Pressed glass plants restart as jobs rise nationwide
A broad array of brief items notes resumed glass factories employing over 1,000 workers, a death of Miss Blendie Searing the blind lawyer, population tallies for Kansas at 1 444 708, and various regional events. Other items report a naval offer in Chicago, a walnut acreage search in Missouri, Geronimo's rumored marriage, and fires at Berry’s barn in Pond Creek Oklahoma. Additional notes cover New York census counts, wool quality from Wyoming, and deaths of several public figures.
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Blendie Searing
United States
Eureka Springs
Diplomatic Rumor on War With China Denied
Washington officials and foreign envoys dismissed a Che Foo rumor that Russia Germany and Japan united to declare war on China. No official word confirmed any action. Conger Chaffee Remey reports were scarce and a telegraph line delays Chinese authorities handling messages.
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Washington
Russia
Germany
Japan
China
Che Foo
Department of State
Legations
War and Navy Departments
Conger
General Chaffee
Admiral Remey
Fowler
War Department
Chaffee
Pekin
Tien Tsin
London
United States
Shanghai
Tien’Tsin
Forty Americans with troops sail for Tianjin from Pekin
A Pekin dispatch reports forty Americans with a U S troops escort depart for Tien Tsin on the morrow, the march following the unrest in the area.
Allies march international forces through palace doors in Beijing
Paris dispatch dated August 20 reports General Frey stating allied troops have driven the Boxers from captured positions. The imperial palace was occupied by regular Chinese troops and the allies plan to march through its doors, which were later closed.
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Paris
Frey
Fekin
Imperial Palace
Farmer dies from shotgun accident near Boneskee D
Henry Beck of Boneskee, Nebraska, was mowing when a shotgun discharged. The bullet struck his left lung and caused his death. He resided near Boneskee and the incident occurred on a summer day in August.
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Stuart
Henry Beck
Mrs Moore Aims for National President Role
Mrs C L Moore ex department president of the Woman s Relief Corps of Kansas is endorsed for national president. Kansas delegates to the Chicago encampment meeting tonight will campaign for her election after the state convention endorsement.
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Moore
Topeka
Kan
C. L. Moore
Woman's Relief Corps of
Kansas
Woman's Relief Corps
Chicago
National Mexican War Veterans to Meet in Cincinnati
The National Association of Mexican War Veterans will convene in Cincinnati September 13 and 14 with an entertaining program arranged by local committees. Includes receptions banquets and trips to sites around the city such as the sittary Gam at Fort Thomas. Veterans from across the country are expected and the gathering may be the last formal meeting of the national association.
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Cincinnati
Na‘ Tional’ “Association
Fort
Thomas
National Association
Kentucky Legislature to Meet in Special Session
FRANKFORT Ky Aug 27 The Kentucky legislature convenes Tuesday in a special session to amend the state election law. Governor Beckham will address the body with proposed changes. Most Democratic members plan to present their own measures as the caucus debates the options Goebel law repeal dominates discussion.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Beckham
Famine Threat Grows as Tien Tsin Situation Saddens
Reports from Peking describe the siege of the imperial city continuing with no occupation yet. Allied forces hold position awaiting instructions while Boxers approach from the south and famine looms as refugees flood the area near Tien Tsin.
Beef for the czar order shocks Chicago trade
Armour & Co. received a 6 000 000 pound czar beef on the hoof order to feed soldiers in China. The record Chicago meat trade deal requires 5 000 fatted cattle shipped from San Francisco through Hawaii and Japan, with options on all available Pacific vessels.
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Chicago
Ill
Armour & Co
China
Pacific
San Francisco
Hawaii
Japan
Plan for Uprising in Manila Revealed Letters
War department releases letters found with General Ricart indicating plans for an 1900 attack on Manila. An unsigned note cites few resolute guards at gates and General Otis aboard a ship as reasons the January plan failed. A second attack was planned but thwarted by an enemy search of the city.
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Manila
Washington
War Department
Ricart
Geneal Otis
Manila Bay
Express Robbers Target City En Route to Arrest
Two detectives depart Burlington Iowa for an eastern point where they claim to arrest three men in a $20,000 express robbery. The exact arrest city is unknown but expected by Monday noon, with the action to occur in a city between Burlington and Chicago.
