Public Tribute to Robert E. Lee and Lincoln’s Resolve
The article extols General Robert E. Lee as a dignified leader who faced defeat without bitterness and accepted responsibility for errors. It notes his birth, West Point ranking, marriage to Custis, and ties to Washington, praising his amiable demeanor, popularity with his army, and postwar university presidency.
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Eldom
Robert E. Lee
Lee
Washington
West Point
Custis
Mexico
Doctor Eales Ends Month Long Fast With Malted Milk
Belleville July 2 Dr J Eales broke his month long fast by taking malted milk and will fast another 24 hours to study nourishment effects. He started at 192 pounds losing 28, chest 45 down to 40 inches waist 44 to 34. He bench pressed 75 and 100 pounds and redeems strength with a 225 pound demonstrator. He has received inquiries from physicians and college professors nationwide.
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Belleville
J. Eales
Eales
Cllege
United States
War on the Wild Dogs in Cass Township
In Cass township near White River, stray volunteered dogs fled taxation efforts, turned wild in the hills, built dens under creeks, and preyed on geese pigs and sheep. After rapid multiplication a relentless round-up led to the belief that all dogs were shot.
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Jasonville
Ind
Cass Township
White River
Craigs
Treasury buys silver and retirements mark army changes
The treasury department purchased 100000 ounces of silver at 67846 cents per ounce. Brigadier General C F F Humphrey, quartermaster general, is placed on the retired list. American Smelting and Refining Co at El Paso Texas raises wages 8 to 15 percent. Telegraphers' talks remain unsettled with双方 claiming advantage. Four hundred Roman Catholic priests and brothers from the Congregation of the Holy Cross begin a yearly retreat at Notre Dame University in South Bend Indiana.
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Treasury Department
C. FF. Humphrey
Army
American Smelting and Refining Company
el Paso
Tex
Congregation of the Holy Cross
Notre Dame University
South Bend
Ind
Mastodon Bones Found in Indiana Creek Bed
Workmen in a gravel pit on Ancil Winslow’s farm near Fairmount Indiana uncovered a mastodon skeleton. A fourteen pound tooth surfaced from the Back Creek discharge, followed by a four foot long bone and other mammoth fragments. The find suggests a largely intact skeleton beneath sixteen feet of soil and may require careful extraction. A prior discovery nearby led to a legal dispute and eventual sale of the bones to a New York museum for $1000.
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Indiana Farm
Back Creek
Fari
Ancil Winslow
Fairmount
Ind
Indianapolis Star
Smith Brothers
Gift Farm
Grant County
New York
Walter Camp Finds English Baseball Laughable in London Visit
Walter Camp, Yale athletic adviser, on a five week England trip, tells the New York Tribune that baseball in England is laughable. He recalls a Rhodes students versus Oxford footballers game where high scoring and cricket like cheering dominated in London. Camp notes no change expected in football regulations and praises the game’s current coolness.
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Walter Camp
Yale University
England
New York
Cunard
Caronia
New York Tribune
London
Camp
Rhodes
Oxford
Monkeys as Reasoners Studied by Watson in Gulf Island
Professor John B. Watson of the University of Chicago lives in isolation on Dry Tortugas off Florida with two pet monkeys. He reports the larger monkey learns to associate the stone drop with banana and makes the smaller one fetch it, a test of simian reasoning for his study of potential language.
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John B. Watson
University of Chicago
Gulf of Mexico
Chicago
New York Times
Garner
Watson
Florida
To Bury His Feet in China
Sank Loo a Springfield Illinois Chinese man was struck by an Interurban car, losing both feet. His feet were embalmed at St John’s hospital and later shipped to China. He received $5,000 damages from the railroad and departed for home.
