Army worm threat shadows Minnesota crops
In a Brainerd Dispatch brief from Brainerd Minnesota the piece warns that the army worm may cause more damage to the state than a military force. The report notes concern over student reform and political reform tied to Chicago University seniors and sophomores. It also mentions the sultan’s willingness to meet foreign demands and hints at European powers to intervene amid reports of renewed Turkish massacres.
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The
Chicago University
Greece
Sultan Ends Turco-Grecian War After Threats
The sultan abruptly halted the Turco-Grecian war when warned General Miles would miss the queen's jubilee if the conflict continued. The move implies political pressure led to a swift peace.
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Miles
Romance versus realism in a barter of books
A newspaper column that weighs a trade offers Tom Brown's School Days in exchange for set ting of white Leghorn or Plymouth Rock eyes. The odd proposal blends literary romance with poultry eye color imagery in a playful literary exchange.
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Tom Brown
Plymouth Rock
Herbert Spencer’s Method and Hidden Helpers
English philosopher Herbert Spencer runs sociology forward with five secretaries who work daily under his direction. He himself can manage only one hour of work when in good health, and often that hour is missed as secretaries carry out the tasks.
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Herbert Spencer
Greeks use World War rifles in new Turkish engagement
The Greeks employed rifles with a long past, once fired at Germans by the French nearly thirty years ago, captured by the Germans, and sold to the Greeks. Many of these rifles have now been captured again. The Turks may sell them away. their history makes them undesirable and prone to misfire.
Quebec Dispatch Reports New Guns and Cannon Ammunition
A press dispatch from Quebec notes arrival of new firearms and twelve pounder cannon projectiles. The writer muses how modern quick firing guns could have altered history at the Plains of Abraham, suggesting Wolfe’s heroism might not have stood against reinforcements.
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Quebec
Montcalm
Plains of Abraham
Wolfe
Quelne
Edward Ross and the Harvard thesis on future speech in the afterlife
The piece recalls Edward Ross the first Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts as a Harvard graduate with a thesis asking if the blessed in the next world will use articulate speech and whether it will be Hebrew, concluding affirmative. It notes the risk of overthinking unknowable questions and praises religious thinkers for focusing on eternal verities guiding character here and now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Ross
Massachusetts
Harvard
Christ
United States Leads in Factory Output Despite Fewer Workers
The article compares manufacturing labor across nations, noting the United States has fewer workers than Germany Britain and France but leads in factory output. It cites census figures showing 5,091,000 in manufacturing and mechanical industries in the US with many specialized workers, totaling 3,857,000 actually engaged in manufactories. It also highlights the US as top in products, steam power usage, and annual wages.
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Germany
Great Britain
France
United States
Commissioner of Labor
Courtesy in Tokyo Test for Americans on Bicycles
An American cyclist in Tokyo knocked down an elderly man who recovered, approached politely, and apologized for being in the elder’s way, praising the incident as a display of mutual courtesy in public life.
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Tokio
California professor claims lost race discovery challenged
A California professor asserts a discovery of a lost race in Lower California but Warward and Yale recently identified the same site at Poughkeepsie, dampening the professor’s boast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Lower
Warward
Yale
Poughkeepsie
Stockholders Aim to Oust Sage from Railroad Presidency
Report says stockholders may attempt to remove Russell Sage as railroad president amid a wave of corporate vacancies since courts entered the railroad field. The outcome is uncertain and could shift leadership across boards influenced by governance changes.
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Russell Sage
Senator West Praises Oregon and Washington Cherries
A tariff speech quoted Senator West praising the finest cherries grown in Oregon and Washington. The remark prompts a witty jab about the Cherry Sisters of Iowa canceling the senator’s season pass.
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Senator West
Oregon
Washington
Cherry Sisters
Iowa
Tide turns on controversial Spain Cuba tension
The morning paper cites a headline about Spaniards being hanged and credits Cuban captors with the harsh outcome. The report hints at unwanted activity in Cuba and suggests the phrase for Spaniards could apply to Texas mutes, implying broader implications.
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Cuba
Texas
Harvard Crew Learns English Stroke Critique
Trainer Lehmann's explanation of the English stroke for the Harvard crew is described as nearly as effective as an apoplectic stroke, signaling poor impact on the team’s rowing technique.
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Lehmann
Harvard
Chicago couple Baptized at Sinfa Mission in Western China
A Chicago physician and his wife, visiting western China, were converted and baptized at the Sinfa mission. The article notes that some Americans doubt missionary work, but argues such visits reveal the field’s transforming power.
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Chicago
China
America
Peary to Sail for North Pole Relief Fund Drive
Lieut. Peary will sail for the north pole in a few days and readers are urged to contribute to the relief fund immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peary
North Pole
News of the Week Highlights World Events
A condensed digest of top global stories from major regions and nations. Key developments include political shifts, economic updates, and notable incidents shaping markets and public life, presented for quick reading by busy readers.
