Western Front Battles Escalate as German Pushes Continue
The article reports heavy fighting across a broad front in Belgium and France with gains and losses on both sides. It notes German counterattacks near Festubert and Ypres, Austro German advances in the east toward Lemberg, and a Zeppelin raid on England prompting renewed calls for aviation defense.
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London
Belgium
France
Berlin
Galicia
Festubert
Frank
French
Ypres
Dniester Marshes
Zurawna
von Mackensen
Lemberg
England
House of Commons
William Johnson Hicks
English
H. J. Tennant
Lassen Peak Erupts Again After Nearly Two Weeks
Lassen Peak in California erupted for the 101st time at 1 AM yesterday belching a smoke pillar to a mile high. The eruption followed a pause since May 31, as residents monitor ongoing volcanic activity in Redding.
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Redding
Cal
Lassen Peak
Woman killed by lightning at Fort Madison porch
Fort Madison Iowa June 17 Mrs George Bond was struck and killed by lightning during a storm while seated on her porch. A nearby girl on the same porch escaped unharmed. The area saw heavy rain hail and floods causing local damage and over an inch of rain in thirty minutes.
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Fort Madison
George Bond
Two Girls Die as Lightning Strikes Camping Party
During a Tuesday night storm two of five campers, Dora aged twelve and Flora aged nine, daughters of John B. Michael of Grinnell, were killed near a roadside tent by a fence en route to Nebraska. The others escaped unharmed and a fund was raised for the burial of the two girls in Red Oak.
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John
Michael
Grinnell
Nebraska
Dora
Flora
Two Die As Cyclone Sweeps Through Waukon Area
A severe wind storm near Waukon Iowa Saturday evening caused death and extensive damage. George Leppert and his daughter died when a tree crushed their basement as the Leppert home and barn were swept away. Other farms in the valley suffered major damage with tens of thousands in losses. The Leppert family avoided injury except for the fatal collapse.
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Waukon
Ila
Rossville
George Leppert
Bert Gast
Seneebaugh Farm
Hanson, Hennesy
Leppert
Quarter Million Dollar Hotel Sure In Ottumwa
Ottumwa Iowa report on a three day campaign to raise subscriptions for a new hotel. $125000 was raised and the hotel assured. Committees added $39000 in the final days. Subscriptions will continue up to $150000 and the project will be bonded for $100000, totaling a quarter million for the building exclusive of the site.
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Ottumwa
Sugar stock dwindles as sale ends tomorrow at Kearns Grocery
Tomorrow is the last day to buy sugar at six fifty per hundred pound sack as stock nears depletion. The store urges prudent shoppers to stock up for the preserving season and cautions that supplies are running low at Kearns Grocery.
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Kearns Grocery
Banana Day at Ferndell Grocery
Ferndell Grocery promotes Banana Day offering firm fruit at 15¢ per dozen with no limit. Dr T B Larrabee, osteopath, signs the notice.
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Ferndell
Trickery rumor in Gerhart trip stirs officials
Washington reports say Ambassador Gerard cabled a Berlin reception of the last note as friendly and that German editorials show a favorable tone. Secret identity rumors about the envoy's trip, including Dr Anton Meyer Gerhard, are noted but no official inquiry begun. Count Bernstorff was away at Cedarhurst.
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Washington, D. C
Gerard
Germany
Berlin
United States
Lansing
Foreign Office
Count von Bernstorff
Anton Meyer-Gerhard
Dr. Gerhard
Alfred Meyer
Dr. Meyer
Gerhard
State Department
New York
Norway
Count Bernstorff
Cedarhurst
R. I
Frank's Fate With Governor Slaton In Death Penalty Appeal
Atlanta, June 17. Leo M. Frank's final appeal to commute his death sentence to life imprisonment was filed with Governor Slaton, who will decide as soon as possible. His execution date remains set for Tuesday, June 22, for the murder of Mary Phagan. The appeal ends his last formal recourse to avoid the gallows.
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Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Slaton
Frank
Mary Phagan
Col Goethals to Retire From Army This Fall
Major General Goethals governor of the Panama Canal Zone will retire from the army upon his own application this fall under an act of Congress. He is eligible for retirement at his pleasure.
