Storm Subside. Gulf Coast Damaged and Vessels Wrecked
Reports from August 16 describe a tropical Gulf storm moving northward toward the Atlantic coast. Mobile suffered extensive damage with vessels wrecked, a Gulf coast city’s water front inundated, and the Neptune salvaged vessel destroyed. No confirmed fatalities yet. New Orleans and Mobile seek word as the storm’s reach remains uncertain.
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Atlantic
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New Orleans
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Second District
Neptune
Gulf Coast
Alabama
Western Union
Midwife Arrested Over Superstition Delirium Case
At Sandusky Ohio Johanna Genofskey a midwife was jailed overnight after relatives accused her of casting a devil into a delirious mother Mary Kauffman following a birth. The sister Marsky helped trigger the incident and a court decision was reserved as Genofskey recovered enough to testify.
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Toledo
Ohio
Sandusky
Johanna Genofskey
Mary Kauffman
Marsky
Genofskey
Lodge Is Coming to Iowa for Campaign Visit
Des Moines announces that United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge plans to visit Iowa during the campaign, in an exchange arrangement with Governor Leslie M. Shaw. Lodge would come to Iowa while Shaw travels to Massachusetts if the plan is completed.
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Des Moines
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Iowa
Leslie M. Shaw
Lodge
Shaw
Massachusetts
Rock Island Cut-Off Progress report Near Wood’s place
Brighton Enterprise notes a new grading camp just beyond Wood's place, making four camps on the Rock Island cut-off from here to Perlee. Work is swift with about fourteen horses per scraper and loading a wagon in under thirty seconds. Three steam shovels expected to join soon.
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Brighton
Or Wood
Rock Iland
Here
Perlee
Castro Eyes Panama Canal as Uribe Castro Plot Grows
The state department reports indicate General Uribe and Venezuelan President Castro back a Venezuela Colombia Ecuador federation. Castro aims to gain control of Panama for a canal and leverage a multimillion dollar concession, prompting U.S. plans to protect transit rights and American property, with naval deployment to Colon and Panama.
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State Department
Colombia
Venezuela
General Uribe
Castro
Ecuador
United States
Panama
Germany
Marguerita
New Granada
Colon
Phillips Company Files for Bankruptcy in Chicago
A bankruptcy petition was filed for George H. Phillips Company with Chicago Title and Trust appointed receiver. Assets reach 210000 while liabilities run 225000 to 250000, most possessions are book claims with 100000 admitted worthless. Phillips plans to use assets to pay debts and liquidate the rest, insisting he will pay in full. Employes are suspected of defalcations amid rising suspicions at the board of trade.
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Chicago
George H. Phillips Company
Chicago Title and Trust Company
Corn King
Phillips
Philips Company
Board of Trade
Phillips Company
Phillips Office
Strike Actions Across Steel Plants Stir Labor Leadership
Reports from Pittsburg Joliet and Chicago on Aug 16 describe Amalgamated Association efforts to unify steel workers amid a nationwide strike. Joliet workers vote to obey Shaffer after a long meeting while South Chicago workers consider a new session to review votes. Bay View and other plants show widespread idle conditions and cautious wage talks continue.
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Illinois
Pittsburg
Tighe
Milwaukee
Bay View
Joliet, Hil
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
Joliet
L C. Norton
Illinois Steel
Wis
Bay View Lodge
The
Michael Tighe
Federal Steel Company
Chicago
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Asociation
James Connors
Connors
Bellaire
Ohio
Weather Outlook and Shutdown Expectation Mentioned
Chicago August 16 indications for Iowa predict generally fair weather tonight and Saturday with slightly warmer conditions in the northeast. A quiet period is noted as the shutdown impression grows that it may last for months.
Austrian Count and Bride Endure Vesuvius Auto Trip
Vienna chatter centers on Count Carl Schoenborn-Buchheim and his bride after their wedding tour by car. They ascended Mount Vesuvius in an automobile, a feat planned after a pre Rome trip to assess discomforts and smooth the journey.
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Vienna
Carl Schoenborn-Buchheim
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Austrian Automobile Club
Rome
Lieutenant Watterson Weds in Philadelphia
Lieutenant Henry Watterson of the U S Army, son of the Louisville cementment, wed Miss Blanca Esther Casanova in Philadelphia at noon. The bride, niece of General Casanova killed in the Cuban-Spanish war, met the lieutenant in Cuba after American forces landed on the island.
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Philadelphia
Henry Watterson
Louisville
Blanca Esther Casanova
Juan J. Casanova
Cuba
Casanova
Watterson
Milwaukee closes deal on right of way through city
Milwaukee officials announce that the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway has closed option agreements with property owners for a right of way through the city. Deeds have been made and will be recorded soon after the options expired today.
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Chicago, Milwaukee and
Wallace Shows to Exhibit in Muscatine on Thursday
The first big circus visit of the season to Muscatine is the Wallace show. It will perform twice on Thursday August 22 and features a large menagerie three rings and a stage. The show is billed as the highest class circus in the world with a national reputation for superb horses.
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Wallace
Muscatine
Wilton Township Delegation Plans Attendance at County Convention
A Wilton township delegation lists members R J McSwiggan George Bannick John Schomberg J B McCartney George Sherberger John Beimford Chas P Teeple Geo W Klein Thomas Kelley William Maloney W P Ross for the Democratic county convention next Saturday. Read the Journal Want Column.
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Wilton Township
R. J. McSwiggan
George Bannick
John Schomberg
J. B. McCartney
George Sherberger
John Beimford
Chas. P. Teeple
Geo. W. Klein
Thomas Kelley
William Maloney
W. P. Ross
Boer successes reported as Lydensburg recaptured and camps attacked
Amsterdam reports Boer agents claim Lydensburg recaptured and Middlebury camp attacked with a thousand men freed. They also say 800 colonials deserted to the Boers. A British scouting party near New Bethesda is said ambushed with few details.
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Amsterdam
Transvaal
Lydensburg
Botha
Middlebury
Middleburg
New Bethesda
Community Notes From Moscow Iowa Aug 16
Moscow Iowa residents share updates from relatives and friends. John Hirshman returns to Arkansas after visit. Mrs Appel visits G F Schafnit in town. Paulus Hahn Sr patients and farm moves discussed along with new saw mill equipment and local visits from Dr Coxe and Chas Devore.
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Moscow
John R. Hirschman
Arkansas
Paulus Hahn
John McKillup
Illinois
Anna Keller
Davenport
Iowa
Coxe
Frank Leimkuehler
Dan Smith
Chas. Devore
Newbury
Chas
Letts and Johnson Visit Davenport Races for Columbus Junction Fair
President William Letts and Secretary Johnson of the Columbus Junction fair toured the Davenport races yesterday in support of their upcoming event.
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William Letts
Johnson
Columbus Junction Fair
Davenport
Crescens Sets World Record Trotting Mile at Brighton Beach
Crescens the champion trotter defeated The Abbot in the second heat at Brighton Beach, clocking a world best mile in 2.03 percent. The performance tied The Abbot’s existing record and marked Crescens’s latest string of triumphs with 15,000 spectators watching. The opening mile in the big event had already shown pace, with Crescens leading from the start and not headed.
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Crescens
Abbot
Brighton Beach
Ketcham
Crescent
Geers
Geers Wa
Bunt
Detroit
Monk
Charley Herr
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