Northwest Storm Toll Tops One and a Half Million
Cyclones, cloudbursts, hail and floods across the Northwest cause more than 1.5 million dollars in damages in Sioux City area over two months. Nineteen killed, over a hundred seriously injured as storms affect Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota with numerous town incidents and totals including Bellevue 500000 and Council Bluffs 50000.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Whiting
Pender
Neb
Valley Springs
Beresford
S. D
Ponca
Watertown
Mitchell
Council Bluffs
Westfield
Danbury
Bellevue
Papilion
Richfield
Louisville
Morningside
Armour
Douglas
Charles Mix
Hot Springs
Franklin
Gevena
Carlton
Charles City
Pukwana
Madison Man Jacobson Nominated for Minnesota Governor
In a three hour St Paul session the Minnesota Republican convention nominated Jacob F Jacobson of Madison for governor by acclamation and adopted a platform endorsing Chicago convention railway regulation. Former congressman Frank Eddy presented the renomination with humor about Jacobson eating pie with a knife. Attorney General Young seconded the nomination.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Jacob F. Jacobson
Madison
Chicago
Jacobson
Frank Eddy
Mr. Eddy
Young Rose
Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup Promises Gentle Cleaning
Advertisement claims Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup cleanses and stimulates the bowels without irritation. Comes from O. T. Erhart and targets readers seeking a gentle digestive aid.
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O. T. Erhart
Rob Crookston Youth Robbed of 500 in Crookston
Kalib Cury son of Reddy Cury a New York Asiatic nation dealer was robbed at 6 o clock by two men who later boarded a circus company car. They took about 500 dollars in bills and a remittance his father sent to take him to New York. Cary chased the men but they vanished into a sleeping car.
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Crookston
Minn
Kalib Cury
Reddy Cury
West Street
New York City
Eighth Street
New York
Cary
Enemies Poison Over 150 Sheep Near Two Top
Unknown foes poisoned more than 150 of A. Giles's best sheep at Two Top, thirty-five miles north of Belle Fourche. A nearby rancher also reported losses and all stockmen guard flocks with shot guns as Giles vows vengeance.
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Belle Fourche
A. Giles
Giles
Narrow escape on railroad tracks in Clinton
John Nicholson, son of Clinton, narrowly escaped being struck by a streetcar on the Iowa Interurban tracks near the Wapsipinicon river bridge. Motorman John Homer stopped the car in time, but Nicholson sustained a scalp wound and is under treatment at a Clinton hospital.
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Clinton
Iowa
Wapsipincon River
John Nicholson
John Homer
Nicholson
Pours oil in stove. one dead in Iowa City blaze
Three people were burned, one fatally, yesterday morning when kerosene started a fire in Iowa City. The dead is Tillie Sdezok, 27. Injured: Joseph Holub and his wife.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Tillie Sdezak
Joseph Holub
Vacation fares on Grand Trunk routes offered
Are You In Doubt Where To Spend Your Vacation The Grand Trunk Railway System offers many delightful resorts with special low round trip fares. If you advise your budget for railroad fare a publication describing routes and fares will be sent. Geo W Vaux A G P T A 135 Adams St Chicago.
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Grand Trunk Railway System
Geo. W. Vaux
T. A
Adams St
Chicago
Launch Upstages Tragedy in Mississippi River Sinking
Fort Madison Iowa July 2 Ezra Parmenter and his four year old daughter died when their launch capsized after catching on a tree limb on an island. The family including wife and two year old son were aboard. wife and son escaped by reaching shore.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Ezra Parmenter
Mississippi River
Body of Annie Strunk Retrieved From Cedar River
The body of Annie Strunk, 6, of Osage, was recovered from the Cedar River in Waterloo after she fell into the water last Tuesday while playing with companions. Her father, who persisted in a long search, found her body dangling head downward in a tree near the river.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Annie Strunk
Osage
Cedar River
Gift of mummy terrifies Waterloo family
Jack Stace received a petrified mummy from his uncle J. P. Martin a Panama surveyor. The three foot creature had two heads four arms and four legs and was unearthed in the Panama district. A delayed letter explained the bizarre gift and the family watched in shock.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Jack Stace
J. P. Martin
Panama
Stace
Martin
Panama District
Acid for Jail Breakers at Fergus Falls
William Page, a prisoner released after five days for drunkenness, is accused of returning to the Fergus Falls county jail with acid in a bottle lowered by a cord through an open window. A deputy seized the bottle and Page was recaptured. The acid was thought aimed at E. J. Sullivan jailed for burglary and possibly to blind the jailer during a breakout attempt.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
William Page
Page
E. J. Sullivan
Burglary Hits Gladstone Mercantile Store
Robbers broke into the Gladstone Mercantile Company store in Gladstone North Dakota Sunday night and took about $50 in cash along with firearms and other goods. A team and vehicle were stolen, but no clues have been found yet.
