Shaffer pressuring for immediate action at joint steel talks
In Pittsburg on July 12, Amalgamated Association President Shaffer showed impatience at perceived delays by steel trust representatives. He demanded decisive action and indicated yesterday's meeting failed to satisfy, suggesting the trust seeks a settlement without a strike, signaling urgency for today’s conference.
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Pittsburg
Steel Trust
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
Trust
I. Ter
Kittredge Appointed Senator to Fill Kyle Vacancy
Pierre July 12 Governor Herried announced A Bitt redge of Sioux Falls is named to fill the late Senator Kyle's seat. Alfred Bitt redge born March 28 1861 in New Hampshire studied Yale law 1885 admitted to CT bar, practiced in Sioux Falls, longtime ally of R F Pettigrew, Republican national committeeman in 1892 and 1896, unmarried.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
C. H. Winsor
Kittredge
R. F. Pettigrew
Kittredgs
South Dakota
Geologists Investigate Iowa Field Work Delays
Des Moines reports special assistants of the Iowa Geological Survey began field work this week. By July 15 crops will be in the field and nearly half the state has already been explored and mapped. Six counties are planned for completion this season with teams assigned to Howard Monroe Jefferson Tama Cherokee and Buena Vista.
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Des Moines
Iowa Geological Survey
Iowa
Howard
Samuel Calvin
Monroe
S. W. Beyer
L. E. Young
Jefferson
J. A. Udder
Tama
Thomas J. Savage
Cherokee
Buena Vista
T. H. Mce- Bride
Lost her top mast slows Independence in race
Brentonspoint July 12. The Independence prayed for wind and got it, but a mishap after the start cost the vessel its top mast. The Columbia led, Constitution third, as the Independence, crippled, pressed on to finish.
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Brentonspoint
Independence
Columbia
Constitution
Penn Races Dublin in Exciting Eights Heat
Americans flock to Killarney Ireland to watch the University of Dublin and University of Pennsylvania eights race. Both crews are training daily in anticipation of the heat race July 12.
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Killarney
Ireland
University of Dublin
University of Pennsylvania
Eccentric World Traveler Ships Adventure Tale to Racine
Waldemar Christensen a linguist lecturer and adventurer arrives in Racine Wisconsin after leaving Buenos Ayres to travel the world “on his nerve” He will head to Chicago next after stints from Cape Town St Helena Colombo Singapore Vladivostok Yokohama and Portland Oregon He plans to publish a multilingual book after completing his journey.
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Racine
Wis
Waldemar Christensen
West
Chicago
Buenos Ayres
South America
Christensen
Cape Town
Mar
St. Helena
Port Said
Colombo
Singapore
Vladivostok
Yokohama
Portland
Oregon
Omaha
Denmark
Dubuque Bonds Invalid Over Signing Error
In Dubuque Iowa on July 12 officials report Major Duffy failed to sign a 1897 council approved refunding of 320000 in city bonds. The issue is void and may trigger city trouble as eastern buyers noted the omission. Old bonds carried 7 to 8 percent interest while the new issue is 5 percent. A legal question arises whether the bonds must retain the old rate or allow new bonds.
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Dubuque
Major Duffy
Missouri farmers face worst crop failure since 1854
Report from St Louis July 12 states central Missouri corn oats and hay ruined by drought with gardens burnt and pastures bare. Cattle and hogs sold at low prices as hay famine spreads. Governor Dockery urged to issue a rain prayer proclamation recalling 1874 drought break.
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N City
Missouri
Dockery
Harden
Drought Devastates Russian Volga Regions In Heat Wave
A dispatch from Odessa to the Daily News reports a severe drought across the Volga governments including Amara Saratoff and Kassan with extreme heat 130 to 150 degrees and streams drying up by June. Crops in Southern Russia are reported near average.
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London
Daily News
Odessa
Volga
Amara
Saratoff
Kassan
Russia
Tragic Bridge Jump Prevents Buffalo Trip
Levi Slocum of Buffalo threatened suicide over money for a Buffalo trip. His crushed body was found on railroad tracks near a bridge in Cleveland, age 35. Local authorities reported the incident occurred early today.
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Cleveland
Buffalo
Levi Slocum
Slocum
Slocumm
Died in a Vault While Rescuing Companion
Ottumwa reports a sewer vault tragedy as Fred Smith, a scavenger, tried to rescue his helper Charles Garrett from gas and drowned. Garrett died earlier. Smith survived midnight rescue but died the following morning.
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Ottumwa
Fred Smith
Charles Garrett
Garrett
Smith
Brooks Named Republican Senator for Twelfth District
The Twelfth senatorial convention for Poweshiek and Keokuk counties met in Montezuma with Hon. J. T. Brooks of Hedrick chosen unanimously for senator. Senator LewIs of Poweshiek did not seek re election, preserving the Keokuk county advantage under long standing custom. Keokuk cited Brooks as a strong choice while Carr and Legoe delivered partisan remarks.
