Davenport Scene of Wilson Trial
Oliver C. Wilson, a Muscatine labor leader, faces a conspiracy to commit a felony charge in Davenport after a change of venue to Scott county. The case involves alleged efforts to terrorize nonunion workers during the Muscatine button cutters' strike, including acid bombs. Over forty witnesses have been subpoenaed for the trial before Judge A J House.
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Davenport
Oliver C. Wilson
Muscatine
Scott County
Wilson
A. J. House
Ice Cream Makers Urged to Clean Cans to Prevent Poisoning
State Food and Dairy Commissioner W. B. Barney warns ice cream manufacturers to wash cans and sterilize them to prevent ptomaine poisoning linked to a Clarion case. With heavy shipping season ahead, buyers should rinse empty cans with hot water before returning.
Kansas Women Unite to Form State Council
Plans for a general organization called the Kansas Women's Council will be completed at a Manhattan convention. Delegates come from groups including the Kansas Woman's Press association, State Suffrage society, Women's Christian Temperance Union, Kansas Day club, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic and other civic and professional associations. The council aims to play a leading role in the state's suffrage campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas Women’s Council
Kansas Woman’s Press Association
The
State Suffrage Society
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Kansas Day Club
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
Bald man demands haircut in barber shop
A bald man bursts into a barber shop, sits, and loudly orders a haircut. The barber, startled, pauses to consider before asking which cut he wants.
Former Resident Mrs Brown Dies in Monmouth Ill
Mrs. Brown of Monmouth Ill wife of Rev XII J Brown D D who formerly served the United Presbyterian church at Ainsworth and later lived in Washington died Saturday afternoon after paralysis funeral held this afternoon in Monmouth Dr Brown previously led the Ainsworth church for fourteen years and the family lived in Washington for several years before relocating eighteen years ago Washington friends knew Mrs Brown who attended the United Presbyterian assembly with the Browns years ago and renewed old ties with local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terian
Ainsworth
Washington
Brown
Monmouth
Dr. Brown
United Presbyterian General Aesembly
Bedford Forger Sentenced After Washington Checks Bounce
Sheriff McCarty reports a young man who passed three fraudulent checks on Washington merchants was captured in Bedford Iowa and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. Victims include Harry McCall Orr Patton and McKlinney Drug Co. The forger used the names John S Russell and W J Johnson. He allegedly gave Russell as an alias upon arrest.
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Iowa
Washington
Harry McCall
Orr & Patton
MckKlhinney Drug Company
John S. Russell
W. J. Johnson
Russell
Bedford
What She Couldn't Understand
A charity expert disputes the common view of rich indifference to poverty. He cites Mrs Gobson Golde who jokes that the poor freeze in winter and suggests they could move to California, illustrating a misperception about poverty and charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gobsn Golde
Gobsa Golde
California
Hospitals and Rural America Theme For Convention
At the Almerieatt Medical association annual convention in Atlantic City during the first week of June Dr KE Munger of Spencer Iowa will present Hospitals and the Health Problem With Special Reference to the Necessities of Rural America He will show prints and pictures of Washington county hospital the first county hospital erected in Iowa under the law for such buildings Dr Munger wrote the bill for county hospitals and led its adoption He aims to enthuse physicians nationwide about the national gathering Washington county building is drawing statewide interest Dr C A Boice attended the state medical meeting in Burlington last week and reports many doctors asked questions about the new building It should be opening in a few weeks with many visitors expected from out of town
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almerieatt Medical Association
Atlantic City
KE. KE. Munger
Spencer
Iowa
America
Munger
Washington County
C. A. Boice
Burlington
Surgery by wireless advice on steamship case
Dr C S Carter reports a successful remote operation after a Swan Island tramway accident. A laborer crushed toe was treated via wireless guidance from 110 miles at sea, with the toe removed, arteries ligated, bleeding controlled and no infection observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Carter
United Fruit Company
Swan Island
R. A. Fuller
Colon
Carter
Mader
Thepert
Warning of Counterfeits Circulating in Cities
The United States Secret Service issued a warning to bankers railroads post offices and businesses nationwide to beware counterfeit gold and silver certificates. A forged ten dollar gold certificate series 1007 with check letter Lb plate 45 reproduces well but lacks sunburst details on the back and may fool handlers. Detection hinges on incomplete lettering of United States near the portrait and indistinct check numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Secret Service
John BR. Wilkie
W. T. Vernon
Register of the Treasury
Charles Hl. ‘Treat
United States
Hillegas
Wilkie
Lincoln
Grant
Excavation of Maya Palace in Guatemala by American Institute Leader
Dr. Edgar L. Hewett, director of the American section of the Archaeological Institute of America, leads an expedition to uncover a buried Maya palace in Guatemala. The dig, backed by Smithsonian Institution and the Panama California Exposition, aims to study and transport findings to San Diego. Trees grow from the ruined roof as centuries of silt are removed.
