Elopement of a Nun Shocks Convent in Iowa
Sister Mary Louise of St James convent deserts the order and marries Edward Johnson, a carpenter employed near the convent. The couple fled from Omaha after an unauthorized romance, pursued by church authorities, and are currently living in Chicago, Iowa, to begin a private life away from the cloister.
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Farriea
Sister of Mercy
Pawtucket
Rhode Island
St James
Maghteenth
Cass Streets
Oteha
Hay
Maury Louse
Cedar Rapida Town
Edward Johnson
Johnson
Oat O'Conner
Neb
Chinuao
Iowa
Frantic Newswire Clippings From Ailing Diamond and World Turmoil
Disjointed flood of incidents including a baseball injury to a player from Hemorrhage of the Brain, a fatal train wreck between Chehans and Centralia, a prison confession and murder, a kidnapping sentence, a neck-broken quarrel, a pleasure steamer sinking, Bulgarian Turks massacres near Adrianople, and the death of English leader Toon Sacetory. Also reports of a Cincinnati boy’s death, Judge Parker’s near miss, and a Chicago release payment.
Severe hailstorm sweeps Indiana crops and towns
Hailstorms strike Miami Fulton counties causing corn and livestock losses. Reports describe dense hail in northern Boynton and Sothert Maiana counties with widespread damage to fields. Fire destroys parts of Masonic Temple in another incident as Empress of India collides near Hong Kong, with casualties.
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Miami
Fulton
Maiana
Boyton
Cate Tadeta
Masai
Anglo Russian rapprochment eyed amid Chinese rising
Berlin dispatch from Port Arthur reports China’s provinces to rise, threatening national upheaval. The note cites the Novkkrai and Cologne Gazette predicting an Anglo Russian alliance to counter German and American interests, Japan’s aims in Korea, and rising anti-Russian sentiment in Manchuria with insults toward Russian troops.
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Russia
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Port Arthur
China
Novkkrai
Germany
America
Great Britain
Japan
Straits of
Corea
Europe
Cologne
St Petersburg
Sys
Far East
Manchuria
Deserted Wife Loses Money in Omaha Pugilist Case
Clarence English a pugilist wed Mil deed Moses at the County Court in Omaha but then abandoned her. Mrs Allen, stepmother to Mil deed, revealed a secret third of an estate to Mildred Mayes, the present Mrs English. They planned to go to Chicago for arrangements after the court proceeding.
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Omaha
Clarence English
Mildeed Moses
English
Allen
Mildred Mayes
Kansas Corn Yield Seen Surpassing Expectations
Kansas farmers in Butler, Stam Cas, Harvey, and Watson counties report a much larger corn crop than last year with yields potentially well above fifty bushels an acre. Beam and nearby counties also show better production, despite some tensions with farmers over estimates, as forage crops and pastures respond strongly to favorable conditions.
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Kansas
Butler
Stam
Harvey
Watson
Beam
Stable Boy Wealth Transfer Sparks Untold Plans
Jack Kelley, a stable boy from Omaha, quits his job and moves to a city hotel after a supposed bequest emerges. Attorneys claim $20,000 awaits him as proof of identity in a will from John Kellar of Rock Island IL. Kelley, a First Nebraska volunteer veteran, plans college after the potential inheritance.
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Jack Kelley
Omaha
Ewell
St. Louis
Jack S Kelley
John Kellar
Rock Island
Iellar
Kelley
Philippines
Doxology Serenade as Trolley Party Barely Survives Train
A Philadelphia trolley party returning from a Delaware river resort nearly perished when their car stalled on railway tracks. As a locomotive bore down, the motorman waved the headlight and halted the express within a few feet, and the group sang the doxology with fervor.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
Big Fire and Aftermath Hit St Louis and Other Cities
Fire gutted the A S Aloe Co optical and surgical supply building at 414 North Broadway St Louis with property losses around 150000 partly insured. The Simmons Hardware Co suffered water damage while a fire on a water tower caused street crashes. A Canton Ohio jewelry store theft netted 2000 before alarm. Other items report a servant problem solved, bank losses near 229000, census shows population rise, and crimes in St Louis and New York with injuries from explosions and stabbings.
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A. S. Aloe & Co
North Broadway
St. Louis
Simmons Iardware Company
T J Reid
Murder and murder suicide shock Cleveland street
A patrolman near Broadway and Ashbel street found two bodies after two revolver shots. William Leutbecher, 23, and Martha Faehnrich, 22, lay dead nearby. Police believe Leutbecher killed Faehnrich then killed himself amid family opposition to their relationship.
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Broadway
Ashbel Street
William Leutbecher
Martha Faehnrich
Leutbecher
Miss Faehnrich
Hmself
Foehnrich
Leutbec Ber
Marta
Abduction of Woman Near Sunbury Shocks Iowa
A daring kidnapping occurred near Sunbury Iowa when Mrs Efra John Hilsrow wife of a wealthy Bennett area farmer was seized from a buggy and imprisoned in a deserted farm house cellar. A $50000 ransom was demanded and a posse pursued the suspect. The victim later escaped and was found wandering insane but alive.
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Iowa
Efra-John-Hilsrow
Bennett
Ounce
Husband Wing
See
Mia Hilston
Go Great
Hilstow
Puri
John Lee
Earnings of railways show gains and heavy merchandise trade
G Dun & Co reports August gains for railways around 7.7 percent year over year with some one and a half percent rise from 1901. Merchandise distribution remains heavy though trade disruption noted. Crop news is reassuring, foreign trade at the port shows export losses and import declines, iron and steel sectors face hesitation, heavy shoe purchases for next spring rise, hides weaken, and weekly failures in the U.S. and Canada inch up compared with last year.
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New York
G Dun & Co
Iron Age
Leah
United States
Canada
Global Religious and Educational News Briefs
The Most Rev J J Harty to be consecrated archbishop in Rome. D W Potter re elected president of Desplaines Camp Meeting Assoc board. About 300 Baptists form new church in Los Angeles. A W Berg and wife celebrated their golden wedding. Rev Benjamin H Davis of Weymouth honored with Doctor of Divinity by Cornell. A Christian Endeavor Society organized at Salonika. Rev T J Baxsett awarded Doctor of Divinity by Cornell. Dean Samuel Cox narrowly avoided death on a train at Hollis. Elizabeth Lyons, oldest nun in Connecticut diocese, dies at St Patrick’s. Bishop Tlartrell named knight commander by Liberia. Bishop Thomas A Starkey wills library to Episcopal fund. Salt Lake City YMCA seeks building. Mrs Mary Judge donates 10000. others add 25000. 15000 more needed for 50000 goal.
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Hempstead
N. Y
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St. Patrick's Convent
New Haven
Tlartrell Thas
Order of the Redemption of Africa
Republic of Liberia
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Episcopal Fund
Diocese of
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Young Men’s Christian Asociation
Salt Lake City
Utah
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H. H. Walker
Market summary of cattle hogs and grain by city
Chicago to New York and other cities report mixed prices for cattle hogs and sheep. Grain notes include No 2 wheat and corn with varied bids and regional price ranges across Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York.
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Indianapolis
St Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Rze
Milwaukee
Norhemy
Ste
Toledo
New York
News Notes and Local Misfortunes Across Regions
John Burke of Chicago died by suicide amid sadness and fatigue. A boiler fire at Youngstown’s enterprise caused about 30 000 in damage. In Biggs California a section of the business burns with losses around 10 000. A 46 foot shark weighing 300 pounds was reported off Maine. Anson Phelps Jr of Yale serves as secretary at Trinity College.
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Interprise
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Maine
Trinity College
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