Mediation Triumph as Huerta Suspends Tampico Blockade
The Mexican government halted the Tampico blockade amid mediation efforts at Niagara Falls. Huerta’s move, aimed at not jeopardizing talks, followed reports of the Antilla carrying arms for constitutionalists and received diplomatic confirmation from the Spanish ambassador to Secretary Bryan. Mediation leaders said the incident was satisfactorily resolved and work continued toward peace.
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Mexico City
Junge
Tampico
Niagara Falls
Washington
Washington, D. C
Huerta
United States
Iano
Bryan
Anermnan
Puerto Mexico
Schoals
Justice Lamar
Antilla
Debsites
County of Nations
Mexico
Arma
Rockefeller Stone Guarded As It Moves To Pocantico Hills
A 50 ton stone for John D. Rockefeller’s fountain arrived by boat at Tarrytown and was hoisted to a pier. A New York contractor team with a traction engine and twenty men will guide its slow journey over hills to Pocantico Hills. Rockefeller officials and village guards protect the path, amid fears from local figures about possible sabotage.
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New York
John T. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Tarrytown
Hested
John D
Wirth
North Tarrytown
Sleepy Hollow
Rockefeller Estate
Naughty Bird Feeds Alligator at Central Park
A small English sparrow ignored warnings at the New York Central Park menagerie and landed near a sleeping alligator. The alarmed reptile woke, snapped its jaws, and the bird vanished, despite railing protection for guests and animals.
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New York
Central Park
Buy Town Bulger Colorado for One Dollar
The town of Bulger Colorado sold for one dollar to H M Ayeseworth who plans oats on the main street and a corral on the Bulger hotel site while preserving the ornamental lighting. Bulger founded three years ago by Col James Bulger now under trial for the Lloyd Nicobeum killing at the Savoy hotel. The town lay in Larimer County beside the Colorado and Southern railroad, its decline tied to a railroad right of way that left it below the tracks.
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Denver
Colo
Savoy Hotel
Larimer
Colorado and Southern Railroad
Bulger
Wreck of Empress of Ireland Explored at Rimouski
Divers from the Druid descended to access parts of the submerged Empress of Ireland lying on its side in about 180 feet of water. The effort began the process to recover 800 or more bodies imprisoned in the wreck. A second note reports the U S supreme court upholding Interstate Commerce Commission orders in the Shreveport rate case, tightening rail regulation.
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Rimouski
Quebec
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Shreveport
Interstate Railroad
Commission
Interstate Commission
Women surrender urged as Mazatlan falls to revolutionaries
From Mazatlan on June 7 two hundred starving women trailed behind the military governor's carriage begging him to surrender to the revolutionary forces. The federal garrison faces food shortages while guarding non-combatants. Three days of fighting at Santiago yields light casualties and an indecisive result. American property owners at San Anita report looting by federal soldiers as the Mexican cruiser Guerrero and the American ship Raleigh sail up the Gulf of California.
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U.S
California
Mazatlan
Mex
San Diego
Santiago
Lower
Norte
San Anita
Lower California
Federal
Sollers
Taft Assesses New Harmony Trials and Socialism
Former president Taft spoke at New Harmony Indiana centennial events about two socialist experiments. He argued socialism fails without private property incentives, citing Robert Owen work and other early communes as examples of flawed planning and human imperfection.
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New Harmony
Ind
Wm. H. Taft
United States
Robert Owen
Thong
Tnul
Taft
Geo. Rapp
Amana
Bethel
Aurora
Rapp
Owen
President Wilson to Accept Amendment to Senate Action
President Wilson in Washington says he is prepared to accept the Senate amendment to the Panama repeal, reaffirming the US will not waive discrimination in favor of its own shipping, though he doubts the Senate will assent to the repeal without limits. Troops remain in Colorado coal fields for now, with a White House expectation of a conference soon to settle differences and enable a safe withdrawal.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Senate
Panama
United States
Colorado
White House
Temperatures Reported by Buchanan Optical Readings
Supplied by Buchanan Optical for today shows times and readings including midnight 76, 68 at 9am, 86 at noon and 82 in the evening. Yesterday's high was 88 and low 66, with other daily figures listed as 74/47 and 68/47 in nearby records.
