Vast Iowa Nebrainstorm Drench Floods Cities and Crops
Regions across Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota faced a severe storm with heavy rainfall up to four inches in four hours and widespread flooding. towns like Laporte City Marshalltown Dannebrog Lincoln and Omaha reported flooded streets basements filled and property damage in the thousands. a 9 year old boy Langdon drowned in Linn Creek. Severe wind hail and cloudbursts damaged homes farms and crops with livestock losses.
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Towa
Nebraska
Iowa
Laporte City
Black Hawk County
Cedar River
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Langdon
Linn Creek
Clorinda
St. Paul
Neb
Dannebrog
Cortland
Omaha
Lincoln
Mitchell
S. D
Hanging in Indiana a Michigan City man is executed
Willis B Wheeler, who killed his son in law Elias Burns in Warrick County on September, was hanged at the northern prison shortly after midnight Thursday. The trap sprung at 12 05 am and Wheeler died within five minutes. His attorneys had sought a new trial which the supreme court refused.
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Michigan City
Ind
Willis B. Wheeler
Elias Brown
Warrick County
Wheeler
Elias Burns
Burns
Supreme Court
Triple murder in Missouri tied to robbery motive
A St Joseph Missouri special reports Mrs Belle Smith and her two children were found dead in the ruins of their Hardin home. Investigators say a triple murder preceded robbery and that $1000 from an insurance policy funded by the late husband was involved. A pidiat was found among the ruins and a gang of tramps was seen nearby the day before. Authorities have no crew.
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Missouri
St. Joseph
Belle Smith
Hardin
Floods Reach Maximum Across Kansas Rivers
Advices from Topeka suggest the Kansas rivers remain high with the Arkansas River still elevated and extensive property damage reported. Cottonwood and Neosho near Lyon County overflowed banks, drowning stock and ruining corn. A Missouri freight collision near Nelson, Saline County killed two passengers. Wrecks in Wisconsin and Ohio leave several injured or dead as trains derail and horses perish.
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Topeka
Iran
Kansas
Arkansas
Neosho
Lyon County
Sedalia
Missouri Pacific
Nelson
Saline County
Joe Barth
Booneville
Hubert Anderson
Blackwater
Mercer
Gomez Refuses Cuban Pension in Open Letter
Havana dispatch reports Gen. Maxim o Gomez has published an open letter refusing the $6 000 annual pension provided for him in a resolution before the Cuban house of representatives.
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Gomez
Havana
Maximo Gomez
House of Representatives
Mount Pelce Eruption Reported by Fort de France
Fort de France dispatch notes a volcanic outburst from Mr. Pelce on Friday forming four heavy plume-like trails. The event was less dense than the May 20 eruption, with no ashfall or debris reported.
Packer Dispute Over Wages and Strike Leader Rehiring
The union teamsters win a wage deal but reports say packers may refuse to re employ striking leaders. Men fear idleness and further yard trouble if active protesters are removed. An inquiry finds some discharged workers claim they were targeted for union activity.
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Agaifist
Lincoln Rainstorm Ravaged Town With Heavy Flooding
A Lincoln Nebraska special reports the year's worst rainstorm sweeping the city early Thursday. A recorded three inches of rain in one hour flooded streets and sewers, inundated basements, and ruined merchandise in several blocks. Hail battered areas ten miles southwest, damaging wheat fields and killing livestock in that zone.
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Lincoln
Neb
Miners Strike Escalates Amid Violence and Withdrawals
Report from the scene describes workers quitting en masse as tensions rise. President Mitchell condemns violence and notes progress of the general strike while a planned serenade at Miners’ Mills is canceled by strike headquarters amid unrest.
Shot by Non-Union Man at Granite City Strike
St. Louis dispatch reports a non-union shooter opened fire on striking molders at Granite City. Three whites were wounded, one mortally. a guard named Bell fired after being struck by a rock. A murder warrant was issued against Bell.
