Logan Monument Unveiled on Chicago Lakefront Pageant
Chicago crowds along Michigan Avenue gather for the unveiling of the John A Logan statue as a grand military display unfolds. Gov. Tanner and other state leaders attend with U S War officials and the Logan family present amid cannon salutes and a massive parade of veterans and troops. The event honors Logan as both soldier and statesman and closes with a Lake Michigan marine pageant.
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George R. Peek
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
John A. Logan
Tanner
Illinois
Schofield
Wisconsin
Mount
Indiana
Atkinson
West Virginia
Holcomb
State of
Nebraska
Alger
Circuit Courts
W. H. Warper
George R. Peck
St. Gaudens
Logan
William F. Tucker
Gresham
Fessenden
Calumet
Bay
Arthur Edwards
Henry W. Blodgett
John A. Logan II
Crandson
United States
John F. Tanner
Kansas
Atlanta
Destiny
Mr. Peek
Davout
Ney
Nassena
Ilinois
Grand Army of the Republic
Mle
The
Gray
Illinois National Guard
Knights Templar
Knights of Pythias
Lake Michifau
Girls Stir Up A Mutiny At Missouri Home
In Cuimico Missouri July 23 rebels at the State Industrial Home for girls resisted orders to march to the school room. Freye a recent arrival from St Joseph led thirteen defying officers with chairs and improvised weapons. Officers were beaten. two policemen arrived and the girls attempted escape before being recaptured. Whisky reportedly supplied by workers repairing the facility sparked the riot.
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Cuimico Tine
Freye
St. Joseph
Marmaduke Cottage
Walter Robinson
Joe Smith
Colorado Miners Suspicious on Klondyke Boom
Denver reports no excitement over Alaska Klondyke finds. Cripple Creek Leadville and Aspen miners await more reliable information before traveling north. They suspect a boom driven by transportation and supply firms and plan to wait until next year.
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Denver
Cal
Colorado
Klondyke
Alaska
Cripple Creek
Leadville
Aspen
Tramps Set Fire to Box Cars Burn Grain Elevator
Tramps set fire to a sidetrack train at Rozell Kansas burning a grain elevator and two box cars. They rode off after stealing horses. Loss estimated at 5000 dollars.
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Larned
Kan
Rozell
Here
Jetmore
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Kansas endorces Rev Bernard Kelly for Army chaplain
Delegates Baker Frederick Curtis and Leland at Kansas headquarters report support for Rev Bernard Kelly of Independence An for appointment as army chaplain.
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Washxoeton
Kansas
Messrs. Baker
Frederick, Curtis and
Leland
Bernard Kelly
Independence
Aan
Actor Sothern’s check cashed for life saver aid
New York July 23. John Raynor member of the life saving crew at Lawrence L 1 has cashed a $500 check drawn on EB HU Sothern’s account for saving his wife Virginia Harned from drowning.
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New York
John Raynor
Lawrence, L. 1
EB. HU. Sothern
Virginia Harned
Tom the Peeper
Coney Island
Ile
Hey
Oldest Catholic priest Peter Navermans dies in Troy
Peter Navermans born March 27 1806 in North Brabant Holland was ordained Ghent 1830 and died today in Troy New York. The obituary notes his status as the oldest Catholic priest in the United States and outlines his European birth and long service. A separate dispatch from Nevada Missouri reports Shrader the alleged divine healer arriving from Parsons Kansas for a short visit drawing crowds seeking cures.
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Troy
Peter Navermans
United States
North Trabant
Holland
Ghent
Exposition Architecture Planned for Omaha 1898
The Exposition in Omaha will feature Pompeian style buildings and bold color effects. The Kountze tract serves as the main arena with a 650 by 0.5 mile layout, a lagoon running its length, a government building at the west end, and a trefoil lake. An administration arch and a grand staircase will shape the grounds with a viaduct to the amusement section. Water management requires over 1,000,000 gallons daily to keep lagoons well maintained and a waterfall adds visual appeal.
