Hailstorm Devastates Aberdeen Area Causing Bankruptcies
Aberdeen South Dakota reports a severe hailstorm causing widespread ruin for farmers across sixty miles by seven, with losses of hundreds of acres damaged and many mortgages likely as ground, cattle, and buildings suffer. Early estimates place potential damages at around half a million dollars.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Aberdeena
Warner
Rubliph
Rondell
Ashton
Monette
Spink Country
Farmer fatally crushed by hay tedder in Stebeggan incident
Stebeggan Wisconsin August 3 Cottlieb Ifres Hu a prosperous farmer died while harvesting hay when horses hitched to a tedder dragged by a broken pole. A runaway implement struck and pierced his body with the tedder forks causing fatal injuries.
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Stebeggan
Wis
Cottlieb Ifres-Hu
Here
Dronchos
Kregstin
Mining Options Open Near Dent and Vergas
Richville Minnesota August 3 B Ma comin Jr mining man has purchased options on fourteen farms northwest of Dent and near Vergas He plans drilling soon in a low range of hills where ore is suspected The price for mineral rights is about 50 dollars per acre.
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Richville
Minn
Soo Train Jumps Track Near Minot No Passengers Hurt
A Soo train derailed four miles east of Minot North Dakota when the tender broke the connection. The engine stayed upright while baggage express and mail cars rolled into a ditch. The baggageman was slightly injured. no passengers were hurt.
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Soo
Minot
N. D
Here
Woman killed running across tracks near Westboro
Mrs Hannah Johnson of near Westboro was frightened by an approaching train while picking berries along the Wisconsin Central line. She attempted to cross the track, stumbled over a rail, and was instantly killed as passenger train No 12 passed.
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Westboro
Wis
Hannah Johnson
Wisconsin Central Railway
State Board Acts Sweep Coal Freight Rates
Madison Wis Aug 5 by an order of the state railroad commission sweeping reductions were made in freight rates on coal between Superior Ashland Eau Claire and intervening points. The reduction approximates 40 cents a ton for hard and soft coal. The order affects only the Omaha road.
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Lake
Wisconsin Pointe
Madison, Wis
State Railroad Commission
Superior
Ashland
Eau Claire
Omaha Road
Hailstorm Wipes Out North and East Spink Crops
Redfield South Dakota August 3 farmers in Spink county faced a loss exceeding half a million dollars as a fierce hailstorm struck a two mile wide band for forty miles, virtually destroying all crops in its path.
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Redfield
S. C
Spink County
Scuffle Turns Fatal for Couple at Lake Dock
Rainy Lake City Minnesota August 3 Burt Wesley and Maud Wheeler members of an outing party were drowned after a friendly scuffle on a dock caused them to fall into the water before help could reach them.
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Rainy Lake City
Minn
Burt Wesley
Maud Wheeler
S. M. Stephenson Dies in Michigan Fall Injuries
Marinette Wisconsin reports the death of S M Stephenson former congressman and lumberman and brother of Senator Isaac Stephenson at his Menominee Michigan home from injuries after a carriage fall.
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S. M. Stephenson
Marinette
Wis
Isaac Stephenson
Menominee, Mich
Child Choked to Death Near Webster City
Four year old child of Amos Urich living northeast of Webster City Iowa died last night during an uncontrollable coughing fit. The event occurred in Webster City.
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Webster City
Iowa
Amos _ Urich
Destructive hail storm sweeps Grand Forks county crops
A major hail storm from Edenvore to below Niagara devastates eight to fifteen mile wide strip, pounding thousands of acres of wheat and other grains. The storm lasted about an hour with widespread complete loss in hit areas and reports extending southeast toward Petersburg and beyond.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Edenvore
Great Northern
Niagara
Petersburg
Whirled Around Shaft At Work Sighting Narrow Escape
William Easterly a Homestake Mining machinist barely escaped fatal injury when his jumper snagged on a lathe set screw and he was pulled around a rapidly turning shaft five times. Co workers heard screams and halted only after he was carried several revolutions. He suffered cuts and bruises but no broken bones.
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Tesd
S. D
William Easterl
Homestake Mining Company
Easterly
Big Falls Opens Section to Little Forks on New Rail Line
The first section of the Big Falls International railroad from Big Falls to Little Forks, thirty five miles, is open for regular traffic with a new passenger train schedule. Four stations Granfalls Wakana and Little Forks are listed. initial service overseen by the Northern Pacific construction department.
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Big Falls
Minn
International Falls
Minnesota & International Railway
Tower links North Coast Limited hold up to murder plot
George Tower, jailed in Butte on May 17 robbery and Engineer Clow murder, confessed knowledge of the crime. He names three suspects at a Columbia River settler, says Gordon and Dutch were the robbers who used Tower’s room as headquarters and that Gordon threatened to kill him if he betrayed them.
