West Virginia warfare described to senate panel
Adj. Gen. Charles D. Elliott testified on industrial war in the Paint Creek district detailing mine guards and strikers battles at Mucklow Holly Grove and Paint Creek with armored trains machine guns and dozens of skirmishes. He cited a martial law surge and a February 10 fighting wave with officer deaths and a dynamite trackside find.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Senate
Adj
Charles D. Hilliott
Mucklow
Holly Grove
Paint Creek
Eliott
General Elliott
Ronda
Cabin Creek
Estep
Elliott
Death ends Falk self banishment in Iowa hamlet
In Council Bluffs translators and papers reveal Carl Falk a learned German hermit and aristocrat who lived in a shack at a crossroads for years. He died Sunday night after a self imposed exile sparked by a romance. Chester Childs learned Falk was Heidelberg educated and hid after a broken heart tragedy.
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Council Bluffs
Carl Falk
Falk
Chester Childs
Heidelberg University
Annual Picnic Attracts About Forty Local Citizens
About forty fellow citizens attended the annual picnic, gathering for a civic social event. Attendees enjoyed the outdoors and informal activities organized by community volunteers.
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The
Wolf Huntmen Organize to Chase Wolves Near Knox ville
In Spring Hill near Knoxville three miles south, sheep raisers faced weeks of wolf predation. On Saturday night a large wolf was killed and a second wounded by Earl Brady as farmers formed a posse Sunday to pursue the pests. Three litters of cubs were found this spring. Night raids have driven farmers to corral flocks overnight.
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Knoxville
Spring Hill
Earl Brady
Concordia club hosts German musical evening at Blankenbuehler home
The Concordia club of the German Lutheran church held a Saturday evening program at Mr. and Mrs. Wm Blankenbuehler's home with over fifty guests. The recital featured Mozart Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Schubert pieces performed by Miss Julia Willner H A Koenig and others. Card conundrums and partnering games followed with fruit punch and confections served before the late midnight ending.
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Concordia Club
German Lutheran Church
Wm. Blankenbuehler
Campana B
Larboard Watch
Williams H. Janowski
Koenig
Heiden
Smith
Lillian Smith
Willmer
Louise Blankenbuehler
Elect Officers at Superior Rebekah Lodge Meeting
Members met Wednesday night for a social and business session. An elaborate dinner was served at six o'clock. Officers for the ensuing year were chosen: Noble grand Minnie Greeley, Vice grand Ethel Gilmore, Financial secretary Mrs. Meade Hughes, Treasurer Mrs. A. H. Horn, Recording secretary Mrs. Ralph Moore.
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Superior Rebekah Lodge
Minnie Greeley
Ethel Gilmore
Meade Hughes
A. H. Horn
Ralph Moore
Turkish Official Slain on Street in Constantinople
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha, grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire since January, was assassinated on a motor car ride to The Sublime Porte by two revolver-wielding assailants. The killing, amid Turkish political turmoil involving the Young Turks, followed Nazim Pasha’s death at a demonstration.
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Constantinople
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha
Sublime Porte
Committee of Unions
Young Turks
Mahmoud Schefket Pasha
Kiamil Pasha
Nazim Pasha
Techatalja
Officials: Unseasonable Cold Likely to Cause Little Crop Damage
Washington officials say the cold spell will not cause major crop losses. They expect only minor damage to fruit and corn due to frost, with early spring planting and good crop conditions offsetting effects. Frosts were reported across Virginia Maryland Vermont Wisconsin and surrounding regions.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Department
Weather Bureau
Galloway
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Virginia
Maryland
Vermont
Wisconsin
Homer C. Howard Dies After Prolonged Illness
Homer C. Howard died at his brother Frank Howard’s home after months of stomach cancer. He endured illness with patience. His wife had died in December 1912, leaving three young children and three other offspring to his care. He had recently moved to a hospital in his hometown.
