Half Million Loss From Cloudbursts Hits Council Bluffs
Two cloudbursts within 24 hours cause extensive damage in Council Bluffs Iowa with six inches of rain, half a million dollars in losses, flooded business districts, and evacuations. Rail traffic halted as lines from Northwestern, Rock Island, and Milwaukee report washouts between Ida Grove, Battle Creek, Mapleton, and Castana. Omaha also flooded with two inches in three hours, damaging basements and unthreshed wheat.
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Council Bluffs
Northwestern Railroad
City Grove
Battle Creek
Ida Grove
Mapleton
Castana
Rock Island
Milwaukee
Iowa
Omaha
Prosecution Aimed at Gompers Over Boycott Threat
The American anti boycott association plans legal action against Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor for advocating union boycotts. They cite a letter in which he threatened a boycott of products from a Chicago brick company as the basis for suit.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
American Anti-Boycott Association
Gompers
Chicago
National
Cloudburst Damages Put Loss At Half Million In Kansas
Reports from Nemaha and Marshall counties show farm losses exceeding early estimates, reaching about 500000. Stores of hay, wheat, oats, and corn were swept away and many cattle and hogs drowned. Frankfort business halted as dozens of bridges fail and telegraph lines remain cut. Vermilion river surged ten feet in twenty four hours.
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Nemaha
Marshall
Kansas
Buamnes
Frankfort
Youth Meets Watery Death Near Cairo Neb
Eighteen year old Clyde Hile drowned in the Republican River a mile from Cairo Nebraska on Wednesday while swimming with friends Art Dye and another companion. The trio were in the water when Hile cried out and disappeared. Local help responded and Joe Hancock recovered the body but it was too late. Hile was the son of a widowed mother and the youngest of a large needy family.
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Clyde Hile
Cairo
Neb
Hile
Art Dye
Clyde
Vilage
Joe Hancock
Hancock
Parks Sentenced to Sing Sing for Extortion
Sam Parks, business agent for the house smiths and bridgemen union, is sentenced to not less than two years six months nor more than three years six months in Sing Sing for extortion. He was convicted of taking $200 from Josephus Plenty, Hoboken contractor, to call off a strike. Three other indictments on similar charges await action.
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Parks
Sam Parks
Housesmith’s
Bridgemen’s ' Union
Sing Sing
Josephus Plenty
Hoboken
Tragic Wedding Night Suicide in San Francisco
Wayne McCloud, a San Francisco newspaperman, killed himself Tuesday night near a wedding scene at a residence. He reportedly acted in a moment of presumed insanity as guests gathered and the couple stood on the walk near the house.
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Wayne McCloud
San Francisco
Miss Matthews
McCloud
Perishes in Canyon While Herding Cattle
A 12 to 18 year old boy named Claus Christiansen, living ten miles west of Callaway Nebraska, was found dead in a canyon cave after an earth collapse. He had been hired by August Jaeger to herd cattle and was with his dog when the cave roof caved in while he searched for game. The body showed putrefaction, indicating death occurred early morning.
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Cous Claus Christiansen
Callaway
Neb
August Jaeger
Aberth
Root Resigns as Secretary of War
An Oyster Bay dispatch reports Secretary Root formally resigned to the president on August 19. The resignation was accepted with Root remaining in office until at least January 1. Governor General Taft of the Philippines will succeed Root, with Roosevelt stating Taft will take over duties soon after Root steps down.
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Oyster Bay
Root
William Taft
Philippines
Mr. Root
Roosevelt
Taft
Secretary Root
Reunion in Norfolk Ends Divorce Case for Abducted Child
Four year old Mabel Nordwig, who had been taken from Sioux City by her father Charles Nordwig, triggers a family reunion in Norfolk Nebraska. The parents, after months apart due to domestic strife, agree to reconcile and resume housekeeping following the court action and a change of heart by Mrs Nordwig.
