Miners Resent Rockefeller Name Says Umpire Fleming
E E Fleming a Cheyenne Wells Colorado resident and former baseball umpire says Colorado people deeply despise John D Rockefeller and his son for mining violence. He notes high coal prices eight fifty a ton nearby and fears Ludlow district tensions will escalate with possible violence while government struggles to find solutions.
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Colorado
John D. Rockefeller
John D., Jr
E. E. Fleming
Yanchman
Cheyenne Wells
Colo
Fleming
Central Baseball Association
Waterloo
Rockefeller
Ludlow
Rural Life Institute drive sparks church rebuilds in state
Rev R C Keagy led a two week campaign in rural districts drawing 1800 attendees and strong support for statewide Rural Life Institutes. Whitney and Silver Creek churches will be rebuilt as social centers and a fall meeting in Langunit is planned to assess summer results. Meanwhile the Shilliam family celebrates two new grandchildren and the Barnard family in Chicago reports a new daughter.
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R. C. Keagy
Whitney
Silver Creek
Samuel Shilliam
Lafayette Street
Ben
Harold Rugg
Ruggs
Shilliam
Shilliams
Barnard
Chicago
Elso
Hohen of Waterloo Wins at Iowa City
Bud Jones driving the National owned by W H Kern of Waterloo nearly equaled the world solo lap record at the Iowa City speed carnival. He clocked 34.3 seconds for the half mile while a front axle trouble ended his bid on the second lap. The crowd ranged up to 10,000 as 160 cars and many motorcycles joined the races and several minor crashes occurred in town. The event drew wide statewide attention with Ottumwa hosting an endurance run and drivers from Des Moines to Waterloo.
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Bud Jones
Iowa City
W. H H. Kern
Padden Auto Co
Waterloo
Jones
Johnson County
Wm. Dorr
Frank Killinger
Ste Hankdhal
Excelsior
Peter Sheib
Seymour Miller
Peter Sebelle
Tim Deats
India
Sig Langdahl
Buick
W. W. Brown
Ford
Shaffer
Strer-For-All
National
Cole
Gulcense
W. H. Horn
Foy
Brown
Grace Methodist minister granted four weeks vacation
At a Grace Methodist church board meeting Rev. A J Northrup was authorized a vacation starting late June for about four weeks. He and his wife will stay in a cottage leased at Clear Lake. The board discussed adding a deaconess position, but no candidates are named yet.
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Grace Methodist Church Official Board
A. J. Northrup
Mr. Northrup
Clear Lake
Women to March With Brass Band and Gay Banners
Waterloo suffragists plan a June 26 parade with a brass band and yellow banners, led by Mrs. H. E. Perkins. Automobiles will decorate and white dresses with yellow sashes will be worn. Miss La Follette will speak at Chautauqua park after a city procession through Waterloo.
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Waterloo
8. E. Perkins
Chicago
Towa
F. W. Robertson
Loren
Miss la Follette
Flora Dunlap
Dea Moines
Iowa Suffrage Association
Rocal
Gardners Can Deliver Orders At City Market
A truck gardener was arrested for peddling during market hours but dismissed after testifying he had the right to deliver goods to city stores. The police judge allowed delivery of advanced orders but prohibited soliciting during market hours. Marketmaster Reed notes slight price reductions with ongoing demand and home grown strawberries were sold this morning.
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Reed
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K E. E. Fleming
Rockefellers
Hohen
Young Men’s
Oxfords
Bannister
Tilt
Morgan& Sullivan
Fourth Street
Silk
Eiffel
Nottingham
Vudor
Oliver Twist
Twee Deedle
Mme. Enders
London
Gardners
Pat. Colonial
G. M. Colonial
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