Impeachment Vote Tops Superior Mayor in 19th Century City
In Superior on August 8 the common council, by a 17 to 1 vote, impeached Mayor Charles S Starkweather for extorting money from police and firemen and removed him from office. Judge Albion Howe presides as successor amid chaotic scenes in the city hall.
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Weat
Charles
Cauoper
Mile
Joseph
Nile
Mr. Cooper
Hans
Danis
Albion Howe
Mdment
Ald. Adkinson
Starkweather
Ald. Johnston
Ald. Lomas
Ninth Ward
Champ Green
Cty
Superior
Charles S. Starkweather
George O. Cooper
J W. C. Ogden
Duluth
Supreme Court
Mayo
Howe
Agen
Globe Elevator Brno
Mien
Tarkweather
Ald. McQueen
Canada study backs Royal Baking Powder as superior
Ontario analyst Roye reports tin baking powder Royal Baking Powder superior to others after test. The authorities conclude Royal powder outperforms competing brands in quality and suitability for baking.
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Canada
Ontario
Roye
Opera House Fire Injures Several in Fennimore
Opera house audience of six hundred gathered for a United Brethren lecture when two large lamps exploded near the end, sparking a blaze and sending smoke through the packed room. In the scramble to escape, several attendees were injured though none seriously.
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Fennimore
Wis
Opera
United Brethren Church
Murdered by His Wife in Store at Redding
In Redding Ohio on August 3 Frank Miller, a pioneer merchant, was killed in his store by his wife who attacked him with an axe as he was stopping. She struck him several blows on the head, killing him instantly. The wife admitted the murder and had long contemplated the act for years.
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Redding
Oul
Frank Miller
Ils
Knsano
Bedford Chair Company Alignment Headline
The Bedford Chair Company of Claveeland led by ex Congressman A Y Taylor as president announced an agricultural alignment today.
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Bedford Chair Company
Claveeland
A. Y. Taylor
Farmers Notes Altered To Dish Out Debts In Scam
A Minnesota report warns of Hy Miller posing as Buffalo Medical fraudster who travels with a driverless party to take notes from farmers, discount them, and use forged signatures. described as about 46 to 60, dark hair, bald, Jewish-tinged features, 5 feet 6 inches, 160 pounds, last seen at Little Rock Iowa depot. police urged vigilance.
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Woka
Nobles County
Minnesota
Little Rock
Iowa
Miller
Baptist Young People Sketch of John H Cintman Re-elected President
Chicago Aug 3 The convention of the Baptist Young People Union held at Baltimore was attended by leading delegates from across the country as they re elected John H Cintman to presid.
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John H. Cintman
Chicago
Snaptista Young People Union
Baltimore
Baptist Young People's Union Forms in Chicago
Young people from all parts of the United States gathered to form the Baptist Young People's Union in Chicago on July 7 and 8, 1801. About 3,000 attended initial meetings as the group grew to 77,000 members in 1 society. The weekly order paper circulates 24,000, with 33 state organizations. Montana and Maine lacked chapters. Last year’s convention was held in Toronto, Ontario.
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United States
John H. Chapman
Chicags
Baptist Young People’s Union
Baptist Church of Chicago
Order
Montana
Maine
Toronto
Oat
Lavada
Appalling wreck of Chinese transport Kaw Shing
Divers report the Chinese transport Kaw Shing sunk off the Yalu by Japanese cruisers. The hulk is torn and riddled with shot and shell, with a large port bilge opening and many dead on deck and in rooms, as divers describe the scene as appalling.
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Kaw Shing
San Francisco
Che Ico
Yalu
Cuban Reform chief predicts autumn strike on Cuban insurgents
Count Monterra of the Cuban Reform party, in Madrid, says operations against the insurgents will begin in earnest in autumn. He asserts the rebels are short of ammunition and lacking prestige. He urges guarding the coast to stop outside aid from reaching the insurgents.
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Spantyurads
Madrid
Count Monterra
Cuban Reform Party
Cuba
Insurgenta
Seta
Denver Plumbers Strike Calls for Citywide Walkout
Plumbers in Denver, led by Pressent Burg of Union No. 4, declared a strike affecting about 75 establishments and 125 journeymen. They demand 4 per day and accuse nonpaying shops of using inferior labor and cheap materials, signaling widespread disruption.
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Denver
Pressent Burg
United Association of Plumbers
United States
Ganaia
Trial continues in Lamont murder case in San Francisco
In San Francisco on August 3, the anterior court heard proceedings in the murder trial of Blanche Lamont. Theodorre Durragnt is defendant. Walter Brown, a wholesale merchant, and Nathan, a merchant, were accepted as jurors after thirty jurors were excused, with the sixth juror sworn in by both sides.
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San Francisco
Theodorre Durragnt
Blanche Lamont
Walter &, Brown, & Wholesale
Nathan
Secretary and Mrs Carlisle Depart Washington for Chicago
Secretary and Mrs Carlisle left Washington today bound for Chicago. They were traveling on official business with no immediate public implications reported, and their departure marks a routine phase in their schedule.
