Sawyer County Sheriff Plans New Dietz Expedition
Milwaukee Aug 6 Sheriff James Gylland of Sawyer County intends another attempt to capture John F Dietz. His deputy Arthur J Hoeft will depart for Hayward to meet him. Dietz accuses others of deserting Rogich. the sheriff says Rogich left the spot but is improving and could return to Milwaukee soon. Hoeft warns of a heavier casualty list if the pursuit resumes.
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Milwaukee
James Gylland
Sawyer County
John F. Dietz
Arthur J. Hoeft
Hayward
Hoeft
North
Gylland
Rogich
Iam
Dietz
Duel to the Death in Chadwick Town Ends in Fatal Shootout
In Chadwick, Missouri, merchant Charles Freeman and 18 year old Robert Keene fought a duel in the street after Freeman accused Keene of assaulting Freeman’s daughter. Freeman was shot in the forehead and heart, Keene in the heart. both died before bystanders could reach them.
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Springfield
Chadwick
Charles Freeman
Robert Keene
Freeman
Keene
Tragedy Over a Growler Riot in St. Louis
In St Louis on August 6 a bucket of beer was hurled at Sarah Hawkins a Black woman causing serious injury to Hawkins and the deaths of William Green and Tiny Watson. Green Hawkins and Watson were taken into custody after medical aid was given.
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St. Louis
Sarah Hawkins
Hawkins
William Green
Tiny Watson
Green
One Killed and Twenty Hurt in Danville Car Crash
A Danville Urbana interurban car overturned on a sharp curve at night injuring twenty passengers seriously and killing constable Kelly Smoot. The accident occurred when a grader pulled from the front tracks and the car rolled down a ten foot embankment.
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Danville
Lil
Danville Urbana
Kelly Smoot
Fire destroys colliery buildings in Pottsville area
A severe fire at the east Pine Knot colliery of the Philadelphia Coal and Iron Company near Pottsville, Pennsylvania, damaged six boilers and six nearby buildings. Loss estimated at 160000 dollars. The blaze began in the boilerhouse and caused extensive property destruction.
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Pottsville
East Pine Knot
Philadelphia Coal and Ioh Company
Dixon fireman Charles McCann killed in blaze
Chicago August 6 Charles McCann a Dixon Illinois fireman was killed and A W Loakman a city engineer suffered injuries in a fire incident in Big City.
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Chicago
Charles McCann
Dixon, Ill
A. W. Loakman
Bhig City
Train wreck at Fortieth and Kinzie leaves one dead
A coal train on the Chicago and North Western jumped the track and fell twenty feet down an embankment at Fortieth avenue and Kinzie street. The locomotive and two cars were wrecked. McCann was trapped under the engine and died from scalding injuries.
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Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Fortieth Avenue
Kinzie Street
McCann
Stabbing on the Highth at Central Car In Minneapolis
Harold Soderberg of Minneapolis was seriously stabbed on a Highth at Central car after a quarrel with two strangers who fled. The incident occurred in the city and law enforcement sought the assailants.
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Minneapolis
Harold Soderberg
Pistol Duel Kills Engineer at Lake Manawa
Ed Youncer a Great Western engineer recently from Joliet Illinois was killed in a pistol duel with deputy sheriffs at Lake Manawa a summer resort near Council Bluffs Iowa His wife and two children witnessed the tragedy He had threatened management earlier and upon returning with two pistols opened fire as five deputies shot back and he fell dead in a crowded area
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Youncer
Harvard oarsmen welcomed in London could spark annual races
London papers warmly greet the Harvard crew visit to England and anticipate a race with Cambridge. The Americans use the same university style of rowing, raising hope for a yearly Oxford Cambridge versus Yale Harvard contest, described as epoch making by the Tribune as a major sports milestone.
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London
England
Harvard
Cambridge
the Tribune
Cullom Wins Illinois Senate Advisory Vote In Primary
Later returns from Illinois primary show Shelby M. Cullom leading Richard Yates by about 35 000 in the advisory vote for United States senator. Complete city returns indicate J T McDermott ahead for the Democratic congressional nomination in the Fourth district.
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Chicago
Illinois
United States
Shelby M. Cullom
Richard Yates
J. T. McDermott
Senator Millard Invited to Join Roosevelt Trip
Senator Jooseph H. Millard received a presidential invitation to accompany the Roosevelt party to Panama next November. The invitation was extended through Secretary Taft.
