Beyond the Hoat Belt Travel Ads and Health Notes
An eclectic travel and miscellany page promotes cool mountain escapes via Missouri Pacific and Denver and Rio Grande routes to Pueblo and Colorado Utah, highlighting health benefits of nature, water sports, and scenic canyons. It also notes John Wieliffe manuscripts, Boston crime declines, six doctors treating kidney trouble in South Bend, and consumer notices about Allen's Foot Ease and Ball Blue.
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Tato
Kansas
Rataether
Colorado
Ho. Belt
Missouri Pacific Railway
Great Southwest
Pueblo
America
Mmost
Denver and Rio Grande Railway
Great Mountain Range
Rockies
Paulie
Colorade
Utah
South Bend
Ind
3. O. Landeman
Dodd
Landeman
St. Joseph County
Schley Aroused After That Will Sue Traitor MacClay
Washington Post reports Admiral Schley plans to seek naval court of inquiry and sue historian MacClay for libel over abuses in the third volume of his United States Navy history. Secretary Long reportedly to appoint the court with Dewey Ramsey and Bouamp among likely members. Senatorial inquiry details referenced in Schley letter.
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Washington, D. C
the Post
Sehley
MacClay
Great Neck
EL. DT
Washington Post
Schley
Washington
Court of Inquiry
Secretary Long
Senatorale
Senate Committee
Ritral Affairs
Cienfie- Fos
Santiago
Cienfiuuros
Key West
Cérsera
Beemer Kook Burglarized and Hat Makers Meet
Beemer Nebraska burglarized Tuesday as safes were blown open but officials believe no cash was stolen. Across the East, hat manufacturers discuss consolidation plans in New York aiming to form United Hat Manufacturers of the United States with capitalization around twenty thousand dollars. A St Louis sheet metal works suffered a fire loss near forty thousand dollars. In Springview Nebraska two cattle rustlers pleaded guilty and face potential penalties as county officials consider further action. A woman reflects on how trouble can arise from small acts.
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New York
United Hat Manufacturers of the
United States
Fliro
Pomp & O
South’Second
St. Louisa
Corn Crop Outlook Dims as Heat and Drought Hit Nebraska
The Nebraska weather bureau crop report for the week ending notes hot dry conditions with mean temperatures 18 degrees above normal in the east and 9 degrees in the west. Maximums reached 105 to 146. Rain was sparse and light. Haying and threshing were favorable in spots but corn suffers. Early corn damaged by rain in southern counties. late plantings struggling across northern and western counties with drought. Oats and spring wheat cut for hay in many western counties. Fruit and vegetables suffer with heavy drop of apples and peaches.
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University of Nebraska Weather Bureau
Kiowa-Comanche country opening sparks mass lottery claims
An August 6 opening for Kiowa-Comanche land brings estimates of 150000 registrants for 13000 lottery claims. Many reservations residents expect to move near Lawton if they do not win, while heat and distress rise as disappointment looms.
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Lawton
Prehistoric City Unearthed on Navajo Reservation
Archaeologists report a vast prehistoric city uncovered between Durango Colorado and Farmington New Mexico. A palace with about eleven hundred apartments is said to exist, containing fine woods and relics sent to the Smithsonian.
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Savile
Durango
Colo
Farmington
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Smithsonian Institute
State Encampment Plans Pending Location
Adjutant General Colby returned from the lake region of Cherry county with proposed encampment site options for the Nebraska National Guard. He cannot announce the final location yet and plans another trip before deciding. The encampment is expected between September 7 and 20, and members are urged to arrange leave from work to attend.
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Colby Bas
the Lake
Cherry County
Nebrasks National Guard
Ard
Younger boys find work as gravestone salesmen
Former state prisoners Coleman and James Younger will start work as salesmen for a St. Paul gravestones dealer after signing a warden approved contract. They left for St. Paul the day after signing. The report includes other brief items on international pressure in Constantinople, Iowa and Nebraska factory talks, idle San Francisco teamsters, customs inspectors sworn in, a major fire in Kansas City, a fatal bicycle crash in Jacksonville, and a Pittsburgh tenement fire with multiple deaths.
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Stillwater
Mina
Dispatch
Coleman
James Younger
St. Paul
Wolfer
Oklahoma land lottery draws grand prizes at El Reno
Oklahoma's great land lottery began in El Reno with 18 160 tracts in Kiowa Comanche country. One thousand homesteads were awarded on the first day. James R Wood of Weatherford won the top capital prize in Lawton district along with Miss Mattie H Beals of Wichita Kansas as the second winner. The entry crowd swelled beyond four thousand to witness the drawing and excitement ran high as prizes valued from twenty thousand to forty nine thousand six hundred dollars were anticipated.
