Gould and Harriman Face Eight Million Note Due
New York July 31 Arrangements for meeting eight million Wheeling and Lake Erie notes due tomorrow were completed by Kuhn Loeb Blair & Co. The terms were not disclosed and it is unclear if Gould railroads are affected. Rumors of a Gould Harriman coalition persist but no confirmation.
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New York
N.Y
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Blair & Company
Gould
Wall Street
Gould-Harriman
Lake Erie
Wabash
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Deal in rolled oats shakes Keokuk cereal market
Keokuk July 31 The Battle Creek Breakfast Food Co bought the entire stock issue of the American Rice and Cereal Co of Keokuk in a major local deal. Local stockholders exchanged their shares for stock in Battle Creek, with assets over 1 500 000.
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American Rice and Cereal Co
Keokuk
Battle Creek Breakfast Food Co
Saloons to Quit Under New Adjacent Property Rule
More than twenty Burlington saloons will be forced to close due to a regulation requiring consent of adjoining property owners. Proprietors plan to comply with the law and avoid Civic Federation action, following similar moves in Muscatine and Davenport.
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Burlington
Mulci
City
Civic Federation
Muscatine
Davenport
Union tensions escalate over Buffalo division rail troubles
Scranton Pennsylvania July 31 President Truesdale refused a conference with the switch men over the Buffalo division of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad. Grand Master Hawley of the Switchmen's union said a strike declaration now seems inevitable.
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Scranton
Truesdale
Switchmen
Buffalo
Delaware, Lakawanna and Western Railroad
Hawley
Switchmen’s Union
Cotton Crop Report Shows Higher July Condition
Washington July 31 The average condition of cotton stood at 83 percent on July 25 up from 81.2 a month earlier and 75 a year ago per the agriculture department report.
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Washington, D. C
Agriculture Department
Governor Little Stricken By Melancholia In Missouri Sanitarium
St Louis Mo July 31 Governor John S Little of Arkansas has been placed in a sanitarium at St Joseph suffering from acute melancholia. The move comes amid reports of health decline and public concern over his condition and duties.
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Gov. Little
St. Joe
John 8S. Little
Arkansas
Mysterious Deaths Shock Indiana and Colorado
Warsaw Indiana July 31 Violeta Marie Bowen of Gerlaw Illinois and Mrs Thessie Walden of Denver died after a five minute illness A postmortem found the heart pierced by a minute sharp instrument following arteries to the heart Doctors call the deaths mysterious and unexplainable at this time
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Warsaw
Ind
Violeta Marie Bowen
Gerlaw
Ill
Thessie Walden
Denver
Independence Candidate Thomas L. Hisgen welcomed by West Springfield
Thomas L. Hisgen, the Independence Party nominee for president, arrived from Chicago and was greeted by several hundred townspeople in West Springfield Massachusetts. He was escorted to the town hall where an unprecedented ovation was given.
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West Springfield
Mass
Thomas L. Hisgen
Independence Party
United States
Chicago
Double drownings in Illinois and nearby states reported
Aledo Illinois reports a double drowning in Edwards river near Mercer County. Fred Nesertt aged 17 and Earl Day aged 23 both died while attempting to save each other after Nesertt could not swim. Day died heroically. Other drownings occur in Des Moines Iowa and Waterloo Iowa with teens crushed by cramps while swimming. In Ashland Nebraska two National Guard militiamen Joy Wright and George Forgis drowned in the Platte river during bath time.
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Aledo
Ill
Edwards River
Fred Nesertt
Earl Day
Day
Nesertt
Mercer County
Des Moines
Fred Juber
Raccoon River
Iowa
Waterloo
Russel Mumper
Ashland
Neb
Joy Wright
George Forgis
Nebraska City Company
National Guard of
Nebraska
Platte River
Hitchcock Meets New York Leaders Without Firm Stance
Frank H Hitchcock chairman of the Republican National Committee met New York state leaders to discuss the national campaign. He declined to define his wishes on renominating Hughes but suggested the state convention might nominate the current governor for another term.
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New York
N. Y
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Herbert Parsons
William L. Ward
Timothy L. Woodruff
Hitchcock
Hughes
West
Nonpartisan Notification Ceremony For Bryan Nomination
Nebraska officials and citizens plan a strictly nonpartisan notification ceremony for William Jennings Bryan’s presidential nomination in Lincoln. Invitations extend to state and city officers and neighboring states. Samuel Gompers defends labor voting independence amid lingering attacks. Frank Hitchcock denies any targeted campaign against Gompers.
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Fairview
Lincoln
Bryan
Major Brown
National Committeeman
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Labor
Frank H. Hitchcock
Gompers
Storm Moves Northward Along Atlantic Coast
Weather bureau warns of a storm moving up from the West Indies along the middle Atlantic coast. Over the next 24 hours expect high winds and heavy rain from Cape Hatteras to Cape Cod as warnings stay in effect.
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Washington, D. C
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
Cape Cod
Weather Bureau Today
West Indies
Middle Atlantic
Two Mad Men Kill Six in Seattle Hospital Tragedy
Seattle July 31 Jesse Fifer gripman killed his eight year old daughter Hazel and confinement patient Mrs. Dennis Nichoul fatally wounded his wife Mrs. L Fifer and seriously wounded sister-in-law Ethel Warren in a private maternity hospital then died by his own hand. In Cranston Leonard Hendricks age 31 killed himself and his two daughters by gas in his absence from his wife leaving a goodbye note hoping she find a better husband.
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Seattle
Wash
Jesse Fifer
Hazel
Dennis Nichoul
L. Fifer
Ethel Warren
Cranston
R. I
Leonard Hendricks
Mystery Still Unfolding in Hazel Drew Case
Coroner Strope releases inquest findings on Hazel J. Drew's death. Cause listed as extracasation of blood in the dura mater from a blow to the head with a blunt instrument. Detectives say clues remain unpursued and remain hopeful of solving the case.