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Burlington
Buttington
Chicago
Soldier Cordun Executed for Parole Breach in Pretoria
August 24 Pretoria report details the execution of Lieutenant Cordun of the Transvaal artillery by court martial for breaking parole in a plot to abduct Lord Roberts and kill British officers. Cordun walked to the garden unbound, sat in a chair with folded arms, and was shot by ten bullets.
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London
Pretoria
Cordun
Transvaal Artillery
Lord Roberts
Warships to Enforce Claim in Moroccan Murder Case
A U S warship arrived at Tangier to back the claim arising from the June murder of Marcos Essagin, naturalized American and manager of Fez branch for Braunsweig & Co.
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Tanger
Morocco
United States
Marcos Essagin
Fez
Braunsweig & Co
Population up in Rochester and Indianapolis Census Totals
Census Bureau releases show Rochester N Y population at 162 165 up from 133 896 in 1890 an increase of 28 539 or 51 31 percent Indianapolis totals rise to 169 164 from 105 436 in 1890 an increase of 63 728 or 60 4 percent
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Washington
Rochester
N. Y
Indianapolis
Roberts Meets Generals in South Africa Encounter
CAPETOWN Aug. 27 Lord Roberts arrived yesterday at Belfast near Machadodorp where he met Sir Redvers Buller General French and General Pole-Carew. All preparations are complete for an advance.
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Capetown
Lord Roberts
Belfast
Machadodorp
Redvers Buller
French
Dnd
Pole-Carew
Declaration of War Rumor Involving Major Powers
A Chefoo report dated August 27 says Russia Germany and Japan have declared war on China and invite England and the United States to retire from the conflict.
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Chefoo
Russia
Germany
Japan
China
England
United States
President withdraws invitation to Grand Army encampment
Washington August 27 the president due to ongoing public business has withdrawn his acceptance of the invitation to attend the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Chicago and other related invitations. Secretary Cortelyou informed Executive Director Harper, Commander-in-Chief Snow and others of the decision and the president’s disappointment.
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Washington
Grand ‘Army of
Valor of Americans in relief at Tien Tsin reported
Chinese telegrams claim capture of Emperor Kwang Su and Prince Tuan and provisional government plans. Five hundred American troops joined 375 British and 200 Japanese in a clash west of Tien Tsin, killing 300 plus Boxers and taking 64 prisoners. Horses suffered heat mortality. rations dwindled. relief forces entered Sha Ho gate with minimal losses.
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London
Peking
Pekin
Dernard
Tien Tsin
Daily Telegraph
Taku
Forbidden City
Europe
Vienna
Reuter
Dorward
Shanghai
Tung Fuh Sing
Sian Fu
Prince Tuan
Li Hung Chang
Tung Fuh Liang
Hari Li
China
Emperor Kwang Su
Repter
Sha Ho
Strife Brews Among Railway Telegraphers Over Suspension
In San Francisco the Order of Railway Telegraphers faces turmoil after W W Powell suspends George Estee, division 53 chairman, amid broad discontent with insurance regulation handling. Estee delayed on orders, prompting back and forth with headquarters and a recent suspension edict.
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San Francisco
Cal
the Chronicle
W. W. Powell
George Estee
Division 53
Powell
Estee
Lieut Cordua Shot After Pretoria Plot Conviction
A Pretoria dispatch reports Lieutenant Cordua shot yesterday afternoon. General Lord Roberts confirmed the death sentence on Cordun former Staats artillery ringleader in the plot to abduct General Roberts and kill British officers.
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London
Pretoria
Cordua
Lord Roberts
Cordun
Staats Artillery
Roberts
Peck in the Penitentiary Arrival
Peck arrived at the Columbus penitentiary under Summit county sheriff custody at 8 50 pm and felt relief as the gate closed behind him. He spoke little and was quickly taken to a cell.
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Peck
Columbus
Summit County
Japanese Courtesy to Americana
The state department received a dispatch from the U S consul at Osaka with a note from the Hiogo province governor acting as Red Cross chief saying that amid China disturbances any wounded American soldiers or sick refugees arriving at Hiogo or passing through will receive all possible aid from the Japanese Red Cross.
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Americana
Washington
State Department
United States
Osaka
Kobe
Japan
Hiogo Province
Japanese Red Cross Society
China
Hiogo
Japanese Red Cross
Eskimos Suffer Mass Deaths In Relief Mission Trip
A government relief expedition led by Guy N. Stockslager reports Eskimos in the north dying by the dozens with unburied bodies. At Teller City the sick killed the tribe medicine man in a vain hope to stop the disease. thirteen deaths were tallied in one day.
