McKinley Nominated for President in 1900 Campaign
Canton July 18 William McKinley was officially nominated by the Republican party for president. The address highlighted China policy gold standard tariff and Philippines authority while urging unity and continued national honor. Roosevelt learns of his vice presidential nomination in Sagamore Hill. Bryan and Stevenson set for formal Democratic notices in Indianapolis August 8.
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Canton
William McKinley
Republican Party
Republic
Senator Lodge
McKinley
United States
China
Philippines
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
L. 1
Sagamore
Wolcott
Bryan
Indianapolis
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Adlai E. Stevenson
Democratic Party
Fort Dodge Times Sold at Sheriff Auction
The Fort Dodge Times, Fort Dodge Iowa, oldest local newspaper, was sold by the sheriff at public auction yesterday. The stock and fixtures were auctioned in pieces. The paper had shifted between Republican Democratic Prohibition and independent alignments and helped launch notable journalists including George F. Roberts.
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Fort Dodge Times
Fort Dopag
Ill
Fort Dodge
Wheat and livestock figures from Cricano market report
Wheat prices fell two cents for September futures as grain prospects brighten in the northwest. Corn and oats held firm amid varied crop reports. live stock in Cricano and Kansas City markets showed mixed sain, with cattle and hogs trading to modest gains and widespread receipts around 8,000 to 20,000 head.
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Cricano
Northwest
Iowa
Nebraska
Sioux City
Leach Connolly Company
Tfqs Logan
Chicago
South Omaha Live Stock Prices July 13
Cattle receipts 1,800 with active demand and steady to stronger prices. Hogs receipts 8,700 with shade lower to steady close. Sheep receipts 1,600 dull and lower with varying values across categories. Listings include native beef steers Western steers cows and heifers canners stockers and feeders bulls and stags pigs and lambs with precise price ranges.
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Chisago
Crrcano
Texas Fed
Texas
Texas Bulls
Kansas City
Fed
fed westerns, $4.00@5.00; fed Texans, $4.00 4.8; grass Texans
Rams
South Omahs
South Omanhaa
Last Stand at Peking and Other July News
London reports a chaotic Peking siege with British and Russian legations overrun on July 6. Prince Ching and General Wang Wen Shao killed. two foreigners said to escape wounded. Updates from Shanghai and Berlin cite rumors of European influence, Li Hung Chang telegrams, and alleged atrocities. In Missouri, Trent Roove wins the Confederate monument contract for Springfield. Iowa appoints three veterinary commissioners and names a state dental examiner.
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London
Peking
Shanghai
Daily Mail
Prince Tuan Bo
Prince Chinging Jin
Prince Ching
Wang Wen Shao
The
Express
Bailey
Tien T Sin
Tien Tsin
von Hanneken
Chang
Tuan
Yangtse Valley
the Express
Trentmove
St. Louis
Chevalier Trent Roove
Washington
Springfield
United Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy
Missouri
Chinese Guns Masked in Tientsin Artillery Duel
An artillery duel continues at Tientsin with Chinese forces using masked guns, making it hard for allied observers to locate the firing positions.
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Quebec
TiensTsin
Tlisim
IOWA HAPPENINGS
Milwaukee Depot Burns after a lightning strike. John F. Lacey renominated in Albia for congress. D. J. O Connell nominated in Keokuk. Haugen renominated in New Hampton. Massachusetts Real Estate Company owns Sioux City property worth 600000. Mary Rogey arrested for fire setting in Iowa City. Detective Cornell arrests James Magden for passing forged notes. Fort Dodge railroad survey notes lost. Town widows swindled in Perry. Lightning death near Fort Dodge claims Miss Jennie Vanslyck.
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Bioux City
Sioux City
Massachusetts Real Estate Company
Boston
Massachusetts
Boston and Hedges
Des Moines Murder Reward Offered For Mabel Schofield
Gov Shaw will offer a $500 reward for evidence to convict the murderers of Mabel Schofield whose body was found in the Des Moines river. Citizens of Des Moines and Macksburg say they have positive evidence and urge arrest of the culprits.
