Destructive Virginia Minnesota Fire Wipes Town
The Virginia Minnesota fire on June 7 destroyed the town's main business district and most homes within an hour. The Moon Kerr mill and several large buildings burned, eight blocks spread from the mill to the railroad. losses at least 500000 with only 125000 insured. No lives lost. residents urgently need relief as food and shelter run short.
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Duzvura
Mion
Virginia
Mesaba Iron Range
Moon& Kerr
Silver Lake
Duluth and
Tron Range
Windstorm devastation hits Faulkner Kansas area
A June 7 windstorm nearly wiped Faulkner seven miles northwest, destroying the schoolhouse church and multiple homes while unroofing farmhouses and damaging crops. Parsox, Gavena and surrounding towns reported extensive damage to structures, mills, elevators, and trees, with one fatality noted in Miami Indian Territory.
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Faulkoer
Cueropa
Kan
Faulkher
Parsox
Paul
Gavena
Crown Point
Empire
Miami
I. T
Thomas Skinner
Congress Adjourns After Difficult Naval Bill Vote
A long Washington session ends with Congress adjourning sine die at 5 p m June 8 following a failed naval appropriation conference. Senate and House later concurred on amendments, ending the dispute and adjourning.
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Fifty-Sixth
National Assembly
Washinaton
Congress
Senate
House
Two Die In Grim Double Shooting Near Odebolt
An Odebolt special reports Charles Reinhart shot his wife near Lake View then killed himself by shooting. He bought a revolver that morning and owned 800 acres near Odebolt. Mrs Reinhart, about 35, died at the scene. Reinhart, 28, survived initial wounds, later said he planned the act.
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Charles JD. Reinhart
Reinhart Rats
Sioux City
Lake View
Asa B. Smith
Masons Hold Grand Lodge Session at Cedar Rapids
The Iowa Masons held their fifty-seventh annual session in Cedar Rapids with over 1000 members in attendance. Financial reports show cash on hand 22941.90, receipts 24550.23, total receipts 92285. disbursements 25746.01, cash on hand 23745.67. Officers elected for next year include Grand Master Wm. I. Eaton Osage, Senior Grand Warden Summer Miller Guttenberg, Junior Grand Warden James E. Brace Anita, Grand Secretary T. S. Pacvin Cedar Rapids, Grand Treasurer M. P. Miller Washington. The next meeting will be in Davenport.
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Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge of Iowa Masons
Cedar Rapids
Grand
Wright
Wm. I. Eaton
Osage
Summer Miller
Guttenberg
James E. Brace
Anita
Pacvin
Cedar Kids
M. P. Miller
Washington
Davenport
Indians Seek Ten Thousand Dollars in False Arrest Suit
Wa-Ta-Ta-Wa the age medicine man of the Muskwakie tribe sues U S Indian agent H M Rebok and Tama County Sheriff Claus H Tode for 10000 dollars claiming false arrest and imprisonment. Other tribe members including Ta-Ta-Pi-Chee and Jelah-Pue-Ka-Chee plan suits after a federal habeas corpus ruling freed Jelah-Pue-Ka-Chee from agent Rabok and superintendent Malin.
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Cedar Rapids
United States
Healy
Wa-Ta-Ta-Wa
H. M. Rebok
United States Indian
Claus H. Tode
Tama County
Rebok
Tode
Ta-Ta- Pi-Chee
Jelah-Pue-Ka-Chee
Federal
Rabok
Malin
Throat Cut Toboggan Accident At Ripley Resort
At Ripley resort near Lake City John Hauserman foreman for Zitterell contracting, born in Conrad, slid feet first on a toboggan, cutting his throat and nearly drowning. Barber J K Woods pulled him from the water just in time. seven stitches required for the wound.
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Ripley Resort
Lake City
John Hauserman
Zitterell
Conrad
Police Believe Black Man Terrorized City Women
Augustus Smith, a Northwestern Railway dining car worker, is jailed as a prime suspect in a string of encounters with white women in Council Bluffs. Police tie recent assaults to times Smith was on shift, with four witnesses identifying him or making strong recognitions at the station and homes. Investigation continues.
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Augustus Smith
Council Bluffs
Smith
Northwestern Railway
Grace Hamilton
South Seventh Street
Nira
John Leasure
Avenue D
Vusvort
Winfield Kane
Griffin land contest case confirms Griffin claim in Sheldon tract
Secretary of the Interior renders a final decision in the Griffin land contest, awarding Griffin the right to prove his claim on an 80 acre parcel in Sheldon once worth a fortune. The land, central to Sheldon’s growth, had been contested since 1882 with Thys Drake and the Sioux City and Pacific Railway involved.
