Automatic switchboard patent boosts Sioux City firm
Notes from the capital report E A Clark of the Sioux City Exchange Iowa Telephone company patenting an automatic switchboard to replace central offices. Clark Automatic Switchboard Co incorporated in Providence Rhode Island with 1 5 million capital for manufacturing switchboards. The invention promises to end Hello girl operations and improve nationwide telephone facilities. Also covered state fair preparations Des Moines merchants excursion to several towns via Milwaukee road planned for August 7.
Confessed to Murder in Burlington Bedside Disclosure
In Burlington on July 23, S P Dahlman a 40 year old Swede told neighbor W Morehart he murdered his wife. He had moved from St Louis in December and smothered her with a pillow after she asked for water on March 27, 1897. He awaits transfer as police coordinate with St Louis authorities.
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Burlington
Tie
St. Louis
Preparing for War as Prince Tuan Mobilizes Troops
A Che Foo dispatch reports Prince Tuan mobilizing about 950,000 men in several corps to expel foreigners and march on Mukden. The Peking army splits into four corps with 40,000 marching toward Wei Nai Wei and Tien Tsin, while 23,000 Japanese troops are in China. Foreigners flee Shanghai as riots spread.
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Shanghai
Nankin
China
Iowa items recount many deadly accidents and crimes
A sprawling roundup from Iowa reports several fatal and near fatal accidents and crimes. Andy Brandveld died after a 25 foot fall near a ravine while a 13 year old, Earl Sieber, survived a 60 foot fall at Fort Dodge. S. Amendt killed himself after threats to his family. Kid Gallagher, John McGraw, awaits time in Lincoln prison for a Sioux City double murder. Various other incidents include a man shot in an arm during a confrontation in Sioux City, a 15 year old editor’s son with a skull fracture, a leg amputation from toe-nail infection, a rancher killed by vigilantes in Arizona, and a keg beer poisoning tale near Cerro Gordo. A Lincoln township barn fire destroys property and horses, Merritt Johnson dies after being struck by a train near Villisca. Des Moines plans a large horse show, a Black Hawk farmer dies in a lightning strike, and Des Moines seeks a tax case to the U.S. Supreme Court on foreign insurance companies. A Keokuk township discovery raises suspicion over Walter Davis’s missing body.
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Rockwell
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Ora Minter
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Robert Benjamin
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Waterloo
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Black Hawk Township
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State Supreme Court
Iowa
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A. H. McVey
Federal Court
Scottish Union and National Insurance Company
John Herriott
Mason Lewis
Keokuk
Wapello County
Walter Davis
Subscriptions near 700 in half day toward army post site
The committee gathering funds for an army post location raised just over $700 in a half day last week, pushing total subscriptions past the $20,000 mark. Chairman F M Ubbell aims for $40,000 by September 1, with the largest single gift of $500 from J B Polk. Polk stressed it was his personal gift and that the street car company would make its own future subscription, potentially tied to the site chosen to favor its routes.
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Army Post
F. M.ubbell
J. 8. Polk
Polk
British steamer seized Au Hing with Li Hong Chang aboard
Reports say the British vessel Bonaventure left Woo Sang today to seize the Au Hing carrying Li Hung Chang. A triumphal arch raised in Chang’s honor has been ordered removed by the city council.
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Shanghia
Bonaventure
Woo Sang
Au Hing
Li Hung Chang
Chang
Curtis declines the job as first assistant postmaster general
Washington dispatch reports Ex-Congressman George M. Curtis has been offered the post of first assistant postmaster general to replace Perry Heath. Curtis says business reasons would compel him to decline if tendered by the president. He has also declined to permit his name for Congress in the Second district.
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Heath
Clinton
Washington
George M. Curtis
Perry Heath
Curtis
Congress
Miners Ridge street car wreck injures forty
At Mineral Ridge and Niles the Mineral Ridge and Niles railway street car jumped the track, overturning with forty aboard. All passengers were injured, with details sparse and authorities coordinating aid. The incident followed by scattered international sports notes from Paris.
