Edward Everett Hale Dies in Roxbury Funeral Held
The nation mourns the death of Dr Edward Everett Hale a noted divine philanthropist author and former senate chaplain He died Thursday at his Roxbury home and his funeral was held Sunday at the South Congregational church A Boston Globe obituary notes his Harvard graduation in 1839 and his long association with the Boston Advertiser.
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Bogton
Edward Haverett Hale
United States Senate
Roxbury
South Congregational Church
Hale
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Havard
Boston Advetiser
Worcester clergyman Dr. Hale mourned nationwide
A prominent clergyman and prolific writer, Dr. Hale served as chaplain of the United States Senate since 1903 and filled a long vacancy at the South Congregational church. Messages of sorrow from President Taft and others poured in, praising his authorship, social uplift work, and half century in ministry.
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Worcester
Hale
United States Senate
Taft
Lend-A-Hand Clubs
King’s Daughters
South Congregational Church
Miami University Begins Centennial Commencement Festivities
Oxford Ohio hosts Miami University's 100th birthday celebration tied to commencement. Though small with 1,806 alumni and about 1,100 students, the institution prides itself on producing notable figures including Benjamin Harrison, eight state governors, three cabinet members, seven U.S. senators, 23 representatives, 53 judges, 30 college presidents and other leaders. Notable alumni include Gen Robert C Schenck, Oliver P Morton, Calvin S Brice, Stanley Matthews, and David Swing.
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Oxford
O.-Miami University
Miami
Benjamin Harrison
United States
Robert Cumming Schenck
House of Representatives
Oliver P. Morton
Indiana
Cal
Brice
Stanley Matthews
David Swing
Chicago
Earthquake Shocks Felt Across Riviera Causing Fatalities
Two strong quake shocks hit the Riviera between 9 and 11 pm Friday. Marseilles reported limited damage but Lambesc, 12 miles northwest of Aix, saw collapsed houses and eight deaths from the second shock. Other smaller towns reported serious effects.
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France
Marseilles
Riviera
Lambesc
Girls Escape in Fire Panic at Warehouse Blaze
Forty five girls employed on the second floor of the Silverman warehouse in Columbus road fled in a panic as fire practically consumed the building. All escaped unharmed, with no injuries reported.
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Cleveland, O
Silverman
Columbus Road
Iowa Falls ruling voids 1860 tax survey statutes
Judge Wright rules sections 922 and 923 of the Iowa Code unconstitutional for not providing notice or hearing before taxing land. Abbie J. Foster et al vs Hardin county seeks refund and plat cancellation. Court orders tax refund and plat annulment citing due process protections.
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Iowa Falls
R. M. Wright
District Court
Abbie J. Foster
Board of Supervisors of
Hardin County
Jay’ Newcomer
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Aymer D. Davis
Wright
United States
Life Hangs In Balance After Fort Des Moines Shooting
Des Moines reports Captain John C. Raymond wounded by Corporal Crabtree underwent successful bullet removal at Mercy hospital. The left neck wound fractured a vertebra and damaged the spinal cord while Raymond’s recovery remains uncertain for days. Sergeant Washburn and Corporal Such showed improvement, and Crabtree is improving after his self-inflicted wound.
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Des Moines
John C. Raymond
Fort Des Moines
Crabtree
Mercy Hospital
Wilton McCarthy
Priestley
Cullen
Washburn
Such
Iowa Leads in Historic Pig Lead Production
The United States Geological Survey reports Iowa produced 110 tons of pig lead in 1903, with smelters output rising to 225 tons in 1907 and 270 tons in 1906, establishing the state among lead producers for the early 20th century.
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Iowa
Washington
Towa
United States Geological Survey
Gotch Clinches Fifth Straight Victory Over Jenkins
In Des Moines on June 15, Frank Gotch defeated Tom Jenkins in two straight falls to retain the championship. The first fall lasted 14 minutes and 2 8 seconds with Gotch dominating, the second fell in 7 minutes and 63 seconds.
