Fire Devours Block in Letts Iowa After Quick Inferno
A fire in Letts Iowa started around 11 40 p m and swept a wood frame business block in under an hour. Three buildings burned with losses near 14000 to 15000 dollars, aided by bucket brigades as firefighters battled the blaze and winds fanned the flames. The origin is suspected poker players in an empty house and insurance totals around 3000 dollars.
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Masonic Hall
Dr. Thompson
I. F. Snyder
Emppy
BD. W. Shellabarger
F. B. Idie
DD. W. Pain
GS. W. Hartman
Mississippi Valley Telephone Company
Letts
Lettsville
Ui Io
Etire Bloc
Woodman
Woodman Hall
Famen
I. F. Sorder
J. A. Thompson
Sito
Surgeons Set Goal to End Yellow Fever by October First
In New Orleans Surgeon White says yellow fever could be stamped out by October 1 with continued efforts. The fever chiefs quarrel over federal control, as county health board members oppose central oversight despite improving hospital corps records.
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New Orleans
White
Health Board
Niring
Chicago plans 264 mile municipal street railways
Mayor Dunne proposes a municipal street railway system for Chicago covering 264 miles, potentially operable by January 1, 1908, with projected annual net profits exceeding 4 million dollars after stockholder shares. Du Pont estimates a 25 million dollar cost using overhead trolley in downtown and residential areas, with cost details deemed preliminary and subject to mayoral and committee approval.
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Chicago
Dunne
A. B. du Pont
du Font
du Pont
Committee On Local Transportation
Ma du Pont
Settlement of Columbian Exposition Affairs After Twelve Years
After twelve years of work officials of the World's Columbian Exposition announce closure of affairs. President Harlow N. Higinbotham and Secretary H. C. Edmonds remain officers of the company. About $20,600 in stockholder funds remain unlocated. Of the $3,500,000 subscribed, 1444 percent has been returned to stockholders. Many owners viewed the funds as donations to Chicago and did not expect returns.
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Ghitago
Aug
Harlow N. Higin- Lotham
H. C. Edmonds
Chicago
Alleged Discrimination by Illinois Central Shippers File Complaint
T Rainey of Thompsonville Illinois filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a complaint that the Illinois Central Railroad enforces lower rates for members of the Central Traffic weighing bureau. He says bureau members pay only 15 percent of the charge to preserve poultry while non members are charged on full gross weight. The railroad has 20 days to respond.
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Ilinois Poultry Shippers
Washington
McKinney Named Aledo Banker for 14th District
James McKinney of Aledo was nominated for Congress to succeed the late I. Marsh by the Republican convention for the fourteenth district at Bushnell on August 25. On the second ballot McKinney won with solid backing from all counties except Rock Island which supported P. G. Allen. First ballot totals had Allen 41, McKinney 16.
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Bushnell
Spectus
James McKinney
Aledo
Congress
I. Marsh
Rock Island
Mercer County
P.G. Allen
Henderson
G. R. Gittings
Warren
George C. Rankin
McDonough
V. Chandler
Allen
McKinney
McKinney Nominated After Long County Convention
McKinney wins on second ballot amid a 10 minute suspension to save a conference. Rankin of Warren, Gittings of Henderson, Chandlier of McDonough praise McKinney and pledge support. McKinney, a longtime Aledo banker born in Henderson County, leads the 14th district Republicans with Roosevelt praise and firm anti corruption stance.
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Chanler
Rankin
Gittings
McKinney
Allen
McDonough County
Rock 'Sland
Warren
Henderson
Chandlier
McDonough
Tunnel under Detroit River work starts now
Work began today on the railroad tunnel to be built under the Detroit river between Windsor and Detroit with a 2.6 mile underground portion and a total surface to surface length of three miles. Officials estimate completion will take two to three years after sinking the initial shaft.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit River
Windsor
Illinois Republicans Praise Deneen and Sherman Support
The document lauds Gov. Deneen and Lt. Gov. Sherman for honest leadership and reforms. It echoes Republican pride in state governance and allied national assembly figures, endorsing Deneen and praising Sherman for opposing waste and backing prudent administration.
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Sherman
L. ¥. Sherman
Ofice
Deneen
Republican Party
Drowning Flood Slams Colorado Work Camp
In Trinidad Colorado Aug 25 reports say up to 14 persons drowned in a flood near Tabasco. Austrian and Italian laborers and their families lost seven houses as the Colorado and Southern line to Berwin was washed away. Flood waters swept the canyon all night hindering searchers with rumors of 12 to 20 houses and 25 to 36 lives lost.
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Trinidad
Colo
Tabasco
Colorado
Berwin
League of American Municipalities Chooses Chicago Next Year
The League of American Municipalities closed its convention in Toledo Ohio with Chicago selected as the next meeting site. R K G Rhett mayor of Charleston D C was elected president and John Mac Vicar of Des Moines was named secretary. The body ended debates on municipal ownership.
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League of American Municipalities
Toledo
Ohio
Chicago
RK. G. Rhett
Charleston
D. C
John MacVicar
Des Moines
Cure for Consumption Claimed by Vegetable Fluid
New York reports that the New York Post Graduate hospital circular announces a vegetable fluid claimed as a positive cure for consumption. The circular, sent to prominent physicians under seal of secrecy, describes preparation methods and lists vegetables common to markets as components.
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New York
New York Post Graduate Hospital
Woman Dies Jumping From Train At Eads Bridge
Laura Oxford aged 32 drowned after leaping from a Burlington train on the Eads bridge in St Louis while escaping her niece returning her to Texas. Authorities cite nervous trouble as the cause of self harm.
