One Hundred Sixty Dead From Southern Cyclones
Memphis Tenn June 7 One hundred sixty persons killed by cyclones across Mississippi northern Arkansas and Kentucky. The Steamer Ellen capsized last night twenty miles north of Memphis with four known drowned and twenty five to thirty injured. A death toll lists thirty missing as ruins and floods disrupt the region.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Arkansas
Kentucky
Memhis
Ured
Women march in parade led by Harding supporters
Warren G. Harding yellow flawed leading the ranks of women marching. Sixteen abreast. Her chief Aids included Mrs. Joseph Ty Bowen Mrs. Mary Wilmarth Miss Mary McDowell Miss Katherine B. Davis Mrs Julius Rosenwald and Mrs Catherine Waugh Me Culloch. National Board of the American Woman Suffrage Association were led by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt and Miss Jane Addams of Hull House could not walk, fading in an automobile.
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Joseph
Ty Bowen
Mary
Wilmarth
McDowell
Katherine B. Davis
Julius
Rosenwald
Catherine Waugh
Jane, Addams
Hull House
Fifty-One Committees to Welcome D N C Delegates in St Louis
St Louis prepares for the Democratic National Convention with fifty-one nonpartisan reception committees named to entertain delegates and visitors on June 14. Forty-eight serve state delegations plus dedicated groups for the District of Columbia, the National Committee, and visiting press. Local clubs and civic groups will handle other states, marking the city’s first such grand reception since the 1904 exposition.
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St. Louis
District of Columbia
St.Louis
Forty Thousand Women March in Master Parade
Chicago on June 7 saw a massive suffrage parade with about 40 000 women marching down Michigan Avenue to the Coliseum to urge an equal suffrage plank. Leaders included Miss Portia Willis and Mrs Harrison Monro Brown with parading groups from twelve free states and thirty six states without full suffrage.
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Chicago
Michigan’ Boulevard
Grand Old Party
United States
Ling
Free
States
Portia Willis
New York
Tates
I Ilinois
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Harrison Monro Brown
Illinois Equal ‘ Suffrage Association
Chicago Teachers’ Federation
John ‘A. Carpenter
Scholarships Offered By St Teresa College Named For First Bishops
Windna Minn June 8 The college of St Teresa offers fourteen scholarships to girls to honor the first bishop of each ecclesiastical province. Provinces include Baltimore Carre Boston Cheyenne Chicago Cincinnati Fenwick Dubuque Loras Milwaukee Henni New Orleans St Paul Philadelphia Hagan St Louis San Francisco Santa Fe Lamy. Eligibility requires standard high school work average 90 and minimum 85 in any subject. An essay of 1000 words on the first bishop of the province is required and a letter from the parish pastor. Applications accepted through June 25 credentials due by July 1.
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Windna
Minn
United States
College of St
War Oddities. Amsterdam Diamond Trade Boom in America
Amsterdam diamond merchants report a revival in their industry driven by prosperity in the United States. The most valuable stones are being shipped to America as demand for American products, including munition goods, fuels the market.
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Amsterdam
America
Suffrage Parade Adopts Gold White Purple Color Scheme
In Chicago on June 7 a suffrage parade featured about 40,000 women in white serge coats and skirts with white canvas shoes. A tricolored gold white purple cockade adorned a white straw hat, and buntings with the tricolor were carried by marchers.
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Chicago
Estray Notice Recorded in Hamilton County Iowa
Taken up by H L Brooke of Williams township on April 16 1916 one yearling heifer with white spot on head. Notice posted before John McCarley Justice of the Peace in Hamilton Township. Dated May 29 1916 by A J Peterson County Auditor.
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H. L. Brooke
Williams Township
Hamilton County
Iowa
John McCarley
Hamilton Township
A. J. Peterson
Wool price alert from B Brin and Son Webster City Iowa
Local wool sellers urged to hold before selling. B Brin and Son advertises prices. Also local housing update notes a bungalow by B L Britson on West Boone Street nearing completion.
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B. Brin & Son
Webster City
Iowa
B. L. Britson
Boone Street
Justice Hughes Then and Now Recalled as Possible Nominee
The piece traces Justice Charles E. Hughes born April 11 1862 in Glens Falls New York rising to prominence as New York governor and Supreme Court hopeful. It notes repeated denials of interest in the presidency while praising his independence and reform record including anti race track measures and insurance probes.
