Illinois Central offers round trip tickets to several western points
The Illinois Central announces July 3 9 and 17 and August 1 7 21 ticket sales from all stations north of Cairo to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Ogden Salt Lake City and more at one fare plus $2 for the return. Colorado and Utah tickets allow continuous passage to the destination with specific stopovers and final return by October 31 1900. J F Merry A G P A Dubuque.
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Illinois Central
Cairo
Fadueah
Colorado
Utah
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
South Dakota
Wyoming
Missouri River
Manitou
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Chicago
Omaha
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Relief Force Advances Toward Peking Amid Siege
A long dispatch reports Allied forces marching on Peking, now eighteen miles from Tianjin, with Europeans sheltering in the inner imperial enclosure. The Times correspondent notes reduced hostilities after July 15 and improving besieged conditions as relief forces approach.
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Brussels
M. ,DeFavereau
Shanghai
M. de Cartier de Marchienne
Legation
Belgium
Peking
Tien Tsin
London
George Ernest Morrison
The
Times
Paking
Siege details at the legation amid bombardment
The dispatch describes Imperial troops under General Tung Lu and General Tung Fuh Siang bombarding the legation compound for a month. It notes 138 wounded including Surgeon Hippitt and Captain Myers, seven Americans killed, and all diplomats and families safe. The French legation was ruined but Minister Pichon survived. news of Pei Tang cathedral is absent.
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Ah Sin
Legation
Tung Lu
Tung Fuh Siang
Pei Tang
Hippitt
Myers
Legations
Morrison
Pichon
Legaon
British Minister Reports Siege and Survival in China
Sir Claude Macdonald, writing July 24, reports imperial troops surrounding his party and firing continually. He says provisions last about a fortnight, ponies are eaten, and Chinese authorities offer no help. He fears a massacre unless the attack ends soon. Li Hongzhang is said to have received a decree dated January 28 ordering him to inform consuls ministers were safe on that date.
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Tsung-Li-Wamen
Claude Macdonald
Queen Victoria
Tsung-Li- Yamen
Grand Council
China
Tien- Tsin
Baron von Ketteler
Cordes
Shanghai
Li Hung Chang
Hunter Expects Four Thousand Prisoners From Ironslow Action
Lord Roberts reports from Pretoria that 1,200 more prisoners surrendered with Rouse and Fontenel while Deploy, Potgieter, and Joubert gave up to Bruce Hamilton. Another 1,200 rifles, 650 ponies and an Armstrong gun were seized. An accident near Frederikstadt derailed a supply train, killing thirteen and injuring thirty-nine as rail lines were torn up. A special inquiry will probe the disobeyed order.
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London
Lord Roberts
War Office
Pretoria
Hunter
Rouse
Fontenel
Potgieter
Joubert
Bruce Mamilton
Anderson
Staats Artillery
Olivier
Harrismith
Frederikstadt
Krugersdorp-Potchefstroom
Shropshires
New King Reaches Monza Amid Crowded Welcome
Victor Emmanuel and Queen arrived in Monza on August 2 as crowds cheered. Two men shouting Viva Vanarchia were arrested after a near-lynching by the furious crowd. An Elberfeld dispatch cites Giuseppe Bernardi accused of an assassination threat against Emperor William, which he denies. Rome reports King Humbert will be buried in Rome.
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Monza
Italy
Elberfield
Guiseppe Bernardi
William
Rome
Humbert
Rumor of assassination attempt on King Alexander
Belgrade dispatch to the Daily Chronicle reports a rumored attempt on King Alexander as he rode through Belgrade. The Vienna correspondent notes the king was shot at but uninjured and calls the rumor unconfirmed. Kansas City dispatch adds Alexander Jester, age eighty, was acquitted after a two week trial for a 29 year old murder. the jury needed three ballots.
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London
Vienna
Daily Chronicle
Belgrade
Alexander
Kansas City
New London
Alexander Jester
Gilbert Gates
Populist Convention Opens With Historic Attendance
Louisville Kentucky Aug 2 Populist state convention convened at Riverview park with the largest turnout in Kentucky Populist history. The platform unanimously adopted opposes Goebel election law and calls for direct legislation as its main plank.
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Louisville
People’s Party of Kentucky
Riverview Park
Kentucky
Desertion charge against La Crosse man linked to divorce suit
John Schroeder was arrested by Sheriff Nelson in Milwaukee on a desertion and non-support charge. His wife sues for divorce and says he took about 3000 dollars when he left, leaving her with earnings invested in securities. She claims he forced her to labor and that they saved a sum now missing. He reportedly planned to go to Europe after leaving June 15, stopping in Milwaukee.
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la Crosse
Wis
John Schroeder
Nelson
Milwaukee
Europe
Death follows a feast in Fond du Lac area
Fond du Lac Wisconsin August 2 A B Taylor prominent businessman former Fond du Lac fire chief and father of Red Cross nurse Janet Taylor was killed Tuesday after being struck by a Chicago and North Western passenger train. His daughter Mary wed W S Foulke in a wedding party just before the tragedy. Eight children survive him. Nearby at Waunekee four youths escaped injury when their carriage was hit by a fast Chicago and Northwestern limited train. In Elkhorn an insane man found unclothed in a Lagrange cornfield says his name is Fred Krueger and claims his children live in Thiensville. Clintonville reports the new German bank opened with capital of 10000 dollars S H L Randall cashier.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
A. B. Taylor
Janet Taylor
Red Cross
Chicago and Northwestern
Taylor
Mary
W. S. Foulke
New Orleans
Foulke
Bride
Chicago
Elkhorn, Wis
Lagrange
Here
Fred Krueger
Thiensville
Mull's Lightning Pain Killer Guaranteed Pure Copy
Legendary patent medicine ad promises instant pain relief for any pain internal or external. Sold nationwide by druggists offering 25¢ and 50¢ sizes with a money back or guaranteed effect claim.
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Mull
Mount Tacoma Supposedly Erupts as Smoke Rises From Crater
Tacoma observers report a volcanic eruption belief as powerful glasses show masses of dark smoke issuing from Mount Tacoma crater. Local residents monitor the sky and await official updates on the suspected eruption and any potential danger.
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Tacoma
Mount Tacoma
Mull's Lightning Cough Cure Ad
An old advertisement promotes Mull's Lightning Cough Cure priced at 25 cents. It urges quick relief from a cough with a single product highlight and no additional details.
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Mull
Summer Schedule of Street Car Services
The article lists summer street car timetables for South Muscatine and nearby locations. It shows departures from the company office at 5:50 and 6:00 a.m. and every 20 minutes to late evening, with corresponding departures from South Muscatine, Park Place, Fair Grounds, Cemetery, and the end-of-line. Sundays table notes first car at 8 a.m. and adjustments through 10:17 p.m.
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South Muscatine
Park Place
Fair Grounds
Aoass
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