Omaha Minneapolis Fort Dodge Line Inaugurated January 25 1900
New Omaha to Fort Dodge link joins the Omaha Minneapolis and St Paul route with the Minneapolis and St Louis line to Minneapolis and St Paul. Through Pullman sleeping car and couches on the vestibule night train. Daily fast day train with parlor car and coaches. Schedule shows departures from Omaha and arrivals in St Paul and Minneapolis with connecting times.
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Tara
The
Central
Chicago
Omaha
Ellinois Central
Fort Dodge
Minneapolis
St. Louis
St. Paul
St Paul
Ly Minn
Pullman
Staple Grocery Line Promises Pure Fresh Goods
A vendor offers pure fresh groceries to attract steady patronage with stable prices and reliable supply. The pitch emphasizes quality and ongoing trade.
Commissioner Peck Faces Gossip Over Management Charges
Paris June 4 The Associated Press reports that criticism of Commissioner General Peck’s leadership has produced gossip but no solid proof of wrongdoing. Peck denies any space sales and calls for investigation while acknowledging friction with some exhibitors and staff. The payroll shrinks as experts finish work, and Peck’s health is described as excellent with no resignation anticipated.
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Paris
Associated Press
Peck
American Commission
Washington
General de Gallifet Resigns War Post Over Dreyfus Row
Paris reports reveal General de Gallifet quit the war portfolio amid disputes over the political detective department and war office document tampering. Waldeck Rousseau’s labeling of Captain Fritsch’s actions as felony inflamed the dispute as Gallifet faced insults and renewed debate on the Dreyfus affair.
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Paris
General de Gallifet
Temps
Eclair
War Office
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
Dreyfus
Chamber
Sioux City Keeps Western League Franchise. Park Planned
The Western Base Ball League meeting ends with Sioux City keeping its franchise in place. A downtown park will be sought, and Des Moines manager Chase agrees to follow national board directions and adopt the Spalding ball. Buck Ebright, captain and second baseman, is released. Glasscock is expected to replace him.
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Sioux City
St. Paul
Beall
Chase
Des Moines
National Board
Buck” Ebright
Ebright
Glasscock
Fair Grounds
Grand Council of Iowa
United Travelers’ of America
Pioneer Newspaper Man William Sutherin Dies in Montana
Helena, June 4. William E. Sutherin a pioneer Montana newspaper man and editor of the White Sulphur Springs Husbandman died Saturday of stomach cancer in Meagher County. He directed Montana’s agricultural exhibit at the World’s Fair and served as Montana’s commissioner at the Omaha exposition.
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Pioneer
Helena
Mont
William E. Sutherin
Montana
White Sulpur Springs
Meagher County
Sutherlin
Teachers Country Club Outing at Sand Lake Grounds
A large group of Chicago teachers visited the Sand lake grounds near Campbellsport Wisconsin as the Teachers' Country Club from Chicago develops 220 acres into a natural park. They plan a club house cottages tennis croquet and bathing beach with fishing nearby.
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Campbellsport
Wis
Chicago
Counry Club
Sand Lake
Teachers’ Country Club
Kittson divorce case and Indiana governor race
A Sioux City report notes Mrs Violet Pace Kittson files for divorce from Alfred Kittson, guardian funds and alimony contested, with a possible guardian party. Separate item reports Indiana Democrats and rival gubernatorial contenders Kern and Burke prep for the state convention in Indianapolis amid party strength shifts. Chicago baseball scores update prominent games and rain delays in Philadelphia, Beeston, and Brooklyn New York.
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St. Paul
Violet Pace Kittson
Alfred
Kittson
Commodore Kittson
Alfred Kittson
Kitttson
Indianapolis
John W. Kern
Frank B. Burke
United States
Kern
Burke
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Beeston
St. Louis
Boston
Brooklyn
New York
Buffalo
Minneapolis
Detroit
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Cleveland
Lincoln Youth Arrested for Bigamy in Iowa Case
W N Gorn a 22 year old farm laborer was arrested in Lincoln at Corning Iowa authorities request. He admitted guilt and returned to Iowa with Sheriff W W Morris. He has three wives all married within the last year and none divorced. Clear Lake reports a severe rain storm wrecking Willow creek bridges. lightning killed livestock and four hours of steady rain caused crop damage.
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Lincoln
Neb
W. N. Gorn
Corning
Gorn
Iowa
W. W. Morris
Clear Lake
Willow Creek
Workshop Accident in Jonesboro Leaves Man Severed Arm
Daniel Gipson, while working in his Jonesboro shop, slipped on a fast revolving circular saw blade and suffered a near amputation of his right forearm, prompting medical aid in Marion, Indiana, on June 4.
