Platt Sick as Delegates Debate Roosevelt Lead
Philadelphia June 25 Sen Platt is a sick man and unable to attend the New York delegation meeting as his sons guard him. The Republican convention opened with Lodge chosen permanent chairman and Johnson secretary. McKinley likely to be renominated by acclamation with Roosevelt a leading contender amid a shifting vice presidential race.
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Philadelphia
Platt
New York
Wolcott
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Chas. W. Johnson
Minnesota
Senator Wolcott
Charles M. Boswell
Rosvener
Ohio
Lodge
Charles W. Johnson
Shaw
Iown
Roosevelt
Fairbanks, Cairman
Committee On Resolutions
Woodruff
Kansas
Shanghai and Pekin War News Across The Seas
Reports confirm international reinforcements reaching Pekin while fleets are dispatched to China. Marines from Norfolk sail, and British, Russian, Austrian, and German forces mobilize. Refugees face choosing faith or death as boxers wreak havoc near the Yangtze corridor.
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London
Pekin
Ign
Shanghai
Seymour
Europe
China
Admiral Seymour
Counterfeiter Ira Husted Arrested in Cedar Rapids
Ira Husted age 65, a chronic offender with two-thirds of the last twenty years in jail for liquor laws violations, was arrested in Cedar Rapids for making and passing counterfeit money. Police found counterfeit notes on him and a full counterfeiting setup in his room. he is held for the federal grand jury.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ira Husted
Husted
Hood's Sarsaparilla Ad Encourages Health Promise
Advert says declaring blood impure and appetite poor means need for Hood's Sarsaparilla and urges starting the remedy at once.
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Hood
Hunter Occupies Krugersdorp and Boer Fight Near Heilbron
London reports Hunter has occupied Krugersdorp twenty miles west of Johannesburg with no opposition. Methuen earlier routed Dewet’s Boers at Heilbron as Kitchener narrowly escaped capture on a train at Kopje station. Free Staters and Boers from Laing’s Nek shell the British camp near Ficksburg.
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Journal
London
Hunter
Krugersdorp
Johannesburg
Methuen
Christian Dewet
Heilbron
Cape Town
Kitchener
Kopje Station
Lembe
Basutoland
Free
Murdered for Spite: Eight-Year-Old Kills Three-Year-Old
In Grayson county Virginia on Saturday eight year old Arthur Waddill lured three year old Bettie Hampton into the woods and beat her with a stone then hid the body. After two days of searching Arthur confessed and led searchers to the site. He says the motive was anger at the girl's mother and he is now jailed.
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Chmond
Grayson County
Arthur Waddill
Bettie Hampton
Arhtur
Sioux City Antisaloon League Crusade Loyalists Pledge Passes
In Sioux City Iowa evangelist G B Swartz leads a temperance campaign at a tent on the Corn Palace lot. Opening night 600 people pledged to abstain from intoxicating liquor and many more did so the next evening. Pledgers wear blue badges in support.
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Sioux City
Iowa
G. B. Swartz
Corn Palace
Important Time Change On Nickel Plate Route
Nickel Plate announces new daily through service between Chicago and New York with a 27 hour schedule departing Van Buren Street at 3 30 p m and arriving New York 7 25 p m next day. Standard and Night Express trains shift departure times and offer through cars to New York and Boston arriving next day afternoon or early morning. Dining cars accompany all day trains from Chicago and courteous porters aid travelers especially ladies. J Y Calahan General Agent provides rates and schedules at 111 Adams Street Chicago.
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Chicago
New York
van Buren St
Boston Express
Boston
J. Y. Calahan
Adams St
Pacific Ave
Central and Union
Harrison
Fatal Morrison Hotel Fire Kills One In South Bend
A Morrison hotel blaze in South Bend Indiana destroyed part of the building and killed L. P. Smart of Hudson. The Smiths of Chicago were gravely hurt after being blown from a third story window as a blast is believed to have originated at the top of the structure. Firemen rescued all other occupants and saved a two year old child.
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South Bend
Ind
Morrison
Hawaii forms independent party seeking statehood and equality
Honolulu reports on June 20 that Hawaii's residents formed an independent political party. The platform demands native equality with whites, pledges support to whichever party advances statehood, and opposes monopolies. The Democratic territorial convention meanwhile named delegates to the Kansas City gathering.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Hawaii
Democratic Territorial Convention
Kansas City
Three Years In Pen For Embezzlement In Cuba
Captain Peter C. Meerin, assistant quartermaster of the United States Volunteers, began a three year term at Ft Leavenworth prison after a court martial finding and presidential approval for embezzlement in Cuba.
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Journal
San Francisco
Peter C. Meerin
United States Volunteers
Ft. Leavenworth
Cuba
Wreck on Louisville & Nashville Bridge Kills Two Men
Two men died and two were seriously injured when a bridge over a rolling fork on a Louisville & Nashville branch collapsed last evening at Lebanon Kentucky. The engine baggage car express and a combination coach fell about 25 feet into the river with several others injured.
