Johnsons presidential boom boosts afternoon rally
Danville Illinois August 26 the conviction of Winfield Baker leader of the mob who terrorized the town July 25 after a lynching and jail attack has sparked fear among other mob members as penitentiary sentences loom. Baker faces an indeterminate term in prison. Carthase Missouri August 26 an explosion at the powder works killed Lee Barry Ernest Pearman Mr Hayworth and Superintendent Roll four miles out with only thirty other workers, three escaping.
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Danville
Ill
Winfield Baker
Baker
Carthase, Mo
Lee Barry
Ernest Pearman
Hayworth
Roll
Carthase Powder Works
Pauurt
Ohio Democrats Nominate Johnson as Convention Delegation Leader
Columbus August 26 Ohio Democrats meet to nominate a delegation led by Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland. Johnson's majority control ensures support for him at the national convention and elevates him as a gubernatorial candidate while sidelining John R. McLean. The platform denounces corporate influence and seeks popular election of U S senators.
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Columbus
Ohio
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
State Central Committee
Johnson
John R. McLean
John
Kansas City
Republican Party
United States
Ainsworth Man Hurt in Fall Feared Blood Poisoning
Ainsworth Iowa Aug 26 special J J F R Leonard prominent farmer near the city and former prohibition presidential candidate is in serious condition after a fall. His right leg is broken in two places and the knee is seriously injured with blood poisoning feared.
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Ainsworth
Jj J. F. R. Leonard
United States
Iowa Man Killed in Quarry Cave-In
Gulley Reiersen aged 63, a worker for LeGrand Quarry Co., was killed at the company's west quarry in Marshalltown Iowa when earth collapsed burying him. He died before rescue could reach him.
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Marshalltown
Gulley Reiersen
LeGrand Quarry Co
West
Telegraph Crosses Alaska Completes Seattle to Nome Link
Dawson Alaska Aug 26 The last telegraph link connecting Seattle with St Michael s is finished. Messages are now sent to Nome by mail marking the completion of the American government s Alaskan land system.
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Seattle
St. Michael's
Dawson
Alaska
St. Michael’s
Nome
Laborer Fractured Skull After Falling Rail Strike
Frank Luveck a Rock Island railroad repair worker is hospitalized in Iowa City with a fractured skull after a falling rail struck him at Oxford. Doctors fear for his life as he remains in University hospital.
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Iowa City
Frank Luveck
University Hospital
Rock Island Railroad Repair Force
Oxford
Lou Dillon May Best Record In Readville Effort
Boston horsemen expect Lou Dillon to trot a mile in under two minutes after her Monday Readville record showing. The may attempt follows the Readville performance and aims to set another mark as the champion trotter competes soon.
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Lou Dillon
Boston
Mass
Readville
Daring Robbery Strikes Iowa City on Iowa Avenue
Two masked men held up Tony Wyjack on Iowa avenue in front of a principal thoroughfare. One robber pressed a revolver to Wyjack's head while the other searched his pockets, making off with a gold watch and other jewelry valued at $50. No clues are available.
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Iowa City
Iowa Avenue
Tony Wyjack
Wyjack
Iowa Christian Endeavor Convention Moves for 1904
The eighteenth annual Iowa Christian Endeavor convention met in Sioux City with rival towns pushing for influence. Ida Grove endorses Rev. A. E. Kepford for president as Shenandoah arrives with a large delegation. An estimated 509 delegates attend, with sessions concluding Thursday evening.
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Sioux City
Iowa Christian Endeavor Society
Shenandoah
Ida Grove
A. E. Kepford
Mushrooms Poison Family In La Crosse
The entire family of six of B. L. Schuler and a guest Mrs. A. Clark of Chicago are seriously ill with ptomaine poisoning from eating mushrooms in La Crosse Wisconsin on August 26.
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B. L. Schuler
la Crosse
Wis
A. Clark
Chicago
Fusion Wins in Nebraska at State Democratic Convention
Fusion of populists and democrats in Nebraska was accomplished at the Democratic state convention held in Lincoln last night.
