Automobiles Crash in Europe Kills Mr and Mrs Fair
The Berets and the Automobile Qwerves From Path sod Runs Into the Tree near Trouville. Mr Charles Fair and his wife Mrs W Vanderbilt Jr were badly injured when their fast car crashed ater somersaults. Their chauffeur survived, attempting to aid them as the wreck buried them under the machine. Charles Fair, son of the late Senator Fair, and heir to the Mackay fortune, had been touring Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mir de-Charles Fair Les Fair
Edether
Reed
Wiam K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Fair
Trouville
New York
Krov Pring Wilheim
San Francisco
Cal
Atch
Charles ‘Fair
Europe
Charlies Fair
Senator Fair
John W. Mackay
Paris
Bangs Named Chief of Knights of Pythias in 1904 Session
North Dakota’s Tracy R. Bangs of Grand Forks was exalted to supreme chancellorship by the Knights of Pythias in San Francisco. Charles E Shrively was elected supreme vice chancellor. George K. Church was chosen supreme prelate over C F Easley. Louisville to host 1904 biennial session. Kentucky delegates defeated St Louis by about two to one. The Knights of Khorassan installed Imperial Prince John H. Holmes, St Louis. treasury stands at $14,500 with 16,822 members. meeting planned for St Louis in 1904.
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North Dakota
Knaights
New Mexico
William Simmons
Delaware
Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
Louisville
Kentucky
St. Louis
Order
the Knights of Khorassah
John H. Holmes
Supreme Lodge
Clarence Richardson Breaks Wrists in Park Swing
Clarence Richardson of rg Place swung a pendent grape vine at Lincoln Park Wednesday evening and suffered two broken wrists. The incident involved sixteen year old Young Richardson and family of University Place.
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Clarence Richardson
Rg Place
Lincoln Park
W Young Richardson
Gan
D. Evans
University Place
Man sues mother in law over alleged alienation of affection
A man named Bdward F. Stacy sues his mother in law for $60,000 claiming she alienated his wife from him in a divorce dispute. The complaint alleges Stacy deceived his spouse, causing the estrangement.
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Bdward F. Stacy
Neil
Stacy
Derrick Bille Two The boom of a derick lifting heavy for construction
Derrick Bille Two operates a derick lifting heavy steel for a construction project. The scene shows workers guiding the load as it rises, with the crane's boom reaching toward girders.
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Derrick Bille
Nebraska State Fair to Feature Strong Exhibits and Races
The Nebraska State Fair promises its best exhibit in years with permanent buildings new barns and increased space. Labor Day features a speed program and agriculture address by James Wilson secretary of agriculture while W J Ryan discusses state resources. Fraternal day brings a $250 purse and stock sale. Thursday and Friday highlight speed events as attendance is expected to reach a high.
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Ecrom
Spe
Jas. Wilson
Ahi Ww
J. Ryan
Shoerthorn Breeders Association
Chaos Reigns as Revolution Seizes City of Port au Prince
A serious jail situation described by Commander McLane reports revolutionaries occupying the district of Port au Prince. Officials are imprisoned, 29 businesses sacked, 15 dwellings looted, while life and property are said to be safe in other areas. Wires to Gonaives cut hinder communications and several Americans are reported in danger or detained.
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McLane
Cianinnati
Barcelona
Hayti
Barcelonai
State Department
Howell
Port Au Prince
Gonaives
Navy Department
McCrea
Cape Ss
Rodgers
Marietta
Port of Spain
Angostura
Venezuela
Orinoco
St. Felix
Striking Mob Surrounds Duryea Washery After Riots
A mob of about five hundred strikers encircles the Warnke washery in Duryea as shots are fired at guards. Fifty armed guards defend with Winchesters behind barbed wire. Four workers wounded in Scranton earlier. injuries reported as rioting continues and authorities call for aid.
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Scranton
Warnke Washery
Schadle
Duryea
Waruke Washery
Escaping Convict Shot After Desertion at Fort Thomas
Cincinnati dispatch reports Harry Thompson a Fort Thomas desertion prisoner was shot in the body by a sentry while attempting to escape. He fled five miles along the river forcing residents to dress his wound before being found severely injured.
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Harry Thompson
Fort Thomas
Cincinnati
Polish landowner Baron Severn Brun'tcki dies by own hand in Cincinnati
Baron Severn Brun'tcki a Polish born miner and landowner of about a half million acres died by suicide in Cincinnati Thursday morning. He faced a personal crisis leading to this fatal act.