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Gotch
Jenkins
Des Moines
Frank Gotch
Tom Jenkins
Iowa
Grappler
Price records set as two 1877 $50 gold coins sold
In New York on June 15 two 1877 Philadelphia minted $50 gold pieces sold at the Numismatic club to William H. Woodin for $10,000 each. The sale marks the highest price ever paid for an American coin.
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New York
United States Mint
Philadelphia
The
Numismatic Club
William H. Woodin
President Penna of Brazil Dead
President Penna of Brazil is dead according to a dispatch received at the state department from the American ambassador at Rio de Janeiro.
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Penna
Brazil
Washington
State Department
Rio de Janeiro
Murder revealed by a dog in Brooklyn case
A dog alerted authorities to a dismembered murder in New York. Samuel Bersin, a decorator, was found partly asphyxiated and his body cut up, with the torso and limbs in two parcels marked Black Hand. Police link the crime to Italian blackmailers amid suspected love jealousy and a missing head found under the Brooklyn Bridge.
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New, York
Samuel’ Bersin
Bersin
Guldensuppe
Catherine Street
Brooklyn Bridge
Monroe Street
Secret Service
West
Mollie Isaacson
Canal Dam Threatened in Sault Ste. Marie
After a night of hard work canal employees partially shut off the torrent in the Sault Ste. Marie canal. Pressure against the dam remains high as the four wickets resist. The steamer Perry G. Walker tore out lock gates and is damaged but not as badly as first feared. The steamer Assinabola diverted to Detroit for the night.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Canadian Ship Canal
Perry G. Walker
Assinabola
Flames Devastate Hallman Hamlet on Ashland Branch
Fire swept the hamlet of Hallman seven miles north of Smyrna Mills destroying every building. Fifty residents were saved from death by a special train arriving in time.
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Fiee
Smyrna Mills
Aroostook
H Llman
Ashland
Bangor & Aroostook
Missing Boston Lawyer Believed Drowned After Berlin Arrival
On the North German Lloyd steamer Berlin from Genoa, Holland Bennett a Boston lawyer traveling with his bride of one month was missing. Passengers believed he fell overboard and drowned after disappearing Thursday night while the ship neared Naples with his wife in the saloon.
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Naples
Genoa
Berlin
Holland Bennett
Boston
Bennett
Minnesota Bankers Meet at Tonka Bay Convention
Minnesota Bankers association holds its twentieth annual convention at Tonka Bay Lake Minnetonka with bankers from nearly every city and town. Opening session featured prayers and an address by President Joseph Chapman Jr and talks on iron ore transport, tariffs, mining development, bonds, burglary insurance, and recent bank legislation. In afternoon, George F. Roberts and Col. Fred F. Farnsworth spoke on postal savings banks and bankers association issues. The event ended with an evening cruise to Big Island Park for entertainment.
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Lake
Minnetonka
Minn
Tonke ‘Bay
Minnesota Bankers
Tte
C. J
New York
Thorpe
Willmar
George F. Roberts
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Fred F. Farnsworth
American Bankers’ Association
Big Island Park
Black Hand Mafia Operatives Tied Across Ohio and U S
Cincinnati post office inspectors reveal a Ohio branch network patterned on Mafia lines. The Black Hand or Society of the Banana operated in Columbus Marion Dennison and Bellefontaine with branches in Pittsburgh Chicago and a route to South Dakota. Regular meetings funded activities sent to Italy.
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Cincinnati
Black Hand
Columbus
Marion
Dennison
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Ohio “Black Hand
Society of the Banana
Pittsburg
Chicago
South Dakota
Italy
Meat Probe Ordered Over Filings by East St. Louis Inspector
Washington The department of agriculture quickly accepted the challenge by J F Harms a government meat inspector at East St Louis Illinois who resigned and levelled serious charges against the meat inspection system at the National stock yards He urged an immediate thorough investigation and two inspectors were sent to East St Louis to examine the allegations
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
J. F. Harms
East St. Louis
Wilson
National Stock Yards
Harms
Diphtheria Closes Watertown Taft School
Diphtheria forces a year end closure of the Taft school in Watertown Connecticut with the senior class staying for exams while other students depart. Knight Crowles of Chicago contracted the illness and Charles Taft, son of the president, was not exposed to the disease.
