Robbers Hold Up Northbound Limited Near Savannah
A masked gang stopped a Chicago Burlington and Quincy Limited two miles north of Savannah on Tuesday night. They torpedoed the track, forced the engineer to proceed, and robbed the express car before fleeing. Officials report the loot may total about $20,000 with no injuries confirmed. Nearby Barling ton offices corroborate the daring raid. Railroad men and locals formed a posse rapidly.
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Dubuque
Chicago
Burl Ington
Quincy
Savannah
Savanhale
Barlington
Minneapolis
Troops Attack Ambush In Shaysandoah Plateau
Reports from Shaysandoah describe guerrilla attacks on Eighth Regiment troops in camp on a plateau outside town. A double night march with ball cartridges prompted orders to shoot first and investigate later. One attacker named William Stoppanitz is jailed. others pursued by marshal. Separately, William Foster-Mitchell noted no imminent strike resumption. Oxfontanite miners in Lackawanna area remained with new workers and old crews not returning.
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Sheyandoah
Wna
Grig
Gotin
AHL
Willam Stoppanitz
Vost
Cflcera
Eighth Regiment
Stoppanitz
Wilkenbarr
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Scranton
Lack Bwanna
Mitchel
Body of Mrs Wolf Found Near Chippewa Falls
The body of Mrs George Wolf, missing since June 27, was found buried in sand four miles south of Chippewa Falls. Her husband Ray Wolf, who disappeared, was the last person with her that night and is under suspicion. George Bolinger uncovered the body while probing the earth with a wire. the face bears marks suggesting death by a heavy iron or stone weapon.
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Ray
Chippewa Falls
Wis
George Wolf
Four Milles
Heart Was Cut Out The Terrible Colorado Sheep Herder Murder
A Florence Colorado cattleman describes a grisly murder on the prairie south of Granada Colorado. The victim, a Mexican sheep herder, was found with his horse removed and his mouth forced with the animal. Sheep were scattered and authorities are alerted as tensions rise between cattlemen and shepherds in the county.
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Colorado
Florence
Colo
Famiel Yteudell
Granada
Kansas Ling
Raindall
Prayera
Perilous Tow Of Disabled Schooner Into New York Harbor
The Italian steamer Bardegna arrived in port with the American schooner Nation from Providence in tow after a severe storm. Sixty four aboard include eleven women and all passengers are Cape Verdean natives. The mate said Captain Haman was lost overboard and likely dead. The Bardegna provided provisions before taking the vessel in tow.
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New York Harbor
New York
Bardegna
Nation
Providence
Haman
Sardegna
Cape de Verde
Brutal Murder Promoter of Gambling Crusade in Des Moines
An unstable Des Moines, Iowa promoter Alain A Des Moines is linked to a brutal murder of Isaac Finkelstein near East Walnut Street after opposing a gambling crusade. The assailant fled, with Finkelstein killed as a consequence of his anti-gambling actions. The report also mentions a series of fatal and injurious incidents across various cities involving a train collision near Shelbyville and a chicken thief murder in Lexington, Maine. Other notes include a Philadelphia rabbi appointment, and a lecture by Millie Stone on ransom and repayment themes.
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Des Moines
Alain
A. Des Moines
Hoyk
Isaac Finkeletels
Mur- Celock
Waulant Street
Finkelstein
Storms Bring Severe Damage Across North Dakota
A Lisbon dispatch describes a fierce hail storm and barricaay that devastated crops across a ten mile by five mile area. Barns and outhouses were damaged and hardly any building escaped harm. No deaths, but several injuries from shattered glass reported. Also brief notes: an Excursion Train shooting in Tudsan Territory with four killed, a Denver trolley accident with two deaths, a mob surrounding Cripple Creek jail, washouts repaired on Nexus Midian Railroad, and a Wellongeng coal mine explosion with many lives lost.
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North Dakota
Lisbon
N. D
Joplin
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Tudsan
Dhery
Dallas
Tex
Sportsl
Midian
Sabine River
Tuvnley
Sutuntay
Sydney
Dispatch
Wellongeng
Warning to Packers on proposed meat combine in US
John W. Springer, president of the National Live Stock Association, warns packers and stockholders that a contemplated packing combine would trigger a fierce producer-led fight. He notes denials by the packing interests, cites public policy and antitrust concerns, and mentions government interest and Judge Grosscup's restraining order as context for potential new corporate maneuvers in the meat industry.