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Norfolk
Neb
Charles Nordwig
Sioux City
Mabel
Judge Wood Knocks Governor Davis Off Platform in Arkansas Debate
In Bismark Arkansas on Wednesday Judge Carroll L Wood of the Arkansas Supreme Court knocked Governor Davis off a speaking platform four feet to the ground during a third term debate. Davis was uninjured and friends restrained further trouble. Wood was arrested for assault and battery and later returned to Little Rock after the matter was settled.
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Carroll, L. Wood
Arkansas Supree Court
Davis
Bismark
Ark
Judge Wood
Little Rock
Dutch Bark Amsterdam Burned in New York Harbor Rescue
Firefighters were overcome by smoke entering the hold of the Dutch bark Amsterdam loaded with case oil. Rescuers were affected but saved. two fire boats failed to extinguish the blaze. The vessel was towed to Jersey Flats and sunk.
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Amsterdam
New York Harbor
Jersey Flats
Telegraph link completes Seattle to Nome in Alaska
Captain Nesmith of Fort Egbert declares the final telegraph link from Seattle to St Michaels is finished and messages will now go to Nome by mail. The move marks a milestone in the American Alaska land system as two weeks of rain could bring miners hundreds of thousands of dollars this year.
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Dawson
Nesmith
Fort Egbert
Seattle
St. Michaels
Nome
Gas Explosion Injures Rail Crew Near Union Station
An accidental contact between a torch and a crusted pipe releasing gas caused an explosion while railroad workers attempted to place a derailed freight car on the track near Union Station in St. Louis early Monday. Engineer Bouquett is likely dead, and switchmen J. Hardin and B. J. Hunt are seriously injured.
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Union Station
St. Louis
Bouquett
J.hardin
B. J. Hunt
Assassination of U S Vice Consul Sparks Turkish Demands
William C. Magelssen vice consul at Beirut Syria was assassinated while riding in a carriage. The United States demanded immediate arrest and punishment of the culprits and prepared naval force readiness if Turkey fails to comply. Magelssen, born in Minnesota, appointed Sept 30 1899, by Consul Ravudal on Senator Nelson’s recommendation.
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Washington
State Department
Leischman
Constantinople
William C. Magelssen
United States
Beirut
Syria
Turkey
Loomis
Zeischman
Cotton
Navy Department
Mediterranean Sea
Brooklyn
San Francisco
Ville Franche
Genoa
Magelssen
Gabriel Bie Ravudal
Nelson
Minnesota
Bratsburg
Fillmore County
Farmers Canal Fights Water Access From Frenchman River
The Farmers Canal Company of Culbertson faces an injunction blocking irrigation water from the Frenchman River. McCook Canal holds prior right and restricts flow, with Riverside and Krotter ditches above drawing most of the water. Farmers asserts priority over Riverside and Krotter and has filed a complaint with the secretary of state's irrigation board to resolve the dispute.
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Farmers’ Canal Company of
Culbertson
Frenchman River
McCook Canal Company
McCook, Company
McCook Company
Farmer Company
Farmers’ Canal Company Dutch
Riverside
Krotter
Farmers’ Canal
McCook
Farmers’ Company
Secretary of State Board of Irrigation
Secretary Hitchcock Promises Thorough Indian Territory Probe
Washington announces a thorough and impartial investigation into irregularities in Indian Territory. Secretary Hitchcock replies to the Dawes commission pledging prompt arrangements to ensure an honest and fearless inquiry into the commission's work and duties.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Indian Territory
Dawes Commission
The
Dawes, Commission
National fraternal congress selects St Louis meeting venue
The national fraternal congress voted to meet next year in St Louis. Edwin A Wood of Flint Michigan was elected supreme commander of the Knights of the Royal Guard.
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Milwaukee
Wis
St. Louis
Edwin. A. ‘Wood
Flint
Mich
Knights of the Royal Guard
Cresceus Breaks Mile Record In Experimental Run
In Dayton Ohio Cresceus set a new mile record on a half mile track with a 2 08% time paced by Mike The Tramp and driven by A Scott Ives of Montreal. Owner Ketchum and observer Denzer aided as a steam auto accompanied the pacing. The prior record was 2 09% set in Kansas City two years earlier.
