Delegate Wickersham Challenges Attorney General In Court Fight
Washington July 24 Attorney General Wickersham denounced Alaska Delegate Wickersham s charges that he shielded criminals and let a coal contract fraud statue of limitations lapse. The AG asserted the statute remains valid until March 1912 and urged withdrawal or proof from the delegate who vowed to make good. The exchange grew heated as the delegate promised days to prepare his evidence.
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Washington
Wickersham
Alaska
House Committee On the Judiciary
Littleton
New York
Tam
Nelson Down
Cedar Falls Record Sold to Webster City Publisher
Cedar Falls Iowa on July 24 reports the sale of the Cedar Falls Daily and Weekly Record after eight years under J. W. Jarnagin to J. E. Bladine of Webster City. Jarnagin has thirty years in Iowa newspapers. Bladine was with S. V. F. Hunter on the Webster City Freeman Tribune.
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Cedar Falls
Weekly Record
J. W. Jarnagin
J. EB. Bladine
Webster City
Jarnagin
Iowa
Bladine
SV. F. Hunter
Freeman-Tribune
Volunteer fire departments converge on state tournament
Des Moines July 24 All paid and volunteer fire departments in the state tournament opening here Wednesday are expected to reach Des Moines this afternoon and tomorrow. Clinton Red Oak Council Bluffs Sioux City and Des Moines teams have been training at the state grounds for days. Atlantic Shenandoah Creston paid departments arrive this afternoon. President Kelloge will arrive from Sioux City tonight and tomorrow a business meeting will complete the details. Dr H W Clagen and family returned from a two weeks outing at Elk Run.
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Des Moines
Clinton
Red Oak
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
State Grounds
Atlantic
Shenandoah
Creston
Kelloge
Association
Sixteen Thousand Miles to wed the man of her choice
Mies Kath acyn Kipp left New York on July 21 for Rio Jameiro Brasil where fiancé Gerald Peabody works as a Brazilian geodetic surveyor. Kipp is a Los Angeles native and Leland Stanford graduate. Peabody is also a California resident. The long voyage marks a romance begun in early childhood.
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Mies Kathacyn Kipp
New York
Rio Jameiro
Brasil
Gerald Peabody
Mise Kips
Los Angeles
Cal
Leland Stan- Cori Uniersity
Idr
Peabody
California
Mise Kippie
Teges
Earle
Maine Blown Up From Outside Says Naval Architect
Lewis Nixon, renowned naval architect who designed several ships for the United States, asserts in New York that the battleship Maine was blown up from the exterior. He cites an eyewitness whose testimony is not yet published.
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Lewis Nixon
Nayal
United Bites
New York
Maine
Nixon
McSweeney Hearing Seen As Civil Service Probe
Officer J F McSweeney faces a civil service commission hearing after being suspended for striking a drunken arrestee on Commercial Street. Witnesses vary on whether blows were with a club or whether he kicked the man. McSweeney admits two light blows as punishment, denies kicking, and the panel may reinstate or permanently suspend him.
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J. F. McSweeney
Burr Lichty
Commercial Street
Civil Service Commissioners
Paul W. Smith
J. A. Jerger
H. B. Kelly
McSweeney
Pythian Temple
West Side
Pythian
Beans Begin With B in Boston Reflective Quip
A humorous quip notes that English settlers chose Boston partly because the town name starts with B, with a wry aside about Beans as a playful twist. The line appears in a Catholic Standard Times column or panel, reflecting light local wordplay. The snippet preserves period tone and names Boston, Beans, and Catholic Standard Times.
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Boston
Times
Browning Quote on Judging Men by Their Professions
A literary reflection emphasizes judging people by their potential and true character rather than outward performance. The quote asserts that a person’s essence lies in their profession and inner intentions, transcending transient success or failure.
Fire Devastates Constantinople in Suspected Arson Blaze
A massive fire in Constantinople, July 24, destroyed about two square miles and over 5,000 wooden homes near the war ministry area. Authorities blamed political incendiaries as the city endured its worst blaze since 1870, with multiple outbreaks timed during constitutional celebrations.
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Constantinople
Peru
Stambul
Ministry of War
War Ministry
Sea of Marmora
Jackson May Go to Berlin
The selection of a man to see seed Dr. Deivid Jayne Hill as Am busher to Germany draws attention of President Taft. He will announce a decision within six weeks with Jobs B. Jackson of Havana among the leading candidates in the list of six or more names.
