Muscatine Journal Prints On Time Despite Power Loss
The Muscatine Journal issued yesterday without shop power as the Lee Syndicate Times, Davenport, supplied machinery and staff. Despite no wheels turning, an edition reaching Muscatine and out-of-town subscribers was produced through rapid press preparations and electric-powered operations.
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Ottumwa Courier
Des Moines
Enterprise
Sioux City Journal
Sioux City Tribune
Iowa
Muscatine Journal
Muscatine
Journal
Force
Lee Syndicate
Davenport
The
Times
Times Office
Times Force
Journal Force
Zeppelin Airship Across Rhine Returns Toward Friedrichshafen
The Zeppelin airship, damaged motors yet under control, traveled from Friedrichshafen along the Rhine past Constance Schaffhausen Basle and toward Mayence. Reported speeds average around thirty miles an hour with maneuverings over 250 miles covered in nine hours.
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Constance
Germany
Count Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Schaffhausen
Rhine
Basle
Mayence
Metz
Stuttgart
Strassburg
Mayvenz
Mayenz
Bryan in Gaustil Statement on Taft Phonograph Use
William J. Bryan denounces Republican imitation of his phonograph speeches as a public method, noting Taft uses the device to spread campaigns. He says Republicans mimic the platform and campaign methods, while Democrats defend patent protection and set the pace this year. Taft attends a bar meeting.
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Fairview
Lincoln
Neb
Taft
William J. Bryan
Dawson Secures Concession for Arsenal Workmen
Washington authorities report that the Chief of Ordnance adopted a new wage policy for Rock Island arsenal workers. Workers may submit evidence to set wage rates, reversing prior practice where wages were fixed first. Dawson and Otts Behnke led the advocacy for workers.
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Washington, D. C
Dawson
Ottts Behnke
Rock Island Arsenal
Ordnance
Arsenal
Gen. Crozier
Behnke
Republicans In Conference At State Capital
Des Moines Iowa August 4 Republicans on the state committee attend a meeting in Des Moines with all members present except Wright of the ninth district. Talk of nominating without a convention circulated as two members consulted Byers at the state house, Byers away. The committee met at two discussing a possible convention not for fair week.
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State Committee
Des Moines
Republican Committee
Wright
State House
Byers
Fernie Fire Feared to Be Black Hand Plot allegedly sets fires
Reports from Fernie and nearby towns describe vast brush fires across Michel and the Kootenay Valley with fear that the flames may engulf the town. Authorities note up to 75 deaths and $5000 in property losses, while residents evacuate women and children and miners battle the fires.
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Winnipeg
Kootenay Valley
Nelson
B. C
Fernie
Crenbrook
Michel
Hosmer
Attorney Baker and bride near death in plunge
United States District Attorney Baker of Washington and his bride, on a two month honeymoon, survived a 300 foot fall near Liberty New York when their auto careened down a hill, flipped three times, and hung in a tree. Chauffeur suffered a fractured skull. others bruised but unhurt.
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New York
United States
Baker
Washington
Northwest
Liberty
N. Y
Sinking of Fire Tug Illinois After Great Chicago Blaze
Fire tug Illinois, crew escaping with one injured, sunk when a wall toppled its decks after a nightlong blaze on Chicago elevators. Losses reach about 1 million dollars including 700000 in grain and 200000 tug value. raise and repair estimated at 15000. Fire started in Burlington warehouse from cigarettes near chemicals. 250 workers fled as explosions shook nearby blocks. Eighty engines and three tugs battled the fire through the day to prevent spread. by evening Fire Marshal Horan reported containment unlikely to worsen.
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Chicago
Ill
Illinois
Burlington
Armour & Co
Horan
Senator William B Allison Dies in Dubuque Iowa
Dubuque Iowa August 4 William B Allison United States Senator died of heart failure at 145 pm He was born March 2 1829 in Perry Lake County Ohio and educated at Alleghany College Western Reserve College He practiced law in Ohio before moving to Dubuque in 1857 He served in the Civil War era and was long a leading Republican statesman in the Senate dying while the nation mourns a veteran lawmaker who held the longest continuous service in Senate history He was a Republican candidate for re election at the time of his death.
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Kansas City
Missouri
United States
Kansas
Topeka
Kas
Constable
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
State Senate
Congress
Supreme Court
State Corporation Commission
United States Senate
William Boyd Allison
Perry
Lake County
Ohio
Alleghaney College
Pennsylvania
Western Reserve College
Dubuque
Lincoln
Kirkwood
Iowa
James Harlan
Allison
Senate of the Nation
Farmer Slays Wife and Granddaughter in Vernon
Vernon Connecticut August 4 John Scett a farmer near here killed his wife and granddaughter with a sledge hammer and a knife and attempted to kill his son and daughter in law He was arrested the motive remains unclear and the community reels from the brutal act.
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Vernon, Conn
John Scett
Here
Scett
Riot injures six and 87 arrests at Hungarian hall
A riot at Hungarian hall on West Homestead street left six injured including Chief of Police McDermott and three officers amid mass arrests of 87 guests. Dozens sustained cuts and bruises as chaos erupted early today.
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Pittsburg
Hungarian Hall
West Homestead Street
McDermott
Knights of Columbus meet opens in St Louis convention
St Louis hosts the twenty sixth annual Knights of Columbus convention with over a thousand visitors. Edward L. Hearn reports Archbishop Glennon proposed endowment funds for a Catholic university in Washington D C. Tomorrow’s vote may favor the plan. In Boston a Knights of Pythias parade through city streets features nearly 10 000 uniformed knights led by Major General Arthur J Stobbert.
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St. Louis
the Knights of Columbus
Edward L. Hearn
Preme Knight
Glennon
Washington, D. C
Pythians
Boston
Mass
Knights of Pythias
Uniform Bank
Arthur J. Stobbert
Heat Prostrations and Deaths Surge Across Cities
Three people die in Chicago and several prostrations are reported as extreme heat and humidity grip the city. thermometer reads 91. In Pittsburgh two deaths and numerous prostrations are noted.
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Chicago
Tiil
Pittsburg
Weather tale Iowa and Illinois expect fair weather
Iowa and Illinois forecasts show generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday. Iowa cooler tonight, not as warm in northern Illinois. sunrise 4 45 am, sunset 7 07 pm, moon set 10 53 pm.
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Iowa
Illinois
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