Negotiations for Peace Reported Amid Frontline Shortages
The Guardian reports rumors that peace talks in South Africa proceed despite recent dispatches. It cites Home politicians and a lack of soldiers at the front as factors. Fisher says Kruger opposes Granting Boer rights akin to Canada and vows to drive British from Transvaal and Orange Free State.
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Manchester
The
Guardian Today
South Africa
Botha
Kruger
Guardian
Kitchener
Amsterdam
Herr Fisher
Europe
Sir Campbell Panmerman
Canada
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Educators Still Busy at National Educational Association
Detroit July 11 The third day of the National Educational Association sessions covered economics and education with talks by Finley Vincent Gunton Spiers and Halleck. This afternoon officers for the ensuing year will be elected and President Hall of Clark University spoke on The Ideal School.
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Detroit
Mich
National Educational Association
John H. Finley
Princeton University
George E. Vincent
University of Chicago
George Gunton
New York City
Frederick W. Spiers
Philadelphia
R. P. Halleck
Louisville
Association
National Council of Education
Hall
Clark University
Lincoln Town Sold at Auction for 148000
New Brunswick New Jersey July 11 The Village of Lincoln in Middlesex County once tied to the suffrage movement was sold yesterday at auction for 148000. Silas Drake founder of the New Jersey Realty Company organized the sale by purchasing a large farm and dividing it into building and factory sites.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Lincoln
Middlesex County
Silas Drake
New Jersey Realty Company
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress Set for Record Attendance
Cripple Creek Colorado reports preparations complete for the annual Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress session to be held next week. A record-breaking turnout is expected from California Iowa Idaho Arkansas Texas Wyoming Arizona and other states and territories. Delegates will discuss good roads irrigation cattle breeding forest preservation and related topics with authorities on these issues.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
California
Iowa
Idaho
Arkansas
Texas
Wyoming
Arizona
Trans- Mississippi
Governor General Wood Relapses Amid Serious Illness
Havana reports Governor General Wood, long seriously ill, has suffered a relapse and doctors fear his condition may worsen with renewed danger to his health and leadership.
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Havana
Wood
Meeting of the Corn Packers in Cedar Rapids
A private Iowa meeting in Cedar Rapids gathered all state corn packing firms and outside reps to discuss current needs. Editor P. L. Deming spoke on the industry, noting last season’s poor profitability from over production and the need to lower prices with slim margins.
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Cedar Rapits
Iowa
Hotel Delavan
P. L. Deming
Woman saves fifty lives by flagging train after bridge fire
Mrs. Frank Zurcher, a farmer's wife, flagged a passenger train on the Pacific Short Line near Oamond, Nx after extinguishing a bridge fire Tuesday night, likely saving fifty people. Her timely act on the crossing prevented disaster.
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Sioux City
Pacific Short Line
Frank Zurcher
Herolem
Oamond
Maryland farmer seeks lightning strike in storm
In Baltimore on July 11 a farmer named Philip Walls attached a lightning rod to his head and wandered the field hoping to be struck. A bolt struck a great oak, splintering it and hitting Walls, who fell unconscious but is expected to recover as the tree bore the brunt of the strike.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Philip Walls
Five Men Lose Limbs In Plate Glass Accident
In Kokomo Indiana on July 11 five workers were injured when a 122 by 100 inch plate glass sheet weighing 2200 pounds toppled during handling. The sheet fell on their heads shoulders and arms cutting flesh and necessitating amputations. Injured men are Anthony McHaie Herman Myers Peter Varn Ryan August Gruelle and William Abrey.
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Kokomo
Ind
Anthony McHaie
Herman Myers
Peter Varn Ryan
August Gruelle
William Abrey
Cedar Rapids Hopes To Launch Can Factory With Investor Backing
Storm sweeps the coast and Cedar Rapids contemplates a can factory. D W Archer of Chicago, present at the Iowa corn packers meeting, offers to back and provide half the funds to start the Cedar Rapids plant. He argues that a local factory could thrive despite the ton plate monopoly and independence is possible.