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Lincoln, Neb
Bag gagemen to deliver unpouched newspaper mail
The postmaster general issued a formal order authorizing baggagemasters to deliver unpouched newspaper mail. The move expands delivery of news packages as part of a new postal directive dated August 26 in Washington D C.
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Washington, D. C
Rumor of Attempted Killing of Russian Ambassador
The rumor from St. Petersburg says an assassination attempt was made on the Russian ambassador in Constantinople, as reports reach the city on August 26.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Constantinople
Iowa Flag Flown Over Iowa Building at Exposition
Iowa's emblem rises on the state building at the St Louis exposition with Miss Minnie Bronson of Iowa drawing the flag to its staff during the morning ceremonies. The event marks Iowa's formal display at the fair in St Louis on August 26.
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Exposition
St. Louis
Iowa
Minnie Bronson
Cleveland Baby Christened in Buzzard's Bay
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Grover Cleveland was christened Francis Grover Cleveland at Buzzards Bay Massachusetts on August 26 naming the child for both parents and the father.
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Buzzard’s Bay
Mass
Grover Cleveland
Francis Grover Cleveland
Sheriff Arrests Telegraph Agent on Seduction Charge
Newton Iowa August 26 Special the Clinton county sheriff arrested J W Hines Postal Telegraph manager in this city on the charge of seducing a young woman at Lyons.
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Newton
Clinton County
J. W. Hines
Lyons
Postmaster Burk Hurt in Sidewalk Slip Near Court House
Postmaster W. D. Burs eight was left with a severely sprained arm after falling last night near the court house. A sleeping dog on the sidewalk obstructed the path and was unseen by the postmaster. The injury will cause several days of pain.
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W. D. Burs
Court House
Crooked Union Man to Pen
New York Aug 26 Sam Parks walking delegate convicted of extortion in settling a strike was sent to Sing Sing on an indeterminate sentence.
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New York
Sam Parks
Sing Sing
Shamrock Not Hurt by Storm Amid Gale Toll of Seven
New York reports clarify that Shamrock HI escaped injury in the night’s storm. Seven sailors died in the hurricane off the coast, marking a deadly maritime disaster.
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New York
Shamrock HI
Spectacle Man Confesses Guilt In Burlingfton Burglaries
A Muscatine based spectacle dealer is said to have confessed that eyeglasses were a side graft for him and that most thefts were part of his trade. He told a local barber he was a very bad man and that burglaries occurred around his moves. Police pursued the suspect to Burlingto n where he was arrested for a burglary.
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Muscatine
Marshal McElry
Buriion
Burling
Burs
Jane
Cody
Woman of Senator Ball Narrowly Escapes Death in Colorado Snow
Mrs George W Ball wife of the state senator and her daughter Edith were sightseeing in Colorado when a fierce snowstorm left them lost on James Peak. Mrs Ball slipped into unconsciousness and was carried two miles to a settler’s cabin. A physician revived her after a two hour struggle and she survived the perilous trek through the storm.
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Iowa City
Colorado
George W. Ball
Ball
Edith
James Peak
Despondent Young Man Dies After Drinking Poison in Iowa Hotel
Ward Duncan, 28, a laborer from Columbus Junction, IA, drank carbolic acid in his hotel room and died. A coroner's jury ruled he took his own life due to ill health and persistent despondency. He left behind two sisters and two brothers living in Iowa and Washington.
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Ave
Ward Duncan
Gilbert
Duncan
Kona
C. P. Wagner
Granitute
Theo W. Hendrickson
E. C. Shaffer
Harrison Robo
Harry Rotesgthon
Salmon & Dperrews
Heria
Mr. Duncan
Taylor County
A. I. Duncan
Anamosa Penitentiary
Villa McNeally
Center Junction
Willa McCreedy
Letts
Edward
Judge Woods Knock Governor From Platform in Bismarck
The second fist fight in the current gubernatorial campaign occurred Tuesday at Bismarck as Judge Wood of the supreme court knocked Governor Jeff Davis from the speaker's platform after Davis charged irregularities in Wall Street zinc mining stock dealings. Four thousand witnessed the clash before friends separated them.
