Army veteran charged with embezzlement in Iowa case
Lloyd W. Maxwell, former member of Company L, Sioux City during the war, now representing Marshalltown Carriage House at Sioux Falls, was arrested at Sioux Falls on a charge of embezzlement from United Typewriter Co. of Des Moines after his army discharge.
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Sioux City
Lloyd W. Maxwell
Company L
Marshalltown
Iowa
Sioux Falls
United Typewriter Co
Des Moines
Rat Story Blooms This Year in English County
Reports of rat devastation flood English Indiana with tales of large rat-killing feats. Reverend Warren Cole of Marietta used two ferrets box traps and dogs to catch 856 rats in under ten hours, binding traps in a room as dogs fought the vermin. corn and bacon losses mount as farmers seek poison methods.
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Ind
Warren Cole
Marietta
Cole
Encounter Between Russian and Japanese Warships Reported
Report from Vancouver cites Oriental papers claiming a near clash as a Russian cruiser fired a torpedo at a Japanese battleship near Hakodate on March 4 but missed. The Japanese retaliated with shots, while Russian efforts to complete the Amur railway and possible cession of Ying Cok are noted, with forts along the river entrance being repaired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
Russia
Japan
Hakodate
New Chiang
Amur
Pekin
Ying Cok
Methodist Church South Sets 1.5 Million Target for Twentieth Century Offering
Washington April 7 Yesterday's Baltimore conference session focused on Twentieth Century Offering. The total goal is 29.4 million with the Methodist Church South responsible for 1.5 million. Funds will endow universities and support schools nationwide.
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Washington
Baltimore
The
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Methodist Church
Methodist Eee Church South
Coal operators agree to arbitration in Harrisburg strike
Springfield April 7 coal operators at Harrisburg and Layford Saline company, who refused to pay the state scale and to submit to arbitration, consent to a board hearing set for April 24 in Harrisburg. The strike halts eased as enough miners return to work to resume railroad coal supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Harrisburg
Layford Saline Company
State Conference of
State Board of Arbitration
Board of Arbitration
Governor Leads $1 Million Corn Aid Drive in Kansas
Governor Stanley presided at a mass meeting in Topeka to launch a fund drive for 1 000 000 shekels of corn for India famine relief. Rev Charles M Sheldon opened the subscription with a $1 000 pledge from profits of The Capital edition. A state committee will organize a statewide canvass for funds. Flora turns on Logansport and Burlington turnpike farmers threaten to abandon road after dynamite attacks.
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Topeka
Kas
Stanley
India
Charles M. Sheldon
Sheldon
Flora
Ind
Carroll County
Logansport and
Burlington Turnpike
Deer Creek
Rock Creek
Carroll
Logansport
Calf Swallows 430 Dollars Then Is Slain
In Elgin Iowa a calf belonging to Frank McConnell of Burlingame swallowed 430 dollars from a dropped stack. The owner recovered the money after killing the calf. A separate line notes the murder of Dr. Johann Alton and his niece at their Reveredo home in South Tyrol. A report claims Korea granted something to Russia at ARABRhS.
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Elgin, Is
Frank McConnell
Burling 2
McConnell
Johann Alton
Reveredo
South Tyrel
Korea
Arabrhs
Favorable features in trade and prices noted
Bradstreet's reports general trade favorable with improving retail distribution as spring approaches. Delicate inflation in wages, Chicago strikes settled pending arbitration, and iron steel prices unsettled. Corn around 50 cents, cotton goods steady, wool weaker, widespread smallpox in Rome, a Chicago express auction camera purchase, an upcoming May solar eclipse, and Salvini active in St Petersburg.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
Chicago
Central West
United States
Rome
Louisville
Orleans
Salvini
St. Petersburg
Chicago Grain and Hogs and Cattle Prices Report
Chicago April 6 markets show hog receipts 29,000 with prices 4.70 to 5.30 for pigs up to heavy packing. Cattle receipts 2,500 with steers 3.99 to 5.60, cows 2.00 to 4.10, veal 4.00 to 6.50. Sheep 5,000 with western lambs 6.00 to 7.40 and native lambs 5.50 to 7.50. East Buffalo and St. Louis reports round out grain and livestock prices and futures activity across corn, oats, rye and wheat with quoted ranges for cash and nearby months.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Amission
Buffalo
Cattio
Hocupta
St. Louis
Milwaukee Grain
Chicago Board of Trade
Illinois
Memorial Day plan to unite north and south by national holiday
General Albert D. Shaw proposes observing one national Memorial day for the dead of all American wars with the last Sunday in May as the date. He envisions the plan endorsed by the G A R National Encampment and then legalized by Congress, uniting churches and communities in solemn remembrance across regions. The idea gains strong support from Chicago veterans and southern peers alike.
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Act of Congress
Chicago
Albert D. Shaw
National Organization of the G. A. R
Shaw
A. D. Shaw
Watertown
N. Y
South
Congress
C. R. KE. Koch
Kirk Hawes
Samuel P. McConnell
Henry L. Turner
Veterans view common Memorial Day across wars
A group of Chicago veterans leaders discuss creating a national Memorial Day to honor heroes from all wars. They favor Sunday observance to unite the nation and bridge historic sectional divides, with church support and broad public observance in remembrance.
Verses From Ecclesiastes. Girl’s death noted in Alton
The coroner investigates the suicide of 20 year old Mabel Fuedler found drowned in a cistern in Alton on Thursday. A searching party located the body and the coroner’s inquiry is proceeding.
