Daughter of Russian General Said to Live in American Convent
A New York report claims the daughter of General Kuropatkin, once believed drowned, resides in an American convent. Sister de e Not Known, aided by Mother Joseph Wartwell, seeks to reunite her with her father while authorities note she is in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Festher Lambert
Tak
Civ
Orken
Rhea
Heme
TRS
Dirst
Wink
Hariweh
Reneris
New York
Henateh
Urepatkin
Livine
Akthersh
Evelye
Neva
St. Petersburg
Ty Wolf von Scheirbrand
Mother Joseph Wartwell
Enown
the Sacred Heart
Mother Joseph
Baltimore
Canlinals Gibbons
Wwe
Evon
Reed shoots in self defense amid family dispute
A man named Reed, employed near the county line, fired a revolver after being attacked by two brothers of a woman he knew. E. E. Higgins was wounded in the head and near death, while Reed faces arraignment with a self defense plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Dow
E. E. Higgins
Fred Bord
Sanch
Mae
Higgins
Ames
Helen Keller Day at World’s Fair St Louis praised
Helen Keller honored at the World’s Fair in St Louis with speeches by educators and a well modulated address by Keller who was born deaf and dumb prompting admiration. Separately a auto accident near Mad River left one dead and several injured as a car veered over an abutment during the night. Vernon Middleton and Bessie Handley among the injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fearoure
Helen Keller
Helen Adams Keller
Boston
Hss
St. Louis
Chesf
United
Miss Keller
Vernon Middleton
Bessie Wilkins
Virginia Handley
Charles R. Murphy
Handley
Baltic Fleet Clash Shifts After Battle Claims
A fragmented report indicates the Baltic fleet engaged battleships and transports, with two vessels halted and another damaged as forces pursued actions beyond Paes day aftershocks. The uncertain wording leaves names and places unclear.
Episcopalian Convention Adopts Reform on Marriage and Divorce
The Episcopal General Convention at Boaroa adopts amendments to canon law on marriage and divorce. A sentence condemning lynching was shelved, while a new rule requires ministers to verify both parties are free to wed. The House of Deputies reviewed resolutions and backed changes to court review for revisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eossigu
Boaroa
Fuss
Mondey
Sheilar Taya
Kephar
House of Deputies
J. A. Stotsenbure
Indianapolis
Explosion destroys the McCoy home in Laer Indiana
A dynamite blast leveled the McCoy residence in Laer Indiana damaging nearby properties and scattering debris for blocks. The home valued at over 250000 was razed and no one was believed to be inside the house. no arrests reported as the city reels from the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCoy
Ciry
Militia Called as Rail Crew Clashes with Village in New York
A clash occurred Monday at Alobank New York between workers from Gneynia and Richfield Springs Rail Proud and village authorities. Fire department units responded to stop a railroad connection with the Utica and Mohawk Valley Company. Project workers reportedly hurled missiles injuring many. state militia was ordered out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feailroad
Alobank
N.Y
Gneynia and
Richfield Springs
Riilroad
Utica
Mohawk Valley
Muthy
Militai Bes Beer
Closing World's Fair Outrage Sparks International Debate
Hansen urges Sunday closure of the fair as a civilization outrage while Der jr fand ivserei thouehki ar Sr. Loni Remspers defends the event as the greatest educator of the masses. Separate items note Falcon & Device to Save Gun Crews on Missouri and Burns found guilty of murder in Waterfall case with father-in-law present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
New York
Baith
Fragmented OCR notes on mining accident and court case
Fragmentary text reports a mining accident near Rock Springs with an explosion and powder charges. It also mentions a court verdict upholding horsewhipping and a mother asserting rights in a dispute involving her daughter, with references to a jury in Chicago and a judge named Hancey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deige Hancey
Chicago
St Pierre guilty of manslaughter in second degree
The St Pierre trial over the Sioux City case ends with a verdict of manslaughter in the second degree after a 19 hour jury deliberation. The defendant admits shooting the Chillies, expressing grief and claiming he believed he was preventing an attack, while the Chillies' father reacts with anger at the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Verre
Lrst
Manslang
Selysaia
Albert
Clarence Chillies
Tors
Sioux City
Jas
Clarence Chillisu
Joe Chilliex
John St Pierre
Bessie Garvie
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
Cedar Rapids
Peace appeal amid Manchurian tragedy amid fierce two week war
Strong appeal for peace follows brutal Manchurian fighting described as appalling. Reported casualties reach about 90000 killed or wounded on both sides with Russians bearing the heaviest losses. Even Japanese leaders, valuing victory, appear shocked by the slaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Manchuria
Enal
Fred
Four Convicts Escape Michigan Prison Breakout
Four prisoners at Jackson state penitentiary in Michigan escaped Sunday night using a ladder to scale the north wall while two others guarded a smokestack. Officials pursue the fugitives as word of the breakout spreads. St Louis safe robbery yields 4116 dollars in cash and checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Robbin Terrs
