Boat Upsets Two Drown In Lake Emily Accident
St Peter Minnesota August 23 Two men Swen Carlson and Peter Almquist both of St Peter drowned when a rowboat capsized at Lake Emily. John Johnson who could not swim clung to the boat and was saved after twenty minutes. Carlson rose to raise the anchor causing the boat to overturn and all three fell into the lake about two hundred feet from shore. Johnson was rescued exhausted and semi conscious.
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St. Peter
Minn
Lake Emily
Swen J
Carlson
Peter Almquist
John Johnson
Almquist
Johnson
City Railway Offered in Bemidji Proposal by Capitalists
A group of capitalists led by Carl Gowran of Grand Forks George Tellsworth of Minneapolis linked with Twin City Rapid Transit and A A Carter of Bemidji applied to the city council for a franchise to build operate and maintain an electric street railway within Bemidji Minnesota. The proposal was presented at the council meeting last evening.
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George Tellsworth
Twin City
Bemidji
Minn
Carl Gowran
Grand Forks
Minneapolis
Twin City Rapid Transit Company
A. A. Carter
City
Telegraphers Strike Driver Put in State Hospital
Crazed by the telegraphers strike James Werbka twenty four who says he worked for Western Union three years was taken in charge by police. He cannot name a home or friends and constantly telegraphs as he is allowed to take away items. He was sent to the state hospital at Cherokee for evaluation.
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Rayfurdt
Fort Dodge
Iowa
James Werbka
Western Union
State Hospital
Cherokee
Sons Inherit $5 Each in Will Contest
In La Crosse Wisconsin on August 23, George and Fred Frohock contest their mother Julia Frohock’s will which leaves a $4,000 estate to her homeless granddaughter Georgia Trilby Frohock. The will drawn by Circuit Judge J. J. Fruit leaves the sons only a $5 remembrance.
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la Crosse
Wis
Julia Frohock
Georgia Trilby Frohock
George
Fred Frohock
J. J. Fruit
Runs Train to Rainier and Duluth Line Progress
The Duluth Rainy Lake and Winnipeg line reaches Ranier Minnesota as ballast trains arrive at Eriesburg. A special train carrying International Falls residents marks the first rail arrival here. In two weeks passenger service should run the full length of the line.
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Duluth
Rainy Lake
Winnipeg
Ranier
Minn
International Falls
Eriesburg
Man Killed Attempting Freight Train Boarding
Waterloo Iowa August 23 Will Miler was instantly killed at Sumner last evening while trying to catch a moving Great Western freight train. He missed his footing and was crushed under the wheels with his head severed an arm and both legs torn away and the trunk mutilated beyond description
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Waterloo
Iowa
Will Miler
Sumner
Great Western
Anti Bucket Shop Ordinance Introduced in Fergus Falls
Fergus Falls Minnesota August 25 an anti bucket shop ordinance was introduced at the city council meeting and given its first reading. It is described as drastic and aimed at wiping out all option trading activity.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
New Congregational Church Opens in Glenwood
The new church building in Glenwood Minnesota costing fifteen thousand dollars was used for the first time this Sunday. A formal dedication is planned for September tenth with former pastors and ministers from nearby towns taking part in the service.
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Glenwood
Minn
Fire destroys Union hotel in Rainy River
Rainy River Ontario August 25 The Union hotel burned last night with no insurance. Part of the household goods were saved. Local fire crews fought the flames but the building was destroyed leaving the town without hotel accommodations for the moment.
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Rainy River
Ont
Union Hotel
YEGGMEN MAKE HAY Burglars Loot South Dakota Towns
Reports from South Dakota describe yeggmen active during the harvest season, with post offices robbed in Darwin and stamps valued at 225 dollars taken, while Christianson’s drug store and a Bryant hardware store also suffered burglaries the same night, about 400 dollars in goods stolen.
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South’ Dakota
Sioux’ Falls
South Dakota
Darwin
Christianson
Bryant
Ice Deposit Halts Milwaukee Road Tunnel Work
Billings Montana August 24 workmen on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line report a massive ice deposit in the Musselshell valley near Dorsey, dug up while tunnel blasting. The ice is thick and extensive, likely a relic of the glacial period and remains well preserved beneath deposits of sediment.