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China
Loo
Springfield
Ill
St. John’s Hospital
Charles T. Bisch
Cincinnati Enquirer
Believer In Cheerful Funerals Shocks London Mourners
The Rev. Frederick Spurr a prominent London Baptist pastor caused surprise at a deacon's funeral by wearing a gray suit and declaring his belief in cheerful funerals. He cited combating paganism in Christian funerals and noted the deacon died at eighty two after a life of faith.
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Frederick Spurr
London
New York Sun
Death of Count Constantine Nigra the Italian diplomat
Rome July 2 Count Constantine Nigra dean of the Italian diplomats is dead. Born 1828 he served in the 1848 war against Austria and was secretary to Count Cavour at the 1856 Paris congress. He later held posts as minister of Sardinia Italy at Paris ambassador at St Petersburg and Vienna and aided Empress Eugenie in 1870.
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Rome
Constantine Nigra
Cavour
Paris
Sardinia
Italy
Tuileries
Eugenie
Count Nigra
St. Petersburg
St. James
Austria
France
Scholarships for Nurses in Philadelphia Two Year Free Training
Philadelphia School for Nurses offers two years of free nursing training with room board laundry uniforms and home nursing experience for young women from any state. Preference is for applicants from small towns and rural districts lacking hospital facilities. At course end fare home is paid and hospital benefits are extended nationwide.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia School For
Taft Sends Cable on Cuba Evacuation Plan to Havana
Secretary of War Taft clarifies to Governor Magoon that the plan for devolving Cuba to a chosen citizen through a fair election remains unchanged. He notes census timing as a matter of opinion and asks for guidance to General Castillo.
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Washington
Taft
United States
Cuba
Magoon
Havana
Lemnaz Castillo
Ex Archduke’s Romance Ends in Divorce in Geneva
Former Archduke Leopold of Austria now Herr Worsting and Austrian actress Wilhelmina Adamovic have obtained a divorce in Geneva Switzerland. The actress joined the Ascona Anchorites embracing vegetarianism sun baths communal living and other eccentricities which offended her husband and led to the separation.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Long March of Cavalry Begins From Fort Riley
The first squadron of the Thirteenth cavalry will start from Fort Riley Kansas to Fort Sheridan Illinois on July 20. The 650 mile route is to be traversed in forty four days with thirty four watching days included in the schedule.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Thirteenth Cavalry
Fort Sheridan
Ore Docks Hit New Shipping Record in West Duluth
Superior Wis July 2 The Missabe ore docks at West Duluth broke all prior records by shipping 2 156 956 tons of iron ore last month. The year to date total reached 4 094 786 tons.
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Superior, Wis
Missabe
West Duluth
Saloons Closed in Nashville Under Uptown District Law
Nashville authorities report about 100 saloons shut after the recent legislature allowed confinement to the uptown district. The segregation act took effect July 2, impacting numerous establishments in the city.
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Nashville
Tenn
Uptown
Scores on the Diamonds
Baseball scores from July 2 across leagues. American games featured Boston and New York boosts and a 16 run Washington effort. Associations and Western circuits listed multiple late innings and dark conditions with Omaha Lincoln in tight matches.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
New
New York
Brooklyn
Boston
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Cleveland
Washington
Great Pitcher Johnson Sets Northwest Pitching Feat
Walter Johnson, 19, a California native playing with an Idaho state league team in Weiser near Spokane, reportedly pitched 57 games without allowing a run. He struck out the first eight batters, fanned 18 in another game, and kept opponents from reaching third base in a nine inning game. The Weiser lineup includes top players from western cities and the town touts matching any west of the Rockies. A note of local sweetness ends with a Vienna candy line.
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Spokane
Wash
Northwest
Walter Johnson
California
Weiser
Johnson
Bob’' Fitzsimmons
Rocky Mountains
Long Live the King New Discovery Claims Cough Cure
Mrs Julia Ryder Paine of Truro Massachusetts praises Dr Kings New Discovery as an immediate cough and cold reliever and lung remedy. The ad notes it cures weak lungs and sore throats after other treatments fail with a guaranteed trial bottle free and prices at 50 cents and 1.00.
