Third Mulct Petition Started in City Today
A group of thirty two men backed by three breweries and local investors launched Muscatine’s third petition for saloon consent. The push aims to sign every voter and cover all residences with rapid circulation before October, with offices at Martin Havercamp’s in the First National Bank building.
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Muscatine
Musecatine
P. Schoenhofm Brewing Company
Chicago
Rock Island Brewing Company
Independent Malting Company
Davenport
Martin Havercamp
First National Bank
Law Enforcement League
Board of Supervisors
Three Lamps and Stove Explode in Iowa Fire
In Columbus Junction Adrian Reynolds narrowly avoided a major blaze when three lamps and a kerosene stove exploded in the Commercial Annex. Reynolds suffered burns carrying out a burning can, and wash on the line caught fire. The incident prompted quick action by occupants, with a claim that the can held gasoline instead of kerosene.
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Columbus Junction
Commercial Annex
Adrian Reynolds
Reynolds
Earthquake Hits Rome Causes Light Damage
Rome reports a minor earthquake this afternoon. No casualties, damage described as slight, with officials assessing aftershocks and safety measures.
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Rome
Injunction suit withdrawn over interstate rate order
Chicago August 31 The Rock Island and other railroads withdrew their suit to enjoin the new proportional rate between Chicago and Des Moines set by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The withdrawal follows a U.S. circuit court Missouri River rate cases decision denying the commission power to set new rates. The same principle underlies both cases.
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Chicago, Ill
Rock Island
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Des Moines
United States Circuit Court
Dutch Punish Flores Rebels In Flores Ambush
Dutch forces in Batavia report heavy actions against Flores rebels. Fifteen rebels killed in an ambush and a reinforced detachment killed about 117 natives in the subsequent attack.
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Flores Island
Batavia
Java
Flores
Gompers Attacked as Union Divide Deepens at Talks
At the International Trades Union conference in Paris on August 31, Gompers defended American unionism amid European pressure to join the international federation. He argued for cooperation while preserving American notions of unionism, facing sharp criticism that Americans are hesitant to affiliate. An Austrian delegate urged eventual American unity with European unions.
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Paris
International Trades Union Conference
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Europe
America
American Federation
Trades Congress
Hueber
International Federation
Journal Des Debats
Delos Arnold Dies in Pasadena Former Iowa Politician
Pasadena report states Delos Arnold, once a notable figure in Iowa politics, died in Pasadena California on August 31. He had been active in political circles and later resided in California. The notice gives no surviving family details.
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Pasadena
Cal
Liabilities Estimated Large in Hardy Grain Co Failure
Union City Tenn Aug 31 It is stated today that the liabilities of the Hardy Grain Co which failed yesterday aggregate 186 000 and may total 250 000
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Union City
Tenn
Hardy Grain Co
Kling To Manage Major League Club Next Season
Kansas City Aug 31 John Kling former Chicago Nationals player said he will manage a major league team next season He declined Cincinnati Nationals offer to be their manager and will take charge of a different club in the circuit.
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Kansas City
John Kling
Chicago Nationals
Cincinnati Nationals
Oakes Death Before Louisa Go Grand Jury Indicts
Grand jury indicates decision on Oakes death case. Refusal based on law giving him right to withhold announcements when verdict holds a man not in custody.
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Oakes
Louisa GO
Death case in Iowa shifts toward murder indictment
Wapello Iowa August 31 grand jury taking testimony from coroner inquest witnesses on Hiram D Oakes death with Charles Brown likely implicated. Public secrecy fuels speculation of an imminent indictment while Brown remains at large after fleeing the scene and surviving a night in town.
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Wapello
Hiram Cakes
Columbus Junction
Louisa County
J. B. Johnson
C. A. Sprague
J. H. Bensom
Brown
Grand Jury
Hiram D. Oakes
Charles Brown
C. P. Wagner
Grandview
W. H. Hurley
Seventh Annual Women's Western Golf Championship Opens
The seventh annual Women's Western Golf Championship began at Homewood Links in Chicago on August 31 with over seventy contestants. An eighteen hole qualifying round was played today, with sixteen players advancing to the championship flight.
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Chicago
Ill
Homewood Country Club
Seven Children Die In Flames At Rockaway Park
Seven bodies were recovered from the ruins of St Malachis Home in Rockaway Park after a blaze. Fire drills prompt rescue efforts were credited as helping save others.