Linney Acts To Cut Distilled Spirits Tax
Representative Linney of North Carolina introduces a bill to reduce the tax on distilled spirits to 70 cents a gallon. The Mercantile National Bank of Hartford Connecticut will enter voluntary liquidation on August 2, 1807, with settlement efforts expected to take over two months as creditors await final action.
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Linney
North Carolina
Mercantile National Bank of Hartford
Conn
Notable Obituaries and Retirements From Across the Nation
Father John, a missionary among the Chippewas in Wisconsin for twenty years, is dead. The old home in Niles, Ohio, where President McKinley was born, was sold to W. C. Allison, a relative of the president. Clara Novello, Countess Giglioucci, enters her eightieth year. Sir Arthur Sullivan set to music Kipling’s Recessional, honoring Commodore Robert L. Pythian, now retired from the navy. Secretary Richard W. Thompson celebrates his eighty-eighth birthday in Terre Haute. Paron Fava and Mine. Fava plan a summer in Italy to save their son Rene Vava’s remains in Naples, with tomb by Amateis.
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John
Wisconsin
Olf
Niles
Ohio
President McKinley
W. C. Allison
Clara Novello
Countess Giglioucci
Arthur Sullivan
Rudyard Kipling
Robert L. Pythian
Naval Observatory
Navy
Kentucky
the Navy
Richard W. Thompson
Terre Haute
Ind
Fuller
Paron Fava
Fava
Italy
Rene Vava
Naples
Amateis
Notable deaths and storm fatalities across Wisconsin and Ohio
Obituaries report J Babcock fire extinguisher inventor dead at 53 in Goston. Major William Mahoney Wisconsin veteran and former deputy revenue official dies at Wausau. A severe storm system strikes Marion Ohio with fatalities including George Stout and four others near Radburn. Cambridge Massachusetts electric car fuse failure endangers forty passengers with several serious injuries. Mary Joseph, an Assyrian fruit peddler, killed in Milwaukee La Crosses area.
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J. Babcock
Goston
Mary Joseph
Yates
Milwaukee
la Crosses
William Mahoney
Wisconsin
Wausau
Internal Revenue
Peck
Marion
Ohio
Vicinty
George Stout
Radburn
Fifeen
Cambridge
Mass
Tragic suicides and vigilantism reported in multiple counties
A nineteen year old woman in Saginaw Michigan drowned herself and her infant child after betrayal. In Coosa Alabama a mob killed James Daniel, a Black man, after an attempted assault on Mrs Join Baker. In North Greenfield Wisconsin farmer J Morkenhagen hanged himself in his barn while awaiting trial. Costa Rica plot leader Ricardoe de Reynesous in jail awaiting trial confesses implicating three coffee planters and the war minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah F. Hamilton
Saginaw
Mich
Coosa County
Alabama
James Daniel
Join Baker
Jdeooph Morkenhagen
North Greenfield
Wis
Averal Neighbors
Ricardoe de Reynesous
Costa Rica
Paris Figaro notes betrothal of Princess Isabelle
The Paris Figaro reports Princess Isabelle of Orleans soon to wed Prince Albert of Belgium. Miss Greene, an American social figure in London, becomes engaged to a ducal Hamilton family member. The duchess of Hamilton wed quietly in Leicester.
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Paris Figaro
Isabelle of Orleans
Prince Albert
Belgium
Greene
London
Hamilton
Duchess of Hamilton
Leicester
Eng
Poster
John Charles Bucknill
ISS
Peru
Spain
Pon
Vierola
Isabelle Catolien
Stromboli
Lipari
Sicily
Partial Historical Dispatch of Oddities and Events
A seventy eight pound melon sent to McKinley from Atlanta. Berlin opinion says Andree may be blown to Greenland or North America. Earthquake tremors felt in Saratoga New York with east to west vibrations. John Lawson the Terrible Swede, Chicago rider, gravely ill with typhoid. Hanlan challenges Gaudaur to Toronto Bay race for 1000 and world title. Santa Barbara youths kill three sea otters near San Miguel island skins worth 400 each. Burlington shops tin department force noted.
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McKinley
Atlanta
Berlin
Andree
Greenland
North America
Saratoga
N. Y
John Lawson
Chicago
Hanlan
Gaudaur
Toronto Bay
Santa Barbara
San Miguel Island
Burlington Shops
Ten Hour Days Begin in Joseph Missouri Across Nation
Reports note workers in Joseph Missouri starting ten hour days while the Broadmoor Casino in Colorado Springs plans rebuilding after a recent fire with a loss of sixty five thousand dollars. Other items include political calls for Marion Butler to resign, beef market prospects in Montana, and various business and crime notes from across the country.