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Dayton, O
Dispatch
Crescetus
Ketchum
Cresceus
Mike
A. Scott Ives
Montreal
M. R. Denzer
Crescéus
Kansas ‘City
China Seeks Unified Monetary Reform With Silver Start
A French commission report to Ambassador Porter backs a gold standard for China and silver nations but calls for careful government coinage control and a strong gold reserve. Russia echoes similar views and France prefers starting on a silver basis before moving to fixed gold value.
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United States Monetary Exchange Commissioners
Porter
Delcasse
France
China
Russia
Osceola restaurant keeper badly burned in gasoline stove incident
Vic Newcomer, a restaurant keeper in Osceola Nebraska, suffered severe burns while attempting to repair a gasoline stove that failed to light. Gasoline spilled and ignited, burning his arm and causing serious injuries likely to end his arm’s life for some time.
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Vic Newcomer
Osceola, Neb
Newcomer
Iowa Senator's Wife and Daughter Lost in Colorado Blizzard
A Colorado dispatch reports Mrs. George W. Ball of Iowa City and her daughter Edith were caught in a James Peak glacier blizzard. They wandered two hours, Mrs Ball collapsed, and rescuers carried her to a settler cabin where she was resuscitated with difficulty.
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Colorado
George W. Ball
Iowa City
Iowa
Edith
James’ Peak
Springfield Camp Lincoln Hosts First Military Wedding
Ernest Harkness of Decatur and Elizabeth Chippendale of Monticello wed at Camp Lincoln Thursday night in a ceremony led by regimental chaplain Rev. Mr. Shephard. Governor Yates gave away the bride as the regiment and citizens attended.
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Springfield
Camp Lincoln
Ernest Harkness
Goodman Band
Decatur
Fourth Regiment
Elizabeth Chippendale
Monticello
Mr. Shepherd
Tanner
Meeting of Famous Men in a Smoking Car
In a smoking car two unnamed men exchange introductions while reading, one reading Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. The reader asserts the book is trash and reveals his wife is Mrs Freeman. The men reveal themselves as Rice and Freeman, exchanging quips about identity.
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Freeman
Wiggs
He Knew His Place A Moral For Married Men
A travelogue style tale recounts a Kentucky official recalling a Breathitt county encounter. A farmer greets a visitor and points to his wife as the householder, illustrating a moral about gender roles in a rural setting.
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John R. Proctor
The
Civil Service Commission
Kentucky
Breathitt County
Blackburn
New- ‘York Times
Fragmented Poem on Suicide in a Scottish Prison
A fragmentary poem speaks of a man who died by his own hand in a Scottish prison. It laments a hopeless life and voyages across a sea with no pilot, longing for rest in a harbor while battleships and guns echo human tragedy. The speaker rejects judgment and awaits the final rest.
Preferred Bad Money Story Mutation
An acquaintance from the country gives a little boy half a crown and the boy asks if it is good. The man says yes, but the boy replies that he would prefer a bad coin so he can keep it. He notes any good money goes to the bank and he never gets it back.
Fragmented dialogue about a tailor bill in a bygone scene
A quarrelsome exchange centers on a tailor’s bill as Tom laments the charge and Jack offers hollow sympathy. The men dismiss sympathy and urge understanding of the tailor’s demands.
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Tom
Jack
Preservation Method for Eggs Using Liquid Glass Solution
German reports claim eggs can stay fresh for long periods by immersing them in a 10 percent silicate soda solution, commonly called liquid glass. Preserved eggs are said to hatch a year later.
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Nebraska
W.C. Magellsen
Pany
Rusala
Yates
John Lemly
Massac
Chester
Benjamin Ladd
Lemly
Edward Lynn
Ladd
New York
Massachusetts
Navy Yard
Egg ‘Rock
Bar Harbor
Ill
J. H. Ross
Republic - Tron and ‘Steel Company’ & Mills
Carter -Will
Ross
International” d Insurance “Commissioners
National Insurance Commissioners
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