Cuba Knocks Again for Her Freedom
Salvador de Cisneros former Cuban president sent a petition to President McKinley urging an end to US intervention in Cuba. He criticizes the decree to frame a Cuban constitution and govern relations with the United States as unnecessary and contrary to Cuban sovereignty. Cisneros delivered the petition and said the president promised an answer in Cuba.
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New York
Salvador de Cisneros
Cuba
McKinley
United States
Senor Cisneros
Senator Stewart Backing McKinley Roosevelt in Campaign
Senator William H. Stewart of Nevada declares support for McKinley and Roosevelt in the current campaign after previously backing Bryan four years ago. He met with Senator Hanna on Monday to communicate his changed views and pledge effort toward McKinley’s election.
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New York
Wm. H. Stewart
Nevada
McKinley
Roosevelt
Bryan
Hanna
Italy to send police to U.S. for archists watch
The Italian government and Washington agree to dispatch about 30 police agents to the United States to monitor Italian colonies for anarchists.
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Rome
Washington
United States
Preparing for Emergencies
Lahore reports amid Afghan activity the ameer says he will not pursue an aggressive policy but aims to be prepared for emergencies. Normal military buildup continues as tensions rise in the region.
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Lahore
Afghanistan
Ameer
Death of Lieut. Selim Woodworth reported by U.S. consul
A cable from the United States consul at Valparaiso Chile announces the death from heart disease of Lieut Selim Woodworth of the navy in San Francisco on August 21.
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San Francisco
United States
Valparaiso
Chile
Selim &.Woodworth
Navy
Billy Lawrance, Early Blackface Minstrel, Dies at 71
Chicago Aug 21 William Henry Lawrance known as Billy died at 71. A pioneer blackface minstrel, he was among the first in the United States.
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Chicago
Henry Lawrence
Billy
United States
Pearl Earwood 13 Attempts Suicide in Gallipolis
In Gallipolis on Tuesday Pearl Earwood, age 13, shot herself in the right breast with a revolver. Officials report the motive as she wanted to die and provide no other reasons. She is hospitalized and reported in serious condition.
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Gallipolis
Pearl Earwood
Fuller Out of Danger After Laudanum Incident
Reporter Hector Fuller, who ingested laudanum, was improved by Tuesday at Queaconess Hospital and is now out of danger.
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Fuller
Hector Fuller
Queaconess Hospital
SHORT SOX FOR WOMEN ACROSS THE POND
American women traveling to England face a hosiery shortage with insufficient length and shape. Consul Halstead reports American hosiery mostly knee length with few foot shaping options and reliable stockists abroad. He urges a coordinated U.S. factory push to supply better undergarments.
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State Department
Marshal Halstead
Birmingham
Halstead
Violent Incidents Across Several Towns Reported
Reports recount a series of deadly acts and assaults: Jose Mendoza slain by Juan Gonzales in Casas Grandes. Jim and Tom Swan kill their stepfather in Cache Arizona Territory in self defense. H R Chinley shot dead by James McGann in Brooming Grove Texas. Silas Cornwall murders wife with an ax near Pulaski Tennessee and then kills Thomas Wheeler at a church copper. W A Marsh and W H Kemp duel in St Louis with Marsh shot in the breast. Maydie Joe and Fred De Paoli horsewhip Paul Curcout in Bay St Louis Louisiana, Curcout retaliates with a gun killing Joe De Paoli.
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Casas Grandes Mex
Jose Mendoza
Juan Gonzales
Chihuahua
Gonzales
Jim
Tom Swan
John W. Triplett
Cache
A. T
Brooming Grove
Tex
H. R. Chinley
James McGann
Pulaski
Tenn
Silas Cornwall
Thomas Wheeler
W. A. Marsh
W. H. Kemp
St. Louis
Maydie
Joe
Fred de Paoli
Bay St. Louis
Paul Curcout
Curcout
Joe de Paoli
Battle at Doolittle Mills Stirs Old Village Grudge
At a picnic in English Indiana on August 21 fifty people fought with clubs knives and stones. Six men were badly injured with skull fractures and could be fatally hurt Temple Graham Thomas Kennedy Francis Webster Alexander Turner James Kemper and James Lafton named among the wounded. The clash arose from an old grudge between neighboring villages as a rough crowd from St. Croix reportedly traveled to provoke trouble.
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Ind
Doolittle Mills
Temple Graham
Thomas Kennedy
Francis Webster
Alexander Turner
James Kemper
James Lafton
St. Croix
Fever at 108 Degrees Shocks Plainfield
Plainfield Indiana August 21 Mrs Wm Wheeler colored is in a critical condition from household troubles Her fever climbed to 108 degrees Dr Hune calls it a remarkable case and notes the unusual high temperature as a key detail of the illness.
