Boers in Britain Reach London After Naval Visit
Boer generals De Wet Botha and Deleary arrived in Southampton and then London today to meet British leaders General Roberts and Kitchener. Crowds cheered as they went aboard the Niagara and later to a hotel, with plans to visit the king at Cowes and attend a funeral in the Netherlands.
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Southampton
Dewett
Botha
Deleary
South Africa
Niagara
Chamber
Roberts
Kitchener
Chamberlain
Hollang
Kruger
America
Lucas Meyers
inHolland
Cowes
Lodon
London
Bank president rescued at Winona Lake
John A. Jay of Kokomo and his nephew were saved when Miss Van Vakkenburg and Miss Stuhl ferried them to safety after sinking at Winona Lake. Jay sent silk handkerchiefs to the rescuers. Separately at Mishawaka, John Bishop of Green Bay drowned before his fiancé Miss Alpha Parker and four others as a boating party gathered.
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Hartford City
Ind
John A. Jay
First National Bank of
Mishhawaka
Johno Bishop
Green Bay
Wia
Alpha Parker
Bishop
Parker Sunday
Nine Children Burned to Death in Salama Fire
In Salama West Virginia the residence of M L Henderson burned last night killing nine children. In Tromsoe the American consul Victor E Nelson urged British vice consul to mediate a dispute between Arctic explorer Evelyn Baldwin and Captain Johanssen over the Frithjof expedition.
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Salama
W. Va
M. L. Henderson
Tromsoe
Bergen
Victor E. Nelson
Evelyn B. Baldwin
Johanssen
America
Johannssen
Baldwin-Zingler
Frithjof
Mr. Baldwin
Boy on runaway corn stalk climbs to the sky
A Lee’s Summit report describes Willie McKeighan, a boy who climbs a corn stalk to view his father's crop, rises higher as he slides down, and reportedly throws down four bushels of cobs while townsfolk plan a relief balloon.
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Kansas City
Lee's Summit
Kan
Corm Belt
Lee Summit
Kansas
Wille McKeighan
Willie
Edward to visit Ireland cities by February latest
The Daily Post reports King Edward promised to visit Dublin Cork and Belfast by February at the latest with a possible November window. The British Medical Journal refutes rumors of a second operation and states the king’s recovery is complete and health better than in years.
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Liverpool
Daily Post
Edward
Ireland
George Wyndham
Dublin
Cork
Belfast
The
British Medical Journal
Pass Woman Franchise Bill in New South Wales
Sydney Aug 16 The woman franchise bill has passed both houses of the New South Wales legislature.
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Sydney
New South Wales
MAY AND THE CAPTAIN AT HOTEL MAURICE
May Yohe and Putnam Stadiey Strong arrived at the Hotel Maurice in Paris and took a private suite. They refused to meet reporters. In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania President Mitchell of United Mine Workers denies a conference with three district presidents and says a western trip is for personal business.
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Paris
Putnam Stadiey Strong
May Yohe
Hotel Maurice
Wilkesbarre
Mitchell
United Mines Workers
Suspects Granted Habeas Corpus After Sweated Interrogation
Oscar Thomas and Dandy Claffety were granted writs of habeas corpus in Chicago after days in the so called sweat box tied to the Mitchell Bartholin murders. They were ordered to appear in court this afternoon to show cause for further detention amid public outcry against the torture.
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Chicago
Oscar Thomas
Claffety
Claim of kidnapping sparks worker dispute in Omaha to Cheyenne
Machinists and boilermakers from Omaha arrive by special car. Some workers refuse to work alleging they were kidnapped from Wayne and Lod to Omaha then moved to Cheyenne as prisoners. Officials deny abduction saying car locked to keep strikers out. Attorneys seek recovery of baggage and transportation for return.
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Omaha
Wayne
Lod
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Cheyenne
Locke
England's Naval Review Impresses Southampton Crowd
August 16 naval review in Southampton drew 100000 spectators as King Edward watched from the royal yacht. The fleet included British battleships cruisers torpedo boats and foreign warships from Italy Portugal and Japan while the US ship Illinois was absent for repairs.
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Southampton
Italy
Portugal
Japan
Great Britain
United States
England
Charles Hothem
London
Typographical Union Sends $5000 to Miners in Strike
Continisti Aug 16. The International Typographical union convention voted to aid the Pennsylvanian miners with $5,000, after receiving a telegram from President Mitchell stressing that the strike’s success depended on financial support, then adjourned.
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Continisti
International Typographical Union Convention
Mitchell
Pennsylvania
Travel and return notes from the city visitors
A stream of arrivals and departures highlights the day with J. B. Boyer from Wheatland and Joe George from Denver returning last night and evening respectively. Several officials and clergy including Judge J. A. Riner and Rev W B D Gray travel to and from Denver and the north.
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J. B. Boyer
Wheatland
J. A. Riner
Denver
H. G. Hay
W. B. D. Gray
Joe George
Alex Bowie
Chugwater
C. D. Clark
F. M. Foote
Mvanston
A. J. Parehall
Montana
Henderson
Wyoming
John Grieve
Casper
J. C. Thompson
R. W. Rich
Laramie
Rebekah Lodge
T. F. Talieffero
Rock Springs
B. Richardson
Frontier Committee
Milne Made Full Citizen in District Court
Gerge Milne a renowned ranch man was yesterday granted full citizenship in the district court. He is a native of Scotland.
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Gerge Milne
Scotland
Jewelers shop window smashed during burglary
An unknown man smashed a window at George Newsted's jewelry store with brick on August 18 and escaped with about a thousand dollars worth of jewelry.
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Olmcinnat
George Newsted
Blizzard Kid Captured After Year on the Run in Wyoming
Battle Lake deputy sheriff Elwood arrests Frank Blizzard known as the Blizzard Kid a 22 year old horse thief and highway robber. He will be sent to Rawlins to face assault to murder theft horse stealing and highway robbery charges including a prior mugging of a Mexican bartender at Fort Steele and a camp hold up at Copperton. Blizzard also carries the alias Mormon Kid and has a reward noted for his capture.
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Battle Lake
Wyo
Denver News
Blizzard Kid
Wyoming
Elwood
Rawlins
Frank Blizzard
Blizzard
Copperton
Rawlina
Lujan
Fort Steele
Utah
Mormon Kid
Miners Seek Peace as Warnke Washery Sit-In Drags On
At Duryea Pennsylvania on August 16 miners said operators want renewed violence to justify troops and restart work. Strike leaders urge restraint and urge peace across the area.
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Duryea
Warnke
Suit Against Packers Postponed in Missouri Action
In St. Joseph Missouri the taking of evidence in the ouster proceedings against the Packers, a state of Missouri case, was postponed to August 26 due to the packers' lawyer absence.
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Agalnst Packers
St. Joseph
Packers
Missouri
The Loader Subscription Offer
Readers urged to subscribe to The Loader at 60 cents per month. The notice promotes ongoing access to the paper for monthly payments and includes subscription details.
Abundant harvest seen despite warnings and banking boom
William E Curtis reports from New York that agricultural outlooks predict a record cereal harvest across the United States despite cold weather and rain. He notes farmers resist doom prophets and cites railroads, banks, and new financial rivals shaping a booming economy with billions in breadstuffs and cacao? corrections. The piece references free silver debates and a rise in banking activity in New York as optimism grows for farmers nationwide.
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William E. Curtis
New York City
Chicago Record-Herald
Agricultural Department
Record-Herald
Bryan
Providence
Connecticut
Chicago
Old Times
Unioas Providence
Joseph
Stuyvesant
America
United States
West
New York
Senna
Emnelen
Ran
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