gravity pull increase space distance
The excerpt discusses the centrimes force pushing us away from the sun, growing stronger than the sun’s gravity, causing a gradual increase in our distance from the Sun, as described by the New York Tribune.
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New York Tribune
Byron in an Ugly Mood at Byron House
A painter Ha ydon recounts Byron's reaction to a luncheon scene at Newstead with Lady Byron present. Byron supposedly called the guest a "germin hizing beast" and overturned the tray, prompting Lady Byron to leave the room after the outburst.
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Byron
Colonel
Pieradilly
Lady Byron
He'd Have Revenge and the Songs of the People
Red Len quotes a dig at the songwriter presumed to shape public sentiment. He mocks the creator who “makes the songs of the people,” remarking a wish to control lawmaking when identifying the author. The exchange reveals tension between art and politics.
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Juggins
Muggins
Red Len
Doubt or Dyspensia in the Exchange Debate
A terse exchange contrasts poverty and wealth, noting a poor man worries over his next meal while a millionaire frets about his last. The remark frames economic anxiety as a shared human burden across classes, highlighting worry as the common thread.
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Scott
Matt
Notable Exchange About Lot Sighting and Poles
A playful exchange centers on finding a lot facing south and a counter suggestion around the north pole. The jokey banter uses wordplay on names and directions to spark humor.
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Dubbins
Stubbins
North Pole
The Feminine of It. Teacher-Tommy and a Doped Chick
A quirky exchange unfolds in a hall room as a landlady quizzes about feminines of masculine terms while a border jokes about a doped chicken. The dialogue threads through afternoon tea and snippets from Sphinx and Sophocles, amid a social setting.
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Tommy
Wa'am
Sphinx
When It Waddles and the World of Wordplay Collide
A fragmented dialogue pairs odd phrases about love and duty. The whimsical exchange plays with misheard lines and playful misprints, highlighting a quirky, humorous approach to language.
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Burlington Wit
J. B. Bren
Bond
J. D. Bran
University of Minnesota
Mexico City
Colima
Plymouth County
Peter Nelson
Mississippi
Carl Claussen
Boone Pioneer
Aville Chautauqua
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