Tornado devastates Trail County and Caledonia area
A north of Hillsboro storm tore through Trail County on July 31, wrecking Caledonia including the city hall and Presbyterian church, demolishing the Synod church nearby, and destroying homes. The five mile wide, thirty four mile long path left total losses to grain and gardens, heavy livestock damage, and wide property destruction across Mayville Portland and into Minnesota.
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Trail County
Caledonia
Presbyterian
Hillsboro
N. D
Red River Valley
Mayville
Portland
Jeele
Traill
Red River
Minnesota
Beltrami County
Halsted
Traill County
Thomas Everson
Presbyterian Church
Synod Church
Atock
Jamestown
N. C
Jamestown & Northern
Cheyenne
New Rockford
Brinsmede
Hen’s brood boosts farmer’s wheat riches in clay county
In Clay County South Dakota a farmer awaited hatchings after leaving about 100 bushels of wheat in his granary. A hen chose the grain as a nest and hatched out a brood. While the eggs or chicks grew the wheat price rose, leaving the farmer about $100 richer when he finally moved the surplus wheat.
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Mwlcher Figare
Sioux Falls
S. D
Clay County
Grand Larceny Charged in Duluth Bank Cash Error
William Baker of Duluth is under arrest after a bank teller paid him 500 dollars by mistake when he sought 50 for a certificate. He disappeared for about fifteen minutes before vanishing and was later located in Erie. He faces grand larceny in the second degree.
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William Baker
Duluth
Minn
Erle
Baker
American Exchange Bank
Erie
Troyer
Keer
Van Sant Opens Campaign With Ratification Meeting
VAN SANTS FIRST SPEECH He Opens the Campaign With a Talk at Mrusce Frazee Minn July 31 The state campaign was opened by a ratification meeting here last night Capt 8 R Van Sant Ray W Jones C M John ston and J Adam Bede were present and each made a speech This was Capt Van Sants first speech of the campaign It was one of the largest gatherings ever held in Northern Minnesota Drowned in Lake Chisago St Paul July 31 George F Wagner was thrown into the water by the capizing of a row boat on Lake Chisago yesterday and was drowned before assistance could reach him Wisconsin Manufacturer Dead Beloit Wia July 31 C EB Merrill aged eighty founder of the papermaking machinery in Beloit died yesterday Alleged Deserter Arrested La Crosse Wis July 31 Rev M Hanson wanted here for deserting his family has been found by the sheriff of Worthington Minn He came to La Crosse from St Paul in 1897 and has had considerable notoriety in the courts since Caught in Machine Klemme Town July 31 William Roach a farmer was caught in a far vesting machine while attempting to stop a runaway team He will lose both legs.
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Mrusce, Frazee
Minn
R. van Sant
Ray W. Jones
C. M. Johnston
J. Adam
Bede
Capt. van Sant
Minnesota
Lake Chisago
St. Paul
George F. Wagner
Wisconsin
Beloit
Wia
C. EB. Merrill
la Crosse
Wis
M. ©. Hanson
Klemme
Town
William Roach
Manchuria
Fort Kohe
Kobe
Vladivastock
Tientsin
St. Petersburg
Peking
Itussa-Chinesr Hank
M. de Giers
Conger
Yeking
Kompff
Navy Department
Destructive hail storm devastates crops near Cummings
A fierce hail storm swept a five mile wide path from the west, centering at Cummings in Traill county North Dakota. Stones ranged from marble to large cannonball size, smashing windows, pipes and siding. Reports say Portland and Mayville also hit hard while crops locally were nearly ready for harvest, with over one hundred square miles affected and unknown losses.
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Grand Forks
N. C
Cummings
Traill County
Portland
Mayville
Winnipeg's Big Day at Fair Draws Fargo and North Dakota crowds
Crowds from Fargo Grafton Casselton and other North Dakota towns joined Winnipeg on July 29 for a festive fair. Winnipeg beat Fargo 37 holes in golf while Grafton shut out Winnipeg in baseball and Grand Forks won the trap shoot. Winnipeg crews won senior fours clay fours and junior eights in rowing defeating Toronto Argonauts and Rat Portage crews.
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North Dakota
Winnipeg
Man
Fargo
Grafton
Casselton
Grand Forks
Toronto Argonauts
Rat Portage
Blaze at Bismarck Sends Russian Families Homeless
A fire in the Russian settlement of Bismarck North Dakota July 29 destroyed a dozen cottages and left as many families without homes. It was started by boys playing with matches and at one point the large residence district was threatened before containment. A Russian woman lost her entire savings of 200 dollars amid the panic and theft of coins from her house.
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Bismarck
N. D
Fifteen bushels per acre in Redwood County threshing
First threshing of the season in Redwood county by John Whittett and H. Deverett yielded an average of fifteen bushels per acre from mainly high soil wheat. The No 1 quality grain was harvested July 20 at Redwood Falls Minnesota.
