Sensation in breach of promise suit linked to Breckenridge case
Miss Mal Lucy Leeton sues Senator William V. Sullivan of Mississippi in Washington alleging five years of companionship and alleged promise to marry. She seeks fifty thousand dollars and cites similarities to the Madeleine Pollard Breckenridge suit. Leeton met Sullivan in Oxford Mississippi in 1895 and he allegedly aided her divorce and funded her tuition and board at a Memphis business college in Warrenton Virginia.
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Washington
William V. Sullivan
Mississippi
Mal Lucy Leeton
Sullivan
Madeleine Pollard
Breckenridge
Kentucky
Oxford
Business College
Memphis Female Institute
Warrenton
Bryan Continues New Jersey Campaign With Twelve Speeches
Thinks he will win New Jersey as Bryan presses a multi city tour starting in Hoboken. He is schedule to speak in Dover Patterson and Newark with three talks in Newark this evening. Warm reception energizes his campaign as he addresses 3500 at East Orange and speaks from a rear platform at Harrison Junction despite a railway rule. He is carried to the band stand in Orange for a public square address.
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Qrange
N. J
Bryan
New Jersey
Hoboken
Dover
Pateinson
Newark
East Orange
Harrison Junction
Governor Shaw Delivers Enthusiastic Clinton Campaign Address
Clinton October meeting draws crowds at the Davis Opera house with bands and parades. Laborers from lumber mills and railway shops fill the venue, many Fremont voters present, and the governor’s remarks draw loud applause. The event is viewed as highly effective for the campaign.
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Clinton
Shaw
Davis Opera House
Fremont
Death of Former Resident LeQuatte Brought Sorrow
The death of Mrs. J. W. LeQuatte occurred at the family residence last Sunday at 10 32 am. She was born Elizabeth Mae Tyler in Fairport Iowa on May 8 1863 and married J W Le Quatre in 1885. She leaves a husband two children and several relatives. Funeral rites were held at the residence Wednesday led by Rev Joel Vigus and Rev Joseph Pope. Attorney George H Woodson arrived to visit friends.
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J. W. LeQuatte
Elizabeth Mae Tyler
Fairport
Scott County
Iowa
J. W. le Quatre
Illinois City
Belle Plaine
Lewiston
Big Timber
Zora Winona
Lawrence Lyell
Elizabeth M. Wrlie
W. C
C. P. Tyler
Illinois
E. K. Tyler
A. G. Tyler
Muscatine
Henry L. Tyler
Vernon
M. J. Kinnelly
Altamont
Leonard A. Wylie
Joel Vigus
M. E. Church
Chinook
Mont
Joseph Pope
Yellowstone
Roosevelt Delighted by Monster Demonstration in Syracuse
Roosevelt felt happy over the huge demonstration last night in Syracuse where around forty thousand greeted him without incident. He planned a quiet departure at 8:30 for a tour through Little Falls Amsterdam Albany and a grand finale at Madison Square Garden New York where twenty thousand voices were to sing America.
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Syracuse
Roosevelt
Little Falls
Amsterdam
Albany
Madison Square Garden
New York
America
English janitor heir to fifty thousand dollars
Reginald Andrews a young Englishman employed as janitor at the Home for Aged Women in Cedar Rapids has learned he is heir to 50 000 left by his uncle who died recently in England.
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Cedar Rapids
Reginald Andrews
England
Chinese officials execute self punishment amid outrages
Washington reports two high level Chinese officials paid the penalty for instigating outrages. Kang Ki, a cabinet member, died the 18th. Yu Shien, former Shanxi governor, killed himself with gold leaf. Prince Tuan degraded at Shantung amid the turmoil. Allies near Paoting Fu report quiet camp and looting bans.
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Washington
China
Kang-Ki
Yu Shien
Shan Si
Yamen
Prince Tuan
Shantung Province
Shansi
Lingan Fu
Desperate fight near Nervican as U S troops clash with insurgents
MacArthur dispatch from Manila reports Lieut Febiger and 40 men of the Thirty third U S S V with Lieut Heidle and 60 men of the Third Cavalry attacked about four hundred rifles and a thousand Solomen led by Juan Villanor. Our forces retreated in good order. Casualties: 1st Lieut Febiger and four others killed. nine wounded. four missing. 29 horses missing. Captured Bath and a civilian teamster released. Insurgents’ losses estimated at 150.
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Washington
MacArthur
Manila
Febiger
Heidle
Nervican
Ilocos, Sur
Luzon
Juan Villanor
Timos
Narvican
Bath
Villanor
George Febiger
Charles Lindenberg
William Wilson
Andrew Johnson
Guy McClintock
Third Cavalry
Death of Emil Groeschel known as Little Jack
Emil Groeschel died last night at the Kemble Hotel on East Second Street. A carriage painter and real estate dealer, he was born in Germany in 1846 and spent most of his life in Iowa. He immigrated at age four and built a sizeable Muscatine property portfolio. He was a member of the I O O F and is remembered as a cheerful, industrious figure despite deafness and deformity.
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Emil Groeschel
Little Jack
Kemble
East Second Street
Muscatine County
Muscatine
Germany
America
Iowa
Charles Groeschel
Methodist Twentieth Century Offering Plans in Springfield
The Springfield district of the Methodist Episcopal church votes to raise 300000 dollars for Twentieth Century offerings for the coming year. At the presiding elders meeting resolutions set 80000 dollars for the benevolent fund for missions.