We must select an ambassador for the infidels
In a Chicago or New York Press tone a prime minister debates to appoint an ambassador to convey affection for the infidels. The crowd responds with a noisy shout and a preferred name Mustapha Bey is urged amid theatrical approval.
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Reler
Mustapha Bey
New York Press
Cherry Hil Ethics and the Optimist Pessimist Brain Teaser
A World article fragment presents a playful exchange about optimism and pessimism. It notes a teacher and a boy discussing what an optimist is and then what a pessimist is, in a two minute interval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowery Pough
New York World
A Kind Teacher
A playful snippet recalls a teacher who avoids loud discipline as students whisper about a jointly prepared present for her. The exchange centers on courtesy and a thoughtful gesture from students to their caring educator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Tas
Texas
Five Men Die in Nutmeg State Steamer Explosion
A terrible explosion aboard the Nutmeg State of the Bridgeport Steamboat line while at the foot of South Street, Widgeport Conn, killed four men and left three more fatally injured with several in serious condition. The steamer was damaged heavily near the stern.
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Widgeport
Conn
Bridgeport
South Street
Stark
Trains Guarded in Connellsville Amid Theft Fears
Special trains on the Pittsburg division of the Baltimore and Ohio are guarded by men with Winchester rifles as a precaution against holdups by tramps in Connellsville Pennsylvania.
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Connellsville
Pittsburg
Baltimore & Otte Railroad
Fatal shooting after domestic incident in Palmyra
Special Last Friday night Daniel Rose found Dr John W Norris in his daughter's bedroom in Palmyra Missouri. This morning Rose confronted Norris near the post office and fatally shot him with a revolver. Norris returned fire twice but missed.
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Palmyra
Daniel Rose
John W. Norris
Rose
Norris
Arbitration Prospects Grow As Operators Hopeful Meeting Big
In Pittsburg July 27 the mining dispute stalls as Western and Eastern operators gather for what is billed as the region’s largest arbitration meeting. Negotiators prepare a contract for the court house session expected to span two to three days with broad support for arbitration and mixed views on uniformity. In Fairmont West Virginia the strike effort is declared a failure after days of mobilization led by Debs and associates. Despite mass meetings, miners at Fairmont and adjacent districts remain at work with 1,000 miners accounted in New England Gaston Montana and West Fairmont Briar Hill Watson groups.
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F. D. Grant
New York
Groo
Pittsburg
Court House
West Virginia
Fairmont
W. Va
Ratchford
Debs
Mahon
Coslet
Miller
New England
Gaston
Montana
West Fairmont
Briar Hill Watson
Aid for the Strikers Reports Lead to Indiana Appeal
Governor Mount calls state officials and leaders to a conference after the strike commission report. A committee is set to receive subscriptions to aid destitute coal miners in Indiana. No coal famine expected as Pittsburg reports oversupply and continued shipments from West Virginia and eastern mines.
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Indianapolis
Messrs. Conner and
Terhune
Gov. Mount
Indiana
Miners Deny Threats as Strike Demonstration Passes Peacefully
Pittsburg officials say strikers would not march on New York & Cleveland Gas Coal mines. About 1,000 miners urged workers at Castle Shannon Oak Station to join the strike. no disorder occurred. In St Louis, 100 Coxeyite strikers tried to seize an Illinois Central freight train at Belleville but were driven off. posse ejects them and no disturbance follows.
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Pittsburg
Dolan and
Warner
New York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company
Dolan
Castle Shannon
Oak Station
St. Louis
Bradley
Illinois Central
Belleville
Lenzburg
Marissa
Rhein
Long Wedded Life as Gladstones Celebrate Fifty-Eighth Anniversary
London observers report Mr and Mrs Gladstone marking their 58th wedding anniversary at Hawarden. A large turnout of visitors and townspeople offered congratulations as the couple, in strong health, greeted well-wishers and attended church with notable vigor and animation.
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Mrs. Gladstone
London
Hawarden
Mr. Gladstone
Sailors Get Loaded After Payoff In Savannah
Gunboat Wilmington crew spent much of the day chained aboard after pay day. Many men came ashore in Savannah and overindulged at nearby resorts. police arrested several and sent them back to the ship.
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Savannah
Wilmington
Baroness Blane Seeks Divorce From Leeds Waters
Baroness Elizabeth L. Waters petitions for divorce from Leeds Vaughan Waters after a short marriage begun June 13 1896. She alleges extreme cruelty during their brief life together in Chicago.
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Blane
Chicago
Elizabeth L. Waters
Leeds Vaughan Waters
Stores Burned in Wharton Ont Fire
Ten of the town's largest stores in the heart of Wharton's business district were destroyed by a major fire. No further details on casualties or cause are provided in the report.