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Charles E., Hughes
Taftia Roosevelt
New York
Hughes
Supreme ‘Bench
New. York
Roscoe Conklin
Ding
Glann Falls
David Charles Hughes
Catherine Connelly
Justice
Oswego
Newwork
N. J
New York City
Madison
Colgate, University
Brown University
Delaware Academy
Delhi
Gleason
Columbia Law School
Blackstone
Stewart L. Woodford
U. S
Cornell
Legislative Commission
Equitable Insurance
W. W. Armstrong
Switzerland
Barnes
Wilson
600 Detroitzens Go Into Camp
Detroit business and professional men, about 600, sail on the City of Detroit to Grand Island private park near Lake Superior for the Detroit Board of Commerce annual cruise. They will reach the island early Saturday morning and enjoy the famed private park setting.
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Detroit
Mich
Grand Island
Cleveland Cliffs
Company
Equal Suffrage Defeat Reported in Statewide Returns
Complete returns from ninety four counties show the equal suffrage amendment defeated by about five thousand votes. Harding leads for governor with 96,930 in eighty five counties. Cosson 46,477. Allen 36,?. Kuchnle 18,811. Wet counties favored Harding. total governor vote over 204,000 in eighty five counties. Overall suffrage tally around 284,1049 with large turnout.
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Maines
Biddy
Ware
W. L
Harding
George Cosson
Joseph Allen
Cosson
Allen
Carl Kuchnle
Czar's Drive Against Austria Reported in London
London reports rising interest in the Czar's drive against Austria. Russians allegedly captured thirty thousand Austrians in the last week as Russia fields around one million against about half that number for Austria. Premier Asquith temporarily assumes war secretary duties.
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London
Austria
Russia
Asquith
Cleveland Exhibit Opens to Public With Sea Life Display
The Cleveland museum opened to the public for the first time today featuring a large white marble binding display titled Sea Lifes Accentuated by the Deep Breen.
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Cleveland
Breen
Floral Parade Sets Record Roses in Portland Celebration
RTA Festa unfolds with over 6 000 000 roses and 1 000 automobiles in the parade. Oregon military, fraternal, and civic groups from cities in Oregon Washington Idaho and California join a grand pageant Friday afternoon as artificial flowers are barred.
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Portland
Oregoin
Oregon
Washington
Daho
Woman’s Party Convention Lunch Draws One Thousand
About one thousand women from across the United States attend a luncheon at the Auditorium Hotel on the third day of the Woman's Party convention. Speakers include Doras from Colorado and other notable suffrage leaders discussing politics and the importance of 4,000,000 women voters in eleven free states. delegates plan to march in the Illinois parade at four this afternoon after a mass meeting featuring leaders from three political parties.
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Citienge
United “States
Woman's Party
Cone! Vention
Dora
Colorado
Mas Anne. Martin
Nevada
John A.keating
Portland
Ore
Mam
H.bantello
Auzo Florencs Axtell
Bellinghan iMr
Haire
Fale
Blan
Democratic Speaker Attacks Justice Hughes in Congress
Washington June 8 Alford Dill Fartoy Democrat delivered a speech in the house denouncing Justice Hughes and urging courts to remain free from politics. The remarks critiqued judicial independence and called for protective measures to keep the judiciary free from political influence.
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Washington
Dentist Dr F A Boysen Sale Ad
Partial readable ad notes Dr F A Boysen dentist and a hardware store listing at Aug Mueller’s hardware atore with Martin phone 261 and Independent phone 266, suggesting a local business directory snippet.
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Mueller
Martin
Unclear Maritime Memo Aids Historic Trade?
Fragmentary entry mentions names like Wildert Shallenberger and an address 700 Gekweed Biva with a cryptic phrase Cuicrene. No clear event or outcome is discernible from the damaged text.
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Wildert Shallenberger
Eye and ENT Specialist Dr Drake at 712 Willson Ave
Dr Drake formerly at Logation offers spectacles fitted accurately and ear nose throat services. Hours are 8 to 12.4 and 2 to Sp. The office is at 712 Willson Ave and residence 1401. Phone numbers listed 140 for office and residence.
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R. W.homan
Ofice
Willson ‘Ave
Drake
Franklin Drake Physician and Surgeon in Indiana
Franklin J. Drake, physician and surgeon, located at Office No. 715 Willson Avenue Martin, Indiana. Office hours include 4:00 p.m. daily with residence at 613 First Street and contact by telephone 76.
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Wesley
Martin
Laws Collections
Crary Reene
Street
Webster
Guy
Franklin J. Drake
Burgeon
Willson ‘Ave. Martin
Ind
First St. “Martin the 108
McCauliff Touts Phony Calls Service at Brown’s Corner
M McCauliff at the office reports on a daytime and nighttime service over Brown's corner Des Moines and Beyond streets, noting calls attended day or night. Both phoney.
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GT. McCauliff
Brown's
Des Moines and
Beyond
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