First Masons in America visit Jamestown and Williamsburg
The first Masons in America visited the Jamestown exposition and took a four day trip to Williamsburg, where the old two story weatherboard house served as Virginia Masonry’s first headquarters. The article notes Patrick Henry’s lodge, the 1787 Richmond hall, Washington’s use of a chair, Lafayette as honorary member, and McKinley’s initiation in Virginia. It also mentions presidents Roosevelt, Fairbanks, Washington, Jackson, and Garfield as Masons and outlines their connections to lodges and events.
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Masonic Order
Williamsburg
Jamestown
Virginia
Francis
Masonry
Patrick Henry
Grand Lodge of
Wise
Lord Botetourt
Washington
New York City
Arthur
Yorktown
Richond
Aricl
America
Richmond
George Washington
General Lafayette
Masonig
Masonio Lopgs
Willansburg
Lafayette
Richmond Hall
McKinley
Winchester
Lodge of Masons
Canton
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Fairbanks
Masonic Temple
New York Rite
Fredericksburg
Rappahannock River
Andrew Jackson
Tennessee
Garfield
Pentalpha Lodge
Romantic Match Between U S Grant and Edith Root
The engagement links Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant and Miss Edith Root, uniting two prominent American families. Grant, son of Major General Frederick Dent Grant, grandson of the famed Union general, studied at Austria’s military school and Columbia. Root, daughter of Elihu Root, travels with her diplomat father and excels in horsemanship and languages. A wedding is planned for autumn.
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U. 8. Grant Sd
Edith Root
Ulysses S. Grant &d
Edith Toot
United States
Grant
Frederick Dent Grant
Department of the East
Miss Root
State Department
Elihu Root
Finois
Tarutenant U
Leutenant
Engineer Corps
Philippines
Washington
Washington Barracks
War College
Senator Johnston Succeeds Pettus in U S Senate
Joseph F Johnston of Alabama chosen to succeed the late Edmund W Pettus in the United States senate. Johnston, a former Alabama governor, born 1848 in Lincolnton North Carolina, served in the Confederate army, later practiced law at Selma and then Birmingham. He had long aimed to wear the senatorial toga and had previously challenged Morgan for the seat.
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Alabama
Edmund W. Pettus
Joseph Torney Johnston
United States Senate
Bia
Lin
Joseph F. Johnston
Eoln County
N. C
Confederate Army of
Selma
Birmingham
Morgan
Senate
Moors Driven Back as Arabs Suffer Heavy Loss at Casablanca
Reports from Casablanca on August 12 describe fierce clashes between fanatical tribesmen and French forces. Despite heavy casualties, Moors continued assaults as French artillery and cavalry pressed seven miles from the city. destruction and a widespread stench from shelling marked the ruined harbor area.
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Tangier
Casablanca
Anatolie
Drude
Paris
Canat
Work of Peace Conference Review at The Hague
The Hague August 12 The peace conference sits eight weeks and considers progress and future aims. Armament limitation remains unresolved though possible later. British and German prize court proposals lag behind. the US offered a single bombardment of undefended towns proposal, approved. The Geneva sea warfare convention was adopted unanimously while mine interdiction faced British and German opposition.
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The
Hague
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Ito Goes Home To Reward In Korea Restoration
Aug 13 Seoul reports Marquis Ito returns with eight Japanese Korean administration members bound for Tokyo amid a large demonstration. General Hazegawa named acting resident general to oversee practical restoration of order in Korea.
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Haregawa
Seoul
Marquis Ito
Tokio
Ito
H. Hazegawa
Korea
Fire in Manila Leaves 600 Homeless. 120 Native Houses Destroyed
Fire started by an electric wire swept over 100 yards square in Manila, destroying 120 native houses and leaving 600 people homeless. Rain slowed the flames and no injuries were reported. Homeless residents are being cared for. In Kansas City, delegates arrive for the National Society of the Army of the Philippines eighth reunion. General Arthur MacArthur will respond to welcomes, and a Tailliary parade is planned with many veterans and Twentieth Kansas participants.
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Manila
Kansas City
National Society of the Army of the Philippines
Arthur MacArthur
Philippines
Twentieth
Kansas Volunteer Infantry Association
Iowa Deaths and Appointments in Brief Dispatch
In Boone Walter A. Murphy, street car barns superintendent, was killed by a live wire. Eldore reports W L Kuser appointed superintendent of the Iowa industrial home for boys, serving since 1901. Hansontown in Mason City area saw four dead from a tornado, including Ole Tweed Ashland Tweed and family. Des Moines court to hear the Dickinson and Gadd murder trial for Miss Irene Brydenburg at the September term.
