Birth of Prince of Asturias joy in Madrid crowds5
Queen Victoria and King Alfonso welcomed a newborn prince as Madrid celebrated. The infant’s presentation inside the palace followed the cannon salute and flags rose over public buildings. The title Prince of the Asturias was declared by decree. Messages of triumph arrived from Rome and London while the country marked the royal birth.
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Madrid
Spain
Victoria
Great Britain
Alfonso
Maura
Marquis Figueroa
Edward
Asturias
Principality of the
Asturia
Perry Fire Destroys Four Buildings in High Wind
A Sunday blaze in Perry, fanned by 40 mph winds, destroyed four buildings and sparked six nearby structures. The total damage nears $25,000 with Dignan Grocery and Stock at $9,500, Dignan Bakery $3,500, B L Autea Banter Shop $1,300, J D Boyden Buildings $10,000. Firefighters and volunteers contained many blazes to save the town.
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Perry
F. N. Dingan
Ielow
Dignan Grocery
Dignan Bakery
B. L. Autea
J. D. Boyden
Actor’s love drives tragedy in Sumner hotel
A hypnotist A H Keller shot himself in a Sumner hotel after telephoning 17 year old Hazel Cass daughter of bank president J S Cass and niece of a railroad magnate. He had courted her a week and left the message I am going to kill myself before killing himself. the actor died with a 32 caliber bullet in his brain as a bellboy found him.
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Waverly
A. H. Keller
Hazel Cass
Sumner
Keller
J. S. Cass
Cass
Waterworks embezzler exposed in Dubuque scandal
Arthur McArthur, Dubuque waterworks superintendent, confessed to embezzling about 579 dollars. He said personal expenses were heavy and had taken funds since his tenure began under the old regime. Report notes possible others implicated and bonds set at 5000 dollars as city officials review evidence for grand jury.
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Arthur M'Arthur
Dubuque
Arthur McArthur
McArthur
DUNNING GASE DISMISSED PROSECUTION ENDS BANK WRECK CASE
Day Dunning was freed after all indictments were dismissed over the Mount Ayr bank failure of January 1904. Patterson the assignee declined to testify from Missouri, cited personal friendship, ending the state’s attempt to prosecute. The bank collapse left creditors paid about 30 cents on the dollar.
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Mt. Ayr
Osceola
Dunning
Mount Ayr
Patterson
Missouri
Nolsed
Mother in law ousted by court in Polk county
Des Moines report: Charles E. Miller obtained a temporary injunction from Judge Hugh Brennan ejecting his mother in law Mrs I Hall from his Des Moines home and barring her return. Miller posted 300 bond. The couple married in 1901 and say she has troubled them in several cities, including Maroon Illinois Terre Haute Indiana and Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Polk Counry
I. Hall
Charles E. Miller
West Twelfth Street
Hugh Brennan
Miners Aid Suspect in Alabama Murder Case
Albia miners raised 500 dollars for Lewis Stallworth a tall strong mine laborer accused of murdering a cousin in Alabama five years ago. Stallworth earning 190 dollars monthly, claims innocence. miners rally behind him and secured legal help from Hon. Nate Kendall.
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Albia
Lewis Stallworth
Buxton
Alabama
Stallworth
Hon
Nate Kendall
Six Seymour Men Are Sued By Farmers and Drovers Bank
Seymour residents named in a bank suit total $65,000 with claims against Harbert Edward Nailor A Kaufman W Meel W R McGee and W A Armantrout for notes overdrafts and attachments. Harbert a prominent man in Wayne County.
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Seymour
a.Harbert
Edward Nailor
A. Kaufman
W. Meel
W. R. McGee
W. A. Armantrout
Harbert
Wayne ‘County
Officials Pay Back Money from Cass County Treasury
Three Cass county supervisors Chapman Childa and Crawford returned small sums from 8 50 to 9 50 unlawfully drawn as expenses to the Des Moines state convention of supervisors. The act preceded the misappropriation trial verdict against Henry Hollen. Rumors swirl as the refunds were made over a month ago.