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Omaha
Kountze
Sherman Avenue
Twenty-fourth Street
Twentieth Street
Arch of States
Government
Bridgeport Inventor Claims New Explosive For War
A Bridgeport inventor announces a supposed explosive that could blast invading forces upon deployment. He travels to Cuba to test it against General Campos’s forces. Many wartime agents are reported, but most fizzled. this fulminant's veracity remains to be tested.
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Bridgeport
Cuba
General Campos
Grand Exposition Buildings Plan and Night Bank Heist
A list details administration to railway terminal buildings costing 550000 and grounds 500000 with staff changes and staff sculpted staff statuary. An expository bluff line describes waterfalls and grand clerks while a bank burglary tale unfolds with two burglars fearing police footsteps in New York at midnight.
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New York City
Bank of Good Hope
Bill
The Cowboy’s Lasso Craft and Preparation
The article describes lasso making by cutting rawhide into thin strips, half tanning with hair on, braiding into a rope, and pulling tight over a block. The strand is buried in sand for a week or two to absorb moisture, then dried and hair sanded off before greasing with mutton tallow and final noosing for use.
Quiet night fears spark alert in tense exchange
A nervous woman questions John about a possible intruder. He denies hearing any sounds, but she worries a burglar would be silent to avoid suspicion and urges him to search the house.
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John
Opinions Change As Man Grows Older
An Indianapolis Journal quotation notes that when a man reaches maturity he often adopts cynical views of humanity as he gains self knowledge.
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Indianapolis Journal
Greeley Comments on Andree Polar Expedition Outlook
General A W Greeley from Linden Virginia states Andree may have reached the pole or vicinity but notes winds and polar conditions make such a feat unlikely. He recalls discussions at the 1895 London Geographical congress and questions Andree's chances of reaching North America. A Copenhagen dispatch debunks a reported pigeon capture linked to North Pole passage.
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Washington
A. W. Greeley
Linden
Andree
North Pole
London
Pole
North American
Lady Franklin Bay
Grinnell Land
Point Uarrow
Alaska
Siberian
Ekholm
Londoon
Copenhagen
Tromsoe
Norway
Hampurgische Correspondenz
Meligoland
Sovde
Rifylke
Hisses for Governor Tanner in Logan Parade
An incident at the Logan parade drew attention as Governor Tanner of Illinois was hissed loudly in more than a dozen places along the march route prompting much comment from onlookers.
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Cuicano
Logan
Governor 'Tanner
Illinois
Youngstown Flood Strikes Yousestrown Area July 24
A disastrous storm hit Yousestrown Ohio at 7 pm flooding the valley and causing about 100000 dollars in losses. Initial fears of missing residents eased as all were accounted for except Carl Henry Meyer who was killed by lightning.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
American Turf Congress
Yousestrown
Carl Ffenry Meyer
Souvenir of Lincoln Park Offered by Railway Company
Visitors to Lincoln Park in Chicago are urged to obtain a twenty six page souvenir book filled with half tone pictures of the resort. The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Company distributes the volume for citizens of the Great Republic. Priced at 25 cents, send coin or postage stamps to General Passenger Agent Gev H Henafford 410 Old Colony Building Chicago.
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Lincoln Park
Chiccago
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Gev. H. Henafford
Old Colony Building
Unwelcome Immigrants Highlight Lords Speech
Lord Lyon Playfair told the House of Lords that since 1891 Great Britain saw about 200000 pauper aliens land, including 17000 Russians and Poles, while American immigration reached 179392.
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England
Lord Lyon Playfair
House of Lords
Great Britain
America
New England Conservatory of Music Spotlighted in Boston
Article praises the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston as America’s leading musical institution with extensive investment in buildings and facilities. It notes the mind’s poverty as the greatest poverty and references various ad-like items for tobacco cure and drugstore slogans.
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America
NEW England Conservatory OF Music
Boston
Mass
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