Alger Welcome Draws Huge Detroit Homecoming Ovation
General Russell A. Alger received a warm welcome in Detroit with 400 in the committee and 1,000 marchers, including militia and veterans. Governor Pingree criticized newspapers as dishonest while Mayor Maybury praised Alger, who said he acted with full support from the president and recalled Allied battles abroad.
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Detroit
Russell A. Alger
Toledo
Alger
Maybury
Pingree
Washington
Philippines
Cuba
Porto Rico
Iowa Republicans Nominate Full Ticket at State Convention
At Des Moines on August 8 the Republican state convention nominated Governor L M Shaw and Lieutenant Governor J C McMillan along with a superintendent of public instruction nominee. The meeting featured speeches and reports from party members, while merchants advertised various products in the same issue. Nearby notes mention social gatherings, a Bryan Navasota baseball game result, and local sales listings including a corner residence and a horse and buggy for sale.
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Des Moines
L. M. Shaw
J. C. McMillan
Dewey Nurseries
Central Hotel
Man from Santiago linked to yellow fever case at Hampton
The Hampton marine hospital system traced a Soldier’s Home inmate, William Thomas, who came from Santiago between July 2 and 5. He developed chills and fever, later deemed a mild yellow fever case, and is now in Columbus City, Washington. No new yellow fever cases or deaths were reported.
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Washington
Marine Hospital
Hampton
William Thomas
Santiago
Leas
Phoebus
Columbus City
Wash
Wyman
Thomas
Senator Jones
Jones
Arkansas
Europe
Democratic Committee
Multiple Fatalities and Developments Across States
Lightning killed Albert Nanser nine miles from Union Missouri. July Cripple Creek gold output reached 1,135,730 dollars. Malignant dysentery outbreak at Liberty Center Indiana. Sixteen cows with tuberculosis were killed at Springfield Illinois. Lewis McElhaney died after driving in front of a train near Mexico Missouri. A second zinc furnace employing 130 men started at Cherryville Kansas. Rector Arkansas bank clears articles of incorporation with 20 000 capital. Fifty square miles of crops ruined by hail in Polk County Minnesota. Mrs John Thornton jailed at Carthage Missouri charged with husband’s murder.
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Albert Nanser
Union
Cripple Creek
Colo
Liberty Center
Ind
Springfield
Lewis McElhaney
Mexico
Cherryville
Kas
Bank of Rector
Ark
Polk County
Minnesota
John Thornton
Carthage
Willi ConSide
Jerry
Labor action to bar Indiana glassmakers alliance
Legal proceedings will be begun by a labor assembly at Andrews Indiana to stop Indiana window glass factories from joining a trade combine. A snake was boiled in coffee at a Buchanan County logging camp. Two men die before breakfast and a third dies soon after. Rud Kleberg of Cuero intends reelection. Twenty eight Irish girls arrive in New York to join Sisters of Charity in Galveston and Houston.
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Andrews
Ind
Indiana
Buchanan County
Virginia
New York
Ireland
Teutonic
Sisters of Charity
Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
Galveston
Tex
Houston
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Swift
Johnson Creamery
Howell
Texas Bakery
Otto Boehme
Bryan
Texas
J. M. Caldwell
P Lotion
Repays Drug Co
Hartman’s
Iowa
Lucie Wilson
Jessie Garth
W.S. Wilson
Bryan and College
Navasota
Clara Barrett
Huntsville Post
Jap Prater
E.B. Roberts
Lakewood
Emmel’s Pharmacy
Austin
Paris
Santa Fe
Roxton
General News
Oga
Many Resorts
Fort Wayne
Kansas
Denver
Pullman
Avenils Ad
D. B. Ky
Aseboa
Pacific
el Paso
Java
White House
John B. Mike the
People’s Crocer
Yoakum
Rud Kleberg
Cuero
Michican
Wisconsin
Chas. B. Sloat
G.p.&t
Fort Worth, Texas
Bryan Water, Ice, Light and
D. J. Price, G. P. & T.A. Power Company
Palestine
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