Zeppelins raid England as shields ports hit
Reports from Christiania say Zeppelins bombed the Armstrong works and navy yards at South Shields, killing seventeen and injuring forty, with fires burning through the night. The Totumailigh steamer delivered the dispatch via Stavanger, noting extensive damage and large factory losses. A separate Paris note confirms Dunkirk bombardment and Allied advances in Alsace and along the Meuse Meurthe line.
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Berlin
Sayville
Overseas Agency
Christiania
Totumailigh
Stavanger
Armstrong Works
South Shields
England
Zenoelings
Shields
London
Tyne
Armstrong Company
Elswick Yards
Census Figures Growing Slowly in Waterloo
Assessor Kaschi added nine persons to the census roll in Waterloo yesterday bringing the total to 22.9. The W. J. French family, permanent residents, along with a Morrigan who returned from California and others found on Fourth Street West are listed. Few more are expected before final reporting to Des Moines.
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Kaschi
Waterloo
W. J. French
Texas
Waterloo Wins State Meet of Bankers 1926 Convention
Davenport reports the Iowa Bankers association will hold its 1926 convention in Waterloo following a strong Black Hawk county delegation effort. Harry T. Blackburn of Des Moines elected president of the Iowa Bankers association. A. C. Smith of Clinton chosen vice president and Simon Casady of Des Moines named to the general nominating committee. Senator John W. Weeks of Massachusetts gave the principal address criticizing treasury and currency board members on the reserve board. J. C. Dinwiddle of Cedar Rapids elected to head the executive council, and B. C. Clark of Red Oak named to fill the unexpired term of John McHugh of Sioux City on the game committee.
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Davenport
Iowa Bankers’ Association
Waterloo
A. C. Smith
Clinton
American Bankers’ Association
Iowa
Simon Casady
Des Moines
Tha
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
Secretary of the Treasury
Reserve Board
J.C. Dinwiddle
Cedar Rapids
B.C. [Clark
Red Ork
Game Committee
John McHughs
Sioux City
New York City
Warden Allen in grief over wife murder case tragedy
Edmund M. Allen, warden of Joliet Penitentiary, faced an open grave as his wife was laid to rest after a brutal murder. He pledged to return to the prison to help identify the killer, saying he may not return to work until the suspect is found. The funeral drew a large crowd and Will county farming leaders paused for the loss.
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Lfe
Allen
Joe’ Campbell
Cedar Falls Postmaster Appointed in Hughes Name
Washington June 23 President Wilson named George W Hughes Cedar Falls postmaster along with J C Palmer Clear Lake W F Garrison Swea City and W K Currie Centerville The nomination praises Hughes as a faithful Democratic party servant and successful businessman and predicts he will excel in the postmaster role Also mentions architect W L Peddicord inspecting a new school in Parker shore today
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Cedar Falls
George W. Hughes
Clear Lake
J. C. Palmer
Swea City
W. F. Garrison
Centerville
W. K. Currie
Hughes
Democratic Party
Wm. Ll. Peddicord
Parkershore
Lansing Named Head State Department
Washington June 25. Robert Lansing has been definitively elected by President Wilson for the permanent post of secretary of state and has accepted the position. A formal announcement will be made at the White House at 5 p.m. today.
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Washington, D.C
Robert Lansing
Ad Iit Nmn
Bryan
Wilson
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Ellen Wilson McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
William O. McAdoo
Mise
Eleanor Wilson
Miss McAdoo
Washington
Paper delivery note with late-night phone request
A brief notice requests readers call the number 330 after a missed delivery by 6 o clock and 2069 after 6 36 to arrange a copy of the paper. It notes the carrier boy or another cause for the delay and instructs delivery arrangements.
Border quake leaves Mexicali wrecked and Calexico shaken
A powerful earthquake struck the Imperial Valley affecting Mexicali Calexico and El Centro with widespread damage. At least twelve dead are reported from Mexicali and many injured after walls collapsed and fires started. Martial law was proclaimed in Mexicali and Calexico as destruction spread across the border zone.
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Fi Contra
Cal
Imperial Valley
California
el Centro
Mexicali
Calexing
Mex
Cocopah Mountains
Galipatria
Miland
Hle Id
Yuma
Aziz
Walla
Mexitali
Delta Mercantile Company
Mary Smith
Heber
Emery
Calexico
AtHeber
First National Bank
Lincoln's Granddaughter Weds in Quiet Summer Ceremony
Jessie Lincoln Beckwith, granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln, married Frank Ward Johnson of Norwich Conn at a private family ceremony in Iowa. The event contrasts with her 1897 elopement to Warren Beckwith, a former Iowa Wesleyan football player and later railroad brakeman, whose marriage ended in desertion.