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Iowa
Boone
Walter A. Murphy
Eldore
State Board of Control
W. L. Kuser
Kuser
Hansontown
Mason City
Ole Tweed
Ashland Tweed
Dickinson and Gadd
Des Moines
H. B. Dickinson
E. B. Gadd
Irene Brydenburg
Bidora
Polk County
Roberts Speaks at Estherville Joint Editorial Session
George Roberts former director of the mint was the principal speaker at a joint session of the Upper Des Moines and Corn Hall Editorial associations in Estherville Iowa Aug 9. He is one of the original members of his former association. Two injured when auto skids in Des Moines Aug 8 as a driver tried to avoid a carriage Mrs Charles Sturidge and Alma Smith were hurt with Mrs Sturidge possibly fatally hurt Hiram Smith the chauffeur suffered a wrist injury from braking to stop the car.
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Roberts
Estherville
George Roberts
Mint
Upper Des Moines
Corn Hall
Iowa
Des Moines
Charles Sthridge
Alma Smith
Tatally
Hiram Smith
Crazy Barber Arrested in Des Moines Insanity Case
In Des Moines Aug remarks the insanity commission found barber J A Warren has been crazy for months. He was arrested in his West Des Moines shop while shaving a customer. His wife swore out insanity charges, claiming a band of negroes with two bloodhounds had haunted him for months. Warren was committed to the asylum.
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Des Moines
J. A. Warren
West Side
Warren
Attacks Priest at Grave During Funeral in Cedar Falls
At Greenwood cemetery Father Luke Donlon of St. Patrick's Church was attacked from behind by First Lieutenant William M. McClure of the Third Iowa battery as services ended for Miss Mary Morris. The deranged officer aimed a rifle butt at the priest but the blow missed. funeral attendees restrained him and he was to be sent for hospital care. McClure has a noted Civil War record and twice ran for Congress against Speaker Henderson.
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Ceder Falls
Luke Donlon
St. Patrick's Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Third Lawn Battery
William M. McClura
Blackhawk County
Father Donlon
Mary Morris
McClure
Eight Hours to Untie Knot A Jewish Divorce Ceremony
Des Moines August news reports a laborious eight hour church divorce for Mr and Mrs Woolf Zacharia conducted by Rabbi H Zeitzig. The couple had a legal Polk County divorce weeks earlier, but church separation required translation of the decree into Hebrew and a ceremonial pass. Witnesses numbered about thirty as vows were broken and the decree was placed in church records.
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Zacharia
Des Moines
Woolf Zacharia
H. Zeltalg
Mra
Polk County
Zeitelg
Chicago
Zeitzig
Senaralon
Baseball results from major leagues and alliances
National League scores show St Louis 6 Boston 4 Chicago 14 Philadelphia 4 0 Cincinnati 61 Brooklyn 2 American Association Columbus 4 Kansas City 7 2 Louisville 3 St Paul 1 Toledo 18 Milwaukee 5 Western League Omaha 8 2 Pueblo 25 Sioux City 3 1 Des Moines 2 8
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St. Louis
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Columbus
Kansas City
Louisville
St. Paul
Toledo
Milwaukee
Omaha
Pueblo
Sioux City
Des Moines
Telegrams Terseley Report King Edward to Meet Emperor Francia
Telegrams note King Edward and Emperor Francia Joseph will meet in Isch, upper Austria, on August 15 and 16. Sunday was the hottest day in St. Louis in six years, reaching 98 degrees with three deaths and fifteen prostrations. A Memphis fire destroyed J Summerfield millinery and Burns Berry jewellers, logs on stock and building about 60000 dollars, partly insured. Yellow fever outbreak in Cienfuegos, Cuba, grows graver with eight new cases, total ten. Governor Folk will review Lord Barrington's murder sentence and decide by tonight whether to continue the death sentence. Railroad union seeks 20 cent daily raise for switchmen on Denver and Rio Grande. Bud and Charles Tarr, black men, escaped Georgetown jail. were taken to Lexington to avoid mob violence after assaulting Albert Sacre.
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Edward
Francia Joseph
Isch
Upper Austria
St. Louis
J. Summerfield
Burns-Berry Company
Memphis
Tenn
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Folk
Lord” Barrington
James P. McCann
Brotherhood of Railroad
Denver and Filo Grande
Bud
Charles Tarr
Georgetown
Warring
Lexington
Albert Sacre
Alfalfa In Illinois May Grow Across State
A Missouri or Kansas infested soil, rich in alfalfa bacteria, may inoculate Illinois fields. The Illinois Experiment Station notes sweet clover root bacteria also activate alfalfa, recommending spreading soil from clover patches over fields set for alfalfa.
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Ulinois
Eyck
DiMnois
Ilnois
Unols
Kansas
Popcorn Growers Report Prices in Iowa Crop
Iowa popcorn growers face a dip in holdings as price reports show $2.7 hundred per unit. Early harvest prospects are mixed with thirty to forty bushels per acre expected, prompting cautious optimism from the Iowa Homestead.
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Iowa
Lowa Homestead
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Johnston
Work OF Peace Conference
Crazy Barber
Bes Moines
Kingsford
Oswego
Oswagg
AJL
T. Kingsford & Son
N.Y
National Starch Company
Successors
J Lusch
Presherst, S., Eggert, Caaliesi
S.S. Dirainiz
Anet
Camis
First National Bank
Ben
Agk
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