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Little Rock
Ark
Bismarck
Chicago market dispatch stamps mixed grains and livestock data
Special market dispatch from brokers in Muscatine and Chicago covers open high low close Wheat Sept to May prices for corn and rye futures, park and lard quotes, and U S cattle hogs and sheep receipts. It lists Chicago hogs 5.35 to 6.00, cattle 2.60 to 5.99, and sheep around 4.75, with regional receipts and expected carloads.
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Ing
Park
Texas
Western
Kansas City
Omaha
Rock Island plans double track crawl through Muscatine
The Rock Island railroad wires Elijah Baker that the contract for fill east of town to build a temporary double track has been let. Baker must grade about 500 feet and move 4000 yards of dirt using river sand with pumps drawn from the Mississippi. The plan shortens the route to speed terminal operations. a permanent track will follow, repurposing east and west bound lines.
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The
Rock Island Railroad Company
Elijah Baker
Mississippi River
Muscatine
Wife Swallow CID Newton Man Suicide Note
Newton Iowa August 24 special report Mrs Arthur Cook unhappy at home her husband kissed her baby then ran to a neighbor after taking a dose of strychnine on the way police report the couple had domestic troubles and the woman sent to hospital with the effects of the poison.
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Newton, Ia
Arthur
Des Moines Fair Attendance May Hit Record Despite Threats
Des Moines Iowa today reports an attendance of about 45 000 at the fair despite threatening weather with potential to set a new record.
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Des Moines
Home ransacked at Iowa avenue residence
The Madden home on Iowa Avenue was turned upside down by would be burglars last night while Mr and Mrs H C Madden attended the St Matthias festival. No money or valuables were taken though wardrobes dressers and bedding were scattered as a likely careful search occurred. A younger Madden and Arthur Madden were asleep on the second floor and the intruder’s identity remains unknown, with indications the offender was inexperienced.
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MH. C. Madden
H. C. Madden
Iowa Avenue
St. Matthias
Arthur Madden
Horse frightens wagon near the Y M C A building
A horse attached to Hinkel and Flannery’s delivery wagon bolted at 11:30 this morning after being spooked by some boys in front of the new Y M C A. It toppled a pile of tiling along the sidewalk before being steered into an alley near the Journal office and halted by Frank Schaefer. No damage occurred.
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Hinkel & Flannery
Journal Office
Frank Schaefer
Camping Party Leaves for Medicine Lodge Expedition
A group of six Muscatine residents with chaperone Mrs. Ella Moynahan departed this morning for a camping expedition at Medicine Lodge. They plan to stay four or five days.
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Ella Moynahan
Medicine Lodge
Deputy Sheriff Serves Notices in Fulton Township
Deputy Sheriff John Richlevy is in Fulton township to serve notices of appearance for the September term of the district court.
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John Richlevy
Fulton Township
Willing Workers Meet for Radebaugh Birthday Gift
Forty members of the Willing Workers spent Tuesday at the Radebaugh home on Muscatine Island. The group learned Mr and Mrs Radebaugh were celebrating a birthday and raised a handsome gift in their honor. About sixty guests attended the dinner and a literary program was held in the afternoon.
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Radebaugh
Muscatine Island
Radebauch
Mrs. Radebauch
Webb Seeks Guardian for Father John Webb
Edward L. Webb petitions the district court to appoint a guardian for his father John Webb, claiming the elder man is increasingly incompetent due to natural decay. Webb lists the elder Webb’s property at 38900 dollars.
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Edward L. Webb
Webb
District Court Today
John Webb
Weather Report for Iowa Forecast Shows Showers Likely
Chicago reports a weather note for Iowa with showers possible and a Thursday likelihood. Sun rises at 5 09 and sets at 6 37 with moon set at 8 54 am.
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