Royal coronation rehearsals and arrivals reported
Prince Henry of Prussia and Princess Louise of Battenburg arrive as royal visitors gather ahead of the coronation. Weather turns squally but sunshine expected for Saturday. The pope in Rome sends greetings to King Edward. At Buckingham Palace King Edward invests peers with orders including the garter and a new order of merit for several lords.
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Cess
Henry
Prussia
Louise of
Battenburg
Rome
Edward
London
Buckingham Palace
Dukes of Wellington
Sutherland
ANTI LIQUOR WINS IN IOWA COURT DECISIONS
Sigourney Iowa August 8 Judge Clements denied a permit to sell liquor requested by H H Rinert of Keota and granted an injunction against Rock Island Brewing Co cold storage plant at What Cheer. The cases mark a victory for the anti saloon league prosecuted by C M Brown.
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Sigourney
Iowa
Clements
H. H. Rhinert
Keota
Rock Island Brewing Company
Anti-Saloon League
C. M. Brown
Woman dies in fit of anger over ruined garden
Beloit Wisconsin August 8 Mrs Gilbert Hal verson died after an anger driven apoplexy caused by horses trampling her flower garden Her father Carl A Cole formerly owned a farm in Milwaukee where part now sits Juneau park
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Beloit
Wis
Gilbert Halverson
Carl A. Cole
Milwaukee
Juneau Park
Valuable barn fire destroys McNeal property near Montezuma
A large barn owned by George McNeal just south of Montezuma burned with its contents. Three hundred bushels of corn, oats, hay, $500 worth of machinery, and other property were lost. Total damage runs about $5,000, partly insured. Officials suspect arson as the cause.
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Montezuma
George McNeal
Changes in Ministry Announced in London
London reports three changes in the ministry with Austin Chamberlain named postmaster general. W. W. Forster becomes treasury secretary and Sir Walrond Chamberlain the duchy of Lancaster chancellor. The Daily Mail notes Richey will replace Beach as chancellor of the exchequer.
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London
Austin Chamberlain
W. W. Forster
Treasury
Walrond
Duchy of Lancaster
Richey
Beach
The
Daily Mail
Home Affairs
Michael Hicks- Beach
Exchequer
Girl Fights 2 Horse Thieves Near Bowling Green
Miss Lucille Heilman of Bowling Green Ohio battled two horse thieves after spotting a stolen horse being led in a buggy. She struck the thief's hand with a whip to free the horse, but the robbers recovered it and fled, with the sheriff now seeking the pair.
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Lucille Heilman
Bowling Green
Prophecy of Tidal Wave Fears Hit Atlantic City
Atlantic City residents fret over a tidal wave prophecy in August. Local weather officials report receiving letters from timid summer residents fearing sailing, hotel workers quitting, and guests fleeing. The rumor threatens thousands of dollars in losses for hotel proprietors.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Weather Bureau
BRYAN SAYS HE SHALL NOT BE A CANDIDATE IN 1904
W J Bryan tells a Journal reporter in Columbus Junction he will not be a candidate in 1904 yet does not rule out future possibilities. He objects to morning dispatches misquoting him and stresses his commitment to reforms and editorial work. He comments on the Iowa Republican platform and tariff monopolies.
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Journal Reporter
A Fair Yield of Apples in Southeastern Iowa
Reports from nearly all Iowa counties to August 1 indicate a good winter apple crop in southeastern Iowa while other regions are less favored. Some southwestern areas expect fair winter apples. northern Iowa faces a very light plum crop at 5 to 20 percent of average.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Wesley
State Horticultural Society
Work for 4 Cents a Day on Eastern Galician Farms
The Neue Freie Presse reports dire conditions in eastern Galicia after a Labor investigation. It cites famine mortality averaging about fifty thousand over several years, wages from eight to sixteen cents daily for men and four to eight cents for women, and peasants largely subsisting on a soup of water and herbs.
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Vienna
Galica
Neue Freie Presse
Post Office Site Search in Marshalltown Aims at Court House Square
United States Commissioner Wheaton surveys Marshalltown sites for a government building. A citizen committee drives him to options and pushes for a location facing the court house square to unite east and west sides and curb local jealousy.
