Rockefeller in Chicago Faces Federal Court Test
Chicago July 6 John D Rockefeller arrived with Standard Oil officials for an in person examination by Judge Landis. Large crowds, heavy police presence, and limited admissible information marked the session, while Rockefeller noted he has not actively run business for years and was unfamiliar with outside refinery ownership.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Ofhker
Standard Oil Company
William Rockefeller
Federal
Landis
Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Standard of New Jersey
Indiana
Allen Road
Union Tank Line
John D. Archbold
Harold McCormick
Lake Shore Drive
Belevuse Place
United States
Mrs. McCormick
Massachusetts
Federal Court
Kenesaw M. Zuandis
Union Tank Line Company
Wolverine Limited
Michigan Central
Park Row
Sandard
Sequel to ashes fake drives Altoona physician to suicide
Dr H E Hoy a leading Altoona eye and ear specialist and wealthy investor took his life by carbolic acid after mockery over a failed ashes burning scheme. Hoy backed John Ellmore's hoax, lost funds, faced ridicule, and succumbed to despair. He died at 58 leaving a widow and a daughter.
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Altoona
H. EK. Hoy
Dr. Hoy
Knowen Ellmore
Tornado Toll Revised In Wisconsin District
Complete reports from the tornado swept district east of La Crosse confirm seven deaths, far below earlier tallies of twenty five. The July 6 update from La Crosse consolidates casualty figures and notes storm damage across the region.
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Associated Presas
la Crosse
Wis
Boone River Flood Forcing Residents From Homes
Webster City July 6 heavy rains push Boone River over banks flooding low lands along the east side driving out several residents. Water rose eight feet in twenty four hours, creating widespread property concerns as authorities monitor the rising level.
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Evening Press
Webster City
lLow
Boone River
Farmer Killed by Electric Bolt in Thunderstorm
Evening Press reports Cedar Rapids and Palo area death as farmer G. N. D. Orst is killed by electrocution during a severe thunderstorm. Wires are down, shade trees toppled, and communication lines disrupted across the region.
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Evening Press
Cedar Rapids
N. D. Orst
Palo
Firecracker Injury Blasts Nine Year Old in St Paul
In St Paul Minnesota July a nine year old boy Nell Bagler suffered severe mouth and tongue injuries from a firecracker blast. He found leftovers from the Fourth season and lit one while holding another between his teeth. The explosion split his tongue burned his lower lip and injured his jaw preventing speech.
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St. Paul
Minn
Nell Bagler
Alsa
Amy
Two Cousins Drown Near Matlock In Otter Creek
Remains of Ralph Kimmel and cousin Sam Himmel returned to Waterloo with grieving parents. Russell Glasenar watched from shore as both boys drowned after entering a deep hole while swimming near a July Fourth picnic. Ralph, 17, born Rock Rapids, had recently finished Mt. Morris College. Sam, 16, was Sheldon family member. Funeral plans set for Ralph at the German Baptist church. Sam buried in Sheldon.
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Ralph Kimmel
Sam Himmel
Otter Creek
Matlock
Lyon County
Waterlon
J. O. Kimmel
Kistner
Sarah Lichty
West Fourth Street
Ralph
Sam Kimmel
Russell Glasenar
Sam
Russell
Rock Rapids
Sheldon
Mt. Morris College
Jane
T. St’. Kimmel
German Baptist Church
Waterloo
Whl Lantz
EB. Patterson
Sam Fike
Joe Glessner
Orange Township
Hog Prefers Hog Life to Man Says Health Chief
Chicago July 6 Dr William A Evans commissioner of health argues government spends far more on dog bacteriology than human health. He toured eastern cities studying health departments and critiques federal efforts noting vast labs for seeds grasses and stock disease prevention while human disease work is secondary. He urges voters and lawmakers to balance funding toward human health and family disease prevention.
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Chicago
William A. Evans
Federal Department
Washington
Evans
Dr. Evans
Congress
Male Cook's Rule in Queens Jail Mystery
John Bechot, a cook in New York, dressed as a woman named Mary Béchot to seek work after being refused employment for feminine looks. He lived as a woman until a moment of weakness, yielding to masculine thirst, and was jailed in Queens County for nine months to reflect on his actions. The article notes his slim feminine appearance, mourning attire, fashionable pumps, and a hat, with his behavior in saloons cited as the trigger for legal trouble.
