State fair opens with star attraction and rail discounts
Bright six day Minnesota fair opens Monday September 4 and runs through Saturday September 9 with half fare rates from Minneapolis and St. Paul railroads. The program features high diving 120 feet, a ladies relay race, a death trap loop, balloon ascensions, parachute stunts, and Pain’s pyrotechnic show The Fall of Port Arthur concluding each evening.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
St. Paul
ST. Ae
Babcock
Pain
Port Arthur
Minnesota State Fair Opens with Dan Patch and Big Programs
Open with low fare from multiple lines reaching Minnesota and Dakotas by weekend. Senator Dolliver to give opening address as Dan Patch aims to lower his 1:56 record. The fair features Port Arthur scenes, Merry Pike acts, wildlife, and daily concerts by Liberati’s band and several state ensembles.
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Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Soo Lines
M River
Minnesota
Dakotas
United States
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Iowa
Dan Patch
Northwestern
Port Arthur
Liberati
Third Regiment
Record Heat Boosts Dan Patch Race at State Fair
Dan Patch is set for a three-heat program and a near-record pace at the Minnesota fair. The event promises a fastest track in the country with a $1,500 pace class and a $300 purse highlight. The card includes the First Regiment Band, aerial and circus acts, and a major cattle exhibit featuring Shorthorn and Hereford groups. Fair officials C N Cosgrove and E W Randall spearhead the celebration with a large agricultural hall exhibit and a wide-spread farm machinery show.
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Dan Patch
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First Regiment
Galetti
Fair
C. N. Cosgrove
Les Sueur
E. W. Randall
B. F. Nelson
Minneapolis
C. M. Griggs
St. Paul
J. M. Underwood
Sak City
L. D. Baird
Austin
W. M. Liggett
St. Anthony
Denver Savings Bank Closed as Receiver Appointed
Judge John I Mullins in district court named Guy Leroy Stevick receiver for the Denver Savings Bank after a run began August 8. Depositors had been allowed to withdraw 10 percent. about 1.4 million dollars were diverted to securities of doubtful value tied to Leonard B Imboden and associates. Bank officers deny fictitious securities. The Bank of North America of New York holds 400 shares as security for a 90 thousand dollar loan, though ownership is disputed. President J A Hill blamed for Imboden interests is away in the East.
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Denver
John I. Mullins
Guy Leroy Stevick
Denver Savings Bank
Bucen
Leonard B. Imboden
Imboden
Wilfley
J. A. Hill
Bank
Fever Being Controlled New Orleans
New Orleans health authorities report fever presence but not a full epidemic. Dr. Beverly Warren says it is being controlled and that chances of a serious outbreak have lessened, with volunteers aiding screening and precautions. The death rate drops as physicians report cases and discharge patients, and thirty-two of sixty-two new cases were recorded in the last day.
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New Orleans
Beverly Warren
Warner
White
Emperor Still Controls Russian Parliament Details Autocracy
The draft Russian parliament document shows the emperor can dissolve the Douma and set session lengths. The emperor has final say on disputed bills and approves reports. Oath vows loyalty to His Majesty. public access limited. officials barred from voting. elections supervised by interior officials.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Douma
Ruling on Taggart divorce case dismisses some charges
Judge Eason in Wooster Ohio rules to dismiss charges against Captain Rither and Clinton Spencer but not against General Miner Lieutenant Fortescue Captain Bush and William Taggart. He criticizes Miner Fortescue Bush and William Taggart and says key evidence must be disproved or be used against them.
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Miner
Fortescue
Bush
William Taggart
Bold Robbery at Chicago Reported in Payroll Theft
H G Board assistant treasurer of a Chicago press and sign company was robbed of 1025 dollars by two armed men in daylight. He was walking from a bank toward the company offices with the weekly payroll when two well dressed men accosted him. one pointed a revolver and the other struck him with a billy, causing him to fall as a valise containing the money was stolen.
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Chicago
H. G. Board
Board
Escape in Night Clothes at White Lake Boarding House Fire
A large summer boarding house the Arlington at White Lake Sullivan county burned before daylight. About 300 guests fled in their night clothes leaving clothes money and jewelry behind. No serious injuries though there were several narrow escapes and guest losses run into thousands of dollars.
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Monticello
N. Y
Arlington
White Lake
Sullivan County
Navy seeks Athos by sea with Uncas and Brutus
Washington Aug 21 The navy department ordered tug Uncas in New York and collier Brutus at Hampton Roads to sea at once to search for the steamer Athos believed drifting disabled about 150 miles east of the South Carolina coast.
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Washington
Navy Department
New York
Brutus
Hampton Roads
Athos
South Carolina
Explosions Cause Alarm in Saratoga Night
Two loud blasts in different Saratoga locations sparkled fears of dynamite plots. While little damage occurred, observers suspected a practical joke or malicious act. The first blast hit a narrow alley by United States club on Woodlawn avenue, near a garage, and the second near Circular street above Richard Canfield's Saratoga club house.
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Saratoga
N. Y
United States Club
Joseph Ullman
Woodlawn Avenue
Circular Street
Richard Canfield
Boy Accused of Murder in Detroit Suburb
Detroit August 21 eleven year old John Goodson is charged with the murder of seven year old Hannah McQuade in Freefield township near Detroit. The boy and three companions, all about age four, were shooting sparrows along the road when the girls, aged ten and twelve, ordered them away from the wagon. Goodson reportedly became enraged and shot the girl in the temple with a 32 caliber pistol, killing her instantly.
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Detroit
John Goodson
Hannah McQuade
Freefield Township
Goodson
Federal supervision of insurance discussed at Sagami Hill meeting
A Sagambre Hill conference on federal supervision of the insurance business drew participants including the president a New Jersey senator and James M Beck special counsel for Mutual Life. Senator Dryden praised the topic and Roosevelt is expected to address it in a forthcoming message to Congress.
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Oyster Bay
L. L
Sagambre Hill
New Jersey
Tial Insurance Company
James M. Beck
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Dryden
Roosevelt
Congress
Father in Possé Pursuing Son
Huntington West Virginia August 21 William Ellis was captured near Logan by a posse whose members included his father and is held on a charge of killing Sheriff Robert Murphy who had transported a prisoner from Virginia Ellis says he mistook Murphy and the posse for others with whom he had trouble
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Huntington
W. Va
William Ellis
Logan
Robert Murphy
Virginia
Ellis
Murphy
Decline in Birth Rate Noted by Census Bureau
Washington Aug 17 The census bulletin led by Walter F Wilcox Cornell University reports a persistent decline in the nations birth rate since 1860. It shows children under ten formed a shrinking share of the population, with the ratio to women of child bearing age dropping from 634 per 1000 in 1860 to 474 in 1900. Regional variation shows North and West steady declines while the South shows a less regular drop.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Walter F. Wilcox
Cornell University
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