Iowa column reports deaths in separate incidents
Coroner Dwight Mater found a death by own action note in Merril Clark's car after the 48 year old man was killed when a Rock Island train struck him seven miles north of Melcher. Edith Plank 19 will be disinterred for autopsy after coroner Knight orders review of cause of death revised from heart pneumonia to pelvic infection.
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Knoxville
Dwight Mater
Merril Clark
Rock Island
Melcher
Clark
Cedar Rapids
Edith Plank
B. L. Knight
Mohammed Tahir
Ole Johnson, 104, Not Excited About Dad's Day
In Sioux Rapids Iowa 104 year old Ole Johnson says Father’s Day is a new fangled idea and he never heard of it until he was an old man. He has six daughters 23 grandchildren 48 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Sioux Rapids
Ole Johnson
Iowa
Golfers at Wakonda Club Donate Sidebets to Red Cross
Des Moines players at Wakonda Country Club join a fundraiser by playing for a little on the side with winnings going to the Red Cross to aid European war refugees. E. T. Meredith Jr. on the board says the idea should spread nationwide.
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Des Moines
Wakonda Country Club
Red Cross Fund
E. T. Meredith, Jr
Markets Report Hogs Cattle Sheep and Grain Notes
Chicago market update shows hogs scarce with price declines of 10 to 15 cents for the week. cattle calves and bulls mixed with steers and yearlings steady to 25 cents lower. sheep weaker with spring lambs about 25 cents down and bulk springers 10.75 to 11.25. Grain table lists Wheat Corn and Oats with July and September quotes and small moves.
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Chicago
Unclear OCR fragments on rates and percentages
Fragmentary data list reads like mixed percentages and codes with dates months and numbers. No coherent event or names to identify a person or organization. Unable to determine a specific news item from the provided text.
Chicago Produce Market Steady on Eggs Receipts Report
Chicago produce shows eggs market steady with current receipts 13 percent and dirties 124 checks. Firsts and extra firsts each at 15 percent as receipts total 27 520 cases.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Grain Prices Report June 15
Chicago cash grain prices listed on June 15 show corn at 65 to 66 for a single yellow, 64 to 66 for two yellow, and 76 for a white. Oats sample grade at 34, two white at 36, and soybeans at three yellow.
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Chicago
Hindu ruler bans beef imports in Kashmir valley
In the Kashmir region the Hindu ruler governs under religious law and bans cow meat, declaring beef import illegal. The valley sits in the foothills of the Himalayas as part of an independent native state of India.
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Kashmir
Himalayas
India
Death of Radio Announcer Shepherd Fells Iowa Figure
Art Shepard, 39, longtime WMT radio salesman and host of a curbside forum, died at his Cedar Rapids home from a heart ailment. He was well known across eastern Iowa as a radio figure before resigning in February due to ill health.
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Ottumwa
Art Shepard
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Shepard
Iowa
McAdoos Relative Sells Mortgaged Goods Auctioneer Released
John R Cross of Oakland, father-in-law to former Senator William G McAdoo, was jailed overnight in Potawatomi county on charges of selling mortgaged furniture. He was released under $1,000 bond.
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Council Blupfs
John R Cross
Oakland
United States
William G. McAdoo
California
Pottawattamie County
West Coast tennis courts use rubber joint fillers
Officials build concrete courts with white rubber expansion fillers to handle summer heat and provide permanent markings. The method echoes rubber joint use on highways to prevent buckling and marks court boundaries.
Soviet Rail Building Under Third Five Year Plan
The Soviet Union will build 7000 miles of railways under the third five year plan. This year 125 surveying parties with about 2000 participants are surveying routes across various regions.
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Soviet Union
Assassination of President McKinley by Anarchist in 1901
Leon Czolgosz shot President William McKinley twice at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo in 1901, using a concealed pistol hidden in a handkerchief.
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McKinley
Leon Czolgosz
Buffalo
True loyalty defined as honest acts and virtue
Quote by James Ellis on loyalty not in deference to rulers or heroics but in plain, honest conduct. Emphasizes truth, honor, virtue, and a nation's welfare above life.
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James Ellis
Pee eej ee baw A pound of tea makes cents pendn
A readable fragment notes tea pricing and a penny-based currency reference. The text appears as a clipped OCR snippet with limited context and unclear dates or participants. It suggests economic chatter about tea cost and small coinage values within a historic newspaper fragment.
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