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Alton
Tls
Mabel Fuedler
Impostor Took 304 From Wirth In Cadillac Michigan
A man claiming to be Harvey Langworthy visited Cadillac and used a check drawn on Manistee First National Bank to purchase horses from H. Wirth. The check was indorsed by Langworthy and another party, cash paid, then later found stolen. The real Langworthy lives in Le Roy. Pontiac, Michigan reports a separate set of municipal and state legislative actions, including a large teachers meeting and a border-crossing migration in progress.
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Cadillac
Mich
H. Wirth
Harvey Langworthy
Wirth
First National Bank of
Langworthy
le Roy
War dispatches note Methuen victory and Mareuil death
London and Dublin reports confirm Lord Methuen’s success at the Bloemfontein front with 54 Boers captured and General Villebois de Mareuil killed. Details flag heavy Boer losses and a stray British unit loss near Pethany while a Dublin seizure ties to The United Irishmen issue The famine queen article triggers political tension in Ireland and a contrast with royal visit coverage.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Lord Methuen
Ffty
Villebois de Mareuil
Pethany
Bloemfontein
Marenuls
Villebats Marenus
Joubert
Buller
Ladysmith
Ele
Ile
Methuen
Daily Telegraph
Boshoft
Mafeking
Vaal
Duplessis
de Villebois
Dublin
United Irishnen
Henry of Battenberg
Dublin Police
O'Connahell Street
Vice Regal Lodge
Duke
Duchess of Connaught
Christian
Earl
Countess Cadogan
Dunraven
Londonderry
Theatre Royal
Deddersburg
Royal Irish Fusiliers
Lehigh lab fire, wars, pets, and civil notes on patrol
The outline lists a British government war on its hands with Ashanti revolt. Lehigh university's physics lab in Bethlehem burned for a loss of 200000 dollars with 50000 insured. John William Rey, last of Christy minstrels, dies at 77 in Paterson. Worcester Machine Screw merges with Chicago Detroit and Lockport. Duluth opens lake navigation with steamer for Grand Marais. Shiloh battle anniversary marked. Evans ton hosts national WCTA headquarters. A Chicago swift incident reports skulls bones protruding from a broken package leading to a horse abandonment.
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Physical Laboratory
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
John William Rey
Christy Minstrels
Paterson
N. J
Worcester
Mass
Chicago
Detroit
Lockport
Lake Navigation
Duluth
Uuit
Grand Marais
Shiloh
Evanston
Ills
Jim
Cabinet meets on Pineapple Commission instructions
Washington April 7 the cabinet devoted much time to drafting instructions for the Philippine commission. The text is not finished but should reach the commission in San Francisco before their sailing date the 15th inst. The substance of the instructions will be made public upon completion. Also discussed were Webster Davis’s successor and Admiral Dewey’s duty.
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Washington
Philippine Commission
San Francisco
Webster Davis
Dn Udecy
Dewee
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OWA State News
Zlement
Mar
Evening Journal
Methodist
Indiana
Bradstreet
Chicago Grain and Produce
Milwaukee
Detroit Grain
ARMY
Tacoma
Wash
Albert Michaud
Sle
Michaud
Indorse
A. Wirth
Southern Wisconsin Teachers
Racine
Wis
Southern Wisconsin Teachers’ Association
J. H. Natrass
Shullsburg
Booker T. Washington
Winnipeg
Commercial Advertiser
California
Manitoba
Iowa Sclons
Senate
House
Twenty-eighth
General Assembly
Daily News
Goodrich Transportation Company
Barry Bros.’ Transportation Company
Graham & Morton Company
East Shore
Toledo
Fred Burmeister
Lake Shore
Here
John L. Freeman
Like Shore
Burmeister
General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Ithica, Mich
Maremil
Roberts
Kruger
Queen Victoria
Briet
Islands
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Joseph Keck
Presipent
Chas. H. Keeck
Casnir
Frank Stewart
C. M. Keck
I. M. Sproull
H. Sanford
Pri Om
Dor. P.W. McElwain
Wasninaron Lowa
J. R. Burroughs
Orrioe
Southeast Corner Square
Columbia Corner, Washtanton, TA
W. E. Anderson, M. D
Klein's Clothing
Square
Offee
Rea.dence
Washington, Towa
J. F. Poage
Osteopath
American School of Osteopathy
First National Bank
Marsh W. Bailey
City Hall
C. J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
W. H. Butterfield
Oratl's
Atore
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
E. C. Keck. Florist
Ehon P
Postoffice
Daniels
Hotel Allen
Frank Rogers
C. S. Lemmon
Hes
Pticiar
L. D. Robinson
East Side
Mr. Lemmon
I. D. Robinson
Ravare
T. J. Dempsey
National Bank
W. Rk, Jeffrey
A. Anderson
Andalachtann
J.T Anderson
Washington County
Ings Bank
Paynterest
Deposiva
Doa General Banking
Duatness
Jon. Knox
A. Warrma
O. H. Knox
V. P. O, M, Knoxw
Wm. Blatt
A. H. Wallace
Joseph Kook
C. J. Keck
J.D. Robinson
Frenk Stewart
J. F. Henderson
Clark Sitlar, Prop
Prices Rieht
North
Iowa St
Washington House
Moothart
Kemble
Kemble Flower Co
Oskaloosa, Lowa
R. F. Riley
Smouse
Ll. Knecht
Rocky Mountain
Burlington
Philadelphia
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