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Mra
Carlisle
Washington
Chicago
Indian scare grips Idaho towns after trail ambush
Reports from Market Lake and Jackson Hole Idaho describe an Indian attack on a mail carrier and possible killings. Residents fear Indian raids as rumors spread and Baxter Hopking travels toward Marys Vale to check kettlers and women who went missing.
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Market Lake
Idaho
Roxhurg
Tacksor ‘S Hole
Jackson's Hole
Theton
Oton Divide
St. Anthony
Pant
Baxter Hopking
Mary's Vale
Kettlers
Wheat and livestock prices from Chicago Milwaukee St Paul markets
Market notes from Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul dated August 8 report wheat bids for August through December, corn soy and oats values, hogs and cattle prices, and receipts. Prices vary by grade and month with mixed hogs and stronger cattle demand. regional quotes show unsettled ranges across futures and cash markets.
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Genin
Rive Stock Centern
Chicago
Aus
G-fe
Park
Milwaukee
Northern
Gorn Breidy
Onta Atandy
Ryale Lower
Lord Quiet
Minneapolis
Usc
Gliclowest
St. Paul
Car Slide Tragedy Wrecks Chicago Chute Car
A serious accident at the sixty third and Cottage Grove chute injured many riders when a car carrying about 20 people toppled after a cable broke. Victims include Katte Movengerd with facial injuries, Fred Mblett with a fractured left leg, M. A. McInerny and J. T. Hussey bruised, and others with varied injuries. Some listed as seriously hurt.
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Chisago
Chicago
Cottage Grove Avenue
Katte
Katte “Movengerd
Fred Mblett
M. A. McInerny
J. T. Hussey
Mias M. Crook
Miss Minnie Heidt
OG. ¥. Heidt
Charles A. Schaldenbrand
George Emerson
Mise
J. White
C. Dunlap
Miss Maud Hefferon
Royal Baking Powder Rated Superior by Chemist
Walter S. Halves, M. D., chemist to the Chicago Board of Health, declares the Royal Baking Powder far superior to others, free from adulteration, wholesome, and producing greater leavening gas in baking than any competing powder.
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Walter S. Halves
Chicago Board of Health
Vaults, WRAR Opened After Court House Fire
Milbank South Dakota on August 3 reports a careful check of the burned court house vaults shows they were opened before the fire. Five books of record including mortgage and deed records were taken from shelves and cannot be found. The apparent aim was to destroy records as the county auditor’s office and clerk’s papers were badly burned and several officials suffered losses.
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Iecords
Milbank
Court House
Owen Jost
Lockhart
G. A. RB
Band Boys
Sunbeam Yacht Mystery Unveiled in Milwaukee
Milwaukee August 5. The missing yacht Sunbeam is a myth. The Domino Govengus posing as the yacht’s owner is exposed as a hoax. A Toronto man claims the only son of Judge Kingemils of Laranto was aboard the fictional vessel now said to command HH. M. S. Blenheim with other supposed guests. Dagila’s anxious host relations fade as hotel bills remain unsettled.
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Milwaukee
Toronto
Kingemils
Laranto
HH. M
Poison Plot Reported Near Amailen Village
A 14 year old girl, Omon Dicer, was arrested at Amailen near Tiffin for allegedly attempting to poison the two children of Henry Shiley. She poisoned apples with arsenic and Paris green, witnessed by the mother, and a partial confession was made before arrest. The physician said the apples could kill two adults. No motive disclosed.
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Apates
Tiffin
Olio
Amailen
Here
Omon Dicer
Posson
Henry Shiley
No One Killed In Menominee Fire Update
Aug 3 Menominee Michigan dispatch reports initial belief two men died in yesterday's blaze proved false. Numerous injuries listed including Taylene Anderson with head injuries, Keatz the fire chief with a broken nose, McNeely a mail carrier with bruised arms, Stiles the postmaster with a cut head, and a boy with multiple fractures.
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Menominee
Mich
Taylene Anderson
Mr. Keatz
McNeely
Afteman
Stiles
Rio Grande Train Collides With Rock Near Wolcott
An eastbound Rio Grande passenger train struck a ten ton rock near Wolcott on Aug 3. The engine somersaulted and toppled forty feet into water, throwing both firemen clear. Passengers suffered a severe shock but were not reported gravely injured.
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Red Cliffe
Col
Rio Grande
Wolcott
Controller Mr Qekela Returns to Washington
Mr Qekela the controller has returned to Washington from Illinois, marking a routine administrative travel update and resumption of duties at the federal office.
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Mr. Qekela
Washington
Illinois
Floods Ravage Colorado and New Mexico Regions
Widespread floods and cloudbursts hit Oledhardts Went and Southwest with Boulder county canals and ditches damaged beyond repair. Loveland and Golden suffer washed out tracks and bridges while Central City and Black Hawk mines face disruption. A Cripple Creek line derailed near Gillette after a landslide but no injuries occurred. Mountain travel halted. repairs will take weeks.
