Irish Davitt birthday will honor Michael Davitt in Chicago
Irish demonstrators plan August 15 celebrations at Sunnyside Park honoring Michael Davitt on the 302nd anniversary of Ballaghboy and the 303rd of the Yellow Ford victory. The United Irish societies organize the event with ex-parliamentarian Davitt as orator amid attacks on his loyalty.
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Chicago
Michael Davitt
Sary
Hugh O'Donnell
Ballaghboy
Hugh O’neill
Yellow Ford
Sunnyside Park
Davitt
Land League
Ireland
United Irish Societies
Sugar cured hams and bacon bargain at Todd Stuart's
Sugar cured hams and bacon offered at unusually low prices by Todd Stuart's store. Sale highlights strong value for shoppers seeking meat bargains with reduced costs on staple products.
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Todd Stuart’s
Vacation Getaway Tickets to Clear Lake this Summer
The Iowa Central Railway will sell round trip tickets to Clear Lake Iowa from Brighton at 8 50. Tickets are valid for sale August 1 to 10 and may be used on the sale date with a final return limit of October 31 1901.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Iowa Central Railway
Brighton
Great Strike Call Hits Amalgamated Union in Steel Jobs
Pittsburgh dispatch reports President Shaffer orders a general Amalgamated strike to begin after the last mill shift on August 10. The call urges union men to join a labor fight, threatening mill closures and widespread idle time with potential bloodshed. Shaffer’s statement says districts and lodge officials will be notified, while mills managers receive no direct notice.
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Shaffer
United States Steel Corporation
United States Steel Trust
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Pame
Heart
Amalgamated Association
T. J. Shaffer
National Steel, National Tube
Federal Steel Companies
Howison Named to Schley Court of Inquiry
Washington announces Rear Admiral Henry L. Howison will fill the vacancy on the Schley court of inquiry caused by Rear Admiral Kimberly’s ill health. Admiral Robley D. Evans met with Assistant Secretary Hackett. the conference concerned no part of ex-Senator Chandler’s criticism in his book.
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Schley Court of Inquiry
Kimberly
Henry L. Howison
Hackett
Chley
Robley D. Evans
Navy Department
Chandler
Admiral Evans
Conger Keeps Iowa Promise If Nominated
Burlington Hawkeye reports Minister Conger in Honolulu says he received a splendid Iowa reception but could not meet many friends due to election peering concerns. He repeats his stance on governorship and vows to return home to accept if nominated, else remains in China.
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Burlington Hawkeye
Conger
Honolulu
Iowa
China
Platz will leaves estate to servant girl in LaCrosse
The will of the late John Platz filed in LaCrosse allocates his entire $20,000 estate to Elizabeth Gruber of Lansing Iowa. Gruber had served the Platz household for six years and remained with him after Mrs Platz died leaving the elderly man alone. The son had drowned nearly two decades ago.
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LaCrosse
Wis
John Platz
Elizabeth Gruber
Lansing
Crops Look Well Along Great Northern Lines
James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railway, returned from the northwest and reported that wheat barley flax hay and most crops along the Great Northern and Northern Pacific roads are looking very well and likely to run well ahead of last year.
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New York
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Northwest
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Miner Union Treasurer Arrested in Rosedale Embezzlement Case
Rockville Indiana August 7 W Coker treasurer of the miners union at Rosedale who vanished July 3 is jailed in Rockville on $2000 bond charged with embezzling 888 He was captured at Sanders.
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Rockville
Ind
W. Coker
Miners’ Union
Rosedale
Sanders
Journal Office Offers Wood Credit on Subscriptions
The Journal reports a small incentive where the office will supply a few cords of wood as credit toward new or renewed subscriptions. This trade offer targets readers in need of fuel and keeps the paper circulating.
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Journal
Guaranteed Kidney Cure Claim From Smith's Sure Cure
An advertisement asserts Smith's Sure Kidney Cure is the only guaranteed remedy with a money back guarantee if not fully satisfied after one bottle, offered through the drugstore for 50 cents.
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Smith
Chamberlain's Remedy Promoted By Local Pharmacies
A World Wide Reputation. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is praised for cures and safety. Available at Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook Sherman.
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Chamberlain’s
Stewart’s Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Bold gold heist at Selby Smelting vault flees with 280000
The Selby Smelting and Lead Co. vault robbery in San Francisco bay shore hid 1200 pounds of gold worth 280000 dollars. Thieves tunneled from outside under the vault, loaded into a boat, and vanished into the fog leaving two bars worth nearly 50000. Police found only tool fragments and red pepper traces, with no clue to the culprits.
Robbery at Selby Smelting Works Details Hole by Hole Plot
An Selby Smelting works official described a vault break in which over 150 holes were bored from inside and beneath the building. The thieves entered between midnight and 5 a.m., used a hole the size of a manhole, and escaped with 1,200 pounds of gold after unloading to a waiting boat. Guards and witnesses misread noises as ghosts, while $110,000 in sacks remained untouched and two high-value gold bars were left behind.
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Dullion
Seymour
Selby Smelting Works
Ayhoiler
How they Do Down in Florida
One hundred businessmen in Tampa on August 7 seized strike leaders during a night raid to end the Resistacit Union Cigarmakers strike. It is rumored the leaders were shipped by vessel beyond the bar into the gulf.
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Florida
Tampa
Fla
Resistacit Union
Gulf
Candidate Declares for County Treasurer Nomination
I will be a candidate for nomination to the office of County Treasurer subject to the action of the Republican convention of Washington county. 29-126 E. Swister.
