Train Kills Two in Auto Party Near Carroll
A Northwestern Hawkeye Express train struck a Nashville family auto near Glidden Boone on June 11 killing two daughters, age 21 and 23, injuring the colored chauffeur, and lightly wounding R M Dudley. The wreck destroyed the auto and all four occupants were taken to Carroll.
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Boone
Glidden
Northwestern
Hawkeye Express
Ripley
R. M. Dudley
Roberts Matthew Dudley
Nashville
Tenn
California
Dud- Tey
Carroll
Villisca Tragedy Echoes as Knisely Kills Family
Beaman farmer Benjamin Knisely shot his four year old son and shot his two daughters aged 14 and 16 before killing himself. A 13 year old girl was wounded but survived. motive discussed includes alleged improper relations with an older daughter and accusations by Mrs. Knisely. Police report indicate possible insanity.
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Marshalltown
Benjamin Knisely
Beaman
Grundy County
Knisely
Ella Knisely
Cora
Servian Troops Lose Heavily Near Makres
Makres, London, June 11. Many Servians were killed yesterday in a clash with Bulgarian forces near the town of Makres. A Belgrade Mail Journal dispatch cites possible further conflicts in the area. The Servian commander warned Bulgarians to evacuate Volodan by 7 PM or Istip would be bombarded.
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London
Makres
Belgrade Mail
Volodan
Istip
Sioux City
Texas
Humane
Montana
Powder River Cattle Company
New Mexico
Ax Fiend Slays Husband and Wounds Daughter in Missouri
Arthur Kellar, a railway worker, was murdered with an axe in his Missouri home. his 77 year old daughter was seriously wounded. The wife identified the assailant after leaping from bed as the killer fled. Insurance policies for $1000 on Arthur and Margaret were discussed. The family cottage was described as small and dilapidated on the town edge.
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Harrisonville
Arthur Kellar
Margaret
Kelars
Woman's Assailant Pays Death Penalty
Nathaniel Green, a black man, hanged for assaulting a white woman near the capitol on Christmas night. He confessed and President Wilson denied clemency. Green died in ten minutes, muttering that rum and dope caused his downfall. the victim, a government clerk, will be an invalid for life.
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Washington
Nathaniel Green
Capitol
District of Columbia
Wilson
Green
Cheap Spuds Find No Purchasers on Chicago Market
Chicago June 11 The high cost of living hit the market as Minnesota sent old white Burbank potatoes priced at 16 2 cents a bushel the lowest ever. Last year they sold for 1 to 1 15 a bushel. Sellers cut the price to 40 30 20 and finally 16 4 cents barely covering freight but no buyers emerged. Retailers and shippers planned sales in railroad yards today.
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Chicago
Burbank
Minnesota
Consignees
Dietz Fought Over Worthless Lumber Near Cameron Dam
Milwaukee dated report recalls John Dietz who killed during a civil era dispute over timber royalties. Logs valued in the thousands but deemed worthless after inspectors at Sawyer county farm found the pine unmovable. The dispute stemmed from Weyerhauser logs shifted to the Dietz farm decades ago. Dietz is serving a life term for murder.
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Milwaukee
Wis
John Dietz
Dietz
State
Sawyer
Cameron Dam
Weyerhauser Company
Japs Seek Removal of Federal Immigration Officials
A Honolulu mass meeting adopted resolutions demanding the removal of U S immigration officials for alleged unfair and harsh treatment of Japanese returning from visits to Japan. The resolutions claim unsafe conditions for travel to Japan and report insults toward Japanese women at the immigration station.
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Honolulu
United States
Japan
Carriage Smashed by Train Near Boone
A train collision at a Boone crossing left a carriage reduced to kindling. Farmers John Peterson and Jack Franklin, living southeast of Boone, escaped with only bruises. the horse fled unhurt. Both men were thrown clear of the track.
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Boone
John Peterson
Jack Franklin
Fifty Die In Russian Ferry Disaster On Ascension Day
Fifty people perished when a dilapidated ferry sank while crossing the Techapton River in Russia on Ascension Day. Rescue efforts continue as authorities investigate the cause and possible survivors.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Coldest June Day Recorded in East and Great Lakes
Washington reports the coldest June day on record across the middle Atlantic and New England states, the Ohio valley, and the Great Lakes region due to a high barometric pressure system. Frosts appeared in Vermont New York Pennsylvania Ohio and Michigan while Montreal saw brief snow and 35 degree wind chilled conditions. New York logged 47 degrees the coldest June 9 in the bureau era with 1870 as the baseline.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
New England
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
Gulf States
Rockies
Vermont
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
North Atlantic States
Middle Atlantic States
Montreal
County Considers Constable Seizure of Club Beer
Constable Wooster raided a club room at Avery and seized five barrels of beer. The club claims the beer belongs to its members and argues the seizure was unlawful. The beer is stored in Albla pending club member action.
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Albla
Wooster
Avery
Springfield Fire Destroys Rowe Buildings in Big Blaze
A basement fire at the C H Heer department store in Springfield Missouri in the public square destroyed the Rowe buildings and 15 nearby structures. Firemen faced low water pressure and high winds as telephone power and streetcar service were paralyzed. The blaze, started by defective wiring, caused about a million dollars in damage.
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Springfield
Rowe
Public Square
C. H. Heer
Bank thief Shourds walks free after restitution deal
Walter S. Shourds, vault superintendent, testified to $1.4 million in securities and $30,000 cash stolen in 1911. Judge Hall quashed the indictment and entered a not guilty verdict after Shourds offered restitution with immunity. He returned the missing loot and paid $5,060 in excess, while traveling widely and amassing a fortune from the scheme.
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Philadelphia
Walter S. Shourds
Merchants’ Union Trust Company
Rotan
Steamer Olinda Reports Fire at Sea
New York reports no fresh details on the Munson Line steamer Olinda after garbled wireless messages indicate a fire in number 1 hold. The vessel, built in 1887, 809 feet long and 1,492 net tons, left port with passengers and cargo for Cuban ports and is believed bound toward Savannah or Brunswick.
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New York
Olinda
Munson Line
Georgia
Savannah
Brunswick
Cuban Marine Company of
Havana
Munson Hne
Dead body of Fred Hay found near Rockford tracks
The body of Fred Hay was found yesterday morning by section men three miles north of Rockford near the tracks. He was identified by letters in his pockets but his home is not known. Officials think he fell from a train.
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Rockford
Fred Hay
Here
Body Found Floating in Mississippi at Dubuque
The body of an unidentified man was found yesterday in the Mississippi River at Dubuque. He had likely been in the water about a week.
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Big River
Dubuque
Mississippi
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Wirt L. Curzon
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E. F. Kine
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Rae Oy Nig
Peabody Shellbark Coal
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Ing Vault
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Travers Jerome
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