No Great Interest in Grand Sights Trans-Miss Exposition Scene
A narrative describes Sioux and other tribes observing the Trans-Mississippi Exposition. They ignore lavish buildings and art, then react with amusement to a penny-in-the-slot machine and a whisky bottle display. The piece contrasts their dignified appearance with childlike curiosity at games, mirrors, and spiels before moving to a tribal encampment and tepee displays.
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Blue Lagoon
Grand Court
Matheads
Wedding Tour Robbed of 925 Dollars at Omaha Expo
Harry Stockton a Burlington engineer and his bride on a wedding tour from Lincoln were robbed of 925 dollars while boarding a street car near Twenty fourth and Pinkey streets after leaving the expo grounds. He felt jostling by several men as he and his wife and another woman attempted to board. He later found his wallet missing from his hip pocket after reaching the car.
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Omaha
Harry Stockton
Burlington
Lincoln
Stockton
Twenty-fourth
Pinkey Streets
Blondo Street
Sickness in the Third Nebraska Regimen at Jacksonville
Lincoln Journal reports alarm over rising illness in the Third Nebraska regiment at Jacksonville. Sixty seven sick in quarters and 112 in hospital as Governor Silas A. Holcomb and Adjutant General Barry seek immediate relocation or muster-out options. Telegram to Col. W S Stark requests transfer to a healthier northern state pending decision.
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Lincoln Journal
Jacksonville
Barry
W. S. Stark
Washington
D. C
Nebraska
War Department
Silas A. Holcomb
Nebraska Crop Bulletin Describes Corn Decline and Quick Mores
The latest Nebraska crop bulletin notes corn deterioration across counties even where rainfall was ample. Damage estimates vary up to 25 percent, with early planted corn dried and hardened by frost. Late corn ripening early, likely making a short crop, while recent week favors threshing and haymaking as native grass yields range from fair to good, above average in most areas.
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Nebraska
Heavy Yield of Wheat on 19.5 Acres at Murphy Farm
Exeter dispatch notes P. A. Murphy has threshed 570 bushels of wheat from nineteen and a half acres of crop of fine quality. Neighboring farmers report better yields than expected and corn is doing well but rain is needed to settle dust and cool the air.
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Exeter Dispatch
P. A. Murphy
Cedar County Fair Set for Hartington Grounds Dates
The seventeenth annual Cedar county fair will run September 14 15 and 16 at the Hartington Driving Park and Fair association grounds. It promises to be the best fair yet with good premiums purses from the fair association and liberal merchant premiums.
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Cedar County
Hartington Driving Park
Empress Elizabeth of Austria Murdered in Geneva
Geneva reports Empress Elizabeth of Austria, born 1837, fatally stabbed by an Italian anarchist while walking from the Mer Hotel to the steamer landing. She died at Hotel Beaurivage after the attacker named as ucchoni was identified. The episode follows a life marked by reform efforts at Vienna court and deep affection for her husband Francis Joseph.
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Mer
Lieven
Miu
Baily
Geneva
Switzerland
Empress Elizabeth
Austria
the Depress
Maximilian
Bavaria
Francis Joseph
Austrian
Hungary
Gisela
Luitpold
Rudolph
Stephanie
Belgium
Maria Valeria
Franz Salvator
Aust -- Vuscany
Europe
Maximilian of
Iclone
Prince Taxis
Elizabeth
Vienna
Sophia
Buda-Pesth
Godallo
Franz Deuk
Andrassy
England
Ireland
Steeta
Dupsburgs
Vienne
Jeter
Archdale Charies
Archduke
Germany
Prince Rudolph
Valerie
Empire
Iey
Corfu
L’achilefon
Sunday School by Telephone From Rich Hill to Kansas City
Internal Revenue official I W Kellogg will conduct a Sunday school class eighty five miles away by long distance telephone with two megaphones hanging over pupils. Kellogg serves as superintendent at Rich Hill and will oversee readings from Kansas City while an assistant uses a desk phone. Topeka orchestra and choir provide music and a phonographic Trinity Church chimes segment from New York.
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Klingas City
Kansas City
I. W. Kellogg
Internal Revenue Collector
Kellogg
First Presbyterian
Rich Mill
Rich Till
Jay
England has its Santiago during Salisbury maneuvers
London reports allege breakdowns in army catering and care during Salisbury plain maneuvers. Soldiers faced privations with reports of hunger and thirst, some preferring prison to treatment, and nearby military prisons overwhelmed by sick and injured.
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London
Transport and Commissariat
Salisbury Plain
Aar
Thomas Lipton
SINGER PLANche ROOSEVELT DIES AFTER CAR ACCIDENT
The Countess Macchetta Planche Roosevelt known as Planche Roosevelt died in London from injuries after a runaway accident a year ago at Monte Carlo. Her sister Mrs Edwin Hollis Low of New York learned of the death and sailed to England. Miss Roosevelt was daughter of W A Tucker of Virginia and Lizzie L Roosevelt of New York who was related to Theodore Roosevelt.
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New York
London
Countess Macchetta
Planche Roosevelt
Monte Carlo
Edwin Hollis Low
England
Miss Roosevelt
W. A. Tucker
Virginia
Lizzie L. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Diplomatic strain over Austrian envoy rank in Washington
A Washington dispatch reports the United States and Austria are at odds after Vienna refused McKinley’s proposal to elevate the imperial envoy in Washington and the American minister in Vienna to ambassador status. The note highlights tensions in 1900s diplomacy between the two nations.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Republic
Washington
United States
Austria
McKinley
Vienna
Yellow Fever Reported Among Troops in Porto Rico
Surgeon General Sternberg received word from Ponce Porto Rico that four yellow fever cases and one death occurred among the troops there. It is the first such report from Porto Rico.
