Burgitive Banker Stensland Seen in Pennsylvania Railcar
The Milwaukee Avenue State Bank defaulter Paul O. Stensland, once of Chicago, was reportedly spotted aboard a Pennsylvania Railroad train at Union Station by Oscar Holmer, a former friend, who described a tense reunion as Stensland spoke of his troubles and impending trouble. The sighting suggests Stensland may be eastbound, with corroborating notes about a Rochester connection and prior travel from Buffalo.
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Wis
Pittsburg
Paul O. Stensland
Milwaukee - Avene State Bank
Chicago
Stense
Union Station
Oscar Holmer
Sténsland
Ayo
Vars
Halder
Gene
Sean
Holmer
Stenslnnd
Rochester
Buffalo
Brutal Beating of Mile Smirnoff Sparks Outcry in St Petersburg
Intense indignation rises in St Petersburg after Mile Smirnoff, a refined young woman, is allegedly beaten by White and several guards on Nevsky Prospect. Reports say she was lashed, clothing torn, flesh lacerated, prompting calls for trial of the officers and troopers involved.
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St. Petersburg
Mile
Smirnoff
Chevalier Guards
White
Nevski Ct
Williams survives after double head wound in Mississippi
Charles Will Williams a Black man from Hattiesburg Mississippi, shot twice at close range by another Black man after a quarrel. A 38 caliber revolver was used. Williams lay near death three days but has regained strength and doctors expect recovery barring complications.
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Charles Will
Hattiesburg
Miss
Williams
Tegro
Government sets price and passport rule for Russian migrants
An official treasury notice states prices and a new passport requirement for all Russian immigrants entering Prussia. Adults must carry $100 or be sent back to Russia if funds are not provided. Government.Edited for clarity and period tone.
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Thorn
Prussia
Russia
Fearful Crime of Maniac Buesey Bt of Insanity Emil
The fragment references a fearsome crime by a maniac named Buesey, with mention of insanity and an individual named Emil. The scant OCR lacks clear context, dates, or locations, but indicates a sensational or court-related notice about a defendant or suspect.
Teamsters Name Officers After Chicago Convention
At Chicago the convention of the United Teamsters of America, the seceding faction of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, elected officers and adjourned for a meet in Rochester, New York, next year.
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Chicago
United Teamsters
America
Se‘ceding
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Teamsters
United ‘Teamsters of America
International’ Brotherhood of Teamsters
Newton W. Evana
Bloomington
Milwaukee cashier charged with $10,000 note forgery
A warrant was issued in Chicago on Tuesday against Henry W. Hering cashier of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank for forging a $10,000 note in the name of Marius Kirkeby. The case centers on alleged forgery and warrants.
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Henry W.’ Hering
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Marius
Kirkeby
Chicago
Calumet and Hecla declares quarterly dividend
Directors of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company announce a dividend of $20 a share for the quarter, declared in Boston on Wednesday. The move reflects the firm’s ongoing earnings and returns to shareholders as trading notes reflect steady activity.
Brownsville Riot Reported as Black Troops Open Fire
Twenty nine infantry soldiers drew gunfire in Brownsville Texas after bar segregation refusals led to arrests for unruly conduct. A bartender Frank Natus died from a Krag heart shot and Policeman Joseph Domingo was wounded as bullets struck homes and hotel walls. Governor Lanham declined state troop deployment and cited federal officers to handle the case.
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Trownsville
Tex
Browhaville
Dispatch
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Prowin
Frank Natus
Joseph Domingo
Louis R. Cowan
P. B. Stark
Muller Hotel
Lanham
Dallas
Brownsville
Reunion Day For Veterans At G A R Encampment
A Minneapolis special notes Tuesday as reunion day for veterans with G A R encampment gatherings and receptions by patristic societies Masonic bodies and other Grand Army affiliated groups. About 125000 visitors filled the city with travel peaking Monday night and railroading estimates place total visitors near 126000. No crowd problems occurred as excellent accommodations were provided for all arrivals.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minn
G. A R
Grand Army
Ice Dealers Indicted in Boston Price Fix Case
Seventeen ice dealers and six ice companies were indicted by the Suffolk County grand jury. The dealers faced charges of unlawfully conspiring to regulate, advance and fix ice prices for public sale. Indicted individuals include President Lewis G. White of the Massachusetts Sea Dealers’ Association and Secretary Charles W. Huallustram of the association.
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Boston
Suffolk County Grand Jury
Lewis G. White
Massachusetts Sea Dealers’ Association
Charles W. Huallustram
Association
Wreck in Kansas injures seven passengers at Fort Scott Junction
A Missouri Kansas and Texas train collided with a Frisco switch engine at a crossing near Fort Scott Junction Kansas early Tuesday injuring seven people including three seriously. None of the other cars’ passengers were hurt.
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Fort Scott Junction
Ken
Western League Schedule at Sioux City Aboard Games
Western League ball at Sioux City presents a schedule of upcoming games versus Pueblo Lincoln and Omaha with dates in August and September. The list includes August 14 16 16 17 August 22 28 24 25 for Pueblo. August 36 27 28 24 for Lincoln. and August 30 21 September 1 2 for Omaha.
