Bold train robbery foiled by misdated express car
Five masked men dynamited a mail car on the Baltimore and Ohio passenger train near Calumet Heights Indiana but failed to reach the express car in the third position. They escaped after a thirty minute delay. no passengers were harmed and only the engineer’s watch was taken. An armed posse pursued the robbers from Whiting, Indiana.
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Calumet Heights
Collins
Key
Whiting
Indiana
F. A. Applegate
Robbers Target Express Car In High Stakes Heist
Report describes a major express car robbery with an estimated 50 000 dollars in gold and silver aboard. Investigators believe the bandits knew of the hoard and sought the large cash shipment, raising hopes for a quick capture.
Cannot Build Water Works in Ottumwa Ruling
Judge Smith McPherson granted the injunction sought by Ottumwa City Water Supply Co restraining the city from building new water works issuing bonds or carrying out a Fruin Bambrick contract for a new system. The decision halts preparations and the city likely will appeal.
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Ottumwa, la
Smith McPherson
City Water Supply Company
Ottumwa
City of
United States District Courts
Heat Damaged Buildings in Des Moines
In Des Moines on August 1, heat last week expanded girders in several business blocks. A 600 pound cornice stone from Younkers on Walnut Street fell to the sidewalk but no one was hurt. Further checks showed similar girders expanding in other blocks with no additional injuries.
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Des Moines
Younkers
Walnut Street
Fire in rattlings at Weyerhaeuser mill site
Fire broke out yesterday at the rattlings on the Weyerhaeuser and Denkmann mill yard in Davenport. Firemen sprayed the piles with a stream, the danger of headway is slight or none, though smouldering could continue for days, as occurred after the heater fire in Moline where rattlings burned for two weeks.
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Davenport
Weyerhaueser & Denkmann
Moline
Progressive Democratic Party forms in Columbus
In Columbus on August 1 the Progressive Democratic Party nominated a full ticket at a sparsely attended convention. A Cleveland conference had prompted a Bryan Democrat call for a state convention opposing both major platforms and supporting free silver. Less than a dozen responded to the call as the new party was christened.
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Columbus
Ohio
Progressive Democratic Party
Cleveland
Lurgan
Bryan
Procoed New Party
New Party
Benton Republicans Choose Anti Cummins Delegation
Vinton Iowa August 1 Benton county Republicans selected an anti Cummins delegation of nineteen while Cummins carried only three of twenty three townships. An uninstructed delegation was sent to the state convention with Bernard Murphy as chairman.
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Cummins
Vinton
Benton County
Bernard Murphy
Corn King Traded to McReynolds in Market Turmoil
Chicago reports Geo H Phillips the corn king moved all trades to McReynolds & Co with margins up to 75,000 dollars and large oat and corn holdings. McReynolds says he’s evened up and liable to win or lose little more while Phillips claims 50,000 dollars profits remain and bank debt is zero. A books irregularity claim prompts the transfer as aid offers flood in and creditors are promised full payment pending inquiry amid rumors of employee pilferage.
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Chicago
Geo. H. Phillips
McReynolds & Co
Phillips
Philips
Greece to Buy Five Million Dollars in Rifles
Vienna reports Greece plans to purchase five million dollars worth of rifles amid rising tensions after attempts to proclaim annexation of the Canton. Anti foreign placards protest a proposed house tax tied to foreign indemnity, warning of revolt if demanded tax is enforced. In Mozambique Portuguese forces clash with Boers at Gumetz with 500 Portuguese troops on site and artillery ready.
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Canton
Lorenzo Marques
Gumetz
Attempted Murder in Washington County Reported
In Washington County Iowa on a Wednesday, Henry Humm shot neighbor William Buntenbach in the right lung during a long-running feud over a stray calf. Buntenbach, a wealthy retiree with land near Muscatine, Davenport, and the surrounding area, remains alive but gravely injured as authorities arrest Humm for trial.
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Washington
Henry Humm
William Buntenback
Soldier in Court Seeks for $126 Misused Funds
Council Bluffs August 1 H A Boyle Crawford county first lieutenant and surgeon in the Fiftieth Iowa Volunteer Infantry faces a US suit in Federal Court. The government alleges Boyle did not account for $126 received for subsistence of men moving from the second division hospital to Iowa and that funds were not spent as designated.