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Montezuma
Poweshiek
Keokuk
J. T. Brooks
Hedrick
Keokuk County
Lewis
Poweshiek County
Brooks
Hts
Red Hot
Simon
Captain Carr
T. C. Legoe
What Cheer
Secret release planned for the Younger brothers in Minnesota
Warden Wolfer and the Minnesota board of pardons decide on a secret parole for the Younger brothers to avoid public crowds. The plan marks a first in the state prison when prisoners are kept from public view as much as possible, with release timing undetermined.
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Wolfer
Stillwater
Minn
Board of Pardons
Minnesota
Frog Explosion Kills Child In Albany Home
In Albany Missouri on July 12 three children of contractor George McCurry fed dynamite they found in the cellar to a pet frog thinking it was putty. A tool chest toppled onto the frog causing the blast. The youngest child died others were seriously hurt and the house was wrecked.
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Albany
George McCurry
Waterloo Bans Street Meetings to Curb Disturbances
Waterloo council passes an ordinance forbidding public gatherings on streets or alleys to prevent disturbances linked to Dochelles. The measure aims to avoid class legislation accusations while safeguarding equal rights. Local figures including Elder Adams and Dowieite followers are mentioned amid the tense scene.
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Waterloo
Dochelles
Elder Adams
Dowle
Johnnie” Leavitt
University of Michigan
Zionists
Adams
Dynamite Blast Near Grant Smelter Kills Two
A magazine of dynamite near the Grant Smelter exploded reportedly killing two men and wounding several others. Rescue crews and investigators cordoned the area as they probed the cause and extent of the blast. Abstracted details indicate a set piece accident with multiple casualties.
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Denver
Grant Smelter
Knights of Pythias Endowment Bank Reorganizes Insurance
In Chicago on July 12 the Knights of Pythias Supreme Lodge ousted John A. Hinsey and overhauled the Endowment Bank. Rates rise an average 51 percent to curb misfortunes, head C F S Neal says may force about 20 000 members to leave. Plans allegedly form to unite seceders into a rival independent insurance order.
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Chicago
John A. Hinsey
Endowment Bank
Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
C. F. S. Neal
Supreme Lodge
Spanish steamship Urirte lost with cargo valued at 400000
Norfolk news reports the Spanish steamship Urirte wrecked on the banks yesterday. The vessel and cargo are valued at four hundred thousand dollars.
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Norfolk
Urirte
Divorced Wife Refuses Talk After Eluding Service
Mrs Mary Hena, ex wife of Dan Hanna to Senator Hanna's son, arrived in town with her right arm in a sling and refused to discuss why she should not be restrained from taking her children to Europe. Her escape involved climbing over a back fence.
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Tork
Mary Henna
Dan Hanna
Europe
Buried in Fort Dodge Sewer Rescue Narrow Escape
Fort Dodge July 12 Contractor Charles Peterson narrowly escaped instant death when sewer walls caved in at a dig site. Planks collapsed in a way that saved him, his rescuers freed him, and he sustained a severely injured ankle along with minor injuries.
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Fort Dodge
Charles Peterson
Five Horses Burned In Reinbeck Barn Fire
Reinbeck Iowa story reports a barn fire at Isaac Kingey’s early yesterday morning. The blaze destroyed five horses and many small items with losses estimated at 500 to 800 dollars. No insurance. A fundraiser circulated to buy a new team for Mr. Kingley as nearby buildings were saved by firemen’s efforts.
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Reinbeck
Isaac Kingey
Kingley
Oceanic Line Ventura Passenger Seeks Inherited Estate
San Francisco July 12 Samuel Macyline of Emerson Iowa a cabin passenger aboard the Ventura sailing for Australia intends to claim an estate valued at over fifty thousand dollars left by an uncle for whom he was named The ship sailed yesterday and Macyline hopes to establish his claim in the Australian settlement proceedings
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San Francisco
Oceanic Line
Ventura
Samuel Macyline
Emerson
Iorva
Red Oak
Australia
Chinch Bug Appears in Hardin County Crops
Eldora Iowa July 12 reports chinch bug in Hardin county causing farmer concern over wheat and oat damage. A hot wind threatens corn and moisture-depleted pastures meadows and potatoes with potential losses.
