Government Crop Report Sees Corn Acreage Decline
The government report notes corn acreage fell about 1,000,000 acres from last year, with Illinois Missouri Kansas Arkansas Texas and others higher while Iowa Ohio Kentucky Tennessee show declines. The corn condition averages 82.9, while combined spring and winter wheat rise 14 points from last year’s period.
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Waswitierox
Department of Agriculture
Ilinois
Missouri
Kansas
Araska
Texas
Iowa
Tadiena
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Oter
Powers Deliver Fresh Note to Turkey Over Peace Talks
A collective note to the Turkish government urges cessation of disturbance in the Greece Turkey peace negotiations. It calls for tracing the frontier per military studies and shows the powers’ unanimous resolve for a prompt peace, though it omits a deadline or retaliatory steps, casting doubt on effectiveness.
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Turkey
Greece
Miner buried alive in Mammoth Rock Drift rescue efforts expand
Jack Stevens was entombed last Sunday in a Mammoth Rock mine drift. About 100 men labor to reach him through solid rock as tunneling advances at a record pace. Rescuers expect him to aid his own escape as a small air shaft is sought.
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Puorxix
A. T
Jack Stevens
Mammoth Rold
Stevens
May Make Steel Cheap Process Advances From Hematite Ore
A report from Morimes Alabama describes a red hematite ore steel made in Birmingham that avoids costly and laborious methods. C W Stanton, a known grain man, claims Mobile steel without Cuban magnetic ore or expensive machinery proves a cheaper grade of steel.
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Morimes
Ala
Birmingham
Alabama
Mobile
C. W. “Stanton
Elks Name Officers in Grand Lodge Session
Meade D B Detweiler of Harrisburg Pa is named Grand Exalted Ruler. The Grand Lodge approved organizing a new lodge and expelled Allen O Meyers in Cincinnati. Listed officers include leading knights Allen Tonis Hanser Foote and others with George A Reynolds E D S Orris Scott Holmes Lew Clarke George Meyer Rev Timberline and trustees Fisher Crayerott Cronk.
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Meade D. Detweiler
Harrisburg
Mixne Earoris
Grand Lodge of Elks
Golden Gate Louge
San Francisco
Atlen O. Meyers
Cincinnati Lodge
Golden Gate
Allen O. Meyers
Ecret
O Rulur
Meade DB
Detweiler
Hlarrisbueg
Mf Allen
Birmingham
Ala
Tonis Hanser
Newark
N. J
Charles M. Foote
Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minn.; Grand Secretary, George A. Reynolds of Saginaw, Mich
E. D
Orris
Meadville
Four Dressmakers Die by Charcoal Poisoning in Paris Flat
In Paris four dressmakers died by self-inflicted charcoal poisoning in a fashionable flat owned by Mme Marechal in Fau bourg Poisson-Rere. Investigators note Mme Marechal’s melancholy and possible instigation linked to her husband’s insanity. The group reportedly dined and drank before ending their lives with a joint written declaration.
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Paris
Mme
Marechal
Faubourg Peiosson-Rere
Herusband
Ail
Destructive German Storm Toll Rises With Hail Damage
Stuttgart dispatch reports a severe storm in southern Württemberg causing thirteen deaths and over 4 million dollars in crop losses. Hailstones reached remarkable size as rain gave way to a devastating hailstorm, killing thousands of cattle and injuring many. Veteran statesman Isham G Harris dies in Tennessee after a long decline worsened by heat. Harris, once active in shaping the Wilson Gorman tariff act, had led legislative work in committees.
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Berni
Stuttgart
Wurtemburg
Watercrox
Isham G. Harris
Tennesssee
Harris
Senate
Alabama Negroes Swindled by Pension Claim Agents
Reports from across Alabama's black belt describe a swindler network posing as pension officers. Emissaries near Montgomery allegedly promise Congress pension benefits for ex slaves and their children, enrolling thousands awaiting payments.
