City mass of steamers Elks arrive for big gathering
San Francisco hosts Knights of Pythias and Elks as about fifty thousand visitors flood Market Street. Gov. Gage delivers the address and Supreme Chancellor Fethersoer responds. Salt Lake City prepares for the opening session with elaborate decorations as Louisville, Baltimore, and Des Moines campaign for the next meeting place.
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San Francisco
Knights of Pythias
Frisco
Market Street
Gage
Fethersoer
Elks
Salt Lake City
Louisville
Baltimore
Des Moines
Woman to Pilot Steamer on Ohio Mississippi Rivers
Mrs. John Golden of Jeffersonville Indiana has won a license to pilot steamers on the Ohio and Mississippi. She begins her first voyage today at the wheel of the Shawnee, guiding a large store boat Mount Vernon in tow. Previously Miss Emma Francis, she gained river knowledge through years with Capt. Golden across southern waterways.
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Louisville
John Golden
Jeffersonville
Ind
Ohio
Mississippi
Shawnee
Mount Vernon
Golden
Emma Francis
Capt. Golden
Band Stand Blown A Mile On Lake Harriet
A cyclonic storm at Lake Harriet tore the big band stand from its moorings and hurled it a mile across the water. Ellery's Royal Italian Band members were inside preparing for a concert, which was canceled as the structure broke apart on the pilings.
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Minneapolis
Lake Harriet
Ellery
Royal Italian Band
Mosquito Death Claims Child in Terre Haute
In Terre Haute Indiana on August 11 reports say the child of Adam Snider a hardware merchant died from blood poisoning caused by a mosquito bite three weeks earlier.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Adam Snider
Fourteenth Week Begins in Shenandoah Miners Strike
Shenandoah Pennsylvania reports the fourteenth week of a miners strike with 1,200 soldiers sustaining relief efforts. About $100,000 has been spent on relief as hunger grows among strikers. Soldiers feed the hungry while women and children gather at mess tents awaiting scraps.
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Shenandoah
Threshers in Combine Stir Iowa Farmers Over Prices
In Union county Iowa farmers urge enforcement of the anti trust law against a threshers’ combine formed by machine owners in the southern part of the county. They report fixed prices of 2 cents a bushel for oats 4 cents for wheat and 12 cents for timothy and territory is divided so each machine operates only in its own district. Some farmers plan buying a rival machine to work cooperatively.
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Creston
Union County
Timothy
Coronation Day Busy With Privy Council and Cabinet Investitures
London reports the coronation continues with a 11:30 privy council meeting. The king swore in new cabinet members and large crowds watched the ceremony as those entitled to the Victorian order were invested.
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London
Privy Council
Mystery remains unsolved about Bartholin case
Ongoing inquiry shows no breakthrough in the Bartholin matter as investigators follow leads and review evidence. No charges or clear suspect identified yet, officials say.
Son Yet to Face Murder Charge After Inquest
In Chicago the inquest into the decomposition of Mrs Bartholin identified as the mother of William Bartholin was held. Police say Bartholin and his fiancée Minnie Mitchell are missing with no trace found. Minnie Mitchells funeral occurred today as Milton Edwards who left Omaha due to fear Bartholin would kill him, arrived in Denver and offered to return if needed.
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Chicago
Bartholin
William Bartholin
Minnie Mitchell
Milton Edwards
Omaha
Denver
Excursion To Oskaloosa For 59th Iowa Encampment
About 50 Muscatine residents joined the M N S and Iowa Central excursion to Oskaloosa to attend the 59th Iowa encampment. The 6:30 am train was rain drenched, some passengers joined along the route, but heavy rain limited turnout. Those aboard reported a pleasant time once the weather cleared and the return train arrived late at night.
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59Th
Iowa
Oskaloosa
Iowa Central
Typophical Union Golden Jubilee Opens in Cincinnati
The International Typographical Union marks its golden jubilee in Cincinnati at the Pike Opera House. Acting Mayor Christie delivers the welcome, President Lynch replies, and officers' reports were read during the morning session.
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Cincinnati
International Typographical Union
Pike Opera House
Christie
Lynch
Union
Electrician Ray Bowers dies by self-inflicted gunshot in New Hampton
Ray Bowers an expert electrician in New Hampton Iowa shot himself in the temple Saturday near his home barn. He was about 23 and engaged to be married. His death follows similar suicides by his father and elder brother, suggesting hereditary insanity and unknown motive.
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New Hampton
Ray Bowers
Saved life of Wilson oned in Nicaragua
A report notes a dramatic rescue involving Wilson in Nicaragua. Officials did not provide further details, but the act is described as saving a life during a critical moment. Local observers credit quick action by bystanders and responders.
Ohio Doctor Held in Nicaragua Sentenced to Death
Washington Aug 11 State Consul Gottschalk cabled that Dr Russell Wilson an Ohio physician imprisoned and sentenced to death for rebellion is safe at Bocas del Toro and will return to the United States with his mother who sought aid and Senator Hanna's support Zelaya pardoned Wilson after state department representations
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Washington
Gottschalk
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Russell Wilson
Ohio
Bocas del Toro
United States
Hanna
Zelaya
Wilson
State Department
Strike at Rothschilds department store spreads
Chicago August 11 stablemen employed by the Rothschilds department store walked out this morning revealing a broad organized action across department stores involving women clerks boys and other workers.
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Chicago
Rothschilds
Chicago Markets Grain Dispatch From H. J. Toher Brokers
Market overview from Chicago with H E McKay of Muscatine reporting on wheat corn and oats. Wheat opened high then fell with bear notes from government report fears and heavy selling. some shorts covered as price weakness persisted. Corn opened strong but declined with bearish crop prospects and end of day near 50 percent in September. oats fell on large receipts and heavy selling with later partial rebound by commissions.