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Atlantic
Cass County Board of Supervisors
State Convention of Supervisors
Des Moines
Henry Hollen
Chapman
Childa
Crawford
Boy killed in Burlington wagon collision at Central crossing
Raymond Eklund, 14, riding in a grocery wagon, was instantly killed when two Burlington engines struck the wagon at the Central avenue crossing. Companions say the engines were running tight and the boy did not see them until it was too late. William Huppert was seriously injured.
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Burlington
Raymond Eklund
Central Avenue
William Huppert
Young Girl Shot Arm In Dubuque Incident
In Dubuque a ten year old girl Mildred Brumpf suffered a severe gunshot wound that ripped off her right arm when a gun discharged in the hands of a sibling. Doctors fear she will not survive.
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Dubuque
Mildred ‘Brumpf
Woman Fatally Hurt By Cow in Iowa City
In Iowa City a woman, identified as Mrs. Robert Sanset, suffered severe injuries after a cow attacked her. Witnesses say the cow's attack left her back broken and hip damaged, with recovery prospects described as doubtful as her husband arrived.
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Iowa
Robert Sanset
Sharon
Steps Off Train to Death at Calmar
H A Scott prominent Sheldon merchant and Jr passenger on a Milwaukee train from Chicago stepped off the car at Calmar and was struck by a switch engine. Both legs were severed and he died three hours later in agony. The incident occurred while the train was in motion and involved a fatal accident.
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Mason City
H. A. Scott
Sheldon, Jr
Milwaukee
Chicago
Calmar
Hoe
Scott
Tragedy as 31 Shriners Die in California Train Wreck
Santa Barbara witnessed a disaster when 31 Shriners and family members perished on a Southern Pacific special train after it derailed at Honda station. The wreck occurred at 2 35 PM as the train, traveling about 50 miles an hour, struck a defective switch. Emergency crews battled flames, with heroic rescues and multiple fatalities including 21 bodies in Santa Barbara morgues and 10 more at San Luis Obispo. Coroner’s inquest began, noting the switch rail break and an open switch as causes.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
Shrinera
Ismalia
Buffalo
Rajah Temple
Reading
Honda
Pacific Beach
Flinders
San Luis Obispo
Here
Frank Champlain
A. D. Hagerman
Sander Deshald
Cleveland
Deabald
William W. Essick
Henry J. Wischer
Cora Young
John W. Cutler
A. D. Wasson
Ruiz
Joe H. Prescott
Prescott
Thaw Home Mortgaged in Pittsburgh
A city home of Mrs. William Tha elty has been mortgaged. The mortgage is held by Title Tarat Company and will not be paid for three years.
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Pittsburg
Lys¢hurst
Mra
William
Tha
Elty
B ‘i Title& Tarat. Company
Locked Up In His Own Jail In Newport
In Newport Kentucky a police raid on a craps game near police headquarters led to the arrest of the proprietor and about 25 well known citizens. City Jailer Ben Ploeger was briefly jailed, then released on bond so he could free the others as bonds were secured. The jail cells filled with prisoners as the night wore on.
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Cincinnati
Newport
Lickert
Ben Ploeger Wan
Neces ‘Sary
Ploeger
Ashores Goronado and Coron Bay Landing Report
A fragmented report notes a vessel ashore near Coron in Victoria. It mentions a Canadian-Mexican line that has recently begun service and that this is its first trip. Details are unclear due to missing text.
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Goronado
Beach
Victoria
Georgia
Coron
Doan's Kidney Pills Relieve Back and Kidney Pain
A Fenner, New York farmer testifies that after fifteen years of suffering with back and kidney issues, Doan's Kidney Pills gave relief from the first box. He notes his wife and friends also benefited and recommends the remedy. Also mentions peat fuel claims and modern hot water heating systems.
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James R. Keeler
Fenner B&i
Chemo
N. Y
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
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