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Wharton
Ont
Turks Leave Thessaly and The Frontiers Peace Pact
The Sultan agrees to the frontier clause after pressure from the powers. Turkish forces reportedly begin evacuation of Thessaly with minor technical changes. Serbia warns it will pursue Albanian raiders into Ottoman territory if incursions continue and refuses responsibility for consequences.
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Constantinople
Tewfik Pasha
Thessaly
Porte
Prokoulje
Colored Jubilee in Ocean Grove Returns to Mission Reach
A special jubilee of the home and foreign missions of the A. M. E. church is being held in Ocean Grove. The event draws more than 5,000 colored attendees from various parts of the country.
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Ocean Grove
N. 1
Home and Foreign Missions
A. M. E. Church
Armor Firms Refuse to Bid on Battleship Armor
Washington Special Secretary Long reports Carnegie and Bethlehem steel firms declined to bid on supplying armor for the Illinois Wisconsin and Alabama due to the $300 limit. They say the price prevents producing armor of required quality.
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Washington
Long
Carnegie
Bethlehem
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Alabama
Congress
British government rejects Maybrick clemency bid
The British government again declined to interfere in Florence Maybrick's execution. Ambassador Hay pressed for relief, but Lord Salisbury requested a report and Secretary Ridley concluded no exceptional treatment should be given. The medical opinion supported the verdict of guilt.
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Washington
Florence Maybrick
Ambassador Hay
Foreign Office
State Department
Lord Salisbury
Ridley
Mrs. Maybrick
Double murder after spree among Greensburg miners
In Greensburg Pennsylvania on July 28 James Porter and John Hyde, both striking miners, were visiting Robert Rodgers in Herminie. After heavy drinking Hyde used an axe on Rodgers and Porter, fracturing skulls and leaving them insensible. Hyde is jailed.
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Greensburg
Rodgers
Porter
Hyde
President appoints Robert J. Tracewell controller of the treasury
The president will appoint Hon. Robert J. Tracewell of Indiana to be controller of the treasury. The post is vacant since Bowler retired earlier this month. Also noted is the nomination of T V Powderly, previously blocked in the Senate, for commissioner general of immigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Treasury
Tracewell
Washington
Robert J. Tracewell
Indiana
Controller of the Treasury
McKinley
Controller Bowler
Gold in Mexico Heats Up in Guerrero Mines
City of Mexico reports that Guerrero state may surpass Klondike in gold output as glacier mining develops. Placer work yields strong returns with abundant water. An old Californian miner reports $34,000 in May and $15,000 monthly on average. Sonora Indians using crude placers also show high returns. An explorer predicts Sonora could rival California in palmier days of gold production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Mexico
Guerero
Klondyke
Sonora
California
Shot in a quarrel in Pittston kills one man
In Pittston Pennsylvania July 28 a group of Polanders drank in a saloon when Charles Milisky was shot dead by Andrew Jovarosky. The mob beat Jovarosky as he tried to flee and he then fired a shotgun from his house wounding two more. Police captured him after forcing entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittston
Charles Milisky
Andrew Jovarosky
Insurgents Surrender After Cavalry Stand
In Havana province Maj. Juan Calanjes and nineteen cavalrymen surrendered at Los Talos. Official dispatches report forty-one insurgents killed yesterday and ninety-three surrendered, forty-three of them armed, across several provinces.
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Hiavana
Juan Calanjes
Los Talos
Havana
Bermuda steamer owners charged in Kingston for filibustering
The Norwegian steamer Leon reports that Kingston court of admiralty has forfeit action against Bermuda steamer owners. The case cites breach of the merchants shipping act due to alleged registration defect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leon
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Court of Admiralty
Kingston
Bermuda
Merchants’ Shipping Act
Mary Jones to Journey for Worden Appeal
Mrs. Mary Jones of San Francisco known as mother of the American Railway union travels to Washington to intercede with President McKinley on behalf of S. L. Worden condemned to death for actions during California labor riots. The trip is set around July 28 with stops in Chicago and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jones
San Francisco
Washington
Chicago
California
American Railway Union
McKinley
S. l. Worden
Steamer George W Elder Sails for Alaska
Portland firm announces the steamer George W Elder will sail July 30 direct to Alaska. The vessel carries 200 cabin and 300 steerage passengers and 1 400 tons of freight. One hundred cabins and half the steerage berths are reserved for Portland, with remaining space to be sold in San Francisco. Mines supplies orders surge into the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
George W. Elder
Alaska
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Elder
San Francisco
Man Named O Gooden Arrested for Forged Checks in Sandstone