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Tower
North Coast Limited
Butte
Mont
George Tower
Northern Pacific
Engineer Clow
Columbia River
Joe” Gordon
G. C. Hastings
Dutch
Gordon
Freight Train Fatality Near Heron Lake
John Lake of Odessa Michigan was killed east of Heron Lake Minnesota when a freight train broke apart and he fell between the wheels. His companion escaped injury as the collision caused a brutal, nearly instant death with the man’s head crushed and body mangled.
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Heron Lake
Minn
John Lake
Odessa
Mich
Great Northern
Stillwater Bay Drowns Boy In St. Croix Waters
Stillwater Minn Aug 2 an eight year old, Leonard Wilberg son of Martin Wilberg, fell from a bluff above the Atwood A sawmill into twenty feet of water and drowned while berry picking along the dike.
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Stillwater Bay
Stillwater
Minn
St. Croix
Atwood
Leonard
Martin Wilberg
Anglea Napper Dies in Self Inflicted Shooting
In Council Bluffs Iowa on August 2 Angela Napper killed herself after her sister teased her handling of Nearer My God to Thee on the piano. The incident ends a family dispute over a religious song and marks a tragic death by her own actions.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Angela Napper
Wreck Fatal to Two Near Jonesboro
Jonesboro August 2. A passenger train derailed between here and Mill Creek killing Edward Williams and probably fatally injuring engineer A A Wilde.
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Jonesboro
Here
Mill Creek
Edward Williams
A. A. Wilde
Veteran Civil War veteran found dead in hotel
George Lines aged seventy one a Civil War veteran recently at the Milwaukee soldiers home drank laudanum in a North Side hotel and was found dead authorities said the death occurred in Eau Claire Wisconsin on August 2.
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Self
Eau Claire
Wis
George Lines
Milwaukee
Powell Dies Retired Brigadier General After Months Illness
Brig. Gen. Charles Francis Powell retired from the army and died at his St. Paul home after a long heart illness. He served over forty five years as an engineer of notable skill directing projects nationwide. Powell rose from the ranks in the Civil War, attended West Point, and was assigned to the engineers corps upon graduation.
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St. Paul
Charles Francis Powell
Powell
West Point
Corps of Engineers
Dentists Welcome as National Dental Association Opens
Dentists from across the United States gather in Minneapolis at the Masonic Temple for the eleventh annual National Dental Association convention. Gov John A Johnson Mayor J C Haynes President Cyrus Northrop and Dean Alfred Owre welcome delegates as an elaborate program is planned for what may be a landmark meeting.
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Minneapolis
United State
Masonic Temple
National Dental Association
John A. Johnson
J. C. Haynes
Cyrus Northrop
Alfred Owre
University
Association
Headless Trunk Found in Woods Near Pilgrim River
In South Houghton Michigan on August 1 the body of Frank Gasparich a seventeen year old miner was found with the head blown off. He had gone hunting Monday with a companion who left after becoming frightened the gun likely discharged twice by accident and killed Gasparich instantly.
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Houghton
Mich
Frank Gasparich
Pilgrim River
South Houghton
Gasparich
Minneapolis Ad Man Charged With Three Years Of Forgeries
Edward Schorer a traveling representative for an St. Paul advertising agency was arraigned in police court on charges of forging small checks and passing them on Twin City victims. Investigators say the bogus scheme stretched over three years with detectives in both cities pursuing him.
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Minneapolis
Edward Schorer
St. Paul
Twin City
Squaw Found Dead After Circus Night
Ashland Wisconsin August 1 the body of a Chippewa woman identified as Mrs Charley Gooslin of the Red River Reservation was found on the Northwestern tracks. She was seen with another squaw after the circus last evening and the companion is missing with foul play feared as woods are searched.
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Ashland
Wis
Charley Gooslin
Red River Reservation
Goggins Named to Wisconsin Rate Commission
Bernard B. Goggins was appointed by Governor Davidson to the state railroad rate commission to replace John S. Barnes who resigned after the 2 cent railway rate bill passage by the Wisconsin legislature.
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Madison
Wis
Bernard B. Goggins
Davidson
Railroad Rate Commission
John S Barnes
Barnes
State Railway Commission
Wisconsin
Leaping Buggy Accident Splits Leg in La Crosse
Edward Larson former register of deeds leapt from a fleeing buggy when a horse spooked by a passing auto. He landed on his ankle breaking the leg and driving the femur to pierce the shoe and protrude three inches.
Hunting Outlook Good Across Wisconsin Region
Local hunters report a promising season with abundant deer tracks and plentiful partridge in Glidden and northern Wisconsin lumber camps. Visitors say signs for a splendid year are evident as of August 1 in Marshfield and surrounding areas.
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Wisconsin
Marshfield
Wis
Glidden
Two Bandits Captured After Butte Arizona Street Robberies
John Sullivan and Harry James, identified as the Half Way Saloon robbers, were captured after a second heist on South Arizona street. They surrendered at Stock Holm saloon after officers hid and confronted them, four guns found on arrest. A separate incident saw two youths, about sixteen, rob Tommy Burns, nine, of $2 on North Arizona street before fleeing. Burns reported to his father and police.
