Wilson backs possible belligerency in Mexico dispute
Washington reports President Wilson wary of a hidden effort to draw the United States into war with Mexico. He sees only a troublesome but not widespread movement, and he notes improved Mexican conditions in 48 hours. Lind, Wilson’s envoy, arrives in Mexico City to assess the situation and discuss peace options with Huerta and the constitutionalists.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Mexico
Williams
John Lind
Lind
Huerta
Mexico City
Charles O’shaughnesly
San Francisco Avenue
Embassy
Mr. Lind
Henry Lane Wilson
Agg
General Huerta
Vera Cruz
Minnesota
Wm. W
Canada
William Bayard Hale
State Department
Mrs. Lind
Uplands
Temperature Today and Yesterday Extremes
Temperature data notes from Burchanal Optical Co. on the ground floor Syndicaty block. Reading at midnight shows a low of 72 and a high of 83 yesterday, with a year ago low of 62 and high of 83.
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Burchanal Optical Co
Syndicaty
18 Killed at Canal Quarry Slide in Panama
At Portopello quarry near Colon an unexpected slide buried a steam shovel and killed thirteen men who were at work beside it. Rescue teams worked through the day to recover victims amid dangerous debris.
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Canal
Colon
Portopello
Fifteen Cars Derail in Mingo West Virginia Incident
Fifteen freight cars of a Chicago Great Western freight train derailed in Mingo Ja Aug 11. No injuries reported. Local crews inspected the derailed cars and continued to clear the track as authorities investigated the cause.
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Mingo
Chicago Great Western
Waterloo Amusement Week Promises Extra Incentives
Waterloo merchants gear up for Waterl oo Amusement Week with plans for extra inducements in the Waterloo Evening Courier dated Thursday August 14. Stores pledge concerted efforts to draw readers to visit Waterloo during the week, with entertainment features promised as well as the added incentives.
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Waterloo
Waterloo Evening Courier
Courier
Typographical Union Convention Opens in Nashville
The fifty ninth annual International Typographical Union convention began in Nashville Tennessee with 70 delegates present. The first session featured addresses and little business will be transacted until tomorrow as several committees have been at work for days.
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Nashville
Tenn
Atte
The
International Typographical Union
State Capitol
Soldier Wound During Star Spangled Banner Salute
In Charles City Iowa during a Battery salute a cartridge wad from a blank round struck private citizen W H N i c e m a n in the eye and a fragment wounded Captain Sanders’s daughter cutting a finger. Nieman was sent to Rochester Minnesota for treatment and may lose an eye.
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Charles City
Ang
53Rd Regiment
9.Reck
W. H. Niceman
Sanders
Commissary Department
Nieman
Rochester
Minn
Severe Kansas heat drives drought and prayers for rain
Topeka reports record heat with seven sweltering days and temperatures rising to 108. Frightful drought grips Kansas with dry creeks and shrinking rivers. Citizens in Marshall kneel in streets to pray for rain as weather observers foresee limited relief and scattered showers later in the week.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Topeka
Kan
Weather Department
Paniec
Marshall
Iowa Farmers Rejoice Over Rain Saving Drought Hit Corn
Des Moines reports say torrential rain ended six weeks of drought, saving corn crops across Iowa. Experts note limited damage on sandy soils, with statewide yields likely near normal. Potatoes tomatoes and melons benefit. pastures and alfalfa sown after rain. lawns in Waterloo recover lush green.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George A. Wella
Western Grain D@ilers’ association
Hack
Hawk County
Wliavis
Indiana
Black, Hawk
Gadethla
Jo- Wauni
Jilinois
Jnana
Hutcheson
Holl
Judigua
I W W Leader Kidnapped Sparks Duluth Strike
In Duluth and Superior a strike lingers as ore dock crews stay idle and a wave of layoff threats loomed. I W W leader Frank H. Little, missing after being abducted in Superior, reappeared and claimed he was kidnapped from a Balknap Street location after stepping from a swallow car. The incident adds tension to regional labor troubles as Duluth contemplates a peace move by the city commission.
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Duluth
Minn
St. Louis Bay
McDonagle
Missahe Railroad
Dututa
Superior
Frank H. Little
I W. W
Holyoke
Swallow
Balknap Street
Avenue
Wien
Severe Colorado storm causes widespread damage
Colorado Springs reports a severe overnight storm with no deaths or injuries. Livestock drownings, damaged roads from washouts, and partial wreckage of a few railed structures mark the destruction. Estimated losses were thought to reach 850000, with the brunt felt in Colorado Springs, Colorado City, and Manitou.
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Colorado Springs
Cola
Colorado City
Manitou
Four days at the farm and a pistol borrowed at Holyoke depot
Imen ordered entry to an automobile and was taken aboard a train at a railroad crossing. In Holyoke we reached a hotel by 10 am Thursday and I was locked in a room with a detective. The four days at the farm were uneventful and not abusive, with ample food. The only weapon was a small pistol borrowed from the Holyoke depot operator.
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Imen
Holyoke
Woods May Become Chairman of G O P Committee
Washington dispatch reports potential shift in Republican leadership as Frank P. Woods of Iowa leads a candidacy for the G O P committee chairmanship amid debates among progressives and standpatters. Kenyon’s tariff speech highlights trust reform while patronage maneuvering and state leaders from Iowa surface in possible lineup changes.
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Woods
G. O. P. Committee
Washington, D. DC
Congress
Rural carriers meet by troops in state convention uproar
Minot North Dakota and Duluth Minnesota Aug 11 state troops may be called to preserve order as harvest hands seek higher pay. The fourteenth annual Iowa rural letter carriers convention draws 200 delegates with organizers abroad from St Paul Minneapolis. Arrests and mobs mark the night scene as Industrial Workers wire for more workers and a city election controversy unfolds.
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W.W
Minot
N. Oak
I. W. OW
Dusultate
Jack Law
Dewey Dorman
Art Lessur
City Commission
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ts l
Duluth
Minn
James Caunen
Organiaer
T Ie TW
Pokuth
LL A. Law
Frank Allen
Winnea
Northwest
Iowa State
Iural
Impeachment Talk Follows Governor IO Probe
Albany reports that Governor Sulger denies Wall Street speculation but admits using some campaign funds for temporary purposes. The talk centers on impeachment moves after the Frawley committee's preliminary report and possible appeals, with prospects of delaying any trial until a new assembly is seated.
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Albany
Sulger
Wall Street
Frawley Legislative Investigating Committee
Iis
Rural carriers convene at Winterset with vast attendance and planned enjoyment
Advance delegates and most officers gathered in Winterset for the rural carriers convention, swelling numbers to 175 en route from Irving hotel to Walnut Street Baptist Church where Rev John Bunyan Smith preached. The opening session was in City Hall council chamber, with banquets, tours, and social events planned as four cities contest for the 1914 convention.
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Winterloo
Irving Hotel
Walnut Street Baptist Church
John Bunyan Smith
Corncil
Banruet
Pythian Temple
William Galloway
Galloway Company
Ladies’ Guild of
Christ Episcopal Church
Galloway
W. H. James
William Galloway Company
Cedar Falls
Electric Park
Washington
Winterset
Davenport
Iowa
Waterton
Watertoo
Council Blais
Anata Marston
Ames
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Nick Reed
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Denomatic
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Ww. H. James
Iowa State Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
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