Washington Swept by Cyclonic Storm of 100 Degree Heat
A severe storm swept Washington with wind up to 70 mph rain and hail causing deaths injuries and extensive property damage. The Capitol White House and nearby offices suffered damage while the dome scaffold crew faced peril and a thousand dollars in currency scattered before recovery efforts recovered all but 75 dollars.
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Capital
Washington
B. S. Saul Company
W. E. Hilton
Thomas E. Feasley
Whitehouse
Wilson
White House
Tumuity
Representative Korbley
Indiana
Capitol
Senate
Kern
William Reese
Jim Boyle
John Ford
Noble Bailey
Bruce Jones
Bailey
Jones
Boyle
Ford
Freedom
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
John Rhodes
Ralph
Potomac Park
Washington Monument
Pleasantville Personal Briefs Highlight Local Travels
A stream of short notes records visits and travels of residents and relatives. Mrs A E Cormaney and two sons returned to Blairsburg after visiting Boozell parents. others include Mrs W R Donovan and daughter Margaret to Iowa Falls. J A Dunkel family camps near Randall. Miss Mabel Norcross from Woolstock visits. Frank Long returns from Marshalltown. Mr and Mrs Jerome Perry of Topeka visit J W Hurst. many others travel to Ro land Fort Dodge Randall Rockwell City Sioux Falls and Lake Okoboji for visits and vacations.
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A. E. Cormaney
Randall
Mabel Norcross
Woolstock
Joe Wheeler
Frank Long
Marshalltown
A. Kellogg
Jerome Perry
Topeka
Kansas
J. W. Hurst
Superior Street
Mrs. Perry
Mrs. Hurst
H. M. Sparboe
Roland
J. C. Calleson
Renwick
H. L. Corbin
M. H. Brinton
Anna Sf. Olson
Ellsworth
Waterloo
Julia Willner
Dike
O. D. West
Elsie Snyder
Nealsville
Wisconsin
Ft .Dodge
Josie Page
A. Larimer
Kate LeValley
Rockwell City
Jurl Barker
Ft. Dodge
Ethel Winders
LeMars
G. I. Clement
J. A. Berggren
Orpha
Ralph
Martha
Helden
Wether Horn
Lake Okobot
Peter Frohling
Fort Dodge
Max Whitacre
Jane
B. D. Young
Colorado
Young
E.S. Hopkins
Lake ‘City
DeValcourt
Chicago
New Iberia
Louisiana
Fritz Lundberg
Baby
Lehigh
George EB. Lowrie
West Second Street
Ambrose M. Garrick
Illinois Central
H. N. Beck
St. James Hotel
Allen R. Johnson
Spring Lake
Mich
Ed Wiltsey
Pierre, S&. D
Des Moines Native Leads Villa Rebel Forces
El Paso reports Capt. E L Holmdahl, chief of staff to General Francisco Villa, arrived to organize notices for noncombatants ahead of an anticipated Juarez attack. Born in Mound City, Iowa, Holmdahl later moved to Des Moines and has served in several foreign campaigns. He was a captain in the Mexican federal army before joining the rebels and now commands artillery on Villa’s staff.
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el Paso
Tex
E. L. Holmdahl
Francisco Villa
Mexican Revolutionary Army
Juarez
Holmdahlel
Iowa
Mound City
Des Moines
Transvaal
South America
Mexico
Madero
Villa
Bank cashier captures bad check artist in West Liberty
Stuart Archibald, cashier of the People's State Bank of West Liberty, pursued and captured Leonard Smith who confessed to forging a check for 18 dollars and other forged drafts for 33 and 10.85 dollars at local stores. An 18 year old boy, Clel Moylan, reported a stranger at the station gave him 15 cents and blank checks to present at the bank for Mr. Milder.
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West Liberty
Stuart Archibald
People's State Bank of
Leonard Smith
C. W. Morris and
P. C. Peyton
Clel Moylan
Archibald
Moylan
Archbald
Smith
Muscatine
Jewel thefts rock coastal estate and Rhode Island resort
Jewelry valued at about 150000 dollars stolen from Shore Acres the Hanan residence at Narragansett Pier. Investigators suspect quick grab from a boudoir after a church function with five detectives on the case and no servant involvement.
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Narragansett Pier
Shore Acres
C. C. Rumsey
B. H. Harriman
Block Island Sound
Providence
Motorcycle race tragedy claims two lives in Russell
In Watertown New York two died during an Old Home Week motorcycle race in Russell village St Lawrence County Luther Gilbert 23 a rider and Irvin Bartholomew 40 a spectator were killed Gilbert was hurled after his bike hit a crosswalk Bartholomew died while trying to help and Charles Sharpstein another rider fled the scene
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Watertown
N. Y
Russell
St. Lawrence County
Luther Gilbert
Irvin Bartholomew
Gilbert
Charles Sharpstein
Bartholomew
Sharpstein
Motorcycle race promo leaders charged with manslaughter
In Cincinnati an explosion and fire at the Lagoon motordrome after Odlin Johnson's motorcycle crash killed seven and left three dying. Warrants accuse managers Eberhardt Wilber and Busch as well as the Motorcycle league manager of manslaughter.
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Cincinnati
Odlin Johnson
Lagoon Motordrome
James Wise
Kenton County
Eberhardt
Wilber
Busch
Gabanna
Cleveland
Johnson
Officers watch in big cities for stolen gems
The stolen jewels from the summer homes of Charles Cary Rumsey and John J. Hanan are sought in New York and Boston and other cities where large diamond deals occur. Dealers are cautioned not to handle strangers offering valuable jewelry for sale. The move signals belief the thieves have left the area.
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Narragansett Flor
Charles Cary Rumsey
John J. Hanan
New York
Boston
Mysterious robbers and thefts haunt town with clues abroad
Police pursue an expert gang believed to be behind jewelry thefts from Mrs. Hanan. An automobile on Ocean road at night emerges as key evidence while detectives head to New York for leads. Inside vs outside thief theories shift as Rumsey cottage break-in deepens the case.
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Ocean Road
Hanan
Rumsey
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Ington
Juarez Citi
Stuart Archibald of
Forger
Cornfield
Bery
New York Village
Newport
HE Modern Cleaners
Ryan, Mér
Cash & Lehnhard
Hone
Second St
Webster City
Owa
Hamilton County
Kansas City
Texas
Barney Brin
Sioux City
Superior
Wis
Great Northern Railroad
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