Rapid cold wave sweeps Chicago and midwest states
A sharp cold front from the northwest drives temperatures down from 86 to 55 in Chicago with rain and wind. Reports from Iowa Wisconsin and Colorado note heavy snowfall damaging fruit and trees in Denver and surrounding areas. In Des Moines temperatures plunge thirty two degrees in minutes while two sons and twenty riders go missing after entering a gulch in Oregon not elsewhere confirmed.
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Colorado
Dexven
Col
Denver
Feaf
Des Marxes
Iowa
Weather shift brings 60 mph gale and record drop
A brutal cold wave swept Atarshall Maranara Missouri with a fifty mile an hour gale yesterday. Rain accompanied the cold surge as the temperature plummeted from 90 to 30 within two hours. Weather forecasters warned of a sharp drop of at least thirty degrees followed by heavy storms and several days of cooler weather.
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Chicago
Hayley
Thinow
Iowe
Wisconsin
Atarshall
Maranara
FITZ OFF FOR TEXAS FOR TRAINING IN CORPUS CHRISTI
New York Sept 3 Fitzsimmons left yesterday with trainer Charlie White and manager Martin Julien for Texas on a Pennsylvania Railroad train. Nero the fighting Hon and four crates of live chickens accompanied the party as provisions for the journey. Fitzsimmons will train at Corpus Christi before heading to Dallas for his upcoming bout.
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Corpus Christi
New Yoas
Fitzsimmons
Texas
Pennsylvania Road
Mi. Fitzsimmons
Martin Julien
Tex
Dallas
Firssimmons
Robbery at Leroi club rooms ends with empty till
A lone gunman robbed Faro Dealer Durif and others at the Leroi club rooms, taking £520 from the till and the dealer’s revolver, fleeing before dawn. In Fortes, Caroaco, Sept 24, Charles Mowbray was restrained at Heveoue park after a speech promoting red flag doctrine, then escaped police after a brief explanation.
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Faro
Sroxaxe
Wash
Leroi
Caroaco
Charles Wilfred Mowbray
Heveoue Park
Murder suicide in Iowa between Stinson and Miss Moore
Sept 3 report from Oskaloosa Iowa states M B Stinson formerly with Rock Island at Fairfield shot and killed Miss Anna Moore of Panora then died by his own hand. Miss Moore had recently studied law and traveled from Grinnell. motive unclear.
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Oskatonsa
Towa
Stinson
St. Louis
Rock Island
Fairfielt
Iowwa
Anna Moore
Panora
Laws Cell
Grinell
New York Democrats Face Ticket and Platform Deadlock
In New York City, hours before the Democratic convention, factions clash over ticketing and platform details. Kings County arbitration splits votes. Shepardites seek one third. Possible secretary of state Horatio C Kine and other names surface. local option on Sunday saloons favored with tweaks to excise laws.
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Saratoga
Tammany
Wayne
Oswego
Shepardites
Shepard Men
King's County
Horatio C Kine
Kings
D. ©. Griffin
Jeferson
Augustus Seheu
Erie
D. Dow
Schoharie
George Clinton Ward
Oneida
Court of Appeals
Edward
Rapello
New York
Senator Hill
Parkhurst
New York State
C. H. Jones
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Pulitzer Pubishing Company
Justus McKinstry
St. Louis
Adelaide Dickinson
Corbett
Fitesimmons
Dallas
International Athletic Gumes
Londo
Bank of Balawin
Kan
Democrats
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Judge Baar
Simms
Gilmore
George Wallace
Breckinridge
Ohuon County
Kentucky
St Joseph
Mock Sermon by Waite at Dayton Conference
A Methodist conference in Dayton censured the Populists for inviting ex Governor Waite of Colorado to speak, then Waite delivered a mock sermon condemning the money power and critics of the think-tanks. He said Christ drove money changers from the synagogue and warned the money power clings to the church like a millstone.
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Waite
Dayton
Ohio
Colorado
Irrigation Plans Grow on Texas Plain Lands
State Geologist Dumbie and Professor Cummins report irrigation via windmill pumped shallow wells across Hale County extending from Amarillo to Platoview. Farms grow peaches apples melons and vegetables with some forest trees thriving. a White River Land and Irrigation Company forms to install irrigation, aiming to transform the plains into a garden area.
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Avetrs
Dumbie
Cummins
Amarillo
Platoview
Hale County
Windmilla
White River Land and Irrigation Company
Troop Column Fights Insurgents at Santo Domingo
Havana dispatches report a troop column clashing with insurgents near Santo Domingo. Five rebels killed, twelve wounded, and four captured. The action also seized six saddle horses and several arms.