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Washington, D. C
Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
Congress
War Declared on United States in Yaqui Valley
Washington June 17 Navy orders Admiral Howard to take 800 sailors and 300 Marines for an expedition in the Yaqui valley to rescue Americans. Yaqui Indians declare war on Germany, Mexico, and the United States as a German colonist repelled raids with notable success.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Howard
Pacific Fleet
Yaqui Valley
Roosevelt
State Department
Germany
Mexico
United States
Miners Rescued After Week Underground at Neck City
Five hundred miners in shifts of five hours worked through seventy feet of earth to reach Daniel Hardendorf and Reed Taylor in the Longacre Chapman mine at Neck City. Tap alarms indicated life yesterday, four others had been saved Tuesday. Officials estimate full recovery may take until this afternoon. Operators funded the rescue with a $1,080 pool for crews.
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Joplin
Daniel Hardendorf
Reed Taylor
Longacre- Chapman
Neck City
Murder of 11 year old Elizabeth Nolte shocks Cincinnati
Mary Nolte found her 11 year old daughter Elizabeth murdered in the rear yard of their Cincinnati home. The body was naked and wrapped in a sheet with evidence of assault. Mrs. Nolte reported a Negro man gave candy to the child before she vanished earlier in the week. The throat was slashed.
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Cincinnati
Mary Nolte
Elizabeth
Bargain Sale Ad At 529 Bank Street
Women's colored cloth top patent pumps and dull kid colonials priced from 3.50 to 1.95 at Big Bargain. Isham Rasmussen advertising from Meyer residence 529 Bank street. Edward P. Prince phone 63. Also listing oil meat and feed at A J Froning I C elevator and dental by A Boysen at Becoud.
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Isham & Rasmussen
Big Bargain
Meyer
Bank Street
Edward P. Prince
A. J. Froning
I. C
Zeppelin Raid on England Brings Fifteen Deaths
London reports a northeast coast air raid by a German Zeppelin. fifteen killed and fifteen wounded as fires started by bombs were suppressed by morning. The dispatch notes rising fatalities and ongoing aerial exchanges between Britain and Germany across May and June.
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London
England
Karlsruhe
Chicago Ends Car Strike with Arbitration Agreement
Normal service on Chicago elevated and surface lines resumed after an all night meeting led by Mayor Thompson. A three arbiter panel will be formed with neutral third member assigned, and union and company representatives welcomed the settlement ending a 53 hour disruption to commuters.
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Chicago
Thompson
Personal Briefs from Thursday's Daily
Local notes report Mrs. W H Cook visiting Des Moines with daughter Rosalind while Miss Hazel Bowen tours with a concert company. Many short visits and trips follow among Ames Fort Dodge Eagle Grove Boone and Des Moines residents including Postmaster Bauman and Rev Spiker moving to Blairsburg.
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W. H. Cook
Des Moines
Rosalind
Hazel Bowen
Highview
Odessa Helmick
Ray Wood
Oscar Hall
Paul Sterling
Irene Sterling
Boone
J. W. Bateman
Ames
Samuel Bateman
Bateman
Olive
Goldfield
Oscar Hensel
Alden
Mary Green
Galt
Enoch Hemmen
Little Son
Eagle Grove
Bauman
Democratic State Central Committee
W. D. Spiker
Blairsburg
Ottumwa
Spiker
Lloyd Walterick
Williams
Ralph E. Moore
John Wassen
H. H. Himebaugh
Mabel Yaus
Col. N. P. Hyatt
Cherokee
Hazel Russell
J. H. Stahl
Henry Teget
Omaha
L. C. Brown
United States
Grover Neese
Fort Dodge
D. H. Bauman
Ray Grant
Maquoketa
Nevada
Poling
Ruegnitz
David Allison
Leavenworth
Kansas
Roy W. Clark
Alison
Clark
Lehigh
Lillian Osborn-Lier of
8. O. Osborn
Kearns Grocery Cuts Flour Price This Week
Kearns Grocery announces a temporary sale offering regular flour priced at 1.90 per sack, down from 2.20, aimed at making the cost more affordable for shoppers this balance of the week.
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Kearns Grocery
Maxwell Car Display At Webster City Implement Co
Demonstrations shown Wednesday and Saturday at Webster City Implement Company with contact options Kamrar or Blairsburg. Names F A Kayser and E K McComb listed. Includes a lyric fragment from Schiller about victory and deeds.
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Webster City Implement Company
Kamrar
Blairsburg
F. A. Kayser
F. McComb
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Mr. Gerard
Col. Goethals
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B. F. Nickerson
Fred Metcalf
Arthur Metcalf
Grinnell College
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