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Severn Brun‘tcki
Cincinnati
Will of lat John W Mackay filed in Virginia City
The will names the widow and son as executors without bond. In Illinois Gus Ginet of Pana allegedly set straw under a Montana pony causing severe injury. the pony died and Ginet was arrested by the humane society amid public anger. Johannesburg excitement grows over a newly discovered gold reef said to cross a wide area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Mackay
Virginia City
Nev
Gus Ginet
Pana
Ill
Ginet
Humane Society
Johannesburg
Kansas Corn Crop Outlook From Seventy-Nine Counties
Estimates from 300 correspondents in 69 counties show Kansas corn yield this year near 235 million bushels, far below government projections of 384 million. Reports note drought and heat damaged crops with varied county results from good to poor, including several counties with burned or ruined corn and notable gains in some northern and river counties.
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Illen
Atchison
Anderson
Barton— Hedty
Count Yeeood
Crawford
Chase
Rap Dickinson
Decatur
Douglas
Uplands
Elsworth
Frank
Greenwood
Geary
Harvey
Harper Fair
Jewell
Jackson
Jefferson
Johnson
Kingman
Leavenworth
Lincoln
Lyon
Montgomery
Marshall
Marion
McPherson
Miami
Mitchell
Morris
Nemaha
Neosho
Norton
Osage
Watt
Pottawattomie
Editor Lindsey Assaulted by Local Farmer in Orleans
Editor W. T. Lindsey of the Orleans Neb Courier was assaulted by Max Coffey, a young farmer living cast le injured.
Proclamation Declares Labor Day in Nebraska 1902
Governor Ezra P. Savage proclaims Monday September 1, 1902 as Labor Day urging observance. The document emphasizes the value of work, warns against idleness, and requests public business closures to honor industrious effort statewide.
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Savage
J. Ezra P. Savage
Nebraska
State of
Burglar Scare Hits Lamphear Home in Plattsmouth
A burglar entered the south Plattsmouth residence of Charles Lamphear while his wife read. She heard a kitchen door open and, thinking it was her husband, ignored it until a stranger appeared. He tried to choke her with a towel before escaping. neighbors heard her cries and aided she afterward.
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Charles Lamphear
Plattsmouth
Neb
Lincoln Christians urged to form last Friday prayer day
In Lincoln in the summer of 1901 a call urged a special day of prayer for all Christians on the last Friday of August. Churches would hold one or two meetings, with union services in the evening and a potential gospel campaign starting that day. The appeal invites Lincoln Nebraska Christians and others drawn by faith to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anges
Lincoln
Nebraska
Big wheat planters prepare for record crop in Sumner county
Despite partial crop failures, leading wheat growers in Sumner county push for a larger harvest next year. Steam plows are at work in the southern district, South Haven hosts three large units, and farmers praise the season’s rains. Dr. T J Hollingsworth of South Haven, a top local grower, operates a steam plow and plans to plant more wheat than ever.
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Sumner County
South Haven
TJ. Hollingsworth
Nebraska delegates named to grand council and notes
George W. Inskeep of Falls City is a Nebraska delegate to the grand council of the United States Lt. O. R. M. meeting in Norfolk on September 8 and serves on the finance committee meeting in New York August 23. A letter from Gladys Deacon appears in London papers asking to deny rumors of a betrothal between refugees and Crown Prince Frederick William. A Fremont area farmer Ole Jacobson was struck and killed by lightning beside his team. Denzil H. Taylor, supervisor in Norte province, Philippines, died of cholera August 14. He was a former recipient of
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George W.inskeep
Falls City
Neb
Nebraska
Grand Council of the
United States
Norfolk
Inskeep
New York
Gladys Deacon
Edward Parker Deacon
London
Frederick William
Germany
Ole Jacobson
Fremont
Etrick
Philippines
Denzil H. Taylor
Art Floces Norte
Fire in Gering Kerosene Blast Kills Four
A noon kerosene heater explosion in Gering Nebr destroys a residence and leaves two adults and two children dead. C N McComsey and his wife were severely burned. their infant died later. Neighbors, including County Treasurer Ed J Whipple, aided in rescue and attempted to save the others who later succumbed. The event also critically injured two more children and left several others in danger as flames consumed the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gering
Neb
C. N. McComsey
Luther A. Cook
McComsey
Ed J. Whipple
Mc Comsey
Confesses to Arson in Lawrence Nebraska Case
James Robinson, a mason, confesses to setting a fire that destroyed half the Lawrence business district in Nuckolls County. He names saloonkeepers Mike Morris and Joe Keller and bartender Ed Miller as others involved, saying he was paid to burn out opposition. He claims two trials followed and implicates others in related town fires, with Detective Franklin investigating the connections.
