Carnegie dies leaving 50 million estate in will
Chicago dispatch reports Andrew Carnegie died valued at about 50 million dollars with a 4500 word will to be probated next week. Home Trust of Hoboken named executor. pension system funded 450 to 500 recipients. 4000 depositors were ruined when the Carnegie Trust Co failed. many relatives and beneficiaries noted in the will and prior arrangements.
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Chicago
New York
the Tribune
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Home Trust Company
Brooklyn
Carnegie Trust Company
Sing Sing
State Bank Department
Buchanan Co Land Tops Prices and Taxes
In Independence Iowa 21 Aug a five acre suburban lot sold for 7000 dollars at 1400 per acre to W A Lenz Hawkeye. The S Miller estate farm near Otterville 200 acres sold for 165 per acre to L Bright and M A Wroten. Automotive license tax in Buchanan County will total 12680 dollars to fund road surfacing next spring. Mrs Mary Tribon died in Algona at age 96. Independence Canning Co starts packing 90000 to 100000 cans daily. crop near average despite drought. Webster Co reorganizes seed firms with capital up to 200900 dollars and merger plans. Roy P McHugh dies in San Antonio after illness. funeral in Cedar Rapids. First private telephone in England shown at Marlborough Halls. Lost ad assistance advertised by Courier.
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Independence
J.J. Fleckenstein
W. A. Lenz
Hawkeye
S. Miller
Otterville
L. Bright
M. A. Wroten
Algona
West Prussia
Germany
Joseph Tribon
America
Wisconsin
Forks
Littleton
Independence Canning Company
Webster Co
Mel. L. Webster Seed Cone
Rush Park Seed Company
Roy P. McHugh
San Antonio
Tex
John Hungerford Smith Company
Texas
Cedar Rapids
B. P. E. O. Lodge
Last Night's News in Brief Summary
Missoula forestry says district one fire danger tops west history. Palmer confirmed as attorney general by Senate in Washington. Grawn Michigan wreck kills six, injures 16 on Pere Marquette. Yorkshire coal miners’ strike settled in London. Indiana mobilizes state troops over Hammone strike at Standard Steel. Bonillas urges withdrawal of U S forces in Mexico. Steel workers vote 98 percent for national strike. Nashville streetcar service halted as conductors and motormen strike for union recognition.
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Missoula
Mont
Montana
Idaho
Washington
A. Mitchell Palmer
Senate
Traverse City
Mich
Grawn
London
Yorkshire
W. Z. Foster
Steel Workers Division
Kline Honored by Phi Delta Kappa and Prepares for School Opening
Charles W. Kline, East Waterloo superintendent, won Phi Delta Kappa honors after completing a six week Columbia University course in educational administration and earned a special superintendent diploma. He returned to Waterloo to ready for the September 2 opening, with a teachers’ meeting set for September 1. The district plans emphasis on physical training, with two gymnasiums in the East High building, and a new $2,000 printing press for the manual training department.
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Charles W. Kline
Columbia
Phi Delta Kappa
Kline
Waterloo
Columbia University
East High
Jack Sktenag
Anne Johnson
C. C. Gormley
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Police Chief Tries Out Flivver In River Forest
River Forest police chief Harry Auspitz tested a new so called flivver learning to drive in Oak Park and Chicago streets. The trial ended when the car struck a tree after a brief run and the chief summoned a driver to take the vehicle away. The piece links the event to debates on teaching German in American schools amid trade relations with Germany.
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Chicago
Harry Aunspitz
River Forest
Flivver
Thourom
Rourtte
Kline
United
States
Columbe Street
Auspitz
Bia
Germany
Driver
St Louis Journalists Form Association to Seek Higher Wages
In St Louis on August 20 an association of newspaper reporters editors and artists was formed named the St Louis Association of Journalists. It aims to raise standards and secure higher salaries to offset living costs. The group plans collective bargaining with editors, seeks nationwide ties, and opposes union affiliation.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
St. Louis Association of Journalists
Courier
Aromatic Jag Spreads Among Springfield Drinkers
In Springfield Utah the aromatic jag replaces whisky custom as men buy scented waters with 40 percent alcohol and drink by odor. Law bans sales but much is still sold, with Phelps’ Glasses advertised for head ache at 518 Jefferson.
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Springfield
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CW. Kline
Booth-Joseph CO
First National Bank Bldg
Hoover
Company
Hoover Department
Phelps
Jefferson
Hart
Schaffner &Marx
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Frank Bros
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