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Granite City
St. Louis
Cunningham
Bell
I'syo
Cherokee Insane Hospital Delayed Opening Likely in August
The Cherokee asylum will not be ready to receive patients by July 1 as planned. Superintendent Voldeng says plumbing electrical work and furnishings are incomplete and the buildings cannot be hastened. The institution may open in August or later with about 600 patients expected from Independence and Clarinda and current Northwest Iowa counties institutions.
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Cherokee Asylum
Saya
Cherokee Insane Hospital
Board of Control
Voldeng
Independence
Clarinda
Iowa
Britain faces 200 million more war costs in South Africa
London reports Sir Michael Hicks Beach said in Parliament that the £40,000,000 war budget will be required to de mobilize and transport troops in South Africa, to move Boer families from concentration camps, and to furnish garrisons.
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London
Michael Hicks- Beach
House of Commons
South Africa
Double Shooting In Keosauqua Leaves Girl Dead and Man Wounded
In Keosauqua Central eleven miles south of here a farmhand Albert Hale aged 21 shot Dora Donahue aged 16 through the heart on a street corner then wounded himself in the forehead. Hale, who had been working for Dora’s father, is expected to recover. Infatuation and jealousy cited as motives.
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Keosauqua
Central
Here
Albert Hale
Dora Donahue
Hale
Blaze at Kingsley Destroys Machinery Shop
Fire at James James property in Kingsley destroyed machine shop wagon and carriage house and contents. Loss about 5000 dollars. Fire origin unknown. Fire department and bucket brigades saved two blocks of the town from major damage.
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Kingsley
James James
Eye disease outbreak prompts school health measures
New York reports ophthalmia a contagious eye disease common among public school pupils. The Board of Health adds it to the contagious list and requires physicians to report each case. Transmission may occur via shared handkerchiefs or towels used by the affected person.
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New York Board of Health
New York Dispatch
Board of Health
Poor Girl to Be His Bride Announces Boston Engagement
Roland Worthington Jr of Boston, millionaire clubman and real estate owner, becomes engaged to Edith L Jolson a Wrentham stenographer. She is the public stenographer in the Worthington building on State Street, a major Boston office edifice. Their friendship reportedly ripened over recent months.
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Roland Worthington, Jr
Boston
Mass
Roland Worthington
Edith L. Jolson
Wrentham
Worthington
State Street
Injunction Halts West Beef Packers in New York
An Albany special reports Supreme Court Justice Chester granted an injunction restraining certain beef packing companies from doing business in New York in violation of the Donnelly anti trust law. Orders have been served on state representatives based on an affidavit from D W Meredith former manager of Swift Co.
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New York State
Albany, N. Y
Supreme Court
Chester
West
Ani
D. W. Meredith
Swift & Co
Drownings After Rowboat Capsize in Columbia River
Four people drowned when a rowboat capsized in the Columbia River near Martin's Bluff twelve miles above Kulama. Herbert Martin saved his mother and two others before swimming back to assist the rest and perished with the others.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Martin's Bluff
Kulama
Herbert Martin
Krupp's Greatest Invention Revealed In Berlin
A Berlin dispatch reports Krupp has perfected a gun whose projectile can pierce the thickest armor plates. Emperor William witnessed trials and requested exclusive use for the German navy.
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Krupp
Berlin
Boersen
Herr Krupp
Emperor William
Would Merge Churches In West Liberal Union
Rev H Richardson formerly of Marshalltown now at Boone Universalist church will travel to Chicago next week to discuss forming a union of western liberal churches with a central Chicago organization guiding denominational interests. The plan aims to unite liberal congregations under a unified structure.
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West
Iowa
H. ©. Richardson
Marshalltown
Universalist
Boone
Chicago
Liberal Churches of the
Accident Results In Fatal Wiring Incident Near Reinbeck
Edward Hendricks, 20, son of a farmer three miles south of Reinbeck, was accidentally shot during a scuffle over a 22 caliber rifle. The bullet struck his stomach. physicians say he cannot recover.