Sandstone Minnesota July 27 A man using the name John O Gooden was arrested on a forged check charge after passing a Myers and Hanson draft drawn on First National Bank Watertown South Dakota. The check bore the firm name and was indorsed by O Gooden and Al Simmons, who knows him ten years. A telegram from Watertown alleging forgery prompted the arrest. He carried many checks on banks across the Northwest at his capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandstone
Minn
John O’gooden
Dennie
Watertown
O’gooden
Frank Holznagel
John Erion
Sanborn
Northwestern
Frank
Elmer Nelson
Lake Lillian
Atwater
Anoka County
John Wetzel
C. S. McNair
Little Falls
Riverdale
Montevideo
J. Lindquist
Clarence
Bicycle Journey Ends for Colored Troopers
Lieut. Moss and twenty troopers of the United States infantry completed a 2,000 mile bicycle ride from Fort Missoula Montana to St Louis Missouri in six weeks. Moss says the tour was eminently successful and the longest army bicycle march on record proving bicycles have a place in modern warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Moss
United States Infantry
Fort Missoula
Mont
Lieut
Seven men charged with highway robbery near West Superior
West Superior Wisconsin July 25 officers captured seven men named Jack Lewis Thomas Hoffer Frank McNaughton James Moore Thomas Sawyer William Ricke and William Roneson. They are charged with highway robbery and turned over to Iron River officers for trial. The suspects reportedly rode a freight train and attacked three other men similarly traveling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Superior
Wis
Jack Lewis
Thomas Hoffer
Frank McNaughton
James Moore
Thomas Sawyer
William Ricke
William Roneson
Iron River
Well Poisoners in Sully Town Feud Spawns Attempted Murder
In Sully county eastern district a long running neighborhood feud has led to numerous lawsuits and clashes. The latest development is an alleged attempt to poison the well at the G. W. Grass farm, a faction leader’s property. Authorities pursue the culprit amid rising tensions between factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
Sully County
G. W. Grass
Normand confined as twelfth life sentence in North Dakota
August Normand, murderer of the Hilestad children in Grand Forks county, has been brought to the penitentiary in Bismarck. He joins the Colony of the Unch hanged as the twelfth life term in the state. North Dakota has not yet carried out a legal murder execution. Bomberger remains the only prior execution for six child murders at Cando.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
N. D
Normand
Hilestad
Grand Forks
Bomberger
Cando
Old-Timers Sail for Alaska Steamer Mexico Departs Port Townsend
The steamer Mexico left Port Townsend with 400 passengers, about 350 bound for gold fields in Alaska. Many carry three years of supplies. the crowd includes veterans from past California gold rushes and men from various trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Townsend
Alaska
Wash
Mexico
California
Taken in Tennessee W B Stine Wanted in Minnesota
W B Stine, once a county clerk and later clerk of the Minnesota legislature, was arrested by Knoxville police in Tennessee on a defalcation charge. He is accused of misappropriating 2500 dollars while serving in Minnesota. He was sought at Slayton Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Stine
Minnesota
Knoxville
Tenn
Slayton
Minn
Stine
Jennison's Park Hotel Burned at Mattawa Lake
Fire swept Jennison's Park hotel a summer resort on Mattawa lake in Holland Michigan. About 100 guests were in the building with several narrow escapes and only a few clothes saved. The loss is about 25000 with no insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland, Mich
Jennison’s
Justice Hands Burglary and Embezzlement Sentences
Grand Forks reports Judge Fisk sentences James Irwin and Edward Norton to three years six months each in the state penitentiary for burglary. E A Denny receives one year three months for embezzlement and Fred Smith one year for burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Forks
N. C
Fisk
James Irwin
Edward Norton
E. A. Denny
Fred Smith
Body Found in Lake City River Believed Suicide
In Lake City Minnesota on July 28 a middle aged man wearing workingman clothing was found dead in the river. Authorities believe the death to be self-inflicted and the body remains unidentified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake City
Minn
Bach Convicted Under New Law For Undersized Fish
Bayfield Wisconsin July 27 L J Bach was convicted of possessing eleven kegs of under weight fish. It marks the first conviction under the new law in this area and the case will be appealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayfield
Wis
L. J. Bachand
Shooting Gallery Proprietor Shot at Winnipeg Exposition
At the Winnipeg exposition grounds on July 27 Arthur Tvr as proprietor of a shooting gallery was struck in the abdomen by a stray bullet. He is reported to be in critical condition and likely to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Exposition Grounds
Arthur Tvras
Convict Confession May Free Rev Hinshaw
Noah Baney, a Michigan City prison convict, writes a confession that could exonerate Rev. W. E. Hinshaw who was sentenced to life for his wife’s murder at Belleville. Baney claims the real killers are Indianapolis men John Whitney and Guy Van Tassel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Noah Baney
Michigan City
Rev
W. E. Hinshaw
Hinshaw
Belleville
Baney
Twenty Five Thousand Acres Grain Ruined
