War Means Dollar Wheat in Northward Flour Boom
Minneapolis mills have booked nearly 100,000 barrels of flour for export to Japan in eight business days. Japan’s surge in flour orders has driven exports to rise sharply this year, lifting May wheat to a $3 1/4 point as traders foresee war and higher bread prices. Wheat stocks in Minneapolis and Duluth total 12,108,804 bushels, far below last year and two years ago.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Japan
Pacific Coast
Philippines
Hong Kong
Russia
Kobe
Nagasaki
Omaha
Northwest
Duluth
Ziegler Answers Baldwin Polar Expedition Attacks
William Ziegler releases a set of documents defending himself against E. Baldwin's charges tied to the 1901 Baldwin Ziegler polar expedition. The papers include contract claims, letters, and statements from expedition members, the ship’s crew, and university officials, all suggesting Baldwin's culpability or misrepresentation. Ziegler says the documents are published with his authority.
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New York
William Ziegler
Baldwin
Camp Ziegier
Franz Josefland
Norway
Camp Ziegler
Ziegler
W. S. Champ
Champ
Mr. Ziegler
H. P. Hartt
America
Carl Johan Johenson
Indian boy faces execution after killing white pursuer over love
In Carson City Nevada officials, clergy and citizens unite to save Conchi a 14 year old Indian boy to be hanged January 22 1904 for killing Wild Bill Williams who abducted his sweetheart Williams had fled to the Piute reservation to escape horse theft Conchi worked for him to be near his love and after Williams warned him to stay away he killed him Conchi pleaded guilty under his lawyer's guidance and awaits a pardon unlikely or possible with an appeal.
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Nevada
Carson
Nev
Conchi
Wild Bill” Williams
Piute
Williams
Willams
Conens
Pioche
Board of Pardons
Canadian aims spark debate on Great Lakes naval limits
Ottawa reports Canada may place an armed cruiser on the Great Lakes prompting questions about a U S Britain treaty restricting vessels on the lakes. Secretary Pope doubts the treaty binding and Congress plans to seek repeal or modification amid Canadian protests and U S naval training station plans.
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Ont
Great Lakes
Pope
Great Britain
United States
Canada
Washington
State Department
Lakes
Great Lake
United States Naval
Congress
William Alder Smith
Michigan
Taylor Board
Smith
Olympia Enters Cartagena As Colombia Reluctantly Welcomes
The US cruiser Olympia arrived at Cartagena from Colon with A M Beaupre and wife aboard. Colombia's Cartagena and Bolivar governor Insignares hosted a cordial if restrained reception while crowd gatherings and a 17 gun salute marked the visit. Officials indicated mixed sentiment toward American presence and future relations amid regional tensions.
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Coghlan
Aagship
Olympia
Cartagena
A. M. Beaupre
United States
Colombia
Beaupre
Orr
Admiral Coghlan
Jose Insignares
Bolivar
Harrison G. O. Colby
Captain Colby
Governor Insignares
Alles
Admiral Coghland
Insignares
Department of Bonivar
Bogota
Cartagenan
Barranquilla
Titumati
Leeds Is Re elected Rock Island Officers Reappointed
New York December 29 directors of the Rock Island re elected President Leeds and the existing officers except the third vice president. B L Winchell succeeds J M Johnson in that post.
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New York
The
Rock Island Today
Leeds
B. L. Winchell
J. M. Johnson
Czar Weighs Grand Duke Cyril Marriage
Russian court crisis grows from Grand Duke Cyril and Grand Duchess Victoria Melita affair. Cyril presses for marriage after resistance from the czarina and grand duchesses, risking exile and possible dynastic implications if the czar lacks a male heir. The czar and family face political strain amid illness and pending Livadia travel.
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St. Petersburg
Cyril
Hesse
Victoria Melita
Saxe-Coburg
Vladimir Alexandrovitch
Vladimir
Serre
Poland
Grand Duke of Hesse
Skieriewice
Elizabeth
Coburg
Russia
Michael
Czarina
Stork
Skiernenlee
Livadia
Belle Fourche Club Organizing Business Society
Canton South Dakota December 30 revenue agents press crackdown on illegal saloons known as blind pigs and holes in the wall. four to five such places under scrutiny with about $500 in licenses paid to federal agents amid city officials’ renewed inquiries and one vendor fleeing.