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Marshalltown
United States
Wheaton
Court House Square
Insuring J Pierpont Morgan in London Markets
London reports say speculators in American railways insure J Pierpont Morgan as a protection measure. Premiums reach 9 percent annually for life, with three month policies at 45 shillings. The Westminster Gazette notes the rumor of Morgan’s protection on arrival in New York from anarchist threats.
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London
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Westminster Gazette
Morgan
New York
Man Sells Wife For 30 Cents In Indiana
Harvey Tallerday, of Elkhart, Indiana, has not seen his wife in five weeks after selling her for 30 cents to Morgan Gordon. They had been married twenty two years with three children. Mrs Tallerday favored Gordon. he paid and took her away. It is suspected they went to Michigan.
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Elkhart
Ind
Harvey Tallerday
Morgan Gordon
Tallerday
Gordon
Michigan
Explosion in quarry near Trieste kills eight
Vienna report says a nitro glycerine blast at a rock quarry in Siatiaria near Trieste today killed eight workers and injured 29 others.
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Vienna
Siatiaria
Trieste
Santa Fe to Cut Live Stock Rates Aug 11
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad will reduce Kansas City to Chicago live stock rates on August 11. The current rate of 23 1 2 cents per hundred pounds drops to 12 cents, following a prior cut by the Chicago Great Western to 18 1 2 cents from the Missouri river to Chicago. The Great Western move has hurt Santa Fe's interests more than any other eastbound line from the Missouri river.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Missouri River
Chicago Great Western
Great Western
Santa Fe
Lincoln grave monument to be dedicated Oct 1 in Indiana
Indianapolis Aug 8 The Nancy Hanks grave monument at Lincoln Indiana will be dedicated October 1 Col Charles S Denby of Evansville former minister to China will be invited to deliver the dedicatory address
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Indianapolis
Ind
Nancy Hanks
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Charles S. Denby
Evansville
China
Mt Pleasant Man Cured By Baltimore Doctor
Henry Whiting of Mt. Pleasant Iowa regained sight using a new device invented by Dr Henry F Carey of Baltimore. The machine uses an air compressor powered by a 2 hp dynamo and glass eye cups to gently oscillate the eyelids, part of years of experiments that have helped dozens recover vision.
Sixteen Men Believed Dead In Bowen Coal Mine Blast
An explosion at the Union Coal and Coke mine in Bowen Colorado killed sixteen men and left several others missing. Recovery operations began immediately. four bodies were recovered by 10 p.m. The mine employs about sixty workers and most of the dead were married. The blast, due to fire damp, occurred eight hundred feet from the mouth of the slope after the night shift began, with powder detonation worsening the wreckage.
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Trinidad
Col
Union Coal and Coke Company
Bowen
William E. Fuller in Poor Health at Washington
Word came from West Union Iowa on August 8 that William E. Fuller assistant attorney general of the United States was very ill and not expected to live. His daughter Miss Augusta Fuller was sent for and departed for Washington.
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United States
West Union la
William E. Fuller
Augusta Fuller
Washington
Government talks on Atlantic shipping combine stall
In the commons today Balfour said negotiations on the Atlantic shipping combine were ongoing but no statement could be made yet due to no fault of the government.
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London
Balfour
Atlantic Shipping Combine
Fifty Houses Burned in Port au Prince Fire
A midnight blaze in Port au Prince Hartt destroyed 50 houses causing $200,000 in losses with no casualties reported. Fire crews battled the flames but the structures were severely damaged. Identification of the exact neighborhood was not provided in the report.
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Port Au Prince Hartt
Chicago Markets Summary from H J Toher dispatch
Open high low close figures cover wheat corn oats pork lard ribs and live stock in Chicago with Aug Sep Dec positions. Receipts show hogs at 17 000 with declines noted. cattle and sheep remain steady. Northwest and Liverpool movements noted with price shifts across multiple grains and meats.
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Chicago
Tod-Y-Y
Train Strikes Carriage at Columbus Junction
A northbound B C R and N train hit a crossing carriage at Columbus Junction at about 9 pm injuring three occupants. Mrs Jean and Mrs Ceboda and driver Frank Paxson were hurt. Mrs Ceboda is seriously injured. A son of G T Church escaped unharmed. The carriage dragged roughly 100 feet. horses uninjured.
