Prayer and suicide by Miss Willson in Council Bluffs
In Council Bluffs Iowa on May 13 Miss Bel Willson an 18 year old adopted daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Scarr read a prayer petition for salvation from a prayer book then shot herself with a revolver she clutched in her other hand. She left a letter expressing love and asking forgiveness and detailing funeral arrangements.
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Council Bluffs
Miss Bel
Willgon
Miss Willson
Charles Scarr
Harriman Rejects Steel Trust in Rail Order Move
Harriman’s officials announced a new order for 150000 tons of open hearth rails from Tennessee Coal and Iron, covering most next year’s needs. The report criticized the quality of rails supplied to Harriman lines and noted prior orders mainly went to United States Steel western mills.
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Harriman Snubs Steel Trust
New York
Harriman Roads
Krattschmitt
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Western Mills
United States Steel Corporation
Wooley Vindicated in Railroad Theft Case
An investigation reveals H. Wooley night telegraph operator and station agent here was not involved in a $100 theft from the railroad. The money was found buried under a post in a nest, badly chewed by mice, leading to Wooley’s restoration to duty after discharge.
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H. Wooley
Wooley
Will of General DePeyster Cites Losses to Lawyers
In Poughkeepsie May 15 the will of General J Watts DePeyster, offered for probate, estimates the estate at about 2 million dollars. He blames lawyers for legal extortion and neglect saying he has given away about 2 million in philanthropies.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
J. Watts DePeyster
General DePeyster
Boston Wins High Marks in Pacific Target Practice
San Diego May 13 The U S cruiser Boston scored highest in the Pacific squadron during target practice at Magdalena Bay with gunners averaging 54 percent according to wireless advices received.
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San Diego
Cal
Boston
Magdalena Bay
Fraternal Lodge Woes Reach State News
The Pennsylvania Workman reports a lodge with strong membership being harmed by its financier. Loyal members oppose new members and deputy recruitment, arguing the financier prioritizes self interest over lodge welfare. Kansas names John H Crider grand master workman and doubles salary as lodges discuss leveling dues.
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Pennsylvania
Grand Lodge of
Kansas
John H. Crider
Minnesota
Red Men Great Prophet John W Cherry Highlighted
John W. Cherry, great prophet of the United States Great Council, long active in the order, has been a Red Man since 1884 with the Virginia council and served as its great sachem in 1891. A Norfolk resident and former Virginia senator, he is also prominent in Masonry. The article notes membership growth in Tennessee, a new San Francisco wigwam after the quake, and plans for a new Mirimichi wigwam in North Attleboro.
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John W. Cherry
The
Great Council of the
United States
Order
Black Hawk Tribe
Ginia
Great Council of
Cherry
Norfolk
Virginia Senate
San Francisco
Tennessee
North Attleboro
Mass
Aged Odd Fellows Fund Approved In New Jersey
The grand lodge of New Jersey authorizes an aged Odd Fellows fund. Members with 25 years of continuous service over 50 may join defunct lodges contribute 20 cents weekly. Benefits start after illness. 4 dollars weekly after 13 weeks and 2 dollars thereafter. Per capita tax raised by 2 cents to fund the scheme.
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Grand Lodge of
New Jersey
Odd Fellows
Grand Lodge
Sovereign Grand Lodge
St. Paul
P. G. M. Waters
Washington
Kansas
St. Louis
Homebound wanderers muse on travel and fate
In a reflective verse the speaker recalls family mobility during childhood, recalling how father’s pulls and routes shaped yearly moves from Maine to Frisco. The piece critiques sensational prophecies of Lake Michigan flooding Chicago while celebrating hard work, travel, and the simple life.
Events Cast Shadows of Future Happenings
A reflective line on how upcoming events affect the present mood rather than the events themselves. The speaker finds upcoming occurrences irritating because they linger in memory and influence feelings more than the events do.
Pocket edition of a world fair spectacle praised in nostalgia
The piece reflects on early settlers arriving in this country and a later celebration of a world fair pocket edition. It muses on future approval or disapproval by generations and contrasts absence of signs with today’s publicity and press agents.
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New World
PERT PARAGRAPHS
Sweetness and light are praised while guarding against sugar trust and gas company gains. The text notes irony in quick pace and slow pace, labor versus profit, and gains from disadvantage. It comments on reputations, principles, indifference, and revealing opinions through business interests.
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Sugar Trust
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Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Leo Shelangouskie
R. R
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Vrooman
Patent
J. K. Steen
McCartney & Son
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Chamberlain
Sprague Correspondence School OF Law
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Detroit, Mich
Dr. Shoop
J. H. Stewart
Foley
LEY
Sioy & Company
Chiioaga
Munn & Co
Scientific American
UNN & Co
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W. E. Shallenberger
Hotel Colenso
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Shallenberg
Oakwood Blvd
Ovrexei State Bank
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