Strike tensions rise as mills face potential general walkout
Reports from Pittsburg and New York discuss possible general strikes by National and Federal steel mill workers. Wellsville mills idle due to Amalgamated strike, with operatives from Dunecansville potentially walking out. Morgan firm rejects arbitration, citing no issues beyond wage and hour demands. Shamokin sees 4,000 more miners idled as firemen join the strike.
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Pittsburg
Wellsville Mills
Wellsville
Dunecansville
Tus
Shaffer
New York
Journal and Advertiser
J. P. Morgan & Co
United States Steel Conporation
Amalgamated Association
Shamokin
Here
Mt. Carmel
Large collateral inheritance tax payment to Iowa state
Des Moines reports a major tax receipt from the estate of W. F. Brunning of Henry County. The inheritance tax totaled 5 27.22, calculated at five percent on 116 544 50. The payment was prompt and without controversy under Iowa law. The law provides fifteen months after death to pay, a year to file claims, and three additional months to settle the tax with no interest.
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Des Moines
W. F. Brunning
Henry County
Arm Found In Ravine Sparks Six Mile Ferry Mystery
In Six Mile Ferry near Homestead a woman's arm was found in a ravine with a silk sleeve-less dress in bushes and blood stains on the grass. Doctors say the limb had not been long detached and investigators suspect luring and murder as a possible cause while a body search continues.
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Pittsburg
Six-Mile Ferry
Homestead
Captain Omann to Marry Grace M. E. Church Oelwein
Invitations have been received in the city for the marriage of Captain F. Omann formerly of the Muscatine Salvation Army to Captain Louise Langebrake. The ceremony will be at Grace M E church in Oelwein Iowa at 8 o clock Thursday evening August first.
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F. Omann
Muscatine
The
Salvation Army
Louise Langebrake
Grace M. E
Oelwein
Corn Jumps as Damage Reports Lift Chicago Prices
Chicago July 19 September corn rose on west damage reports. Prices moved to 54 before closing at 535 for corn and 344 for oats.
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Chicago
Mystery surrounds nude assault victim found near Tyler and Oak Hill
Estelle Neidel, 19, lay near death at the city hospital after being found nude and wounded in a field at Tyler and Oak Hill avenues. A soiled bat was found nearby with no sign of struggle, and police in St. Louis pursue a baffling case unfolding tonight.
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St. Louis
City Hospital
Estelle Neidel
Tyler
Oakhill Avenues
Wheat crop hurt by chinch bugs and heat in Northfield
Northfield Minnesota July 19 local grain buyers report severe chinch bug damage plus heat. Wheat shows streaked fields with white patches and some good yields. Other crops including oats corn are affected or destroyed by the pests.
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Northfield
Minn
Have a Queer Idea About Catching De Wet and Botha
A Munster fusiliers officer recently returned from South Africa says British field officers are free Masons, making it seem impossible to trap Botha and De Wet. Amsterdam reports Reitz letters depicting a grim Boer outlook and Kruger’s possible intervention, causing Boer delegation unease ahead of talks.
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Queenstown
Munster Fusileers
South Africa
Botha
de Wet
Amsterdam
Reitz
Transvaal
Kruger
Rezation
Missouri changes course and may shift state boundary
The Missouri River has cut its banks eight miles south of Leavenworth and is pouring water into the Platte. The Platte bed widens as danger grows that the Missouri bed will transfer entirely to the Platte within days. An island about five miles wide has formed.
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Kansas City
Missouri River
Leavenworth
Platte River
Platte
Missouri
Macabees rule links old member dues to new member age
The supreme tent of the Knights of the Macabees ruled that all old members must be related on the same plan as new members at their joining age to share proportionate expenses. It also authorized the board of trustees to invest in state or municipal bonds in place of government bonds.
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Port Huron
Mich
Knights of the Macabees
Board of Trustees
Forty Ducked When Pier Collapses at Frost Island Lake
Ruthven Iowa July 19 A crowd on Frost Island lake saw about forty men and boys dunked into four feet of water after a pier collapsed under weight. No injuries were reported.
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Ruthven
Frost Island Lake
Bryan says Aguinaldo offered help in campaign
In Lincoln, W J Bryan released a press statement detailing his account of an offer by two Filipinos claiming Aguinaldo would fund his campaign and pledge to lay down arms if Bryan won. Bryan refused to meet them and rejected both propositions or any evidence of representation.