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Deivid Jayne Hill
Germany
Taft
Jobs B. Jackson
Havana
Cuba
Ex-Congressman Boutell Now Illinois Minister to Switzerland
Chicago witness Edward Hines testified before the senate Lorimer committee that President Taft favored Lorimer as a senatorial candidate and would aid his election. Hines produced a note in Boutell's handwriting claiming Taft’s willingness to back Lorimer after Boutell met the president.
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Washington
Edward Hines
Chicago
Senate
Lorimer
Henry 3. Boutell
Ulinois
Switzerland
Taft
Gary
Haneey
Hines
New York
H. Gary
U. S. Steel Corporation
Colorado Iron Company
Boutell
Jetterhead
Mr. Hines
Millinois
Disappointed in Love Crowns Mt Pleasant Farmer John McCulley
Davenport July 24. May Foley 17 found dead in Mississippi River near Lionwood eight miles below Davenport after a scream on government bridge. Disappointment in love is blamed. Mt Pleasant July 24. John McCulley octogenarian wealthy farmer found dead in his bed. deed valued at 100000 of land to Presbyterian church challenged by dementia in chattel court now before supreme court. Des Moines July 24. George Abel died of lockjaw after injuring foot with rusty nail two weeks earlier.
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Davenport
May Foley
Mississippi River
Loinwood
Government Bridge
Mt. Pleasant
John McCulley
McCully
Presbyterian Church
Chattfet
Supreme Court
Des Moines
George Abel
Escaped Girls Apprehended Near Des Moines
Des Moines July 24 Two escaped inmates from Mitchellville Industrial School Cora Steele and Susie Nelson were found by police sergeant Youngberg after spotting a boy carrying ham sandwiches into underbrush He traced the path and located two desolate and soaked girls who had hidden in a roadside area They were returned to Mitchellville today.
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Des Moines
Youngberg
Cora Steele
Susie Nelson
Mitchellville
Here
Commons in Wild Disorder Over Lords Amendments
London July 24. Scenes of wild disorder marked the house of commons session as the premier repeatedly rose to seek consideration of the Lords amendments to the parliamentary bill but was howled down by a brutal din. Asquith struggled to speak amid uproar and after 45 minutes declared the government would invoke royal prerogative to create new peers if the Lords refused to restore the veto bill to its original form with reasonable amendments.
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London
House of Commons
Lords
Asquith
Italian Vessel Dumps 700 Passengers for Quarantine
The San Giorgio, due from Naples, arrives without passengers after US quarantine time increases from five to ten days. The vessel had been booked for 700 passengers, mostly steerage, and a large cargo. passengers were disembarked to meet schedule and protect perishables.
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New York
United States
Naples
Yankee Boy's Body Found in Ice of the Alps
Geneva reports the body of Homer Diman an 18 year old from Arlington Massachusetts was found embedded in ice on a Dent du Midi glacier in the Alps. He disappeared July 6 while climbing with his mother living in Silvan.
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Yankee Boy
Alps
Geneva
Switzerland
Homer Diman
Arlington, Maes
Dent du Midi
Silvan
Boston Travelers Meeting Tonight for Boston Trip
A meeting of prospective travelers to Boston is set for this evening at the Y M C A parlors. A Rock Island road representative will attend and those who haveSignified intent to go may select berths. The group departs next Friday night.
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Boston
Advertisers
Y. M. CG
Rock Island Road
A Painter's Retort to Imperial Review
After Fram Leabech painted the portrait of Reaperer Wil helm, a privy counselor visited to critique. He urged clearer depiction of uniform buttons, but Leabech replied in German and English that he paints beads not bottoms, to the emperor's hearty laughter.
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Fram Leabech
Reaperer Wilhelm
Ceonacher
Leabach
Gouncilor
Texas Prohibition Vote Dumps Proceeds Amid Fraud Claims
In Paris Texas at 1 45 pm the anti prohibition majority stood at 4387 with 230186 anti prohibition votes and 225749 for prohibition Houston officials claimed possible fraud and court action while anti prohibition leaders predicted a larger lead at 10 am Dallas papers warned the race remained close with anti prohibition leading by under 4000 and late returns could swing the result
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Paris
Tex
Associated Press
Houston
Ball
Chatrman Walters
Dallas
Texas
Fragmented Verse Quotation From Euripides in 5c Cigar Ad
A damaged line presents a fragment referencing Euripides and a Martin's Standard 5c cigar. The garbled OCR hints at a literary quotation and a trade card. No clear event or person beyond these named entities is identifiable.
