Roosevelt Addresses New Jersey Troops in Sea Girt Welcome
President Roosevelt received a heartfelt greeting in Sea Girt New Jersey where he reviewed the Second Brigade of the National Guard ten thousand spectators watched as he spoke urging citizen soldiers to fulfill daily duties and support the regular army. The Mayflower carried the party back to its New York area after the ceremony.
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President Roosevelt
The
New Jersey National Guard
Sea Girt
N. J
Roosevelt
New Jersey
Atlantic Highlands
Franklin Murphy
Kean
National Guard
Alice Roosevelt
W. Emlen Roosevelt
Christine Roosevelt
Loeb
Sagamore Hill
Mayflower
Sea Girl
Gov. Murphy
Regular Army
United States
Lkely
Soldiers Drowned in Potomac and Nodaway Floods
Privates Grover Burris of Ohio and Frederick Notting of Iowa, hospital corps members at Fort Washington Maryland, drowned Tuesday evening in the Potomac River near the fort, likely while bathing. Tip Long, young farmer of Guss Taylor County, drowned in Nodaway floods northeast of Clarinda Iowa. Ilsworth Wisconsin, a 1500 population town, is captioned as the healthiest with only two deaths in 1901. Hy Farrand of Dixon was elected circuit judge Monday to succeed the late Judge Crabtree, at Evesport.
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Washington
Grover. Burris
Ohio
Frederick Notting
Waverly
Fort Washington
Potomac River
Clarinda
Tip Long
Guss
Taylor County
Nodaway
Here
Ilsworth
Wig
United States
Evesport
Hy Farrand
Dixon
Crabtree
Judge Jackson sentences six miners for contempt in injunction case
In Parkersburg West Virginia Judge John Jay Jackson sentenced six readers of the striking miners to 60 to 90 days in jail for contempt of court tied to an injunction sought by Fairmont Coal Company. He defended injunctions in strikes and condemned the unionists as agitators. Mother Jones was named, but her sentence was suspended as the judge said she posed as a martyr.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
John Jay Jackson
Fairmont Coal Company
Jackson
Jones
Motives Misunderstood by Roosevelt in Speaking Tours
Oyster Bay July 24 President Roosevelt is displeased by misinterpretations of his fall speaking invitations. He will address crowds across sections of the country not as a political campaign. Invitations come from diverse political groups and will be nonpolitical in content though republican in tone.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
New York
Lynching in West Virginia after murder of Chief Wilmoth
In Philippe W V a July 25 a mob of several hundred lynched two unnamed Black men near Womelsdorf. One was killed in the station house the other hanged in a park then shot and cut to pieces. White and Black residents feverishly enraged with more trouble expected as arrests spread the case of Chief Bud Wilmoth murder on July 23 sparks further violence.
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Philippe
W. Va
Womelsdorf
Bud Wilmoth
Jeffries Wins World Heavyweight Title Fight
In San Francisco on Friday night Jim Jeffries knocked out Bob Fitzsimmons in the eighth round to win the world heavyweight championship. An enormous crowd attended the bout and gate receipts are estimated at $35,000.
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Bob Fitzsimmons
San Francisco
Jim Jeffries
Inventor Knowles Dies at 83 in California
Isaac W. Knowles aged 83 died at his son’s home in California on Wednesday. He was the oldest living manufacturing potter, vice president and director of the Knowles-Taylor Pottery Co. He built the first pottery in East Liverpool in 1854 and invented the circus kaleidoscope, lettered playing blocks for children, and several labor saving devices used in potteries.
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East Liverpool
Isaac W. Knowles
California
Knowles-Taylor Pottery Company
Census reports farm counts and values nationwide
The census bureau bulletin shows 5,739,657 farms in the United States in 1900 with farm properties valued at 16,674,694,247 dollars and total farm property including implements at 20,514,001,838 dollars.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Farm Land Deluged In Illinois Flood Damage
Rain and hail cause levee breach near Havana Illinois washing away part of Lacy levee and flooding 12 000 acres of land five thousand under cultivation with water five to ten feet deep. Surface water stood 19 feet one inch above low water mark as the levee failed. Workmen tried to shore up the levee while alarms warned farmers in the flood district. No fatalities reported.
