Fire at Atlantic Refining works burns toward million loss
Philadelphia August 21 a massive blaze at the Atlantic Refining Point Breeze works destroyed pumping gear and threatened tanks with oil burning at an estimated rate of 100000 dollars daily. Five firemen and a workman are dead and about 100 others injured or treated. losses are estimated from 500000 to 3000000 with insurer Stannard Oil bearing the risk.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic Refining Company
Point Breeze
Baxter
John McCullen
James Balls
John Daugherty
Frank Davis
Alexander Timmers
Schuylkill River
Stannard Oil Company
Fire destroys sheds at Union Pacific transfer depot
Fires sparked by a passing switch engine in Council Bluffs destroyed .25 freight cars full of merchandise and damaged about 50 more, with total shed losses around 100000 dollars. The Union Pacific transfer depot was saved only after heavy effort. Nordstrom may be hanged for a murder ten years past in Seattle. appeal unsuccessful. Islander survivors provide limited new details. Counterfeit notes from a defunct New Brunswick bank circulate nationwide. Two rescued waterworks workers in Cleveland remain in precarious condition. Delmar track officials face 33 warrants for alleged gambling. Schwab reportedly not resigning as US Steel president.
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Council Bluffs
Sparke
Union Pacific Transfer
Iowa Tlappens: Colored boys school opens in Burlington
Iowa notes report an industrial school for colored youths organized in Burlington with plans to open by Jan 1 1902 under President Dr T Reeves of Keokuk. Also covered are a Dodge gubernatorial bid in Des Moines, a near disaster on West Okoboji lake, veterans protests in Des Moines, a fatal gasoline accident in Denison, a missing daughter found in Fort Dodge, state treasury funds tally, and a conductor injured at Mason City and Fort Dodge railway.
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Burlington
Iowa
T. Reeves
Keokuk
Fort Dodge
Eva Judd
William Rolph
Laporte
Fatal scaffold fall cripples five men at Iowa bridge
Five men fell about forty feet when a swinging scaffold on a Rock Island bridge over the Iowa River broke a rope. S H Shelladay died instantly after being crushed by a pile. C W Creswell Larry Burns and Clint Housworth were only slightly hurt. Burns suffered possible internal injuries.
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Iowa Cuy
Rock Island
Iowa
S. H. Shelladay
Shelladay
Larry Burns
Clint Housworth
Burns
Jowa Crops Improved Yet Rain Needed for Late Corn
Des Moines reports a warmer week with cool nights and dews. Drought remains widespread in four-fifths of Iowa, hurting late corn potatoes and pastures. Some general crop improvement noted. early and late corn look more promising, but September weather will largely determine final yields. Late-planted corn needs copious rain soon to fill kernels. Potatoes may fare better with normal rainfall. fall plowing begun but soil remains dry and hard.
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Des Moines
Convention of Foresters adjourns. next in Dubuque
The Catholic Order of Foresters held its convention and adjourned sine die. The next convention is planned for Dubuque Iowa in 1909.
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Dubuque
Detroit
Ange
Catholic Order of Foresters
Inquest Held Over Arion Murder Victim Clements
Denison Iowa August 19 The Arion murder inquest resumed and established the victim as T F Clements alias J F Love The Mapleton arrest suspect had an alibi at the time and others remain at large The murdered man was described as a card shark with friends in East Dubuque.
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Clements
Arion
Denison
T. F. Clements
J. F. Love
Mapleton
East Dubuque
Death of Edwin Manning Pioneer and Wealthy Iowa Banker
Des Moines Aug 17 reports the death of Hon Edwin Manning at his Keosauqua home. A pioneer and one of Iowa’s wealthiest men his estate valued between 3 and 5 million dollars. Manning built a vast mercantile and banking presence along the Des Moines river from Keosauqua to Kad yville and formed many business partnerships. Born in Connecticut he helped settle Iowa and became a leading figure in state affairs.
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Des Moines
Edwin Manning
Keosauqua
Ife
Iowa
Kadyville
Manning
Connecticut
Signs of Hard Luck From The Road We Trod
In reminiscences of former show folk the advance agent recalls signing signs that mocked poverty. Willis and Big John Smith recount failed bookings and desperate grabs for bread and shelter. A string of bakery and trunk signs spark memory of hunger while a Harlem office notice promises work for four cents a line.
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Tom
Willis
Tim
Thad
Sixth Avenue
San
Big John Smith
Stevens
Battery
Harlem Bridge
Smith
Buffalo
New York
Mark and Express
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Impor
Rethlsdore
Colden Rule Shoe Store
Malwvhrni
Tabor College
Conservatory of Music
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Tabor
Bushnell & Wortz
Malvern, Iowa
Ed Perkins
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Seattle
Charles W. Nordstrom
Garret
Kings County Court House
Willie Mason
James Hamilton Lewis
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Supestor Court
Merity
Victoria
Leblanc
San Francisco
Secret Service
State Bank of
New Brunswick
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John Engine
Adam Kest
Delmar
Louis
Delmar Race Track
Eggers
John Moynihan
Schwab
Trum
Associated Press
Charles M. Schwab
Stecl Corporation
Okoboji, Ta
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J. Z. Stessi
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Agricultural College
Forts Dodge
E. L. Wilbur
Mason City
Seaton, Fils
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Anti-Safoon League of
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Rathbone Sisters
Cedar Rapids
Grand Temple
Myrtle Johnson
Fort Madison
Carrie G. Hunter
Newton
Clara McQuiston
Spirit Lake
West Okoboji
Webster City
A. R. Allen
Sinois Central Bridge
Muscatine
Muscatine Island
Curtiss
Iowa Experiment Station
James Wilson
National
Buttermakers’ Association
Ames
W. J. Kennedy
University of Illinois
Iowa State College
J. A. Craig
Kennedy
Agricultural Department
Craig
Clinton
Mississippi Valley Spiritualist Association
W. F. Peck
St. Louis
Emma J. Knowles
Stella A. Fisk
Isaac Millisach
Ottumwa
Canton
New Sharon
R. E. Dowantres
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