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General Commission House
Armour
Shorts
Commission
Lost legs at West Liberty
A Greek laborer named Peter Cawitzel, 18, working on a construction train near West Liberty depot, fell from a rail car and was severely crushed with both legs amputated. He was taken to Davenport hospital in critical condition. doctors Matthey Middleton and Harkness attended him at St Luke's hospital.
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West Liberty
Davenport
Peter Cawitzel
St. Luke's Hospital
Matthey
Middleton
Harkness
Confesses to wrecking train by thoughtless act
The 15 year old Delbert Preston of Omaha says he caused a Rock Island passenger train wreck near South Omaha on July 4 by leaving an iron spike on the rail. One man was killed and several injured. In Denver, Leonard M. Dingle a former Aspen bank teller is jailed for alleged embezzlement of $40 000 from the First National Bank of Aspen amid gambling losses.
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Omaha
Delbert Preston
Rock Island
South Omaha
Denver
Col
Leonard M. Dingle
First National Bank of
Aspen
Will Walk Over Colorado
Walter A Wyckoff the college man who lived as a tramp to study social problems has started a pedestrian tour of Colorado over the same ground he covered twelve years ago when he gathered material for his political economy articles.
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Denver
Col
Walter A. Wyckoff
Colorado
King Edward Gifts Osborne House to Nation
London reports Osborne House, Queen Victoria’s Isle of Wight retreat, was presented by King Edward to the British nation in memory of his coronation. The plan is to transform it into a convalescent home for navy and army officers. Osborne House, built in 1840 for the prince consort, long stood as a cherished royal residence.
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London
Osborne House
Queen Victoria
Wright
Edward
Prince Consort
Senator McMillan Dead In Massachusetts Summer Home
Michigan Senator James McMillan of Detroit died at his Fagle Head summer home in Manchester by the Sea Massachusetts at 4 am Sunday of congestion of the lungs and heart failure. Death was sudden and unexpected.
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Michigan
Massachusetts
Manchester-By-the-Sea
Mass
United States
James McMillan
Detroit
Fagle Head
Epworth League Cabinet to Meet at Methodist Church
Epworth League cabinet convenes this evening at 7 39 at the Methodist church. A league business meeting follows at 8. All members are urged to attend.
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Epworth League
Methodist Church
League
Carbolic Acid By Mistake Claims Cedar Rapids Woman
Ida Maud Johnson aged 22 died in Cedar Rapids Iowa last evening after taking carbolic acid by mistake. She collapsed in convulsions and died despite aid.
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Cedar Rapids
Ida Maud Johnson
Abandonment Imminent for Missouri River Navigation
Sioux City reports that the United States plans to abandon the Missouri River as a commercial waterway. Congress reduces appropriations and the Missouri River Commission ends, with federal officials preparing a full condition statement on whether further work is advisable. Since 1899 about $376,144 has been spent to keep the upper channel clear.
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Sioux City
United States
Missouri River
Congress
H. M. Chittenden
United States Engineers
Missouri River Commission
Missouri
Dubuque Girls Get Wage Increase After Strike
The Dubuque Telephone company boosts all girl operators’ wages by five dollars, grants a paid weekly vacation, and pays an extra dollar twenty five for Sunday work. The change follows a Des Moines operators strike and applies to the local Dubuque office.
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Dubuque
Dubuque Telephone Company Today
Des Moines
Weather Outlook: Fair and Warmer Tuesday in Chicago
Chicago Aug 11 Special indicates generally fair and cool tonight. Tuesday will be partly cloudy with rising temperatures across the area.
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Chicago
Market Receipts And Prices Across Regions And Grains
Chicago receipts show wheat 421 cars, corn 75, oats 329, hogs 30,000. Tomorrow's estimate: wheat 500, corn 70, oats 545, hogs 14,000. Week visible supplies include wheat 199,000 dec, corn 1,125,000 dec, oats 731,000 dec. Kansas City and Omaha report hogs 2,000 and 6,000 cattle 13,000 and 4,000. Northwest wheat totals: Minneapolis today 167, last week 203, last year 382. Duluth today 10, last week 7, last year 4. total today 177, last week 210, last year 386. Liverpool wheat % lower. corn not quoted. Cattle prices Beeves 4.40 8.90, cows 1.75 6.25, Texans 3.60 6.25, stockers 2.60 5.40. Daily clearances: wheat and flour 703,000, corn 14,000, oats 4,000 bushels.
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Jan Oo
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
Northwest
Minneapolis
Duluth
Liverpool
Two juvenile highwaymen terrorize San Jose area
In a Tracy style spree on a Sunday, two youths targeted a woman on the Edenvale road and robbed E. F. Hepples store at Coyote. They shot a sewing agent W. W. McKee who fled unhurt, a posse pursued, one robber killed himself, the other was captured.
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San Jose
Cal
Tracy
Edenvale
E. F. Hepples
Coyote
W. W. McKee
E. &. Hepples
Smith Family Reunion Planned at Holstein Fair
Holstein Iowa August 11 The Smith family will hold a reunion at Holstein on Tuesday August 19 on the first day of the Holstein district fair. The invitation comes from fair management and local Smith relatives. It is believed to be the first reunion of the family in the United States. All who bear the Smith name in the United States and possessions abroad are expected to attend.
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Holstein
Smith
Iowa
United States
Sea
Gored by Bull Claims Local Senator’s Father
From Plymouth Cerro Gordo county reports say the father of Senator F M Mossberry of Columbus Junction was gored to death by a bull on his farm Sunday forenoon. Mossberry left for his old home to attend the funeral.
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Columbus Junction
Iowa
Plymouth
Cerro Gordo County
F. M. Mossberry
Mossberry
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