New brick block rising for Foppe Pioneer Store
Rock Valley Iowa reports a 50 by 125 foot brick block nearing completion for the Foppe Pioneer Store. It features extensive plate glass on Mitchell street and Kimball avenue and will house a modern retail showroom. The second floor will include lodge rooms anterooms and property rooms. First floor ready by August 15.
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Rock Valley
Foppe Pioneer
Mitchell Street
Kimball Avenue
Iowa
Haworth Association Meets in Kansas City August
The triennial Haworth Association of America gathering will be staged in Kansas City from August 26 to 28. Descendants of George Haworth are invited, with state groups in Kansas Iowa Illinois Indiana North Carolina Tennessee Missouri Oregon. Judge J H Henderson of Indianola heads the Iowa branch. The Rev William P Haworth of Kansas City oversees national affairs and inquiries may be addressed to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haworth Association
Indianola
Kansas City
Haworth Association of America
George Haworth
Tocal
Kansas
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
North Carolina
Tennessee
Missouri
Oregon
National Association
J. H. Henderson
Iowa Association
Haworth
William P. Haworth
West Fifteenth Street
Keane's Influence for Temperance Delegates Named
In Charles City the Catholic Total Abstinence society selected P. H. Kelley and Dr. Dailey as delegates to the National Abstinence convention in Dubuque August 6 7 and 8. Father McGrath will join them with others from the city. Archbishop Keane recently encouraged the abstinence movement and Dubuque is expected to host the largest Western meeting of its kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keane
Charles City
Catholic
Total
Dubuque
Quarrel Between Tenants Ends With Woman Wounding
In Clearfield on August 5 Carl Pelgier, tenant, fought with his landlord A Bastoe over wheat crop division on Pelgier’s farm one and a half miles north of town. Mrs Pelgier struck Mrs Bastoe with a hoe, inflicting a deep head wound. authorities fear Bastoe may die. Mrs Pelgier arrested and taken to Lenox for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearfield
Carl Pelgier
A. Bastoe
Pelgier
Didn't Know It Was Loaded Revolver Incident At Home
Lenox Aug 5 a six year old son of Peter Cameron found a self acting revolver on a dressing case in his father's bedroom and pointed it at his 15 year old brother Eugene The gun discharged the bullet entered the stomach of the boy whose funeral was held Sunday afternoon The shooting occurred Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
Peter Cameron
Eugene
Euugene
Babies Bodies in Rivers Near Ford and Cedar Rapids
Aug. 5 reports describe two infant deaths found in rivers. In Ford, a baby’s body was recovered in Middle River west of town and later turned to Undertaker Young for burial. Authorities suspect the child was bled to death at the navel and placed in the water. In Cedar Rapids, fishermen found an infant’s body attached to a trout line in the Cedar River, likely murdered, with no identified identity.
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Ford
Middle River
Undertaker Young
Carlisle
Parmenter
Ben
Mr. Carpenter
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Riot aftermath in Union area prompts $10,000 damage suit
Eldora August 5 The riot at Mnion County targets Maggie Hamilton Clark’s family with missiles. A damage suit for 10000 dollars has been filed against A Readout of Union and three Union youths were arrested for riotous conduct. Rolla Clark, Maggie Clark’s son-in-law, is involved in the follow-up developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Mnion
Maggie Hamilton Clark
A. Readout
Union
Rolla Clark
Maggie
Readout sued by Hamilton Clark for alienation of wife
Hamilton Clark and his attorneys filed a damage petition at the courthouse charging Readout with alienating Clark’s wife’s affections. Rolla Clark is the prosecuting witness in criminal matters, and on Saturday afternoon helped arrest Ernest Cox J. W. Cox and D. A. Valentine for riotous conduct. Bonds were posted, with separate trials demanded Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Iowa Falls's Hardin County will likely gain a quick Des Moines route by midmonth as the Des Moines Iowa Falls and Northern railroad nears Nevada track lay, tying into the C. N. W. at Nevada for Des Moines by noon once steel deliveries resume this week.