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John Sullivan
Harry James
Half Way
Arizona Street
Butte
Half Way House
Sullivan
James
Charlie Swansons Place
Walker
Cr. F. Miller
Stockholm
Miller
San Francisco
Tommy Burns
William Burns
Four Hundred
Tommy
Burns
Court Confesses North Coast Hold-Up Suspect Names Robbers
George Tower, 22, arrested in Butte for complicity in the North Coast limited hold-up on the Northern Pacific May 17 and the murder of Engineer Clow. He implicates three men as the actual robbers and claims a suspect is held at the Columbia River. Tower says he allowed the trio to use his room. his parents live in Galesburg, Illinois.
Northern Pacific Plans New Rocky Mountain Line
Northern Pacific has let a contract to Shepard Sims & Co for a new line over the Rockies west of Helena. The route via McDonald Pass will abandon the Mullen tunnel the longest on the system and cut the Helena to Elison distance by about ten miles, with only a short summit tunnel required.
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Northern Pacific
Rockies
Shepard, Sims & Co
Rocky Mountains
Helena
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Lombard
Garrison
McDonald Pass
Mullen Tunnel
Eih- Son
Oly
Divide
Foolhardy river swim ends in drowning near Great Falls
Vindura Matalo an Italian section man died attempting to swim the Missouri River near the Great Falls power dam. Despite earlier boasts of swimming the river he could not swim a stroke. He sank within fifteen feet of shore as four companions watched from shore.
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Vindura Matalo
Missouri River
Great Falls
Matalo
Rush telephone work on new Billings building
Excavation for the Mutual company tele phone building in Billings is advancing rapidly and the edifice is to be completed by November 1. President P B Moss says the system will use electric automatic equipment.
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Billings
Mutual Company of
P. B. Moss
High School Student Killed by Ore Train in Wisconsin
Spring Valley Wis Aug 1 Joe Kellimer sixteen a junior high school student was run over and instantly killed at the Iron mines by an ore car
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Spring Valley
Wis
Joe Kellimer
Aged Man Hangs Self in St. Paul Home
John G. Huber aged seventy four hanged himself in the cellar of his residence in St. Paul. Despondency following his wife’s death four years earlier was given as the cause of the suicide.
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St. Paul
John G. Huber
Puppy Bark Warns of Fire
A puppy’s continuous barking woke Mrs. Frank Bird in Helena and saved her life as she evacuated to alert neighbors. Firefighters quickly controlled the blaze with nominal loss, though several pet canaries perished in their cages.
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Frank Bird
Helena
Scandinavian North Sees Tourist Boom and Old Relics
The report notes lively western coast tourism with foreigners entering, a Norwegian singer engaged for Lubeck opera, and a 100000 crown state appropriation for a Norway Cuba US Mexico steam line led by Herr Bryde. It also covers Stavanger finances, a unique combined birch oak tree relic, Salmo fishing plans in Siberia, ancient flint weapons find in Han, Frogner agricultural exposition success, Lund hosting upcoming southern Sweden Denmark expo, Gotland population skew toward women, and a Russian torpedo boat visit to Gafle stirring Swedish unease.
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Norway
Salmo
St. Petersburg
Siberian
Stavanger
Frogner
Christiania
Michael Alger
Gafle
St. Persron
E. Kronberg
Sweden
Sweden Sees First Autumn Snow in Karangi Area
A dispatch from Stockholm notes several inches of snow in Karangi marking the first such fall for this time of year. In Sweden a home for the regeneration of fall en women is under construction at Gafle. Miss Anna Tropp, the opera singer who left the stage to marry Ernst Gustaf Wigart, sues for damages claiming breach of promise and a rightful share of his property.
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Gafle
Stockholm
Karangi
Sweden
Anna Tropp
Ernst Gustaf Wigart
Wigart
Denmark’s Socialists Rise as King Aims Iceland Visit
In Copenhagen a growing socialist movement seeks a bank under socialist principles while the king plans a visit to Iceland to ease tensions and expand Denmark's influence. Rumors say Tyra may be betrothed to German Prince Adalbert as Emperor William and queen visited earlier this month.
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Copenhagen
Bute
William
Germany
Prince Adalbert
Tyra
Odd Exchange Sparks Heated Banter Over Cold Bottles
In a terse exchange, Gatley refuses to explain the ruckus while Galley hints at a heated night ending with cold bottles as the cause. The dialogue exposes tension and a casual atmosphere among the speakers.
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Galley
Gatley
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Mets Oesth
North Dakota
Gen. Powell
Squaw
Goggins
la Crosse
Montana News
Dr. Tower
Galesburg
Puppy
Denmark
Martin W.odland
Goudappel
Jordan
Lubeck
The
Storting
Cuba
United States
Mexico
Herr Bryde
Bergen
Fidge
Schnedal
Lund
Malmo
Gotland
Herr Henry Olson
Vietnat
Dagbladet
Australia
Iceland
Rigsdag
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