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Omaha
Jooseph H. Millard
Roosevelt
Panama
Taft
King Edward Gifts Silver Cup To New York Yacht Club
George W. Seavey aged seventy two died by suicide in Minneapolis after drinking carbolic acid. Associate Justice Robert Sedgewick of the supreme court of Canada died at Colchester Nova Scotia aged fifty eight. Dr Rothman Jackson was shot and killed at Altamont Missouri by hotelkeeper J M Woodworth in a hotel dispute. Loyd Cash of St Paul sustained likely fatal injuries attempting to board a freight train at West Seventh Street crossing. skull may be fractured.
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Robert Sedgewick
Supreme Court of Canada
Colchester
N. S
Rothman Jackson
Altamont
J. M. Woodworth
Jackson
Loyd Cash
St. Paul
Weet Seventh Street
Baseball scores from Chicago St Louis and Louisville games
In the American League games in Chicago Philadelphia defeated Chicago 10 to 2 and at St. Louis New York won 2 to 1. In the American Association Toledo beat Minneapolis 6 to 7, and Louisville defeated Kansas City 6 to 3 in eleven innings with a second game Louisville 6 Kansas City 1.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New York
American Association
Toledo
Minneapolis
Louisville
Kansas City
Minneapolis Wheat Prices and Track Listings
Minneapolis August 4 market report shows Wheat futures for Sept 10% Tic Dec 72 1/2 cents May 76 1/2 cents. On track grain grades listed: No 1 hard 74 cents, No 1 Northern 73 1/2 cents, No 2 Northern 71 1/2 cents, No 3 Northern 69 1/2 cents.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Duluth Wheat and Flax Deliveries Report
Duluth on August 4 reports wheat and flax arrivals with TOG notation noted for wheat consignments. The brief item records cargo movements at the Duluth terminal and signals ongoing loading activity.
Market prices from St Paul and Chicago livestock and grain figures
St Paul Union Stock Yards reports cattle and hog prices with steers at 4.50 to 5.50 and hogs from 5.60 to 6.40. Chicago quotes show cattle 3.70 to 6.40, hogs 5.85 to 6.52, and sheep 2.90 to 5.25 along with corn 49 cents and oats 10 to 12 cents for Sept contracts.
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St. Paul
Aue
Chicago
Bce
The
Worship of Springs in the Southwest Desert
The New York Tribune surveys why springs loom sacred to Southwestern Pueblo and other tribes. It notes perennial water as life source, its influence on settlement near pueblos, and the broader global pattern of spring worship rooted in arid environments and unseen powers.
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United States
Walter Hough
Great American Desert
Southwest
New York Tribune
Haunted Houses Beyond physical laws, Italian criminologist reports
Professor Lombroso recounts two psychic phenomena observed in Turin in 1900 and 1908. Apparent telekinetic knocks, moving cups, bells, lights, and an Alpine hat manifested in two houses, with injuries to a daughter and a cellar scene. He concludes the events defy explanation by known science and admits failure to solve the enigma.
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Lombroso
Annales Des Sciences Psychiques
Bava
Pescatori
Turiy
T Wag
Mignotti
Turin
Pointed Paragraphs on Happy Lives and Courtship
A series of moral quips on marriage money and manners from the Chicago News. The excerpts discuss how women influence homes the perils of borrowed trouble and the ease of sympathy when pockets are empty. The passages urge agreeableness and warn that spouses speak differently to guests and about them after they leave.
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Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Chicago News
Play Low Water Tactics for Fire Suppression
The article stresses using small amounts of water at the blaze base rather than large amounts at the top. It advises applying water low, where rising steam can quench the flames, and notes that a few gallons at the fire bottom can extinguish faster, even in windy conditions, without needing a river.
Counted Favor for Heiress as Father Seeks Handout
In a humorous Chicago News item the suitor famed as Count Broken is told by the heiress’s father that his request for a daughter's hand seems like seeking a handout. The exchange highlights light courtship wit and parental restraint.
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Freelunch
Chicago News
Perfectly Secure
An old farmer recalls his excuse for sleeping during sermons saying the rector is in the pulpit and all is right. The remark appears in the London Standard.
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London Standard
Japanese Lacquer Secrets and Properties
The article notes lacquer as a sap from a large Japanese tree used on wood or metal. It describes its strong resistance to alcohol and boiling water. It explains the tree is cut at forty, yielding about six barrels of lacquer sap, and mentions Japanese guards on sharing processing knowledge with foreigners.
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Japan
Wisdom of the Ancients Advised by Athenian King from Five Ages
A London lecture cites a little known Assyrian king Horus and an ancient wine remedy. An inscription in the British Museum mentions owl eggs in wine to induce weariness, sheep lung to banish drunkenness, and swal low beak ash with myrrh to ensure safety from drunkenness.
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Pinches
University College In London
British Museum
Horus
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