Pardon Granted for Prominent Filipino Involving Spy Case
President Roosevelt pardons Emile Villamor a Luzon insurgent officer once linked to an American spy case. Villamor had been sentenced to hang in 1900 for murder, later commuted to ten years. The pardon cites political nature of the offense and amnesty provisions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Emile Villamor
Villamor
Luzon
Atrcelo Gadung
Poltige
Gading
Secretary of War
Lucy Smith
Virginia
United States
Towns bid for $50,000 state normal school site
Fifteen towns submitted bids for a $50,000 state normal school site. A board of education officials led by W. K. Fowler and others planned to visit each contender, viewing land and buildings before a final site decision in one to two months.
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New Normal School
Ainsworth
Long Pine
Alliance
Fairfield
Central City
Lexington
Old
Kearney
Gothenburg
Broken Bow
St. Paul
Hastings
Holdrege
Aurora
North Platte
Nor. Platte
State Normal School
State Board ‘of Education, ‘& Body
W. K.fowler
Péter Oortensen
George Rogers
Omaha
R. A. Tawney
Pierce
Luther P. Ludden
Lincoln
Thomas J. Majors
Peru
James E. ,Delzell
Ludden
Long- Pine
Fraternal Day Set For Nebraska State Fair
The state fair approaches with races livestock exhibits and other displays promising value for attendees. Fraternal Day is Wednesday September 9 with renewed rules boosting competition among society teams at the fairground.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Crop Acreage Outlook From State Assessors
Labor Commissioner Bush reports first complete acreage figures from assessors across Nebraska. Corn acreage up 447,247 over last year with oats rising about 300,000. wheat down 171,399. Yields projected at 75–80 percent of normal for corn and wheat. hay and alfalfa in strong condition. Weather and early-season losses tempered optimistic production estimates.
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Bush
Com
Supreme Court
Terrible explosion in Lowell hid powder magazines
A massive blast at two small gunpowder magazines in Lowell Massachusetts destroyed fourteen frame houses within four hundred yards and killed at least twenty people while injuring nearly fifty. Foremen claim a leaking nitro glycerine can and a jug of liquid mistaken for water caused the accident as workers poured it onto the powder.
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Lowell
Mass
United States Cartridge Company
United People's Party meeting in Denver adopts reform procla mation
The national executive committee of the United People’s Party met in Denver on July 29 and endorsed reform party proceedings and the proclamations issued. A resolution calls a national committee meeting in St Louis on February 22, 1904 and favors an early 1904 nominating convention before Republicans or Democrats. J A Edgerton chairs the organization committee to spread reform in every state.
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The
United People
Denver
United People’s Party
St. Louie
J. A. Edgerton
Nebraska Wheat and Corn Outlook From Labor Commissioner
Labor Commissioner Bush reports state wide crop estimates with winter wheat at 35,200,000 bushels and spring wheat 5,450,000. Custer county leads corn acreage at 224,752 acres. Clay tops winter wheat with 97,261 acres. Oats led by Jefferson with 119,799 acres. frost and hail dented yields. overall winter wheat average 18 bushels per acre, corn 75 percent of normal.
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Bush
Nebraska
Custer County
Gage
Clay County
Hamilton
Jefferson
South
Harlan County
South Central
North
Oats yield outlook varies by region in state reports
Oat crop estimates are uncertain due to irregular stands and appearances. State observers report a statewide average condition of 92 with expected normal yield. Central and northern regions show better in outs than the southern.
Four Cuban insurgents crushed near Bayamo leader captured
A four-man plot near Bayamo in Santiago Cuba failed as the leader was captured and the other three killed. The interior secretary told AP the uprising ends, leaving little to resemble any revolt.
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Bayamo
Santiago
Cuba
Interior
Wero
Associated Press
Czar and czarina join Orthodox pilgrimage amid coronation rites
The czar and czarina left St. Petersburg on Tuesday with their suite to travel to Saroff in Tamboft province for the canonization of hermit Prokhor Moshnin known as Saint Seraphin. About six thousand bishops and clergy from European Russia will attend ceremonies spanning four days.