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Springfield
Lacy Levee
Havana
Hall
St. Paul
Minn
Pioneer Press
Clinton
Rainy Week For Crops Across Regions
The weekly weather summary reports widespread rains in the lower Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys and lake region, delaying farm work and causing flood damage in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Michigan. Drought receded in the South but rains needed in northern areas from Oklahoma to the Carolinas. Corn shows progress in central states though Iowa and parts of Missouri and Illinois struggle with floods. spring wheat improves despite hail. Harvesting finishes in the South and continues in the central valleys amid lodging reports, with overall crop condition satisfactory and apple prospects improving in Missouri.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Mississippi
Lake
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Iowa
Illinois
Michigan
Oklahoma
Carolinas
Ilinois
Nebraska
Kansas
Ohio
Mississopi
New York
Middle Atlantic
Severe storms sweep Whiteside and Bureau counties Illinois
The article reports Tuesday night’s disastrous rain and hailstorm in southern Whiteside and northern Bureau counties, destroying houses, drowning livestock, and ruining crops with losses likely in the hundreds of thousands. It also notes Mississippi flood impacts around Keokuk and Hannibal, cloudburst damage in Waterloo, and widespread poor crop prospects across the Ohio valley, Missouri valleys, and Great Lakes region.
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Whiteside
Bureau Counties
Hennepin Canal
John Norton
Frank Jones
Express robbery in Mexico nets fifty three thousand dollars
A Wells Fargo express car on the northbound Mexican Central was robbed near Bermejo, Chihuahua. Three Americans held up the messenger and looted the safe of about $53,000, with authorities in pursuit. The incident occurred Tuesday morning.
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el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Mexico
Bermejillo
Loss in Philippines total engagements and casualties
Washington reports publicized Maj. James Parker figures on American WWII era casualties in the Philippines. Total deaths 4,470 including 2,897 killed or wounded, with 2,561 engagements noted and an average army strength near 40,000. Very few American troops surrendered or retreated despite high losses. Also notes missing school teachers murdered by Ladrones and Manila post progress funded by Congress.
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Washington
Philippines
James Parker
Adjutant General’s Office
Lassen
Maj
Parker
Maj. Parker
War Department
Cebu
John E. Wells
Montgomery Avenue
Providence
R. I
Louisa A. Thomas
Ernest Heger
Vine Street
Cincinnati
Clyde A. France
Berea
Constabulary
Army Post
Manila Post
Congress
Pasig River
Mitchell Very Hopeful on Anthracite Strike Outcome
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers leaves Indianapolis to press the Pennsylvania anthracite strike effort. He remains confident miners will prevail, while the convention’s conservative stance against a general strike may shake public confidence. District No.1 chief Nicholls says general fund aid will be groceries and provisions, not pro rata.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Wilkesbarre
Nicholls
District
Fireman Killed in Westbound Train Wreck Near South Omaha
Omaha report states passenger train No 5 on the Chicago Rock Island Pacific was wrecked three miles west of South Omaha at 2 pm Thursday. The fireman was killed, the engineer perhaps fatally hurt, and two express messengers badly bruised.
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Omaha
Neb
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Road
South Omaha
Trains, boiler blasts, and drownings fill July headlines
McConnellsville reports a derailment on the Ohio and Little Kanawha line where a rear coach leapt a 40 foot trestle and tumbled, killing two and wounding many of 30 aboard. Other items note a Pierson mill boiler explosion injuring eight, a calculated suicide by poisoning in Kam after a rejected marriage proposal, and multiple drownings and accidents across Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
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Decatur
William Mooman
Pierson
Mooman
Moore interests to control Rock Island via 40 million exchange
In New York on July 26 the Moore interests plan a 40 million dollar maneuver surrounding the Rock Island railroad. The deal involves capital conversion of 75 million into new bonds and stock aimed at cementing Moore control and large profits. Separate dispatches note cattle fever in Kansas, a Hamburg steamer sinking with 50 deaths, and a Mississippi hanging in a murder case.
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New York
Moore
Rock Island Railroad
Exchange of the Road
Moores
Kunans
Strigken
Arkansas City
Kas
Texas
Kansas
Dexter
Atlantic Woman Shoots Man Over Love Triangle
Mrs Hunt shot A H Goodspeed in the hall near his room above the First National Bank after discovering his affair with Maude More. Five shots were fired, one hit causing a scalp wound as Goodspeed fled down stairs. Hunt surrendered claiming intent to kill. both adults have grown children.
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A. H. Goodspeed
Atlantic
Mrs. Hunt
First National Bank
Soen
Turbulent 1890s political and war news mixed in
A scrambled rail of 1890s items covers murder allegations in Michigan City, political nominations in Kansas and Ohio, naval and military figures, a large corn crop forecast, a Rock Island derailment with injuries, anarchist plots, royal rumors about Edward VII, and international tensions in Africa and Asia. Names include Joshua Wallco, Franke Whe, James Kennedy, Elihu Root, Paul Morton, Morgan, Chamberlain, and Victor Emmanuel III, with references to events around September and ongoing colonial conflicts.
