Hotel enlargement planned at Indiana Mineral Springs
Major Kramer announces an $80,080 expansion to the Indiana Mineral Springs hotel. A new two story addition adds forty guest chambers along with a bath house dining hall music room billiard hall and offices. Dressing rooms cooling rooms fireplaces and enhanced heating will feature. Work to be completed in 90 days with further 169 room expansion contemplated.
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Indiana
Diana
Nana
H. Ta.” Kramer
United States
Kramar
Howe
Kramer
Indiana Mineral Springs Enterprise
Attica Daily Ledger
Lydia Pinkham Remedy Promises Health for Women
An advertisement extols Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as popular for women, claiming it tones general health, eases nerves, relieves backaches, and regulates menstruation. It asserts direct action on the system, reducing inflammation and displacements, and compares favorably to other products.
Train Robbery Near Hugo Ends in Death and Theft
The eastbound Denver to St. Louis train No. 4 was held up near Hugo, Colorado by two masked men. Passengers, including a California resident Fay, were robbed of cash and jewelry. Fay was killed after refusing to surrender valuables. robbers fled on horseback. Conductor wired passengers awake and led them through the cars. About $100 and several watches were taken.
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Fran
Dispatch
Denver
Hugo
Col
Fay
California
St. Louis
Simon
King Victor Emmanuel I Proclaims Son to Follow Father
The proclamation to the Italian people honors the deceased king, lauds his valor and public virtue, and commits King Victor Emmanuel II to follow his father’s counsels. It notes the late monarch’s death by “atrocious crime” and emphasizes filial duty, national unity, and the people’s devotion as guiding forces in this time of mourning.
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Victor Emmanuel I
Italy
August
Fall Over a Precipice in Swiss Alpine Traverse
Two American travelers, G. P. Way and his son, along with Mr de la Rue and an Englishman, climbed the Cimadirasso mountains near Maloja Switzerland. Near the summit Way slipped and fell over a precipice. the rope failed and both were killed. De la Rue returned with difficulty. The Ways were later found and recovered. They had remained at Hotel Maloja.
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G.P. Way
Mr. de la Rue
Fenguishman
Cimadirasso
Maloja
Switzerland
My. Way
Tragedy at Farmington Feud Ends in Fatal Shootout
In Doe Run, St Francois County Missouri four men were killed and one fatally wounded after a feud between William Docley and his four sons and the Harris brothers. The deadly encounter occurred at a mining area in Farmington.
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Pour
Lon
Fand
William Docley
Harris Brothers
Doe Run
Francois County
Missouri
Demands for American Damages From Constantinople
United States chargé d affaires at Constantinople urged the Ottoman government to promptly decide compensation for American citizens harmed in Armenian massacres. A fire destroyed the Franklin Neb academy boys hall, Stew art hall, a major building unlikely to be rebuilt this fall. The schooner San Diego, towing the steamer Appomattox, collided with Fontana near Port Huron, sinking Fontana and its crew. A fourteen year old boy, Charles White, was smothered yesterday in a bank incident.
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United States
Henews
Forkey
Lloyd’ Griscon
United ‘States
Constantinople
Stewart
The
Franklin
Neb
Franklin Academy
Binks
Grew
San Biego
Steater
Charles. White
Norris family inquest links mushroom poisoning to unknown cause
Testimony at the inquest into three Norris family deaths in Harvey Illinois suggests mushrooms, not toadstools, caused the poisoning. Mushroom expert Robert Martin cited a small black insect in mushrooms and a viscous fluid from the bugs. other experts noted unfamiliarity with such a species in the region. The coroner’s jury verdict attributed death to poison taken with mushrooms.
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Norris
Harvey
Fordstools
Robert Martin
Apa
Martin
South America
Canal construction push by Nicargua syndicate leader
John D. Simmins announces a New Jersey formed syndicate will proceed to build an interoceanic canal through Nicaragua under Eyre and Cragin concessions. Crimmins cites $130,000,000 cost estimate and government backing, aiming private construction and operation for global benefit. He notes perpetual concession with ten mile policing rights alongside the canal.
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John D. Simmins
Nicaragua
Nicargua
Edward Eyre
Edward F. Cragin
Presiden Zagata
New Jersey
Crimmins
Andy
Crimming
Maritime Company
Abe Nicargua
Departure Ordered for Pekin Ministers and Shanghai Dispatch
A Paris Temps dispatch dated August 5 reports Sheng, director of railways and telegraphs, announcing an imperial decree dated August 2 authorizing foreign ministers in Pekin to communicate freely with their governments and ordering their departure for Tien Tsin under escort. Wu Yi’s ministerial statement on Sunday notes the dispatch may reflect memorial pressure but offers no official confirmation.
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Paris
Sheng
Shanghai
Temps
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Wu'y
Wa Ting Fang
Cape May
Li Hung Chang
Chicago Heat Death Toll Tops Record for 1900
In Chicago on a hot August day the government thermometer hit 9F at 4p.m. Three deaths and six prostrations are reported. Names include J. McCable, Charles Gulp er, and Agnes Busch. Further notes discuss plans for an interstate military drill in St. Louis with cash prizes. A fire at the Cuyahoga Lumber Co. plant in Cleveland causes about 1000000 dollars in damages. employee John Jaba is burned. Deputy marshals battle with pensioners in a tense clash.