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Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Aguinaldo
Bryan
Democratic
Murder Trial Opens in Pittsfield Sister Slaying
Robert Fosburgh stands trial for murdering his sister as testimony raises doubts about a burglar escape. A detective testifies the window screen could not admit a man, contradicting Fosburgh’s alibi. The courtroom is filled with fashionable women observers.
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Pittsfield
Massa
Robert Fosburgh
May
Feeburgh
Plot in Sultan's Harem Triggers Palace Fire
In Constantinople the fire at Yildiz palace stems from a harem intrigue against the woman treasury. Conspirators planted materials to cause a blaze and frame the treasurer, who was dismissed and imprisoned in the palace.
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Constantinople
Yildiz Palace
Divine Healer Schrader Arrives in Chicago for Wealth Seekers
Chicago July 19. Schrader known as Divine Healer arrives with a young woman and grips to start a church aiming to rival Dows in wealth. From Sioux City, he finds the west barren for healing. He shifts to thrift and fortune in Chicago amid mockery of faith cures.
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Chicago
Schrader
Sioux City
Iowa
Illnois Central
Kentucky Iron Development Under St Louis Syndicate
Chicago July 19 through the efforts of the Illinois Central management a syndicate of St Louis capitalists has formed to develop Kentucky iron fields. The group is led by John W Harrison former president of Stuckle Hardware Company and has bought 60000 acres in Trig County and started two 100 ton furnaces at Grand Rivers.
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Chicago
Iinois Central Management
St. Louis
Kentucky
John W. Harrison
Stuckle Hardware Company
Trig County
Grand Rivers
Fleet to Coronation
Washington July 19 a rear admiral suggests Admiral Dewey be given command of a large squadron of our best new ships to attend the coronation of King Edward VII. The idea meets general approval among top naval officials.
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Washington
Hich
Dewey
Edward VII
Czar to raise Prince Louis Bonaparte to general
London reports the Czar will elevate Prince Louis Bonaparte to general on September 14. French Bonapartists plan a rising to oust the Republic and crown Louis Emperor of France.
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London
Russia
Prince Louis Bonaparte
Louis
France
Branch at Red Wing Pearl Button Plant Proposal
Elmer Becker of Key stone Pearl Button Co presents to Red Wing Commercial Club a plan to open a Pearl Button factory employing at least 100 people. The deal offers five years of free rent and free light power and water for a number of years. The plant would be a branch of the Muscatine operation and would not affect local industry.
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Elmer Becker
Keystone Pearl Button Company
Commercial Club of
Red Wing
Minn
Mixed-age double wedding shocks Benton Harbor
In Benton Harbor Michigan on July 19 a family wedding twist emerges as Richard Newton age 70 and nearly blind marry Grace Nichols on July 4 while Mrs Phoebe Newton and Albert Nichols wed the same day. The aged couple courted secretly creating a remarkable family mix up with intertwined relationships.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Richard Newton
Grace Nichols
Phoebe Newton
Albert Nichols
Schlatter Placed in Mental Hospital After Arrest
Washington July 19 Francis Schatter the renowned divine healer was temporarily committed to the insane hospital this morning after being arrested yesterday on a vagrancy charge.
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Washington
Francis Schlatter
Desperate Boers Struggle as Desertions Weaken Forces
News items report Boers near famine with ammunition running low and desertions weakening the field force. Other notes include Emperor William praising Hamburg America for the Deutschland voyage, and various political and social items from the era.
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Steyn
William
Turkey
Shamrock II to Be Painted Green in Glastow
Sailboat Shamrock I will be painted light green. Its mast and spars will be unshipped at Glastow for transmission by steamer to the address or owner awaiting further directions.
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Glastow
Shamrock I
New York
Wapello Relief Fails As Drought Threatens Crops
The Wapello Republican notes the community faces a drought with crops at risk. Field and sweet corn yields look poor without rain. Pastures burn and feed is scarce, threatening Baxter Bros. and farmers with losses and fewer jobs. Hope remains for upcoming rain.