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Redwood County
Redwood Falls
Minn
John Whittett
H. Deverett
Fine Yacht Destroyed Off Toledo by Fire
The steam yacht Troberts, among the lake’s finest, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon a few miles off at-in-Bay. Owned by C. H. Lawrence of Detroit. Gans Aftor McGovern, New York, July 29. deposited $1,000 with James J. Corbett for a match between Geng and Terry McGovern at the lightweight limit. McGovern will cover the money today.
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Toledo
Troberts
Lakes
at-in-Bay
C. H. Lawrence
Detroit
Gans Aftor McGovern
New York
Ager
James J. Corbett
Geng
Terry McGovern
McGovern
Massacre reports in Peking disputed by London dispatch
London reports that all powers have received an identical Chinese mediation appeal though no definite news from Peking exists. The Chinese deny a massacre, ministers possibly held as hostages, while Li Hung Chang draws suspicion. News from Tientsin, Shanghai, and Nanking suggests a volatile, stalled crisis with foreign ships feared.
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Pekin
L Hi Oba
Peking
AM Thi
Li Hung Chang
Suschon
London
Lord Salisbury
Shanghai dispatch reports Chinese ministers under pressure
The Shanghai Daily Telegraph correspondent cites Li Kang stating some legislators have left Peking and may depart soon. Anger grows over skepticism among powers as talks of mediation falter. US Consul Goodnow faces criticism for engaging with Warl U, defended as government instruction. Trade in Shanghai paralyzed, payments due, Yangtze war preparations advance. Boxers and officials move, arsenals stocked. no improvement seen. Washington reports no new developments.
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Chang
United States
Goodnow
Warl UI
Shanghai
Bold prisoner release plan foiled at Riverside Penitentiary
Pittsburg July 28 A daring, well organized rescue attempt aimed at freeing prisoners from Riverside penitentiary was thwarted by accident. Initial belief pointed to Alexander Berkman the Homestead striker, but officials concluded the target was real estate swindler J. Boyd serving seven years. The plan involved a 200 foot zigzag tunnel from a Sterling street cellar to near the prison wall, revealing a highly organized effort with widespread confederates and anticipated statewide interests.
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Pittsburg
Riverside Penitentiary
Alexander Berkman
H. Frick
Homestead
Muth
Alleghenny
J. ©. Boyd
Boydin
Union
Riverside
Berkman
Boyd
Sterling Street
Liscum's Successor Rohe to Command Ninth Regiment
Col Charlee F P Rohe, formerly lieutenant colonel of the Seventeenth Infantry, succeeds to the Ninth Infantry command after Lis cum died heroically at Tien-tsin. He has been on active duty in the Philippines and is now in Manila awaiting transport to China.
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Rohe
Washington
Charlee FP. Rohe
Seventeenth Infantry
Ninth Infantry
Gol. B. HW. Liscum
Tien-tsin
China
Philippines
Manila
Awalthig Transportation
Pipe Companies Plead Guilty in Antitrust Case
Judge D. Clark of the U S district court in eastern Tennessee disposed of six large pipe companies indicted for antitrust violations. The firms, named in 1897, had been slow to enter a joint plea of guilty and were fined $1,800 plus costs. The cases had been continued and never tried.
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Tennessee
Chattanooga
Tenn
D. Clark
United States District Court
District
Fragmentary Military Action Report From Unknown Locality
Fragmentary OCR describes forces under Col. Wik Cox engaging Rocketi troops with infantry and artillery. The narrative mentions a chaotic battle, a belated assault, and subsequent retreat with casualties and loot. Details are garbled and names unclear.
Old Kew Veuset and the Minene Stallion in the Navy
Fragmented 19th century dispatches describe naval orders for a vessel named Mohican to undertake the Chinese station duty while another ship faces unspecified events. Reports mention the Chiwenthor of Many and a surprise about associating Mohican with a Tong cruise, amid broader military and imperial news.
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Valley
Col
Daly
Nave Deen
Tie Mohican
Gaye
Mie Mohican
Mike
Rhe
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Here
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Greenfield
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South Africa
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Hartford
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Walter Bond
John OC
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L. Bickford
Cas
The
First State Bank
Bowbells, N. D
John Shippam
Main Street
A. W. Movius
Motary Public
U. S
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New 22
Abe Smith
Bowbells, North Dakota
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Fred &Hilleo
A. Gentlemens
McLellan & Dilworth
First Street
Bowbells, N. Df
Woods Brothers
Masons
Adamant
Zenith
City Restaurant
J. Glenn
Fine & Hine
East Side
Main St
Hassard & Shockley General
Blacksmiths
Bowbells
N. I
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