Peace talks in Far East face tough road to harmony
The weekly summary notes progress and stalls in Russia Japan negotiations. Envoys reportedly settled three conditions giving Japan influence in Corea and open doors in Manchuria while ceding the Chinese Eastern railroad. A Sakhalin dispute teed up a break but was postponed.
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Corea
Manchuria
China
Sakhalin
Russia
Kaiser
Japan
England
Far East
Peking
London Times
Federal insurance supervision eyed after Sagamore Hill talk
President Roosevelt discussed federal supervision of insurance with industry leaders at Sagamore Hill and is expected to push for a Congress bill to formalize federal oversight in his next message. The discussion followed a wave of regulatory interest amid broader financial reforms and industry concerns.
Yellow fever spreads. deaths rise in New Orleans
New Orleans records 176 deaths and 1146 total yellow fever cases. Eleven cases found at Mississippi City, with the outbreak allegedly concealed since July 20. Suspected cases in Crawfordsville and near Michigan City, Indiana. Quarantine may delay oyster season. famine and grain exports feared. Dr. Egan of Illinois urges strong protections to keep the disease from southern Illinois.
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Mississippi City
Miss
Indiana
Crawfordsville
Michigan City
New Orleans
Egan
Illinois Board of Health
South
Illinois
Reformed Presbyterians Meet in Hopkinton Iowa
In Hopkinton two conventions of the Reformed Presbyterian church were held August 10. The Women’s Missionary Society and the Young People’s union held joint sessions drawing delegates from across the state. Leaders include Mrs. R. Cannon of Wyman and William McCullough of Hopkinton. The host town treated delegates to an outing on the Maquoketa River.
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Gilbert Station
Onawa
Iowa
Belvidere
Monona County
Turin
Council Bluffs
Ben Hur
William Morran
Thomas Morran
Stillwater
Minn
Spirit Lake
Ed Mundy
Clarinda
Cummins
Davenport
Henry McGaw
Little Rock
Ark
Atlantic
Atlantic Chautauqua
Bloomfield
J. B. Ritchey
Cedar Rapids
Harry Seki
Mamie Watts
Seki
Jamaica
Greene
Dallas
Guthrie
Hopkinton
B. H. Kroze
Jan
Lenox College
Whitworth College
Tacoma
Wash
Francis" Burcell
Reformed Presbyterians
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Women's Presbyterian Missionary Society
Young People’s Presbyterian Union
R. Cannon
Wyman
Women’s Missionary Society
J. Hensleigh
Morning Sun
A. M. Wallace
William McCullough
Young People’s Union
Jennie Edgar
Linton
Kathryn Marshall
Maquoketa
16 Year Old Norma Jayie Dies In Police Station
Norma Eugene Jayie a 16 year old awaiting transfer to a Dubuque home committed death by her own action in the matron's rooms at Des Moines police headquarters by drinking carbolic acid. Medical aid was immediate but she died twenty minutes after swallowing the poison.
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Des Moines
Dubuque
Norma Eugene Jayie
Tragedy at Rock River Bridge Claims Teen S life
Rock Rapids reports the death of 17 year old Hartey Bell son of ex County Recorder R A Bell from an accidental shotgun discharge under a railway trestle. Both barrels fired hitting his eyes and scalp as he tried to climb pilings. body found later.
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Rock Rapids
Hartey Bell
R. A. Bell
Illinois Central Railway
Rock River
Man Dies in Self-Ma de Gas Box In Sioux City
Lars Peterson a cabinet maker and longtime resident is found dead in a self made casket in Sioux City. He bored a hole in the box, attached a rubber hose to a gas jet, placed the nozzle in the hole, turned on the gas, and died. His wife discovered the scene. he had been acting queerly for some time.
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Sioux City
Lars Peterson
No Indication Yet
In a fragmented exchange from the Statesman text, characters debate plans and a professor’s baby, with unclear context and several garbled phrases. The dialogue hints at curiosity and reassurance without a clear outcome or event.
Darwin Refuted in Courtroom Quip Exchange
A fragmented courtroom dialogue shows a judge pressuring a defendant over beliefs about human ancestry. The exchange hints at a debate on evolution with a humorous albeit unclear exchange, mentioning monkeys and ancestors.
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Father
Sporeeger
Fragmentary romance image under a tree with a banjo
The readable snippet shows a man at a girl's feet under a tree with a banjo, hinting at imagined married life and seven children, but details are incomplete and unclear.
Local Painter Credits Dodd's Kidney Pills for Cure
Sault Ste Marie resident L. Smith of 3% Anne Street says a mysterious ailment left him nearly crippled requiring two canes. After one box of Dodd's Kidney Ville he improved enough to discard one cane, and the second box freed him from pain entirely, leaving him well and happy.
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Sault St. Marie
Mich
Ang Mth
L. Smith
Anne Street
City
Dodd
Faith in the Vestibule: Men Leave Umbrellas Behind
A short observation notes that few men have faith enough to leave their umbrellas in the vestibule of church, implying reluctance to trust offerings of shelter or ritual space.
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T& Cburch
Golden opportunity opens Utah lands to settlers
The Uintah Reservation in Utah comprising 2 444 000 acres is opened for settlement by Roosevelt's proclamation effective August 2. Entry can be made at Grand Junction Colorado Vernal Price and Provo Utah land offices. Citizens over 21 or heads of families may register for homesteads.
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Mentor
Lake Shore
Twentieth Century Limited
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Roosevelt
National Negro Business League
New York
Nickel Plate Road
Kishman
Harvey McPherson Null
H. C. Kelley
Pratt
Kan
Quebec
Earl Grey
Elm and
Prince Streets
Monroe
Austin Drake
Springfield
James Showley
Ernest Campbell
Wynn Station
Ind
State Department
China
Shanghai
Canton
Ambassador Tower
Berlin
Spain
Wong Kai Kah
Imperial Trade Commissioner
Uintah Indian Reservation
Marshall Field
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Cargie
War Department
Schuylkill Arsenal
Teamsters
Philadelphia
Taft
Congress
Russian Union of Peasants
Moscow
Collins
Brockton
Mass
Marsh
William Bate
National Baptist Convention
Bakersfield
Cal
Walter Sanger Pullman
Palace
California
Ase
America
Chicago & North-Western Railway
trans-Missouri Country
United States Land Offices
Grand Junction
Col
Vernal
Utah
Price
Provo
U. S
Uintah Reservation
Uintah
Uintah Mountain Range
Duchesne
Bert
Chicago, Tinian Pacific & North-Western
Denver
Colora
Midland
Mack
Mull's Grape Tonic Offered to Cure Constipation
An advertisement extols Mull's Grape Tonic as a cure for constipation and related ailments. It argues common laxatives weaken the body, claims rapid permanent relief, and invites readers to write for a free bottle with instructions, noting benefit for children and nursing mothers.
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Had. A
Mull
Guapa Toxic Co
Third Ave
Rock Island
Drug labeling note from a pharmacist label
A brief fragment notes that a genuine item has a date and number on its label and instructs not to take any other from the druggist. The context suggests a caution about labeling authenticity and sourcing.
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Atam
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