Red Coat wins May's international canoe race on Lake St Louis
The Canadian defender Red Coat defeated American challenger Minnesota of the White Bear club in the May’s international Sea Wanhaka cup on Lake St Louis. The 12 mile triangular course was completed in 1 hour 45 minutes 18 seconds for Red Coat and 1 hour 51 minutes 38 seconds for Minnesota, a 6 minutes 20 seconds margin. Boat lengths differed by 1 inch with Red Coat at 25 feet 7 inches and Minnesota 25 feet 6 inches.
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Montreal
Que
Minnesota
White Bear Club
St Paul
Minn
Red Coat
Lake St.Louis
Minnnesota
Craw
Duggan
Markets Loose Latent Quotes From Grain and Live Stock Gentera
Aug. 8 reports from Minneapolis Chicago and Sioux City show mixed commodity prices with wheat and oats shifting as No. 1 hard and No. 1 Northern quotations appear across markets. Cattle hogs and sheep prices vary by region with gains for some classes and declines for others in Chicago South St. Paul and Sioux City listings.
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Northern
Minneapolis
Burley
Chicago
Aug
Milwaukee
Wis
Goa
Sioux City
Towa
South St. Paul
Wisconsin Storm Sets City Ablaze and Spurs Fire Crew
An intense electric storm struck Cumberland Wisconsin at 1 am, damaging the Methodist church and prompting a full fire department response. Several nearby buildings were hit, electric lights and phones crippled, and streets filled with frightened residents. Reports spoke of heavy hail and crop damage in the countryside.
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Wisconsin
Cumberland
Wis
Incindiarism Epidemic Strikes Fort Dodge Barns
Fort Dodge Iowa on August 6 reports a planned arson campaign with eight barns burned in twenty four hours. Prominent owners affected include Congressman J P Dolliver. Authorities mobilize vigilante patrols as fires cause substantial property losses and townwide alarm.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
J. P. Dolliver
Milwaukee Population Rise in Decade Revealed
Milwaukee Wisconsin shows a census count of 315 thousand six hundred fifty three, up from 276 thousand in 1880, a gain of 39.64 percent. Other reports note severe electrical storms in Waukesha Campbellsport and Fort Dodge injuring and destroying property.
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Washington
Milwaukee
Wis
Free
Resignation Sought of Helena Normal School Trustees
Gov. Smith demands the resignations of the trustees of the state normal school in Helena Montana. The state board of education ousted the president and the governor will appoint new trustees who will cooperate with the upcoming president once chosen.
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Helena
Mont
Smith
State Normal School
Dlilon
State Board of Education
Pollock sells Waterloo Second Street lot for new factory
Aug 5 Waterloo Iowa Will Pollock sold his Second street lot to the Waterloo Steel Tank company which will erect a new factory building. The firm says its business has outgrown current quarters and plans expansion to meet demand.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Will Pollock
Second Street
Waterloo Steel Tank Company
First threshing report shows strong wheat yield
Sheldon North Carolina August 6 The first threshing report of the season has been received. Dan Cornwell harvested 470 bushels of wheat from 220 acres with a district average of about five bushels per acre within ten miles of the town.
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Sheldon
N. C
Dan Cornwell
Train Accident Severes Both Legs at Brantwood
Brantwood, Aug. 5. Guet Bergorn, a Prentice resident, had both legs severed while attempting to board a Soo train at Brantwood. He was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment and listed in stable condition.
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Prentice, Wis
Trom
Soo
Brantwood
Rain Halts Harvesting Across Minnesota Fields
Rain began Saturday afternoon ending harvesting in Alexandria Minnesota as fields turned soft and unworkable for horses. Grain cut so far soaked likely lowers quality by one grade. Six and a quarter inches fell in forty hours. Redwood Falls reports strong threshing yields, including George Johnson with wheat averaging 23.33 bushels per acre on sixty plus acres. Big Stone City harvest finished with low local yields about six bushels per acre, though nearby crops show better results.
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Alexandria
Minn
Redwood Falls
George Johnson
Seaforth
Minnesota & Iowa
Northwestern
Big Stone City
Five Die in Arkansas Train Collision Near Aurigh
Five men were killed and two seriously injured when a fast freight train collided with a passenger train at Aurigh Arkansas after a switch failed. The passenger engine and car wrecked, four freight cars demolished, and fatalities confirmed.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
St. Louis Southwestern
Aurigh
Here
Man Seriously Wounded by Street Car in Cedar Falls
Joseph Bancroft was seriously injured after attempting to drive in front of a street car in Cedar Falls Iowa. The collision broke his right shoulder and bruised his side leaving his condition critical.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
Joseph Bancroft
Sereet
West Committed Suicide in Osa Watonie Asylum
Miss Kath erine M. West, a young educator prominent in Fort Scott Kansas and the Mast community, died yesterday by self inflicted hanging in an Osawatomie asylum. Local officials report the case as a suicide with no known external factors.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Katherine M. West
Ossawatonie
Bandits Capture Twelve Circus Suspects at Cloquet
Sherry Hardy of Cass County led deputies in escorting twelve circus gang detainees from Cloquet to a jail after arrests near the depot. The arrests followed an overnight ambush by Doc Baker and manager Richards as the Westbound train halted amid a tense crowd. No violence occurred, guards held firm, and authorities aim to determine charges of riot while examining identities.
