Gas plant explosion injures workers in Winona
In Winona Minnesota on August 4 Anton Pellowski struck a match to find a gas tank leak in the purifying building of the Winona Gas Co causing a massive blast. The building was wrecked leaving the city without gas light for days. Three men were injured Hans Johnson the night foreman badly burned and in critical condition H McDonald also burned and Pellowski hurt. Loss is not yet estimated.
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Winona, Minn
Gian
Anton Pellowski
Winona Gas Company
Hans Johnson
H. McDonald
Bryan plans speeches on national banks and Oklahoma law
In Fairview Lincoln Neb August 4, Bryan spent the day with his secretary Rose handling letters and planning speeches for the next month. The Bona parte opinion on guaranty of deposits ties to his campaign, with Topeka speech planned later this month.
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Lincoln
Neb
Fairview
Bryan
Rose
Oklahoma
Topeka
Murder mystery deepens in LaPorte farm grave
In LaPorte Indiana a badly decomposed body of a well dressed man about forty was found buried on Dr Bowells Rolling Prairie farm. Coroner Mack notes a gunshot wound to the head. Clothing bought in Grand Rapids Michigan, Panama hat and patent leather shoes are present, a Minneapolis farm paper found in the pockets.
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Laporte
Ind
Bowell
Rolling Prairie
Mack
Grand Rapids
Mich
Minneapolis
Three Deaths From Heat In Chicago Record Hot Day
The city recorded the hottest day since July 21, 1901 with the thermometer at 96.4 degrees. A fourth death occurred by own action as Mrs. Martha Fremuth a new bride of two months, gas inhalation, due to the heat. Victims include Mary Cosarwski Philip J. Russell and Mrs. Hannah Scherwin.
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Chicago
Aue
Martha Fremuth
Mary Cosarwski
Philip J.russell
Hannah Scherwin
Destructive Burlington Elevator Fire at Chicago
A fierce blaze in Chicago damaged Burlington elevators E and F and the dock transfer warehouse. Firemen stood a block away while streams were played on adjacent buildings. About 199 box cars were burned or rendered useless. Total losses reach 1,006,090 dollars.
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Chicago
Burlington
Pythians Pour Into Boston for Major Conventions
By train and boat thousands of Pythians are converging on Boston to join the twenty fifth supreme lodge convention the uniform rank en campment of the Knights of Pythias and the Pythian Sisters annual meeting in the city for pre opening exercises.
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Boston
Supreme Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
Finnish Dentist Commits Suicide at St Louis Hotel
Dr William F Neipi a 23 year old Finnish dentist living in Duluth killed himself with carbolic acid at the St Louis hotel after weeks in the city. Surveillance suggests possible discouragement or unrequited love. The report contrasts with a brief school dialogue illustrating patience needed to teach youth.
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Duluth
William F. Neipi
St. Louis
Harriman discusses possible general freight rate readjustment
Edward H. Harriman in Chicago before leaving for the West argued for a proper increase in railroad revenue to fund new lines equipment and better service. He favored a general readjustment of freight tariffs over a blanket rate hike and warned against a harsh indiscriminate rise.
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Chicago
Edward H. Harriman
United States
Harriman
Pettibone Dies in Denver After Cancer Operation
George Pettibone long active in the Western Federation of Miners died at St. Joseph's hospital Denver from cancer operation effects. He had been ill since Idaho penitentiary confinement linked to the Steunenberg murder trials and had been tried and acquitted at Boise. The item ends with a Dundee Advertiser anecdote about Turner and a doctor in Chelsea.
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Denver
George Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Moyer
Haywood
Steunenberg
Idaho
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Pettibone
Boise
Bolee
Turner
Chelsea
Ramsgate
London
Dundee Advertiser
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Praised By Woman
A testimonial from Mrs Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri recounts twelve years of female ill health and eleven physicians before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The piece claims the remedy restored health and strength and urges other suffering women to follow its guidance and benefit similarly.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Bertha Muff
N.C. St
Louisiana
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Bluebeard Like Closet Exhibit At New York House
A New York socialite’s country house featured private rooms with what appeared to be hanging female corpses but were mannequins dressed in finest gowns. The maid used a pulley system to hoist them to the ceiling, a display described as eerie and well arranged though reminiscent of a Bluebeard tale.
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New York
Bluebeard
London Telegraph Crowd Voice Busts Bribe Claim
A London Telegraph report quotes a crowd remark refuting bribery allegations with a defiant note that luck may yet favor the speaker. The exchange portrays public sentiment amid a murky dispute.
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London Telegraph
Fencing Master Challenged by Hidden English Refugees
In seventeenth century Boston a boastful fencing master staged daily duels. Judge William Goffe and Edward Whalley, in rustic disguise, confronted him. Goffe shielded with a cheese and mop while feigning combat, finally warning the master with a broadsword that he would be killed if violence resumed. The master, recognizing the challenge, doubted the challengers until the judge revealed their identity.
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Boston
Wiliam Goffe
Edward Whalley
Goffe
Maitre D'Armes
Whalley
Devil
England
Boston Post
Bargains and Ads Across South Dakota Real Estate and Employment
Special bargain in four half sections in South Dakota with excursion rates every Tuesday to the Dakotas. Wanted for housekeeping a good competent girl. For Sale on Bridge Street a nearly new house close to the city center. For sale two chests of clothing on one of the best streets. For sale a house bar and garden spot. 160 acres of good farm land with improvements for sale at six dollars per acre.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
E. T. Holmes
Jackson Street
St. Paul
Minn
South Dakota
Dakotas
Bridge St
Chen Linge
North Dakota
al - Dakota
Minneapolis
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A. W. Allen
M. D
M & St Paul KR
Alma L. Hanson
Franklin S
Northwestern
Clifford C. Leck
Hirsh Blocs
Soci
Eran
Arthur W. Allen
St. P. Ry
Bridge Streets
Chicago, Great Western Railway
Misnese
Tigbogee
Inesaa
Fort
Biefe
Omaha
Manly
Mason City
Port Dodge
Lyle
Omaha St
CH Johnson
M. D.C
Hirsh
Interstate 22
N. W
Prof Euerail Oil
Dean’s
King Cactus Oil
Lney & McDaid
Msgrs
Clinton
Iowa
C.a.pool
Austin National Bank
L. Mitchell
H. Mitchell
Addison-Jones
Andj Reliabe
Fox Hotel
Austin, Minn
Jones
Bright
Sina
Drexel State Bank
Oakwood Bird
Chas. E. Lewis
Marfield Tearse Noyes Grain Commisa
Board of Trade
Chamber
Leak
Marne
Orris Hayes
Hayes Bros., Jewelers
Bonaparte
Geo. Morgan
Herald Office
Maple St
Interstate
Austin Lodge
B. P. Q. E. Weere
Elk’s Hell
J. Solon Wood
Refandea
Tr Wan
Lincs
Cestry
Phythians
Fanny
H. Harriman
Turner and the Doctor
LYDIA _E. PINKHAM
Judge Goffe
Vwiith
Kingsford
Kingsford’s
Oswego
Pachagi
T. Kingsford & Son
Oswego, N. Y
National Starch Co
Successors
First National Bank
Austin
Minn U
W Shaw
A. L. Banfield
Awstr
Banfield
H J Croft
Rochford Land Co
Colum John H. Rochford
Peter Capretz
Proprietors
Gregory S
Land Co
Odd Fellow’ S
Cright
Robert G. Burke
Elnora
Saratoga Co
N. Y
Foley
T & Friend
Mence
K. O.wold
Lain
Bridge Street
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