Toledo Fills Up With Veterans
Veterans arrive for the forty second national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Toledo. Delegations from California Michigan Indiana and Ohio travel by train and interurban lines as locals prepare to host up to 150000 visitors with flags lighting porches and a full program of parades concerts and speeches.
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Grand Army of the Republic
California
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Indiana
Ohio
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Georgia
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Taoly
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New Jersey
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Big Fire in New Orleans Sweeps Three Blocks
A major fire in New Orleans on August 31 destroyed many wholesale houses, plants, and small shops between Bienville and Chartres streets. Originating at Bienville and Chartres, flames spread north to Couti and west toward Royal, causing an estimated loss of one to two million dollars before suppression. Firefighters were delayed by a picnic and water supply issues, with large whisky and brandy stores among the burned buildings.
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Bienville
Chartres
Couti Street
Royal
New Orleans
Mont
Darby
Bitter Boat Valley
Missing Woman Found Dead in Emeryville Factory Area
The badly decomposed body of Mrs. Alice L. Donahue of Oakland, missing since June 1, was found near the Western Furniture factory in Emeryville. Cas Allsted was arrested on murder charges after a brooch linked to him was found. Donahue, about 40, was a well known fraternal member and in poor health.
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San Francisco
Alice L. Donahue
Oakland
Cas Allsted
Frank Walsh
Western Furniture Company
Sixty-fourth Street
Bay
Emeryville
Walsh
Gen Alexander P Stewart Dies in Biloxi at 87
Gen Alexander P Stewart, one of the last Confederate generals, died at his Biloxi home Sunday in his eighty sixth or eighty seventh year after a long life. He served as chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1874 to 1886 and helped establish Chickamauga national park, later moving to Biloxi and Chattanooga.
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Miss
Alexander P. Stewart
Stewart
University of Mississippi
Chickamauga National Park
Chattanooga
Turner's Suicide in New Jersey Jail After Slaying Wife
Julius Turner, a farmer from Clay City New Jersey, killed his wife and fatally wounded his son on June 29 in a case of insane jealousy. He then hanged himself in jail on Sunday night, using a rope or sheet. The son was mistaken for a rival while the pair stood near the village church in darkness.
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Clay City
Julius Turner
Willy the Sheale
Anarchy Predicted in Farsia and Tehran Reports
Early signals from Nuddea describe liberal Mushiaieds from '33 stirring toward Persia to proclaim a holy war against the pha among the Djat poynation. Provinces trend toward anarchy with the country on the eve of no civil war, per advices received, Aug 31.
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Teheran
Nuddea
Persia
Pha
Woman Robbed and Slain in Mobile, Ala Mystery
Mrs Martha Newburg, a white woman from Wingate Mississippi, was slain in Mobile and $100 known to be concealed in her stocking was taken by a man named Mike Magt, a member of the fishing party she joined. Magt is missing. the case unsettled with no clear suspect at press time.
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Mobiie
Ala
Martha Newburg
Wingate
Miss
Mike Magt
Campaign tensions rise as Vermont vote nears
Nationwide campaign leaders fear apathy may trim Republican gains in Vermont, prompting renewed eastern effort. Hitchcock urges vigor. Mack searches for an eastern campaign manager while Bryan tours midwest. Maine vote looming, Western rivals plan brisk rallies as September speeches begin.
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League Baseball Results From Sunday Games Across Leagues
Sunday baseball results show varied scores in National American and minor leagues. Notable games include New York and Cincinnati fixtures in the National, Detroit and Cleveland in the American, and several doubleheader outcomes in the American Association and Western leagues with multiple teams posting rough totals and close second games.
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Cincinnati
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Se. Louis
Assassination Claim Stirs Baltimore Starved Robber Theory
Mrs W G Williams, visiting Long Green Valley, defends the attacked Charles B Roberts Jr. shot on the Atlantic City boardwalk. She says a starving robber, seeking cash, robbed and shot him, contradicting police theories. Roberts rode in a wheelchair with Nes Williams as a witness.
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W. G. G. Williams
Long Green Valley
Baltimore County
Allantie City
Charles B. Roberts, Jr
Bank Robbery Shocks Small Easton Bank
Four men robbed the Bank of aston at Easton, Mo., near St. Joseph, early Sunday morning, taking $159 of post office funds. The vault was wrecked with a hole blown in the floor. Mrs. A. Marshall watched two hours from across the street but did not alert authorities. Suspects fled toward St. Joseph by carriage. The alleged robbers are thought to be the same group who hit Flushville, Mo., last Wednesday, with a $5,000 reward posted.
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Bank of Aston
Easton
A. Marshall
Aivay
Flushville
Open to Settlement Thousands of Acres in Canada
Doukhabor lands in Manitoba and surrounding provinces will be opened for settlement. Foreigners who refused to perform homestead duties face thousands of acres being thrown open. The new preemption law passed in the last session of parliament takes effect.
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Winnipeg
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Shindhe
Alberta
Sankatchéwwan
The Land of Grain in Western Canada Harvest Boom
This long overview markets Western Canada as a rising grain powerhouse. It cites wheat oats and barley yields in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with 25 to 50 bushels per acre projections and notes strong immigrant settlement, modern homes, and rising fortunes for American farmers choosing to move north for land and opportunity. It contrasts Canada’s climate and sea currents with the U S and highlights the economic hope for settlers, including sample earnings from a Regina area farm and the broader promise of a new life for families relocating to the western provinces.
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