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Cedar Rapids
Archer
Secretive Steel Strike Conference Reaches Settlement Hint
Officials of the Amalgamated Association and unnamed trust representatives held a secret conference in Pittsburg to settle the steel mill strike. Shaffer chaired the session and spoke for the workers, while details of the talks and progress were not disclosed. A New York financial house reports the conference reached a satisfactory settlement.
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Pittsburg
Amahamated Association
Succ Trust
Shaffer
Amnaiza Mated Association
New York
Wall Street Financial House
Chicago Sets Three Heat Records At Diurnal Peak
Chicago yesterday posted the hottest day on record with the Ambulator thermometer surpassing 102.1 degrees at 3 pm. The 7 pm reading reached 96 degrees, beating prior 1894 and 1896 marks, and the night saw a rapid 30 degree drop in seven minutes.
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Chicago
Gomez Sails to Cuba With Cuban Supporters
General Maximo Gomez sails from New York to Havana on the Seguranca with his son and Alexander Gonzales. A Cuban delegation sees them off at the pier with a large Cuban flag floral piece. In the ship saloon Gomez thanks supporters and recalls US sympathy for Cuba.
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New York
Maximo Gomez
Son
Alexander Gonzales
Havana
Gomez
United States
Cuba
Judges Seek Salary Increase Across State Courts
Sioux City dispatch reports district judges from across Iowa will meet in Council Bluffs to outline a plan to raise salaries from 2.59 to 4 000 dollars. About 75 judges would be affected. The state bar association has endorsed the proposal.
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Sioux City
Council Bluffs
State Bar Association
Illinois State Bar Association Meet Opens in Chicago
The Illinois State Bar Association opened its annual session at the Chicago Beach Hotel with a crowded assembly room of prominent lawyers from across the state. Committees were appointed and routine business addressed. papers on legal topics will fill the afternoon and tomorrow, finishing with a convention banquet featuring noted speakers.
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Chicago
Chicago Beach
Iinois State Bar Association
Harvest manpower in short supply worries South Dakota farms
Acerdeen July 11 farmers fear a harvest labor shortage and consider public action to recruit workers for the crops. If crops thrive the harvest could be among the best in years with adequate labor to reap it.
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Acerdeen
S. D
Rate War Called Off Ends Western Rail Rate Clash
Chicago July 11 The Santa Fe rate move sparked fears of a western rail rate war but has been checked by a community of ownership influence. A meeting of western presidents is set to review Tate actions with full authority. Financial leaders and shippers in Chicago and Kansas City joined the protest, averting a ruinous rate confrontation.
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Chicago
Tate
Weastern Trunk Line
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Commercial Travelers Parade Captivates Buffalo Exposition
On Commercial Travelers Day at the Buffalo Exposition a massive parade drew about 25 000 marchers. The event showcased the grip industry and highlighted the bustling participation of traveling salesmen from across the region.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Knights of the Grip
Building Manchurian Road
A Pekin dispatch reports Russians near completion of the Manchurian railway and plans to use 50 000 troops for defense. Li Hung Chang proposes withdrawing Chinese troops from Manchuria to avoid clashes, which would leave Russian forces to maintain order in the province.
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London
Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Manchuria
Hermit Farmer Found Dead Near Sherrél's Mound
Godfried Albrecht, a respected elderly farmer living near Sherrél's Mound in Dubuque County, was found dead in his bed yesterday. He lived alone, had ample property, and was known as a reclusive man who kept to himself and distant from his children. He had recently been in poor health and was found frozen in death this morning after retiring alone last night.
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Dubuque
Godfried Albrecht
Sherrél’s Mound
Epworth League Convention Traffic Swells in Westbound Influx
San Francisco July 11 25 000 travelers sighted on the Ogden gateway as Epworth League delegates head west for the convention. Nearly 600 leaguers arrived yesterday with travel swelling expectations per Southern Pacific officials.