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New York
N. Y
St. Malachis
Rockaway Park
L. I
Engineer Walter Demhite Killed in North Coast Limited Crash
St. Paul Minnesota August 31 engineer Walter Demhite with fifty years on the Northern Pacific was killed and ten or more injured when the east bound North Coast Limited struck a work train near Detroit Minnesota last night.
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St. Paul
Minn
Walter Demhite
Northern Pacific
Detroit
Arrest head of Dowie cult Wilbur Glen Voliva jailed
Wilbur Glen Voliva successor to John Alexander Dowie head of the Dowie religious sect was arrested at Zion City Chicago and jailed for default on a 10000 judgment awarded to farmer Philip Motherill Montana for slander.
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Chicago
Ill
Wilbur Glen Voliva
John Alexander Dowie
Dowie
Zion City
Philip Motherill
Montana
Elizabeth Daggett Dies by Carbolic Acid in Des Moines
Elizabeth Daggett, 32, killed herself with carbolic acid in Des Moines after learning her husband moved to Lincoln Nebraska and planned to have her join him. The incident is reported by the Iowa Evening Press.
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Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
Elizabeth Daggett
Lincoln
Neb
Woman's body found in weeds near Pittsburg plant
Decomposed body of Mrs Edward Lukes, wife of Hull Packing Co timekeeper, was found in the weeds. Her head showed blunt-force injuries. Husband said he had not seen her since Saturday after a quarrel when she went to her father's home in Joplin.
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Kemp
Manley
Brown
Blair
Pittsburg
Kan
Edward Lukes
Hull Packing Co
Joplin
Chicago Street Railway Deadlock Over Wages
Chicago officials report a deadlock between street railway companies and about 10 000 employees on wages. After failed proposals, the companies offered arbitration and wait for a reply that could prompt a strike if workers refuse arbitration.
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Chicago, Ill
Oldfield Lowers Mile Record on Half Mile Track
Barney Oldfield went a mile in 1 21 1 5 on a half mile track at Erie Pennsylvania. He lowered his own record by 22 5 seconds with Battling Nelson in the sulky as his rider yesterday.
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Ling
Erie
Barney Oldfield
Battling Nelson
Oldfield
Carriers Hear Reports at Minneapolis Meeting
The National Association of Letter Carriers in St. Paul Minnesota heard committee reports and a speech by Congressman Goebel of Ohio on August 31.
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St. Paul
Minn
National Association of Letter Carriers
Goebel
Ohio
Funeral services for Hiram D. Oakes near Oakville
The funeral for Hiram D. Oakes will be held at his home north of town Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Calvin Foster of the Reform Church will conduct the services, assisted by Rev. S. R. Drake of the Christian Church.
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Hiram D. Oakes
Calvin Foster
The
Reformed Church
S. R. Drake
Christian Church
Lone highwayman robs Pennsylvania express near Lewistown
A lone bandit robs the west bound Pennsylvania express near Lewistown engaging trainmen and passengers in a gun battle. Conductor Poffenberg is wounded while the robber escapes with a single money bag, with detectives and bloodhounds tracking him amid estimates the haul was around 110 dollars, though bullion and bags of pennies are claimed.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lewistown
Poffenberg
Donnely
Mack Declines Run for Illinois Supreme Court Seat
Judge David E. Mack of Carthage Illinois declines the Fourth District Supreme Court nomination after a late August convention deadlock. Fulton county sparked the nomination with 200 ballots before Mack received 65 votes. A new central committee meeting will be held to nominate a replacement.
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Burlington
David E. Mack
Carthage
Ill
Supreme Court
Fourth District
Illinois
Mack
Fourth Judicial District
Macomb
Fulton County
Jarman
McClure
Wall
Worthington
Perry Ellis
Quincy
Central Committee
Ellen Wins Sonder Klasse Race With Time 2 21 41
Marblehead Mass Aug 31 Ellen wins the second Sonder klasse race with Ellen, Wolf, Jayette finishing second and third after Seehund II foul and disqualification earlier. Ellen is owned and sailed by Charles P Curtis of Boston. Ellen's time 2 21 41.
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Marblehead
Mass
Sonderklasse
Ellen
Wolf
Jayette
Charles P. Curtis
Boston
Weather Outlook for Iowa and Illinois
Iowa shows unsettled and partly cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday. Illinois expected generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday. Sunrise is 5 14, sunset 6 26, moonrise 7 16.
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Iowa
Illinois
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