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Sioux City
Pueblo
Derver Yas
Lincoln
Omaha
Forbrider Dead at 86 in Excelsior Springs Mo
J W B Flack founder of Excelsior Springs Mo Christian Union Union secretary has died aged 86. Funeral plans not listed.
Teachers Turn Builders at State Normal Cedar Falls
Eight Iowa educators from Grundy Center Traer Sioux City Chariton Plainfield Dike Steamboat Rock join James E Robinson in constructing the new 71000 hall at the state normal school Cedar Falls. The eight, all graduates of the normal, will work through the summer to help raise the building.
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State Normal School
Cedar Falls
James E. Robinson
Iowa
Clarence M. Parker
Grundy Center
Earl O. Bangs
Harry E. Lambert
Traer
Arthur H. Gist
Sioux City
Raymond E. Leland
Chariton High
Jesse Mantle
Plainfield
Harry Moors
Dike
Arthur A. Smith
Steamboat Rock
Girl's Leg Crushed by Threshing Machine at Sheldon
A six year old girl, daughter of S Hookstra of Sheldon, was injured when she and two companions rode a threshing machine tongue near an engine owned by De Lameter who was en route with a new outfit. The machinery backed off after injuring her leg and doctors expect limb amputation.
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Sheldon
S. Hookstra
de Lameter
Hookstra
Sioux City Proclaims Dog Muzzling After Rabid Attack
Mayor W. G. Sears issues a city order to muzzle all dogs. Unmuzzled dogs will be killed and owners who refuse to comply will be arrested. A rabid mongrel that bit eight children near Thirteenth and Jennings Streets was captured and sent to the Pasteur Institute in Chicago. Dr Lagorio telegram confirms rabies beyond doubt.
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Sioux City
W. G. Sears
Thirteenth
Jennings Streets
Pasteur Institute
Chicago
Women in Fierce Battle at Early Home
Mrs George Lowe of Early assaulted her sister in law Mrs Frank Akerly at the Akerly residence. She bit a piece from an ear rim and pulled hair in the noon hour confrontation. Lowe was arrested on a warrant for assault and battery with intent to do great bodily injury and arraigned before Squire E B North.
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George Lowe
Frank Akerly
Akerly
Boy Drowned in Des Moines River Near Ottumwa
Eugene Schwartz ten year old son of Jake Schwartz of Ottumwa drowned Wednesday afternoon while wading with playmates in search of clams. He was swept to deeper water by a swift current and his body was recovered. Death of Rev G H Wilson noted in Mason City. Wilson, a leading Free Methodist, died Monday, presiding elder of the Tow a and Minnesota conference for twenty years and founder of many northern churches.
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Eugene Schwartz
Jake Schwartz
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Schwartz
G. H. Wilson
G.'H. Wilson
Free Methodist Church
Mason City
Towa
Minnesota
Tragedy: Frank Simms Killed Boarding Freight Train
Frank Simms of New Haven Connecticut died in Boone hospital after an attempt to board a westbound freight train one mile west of Ogden. Both legs were severed and one arm broken in the accident.
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Frank Simms
New Haven
Conn
Boone
Ogden
Greenhouse planned for Iowa Normal campus
The trustees of the Iowa State Normal School have decided to erect a greenhouse on campus to grow hot house plants of every variety for school use and campus beautification.
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Iowa State Normal School
Harriada County Socialists Put Up Full Ticket
A local report notes Harriada County socialists field a complete ticket for the fall elections, inviting participation from voters and detailing candidates in the lines of the party slate.
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Soclallat
Harriada County
Soalallots
Drowned Youth at McCook Lake in Sioux City Area
Theodore H. Allen, 14, son of H. W. Allen of Sioux City, drowned while swimming at McCook Lake. He had epilepsy and fell face-down in eighteen inches of water near the shore.
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Theodore H. Allen
H. W. Allen
Sioux City
McCook Lake
Land deal reported at Shelton in 186
A land transaction is noted with a price of 136 dollars per acre. The deal was reportedly completed at Shelton, indicating a formal sale of property involving local parties and land acreage terms.
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Sheldon
Acade Taf Bi
Taylor
Death by own action reveals Des Moines marriage
Tragic death of Z W Brown, Des Moines Produce Co. manager, uncovers his secret marriage to his Minneapolis stenographer Miss Sarah Lister last November. The couple wed before a justice of the peace, a stepchild was to be raised by a stepmother, and Brown’s death exposed the union and its papers in a private vault.
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Des Moines
Z. W. Brown
C. O. D. Produce Company
Brown
Sarah Lister
Minneapolis
Sarah’ Lister
J. W. Brown
Home Savings Bank
Contention Raised Over Toll Line Use in Iowa Falls
In Franklin County District Court, B H Mallory sues Iowa Telephone Co. for 4000 damages claiming denial of toll line access until a disputed bill is settled. Company asserts $3 claim. Mallory seeks injunction to restrain delays. Both suit and injunction to be argued at September term.