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Niles
Mineral Ridge
Allies Capture Tien Tsin After Wall Breach
Shanghai dispatch dated July 17 reports allied troops breach the walls of Tien Tsin, capture forts, and take the native city. Casualties among allies total about 800 over Thursday to Saturday, with Russians and Japanese hardest hit. Admiral Remey confirms city and forts now in allied hands. Killed or wounded tally listed, 775 in reported figures, Marines and army officers among the fallen and injured.
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Evening News
Tien ‘I's
Washington
Remey
Navy Department
Tien Tsin
Che Foo
Taku
Solace
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Lemley
Butler
Leonard
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Liscum
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Lee
Noyes
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Chinese Still Assure Foreign Ministers Safe Amid Riots
Washington dispatches relay two cables from Shanghai and Nanking. Sheng reports imperial decree stating all ministers are safe as insurgents clash. Li Kui Yi confirms except German minister killed by anarchists, others protected and under investigation. Li Hung Chang moves north to quell the riot.
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Sheng
Shanghai
Conger
Li Hung Chang
Li Kui Yi
Nanking
China
Allies Are Not Agreed in China Crisis
London reports growing evidence of China's long preparation for a formidable military effort as rebellion expands. Alliances among Britain, Russia, Germany, and Japan fray over control of Taku Tien Tsin railway, Yangtze patrols, and a Japanese army corps command, fueling alarm in allied capitals.
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Woolley Informed As Prohibition Presidential Candidate
John G. Woolley of the Prohibition party was formally notified of his nomination for U S president at a July 21 meeting in Central Music Hall Chicago. The hall was crowded as Samuel Dickie of Albion Michigan chairing the convention outlined Woolley’s nomination and Woolley spoke to enthusiastic cheers.
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Chicago
John G. Woolley
United States
Central Music Hall
Muel Dickie
Albion
Mich
Woolsey
Woolley
Telegraphic Chinese mass whether minister Conger alive
Washington reports Conger has sent a cipher cable from Peking stating he is alive and foreigners are under threat. The message, translated in Washington, confirms ongoing fighting around the legations. Reactions from Paris London Berlin reflect cautious optimism and continued fear of massacres.
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Tsun Ti Yamen
Shanghai
Peking
Wu Ying Fang
Hay
Meszaes
Paris
Pek'ng
Prince Ching’s
London
France
China
Tai Yuan
Shan See
Deeae
Fowler
Che Foo
Peking East
Berlin
Kreuz Zeitung
Germany
Supreme Court Sustains far Trade-Mark
An obscure clipping reports a Supreme Court ruling on a trade mark matter. The text is garbled with names and phrases suggesting a case impacting trademark rights, though details are incomplete.
Allied forces prep rescue mission from Tien Tsin
Secretary Long received a cable from Admiral Remey about freeing beleaguered ministers in Peking but did not release it. Other sources say Remey’s message concerns military conditions at Tien Tsin and Faku and a possible allied movement. A strong expedition of all powers may depart Tien Tain on the 30th to rescue foreigners in the Chinese capital.
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Remey
Tien Tsin
Washington
Long
Peking
Faku
Tien Tain
French Consul Demands Swift Vengeance Over Chinese Atrocity
London reports the French consul in Shanghai delivering an impassioned address at a reception. He condemns the alleged Chinese atrocity, pledging swift punishment for the perfidious nation and promising France will aid in avenging the noble victims.
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London
Juy
Shanghai
Morley’s Wonderful Used in Emergencies Proves Helpful
A parish resident from Morne Parish, La. reports using Morley’s Wonderf ul in emergencies and finds it relieves pleurisy and pain. Dr. T. EB. Barnham urges readers to ask their druggist, claiming the product offers relief in various cases.
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T. EB
Barnhamorne Parish
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