Wisconsin Votes on Soldiers Bonus and Anti I W W Measures
Wisconsin Senate approves a soldiers bonus bill funding $15 million through a 6 percent income tax surcharge for incomes over $12,000 and corporate over $7,000, with $19 a month per servicemember and $50 minimum, plus $14 for heirs if died in service. The same session moves toward a 2.5 percent beer tax and passes an anti I W W bill criminalizing syndicalism with up to $1,000 fine or two years imprisonment. house action pending.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin @ate
Red Cross
H. J. Severson
Waupaca
Wisconsin Assembly
R. J. Nye
Superior
Philipps
Duluth
Minnesota
Bich
Wife Sought Murder of Husband Offering $1000
Chicago June 28 details of how Mrs Rose Hinn 25 is alleged to have tried to hire Louis Galambos to murder her husband Dr Otto W Hinn staff physician at a West Side hospital were revealed before Judge Kickham Scanlan in a circuit court divorce hearing Galambos testified that on July 14 1917 Mrs Hinn asked him to kill her husband offering $1000 and describing a plan to stage an accident and dump his body in a ditch Hearing will be continued Monday in the divorce case naming infidelity on both sides and references to an Aime chorus member and another woman named Loa
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Chicago
Rose Hinn
Otto W. Hinn
West Side Hospital
Kickham Scanlan
Galloway Farm in Saskatchewan Sells at Top Price
Galloway Bros of Waterloo Sask sold a 1289 acre improved seed farm near Saskatoon to Roch Poissant Sedler for 143600 dollars, 2120 per acre. Improvements stock and equipment valued at 340 per acre included. The farm, a seed wheat and oats showplace for 14 years, will continue as a seed farm.
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Regine. Sask
Saskatchewan
Galloway Bros
Waterloo
Roch, Poissant, Sedler
Convention Reports From Salt Lake City Rotarians
The international Rotarians convention in Salt Lake City last week will be summarized at the Hotel Russell Lamson during Monday’s meeting. Paul Davis, Waterloo delegation chair, will present the report and John T. Houser, YMCA special delegate, will discuss the boys program in connection with the Rosarian convention. The text notes evolving practices in English industry to control dust in electrical machinery.
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Salt Lake City
Hotel Russell-Lamson
Paul Davis
Waterloo
John T. Houser
Mickie Describes Bold Plan to Confront Boss in Print
A frustrated narrator considers confronting a coworker by using the newspaper to reveal thoughts on the boss. The speaker grapples with nerve and moral restraint while planning a public note for the boss through print.
Greatest Songfest Ever Heard in Iowa at Victory Picnic
Enthusiasm spreads through Black Hawk county as 50 committees plan July 4 events at Cedar River park. 3 a.m. start, parade by Illinois Central band in Waterloo, and a mass sing along led by Mrs. H. C. Wilbur. George Weilein oversees security with two extra police on site.
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Black Hawk County
Cedar River Park
Iowa
H. C. Wilbur
Waterloo
Ilinois Central Band
George Weilein
Commercial Club
Kisses His Gratitude After Freeing From Jail Bars
In Chicago the indicted man John Silkowski, charged with stealing $500 from his uncle, was dismissed after repeated delays due to the uncle's absence in court. Silkowski celebrated by embracing officials and spectators, asking not to return to Russia, and declaring pride in being an American citizen.
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Chicago
John Silkowski
Barrett
Sitkowski
J. C. O’brien
J. M. Lowery
Russia
Bandits Hide $42,000 After Mine Robbery Escape
Four of the bandits who yesterday robbed the Middle Fork mine at Benton Illinois of four thousand dollars, wounding three employees, were rushed to Williamson county for safe keeping after a three hour gun battle with a 300 citizen posse. The money remains unfound as woods are scoured.
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Benton, Jil
Middle Fork
Williamson County
The Heavens in July by Dros Brainin at Columbia Univ
Shortly after sunset July skies offer a fine planetary grouping Venus Saturn and Regulus forming a single bright image. Mercury tiles the sun near its horizon while Venus shows its greatest eastern elongation July 7. Moon details include orbital period 27 1 4 days and the lunar phase cycle from new to full with Aristotle credited for explaining phases.
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Venus
Saturn
Regulus
Leo
Mercury
Vents
Earth
Aristotle
Pet Stock Show to Feature Even Family Goat at Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo Pet Stock association plans a large fall pet stock show during the Dairy Cattle Congress season. Land near the grounds will host association buildings under National Pet Stock charter. Rabbits likely to dominate displays with many Iowa breeders, canaries pigeons and other pets welcome. Cups and ribbons awarded. national group provides 25 special rabbit ribbons. Entries expected from Marshalltown Cedar Rapids Des Moines Dubuque and others. judges being sought.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo Pet Stock Association
National Pet Stock Association
Iowa
National Association
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dubuque
Troops Gain Full Control in Hamburg
Berlin reports government forces now hold Hamburg with fighting continuing in parts of the city. Additional troops are said to be arriving to restore normal conditions.
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Hamburg
Associated Press
Berlin
Higher-Priced Cars Hard to Obtain Says Dealer
A Morris of Morris Motor Car Company reports strong demand for high priced cars and says obtaining suitable models is nearly impossible for current needs. He recently returned from Detroit with only one car type available and drove it to Dubuque in under 24 hours. Morris notes road conditions have greatly improved since a prior overland trip and cites heavy tourist traffic as the 1919 touring season begins.
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A. Morris
Morris Motor Car Company
Morris
Detroit
Dubuque
Advertising Duty Highlighted At Press Association Meet
The Wiinels Press Association opened its 64th annual convention at the Hotel Sherman with E. B. Campbell of the Alton Daily Times urging honest advertising and service to patrons. He stressed newspapers must educate advertisers to reveal the value of their services, avoid free publicity for politicians, and promote news from merchandising and insurance sectors. The gathering includes more than 900 members and sessions culminate in a banquet this evening.
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June
Chicago
E. B. Campbell
Alton Daily Times
Wiinels Press Association
Sherman
Advertiser
Campbell
Meeting for Iowa Red Cross Workers In Waterloo
A regional Red Cross meeting will be held in July in Waterloo to discuss civilian relief and home service work for eastern Iowa. Miss Cottrell traveling representative explained it will be a one day conference advisory in nature and continued through 1919 possibly longer.
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Waterloo
Miss Cottress
American Red Cross Society
Miss Cottrell
Home Services Department
H. B. Crapper
Iowa
Birth in vacant Waterloo lot by Gypsy couple
A birth under unusual circumstances was reported to the clerk of courts. The child of Gypsy parents was born in a vacant lot in the south part of town on the night of June 26. Father Michael Stevens, 17, born in Cleveland, is an automobile driver. mother Mary Stevens, 21.
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Michael Stevens
Cleveland, O
Mary Stevens
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