Hope to End Strike in Steel World Faces Denials
In Pittsburg on August 26 officials of United States Steel and the Amalgamated association denied any near peace. President Shaffer said no significant conference occurred and he would discuss peace only with authorized representatives. Despite denials, belief grows that powerful forces aim to end the strike and restore industrial prosperity. In Chicago on the same date South Chicago steel workers resisted renewed strike calls with only two joining the initial holdouts.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
Chicago
Trains Collision Kills Five in Illinois Yard Crash
In Prentice Illinois a collision between the Chicago and Alton Hummer passenger train and a war freight at 12 20 pm Wednesday killed five people and injured six. Names include engineer Don Sheehan and fireman John Adams of the passenger train, with casualties among passengers Michael Nolan Clyde Vandervoort and an unknown man. Injured include Robert Kiley AV Howatt Charles Marshall Charles Sims William Mason and A L Wood. All passengers escaped injury.
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Jacksonville
Chicaga & Alton
Prentice
Ill
Dean—Don Sheehan
John Adams
Michael Nolan
Springfield
Clyde Vandervoort
Robert Kiley
AV. Howatt
Bloomington
Charles Marshall
St. Louis
Charles Sims
Longdale
William Mason
Stuttgart
Ark
A. L. Wood
Death Trap at Water Works Crib 8 Claims Five Lives
Five men died when a gas explosion wrecked the shaft at water works crib No 8. Mud and water flooded the bottom as workers toiled near crib No 2, where a previous disaster claimed lives. Recovery and repairs will take weeks as crews search for bodies.
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Cleveland, O
Crib No. 8
Crib No. 3
Crib No. 2
No. 2 Crib
Mob Drives Out Blacks From Stroud Town
A mob in Stroud city expelled the Black population, organized to rid the town of its Negro residents. Local authorities report the violence occurred on August 26 amid rising tensions.
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Stroud
O. Li
City of Golconda Sinks After Sudden Squall Near Paducah
Paducah Ky Aug 20 The steamer City of Golconda en route to Paducah from Elizabethtown struck by a squall turned over in ten feet of water six miles above the city. Sixteen drowned as passengers sheltered in the cabin. Captain Bauer and Pilot Peck swam ashore saving others. Divers later put death toll over twenty with a cabin full of bodies. Victims include Lucy Graham Lucy Barnett Trixie Grimes W A Hogan and three children Ira Wallace Lucille and others from Paducah Grahamville Smithland Iola Golconda and Birds ville.
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Golconda
Elizabethtown
Crowell's Landing
Jesse Bauer
B. E. Peck
Bauer
H. E. Worren
Quertermouse
Hampton
Padueah
City of Golconda
Lucy Graham
Grahamville
Lucy Barnett
Smithland
Trixie Grimes
W. A. Hogan
Ira
Wallace
Lucille
Mr. Watts Davis
Livingstone County
Clarence Slayden
Iola
Wallace Bennett
Tola
D. Jackson
Will Woods
George Washington
Horace Rondgenu
Galconda
George Sandsburg
David Adae Smithland
May Fleming
Birdsville
Iowa Democrats nominate ticket for governor in Des Moines
Iowa Democrats in Des Moines state convention adopted a platform aligned with the national ticket and added reform planks on taxation, repealing the mule liquor law, and local option licensing. The ticket includes Thomas J. Phillips Ottumwa for governor and G. E. Ferguson Logan for lieutenant governor, among others.
Manila to Add Troops for Guard Duty and Possible Uprising
In Manila the garrison plans to add four infantry companies, raising effective strength above 1,000. Officials cite guard duties as the reason, though officials acknowledge the danger of Malay uprisings. Gen Chaffee says Manila is orderly with no uprising foreseen. Also reported is the surrender of Insurgent Col Loreel with 17 officers and 18 men to Capt Brown.
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Manilla
Chaffee
Manila
Col
Loreel
Brown
Fourth Infantry
Talisny
Boers Resolve to Fight as War Flares Across Cape Colony
Lord Kitchener reports Boer counter proclamation and vow to continue struggle. Dispatches describe sharp skirmishing near Uniondale, Scheppers command threatening Oudtshoorn, while Botha orders Boer captives held as hostages if Kitchener acts on threats.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Oudtschoern
Indian Ocean
Brussels
Botha
Populist Ticket Chosen at Des Moines State Convention
Middle-of-the-road populists gathered in Des Moines on Aug 24 and nominated L. H. Weller of Nashua for governor, Perry Engle of Newton for lieutenant governor, J B R McDonald of Des Moines for supreme judge, Luke McDowell of Shelby County for railway commissioner, and J Harland of Woodbury County for state superintendent of public instruction. All nominees were acclaimed. Resolutions backed the Omaha national platform, denounced trusts and rings, called for ending public franchise grants to private corporations, extended sympathy to the Boers, endorsed direct legislation, supported equal taxation, and favored state printing and binding under state supervision.
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Des Moines
Iowa
H. Weller
Nashua
Perry Engle
Newton
J. BR. McDonald
Luke McDowell
Shelby County
J. ©. Harland
Woodbury County
National Game reports death of A G Mills in Madison
A G Mills, a Madison capitalist, was found dead in his Cameron hotel room in La Crosse with a rubber tube at the mouth and the gas jet burning. He was about 50, a prominent Madison citizen with a daughter there. no reason for the supposed suicide is apparent.
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la Crosse
Wis
A. G. Mills
Madison
Cameron Hotel
Bradfield Regulator Promises Health For Women
An advertisement urges women to seek Bradfield's Female Regulator to cure womb issues nervousness headaches backache and general weakness claiming it has helped thousands. It emphasizes inner health as key to outer well being and offers a free illustrated book from The Bradfield Regulator Co Atlanta Ga, price one dollar a bottle.
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THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Dustas
Kay Hole
Théri
Thalf Silérice
Bradsfield
Bradfield
Christian Endeavor Convention at Cherokee Aug 27 29
The state program of the Christian Endeavor convention to be held at Cherokee August 27 to 29 is nearly complete. Noted speakers from this and other states will share views on current evangelical and practical questions. Cherokee Simauking plans extensive entertainment as preparations. Local societies are urged to appoint delegates and ensure statewide representation.
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Christian Endeavor
Cherokee
Tve
Kidney Cure Endorsement From Lina Resident
Wm. Finn of Lina reports excellent results from Foley's Kidney Cure. He says it relieved backache and hip pain, toned his system, and gave him new grit and energy. Miller, R. H., calls it an honest and reliable remedy and a sure cure for kidney diseases.
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Wm. Finn
Lina
Foley
R. H. Miller
Homeseekers Excursions Sell Tickets On Select Tuesdays
Homeseekers excursions run on the first and third Tuesdays each month with the Central Railway selling homeseekers tickets to Western Southern and Southwest points. Fare is one fare plus two dollars for round trip. Also includes testimonials about Ley’s Potent Medicines and Kadal Dyspepsia Cure praising relief and digestion benefits.
Cheap Round Trip Homeseekers Rates Via N P Ry
Northern Pacific Railway offers round trip homeseeker tickets at one fare plus $2.00 on the first and third Tuesdays of each month to points west of Little Falls Minnesota. Full particulars available from G D Rogers and Chas B Puah, St Paul and Das Moifies. Bright's disease warning and kidney cure ads interrupt the notice.
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Northern Pacific Railway, Company
Little Walls
Minn
G.D. Rogers
Locust St
St. Paul
Mion
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