Impression of stability masks volatile Russian crisis
St Petersburg July 26 reports say the government seeks to show it has quelled the crisis both at home and abroad. Officials claim firm control, but evidence suggests living over a volcano with risk of eruption still present. Social democrats socialists peasants and unions discuss a counter coup and provisional government, no decision yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Central
Social Democrats
Social Revolutionists
Peasant League
Tall- Toad Men’s Union
Military Committee
Wrecked steamer C. W. Elphicke sinks in heavy fog
In a dense fog the C. W. Elphicke of the Gilchrist fleet struck the breakwater and sank last night. Seventeen aboard were saved by lifeboats including the captain’s wife and another woman. The vessel is a total wreck.Deaths report multiple figures from St. Louis and elsewhere, noting H. C. Brokmeyer and Col. A J Smith among others. William J. Bryan met King Edward in private audience. A colored youth, William Lee, was hanged on Smith Island for assault. Dreyfus assault denial issued in Paris. Contempt proceedings in Mayor Johnson case and Cleveland Electric Railway postponed to July 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
C. W. Elphicke
Gilchrist
St. Louis
H. C. Brokmeyer
Miesourt
London
William J. Bryan
Edward
Interparliamentary Union
Crifield
William Lee
Baltimore
Somrset
Brown
Smith Island
Johnson
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Catarrh Cure Promised in All Stages by Cheney Co
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy with a hundred dollar reward for any failing case. It claims the medicine treats the blood and mucous surfaces to cure catarrh and urges readers to send for testimonials. Also notes Hall's Family Pills. Industrial report: Palmer Hubbard company building renovation continues after partial destruction. Carpenters remove roof, Nashua factory ships machinery, occupancy hoped by late next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Th. Hall
Palmer Hubbard Company
Fight at Thornapple Dam Escalates in Wisconsin
James Hedrington reports a clash yesterday between John F. Dietz and six militiamen plus Sheriff Gyland and others at Thornapple dam. A Milwaukee militiaman was wounded, Clarence Dietz was shot in the head, and the Dietz women defended the house as 150 shots were fired. Dietz has long controlled Thornapple dam stopping lumber from Chippewa Lumber Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladysmith
Wis
James Hedrington
Mississippi Logging ‘Company
Thornapyls River
Cameron Dam
John F. Dietz
Gyland
Sawyer County
Milwaukee
Way
Clarence Dietz
John
Dietz
Chippewa Lumber Company
Balloon for Health's Bare
Philadelphia July 26. Dr Samuel J Ottinger and Dr T Chalmers Fulton conducted a balloon ascent to study how rarefied air affects blood corpuscles. They carried surgical instruments and microscopes and aim to discover treatments for blood and lung diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Bose
Samual J. Ottinger
T. Chalmers Fulton
Oftinger
Bellboy misdelivers cash suitcase at Union Station
In St Louis a bellboy Alonzo Kimberlin at the Ter terminal hotel mistakenly handed a suitcase containing 150 thousand dollars in cash and negotiable securities to the wrong man. The misdelivery caused William Bender Jr of Mankato Minnesota eighteen hours of anxiety until the suitcase was returned intact after being intercepted by telegraph at Lightfeld Illinois. Bender then again asked Kimberlin to carry the bag to the train before leaving for Anderton Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Alonzo Kimberlin
Ter’ Sminal
Union Station
Giving & Builcase
William Bender Jr
Mankato
Minn
Litehfeld
Ill
Bender
Anderton
Ind
Kimberlin
Engaged Couple Propose Body Sale For Final Celebration
Warren Greenstreet and Miss Maggie Downhour, who were engaged, proposed selling their bodies to physicians for money to fund a final celebration before they kill themselves. They were arrested in Kokomo Indiana on July 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Warren Greenstreet
Maggie Downhour
Boy with mania for kissing girls to be sent out of city
Kansen City authorities plan to remove 13 year old David Tent who has a mania for kissing pretty girls on the street. He recently arrived from Beatrtice Nebraska where he attended a school for the feeble minded. He has been arrested several times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansen City
David Tent
Beatrtice
Neb
Mindeg
Order to Stop Meetings Among Constitutional Democrats
Paris reports provincial governors ordered to prevent all meetings of constitutional democratic party members and allied groups, with military dispersion authorized if needed. In Michigan, three youths died when a sai boat capsized during a squall near Crawford's quarry on Lake Huron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Temps
St. Petersburg
Constitutional Democratic Party
Rogers City
Mich
Mike B Bannon
Hattie Bannon
Edldie Gryka
Lake Huron
Crawford
Six Negro children born after Kingston birth event
A Kingston report notes a Negrese woman delivered six children, all well formed and alive at last accounts. In Jefferson City the Republican convention nominated John Kennish for attorney general and James T. Neville for supreme court justice. Frank Mayo faced a preliminary assault charge, bound over for grand jury action. Lawrence Allertz testified. Mrs. Thomas Page suffered serious injuries in a runaway crash at Luther with a broken rib and internal injuries feared.
