Tragic Collision Near Fremont Involving Farmer Family
A wagon with a farmer, his wife, and two young passengers was struck by a train traveling about forty five miles per hour. The man and girl died instantly, the boy was critically injured, and the wagon horses were killed. Conductor Wilcox led the train crew. An inquest is planned for tomorrow. The farmer Wilson, a small farmer two miles west of Fremont, and the families of Fr Karich and Lewis Kavich are connected to the victims.
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Aiebil Nek
Wilcox
Wilson
Fremont
Fr. Karich
Lewis Kavich
Columbus
Suspected rustlers eyed in Union Pacific train robbery
Authorities chase faint leads in the August 5 Union Pacific robbery murder. Two ranchmen thirty miles south of hinge Col are suspected after a black Mackintosh was found on the car. Frederick Merrick was arrested in Elbert county and brought to Hugo on suspicion. A posse pursues Merrick's role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Pacific
Hinge
Frederick Merrick
Wax
Elbert County
Hugo
Union Pacific
Merrick
Democrats Nominate Bryan and Stevenson at Kansas City
William J. Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson were officially notified at the Kansas City convention to run for president and vice president. The ceremony sparked a public demonstration signaling the start of the party’s national campaign.
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Bon
William J. Bryan
Hon
Adlai E. Stevenson
Indianapolis
Ind
Kansas City
United States
Chicago Board of Trade records on Henry and circuits
Fragmentary notes mention Chicago Board of Trade and a person named Henry with vague reference to a circuit. The readable text offers no clear event, date, or outcome to confirm names or actions.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Peng Sew
Henry
the Circuit
Child Falls Into 23 Foot Well Near Butte Neb
A child fell into a twenty three foot well near Butte Nebraska and was rescued unharmed by responders. The incident prompted officials to inspect local wells and advise caution for residents in the area.
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Anton
Butte
Trial of Rathbone Soon Reported
It is probable the trial will occur in the first week. Fifty cases of yellow fever are under treatment in Havana and the disease is rising in Pinar del Rio. Officials attribute the spread largely to non immune Spanish immigrants now estimated at 76 000.
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Havana
Pinar del Rio
Porto Rican voter question ruling from Illinois judge
Judge B D Maproe concludes Miguel Panellas a Porto Rican resident of Lebanon for one year cannot vote. He cites the 1898 peace treaty with Spain leaving civil and political rights to Congress, which has not acted, and says Porto Ricans remain aliens under naturalization laws.
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B. D. Maproe
Illinois
J. M. Chamberlain, Jr
Lebanon
Miguel Panellas
Monroe
Panellas
Maxmach
Spain
Congress
Grave Chinese Situation Worsens in Washington Briefing
Authorities in Washington deem the Chinese situation gravely dangerous as Minister Wa reports continued firing at legation personnel and Chinese insistence that ministers depart Pekin. Cabinet members and officials confer while the president is reached by telegraph and long distance calls. message to Beijing awaits Wa’s communication to his government.
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Washington
Pekin
Athe
Knife Fight Near Broken Bow Leaves Man Wounded
Martin stabbed JM Sweeney five times near Lift Neb twenty miles west of Broken Bow two serious wounds near abdomen and heart Sweeney in hospital Martin arrested at Anselmo jailed in Broken Bow claiming self defence after being knocked down by Sweeney prior to the knife attack
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Broken Bow
Martin
Sweeney
Anselmo
Yang Tsun Reported Captured by International Forces
Report from August 6 states Yang Tsun in Washington telegraph notes captured today by international forces. The town lies at the junction of the Pei Ho river and the Pekin railroad, about 178 miles from Tien Tsin, and its fall would secure transport routes to Pekin for allied troops.
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Chee Foo
Siguala
Washington
Yang Tsun
Chaffee
Pei Ho
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Breaks a Record Yield Sets State History Benchmark
The report notes a 78.0 bushel per acre yield, the largest in state history, with an overall corn yield of 16.27 bushels per acre across 7,368,020 planted acres. Rye and other crops show varied yields and areas, including cete acres 1,058,258 yielding 32,457,635 bushels and barley area 176,529 acres.