Walter W Cordon Found as Elevator Conductor in Chicago
Walter W Cordon, 23, formerly of Coldwater Michigan, who vanished seven years ago while seeking fame, was located in a Chicago office building where he worked as an elevator conductor. The $350000 inheritance claim appeared to influence his long disappearance.
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Walter . W. Cordon
Coldwater
Mich
Chicago
Condon
Nebraska bird dog meet to be held in Holt county
The Nebraska annual field trial near O'Neill Holt county opens August 18 with about 150 blooded dogs entered and expected to rise. Birds are not killed using blank cartridges while purses exceed 1000 dollars with a top prize of 500 dollars. Deputy Game Warden Hunger warns hunters no killing of birds will be permitted.
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Nebraska
United States
O'Neill
Holt County
Iowa
Hunger
Advance on Wheat Fields Across States Aims for Labor Circuit
Nebraska labor officials report a growing influx of job requests from harvesters seeking transport to South Dakota and Minnesota. A plan to unify wheat states' labor commissions would ship workers in a circuit from harvest to corn and bring them south by October, starting next year.
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Persens
Nebraska
South Dakota
Blish
Labor Bureau
Minnesota
Ancient ships with centuries of voyage endure in Stray Stories
Afloat for 350 years the Anita, built in Genoa in 1548, bears a record unmatched by any ship as it nears break up after a near perpetual voyage from Naples to Teneriffe. The Raven of Beaumaris, 114 years old, heads for Carnarvon harbor to be broken up, while the 70 gun frigate Anne lies embedded since 1690 and now offers guns for raising.
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Anita
Genoa
Columbus
Naples
Feneriffe
Raven
Beaumaris
Carnarvon
Anne
Dungeness
Torrington
Messina
Spain
Herman Secures Four Year Money Order Forms Contract
Acting Postmaster General Wynne signs a four year money order forms supply contract with Paul Herman of Rutherford New Jersey. First forms to be delivered September 4. The battle ends the Wynkoop Hallenback Crawford firm dispute after Herman, a former employee, won the award.
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Herman
Wynne
Paul Herman
Rutherford
N. J
Wynkoop, Hallenback &Crawford Company
New York
Changes in Chinese Exclusion Rules For Exposition Entry
The president has directed a substantial change in Chinese exclusion rules. The amended rules, now in press, ease entry for Chinese not seeking to evade exclusion laws. The Chinese minister here expresses satisfaction with the changes.
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St. Louis “Exposition
Northcott Named Past Head Counselor of M W Men
The executive council of the Modern Woodmen of America announces Lieutenant Governor W A Northcott of Greenville Illinois as past head counselor with a 4000 dollar yearly salary. He will write a history of the order revise the ritual and deliver addresses for the organization.
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The
Modern Woodmen of America
W. A. Northcott
Greenville
Ill
Wreck Kills Man on Union Traction Car Near Anderson
A Union Traction car in the suburbs of Anderson Indiana fatally injured Walter McGowan of Alexandria Indiana and left seventeen other passengers with varying injuries after the brakes failed and the car plunged from the track at full speed hitting a curve and overturning.
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Union Traction Company
Anderson
Ind
Walter McGowan
Alexandria
Dancing Journey of William Kemp from London to Norwich
An account describes William Kemp, a late Elizabethan English comic actor who helped form Shakespeare's company, dancing 114 miles from London to Norwich with a retinue. He faced snowstorms, staged challenges, and crowds, and later published a pamphlet titled the Nine Dates Wonder with a warning to wager payers. It notes theater pickpockets were tied to a post as punishment.
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William Kemp
Shakespeare
London
Norwich
Chelmsford
Lament of the Lay Brother Iona Poem Fragment
A sorrowful verse laments exile and homesickness for Kerry. A lay brother recalls fields, cattle, and singing in Iona while yearning to be back in Ireland with kin and countryside.
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Iona
Kerry
Parson and Thash Speak on Poverty and Intoxication
A fragment shows Thomas and others arguing about poverty and intoxication with hiccups and snatches of speech. The dialogue hints at social critique and personal struggle in a troubled era.
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