Parks Planned Along Cedar River In Waterloo Project
The River Front Commission outlines plans for riverbank parks on both sides of the Cedar between Fourth and Fifth streets. They seek ejectment suits against Mercantile Warehouse and Corn Belt Telephone to reclaim city land, and aim to transform former business blocks into public parks, boulevards, and playgrounds without new taxes.
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Cedar River
Fourth
Fifth Street
Fourth Street
Nauman Plant
Eleventh Street
Colonial Castle
River Front Commission
Alfred Longley
Corn Belt Telephone Company
Mercantile Warehouse Company
River Front
Fifth Street Bridge
Syndicate
Majestic Theatre
Nauman
Corn Belt Telephone
O. B. Courtright
B. J. Johnson
G. Hardy Clark
George Beck
Mr. Crittenden
Sam Hoff
East Side
J. C. Gates
Ed Chapman
John Baker
Wenz Friedl
Commercial Street
Corti Belt
District Court
West
Waterloo
Marsh Place
Supreme Court
Ward
United States
Fifth Streets
Union Mill
Illinois Central
Union Mill Company
Europe
Speedy Trial Sought in Rosenthal Indictments
New York District Attorney Whitman seeks rapid prosecutions after the Rosenthal murder probe. Four Methuen detectives hunt Harry Horowitz “Gyp the Blood” and Louis Rosenzweig “Letty Louie” with a $5,000 reward. A postcard tie to Webber prompts renewed pursuit from Methuen. An extraordinary Supreme Court term in Albany, set for Sept. 3, aims to advance indictments.
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New York
Whitman
Methuen
Mass
Harry Horowitz
Gyp the Blood
Louis
Letty Louie’) Rosenzweig
Rosenthal
Webber
Pal
Max Steuer
Lefty Louie
Steuer
Dougherty
Horowitz
Albany
N. Y
Dix
John W. Goff
Supreme Court
Widow appeals to U S for burned savings loss
In Minneapolis Mrs Catherine Walsh seeks Treasury help after a fire charred $225 in bills and a $265 savings bankbook intended to support her candy shop. Banks pledged partial aid but she and officials plan to appeal to Secretary of the Treasury for discretionary relief.
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U.S
Minneapolis
Northwestern National Bank
Franklin McVeagh
Secretary of the Treasury
Mr. Riley
Treasury Department
Mra. Walsh
Bergdoll Flies Plane From Philadelphia to Atlantic City
Grover C. Bergdoll a 19 year old Penn law student from a wealthy Philadelphia family made an airplane flight with passenger Charles Krouse from Philadelphia to Atlantic City about 70 miles. He averaged 50 miles an hour and reached an altitude of 7000 feet before landing safely after a mishap.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Grover C. Bergdoll
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Charles Krouse
Bergdoll
Maine Leaders Urge Wilson Campaign Stop Before Vote
Seagit New Jersey August 16 Maine political figures press Governor Wilson to tour the state before the September 9 gubernatorial election. His campaign schedule is managed by his committees and could shift to accommodate Maine requests. The senate also plans to consider Senator Culbertson's campaign contribution limit bill tomorrow.
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Seagit
N. J
Maine
Wilson
Washington
Senate Today
Culherson
River dredging board forms with officials elected
The riverbed dredging board meets weekly with G Hardy Clark as president and Cal Kingsley elected temporary secretary. Commissioners include Clark Kingsley and Arthur Young. Meetings set for Tuesday evenings.
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G. Hardy Clark
Cal. Kingsley
Arthur Young
Kingsley
Tarife Attacked in First Opeeg h Tarife Speech
Thousands heard Governor Woodrow Wilson in Gloucester New Jersey as he denounced tariff makers and express companies. He urged tariff reform to aid farmers and called for a merchant marine linked to the Panama Canal while criticizing tariff schedules shaped by a few committee members.
