Auto mobile race to headline Iowa State Fair features
Des Moines dispatch notes the Iowa State Fair will include an automobile race the first time in state history, with a half mile track cleared of spectators and vehicles behind the contestants. The piece also details corn drought effects, beet sugar industry prospects, and suffrage activity across the state.
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Heet
Des Moines
Iowa
James Wilson
Indiana
Illinois
Nebraska
Kansas
South Dakota
Minnesota
George H. van Houten
State Board of Agriculture
van Houten
Charles ¥. Salyer
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Ives
Cummins Named Republican Nominee for Iowa Governor
A. B. Cummins of Des Moines won the Republican gubernatorial nomination on the first ballot at the Iowa state convention in Cedar Rapids. The platform endorsed McKinley administration policies, tariff and currency measures, and continued Republican governance. Cummins, 61, rises from Elkader to Des Moines politics with a legal background and prior service in the Iowa General Assembly.
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Des Moines
A. 2 B. Cummins
George A. Huffman
Iowa
Des. Moines
Cedar Rapids
A. B. Cummins
Weaver
State Central Committee
S. B. McCormick
J. CG. Davis
Keokuk
Davis
McKinley
Porto Rico
Philippines
Cuba
Spain
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Congress
House of Representatives
David B. Henderson
William B. Allison
Jonathan P. Dolliver
General Assembly
Gov. Shaw
Byers
Cummins
Trewin
Harriman
Conger
Herriott
Mahon
John Herriott
Stuart
Supreme Court
S. M. Weaver
Iowa Falls
E. C. Brown
Sheldon
K. C. Barrett
Osage
Barrett
Greene County
Waynesburg Academy
Greeley
Elkader
Clayton County
Recorder’s
Indiana
Allen County
Cincinnati
Richmond & Fort Wayne
Chicago
J. C. Cummins
Twenty-second General Assembly of
Republican National Committee
Cleaning Straw Hats With Corn Meal Method
An official arriving from Honolulu advises New Orleans readers to clean palmetto hats with plain dry corn meal and a brush. The method preserves color, avoids acids, and is simple and inexpensive, preventing damage seen from traditional cleaning.
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New Orleans
Honolulu
Times-Democrat
British Honduras
The Old Sheffield Button Law for Covered Buttons
The article reviews an early sumptuary measure in Sheffield restricting covered buttons. It notes 8 Anne statutes, penalties in 1791 for setting or wearing covered buttons, and ongoing but waning enforcement into 1802 as magistrates offered little support.
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Sheffield
Athenaeum
Eye as Lookout: The Chinese Figurehead Tradition
The Chinaman paints an eye on the prow of his junk to serve as a lookout, a practice said to be a primal form of the European figurehead. In contrast the New Zealander’s figurehead is elaborate, with lions’ heads noted by Capt. Cook as copied from earlier wrecks, though lions did not inhabit New Zealand.
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John Chinaman
New
New Zealand
Tramps Compete With Farmers In Nebraska and Kansas
Three Waverley citizens setup a tramp labor scheme at rail yards to force vagrants into field work. After a fight with neighbors who sought a tramp, the trio pursued charges against them while the tramp was sentenced to ten days for disturbing the peace. Proceedings proceed after harvest.
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Nebraska
Kansas
Waverley
New York Sun
Lincoln Yards
Chicago
Alexander Farwell
Simon Buskirk
Farwell
Buskirk
Justice
Tramp
The American Man in Quality and Endurance
A 19th century analysis argues that American whites show stronger physiques and greater endurance than European kin, citing Civil War soldier statistics and wound recoveries. It notes American Indians as an enduring, well built group and compares life expectancy, supported by Brown-Sequard and life-insurance data.
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International Monthly
Rio Grande
Brown-Sequard
Strike Order Issued Amid Steel Union Clash
On August 7 1901 President Shaffer issued a general strike order by the Amalgamated Association affecting most United States Steel workers not already on strike. The call urges unity to defend labor rights with August 10 as a deadline, and warns of mill closings and hardship if unresolved.
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Pittsburgh
Shaffer
Amalgamated
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Amalgamated Lodge
United States Steel Trust
T J, Shaffer
Huge Mount Vesuvius Bomb Reaches High Altitude
A May 9 1900 eruption at Mount Vesuvius produced a massive volcanic bomb that rose about a third of a mile before landing on the mountain. The bomb now towers above a man and weighs around 30 tons. Geologist Manteucci notes the steam explosion matched roughly 600000 horsepower. As lava masses rise they rotate forming a near globular shape.
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Mount Vesuvius
Manteucci
English Words Under Letter C Expansion Over 50 Years
A gloss notes how English lexicon growth concentrates under letter A with about 7000 to nearly 60000 terms. It attributes most new terms to science and invention driving coinages and branding across fields.