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Billings
Mont
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Musselshell Valley
Dorsey
Bark Beetle Vanishing Threatens South Dakota Timber
Deadwood S D August 24 The bark beetle once destroying Black Hills timber is disappearing. Forest reserve officials estimate that losses to South Dakota timber will exceed 1 500 000 dollars due to the depredations of the insect.
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Deadwood
S. D
Black Hills
Forest Reserve
South Dakota
New Ulm Sunday Closing Law Standoff With Mayor
Citizens file complaint demanding enforcement of the Sunday law in New Ulm. Mayor Silverson resists, saying he will not act without public support. The attorney general warns he may use state power to require closure of saloons on Sundays.
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New Ulm
Silverson
New ‘Ulm
Reneral
Silverson Bays
Tornado Kills a Child Amid North Dakota Storm
Minneapolis reports a tornado in the Osseo area killing eight year old Tillie Putzlier, daughter of Andrew Putzlier. Survivors arrive as telephone service is restored and extensive devastation in northwestern Hennepin county becomes evident. Cottages were lifted from foundations and hurled. many victims are soaked and some stripped of clothing.
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Minneapolis
Tillie Putzlier
Andrew Putzlier
Osseo
Minnéapolis
Hennepin Counnty
Robs Peter to Pay Paul collar theft case in Le Sueur
Giuseppe Chasse is jailed by Judge Borer in Le Sueur Minnesota for stealing a fur collar from Charles Cormier and pawning it to raise funds to repay Anton Duerrenberger after admitting the theft.
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Peter
Paul
le Sueur
Minn
Guiseppe Chasse
Borer
Charles Cormier
Anton Duerrenberger
Cormier
Duerrenberger
Many Smallpox Cases Reported in Nine Weeks
St Paul Aug 24 reports from the state board of health show 360 new smallpox cases in the nine weeks ending Aug 19. The peak week was June 24 with 149 cases including 36 in Hennepin 17 in Scott 15 in Grant 12 in St Louis and 5 in Ramsey.
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St. Paul
State Board of Health
Hennepin County
Scott
Grant
St. Louis
Ramsey
Northern Pacific Passenger Train Derails at New York Mills
A Northern Pacific passenger train derailed at New York Mills Minnesota yesterday afternoon. A laborer suffered a dislocated shoulder the mail clerk was slightly hurt but continued work. Investigators attributed the accident to spreading rails.
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Northern Pacific
New York Mills
Wadena
Minn
Elevator Planned for Lewistown in Judith Basin Grain Growth
Lewistown Montana August 22 planned a million bushel grain elevator. About 25 000 acres grow grain in the Judith basin this season with an expected forty bushels per acre. Acreage up about 50 percent from last year and a further 50 percent rise expected next year.
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Lewistown
Mont
Judith Basin
Italian Suspect Captured After Des Moines Murder Chase
Italian suspect Ottavio Laprovitare sought in Des Moines on murder charge in the killing of cousin Ottolio Serengino on August 12 was captured in Marshalltown after a tense chase. Des Moines officers identified him and he was taken back to Des Moines for custody.
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Des Moines
Marshalltown
Iowa
Ottavio Laprovitare
Des’ Moines
Ottolio’ Serengino
Laprovitare
Doyle to Marry Miss Jean Leckie in September
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will wed Miss Jean Leckie in September. Miss Leckie, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Leckie of Glebe House Blackheath and Monkstown Cottage Crowborough, is linked to the sketch’s society notes.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Jean Leckie
Miss Leckie
Mrs. Leckie
Glebe House
Blackheath
Monkstown Cottage
Crowborough
The
Sketch
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Warrants Issued for Prairie Chicken Lawbreakers
Farmers report violations of the game laws as residents from BarnesvilleMinn shoot prairie chickens out of season. Several warrants issued and arrests expected soon.
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Barnesville
Minn
Interurban Car Crash Injures Five In Kaukauna
An Appleton report says a Green Bay Traction interurban car rounded a Kaukauna curve at high speed causing the body to leave its trucks and plunge into a ditch. The car side was crushed and splintered with five of seven passengers injured.
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Appleton, Wis
Green Bay Traction Company Interurban
Kaukauna
White House Romance Ties to Grant in Roosevelt Era
A notable engagement announced links Major General Frederick Dent Grant's son to a member of President Roosevelt's military circle. The budding match draws attention to prominent families connected to early 20th century executive residence and its political circles.