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Havana
Santo Domingo
Big Lumber Yards Burned at Moore & Sere Mills
Fire destroyed the lumber yard and mill at Moore & Sere and the Wisconsin Furnace blast furnace in Lac, Wis, causing a total loss of 225000. The blaze also affected Rock Paw and popular stock at Kansas avenue and Mayberry Telloring.
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Foxy Pn Lac
Wis
Lnmniter
Satrmill
Moore & Sere
Iom
Wiscossin Furnace Company
Kansas Avenue
Cuban torpedo sinker blamed for Spanish cruiser loss
Philadelphia dispatch reports a Cuban torpedo boat sank the Spanish cruiser warcastegal off Havens harbor. Captain Carlos Enrique led ten Cubans using an American steam launch with a ticking torpedo device set to explode after fifteen minutes. Mortera suffered minor damage. many lives lost in the harbor incident. The piece notes Mexican Cuban tensions and a Texas clergyman urging US action against Spain.
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Philadelphia
Havens
Revolutionary Party
Mavana
Aew
Carlos Enrique
Guantanamo
Enrique
Mortera
Peary and party rescued after Arctic hardships
St Johns Newfoundland Sept 23 On Kite arrival Lt Peary and Hugh J Lee with his servant Henson were found aboard after reaching Independence Bay in June They had recently returned from an overland attempt that nearly failed with most dogs killed and crew reporting extreme deprivation to stay alive.
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Newfoundland
Kite
Peary
Hugh J. Lee
Henson
Whale Sound
Lee
Hatsen
Fatal bat accident at Iuka game in Pratt county
In Iuka Pratt county a bat from player Frank Ketchum struck fourteen year old Jimmy Simpson on the head during a bail game. Simpson died two hours later. Ketchum, relative of the boy, reacted with despair and attempted self harm after the tragedy.
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Wrentra
Kan
Iuka
Pratt County
Frank Ketchum
Jimmy Simpson
Ketchum
Simpson
Wasso
Irish Delegates Arriving for City Convention
A special Baltimore and Ohio train brought 100 delegates from Philadelphia to the Irish convention in Cuicaso. City officials say about 500 delegates are present with expectations of at least 1,000 by tonight as the event moves toward Chicago. Banks review employee accounts amid the Van Bakketen Jones shortage. an era of tension edges through the city.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
van Bakketen-Jones
Destructive fire in West Plains destroys several businesses
A large fire in West Plains Missouri last evening swept through South Main to the square, burning Dossier, Green and Lewis, Odiories, Huck's bakery, Deop Sisters dressmaking, Shiskles photo, and the Union House. Estimated loss reaches thirty thousand dollars.
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South Main Street
Green & Lewis
Odiories
Journal Office
Huck’s
Deop Sisters
Shiskles
Union House
Trade shifts from Francisco to New York signals evolving Hawaii link
Condensed dispatches note Hawaii's trade rerouting toward New York and executive hints on Cuban belligerency recognition. Other items cover fish commission control, Supreme Court seat prospects, third term repudiation rhetoric, Navy enlistment racial tensions, and various political and criminal notes across Missouri, Illinois, and beyond.
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Francisco
New York
Olney
Cleveland
Fish Commission
Agricultural Department
Senate
Hornblower
Supreme Bench
Hill
Navy
Jefferson Davis
Monroe Park
Richmond
The Kicker's Revolt and Poetic Threats at Bow Legged Creek
The Kicker recounts efforts to reform a corrupt post office environment led by an overbearing colonel and local figures, punctuated by gun threats and a fired gun incident. It defends its stance against sensational press and ridicules romantic poetry while condemning violence and mistaken reports. The piece notes a clash with Mrs. Colonel Shorter over poetry submissions and recounts a later porch gun incident involving Captain Long and Judge Havens, ending with a defense of Western journalism’s sensationalism.
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Harding
Jim Hewson
Judge Coldtree
Colonel Sheaty
Major Green
Sam Johnson
Captain Williams
Arizona
Times
Isene
Mary
Colonel Shorter
Shorter
Bow Legged Creek
Kicker Office
Paris
Acre
Captain Long
Judge Havens
Jain
Fragmented quip filled clipping highlights old time humor
A collage of witty exchanges and stage snippets from vintage papers. Dialogues reveal street humor about fashion weddings schooling and travel with skits featuring teachers shopkeepers and travelers. The voice mirrors a bygone era of quick quips and setup punchlines.
Fragmentary office scene hints at pursuit and escape
Disjointed OCR fragment suggests an office boy involved in a tense chase within a law firm. A voice from the desk warns intruders and a woman urges quick exit to avoid confrontation as a suspect flees the room.
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