A severe hailstorm across Eureka and Miller, South Dakota, July 28 devastated crops. Hail damaged grain over a four by ten mile strip, about 20 800 acres lost, with shattered windows and soil-packed grain. Farmers northeast of Miller report extensive ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
8S. D
Miller
S. D
Tremendous Hail Stones in Nebraska Town
A damaging hail storm with heavy wind struck Kearney Nebraska on July 25 breaking most west side windows. A copper colored funnel cloud and tornado conditions were possible but passed over. A strip half a mile wide and twenty miles long was stripped bare with winds toppling windmills across South Central Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney
Neb
Nebraska
Proposed Beet Sugar Factory at Yankton D C
Yankton Beet Sugar company has received plans from American Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company of Chicago for a 500 ton plant costing about 275000 dollars. The company plans to build in the West and awaits beet test growth results in the county. Herman Ellerman will travel to Chicago around August 1 for talks with James A Danforth and the American company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton
D. C
Yankton Beet Sugar Company
American Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company of
Chicago
Herman Ellerman
James A. Danforth
Le Sueur Board Deadlock Leaves High School Headless
Le Sueur Minnesota July 28 The school board remains tied three to three in a struggle to appoint a superintendent for the coming school year. An all night session failed to break the deadlock with the Houck candidacy split across factions. If Houck does not become head, the district may open without a principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Sueur
Minn
le Sueur High School
Houck
Insurance War Ends In Madison With Rate Cut Across Fourteen Firms
After days of turmoil in Madison Wisconsin four teen local insurers reach a compromise. Rates drop by 25 to 50 percent and about 75 percent of policies are rewritten mostly for five years. The dispute began with the Royal non union company and union firms aided the settlement. Saturday saw the hottest rate war with policies pushed to extremely low figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Royal Company
Runaway Rig Near Stillwater Endangers Lizzie Pankonin
A runaway wagon near Stillwater on July 28 left Lizzie Pankonin gravely injured after she jumped from the vehicle while returning from Wildwood. Annie Mankonin, Aldrich, and Hathaway escaped with minor injuries as the rig was demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Seriously
Stillwater
Minn
Lizzie Pankonin
Lizzie
Annie Mankonin
Aldrich and Hathaway
St. Dan
Wildwood
Orphan Homes Carload Finds Homes With Farmers
The Chicago orphan homes sent a car full of boys West to place them with farmers or families in need of boys. Eight or ten of the last car load were welcomed here and soon found homes. The local home has placed about thirty boys, with other homes finding many placements in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise Philanthrops
Miller
S. C
Chicago Orphan Homes
Hines' Last Ride In Pembina Insanity Declared
D N Hines once president of the prospective farmers' railroad has been deemed insane and confined to the James town asylum. He protested a sheriff bought ticket for him claiming railroad president rights to courtesy.
Jersey bull injures boy after creek swim near Albert Lea
In Albert Lea Minnesota on July 28 several boys swam at a creek north of town. While dressing on the bank they were attacked by a Jersey bull. Jesse Holbrook was knocked down and severely gashed in the right thigh by the bull's horns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lea
Minn
Jesse Holbrook
Widow Mrs Dugan Marries Oregon Ranch Owner By Ad
Delano Minn July 25 An event surprised many friends as widow Mrs Dugan wed an Oregon ranch owner after meeting through an advertisement in a city daily. The couple left for Oregon last evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delano
Minn
Fire destroys O'Neil elevator at Little Cedar
McIntyre Iowa July 28 a fire destroyed the O Neil elevator at Little Cedar with two cars on the track nearby one loaded with grain causing heavy loss investigators suspect tramp arson ongoing inquiry into the blaze
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McIntyre
Iowa
Little Cedar
Lightning Burns Barn of Hon. J. Lederberg Near Cambridge
Lightning struck the barn of Hon. John Sederberg two miles south of Cambridge Minnesota destroying farming tools and machinery. Loss placed at 2000 dollars with insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Minn
John Sederberg
Here
Coal famine closes Alton plants and halts glass work
Factory No. 7 of the Illinois Glass company and other plants halt operations as coal shortages disrupt production. Electric lights in Alton will be extinguished at midnight until the strike ends and coal supplies improve. The canning strike has left 700 workers jobless in Alten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Alton
Ilinois Glass Company
Glass Workers’ Union
Alten
Brother hood assigns Kea to duty of miners
Columbus telegraph reports Kea second vice president of the Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators is assigned to duty by President Ratchford at no cost to the miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
W. Kea
Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators
Ratchford
Thrifty Patients Prompt Quick Doctor Visits
A humorous quip notes a doctor rushing to Mrs Fidget's in hopes she improves quickly before arrival to reduce charges. The line jokes that faster recovery cuts medical bills.