James
McGee
Moni. Wearding
Harry A. Gilbert
State Penitentiary
Jackson
Mich
St. Louis
Faust
Record of rapidity in typewriting at Washington
Miss Mary Prethr of Philadelphia held the record for rapid typewriting in the patent office at Washington until recently. Miss O. Cameron beat the mark on Sept 14 with 25 000 words in a week in the departmental day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washiozton
Mary Prethr
Philadelphia
O. &. Cameron
Meek Child Dies After Measles Battle
A 15 year old girl, Bora Meek, died Sunday from complications after a measles illness. The case, noted in Al ectralia, follows a decline after infection, with authorities reporting the child’s death as a result of the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bora Meek
Ectralia
Wora Meek
Offoo
Foul Murder in Clarinda Ends in Death of Middaugh
Charles Middaugh, a 6 foot 1 inch farmer near Clarinda, was killed by Finn Whitney, a young man from a prominent Clarinda family. The pair quarrelled at a public square and fought outside the city, Middaugh stabbed five times with a knife, the final wound severing the jugular vein. Whitney is in jail awaiting further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Middaugh
Finn Whitney
Clarinda
Mear Clarinda
Diffieniy
Middave
Whittier
Middaugh
Whitney
Liguor
Page County
Jaik
Des Moines Man Recalls Drug Induced Wanderings
Joseph Carr of Des Moines awoke four days after a drug experience to find himself in a nursery wagon between Harvey Sanction and Ottumwa. A stranger drove the wagon and spoke nothing. Carr recalls drinking with strangers and a spell of drowsiness before the wagon vanished and he woke penniless in the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Joseph Carr
Sundar
Harvey Sanction
Ottumwa
Carr
Powder Explosion Injures Boy at Bake City
A powder can left uncovered exploded in Bake City on Monday injuring Cecil Bradler, 12 or 16 years old, burning his face and chest and causing a window to break at Hested's store. Blood poisoning is feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bake City
Cecil Bradler
Bor
Hested
Des Moines Votes on Machines Swiftly Described
Dubuque Melting Company buys Miller Brewing interests as a price war ends. Des Moines and Park County will not use voting machines due to delivery failures. Ex mayor Smith indicted for embezzlement and perjury in Davenport. Sioux City girl Nettie Tucker swallows a hat pin and hospitalizes. Des Moines considers new Iowa Magazine by Hamiet. Webster City jury ends Tolman Wiltser will case. Missouri Valley Hotel Oxford fire causes about 1000 pounds loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Dubuque Melting Company
Fret Miller Brewing Company
Milwaukee
Miller Company
Des Moines
Park County
Fred Cope
Smith
FP. Smith
Davenport
America
Grand
Miss Nettie Tucker
Sioux City
New Iowa
Iowa
D. F. Hamiet
Mr. Hamiet
Embezzlement Charge Against Bank President
M Beuthien president of New Liberty Savings Bank was arrested Monday charged with embezzling 14000 from bank accounts. His son Arnold Beuthien faces a 95000 shortage charge and forfeited 400 bail, remains at large. Charles Burns Faced Trial for Murder of Father-in-law Hartlett Stone. found guilty in Waterloo district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns
Water Fa
Charles Burns
Baker
M. Beuthien
New Liberty Savings Bank
Arnold Beuthien
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Moslay
Hartlett Stone
Creston Mishaps Report Sixteen Injuries Major Rare Accident
A Creston special details a series of injuries: Alaud Enochs, sixteen, suffers crushing leg injury. Crus Fischer, sixteen, wounded in a discharge accident. Milliard Lines nearly dies from a rifle discharge. James Warrick bruised after his wagon ran into a ditch. Joe Wray breaks two ribs during stock loading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Créston
Alaud Enochs
Schol
Crus Fischer
Milliard Lines
Mr. Warrick
Joe Wray
Creston
Blackbirds Ruin the Corn in Kossuth County
Fort Dodge inspector Charles Larrabee reports blackbirds have devastated hundreds of acres of corn across Kossuth County. He notes widespread damage, with patches of twenty acres or more where only cob remains, and cites a law that protects the birds until cold weather drives them south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kossuth
Fort Dodge
Charles Larrabee Les
Kossuth County
Iaw
Larrabee
Labor Conditions in Iowa Shows Strong Unions Growth
A A J Urick president of the State Federation of Labor releases the annual report noting Iowa labor in prosperity with many new unions formed and several strikes settled. Des Moines Typographical Union ranks twenty ninth nationally and Cedar Rapids cereal workers unions consolidate into local No.2. The report details state labor history and movements over the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Urick
State Federation of Labor
Des Moines
United States
Canada
Cedar Rapids
Municipal League Forming in Des Moines
John Carey leads a 4 banker committee forming a Des Moines municipal league to monitor city council and local government bodies amid graft concerns. An attorney will oversee a staffed office and thorough bill scrutiny with action expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John Carey
Des Alpines
Toledos Kepler Falls In Sausage Cutter Accident
W B Kepler of the Muckler and Co butcher firm in Toledo was injured in a freak accident when he slipped while assigning men to sausage making and fell onto a sausage cutter nearly severing his windpipe risking death.
