Storms Bring Slight Relief From the Heat
Storms across the Midwest and Great Lakes region brought relief from extreme heat while tolls rose. Twelve heat deaths and five lightning deaths were reported as storms caused wire and orchard damage in Illinois Iowa Michigan and Wisconsin.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Cedar Rapids
Mary Green
Miles Mildred Levenson
Belle Plaine
Lona
Eugenia Sangster
Creep Dmin
Greg
Kenwood Park
Dodge
Fort Dodge
Frank T. Corey
Frank Corey
Umpire Quigly Struck By Foul Tip In Philadelphia Game
Umpire Quigly was knocked unconscious after a foul tip in the first inning of the Philadelphia versus Cincinnati game in Philadelphia. He was carried to the clubhouse by players and later hospitalized after failed revival attempts.
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Philadelphia
Quigley
Cincinatti
Attorney General Gibson to Chicago for a Conference
Attorney General Ben Gibson plans to depart for Chicago tomorrow to attend a conference of mid western states Attorneys General on the Pittsburg Plus practice in the steel trade. The fortieth general assembly appropriated ten thousand dollars for Governor Kendall and the attorney general to combat the practice.
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Des Moines
Ben Gibson
Chicago
Pittsburg
Fortieth General Assembly
Kendall
Canadian Champ Leads Inwood Open Round
Inwood New York July 11 Al Watrous the Canadian open champion led the field on the morning round of the third day of the national open with a par 72 for the eighteen holes.
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Associated Press
Inwood
New York
al Watrous
Rock Island Train Kills Driver Near Shelby
W Doshorn aged 43 was killed when his automobile was struck by a Rock Island train near Shelby July 11. Police reported the collision occurred at night as the car attempted to cross the tracks on a rural road. no other injuries were listed.
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Rock Rapids
Associated Press
Shelby
W. Doshorn
Rock Island
Powder Explosion Kills Twelve at Bast Alton Plant
Investigation began today into the Bast Alton Western Cartridge Co blast that wrecked buildings within five miles and killed twelve workers, seven of them women, with twenty three injured. Officials offered no explanation of the cause though speculation centered on loose powder in a decapping machine used for salvaged shells.
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Lil
Western Cartridge Company
Bast Alton
No Authority to Interfere With Passengers' Booze
Washington July 11 the Shipping Board says it has no authority to interfere with passengers aboard government vessels consuming private liquor stocks in dining saloons.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Saptros
Shipping Board
Iowa corn making better progress in July bulletin
The weekly weather and crop bulletin reports corn progress rapid with most fields laid by, overall near average though some areas show slower growth. Early oats harvested in the south. water wheat and barley in progress. rust in Pottawatamie and Taylor. Hessian fly and chinch bug damage in southeast. Hay favorable but hot weather trimmed Timothy seed vigor. Charles City reports rain excess.
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Charles Clily
Six-year-old Bernice Hartman dies from lockjaw
In Vinton Louisiana on July 11 Bernice Hartman age six dies from lockjaw a complication after a fall ten days earlier that cut her leg on a wire. No immediate effects after the fall were seen until an antioxine used in attempts to revive her failed.
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Bernice Hartman
Canadian Immigration Grows in Early 1923
Ottawa reports a 31 percent rise in immigration in the first four months of 1923 versus 1922. By May 1, 22 140 immigrants entered Canada to seek permanent homes as per figures from the Department of Immigration and Colonization.
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Ont
Canada
Department of Immigration and Colonization
Dominion
Reception Honoring President Harding in Alaska
President Harding held a reception in Juneau at the governor’s mansion attended by hundreds. Rain and fog delayed plans. officials discussed federal aid for Alaska while considering travel changes. A revised plan eyed a shorter Skagway stop en route to Seward, with reconsideration of the Richardson trail trip for Mrs Harding.
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Seward
I Aurea
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Fairbanks
Chitina
Orer
Richardson Trail
Thunder Showers Scattered Across Iowa Forecasted Heat Relief
Thunder showers drenched parts of Iowa with Decorah 1.92 inches and Storm Lake 1.07 inches. Forecaster Reed said high temps should stay near 90 today and tomorrow as southern Iowa largely escaped rain. Early morning temps were cooler, Sioux City at 70 compared with 80 yesterday.
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DES MU _ la
Charles D. Reed
Iowa
Decorah
Storm Lake
Sioux City
Members of I. W. W. Convicted in Los Angeles Court
Twenty seven members of the I W W were convicted in Los Angeles Superior Court today on indictments charging criminal syndicalism.