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Amedean
Washiaton
Sternberg
Ponce
Porto Rico
Shafter Calls for Inquiry Into Santiago Campaign
General Shafter urged a rigorous investigation of the Santiago campaign after a one hour conference with the President in Washington. He pressed for scrutiny of conduct and actions by military leaders involved.
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Santiago
Eral
Washieron
Philadelphia to Build Battleship to Replace the Maine
Officials say Philadelphia will construct a new battleship for the American navy to supersede the Maine. It is described as a rival to the Royal Sovereign of Britain and the Carnot of France. In Yoreka, Kansas, thirty vice cases are set for hearing over three days next week with counts for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
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Philnadelpha
Philadelphia
Royal Sovereign
Carnot
Yorreka
Kan
Miles Gall Determines Standpost Move In Pays On McKinley
General Miles called on President at 10 46 am in fatigue uniform with two staff insignia. The brief audience amid cabinet meetings touched on war matters only in formal courtesy, with a later extended discussion expected but no time set. Miles and Colonel Michler greeted by applause as he left the White House after the review.
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Washington
Miles
Justice Harlan
Allison
Michler
Joe
White House
District of Columbia
Shafter and Alger Dispute Poppycock on War Rift
In a Middletown interview Alger calls press reports of friction with General Miles poppycock. Shafter says no friction existed since Santiago, notes civil war camaraderie, and defends Miles against hostile newspaper charges while detailing camp Meade meetings and ongoing Santiago report work.
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Camp Muape
Middletown
Alger
General Shafter
Camp Meade
Detroit
Washington
Camp Meade Station
Graham
Alfer
Santiago
Miles
Shafter
Funeral of Cadet Wheeler and Lt Kirkpatrick
Impressive funeral services were held at 7 o'clock for Naval Cadet Thomas H. Wheeler son of Major General Joseph Wheeler and Lieutenant Newton D Kirkpatrick of the First United States Cavalry who were drowned while bathing Wednesday afternoon. General Wheeler his daughters and his son Lieutenant Joseph Wheeler Jr were chief mourners. The Reverend Archibald Bradshaw chaplain read the burial service and offered prayer. General Wheeler and his family will accompany Cadet Wheeler to Wheeler Ala. Lieutenant Kirkpatrick's body goes to Lexington Va. A war department officer accompanied the body ch.
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Camp Wharf
N. Y
Scot
Thomas H. Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler
Newton D. Kirkpatrick
First
United States Cavalry
Wheeler
Archibald Bradshaw
Ala
Kirkpatrick
Lexington
War Department
Gray to take White's place on peace commission
The President named Senator George Gray of Delaware as the fifth member of the peace commission, completing its personnel with Secretary Day and Senators Davis Frye and Gray alongside White. The appointment adds Democratic representation and may require Gray to leave the Anglo-American commission in Canada as it resumes in Paris time.
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Washinaton
George Gray
Delaware
Peace Commission
Secretary Day
Davis
Frye
Gray
Whitelaw Reid
Canada
Paris
Esterhazy Not a Death by Own Action
Paris reports deny the claim that Major Comte Kerdinand Walsin Esterhazy killed himself. The United States circulation of such a death by own action rumor is unfounded according to officials.
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Paris
United States
Comte Kerdinand Walsin Esterhazy
Dreyfus
Ports Open to Spain and US Vessels
The government will remove restrictions that hinder free passage of ships between Spain and its possessions and the United States amid wartime controls.
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Spain
Wasuineroy
United States
Foreign powers urge removal of Turkish troops from Crete
News from Conga Candia and London reports the allied admirals recommending that the Turkish forces be withdrawn from Crete and a governor appointed by the powers. Dispatches describe Bashi Bazouk excesses and Christian casualties as bombardment looms. looting of consulates, and calls for decisive action amid divided German Austrian press reactions.
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Conga
Crete
Atueens
Candia
London
London Times
Cologne
Germany
Manila Strike Ended as U S Sailor Returns Sword
The U S consul G F Williams for Captain N Mayo Dyer returns the Corregidor captured sword to General Miranda who is overwhelmed by the gesture. Workers who struck over pay foundations drift away as soldiers replace them and horse car traffic resumes after suspension. American army chaplains begin Protestant services in private buildings, a first in Philippine history.
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Maniia
United States
G. F. Williams
N. Mayo Dyer
Baltimore
General Miranda
Corregidor Island
Bay of Manila
Dyer
Manila
Philippine Islands
Silvela Demands Out of SAGASTA Amid Political Turmoil
A Spanish official accuses Silvela of seeking power while refusing government support. General Poliaveja circulates a manifesto blocked by the censor. The Madrid Liberal claims Sagasta will resign once the peace bill passes Parliament.
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Maonip
Senor Silvela
Poliaveja
Men
Madrid
Sagasta
Cubans Disarm for Food As Insurgents Surrender
The U S administration will not supply food while Cuban insurgents stay armed. About 400 soldiers have surrendered and asked for food and work, reducing potential trouble near Santiago. The development could ease the Cuban crisis and cut future troop needs, though final decisions are pending.
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Washington
War Department
Santiago
Judge U L Maughs Dies in Denison Texas
Judge U L Maughs, longtime military figure from the Civil War era, died in Denison Texas of Brights disease at an advanced age. He led Aledsoe's famed Missouri battery under General Price, later served as a major in Forests cavalry, and helped in key actions including Port Pillow and Chickamauga. He also held the position of postmaster during Cleveland's presidency.
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Diledsoe
Denison
Tex
U. L. Maughs
Bright
Judge Maughs
Aledsoe
Missouri
General Price
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