Daily Market Reports First Report Hogs and Cattle
Chicago June 29 market report shows estimated receipts hogs 20 000 cattle 10 000 sheep 14 000 with holdovers of around 8 900 8 989. Prices list ranges by weight and grade with top around 11 combined with strong demand for heavy and light hogs and cattle. Official yesterday totals include hogs 25 752 cattle 12 988 sheep 11 933 calves 1 385. Livestock estimates for tomorrow project hogs 28 000 cattle 4 000 sheep 9 000.
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Chicago
Democrats in Iowa House Distorts Campaign Expectations
Des Moines Capital notes Iowa has long leaned Republican with no Democratic U.S. senator since early statehood and only a few Democratic congressmen in past sessions. The piece argues the Democratic candidate faces a substantial handicap in this historically Republican state.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States
A. C. Dodge
G. W Jones
Horace Boies
Cleveland
Boies
Harding
Cox
Charles Hughes
Wilson
Lowa
Lowe
Changes in Iowa Shrine Temples Districting
Cedar Rapids June 29 Senator W G Haskell praised Shriners in San Francisco and the Iowa convention for permitting new temple districting. The reshuffle assigns Winnebago Hancock Worth counties to El Kahir and Zag-a-zig temples to Kaaba and Des Moines, improving temple positions and paving the way for future expansions.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
W. G. Haskell
Shriners
San Francisco
Council Bluffs
Fort Dodge
Ottumwa
Winnebago
Hancock
Wright
Davenport
Johnson Counties
Des Moines
Worth
Dubuque
Ringgold
Clarke
Decatur
Sioux City
Kossuth
Humboldt
BA Kahir
Order of the Mystic Shrine
To Remove a Splinter From the Finger
When a splinter lodges under the nail a cold water bandage around the finger helps loosen it. Keeping the bandage wet and cold minimizes the danger of festering and makes extraction easier.
Uniforms of officers in the Marine Committee 1776
The September 5 1776 order lists officers’ dress as a green coat faced with white with round cuff slashed sleeves and pockets, white waistcoat and breeches edged with green, black garters. It also notes green shirts for the men if obtainable.
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Marine Committee
Lion’s strength in the wild tested by dragging and resilience
In Carl KE Akeley's World’s Work excerpt, a lion is described dragging an African buffalo and Zebra, with buffalo weights at least three times a lion. The text also notes a lion’s resilience, citing a hen surviving multiple rifle shots before dying from a final head shot.
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Carl KE. Akeley
Farm Bureau notes on field inspection and poultry meeting
Field inspections for certified lowar oats were conducted by Prof. EF N Bressman with samples to Ames for tests. Several growers had fields inspected including Safe Stout and M T Atkinson. A poultry meeting at the Farm Bureau office, led by J J Warren, emphasized protein in hen rations and egg production. The American Legion urged more rest rooms and parcel check services on July 4 at the Farm Bureau office.
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EF. N. Bressman
Farm Crops Department
Town State College
Ames
Iowa State College
Safe Stout
West Chester
M. T. Atkinson
Washington
D. D. Mann
Homer Koch
Joe Kessel
Brighton
Farm Bureau
J. J. Warren
Poultry Extension Department
Warren
Warran
The
American Legion
Borers Plague Potato Vines Warns Iowa Expert
Local potato growers face borers damaging vines with two species. Small borers half an inch long can be destroyed by pulling and burning mature vines, while a larger inch long worm spreads between plants. C L Fitch of Iowa State College notes the pest caused more damage in 1890 than potato bugs. So far only one county case is reported, but prompt action is urged if more appear.
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C. L. Fitch
Iowa State College
The Role of Women and Moral Standards in Society
A editorial warning cites Ladies' Home Journal findings on rising cigarette use among women across social circles. It argues this trend threatens family virtue and national future, praising maternal purity and Christian character as essential for stability.
Cuckoo Lays Eggs of Any Size Among Birds
A historical note describes the cuckoo as a crafty bird that lays eggs in others nests and later ejects rival chicks or robs foster parents of food. It claims the cuckoo can match nest egg sizes and continues to outcompete resident young.
Much Harm From Smoke Warns Public Health Voice
An editorial argues that a spokeless atmosphere would reduce disease and urges daily summer street flushing with antiseptic air and winter exposure to natural rays to curb bacterial overgrowth, noting we cannot make winters warmer but can use nature’s safeguards.
Civil War Veteran Reflects on Greatest Battle Memory
A Civil War veteran recalls his fiercest combat while acknowledging younger generations' growing appreciation for the fiery days of the sixties as veterans near the call of taps.
Bank Robbery Battle Ends in One Death at Dighton
A failed attempt to rob the First National Bank in Dighton Kansas led to a gunfight near Lane county. One robber was killed, two captured, a posse member wounded, and five hundred shots exchanged as citizens alerted by an alarm. Captured suspects named Arthur Lang of Kansas City and C H Bartha of Sapulpa. the dead man's identity was not revealed.
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Dighton
Kan
Lane County
Natonal Bank
Arthur Lang
Kansas City
Bartah
Sapulpa
Okla
Berlin Protesters Fire On Crowd After Rathenau Assassination
In Amerstadt Berlin police fired on a crowd during a June demonstration linked to the Walter Rathenau murder. Several killed and 25 wounded as protesters entered deputy Dinwelldey and Osann homes, damaged paper offices and the National party building in Karlsruse.