After the Fourth Cawker Sparks Pyrotechnic Debrief
Mrs. Cawker asks for thoughts on the Fourth of July display and receives a brisk reply noting the pyrotechnics were an all fired success.
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Mrs. Cawker
Cawker
Charter Revoked for Canton Farming Syndicate
The viceroy of Canton revoked the charter granted to a Chinese syndicate formed to run farming enterprises in Lekin district West River valley after protests by British officials, reported by the Times correspondent in Hong Kong.
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London
the Times
Hong Kong
Canton
West River
Lekin District
Call for Beer Stamps Spurs St. Louis Brewers
The rush of St. Louis brewers to buy beer stamps before a tariff took effect exhausted supply. Authorities ordered an additional Washington supply as a similar amount remained on hand early in the week. One firm purchased $161,000 worth and has applied for more.
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St. Louis
St. Loui S
Washington
Germany Protests US Annexation of Hawaii
Paris correspondent of the London Daily Mail reports Germany protested to the United States over Hawaii's annexation. He says Germany sought a triple control of the area by America Great Britain and herself.
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Paris
London Daily Mail
Germany
United States
Hawaii
America
Great Britain
Powers Should Pay the Indemnity
Novoe Vremya urges the European powers most involved in the Eastern question to pay Greece the full war indemnity immediately. This, it says, is essential to force Turkey to evacuate Thessaly and restore European policy stability.
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St. Petersburgh
Novoe Vremya
Greece
Turkey
Thessaly
Ocean Liners Race to Beat Tariff Bill
Reports from the New York custom house say a wave of liners and freighters are racing to reach port before the tariff bill becomes law. The Paris from Southampton and the Umbria from Liverpool lead a dozen ships with vast wool cargoes, amid rumors of a $1,000,000 duty savings if they sail in first.
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New York
Special
Custom House
Atlantic
Paris
Southampton
Umbria
Liverpool
Robbery and Torture Reported Near Smithfield
Six masked men robbed and tortured 60 year old Mrs. Shreve of Sistersville region near Smithfield on Tuesday night. They tied her thumbs, beat her with switches and burned her feet with candles before forcing her to reveal a hidden $1,500. They failed to find $5,000 in gold elsewhere in the house. The victim may not recover.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Storm Deluge and Wind Ravage Herrriceane New York
A powerful storm drenched Herrriceane New York with heavy rain and hurricane force winds. Lightning caused property damage while telegraph and telephone wires were blown down disrupt ing inland communication for a time. Several people were partly stunned by lightning as the storm lasted about an hour.
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Herrriceane
New York
Uhl Arrives in New York From Hamburg
Edwin F. Uhl former U S envoy to Germany has reached New York City traveling from Hamburg by sea and air in a notable diplomatic homecoming feature of the week.
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Edwin F. Uhl
United States
Germany
New York
Hamburg
Boat Capsizing near Hamburg Claims Six Lives
A dispatch from Ilamburg reports a boat carrying forty five Hamburg engine works employees capsize in the River Elbe. Six persons drowned and rescue efforts were underway.
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Perlin
Ilamburg
Hamburg Engine Works
Elbe
Emperor Nicholas gifts Servian king rifles and cartridges
A Vienna dispatch reports Emperor Nicholas presented King Alexander of Servia with 40,000 Berdan rifles and 25,000,000 cartridges.
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Vienna
Nicholas
Alexander of
Servia
Elmer Knocks Out Allen in SF Bout in One Minute
In San Francisco Billy Elmer defeated George Allen of Australia with a knockout after one minute of boxing action. Allen was unable to answer the count as Elmer maintained pressure from the opening bell.
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San Francisco
Billy Elmer
George Allen
Australia
Multiple Drownings Fires and Crimes Reported Across Minnesota
A run of incidents includes a three year old drowning in a water tank at St James, a burglary with jewelry theft near Mountain Lake, a mangled unknown body on a Glencoe rail line, a Grand Rapids suicide in a house of ill fame, and a Sumter drowning from cramps in Buffalo creek. Other items note a Brainerd fire, a Madelia railroad fatality, encampment notices, deaths in Hector and Carver, and arrests for theft and arson across Minnesota towns.
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Henry Jackson
St. James
J. D. Schroeder
Mountain Lake
Glencoe
Grand Rapids
Wisconsin
George Asche
Buffalo Creek
Sumter
Gustave A. Flach
Pokegama Falls
J. G. Smith
Brainerd
Halvor Erickson
Omaha Express
Madelin
Young Men's Christian Association of Minnesota
Union Lake
Faribault
Jacob Suelter
Carver
Jaiver Erickson
Madelra
Abby
Blue Earth City
Grand Jury
John W. Peddema
Lintonville
W. J. Hackson
James H. Anderson
Utah
Mormon Church
Winona
Johnnie Keech
Dead Lake
J. C. Meloy
Hastings
Iastings
Child Questions Courage in Light of a Match
Tommie asks if striking something smaller is cowardly and is told it is. He contemplates lighting gas with a match, reflecting on courage and practical actions.