Allies rout Chinese position near Yang Tsun harbor
An Aug 8 Chee Foo dispatch reported by The Daily Express says 200 allied casualties in the Yang Tsun engagement as 1 500 Chinese entrenched east of the river were driven from fortifications after an hour of heavy fighting at dawn Monday. Dynamite explosion in North St Louis shatters a streetcar, no injuries reported.
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London
Yang Tsun
Daily Express
Chee Foo
Yang Teen
St. Louis
Im North
St. Lowis
Cyanide Plant Construction Near Lead Sights Rich New Vein
Excavation for a one thousand ton cyanide plant by Homestake near Lead is advancing as a high grade ore vein is traced. The vein runs vertical about thirty feet wide parallel to the giant low grade workings. ore richness rivals the Black Hills' best finds. The discovery promises a 50 year potential with one thousand stamps planned.
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Homestake
Black Hilla
Times versus Lane reverses lower court ruling
London high court ruling reverses the decision of the court of appeals on reporter copyright. The Times claimed copyright over its speeches uttered by Lord Rosebery. The Lords of the Lords of Parliament delivered judgment in favor of the Times, overturning the prior ruling.
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House of Lords
London
Green worm menace threatens sugar beet crop near college farm
Federal reports describe a large green worm devastating sugar beets around a college farm. In a single night the field was stripped as the pests moved through a twenty two acre plot owned by Peter Thiel, endangering the entire crop.
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College Farm
Peter Thiel
Boy injured by exploded Manser cartridge near Exeter
A farm family near Exeter Nebraska suffers a severe wound to a boy’s left hand after he and other children found a Manser cartridge and struck it with a hammer on a rock. The incident occurred while they were playing on the road.
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Joe ‘Comeric
Exeter
Neb
Patrons Held At Bay As Bandits Loot Till
Bandits looted a till after holding patrons at a place at bay. The theft totaled about $25 as the robbers fled the scene.
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Iater
Lille Child and Herself
At Creston Iowa Mrs Mary E Scaies recently released from an insane asylum gave her two year old daughter laedanum. The child died or suffered from the effect of the dosage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lille
Creston
Mary E. Scaies
Laedanum
Arrest Warrant For Byron Nelson On Adultery Charge
A farmer named Byron Nelson of near Naper Nebraska was arrested on adultery charges after a confrontation required gunpoint restraint. The incident details remain brief and the case proceeds locally.
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Byron Nelson
Naper
Neb
Great Wheat Crop Kear The Kansas Wheat Yield Record
Official reports show Kansas corn condition at four percent and wheat yield at 76,080,000 bushels. The August 4 returns from Adena indicate the wheat crop is the largest ever grown in the state.
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Kansas
Leaps From State House Claim Columbus Man
A Columbus Ohio man named F M Reneck of Falling Springs West Virginia leaped fifty feet from the roof of a state house court building. He climbed onto the roof and jumped to the ground. Reneck was said to be an opium addict and a victim of the habit.
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Columbus
F. M. Reneck
Falling Springs
W. Va
Reneck
Farmers Form a Federation to Control Grain and Livestock Prices
Nine state farmers met in Topeka Kansas forming the Farmers Federation aimed at coordinating grain and livestock markets. Walter N Allen of Meriden proposed issuing 20 million dollars in stock with ten dollar shares to empower holders with governance rights. The plan includes establishing elevators and defense guarantees across Kansas City Chicago Minneapolis Galveston and New York.
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Pitty
Topeka
Kan
Farmers’.Federation
Great Agricultural District of America
Walter N. Allen
Meriden
Hillmon Payment in Federal Suit Reached for Kavens Woman
After six trials in the United States circuit court and a twenty one year delay, the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company agreed to pay Mia Allie Hilimnos Smith of Leavenworth Kansas $22,600 in cash. The Mutual is said to still be withholding a judgment of $11,054.