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New York
John Bechot
John
Mary Béchot
Queens County
Roche Sunk Near Powder Magazine to Avert Explosion
In Toulon France a fire broke out last night near a powder magazine forcing the battleship Roche to be sunk to avert a larger explosion. The action aimed to prevent destruction of the vessel and surrounding facilities amid the blaze.
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Roche
Associated Press
Toulon
France
Injuries Suffered After Train Conductor Incident
Frank McGlade of Waterloo sustaining a broken nose and ankle after a confrontation on a southbound Rock Island train. He was returning from Cedar Falls when the conductor allegedly grabbed him, leading to the injuries. Companions assisted him to a room, with a physician placing the ankle in a cast and tending to other wounds. The conductor identified is Mee Partland of Cedar Rapids, with witnesses noting he is generally pleasant, though some claim McGlade may have been drinking.
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Frank McGlade
Commercial Street
Rock Island
Waterloo
MecGlade
East Side
Cedar Falls
Opera House
Mee Partland
Cedar Rapids
MeeGlade
Lightning Strikes Local Home While No Fire Met
Lightning struck the home of Edward C. Schermerhorn at 522 Newton Street this morning, causing sight damage but triggering a precautionary alarm. No fire occurred as the east side department responded. The event challenges the claim that lightning never strikes twice in the same place, noting a nearby residence was hit weeks earlier with greater damage.
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Edward C. Schermerhorn
Newton Street
East Side
Lehermerhorn
Schermerhorn
Jail Term Given to St Paul Agent in Freight Case
July 6 in Northfield Minn Tudga Carpenter testified in L O Cleon case agent for Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad Olson sentenced to one hour confinement in county jail for charging freight rates above the law an appeal will be filed Olson recently arrested after shippers complained the railroad charged old rates despite a state commission order cutting rates
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Northfield
Minn
Tudga
L. O. Cleon
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Olson
Bea
State Railroad Commission
Student Demonstrates New Substance in Rochefort
In Rochefort July 6 Andre L'Ancien a medical college student announced a demonstration of a new substance named moly bdott. The compound is described as possessing properties of bromide of radium and was shown to the audience in New Radium.
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Rochefort
France
Andre L’ancien
Tmedifecal College
Express Firms Ignore Nebraska Rate Law
Express companies operating in Nebraska yesterday failed to file schedules with the state railway commission. The action reduces express rates 26 percent, per the Sibley act, which took effect at midnight Thursday. An agent of United States Express received a telegram from Traffic Manager M. T. Jones of New York directing him to disregard the new law.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
State Railway Commission
United States Express Company
M. T. Jones
New York
Hurricane Wedding in Butte Seals Union of Two Hearts
In Butte Montana on July 6 Mrs. Mabel L. Lamb a leading woman's club figure and wife of Edwin M. Lamb assisted county attorney secured a variety yesterday and within thirty minutes wed William Decoursey a cook and horse doctor with the St Paul railroad grading contractors whom she met two weeks ago. Mrs Lamb relinquished claim to her 10 year old daughter.
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Butte, Mont
Mabel L. Lamb
Edwin M. Lamb
William Decoursey
St. Paul
Drawstein on Schmitz Curtailed Liberty by Judge Dunne
In San Francisco on July 6 Judge Dunne limited Mayor Schmitz's liberty under a custody order to three hours for visiting his attorneys and home for luncheon. His attorney Frank Drew protested the restriction while Abe Ruof was noted to have greater roaming freedom. The scene unfolded amid the mayor's legal maneuvers in the custody dispute.
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Drawstein
Schmitz
San Francisco
Jndge Dunne
Frank Drew
Drew
Woman betrays a bank thief in New York arrest
In New York on July 6 Chester Runyan a Windsor Trust teller who siphoned 963,327 disappeared last Saturday. He was betrayed by Mrs Laura Carter who met him on the street June 18 and helped hide the loot. Runyan surrendered after detectives found him armed in a flat at 619 West One Hundred Forty-fourth Street. He had a suit case with bank notes and claimed losses in stock speculation. Mrs Carter aided by Mary Duncan led to Runyan’s capture. both face grand larceny charges. Reward totals about 7941 dollars with a potential share for Mrs Carter.