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Danver
Boulder
Denver
Loveland
Colorado
Golden
Central City
Black Hawk
Creak Creek
Catskill
New Mexico
Midland Terminal
Cripple Creek
Gillette
Novel Lifeboat Toy Charms Chicago Inventor
An inventor in Chicago unveils a miniature lifeboat design for water play and practical use. The craft is water tight, features a lantern on top, port holes, ventilation, and a hinged, two-part hull that stays right-side-up. It can also carry 10 to 25 people depending on size, with plans for mass production at low cost.
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Galitt
Chicago
Inter-Oceann
Jude
Hedberg
Eleventh Street
Moseland
Mhde
Lake Calumet
Lake Michigan
Murder in His Mind Mann Attempts to Kill His Wife and Family
George R. Snickenberger, a farmer alx miles northwest of Athol, was arrested for trying to kill his wife and family. He induced his 17 year old son to drink what was believed to be drugged whisky, causing the boy to threaten self harm with a knife. The motive cited is his wife seeking a divorce after an earlier arson attempt. The trial is set for tomorrow before Justice Perriton.
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K Mann
Ashton
Mann
George R. Snickenberger
Athol
Ele
Wasa
R&nichenberger
Health authorities deem Royal baking powder superior
Health authorities across several states completed exhaustive examinations of baking powder and uniformly concluded that Royal powder is superior to all others.
Death of Bishop Howe, 88, Esteemed Episcopal Leader
Bishop Howe, 88, longtime Episcopal bishop of Central Pennsylvania, died at his Brialto home after 66 years in ministry and 23 years as a bishop. His son-in-law Bishop Howe, of the Sioux Falls diocese, transported by dispatch from the East, learned the news while staying at the Nicollet hotel in Minneapolis.
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Howe Denil
Minneapolis
Hare
Sioux Falls
Nicollet
Howe
Pennsyvania
Episcopal Church
Briato
K. 1
Old Woman Fatally Burned In Sleepy Eye
Mrs. Carrie Johnson, 80, of Sleepy Eye Minnesota, was seriously burned last evening when her dress caught fire from the stove while preparing supper. Flesh burned to the bones on her left side. doctors say she cannot live. The incident occurred August 8.
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Hye
Minn
Carrie Johnson
Ying
Tegan
Fire destroys Teard's stores and damages shipping in Brooklyn
A blaze in Brooklyn today destroyed the covered piler of Teard's stores and caused extensive damage to shipping. Calr nmiehill, sailing from Calcutta, fled the scene with two boasts and a pile driving versal. The liner was towed clear after a stubborn fight by the melon beird, aided by two fire boats, and canal boats were moved to safety. Loss put at $15,000.
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Brooklyn
Calrnmiehill
Galcutta
Know the River A Pilot’s Skill on the Ohio from Pittsburg to Cairo
Pittsburg to Cairo boat pilots are praised for precision navigation along the Ohio River. They must know every bend, landmark, and light, from Pittsburg to New Orleans, and adapt to changing channels at the Mississippi border. Their expertise keeps excursion boats and freight packets safe in all water stages.
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Pittsburg
Cairo
Myer
Oulo
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Memphis
Misalsalppi
The Cosmic Telegraphic Talk On Immense Distances
A fragmentary report imagines a future message from the battle of Waterloo era spreading through a telegraphic network to distant stars and planets. It muses on the speed of discovery and the idea that Christ is born at Bethlehem 2894 years ago could be echoed across the universe by electric current and travel droids.
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Waterloo
Ita Normal
Agaih
America
Coluimbux
Christin
Bethlehem
Eufe
Repairing Ocean Cables Show Repeated Failures and Costs
Historical account describes undersea cable repairs long and costly. Ships locate faults by marking, grappling, and fishing the line, with cables drifting off position. A recent failure cost about 300000 dollars, while the Mina repaired a deep 2597 fathom depth lay. Captain Trott, veteran telegraph man, directed operations highlighting skill and experience in repairs.
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Eteamor
Grawi
Mina
Trott
The New Maxim Gun described as deadly war tool
A military expert describes the Maxim gun as a terrifying weapon capable of rapid fire and near instant deployment. It could unleash vast volumes of bullets per minute, piercing armor and destroying troops, making large scale war impractical if used widely.
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Eaxpart
Hoenya
Sean
Royal Baking Powder builds purity and global reach
The Royal Baking Powder Company states it controls its own cream of tartar and production, offering absolutely pure cream of tartar. It ships its product worldwide, supplying the Army and Navy, transatlantic steamers, and premier restaurants and households, and is praised by authorities on cuisine.
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Royal Baking Powder Company
Revenues from Eleoteio Heatix Reach City Power Milestone
Ottawa Quebec boasts one of the continent’s most progressive electricity services after wiring 50 000 lights for a 40 000 resident city. A recent local canal station report notes heater income of 421 with just 12 outlay, marking a promising business signal.
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Eleoteio Heatix
Ottawa
Qan
Device to Reduce Hammering on Valves in Markets
A new device has entered the market to prevent hammering and injury to multiple check valves and to reduce vibration in feed connections. Engineers welcome the improvement as it delivers a smoother full lift of valves and minimizes excessive strains on pumps and pipes.
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Amen
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Etate Railroad and Warehouse
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Giain
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