World News Briefs Highlight Strikes and Tragedies Across U S
Striking New York packing-house workers yield, signaling a setback for unions. A mob lynches Wash Bradley in Brunson Florida after convicting him of murder. Nebraska man Henry Toler dies rescuing his wife in a kerosene explosion blaze. Rail clerks begin their 29th annual convention in Boston. Parade incidents, school openings, and census notes pepper the national roundup. Wabash train wreck near Pendleton injures and kills visitors en route to St. Louis fair.
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New York
Chicago
Wash Bradley
N. B. Barrow
Brunson
Fla
Henry Toler
Afrika
Neb
United States
Fannerhall
Boston
Joseph Leath
Coeur de Leon
Commandery
Knoxville
Tenn
San Francisco
Knights Templar
Pendleton
St. Louis
William EB. Neal
Commonwealth
James K. Spreader
Nellie Robinson Neal
Louisville
Day Dunning
Citizens’ Bank
Mount Ayr
J. D. Underwood
Rogers Wheel Company
Lebanon
Underwood
J. Samuel McCue
Charlottesville
Omaha
Maj
Henry Seton
Gen
Crook
Baltimore
J. A. Logan
Ladkinsville
Yadkin County
N. C
Joseph Regnet
Irving Park
Chagrin Falls
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Conference Board
Rock Island
Tiskilawa
Ill
Huntsville
Ala
Comptroller of
Sara Stevens
Way Down East” Company
St. Paul, Minn
Uraemia
Political party nominations across several states
Governors Odell and Osborne foreclose candidacy claims while parties in New York Pennsylvania Nebraska Delaware Maryland Vermont Connecticut New Hampshire Utah Michigan Wyoming Wisconsin nominate candidates for governor or congress. A warning against factionalism and partisan officeholder activity closes the report.
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Gov. Odell
New York
Democratic Congressional Conference
Pennsylvania
Joseph E. Throop
Nebraska
John L. Kennedy
Omaha
Congress
Caleb 8. Pennewill
Dover
Delaware
Baltimore County
Maryland
Talbot
Vermont
Charles J. Bell
Oliver
War Department
George H. Shebley
Washington
Continental Party
Chicago
Michigan
Republican Judicial Convention
Saginaw
Supreme Court
A. V. McAlvey
Manistee
R. C. Ostrander
Lansing
Charles A. Blair
Jackson
Connecticut
Democrats
New Haven
A. Heaton Robertson
New Hampshire
Henry Hollis
Concord
Roy L. Morse
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin
James H. Moyle
Salt Lake
Utah
Charles Wellman
Port Huron
John E. Osborne
Rawlins
Wyoming
Calvin
Stewart
Kenosha
Judge Parker
Rosemount
Dynamic Moves in World War I and Related Affairs
Marquis Oyama reports Japan occupies Liaoyang after heavy losses. Kuropatkin’s forces are said cut off but extricated. Bayan's commander to switch to Port Arthur squadron. Cuban senate ratifies extradition treaty. Gale damages Newfoundland fishery property. 11 lives lost. New England mills resume, 123000 return to work. Japan readies for a three year war and rejects first overture for peace. Uruguayan conflict sees 2000 killed and 4000 wounded. Anping fight details prescribe Russian position capture with heavy sacrifice. Russian army to reorganize into two armies under Linievitch Kaulbars.
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Marquis Oyama
Liaoyang
Stakelberg
Kuropatkin
Viren
Bayan
Prince Ouktomsky
Port Arthur
Cuba
Newfoundland
New England
Japan
Anping
Linevitch
Baron Kaulbars
Baltic fleet sails east as war and politics swirl
The Baltic fleet departs for the far east with eight battleships four cruisers torpedo boats and twelve transports as Viceroy Alexieff resigns awaiting the emperor's decision. Reports tally Liaoyang casualties at 17539 and Russian wounded at 12309. railway efforts push toward Chicago by 1906 and Lipton heads for St Louis to attend the exposition.
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Far East
Alexieff
Tokio
Liaoyang
Charles Farrow
Philadelphia
Alma Heck
Crystal Falls
Wis
Green Bay
Canadian Pacific Railway
Mission Junction
Man
Anthony Thornton
Illinois State Bar Association
Illinois Supreme Court
Shelbyville
Ill
Springfield
Mme. Melba
Paris
Columbia
Chicago
Lena
San Francisco
Washington
Pacific Coast
Southern Indiana
Mukden
Kuropatkin
Col
Younghusband
Dalai Lama
Potala
Thibet
Toney Jones
Montgomery
Ala
Warren Jones
Grinnell
Walter Champlain
Will Morgan
Champlain
Morgan
A. Kingman
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Massachusetts
J. M. Walden
Methodist Church
Cincinnati
California
Alameda
Conta Costa
Sir Thomas Lipton
England
St. Louis
David R. Francis
Interparliamentary Union
Fairbanks
New Jersey
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Iowa School Fund Reaches 4.76 Million Amid Valley Crops
Des Moines reports Iowa school fund totals 4 755 519 85 dollars sourced from fines taxes and penalties. Counties pay 41 percent interest to the state and lend at five percent on first class real estate security. Apple and grape yields surge while fall term starts at the Council Bluffs Deaf School with practical instruction and district nurse aid.
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Des Moines
School Fund of
Iowa
Iowa School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Henry W. Robert
Board of Control
Angel of Light
Battles and deaths mark Liaoyang and Port Arthur clash
Reports from St. Petersburg cite Gen Kuropatkin losing about 17000 men in ten days at Liaoyang while a port Arthur mine wiped out about 900 Japanese attackers. The era notes prominent deaths including Dr George Lorimer and Louis Dreibler. The clash featured a 600 gun artillery duel with 60 shells per minute over 12 hours.
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War Office
St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Liaoyang
Louis Dreibler
Paris
George C. Lorimer
First and Immanuel Baptist Churches
Chicago
Tremont Temple
Boston
Aix-les- Bains
France
Port Arthur
Founding Suburb Plan for Valley Junction by William Irwin
William Irwin, a leading Valley Junction businessman, aims to transform the suburb into a Des Moines residential area and mining hub. He plans to buy acreage for many tenement houses to rent to Walnut Creek miners, with potential to salvage and recover value if the project fails.
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William Irwin
Valley Junction
Des Moines
Walnut Creek
Des Moines Schools See Large Attendance Rise This Fall
Enrollment in Des Moines schools and colleges totals about 17 500 this fall, signaling strong educational progress. Both districts report solid figures with many institutions showing higher attendance than last year.
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Des Moines
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Clarke County
San Diego
Cal
George M Moulton
Illinois
Knights Saratoga
Treasury Department
Manila Bay
Dewey
St. Paul
Donnelly
State
Capitol
The
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
State Board of Control
Clarinda
Eldora School
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Glenwood
Independence Hospital
Marshall Town
Schoo
Mount Pleasant Wengeee
Vinton College
State School For the
Vinton
Hospital For
Independence
Mt. Pleasant
Capitol Improvement Commission
State House
State of Iowa
Henry W. Fleming
Retail Grocers’ Association
W. Bicknell
Elizabeth H. Thompson
Lillydale
N.Y
Wise Templar
W.C.T.U
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Evizanette H. Trompson
Carey
Toledo
Hocking Valley
Detroit
Michigan Central R. R
Warren J. Lynch
Cincinnati, Ohio
A. J. Tower CO
Ostot
Mass
U.S
A. Tower Canadian Co.,ltd
Toronto
Canada
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Dubuque
J. ¥. Merry
Anabesis
Anabeses
Tribune Building
Hay
Ohio
A. W. McCormick & Bons
Walnut St
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