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Edward Hendricks
Reinbeck
Hendricks
Strike at Muscatine settles. cereal plant workers walkout
At Muscatine forty unionized carriers struck demanding 22 percent per hour. Later that day the demand was granted and the men returned to work. Afterward fifty one girls in the Great Western Cereal Company packing department struck seeking a 12 percent increase.
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Muscatine
Great Western Cereal Company
Advance Prices for Lumber and Other Hardwood
Louisville special reports the Hardwood Manufacturers Association in session in Louisville. It advances yellow poplar price by 10 per thousand and plans a 10 per thousand rise for all other hardwoods pending price data by correspondence.
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Louisville
Hardwood Manufacturers’ Association of the
Rich Man's Son Commit's Suicide in Tacoma
W B Marvin son of the Marvin Safe Company president of New York killed himself in Tacoma Washington on Wednesday according to police. The incident ends a troubled period for the family and raises questions about his welfare and surrounding circumstances.
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W. B. Marvin
Marvin Safe Company of
New York
Tacoma
Wash
Forest Fires Raze Huachuca Mountains In Arizona
A Tucson special reports ongoing forest fires in the Huachuca County mountains with hundreds of thousands of feet of lumber destroyed. A large force of men has left Tombstone to battle the flames from the water works.
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Arizona
Tucson
Ariz
Huachuca County
Tombstone
Fire destroys planing shop in Hegewisch Illinois
A Chicago dispatch reports fire consumed the planing mill and wood working shop of the Illinois Car and Equipment Company at Hegewisch N I destroying equipment and leaving about 50 000 dollars in losses. Two thousand workers are left unemployed. Kansas Rivers Over Banks. Heavier rains break records across the state causing flooding and basement damage in many towns. May be Triple Murder. At Saint Joseph Maine a family is said to have been burned in their home but details are unclear.
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Chicago
Illinois Car and Equipment Company
Hegewisch
Kitchener Grant Debate and Saintly Smallpox Case
Government Leader Balfour blocked a kingly recommendation to grant Kitchener sixty thousand pounds in reward of eminent services. Irish nationalists Dillon Redning and Swift MacNeill vow to oppose the grant at every stage. In Michigan City saints report six malignant smallpox cases. a rigid quarantine has been set. Carl Woodard, 13, is charged with manslaughter in connection with 5 year old Helen Stover's death. The coroner ruled pneumonia, but warrants were issued.
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House of Commons
London
Balfour
Kitchener
John Dillon
William Redning
Swift MacNeill
Robert Schofield
Charles Malatt
Thomas Scott
Michigan City
Ind
Carl Woodard
Owosso
Aich
Helen Stover
Young Woodard
Des Moines Dispatch Reports Iowa and Dakota Central Railway
Articles of Incorporation filed with the secretary of state for the Iowa and Dakota Central Railway Company centering Centerville as offices. Plans a 250 mile line from Centerville to Sioux City with capital stock of 250000. Rich Cedar Rapids man J. H. Schindel found dead in cistern at his Cedar Rapids home. noted as formerly a dry goods merchant and wealthy. He left Tuesday night. mind described as unbalanced for years.
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Des Moines
Iowa and Dakota Central Railway Company
Centerville
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
J. H. Schindel
Body Stealers Frustrated In Ottumwa Theft
Ottumwa dispatch reports John O'Donnell's undertaking shop was entered by unknown men Friday who seized the corpse of A. J. Raymond of Chariton but escaped before capture.
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Ottumwa
John O’donnell
A. J. Raymond
Chariton
Heaviest Rain of the Year Strikes Burlington
A Burlington dispatch reports the heaviest rain storm of the year hitting Burlington on Sunday morning. It damaged crops and homes as rainfall is estimated at six to eight inches and the Mississippi River rose about a foot in twelve hours.