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Washington County
E. W. Swister
Restful escape at Clear Lake Iowa for the weary clerk
An advertisement invites clerks to respite at Clear Lake Iowa offering fishing sailing and bathing. It promises low tourist rates via Iowa Central Railway and directs to the ticket agent for details and bookings.
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Clerk
Clear Lake
Iowa
Iowa Central Railway
Preacher Proposes Rocking Chair Sermons in Summer
Rev C E Jenkins of the First Baptist church in Sheboygan Wisconsin says he will preach from a rocking chair during the summer to ease his comfort. He denies seeking attention and notes the practice will ease sermons and may be adopted by other ministers. He has long served the church and enjoys user attendance rising with the chair shown.
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Sheboygan
Wis
C. E. Jenkins
First Baptist Church
M. Jenkins
Ayar
Mules Cremated in Wheat Fire Near Deedsville
A mule team owned by Bert Leedy near Deedsville was cremated after sparks from a threshing engine set straw alight. The burning wheat ignited, the team bolted across a field and burned to death in a fence corner before aid could reach them.
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Peru
Ind
Bert Leedy
Deedsville
Beebe Receives Carnegie Grant Hope For Racine Library
Racine Wisconsin August 7 Mrs Charles S Beebe a library director has a letter from R A Frank Andrew Carnegie private secretary saying the millionaire will give 40000 to Racine for a public library building and that officials will be notified within days.
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Racine, Wis
Charles S. Beebe
Racine Public
Shine at Hotel Colenso Parlor Declared Best
Dave Keltner, proprietor, promotes the Hotel Colenso shoe shining parlors as a go to spot for a top shine and quick service.
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Hotel
Sharming summer resort at Clear Lake Iowa appeal
Continuous offer highlights Clear Lake as a north western Iowa summer resort reached via Iowa Central Route. Noted activities include fishing sailing and hatching with extremely low rates for single travelers or groups of five or more. Inquiries via ticket agents or Batty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Batty
Marshalltown
Cummins Gains Support as Herriott Delegates Defect
Delegates from Adair Audubon Cass Montgomery Shelby and Pottawattamie abandoned Herriott and joined Des Moines candidate Cummins. First ballot gains 46, second ballot 75 votes for Cummins. Defection effectively settles nomination in Cummins favor with 728 on second ballot and 847 or more projected on first. Only 21 votes needed for choice.
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Cummins
Herriott
Des Moines
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Audubon
Cass
Montionery
Shelby
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Tierriott
Uerriott
Photography in the Banks
In Chicago Aug 7 a photographic check recording system using electricity begins operation at the National Bank of the Republic. The device photographs up to 10 000 checks per hour and 7 500 per loading, using a 190 foot film roll and automatic holders. The system promises faster work with fewer clerks and reduced mistakes.
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Chicago
National Bank of the Republic
Tragic Suicide of Miss Emma Tizzard in Eaton Home
In Eaton on August 7 the body of Miss Emma Tizzard daughter of late editor W B Tizzard was found drowned in the family well. A brother blocking her escape fell asleep and she wandered over his body to reach the well where she drowned after suffering melancholia.
Bank receiver reports assets near liabilities at Chilton meeting
At a mass meeting in Chilton Wisconsin on August 7 creditors heard R F Connell receiver of the Gorman Exchange bank announce total liabilities about 549 and assets roughly the same. More than 365000 of the assets are unsecured.
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Chilton, Wis
Girman Exchange Bank
R. PF. Connell
Two New Graves Found Near Duncan Kiowa County
J T Marlow reports two freshly made graves located fifteen miles west of Duncan in Kiowa Comanche and Apache country. Nearby rifles and trunks were recovered from the vicinity.
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Marlow
J.T
Duncan
Markets Report From Chicago and East Buffalo Live Stock
Hogs receipts 71 000 with bulk sales around 5 85 to 6 00. Cattle receipts 4 000 with top steers 6 35 and stockers plus feeders 2 20 to 5 00. Sheep and lambs receipts 8 900 with western lambs 3 40 to 5 10 and native lambs 5 00 to 5 15. East Buffalo quotes steady to firm. hogs 6 00 to 6 30, cattle steady, sheep steady. St Louis and Milwaukee grain markets report mixed futures and cash quotes across wheat corn oats rye and barley.
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Texas
East
St. Louis Grain
Board of Trade
Bi BT Btm J Park
ETI
Ohio
Dollar Corn Coming Station To Cover 400 Acres
The column describes George L. H. Philips, known as the Corn King, pursuing a 400 acre rail station project with a proposed grand central station costing about 40 million dollars. It cites plans to use streetcar tracks for cleaning streets and notes opposition from some railroads. It also recalls the death of attorney Frank Howard Collier and mentions Taft about corn belt loans and a retailer coalitions forming a big competitive store.
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Grand Central Railroad
Harrison and
Twenty Second Streets
State and
Canal Streets
Union Station
Vacation ads urge Cool Clear Lake Iowa travel
A promotional note invites travel to Clear Lake Iowa with cool weather and good hotels. It mentions low round trip rates via the local route and asks readers to consult ticket agents or a booklet. It cites Gen 8 Batty, G.P T.A Mokshalitano and Kumae Flower Co. in Oskaloosa Iowa.
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Lowa
Batty
G.P & T. A. Mokshalitano
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