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Mrs
Dresse Lincoln Beckwith
Frank Edward Johnson
Jessie Lincoln
Tice Harris
Warren W. Lmekwith
Iowa Wesleyan
Miss Lincoln
Lincoln
Beckwith
Pullman Company
Chicago
Capt. W. Beckwith
Mount Pleasant
Linnelp
Burlington Railroad
Creston
Earthquake damages ranch home near Heber and shakes Cleveland
A moving picture house was wrecked near Heber on J A Morgan’s ranch when a lamp overturned causing destruction at the Morgan residence. The nearby John Salls home fell but occupants escaped. In Cleveland two shocks were recorded by the seismograph at Pt Demarine Observatory showing disturbances at dawn and later.
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Heber
J. A. Morgan
Morcan
John Salls
Cleveland
California
Bt. Demarine Observatory
Vets Pom
Temperatures Reported Across June 23 Weather Readings
Fragmentary weather data lists a series of temperatures with unclear locations and times. Entries show values like 74 65 and 33 and several garbled tokens, indicating a midnight to early morning reading session with minimal legible figures.
Pope Denounced by Italian Press for Interview
Italian papers condemn an interview attributed to Pope Benedict in La Liberté Paris edition. They claim the pontiff’s comments undermine Vatican privileges amid the war. Corriere says denial is necessary to avoid deplorable consequences. Serolo notes the pope has spoken strange words.
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Rome
Paris
Iia
Pope Benedict
Louis Latapie
la Diberte
Vatican
Valian
Corriere D'Ttatia
Serolo
Teutons in City After a Hard Battle
Galician capital occupied by a second Austro German army under General Mackennan as a counter drive peaks. The May offensive began while the entire Galicia province fell under Austrian-Hungarian control. Russian forces suffer a shell shortage and retreat.
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Galician
Mackennan
Galicia
Austria-Hungary
Lemberg Fall Report Shocks World War I News Day
Berlin reports Lemberg conquered after severe battle as Austro-German forces seize Galician capital and push toward Cracow. Russians touted gains earlier but Austro-German counteroffensive recaptured much of Galician province. hundreds of thousands killed or wounded on both sides. London treats claim as expected. Petrograd cites a Dniester victory with heavy enemy losses.
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Leninnberg
Galich
Austria
Otetra
Nicholas
Galicia
Berlin
Maloivin
Balkang
Lamberg
Cracow
Carpathian
Hungary
Bukowina
Lemberg
Grodek
Austin
Galleta
London
Germany
Petrograd
Dniester
Britain Sends New Note on Blockade Order
Washington reports Britain’s new memorandum on the blockade reaches the State Department from London. Sir Edward Grey delivered it to the American ambassador. it is unclear if it is a reply or a new note. President Wilson urges action to ease German goods held by British orders as he heads to Cornish for the summer.
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Washington, D. C
Great Britain
United States
State Department
Paga
London
Edward Grey
Lanning
Wilsop
New York
Germany
Lansing
White House
Cornish
New Hampshire
Harry Thaw on Stand in Sanity Trial
Harry K Thine testified as the first witness in a New York sanity trial. The jury heard his statements today as part of the case concerning Thaw and the questions of his mental condition.
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Harry Thaw
New York
Harry K. Thine
Tunisania Torpedoed But Beaches Skipper Saves Vessel
The steamer Tunisania bound Montreal to Hull with 5000 tons of wheat was torpedoed off Lowestoft by a German submarine. Her skipper managed to beach the ship, and the crew landed at Lowestoft. The report notes Austrian accounts and Russian retreat evidence. In another item Berlin claims Lemberg was taken by storm per a German war office release.
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London
Lowestoft
Montreal
Hull
Berlin
Lemberg
War Office
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Navy Yard
Dunkirk
Alsace
Weererp
Ferht
Metzerat
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Sondernach
Meuse
Calonne Trench
Tovar
Havana
Bankers
Weeks
Iowa State Bankers’ Association
Senator Weeks
Warden Allen
Penitentiary
Tiller
Dever
Joe Campbell
T. Meredith
Iya
Farm Journal
Associated Advertising Clubs
Meredith
P.O
Border
Imperial Valley of California
Ellen McAdoo
Brakenutn
Pope
Teutons
Britain
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