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Burlington Dispatch
Burington
Mississippi
Street Car Strike Paralyzes Rhode Island Lines at Midnight
Rhode Island street car workers halted all lines in the state by a midnight strike demanding a ten hour day with higher pay. The company refused the wage increase.
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Providence, R. I. Dispatch
Rhode Island
Fire Destroys Barn on C. S. Wells Farm at Osgood
A blaze consumed a large barn on C. S. Wells farm near Osgood. Seven horses, about thirty tons of hay, harnesses and farm machinery were lost. Estimated loss stands at 3 500 dollars.
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Osgood
C. S. Wells
Des Moines Note on Interurban Line Progress
Great Western electric line from Waterloo to Denver will extend to Tripoli in Bremer County this summer. After the Great Western finishes Oelwein to Waverly, the Sumner Waverly line will be abandoned and sold to the electric road for operation. The Des Moines item also notes the Syracuse synod of the Reformed Presbyterian church plans to meet next year in May at Hopkinton Indiana.
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Great Iowa
Des Moines
Waterloo
Denver
Tripoli
Bremer County
Great Western
Oelwein
Waverly
Sumner-Waverly
Elctric Road
Will Steet
Iowa
Synod of the
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Syracuse
Hopkinton
Runaway Wagon Incident Kills Child Near Algona
A year old child of Mrs. J. Mertha dies in a runaway near Algona as a wagon toppled over. Mrs Mertha and her other children were thrown from the wagon when the horse bolted Saturday evening. The accident occurred about four and a half miles from Algona.
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Algona
Mra. J. Mertha
Mra. Mertha
Horace
Reconstruction Era Bids Span Great Plains States
A garbled OCR snippet mentions Nebraska Minnesota and North Dakota with figures around 200000 to 800000 dollars and bids ranging from 8 million to zero. It reads as a malformed procurement or appraisal record with scattered monetary amounts across the Great Plains.
Curious Creston Calf Draws Crowds At Five Weeks
A live six week old calf, eighteen inches high and weighing fifteen pounds, born to Frank Gels near Creston, is on exhibition. The healthy calf is bottle fed as it cannot reach its mother and shows fully developed anatomy without deformity.
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Creston
Frank Gels
Man Dies of Rabies After Chicago Hospital Treatment
A Chicago special reports Toho Olson, a liveryman from Ellsworth Indiana, died of hydrophobia. Olson was bitten on the lip by a dog four weeks earlier, treated at Dr Lagorio's Pasteur Institute, then sent to the German hospital where he was attacked with rabies Tuesday evening, briefly causing panic among patients.
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Chicago
Toho Olson
Olson
Ellsworth
Hoe
A. Lagorio
Pasteur Institute
Missing Rock Island ticket agent tied to $500 shortage
Council Bluffs report says TI Ganon, depot ticket seller for Rock Island Railroad, vanished after failing to report Monday. Local agent M O Gay would not comment as Ganon's cash shortage is claimed to exceed $500. Separate dispatches note Mrs Holm in Fort Dodge survived a kerosene stove fire after responders saved her baby. she is badly burned but recovering. Des Moines also notes Noah Brockway Bacon, nearly 108, died in town after birth on December 19 1799, linking lineage to Sir Francis Bacon.
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Council Bluffs
Ganon
Rock Island Railroad
M. O. Gay
Gannon
Holm
Lort Dodge
Thames
Towan
Des Moines Dispatch
Noah Brockway Bacon
Dee
George Washington
Massachusetts
E. J. Bacon
Francis Bacon
Postal Employer Elect in Iowa Mail Carriers Conven
The state convention at Marshalltown decided delegates at large be paid by assessment and urged the delegate to seek wage equalization. Clinton was set as the next convention city, and officers were elected.
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Iowa
Marshalltown
Clinton
Smithland Newspaper Changes Hands in Town
A. A. Chris tie sold the Smithland Law and purchased the Ute Independent. He will move to Ute at once. Miss Maude A. Willoughby, purchaser of the Sun plant, has served as an office assistant for four years and is qualified to maintain the paper’s present standing.