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Plainfield
Ind
Wm. Wheeler
Hune
Storm damages Elks fair at Hammond injures five
A Monday storm at Hammond Indiana toppled a triumphal arch during the Elks street fair injuring five people. The carnival drew 20 000 attendees and caused unroofed buildings telegraph and telephone outages and a panic. injuries named Elsie Busha George De Morest Elsie Fogeno Charles Gundmark and Frank Schultz.
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Chicago
Hammond
Ind
the Elks
Elsie Busha
George de Morest
Elsie Fogeno
Charles Gundmark
Frank Schultz
Woman Takes Husband’s Job After Paralysis Fears
In Peru Indiana Morgan Butler, a traveling salesman for a local basket factory, was paralyzed and could lose his post. His wife asked to take the position and has now been on the road two weeks, performing excellently.
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Peru
Ind
Morgan Butler
Second Baptist Church to Erect New Brick Building
The Second Baptist congregation in Muncie Indiana will build a new brick church costing 3000 dollars. The church will feature modern architecture for a colored church in the state. Rev. David Slaughter serves as pastor.
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Muncie
Ind
Second Baptist Congregation
David Slaughter
Hoosier Curios Report From Bloomington Area
A wagon loaded with four heavy oak togs passed the foot of Levi Pryor near Bloomington and suffered no injuries. Michael Carrigan of Muncie jokes about wearing ear muffs at his next wedding. The knot tied brings a rice shower with a grain in Mike’s ear. Three sisters aged 89, 79, and their elder relative travel from Muncie to Covington Kentucky. An absent minded Westville resident walked into church while smoking. Fred Kappleman of Lake Station sues for possession after his wife, who had given him a cow, left following a quarrel.
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Levi Pryor
Bloomington
Michael Carrigan
Muncie
Mike
Covington
Westville
Fred Kappleman
Lake Station
Hobart
Kappleman
Logansport Horse Thieves and Other Odd Local Items
A mixed batch of filings and incidents across Indiana. 25 000 paid admissions were recorded at the Muncie fair last week. Warrants reveal a mortgage filing by the Toledo St Louis and Western for 15500500 at Frankfort. A. W. Davison of Muncie died in New York after arriving from France. Garland wage talks fail as American Window Glass Company and flatteners strike. Franklin protests weed littering and street trash including watermelon rinds. A Lake Erie and Western passenger train injury near Rochester injures several passengers. Insurance probes consider Richmond fire department and water works. A gang robs a wagon near Oakland City stealing grain meat and chickens. In Rochester, George Sperling 12 is saved from drowning by his mother. J F McGaughey of Washington features a pipe designed for British aristocracy. Terre Haute rough riders prep for Teddy’s visit, claiming top club status. Farmer Frank of Jay County alleged to lose 2500 dollars and reportedly does not take a newspaper. Albert Walker Henry Smith James Black and Alexander Brook break jail at Brownstown with intent to murder. posse with bloodhounds pursuit. Max Shiffler of Coeslin Germany visits Peru on a world bicycle trip and plans Australia with mayoral signoffs. Bam Senders, detained in Christian
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Albert Walker
Henry Smith
James Black
Alexander Brook
Brownstown
Black
Brook
Max Shiffler
Coeslin
Germany
Peru
Australia
Indiana thief gang tied to horse thefts and arson
A suspect from Indiana confessed to leading an organized gang that stole 50 horses and marketed them in Terre Haute, with members also linked to fires. Other items note Frankfort's electric plant in use, J A Hays named postmaster at Rainstown, a soda water poisoning scare near Madison, cattle sales in Hartford City, and cricket plagues in Anderson and Hartford City.
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County
Ilinois
Indiana
Terre Haute
Ex-Society Leader Dies Poor in Pottsville
Mrs Francis Von Benscholen, 71, once a European and American social luminary amid New York's 400 circles, died in exile in Pottsville in abject poverty. A French native educated at Notre Dame, and twice married to Edward Von Benscholen, she left a fortune upon his death. Fourteen children were born to her, five of whom survive in the East.
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Pottsville
Francis von Benscholen
Europe
America
New York City
France
Notre Dame
Edward von. Benscholen
New York
East
Riot in Fairmont Leaves Eleven Wounded
A group from Hun dred West Virginia fired revolvers in the streets after a drinking spree. A citizen posse pursued the Bandys as they fled on the outskirts of town, with three Bandys mortally wounded and several citizens injured. Enoch escaped, Frank Bandy and Bill Bandy severely wounded.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Hundred
Bil
Jim
Enoch
Frank Bandy
Bill
Frank
Citizens
Wm. Haught
Newton Roberts
Woman H wounded by stray rifle shot in Columbus
Mrs. Frank S. Monnett, wife of former Attorney General Monnett, was seriously wounded in Columbus on Monday afternoon when a boy, Alfred Orebault, using a rifle to shoot sparrows, fired a bullet that struck her in the right lung and was not recovered.
