State Fair Meetings Bring Massive Attendance and Exhibits
Fifty thousand visitors pass through the Transtiles in a day with large receipts for Dale. Nebraska agricultural exhibits form the main attraction with counties competing for a 2400 prize pool and a 2500 top award. Several counties listed as entrants, with Douglas county barred, and railroads offering reduced fares boost attendance. Tuesday highlights include free admission for Nebraska soldiers pioneers and youths under 14, with Ak-Sar-Ben festivities at night drawing large crowds.
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Dale
Daiv Dawst
Yeauh
Navinia
1Th Street Railway Company
Onawa
Nebraska
Douglas County
Dandy
Dawson
Boone
Merrick
Kiarney
Frontier
Furnis
Guage
Novikulis
Tithnore
Thayer
Dakota
Rel Willow
Salive
Hitchcock
York
Dawes
Washington
Cuming
Knox
Brown
Sioux
Holt
Cherry
Boyd
Madison
Towa
South Dakota
Nebraska Pioneers’ Association
Fifty Thousand At Iowa State Fair Tuesday Crowd Exceeds All
Tens of thousands packed the Iowa State Fair grounds on Tuesday, a record for fair week. Farmers led the attendance plus large exhibits and strong amusement, with rail lines strained to handle crowds. Disputes over streetcar transfers prompted city action plans to regulate fares and transfers while preserving public access. Nearby storms caused damage in Aberdeen while political conventions in Dusvor look to follow nearby state actions.
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Tur Hes
Des Moses
Street Car Company
Cit
MacVicar
Washington
State Department
United States
Birmen
Death List Tidal Wave and Torpedo at Sabine Pass
A long despatch from Sept 10 chronicles a tidal wave at Sabine City and Port Arthur causing drownings and heavy damage. Losses include destroyed piers, damaged hotel, and flooded town with several injured and dead. Reports place wind at 75 mph between 6:30 and 10:30 pm.
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Sabine Pass
Port Arthur
Kansas City
Sabine City
Gulf
Kawaas City
Pittsburg
Shreveport
George M. Craig
Betts & Moore
Old
New Town
Old Town
Taylor, Bayou Bridge
Lindsley
F. &. Robinson
Gulf Road
Beaumont
Tex
Kidd
Fritz Mecralier
Frank Albright
Electric Light Company
Gorge Martin
Weeks
Roy Stafford
Stafford
Robinson
Sabine Hotel
Natatorium
Raihway Company
Gulf Roundhouse
Boss
Robb
Diverse 1899 Wire News Items From U.S. and Abroad
Unknown coil strike victim in St. Joseph becomes insane. Wyindette Mining Co incorporated at Guthrie with 700000 capital. Pennsylvania governor appoints William W. Porter to superior court bench. Walter Kelley of Terre Haute dies of hydrophobia from a May dog bite. Bishop Blytheswood sails from Portland for Queenstown with 4214 bushels of wheat valued at 73892. Kaiser Wilhelm der Zechte launched at Wilhelmshaven, christened by Princess Henry of Prussia. Customs officers scrutinize tariff acts on alcoholic perfumery. Yellowstone Park reporting rising black bears breaking into cabins. Colonel Young suggests dedicating hours to zoological gardens. Buffalo numeral mumter 24and increasing under government supervision.
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St. Joseph
Wyindette Mining Company
Guthrie
O. T
Pennsylvania
William W. Porter
Philadelphia
Willard
Walter Kelley
Terre Haute
Ind
Blytheswood
Portland
Zoological Gardens
Chiefs Sent to Prison After Lynching Inquiry
Eduardo Valasquez chief of police Lieutenant Cabrera and commandant Mauro Sanchez were arrested and imprisoned in solitary confinement by order of the fifth criminal judge following entering the municipal building on the night of the lynching. The new police chief accompanied them to prison as he assumed control amid tense times. Diplomat's wife Lozo Arriaga, Guatemalan minister's wife, died at Spring Lake New Jersey after a prolonged illness.
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Dey
Mexico
Eduardo Valasquez
Cabrera
Mauro Sanchez
Diaz
Arlucon
Rebollar
Federal
Body Found Below the Falls At Niagara Falls
A badly decomposed body believed to be Webber, one of the men who went over Niagara Falls in a rowboat four weeks earlier, was recovered from the whirlpool. The left arm bore a tattoo of the letter R and a heart. In Cotumwa Iowa Buck Murray was sentenced to nine years in the penitentiary for Eldon bank robbery and was taken to Fort Madison.
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Niagara Falls
Webber
Buck Murray
Cotumwa
Eldon
Fort Madison
New Western Road Record by Missouri Pacific Engine 68 Miles an Hour
A new western speed record was set on the Missouri Pacific when a fresh locomotive, built in St Louis, reached 68 miles per hour between St. Louis and Sedalia on the fast mail run. The engine mirrors the Empire State 999 design, weighs 681 tons, has four 68 inch wheels and 18 by 24 inch cylinders, with a boiler capable of 200 pounds. A minor overheat in a truck box near California, Missouri delayed Sedalia by about forty minutes, but no further accidents occurred.