Depositors Face Loss From City National Bank Failure
Edgar J. Vaughan, receiver of City National Bank of Buffalo, presented to the comptroller a report on the bank assets. The capital, surplus and profits are wiped out. some loss to depositors is expected. Comptroller approved a 45 percent dividend to creditors to be paid within 30 days. total liabilities were 3,884,649 dollars.
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Auditor of State
Iowa
Norton
F. W. Bouska
Tama
Washington
Iug
Edgar .J. Vaughan
City National Bank
Buffalo
N. Y
Comptroller
Burned at the stake in Coffee county mob justice
John Wesley Pennington, a Black man, was subjected to a mob execution near Enterprise Alabama. The crowd of about 500, whites and blacks, chanted as he screamed and died bound in chains after confessing to assaulting Mrs. J C Davis, wife of a prominent Coffee county farmer.
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Birmingham
Ala
John Wesley Pennington
Enterprise
Coffee County
Pennington
J. C. Davis
Oceanic reports collision near Queenstown sinks Kin Cora
The White Star Line steamer Oceanic under Capt. Cameron arrived at Queenstown after sailing from Liverpool to New York via Queenstown. It reported colliding Wednesday night in the Irish Channel with Kin Cora of Waterford, Ireland, which sank and seven people drowned.
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Queenstown
White Tar Line
Oceanic
Cameron
Liverpool
New York
Trish Channel
Kincora
Waterford
Ireland
German punitive expedition lands on St Mathias Island
From Brisbane on Aug 9 reports say the German punitive expedition aboard the cruiser Cormoran landed near the massacre site on St Mathias Island. They killed 80 natives and captured 17 as retaliation for the Mencken massacre and other deaths of the first German South Sea expedition members.
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Brisbane
Queensland
Dr. Mencken
St. Mathias
Cormoran
Proclamation Banishes Boer Leaders From South Africa
London reports a Kitchener proclamation issued August 7 promising banishment of all commandants and leaders of armed bands from South Africa if they do not surrender by September 15. It authorizes seizure of their property to cover family maintenance costs. Evening papers praise the move but doubt its wartime effectiveness. A Pretoria dispatch notes Boers captured a 26 man Steinacker's horse post on the Sabi river.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Cape Colony
Natal
Orange Colony
Transvaal
South African
Orange Free State
South Africa
Hoqn
Westminster Gazette
Pretoria
Steinacker
Sabi River
Rantoul Fire Destroys Business Section in Champaign
A major blaze in Rantoul destroyed the entire business portion, with 36 firms burned out and losses estimated above 400000 dollars. The grain elevator origin sparked flames that spread to the post office depot Masonic temple New hotel and opera house. both newspapers suffered fire damage. Firefighters from Champaign delayed but restored containment within 45 minutes.
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Champaign
Ill
Rantoul
Martin
Masonic Temple
New Hotel
Opera House
Census bulletin shows gender and nativity in Michigan Minnesota Mississippi
The Census Bureau reports Michigan with 1 248 905 males and 1 172 077 females and 2 398 563 whites 1 858 367 native born. Minnesota with 932 490 males and 818 904 females and 1 737 036 whites 1 232 101 native born. Mississippi with 781 451 males and 169 819 females and 642 900 whites 635 275 native white. Nearly 59 percent of Mississippi’s population is colored, while other states report under one percent colored.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Fatal Storm Hits Seavers Island In Portsmouth
A violent windstorm struck Portsmouth on Thursday afternoon, killing Mrs. M. Mealey of New York and stonecutter Joel Pearson and injuring about six others. The shed of contractor John Pierce near the navy yard dry dock construction was destroyed, with victims near the wreckage.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Séavers’ Island
M. Mealey
New York
Navy Yard
Joel Pearson
Seavers’ Island
John Pierce
Nation sues for divorce from Carrie Nation
Medicine Lodge Kansas August 10 David Nation through his attorney Friday brought suit for a divorce from his wife Mrs Carrie Nation the temperance crusader Nation now visiting Iberia Ohio alleges that his wife held him up to public ridicule neglected her family duties and abandoned his home
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Medicine Lodge
David Nation
Carrie Nation
Violinist Philip Hoaffther Dies at 53 in Indiana
Hoaffther, once a celebrated companion of Jenny Lind on tour, died Tuesday at his home near Yorktown Indiana. He was a noted conservative musician who stirred American interest with his violin talent half a century ago. Gunboat Machias Ordered to Colon for Isthmus Traffic Protection.
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Muncie
Ind
Philip J. Hoaffher
America
Jenny Lind
Yorktown
Hoaffther
Central States
Colon
Washington
Navy Department
Machias
Boston
Hampton Roads
Panama
Porter Saw yer Kills Father Then Dies From Heat
In Marlin Texas on August 7 Porter Saw yer, 18, fatally shot his father after anger over a whipping. He collapsed from heat while attempting to flee and died near the scene. both are buried in the same grave.
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Marlin
Tex
Porter Sawyer
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