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Mr. Howard
Charles
Ruth
Julia
Raymond
Robert
Rosalie
Frank R. Howard
Charles S. Howard
Fred M. Howard
Lansford
North Dakota
Leon
Towa
Mabel Tuttle
Williams
Breckenridge, Minn
Hamilton County
H. I. Thompson
Homer C. Howard
Frank Howard
Big
Prospect of Ice Fight at Keokuk
Keokuk Iowa June 11 consumers of ice here welcome a clash between a new artificial ice company and natural ice dealers The artificial plant will start operations next week and cut prices to 40 cents a hundred The natural ice companies refuse to lower prices after a short crop had raised rates from 40 to 60 cents a hundred at the season’s start
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Keokuk
Litchfield Carney Wedding Ties Waterloo Kin to New Hampton
Edgar C Litchfield former city resident marries Miss Gertrude Verna Carney daughter of Mr and Mrs James Carney of New Hampton Iowa The ceremony was at St Josephs parsonage Waterloo guests included numerous relatives with immediate attendance and a planned homecoming after July 20 in Waterloo The couple will travel to Chicago and through the Great Lakes to Montreal Canada before returning home to Waterloo
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Edgar C. Litchfield
Gertrude Verna Carney
James Carney
New Hampton
Iowa
Father Carey
St. Joseph’s Parsonage
Carney
Lee L. Litchfield
Margaret Carney
St. Joseph’s Convent
Waterloo
Litchfield Mfg. Co
Chicago
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence River
Montreal
Canada
Thousand Islands
J. F. Boynton
Chas. A. Swanson
Ethel
Iowa City
U.S
Pearl Hubbell
Dovs
J 0
Hubbell
Lillian Bohning
Belmond
J. F. Johnson
Rippey
City
D. H. Doty
C. W. Stipp
Peterson
Ethel Gilmore
E. K. McLain
Fort Dodge
J. W. Voneida
Dallas Center
Frank Bentley
Grace Rouse
Mount St. Joseph College
Dubuque
E. E. Shipman
Pearl
Iowa Falls
Ambrose M. Garrick
G. B. Pray
A. Wambach
Gothenburg
Nebraska
8. C. Gardner
Little Falls
Verona
Syracuse
New York
Dorothy Tuttle
Grinnell
Explosion Cripples Steamer B. M. Peck at Racine
Four dead two injured and five missing after a boiler explosion aboard the steam barge B. M. Peck unloading coal at Pugh Coal docks in Racine Wisconsin on June 12. The stern was blown away a stubborn fire threatens total destruction as officials await hospital reports.
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Racine, Wis
B. M. Peck
Duluth
Pugh
Hickick
Personal Briefs Highlight Local Travel and Visits
William Blankenbuehler leaves for a Denver business trip. Residents visit Blairsburg for Rebekah lodge and other moves include trips to Iowa Falls Doon Jewell Kamrar and Calgary. Oscar staff note several arrivals and returns from Chicago Omaha and Grinnell with family visits and college events.
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William' Blankenbuehler
Denver
W. W. Stowe
Grace
Ray Stowe
Hattie Stuart
Blairsburg
Rebekah
A.J. Buzick
Parade of Masons at Bluffs Session
The parade of Masons in Council Bluffs drew about 2000 in line with 1500 plus attendance at the grand lodge meeting. Grand Master William Hutchinson and officers Dr. Jesse A. West K T Lamb Joseph F. Newton Ward W. Cook Newton R. Parvin were among those reporting and entertaining delegates.
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Council Bluffs
The
Order
Grand Lodge
William Hutchinson
Alton
Jesse A. West
Des Moines
K. T. Lamb
Olin
Joseph F. Newton
Cedar Rapids
Ward W. Cook
Clinton
Grand
Newton R. Parvin
Fire in Cincinnati hotel district causes $50000 loss
A blaze in Cincinnati on June 10 devastated the Hotel Elmer five story structure and several other buildings in the hotel and business district. Firemen performed dramatic rescues, with several people overcome by smoke but not seriously injured.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Elmer
Chicago
William Lefleur
Oskaloosa man Clyde Bartlett dies by hanging
Oskaloosa June 11 Clyde P Bartlett 40 son of William Bartlett a wealthy farmer near here killed himself by hanging citing health reasons. Excavation for a cellar at the fine new residence on the corner of Bim and Prospect Streets by C J Henderson began today.
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Oskaloosa
Clyde P. Bartlett
William Bartlett
Here
Bim and
Prospect Streets
C. J. Henderson
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Gion
Wall Lake
Dows
Christian Endeavor’ Society of the United Brethren Church
Ira Miller
Charles Quinn
Tall Friends of the Society
Samuel Bateman
Water Street
Marion
Concordia Club Musicale
Haidenroestein
Elsie Heiden
Willner
Sylvia
Schubert
Martha Brunsmeyer
Mahmoud
Abdul Hamid
Carney-Litchfield
H. Lane Corbin
Homer
Charles Anderson
Edith Hutchinson
Charlotte Haddox
B. Like
Omaha
Summerfield
Kansas
8. C. Guthrie
Marshalltown
Doris Groves
Hagie Grove
Maude Bowen
Doon
W. B. Adams
Gus Rose
Chestnut
Illinois
Fairchild
Fred Williams
Ellsworth
J. L. Haddox
Nada
Ft. Dodge
Tobin College
Wanda Haddox
Roy Smith
Wil
Cormaney
Kamrat
Henry Brettenkamp
Bennie
Kamrar
Jacob Yanney
Renwick
R. P. Smock
Will F. Smith
B. H. Hellen
LaPorte
Ind
Warren Calladay
Edna Wicks
Carroll
Annette McFarland
L.¥. Houck
Blairsburg Yester
Ollie Thornhill
W. E. Dick
Dick-Nelson
Drusilla Dick
Parade OF Masons
Bluffs Session
Oskaloosan
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