Drowning and Auto Wrecks Cause Weekend Death Toll
Weekend fatalities from drowning and motor crashes rise across the nation with 47 drownings and 21 auto accidents. Heat, lightning, train explosions, and an airplane crash add several more deaths as beaches draw crowds and temperatures spike, including Des Moines at 100 degrees and Chicago contributing two heat deaths.
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Associated Press
Chicago
New York
Middlewest
Des Moines
Lincoln
Neb
Omaha
Sioux City
Davenport Woman Burned in Fire at Home Sunday
Mrs. Marie Williams, 27, was severely burned when kerosene stove oil ignited while warming milk for her six month old baby. Her husband Ross Williams and their 5 year old son Edmund were less injured as they escaped upstairs with neighbor George Frees helping. The woman’s condition was reported as improving with expected recovery.
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Davenport
Marie Williams
Ross Williams
Edmund
Murderer Held Up Taxi Men
In Utica New York police and Oneida county officers search for a lone robber believed to be Philip Knapp, ex Cornell student and Mineola murder suspect. A man matching Knapp’s description robbed two taxi drivers, netting $35 and a silver watch.
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Associated Press
Utica
N. Y
Oneida County
Philip Knapp
Cornell
Mineola
Louis Penella
Knapp
Bank depositors to get 25 percent
L A Andrew Iowa banking superintendent announced that 25 percent of funds owed to depositors of Farmers Trust and Savings bank Charles City will be paid. Checks will be mailed about July 15. The payment totals 132486.85 dollars.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
L. A. Andrew
Farmers Trust and Savings Bank
Charles City
Russian steamer sails from Vladivostok with ammunition
The Japanese semi official news agency source reports that two Russian steamers carrying about 1,500,000 pounds of ammunition have departed Vladivostok bound for an unidentified destination. The Canton correspondent notes the report as reliably sourced.
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Associated Press
Canton
Vladivostok
Bryan and Darrow Once Co laborers in Reform Effort
Des Moines reports that William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, once foes over the Scopes issue, allied in 1896 to unite reform forces. Professor H C Nixon cites Ignatius Donnelly papers showing Bryan urged Populist leaders to align before the national convention to reconcile silver interests. The effort led to a Populist convention after the Democratic one, with Bryan as a presidential nominee.
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Associated Prear
Des Moines
Iowa
William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
H. C. Nixon
Iowa State College
Iowa Journal of History and Politics
Nixon
Ignatius Donnelly
Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul
Bryan
Darrow
Rioting in Toledo Oregon Forces Japanese Expulsion
Five men face preliminary hearings on riot charges after a mob of more than two hundred residents expelled about 35 Japanese workers from the Pacific Source mill in Toledo Oregon. The workers were loaded into cars, given money raised by the crowd, and sent out of the county.
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Toledo
Oregon
Pacific Source Corporation
Corvallis
Iowa Official Register ready for distribution
The Iowa Official Register compiled under Robert Henderson is set for distribution with 30 000 copies of the 704 page book. Each legislator receives 30 copies and all state public officials get one, according to H N Whitney who supervised publication.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Official Register
Robert Henderson
H. N. Whitney
Valuation of Farm Land to be Taken Up
Des Moines July 13 The state executive council begins a two week session as a board of assessment and review to determine property valuations and mill tax after hearings. The first week will cover farm land valuations with farm groups expected to argue current tax values are too high. In week two railroads and transmission lines will voice opinions. The council must consider earning power of farm lands this year per a passed resolution.
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Des Moines
State Executive Council
Executive Council
General Assembly
Bloodhounds in Iowa Prisons Track Escapees
At Fort Madison Iowa, 42 bloodhounds guard the prison and pursue escapees. Twenty four puppies joined the kennel bringing the total to 42. Only five are trained enough to trail a man with two years required for full training.
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Associated Press
Fort Madison
Iowa
Des Moines Man Dies in Heat Wave Toll
Des Moines July 13 George Hunt 66 died from the extreme heat, authorities attribute the death to a heat wave, part of a weekend toll in Iowa.
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Des Moines
George Hunt
Iowa
Baby dies when auto overturns near Laurel Iowa
The 18 month old daughter of C. P. Slater, superintendent of schools at West Liberty, Iowa, was killed when the car overturned on a gravel road near Laurel. The vehicle was driven by F. P. W. Jackson, grandfather of the child. No other occupant was seriously injured.
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Associated Press
Cherokee
C. P. Slater
West Liberty
Laurel
FP. W. Jackson
Reserve lieutenants killed in crash near Westbury
First lieutenants Charles R. Hickey of Brocton and Albert C. Perry of Marlboro were killed when their airplane crashed near Westbury New York during two weeks training at Mitchell Field. Both men were reserve officers stationed at the base.
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Associated
Prema
Westbury
N. Y
Charles R. Hickey
Brocton
Mass
Albert C. Perry
Marlboro
Here
Mitchell Field
Ten Thousand See New Oil Well Near Hamburg
Ten thousand visitors came by car from five states to inspect Iowa’s latest oil venture on the James Spicer farm four miles south of Hamburg. Drilling suspended until Tuesday or Wednesday after a slight cave-in causes a brief delay. Leasing on the market from 50 to 100 dollars per acre, with about 9000 acres leased, and plans to drill more wells in the area.
