Glidden Tour Opens From Detroit On 2636 Mile Run
Dai H. Lewis leads the sixth annual reliability run of the American Automobile Association as 30 cars depart from the Hotel Pontchartrain at 7:30 AM. The route covers 2636 miles through Chicago Minneapolis Denver to Kansas City.
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Detroit
Mich
Dai H. Lewis
American Automobile Association
Hotel Pontchartrain
Cadillac Square
Chicago
Minneapolis
Denver
Kansas City
Roosevelt in the Jungle at Naivasha Farm Camp
The Roosevelt expedition reaches Captain Attenboroughs Naivasha farm after five weeks in Souik district. Roosevelt and son Kermit plan to bag hippos and antelope before moving to Lord Delamere’s ranch at Njoro for ten days of hunting.
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Roosevelt
Naivasha
British East Africa
Souik
Richard Attenborough
Lake Naivasha
E.J. Cuninghame
Attenborough
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Cuninghame
Kermit
Njoro
Captain Attenborough
Outlaws Kill Nine Men Near Afton New Mexico
Afton near El Paso reported nine Texas horse buyers killed by outlaws who attacked their camp as they drove 300 head of cattle from New Mexico into Texas. One trader escaped wounded to tell the tale.
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Elpaso
Tex
Afton
N. M
Here
New Mexico
Texas
Recall Old Complaints in Falls City Neb
County officials report two complaints against William Scott of Andrew County Missouri for the murder of Night Policeman Ben Stump during the Missouri Pacific raids on July 19 1899. Scott, suspected to be the same man arrested for horse stealing at Salem, is to stand preliminary federal hearing in Lincoln for possible Maybray gang involvement.
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Falls Cit
Neb
William Scott
Andrew County
Ben Stump
Scott
Fenton
Salem
Lincoln
United States
Maybray Gang
Panama Suffered Severe Isthmus Hurricane Damage
A severe hurricane struck the Isthmus of Panama causing property damage. An electric plant was put out of commission and the city was plunged into darkness as crowds gathered at the national theater where Maria Guerrero, the noted performer, was present.
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Panama
National Theater
Maria Guerrero
Traffic at a Standstill Detours Redirect Kansas City Trains
Hundreds of travelers are detained in Kansas City as floods swell in Missouri and Kansas. Railroads cancel or reroute Chicago and Kansas City routes via Missouri Pacific, St Louis, and other detours causing westbound trains to be 1 to 10 hours late. Widespread rain across the Kansas watershed. Kansas River and Missouri River levels rise slowly.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Chicago
St. Louis
Atchison
Milwaukee Road
St Louis
Chicago and Alton Railway
Missouri Pacific
Sedoja
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Higbee
Burlington
Cameron Junction
St. Joseph
Pacific. Junction
Rock Island, and Pacific
Eldon
Rock Island
Topeka
Manhattan
Saloon Limits Stir Council Bluff residents
Fifty four saloonkeepers who bought permits before the Moon law debate its April 15 effective date may bar nearly all existing saloons. Attorney General Byers says the law took effect April 15, risking shutdown of many saloons and five year injunction blocks. Train crash near Cisco Utah kills three aboard the Denver & Rio Grande passenger train and injures one fatally, halting traffic for hours. no passengers harmed.
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Council
Nalon
Trafic
Grand Junction
Colg
Cisco
Utah
Denver & Rio Grande
Los Angeles
Pospisil Freed After Abandonment Charge In Omaha
Ed Pospisil of Chicago was arrested in Omaha on a charge of abandoning his wife and taking up with another woman. Governor Shallenberger orders his release and he will not return to Chicago. He returns to his barber shop at 2264 South Thirteenth Street where Ida Steydinger and her seven months old baby also stay.
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Posxpisil
Omaha
Néb
Shallenberger
Pospisil
Chicago
South
Thirteenth Street
Ida Steydinger
Babe
Nebraska Notes A collage of local items from Fremont to Hastings
A brief roundup covers a Fourth of July lockjaw death case involving a horse belonging to W L Hand in Fremont, library grounds disputes in Sutton, Burgess family deaths in McCook, man injured by a rough horse near Beatrice, and arrests and releases in Auburn. Also noted are Hastings sewer expansion, a McCook worker’s injury, a Hastings divorce suit, and other regional happenings.
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W. L. Hand
Fremont
Carnegie
Sutton
Library
Burgess
E. D. Burgess
McCook
Hugh Miller
Lottie Miller
Hedtrice
Charles Horech
Miller
Vast Global Data on Trade Climate and Missions
The piece surveys 20th century topics from Japan’s trade growth from 26 million to 814 million yen to Vienna’s phonographic archives. It notes German airship stations near Russia and Lyck, and Mother Cabrini’s return after founding a college in Brazil. It highlights the United Daughters of the Confederacy projects and a Manila Bible seminary built with a $19,000 gift. It also covers a Java reptile skin business and a Jewish perspective on Abdul Hamid.
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Algeria
Japan
India
London
Washington, D. C
Academy of Sciences
Vienna
German War Office
Lyck
Francis Xavier Cabrini
Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart
Brazil
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Shiloh
National Cemetery
Arlington
Manila
Philippine Islands
Florence B. Nicholson
George T. Nicholson
Jola
Kan
Old People Make Bright Hearts Amid a New Town
In a village tale a young woman from the newest West cherishes the old residents she first feared. She recalls meeting septuagenarians and octogenarians, finding joy in their laughter and varied lives, concluding the town’s old folks are its brightest treasure. Meanwhile Uncle Lattenberry notes a comical engagement breakup over socks left for a future wife.
Moneymaking Frenchman in Montreal Carriage Scene
The Montreal piece notes a French family in a fine carriage as a sign of wealth and business acumen. It cites Frency Indicates Toronto Ca nadian Courier as naming the leading Montreal financiers, implying a strong French influence in local money-making.
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Montreal
Frency
Toronto Canadian Courier
Reason for His Madness
A comic vignette jokes that a druggist proclaims spring and the urge to sell anti freckle lotion drives a man to odd behavior. The narrator quips that Nature aims for happiness but can make men overzealous and stumble into mania.
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Glidden
Kemens
Nebraska
Nebraska City
Rohr
Auburn
New
Mr Scholl
Paul
May Belle Parks
Hastings
John P. Madgett
First National Bank
J. T. Hickman
Beatrice
Davis House
Violet Braye
Harry Braye
Johnson County
Beatrice Gas and Power Company
Gage County Gas and Power Company
Rk. R. Kyd
S. Eaton
Cambridge
Christ Meyer
Berlin
H Im
B. C. Christ's
Rock
Martha M. Hutchinson
James B. Hutchinson
Adams County
France
Java
Europe
Abdul Hamid
Amaraq
Salonica
Rockland County
New York
Bowery
New York Tribune
Sisterhood
East Cist Street
Court of General Sessions
Ous
Atlantic Ocean
Methusaleha
New England
Orean
Lattenberry
Almira Stang
Charles
Henry Tootwiler
Puck
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