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Buchanan Optical
Y M C A Denies Newspaper Credit In Campaign Plan
Waterloo Y M C A officials deny any newspaper involvement in a reform campaign. President A F Gates says the board devised a full program with two newspapers invited to assist. After funds are raised a rest room for farmers and visitors is planned, with toilets in the basement story. Meetings are scheduled to map the financial drive and include a wide range of age groups.
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A. F. Gates
Waterloo
W. J. Howrey
Finance Committe
Criary
Gates
Senate Judiciary Committee Begins Clayton Omnibus Bill
Washington reports the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to start work immediately on the Clayton omnibus bill after House passage in the prior week. The bill aims to address broad legal and judiciary issues as lawmakers push for swift action.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Green Cherry Diet Proved Unhealthy to Knoxville Boys
In Knoxville a gathering returning from a night of rough play found two boys, Leonard Brown age 12 and Carl Brooks age 19, had become deathly ill after eating green cherries while fishing. They were found on a road to town and spent the night in the woods as searchers scoured the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Dume
Leonard Brown
Carl Brooks
Own
Physician Killed by Unpaid-Bill Patient Firefight
In Tuquein Alabama former mayor and renowned surgeon Dr Dunn was shot after denying aid to an ill child over an unpaid bill. Jevze Joplin invaded his office, fired through the door, wounded Dunn who then summoned Dr Addies for help. Dunn died in St Louis after transfer while Joplin was arrested.
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Tuquein
Jevze Joplin
C. Winton Dunn
Dugquola
Joplin
Policy Flamlny
Pinckneyville
Dunnway
St. Louis
Missouri Baptist Sanitarium
Joplan
Dunn
Dr. Dunn
Dutnne
Limaelf
Dr. Daggatt
Addles
Dr. Dunn Plumley
Marion Cook
Fohn
Dugan
Cook
Disappearance and body found in Wisconsin case mystery
The report details the strange disappearance of Rosie Tel hofer and the discovery of her body a week later. Police hold suspect Houle and another man Friend, with officers suspecting prior knowledge. The case evolves through searches, detentions, and confusing lead fragments.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wisdune
Rosie Telhofer
Demend Houle
Wisconsin
House
Riddlr
Doc Cated
Ksennaba
Mich
Weather Outlook for Coming Week Fair and Hot
Washington weather bulletin predicts mostly fair and hot conditions over the coming week east of the Rockies. Isolated thundershowers possible along the Atlantic and in the south, with no widespread rain. Cooler Monday and Tuesday in the upper Mississippi valley and central regions, followed by warmer temperatures under a strong high pressure over the North Atlantic states.
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Washington, D. C
Rocky Mountains
Inke Ergion
Miasfasippi
Thea Country
Nonth AtlanUe
Nomination Mixup in Hamilton County
In Hamilton County Webster City Iowa the county board of supervisors faces a ballot recount after a miscount. Initial unofficial results showed M J Henderson leading Rube McFerren with Joe Fardal third. A correction reduced Henderson by ten votes and left McFerren at 856. Protests and a possible recount were planned by McFerren and Henderson as the error caused consternation and laughter in Democratic circles.
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Webster City
Specteli
Hamilton County
M. J. Henderson
Randall
Rube McFerren
Henderson
Joe Fardal
Stanhops
Fardal
McFarren
McFerren
MacFerren
Democrata
Supreme Court Full Bench to Hear Big Docket This Week
Supreme Court in full bench sitting at Des Moines on June reports a large slate of decisions to file this week. Attorneys remain uneasy with six versus seven judges as 32 applications for reconsideration and reversal are on the docket. The court is ahead of last year’s half year record with 242 opinions filed since January.
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Yes Moines
Supreme Court
Miss Margery Rahe Heads Grinnell Glee Club
Miss Margery Rahe of Waterloo was unanimously elected to lead the Grinnell College Girls Glee Club for the 1924 18 season at the annual meeting. The Women’s Organization has improved its musical standing, and this year the club shares half the burden of providing music for commencement week.