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Columbus
Frank S. Monnett
Monnett
Alfred Orebault
Cravens Widow in Serious Condition in San Francisco
Nettie R. Cravens, who claimed to be the widow of the late Senator Fair, was rejected by a court with that claim. Physicians report she is seriously ill in San Francisco with danger of death from a heart disease.
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San Francisco
Nettie R. Cravens
Senator Fair
Frese Neckbands and Travel Sale Notice
Travel sale announces Chicago and return tickets at $3.75 with return limit September. Includes phone contact 1121 and notes progress laundry and post time service. Fringe items mention neckbands and paginations.
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Progress Laundry
Arsenic Found in Herrick Stomach as Coroner Probes Death
Chicago August 21 arsenic found in the stomach of Edward P Herrick a commission merchant whose recent death aroused suspicion. Chemist De Lafontaine reports to the coroner and jury will hear it Wednesday. Herrick left a will channeling $10 000 to the widow with $1 to each child.
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Edward P. Herrick
de Lafontaine
Terrific tornado devastates Sheboygan and blows down hundreds of homes
A violent windstorm struck Sheboygan Wisconsin on Monday afternoon destroying eight large buildings and 200 small houses. The two mile wide storm ended within ten minutes with no loss of life but multiple narrow escapes. In Detroit a national Knights of Pythias encampment tent city was leveled by a fearsome storm, leaving only about 100 of 1,200 tents standing and workers repairing the damage.
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Sheboygan
Wis
K. of
White City
Detroit
Mich
Knights of Pythias
Severe Maryland storms cause deaths and heavy losses
Severe storms raged in Maryland for two days injuring several people and causing property damage estimated at $75,000. The storms ended the state's hottest term on record. Hundreds of bushels of pears and peaches were destroyed in orchards. Two Black men were killed when heavy beams crushed them in a wrecked stable.
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Baltimore
Maryland
City Markets Price List From Indianapolis August Market
Provisions and produce details list smoked meats, sausage, lard, and pork cuts with per pound and per bulk prices. Vegetables include new potatoes green beans onions cabbage and home grown tomatoes. Fruits feature apples peaches bananas lemons honey pineapples and watermelons with case and basket pricing. Nuts and candies show wholesale rates for almonds walnuts pecans and related items.
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California
Indiana
Brasil
Alberta
Serge Suits By The Russian Navy Serge Line
A claim of high quality Serge suits offered at 12 50 dollars. The ad touts the pure dye eye lining and tailoring.
SAKS & COMPANY PRICES ON NUTS FRUITS AND GROCERIES
Price list from Saks & Company detailing raw and roasted peanuts figs dates stick candy assorted confections and a wide range of groceries. Includes sugar varieties corn syrup beans coffee teas canned vegetables fruits fish oysters seeds hides leather tallow salt oats flour fuel oils eggs butter live poultry coal drugs and related goods with per unit and per bushel pricing.
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Ridgewood
Phoenix A
Empire
Ideal
Windsor
Ariosa
Lion
Jersey
Imperial
Young Hyson
California
Johnson
New York
Timothy
Kentucky
Canada
G. S. Beef
Returns Guaranteed Sun Ad Promise for Transient Wants
The Sun offers a three day guarantee on runs of ten or more word want advertisements. If the advertised outcome is not secured after three days, the paper extends the ad for three more days and continues the extension until success. Applies to all small transient want ads and excludes business notices.
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Billy” Lawrence
Little Girl
Short Sox
England
AAA
Indiana Inklings
Logansport
Muncie Fair
Martinsville Rough Riders
Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad
Frankfort
A. W. Davison
American Window Glass Company
Franklin
Lake Erie & Western
Rochester
Richmond Fire Department
Water Works
Oakland City
George Sperling
J. F. McGaughey
Sallie Michael
Jay County
Bam Senders
Christian
J.A. Hays
Rainstown
Hendricks County
Edward Ames
Madison
William Williams
Hartford City
Jennie Sanders
Noblesville
Anderson
Kokomo
George C. Gale
Bobo
Paige
Hanaford
Long
Ed Hulman
Frank A. Webb
Martha Peer
Webb
Thomas D'Fazzio
Wabash River
D’fazzio
Boy
Mrs. Monnett
Mrs. Cravens Seriously II
Herrick
Ull
Mr. Herrick
Indianapolis
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United States Patent Office
Saks & Company
Common Lake
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