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Alabama
Alontgomery
Ala
Black Belt
Falks
Congress
To Call the Sultan's Bluff in Eastern Crisis
Ambassadors of the powers may urge recall and a naval demonstration to force the Porte to move on peace talks with Greece. The Turkish Dardanelles squadron is ordered to Crete with three months' provisions as officers join ships at once.
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Greece
Crete
Five Brown to Atoms at Lexiveto s Ky Explosion
Five of six laborers, all Black, were killed and one fatally injured when a dynamite cartridge was mistaken for pipe during street railway trenching. The blast occurred in Lexivetos Kentucky. cause of the cartridge’s presence unknown.
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Lexivetos
New Narcotic Discovered in City of Mexico
Physicians at the insane hospital for women have devised a safe narcotic from the seed of the white seawod to provide sleep. The daily remedy produces tranquil repose and has been used to prevent deadly complications from fever or other conditions at the institution.
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City of Mexico
Insane Hospital
Train Robber Confesses in Alabama Heist
Kansas City reports detective McAnanny arrested George Ilall who admitted taking part in robbing the Southern Express Company of $3,000 on a Tyuisville and Nashville line near Calera Alabama three months ago. He claimed alias Gus Hyatt and offered no origin details.
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Kansas City
George Ilall
McAnanny
Tyuisville
Nashville
Calera
Ala
Southern Express Company
Gus Hyatt
Girl Saves Many Lives At Victoria Lighthouse
Miss Lea daughter of the Victoria lighthouse keeper repeated a Grace Darling like act rescuing a Yachting party in the Straits of Feca. In rough seas she lowered the lightship boat to save the cruiser Alex Flora and two others aboard. Royal Humane Society to consider awarding a medal for the rescue.
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Grace Darting
Victoria
B. C
Miss Lea
Victoria Lighthouse
Britis Columbis Grace Darling
Straits of
Feca
Alex Flora
Gcean Dock
McHardy
McKinley Delays Currency Message to Congress
The proposed presidential message on currency and national banking reform will not be sent to Congress for several days if at all. President McKinley delays awaiting key party leaders in the Senate and House who oppose sending a message while the tariff bill sits in conference.
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McKinley
Congress
Nfat
Wasmyerox
Senate
House
Diaz Supports Pan American Commercial Unity
In a public statement President Diaz expresses cordial sympathy with efforts to unite North and Latin American republics through commercial ties. He fully approves the Philadelphia commercial museum plan as a practical first step in this endeavor.
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North
Latin America
United States
Diaz
Philadelphia
Kansas City Doctor Slain in Alleged Jealousy Shooting
Dr. A D Berger a leading Kansas City physician was shot at 3 30 Friday afternoon by grocer John Schiegel He died soon after arrival at All Saints Hospital Schiegel claims Berger assaulted his wife weeks earlier triggering the attack Authorities took Schiegel to the station for questioning after the shooting at his home and office locations.
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A. D. Berger
Bansas
A. L. Berger
Kengas City
John Schiegel
All Saints Hospital
Schiegal
Warship Arrives at Tangier to Back U S Protest
The cruiser San Francisco has arrived at Tangier and Raleigh expected soon to bolster the American Consul Burke’s protest against local authorities’ discrimination of Americans. A papal circular from Mgr Merry del Val urges Canadian priests and faithful to cease agitation on the school question while the delegate prepares to depart Ottawa for Rome midmonth.
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Taxeren
Morocco
San Francisco
United , States
Burke
Lfo- Toeto
Ottawa
Mgr
Merry del Val
Langevin
Manitoba
Rome
Freight Derailment on Lake Erie Line Leaves One Dead
At Falston Pennsylvania a Pittsburg and Lake Erie freight derailed early Thursday, ten cars toppled into the river. Forty tramps rode the train. several trapped. One unidentified man killed and three injured recovered. In CaweRos Missouri, Henri Whittaker killed his sweetheart Miss Thompson then committed suicide.
