Senate Approves California Japanese Immigration Plan
The senate adopted the conference report on the immigration bill authorizing the president to exclude Japanese laborers from the United States. The measure moves to the house, which is expected to approve. The house also took up the post office appropriation bill and passed several measures including special delivery for ordinary stamped letters. Eulogies were offered Sunday for the late R. R. Hitt of Illinois.
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Senate
House
Washington
United States
R. R. Hitt
Illinois
Hoisting Engine Collapse Harms Workers At County Building
A five ton hoisting engine in the under construction county building fell from the first floor to the basement. The derrick collapsed through eleven floors dragging the roof derrick and tiling into the basement. One man was killed and several others escaped serious harm as the structure sustained about $75,000 in damage.
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Chicago
New County
a @errick
Gasoline Fire Kills Miner in Indiana Parke County
Clarence Harrison at a Parke county coal mine caught fire after gasoline spilled on his trousers. His brother, thinking it water, dumped gasoline on him. Harrison is expected to die from burns. Carry Corbett of San Francisco died of heart disease. John S. Wren, ex superintendent, indicted in Bloomington for a school funds shortage. The American Newspaper Publishers association holds its annual convention in New York City.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Parke County
Clarence Harrison
Carry Corbett
James J. Corbett
San Francisco
John S. Wren
Bloomington
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
New York City
Marion Crawford
Jesse Randall
van Buren County
W. K. Hunter
Robert Hunter
Daniel Rohrer
Unionville
Iowa
Stratford
Texas
E. A. Austin
D. Donovan
Austin
Donovan
Standard Land Co
Amarillo
Harry
Charley Moore
Robt. Moore
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Unpopular member demands name of blackballer reply
A rejected applicant to an aristocratic club wrote the secretary asking who blackballed him. The secretary’s reply named the responsible party as Legion, turning the request into a sharp legal jab.
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Legion
Woman Has Petrified Pea Removed From Ear
Mrs C G Stearns wife of the American Express agent at Waterloo underwent surgery in Boston to remove a petrified pea from her ear. The seed had been in the ear since childhood and caused partial deafness. she does not know how it entered the auditory canal.
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Waterloo
Iowa
C. G. Stearns
American Express
Boston
Federal action to compel railroads in car accounting
Judson Harmon as receiver for the Pere Marquette and the Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton railroads will file in federal court to force other railroads to account for thousands of freight cars held nationwide. The move is described as the broadest of its kind and could set a precedent for returning cars to owners.
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Cincinnati
Judson Harmon
Pere Marquette
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Grinnell Boosters Banquet Pours Funds Toward Goal
Nearly 35 000 dollars was raised at a Grinnell Boosters club banquet toward a 50 000 dollar pledge to the Grinnell college board of education as it seeks to raise 209 009 dollars. Senators Smith and Clark spoke, joined by Representative G. E. Grier and other local figures.
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Grinnell
Iowa
Boosters’ Club
Board of Education
Grinnell College
Smith and Clark
Des Moines
G. E. Grier
A. L. Frisbie
G. H. Hill
S. A. Merrill
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Universal Cure
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, claiming internal action on blood and mucous membranes. Proponents offer $100 to any case it cannot cure and urge sending for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Kisses and macaroons at the Vienna
Local notices detail numerous residents traveling for business and visiting relatives. J E Patterson heads to Sigourney, Rev Father Sueppel to Pleasant Plain, and others including Brown Neal Crawfordsville, Verne Ashby, Lathrop sells brood sows, and a Des Moines trip for J H Stewart. Presbyterian Brighton church to be dedicated April 24 with local clergy.
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J. E. Patterson
Sigourney
J. W. Sueppel
Pleasant Plain
J. H. Lathrop
Jersey
Verne Ashby
Keota
A. M. Turner
W. M. Bartholomew
Gwinn
J. H. Stewart
Des Moines
Jill
Stewart
State Capitol
Senate
New Presbyterian Church
Brighton
C. H. Purmott
L. D. Young
J. W. Dunham
Robert Donnell
Mr. Donnell
Bert Rice Visits Cedar Rapids Over Weekend
Bert Rice left Saturday evening for Cedar Rapids to visit over Sunday with friends.
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Bert Rice
Cedar Rapids
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H. F. Steck
Washington National Bank
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J. E. Lemmon
Prop
Paris
New York
CuicaGco
Iln
Mr. Crail
Olf
Louis Sixcen
A. Black & Co
Cleveland
Ohio
J. B. Grail
Washington, Iowa
Vienna
Benjamin F. Brown
Marion Neal
Crawfordsville
Ressa Norton
Rothschild Dry Goods
Amos Stewart
Riley Miller
Algona
Milt Denison
Tom Kyle
Verdi
Cleo Thomas
Kansas
Iowa City
Fairfield
Presbyterian Church
W. H. Hartman
Havre
Linneus, Mo
Otis Thomas
J. S. Snider
Perry
Linby
M. A. Drorbaugh
Wilber Bolon
Clarence Drorbaugh
Creston
William Hines
Jessie Quinn
Helena
Montana
Clyde Warner
Muscatine
Ethel Booth
Harvey Shannon
John Shields &Son
Cash Grocery
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