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Canton
S. D
Internal Revenue
Parker Minstrels at Hayward Hall New Year Eve Show
Parker S D reports a home talent minstrel show at Hayward's hall on New Year's Eve with a full band and orchestra and about thirty people in the cast. Part two features Madame De La Bologna's slide for life, fresh from Paris, as chief attraction. An additional hall expansion is underway to host the crowd.
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Parker
S. D
Hayward's Hall
Jevens
Madame de la Bologna
Paris
Death of A A Smith former Wentworth house landlord
A A Smith, longtime hotel operator and former Wentworth house landlord, died in Rochester Minnesota after an appendicitis operation. He fell ill with pneumonia following a cold and hours later was buried in the Catholic cemetery. He had lived in Pierre Arlington Tyndall Spirit Lake Ta and Parker and leaves a wife and two young children.
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Parker
M. D
A. A. Smith
Wentworth House
Rochester
Minn
Smith
Pierre
Arlington
Tyndall
Spirit Lake
Belle Fourche Moves Toward Formal Commercial Club
Belle Fourche South Dakota business leaders advance a commercial club with a January 4 meeting to elect officers for a one year term. A seven member committee will seek members and arrange quarters, aiming for about fifty initial members. Mayor S C Mortimer married Miss Mabel Wood at her home Christmas Day. Rev John Hall officiated. Mortimer is noted as the youngest mayor of the youngest city in the state.
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S. D
S. C. Mortimer
Mabel Wood
Snoma
John Hall
Mortimer
South Dakota
State Normal School
Separfish
Bryan at the Hague
William Jennings Bryan arrived in The Hague and met the foreign minister on a December 30 visit. He reported Tolstoi appears well but aged, and Tolstoi asked if Bryan is a socialist. upon learning he is not, Tolstoi replied that he is glad and that he is not a socialist himself.
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William Jennings
Bryan
Count Tolstoi
Dowie Plans Australia Voyage After Zion City Farewell
John Alexander Dowie addressed Chicago adherents at an audience filled meeting before leaving for Australia. He will sail from New Orleans January 21 traveling via San Francisco and plans to return to Chicago next June. He denied rumors about his wife and vowed to take only spending money while praising President Roosevelt.
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Chicago
Australia
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Dowie
New Orleans
San Francisco
Temple
Roosevelt
Reign of Terror in Philadelphia Suburbs Warned
Philadelphia dispatch reports a rising wave of crimes by black residents in suburbs south to the Delaware line and around Chester, Media, Norristown, and Bucks County. Officials urge drastic action, noting assaults, robberies, and burglaries with police shootings and calls for annexation to Philadelphia.
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Montgomery Counties
Norristown
Bucks County
Bristol
Old York Road
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Anna Lt Longo
Anna Longo
Anna
Ella
Jennie Morrow
F. R. Hoisington
St. Davids
Midland Avenue
Ella Longo
Anthony
Clarence Gallagher
Justice of the Peace
George B. Wood
Ogontz
Jenkintown
Wyncote
Ashbourne
Elkins Park
Oak Lane
Logan
York Road
Wittwatertown
W. R. Brown
Chelten
Park Avenues
Theodore Voorhees
Reading Railway
Jimmy
Cheltenham
Charles H. Reach
New York
Reading Road
Possible murder probe after Wenz found dead in box car
The body of Philip F. Wenz secretary of the Wenz Shoe Co. was found hanging from a wire in an empty box car in the Burlington yards in St Joseph. Police rule self death but relatives fear foul play.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Philip F. Wenz
Wenz Shoe Company
Burlington Yards
Wenz
Pioneer James S. Wilson Dies After Fall on Farm
James S. Wilson of Iowa City, a leading pioneer, died instantly Christmas Day after falling on a feed rack at his farm. An apoplectic stroke caused the fall. He served in multiple public offices and was secretary of the Pleasant Valley Telephone Company. He was a brother of Mrs. O A Patterson of Sioux City.
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James S. Wilson
Iowa City
O. A. Patterson
Sioux City
James Wilson
Pleasant Valley Telephone Company
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