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Lake Erie
Pittsburg
Falston
Hills
CaweRos
Henri Whittaker
Here
Thompson
Market Quotations From Regional Grain and Livestock Prices
Market quotes cover cattle hogs sheep and grains across Chicago Minneapolis Detroit Buffalo New York and Cairo regions. Prices list ranges for cattle 2.50 to 5.25 dollars hogs 3.75 to 8.00 sheep 2.00 to 8.75 corn 26 to 32 cents oats 17 to 28 cents wheat around 3.00 dollars per bushel and butter 12 to 14 cents per pound with various No 2 grades and shipping terms noted.
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Chicago
Prine
Berge
Detroit
New York
Large Eagle that Killed a Woman at Honey Creek Taken
John Matlock and Livingston hunted the dangerous eagle blamed for the attack on Mrs. Jane Mordeson. They shot the bird on a steep hill, recovered a comb from its nest identifying the victim, and plan to stuff the eagle for exhibit at the Trans Mississippian Exposition in Omaha next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boney Creet
John Matlock
I Y Creek
Liusston
Jane Mordeson
Mordeson
Matlock
Livingston
DOGS DECISION UPHOLDEN ON COUNTERFEIT DOLLAR CASE
A Chicago treasury panel confirmed the Rock Rapids incident verdict that a silver dollar found by a merchant and retrieved by a dog named Tip was genuine. A Chicago examiner verified the coin as a standard silver dollar after a traveling man’s test, backing Tip’s action as correct.
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Chicago
Rock Rapids
Sioux Falls
Dot
Rich Boone Man Killed by switch engine on North Western road
O T Marshall a wealthy Boone citizen and pioneer railroad man was killed Friday last when struck on the track by a switch engine on the North Western road. He had just fed his cow and walked home as the engine approached. Marshall served the North Western as agent for about twenty years ending around 1891.
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O. T. Marshall
Boone
Ms. Marshall
Mr. Marshall
North—Western
Shootings and drownings haunt Iowa news rounds
Brake man Harry Meader of Eagle Grove was shot by a tramp in a box car between Conrad and Whitten as he guarded a train car. A tramp is reportedly under arrest while one denies the shooting. In Grinnell Lew Pierson drowned in the Iowa Central reservoir after a swim during a party. others tried to help but failed. The two-year-old Paris child died while bathing in Carson river. body recovered. W E Van Valen resigns as Sioux City agent for the Omaha road to start a contracting business.
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Harry Meader
Eagle Grove
Meader
Conrad
Whitten
Iowa
Lew Pierson
Grinnell
Iowa Central
White Ming
M. C. Paris
Carson
W.E. van Valen
Feneral Agen
Omaha Road
Sioux Cry
Laborer Loses Foot in Ditching Accident
Geneva laborer George Schroder lost his left foot after weeks of suffering an injury while operating a ditching machine. In separate notes, U S Marshal Desmond arrested a man named Jacobs for counterfeit nickel and dime passing, suspected of running a nickel plating setup. A German man Tony Barnard, about 30, hanged himself after a quarrel at Cedar Rapids boarding house.
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George Schroder
Geneva
United States
Desmond of
Due Haque
Jacobs
Tony Barnard
Cedar Rapids
National Democrats hold Iowa state convention in Des Moines
The Iowa State Democratic gathering in Des Moines on July 7 featured 72 counties represented with Nathaniel French of Davenport as temporary chairman. Speaker Frost of St. Louis addressed the crowd on sound money before Fred W. Lehmann of St. Louis spoke for Iowa Democrats and the ticket was named by acclamation. Grover Cleveland’s letter and messages from W. F. Bynum and Henry Waterson were read.
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Des Moines
Sotetrol John Cikesint
Mason City
Gayeror
Lge
A. Rory
Chariton
Plentint
da Dey
Lowe Etry
Wl. B. Kaveptlér
Decoraly
Demuergis
Tuwabel
Des
Nathaniel French
Davenport
Anl
Frost
St. Louis
Mic
Fred W. Lehtmann
Judse Cilyvill
Grover Cleveland
W. v Bynum
National Committee
Henry Watter- Sun
Serious Bull Attack and Farm Rescue Report
An infuriated bull chased picnickers near Atlantic, sending women to scrub oaks while men fell over a barb wire fence. Mrs Lyman fainted after being rescued. the bull had also chased a city clothing man into a nearby river. The farm proprietor recovered the animal after a hard struggle. separate item notes jail escape at Cherokee after Whitcomb used gas pipe during supper. he was recaptured by a posse. Iowa weather reports corn and crops progressing well with some moisture delays. Northwest Iowa Veterans elect officers in Sibley and plan the 1888 encampment.
