Floods and Mob Turmoil Reported in Midwest and Oklahoma
Severe floods sweep Whiteside and Bureau counties in Illinois as water rises along the Mississippi. Boats wash away, hundreds of livestock perish, and thousands of crops lost. In Iowa Wateroo endures a cloudburst flooding streets. no deaths but extensive property damage. Separately a mob threat surrounds Cephas Bruner in Oklahoma, Governor Ferguson delaying commutation as tensions rise.
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Wateroo
Iowa
Dry Run
Levee Breach Floods Farmland Across Illinois and Iowa
Springfield reports a section of Lacey levee at Havana washed away by the Illinois River flood. About 12 000 acres are inundated with 5 000 under cultivation. water depth five to ten feet, with property loss undetermined. Keokuk Iowa notes heavy rains driving Mississippi tributaries and flooding. hundreds of farmers left homeless and jobless as crops fail and workers seek any work.
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Custos
Iowa
Whiteside
Bureau
Illinois
Mississippi River
Hennepin Canal
Green River
Springfield
Lacey
Havana
Ilinois
Keokick
Mississippi
Hannibal
France Clears Path to US Panama Canal Title
The French government guarantees that old claims against the Panama Canal project will not be presented, assuring the United States of a clear title. Washington expects to close negotiations soon as no further obstacles remain.
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France
United States
Panama Canal
United State
Panama Canal Company
Three Chiefs Killed Within a Year in Elkins West Virginia
F H Wilmoth chief of police was murdered at Womelsdorf while arresting two African American suspects. A posse pursues the killers. This marks the third Elkins police chief killed in twelve months following Robert Lilly and Page Mars t eis tars.
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Elkins
W. Va
F. H. Wilmoth
Womelsdorf
Here
Robert Lilly
Page Mars
Tellars
England's Great Perplexity Over Discharged Soldiers
The article notes England's post war labor squeeze as 30 000 yeomanry and reservists head to London after the South Africa war. It argues the state and employers must provide for disbanded heroes amid a limited labor market, with furloughs and unclear future plans.
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Ohn Bull Pazzied
South Africa
England
United States
Cape
Tecumseh Governor Commutes Seafus Bruner Sentence
Governor Ferguson commutes Seafus Bruner from death to life imprisonment after Seminole petition and affidavits arguing the boy’s age was 16 rather than 18. Bruner to be sent to the penitentiary soon. no threats of lynching reported as Tecumseh residents react to the decision.
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Esther Way Grtumm
Ferguson
Cephas Bruner
Martin West
Violet Springs
Oklahoma
Broner
Tecumseh
Pottawatomie County
Bruner
West
New Preparatory School Opens in Tonkawa
The University Preparatory School at Tonkawa will open September 8 with a nine member faculty and complete facilities. The school offers classical modern language scientific commercial music oratory physical culture and art tracks with free tuition for all. Applications and course bulletins are available from president 3 H Keney Tonkawa Okla.
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Tonkawa
Commercial School
School of Music
School of Oratory and Physical Culture
School of Art
H. Keney
Okla
Jeffries Remains Champion After Eighth Round Victory
In San Francisco the heavyweight title bout ends in round eight as Jeffries, bleeding from multiple gashes, lands a decisive blow to Fitzsimmons who is knocked to the canvas and counted out. Fitzsimmons fights valiantly before tiring as Jeffries secures the win and declares the match fair.
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Fitzsimmons
San Francisco
Jeffries
Fitz
Bob
Stright
Jeff
Jef
Making Valuable Gifts at Pawnee Pow Wow
The largest pow wow in years draws Cheyenne and Arapaho allies to a Pawnee camp north of town for ten days of feasting and dancing. Hosts distribute hundreds of ponies clothing and blankets while a chief gives a team and carriage and silver dollars to visiting kin. The Cheyennes and Arapahoes plan to return home soon with Pawnee hosts promising future gift exchanges.