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Grinnell
Margery Rahe
Waterloo
Grinnell College Girls
Rahe
Girl Dies Under Mysterious Circumstances in Sturgeon Bay
Hosie Vethofer, a 16 year old girl from a farmer family near the city, was found in Sturgeon Bay with no lung marks indicating drowning. Poison denied by stomach tests. She left Alderman Fleck’s home May 23 to shop and did not return, with no witnesses since. She had recently visited a moving picture theatre with Houle and was seen with him previously.
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Hosie Vethofer
Sturgeon Bay
Ald
Frank Fleck
Ald. Fleck
Pierre
Houle
Tragic Iowa and Oneida accidents claim several lives
In Rowley Ja June special report Verne Siverly 22 and his brother Walter 24 died when a freight train struck their sleeping siding car near Cedar Rapids. Walter died of internal injuries at 6 39 last evening. Both were from Wapitiot Tp Pa. The driver conductor Riley and crew are noted. In Oneida Manchester Iowa a runaway team struck an auto killing Mrs Archis Legg 30 instantly. The car veered into a ditch. her 5 year old daughter Edith survived. Mr Legg and others escaped unharmed. Funeral in Manchester.
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Rowley
Verne Siverly
Walter Siverly
Walter
Radar Rapids
Walker
Cedar Rapids
Riley
Arcident
Wapiito
B. W. Biverly
Manchester
Archis Legg
Oneida
C. B. Cowles
Mra
John Reidy
John Mertz
Ila
E. L. Walker
Legg Ha
Stearns & McCormick
Feneral Gerviess
Methodiat Church
Jed Lake Early Day Lawyer Dies in Independence
Col Jed Lake a pioneer attorney and former Iowa legislator dies at eighty four. He came to Independence in 1865, joined the bar in 1869, and served as colonel of the Twenty Seventh Iowa. Surviving are his widow and two children, Harriet Lake Take and Rush C Lake. Funeral set for tomorrow at 10:39.
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Independence
Jed Lake
Iowa
Ha ‘Ws
Harriet 1. Take
Federation of Women’s Blubs
Rush C. Lake
Kansas City
Herbert 3. Bradley
Col. Lake
Harvester Co Wins in Kentucky Cases
The Supreme Court voided penalties from Kentucky counties against International Harvester Co of America, ruling the penalties unjustified as part of a supposed trust. The decision comes as the company faced multiple legal actions across Kentucky.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Kentucky
International Harpvester Company of America
Small Boy Drowns in Wapsie River
Independence Iowa reports a 14 year old boy Rex Schirmer drowned while bathing with companions in the Wapsie river five miles southeast of Independence. Efforts to rescue him failed and his body had not been recovered as of today.
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Independence
Weapule
Here
Rex Schirmer
U S Officer Kills Mexican in Veracruz Incident
Washington dispatch reports Second Lieut. H. Houston of the Twenty-eighth Infantry at Vera Cruz killed a drunken Mexican who interfered with police after the Hispanic man slashed Houston with a knife during an attempted arrest. General Fonaton deemed the act meritorious and justifiable with no further action.
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Washington, D. C
H. Houston
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Vera Crus
Houston
War Department
Fonaton
Baby in Go Cart Blown to Death From Rooftop Tragedy
Eight month old Gertrude Gibson rode a go cart tied to a clothes post on her New York rooftop when a high wind sent it across the roof and over the edge to the yard below. Her mother, Thomas Gibson, left five year old Johnnie in charge. janitor Michael Budihaz found the crushed cart and baby as Dr. Bacharach arrived. The child died at the scene.
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New York
Gertrude Gibson
Thomas Gibson
Jobo
Johnnie
Michael Budihaz
Budihaz
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Ireland
Wiliam Howard
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Harmony Centennial
Brandeis
Louis D. Brandeis
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
Boston
Duquein, Tl
Aunabiay
Roleep
Archie Legg
Oneida Viotine
Pertynine
Towa
Hempstead
N. Y
Leslie Cheape
Wapsie River
U. S
Havana
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