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Casa Lake
Minn
Aug
Cloquet
Nation Guard
Duluth
Hardy
Cass County
Manger Richards
Doc” Baker
Texas
Grand Rapidal Court House
James W. Beattie
H. E. Billings
John Hayes
Frank Heinda
William Christian
George Jewlet
Eddie Gagler
Charles Higgins
W. Hall
H. Gillett
McGraw
J. F. Smith
Willings
Smith
Hubbard
Heartshorn
Richards
Dec Baker
Sherry Hardy
Cags County
Forest Fire Delays Yellowstone Timber and Buildings Threatened
A destructive forest fire swept between Yellowstone’s upper Geyser Basin and the lake, reports Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Jackson from Mammoth Hot Springs. The fire started Friday, crossed ten miles, and is spreading rapidly, endangering buildings and hampering soldiers and road crews.
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Yellowstone Park
Helena
Mont
United States
Sam Jackson
Mammoth Hot Springs
Yellowstone National Park
Upper Basin
Fires and construction notes in Minnesota region
Incendiaries set a fire in the Lead, Lead and D. warehouse causing $1,500 damage at May & Co. A second blaze was discovered at midnight. The Catholic church burned last week will be replaced by a $25,000 structure. Dumphy of Carleton has a crew building a saw mill on Embanassi Lake and expects to log heavily this winter. A heavy rain in Sparta quenched forest fires, while a steamboat for Big Stone Lake was purchased from Wahbagha. In Fergus Falls rain aided wheat, and in Owatonna a 14 year old drowned in the Straight River. the body was recovered.
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Lead,Lead, &. D
Be, May & Co
Sparta
Minn
Ate
Dumphy
Carleton
Embanassi Lake
Owatonna
Aug
Anton Wanous
Here
Logan Brings Load of Them From Ti
United States transport Logan arriving from Taku via Japan docked after quarantine with decks filled by bluejackets marines ex soldiers of the Ninth Infantry and refugees. Passengers include men women and children from Men-tsin who fled Boxer mobs and Imperial Chinese troops. Most cabin passengers suffered siege effects in China and welcomed return to civilization.
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Logan
San Francisco
Ninth Infantry
United States
Taku
Japan
Men-tsin
Bryan Enthusiastically Welcomed in Omaha by Thousands
About 1500 to 2000 people gathered at Burlington station in Omaha to greet Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan as his train arrived for a notifi cation meeting in Indianapolis. He appeared on the car platform, shook hands with eager supporters, and smiled warmly. The journey from Lincoln to Omaha passed without incident.
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Omaha
Neb
Burlington
Purty
Indianapolis
Bryan
Lincoln
Transport McPherson Runs Aground Near Nassau
The transport McPherson with the Fifth Infantry aboard ran aground at Second Tortune Island near Nassau on August 2 while en route from Cuba to New York. It was refloated on August 4 without serious damage and is headed home toward New York, with the Pitth infantry likely to be sent to China or replace a regiment bound for the Philippines.
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McPherson
Washington
War Department
Fifth Infantry
New York
Cuba
Second Tortune Island
Nassau
West Indica
Pitth
China
Philippines
A Photograph Doddled By A Child And Mother’s Worry
A Morgan Street mother rushed to please guests with a good portrait of her five year old son Edward. The boy resisted the camera, cried, and recalled a dentist’s warning as he clung to his mother’s assurances that the photographer would not hurt him.
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Morgan Street
Oma
Edward
Edwards
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Bazaar plan seeks international patronage at nations booth
A Chicago Times-Herald snippet reports a discussion where a host asks a senator to join a bazaar representing many nations. They mention Ireland England Scotland Wales France Germany Italy Poland Hungary Austria and a potential Chinese booth, noting no Chinese vote.
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Ireland
Scotland
England
Wales
France
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Poland
Hungary
Austria
Chicago Times-Herald
Oh the brute claims fifty years old to fool him
A Chicago American item quotes a frustrated speaker calling a rival “the brute” who has aged them decades in effect, expressing disbelief at being mistaken for someone younger and vowing to never pass for that person again.
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Foel
Chicago
Secretaries Indisposition Not Seriously Viewed by Physicians
Secretary Hay, vacationing at Sunapee Lake New Hampshire, rests with a slight fever after contracting a chill on the trip from Washington. Physicians and family deem the illness a mild indisposition and foresee a few days of rest will restore him.
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Sunapee Lake
N. H
Hay
Washington
Hunt for Robbers in Hugo Train Hold Up
Hugo Colorado authorities pursue two suspected rustlers thirty miles south of town in connection with the Union Pacific train holdup and passenger murder. A black Mackintosh left on the car is noted as the sole tangible clue guiding investigation.