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North Oak
Franke
Crum
United Bates Kansas
Dleg
W. RB
Wells W
Joshua Wallco
Michigan City
Windward
Sydney
Democraty
P. Reece
Oates
Rev. RW
Barnwen
Dioces
Selma
Alabany
Felix McGettrick
Gover
James Kennedy
Congress
Amenter
Wilson
Paul Morton
Rock Island
South Omaha
John Anderson
Owensboro
Edward Philbrook
Walter Galley
Boston
Baptist Young People’s Union
N. J
Bra
Taly
Victor’ Uel
Richard Mullen
Baltimore
R. M. O'Reilley
Torwood
Lovell
Herbolt
Calder
Edward
Wiley
William J. Haddock
Board of Regente O Sity
Iowa
Iowa City
Joseph Chamberlain
Leva
Atlean
South Africa
Puerto Cabello
Venezuela
Mindanao
Japan
Great Britain
Corea
United States
Glenn
Dal
Manila
Marcus Island
Anne
Rosehill
State Department
One Trust
Markets in turmoil drive grain and cattle notes
Markets show mixed activity as wheat, corn, and oats quote varies across September futures. Beef and pork futures edge higher on demand optimism while cattle prices focus on steady to firm levels amid strong retail demand and feed costs.
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Gaulistis
Bey
Omaha
Des Moines Odd Fellows Move Grand Parade Date
The Sovereign Grand Lodge executive committee moves the grand parade to September 17 from 16 and lists a public reception and a banquet. They report spending about $20,000, with $10,000 raised from Odd Fellows and a further $10,000 needed. Lodges statewide are urged to contribute while venue for the encampment remains undecided.
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Grand Lodge of the Order of Odd Fellows
Des Moines
Odd Fellows
State Fair Ground
Mile Track
Iowa Board Receives Annual Reports From Soldiers Orphans Home and Clarinda Hospital
The Board of Control received the annual reports for the Davenport Soldiers' Orphans' Home covering July 1, 1901, to July 1, 1902, noting 239 inmates at start and 474 at year end, with 275 soldiers' orphans among them. Polk county leads with two soldiers' orphans and 18 county inmates. Seventy-six counties represented, 29 with soldiers' children. One death occurred. 38 scarlet fever cases from April to July 1. Expenditures tallied at $75,285.01. balance $55,875.82. Clarinda Hospital's year end shows general fund balance of $11,214.96 and contingent fund $250, with general support expenditures at $146,547.92.
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Board of Control
Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home
Davenport
Clarinda
Polk County
Olympian Games urged all state and all star team plan
Sidum A. Foster of Des Moines pushes the Intercollegiate Field Day group to form an all-state and all-star Iowa team for the Olympian games under an international body chaired by Henry J. Furber Jr. of Chicago. Foster seeks Iowa entry for field events at the St Louis exposition and notes the 1904 Olympian games follow Athens 1893.
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Sidum A. Foster
Des Moines
Intercollegiate
Field Day Association
Henry J. Furber, Jr
Chicago
Foster
Iowa
St. Louis Exposition
Athens
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Root
Horace Porter
France
Leonard Wood
Virginia
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Jeffries
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Port Washington
Wis
Pike & North Lakes Ice Company
Womeldordf
Wilmoth Woodman
Elking
Chott River
Bryan
Nantasket
Mass
William J. Bryan
New England Democratic League
Democratic Party
St. Petersburg
Volga
Heresnilel Bank
Illinois River
Iowan
Western Hemisphere
Europe
Uncre Sans Uncrecenemen Sroce
Gono
England
Germany
Russia
Broadway
Keokuk
Hannibal
Quincey
Dubuque
Waterloo
Dryrun
Mexican Central Railroad
Oak
Quebecc
Trappists
Xenth, O
Ihigelty
McConnellsville
Ohio & Little Kanawha
Douda
Poloona
Kam
Sweethart
Mary Robertson
James Lareen
Gave
Cedar Rapids
Marvk Wescott
Tloyd Webster
Cedar Yar
Vinton
Webster
Wescott
Try‘iim
Joseph Ghanlotte
Billy Parsons
Hamburg
Primus
Pilasengers
Hansa
Elbe
the Newling
Westerf
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Clarinda Hospital
Slaney A. Foster
Nave
Life Insurance
Towa
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