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War budget to fall by 20 million pesos says war department
From Mexico City June 18 the war department reports that pacification of the republic will allow a 20 million peso reduction in the coming fiscal year budget. With exceptions for hill bandits the country is at peace. Another project would shorten cavalry enlistment to two years.
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War Department
Alaska Trip Shelved by Party Leaders
All party members including President Harding urge her not to attempt the strait crossing. If the plan is abandoned the group will return from Fairbanks to Seward via the Alaska railroad.
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Fairbanks
Se‘ward
Alaska
Minnesota Senate Race Fractures Tilt Toward Governor Preus
Dissent within Minnesota politics heats up ahead of the July 16 senatorial election as Arthur Lesner opposes Magnus Johnson citing labor questions. Republicans like Thomas Fransen and Julius Schmahl back Johnson while Democrats Daniel Lawler and R T Connor urge voters to support Governor Preus over State Senator J A Carley. The split aims to swing the race amid party realignments and strategic endorsements.
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ST. Paul
Minn
United States
Minnesota
Arthur Lesner
League
Labor Organization
Magnus Johnson
Laborite
Lesner
Farm Labor Party
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Lesure
Thomas Fran‘sen
Julius Schmahl
Preus
Daniel Lawler
R. T. C’onnor
J. A Carley
Carley
No Fall Wrestling Bout in Des Moines
Wladek Zbyszko the Polish heavyweight won the referee’s decision over Jake Brissler of Linden Iowa after two hours of rough action with no fall last night in Des Moines.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Wladek Zbyszko
Jake Brissler
Linden
Iowan
Making Big Money in Rum Smuggling
Chicago reports on Florida coast rum running turning lucrative with bootleggers supplying cars and a hired negro chauffeur to deliver liquor safely. A dealer claimed ten dollars for the chauffeur and expenses, promising easy passage and bank references to prove trustworthiness.
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Chicago
Florida
Chicago Daily News
Atlantic Seaboard
Father Kills Toddler Under Hay Truck at Charles City
VL Leslie Landrell two years old died when his father Isaac Ludrell rolled a hay loaded truck over him at the family home near Charles City Iowa. Ludrell started the machine unaware the child was beneath the vehicle. The wheel passed over the child’s head in the barn yard accident.
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Leslie Landrell
Isaac Ludrell
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Drowning at Twin Lakes Claims Two Bathers
At Twin Lakes near Fort Dodge Iowa two bathers Miss Florence Elvidge and Edwin Johnson drowned when they stepped into a deep hole while bathing. A third, Arthur Sowlie, escaped by reaching shallow water and wading to shore. None could swim and both bodies were recovered early today.
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Twin Lakes
Here
Florence Elvidge
Edwin Johnson
Callender
Arthur Sowlie
Spring Wheat Dips Under One Dollar on Chicago Market
Spring wheat opened at about one dollar a bushel in Chicago today but quickly fell below the mark. July grain slipped to 99 3/4 cents and September to 99 5/8 cents, marking the first time this season the price dipped under a dollar.
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Chicago
France ratifies Pacific Treaty limits naval armaments
The French cabinet approved the Washington treaty for naval armament limitation without reservation by 287 to 3. The senate’s unanimous ratification completes the chamber and senate actions, following the deputies, making the four power Pacific treaty effective.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Chamber
Britain Approves Reparations Plan For Tomorrow’s Statement
London July 11 The British cabinet approved the reparations terms to be presented by Premier Baldwin and Foreign Secretary Curzon in the House of Lords and Commons. The joint statement aims for moderation to foster friendly ties with France while urging united Allied action on Germany. If France declines to join, Britain may pursue a separate course of action.
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London
Baldwin
Curzon
House of Lords and Commons
France
Germany
Great Britain
Child Strangles to Death After Drinking Kerosene
Burlington, July 11 A fourteen month old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil Longshore, living on a farm north of Burlington, strangled to death last night after drinking kerosene left in a water glass.
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Associated Press
Burlington, la
Cecil Longshore
Burlington
Farm Bloc Praise by Judge Kenyon in Dodge Address
Federal Judge W. B. Kenyon praised the Farm Bloc during an address to Hardin county farmers in Fort Dodge. He said farm legislation was pushed through Congress after the bloc formed and asserted he would never yield to bloc pressure.
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Associated Press
Fort Dodge
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Hardin County
Congress
Graham store star takes manager post in Mexico Missouri
John Van Rokel, long time at the Graham store, has moved to Mexico Missouri to take the manager position of the Graham store there.
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Graham
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