Fire wrecks First M. E. church during dedication day
A Sabbath fire at 1 15 a m ruined the new 75 000 First M E church interior and organ hours before dedication. Pastor Frank Cole wept as trustees used nearby First Congregational church for services while Bishop Quayle led a relief fund, raising about 21 000 in thirty minutes and nearly 23 000 by evening. Congregants, Grace Church members, and others donated generously as the crowd heard sermons on bearing burdens and near cheerful resolve amid loss.
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First M. E. Church
Frank Cole
Rolling
First Congregational Church
Syndicate Theatre
Bishop Quayle
Quayle
R. D. Cooper
E. D. Hull
Grace M. E. Church
First Church
Apostle Paul
Billy
Elrene
Opera House
Board of Trade
Wood
Cole
Henry Caesar
Virginia Nowell
Los Angeles
Cal
W.R. Jameson
Grace Church
St. Paul's Methodist
Johnson
Shepherd of
M. E
Men’s Brotherhood
Elrenoway
J. E. Johnson
Elijah
C. W. Lingworth
J. D. Liffring
League Moguls in Conference Seek Injunction Against Waterloo
Chicago March 6 Special Dick Kinsella and Dave Drohan presidents of Springfield and Peoria Three I league clubs arrived for a conference with league president Tearney to seek a temporary injunction restraining Waterloo from interfering with the Three I schedule for the coming year. The group aims to block Waterloo’s actions after the recent court ruling in Judge Gridley’s decision.
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Chicago, Il
Dick Kinsella
Dave Drohan
Springfield
Peoria
League
Chicago
Tearney
Iown Club
Gridley
Waterloo
Lorimer Home Hero Welcomed In Chicago Parade
In Chicago three brass bands and 192 automobiles escorted William Lorimer to his home at 3700 Doughy Boulevard where 2,000 to 3,000 people gathered. Lorimer spoke alongside Elbridge Hanecy Rev Michael Banfield and Edward Hines as promoters hailed the turnout despite a Sunday arrival. William Hale Thompson praised the crowd and the enthusiasm of ordinary citizens ahead of a continued report.
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Chicago
William Lorimer
Doughy Boulevard
Lorimer
Elbridge Han—ecy
Michael J. Banfield
Edward Hines
United States Senate
William Hale Thompson
Robbers Seized After Dallas Center General Store Hold Up
Two men were caught by officers while attempting to leave the Dallas Center general store with 250 dollars in money and goods. The suspects were locked up, not identified, as part of last night’s burglary. Nearby, a separate report notes a death by possible suicide in Charles City, with Mrs Mora Wood dying shortly after returning from church, husband says married six months.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Merh
Dallas Center
Formance
Pattergon
M. J
Charles City
Mora Wood
Roads Affairs Reach Climax
Villisea Ta March 6 special reports a mass meeting over back wages for 200 Atlantic Southern railroad workers guarding a train. Promoters say $3,500 needed immediately to prevent receiver until payment of $2,500, but no funds raised at the meeting. A further meeting is set for Atlantic today.
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Villisea
Atlantic Southern Railroad
Atlantic
Electrician Dies Grabbing Live Wire Near Church
Harold Gray, 23, city electrician, was instantly killed at 9:36 am near the Presbyterian church after contact with a live wire carrying 2.3 volts. Perry Hughes, his fellow worker, yanked his clothing away but could not save him. Gray leaves a wife and three children. In a separate incident, William Sorenson, 45, was struck and killed by an Illinois Central train yesterday afternoon, reportedly while suffering an epileptic attack on the tracks.
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Independence
Harold Gray
City
Presbyterian Church
Perry Hughes
Gray
William Sorenson
Illinois Central
Rumor Persists About Pickett In Iowa Senate Race
Reports from Washington claim Congressman Charles B. Pickett may seek a Waterloo senatorial bid, triggering chatter in Des Moines about vote shifts. Representative Grout said he would back Kenyon unless Pickett’s chances improve, while Deemer reportedly may withdraw and Senator Young eyeing a return. Pickett has not announced and may run if sufficient backing exists. Delaware Chief Justice Charles Brown Love is found dead in Wilmington after fifteen years on the bench.
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Queyle
D. W. Bovee
Waterloo
Elrene
Okla
Oklahoma
Tes Moinee
Washington
Chas. BE. Pickett
Des Moines
Grout
Kenyon
Pickett
Deemer
Young
Picket
Senate
Delaware
Wilmington
Del
Charles Brown Love
Delaware Courts
Converts at Independence church number 336 and rising
In Independence Iowa March 6 special report a five week tabernacle campaign led by Rev George Stephens drew about 1400 listeners last night and 22 converts bringing total to 336 many of them men Another service saw 100 Christians seek deeper consecration after morning sermon A visitor from Chicago H E Storrs will stay to continue the campaign and Otterville union service yielded 20 converts including an 82 year old man
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Independence
Tia
Tabernacle
George Stephens
H. L. Stephens
Otterville
H. E. Storrs
Chicago
Aggiero Dies Sudden Death In Mason City Vaudeville Try
Francis J. Augua and his sister Katherine formed a vaudeville team at the Princess theater in Mason City Iowa. Francis J. Augua died suddenly at the Wheeler hotel from quinty choking after their act last week.
