Great Northern Railway Presents Upgraded Train Features
The Great Northern Railway advertises improved trains with faster times and enhanced comforts. Jay Trains depart Huron on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at 7 45 a m connecting with the main line at Benson. Mini Trains arrive Santa Fe days and Friday at 5 30 p m Amberg ticket agent Haron.
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Devi Hon Grand Ene Ag
Jay
Huron
Benson
Senta Aies
Amburg
Aneel Haron
Minor Items Of Interest From The Era
The Big Four railroad considers a Duluth line. Minnesotas beat the Duluths in the eight oared race on Lake Minnetonka. New York banks hold 45,720,150 above the 23 percent rule. Fred Gilbert of Iowa defeated Rollo O Heikes of Ohio in the American championship birdshooting match. Mr and Mrs Grant Hammond and Mr and Mrs Abner Morris drowned bathing at Carlisle Indiana. The North American Gymnastic association convention meets in Milwaukee. Robert Stott aged 80 and John Peters aged 21 drown when their rowboat capsizes in the Charles River near Boston. Government losses 32,000,000 from goods imported before the Dingley bill. Golden Red Silk of Paterson New Jersey declares bankruptcy and a receiver is appointed. Liabilities 103,000. Senator Allison of Iowa dines at the Oriental Hotel Manhattan Beach hosted by Henry Clews. A St Petersburg dispatch says 100 perished in floods at Kortch Crimea. Hungary authorizes 1 000 Sorin notes to feature portraits of noted singers and actors.
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New York
Fred Gilbert
Iowa
Rollo O. Heikes
Ohio
Grant Hammond
Abner Morris
Carlisle
Ind
The
North American Gymnastic Association
Milwaukee
Golden Red Silk Company
Paterson
N. J
Allison
Oriental Hotel
Manhattan Beach
Henry Clews
St. Petersburg
Novosti
Kortch
Crimea
Budapest
Hungary
New York Capitalists Close San Xavier Mine Group Purchase
New York capitalists have completed the purchase of seven San Xavier mines from Boston owners. The mines, extensively developed, lie 16 miles south of Tucson, Arizona. Count Manfred von Matuschka of Silesia and Miss Ella Walker of Detroit were married in Detroit on Tuesday. Miss Walker is a granddaughter of Hiram Walker, founder of the distillery at Walkerville, Canada.
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New York
San Xavier Mines
Boston
Tucson
Manfred von Matuschka
Silesia
Ella Walker
Detroit
Mich
Campers Move to Pine Creek in Fight for Supremacy
Fragmented report notes campers relocating to Pine Creek amid a struggle for supremacy. Details on parties, dates, and exact acts are unclear in the readable text.
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Pium Creek
Indiana Diggers Seize a Train as Sheriff Fails
Pittsburg Aug 7 Out of the 2000 strikers who camped at Turtle Creek last Saturday barely 300 now remain at Camp Determination. Deputies report constant moves by strikers and strife at Plum Creek and Sandy Creek while Turtle Creek and Sandy Creek mines close or operate minimally. Private telegraph and telephone lines link mines and deputies report strangers to nearest office. Judicial Convention notice lists dates and delegate representation for South Dakota circuit court nomination in September.
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Pittsburg
Turtle Creek
Plum Creek
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company
Sandy Creek
de Armitt
Judicial Convention
Lhan
South Dakota
A. D
Circuit Court
Tag
A. O. Ringsrod
Anxiety over coal strike threats in Cleveland factories
Cleveland coal men fear a looming famine as the national strike nears in Clearfield Pennsylvania. Advices indicate De Armitt's mines are paralyzed and local production may halt. Resumption by major firms reduces supply, with Cleveland Rolling Mill and Union Rolling Mill using 600 tons daily.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Clearfield
Pennsylvania
de Armitt
Cleveland Rolling Mill
Union Rolling Mill
Striking miners seize a train in Indiana
In Terre Haute on August 7 marching Linton miners boarded a south bound Evansville and Indianapolis train. They refused to disembark until reaching Little's. The sheriff was summoned. the group remained aboard. The railroad seeks an injunction that could lead to arrests.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Linton
Evansville
Indianapolis
Little’s
Miners' Day Meeting on Duquesne Wharf
A large crowd estimated at 8 000 to 10 000 gathered at Duquesne wharf for Miners Day in Pittsburg. Eugene V Debs, Mrs Jones and local speakers addressed the assemblage, receiving hearty applause for speeches defending free speech and lawful assembly.
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Pittsourg
Duquesne Wharf
Eugene V. Debs
Miners Out in Indiana Strikes Across Towns
Vice President Lewellyn wired Secretary Kennedy that Hartwell Petersburg Ayershire and Jackson miners are all out. The action follows marching miners who began from Washington Linton and Princeton earlier this week.
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Terre Havdle
Ind
Lewellyn
Kennedy
Indiana Miners’ Organization
Winslow
Hartwell
Petersburg
Ayershire
Jackson
Washington
Linton
Princeton
Miners Strike at Sweetwater Coal Mine in Wyoming
Rock Springs Wyoming August 7 miners for Sweetwater Coal Mining company walked off the job demanding a 3 cent per ton raise for digging coal.
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Wyoming
Rock Springs
Sweetwater Soal Mining Company
Northwestern Flour Output in Minneapolis and Duluth Mills
Minneapolis flour output last week reached 243 100 barrels, down from 265 360 the prior week and 192 005 in 1896. Superior and Duluth mills ground 33 350 barrels, versus 42 320 the week before and 79 400 in 1896. Trade was fair with a slight advance.
