Nickel Plate Route Offer to New York City From Chicago
A promotional listing details the fare of 18 dollars to New York City and return with 2 dollars from Chicago on August 1 and 29 via the Nickel Plate Road. Return limit is September 4. Three trains daily with modern equipment. Dining cars offer meals from 35 cents to 1 dollar, plus a la carte and Mid-day Luncheon at 50 cents. Contact John Y. Callahan, Agent, No. 107 Adams St. Chicago.
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New York City
Chicago
Nickel Pirate Road
John Y. Calahan
iAgent
Adams St
Bradley and Vrooman Paint Endorsement Urges Home Buyers
An advertisement warns against using alternatives to Bradley and Vrooman Paint and claims homes will suffer in appearance. It promotes sale by Gro. R. McBripe.
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Bradley & Vrooman
Gro. R. McBripe
Good Salaries for Men to Sell Lands in Minneapolis Area
Advertises openings for several capable men to represent a land company. Promises good salaries commissions and a selling role with knowledge of local territory to show lands to buyers. Address Norte trCAN Lanp Co. 651 Andrus Hidg Minneapolis Minn.
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Nortetrcan Lanp Co
Andrus
Very Low Excursion Rates to San Francisco and Los Angeles
An excursion rate of one regular first class limited fare for round trip will be effective from all stations Sept 3 to 14 inclusive with favorable return limits due to the National Baptist convention. Three fast trains to California daily. The Overland limited travels in less than three days to San Francisco. The Los Angeles Limited electric lit through via the Salt Route with winetaem and tourist sleeping cars. A fast daily train is The ina & Japan Fast Mail with draw agents One s North-Western.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
National Baptist Convention
California
Ina & Japan
Former Cuban presidential candidate Gomez arrested amid rebel activity
Havana reports General Jose Miguel Gomez, former presidential candidate, was with a band of insurgents in Santa Clara. Authorities order his arrest and detain his secretary Juan Mencia in Guanabacoa. Rumors of a Cuba revolution linked to his U S visit last winter held as unfounded by officials.
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Havana
Jose Miguel Gomez
Yagajar
Santa Clara
Gomez
Cuba
United States
Juan Mencia
Guanabacoa
Guanabacog
Insurgents Threaten Pinar del Rio As Guards Call Volunteers
In Pinar del Rio province residents flock to towns and hide horses and cattle as insurgents threaten to occupy the city. Authorities urge young men to join rural guards and defend the area amid rising tensions.
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Pinar del Rio
No Interference Planned in Cuban Revolt Says State Dept
Washington August 22 The state department has no plan to interfere in Cuban revolutionary affairs. It says it has no information on the unsettled condition beyond press dispatches and a dispatch from the American charge d affaires at Havana. The department views Cuba as able to protect itself against insurrectionists.
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Washington
State Department
Cuba
Havana
Island Republic
Gas Blast at Jones & Laughlin Furnaces Kills Three
Pittsburg August twenty second reports three men dead and ten injured after a gas blowout at Eliza furnaces of Jones and Laughlin Steel in Soho. Eleven workers attempted rescues as flames and fumes enveloped Andrew Marsley and his brother George who were overcome. Michael Boise also fell victim as others followed to aid them. Gas shut off, rescuers brought to emergency hospital. two remaining burn injuries could prove fatal.
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Pittsburg
Eliza
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Soho
Andrew Marsley
George
Michael Boise
Colored Men in Fight Ends in Tragedy in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis on August 22 Percy Johnson, 22, and Arthur Shannon, both colored, quarrelled at Mrs. Bertha Walker’s home. Johnson was shot dead after attempting an assault. Shannon, wounded in the abdomen, is in critical condition at the city hospital. Shannon disarmed Johnson and killed him. the coroner ordered the body removed to the morgue.
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Minneapolis
Percy Johnson
Arthur Shannon
Bertha Walker
Shannon
City Hospital
Johnson
Walker
Reform policy postponed amid cabinet reform doubts
The article notes Biolypin's bid to suppress revolt while pushing reforms, but the cabinet appears to limit reform to submitting a law to parliament. Commissions across ministries draft wide bi zz policy bills, including labor questions and fiscal revision. An Emperor William interview about Count Witte's return to Russia draws attention, but Premier Kapis claims no chance Nicholas will restore Witte.
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Ministry of Finance
Russia
William
Count Witte
Peterhof
Nicholas Wisount Witte
Pittsburgh Man Found Dead in Allegheny Neighborhood
Louis Pfromme, a well known Allegheny resident, was found dead near his Melrose avenue home at daylight. Authorities believe he was murdered, noting a stab wound to the head and facial injuries. Robbery is suspected as the motive due to his wealth.
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Pittsburg
Louis Pfromme
Allegheny
Melrose Avenue
Pfromme
Venezuelan Money dies counterfeiting arrest in New York
On August 2 secret service officers arrested Captain George Boynta attorney and two Keller brothers tied to the case. They were taken to prison on charges of making dies to counterfeit the standard Venezuelan silver dollar to finance a revolution.
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New York
Venezuela
Secret Service
George Boynt
Joseph Keller
Sidney A. Keller
Keller Bros
Conn Ig
Earth Wake Shock Felt Near Kattowitz
A sharp earth wake shock was reported in the day near Zaborze close to Kattowitz in Upper Silesia, with residents noting tremors and local disruption.
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Upper Silesia
Berlin
Tragedy in Sioux City Player Ends in Double Death
In Sioux City Iowa on August 23 Babe Smith was shot by her lover Ralph Smith alias Fred Scousy in her room. He shot himself after firing the fatal shot, dying soon after. The man had recently worked as a rubber in a local bathhouse.
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Sioux City
Babe” Smith
Smith
Fred Scousy
Lake Steamer Ashore Near Gooseberry River
The steamer Frank H Peavey of the Peavey Steam Ship Company, a large lake freighter, ran aground at Gooseberry River on the north shore about fifty miles from Duluth. The tug Edna from Two Harbors has been sent to assist. Reports say the vessel is hard on shore with substantial bottom exposure and pounding. C P Wheeler and a party from Chicago are aboard but all are safe and out of danger.
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Duluth
Frank H. Peavey
Peavey Steamship Company
Gooseberry River
Edna
Peavey
C. P. Wheeler
Hicago
Forest fires quenched in Wisconsin drought relief rain
Duluth reports say a drenching rain breaks the drought threatening Wisconsin crops especially the potato harvest in the north. Vermillion and Mesaba range residents note bountiful rain, forest fires not fully smothered but danger of a major fire is considered passed.
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Duluth
Wisconsin
Vermillion
Mesaba
Storm of ash and Vesuvius calm in Naples
A violent storm sent thick ash over Naples as residents feared a new eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Alarm spread until a telegram from Professor Matteucci at Vesuvius Observatory reported the volcano was perfectly calm.
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Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Matteucci
Vesuvius
Woman Drowned While Bathing at Diamond Bluff
In Red Wing Minnesota on August 22 Mrs John Dregger age twenty five drowned while bathing with six or eight other women in the Mississippi near Diamond Bluff. She went beyond her depth and sank. The body was recovered ten minutes later.
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Red Wing
Minn
John Dregger
Diamond Bluff
Mississippi
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