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Council Bluffs
H. A. Boyle
Crawford County
Fiftieth
Iowa Volunteer Infantry
United States
Boyle
Second Division
Iowa
Golf Claims First Known Victim At Euclid Heights Club
Walter Snider, son of Martin Snider a prominent Standard Oil magnate, drowned after falling into a water hazard on the Euclid Heights Golf Club links on the outskirts of Cleveland. The incident marks the first known golf related fatality.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Walter
Martin Snider
Euclid Heights
German Meat Tariff Crisis Weighs on Frankfort Shipping
The Frankfort Zeitung notes German shipping suffers from the anti American meat law and warns tariff provisions may cause serious consequences.
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Frankfort-on-Main
The
Frankfort Zeitung
Bomb Found In Residence Of Emil Zola In Paris
A bomb was found during the night in the residence of novelist Emil Zola who had notoriety over the Dreyfus affair. Zola is not in the city.
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Paris
Emil Zola
Dreyfus
Zola
Amalgamated Steel Strike Looms as Talks Break Down
Pittsburg August 1 reports offer no clear progress at the Amalgamated headquarters. An expected meeting of the executive board may address Morgan ultimatum modifications, but radicals and conservatives remain at impasse. President Shaffer says no settlement has been reached and predicts uncertainty ahead.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Amalgamated Association
Amalgamated
Shaffer
New York
Sailors Offered Big Money if they Win
Newport R I Aug 1 Thomas W Lawson owner of the yacht Independence offers the crew 100000 if the Independence defeats the Columbia and Constitution. The prize would net each sailor about 2000, with the offer affecting crews of rival yachts as well as others in the sport.
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Columbia
Independence
Newport
R. L
Thomas W. Lawson
Constitution
Boston
Mr. Lawson
Washington Chapter No 4 R A Marons Aug 2 1991 Meeting
The notice reports a Washington Chapter No 4 R A meeting on Friday August 2 1991. It states business of importance and urges good attendance. The message is signed by M E H Priest Geo C Winn secretary.
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Washington
R. A. Marons
Geo. C. Winn
Fourth day of homestead drawing near Lawton crowd
Indian agents notify campers near Lawton Oklahoma to move by August 6 or face forcible ejection. Four thousand names to be drawn on the last day as camps begin to break and trains fill. Fort Worth reports agents issuing notices to relocate near the new town of Lawton.
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el Reno
Fort Worth
Tex
Lawton
Okla
Will Be a Merry Time Carnival in Cedar Rapids Oct 7 12
Cedar Rapids announces the fifth annual carnival to be held October 7 to 12 with a larger program than before. The capital stock is now controlled by over sixty leading local business and professional men who will broaden the event. A horse show featuring top breeders from across the country will accompany the carnival. Horse types include carriage, light harness and coach horses on display. The event promises attractions worth a long trip for spectators.
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Cedar Rapids
Kruger to Visit the United States After September
A Brussels report cited by the Daily Mail says Mr. Kruger plans a U S visit after mid September. He will be accompanied by Messrs Fischer, Wessels and Wolmarans.
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Brussels
United States
London
The
Daily Mail
Kruger
Messrs. Fischer, Wessels
Wolmarans
Follows Husband to Grave in Odd Michigan Tale
In Coldwater Michigan Aug 1 1941 an elderly couple Alva and Mrs Jones died under a strange twist of fate. The wife reportedly wished not to live after his death and when she saw her husband’s body she collapsed and died shortly after.
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Coldwater
Mich
Alva Jones
Kindersook
Killed at Washington Iowa Youth Dies Near Depot
Clay Brott 16 son of C F Brott of Washington was killed near the C R I and P depot Wednesday afternoon. He had returned from Camp Henderson at Dumane where he assisted in the mess tent. The body was moved from the baggage rooms to his home.
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Washington
Clay Brott
C. F. Brott
Young Brott
Camn Henderson
Dmbuane
Baldwin flag expedition sails to Franz Josef Land
Vardoe Norway August 1 The American flagship Baldwin-7?ler North Pole expedition which left Tromsoe July 14 tours the area and proceeds direct for Cane Flora Franz Josef Land. Mr Baldwin sends a farewell message to the United States stating All well Await one of the mere effort We will stand by our flag.
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Baldwin
Vardoe
Norway
Tromcoe
Franz Josefland
United States
Paper hanging and painting by L. Kempner
E. Kempner at 714 East Fifth Street offers paper hanging and painting services per a local trade notice indicating available work and address.
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L. Kempner
East Fifth
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