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Hazel Drew
Troy
N. Y
Strope
Hazel J. Drew
Teai Pond
Detective Bureau
Rhodus Refuses to Talk on Stocks Sale Promoters
Chicago July 31 Thomas Rhodus one of the Rhodus Brothers indicted by a federal grand jury for illegal use of the mails refused to reveal names addresses and amounts in the sale of Central Life Securities Co stocks by Mercantile Finance Co. Receiver Fetzer reported liabilities of 1 363 000 and assets of 127 000.
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Chicago
Ill
Thomas Rhodus
Rhodus
Sultan to declare himself Emperor of Moslems
Berlin dispatch reports from Constantinople that the Sultan of Turkey plans to abandon the title Sultan and proclaim himself Emperor of Moslems, a move seen as a dynastic and political shift. The report notes intense Ottoman reaction and international implications.
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Berlin
Germany
Berliner Zeitung
Constantinople
Turkey
Gould Spies Held In Divorce Case Subornation
New York July 31 Mrs Ben Teal wife of the stage manager and Harry Mousley a private detective are each held 5000 bail to await grand jury action on charges of attempted subornation perjury to help prepare testimony for divorce proceedings by Mrs L Frank Gould.
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New York
N. Y
Ben Teal
Harry Mousley
L. Frank Gould
Castro Makes His Move in Caracas Exequatur Row
In Caracas on July 31 President Castro withdraws the exequaturs of the Netherlands consul in Venezuela. The political move heightens tensions as Venezuela responds to the Netherlands’ stance.
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Castro
Caracas
Venezuela
Netherlands
Explosion tears Stafford town. 100 kegs powder
In Stafford, Huntington, 100 kegs exploded at the powder house last night, wrecking nearly every house and injuring several people. Damage estimated at $200,000. cause unknown.
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Huntington
W. Va
Stafford
Railroad petition challenges new safety law in court
Hartford July 1 The New York New Haven and Hartford railroad company filed a complaint in the U S circuit court against the interstate commerce commission attacking the act to promote the safety of employees and travelers on railroads.
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Hartford, Conn
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lord Roberts Prostrated by Heat in Montreal
Montreal on July 31 reports Field Marshal Lord Roberts has collapsed from heat and all engagements for the day were cancelled. Authorities limited service hours for workers to cope with the heat and ensuing disruptions.
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Montreal
Lord Roberts
Ketchell Kelly Bout Promises Fifteen Round Knockout Duel
San Francisco July 31 betting favors Stanley Ketchell to KO Hugo Kelly inside fifteen rounds for the middleweight title at the Coliseum. Ketchell is 2 to 1 favorite as wagers surge. English wins in the Leander eight oared race over the Belgians at the Olympic regatta in Henry.
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San Francisco
Cal
Stanley Ketchell
Hugo Kelly
Coliseum
Grand Rapids
Henry
Brighton Beach Racing Association Indicted in Gambling Case
New York July 31 Indictments returned against the Brighton Beach Racing Association for aiding gamblers to violate the new anti gambling laws. Also charged are president Christopher Fitzgerald large stockholder William Engeman and former betting ring superintendent John G Cavanaugh.
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New York
N. Y
Brighton Beach Racing Association
Grand
Christopher Fitzgerald
William Engeman
John G. Cavanaugh
American Car Reaches Paris After Great Race
The New York to Paris auto race entrant crossed the frontier at noon yesterday and entered Paris by eight in the evening. Enthusiasts met the machine at Meaux, twenty five miles east of Paris, and gave it a cheering reception.
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Paris
New York
Meaux
Iowan found dead near Amana in apparent suicide
The jeweler Edward Eckert of Marengo was found dead near Amana with two bullet wounds to the temple. Believed to be suicide due to ill health after leaving home in his car on Tuesday. He was 43, survived by wife and five children. A search party had been active since his auto was found in woods. Death in House of Sorrow reports an infant choking death in the same residence.
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Iowa City
Speecetal
Edward Eckert
Marengo
Iowa River
Amana
Iowa
Henry Willhauer
Wealthy Dr Whitney Found Dying in Missouri Road
Rural mail carrier Charles Harrill found Dr L E Whitney dying in a public road near Carthage Missouri on July 31. Whitney died hours after being taken to his home. Authorities suspect foul play surrounding the circumstances of his disappearance and death.
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Carthage
L. E. Whitney
Missouri
Charles Harrill
Whitney
Mrs Farnum Divorced From Actor Dustin Farnum
New York July 31 Alice Johnstone an actress obtained an interlocutory decree of divorce from Dustin L Farnum an actor in the supreme court justice Dayton The trial was before a referee with all evidence sealed by court order
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New York
Alice Johnstone
Dayton
Supreme Court
Dustin L. Farnum
Fall trade to be heavy in mid summer reports
Dispatches to Dun's Review show usual midsummer quiet in many lines with a gradual move to prepare for fall and winter trade. Some districts report notably better conditions than others as merchants shift focus to upcoming seasons.
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New York
N. Y
Dun
Woman Dies After 19 Years of Elephantiasis
Pittsburg July 31 Mrs Anna M Lynch aged 51 died at her home near McKeesport after a long illness from elephantiasis She weighed 510 pounds at the time of death.
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Pittsburg
Anna M. Lynch
McKeesport
Weather Report for Iowa and Illinois
Generally fair tonight and Saturday in Iowa and Illinois. Cooler tonight in the extreme southeast of Iowa and the south of Illinois. Warmer Saturday in the western regions. Sunrise 4 42, sunset 7 12, moon 9 21 D M.
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Iowa
Illinois
Moonpet
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