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Gladstone, N. D
Gladstone Mercantile Company
Holland school to become trains hall in Waterloo
In Waterloo Iowa the Holland school building the citys oldest structure is being torn down for a 45000 manual trains hall and an addition to the East Waterloo high school. In Marshalltown Iowa William O Keeve who shot Policeman Joseph Edgar in 1904 has been released from Fort Madison penitentiary after shortening his sentence for good behavior. In Mitchell South Dakota two hundred men join the Young Mens Christian association as saloons close to offer a place for young men. In Watertown South Dakota D C Thomas is named chairman of a three member delegation to represent the state at the tri annual international tuberculosis congress in Washington September 21 to October 12 with Governor Crawford invited as a vice president.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Marshalltown
William O'Keeve
Joseph Edgar
Fort Madison
O’keeve
Mitchell
S. D
Young Men's Christian Association
Watertown
D. C. Thomas
James R. Walker
Pine Ridge
G. W. Vanderhale
Yankton
South Dakota
Washington, D. C
Crawford
Funeral for Mrs. W. Fox Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. W. Fox will be held at 3 PM Friday at the family residence 214 South Ninth Street Rev. Andreas will officiate. Interment is in Oak Grove Cemetery with Frank Tillman in charge. Born Olga Moeller January 4 1864 in La Crosse she married William Fox twenty three years ago and leaves two children Clara and Edward, her mother Mrs. Minnie Runckel, a sister Mrs. Adolph Moritz of Minneapolis and brothers Adelbert Moeller Carl F and Louis Runckel of this city.
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W. Fox
South Ninth Street
Andreas
Oak Grove Cemetery
Frank Tillman
Fox
la Crosse
Olga Moeller
William Fox
Clara
Edward
Minnie Runckel
Adolph Moritz
Minneapolis
Adelbert Moeller
Carl F
Louis Runckel
Testing Faith by Plumbing Duty Reveals True Character
A humorous adage suggests a man’s true Christian virtue appears when he attempts to fix a plumbing leak. The quote implies practical trial tests reveal devotion more than words or rituals.
W D Connor Quits Active Politics and Office
W D Connor announces retirement from politics citing business demands and ill health. He will not seek the United States Senate nor renomination as lieutenant governor, will stay state party chair until after primary and platform convention, and will aid his successor.
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Milwaukee
Wis
W. D. Connor
Republican State Central Committee
United States
Marshfield News
Sapho at Vandyke & Eaton Friday and Saturday
Alphonse Daudet's Sapho to be staged by Vandyke & Eaton with Olga Nethersole influence in New York. Velvet and silk ballroom costumes highlighted for Act I. Camille is the tonight feature with Miss Eaton in a diamond dress. Amateurs to perform Saturday night.
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Alphonse Daudet
Sapho
New York
Olga Nethersole
Vandyke & Eaton Company
Paris
Camille
Miss Eaton
Republican Victory Hinted in Coming Campaign
The article suggests the forthcoming campaign could yield a highly favorable result for the Republican Party, forecasting a most satisfactory victory.
Equity Society Convention Aims at Madison Over Chicago Exchange
In Chippewa Falls on July 2 President Emmerton of the state band of the American Society of Equity calls a convention at Madison to discuss reorganizing the head exchange in Chicago. Critics cite manager incompetence and understaffing while farmers report delays in shipment returns from one to up to three months.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Emmerton
The
American Society of Equity
Madison
Chicago
Bishop A F Schinner welcomed home in Superior
A large crowd greeted Bishop A F Schinner on his return from Europe in Superior Wisconsin. He traveled with several priests from the diocese and was met at Ashland. A public procession accompanied him to Sacred Heart cathedral where he gave the papal benediction and a reception followed.
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Wis
A. F. Schinner
Ashland
Sacred Heart Cathedral
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Fred Leit
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