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Hamilton Clark
Readout
Attoyneys
Clark
Rolla Clark
Ernest Cox
J. W. Cox
D. A. Valentine
Mitterer
Eldora
Iowa Falls
Hardin County
Des Moines
Des Moines, Iowa Falls & Northern
Nevada
Pilgrim Hotel Sold to Ames Hotel Co in Marshalltown
Marshalltown August 5 An important business deal was closed yesterday afternoon letting the Pilgrim hotel pass from C H Wagner Son to the Ames Hotel company of Marshalltown The new company includes B F Ames and son W B Ames of Minneapolis who for seventeen years have leased and operated the St James hotel
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Marshalltown
Pilgrim
C. H. Wagner & Son
Ames Hotel Company
B. F. Ames
Largest Packing Shed in World Shenandoah
Aug 5 Shenandoah D S Lake proprietor of Shenandoah nurseries begins work on the largest nursery packing shed in the West. It measures 130 by 195 feet with an L 75 by 164 feet. Walls will be fourteen feet high, 20 inches thick with an air space for frost proofing. Switches from railroad tracks go inside and cars load under the roof. Over three-quarters of a million bricks used, the shed will cover nearly an acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
D. S. Lake
Shenandoah Nurseries
Aged Woman Assaulted in New Hartford Home
Cedar Rapids Aug 5 Edna Peck a 65 year old widow in New Hartford was criminally assaulted in her home Sunday. Burt Rennick a paroled convict has been arrested suspected of the crime. Miss Peck is seriously ill but expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Edna Peck
New Hartford
Burt Rennick
Miss Peck
Boy Dies After Fear of Dogs in Keokuk
Jennings Bryan Boyle, youngest son of Charles Boyle, a Hancock county farmer, died after a fright from a playful dog. He suffered convulsions then fell into a coma and passed away Sunday morning from brain fever, following the incident on Wednesday in Keokuk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Jennings Bryan Boyle
Charles Boyle
Hancock County
Wrecked the Auto Ackley Aug 5 Fray
Friday afternoon 8 PD Breuning and H H Nazett drove an automobile four or five miles out in the country at nearly 20 mph. They struck the end of a culvert, were thrown about 50 feet, and the machine was wrecked. Nazett was uninjured. Breuning suffered head shoulder and hip injuries likely to lay him up for some time.
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Ackley
PD. Breuning
H. H. Nazett
Nazett
Breuning
Tinner George Atkins Attempts Suicide in Jail
Montezuma Aug 5 George Atkins a tinner tried to end his life by hanging in the jail Sunday after a spree and arrest that morning. Found nearly dead, this marked his fourth suicide attempt with plans to finish the job soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montezuma
George Atkins
Atkins
Girl Shot in Hammock Near Rich Home in Dubuque
Miss Carrie Smith was shot Sunday afternoon while seated in a hammock at Jacob Rich’s residence in Dubuque. The bullet narrowly missed the carotid artery and lodged in the flesh. The shooter is unknown and the incident is under investigation.
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Dubuque
Carrie Smith
Jacob Rich
Clergyman Will Try It in Dipsomaniac Ward
Town reports Rev. Robert Swartz, a noted Christian church minister, driven insane recently, sent to the dipsomaniac department of Mt. Pleasant asylum after being found in distress. Judge Wade orders an indefinite term up to one year, marking the first Iowa City man affected under the new law.
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Town City
Robert Swartz
Christian Church
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Wade
Mr. Swartz
Iowa City
Home Missionary Board Meeting in Keokuk Aug
The General Home Missionary Board of North America of the German Evangelical church met here today. Reports were received and the resignation of the Rev. Mr. Hlaas of Detroit as member and treasurer was accepted. A sermon was delivered by the Rev. F. Keller of Evansville, Ind., tonight.
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Home Missionary Board
Keokuk
Town
General Home Missionary Board of North America
German Evangelical Church
Hlaas
Detroit
F. Keller
Evansville
Ind
New President for Tabor College Named Dr John Gordon
Aug 5 reports Dr John Gordon D D elected president of Tabor college after serving as acting president for a year and as a professor the year before He founded the Westminster Presbyterian church of Omaha and helped establish the Omaha Thoo- community in its early days.
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Tabor
John Gordon
Tabor College
Gordon
Westminster Presbyterian Church of
Omaha
Seminary and Professor Tenure Described
A historical note describes a person associated with a logical seminary who served eight years as a professor in that school. The fragment indicates a tenure period and an academic role within a religious-logic institution. The limited text highlights a long teaching tenure without additional context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logical Seminary
Panic Fireworks Panic at Iowa City Meeting
At the Modern Woodmen district gathering in Iowa City a premature fireworks explosion caused a panic after William J. Bryan spoke on fraternity. Four men were slightly burned but jumped from the stand and later suffered severe injuries: A. L. Calkins former Iowa City Republican proprietor, Edward Shaff, Fred Calkins, and Ray Byers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
William J. Bryan
A. L. Calkins
Iowa City Republican
Edward Shaff
Fred Calkins
Ray Byers
Entente talks opened between Colombia and Nicaragua
Washington reports negotiations for a cordial agreement between Colombia and Nicaragua aimed at settling suspicions and ensuring mutual neutrality and respect for each other’s rights. Ministers Concha and Corea lead the talks as they seek explanations and possible apologies. Other items note a crumbling Frankfurt building, a fatal family stabbing in Tennessee, a windstorm at the St. Louis World’s Fair site, Ambassador White’s resignation, and an Illinois investigation into Kankakee hospital staff.