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Kingston, Temn
Negrese
Jagt
Jefferson City
John Kennish
James T. Neville
Springfield
Supreme Court
Frank Mayo
B. J. Howrey
Lawrence Allertz
Star
Mayo
Allerts
Mears
Murtagh
Rudolph
Thomas Page
Luther
Tig
Des Moines Organ Rewards for Third Term Backers
The Des Moines Register and Leader backs Governor Cumming’s third term, citing state printing contracts as a planned seven year windfall. The piece accuses the paper of graft logic,追 tying political ambition to financial reward while noting party shifts and Roosevelts’ Republicans.
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Register and Leader
Perkins
Iowa Printing Co
Murphy
Emery English
English
Bing
Shaw
la Follette
Cumming
Congress
United States Senate
Des Moines Organ
Died of Old Age in Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls special reports G Fish of Janesville aged 82, wagon maker by trade, died at 7:90 am Thursday at his daughter's home, death due to old age and complications dating from May. Funeral in Janesville Friday, conducted by Masons. Mrs J W McAnister learns her brother T J Dalbow, a real estate dealer, was killed in a railroad wreck near Spokane Washington on Tuesday. Dalbow had visited Cedar Falls a year ago.
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Cedar Falls
G. Fish
Janesville
Blackhawk County
Mornig
M.D. Philips
Masons
J. W
Reincorporation Plans for YMCA and Expansion
The YMCA board met to discuss reinstating the organization as a restructured entity and enlarging the building. A report by secretary A. R. Eada outlined the current condition, requested changes, and impending steps including new articles of incorporation to simplify operations and form a new board.
Woman Buries Dog in Cemetery Sparks Protests
In Petersburg Indiana on July 26 Mrs J W Bergen had her pet interred in the local cemetery. Strong protests led the sexton to exhume the dog and bury it in the woods near its prior burial site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Ind
J. W. Bergen
Sexton
Ham
Field Meet Pleased at Vinton With Fire Department Events
A joint field meet of the Laporte Shellsburg and Vinton fire departments drew about 3000 spectators at the Vinton race track. Laporte won the 100 yard dash and the 50 foot coupling, Vinton prevailed in the 200 yard hose cart race and the relay, with other events including a tug of war and a night program featuring Shantytown at the Trousdale Theatre Co. followed by a city hall dance.
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Vinton
Laporte
Shellsburg
Ty. Vinton
Knight of
Stork Overloads Pleasant Grove Family With New Arrivals
In Epworth Iowa July 26 a baby girl and two boys arrived at the Bernard Hall home near Pleasant Grove in one load. The stork, following a prior double and single, contemplates a load limit after four years of frequent arrivals.
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Epworth
Iowa
Bernard Hall
Pleasant Grove
Here
Hall House
Fatal acid accident at Sinois Central shops injures worker
Emmett Fast, 21, a machinist helper at the Sinois Central shops, fell in a tank of hot water caustic potash and acids this forenoon. Both feet and one leg burned to the knee, other leg injured midway. Loss of use of both limbs, hospitalized in Quincy, Illinois. Fast was a vacation worker from school.
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Emmett Fast
Sinois
Fast
Quincy
Admission Fee At Institute Daily Except Sundays
Supt Elliott announces daily admission charges for this year due to high costs. Gates will close and entry limited to tickets on all days except Sunday when admission is free. On Sunday a special program is planned. Also reported, the 80 acre tract of Frank Davey, three miles northwest of Mount Union, sold to Willis Chrissinger for 10400 dollars, 20 dollars an acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt. Elliott
Frank Davey
Mount Union
Willis Chrissinger
Henry Iounty
Institute 1s Opened With Good Attendance And Interest
Chautauqua institute at Chautauqua park opened Thursday morning drawing teachers from Blackhawk county and nearby counties. Dr. A.E. Winship of Boston lectured on Geography, with a program of readings, music, and sessions through the day. The event aims to become an annual regional educational gathering with lectures by Winship and local officials, including an evening address and a convention of rural schools with field meets and the formation of boys and girls clubs.
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Chautauqua
Institute l
Chautauqua Park
Elliott
Blackhawk County
A. 2 B. Winship
Boston
Winehip
Effie Kk
Jones
Winship
Capt. E. Miller
Keo
Kok
Land title dispute over Cedar Falls parcel in historic district
A district court motion seeks correction of a deed chain in a Cedar Falls property tied to the city’s early days. The case involves Overman and Kerr parties with a chain of transfers dating to 1853, tracing ownership through Caleb May and Harriet May to Mabel Dayton, amid missing early records and a disputed city site. Local officials note record-keeping improvements and emphasize reliance on court filings to establish valid ownership. Meanwhile, local notices report a new daughter for Mr. and Mrs. J Murtagh and a skull examination by Dr. E E Peek identifying a child remains aged about ten.
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Radmen
John H. Overman
Phoebe J. Overman
Willam P. Overman
Harriet C. Overman
Demoy
Cane
Roma Hnne
Mabel B. Dayton
Hemenway & Martin
Cedar Falls
Snetion Twelve
Townslip
Range
Fanslhple
Cedar Fall
Block Fifteen
Nefervice
Blackhawk County
Luther L. Peas
John Kerr
Joseph Chase
Caleb May
May
Harriet C. May
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James Black
M. L. Newton
Union Mill Company
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