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Watertown
Conn
Taft
Knight Crowles
Chicago
Charles Taft
Novel Vessel Carnegie Launched in Brooklyn
A remarkable auxiliary yacht named Carnegie was launched in Brooklyn in the presence of scientists. Built for the Carnegie Institution, it will aid ocean surveys to correct compass data with no iron or magnetic metals. Miss Dorothea L. Bauer christened the vessel, daughter of Dr. L A Bauer, director of terrestrial magnetism.
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New York
Brooklyn
Carnegie
Carnegie Institution
Dorothea L. Bauer
L. A. Bauer
Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
Iowa Swine Breeders Meet Highlights State Hogs Value
The Des Moines gathering of Iowa Swine Breeders Association discusses hog production. Iowa annually yields 8 million hogs worth about 363 million dollars, a fifth of U S hog value, with experts like Dr John R Moehler attending and judging planned at the state fair grounds.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Des ‘Moines
Movnes
United States
United’ States
John R. Moehler
Bureau
James Wilson
National Association
Rain Delays Farmers in Rock Rapids Corn Work
Rainy weather keeps farmers from field work delaying harrowing and cultivating. Despite a late season, the corn is progressing with a good stand and farmers emphasize early attention to the crop for a strong yield.
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Rock Rapids
Prominent Farmer Missing. Suspected Suicide in River
Ralph Cruzen 35, a well known farmer of Madison township, is missing from Oskaloosa. Authorities believe he drowned himself in the South Skunk River after escaping from a private Des Moines sanitarium where he had been confined. He was last tracked toward a bridge over the river.
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Ralph Cruzen
Oskaloosa
Madison Township
New Device Installed on Waterloo Electric Railway
A new safety device will guard the trolley wire on the Waterloo electric railway. The system runs about one foot wide and likely fifty feet long. It aims to prevent car derailments by catching or guiding the trolley if it rises from the track.
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Waterloo
W. C.F. & N.eectric
Sioux City Man In Critical Condition After Dislocated Jaw
Ira Reber, wandering Sioux City for three days with a dislocated jaw from a fall, remains in critical condition at Samaritan hospital as authorities seek his exact residence.
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Sioux City
Ira Reber
Samaritan Hospital
Ensign to Speak at Woodbine Normal School Exercises
Prof. Forest C. Ensign of the State University of Iowa is secured to deliver the commencement address at Woodbine Normal School. Rev. B. F. Hall will deliver the baccalaureate sermon Sunday evening June 13 at the Christian church in Woodbine.
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Ensign
Woodbine
State University of Iowa
Woodbine Normal School
B. F. Hall
Christian Church of
Sunday Converts Count Reaches 2026 in Marshalltown
A revival results in 2026 conversions reported to the local evangelistic committee in Marshalltown. All but 302 expressed a church preference.
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Marshalltown
Evangelistic Committee
Embezzlement Charge for Neola Grain Auditor
C. C. Smith, ex auditor of Neola Grain at Rodney Iowa, was arrested in Minneapolis by Sheriff Rawlings on a charge of embezzlement with a claimed shortage of 1100 dollars.
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Onawa
C. C. Smith
Neola Grain Company
Rodney
Iowa
Minneapolis
Rawlings
Thigh Bone of a Mastodon Here in Eldora
Dr. N C Morse at Emergency hospital displays a giant mastodon thigh bone found in Dawes county Nebraska by John Miller and sent to Eldora for exhibition.
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Eldora
N. C. Morse
Dawes County
Neb
John Miller
First National Bank to Build New Dyersville Block
The First National Bank has purchased the Willenberg restaurant property in Dyersville and will erect a handsome brick block to house the new bank, signaling expansion.