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National Live Stock Association
appFovgs
Combine & Cenrgy
Colo
John W. Springer
National Live Stock Association of
United States
Aheet
Combine
Sul
Chicago
Washington
State Railways Tax Assessment Increases Property Values
The state executive council completed the assessment of railroad property raising the railway valuation over 4 million dollars and boosting the state levy to 10 mills. Railroads face about 121 243.08 more taxes this year, with total taxes near 1 095 000. Telephone and telegraph firms gain valuation increases, and express companies rise by 1 008 over prior year.
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Des Moines
Dl U'Elock
Northwestern
R Burtington
Telephone and Telegraph
Woman Found Dead Near Orange City After Disappearance
Mrs Lehreur aged 88 was found hanged from a tree in a heavy grove near her mother’s home after she left Wednesday with her four young children. Bloodhounds and a countywide search followed her disappearance from near Sioux Center. She had been grieving her husband’s death months earlier and had gone to live with her mother. She leaves four children.
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Sioux Center
Sioux County
Orange City
CHILD VICTIMS OF FATE AND LOCAL OBITUARY NOTES
Reports from Eagle City recount two tragic incidents. A pitchfork injured a child of Robert Walthall fatally or nearly so, with doctors unsure if recovery is possible if no infection enters the wound. Separately, Trevi Walthall’s year-old child died after exposure to machine oil. Muscatine’s oldest resident, Mrs. Laura J. Patterson, died after a brief illness, aged sixty-eight, and noted as the last surviving member of the county’s first settler family. She arrived with her father Benjamin Nye in 1834 and helped establish Magentine county at Montpelier near Pine Creek.
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Eagle City
Robert Walthall
Trevi Walthall
Muscatine
Laura J. Patterson
A. Muscatine Special
Laura L. Patterson
Magentine County
Benjamin Nye
Montpelier
Pine Creek
Phos
Fren Olle
Patterson
Vermont
Death by own action in Waverly man case
A.M. Potter of Waverly died reportedly by his own hand after buying laudanum at Savery House drug store and placing the bottle by a window at Kirkwood hotel. Detectives note he hired a hitchman to reach Salvation Army HQ and that he prompted hymns and a poem recital during the evening while unsettled and on a protracted voyage of mind.
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A.M. Potter
Waverly
Emila
A. M. Potter
Mrnday Potter
Savery Trouse
Kirkwood
le Hi
Tie
Slayer Anton Halle Executed At Sing Sing Prison
A New York special reports Anton Halle, murderer of his sweetheart Mary Brannigan, was executed by electric chair at Sing Sing after a June 24, 1000 judgment. He showed no bravado, just indifference, as he faced death. Halle had proposed marriage previously and planned the crime after pawning his overcoat for $5. Two shots killed Brannigan within minutes at a sales counter, and crowds were shocked as police arrived to find him calmly rolling a cigarette.
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Mary Brannigan
Sing Sing
New York
Tihe
Anton Halle
Misa Mary Brannigan
Sting Sing
Halle
Lalle
Miss Grannigan
Miss Brannigan
Tusk of Mastodon Unearthed by Contractors on South Mith Street
On Wednesday workers from Ywebb and McNvil at Grant Westerd site on South Mith Street near Dow RY Sandhams elevator found petrified tusk fragments being dumped from excavation machines. Mr McNell began extracting the remaining tusk with a saw, describing a circular cross section and a length over ten feet.
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Mirlan
Ywebb & McNvil
Grant Westerd
South Mith Street
Dow RY Sandhams
McNell
South Darlin
Danger of Disturbances Eased in West Indian Islands
Washington dispatch reports Capt Metrea of the gunboat Machias cables that after talks with authorities the situation in the West Indian islands appears more satisfactory. Nationalists who were rebels have been driven from key positions and there is little enthusiasm or danger of further disturbances. The Mikhlas will move north unless another outbreak occurs in Fayt.
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West Indian Islands
A. Washington
Met'rea
Machius
Navy Department
Nationales
Severe Storm Wrecks Crops and Property in Iowa
A severe storm swept southwestern Iowa early Sunday crippling crops in eastern Pottawattamie and western Cass counties. A wide strip suffered heavy damage with corn destroyed. An Avoca elevator belonging to Des Moines Elevator Co. was wrecked. Fire destroyed a refinery plant and engine. Casualties included several killed and multiple injured. Other reports mention Grant’s capture era, a railway wreck in Los Angeles, and various distant incidents.
