Burglary and Flight to Hamburg Chapter Extract
In Margate and Broadstairs, Captain Pope and three accomplices plot a burglary against Miss Hornby. They seize her plate and household valuables after breaking into the cottage, then, with the old aunt distraught, set out along a path toward the sea, wary of armed blockaders as they carry heavy plunder toward Hamburg.
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Crystal
Pope
Bobbin
Margate
Dumpton Gap
Miss Hornby
Steve
Maddison
Madilison
Broadstairs
Captain Pope
Pirates of the Downs Hidden Booty and Pursuit
Pope and two men flee with heavy bundles claiming property of their own. A man-of-war’s man rams a bayonet into a bundle, killing one crew member. Pope and allies dispatch the attacker, flee to a boat, hide the loot, and move toward Broadstairs as dawn nears with alarms and approaching shipping.
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Downs
Pope
Ramsgate
Weather Bulletin Reports Mixed Crop Conditions Across Regions
The national crop bulletin notes corn will be small in Nebraska though cotton grows well. Regions east of the Rockies see favorable warmth. northern Rockies and middle plateau cool with frosts. Some areas need rain while others enjoy moisture, and harvests for winter wheat progress well with generally light yields.
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National Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
Middle Plateau
Ohio
Mississippi
Florida
Texas
Minnesota
Iowa
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
North Dakota
South Dakota
Kansas
Wisconsin
Washington
Oregon
Missouri
Illinois
Nebraska
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Nebraska Crop Report Indicates Warm Week and General Growth
The university bureau reports a warm week with scattered showers and rainfall from half an inch to over three inches in spots. Rye harvest is advanced, winter wheat yields vary by region with eastern counties below average, oats and spring wheat show promise, corn is uneven and small, potatoes suffer in some areas, and pastures and hay are generally good.
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Nebraska
University Bureau
Daring dive by Miss Burke saves child from river
Miss Catherine Burke of Shadyside New Jersey risked her life by diving off a Bull's Ferry dock when 7 year old Louise White fell into the Hudgon River. Burke seized the girl by the hair and swam to the dock where bystanders aided. Dr Kothe treated the unconscious child for about half an hour.
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Catherine Burke
Shadyside
N. J
Bull's Ferry
Louise White
Dr. Kothe
Tornado visits Cozat area killing one and injuring three
A tornado eight miles north of Cozat Nebraska Tuesday afternoon killed Samuel Henry a farm hand and injured two Griffiths children and a nurse Miss Anderton. The Griffiths residence was destroyed while a ten mile track damaged three miles wide. Loss estimated at 100000 with crops wiped out.
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Cozat
Neb
Jane
Person
Samuel Henry
Anderton
Schell Named Head of Kansas Exhibit at St Louis Fair
Schell of Wichita is chosen to head the Kansas horticultural exhibit at the St Louis exposition. The Kansas Louisiana exposition commission has agreed on Schell and will finalize arrangements before an official appointment announcement.
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W. FP. Schell
Wichita
Schell
Citrus crop forecast tops record with 35000 carloads
An early estimate by a Los Angeles railroad official projects 35000 carloads of oranges and lemons for 1903-1904, possibly the largest on record. So far this season 20217 carloads have shipped east, with about 2000 carloads remaining.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Conversion of Bonds Raises New Circulation
The treasury reports $77,660,350 in three and four per cent bonds received for exchange into two per cent consols. Refunding operations through July 31 have produced about thirty seven million dollars in increased or new circulation of national bank notes.
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Treasury
Colored Masons Convene Iowa Grand Lodge in Des Moines
The Iowa grand lodge of the colored Masons met in Des Moines on Tuesday with lodges in Omaha and other western towns. After committees were named seventy five delegates to the grand lodges were received at the executive office by Governor Cummins and the executive council.
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Iowa
Grand Lodge of the Colored Masons
Omaha
Des Moines
Stateshouse
Cummins
Iron Moulders Union Meets in Cincinnati in Session
The executive board and officers of the Iron Moulders International Union meet at headquarters in Cincinnati and will be in session all week to consider trade demands and grievances affecting more than seven thousand workers nationwide.
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Iron Moulders' International Union
Cincinnati
Canal dispute stalls Bogota talks amid lobby pressure
In Bogota Colombian statesmen argue over procedural issues tied to the interocean canal treaty as American railroad interests influence delays. The article accuses lawmakers of indirect opposition, while the public grows impatient at perceived betrayals for railway money.
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Bogota
House
Senate
Congress
Resigner Exclaims on Son’s Legislative Run
In a folded exchange an older man wonders at a son entering the legislature. The reply from the elder woman invokes faith, saying only that the Lord's will be done.
Freight Handlers in Chicago Refrain From Strike
Workers at the railway warehouses in Chicago decline to join a planned strike. Officials say no spread to other unions as talks continue and shipments proceed normally.
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Chicago
Miles completes ninety mile ride from Fort Sill to Fort Reno in nine hours ten minutes
Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles finished a horseback journey from Fort Sill to Fort Reno covering ninety miles in nine hours ten minutes. He started the first thirty five miles in record time, reaching the halfway mark in two hours twenty five minutes. Upon arrival at Fort Reno he appeared un fatigued and forty minutes later reviewed the troops.
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Nelson A. Miles
Fort Sill
I. T
Fort Reno
Ohia
Miles
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Margate Roads
Tom
Eve
Jemmy
tHas
Ima
Groth
Braska
Cozat, Neb
Colored Masons
Paniuma
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