Luther Burbank Attacks Government In Interview
In Santa Rosa California Luther Burbank the plant wizard denounces the Department of Agriculture in Washington for stifling his plant life transformations. He calls government experts low browed arrow gauged and pinheaded and defends his recent achievements.
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Luther Burbank
Santa Rosa
Cal
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Explosion wrecks Gary building prompts gas bomb debate
Gary Ind July 24 an explosion wrecked a three story business block injuring several and endangering many as fire followed. Police suspect a leaking gas pipe while occupants blame a bomb. The nearby First National Bank faced threat as damage reached about 20 000.
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Gary
Ind
First Naional Bank
Million Dollar Rain Dries Up For Corn Belt Harvest
Chicago reports a vast rainstorm across the corn belt boosting prospects for a strong harvest. States from Idaho to Ohio received showers, with Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Iowa Kansas and Missouri most benefited. Indiana Michigan and Ohio expected rain next. Weather bureau notes this corn rain follows weeks of drought and could spark prosperity beyond reciprocity forecasts.
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Chicago
North
Middle West
Rocky Mountains
Idaho
Montana
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Florida
North Carolina
Alabama
Chicago Weather Bureau
Mrs Porter's Body Buried with Son Attending
The body of Mrs Catherine Porter, former wife of Selwyn C Edgar, zinc smelter magnate, arrived from Chicago and was buried at Bellefontaine cemetery beside her father. Her son Selwyn C Edgar Jr attended, despite initial reports he might not. Mrs Porter's sisters and brothers joined the service.
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St. Louis
Catherine Porter
Selwyn C. Edgar
zinc_ smelter M magnate
Chicago
Bellefontaine
Selwyn C. Edgar, Jr
Larrytown
N. Y
Trust Chught Red Handed Shipments Of Plate Apportioned
Washington records reveal the Steel Plate Association of the United States and leading firms agreed to quota shipments of steel plate. Members faced penalties for over shipping and monthly sworn reports tracked production and allocations, with apportionment percentages listed for Carnegie Steel and others.
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Washington
House Steel Trust Committees
Hesston Today
Stanley
Steel Plate Association of
United States
Ileven Great Steel Companies
Carnegie Steel
Jones and Laughtin
Hinds Steel
Enneee Crucible Steel of America
American Steel and Wire
Glasgow Tron
Eee
Chickens blown to sea by Black Hand bomb on ferry
New York police boats and fire ships rushed to the North river after a bomb hidden in a milk can exploded aboard the ferry Netherland en route to Hoboken. A wagon carrying chickens toppled into the sea. about a hundred passengers were frightened but unharmed.
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New York
North River
Netherland
Lackawanna Station
Hoboken
Station Dairy Company
Cincinnati Commerical Tribune Sold at Sheriff Sale
Cincinnati July 24 The Commercial Tribune newspaper and its equipment were sold at a sheriff's sale to Francis T. Homer a Baltimore lawyer for 420000. The other bidder was Richard P. Ernst who stopped at 415000. Homer said he represented himself. The sale followed a judgment by Union Savings Bank and Trust Company of Cincinnati as trustee for 250000 and Homer for 196900. The property was appraised at 350000.
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Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
Francis T. Homer
Baltimore
Richard P. Ernst
Elgin Butter Scene Amid Market Shift
Elgin July 24 butter prices rose one cent while markets stayed firm at 25. Local notes mention Mrs A R Kerr of Shell Rock visiting niece Mrs A R Eggles ton and Mr Eggleston visiting Sumner relatives. Mrs R F Fairbanks of Town City vacationing in Waterloo with friends. For Gentlemen, San Peles, Bc cigars?
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Elgin
Wil
A. R. Kerr
Shell Rock
A. R. Eggleston
Mr. Eggleston
Sumner
Sundar
R. F. Fairbanks
Waterloo
Wedded 73 Years Woman Dies in Mt Pleasant Area
Mrs William Barton of Mt Pleasant died aged 73 after longtime marriage. The obituary notes a 73 year union and references her husband and household life. The brief memorial states the couple had remained together through years of work and duty.
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Mt. Pleasant
William
Barton
Warle
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