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Wapello Republican
Baxter Bros
Cor respondent on women teeth picking in public debated
A Philadelphia Press item quotes a reader asking if a woman should pick teeth in public. The snake editor replies that it is proper enough but women typically prefer private dental selections.
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Philadelphia Press
Epworth League Convention Draws Delegates to San Francisco
California attendees report strong turnout at the Epworth League National Convention in San Francisco. Sunrise prayer meetings were held at four churches while main sessions convened at Mechanics Pavilion and the Alhambra theatre. Delegates from every state and many from the Far East gathered as topics on the Twentieth Century movement and Forward Movement were discussed.
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San Francisco
Epworth League
Mechanics Pavilion
Alhambra Theatre
Forward Movement
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Coast
Generally Fair Weather Forecast for Iowa Tonight
Chicago dispatch notes generally fair weather for Iowa tonight and Saturday. A slight change in temperature is expected with variable winds and clear to partly cloudy skies.
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Iowa
Crescens Set Free For All Trot World Pace Record
Detroit July 19 Crescens the chestnut stallion owned and driven by Geo H Ketchum Toledo won the free for all trot at Grosse Point yesterday afternoon. He also set fast heat times 2 06 3 4 in heat one and 2 05 flat in heat two breaking both the year racing record and the world pacing record amid tumultuous applause.
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Detroit
Crescens
Geo. H. Ketchum
Toledo
Grosse Point
Aml
Infernal machine explodes in Brooklyn board office
A mailed infernal device exploded in the Brooklyn branch of the board of improvements, injuring Edgar Schroeder. The bomb was addressed to John J. Kletchka. Benjamin Rosenbloom, a department draughtsman, is under arrest for allegedly mailing the bomb in revenge for imagined wrongs.
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New York
Brooklyn
Board of Improvements
Edgar Schroeder
Bureau
John J. Kletchka
Benjamin Rosenbloom
Tolstoi Released After Night Arrest Amid Fading Recovery Hope
Moscow reports Tolstoi was released during the night and his recovery remains uncertain as hope for improvement fades.
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Tolstoi
Moscow
Death in New Jersey prison admits remorse before death
William Death, one of the quartet who murdered Jennie Bosschieter of Paterson, N J., lies dying in the Trenton prison. He-says the open air eases his cough but the locked cell worsens it. He claims innocence and regrets, insisting he never planned the murder.
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New York
William Death
Jennie Bosschieter
Paterson
N. J
Trenton
Moore
Jennie
Exile Refused by Prince Tuan and General Tung Fu Hsiang
A Chinese court letter reports Prince Tuan refuses to leave Ninghsia for exile as agreed with powers. General Tung Fu Hsiang also disobeys and will not disband his soldiers. The heir apparent fled the court after a severe rebuke by the empress dowager and joined his father at Ninghsia.
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Peking
Sian-Fu
Tuan
Tsing
Ninghsia
Kansu
Tung Fu Hsiang
Engagement Ends Over Harsh Literary Tests
Barbara breaks engagement with Professor Snoops after he sent her historical novels to read and persisted in questioning her on them. The Chicago Record-Herald reports the couple’s split over the scholarly regimen and the professor’s insistence on literary scrutiny.
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Barbara
Snoops
Chicago Record-Herald
Drowned on Yacht Veeintza Sinks in Storm Near Greenwich
The yacht Veéintza owned by Arthur Colburn of Philadelphia wrecked in a Greenwich storm. Colburn, his three daughters, the sailing master and a sailor drowned. Mrs. Walter Spankle and the yacht steward were rescued. Also noted is a brewing strike in Chicago with potential nationwide tie ups.
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New Haven
Conn
Veéintza
Arthur Colburn
Philadelphia
Greenwich
Colburn
Walter Spankle
Chicago
Pon
Market Dispatch From Chicago and Across Markets
Market report notes commodities and stock activity with July and September quotes for wheat corn oats pork and lard. Includes Chicago live stock receipts hogs cattle sheep and car lots, plus Liverpool and New York futures, rainless belt and warm forecast.
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Tod’y
Chicago
Blasius and Ludwig Pianos Lead Through the Country
Blasius and Ludwig Pianos are the leaders a through the country and also five Muscatine insist on having no other. You'll never regret it. Schmidt Bros.
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Blasius
Ludwig Pianos
Muscatine
Schmidt Bros
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