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Mason City
Francis J. Augua
Katherine
Princess Here
Wheeler Hotel
Quinty
Stalter
Citizens demand resignation of Illinois senators
In Rockford on March 6 a mass meeting of about 2,900 citizens pressed for the immediate resignation of United States Senators William Lorimer and Shelby M. Cullom. Speakers assailed Lorimer’s retention vote and denounced Worier and Cullom as self seeking and disloyal, with resolutions calling for retirements.
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Rockford
William Larimer
Shelby M. Cullom
United States Senate
Winnebago County
Lorimer
Cullom
U. S. Senate
Worier
Beacon to form city with five commissioners under Des Moines plan
New Beacon will be created this summer by merging Matteawan and Fishkill Landing. It will adopt recall, referendum and initiative with a five member commission system. The single officer salaries include a $300 mayoral equivalent and ex officio clerk duties. Each official must set and report office hours.
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New York
Beacon
Matteawan
Fishkill Landing
Des Moines
Fire kills ninety at Bologore moving picture house
St Petersburg March 6 Ninety persons mostly children perished in a fire at a moving picture theater in Bologore, Novgorod province. Forty others were injured as flames trapped patrons, exits failed, and rescuers outside could not reach many inside.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Bologore
Novgorod
Thrust Meant For Son Enters Daughter's Breast
Chicago March 6. Margaret Mitchell a 13 year old girl was stabbed and probably fatally wounded by her father Patrick Mitchell when she stepped between the batter and her brother on whom the elder Mitchell is alleged to have drawn a knife. The thrust meant for the son went into the daughter's breast.
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Chicago
Margaret Mitchell
Patrick Mitchell
Mitchell
Recount Ordered in Dunne’s Bid for Mayor Nomination
Chicago, March. County Judge Owen ordered a recount of ballots from last Tuesday’s primary election after B. F. Dunne, defeated for the Democratic mayoralty nomination by Carter H. Harrison, petitioned for a review.
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Chicago
Owen
B. F. Dunne
Carter H. Harrison
Virginia debt share set by Supreme Court ruling
Washington DC March 6 The Supreme Court held that 7 182 007 dollars is the Virginia debt portion West Virginia must bear with final decisions left to states by conference including interest. Five hurt in wreck Jefferson City March 6 Missouri Pacific passenger train No 8 collided with a freight engine injuring five people one seriously Os car Frisch of St Louis crushed chest and may die
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of the
United States
Virginia
West Virginia
Jefferson City
Missouri Pacific
Oscar Frisch
St Louis
Woman Tried for Killing Own Child in Albany Case
Edith Melcher of Schenectady faces murder charges after a baby boy was found Jan 13 in a brushy area near Albany, badly burned, according to witnesses.
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Albany, N
Mra
Edith Melcher
Schenectady
Plac- PA Am Telat Band
Hunter
Peisor
Dynamic Democratic Meeting Shapes House Plan in Washington
In Washington on March 6 the majority faction of the new House Ways and Means Committee met to draft a program detailing committee appointments and session scope. Chairman Underwood presided as fourteen members debated two factions: one pushing immediate committee naming and a Canadian reciprocity bill with tax schedule revisions. the other favoring action on the agreement and staged schedule revision in the regular session.
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Washington, D. C
New Ways and Means
Democratic House of Representatives
Underwood
Alabama
Light Vote on Senator Today
Light news from Des Moines March 6 reports the Iowa senate passing the Larrabee bill allowing counties to spend up to 500 dollars for tuberculosis education. Other measures include railroad timetable bulletins, penalties for inducing delinquency in children, disbarment prosecutions under the Cosson law, and plans to study Iowa's Panama exhibit. Women suffrage advocates and Ella Fy. Stewart of Chicago speak before the senate on a favorable report for Allen's suffrage resolution while Des Moines officials prep for further activism. The House moves to raise the state fair secretary’s salary from fair receipts, and Representative Grout signals a rethink of the bulk sales bill with broad attendance.
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Des Moines
Senator
Iowa Senate
White
Allen
Jefferson
Shankland
Cosson
Iowa
House
State Board of Agriculture
Senate Committee On Constitutional Amendment
Ella Fy. Stewart
Chicago
National Buffrage Association
Hanna
E. A. Nye
Men’s League For Women’s Suffrage
Thirty Injured in Cleveland Blaze
A three story apartment house fire in Cleveland Ohio today injured thirty residents. Some injuries came from a collapse while others leaped from windows. Three of the injured may die.
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Cleveland Blaze
Cleveland
Es Biase
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