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Ulysses S. Grant I1r
Maj. Gen
Frederick Dent Grant
President Roosevelt
Reclaims 9 000 Acres in Sherburne County Ditch Project
Elk River Minnesota August 24 Eight county drainage ditches reclaim about 9000 acres at an average cost of 4.55 per acre. The land is expected to become among the most valuable in this region of the state once drainage is completed.
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Elk River
Minn
Sherburne County
Edson Farmers Form Vigilance Group To Halt Coop Raiders
Chippewa Falls Wisconsin August 24 Farmers of Edson organize to protect coops against an organized gang of chicken thieves raiding farms in recent weeks.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Edson
Fire claim in Wisconsin barn set two deaths
August Roth of Ridgeville Wis died from smoke inhalation while trying to save stock in a burning barn. His daughter Hulda Roth was fatally injured in the blaze near La Crosse on August 24.
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la Crosse
Wis
August Roth
Ridgeville
Hulda Roth
Children Start Hay Fire in Geneva Barn Yard
Geneva Minnesota August 24 Carl Jenson loses seventy tons of hay to fire caused by children playing with matches. The stack burned to ashes in a short time.
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Geneva
Minn
Carl Jensen
Market Day Profitable In Bemidji Event
Bemidji Minnesota August 22 market day proves profitable with animals and goods selling above owners expectations. The next market day will be held on September 21 with continued community trading and participation.
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Bemidji, Minn
Bemidji
Missing Fargo eatery owner sparks fear of foul play
Arthur Rowe, proprietor of an eating house on Northern Pacific Avenue in Fargo, has disappeared. Friends fear for his safety though his accounts are in good shape and no motive or explanation is evident. The disappearance is being investigated as a possible foul play case with authorities alerted.
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Arthur Rowe
Fargo
N. D
Northern Pacific
Avanue
Runaway Fatal for S. C. Man Henry Wolff
Henry Wolff aged fifty five died in Yankton South Carolina from internal injuries after a runaway last week. He was single and resided with his brother Chris Wolff in the city.
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Yankton, S. C
Alenry Wolff
Chris
William Poyter Files Bankruptcy Petition in Fergus Falls
Fergus Falls Minnesota August 22 William Poyter of Foxhome filed a bankruptcy petition in the United States court here yesterday listing assets of 350 all exempt and liabilities of 2751 26 under the petition the debtor’s assets are stated as exempt and his liabilities itemized.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Willam Poyter
Foxhome
United States
Mystery slaying shocks Butte people at Blue Front
A working man’s body was found dead with a broken neck and a blunt imprint on the brow in the Blue Front buffet room in Butte. Tim O’Hara, a known local character, says he was drunk in the wine room and unaware of the crime. Police believe the man was killed elsewhere and carried to the saloon. an inquest will probe the case.
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Butte
Tim O'Hara
South Butte
C. '. Pigott
Freight train riding deaths at Huntley and Willow Creek
A man named H C Madison was crushed between train bumpers at Huntley while attempting to ride a freight car. About 25 dollars was found on him and a Pendleton mercantile firm name appeared in a notebook. In a separate incident at Willow Creek, William J Burns died at St. Ann's hospital after being run over by a train. he had slipped beneath wheels while boarding with a companion. Papers on Burns suggest Spanish American War service.
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H C. Madison
Huntley
Pendleton
William J. Burns
Willow Creek
St. Ann's Hospital
Anaconda
Burns
Omens Coal Famine Darkens Montana Outlook
State coal mine inspector McDermott reports Montana coal is mined and shipped rapidly with little storing in mines. Labor shortages limit removal in the north while freight traffic soaks up supplies, promising a near term coal shortage.
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McDermott
Montana
Large Beet Harvest Expected At Billings Plant
Reports from across the district indicate a record beet crop for the Billings factory with about 9 000 acres planted this year up from 6 500 last season. A second crop on the same ground is anticipated and 1 200 Russian laborers were brought in for beet field work. Improvements at beet dumps include new unloading appliances along the railroad west of Billings. Harvest is slated to start around October 15 with delivery by December 1.
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Billings
Northern Pacific engineers survey new route toward Belfry
Northern Pacific unloads a corps of engineers at Bridger to survey a line to Belfry and Bear Creek parallel to the Yellowstone Park railway. Red Lodge rumors claim the crew works for the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul system which aims to build a Billings to Bear Creeks coal district branch.
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Northern Pacific
Corps of Engineers
Bridger
Belfry
Bear Creek
Yellowstone Park
Red Lodge
Chicago, Milwaukee
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