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Real
Hamburg
Lowsa
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Iowa
James Spicer
A. I Donaldson
Campaign to Keep County Nurse in Des Moines County
A volunteer committee in Burlington seeks signatures from county voters outside Burlington to fund continuing Miss Elsie Thompson as county nurse. The plan would cost about 2500 yearly, with a small tax levy, and follows Red Cross support. The effort cites a prior county nurse report noting extensive school health work and numerous inspections and parent consultations.
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Burlington
Lurlington
Board of Supervisors
Elsie Thompson
The
Red Cross
Irish Battle Anniversary Sparks Clyde Street Riots
Glasgow observers report 225th Boyne anniversary celebrations in the Clyde district ended in clashes between Orangemen and Sinn Feiners. About 50 000 Orangemen attended with trains from surrounding areas and Ulster, while police made multiple arrests after a night of fighting leaving many injured and hospitalized.
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Associated Press
Glasgow
Scotland
Clyde
Battle of the Boyne
Ulster
Underground River Threatens New York Buildings
An underground river appeared in Manhattan after a 20 inch main failure at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue flooding Grand Central Terminal area. Water depths reached six feet, prompting police to ban traffic between Sixth and Madison Avenues and 40th and 45th Streets. engineers say no building collapse danger though many tenements flooded.
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Associated Presse
New York
Manhattan
42Nd
Fifth Avenue
Grand Central Railroad
Sixth
Madison Avenues
40Th
45Th Streets
Inginfers
Iowa City Man Wins Trap Shoot Title at Dubuque Event
Dubuque Gun Club hosted the second annual registered trap shoot with forty shooters. Iowa City resident C. Tanberg won by breaking 145 of 150, including straight runs of 42 and 46. His wife, a noted woman shooter, hit 120. LaPorte City’s Charles Hummell placed second with 140 and Dubuque’s Wm Raynor finished third with 189.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
KE. Tanberg
Iowa City
Charles Hummell
LaPorte City
Wm. Raynor
County Nurse Directs Health Push Across Schools and Homes
Fifteen schools served hot lunches at noon following county nurse suggestions. The report records 182 nursing visits to private homes, 52 instructional demonstrations, 76 calls at school children’s homes, and 196 miscellaneous calls. The nurse supervised care for 15 tuberculosis patients and sent six to sanatoriums for social treatment. Five crippled children were referred to clinics and one case of a child with two crippled feet was corrected to restore natural walking.
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Sioux City Sisters Found Dead in Gas Filled House
Two Sioux City sisters, Mrs. Josephine Goodwin 59 and Mrs. Elizabeth Athony 55, were found dead from suspected self inflicted gas exposure at their Seventh Street home. An unidentified man last seen Friday evening was being sought as investigators treat the case as a double death.
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Sioux City
Seventh Street
Josephine Goodwin
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth Athony
Twelve Iowans Die in Weekend Accidents
Twelve people died in Iowa over the weekend from heat and other accidents. Heat victims included Frank Gantz, 39, Sioux City, and George Hunt, 60, Des Moines. Drowning victims were Emerson Bowman, 51, Muscatine, and T. N. Rude, 28, Strawberry Point. Auto deaths included an 18 month old child of C. P. Slater, West Liberty, at Aurelia. Other fatalities were William Marlow, 50, Guthrie Center, by a bull goring, and M. E. Royce, 16, from tetanus.
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Associated Presa Des Moines
Iowa
Frank Gantz
Sioux City
William Wright
Stuart
George Hunt
Des Moines
G. Yost
Centerville
Emerson Bowman
Muscatine
T. N. Rude
Strawberry Point
Roy Davis
Esther Chapman
Clarence V. van Vark
Pella
C. P. Slater
West Liberty
Aurelia
Iowa Legionaires Chart Twentieth Parade Position
Iowa American Legionnaires will march in twentieth place at the American Legion national convention parade in Jimaha this fall. Parade positions reflect year over year membership gains with Florida leading, followed by the British Isles, Mexico, Nebraska, Brazil, and Cuba among others.
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Associated
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa American Legionnaires
American Legion
Jimaha
Florida
British Isles
William M. Mayfair
London
England
British Empire
Mexico
Nebraska
Brazil
South America
Cuba
Scopes Case Opens With Quashment Motion Clash
Dayton Tennessee July 18 A motion to quash the indictment against John T Scopes charged with teaching evolution in public schools sparked the first trial clash Defense attorney Neal argued constitutional issues while Darrow and Hayes pressed the ambiguity of the act Jury retired after comments from the attorneys Judge Raulston ordered briefs and a recess opening was delayed by photographers in Dayton.
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Dayton
Tenn
John T. Scopes
Tennessee
John R. Neal
United States
Tennessee General Assembly
Neal
Ife
Stewart
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
Dudley Field Malone
Arthur Gartiela Hayes
Mr. Hayes
B. G. McKenzie
Sua K. Hicks
Raulston
Iowa issues egg sale regulations booklet
DES MOINES July 10 The Iowa Department of Agriculture released a twelve page booklet outlining egg sale rules. The closing statement notes annual losses to farmers and merchants in Iowa exceed 5,000,000 due to improper care and handling.
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Des Moines
Towa
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa
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