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Guatemala
Edgar L. Lewitt
Archaeological Institute of America
San Diego
Br Hewett
Collier
San Diego Exposition
Hewett
Smithsonian Institution
The
Archaeological Institute
Canadian Delegates Chosen for International Navigation Congress
The Canadian government selects Colonel W. P. Anderson John Kennedy FF W Cowle and J S Armstrong to attend the international navigation congress in Philadelphia opening May 23. After the congress a 150 member Canadian waterways party will travel from Sault Ste Marie to Quebec. The Dominion government allocates $20 000 for their entertainment.
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Philadelphia
W. P. Anderson
Marine Department
John Kennedy
FF. W. Cowle
Montreal Harbor
Bachelors Ordered to Marry in Dunshaughlin
In Dunshaughlin County Meath Ireland sixty nine laborer bachelors living in municipal cottages have three months to marry or vacate the premises.
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Dunshaughtin
County Meath
Ireland
Titanic Deaths Insurance Losses Detailed in Reports
Insurance press figures show total Titanic losses at 1 881 111 dollars with Northwestern Mutual Life leading at 500 000. Herbert F Chaffee of North Dakota held the largest single life policy 146 73. John B Thayer had 50 000 life and 120 000 accident coverage.
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Herbert F. Chaffee
North Dakota
John B. Thayer
Northwestern Mutual Life
Mutual Life
Equitable Life
Penn Mutual
WOO
Travelers
Pacific Mutual
Mutual Benefit
Metropolitan Life
Connecticut Mutual
Massachusetts Mutual Life
Credential
New York Life
Germania Life
State Mutual of
Worcester
Provident Life and Truet
Actia
CSW
Dominion Life of
Waterloo
Herbert I. Chaffee
Thayer
Aetna Life
Taft to Use Beverly Board of Trade Rooms This Summer
The Taft executive office force will again use the Beverly Massachusetts board of trade rooms in the Mason Building this summer. Secretary Hilles asked local officials for access and was welcomed. The Peabody cottage in Parramatta Corning Street will be readied for June occupancy with new gardens and grounds work planned for the estate.
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Board of Trade
Mason Building
Beverly
Mass
Taft
Hilles
Charles D. Norton
Pickering
Lothrop Street
Peabody Cottage
Parramatta
Corning Street
Jux
Harvard Elms All To Go In Summer
The Harvard quadrangle elms will be cut down this summer and red oaks plant. Experts say the elms are dying and nearly worthless as students depart in June. Only a few trees show life this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Quadrangle
Mrs Scott’s Recovery After Pinkham Remedy
In Buckner Missouri Mia Lizzie Scott describes years of female trouble and brutal steps toward surgery. She credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and returning her to housework and daily life. She urges suffering women to seek the remedy and notes confidential advice from Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mia
Lizzie Scott
Buckner
Lydia
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Jersey
Geo
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Haskins
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Burrell Keck
Dournal
East Washington St
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Will McClean
T. H. McClean
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N. Iowa
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Hiarvey
Chas
Atkinson
Tel. R
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W. B. Barney
Clarion
Belleville, Ont
Mexico
Livillo Vasquez Gomez
Milio Vasquez Gomez
Juarez
Madero
Women's Societies
Kansas
J. T. Matthews
Mrs. Brown
Monmouth, Ill
J. Brown
Merly
United Presby
McCarty
Guinty Hospital
Guatemala Palace
Dr. Hewett
Edgar J. Meyer
New York
George D. Wick
Youngstown
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Charles M. Hays
William B. Silvey
Duluth
Walter M. Clark
Los Angeles
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Walter C. Porter
Albert A. Stewart
John B. Cumings
Walter JD. Douglas
Cedar Rapids
Arthur W. Newell
William T. Stead
London
Ewil Taussig
Henry B. Harris
Major Butt
Emil Brandeis
Omaha
Neb
Charles M. Trays
Frank M. Warren
Stephen W. Blackwell
Trenton N. J
Alexander T. Compter, Jr
Lakewood
N. J
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Harvard Elms
Buckner, Mo
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Rock Island, Ill
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Stillwater, Minn
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Foley
Bright
Lemmon's Pharmacy
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