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Missouri Pacific
Kansas
St. Louis
New York Central Road
Calif. Mo
Sedalia
Pigeon Fever Flight Sets Distance Record to Chicago
Plecon Travels 3040 miles from Las Vegas to Chicago reports a record long-distance pigeon flight. Fred Horner’s white checkered bird arrived in Roger’s Park after three weeks, with seven birds released at Las Vegas initially.
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Plecon
Onicaco
Chicago
Whiteminn
Fred Horner
Roger’s Park
Las Vegas
N. M
Whiteman
Sufferer Relieved From Press Columbus Woman Credits Pink Pills
Misa Jerusha McKinney of 50 South Centre Street Columbus credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with a remarkable recovery from years of illness. She describes severe pain sleep disturbances and catarrhal trouble followed by steady improvement after using the remedy and urges others to try it. The account underscores belief in the treatment and notes pills are sold in boxes at 50 cents or two dollars.
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Pierce
W. B. Duncan
Arlington
Dr. Pierce
Columbus
Ohio
Williams
Misa Jerusha McKinney
South Centre Street
Misa McKinney Fewell
Eufferinga
Williame
Miss. McKinney
Indy
Dr. Williams
Peter
Willians
Parma
Captain Cota Exhibits Nerve At Execution Site
Captain Cota of the Twelfth Infantry was executed for insubordination in Sonora. He faced the firing squad calmly, smoking a cigarette, and rejected a blindfold. The scene drew 1,500 troops as the sentence was carried out despite his defiant composure. Separately, Kyle from Sioux Falls secured a release order for 2,000 cattle held by Pine Ridge agents amid tribal land claims and a $1 per head demand.
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Watka
Orry
Mexico
Cota
Twelfth Infantry
Hia
Sonora
Judge Kilgore Critically Ill in Texas District
Judge C B Kilgore United States district judge and former Texas congressman is critically ill in this city. Attending physicians say recovery is unlikely and death could occur at any hour, with life expectancy possibly a month at most.
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Kilgore
Anyxore
I. T
C. B. Kilgore
United States
Texas
Two Noted Robbers Caught Near Crawford Neb
City Marshal C B Spearman and five deputies nabbed Dan Lewis and Dick Austin, two infamous safeblowers and post office robbers, 20 miles from Crawford. A gunfight left Lewis fatally wounded in the cheek, while Austin surrendered. both men were brought to Crawford for treatment.
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Crawford
Dan Lewis
Dick Austin
Crawvord
Neb
Spearman
Lewis
Austin
Lewie Ig
Scandal at Topeka Asylum Prompts Possible Probe
In Topeka Kansas J J Allen a teamster at the asylum resigns alleging high handed management and drunken carousals by officials and board members. He claims subordinates often lie dead drunk in the yard at night while Superintendent denies the charges.
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Allen
Torrka
Kan
Topeka
J. J. Allen
Deairs the Chargas
Humphreys Cures and Medical Claims Advertised
An old advertisement lists Humphreys medicines and cure names for whooping cough kidney diseases urinary issues colds and grip. It mentions various numbered remedies and price bolding, attributed to Humphreys Medical Co with references to a William J. at a drug store.
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Des Moine
Aberdeen
S. D
Tellers
Dusvonr
Mineral County
Yerulytione
Missouri
Drmands
Nevans
Vernon County
Ross
Ametata
Poligy
Capetain Cola
Diew
Spring Lake
N. J
Mme. Lozo-Arriaga
Guatemala
NEW Western Road Record
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Bax Francisco
Angua
Craven
James G. Fair
Netrieb
Sansom
Mission Streets
Slack
Ward
London
Wheatvanp
W. Russel Ward
Northwestern Limited
Here
England
Zeigler
Connally
San Francisco
Owen Zeigter
Eddie Courunly
New Brunswick
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Kaiser Wilhelm der Zechte
Princess Henry of
Prussia
Andrews
R. I
Benjamin Andrews
Brown University
Telegraph News
James G. K. McClure
Lake Forest University
Sicily
Calabaria
Paul de Pierre
New Orleans
New York
America
Iron Mountain
Redding
Cal
Mountain Copper Company
Impress Room
Charles of
Roumania
Budapest
Francis Joseph
Dreibund
Hamburg
Rouminia
G. L. Wellington
Maryland
Republican State Central Committee
Ocean City
Wellington
Secretary of the Treasury
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Columbus, Ohio
Captain Cota
Topeka Asylum
Draggil
Saepee Eee
Tennessee
Nashville
Louisville & Nashville Railroad CO
Bor
Horner
Atmore
Louleville
Ieaud
Tng
Buwuttilor
Ana Avigorator
DeWitt
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