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Marion
Ind
Daniel Gibson
Jonesboro
Public officers and global notes from the era
The president appoints Daniel A. Ray of Illinois as U S marshal of Hawaii. The Dreyfus amnesty bill passes in the French senate. The DeLeon faction of the Socialist convention meets in New York. A Kansas City strike draws few responders. Major T C Goodman moves from lakes paymaster to Manila. The Vatican deposits 775000 in the Bank of Rome for Peter's peace. Plumage ban planned by millinery traders to Audubon societies. Sir Robert Peel's library to be sold. Letters stolen from Minister Merry in San Jose Costa Rica. Bullion hidden in a Chicago area freight car located by police. General Mercier attacked in French senate over amnesty. W H Reeves, ex deputy auditor at Havana, arreste d. Princess Aribert of Anhalt arrives in New York incognito. In Meridian Mississippi forty eight minutes yield twenty eight inches of rain. Catalina Mountains fires burn 60 million feet of lumber in Arizona.
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Daniel A. Ray
Ilinois
United States
Hawaii
Dreyfus
National Socialist Convention
DeLeon
New York
Kansas City
Building Trades’ Council
T. C. Goodman
Department of the Lakes
Manila
Vatican
Bank of
Peter's Peace
Chicago
Mercier
Senate
W. H. Reeves
Havana
Aribert
Anhalt
Queen Victoria
Meridan
Miss
Catalina
Arizona
JURY ACQUITS COL SUTTON IN STATE FRAUD CASE
Lansing June 4 Colonel Eli R Sutton of Detroit and UM regent was acquitted of complicity in the state military clothing frauds after a short jury deliberation. Mrs Sutton wept and kissed jurors as verdicts spread. Sutton had admitted advising sale of state goods to be returned fraudulently. General Marsh was convicted and appealed, while General White fled to South Africa.
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Lansing
Mich
Eli R. Sutton
Detroit
University of Michigan
Pingree
State Military Board
Sutton
Military Board
White
Marsh
Haviing
General Marsh
General White
South Africa
Fatal fight at a primary ends with shooting in Anna
In Anna Illinois on June 4 Thomas Mayes a carpenter was shot by A T Thompson one of the judges in the Republican congressional primaries. Thompson was arrested by Sheriff Crane and jailed at Jonesboro. Mayes wounded in the abdomen with a bullet lodged near the right hip.
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Anna
Ill
Thomas Mayes
A. T. Thomson
Union County
Thompson
Mayes
Crane
Jonesboro
Friend of the Birds Isaac W. Brown’s Indiana Bird Beekeeping Crusade
Isaac W. Brown toured Hartford City Indiana urging preservation of song birds and bumble bees to protect crops. He spoke to farmers and church audiences stressing birds and bees as essential for crops and warned lands could become arid if not protected. Brown, longtime crop expert for B P Hutchinson, says the next legislature may pass protections for birds.
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Hartford City
Ind
Isaac W. Brown
Indiana
Brown
B. P. Hutchinson
Man arrested for murder after dairy purchase
Kansas City, James Salver, who bought a rural dairy, was arrested on a murder charge. A related case involves R Will Davis of Independence who disappeared in March. a man who accompanied him to Guthrie allegedly impersonated him to withdraw 460 from a Guthrie bank.
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Kansas City
James Salver
R. Will Davis
Independence
Lauther
Davis
Guthrie
Salver
George P. Anderson Dies in Indianapolis at 76
George P. Anderson longtime Crown Hill cemetery secretary and IA Fellow in Indier passed away at his home in Indianapolis at age 76. He was widely known across the middle west for thirty years of service.
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Harrisburg
Hls
John R. Hutchinson
Mitchellsville
Indianapolis
George P. Anderson
Middle West
Crown Hill Cemetery
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John Sebastian
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A. H. Hason
de Gillifet
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Western Base Ball League
Teachers Country Club
Col. Sutton
Songsters
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Ireland
United Irish League
Oloch
James Christopher Flynn
Springfield
Uls
William Clements
Taylorville
Clements
William
Ward Clements
Houghton, Mich
Calumet and
Heeda
Dillaway’s Crockery Store
Cypress
Woodlawn
Ality
Colvir
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Cypress Addition
John J Havercamp
F. A. Neidig
East 2d St
Hershey Lumber Co
Muscatine, Iowa
Sterling Remedy Company
Montres
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