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Hugo, Colo
Aug
Union Pacific
Hugo
Election in Alabama Democrats Sweep Gubernatorial Victory
General election in Alabama yesterday produced a large Democratic majority led by William J. Sanford of Lee County who will be inaugurated governor December 1. Republicans Populists and Prohibitionists also ran tickets but early returns indicate a Democratic landslide.
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Eradic
Birmingham
Ala
General Assembly
Alabama
Wiliam J. Sanford
Lee County
Congo Raids Reported in English Territory
In London on August 3, Mr. Brodrick stated in the house of commons that Congo Free State forces raided territory north of Albert Nyaman, abducting women and cattle. The Congo authorities apologized and pledged punishment for the raiders.
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London
House of Commons
Charles. Duke
Foreign Office
Mr. Brodrick
Congo Free State
Albert Nyman
Congo
Murder Theory Replaces Duffryn Mawr Tragedy
New theory claims the Duffryn Mawr deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair were a murder suicide. Mrs. Sinclair allegedly shot her husband then killed herself in Philadelphia aug. It reframes the Philadelphia case as homicide followed by self-inflicted death.
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Stholatrx
Philadelyhia
Philadelphie
Aug
Duffryn Mawr
Japan Prohibits Emigration of Japanese to U S and Canada
Japanese foreign office dispatch issued from Washington states the government has prohibited all emigration of Japanese laborers to the United States and Canada for the present. A separate item notes Cuban school teachers visiting Washington on August 15 to meet the U S president and view public institutions.
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Japan
United States
Canada
Washington
Japanese Foreign Office
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Deaths From Meat in Chicago Heat Wave Report
Eleven people were prostrated by yesterday's heat in Chicago as temperatures peaked at 93 degrees. Officials warn residents to seek shade, stay hydrated, and limit outdoor activity during extreme heat conditions.
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Chicago
Steam beer wagon promised in Chicago boosts city delivery
In Chicago a steam beer delivery wagon is expected to speed beer distribution beyond horse wagons. A skeptical clerk jokes it would whistle at customers, while locals debate the move. A suburban resident finds the countryside bracing yet hungry, forcing return to the city for meals.
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Chicago
Cleveland Plain Dealer
High-Toned Boarders Prompt Sharp Exchange
A clipped exchange shows Mrs. Glendler and Mrs. Slimdler arguing over meals and propriety. Slimdler insists on fashionable boarders and a hot lunch, while Glendler remarks on expectations for a hungry man. The dialogue reveals class and lifestyle tensions in a domestic setting.
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Glendler
Country Home Exchange Prompt Sparks Neighbor Interest
In a light dialogue, Jinka asks if the home in the country is sold. Minks replies not yet, though neighbors appear eager buyers, citing attempts to unsettle him as motivation.
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Jinka
Minks
The Busy Bees Poppy Makes Me Dopey Say Humors
A playful exchange from the Chicago American highlights a lazy mood and comic banter about Poppy and Busy Gen. The fragment captures lighthearted dialogue and the newspaper's casual tone.
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Chicago
Old Lady Questions Cars On Elevated Rails
A humorous exchange features an elderly woman asking where cars go, and a city man replying they can go almost anywhere. Frank Frankleigh clarifies nicknames, noting the sudden turn of conversation and light misunderstandings over rail travel.
Mistaken Old Friend in Stormy Night Dialogue
A fragmentary exchange shows two men, George and Walt, in a tense interior scene. One remarks the current house is no great shakes while the other grimly confirms sleeping there through a storm.
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George
Walt
Bridge Trust Dialogue Sparks City Debate
A fragment from the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph captures North side remarking on a plot length combo and Shailyside reacting with surprise as the mention of the bridge trust unfolds in a city debate.
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Northside
Shailyside
The
Bridge Trust
Pittsburg
Two middle aged men discuss home life on Woodward Avenue
In Detroit two middle aged men on Woodward Avenue talk about domestic life. one laments loneliness while the other notes they are out often when the wife is away. they admit they would like her home more and stay in thinking of her.
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Wood+ ward avenue
Detroit Free Press
Why We Didn't Come Dialogue Snippet
A terse comic exchange shows a mother asking for milk and a milkman replying with a rustic justification. The humor centers on a cow kicking over the bucket yesterday, illustrating a rural生活 moment.
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Mun
Weill
Taun
Mercenary View of It in Waste Material
A satirical exchange mocks soliciting remarriage after a deceased husband and a politician’s reaction to losing a nomination. Humorous quips reference a Boston Courier remark on advertising waste and an Indianapolis Journal jab about a politician threatening his wife after costly photographs.
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Indianapolia Journal
Fragmented verse and street scenes from a 19th century rag
A curious collage of lines from a Philadelphia Press page includes clumsy verse about life and indulgence, a teacher asking about a buttress leading to a child misanswer, street banter with a wag claiming a police officer, and a judge remarking on a beggar with twenty dollars in his pocket, reflecting local color and rough humor.
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Willia
Philadelphia Press
What Is Your Idea of an Intellectual Woman
A fragmentary column notes a witty exchange about the idea of an intellectual woman. The brief item hints at social humor and a hostess's remark, set against a winter scene and a lettered reference to Jay.
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