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Oklahoma
el Reno
Stephen A. l Holcomb
Paul's Valley
Jeonard Lamb
Augusta
James R. Wood
Weatherford
Lawton
Mattie Hf. Heals
Wichita
Kas
Hattie Beals
Dyer
Hattie Tl
Wieline
Cole
Pawton
Minerve McClintock
Prairies
Application Denied In injunctive land draw case
The Department of Justice received a telegram stating Judge Erwin of the U S court in Oklahoma denied the application of Lone Wolf and other Indians for an injunction restraining the government from distributing land by drawings in that territory. The First Woman, Miss Mattie H Teals, who drew the second number at Lawton, works at the central telephone office in Wichita. She lives with her widow mother, has a brother who is a freight conductor on the railroad, and a younger sister living at home.
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Department of Justice
Erwin
United States Court
Oklahoma
Lone Wolf
Mattie H. Teals
Lawton
Central Telephone Office
Wichita
Sapte, Fe
Tragic Fremont Shooting Leaves Brother Unclear Cause
In Fremont Nebraska Edward Connor aged 12 was fatally shot in the brain by a revolver as he and two companions played war games with air rifles. The shooting may have involved his brother Linden though confirmation is pending. The report details the sequence from Edward emptying the revolver to a fatal shot entering his left eye.
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Fremont
Edward Connor
Linden
Whitford
Edward
Rumors of Peace Talks Stir House in London
London reports claim conservative MP Bowles warned of grave European consequences if South Africa peace is not reached before spring. He cited ongoing continental negotiations and a Dutch backed movement involving Holland’s Dekuyper, Queen Wilhelmina, and rulers in Germany and Russia.
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England
House of Commons
London
Gibson
Owles
New York World
Bowles
South Africa
Europe
Mowles
World
Dekuyper
Holland
Wilhelmina
Germany
Russia
Delta County Hotel Burnings Draw Radcliffe Notice
William Radcliffe, owner of Grand Mesa lakes lease, Delta County Florida, is summoned to Washington for state department consultation. The case enlarges to include alleged mob violence, arson by a deputy sheriff, and threats against Radcliffe and his property. He denies royal authority and seeks protection and reimbursement from his government.
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William Radcliffe
Grand Mesa Lakes
Delta County
Floride
Washington
State Department
Gine Wargen
Radcliffe
Eliffe
Edward
Rioters clash with threshing crews in Colwich incident
A Wichita dispatch reports eight threshing machine crews struck Colwich, Kansas. Unable to obtain liquor due to Sunday laws they smashed five saloons and wrecked several town pumps. Citizens attempted arrests twice but withdrew as the riot resumed. sheriff summoned.
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Wichita. Kan
Colwich
Launching of the Maine Type Battleship Maing at Cramps Yard
A large crowd witnessed the launch of the Maing battleship from the Cramps yards. Described as bigger, stronger and faster than the Maing namesake, the vessel slid into Havana harbor amid booming patriotism.
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Maing
Havana
Wis
News in Brief from the Midwest and Beyond
A digest of incidents and deaths from Washington to Chicago. Admiral John Irwin dies at his Washington home. trade with Japan cited as satisfactory. Kansas farmers plant feed crops. a fatal shooting at Redd’s Station Indiana. Gas tunnel explosion injures eight near Cincinnati. A 1,900 silver dollars bank loss in Chicago remains unsolved. Philadelphia yarn mill fire destroys Henry Schadewald’s mill. A Peoria timberman kills his wife then dies by suicide. A Fremont boy’s circus stunt leaves severe facial injuries. Ambassador Choate leaves London for Holland amid Kruger mediation talk. Tramps rob Peterson and Anderson near Belle Plaine. Anderson beheaded near the tracks. Belovitch dies saving a sweetheart in a Louisville photo house fire.
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Japan
Kansas
Redd’'s Station
Ind
John Beassy
Nelson Fritz
New Water Works
Cincinnati
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Philadelphia
Henry Schadewald
Boss
Martin de Bruyn
Peoria
Phans
Choate
London
Holland
Kruger
Nels Peterson
Benjamin Anderson
Belle Plaine
Ming
Peterson
Anderson
Chicago
Max Belovitch
Badglet-Graham
Louisville
Pollgersen
James Purden
Bel
Lone Watcher at Cage Haven Faces Starvation
Since 1897 Jay Jansen has lived alone at Cage Haven Baffin Land awaiting relief. The Lily of the North carrying a year’s provisions wrecked, making rescue before next summer unlikely and the watcher may die of hunger.
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Jay Jansen
Cage Haven
Baffin Lend
Allen’s Foot Ease Ad Claims Comfort for Tight Shoes
An advertisement offers Allen’s Foot Ease powder to ease tight or new shoes and relieve swelling aching burning feet corns bunions and ingrown nails. Trial package offered free by mail from Allen Street Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Cain
Alice
Dreds Allen St. Olmeted
le Roy
N.Y
Bats Found In Cave Inspire Unlikely Medical Claims
In Africa a cave near Dear Tange yields bats with wingspreads near five feet, touted as a miracle cure for nervous, mental, and physical debility. Advertisements from Kidd Drug Co and Riggs Pharmacy promote selling dubious remedies at 85 for multiple items. A garbled line mentions a murderer possibly facing life, hinting at surrounding crime context.
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Dear Tange
Iast Africa
Kidd Drug Co
Riggs
O Street
Lingoin
Neb
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