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Iowa Falls
District Court
Franklin County
Iowa Telephone Company
Estute
B. H. Mallory
Hampton
Mallory
Drowned at Cedar Falls Walter Hansen Dies Bathing
Walter Hansen, brother of Mrs. Andrew Refshauge of Cedar Falls, drowned in the Cedar River Sunday while swimming with companions near the old dam. High water and whirlpool below the dam swept him into deep water, despite efforts by friends to rescue him.
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Walter Fianusen
Walter Hansen
Andrew Refshauge
Cedar Falls
Refshauge
Cedar River
Eliy
Young Hansen
Burglars Loot Dyersville Drug Store and Saloon
Burglars broke into Charles P. Roth's drug store in Dyersville and took cigars tobacco and about eighteen dollars in cash. They also looted Ferring's saloon for ten dollars. No clues to the burglars were found.
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Dyersville
Charles P. Roth
Ferring
Teachers Scarce at Ida Grove High School
Thomas A. Hughes of Canal Winchester Ohio, elected Ida Grove High School principal, cannot accept the post despite a $76 monthly salary. The report notes teachers are hard to obtain for the coming year. In Des Moines, J W Brown, a commission merchant, died after inhaling gas in his bathroom, with despondency given as the cause.
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Thomas A. Hughes
Canal Winchester, C
Ida Grové
Res
Des Moines
J. W. Brown
Des Moines Commission
Democrats Nominate Judges for District Court
The Democrats of the Sixth Judicial District nominated Cornelius Verploeg of Oskaloosa Ma hnska County J G Boem of What Cheer Keokuk County and H M Elscher of Washington County for judges at an abstract session held Tuesday in Iowa.
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Cornelius Verploeg
Oskaloosa
Mahnska
J. G. Boem
What Cheer
Keokuk County
H. M. Elscher
Washington County
LeMars Bars Slot Machines Removed After City Action
The mayor ordered removal of all slot machines from places of business in LeMars following agitation by the ministerial association and city officials. The move targets local gaming devices amid a broader campaign against gambling.
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LeMars
Ministerial Association
Hag
Banker Struck by Lightning at Ankony Bank
B A La Mason a wealthy banker cashier of Bank of Ankony was struck by lightning and died instantly Wednesday morning. The event occurred at the bank premises as the morning work began, leaving officials shocked and investigators gathering details.
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Tiphtning
B. A. la Mason
Bank of Ankony
Hghtning
Drowned Coal Miner L Brown Found in Water Race
The body of L Brown a Black coal miner was recovered from the Ottumwa Public Water Company race Monday morning. He had been missing since Saturday night while en route to Mass in Burlington. A separate report notes Bridget O'Brien aged 70 was struck and killed by a vehicle near a highway.
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L.brown
Ottumwa Public Water Company
Brown
Mase
Mass
Burlington
Bridget O'Brien
Orogalagi
DEDICATED TO LABOR CAUSE IN CHICAGO DEDICATION
A poorly readable Chicago dedicates a child's early life to union labor. The ceremony, led by Rev. Charlon and John Mitcholli, baptizes a 18 month old child into a laborist future. The narrative frames the infant as a potential leader for mankind and union advancement, yet the tale hints at thwarted ambitions and uncertain fulfillment.
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Chica
Chicago
Mhureadny
Whan
Harry G. Creel
Charlon
Atelvle
John Mitcholli
Ieda
Dream of a Father for a World Sages Teachings
The text envisions a father’s dream for his child to preach the brotherhood of man and the sanctity of individual rights. After years of preparation the son is to spread through the world the timeless wisdom sages of the centuries have sought to teach. The dream is that in adulthood the infant will undertake this global mission.
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Man
Winner in Shoshone Draw First Choice Land Sale
In the Shoshone Reservation drawing at Lander Wyoming Hans Berlin of Laramie won No 1 first choice of the Wind River country 1 000 000 fertile acres. First choice valued around 20000 with many numbers up to 20 worth 5000 to 10000. Names of the first twenty five drawn listed with various cities and states. Winners could select several days before filing to view the land and mineral sites. Drawing overseen by Commissioner General W A Richards with judges Maginnis and Wy Schnitger acting as referees.
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Wyoming
Salid
Lander
Wyo
Hanm Berlin
Laramie
Wind River Country
Yellowstone National Park
Hans Berlin
Edwards
Buel
Basin
Thomas Frye
Fairplay
John H. McPherson
Central
Mich
Wiliam Binning
Cheyenne
Charles Overcamp
Lyons
Town
Robert L. Barley
Salem
James A. Morrow
Lewiston
Mont
W. A. Richards
S. Maginnis
Billings
Col
Wy Ri Schnitger
Fragmentary 19th Century Dialogue on War and Finance
The text presents a fragmented, stylized dialogue touching on wartime sentiment, hospital treatment for French duels, the face value of trust funds, Nicholas seeking goodwill of soldiers, Panama bonds, and political intrigue. It reads as a clipped, old newspaper diary fragment with scattered names and phrases.
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Douma
Fce
Fung
Nicholas
Belt
Mra
Chadivless
Péan
Phil
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