Inconvenience of dress at Guild Hall banquet
The Advance notes an incident at a state banquet in Guild Hall where American ambassador Choate wore evening dress while others in court or uniform, provoking remarks about attire and decorum. Also referenced are brief items on obituaries, Roentgen hair removal, box kite physics, Vanderbilt’s expansion, Canadian militia, cable buoyancy, and other assorted 19th century curiosities.
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Choate
Guild Hall
Canada
State of
New York
Dominion of Canada
Fireman John Fisher Killed in Wreck Near Hawarden Iowa
A Chicago and Northwestern wreck near Hawarden Iowa killed Fireman John Fisher of Hagel Grove and wounded several others after a relief engine ran without orders. The collision involved five coaches, with Fisher crushed beneath the wreckage as passengers were thrown from seats. Cleanup and track repairs delayed traffic for days.
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Hawarden
Chicago and Northwestern
John Fisher
Hagle Grove
Here
T. H. Burns
Fisher
Charles Pratt
Eagle Grove
Six Mile Creek
Pratt
Messenger
Strawer
W. A. Fowler
Round House
Burns
Harry White
C. W. Beckett
Stock Train Wreck Near Parker Injures Engineers
A doubleheader stock special carrying Texas cattle for the range near Pierre wrecked at 4 10 this morning after a gust blew an empty freight car onto the main line. The front engine struck the car and slid onto a side track, the second engine diverting to the main line. Both engines were pulled off the rails and plowed through mud. Ten cattle cars wrecked and about twenty head of young cattle killed. no engines heavily damaged. Conductor Wharter in charge. Wrecking crews from Huron and Hawarden worked to lay a track around the wreck.
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Parker
Parker, & C
Texas
Pierre
Wharter
Huron
Hawarden
Tornado Kills Three In Buxton Monroe County Town
A tornado near Buxton in Monroe County wrecked the light structures of the mining town on the Northwestern branch. Two people were killed and a third will die, with eight injured. The dead are George Blakey and Herbert Rhodes. Mrs Rhodes fatally injured. Rain and hail accompanied a fierce thunderstorm, flooding streets and damaging stock and crops.
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Buxton
Monroe County
Oskatoosa
Here
George Blakey
Herbert Rhodes
Fatalities at Glennwood Inmates Die in Wind Storm
A severe wind storm swept Glennwood last night killing two inmates of the institution for the feeble-minded. Two others were injured with cuts and bruises as the storm struck Council Bluffs at about o'clock yesterday.
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Council Bluffs
Glennwood
Iowa crop bulletin reports wet weather slows corn planting
Des Moines May 27 heavy local downpours worsened soil conditions and delayed corn planting and field work in central and western Iowa. Mississippi river counties benefited from timely showers easing plowing and planting while northeast east central and southeast districts improved with warmth and moisture. Germination is generally satisfactory with an excellent stand. small grains and pastures show good growth though oats may rank on rich soils. Overall conditions depend on a return to normal weather.
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Des Moines
Mississippi River
East Central
Missouri River
Narrow Escape as Team Drowns in Heavily Flooded Creek
Claude Wills, a farmer near Croton, narrowly escaped drowning after his team and buggy were swept into Six Mile Creek near Hawarden Iowa on Sunday night. He reached the bridge area around six, saw water covering the edge, and drove off edge. one horse fell in and pulled the other into the current. Wills grabbed a willow and held on to reach the bank. The horses and buggy were lost to the flood and not recovered. Heavy rain caused widespread flooding, with bridges out and the Six Mile Creek higher than ever, threatening corn fields and undermining riverbanks along the Sioux.
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Claude Wills
Hawarden
Irving
Croton
R. CG
Willy
Wills
Hawarden High School to graduate largest class yet
Hawarden Hawarden High School plans its commencement on May 29 with the largest graduating class in the school’s history. The class color is Nile green and white, with the white rose as the class flower and the motto End of Volume.
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Hawarden High School
Hawarden
Haw Warden High School
Mr. Rinehart
Hearst
New York
California
Solid South
Kansas City Platform Organization
Iowa
Rinehart
Marshalltown
J. C. Wiletts
Oskaloosa
Malcolm Smith
Cedar Stupids
J. A. Jarl
Rehearing Filed in Mulot Tax Case in Des Moines
A petition for rehearing has been filed with the supreme court in Cook and others vs. the county of Marshal. The case concerns the constitutional validity of a $200 mullet tax on places selling cigarettes. The supreme court recently upheld the statute. Drowned While Bathing in Burlington River. John Matson lost his life while swimming in the river. Run Down by Train near Graf Station, Dubuque. Michael Majerus, a farmer, was killed instantly by a Great Western train.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Cook and Others
Marshal
Burlington
John Matson
Dubuque
Michael Majerus
Graf Station
Here
Reliance Opens With Favorable Breeze In Matinocock Race
In Matinocock Point Long Island May 28 the new Defender Reliance impressed in testing against Columbia and Constitution. A southeast breeze built to nine knots as excursion fleet arrived at ten o clock. Sail hoists reached 63 on Reliance, Columbia and Constitution. The course was planned as a 15 mile triangle with windward work and long reaches, promising a spanking good race.
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Matinocock Point
L. I
Reliance
Columbia
Constitution
Des Moines Flood Spurs Mass Displacement and Destruction
Des Moines faces a catastrophic flood with four feet of water in the East Des Moines business district and thousands displaced. Bridges are condemned, hundreds of blocks submerged, and power and water plants strained as the city retreats to boats and shelterless streets. Thousands suffer with freezing rain and lack of food, while levees fail and the Des Moines river rises beyond record levels.