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Washington
Colombia
Nicaragua
Concha
Corea
Panama
Corinto
Frankfort
Germany
Huntington
Tenn
Miller Meeks
St. Louis
Varied Industries
Drowned Boy and Girl in Wausau River Crossing
In Wausau Wisconsin on August 5 John Andreyski age 13 and Mary Andreyski age 10 drowned while crossing the river on a boom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wausau
Wis
John
Mary Andreyski
Off-hand youth meets Susie and misreads a smile
A lighthearted Washington Post item recounts a rookie in a boarding house near the War Department who flirts with Susie, the maid with a pretty smile. His innocent bedside manners spark laughter as the family learns of his misread cues and near embarrassment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
War Department
Susie
Tie
Baby farming case shifts toward murder charge
Chicago August 5 investigation into the infant death at Mrs. Neil Campbell’s Grand avenue home yields new evidence. Coroner Traeger believes the findings may strengthen the murder charge and clarify the child Viola’s parentage. Campbell recounts Viola as her daughter with Cincinnati printer John Reed, claiming a long afterlife of moves, marriages, and adoptions with multiple children named and some dying young.
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Chicago
Grand Avenue
Neil Campbell
Traeger
Viola
Cincinnati
BE. P. Noel
Campbell
West Chicago Avenue
Noel
Dr. Noel
Italy
Reed
Tater
Lily Chapel
Big Plains
Pedro Blanco
Key West
Pedro
Theresa
Madeline
Blanco
St. Louis
Penny
Adams Street
Campbell Iiss
Nellie
Ruth
Frank
Indella
Esther
Heidrichs
Carroll Avenue
St. Vincent’ Orphan Asylum
Louise
Becker
West van Buren Street
the Tribune
John Reed
Injunctions in oats deal strike at Chicago board
Waite Thoburn and Co secured injunctions from Judge Chytraus preventing settlements on the July oats deal. Warren was barred from endorsing down margins to buyers by $20,000, and Bank of Montreal was enjoined from paying margins. Waite & Thoburn suspended from the board amid claims of market corners in July oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chytraus
Waite, Thoburn & Co
Grain Commission
Board of Trade
Warren
Bank of Montreal
Chytrans and
Chetlain
Board of Trade Committee
Waite & Thoburn
Harris Gates & Co
Fatal Railroad Wreck Near Peebles on Norfolk & Western
In a freight wreck near Peebles Ohio on the Norfolk and Western Railway today Robert Foley of Portsmouth a brakeman was killed four others were injured and two tramps are missing authorities reported.
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Peebles
Norfolk & Western
Robert Foley
Portsmouth
Ambassador White to resign Berlin embassy in 1897
Berlin notices say Ambassador White may resign with Roosevelt’s approval. He set Nov. 7 as the resignation date and is at Homburg resting. Berlin gossip links potential successors including Tower to Berlin and Storer to Russia, with Henry White considered for Spain. Andrew D. White was appointed ambassador to Germany April 1, 1897.
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Berlin
Russia
Henry White
London
Spain
Tower
St. Petersburg
Andrew D. White
Germany
Ambassadors Washington Note on White Resignation
The News reports no official word from the State Department on Ambassador White resigning. It notes a prior talk he would retire on his 70th birthday and mentions possible successors such as Dr David Jayne Hill and Bellamy Storer as candidates for the Berlin post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Ambassador White
Berlin
David Jayne Hill
Bellamy Storer
Spain
Kaiser Wilhelm II Steamer to Be Launched at Stettin
Berlin August 5 Emperor William will attend the launching of the North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II at Stettin on August 12. The daughter of director general Br Giegand will christen the ship which is described as the largest and fastest in the world. It measures 707 feet long 21 1 2 feet beam 39 feet depth and 29 feet draught with 19000 tons displacement and 39560 horsepower and will carry 1000 cabin passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Emperor William
T.lood
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Stettin
Br. H. Giegand
the Line
King’s second appendicitis operation denied after coronation
London reports deny a second appendicitis operation for the king after the coronation. Authorities say the king is recovering well and his doctors are unlikely to risk the fatigue of coronation ceremonies if another operation were pending.
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London
Twelve Boys Die Of Ptomaine Poisoning In China School
Aug 5 Victoria reports twelve boys sons of American and European merchants and missionary residents in China died at the China Inland Mission school in Che Foo from ptomaine poisoning after unsafe chicken pie. Several meals were served, one piece likely bad causing illness. Initial cholera fears proved unfounded.
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Victoria
B.C
China
China Inland Mission School
Che Foo
Papal Delegate Named to Manila Appointment Announced
Rome Aug 5 It is announced that Mr Guidi currently in the papal secretary of state office has been named apostolic delegate to Manila highlighting the Vatican moves in the Orient.