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Northwestern
Minneapolis
Superior and
Duluth
Customs Reform Scheme Modified in Cuba Talks
Maprio August 7 report that after a conference between the minister for the colonies Senor Castelano and the premier Senor Canovas del Castillo the reform plan for Cuban customs has been altered.
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Maprio
Senor Castelano
Senor Canovas del Castillo
Cuba
L A W Races At Willow Grove Park Attendances Record
The eighth annual L A W meet at Willow Grove park near Philadelphia drew 15 000 spectators. Arthur Gardner narrowly missed Hamiltons world mile record, running 1 39 3 5, breaking the state mark. F J Loughead of Sarnia Ont won three races and set a new state mile mark of 2 03 3 5, plus a 32 second quarter mile. Amateurs showed strong performances from Peabody Johnson Middendorf Schade Krick and Miller.
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Philadelphia
Willow Grove Park
Arthur Gardiner
Chicago
Hamilton
Johnny Johnson
Gardner
Earl Kiser
F. J. Loughead
Sarnia
Ont
Peabody
Johnson
Middendorf
Schade
Krick
Miller
To Establish Minnesota Grain Grades Meeting in St Paul
The railroad and warehouse commission will meet in the Nadicott building St Paul on Thursday August 12 at 2 p m to establish Minnesota grades of grain for the ensuing crop year All parties interested may send suggestions to the committee prior to the meeting
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Str. Paul
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Nadicott Building
St. Paul
Minnesota
The Preacher Still Missing in Indiana Shooting Case
In Washington Indiana on August 9 the shooting of 3 year old Mamie Stan diford by Rev John Walstein at Concord church remains widely discussed. Walstein's whereabouts remain unknown.
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Washington, Ind
Mamie Standiford
John Walstein
Concord Church
Walstein
A Healthy Family Health Benefit from Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Mrs Bazille of Aberdeen South Dakota cites her daughter’s facial sores healing after using Hood’s Sarsaparilla. She claims the entire family now enjoys good health and endorses Hood’s Pills as a favorite, gentle cathartic.
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Hood
J. F. Bazille
Aberdeen
South Daota
Women Missionaries Lead Effort to Discourage Men from Drinking
A historical newspaper note highlights how women missionaries promote temperance by visiting communities, urging men to quit drinking. The piece emphasizes organized outreach, domestic influence, and moral reform as central to their campaign.
Plum Creek Miners Rally as Strikes Spread
In Pittspune on August 10 a large mass meeting at Camp Isolation drew about 1,200 people including 200 wives. Deputies warned attendees, yet most wives brought their husbands, swaying about 100 workers to join the strike, signaling broader action at De Armitt mines.
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Pittspune
Plum Creek
McDonald
Finleyville
Carnegie
de Armitt
Miners Form State Org at Montgomery West Virginia
Fred Dilcher of the national executive committee wired President Ratchford that at a state convention of miners in Montgomery Virginia? West Virginia a state organization was effected officers elected and the meeting decided to call out the remainder of the miners who are at work in the Kanawha and New River districts
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Cotvumsvts
Fred Dilcher
National Executive Committee
Ratchford
Montgomery
W. Va
Kanawha
New River
No Further Call for Troops in Coffeen
Springfield Aug 10 Governor Tanner has received no further word from Sheriff Randle of Montgomery county who sent a call for troops at Coffeen. Governor Tanner sent B B Ray to Coffeen to wire a report of conditions among the strikers.
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Springfield
Lils
Tanner
Randle
Montgomery County
Coffeen
B. B. Ray
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Organizing the West Virginians at Tyrconnell mines
PaRkersburg West Virginia Aug 10 After the Tyrconnell meeting strike agitators formed a miners union and claim nearly all Tyrconnell miners signed. Organizer Rea says every man in the Flemington section will be out in the morning.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Tyrconnel
Rea
Flemington
Two Thousand Marchers in Line to Wadsworth
North Lawrence Ohio August 10 The miners of the Massillon district march toward Wadsworth to persuade men to stop work About 2000 men expected at daybreak Coastal lines emphasize labor action and plan to halt activities at the target location.
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North Lawrence, O
Massillon
Wadsworth
Waterspout Floods Hot Springs South Dakota
Dispatches report a waterspout hit Hot Springs South Dakota between 9 and 10 PM raising a creek water 10 to 12 feet. Four Elkhorn Railway wooden bridges were carried away and several small houses washed away. One life is reported lost though identity is unknown. Railway traffic halted.
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Omaha
Neb
Hot Springs
S. D
Loss of $60,000 Mill Destroyed at St Cloud
The St Cloud Lumber company mill on the east bank was totally destroyed by fire at 5 p m causing about $60 000 in losses. The idle mill had been in litigation over ownership and nearby yards were cleared of lumber. Firemen saved the planing mill connected by tramways and restrained nearby houses from burning as crews fought the blaze.
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St. Cloud Lumber Company
St. Coup
Italian officer challenges Prince Henry after Africa remarks
Paris dispatch reports Lieutenant Boppa the sole surviving officer of the Fourteenth battalion under General Cabarmi cdi challenges Prince Henry of Orleans. The provocation follows the prince's strictures on Italian soldiers in Africa, marking the third challenge he has received on this issue.
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Paris
Boppa
Cabarmicdi
Abyssinia
Prince Henry of Orleans
Africa
Body of Another Fireman Found in River
In Curiaco on August 10 the body of Fireman Thomas Monaghan, driver for Chief Swenie, surfaced in the river. He appears to have taken the full blast from the Northwestern elevator explosion Thursday evening.
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Curiaco
Thomas Monaghan
Swenie
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