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King
America
Dr. King
Julia Ryder Paine
Truro
Mass
Stewart's
Chicago Markets Report on Wheat Corn Pork and Live Stock
July 1 market quotations from Chicago Board of Trade include Wheat at 78 to 93 for July to December contracts. Corn bids show mixed ranges with July and Sept figures. Hog, beef, and lamb prices are listed, with cattle and sheep receipts and varying bid ranges. East Buffalo figures cover cattle hogs sheep and calves with steady or strong trends and specific price ranges.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Sq Wo
Texas
S.ngeao
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Pleasant Plains Fourth Celebration Notes
The County News reports a Fourth of July picnic planned in Frank Jackson's grave by Pleasant Plains residents. Mrs. Alex Gibson visits Washington while Will Gibson hosts, and Elmer Horning and Clara plan a Rubio outing. Grace Bear steps on a rusty nail injuring her foot. Frank Preby and Sun attend Kolosick home events. Al Reeves attends Lissa Adams program in Kalona. Hines and Altice households host visitors. W H Jones and son visit aunt Gertie Noecker. Elmer Horning and Clara to spend Fourth with friends.
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Alex Gibson
Washington
Will Gibson
Alfred Boothing
Merritt Booth
Frank Preby
Kolosick
Weman
Grace Bear
al Reeves
Lissa Adams
Kalona
Elmer
Clara Horning
Rubio
Pleasant Plains
Frank Jackson
W. H. Jones
William
Gertie Noecker
Mrs. Hines
James Altice
Westchester Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Miss Cora Goodspeed of Chicago returns for vacation in Westchester. D A Boyer of Washington visits on business. Miss Margaret Johnson from Gibson Iowa starts work at McFarlane Eckerman. Mr and Mrs John Teeter with daughter Cora visit friends. J B Crayne family travel to Ada for a visit. Crayne to stay with Frank McFarlane.
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Cora Goodspeed
Chicago
D. A. Boyer
Washington
Margaret Johnson
Gibson
Iowa
McFarlane & Eckerman
John Teeter
Cora
J. B. Crayne
Robert Dihel
Ada
Mrs. Crayne
Frank McFarlane
Crawfordsville Visitors Trip to Pleasant and Washington
Mrs. Coe and Miss Sa Crawford visited Pleasant yesterday escorted by Mrs. Richardson who has been staying here. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McCleary James Davidson and John Paschal left for Washington this morning. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Davidson and daughter Margaret also went to Washington and remained for the day.
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Mrs. Coe
Sa Crawford
Pleasant
Richardson
J. H. McCleary
James Davidson
John Paschal
Washington
W. P. Davidson
Margaret
Visitors Named In Local Notices
July 2 Mr. and Mrs. James Irwin of Kansas Ll are visiting at the A L Armstrong home. Mrs Johanna Skala of Highland township is visiting at her daughter Mrs O Jugenheimer. The Misses Merle Maud and Beet Ferguson visited Saturday with relatives in Crawfordsville.
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James Irwin
Kansas, Ll
A. L. Armstrong
Johanna Skala
Highland Township
O. Jugenheimer
Merle, Maud and
Beet Ferguson
Crawfordsville
Remarkable Healing With Bucklen Arica Salve
In Port Byron New York Amos F King reports Bucklen's Arica Salve cured a leg sore that troubled him for over 80 years and he is now eighty five. The product is guaranteed to cure all sores and sold by Stewart's Pharmacy for 25 cents.
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Port Byron
N. Y
Amos F.king
Stewart
Last Week's Weather In Des Moines Iowa
Des Moines Iowa reports show average daily temperatures about four degrees below normal for late June. Showers occurred at week start and finish with varying amounts but were generally beneficial for crops across the state. The period featured four to five days of seasonable weather aiding corn, clover, meadows, small grain, pastures and garden crops.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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