Lawton Claim Winner To wed Miss Mattie Beals
Lawton Oklahoma clerk Charles W. Payne will marry Miss Mattie Beals in Wichita Kansas next Wednesday. Beals, 25, drew claim No. 2 in Lawton land district in the government drawing at El Reno last year and faced many marriage offers. She seeks a land patent with $1000 payment now, or $600 if delayed until October.
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Mattie Beals
Oklahoma
Wichita
Kas
Charles W. Payne
Lawton
Miss Beals
Lawton Land District
el Reno
Payne
Walnut Grove
General Land Office
Armours Aim to Corner September Corn Market
Chicago July 10. Armours prepare for a great corn corner in September. Armours are said to be long over a million bushels while Gates is short. A battle royal in September is expected when the July deal closes.
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Chicago
Farmers to Form a Trust in Kansas Grain Trade
At Topeka a conference between Walter Vrooman and Kansas milling and grain firms outlined forming a farmers grain and milling trust. The aim is to cut out middlemen and move wheat from farmers to elevators and mills without commissions. Participating groups include Vrooman stores, Hoffman mills, Solomon Cooperative Grain, seven to eight Union Pacific elevators, and Western Milling of Salina.
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Topeka
Kan
Walter Vrooman
Vrooman
Co-Operative
Hoffman Mills
Soloman Co
Indiana Canners Claim Tomatoes Cornered in War Echo
Indiana canners at a state convention in Indianapolis report canned tomatoes are cornered with local jobbers paying $1 per dozen for three pound cans, the highest price since the war. No Indiana packer had a car of tomatoes in four months due to poor crop from last year’s weather.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Iowa Man to Take Treasury Stenographer Post
Des Moines July 10 An Iowa man E O Patterson pardon clerk to Governor Cummins will become a stenographer in the treasury department and go to Washington this month. Uncertain who will succeed him in the governor’s office.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Secretary of the Treasury
E. O. Patterson
Cummins
Patterson
Treasury Department
Washington
Western Union and railroad clash over telegraph lines
The first confrontation between Western Union Telegraph and Pennsylvania railroad occurred at Pavonia New Jersey where the railroad moved five miles of Western Union poles and wires to allow line improvements. Western Union plans to file for an injunction to stop further interference.
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Philadelphia
Western Union Telegraph Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pavonia
N. J
Pennsylvania Company
Western Union Company
Telegraph Company
Death of Philip Hoffman Father of Hoffman Bros
Philip Hoffman father of Hoffman Bros of the Herald died suddenly at 4 am at his home in Oskaloosa Iowa. He was one of the county s oldest residents and his death occurred early this morning.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Philip Hoffman
Hoffman Bros
The
Herald
Ex Millionaire's Sad Fate as Penniless Charity Patient
Jacob R. Harris once valued at about 4 060 000 dollars, a pioneer tobacconist, is now penniless and dying in a city hospital in St Louis. He laments owed money and cites business reverses and tax frauds that lowered tobacco prices, ending his career after factories in the north side Quin cy and Eleventh and St Charles streets.
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Jacob R. Harris
St. Louis
City Hospital
Harris
Chicago
Quincy
Eleventh
St. Charles Streets
Their Circus Ends in Death
Hazen Matthews six and Ruby four played circus in Louix City Iowa July 10 When Hazen jumped on Rubys stomach she suffered ruptures and fatal hemorrhage Ruby died Hazen and Ruby are children of Frank Matthews who was murdered last fall in the same hometown
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Louix City
Iowa
Hazen Matthews
Ruby
Ihey
Frank Matthews
American Sash and Door issues bonds for 500000
Chicago July 10 The American Sash and Door company a New Jersey corporation has sold 500000 of 6 per cent bonds to the Equitable Trust Company of Chicago. The issue funds refunds and operations and is secured by all the companys property.
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Chicago
American Sash and Door Company
New Jersey
Equitable Trust Company
Sun stroke hits soldiers during Bergerac maneuvers
Paris July 10 during the maneuvers of the 108th infantry at Bergerac today 320 men were overcome by sunstroke. The maneuvers were halted. Three men died and others are in serious condition.
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Paris
Bergerac
Finals in Boat Races at Henley Amid Heavy Rain
Rain fell as crowds watched the Henley regatta finals. The third Trinity crew from Cambridge won the grand challenge cup final against Leander, last year’s holders. Kelley won the diamond sculls defeating Etherington Smith by a length and a half.
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Henley
Trinity
Cambridge
Leander
Kelley
Etherington Smith
Secretary of State Records June Fees at $21 818 75
Des Moines report shows the secretary of state deposited 21 818 75 into the state treasury for June, a new record for the office. The sum reflects all fees collected during the month breaking previous records.
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Des Moines
Secretary of State
State Treasury
Coronation Date Set But Not Announced
The British Medical Journal reports the king will leave Buckingham Palace for air as coronation date is to be announced soon. The progress includes a wound granulating, diminishing discharge, and improving strength though still bed bound.
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London
British Medical Journal
Buckingham
Yale Sweeper Arrested as Jewelry Theft Rings Yale
Police in New Haven arrest Dorsey C Suarzey a colored sweeper at Vanderbilt Hall for theft of jewelry valued at $2000. Officers recovered rings scarf pins and cigarette cases set with stones bearing initials of Yale students including Reginald C Vanderbilt and John Garvin.