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Methodist Twentieth
Springfield
Ills
Twentieth Century Commission
Methodist Episcopal Church
Conference
Benevolent Fund For Missions
Babb Kemble Wedding Held At Bride’s Home
Max W. Babb of Mt. Pleasant marries Vida S. Kemble in a quiet ceremony at the bride’s North Court street home. Rev I C Kemble officiates and guests from Mt. Pleasant and Muscatine attend. The couple to begin housekeeping in Mt. Pleasant with post ceremony supper by local Methodist church ladies.
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Fairfield Exchange
Max W. Babb
Mt. Pleasant
Vida S. Kemble
I. C. Kemble
North Court Street
Methodist Church
Kemile
Babb
Pleasant
W. S. Babb
W. L. Babb
Traveling Men Show How They Stand for President
Davenport reports show McKinley 559 to Bryan 76 in the St. James register tally. Company B of Davenport’s Fiftieth National Guard ranks as the state’s top unit with 97.6, followed by Company L at Council Bluffs 94.4 and Deohuque with 94.3. Iowa Telephone stock is to be exchanged for Central Union shares completing the absorption. The Rock Island yards death is identified as 17 year old Fred Boehl of Davenport.
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Davenport
St. James
Council Bluffs
Deohuque Company
Iowa Telephone Company
Central Union
Iowa
Rock Island
Fred Boehl
John Boehl
West Front Street
Boers Capture Jacobsdal In Orange River Colony
Capetown Oct 26 The Boers seized Jacobsdal southwest of Kimberley after a stubborn British defense. Of 52 garrison men, 34 were casualties in the engagement. London volunteers due for a celebratory reception in London were chiefly known for capturing Jacobsdal.
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Capetown
Jacobsdal
Kimberley
Orange River Colony
City of London
London
Heavy Registration Surges in Davenport Iowa
The Davenport registration on October 26 reached four thousand, far above the October 22, 1896 figure, signaling strong voter engagement this election.
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Davenport
Iowa
Ministers Favorable Impression From Muscatine Visit
Delegates of the Iowa State Baptist Convention toured Muscatine noting its many churches and mills. They viewed the cooperative button factory and Keystone factory on Mulberry street and visited the local lumber district. Ministers praised hospitality while calling saloons a detriment, and several attendees from across Iowa listed.
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Iowa
Muscatine
Co- Operative Button Factory
Co- Operative
Boepple
Elmer Becker
Keystone
Mulberry Street
South Muscatine
Musserville
Hershey's
Musser’s
Kaiser's Mills
Journal Reporter
Baptist Church
C. W. Harten
W. E. Barber
F. E. Hudson
M. A. Ketman
R. R. Saddlers
Wilson Mills
G. A. Bryant
T. E. Starkweather
Chicago
Jay D. Lapham
Osage
Robert Williams
Waterloo
W. E. Stone
Glenwood
M. S. Goodale
Walter M. Walker
Des Moines
Margaret Walker
C. J. Algins
Arthur
G. E. Murphy
Grinnell
H. S. Glenn
Chariton
C. W. Rose
E. O. Wilson
Mary J. Baker
West Chester
Chas. Knopp
Robert C. Bryant
Moline
St. Jane
Death of Carrie Watson Former Millionaire Revealed
Caroline Victoria Watson known as Carrie Watson dies at 552 Michigan Avenue after a month of illness. She died as Mrs. Storms, with a probate certificate issued. Reports say she had been nearly a millionaire yet died comparatively poor amid mystery about her past and public notoriety.
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Chicago
Caroline Victoria Watson
Michigan Avenue
Road Samaritan
Young woman committed to Yankton insane hospital
Lena Bouts, a Sioux City girl, was sent to Yankton state insane hospital after shooting and killing her father near Rapid City a year ago. Her brother was implicated. the family suffered cruelty, and Lena now imagines her father’s face, with care history including a reform school placement.
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Sioux City
Lena
South Dakota State Insane Hospital
Yankton
Rapid City
Reform School
Doctor Vaccinates 150 Indians After Smallpox Review
Ashland Wis Oct 26 Dr David son US government physician for the Indians at La Pointe agency returned from Bad River reservation at Odanah where he surveyed for smallpox among the Indians He found only one active case which had escaped from a logging camp and come to Odanah He vaccinated over 150 Indians while at Odanah.
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Ashland
Wis
Davidson
United States
la Pointe Indian Agency
Bad River Reservation
Odanah
Fair Weather Forecast for Iowa Tonight and Saturday
Chicago dispatch reports indications for Iowa show fair weather tonight and Saturday. The note specifies clear skies and mild temperatures with no precipitation expected.
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Iowa
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Sentor Sullivan
Wife
Gov. Shaw
Montana
George H. Woodson
Muchakineck
Teddy
Cédar Rapids
Cape
Chinaman
Paoting Fu
Shanhai
Tien Tsin
Twen
Kemble House
Kemble-Babb
Boards
Mr. Vollmer
Joe Lane
G.m.curtis
Stein’s
Hall
J. E. Munger
Arthur Fowler
Corning
H. H. Beach
Northwood
H. D. Horst
W. L. Brown
Wapelio
A. W. Hine
C. Craven
C. Miller
I. Triderichen
I. B. Crayne
P. F. Merkley
Wilton
Thos. Ratcliffe
Farmington
Robert D. Burdick
Robert Carral Chaffee
Cherokee
Robert Carral
Florence Duffield
Anna B. Melsson Hanson
Kiron
Clari Watson
Indica
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