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Eldora
Hardin County
July Shopping Memorandum Signals Record Month in Muscatine
The Journal promotes a July shopping push with low prices and honest ads. Readers are urged to note merchants in Muscatine and nearby areas featuring special ads in today’s Journal, including Stein Furniture Co, Mundt, Fisch hardware, Thiesen drugs, Lindle groceries, Dillaway chinaware, Frank the Jeweler, Photo Supply Co, Barry Mfg, Bond hardware, Lilly dry goods, Boston Store, Anson Clothing, H J St John Groceries, Henry Butz Fair bargains, real estate, Mackey’s Model clothing, Reliance Loan, Star Clothing, Kneese groceries, Hipple & Pollischeck blacksmiths, Leysen groceries, Tom Cherry shoes, Wonder shoes, S. & L. Cohn clothing, Hinkel & Flannery groceries, M C Hayes wallpaper, Leibbrand Ryan dry goods, Sam Borger clothing, Barnard’s Grocery, Model Laundry, Jno A Robbins insurance, Goagle Iron Works.
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Muscatine
Journal
Iowa
J. H. St. John
Henry Butz Fair
H. H. Arnold
Mackey’s Model Clothing Co
Reliance Loan Co
Star Clothing Company
C. Kneese
Hipple & Pollischeck
C. Leysen
the Wonder
S. & L. Cohn
Hinkel & Flannery
M. C. Hayes
Leibbrand, Ryan & Co
Sam Borger
Barnard’s Grocery
Jno
A. Robbins
Goagle Iron Works
Weather Outlook for Iowa and Chicago
Generally fair and warm conditions expected with continued warmth tonight and Saturday. Forecast covers Iowa and Chicago region with dry skies and above average temperatures.
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Iowa
Political peace on the boom in the Second district
Dispatch Burlington Hawkeye reports a heated campaign as Senator Harriman and T. W. Purcell tour Muscatine and Johnson counties. Cummins aims to shore up support in Muscatine as Tom Way plans to assist against anti Cummins sentiment in three counties yet to hold conventions. The race features Harriman and Cummins with scattered support for other candidates.
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Cummins
Muscatine
Iowa City
Dispatch
Burlington Hawkeye
W. F. Harriman
T. W. Purcell
Johnson County
Muscatine County
Mr. Cummins
Tom Way
Harriman
Ticket Scalpels Enjoined By Cincinnati Judge
Judge Rufus B. Smith of the superior court issues an injunction against all ticket scalpers restraining them from purchasing or selling non transferable tickets including Christan Endeavor tickets on various railroads. The action aims to protect east coast lines and notes related issues.
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Cincinnati
Rufus B. Smith
Superior Court
Christain Endeavor
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Lewisville
Nashville
Hamilton
Payton
Illinois Bar Association weighs constitutional convention
At the Illinois State Bar Association annual meeting in Chicago delegates formed a seven member committee to report at the next session on whether a constitutional convention should be called for the state. Debate featured Judge Tuley Judge Tutthill George T Page and Arthur Keithley opposing and Wallace Heckman and Judge William Gross supporting a convention. A motion to reject the idea was referred to the committee chaired by Sigmund Zeisler. Also, twenty five servant girls organized the first local union of the Working Women's Association of America at 79 Randolph Street. AFL charter is sought and officers will be elected July 19.
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Chicago
Illinois State Bar Association
Ilinois
Tuley
Tuthiil
George T. Page
Arthur Keithley
Wallace Heckman
William Gross
William E. Church
Sigmung Zeisler
Zeisler
Randolph Street
Working Women’s Association of America
American Federation of Labor
Pastures Burned Up Hit Ottumwa Farmers Face Dry Spell
Ottumwa Iowa reports a severe drought with corn in bad shape unless rain comes soon. High ground baked, low areas show some moisture. pastures ruined and hay prices likely to rise.
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Ottumwa
Wife predicts Europe trip by summer
A humorous exchange as a wife jokes she feels a wishbone guiding a summer trip to Europe, while the husband quips about which bone carries the feeling.
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Europe
Grain Markets Rise on Dry Weather Signals
July 12 reports show corn above 54 cents and oats around 3 cents for May delivery with morning gains led by dry weather. Market activity spread from Chicago to New York as corn for September climbed to 54 4 percent and oats to 13.
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New York
Monona County Republicans Hold Lively Onawa Convention
A July 12 meeting in Onawa drew a mostly Republican delegation with strong debate over nominees. The convention, described as the most active in fifteen years, faced a contested selection process for the senatorial candidate with opposition to Cummins and broad farmer support.
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Onawa
Hay
Gri P.M
E. M
I. P. McKeown
Horse Thief Captured Near Washington Iowa
A horse thief was captured after days of pursuit, tied to a string of arrests in Indiana and Illinois. Curt Tuller, a young man from Indiana, is charged with horse theft and was brought to Molline for hearing. The case involves multiple suspects and a $200 bond set for one detainee.
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Washington
Jno
W. Tea
Curt
S. McKee
Teeter
Elkight
Indiana
Kalona
Thally
Curt Tuller
Moffit
William
Moline
McCall
Tula
Mdays
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Bereavement
We sincerely thank our neighbors and friends for their heartfelt support after the death of our husband and father Mrs Henry Kemper and children. Your kindness during this time is deeply appreciated.
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Henry
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