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New Haven
Conn
Dorsey C. Suarzey
Vanderbilt Hall
Yale
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
John Garvin
Laborer Heir to Million Dollars In German Estate
Frederick H. Schmidt, a Bowling Green laborer, is sole heir to a $1,000,000 German estate of Carl Schmidt. The will requires marriage to a "worthy woman" before he can claim the fortune, with Schmidt insisting love, not wealth, must motivate a wife.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
Germany
Frederick H. Schmidt
Carl Schmidt
Saxe-Weimar
Schmidt
Wealth Return Motive Inheritance Tale
A narrative outlines a character seeking control of wealth upon possession, focusing on motives surrounding inheritance. The fragment hints at planned actions and implied conflicts over financial power set within a family or estate context.
Teamsters Refuse Railroad Terms Keep Freight Strike Going
Chicago July 10. Freight handlers refused railroad terms and voted to continue the strike. Several hundred men said they would not abide by the ruling and returned to work. In response hundreds of teamsters who had moved freight drove back to their depots without unloading. Businessmen grew anxious as union officers warned the situation was very serious and beyond control.
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Chicago
Hun
Teamsters
Teamsters Union
Highest at Des Moines Since Flood of 1851
Des Moines and Iowa endure ongoing floods with the Des Moines river at its highest level since 1851. A levee break forces hundreds to flee south Des Moines as four feet of water inundates twenty residential blocks. North Des Moines reports a wide levee breach driving 400 from their homes. Rail and streetcar service crippled.
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Des Moines
Iowa
South Des Moines
Trafic
Niece of Conger Weds US Lieutenant in Des Moines
The wedding of Lieutenant Harold Hammond US infantry to Miss Mary E. Pierce niece of Edwin H. Conger Minister to China occurred at Mrs Ida C. Conger’s home with Dr A L Frisbee officiating. The couple proceeded to Rushville Alabama then to West Point where Hammond will tutor cadets. Pierce served at the American legation during the siege of Pekin. Hammond aided the relief force.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Harold Hammond
United States Infantry
Mary E. Pierce
Edwin H. Conger
China
Ida C. Conger
A. L. Frisbee
Plymouth Congregational Church
National Military Academy
Miss Pierce
Pekin
Hammond
Illini crops hit by drought yields fall in spe cial bulletin
Illinois crop bulletin reports 7 percent of corn destroyed statewide with regional losses of 11 percent in the north, 8 percent in the central area, and 3 percent in the south. Wheat and oats also suffer, with oats averaging a 12 percent loss statewide.
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Springfield
Illinois
Post Mortem Delays Funeral in Niles Michigan
A German farmer John Kamin from near New Boston died recently and 500 people gathered for the funeral. Two doctors arrived with authority to halt the burial pending a post mortem. After about two hours of rumors of poisoning, the doctors let the rites proceed.
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Niles
Mich
John Kamin
New Boston
Farmers Form Cordon to Quarantine Knights Town
In Rush County Indiana fifty farmers armed with shotguns guard Knights Town to stop smallpox spread. Town residents cannot leave as about sixty cases and seven deaths are reported amid alleged lax official precautions.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Ffty
Rush County
Knightstown
Youth shoots self after romantic rejection in Boston area
Charles H. Smith a 17 year old youth of Union Park Boston attempted death by his own hand after a girl he loved refused him. He was wounded in the attempt and taken to the city hospital where recovery is possible.
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Boston
Franklin
Mass
Charles H. Smith
Union Park
Young Smith
La Follette Expected to Command Delegates at Wisconsin Convention
Report from Madison on July 10 says supporters predict Governor La Follette will control the state convention in Madison next week with 700 to 800 of 1,000 delegates. Of 700 already chosen he has pledged more than the 500 needed for a majority.
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Madison
Wis
la Follette
Mexican Cowboys Shot in Self Defense Aboard Dubuque
Dan Breene the mate on the Dubuque shot two Mexican cowboys dead on the boat between Davenport and Rock Island at noon today after a baggage dispute. The father and son, Lee Leonidas and son, were trying to disarm Breene when he fired. both died from breast wounds, one in the abdomen and one in the thigh.
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Davenport
Iowa
Dan Breene
Dubuque
Rock Island
Father
Lee Leonidas
Muscatine
Firemen killed as wall collapses at Micintosh cereals
Five Toronto firemen died in a mill fire at Micintosh's cereal mills when a wall collapsed trapping them. Names include David Lee Adam Kerr F G Russell Joseph Collard and Wm Taggart. Debris may hide further casualties and losses reach hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Toronto
Micintosh
David Lee
Adam Kerr
F. G. Russell
Joseph Collard
Wm. Taggart
Oldest Tennessean Ferry Chesney Dies at 126
Knoxville report says Ferry Chesney, born in Virginia on July 6, 1800s era, died at his Copperridge summit home on July 4 at age 126, possibly the oldest man in Tennessee and perhaps the United States. His birth as a slave to Jonathan Jackson at Clarksville is noted, and he reportedly saw George Washington at age 12. His body was found four days after his death.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Ferry Chesney
Tennesee
United States
Copperridge
Chesney
Virginia
Jonathan Jackson
Clarksville
Roanoke River
George Washington
Airship Model by Montana Man Set for Frankfort Lab Tests
T C Benbow of Carbon county Montana, after a month in Washington supervising his ten year effort to perfect a model airship, will depart for Frankfort New York to conduct experiments he believes will prove aerial navigation is solved.
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Washington
D. C
T. C. Benbow
Carbon County
Montana
Frankfort
N. Y
Weather outlook for Iowa and Chicago area with warm trend
Generally fair, warmer. Chicago and Iowa forecast shows fair tonight and Friday with increased heat Friday. West portion expected to be warmer tonight.
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Chicago
Iowa
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