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Papa
Tommie
Harper's Bazar
Great Northern to Sell Round Trip Tickets for Harvest Travel
From August 3 to September 7 and August 17 to August 31 1980 the Great Northern railway offers one fare round trips from St Paul and Minneapolis to points in Northern Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota tickets valid twenty to ninety days travel during harvest era homeseekers encouraged to visit grain belt by rail agents or F IL Whitney Gy PL Vv A St Paul Minn
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Great Northern Railway
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
A Summer in Aready features runaway marriage subplot
Ethel notes a Mb'ary book with a couple who run away and marry, while her mother asks if she likes it. The Chicago Record mentions this plot element.
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Ethel
Aready
Eithel
Chicago
Allen's Foot-Ease powder advertises comfort for aching feet
Allen's Foot-Ease offers relief for painful swollen feet and bunions and makes tight shoes feel easy. It cures sweating and callouses and claims quick comfort. Sold by druggists and shoe stores with 25 cent mail orders. trial package free from Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Not Love at First Sight for Wallie's Teacher
Aunt asks Wallie about his new teacher. Wallie jokes that he does not love her, after a pause he finally says Not in a humorous exchange from Harper's Bazaar.
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Wallie
Wal
Harper
Soxey and Kroxey Exchange Witty Schooling Banter
The exchange presents Soxey praising a self-taught man and Kroxey noting that experience teaches even a fool, captured in a Pittsburg News dialogue.
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Soxey
Kroxey
Pittsburg News
Newport man orders bicycle lighter than himself
J. W. Grimes of Newport Kentucky, despite weighing 444 pounds, rides a bicycle and has ordered a new bicycle that will weigh 35 pounds.
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J. W. Grimes
Newport
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Brainerd Dispatch
Ingersell , Wieland, Publishers
Piil
M. Lebon
Timbuctoo
House of Commons
George N. Curzon
Michael Davitt
Bering Sea
War Office
Okehampton
Pope Leo
Congregation of Josephites
Grammont
Cardinal Swampa
Duchess of Cumberland
Thyra
Denmark
Princess of Wales
Czarina
Camillo Antona Traversi
Rome
Corriere Della Sera
National Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Buffalo
Canadian Association
James J. Coogan
Europe
Tammany Hall
Richard Croker
Greater New York
Yellowstone Park Association
Upper Basin
Mammoth Hot Springs
Colorado
Christian Endeavor
Union Pacific
Palmer
National Sporting Club
Albert Acruman
George W. Lubke, Jr
Cheyenne Agency
Elliott
Cheyenne Reservation
Millville, N. J
George Branin
Green Glass Workers Association
Fish Commission
Albatross
Cape Flattery
M. Cary
Northern Pacific
Cal
Butte
Flathead Indian Reservation
MHS
Maybrick
Bowler
State of
Worden
Morshwest News
Sully
Tennessee
Thrifty
Crete
Minnesota News
North Star
Duluth
John Bulkley
Proctor Knott
Barker
Caledonia
McD
Williams
Kasson
Messrs
Bliss and
Scanlon
Lanesboro
John C. Hunter
R. M. Hunter
Hunter's Lake
Hunter
K. Patterson
M. H. Manvuel
E. H. Elsworth
Breckenridge
O. E. McFadon
Miss Atkinson
H. Faber, Jr
Norwood
Carver County
Martin Lubbmeyer
St. Cloud
Great Northern
George B. Holden
Lamberton
Manchester Vnsity
Odd Fellowship
Manchester
D. Stevens
Ed Sandeger
Sweet
Stevens
J. Myers
Superior
Browns Valley
Myers
Cooser
Carleton College
Northfield
George H. Wells
Wells
Plymouth Church
Tracy
Board of Education
H. M. Workman
H. F. Selter
W. R. Edwards
G. H. Jessup
O. F. Norwood
Henry A. Rucker
Georgia
New Orleans
Louis Bounet
Memphis
Tours Infirmary
C. I. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mase
Hood’s
Hood
Detroit Journal
Canadian Northwest
William Miller
Muron County
Saskatchewan
Ben Davies
East Third Street
R. H. Swallow
W. Ritchie
Grafton
Dominion Government
Dpittsburg News
High Closs Academy
Dubuque
Mount St. Joseph Academy
Bend For Prospectus
Jenkins
Smithers
Hamblen
Applied Science
Winslow
Johnnyy
Johnny Stubbs
Johnny Gt
Winnie Winkles
Boston
Sixty-fifth Street
Eighth Avenues
J. Mulhall
Wedkegan, Ill
Japan
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