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Sei Geile i
Breucht
Common Pleas Court
Akron
Tars of Flam
Treoree
WL Crous
Win. Miller & Co
Sw Vrs Nao
W. B. Kepler
Muckler & Co
Toledo
Kepler
May Become Blind and Other Local Briefs
Mrs P J Scanterbury suffers a severe eye injury at Hiampton after a fall in which her eye was damaged beyond repair. Creston council weighs recalling a franchise grant to Mordaunt and company over election deposit concerns. Harold Cox, 14, has been missing from Fayette for two months despite search efforts. Michael Keough, 88, pioneer resident of Ledlars, dies in Holyoke after visiting a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Scanterbury
Hiampton
Creston
Harold Cox
AL T. Cox
Fayette
Mr. Cox
Ledlars
Michael Keough
Thiat.victous
Holyoke
Brass
George and Wife Mark Golden Fifty Years in City
Mr and Mrs George Albright celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at Bubeque after residing in the city for fifty years They received numerous presents from friends and neighbors in recognition of the milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Albright
Bubeque
Foreign events from years ago rapid changes and turmoil
Reports describe long past events with Britain and Russia not recognizing the German emperor title. French Boulogne fleet attack failed while Rotterdam seized by French forces. Disruptions in communications with England and France and damaging floods in Mont Blanc region destroyed crops.
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England
Rotterdam
Boulogne
Russia
Germany
Prussia
Mont Blanc
France
Seventy-Five Years Ago Highlights and Events
A retrospective column recalls notable events from seven and thirty years ago. It lists Dr. Alexander Duff departing for India, early steam locomotive carriages in England, a workingmen’s college in London, and a Gateshead explosion with heavy losses. It also notes Danish impeachment votes, A. H. Reeder’s Kansas governorship arrival, Sevastopol bombardment damage, LincolnDouglas joint debate challenge, and a Chicago union meeting address by Col. Robert G. Ingersoll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Duff
Chureau
Scotland
India
England
Workingmen's College
London
Frederick A. Maurice
Gateshead
Nies
House of ‘Commons
A. H. Reeder
Kansas
Sevastopol
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Senate
Col
Robert G. Ingersoll
Erran Hall
Chicago
Wieess
Doda
Indianapolis
Knights of the Golden Circle
Memphis
Tenn
Chalmers
Lincoln
Baltimore
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Peace Party
Fourth annual trades convention opens in Chicago
Twenty years ago the fourth annual convention of organized trades of the United States and Canada opened in Chicago. Reports from the era note major incidents including a freight train wreck on the Northern Pacific near Duluth with crew drowned, and a string of violent acts and arrests in Kiev and Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organized Trades
United States
Canada
Chicago
Duluth
St. Louis
University of Kiev
Russia
Marion Hendershot
Wood
Troy
Ind
Oregon
Ten Years Ago Reports War Action At Wila
Ten years ago Japanese forces attacked Chinese at Wila and captured the town. No Chinese reportedly stood on the north branch of the Yalu. David B. Aili again accepted the Democratic nomination for Governor of New York. Oliver Wendell Holmes, author and humorist, died at a Boston home.
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Wila
Yalu
David B. Aili
New York
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Boston
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Ireton Weekly Ledger
Lee BD. Mayraeb
Gen. Kuropathin
Famons
Commanidien
Dee
Lover
Siour City
Toesdayer
Stark Gharket
Sigckers Saab Food
Tep Bows
Penitentia
Awamora
Forsio
GUT
Godorace Peete Fey
Weil Rock Springs
Saturdas
ST. Pierre 'S
Pulford
Uties
Sararaf Pueurllo
Henry M
Rade
Henry Marts Pard
Saite
Chae
Cook Vonity
Efe
Webster Oitry
Eugene Wiltsey
Tolman Wiltser
Missouri Valley
Oxford
Greston
Aspatia
Spain
Wiliam BH
Wickham
Tammany Hall
Shanghai
Japan
China
Illinois Board of Equalization
Cook Country
Morocco
Bryan Waller Proctor
Carry Cornwall
Grant
Vanita
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