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Berlin
Amerstadt
Walter Rathenau
Dinweldey
Osann
People’s Party
Twe
German National Party
Karlsruse
Justice Holmes Is Better
Brookline Mass June 27 The condition of Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the United States Supreme Court is reported to be very favorable by his physician Dr Arthur J Chute. Justice Holmes is in a hospital here. Dr Chute who has performed a light preliminary operation on Justice Holmes says his patient will likely proceed to his North Shore summer home within four weeks. Another light operation would be performed later Dr Chute announced.
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Brookline
Mass
Cael Oliver Wendell Holmes
United States Supreme Court
Arthur J. Chute
Justice Holmes
Deetor Chute
North Shore
G O P Pioneer Edwin M Judd Dies at 96 in Anacortes
Edwin M Judd a pioneer of the Republican party who signed a 1854 Ripon Wisconsin call for a mass convention died in Anacortes Washington at age ninety six He helped organize the first total abstinence society in Massachusetts and chaired the Free Soil party for Wisconsin's first district.
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Anacortes
Wash
Edwin M. Judd
Ripon
Wis
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Harbor Rum Runner Slain in Gravesend Bay Pursuit
In Gravesend bay a running pistol battle between motor boats left George Hollander fatally wounded. He died later in hospital. The rum-running craft with one other occupant was captured and 25 cases of liquor seized by federal custom agents.
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New York
George Hollander
Mmotor
Gravesend Bay
Hollander
Alfred Bettinger Dies Veteran Cincinnati Lawyer and Banker
Alfred Bettinger a longtime Cincinnati lawyer and president of the Ohio National Life Insurance company died at his home after a long illness He was sixty eight years old and practiced law in Cincinnati for forty six years
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Alfred Bettinger
Cincinnati
Ohio National Life Insurance Company
Cinciynati
Correcting a Saddle Nose Procedure Description
A New York World account describes correcting saddle nose by an incision on the underside of the nasal tip parallel to the nostril axis to form a pocket. An implant or transplant is inserted into the pocket to straighten the nose tip.
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Lewis
New York World
Warship to free 40 Yanks in Mexican clash
The war department said gunboat Tabasco left Vera Cruz with reinforcements bound for Tampico. Guadalupe Sanchez chief of Vera Cruz operations joined forces with Gen. Arnulfo Gomez to attack Gen. Corozabe who holds American prisoners for ransom.
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Mexico City
War Department
Vera Cruz
Tampico
Guadalupe Sanchez
Arnulfo Gomez
Corozabe
Russia to pay prewar debt on conditions
The Hague report says Soviet Russia will inform the allied powers it will pay the prewar debt only under certain conditions while insisting it will not pay wartime debts. In Genow Russia announced its stance, opposing wartime obligations as not payable. Meanwhile Mexicali faces a massive fire destroying a city block at the Awl cafe gambling hall complex, with losses exceeding 500000 dollars and containment expected within two days.
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the Hague
Russia
International Conference On Reconstruction of
Genow
Mexicali
Lower
California
Awl Cafe
One Killed In Rail Wreck Near Lincoln Nebraska
The Chicago flyer wreck on the Chicago Rock Island Pacific line at Alva Nebraska 15 miles from Lincoln left one engineer dead and another severely injured with possible additional casualties. The crash occurred at 1:40 a m after the train plunged into a ditch.
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Rock Island
Chicago Flyer
Nebraska
Lincoln, Neb
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Alva
Rear Admiral Kline Dies at 58 in New Jersey
Rear Admiral George Washington Kline of the United States Navy, retired, died in Roundbrook New Jersey at age fifty eight. He had retired from service a year earlier.
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Roundbrook
N. J
George Washington Kline
United States Navy
Parsons College Board Meeting Opens New Year
Fairfield June 29 The Parsons College executive board met to hear reports and conduct routine business as a new year begins. President R Ames Montgomery recently elected president of Center College Danville Kentucky submitted his resignation due to a Kentucky offer under consideration with no action taken. Rev H Searns Thomson was elected chairman and F D Mason was re elected secretary.
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Fairfield
Parsons College
R. Ames Montgomery
Center College
Danville
Kentucky
Dr Chas W Flint Departs for Syracuse University Post
Mount Vernon June 29 Dr Chas Wesley Flint chancellor elect of Syracuse University and former president of Cornell college left Mt Vernon with his family for Syracuse where he will reside upon arrival The appointment was made earlier but formal recognition came later Flint gained a national reputation for six years at Cornell and will replace ex Chancellor James Day with a salary of 15000 a year plus 4000 for home maintenance
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Mount Vernon
Chas. Wesley Flint
Syracuse University
Sformer
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Syracuse
Flint
East
Middle West
Cornell
Plint
James Day
Iowa
Cautious Awan Recovers After Drowning Near Fishermen
A drowning incident ends with a rescue on the water as onlookers witness a fisherman reciting rules for reviving drowned persons. The revived man asks about brandy in the rules, prompting the rescuer to prioritize that step, a detail noted in a Los Angeles Times clipping.
Papal tiara history and uncertain additions
The papal tiara or triple crown began as a plain cap used by early popes. Pope Nicholas I introduced this headpiece, with the first crown addition uncertain. The second crown was added by Pope Boniface VIII in 1295 and the third by Pope Urban V around 1362.
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Venice
Nicholas I
Boniface Viet
Urban V
Death of Soldier and Bride at Ashford Barracks
In England John Tucker, a soldier at Ashford barracks, died at 4 in the morning. Before noon his wife wed another man, and that evening the newly married couple attended Tucker's burial as chief mourners.
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New York
England
John Tucker
Ashford Barracks
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