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Atlantic
Silas Wilson
J. A. MeeWald
Lyman
Cherokee
Charles B. Whitcomb
Nebraska
Janiter Heymer
T. W. Roberts
Whitcomb
Women Take 2 Hand at Fourth Celebration
Excitement at Laxin's Grove south of Webster City as a Warshalltown man robbed farmers of about 20 dollars each during a shell game. He was attacked by the farmers wives, horsewhipped from the grounds, and dragged through a barb wire fence before escaping with bogey whips in pursuit.
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Laxin’s Grove
Webster City
Warshalltown
Sibley Ball Player Dead After Accident
Bruce Henderson Douglass, second son of John H. Douglass of Sibley, died from a knee injury after a practice game when a deflected pitch struck him. The shock of the injury was listed as the cause of death. Also reported are losses of a boy’s feet in Lake City and a Cedar Rapids Bar Association meeting with hospital Fourth of July events at Clarinda. An abandoned baby left at Mercy Hospital Burlington is noted.
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Sibley
Bruce Henderson Douglass
John H. Douglass
Douglass
State Bar Association
The
Cedar Rapids
Lincoln
G. W. Burnham
Vinton
Clarinda Hospital
Clarinda
Hospital For the Insane
Senate Approves Tariff Bill After Six Weeks of Debate
The Senate passed the tariff bill by a 38 to 28 vote amid a crowded chamber. Key figures included Speaker Neal and Senators Allison, Platt, and Jones. The measure awaits House action after conference on differences, with major changes such as a stamp tax on bonds and securities and shifts in anti trust and reciprocity provisions.
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Stan Senate
Senate Chamber
Neal
Dingley
House Representatives
Aras
Vollowing
Yeas
Allison
McMintan
Thurston
Tillman
Wolcott
George
Jones
Nev
Meade
McEnery
Harris
Ban
Turner
Cannon
Populi
Allen
Butler
Ae Teele
Kyle
Stewart
Sitrox
Ytler
Pettigrew
House
al Platt
Corn
Burrows
West
Ark
White
Senate
Aldrich
Finannce Committee
Frost
Mr. Jones
Fest
Cafers
Gray
Gil
Notable 19th Century Figures and Affairs
The piece lists varied items from a Sweden princess bicycle use for health to a French ambassador’s salary in Britain. It notes Benjamin Prentiss once wealthy in Illinois, a 45 000 banker in Canada, and the Bloomington Indiana will giving 3 000 to a relative. Clara Wisher Mater, aged 86, famed actress, memoirs published after seventy years on stage.
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J. E. Ft. Molson
Montrea
Sweden
Great Britain
Benjamin Prentiss
Shiloh
Ilinois
Sarah Withers
Bloomington
Ind
Nicholssville
Kyip
Clara Wisher
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Springdale
R. M. Alexander
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Eth
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William R. Heinschield
ELKS
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Gid
Wm. Fowler
Greenville
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Olympic Theater
Broadway
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Bellevue Hospital
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Randall's Islands
LeFaone
Broadway Central
Thirteen Club
Tsme
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
Tangier
Honey Creek
Barey
Puping
No. 1
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Greenleaf
San Antonio
Missouri, Kansas and Axes Railway
Wether Road
Greerleaf
L.J- Nott
Seneca Street
Ellingsen
Mathie’s
National Democrats
Iowa Weather and Crop Bulletin
Northwest Iowa
Northwestern Iowa Veterans Association
L. G. Ireland
Eddie Pearce
Lake City
Ray Pearce
Mercy Hospital
Burlington
Babs
Ares
Gosip Fersnal
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