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Des Moines
East Des Moines
Dess Moines
Daily Capital
Center Street
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Wabash
Burlington
Rock Island
Parole For Frank Baird Awakens New Trial Hopes
Des Moines Illinois May 30 Friends of Frank Baird of Creston who was shot in the Sullivan Hamilton robbery movement for pardon or parole. Baird has not disclosed aides and ex-Deputy Marshal Richards faced implication. It is claimed a new trial could yield surprising evidence. He is at Fort Madison penitentiary. Appeal steps begun and bond cut from 11000 to 5600.
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Des Moines
Ill
Frank Baird
Creston
Sullivan
Hamilton
Baird
Richards
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Missing Albia man David Mock feared murdered
Albia Iowa May 30 residents fear foul play in the disappearance of David Mock formerly of Grant's Pass Oregon He left April 20 with about $1000 on his person and trunk reached Albia April 26 as relatives mount an investigation amid rumors of homicide
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David Mock
Albia
Monroe County
Grant’s Pass
Oregon
Grant's Pass
Abraham Mack
West
Derailed Southern Pacific Train Injures Dozens Near Rin Gow
A train derailment on the Southern Pacific railroad about a mile north of Rin Gow, California, Saturday night left about forty injured, some seriously. Cars plunged down a forty foot embankment into the sea, with several cars derailed and others leaving the track. Names listed include Mrs J A Smith of Santa Barbara and Nelson Johnson of Fort Madison, with multiple passengers reported cut, bruised, or internally injured. A special train transported the injured to Cottage hospital for treatment.
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Jvatland
Bastenger Bn Gdutiora Puatigi
Are
Santa Barbara
Cal
Pasdetwer
Patide
Rin Gow
J. A. Smith
Cottage Hospital
Mie
Nelson Johnson
Fort Madison
Carr
Creston
Mia
J. B
J. M, Casey
Casey
Riot at West Liberty game ends in lynching attempt
At High Bridge in West Liberty Borough a Sunday baseball crowd of 2,000 watched two local teams. A mob attacked six gamblers with revolvers, shooting a Black man fatally and beating another to death after dragging victims from a chicken coop. A rope was readied for a lynching before officers arrived. no arrests have been made.
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Pittsburg
High Bridge
West Liberty
Sandy” Garrett
Sandy
George Forter
Charles Kelly
William Davis
Dynamite Threat At Battle Creek Sanitarium Discovery
A rumored plan to blow up the Adventists' sanitarium at Battle Creek during the dedicatory exercises was uncovered after an anonymous warning. Authorities found saturated cotton and two packs of dynamite inside the building following a thorough search amid the expected 26 000 visitors and Governor Bligh's staff.
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Adventist Institution
Battle Creek
Mich
Bliga
Haseen
Duel With Rapiers Sparks Incident Near Adrian Mich
A confrontation near Adrian Michigan between a local man who writes as Prince Robert and a New York writer named F. 9 Billa ended with a man named Ellis wounded. The quarrel arose over a Toledo woman engaged to Prince Robert, and the assailant apologized before returning to New York.
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Prince Robert
New Yorker
Rapiers
Adrian
Billa
New York
Toledo
Onslaught Ellis
Famine in Kwangai China Reports Deadly Toll
American Consul in Hong Kong via Victoria on June 2 reports a dire famine in Kwangai China. Consul General McWade describes the situation as appalling with hundreds dying daily as people starve and struggle for bread. The crisis is spreading, with scarce food and growing desperation across the region.
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Hong Kong
Kwangai
Victoria
McWade
United States
Oration by Gen Smith at National Memorial Day rites
June ceremonies across Washington observed Memorial Day with a nationwide display of flags and monuments. General Smith praised reunion, urged mutual forbearance on racial issues, and argued emancipation created new duties for a united nation.
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Mario Ay
Arlington
Charles Emory Smith
Soldiers’ Home
Edward P
Reeds of
Iowan
Thos
McKeeny
En ' At
Elizabeth’s
Ray
Asa
Fiske
Gunton Temple Memorial Church
Battle Ground Cemetery
C.* Pierce
United States Army
Harmony Cemetery
John C. Danoy
Corder of Deeds
District of Columbia
Cushman Kuavis
Minnesota
General Smith
Union
Day in Chicago marks Memorial Day turnout
Chicago observed Memorial Day with a naval demonstration on the lake front featuring more than 1,000 veterans. Across cemeteries, about 100,000 men, women, and children participated in ceremonies. A strait parade of veterans and military and civic organizations marched downtown in the afternoon amid a raw, windy day.
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Chicago
Lake Front
Civb
Sherman statue unveiled in New York on Decoration Day
New York marked Decoration Day with the unveiling of Auguste Gauden's equestrian statue of General William T. Sherman in Plaza Circle near Central Park. A parade led by troops and the G A R Loyal Legion preceded the ceremony reviewed by Governor Odell and Secretary Root, with memorial ceremonies at Grant's Tomb and other cemeteries across the city.
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Gauden
York
New York
G. A. R. Loyal Legion
Odell
Anarchists Arrested After Plot to Attack Leader
A damaged dispatch from Mentoxe reports an alleged plot against Klug Viet Manuel during an event in Parla. Police detained a trio described as aging to aid the plan, with authorities citing suspicion and intent tied to the upcoming visit.
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Parla
Mentoxe
Viet Manuel
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