Immense Yield Predicted For Corn Across Several States
A Chicago special reports from Farmers' Review cor respondents in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Dakotas describe spring wheat and oats harvests as generally good. Corn prospects are heavy despite drought and bollworm damage in parts, with Missouri Nebraska Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and the Dakotas showing especially strong yields. Fall plowing continues though dry ground slows work in several counties.
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Chicago
Farmers’ Review
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Iinois
Armor test seals Lowa as nearly invulnerable atIndian Head
Reports from Indian Head describe unprecedented trials on the battleship Lowa armor with 10 and 12 inch guns. Tests used 500 and 850 pound projectiles, energy up to 1.53 million foot pounds, showing only minor backing damage and one bolt expelled. Officials praise the plate and framework resilience.
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Lowa
Washington
Indian Head
Carpenter
Dupont
Herbert
Simpsom
Alliance firing dispute reaches government hearing
A survivor from the steamer Alliance reports being fired upon by a Spanish gunboat off Cape May Cuba and accuses its captain of suppressing evidence of contraband war goods found within Cuban waters. He has seen War and Marine records, but the government refuses to reopen the case. Count Lobkirk has published his sensational account in newspapers.
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Ean
Alliance
Cape May
Cuba
Alianca
Allianca
Count Lobkirk
Holmes Plans to Sell Book to Fund Defense in Prison
Holmes, awaiting trial for insurance swindles and multiple murders, allegedly sketches his career in a manuscript written in secrecy. The plan shows letters mailed to his longtime friends, promising to publish advance sheets and omit certain names for money.
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Holmes
Philadelphia Special
HH. II
B. F. Pietzel
Philadelphia
Commonwealth
Lolmes
New Hampshire
Slolmes
Nolmnes
Cholera Plague Spreads in China and Japan
The Impress from China brings advices to August 28. Cholera and deaths rise in Pekin and Japan with 25 000 cases since the 1st of the month and 16 278 deaths. Tokio reports 18 new cases in twenty four hours with two deaths. A Chinese toll reaches 263 in Shanghai concessions and seven among foreigners between August 1 and 13. US and British envoys in Peking face violence but no evidenceJustifying denunciation. Calls for direct action and reparation persist as officials debate response.
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China
Japan
Victoria
B. C
Impress of China
Orient
Pekin
Tokio
Mr. Chinda
Shanghai
United States
Great Britain
Peking
Ku Cheng
Cheng Foo
Washington
London
Militia Called Out in Michigan Strike Turmoil
Seven companies of state militia move toward Ishpeming as strikers oppose deputies guarding outside steam shovel crews. Four shovel crews arrive by special train, stored near Lake Angeline and Lake Superior. Losses top $500,000 as merchants and workers react with excitement amid looming Monday action.
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Big
Michigan Pight
Ishpeming
Mich
Lake Angeline
Lake Superior
Cleveland
Balloon ascent incident over Labor Day in Lincoln
Prof Fry staged a balloon ascension with parachute jump when James Irving, 17, was caught in the ropes as the balloon rose. The aeronaut ordered him to lie still, the balloon climbed to 2500 feet, the parachute opened and landed safely.
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Lincoln
Lil
Prof. Fry
James Irving
Fifty Passengers Injured In Brooklyn Excursion Crash
A Seabeach Railroad excursion train near Woodlawn Station was struck by a runaway engine. Fifty people were injured as the rear cars telescoped and caught fire. Police say engine No. 6 reversed to avoid collision, but the engine jumped forward, leading to a deadly wreck. Ambulances responded. several may die.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Woodlawn Station
Seabeach
New York
Kelly
Frank Jason
Arthur Ross
Earthquake in the East Shakes Brooklyn Sunday Morning
Three distinct shocks were felt across Brooklyn with East New York and South Brooklyn hardest hit. Rumbling noises followed, pictures fell, and hotel guests fled to hallways in alarm. No loss of life or property reported. New York Weather Bureau notes the 6:11 am quake lasted ten seconds.
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Atlantic States
Brooklyn
East New York
Sandy Slook
N. J
New York
Dunn
Market Quotations From Sioux City and Nearby Distillers
Market notes list mixed prices for cattle hogs and sheep across Sioux City Chicago Kansas City South Omaha St Paul and Minneapolis. Wheat and corn futures show varied values with No 1 hard and No 1 northern bids.
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Sioux City
Chicago
Kansas City
Ft. South Omaha
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Court Remands Taylor to Sheriff for Penitentiary
The court remands Taylor to the sheriff for transfer to the penitentiary unless further action halts it. Judge Kellam concurs only on precedents, while attorneys plan a writ of error to challenge the lower court’s jurisdiction to sentence beyond two years.
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Taylor
Kellam
Horner
Stewart
United States
Circuit Court
Mysterious death near Bangor sparks murder theories
A Walworth County rancher D J Thomas was found dying alone at his Bangor area home. Neighbors carried him to town where he died without speaking. A pocketbook with no cash but unsigned checks was found half a mile away, prompting theories of poison or foul play. The case prompts an exhumation and county investigation, with ties to a former sheep business partner Capt F M Hopkins.