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Des Moiines
Des Moines
Shaw
Mabel Schofield
Mucksburg
Miss Tyler Named In Iowa Secretary of State Library Commission
Des Moines July 11 Miss Alice B Tyler of Cleveland Ohio was elected secretary of the state library commission at the first session in the state house yesterday afternoon. She has led Cleveland Free Library for six years and is noted as an organizer with technical training for the work. Her duties include traveling to Iowa communities inviting commission assistance.
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Cleveland
State Library
Des Moines
Alice
Tyler
State Library Commission
State House
Mss
Free Library of
Iowa
Towns Man Killed by Train in Fort Dodge Area
A report from Fort Dodge Iowa notes a man killed by a train No. 26 near Denison and other incidents across the region. The July 10 item cites a fatality in Denison, one in Fort Dodge, and various local happenings including a suicide, a branch-line transfer, and crop outlooks across Sioux City and surrounding counties.
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Tat Denison
Miriok
Tatmwaee
Bilin Denison
Fort Dopaz
I’. Merry
Fort Dodge , Omaha Railroad
Illinois Centil
Fort Dodge and Omaha Company
Dubuque and Sioux City Company
Illinois Central
Iowa
Fisherman Battles 6.5 Foot Eagle on Beaver Island
George Perry of Beaver Island near Clinton Indiana endured a dramatic encounter with a large American eagle driven ashore by a storm. Perry wounded the bird in a tree then fired again after the eagle attacked with claws and beak. The measured wingspan reached six and a half feet and the bird weighed about 40 pounds.
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George Perry
Mississippi
Clinton
Beaver Island
Sioux City Bat Beating Stuns Fans at Diamond
Charles Hansen of the Sioux City club struck Omaha catcher Bill Wilson in the head with a bat on the Sioux City field. Wilson collapsed unconscious with a head wound but with stitches and expected to recover. Hansen was arrested as fans rioted and police cleared the grounds after a long feud between the two players.
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Indiana
Sioux City
Charles P. Mathewson
Winnebego
South Dakota
Kansas City
Hansen
Wilson
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Humphreys
New York
Albany
U.S. Army
Mange
J. K
William and John Sts
Imumphr
E. C. Dewitt & CO
Kansas
Kansas City Times Co
Kansas City, MO
Rocky Mountain
Iadle Cine Co
Madison
Bat
Storta
Conmiuoick
Connatrictius
Scientific American
Mmunn & Co
New York Brace! Ce
Washington, D.C
Raven
Eee & Doyle
New Drug Store
Ham- Vad
Isaacs
Spain
Western Hemisphere
Cubs
Porto Rico
Aimer
Congress
Far East
Lincoln
Prince Tuan
Bute
Samuel H. Johnston
Carroll
Henry O. Talbott
W. A. Heck
Maquoketa
General Assembly
Frederick A Lewis
Ottumwa
State Dental Examiners
Milwaukee
Bowak
John F.lacey
Albia
John F. Lacey
Republica
O'Connell
Keokuk
Kroxug
D. J. O'Connell
Burlington
Congressmman Haugen
New Hampton
Gilbert N. Haugen
Iowa City
Mary Rogey
Brockway
Dunwap
Stephen A. Cornell
Dunlap
James Magden
Minneapolis
Fort Dopas
Perry
Schrader
Mary Mosehead
Fort Dovas
Jennie Vanslyck
Rippey
Risner
Storst Lake
Webber
Sac County
John Wise
Towa
Oxunton
Eliza BE
Leonard
Belle Plaine
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
J. A. Leonard
Fort Dupas
Tobin
Fou
Carpenter
Masott
Bléy
Pomeroy
Oatholic
Sioux Cry
N. W. Hubbard
Cedar Rapids
Moville
Marvin Hughitt
Harlan
Himaelf
Harlan, In
Henry
Bebb
Georges Pierce & Co
Odd Fellows
Northwestern
Lohrville
Lewis Oleson
Stanhope
Des. Moines
Wesley Green
State Horticultural Society
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