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Smithland
A. A. Christie
Smithland Law
Ute Independent
Ute
Des Moines Barber Prices Rise to 15 Cents
Des Moines barber shops will charge 15 cents for shaves, with or without neck shaving, following a Boss Barbers Association resolution adopted by Barbers Union No. 43. The change ends extra neck shave fees and standardizes the price.
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Des Moines
Boss Barbers’ Association
Barbers’ Union No
Twenty Years Imprisonment For Highway Robbery
At Des Moines on Tuesday the offender known as Sunny Bradford was sentenced to twenty years for highway robbery. He participated in a holdup in which $4 was obtained from a lone boy and an older offender.
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Sunny” Bradford
Des Moines
Horses Stolen During Woodmen Picnic at Rock Valley
Inwood liverymen from Brickson Brook report a team of chestnut horses and a bogey stolen while attending the Woodmen's picnic at Rock Valley Tuesday. A reward is offered for the return of the property.
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Inwood
Brickson Brok
Rock Valley
Hospital Site Offered by Waverly resident for Sisters of Mercy
Abraham Slimmer, a Hebrew, has arranged to surrender his house and park in Waverly to the Sisters of Mercy at Dubuque to establish a hospital. They expect the hospital to be in operation by October 1. The property is valued at $30,000.
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Waverly
Abraham Slimmer
Sisters of Mercy
Dubuque
Postmaster Salaries Adjusted in Tari More and Burt
The Tari more postmaster salary rises from 1000 to 1100 dollars while Burt postmaster salary falls from 1100 to 1000 dollars.
Monona County Institute Opens in Onawa With Notable Attendees
The Monona County normal institute begins a two week session on Monday July 28 in Onawa. Many Monona teachers plan to attend the National Educational Association meeting in Minneapolis from July 7 to 11. Buyers for the Mississippi Pearl Button Works of Burlington visited Prairie du Chien Wisconsin last week to purchase shells for Burlington factory use. A barge carrying 800 tons of shell material was shipped to the firm on Sunday morning.
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Onawa
Monona
Towang Bay
Mississippi Pearl Button Works
Burlington
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Quarantine Enforced After Local Epidemic
A few weeks after birth a disease outbreak in Bergantoy and nearby areas prompted physicians to label it wearlet fever or roscole German measles. Tests later confirmed a contagious fever, leading authorities to establish strict quarantines and precautionary measures to stop further spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bergantoy
von Ha
Iowa State Board of Control praised for saving funds
The Iowa board of control was praised for managing fourteen state institutions, claiming the system saved over one million dollars for the state in four years. Auditor Merriam reported 1901 fire insurance risks at 402,948,858 with increased losses of 1.5 million. The state supreme court upheld damages in a railway case and ruled on exemptions for a painter’s bicycle. Mad dogs and rabies reports appeared, plus rulings on a Kuhn murder case and tax assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cownle
Auditor of State
Merriam
Owa
Iowa
United States
Unclear OCR Market Note Appears Fragmented
Fragmented text shows scattered commodity terms including cattle sheep wheat corn rye butter and prices. lacks clear structure or events to summarize into a full report. No identifiable persons organizations or dates are present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Train Camp Incident and Fire Fire Damage Report
In northeastern Oklahoma Territory O T Phil Brooks shot a boy named Ona Gun in a trivial disturbance near a railroad camp. At Hickory Grove near Olinto Harry Kidd fatally shot David amid an horseshoe dispute. A business district fire in O T caused unspecified damage. Carbondale Kansas reported losses totaling 630000. Harvard address extract references resident engineer Oklahoma.
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Northeastie
O. T
Phil Brooks
Ona
Hickory Grove
Olinto
Horseshoes
Harry Kidd
David
Harvard
Oklahoma
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