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Kavens
U “United’ ‘States
Mmenuns
Munual Life, Insurance Company
Mia ‘Allie
EO Hilimnos- Smith
Leavenworth
Kan
Campaign scope appears in Kansas politics coverage
A fragmentary Kansas page notes a campaign scope in state politics. The scene includes a Republican National Committee touch and a street crowd listening to a band concert followed by a lecture by EA Bailey, with imagery showing war scenes and cartoons.
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Kansas
Republican National Committee
Secadia
Platens
EA. Bailey
Erm Geant
Company A
Twentieth -Kansas
Suicide Threats End in Tragic Porch Discovery
At Coffeyville Kansas Albert Stewart threatened suicide after a refused marriage. He ingested carbolic acid and his body was found on the front porch of the woman’s home. He had been married before and his parents reside in Fort Scott.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Albert’ Stewart
Fort Soutt
Hoisington Bank Seeks Charter Under New Bank
Hoisington Kansas bank announces voluntary dissolution for the state bank commission to grant a charter for a new bank.
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Hoisington
Kan
State Bank
Omnibus Train Collision Kills and Injures Dozens
A passenger omnibus carrying twenty five people collided with a special train near a sharp road curve. Eleven died on the scene and many were injured. The driver named Peters tried to clear the crossing but the train could not stop. Victims were taken to South Bethlehem. No watchman warned approaching trains in the area.
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Peters
Siatington
Cherrysville
Bethiehbesa
Hong Kong Trade Defies Restrictions Over War Material
A London dispatch reports Hong Kong merchants and the chamber of commerce resist export limits on war material to China and Philippines insurgents. Hong Kong lacks a customs house, hindering enforcement, and officials say the port’s freedom is at stake as they engage legal counsel to press their case.
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New York, Journal and Advertiser
London
Chamber of Commerce and Leegislative Council of
Hong Kong
China
Hong. Kong
Bax
Chamber of Commerce
Legislative Council of
Francis
Colonial Bar
Train Robbery in Ohio Leaves Messenger Dead
A Pennsylvania express train from Cincinnati to Columbus was robbed before reaching Columbus. Express Messenger Lane was found murdered in the car at Columbus, with the robbery likely occurring between Milford Center and Columbus. The messenger was alone when the assailants jumped off during the Milford Center stop.
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Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
Columbus
Lane
Milford Center
Mo Harm
Grakeman Killed at Blair in Train incident
A Grakeman died in a Blair train mishap. He was a young, unmarried man from Sioux City, employed in Omaha for several years. The incident occurred at Blair and involved a network of tracks.
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Bisiae
Sioux City
Blair
Kiener
Omaha
Wheat and forage crop conditions across states in July report
The report details July to August 1 conditions for oats barley spring rye and timothy hay across states led by Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa Minnesota and others. It notes declines in oats and barley conditions and a large drop in buckwheat acreage with overall unfavorable clover production trends.
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Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
California
Burglar Shot At During Break-In Turned Escape
In Wahoo Nebraska a burglary case ended with a confrontation as a homeowner fired at the intruder, who fled after being struck in the leg by two shots. Marshal Bart Smith arrived, fired at the getaway suspect, then found him later in a residence and arrested him.
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Wenel
Wahoo
Simondynes
Frank
Jasanek
Young _Mamedy
Himith
Bart Smith
Susanek
Fire destroys threshing outfit at Beatrice area farm
A farm near Beatrice suffered a rapid blaze when a straw stack at HB Banmfulk’s farm was ignited by a nearby steam separator engine. The threshing outfit could not be removed in time and burned where it stood.
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Henry ¥Rerich
HB. Banmfulk
Tve
Beatrice
Military moves and local incidents flash brief
The First Infantry at Fort Leavenworth receives orders to move as quarantines against yellow fever are removed at Tampa Florida. In Sylvania Georgia B F Herrington shoots two negroes, and Alexander Cap Seue Wade is mortally wounded while resisting a rescue. A fire believed started by arson causes $86,000 damage.
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Sylvania
Herrington
Alexander
Capi Seue
Wade
Beading
Posse
Sitemptte
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Conger
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Feds
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the Statistician 'S Report
Department of Agriculture
Ft. Leavenworth
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Tampa
Fis
Irempe
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