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Manila
Rome
Mer. Guidi
Senate approves sugar loan and tariff boosts in Cuba
Havana reports the senate passed a 4 million dollar loan to aid sugar growers and authorized a second 35 million dollar loan within six months to cover the first. The measure funds payment to the Cuban revolutionary army and revolution debts, and raises duties on multiple items by 10 to 150 percent, expected to yield 520 thousand dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Senate
The King's Return to London Tomorrow
London crowd awaits King Edward as preparations finish for his royal special train to Buckingham Palace. Victoria station gleams with decorations and no special arrangements are planned, the monarch capable of the journey without assistance.
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London
Edward
Victoria
Buckingham Palace
A Thrifty Man and the Hospital Gift Lesson
A Scottish banker Robert Carrick famed for wealth gives two guineas to a hospital fund. Manufacturer Wilson with a fifty thousand dollar check proves the point, replacing the two guineas with eighty pounds and forcing Carrick to rethink his generosity. The episode ends with Wilson cashing out to expose the banker’s stinginess.
Rock Island route circulars announce agent changes and territory
The Rock Island head office issues circulars signed by John Sebastian detailing new division passenger agents and traveling agents, with territory assignments across Illinois Iowa and Minnesota lines. Local agents report to division agents and tickets orders remain from the home office.
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Rock Island
John Sebastian
K. E.-.palmer
Jefferson and
Main Streets
Peoria
Ill
Illinois
Peoria Line
Chicago
Moline
S. F. Boyd
Davenport
R. S. Thorrington
Missouri
Washington
Knoxville
Des Moines Valley
Iowa
J. G. Farmer
Cedar Rapids
E. A. Soule
A. L. Steece
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Sibley
Northern District
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minn
Invitation Brings Davenport Door To Philadelphia Museum Board
Mr C A Green of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum visited Davenport to invite the Davenport Business Men's Association to nominate at least two members for the museum advisory board. The museum, a public city institution, seeks national trade material and world commerce extension with delegates from trade groups serving on both national and international advisory boards. Members attend meetings at no expense beyond attendance.
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C. A. Green
Bureau of Information
Philadelphia Commercial Museum
M. Bunker
Davenport Business Men's Association
Davenport
Commercial Museum
Boards of Trade
Chambers of Conmmerce
Henderson in New York arrives with wife and daughter
Congressmen D B Henderson of Iowa speaker of the house has arrived in New York and will be joined by his wife and daughter. They have been in Ogdensburg and the daughter has just returned from a two year sojourn in Europe and is not in good health.
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New York
D. B. Henderson
Iowa
House of Representatives
Ogdensburg
Europe
Fire damages Kalamazoo plants in a double blaze
In Kalamazoo Michigan on August 5 the building housing the American Carriage Company and the Taylor Celery Company burned tonight. Loss estimated at seventy thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo, Mich
American Carriage Company
Taylor Celery Company
Courtesy Shown By Paul Leicester Ford At Brooklyn Reception
At a Brooklyn literary reception the courteous Paul Leicester Ford stood calmly as a blundering clergyman, who mistook a short, slight guest for a neighborhood boy, slapped him on the shoulder and asked who he was. The hostess revealed the guest of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Leicester Ford
Brooklyn
Disabled Schooner in Port, New York Aug 5
The Italian steamer Sardegna arrived in port with the American schooner Notice of Providence from Brava Cape Verde Islands. The crew and 64 passengers, including 11 women, were snared by a storm. Captain Ramos is missing and believed to have died by suicide. The Sardegna supplied provisions and towed the disabled schooner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Providence
R. I
Brava
C. V
Ramos
Cape Verde Islands
Salt Lake water level hits record low for 1890s
Salt Lake reports the Great Salt Lake at its lowest level since observations began. The drop since 1894 approaches six feet, with the eastern shore receding about three quarters of a mile, highlighting a significant water decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Great Salt Lake
Weather Bureau
Floods Hit Colorado Springs Area Causes Wide Damage
Floods across Colorado today caused great damage with Rain Bow Falls at Manitou wiped out. Railroads suffered extensive damage as storms battered Colorado Springs and surrounding sections.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Lightning destroys Forest High School in Illinois
Forest Illinois August 5 a lightning strike set the high school building ablaze burning it to the ground all contents and specimens were destroyed the reported loss is ten thousand dollars with six thousand insured covering the damage
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Forest
Ill
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Kalamazoo
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Boneau
Cleveland
City of Venice
Ontario
Mate Warham
City of
John Sullivan
J. A. McDougal
Louis Hubecker
Cheybogan
Broderick
Seguin
McGraw Transportation Company of
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Ant
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
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