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Iowa
Pottawattamie County
Cass County
Des Moines Elevator Company
Los Angeles
Cal
Dispatch
Combs Refining Com- WO
Vinny Martin
Grant
Chicago
Joseph E. Montgomery
Pioneer Prefers Death in Carroll County Suicide Note
Carol l town mourns James Gilley a Carroll County pioneer and brother of WiMiga Gilley as coroner reports he died by self-inflicted hanging amid years of ill health. Farm labor concerns and harvest woes loom in Blackhawk County as farmers struggle to hire help during rapid oat harvest. James Meachan from Des Moines reportedly attempted suicide by hanging in Waterloo. Belle Ahern 53 committed suicide at Arlington cemetery firing a revolver after heartbreak. A Des Moines dispatch notes a child aged 3 had a grain of corn removed from his lung in a hospital operation. An Algona report covers a barn fire at A L Mist’s home causing £200 loss insured. Joe Gurrin captured for burglary in Victor area. Charles Derking admits misuse of Northwestern Mutual Life funds totaling up to 76,000. Mr and Mrs W. J. Mott celebrate 55 years of marriage. Senger family mourns a missing son aged about 18.
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James Gilley
Carroll
Dusty
Carrallton
Gilley
Carroll County
WiMiga Gilley
California
Dend Inn
Belle Ahern
Arlington Temetery
Des Moines Dispatch
Miks Adamson
Merv
Republican convention outlines tariff and Cuba policy
The Iowa Republican convention endorses protectionist policy, calls for reciprocity with Cuba, backs tariff adjustments for changing conditions, and condemns the WilliPay approach while praising congressional work. Delegates show notable figures and discuss judicial and dairy industry items amid a sparsely attended gathering.
Republican Platform Endorses Roosevelt Era Policy
A historical Republican platform article lauds President Roosevelt and the party line. It celebrates industrial growth, civil government in the Philippines, and a strong stance against corruption and monopolies. It endorses tariff reciprocity, civil rights protections, and loyalty to the administration while urging continued progress in trade and national prosperity.
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Republican Party
Roosevelt
Hfe
Democratic Party
Cumming
Devastating Storm Hits Twenty Mile Strip of Territory
A violent gale damaged Hann Siding east of Laverne and spread from Alyana to Luverne. Ida Shaw and wife died from injuries as several houses collapsed. Way, Johnson & Co elevator was leveled and many buildings destroyed. Crops suffered heavy losses with corn and small grain ruined. Damage estimated in thousands of dollars.
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Hetle
Hann Siding
Laverne
Mins
St. Lond
Ida
Shaw
Way
Johnson & Co
Alyana
Luverne
Death of John F Duncombe Former Mowbor at lows Legislature
John F Duncombe, longtime Democratic political figure and former state senator and representative, died Saturday night from apoplexy after five days in a coma. He served as district attorney for the Union Central Railroad and was nominated for lieutenant governor and other offices. He leaves a wife and five children.
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Fort Dodge
John Ef Trmcombe
Duncombe
Teuter
Wester
Congress
Umnole Central Railroad
Deflaltions and silk fabric terms bizarre glossary
An odd OCR readout lists fabric names and effects such as silk, crepe, satin, and moire with garbled spellings and stray phrases. It includes items like Deflaltions of Sik Habutit-Ching silk and Satin Foulard with notes on weave weight and textures, plus scattered nonsensical lines and a stray joke about Micky Ott.
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Cripple Creek
Botanles
John Reudolph
William Wilkinson
Parwisi Commission Company
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Verng
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Henry Tor
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Cho
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Marthe Bile Hax
Elesen
Packers
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Joe Gurion
Schroder & Cook
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Charles W. Derking
Northwestern Mutual
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Ufe
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Jing
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Tye
Owa
Das Molweut
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Willian McKinley
Hoowyelt
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Towa Nepudileaulan
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Cola
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Hia Elvedson
Fia
Ifty-Seventh Congress
Philippines
Philippine
John F. Duncombe
Wail Heenker
Sanborn
Mateint Spier
Moray
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Spurr
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Clarian
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Hooke
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Hwonold
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Micky
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