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San Francisco
Cal
Southern Pacific
Ogden Gateway
Army engineers to begin work at Des Moines post
Captain R. B. Turner of the quartermaster corps arrived to oversee the Des Moines army post project. Engineer Richards and a clerk will arrive by Friday and a force of men will start work by Monday at the post.
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Turner
Des Moines
R. B. Turner
Quartermaster’s Department
United States Army
Des Moines Army Post
Richards
Tipton paving agitation and new works in Iowa areas
Iowa reports stalled paving debate at Tipton while Tipton locals await progress on the opera house contract in Schaller. Cedar Falls to begin bridge work this week, and Laurens suffers widespread potato losses to the potato bug. Patrols note incidents from Council Bluffs theft to a Creston fire loss and a high profile poisoning case in Thayer.
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Tipton
Schaller
Cedar Falls
Cr. Dewey
Logan
Council Bluffs
Red Oak
Laurens
Eddyville
Suppression of Cigarette Debate Draws League Members
In Buffalo on July 11 volunteers from the International Anti Cigarette League gathered to discuss efforts against smoking. The group, expanding its membership, aims to advance the anti cigarette cause and plans ongoing campaigns.
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Buffalo
N. Y
International
Corn and oats rise as heat grips corn belt markets
Reports of continued hot and dry weather across the corn belt pushed September corn from 60% to 51% and oats from 31% to 324% today, though oats closed at 31%.
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Chicago
Generally Fair Indications for Iowa Weather
Chicago July 11. Generally fair tonight and Friday with a slight change in temperature.
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Iowa
Terrific Coastal Storm Hits Virginia North Carolina Maryland
A fierce storm swept the coast of Virginia North Carolina and Maryland with winds near 45 miles per hour. Wires were down and sailing vessels at sea are believed to have suffered heavy damage as assessments await details from the North Carolina coast.
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Norfolk
Virginia
North Carolina
Maryland
Death toll rises from Chicago and Alton wreck near Marshall
Kansas City reports the death toll from yesterday's Chicago and Alton wreck near Marshall has reached twenty. Three more wounded in local hospitals are dying and several others face poor chances of recovery. The tally shows seventeen dead recorded yesterday and today, with additional names added. Hot in London. London reports intense heat with many prostrations across the city.
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Kansas City
Chicago and Alton
Marshall
Hilda Hayelip
Chicago
J. D. Adsit
Hoopeston
Man returns after thirty-two years to surprise wife
Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania July 11 After being mourned as dead for 32 years Charles Ferguson appeared and found his wife remarried with two sons two daughters and a grown son from the child he left in Wyoming county He was 62 now He left at 30 to seek work and his wife heard nothing until last night She had married Jonathan R Wills who was later killed by accident The reunited couple may spend their remaining days together
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Wilkesbarre
Charles Ferguson
Ferguson
Wyoming County
Jonathan R. Wills
Willis
Port Lavaca Damage Report Debunked
Reports from Victoria Texas claim of extensive Port Lavaca damage and loss of life are unfounded. A hard wind and high tide damaged small harbor craft and wrecked a dancing pavilion and wharves with total damage not exceeding 2500 dollars. only a few people were hurt and none seriously.
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Victoria
Texas
Port Lavaca
Hinsey Resigns from Endowment Rank Board of Control
Chicago July 11 John A Hinsey was permitted to resign from the endowment rank board of control by the supreme lodge of the Knights of Pythias. He may face further action today as a demand to appear before the lodge remains unresolved. Resolutions urge measures against all endowment rank members for alleged violations, embezzlement or perjury, and to pursue criminal and civil actions to recover misused funds. No names were disclosed.
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Chicago
John A. Hinsey
Supreme Lodge of the
Knights of Pythias
Board of Control
Supreme Lodge
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