The Gravis Court Saga at the Lotus Club
Richard Wilbertson, the lone observer in New York, enters a social circle where Edith and he are secretly in love but hindered by Edith’s engagement to Ralph Graviscourt a wealthy suitor. At Madison Square Garden a trapeze artist and her stern protector captivate the crowd, while Graviscourt’s circle soon uncovers a haunting photograph linking to a dead wife in a mansion storm of secrets.
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Lotus Club
New York City
Richard Wilbertson
Dilkins
Major Simmons
New York
Minor
Eeith Broughton
Edith
Ralph Graviscourt
Graviscourt
Charles Graviscourt
Madison Square Garden
Dillins
Maublkeck
Maubikeck
Hegan
Barlotti
Nita
Sam
Ditking
Jove
Major
Alice Graviscourt
Dutchman
Maligal
Graviscourts
Remembered Graviscourt Family Deaths and a Millionaire Mystery
The piece recalls Charles and Alice Graviscourt with infant death, a grave inscription, and the tale moves to the Bureau of Vital Statistics where a 16 year old death certificate links to Ralph Graviscourt’s fortune. A doctor’s old membership raises questions about forged death records and physician signatures. To be continued.
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Alice
Charles
Alice Graviscourt
Bureau of Uital Statistics
Matt Street
Trinity
Ralph Graviscourt
C. Sigmotta
Dinsmore
New York Medical Society
Charles Sigmotta
Doctor Ainsmore
Elia Remembered by a London Resident
Mrs Coe of London recalls Charles Lamb through memories from Widford water mill when she was a girl. Lamb scholar BH V Licas records conversations and describes Lamb’s oddities, kindness to beggars, candy for village children, and a stark, shabby appearance with knee breeches, a walking stick, and a black clay pipe.
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Elia
Coe
London
England
Charles Lamb
New York Mail and Express
Widford Water Mill
BH. V. Licas
Lamb
Gibraltar Rock
Why Russell Sags Works
Russell Sage, nearing 86, faces illness yet plans to keep working. Five years ago he said he could not retire, fearing he might not live long if he did, and that he enjoys work more than play. He believes his output will continue as long as he lives.
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Russell Sags
Russell Sage
Sage
Weather forecasting task and expectations
The prompt asks for a concise weather forecast prediction with a reasonable degree of accuracy. It emphasizes forecasting any outcome you do not expect.
Murderer of Two Sioux City Ranchmen Sentenced to Death
A violent windstorm from Algona to Luverne caused widespread destruction near Hanna Siding and Corwith Iowa. H A Shaw and wife were critically injured, their hired man and an elevator agent injured, Joe Brunner’s barns blown away, the schoolhouse near the Shaws demolished, and extensive property damage reported across multiple farms.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Hanna
Luverne
Minneapolis
Corwith
R. B. Jenison
Loveswar Sentenced to Death for Double Murder
Ernest Loveswar, a half breed Indian, was found guilty in Sturgis, South Dakota, and sentenced by Judge Rice to hang for the June murders of Sioux City ranchmen George Puck and Georg Os trader. The motive was a failed $20 business transaction.
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Loveswar
Sioux City
Ernest Loveswar
George Puck
Georg Ostrader
Sturgis
S. D
Rice
Theodore Roosevelt
White Owl
Hie Ada
Puck
Laveswar
Rock Island to Build Steel Bridge Over Black Hawk Creek
Waterloo reports Rock Island Railround company will span Black Hawk creek with a steel bridge replacing the prior wooden trestle. Floods washed away embankments on both sides, leaving pilings exposed and threatening a flood at one point.
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Rock Island
Waterloo
Rock Island Railround Company
Black Hawk Creek
Fatal Runaway Kills Mrs. Jones Near Dana
A fatal runaway at Paton four miles west of Dana claims the life of Mrs. Jones aged 83. She was thrown from a buggy, dragged, hip broken, and died about an hour after the crash from the shock. The elderly resident was among the region’s longtime inhabitants.
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Jefferson
Paton
Jones
Dana
Changes on Illinois Central
Fort Lough Indiana August 5 C B Fletcher formerly trainmaster of the Cherokee division of the Illinois Central is appointed to take temporary charge of Superintendent C K Dixon of the Omaha division who is ill with Brights disease It is doubtful when Dixon will resume Flynn succeeds him
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Illinois Central
Fort Lough
C. K. Dixon
Omaha
Bright
H. A. Flynn
Drove Her Father Insane After Suicide Attempt
In Dubuque Iowa on August 5 Conrad Miller fled Sixth Street near Clay, driven insane by his daughter's attempted suicide after she drank carbolic acid following a dispute with her lover. She died in unclear circumstances and the man is now confined at Mercy hospital for the insane in West Dubuque.
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Dubuque
Conrad Miller
Sixth Street
Clay
Mercy Hospital For the
West Dubuque
Iowa Railroads Lead State Tax Valuation Increase
Des Moines August 4 The state executive council finished assessing railroad and related property for taxes. Railroads rise by $4,041,654 to a total valuation of $51,112,814, with major gains for Burlington Cedar Rapids & New, Chicago Burlington & Quincy, Chicago Minneapolis & St Paul and Northwestern systems. Telegraph and telephone firms rise as well, adding $327,976 in taxable valuation, while express companies increase by $104,696 to $336,278. The 34⅟ mills state levy will yield about $1,995,000.