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James Robinson
Lawrence
Nuckolls County
Mike Morris
Joe Keller
Ed Miller
Robinson
Keller and Miller
Franklin
Dragged by Horse Injures Fremont Youth
Roy Lyons, nineteen, of Fremont, barely hurt in a horseback ride near North Bend when a gust tipped his hat startling the horse. The saddle slipped, Lyons fell with feet in the stirrups, and the horse dragged him a half block. he was kicked and sustained head and shoulder injuries but is not expected to suffer serious harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Lyons
Fremont
North Bend
Jyons
Severe storm hits Trenton Nebraska damages home
A severe Sunday night storm struck Trenton causing a lightning strike on the residence of W Holston and son in law Sali Lawrence. Diurned Atoto is reported on the ground. Some furniture was saved and the house is insured. No other damage reported.
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Trenton
Neb
W. Holston
Sali Lawrence
Atoto
Bank Vice President Sentenced for Embezzlement
Frank C. Andrews, vice president of City Savings bank in Detroit, was sentenced to fifteen years at hard labor in the penitentiary for misappropriating about three million dollars. The case drew wide attention nationwide due to the large amount involved.
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Detroit
Mich
Frank C. Andrews
City Savings Bank
Drowned at Irvington Neb Boys Die in Gas Filled Well
Bey Overcome by gas while in a well at Irvington Nebraska. Chambers and fourteen year old Guy Williams son of Wesley M Williams were drowned after Williams fell from a bucket and was rescued by Chambers. Both died before extraction.
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Apol
Bey
Chambers
Guy Williams
Wesley M. Williams
Spemeer
Neb
Irvington
Young Williams
Russians Occupation Confirmed in Alaska Yukon Boundary
Wietzman of Haines reports Lt Owens found two monuments in repair and located a third destroyed, proving Russian occupancy of the disputed Alaska Yukon region and placing the boundary where the Americans claim under the treaty.
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Wietzman
Haines
Skaguay
Owens
Rainy Willow
Tahkeena
Noted Scientist Dead Determined Sex by Treatment
Vienna dispatch reports Professor Schenck a noted embryologist and author of The Determination of Sex died Monday at Schwanberg Styria. His work claiming to fix a child’s sex by maternal treatment caused medical stir years ago. Among those who pursued the method were figures including the czarina of Russia, though results varied.
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Vienna
Schenck
Schwanberg
Styria
Czarina
Russia
Crarina
North Atlantic squadron gathers at Rockport for mimic war
The North Atlantic squadron including battleships Kearsarge Alabama Massachusetts dispatch boats Mayflower Dolphin cruisers Olympia Brooklyn and tugs Peoria Leyden is at Rockport Massachusetts awaiting orders to sail to New York for mimic war preparations ongoing for months. They likely sail at once or may wait until Maine completes her trial trip Thursday.
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North Atlantic Squadron
Kearsargé
Alabama
Massachusetts
Mayflower
Dolphin
Olympia
Brooklyn
Peoria
Leyden
Rockport
Mass
New York
Maine
Cracow Report: Russian Czar Faces Revolutionary Threat
Cracow in Galicia reports the Russian czar found a letter from a revolutionary committee on his desk threatening death unless constitutional government is granted. The war news is said to be greatly alarmed by the development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cracow
Galicia
Russia
Shiras Confirms Retirement Plans at the Beach
George Shiras of Pittsburgh says his retirement from the beach early next year. He confirms reports that Justice Minas plans to leave. Attorney General Knox expected to succeed him.
Train wreck washes out near Letts injures many
A Rock Island El Paso limited train was ditched by a washout near Letts Iowa Monday morning. The baggage mail express and two hair cars were destroyed with several passengers seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Puso Limited
Rock Island
Letts
Necakae Oe
World YMCA Congress Draws Delegates in Norway
About 1000 foreign delegates from 31 nations gather in Christiana Norway for the YMCA World Congress running to August 24. The United States sends 38 official representatives to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. A. World
Christiana
Norway
Young Mens Christian Association
United States
Choera spreads in Manchuria and floods threaten Des Moines area
The report notes Choera spreading in Manchuria and a serious flood menacing territory along the Des Moines river from Des Moines to Keokuk. It also mentions Sir Henry Irving planning a new Drury Lane appearance and various other items including a sanitarium vote defeat in Arkansas and a fatal streetcar shooting in Chicago.
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Cho'era
Manchuria
Des Moines River
Des Moines
Keokuk
Henry Irving
Foudos
Drury Lane
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