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Bangor
Walworth County
D. J. Thomas
Thomas
F. M. Hopkins
Register of the
United States Land Office
Aberdeen
A Farmer's Hard Luck and Large Stock Shipment Overview
Farmer T S Chick of Mitch ell is arrested leaving Davidson County on charges of obtaining seed wheat under false pretenses. He owed 61 dollars for 100 bushels and, after threshing and selling his crop, had 49 dollars. He surrendered 12 dollars to county, then was released on own bond. Separately, Pierre saw the season's largest stock shipment depart, about 1,400 head across six trains.
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T.S. Chick
Mitchell
Davidson County
Chick
Pierre
Dakota Supreme Court Hardens Insurance Policy Clause
The Supreme Court decided in James M. Peet vs Dakota Fire and Marine Insurance that a lease holding tied to a policy lacked consent exposure. The ruling treats the lease provision as a chattel mortgage and holds that absence of insurer consent to the lease affected the insured property. Also reported: crime among Yankton Sioux over a lost child. trumped up Pierce claims surface, including a $20,000 mortgage and a Yankton and Norfolk Rail road line mortgage.
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Supreme Court
James M. Peet
Dakota Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Davidson County
United States Army
Missouri River
Pierce
J. T. M. Pierce
South America
Yankton and Norfolk Railroad
Taylor Attorneys Keep Fight For Release In Pierre
Taylor's attorneys remain confident they will secure his release after the supreme court habeas corpus ruling. They plan to attack the sentence's validity via writ of error, hoping another judge may be swayed. Court decision will take days after argument, with Taylor likely free for a couple more weeks at least.
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Taylor
W. W. Taylor
Pierre
Supreme Court
Kellam
Libeling Yankton Fake Burglar Story Deplored
A Chamberlain special condemns a widespread report of an organized gang of burglars in Yankton as completely false. No robberies or burglars exist now. The only past event cited is an 18 year old farm robbery of a farmer who hid a small amount of money in a haymow.
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Yankton
Chamberlain
Watertown Land Appraisals and State Transfers Reported
Land Commissioner Lockhart and Auditor Hipple travel to Watertown to appraise property turned over by ex Gov Mellette to ex Treasurer Taylor and by him to the state. Convict Hallonen recaptured after escaping Del Rapids jail breaks, aided by tools, retaken. Aberdeen gas works fire destroys purifier room worth about 1500 dollars. plant to be repaired. Mitchell mass meeting seeks right of way for Omaha extension to Wheeler. Rhodes Bros ranch artesian well in Charles Mix County to 41 inches over pipe. Bessie Moore to reform school after return from Aberdeen elopement. Charles Ducett, longtime Yankton insane asylum inmate, dies by suicide. Frost damages northern SD gardens and late corn. most corn safe. Pierre Supreme Court Habeas decision read by Chief Justice Corson in Taylor habeas case.
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Lockhart
Hipple
Watertown
Mellette
Taylor
South Dakota
Hallonen
Leonard Hallonen
del Rapids
Aberdeen
Tas Works
Mitchell
Omaha
Wheeler
Missouri River
Rat and Rattler in a Kentucky Showdown
Thompson J. Bailey recounts a curious tale from Jessamine county Kentucky where a rat battles a five and a half foot rattlesnake. The snake, kept in a glass box, is killed by the rat after the reptile missed a meal, leaving the rat perched on the snake’s head with the rattlesnake fatally bitten. The rat remains uninjured and is kept as a curiosity.
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Kentucky
Thompson J. Bailey
Curley’s
Jessamine County
Cincinnati Enquirer
Mound Builders Of Florida Show Ancient Trade Links
A study of St Johns River mounds in Florida reveals copper, shell and earthenware artifacts, with rare gold and silver items suggesting prehistoric trade from the Great Lakes to the Gulf. Some mounds hold skeletons while others do not, and peculiar earthenware “freaks” hint at ceremonial use linked to the dead.
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St. John’s River
Florida
Mexico
Cuba
Lake Superior
Gulf
Georgia
Mosquito Inlet
Columbus
Holmes
England Faces Wheat Shortage from Global Competition
The Oregonian notes England now grows only a small share of its wheat domestically. Twenty five years ago 97 percent of consumption came from home farms, but today under 20 percent is grown in Britain. The shift is due to cheap, globally available lands and rising costs on rented English lands.
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America
Great Britain
England
Globe
Lors Land
Oregonian
Little Isabel Corrects Her Host About Milk
A New York Tribune snippet recounts a young girl named Isabel who, after her mother let her drink weak tea with meals, is offered milk at a lunch. Isabel looks at the milk, then tells her hostess in a bold tone that she does not drink tea.
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New York Tribune
Isabel
Bank of England notes vary in thickness how to spot fakes
The piece explains that genuine Bank of England notes are not uniform in thickness. The left corner is thicker to retain a keener impression of the vignette, and the dark shadows in the center letters and beneath end figures are thicker. Counterfeit A notes are always uniform in thickness throughout.
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