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New York
Chester B. Run‘gan
Windsor Trust Company
Bis
Bunyan
Laura Carter
Trust Company
One Hundred and Fifty-second Street
Lieut
McGrath
Runyan
George
Mrs. Carter
Statia
Ona
Tunyan
West One Hundred and Eleventh Street
George W. Young
Housewives Urged to Buy Winter Peach Supply Early
A Waterloo wholesale fruit merchant warns housewives to secure peaches for canned fruits this winter. Prices will be higher, with about half of the local supply coming from Arkansas. The crop arrives July 15 and ends August 1, while Michigan and Delaware crops are nearly nil and unlikely to reach eastern markets.
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Waterloo
Arkansas
Michigan
Chicago
East Pre
Delaware
Testimony on Foley's Kidney Cure Restores Health
Ira W. Kelley of Mansfield Pennsylvania reports two years of kidney and bladder trouble. He spent much money on doctors without relief and credits Foley's Kidney Cure with restoring his health.
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Ira W. Kelley
Mansfield
Foley
Wangler
J. K., Joder
Frank Finley Recovering After July 4 Shooting
In Vinton Iowa on July 6 physicians have more hope for Frank Finley who was shot by Officer Baumgartner on July 4. The bullet passed above the diaphragm near the heart and not through the bowels. Doctors expect recovery barring blood poisoning. Baumgartner, battered from the arrest, expects to resume duty tonight as the public commends the officer for defending his life amid claims of attackers.
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Vinton
Frank Finley
Officer Baumgartner
Baumgardner
Frank Finlay
Rev Cooney Plans Prolonged Visit to Ireland
Father Math Cooney pastor of St. Josephs Catholic church prepares for a extended trip to his native Ireland the Emerald Isle He will spend months visiting relatives and touring Europe It has been years since his last visit and friends wish him a safe pleasant journey and a rejuvenating return He is a hard working pastor and dean of the Catholic church in this region
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Father Math Cooney
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Ireland
Emerald Isle
Earope
Father Coonay
Nude Figures Stir Minneapolis Neighbors Over Yard Statues
In Minneapolis on July 6 residents near Ninth South and Washington protested artist A A Gewont for placing six nude plaster casts of 12 year old boys in his front yard at 1904 Washington Avenue. The statues drew many visitors who mistook them for real youths, depicting themes of music lit erature comedy mechanical science tragedy and poetry. Gewont defended the display saying public art often includes such figures and blamed critics as not pure minded.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Nineteenth Avenue South
Washington
A. A. Gewont
Gewont
Washington Avenue
Fassersby
The New Factory for Waterloo Progress Report
The Waterloo factory project is in a hold state with 26 Hillside addition lots remaining unsold. Sales at the end are slow, but officials insist the full 202 lots will be disposed of soon, likely within a week. Board of Trade members say more information will be released and reassure the public the factory will arrive in due season.
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Waterloo
Dana
Board of Trade
Prisoner Refuses to Leave Town in Insolent Court Scene
In police court H. W. Lewis, a jailed prisoner claiming Idaho roots and Waterloo work, was found guilty of drunkenness after an improbable tale of boarding a Chicago Great Western train without a ticket. With no money for fines, he faced five days of bread and water. He refused to walk out of town and was sent to his cell. Charles Ciendennen pleaded guilty to drunkenness and was jailed ten days after owing a $13.70 fine, while appearing nervous from a long spree.
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H. W. Lewis
Idaho
Waterloo
Lewis
Tall
Charles Ciendennen
Clendennen
Frenzied woman on Illinois Central train damages car
A richly dressed colored woman, reportedly intoxicated, caused a major disturbance aboard an Illinois Central passenger car Friday night. After drinking from whisky flasks offered by white men, she smashed several windows and furniture with a cuspidor until trainmen subdued her.
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Mllnois Central
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