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Dyersville
First National Bank
Survey plans mark Iowa river navigability and telegraph upgrades
The report details a survey to determine if the Iowa River is navigable from the junction of two rivers near Columbus Junction. Major Montgomery Migs George Hartel and Theodore Me left, with advances from the Iowa Falls telegraph company. A central plant will be installed here to re equip the company, and improvements will extend to other towns as well.
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Iowa
Madewn Tefl
Iowa Falls
Sompletea
Ee “Baci
Pany
Horseman Described as Smooth Talking Judge of Horses
Telegram describes a man noted as a good judge of horses. He is said to stand about five feet ten inches and is described as smooth talking and well around in barns.
State convention adjourns as Sons of Hermann elect leaders
At the closing session of the state convention of the Sons of Hermann, Lutz City elected a grand president. Other officers include Wiese of Mapleton as past grand president, A Kramer of Council Bluffs as first vice president, TS Thorson of Davenport as second vice grand president, Carl Myers as organizer, Ivank Haaren of Sioux City as grand treasurer, and trustees George I Eisenberger of Alvard, Theodore Stickel of Davenport, and John Groth of Remsen.
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Sons’ of Hermann
Fort Dodge
Sons ’of Hermann
Lutz City
Wiese
Mapleton
A. Kramer
Bluffs
TS Thorson
Davenport
Carl Myers
Sioux City
Ivank ‘Haaren
George
Nurses Elect Iowa Officers At State Convention
The registered nurses of Iowa elected Miss Anna Goodale of Cedar Rapids as president and Miss Abbie Tabor of Sioux City as second vice-president. Miss Letitia McNally of Independence became recording secretary, Miss Yaa Ce Nefa of Waterloo was chosen corresponding secretary, Miss Play Strayer of Waterloo auditor Miss Louisa Raffaut of Dyersville became delegate to the national convention, and Miss Jane Garrard of Davenport Des Moines was named for the next meeting place.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Anna Goodale
Cedlar Rapids
Abbie Tabor
Sioux” City
Letitia’ McNally
Independence
Yaa
Ce ‘Nefa
Waterloo
Play Strayer
Louisa. Raffaut
Des Moines Man Dies After Mine Injury
James Spevack a 30 year old mule driver died thirty hours after suffering fatal injuries in an incident at Coaldale on Tuesday afternoon. He was hurt when his mule ran away trapping him between a mine end and a prop. Peritonitis from a ruptured intestine caused his death at 8 PM Wednesday.
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Des Moines
Coaldale
James Spevack
Spevack
Nishnabotna drainage district approved by one vote
The Nishnabotna Council Bluffs drainage board, by a majority of one vote, voted to establish the Nishnabotna drainage district. The project plans to straighten the winding Nishnabotna river by a drainage ditch that will cross the current of the turbulent stream eighty one times.
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Nishnabotna Council Bluffs
Board of’ Supervisors
Nishnabotna Drainage District
Nishnabotna
Trustees Elected Marshalltown at State Christian Conference
At the thirty fifth annual session of the State Christian conference in LeGrand trustees of Palmer College were elected. Named were Rev. A. C. Grafton Orient Mrs A E B Trine M A Gettis LeGrand Rev L BE Follansbee Des Moines and A N Benge Winchester.
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Marshalltown
Jong
State Christian Conference
LeGrand
Palmer College
Atate
A. C. Grafton
Orient
Mre
EB. Trine
M.A. Gettis
Needle Removed From Arm In Forest City Incident
A needle about an inch and a half long was extracted from the arm of J. J. Nelson, county auditor of this county, who believes it has been in his body for several years. The unusual operation was performed after the needle’s presence caused concern. Nelson reports no lasting effects and plans to resume duties.
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Forest City
J. Nelson
Bonds for Drainage Ditch in Forest City
County bonds to fund a drainage project totaling 45000 dollars were sold by the supervisors to Surety Savings Bank of Toledo Ohio at a premium of 1610 dollars.
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Forest City
Surety Savings Bank of
Toledo
Crops in Good Condition in Harrison County
Logan reports Harrison County has received ample rain and crops are in excellent condition. All fruit varieties are in prime shape except peaches, which are lagging.
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Logan
Yvlarrison County
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