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Columbus Junction
Jean
Ceboda
Frank Paxson
Nichols
Letts
G. T. Church
Burlington sets November 1 opening for Oskaloosa to Tracy link
Progress on the Des Moines and Burlington division between Oskaloosa and Tracy continues rapidly. Officials fixed November 1 as the opening date. Grading from Oskaloosa to the river crossing is finished with two small bridges remaining to place and track laid to five miles west of Oskaloosa, aiming toward the Des Moines river bridge approach.
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Burlington
Oskaloosa
Des Moines
Tracy
Des Moines River
Funeral for John Boke Sr. Held at Family Home
The 68 year old John Boke Sr died yesterday at 2:30 PM at 1237 Dale Street. Funeral will be at the family residence Saturday afternoon at an unspecified hour. He was born in Westmorland County Pennsylvania and lived in Bloomington Muscatine Port Louisa before settling in this city twelve years ago. Survived by wife and seven children: Callie Shaw Letts Kate Beery Belle Flenner John Boke Jennie Metzger near Wilton Dora Hoffman and Bert Boke.
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John Boke
Dale Street
West Morland County
Penn
Bloomington
Muscatine
Port Louisa
Park Avenue M. E. Chirch
Callie Shaw
Letts
Kate Béery
Belle Flenner
Chicago
John B. Boke
Jennie Metzger
Wilton
Dora Hoffman
Bert Boke
Wealthy German Die in Newton Cemetery While Mowing
Joachim Griebel 76, a respected German resident of Malaka township, died of heart failure while mowing the family burial lot. He sat on his wife’s grave for shade as heat intensified and was found dead by passers-by.
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Newton
Joachim Griebel
Malaka
Griebel
Geneva Golf Club Purchases 40 Inch Lawn Mower
The Geneva Golf and Country Club executive and green committees met to approve buying a large 40 inch mower to manage rapid growth on the links. The machine, similar to city park equipment, will arrive soon and start work immediately. A club house telephone will also be installed for added convenience.
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Geneva
Jail Death: E G Chidester Commits Poison Suicide
Ottumwa Iowa Aug 8 Special E G Chidester died by his own hand in Bloomfield jail last night while awaiting grand larceny charges. Poison caused his death and police report he used poison to end his life.
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E. G. Chidester
Bloomfield
Ottumwa
Knox to Dine with President Before European Trip
Attorney General Knox and Mrs. Knox will lunch with the president at Oyster Bay as Knox says farewell before his European voyage. He is also expected to endorse H. L. West for the District of Columbia commissionership, a post now vacant.
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Oyster Bay
Knox
Europe
H. L. West
District of Columbia
Attorney General Knox recounts hotel attack by Pennsylvanians
Knox testified the Atlantic City incident was a drunken brawl at the Garden hotel. He said four ladies accompanied him and Charles Schoen of Pittsburgh was among the aggressive party. No trust issue was discussed and the quarrel ended with interruptions and a scuffle.
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New York
Knox
Atlantic City
Garden Hotel
Charles T. Schoen
Pittsburg
Atlantic N. J
Charles Scheen
Pittsburger
Scheen
Not in Jail After Cutting Affray Between Norris and Baker
Jacob Norris and Guy Baker were involved in a cutting affray as reported in the Journal. Constable Warner says Norris is ill at home on the Iowa avenue extension and not jailed, out on bail awaiting grand jury action. Norris says Baker attacked him while he sat whittling, and Norris claims self defense with a knife.
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Jacob Norris
Guy Baker
Warner
Mr. Norris
Iowa Avenue
Mr. Varner
Varner
Justice Howe
Baker
Hanged for foul crime in Chicago county jail
Louis G. Thoms alias Toombs was hanged at 11 30 this morning for the December 1901 murder of Carrie Larson. He served as steward aboard the steamer Peerless and lured the girl to kill her, weighing the body and sinking it after cutting a hole in the ice. The corpse was found in January.
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Chicago
Louis G. Thoms
Toombs
Carrie Larson
Thoms
Peerless
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Henry Whiting
Henry County
Colorado
Shipping Combine Business
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Omaha
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Jasper County
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