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the Journal
Lebanon
Louisville & Nashville
Fire destroys farm house near New Liberty
The Grafing family home two miles south of New Liberty burned last Thursday afternoon. Part of the household goods were saved. A Missouri sawmill worker Ferdinand Kistenmacher from Minnesota is visiting his parents. Frank Adams and family moved into a Mische house on the west side. Jockbeck and Knaack shipped hogs Tuesday. The burned building was completely destroyed. An excursion to Burlington on July 12 aboard the steamer Henrietta is advertised.
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Ferdinand Kistenmacher
Minnesota
E. E. Moeller
Henry Graping
New Liberty
Mr. Grafing
William Grafing
Stockton
Minneapolis Theshing Machine Co
Avery Company
Rock Island
Avery
Frank Adams
Jockbeck and
Knaack
Beggs' Blood Purifier Praised In Newton Family Ambit
E F Andrews of Newton Kansas says Beggs Blood Purifier has been a standard spring medicine in his family for twenty years. It is claimed to permanently cure all skin and blood disorders and is available at J J Havercamp's.
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Topeka
E. F. Andrews
Newton
Kan
J. J. Havercamp
Rainy Day Skirt Met With No Rain Disappointment
A girl's rainy day skirt remains dry as showers fail to arrive. The lament contrasts wardrobe readiness with weather that stubbornly holds off, leaving plans dampened by blue skies.
Coal Beds Near Sioux City
Prof H. C. Powers, former geology instructor at Jackson University, returns from Jackson Nebraska after examining coal beds on C. H. Goodfellow's farm. He finds the strike good and suggests northeastern Nebraska may supply quality coal, which could benefit Sioux City if his judgment holds.
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Sioux City
Iowa
H. C. Powers
Jackson
Neb
C. H. Goodfellow
Nebraska
Summer excursion rates by Burlington Northern Railway
The Burlington Cedar Rapids Northern Railway offers reduced summer rates to many major destinations. Key events include Sioux Falls National gathering of Ancient Order of United Workmen June 9 20 Philadelphia Republican National Convention June 19 Charleston National Educational Association July 7 13 Cincinnati Baptist Young People's Union July 12 15 Chicago G A R National Encampment Aug 27 Sept 1 Detroit Knights of Pythias Aug 27 Sept 1 St Paul National Republican League July 17 19. Request the Okoboji Outing booklet from Jno G Farmer A G P T A Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway
Sioux Falls
S. C
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Philadelphia
Charleston
National Educational Association
Cincinnati
Chicago
Ill
Detroit
Mich
Knights of Pythias
St. Paul
Minn
National Republican League of the United States
Jno
G. Farmer, A
Hood's Sarsaparilla Best Medicine Claim
When in need of medicine the text asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the top choice. It emphasizes value and experience proving this brand superior for health needs.
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Hood
Generally Fair Indications for Iowa Weather
The Chicago weather bulletin reports generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday. The outlook suggests mild temperatures with light winds across Iowa.
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Chicago
Iowa
United Brethren Excursion to Burlington July 12
The United Brethren church plans an annual excursion to Burlington on July 12. A double deck steamer and barge will transport 850 passengers at 75 cents round trip. Co. C is under state inspection today as local boys prepare in their new quarters. Leo H. Hirsh closes his factory for repairs causing about sixty workers to be idle.
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Havana
China
Li Hung Chang
United Brethren Church
Burlington
Co. C
Leo H. Hirsh
Insane man seized doctor in violent attack in Mount Pleasant
William Wetzel, 1010 Newell Avenue, was declared insane this afternoon and will be taken to Mount Pleasant for treatment. Previously quiet, he stood frozen near his home, then became violent, choking the physician during a struggle. Wetzel, a German with a wife and six children, formerly foreman at the Ashton and Butler button factory.
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William Wetzel
Newell Avenue
Mt. Pleasant
Schmidt
Ashton and Butler
Ottumwa Public Library Tax Passes In Special Election
Ottumwa voters approved a tax to fund the public library assisted by Andrew Carnegie. The measure carried by 240 votes with 2,700 ballots cast. enthusiasm ran high and observers say women’s votes were decisive in the outcome.
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Ottumwa
Andrew Carnegie
Inspection Tonight At Armory By Company C
Colonel Om stead and Major Rule arrived from Davenport this morning to inspect Company C at the Armory. They have about half completed the rounds of the Fiftieth and the company is expected to accredit itself with its usual merit this evening.
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Omstead
Major Rule
Davenport
Police seize runaway horse and shelter it in city pond
Police captured a horse roaming the streets this afternoon and placed it in the city pond. The owner can reclaim the animal by paying the city costs.
Convention excursions reduced fares by Iowa Central Ry
The Iowa Central Railway offers discounted round trip fares for several conventions. Republican National, Prohibition, Democratic, Music Teachers, Republican League, and Grand Army of the Republic events list sale dates, return limits, and destinations from Philadelphia to Des Moines and Chicago to St Paul. Tickets available mid June to late August with final return limits in 1900s dates.
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Iowa Central Ry
Philadelphia
Chicago
Kansas City
Music Teachers National
Des Moines
Iowa
National Republican League
St. Paul
Minn
Grand Army of the Republic
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