Heiress Found To Claim 450000 Estate In Missouri
Chicago and Louisville papers reveal Margaret Hawthorne France Wilson a York Nebraska native adopted in Chicago and later living in Louisville is the expected heir to a Shafter estate valued around 450000. Attorney W W Potter traced her via adoption records and will file a claim this week amid ongoing legal proceedings.
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Chicago
M. S. Wilson
Adams Wpxpress Company
Louisville
Wilson
Margaret Hawthorne
David Shafter
Vassar
Mich
Shafter
Margaret
Martin
Ladd
Michigan Avenue
George
France
York
Eva Hawthorne
Lincoln
Neb
Orphange
W. W. Potter
Hastings
Miss Hawthorne
Japan Accepts U S Peace Plan In Principle
Ambassador Chinda notified Secretary Bryan that Japan accepts in principle the U S plan for universal peace. The plan would halt hostilities for at least nine months while a joint international commission reviews conflicting claims among ten nations. The response applies to the general principle involved.
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Washington, D. C
Chinda
Japan
Bryan
United States
Farmer Trampled by Enraged Bull Near Leeds
Sioux City June 4 Henry Bartelt lies in critical condition at his home one and a half miles east of Leeds after a bull trampled him for several minutes as he tried to drive it into an enclosure. He sustained severe bruises and possible internal injuries and is resting easier with hopeful recovery if no complications arise.
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Sioux City
Henry Bartelt
Leeds
Bartelt
A. N. Sloan
Lightning Rips Smoke Stack Threatening Orphanage Power Plant
In Council Bluffs a severe storm destroyed a hundred foot smoke stack at the Christian Home orphanage power house causing major structural damage and loss about 5000 dollars. No injuries were reported as crews begin tearing it down. The Boone incidents note widespread lightning damage to homes and other buildings. Grasshoppers threaten crops with experts unsure of the scale of damage lasting through the region.
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Council Bluffs
Christian Home
Women S P U Speakers Guarded by Clubs at Hyde Park
London suffragists defied a police order to close Hyde Park and spoke under male guards armed with clubs. After non military groups dispersed, flags from the Women’s Social and Political Union were raised at multiple points while mobs hissed but were kept at bay by disciplined guards. Nearby Glasgow reports fires blamed on suffragettes at Shields Road station waiting rooms.
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London
Hyde Park
Women's Social and Political Union
Glascow
Shields Road
Rebels Take City After Fierce Fight in Mexico Border War
Reports from Brownsville Texas and Matamoros Mexico describe rebel forces under Gen Lucio Blanco seizing Matamoros after a day of heavy fighting The US consulate and border towns watched as the battle spread through Hidalu Plaza with fires and casualties reported including Maj Estaban Ramos and possible deaths of Matamoros officials. Meanwhile a fatal drowning occurred in Mississippi and a Winnipeg Flyer collision killed J I Dawson and family members in Minnesota and Iowa.
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Brownsville
Tex
Lucio Blanco
Tamaulipas
Matamoras
Eschazereta
Hidala Plaza
Estaban Ramos
Davis
United States
C Cavalry
Rio Grande
Miguel Barragan
Matamoros
J. H. Johnson
Escherta
International Bridge
Santa Cruz
Muntamoras
Hidalu Plaza
Carrangan
Blaine
Fourteenth Cavalry
Daring Robbery Strikes New York Jewelry Shop
Four armed highwaymen robbed Mandel Greenhaus on the lower East Side, beating him and looting two safes of gems worth around four thousand dollars. They locked him in the shop and escaped after Greenhaus smashed the lock panel to raise the alarm.
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New York
Mandel Greenhaus
Lower East Side
Greenhaus
Judge enjoins council from purchasing capitol grounds extension
Des Moines June 3 Judge Francis M Hunter signed a temporary injunction blocking state executive council from buying land for the capitol grounds extension. John W Rowley of Keosauqua led the petitioners. Gov Clarke said he will obey the order unless dissolved. The council learned of the suit in the morning and was summoned to appear July 15 for a permanent injunction.
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Des Moines
Francis M. Hunter
Ottumwa
Conncill
Capitol
John W. Rowley
Keosauqua
George W. Clarke
Shunter
Judge Hunter's Court
Cancer Cure Claim Sparks Medical Meeting in Cologne
Dr Otto Schmidt told a medical society gathering that cancer is contagious and caused by a parasite he found in cancerous growths. He said he cured cases with a vaccine, produced immunization via animal-derived serum, and asked for a commission to test his methods.
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Cologne
Germany
Otto Schmidt
Medical Society
Schmidt
Woods Leads for Chairmanship
Representative Woods of Iowa leads a growing movement to chair the Republican congressional committee. He has progressive and regular support, admired for organizing skill and a pledge to aid any Republican nominee. An early committee meeting may wait until after July 1, but vacancies could push an earlier election this month.
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Washington, D. C
Representative Woods
Iowa
Republican Congressional Committee
Woods
Congressional Committee
House
Boone 15 Recovers From Terrible Storm
Boone June 4 recovering from one of the most serious storms to visit the community. Lightning dazed residents, homes damaged, cattle killed, and wires down with darkness and street flooding. Rain fell in torrents, water from curb to curb, while residents begin to resume normal conditions.
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Boone
Iun
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Department of Agriculture
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Webster
Kansas City
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Jackson County
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Tkenberry
P. A. Glenn
University of Kansas At Lawrence
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DR. Gladden
Ministerial Association of Columbus
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Big River
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Mississippi
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Decker
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Flyer
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