Confiscated Walnut Logs Seized by Territorial Board
The Territorial School Land Board ordered the sale of eighteen walnut logs seized in Canadian county. Logs, once in Rock Island yards El Reno, were billed to Germany and consigned by J. W. Cordray who is under arrest for cutting timber from school land. Estimated total value is 500 dollars. Bids open at the territorial school land office.
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Territorial School Land Board
Germany
Guthrie
Department of the Interior
Canadian County
Rock Island
el Reno
J. W. Cordray
Territorial School Land Office
Cordray
Woods County Redistricting Proposals Consider Split
A Woods County delegation including W. H. Cofield and W. F. Hatfield visited Guthrie to urge the redistribution committee to divide Woods County into two districts by a north south line. A second Woods County committee proposed an east west division.
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Woods County
Guthrie
W. HH. Cofield Alva
W. F. Hatfield
Carmen
Five Tribes Receive Federal Trust Funds in Oklahoma
The Muskogee Phoenix reports that the United States owes the five tribes in Indian Territory about 8.9 million dollars in trust funds plus investment interest of about 57 thousand, totaling roughly 598 thousand. Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole shares are itemized with specific amounts and interest, with Creek needing the largest settlement and a pending distribution of up to 2 million dollars.
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United States
Indian Territory
Liotian
Uncle Sam
Australian Reporter Tricks Parliament Critics With Exact Speech
An Australian journalist proves a point by printing a speech verbatim to show how quotes can mislead readers. The stunt highlights how reporters’ word choices shape public interpretation and payroll of press coverage. A separate anecdote features Andrew Carnegie declining to fund a charity, saying he is not in the retail business.
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Sydney
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Makes Stage His Vocation. Son of Wealthy Banker Takes Up Theatrical Life
Jerome Harrington son of Watseka Illinois banker George C Harrington has been signed by Harrison Grey Fiske to play Lieut Col Bunner in Captain Molly at the Manhattan theater New York He graduated from Chicago University in 1900 studied banking with his father but his love for the stage drew him away He acted as Tammany sheriff in A Man from Mexico and joined Mme Modjeska company acting eight Shakespearian roles now a principal support for Elizabeth Tyree in Captain Molly
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Illinois
Jerome Harrington
George C. Harrington
Watseka, Ill
Harrison Grey Fiske
Col. Bunner
Captain Molly
Manhattan Theater
New York
Mr. Harrington
Chicago University
Mexico
Mme. Modjeska
Molly
Elizabeth Tyree
Miss Ellison Engaged to English Baronet
Miss Patti Burnley Ellison of Louisville is engaged to Sir Charles Henry Augustus Frederick Lockhart Ross a wealthy English landowner. The marriage is planned for mid November. She follows prior Louisville brides who gained titles Miss Grace Carr and Miss Lillian Langham.
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Miss Ellison
Charles Ross
Patti Burnley Ellison
Charles Henry Augustus Frederick Lockhart Ross
Louisville
Grace Carr
The Syntactical Reason
A Record composing-room anecdote recounts a hyphen dispute between two typesetters in Bail ey era Philadelphia printing. One claims beekeepers should be compound due to vowel join, while the other argues for consistency with style.
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John W. Bailey
Record
Swain
Third and
Chestnut Streets
Philadelphia
Unsettled Inquest Over Empty Bottle Evidence
In Astrakhan a coroner and clerk dispute the bottle’s contents after a murdere man inquiry. The clerk first labels the liquor vodka, the coroner insists it is gin, and finally an official note declares the bottle empty with no conclusive determination.
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Astrakhan
Two West Point Centennial Stories Recounted
Senator Warren of Wyoming brings back two West Point Centennial stories from the exercises. One tale features a gray haired officer and the president on officer workload and promotion. A cadet all night frolic followed, prompting a wake up joke about missing the next centennial.
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West Point
Senator Warren
Wyoming
Washington Post
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