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Gloucester
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Washington Park
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Aldrich
Panama Canal
Committee On Ways and Means
House
Finance Committee
Senate
Congress
House of Congress
Virginia Woman Executed in Virginia’s First Electric Chair
Virginia Christian the first woman executed by electric chair in Virginia was put to death after clemency requests from Chicago figures. She was convicted of a brutal murder and robbery of her employer Mrs Ida Virginia Helote in Hampton on March 15 1912.
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Richmond
Virginia Christian
Virginia
Mann
Chicago
Ida Virginia Helote
Hampton
Nat C. Goodwin Injured At Rocky Point
Nat C. Goodwin actor was reported seriously injured after a fall at Rocky Point when his boot caught a breaker. He was thrown on rocks and taken to St. Catherine's hospital for treatment.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Nat C. Goodwin
Rocky Point
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Goodwin
Moving Picture Trust Sued Under Sherman Law
Federal government moves to dissolve Motion Picture Patents company and General Film Company in a suit accusing ten firms and officers of monopolizing film business. The petition claims over 2.5 to 3 million feet of film printed weekly and more than 100 million dollars invested.
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Philadelphia
Moving Picture Trust
Motion Picture Patents Company
General Film Company
Thomas A. Edison, (Incorporated
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
Geo. K. Spoor
W. M. Selig
Edwin P. Grosvenor
International Harvester Company
Moving Picture
U. S
John C. Swartley
Wickersham
James A. Fowler
United States
New Jersey
Maine
Hibitera
Patents Company
Lcense
Patents
Sui
Washington
Moving Picture Anti-Trust
Department of Justice
Lavender to Oppose Mathewson in Second Giants Cubs Game
Word from the Giants and Cubs camp says Jimmie Lavender Chicago recruit will start against Christy Mathewson in the second game of the series in Chicago. An estimated 25,000 fans attended yesterday's game and extra police were requested as gates opened early due to Chicago baseball fever. The win reduced New York's NL pennant lead to five games.
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Chicago
Giants
Cubs
Jimmie Lavender
Christy Mathewson
New York
Taft to Sign 160 Million Pension Bill Today
President Taft is expected to sign the 160 million dollar pension appropriation this day. The sub-treasury will wire to eighteen outlying agencies to honor drafts at once, ending delays that kept veterans and dependents from government aid for weeks. After January 1, 1913, the Pension Bureau in Washington will mail checks directly.
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Washington
Taft
Sub-Treasury
Pension Bureau
Parole Denied for Charles L Warriner
The Ohio State Board of Administration refused to parole Charles L Warriner the Cincinnati embezzler serving six years for pilfering 643000 from the Big Four treasury. This was his second parole petition.
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Columbus
State Board of Administration
Charles L. Warriner
Big Four
Cincinnati
Warriner
Big Four Treasury
Roosevelt seen likely to carry New York in 1912 campaign
Medill McCormick reports Roosevelt will win New York due to upstate Democrat opposition to Wilson and Republican antipathy to Taft. He says Taft cannot win any New England state including Rhode Island, Vermont may third the GOP ticket, and a progressive executive committee is forming with Governor Johnson's approval. Senator Dixon and New York leaders map Roosevelt itinerary amid widespread requests for speeches.
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Chicago
Medill McCormick
Progressive Party
New York
Roosevelt
Mr. Wilson
Att
McCormick
Taft
New England
Rhode Island
Vermont
Progressive Executive Committee
Johnson
Colonel Roosevelt
Dixon
Illinois Progressive Reader
Idaho Falls
Ida
Troops Mobilizing for State War Effort at Merriam and Fort Leavenworth
Leavenworth Kansas August 16 mobilization of Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma troops begins as main column departs for Merriam to establish blue army headquarters The red army defends Fort Leavenworth and operates from Lawrence to halt blue forces Five thousand regulars and militia will participate in the war effort alongside planned base operations and regional defenses Temperature notes record a high of 81 and a low not listed with a prior year comparison.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas
Merriam
Blue Army
Lawrence
Red Army
Fort Leavenworth
Missouri
Oklahoma
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Tarife
Gloucester, N. J
Negregg
Big Hees
Wat C. Goodwin
Sherman Law
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Lavender
Treasury
Charles L, Warriner
Havana
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