Ackley World Promotes City and Paper Worth
The World newspaper in Ackley Hardin County touts the town as wealthy with water works electric lights and schools. It highlights rail lines creameries mills and a population over two thousand while praising its leading paper The World for extensive job work and free notices for marriages deaths and local items. It invites world correspondence and reader submissions.
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Ackley
Hardin County Feta
Sacred Heart Academsp
Ackle
Ackley Entors
Tite Worth
Iowa
Postal Chief Receives Record Souvenir Upon Homecoming
Armored postal head Mr Joli Forsyth returned to New York aboard the Teutonic with his wife Mrs Forsyth after a twenty year pause. Fellow workers sent the largest postal yard ever mailed, costing $1.04 to post. Card features a boat picture, “Aunt” and “Uncle” captions, and a “Welcome home” message signed by many. Forsyth plans to frame it.
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Armote Postal Department
Joli Forsyth
New York
Teutonic
New York Globe
London society men to wear blue velvet evening coats
A Boston Globe report notes a fashion dispute where Lon don society men will wear blue evening coats and trousers or knee breeches will be optional. The piece discusses whether either option is essential for proper attire.
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London
Boston Globe
Want Hughes for Governor in New York
Friends of Republican State Chairman B. B. Odell notified Roosevelt supporters that Charles Hughes should be nominated for New York governor on the Republican ticket. The move signals unity within party factions ahead of the upcoming campaign.
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Hughes
New York
Friends of State
B. B. Odell
Republican State Committee
Friends of
Roosevelt
Charles ©. Hughes
Fifty Men Entombed In Clinchport Mountain Tunnel
Aug 18 Bristol VA report fifty men trapped by a cavern in the Clinch tunnel at Clinchport. Air pumped 700 feet, rescue under way as contractors note the one mile tunnel under construction by South and Western railroad at 2.2 million dollars. Three bodies recovered, two seriously injured. details delayed by remoteness.
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Bristol
Clinch Mountain
Clinchport
Virelila
Tlen
Wotten
Reseua
Cinch Wonnlatn
Crnchport
Scott County
Here
Big Stone Gap
Virginia
Southwestern
Peasants Defeat Cossacks in Penza Uprising
At Penza region headquarters intelligence reported a clash between Cossacks and peasantry. A 600-strong mob armed with rustic weapons charged, wounded several Cossacks, and forced retreat to cover behind a wall. Five peasants were killed and scores wounded. Cossacks withdrew after a volley and retreat. A priest assisting the wounded was beaten before a peasant’s wife intervened.
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Petersburg
Neagantry
Penza
Removal Demanded As Odessa Prefect Blamed for Outrages
An anti Semitic journal printed in Odessa attributes anarchistic outrages to Prefect of Police Gregorieff and calls for his removal. Governors general Kaylbars and Kautbars are cited as supporters of the attack amid claims of opposition to their programs.
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Gregorieff
Odessa
Kaylbars
Kautbars
Confidence in Trade Improves as August Progresses
Bradstreet reports rising confidence in crops and steady to large shipments across manufacturing sectors. Orders from manufacturers broaden as August advances with cotton fabrics dry goods and apparel moving at firm or higher prices. Prices strong overall except for new crops and certain cereals.
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New York
Bradstreet
Denounces Colombian President Reyes as Traitor
New York Aug 17 The Tribune reports an open letter by Diego Mendoza Diaz former Colombian minister in Washington denouncing President Reyes as a traitor and accusing him of bad faith. Mendoza says Reyes formed a secret debt agreement with Panama, sacrificing Colombia’s rights on the Isthmus and hints at a lighthouse sale plan to the United States with a 10 percent commission.
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Dings Mendoza
New York
the Tribune
Publc
Diego Mendfloza
Colombia
Washington
Bogota
National Assembly
Heyes
Senor Mendoza
London
Reyes
Amedor
Panama
Department of Colombia
Colon
United States
Dynamite Blast Kills Fifteen in Chihuahua Mexico
A Chihuahua Mexico dynamite explosion blew two cars to atoms one mile south of the Chihuahua station. Fifteen people, all Mexicans including two women and two children, were killed and eight men injured. An American, A L Lewis, was hurt. The blast wrecked nearby buildings and caused a second explosion at the Andrescobelite factory, injuring thirty and wrecking the plant. Shocks cracked windows and loosened plaster across the city.
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el Paso
Tex
Herald
Chihuahua
Mex
Mexican Central
A. L. Lewis
Robinson Mining Company
Garfield Park Bank Closed in Receiver Action
The Garfield Park bank at 2024 West Madison Street, Chicago, placed in receivership by Judge Bethea. Ellie Drake, bank president, faced solvency questions as three creditors seek action for several thousand dollars. Receiver Henry Heist appointed with a $10,000 bond. doors reportedly closed following Milwaukee Avenue State Bank’s entrance.
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Chicago
Aux
Garfield Park Bank
West
Madison Street
Bethea
United States District Court
Ellie Drake
Henry Heist
Milwauke Avenue State Bank
Aztec Architecture and Cement Era Enduring Mexican Builders
The article describes Aztec architecture noting adobe remains limited and most structures use stone brick or cement. It cites a pre 1450 brick building, cement’s 500 year use in cathedrals, and twenty cement pyramids over 500 years old, including a 170 foot structure with a 30 foot diameter cement lodde. It compares ancient Algree work, white Minestone carvings, and describes interiors, courts, and painted walls, praising ancient builders as ahead of modern ones.
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Mesivo
Mexico
Vera Cray Pacific
Toro Bravo
Athera
Xeiptor
Hinestone
Repbtic
Cnturies
Refrigerator Rules From A Historic Guide
Rules describe proper use of a home refrigerator with steps to organize shelves avoid overfilling and spillage. It warns against placing food directly on the ice and suggests cleaning the interior weekly. Detailed methods include boiling water rinses and drying before reusing the appliance.
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Lee
Digestive health ads blend in town page
Fragmented ad copy promotes various tonics and laxatives sold by Schultz, praising De Witt’s Little Early Risers, Kennedy’s Laxative Honey and Tar, and Kodal Mor Nyanen for digestion. Mentions products for over eating and general well being, with promotional notes by “Uncle” figures and a mock advisory tone.
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Shultz
Prof
Tyler
Amherst College
Schultz
Des Moines Describes August Fair Travel Deals
Des Moines open fare details for a round trip to Lewa State Fair via Chicago Great Western Railway. Tickets on sale August 2 for travel August 34 to September 1 with return by September 1. Child fare available. Information through Great Western Agency or J. Y. Bimer. Also notices openings in Omaha for business opportunities, with Magill Towpalte Dept. offer.
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Lewa
Des Moiven
Chicago Great Western Railway
Great Western Agend
J. Y. Bimer
A. B.A
I. i. Magill
Mgr
Towpalte Department
Omaha
Pouwn Polk
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A. G. Hacksvarp
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Cincinnati
James Matthews
Edward Bopkins
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Shotts
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City Meat Market
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