Bomb Rioters Strike San Francisco Parade Crowd
A suitcase bomb exploded on Market Street during a large Pacific coast preparedness parade killing at least six and wounding about 40. The blast shattered windows, toppled people, and sent ambulances racing as police and veterans bore the scene. Frank Joseph Finch, a sailor, was arrested in connection with the outrage.
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San Francisco
Stewart and
Market Streets
Frank Joseph Finch
California
Grand Army of the Republic
Pacific Coast
Oakland
Bay
Market Street
Stewart
Ferry
Harbor Emergency Hospital
Shell Oil Company
Stewart Street
Daughters of the American Revolution
F. D. Goddy
Goddy
McNeill
Span
Summer Court Term Nearing End of Work
The regular summer term presided by Hon. Frank E. Fisk disposed of the criminal calendar and closed the term. Several civil actions are under trial. Forgery in the second degree, Carl Binatz, failed to appear. $800 bond forfeited. State v Wi Lukenbill, selling intoxicating liquors, $1,000 bond forfeited. State v W W Corbett, assault with a dangerous weapon, jury disagreed. Seymore Washington, assault with a dangerous weapon, guilty. sentence one year and a half in penitentiary. Washington, a Williston barber shop case, used a pocket knife. State v Harry Griffin, larceny, dismissed. State v Tilden Graham, bottlegging, acquitted. State v Louis Rollette and John Weatherspoon, rape second degree, dismissed. State v A F Grimm, setting fire, continued. State v Loyd Greenup, abduction for prostitution, guilty. William Halgren, liquor law violation, acquitted. Paul Ringstrom, carrying a concealed weapon, guilty. sentence suspended. Arthur Hill, grand larceny, acquitted.
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Frank E. Fisk
Carl Binatz
Wi Lukenbill
State
W. W. Corbett
Seymore Washington
Washington
Michael O'Neil
Williston
William Halgren
Paul Ringstrom
Arthur Hill
Natural gas found near Crosby on local farm
The Crosby area yields natural gas on a farm operated by Harvey Hoover five miles north of Crosby. Water from the well flows intermittently and bubbles like carbonated water. A cupful of water exposed to a flame produces a blue flame for several seconds.
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Crosby
N. Dy
Harvey Hoover
United States to buy Danish West Indies for 25 million
Washington says negotiations nearly complete for U S purchase of the Danish West Indies for 25 million dollars. The treaty will go to the senate for ratification. Islands St Croix St Thomas and St John lie east of Porto Rico with St Thomas a strategic naval harbor site.
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Washington
White House
Danish West Indies
United States
Denmark
Senate
Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
Greenland
Iceland
Bridge Club Entertainment Planned for Friday Evening
The Ertained Bridge Club met at Mrs. A. P. Durkenwramed home on Thi Ave east last Friday evening with Mrs. Davis of Cincinnati visiting. This week the club will be entertained by Mrs. S. J. Creaser.
Knee Deep in June by James Whitcomb Riley
A compact card summarizing the poem Knee Deep in June by James Whitcomb Riley, noting its enduring popularity and Riley's death in 1916. It evokes carefree rural scenes in June with imagery of orchards, sky, birds, and lazy afternoons, reflecting nostalgia and the Hoosier Bard’s iconic voice.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Hughes May Speak at Fargo Enroute West
Republican presidential hopeful Charles Evans Hughes may address a large Fargo gathering on his westward trip to the Pacific coast. The itinerary through the northern states is being finalized and a Fargo date will be announced soon after a long distance conference with national committee officials.
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Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Fargo
Bioneapolis
St. Paul
Twin Cities
Pacific Coast
North Dakota
Justice Hughes
Frank B. Kellogg
W. R. Willcox
New York
National Committee
Ridgers Tour to Nelson Valley August 3
Missouri Ridge Farmers club plans an automobile tour on August 3 to Nelson Valley. Williston businessmen will furnish some cars and all auto owners are welcome. The group will start from Wiliston at 4 a m and hold a picnic dinner at Nelson, visiting several farms along the way.
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Ridgers
Nelson Valley
Missouri Ridge Farmers’ Club
Williston
Wiliston
Nelson
Finished threshing this week by H E Beamer
H E Beamer finished threshing this year’s crop on Monday. The grain is bright and of good grade, seemingly fine though threshed last fall. To be safe he stacked grain just in case a threshing rig could not reach him. still, little loss and grain in excellent condition. Kenmare News. Editor W S Graham attended the republican central committee meeting and the big picture The Birth of a Son.
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H. E. Beamer
Mr. Beam
Uck
Kenmare News
W. S. Graham
Pioneer Kid Lampman Dies In Miles City
Lampman known as Kid Lampman died at his East Broadway home after years of poor health. Born in 1866 at Cleveland Minnesota, he came to Montana in 1885, served as Wilham County sheriff after a Klondike trek, and left a wife and siblings. Funeral planned for Friday at 2:30 pm.
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S. Lampman
Kid” Lampman
East Broadway
Nis
Montana
Vaneite
Alaska
Wil
Grennell
Klondyke
Jack Smith
Nat Ballinger
L. Booker
Julius Nelson
Thomas Costello
Landroff
Lampmian
Howard
Missouri Ridge
L .D
Columbus
Ohio
Clinton L
Chicago
L. Abbott
Los Angeles
Senate trims military program amid border mobilization doubts
Washington D C Senator Chamberlain says the senate cut about 35 million from the army bill as conditions in Mexico eased. Lodge cites a Minneapolis Journal table claiming 100,008 on the border mobilization, 59,204 at home and 14,323 not called out, used to question military readiness and secret details.
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James Gray
Minneapolis Journal
Washington, D. C
Mexico
Senate
Republic
George EB. Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Lodge
Massachusetts
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Brady
Idaho
Minneapolis
Senator Lodge Waid
Riley Hoosier poet dies at his home
Indiana author Sam Walter Riley famed for Hoosier dialect poetry died at his Indianapolis residence after a stroke. He rose from sign painter to celebrated poet with a fortune from cheerful dialect verse, receiving honors from Yale, Penn, and Indiana University. He never married and left property to fund a public library and school administration building in Indianapolis.
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Riley
Indianapolis
Samws Whitecomb Riley
Jamox Whitcomb Riley
Ape
Reuben A. Riley
Greenfield
Ind
Elizabeth Marine
Ohi
Danc
Anderson
Poe
Edgar Allen Poe
Leonanie
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Bill Nye
Yale Universit
University of Pennsylvania
Indiana Univerasity
City of Indianapolis
Speech by Emperor William on Somme front sparks Berlin debate
Berne dispatch reports Kaiser Wilhelm's latest Berlin speech condemns England as plotting Germany's destruction. He claims an English led alliance prior to the war deceived Germany, portraying Britain as sworn foe despite pretended friendship.
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Kaiser London
Berne
Ponturlier
France
William
Somme
Berlin
Germany
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Tarson
Burke County
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Carl Berquist
Tobacco Garden
Hanna Newman
Gerat Overman
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