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Jowa ‘Gounell
Des Moines
State Executive Council
Northwestern
Burlington
Milwaukee
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Nee Wey
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Minneapolis & St. Paul
Scseessee
Great Western
Rock Island
St. Paul
Minneapolia, & O
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Wabash
Town Central
Telephone and Telegraph Companies
Express
Soldier Day at the Iowa State Fair
Des Moines reports a strong push to draw soldiers and Grand Army members to soldiers day at the state fair. Past Commander Metzgar arranged for Senator Deliver and Governor Cummins to speak, with use of the cattle pavilion for services between 11 and 1.
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Des Moines
Grand Army of the Republic
Metzgar
Deliver
Cummins
Packard
Cattle Department
cattla_danantmont
Farm Hands In Great Demand In Black Hawk County
Cedar Falls Aug 4 Harvest fields in Black Hawk county show a labor shortage as farmers offer two dollars a day but fail to attract help for gathering oats and other small grains. Many fields are tangled and likely unsalvageable.
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Cedar Falls
Black Hawk County
Reward for Missing Official in Waterloo
Waterloo authorities report a $300 reward offered for the capture of J. J. Barnett, missing bridge superintendent of the American Bridge company. Friends doubt he would flee with a draft due the next day for a much larger sum.
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Waterloo
Des Moines
J. J. Barnett
American Bridge Company
Shepherd to Succeed Sargent at Rock Island Works
IOWA FALLS August 4 The Rock Island appoints Jack Shepherd of Cedar Rapids as master mechanic here to replace P J Sargent who resigns due to ill health and will move to Cedar Rapids.
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Shepherd
Sargent
Iowa Falls
Rock Island
Jack Shepherd
Cedar Rapids
P. J. Sargent
Trains Report Fatal Yard Accident in Carroll
In Carroll Iowa James Minnick of Chicago died after a leg was severed by a moving car in the yard. He was found unconscious and named his address before dying. The incident follows a critique of employer practices for hiring young, cheap labor. Also from Iowa a woman near Waverly, 30-year-old Mrs Helle Ahern, shot herself in Arlington cemetery with a 48 caliber revolver to end her life.
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Carroll
James Minnick
Chicago
Carroll Yards
Iowa
Waverly
Helle Ahern
Arlington Cemetery
Kansas City Markets Show Mixed Animal Demand This Week
South Omaha cattle markets rallied on demand for quality stock while cows and feeders strengthened. Hogs declined modestly as broader market prices fell, and sheep prices varied for clipped stock with feeders and yearlings pulling modest gains amid tight supplies.
Kansas City Live Stock Prices Mixed Across Classes
Cattle in Kansas City show varied bids with native steers at 5.15 to 8.10, Texas and Indian steers 2.50 to 4.25, cows 2.26 and up, stockers 2.0 to 5.5, bulls 2.26 to 4.10, calves 8.25 to 0.35. Hogs steady to strong with bulk around 7.40 to 7.70 and select names like Keavy and Merit quoted. Sheep and lambs steady with lamb prices around 3.60 to 4.60, ewes 2.40 to 4.50.
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Kansas Citys
Omaha
Kansas City
Texas
Cattle for Exposition and Royal Bloodlines Targeted
Sen ator Harris of Kansas sails to London as special commissioner for the Louisiana Purchase exposition. He will seek to secure exhibits of blooded livestock from European traders and breeders, including the two royal Shorthorn herds of King Edward and the late Queen Victoria heirs, for the St Louis fair.
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Washington
Senator Harris
Kansas
New York
Majestic
London
Wen Tates
E Choate
England
Harris
Hayrope
State Department
United States
St. Louis Fair
King Edward
Sandringham
Queen Victoria
Edward
St. Louis
President's Quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill
President Roosevelt and his family kept a quiet Sunday at Sagamore Hill with no official visitors. They attended church at Christ Episcopal, then returned home to endure a severe thunderstorm. Special Ambassador Whitelaw Reid and Mrs. Reid, fresh from England, were to visit Roosevelt that day.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Christ Episcopal Church
Long Island
Whitelaw Reid
England
Mrs. Roosevelt
Cattle Rustler Killed at Sanders Station in Montana
W Perry known as Black Perry, a famed cattle rustler on the Eastern Montana Range, was shot and killed by James Haynis foreman of Hysham Cattle Company at Sanders station. Also, prominent Iowa lawyer John Francis Duncombe died at his Des Moines home aged 71, a pioneer petty lawyer and political figure.
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Billings
Mont
W. Perry
Montana
Black Perry
James Haynis
Hysham Cattle Company
Sanders Station
Iowa
Des Moines
John Francis Duncombe
Fort Dodges
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Seward W. Hopkins
Jack
China
Hawaii
Ronzat Horner
Pura
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