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Esquimos
Filea
San Francisco
Guy N. Stockslager
Stockslager
Teller City
Penalty Clause Omission May Affect Maximum Rate Law
Lincoln Aug 27 Edson Rich attorney for Union Pacific notes the penalty clause and one amendment are missing from the engrossed copy but present in the enrolled bill. The omission could influence ongoing litigation over the maximum rate law, as the act without the penalty is written as worthless. Rich calls the find significant amid questions of how it occurred and its legal impact.
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Lincoln, Neb
Edson Rich
Union Pacific Railway Company
Rich
House Journal
Robbery on Northwestern train injures Omaha banker
Edward E. Balch assistant cashier at Omaha National Bank was assaulted and robbed in a Pullman sleeper en route from Chicago to Omaha. He was mauled and unconscious for hours, then treated at home. Balch’s $50 in cash and two $50 drafts were stolen. no suspect identified and no wider panic among passengers.
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Ohaha
Edward E. Balch
Omaha National Bank
Northwestern
Chicago
Omaha
Balch
Murder at Wayne Neb Involving Two Jailed Men
In Wayne Nebraska a man identified as Robert Bigham was found murdered by Adolph Wonlund of Buckland Missouri. Bigham had been jailed for intoxication while Wonlund was jailed after being removed from a train. Wonlund claimed divine order and stated the victim was an enemy of his soul. Bigham was en route to Big Spring Nebraska and had a son in law near Wausa.
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Wayne, Neb
Robert Bigham
Dunbar
Neb
Adolph Wonlund
Buckland
Bigham
Wonlund
Big Spring
Wausa
Farmer Reuben Renker Dies En Route to Beet Fields
Reuben Renker died suddenly while traveling with his family near Clarks Nebraska on the way to Ames to work in beet fields. His corpse was brought back to Clarks for burial. Local citizens raised about 35 dollars and offered further assistance to his destitute wife.
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Clarks, Neb
Reuben Renker
Clarks
Ames
Neb
Ballot Inches Longest Ever For County Election
Omaha officials expect the fall ballot to exceed five feet in length when printed under state law. The list of presidential electors legislators and county and precinct officers will fill a ballot with one-eighth inch letter height and three sixteenths inch spaces between names making it the longest ballot in the county’s history.
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Omaha
Lightning destroys Hassford home. infant saved from flames
Wayne Neb Aug 27 The Hassford residence was struck by lightning and burned with most contents. The family hid in a cyclone cave as the house burned. A family member reentered the blaze and rescued the tiny corpse of a baby who had died the night before from cremation risk.
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Wayne, Neb
H. Hassford
Hunters Defy Game Law In Bloomfield Neb
In Bloomfield Nebraska on August 27 hunters ignore the game law. They kill immature young chickens and quails before September first. The action deprives honest sportsmen and farmers of pleasure and profit, urging law observance or repeal.
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Bloomfield
Neb
Mountain Eagle Shot Near Columbus Farm
A young hunter near Columbus, Nebraska, shot and killed a massive seven foot tall mountain eagle found on Henry G. Luschen’s farm fourteen miles north of town. The carcass was brought to Columbus and prepared for mounting. The animal displayed an aggressive stance and was described as unusually large.
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Columbus, Neéeb
Henry G. Luschen
Love Crosses Oceans in a Fateful London Tale
Excerpt from Chapter VII shows Alan leaving England aboard the Condor to Australia, declaring selfless love yet resolve to part. Joyce plans a last glimpse at his face in Southampton while Veronica battles Hutchinson’s threats and a glimpse of danger looms as Alan departs amid a sudden shot and a woman’s cry.
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Joyce
England
Australia
Alan
Southampton
Veronica
Hutchinson
Veronica and Alan's vow amid family tragedy
A fragmented romance tale centers on Veronica urging Alan to delay with a kiss as tragedy looms. The scene closes with Veronica dead or dying, her heart ache and mother Joyce lamenting duty and love while Alan faces a restless future.
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Alan
Joyer
Ant
Veronica
Notz
Joyce
Fragmentary Royal Succession Note and Auction Mentions
A garbled OCR fragment references succession claims involving English and Welsh royal lines and a Legitimist Jacobite context. It mentions Queen Victor, Romania and Bavaria, with scattered phrases about coins in London and high prices for gold and French or German items. The text is incomplete and unclear.
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Robert
Romerican
Creek OP
Syrat
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