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Chicago
J. McCable
Charles Gulperl
Mra
Agnes Busch
St. Louis
Privea
Coun Iy
Segond
Marching On Encounters Foe In Chinese Rel ief Effort
Cablegrams from the navy department recount an allied engagement at Peitsang near Pekin. Reports claim 1,200 killed or wounded, chiefly Russians and Japanese, with Chinese forces retreating. Remey and Tausig note a daylight clash on August 5 or 6 as allied columns press toward Pekin.
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Navy Department
Ce Foo
Ang
Bureau of Naripation
Washington
Pektsang
Tanisie
Ghee Woo
Horeau
Peitsang
Remey
Ten Tsin
Pekin
Daussig
Yorktown
Chee Foo
War Department
Riot at Halstead Street Anarchist Meeting in Chicago
A mass meeting at West Side Turner Hall sparked an anarchist riot this afternoon in Chicago near Twelfth and Halstead streets. About twenty people were bruised during clashes with forty five police. five were arrested including Mrs Lucy Parsons widow of Albert Parsons executed in 1887 for Haymarket bomb conspiracy. Bail set at 1100. The event followed efforts to disperse a gathering planned to speak on the Liberation of the King of Italy as police closed Turner Hall and reinforcements arrived.
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Chicago
Twelfth
Halstead
Lucy Parsons
Albert BR. Parsons
Haymarket
Becauke
West Side
Turner Hell
Polish farmer killed by runaway near Columbus Nebraska
John Treba a Polish farmer from Loup township eight miles west of Columbus Nebraska died of brain concussion after his wagon ran away throwing him near his home. Found by J M Curtis and John Bushnell of Columbus thirty feet behind the wagon as Treba’s family arrived. He revived briefly with water but died an hour later with a badly bleeding nose.
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John Treba
Loup
Columbus
J. M. Curtis
John Bushnell
Dowd Stabbed Six Times in Mancie Altercation
At Mancie Indiana John Dowd was stabbed six times and may die after a dispute with his wife. Mrs Larey Carey and her daughter intervened and Dowd then attacked them. Mr Carey responded with a knife, stabbing Dowd six times in the face and three in the body near his heart. The assailants were employed by Heining way's glass works. A separate report notes an explosion of gas in Scranton Pennsylvania damaging two buildings on Lackawanna Avenue in a busy district.
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Mancie
Ind
John Dowd
Dowd
Larey Carey
Mr. Carey
Ange
Roth
Ington
al Scranton
Lackawane Avenue
Nebraska Banks Report Summary July 30
Secretary P L Hall of the state banking board released the quarterly condition report for Nebraska state and private banks including savings banks. Total resources show loans and discounts around 19 863 246 64 with cash reserves about 3 048 004 64 and total assets nearing 28 989 288.
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Etary ‘Hatta
P. L. Hall
State Banking Board
An. Fs
Hall
Mentu
Qaim
William Waldorf Astor Inches Toward Continent Stay
London dispatch reports William Waldorf Astor plans to abandon his Cliveden villa this autumn and travel on the continent for at least a year. His Pall Mall Gazette is on the market for a price well below his outlay, and his status as a naturalized British subject complicates his future in England. Meanwhile violent news from Tennessee covers two men killed and two mortally wounded after an election dispute in Hanedack County. Monza cedes land for a chapel honoring Humbert the scene tied to royal movements and King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena arriving in Rome.
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Wiliam
Waldorf Astor
William Waldorf Astor
England
London
World
Cliveden
Astor
Thames
Pall Mall Gazette
Antor
Wood
Sneedville, Tenn
Dispatch
John
Tom Collins
Wiley Brewer
Whitten Gibson
Wil
Monza
Italy
Humbert
Victor Emanuel
Helena
Rome
Various Probate, Labor, and Collision News Briefs
News in brief reports honor guardship for James C Lyford in Concord New Hampshire and a guardian appointment for Hr Hoyt at Sulivan county probate court Mar Hoyt requested. Ohio Falls Iron Co resumes after wage agreement signed. Katharine M West dies by suicide in Ossa watomie Kansas. Japan bans immigration to US and Canada for now. Chicago packers asked to supply two million pounds of meat for soldiers in orien exit. Cotton Belt collision kills five on freight stand on siding due to switch failure. Fred T Berdan, Toledo merchant, drowns by accident. Recount and other remarks follow with scattered names and locales.
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James C. Lyford
Concord
Hr. Hoyt
Madge Tenney
Sulivan County
N. Ye
Hoyt
Ohio Falls Iron Company
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Iail
Katharine M. West
Ossawatomie
Kas
Erg University
Ann Arbor
Washington
Foreign Office
Japan
United States
Canada
Chicago
Cotton Belt
Fred T. Berdan
Toledo
Joan-remalt
Reading fragment from a late 19th century general notice page
A garbled OCR fragment mentions street cars in Hamburg with passengers and fines, advertisements praising various products including bitters and watches, and a variety of unrelated notices about farming land in Wisconsin, watch manufacturing in Canton Ohio, and general health patent remedies. The text is highly disjointed with multiple product pitches and incomplete sentences.
Fragmentary medical note on sudden body weakness
Vague description of a sudden weakness affecting any body part or organ. The text suggests a common underlying cause linking various deadly effects but provides no clear person, place, date, or medical conclusion.
Peruna Recommended For Catarrh And Illness
A fragment explains catarrh as inflammation of a delicate membrane and notes the system is weakened by irritation from colds fevers and coughs. It claims Peruna is the only proper cure and urges trying it to restore health and strength.
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Rndo
Peru
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