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Secretary of the Interior
Griffin
Northwest
Janis
Sheldon
Des Moines
Tone
Thys Drake
Sioux City and Pacific Railway
General Land Office
Chen
Sent to the Pest House Fort Dodge Man Sues City
Charles Anderson, a Swede, sues Fort Dodge for wrongful quarantine in the pest house over a smallpox outbreak. He alleges forty days confinement caused loss of job, time, and clothes after a physician called police and threatened him.
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Fort Dodge
Charles Anderson
Anderson
Ble
Paroled prisoner confesses in Des Moines bank burglary case
Des Moines police on June 4 arrested Onie Blair charged as one of four men involved in the Shel dahl Savings Bank robbery of 1600. Blair confessed and offered to lead to the tool stash. He claimed four men participated and named three others, who remain at large. Blair, once imprisoned at Anamosa, was released on parole weeks ago after a drunken talkกับ inmates.
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Sheldahl
Des Moines
Onie Blair
Sheldahl Savings Bank
Blair
Anamosa
Fatal overdose ends Cedar Falls vocalist at Briato
J H Shane a Cedar Falls vocalist died after taking a two ounce dose of Juaudanum at the Jones Rouse in Briato. He had long struggled as an opium user and sobriety efforts failed, hindering his ability to earn a living. Separately, the Northwestern steel gang west of Colo works on a new double track system and demanded higher wages after previously earning 1.80 per day, seeking 1.75.
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J. H. Shane
Cedar Falls
Briato
Steel Gang
Colo
Pepadeiog
Brabazon Romance Escalates Amid Farewell at Portsmouth
Miles Brabazon confronts a public farewell as Esme Brabazon flees with his rival, a lancer sergeant. At the dockyard Miles foils a last kiss, discovers Esme’s betrayal, and faces impending marriage with complex loyalties and looming wedding plans.
Miles Brabazon Sees Esme at Last on Train
Miles confronts Esme at the station after learning of Brabazon and the fiancée. He hails a fast ride to the railway, hoping to speak before the departure. Esme trembles as he reveals his discovery and hints at a possible reunion, while Beabazon and others watch the tense exchange.
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Maj
Vere
Lord Brown
Gentletarp Brown
Hullo
Beabazon
Auddenly
Sandborough Ball
Brabazon
Miles
Esme
Isn't that an awful early way for a games big man to talk
A Philadelphia reader recounts a child in a railway station waiting room observing a uniformed worker recite unintelligible numbers. The girl, about five, fixes him with disapproving eyes and asks her uncle if this is a very early way for a grown man to talk.
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Philadelphia
Wanon Railway
Sealed His Wife Up in Glass Case for Thirty Years
A London service house owner, titled by will, left his wife £400 yearly until burial. After her death he had her body embalmed and sealed in a glass case in an upper chamber, never allowing entry to the room for thirty years.
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India Company
London
Straight Road To Health Purifying the blood claim
The article promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier. It asserts that germs and impurities in blood cause disease and that expelling impurities cures sickness. It claims the tonic enriches blood by increasing red cells and powers body organs, nerves, and muscles with nutrition from digested food.
Racial Stereotypes in Philippine Letters Sparks Controversy
A soldier’s letter from the Philippines describes Filipino women and natives with harsh stereotypes, comparing them unfavorably to Americans and Indians. He emphasizes perceived race and culture, mentioning mestizos, the Malay stock, and brutal imagery of hospitality. The piece also notes two poems by Pennington in Duffer's Magazine with sharp, candid critiques.
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Pennington
Duffer’s
Inkerly
Her Great Sacrifice in the Chicago Post
A quoted reflection mocks labeling women as bargain hunters. She muses over changing the name Montmo repey to ones, questioning the logic of such a trade and highlighting gendered expectations in a concise, period tone.
Lydia E Pinkham ads help women in early letters
Clara Kopp writes to Ava Pinkham sharing her long illness and poor relief from various patent medicines. A Rockport Indiana reader describes back and body pains, irregular menstruation, and breathing difficulty seeking Mrs Pinkham's advice. Another letter from Craga Kopr in Reskport Indiana credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and urges others to heed her guidance.
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Cuana Koro
Rockport, Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Craga Kopr
Reskport, Ind
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