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Eads Bridge
St. Louis
St. Lois
Texas
Laura Oxford
Burlington
Broken Hearted Man Sues For Breach Of Promise
St Louis, Aug 23 Adolph Krele sues Miss Mary J Wilson for breach of promise claiming not only his heart was harmed but also seeks 225000 damages and his china cabinet and dog as part of the actions. Wilson is the daughter of a retired furniture dealer from Jennings in Clayton County.
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St. Louia
St. Louis
Adolph Krele
Mary J. Wilson
Jennings
Clayton County
Father Serving Murder Term Allowed to Attend Daughters Funeral
Julius Meizer, jailed 25 years for murder after the Humboldt drowning deaths of his two daughters, will be allowed to leave Anamosa to attend their funeral in Des Moines. The special permission was granted as the father travels to Des Moines for the service on August 25.
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Des Moines
Julius Meizer
Humboldt Festerday
Anamosa
Increase in Wages: Boston Carpenters Get Raise
Six thousand Boston union carpenters won higher wages after arbitration by Judge George T. Wentworth. Employers and unionists submitted the dispute over a new working agreement to the respected arbitrator, and the decision authorized the wage boost for the workers.
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Boston Carpenters
Boston
Union Carpenters of
George T. Wentworth
Employers and Unionista
Weather for Iowa Indications in Chicago Report
Special indications for Iowa show fair weather and warming tonight and Saturday. Tide and moon rise schedules include sea at 6 08, pots at 6 38, moon at 12 05 a.m.
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Chicago
Iowa
Murder Mystery Loses Clues in Mrs Mize Case
Chicago August 25 Detectives failed to identify the murderer of Mrs Theodore Mize despite systematic efforts by Hyde Park detectives under Inspector Hunt and the murder bureau led by Chief Collins and Assistant Chief Schuettler. No arrests reported as Mrs F A Wilson prepares to leave but may testify. A boy found Mrs Mize handbag on Venues avenue north of Fifty seventh Street.
Arrest "Rich Quick" Official In Iowa Scam
Alexander Buchanan, secretary of an alleged get rich quick concern called Northwestern Trust Company, was arrested in Council Bluffs on a state charge of unlawful business. The sheriff closed the company office and took its records. Stockholders petitioned for a receiver as victims, numbering in the hundreds across Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota, while Peter B. Jacobs, a farmer near South Omaha, is named as president. The company was not incorporated and two men are the only known associates. The scam involved securing monthly payments from contract holders who were promised homes when their turns came.
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Iowa
Council Bluffs
Alexander Buchanan
Northwestern Trust Company
Nebraska
South Dakota
Peter B. Jacobs
South Omaha
Lost in forests six women and children rescued
In Escanaba Michigan on August 28 six women and four children were rescued after wandering in blueberry swamps known as No Man's Land since Wednesday. They were found in a fatigued and starved state after 209 men searched the area all day. They had no food or water during their ordeal.
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Escanaba
Mich
No Man's Land
Married at Iowa City unite Montezuma pair
Robert A. Mortland editor of the Montezuma Palladium and Misa Katharine Zella Harding wed in Iowa City on August 25. Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Pye of the M E church officiated at the parsonage ceremony. The couple, from Montezuma, plan a honeymoon in Chicago.
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Iowa City
Robert A. Mortland
Misa
Katherine Zella Harding
Montezuma
Nathaniel Pye
M. E. Church
Montezuma Palladium
Fight on Crete Island Ends in Heavy Casualties
At Retimo district on Crete Ruasian troops clashed with revolutionaries. Russians were repulsed near Atispopoulos losing 2 soldiers and 20 gendarmes. Revolutionaries retreated to Retimo after ammunition ran low, with six killed.
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Canea Island
Crete
Retimo
Atispopoulos
Miss Jane Young Dies After Prolonged Illness
Jane Young daughter of a prominent Clinton farming family died at the Auditorium hotel after several months of illness. Her mother and three brothers, all local business men, were at her bedside in Chicago August 25.
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Jane Young
Clinton
Chicago
Auditorium Hotel
Bliss Young
Prominent Woman Dead After Amputation in Iowa City
Mrs John Mershon wife of a leading banker of Brackenstown is dead in Iowa City after her foot was amputated to avert blood poisoning. The death comes amid the early report of the surgery and follows her illness, with attention drawn to her public role and the local banking family.
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Mershon
Iowa City
John Mershon
Bmfechansenville
Dynamite destroys Carlisle Negro church in race riot
Vincennes Ind Aug 25 Bloodhounds on trail of dynamiters after the Baydlet church, a Negro house of worship, is wrecked in a race war incident. Threats vow collective expulsion of all Negroes if arrests occur.
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Vincennes
Ind
Carlisle
Conference at St Petersburg and Japan talks continue
Aug 25 reports from Paris Oyster Bay and Portsmouth describe a tense conference scene. Lamsdorff denies Russia will pay indemnity while Kaneko meets Roosevelt and remains noncommittal. Anxiety rises in Paris as Baron Komura and the Japanese peace team press on to Manchester amid mixed cables from St Petersburg.
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Tokio
Komura
Katsura
Chinda
Marquitte
Associated Pléas
Portsmouth
St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Lamsdorift
Lamsdorff
Russia
Japan
Kaneko
New York
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Paris
Grand Duke
Vladimir
Manchester
Baron Komura
M. da Wide
Count Lamsdorf
Nicholas
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James M'Kinnee Aledo, Li
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