Tracy Nabs In Oregon Antihero After Train Hold Up
Spokane reports Tracy pursued from Creston after a gunfight and capture by a deputy sheriff and posse. They cornered him at a wheat field, with Eddy confirming the outlaw’s identity. A railroad heist near Chicago saw six masked men rob an express car using dynamite and a wrecked engine.
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Aug
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Washington
Tracy
Creston
Sherif Gerdner
Posse
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B.C
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J Morrison
Vrank Lillenven
Tracey
le BK
Biddy
Lake Creek
Fellows
Washington Central Railway
Eddy
Issume
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Smith
Reddy
Vugten
Quincy
Eer
Prutsen
Willam Sttyl
Chicago
Adamne Express Company
Mowey
Brush Express
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Outlaw Injures, Evades Pursuit in Wheat Field Hideout
After a firefight near a barn the fugitive dives into a wheat field and evades capture as night falls. Sheriff Gardner and a posse including Stauffer Gemmerim O Farrell and others reinforce the scene and surround the area awaiting daylight.
Outlaw Tracy Kills Himself in Wheat Field After Shootout
Shortly after Tracy disappeared a shot was heard toward the wheat field. His body lay on its back with a revolver in his left hand and the barrel grasped by his right, the top of his head shattered by a close range shot. Two leg wounds preceded death, one severing the tibial artery. He wore blue overalls and a bicycle cap. authorities took his body and gear to Davenport pending disposition. Crowds gathered and stores closed amid the vigil.
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Eddy
Pyrev
Tracy
Sheriff Gardner
Stauffer and
Gemmerim
Spokane
Jack O Farrell
Davenport
Joey
Ile
Gardner
Crusader Finkelstein Murdered in Des Moines Alley
Des Moines police report Jeane Finkelstein, famed for closing eight untaxed gambling houses, was killed at an East Walnut street alley entrance. A shadowed assailant struck him with a single tree, crushing his skull. four bystanders found him dead. Rumors tie the death to his anti gambling crusade amid ongoing raids and pressure from gamblers.
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Ieane Finkelstein
East Walnut Street
Finkelstein
Copperhead in bed attacks couple. woman injured in Murphysboro
In Murphysboro a copperhead crawled into a bed shared by Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Keefe. Mrs. Keefe awoke and struck the snake with a broom, then killed it with a poker. She is weak with a badly swollen ankle. In Washington an order directs surplus hospital supplies for the Philippines to the San Francisco depot. Denver reports a claim of regained sight after seven years of blindness following a Holiness revival. Chicago notes a man mistook carbolic acid for wine.
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Carbondale
Ill
N. J. Keefe
Murphysboro
Washington
Chaffee
Secretary of War
San Francisco
Philippines
Denver
Sarah Nessler
Total Eclipse of Health and a Cure Tale
A pamphlet style ad argues wealth harms health and promotes Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery. It cites a Granite Colorado man s claim of four bottles curing stomach illness and endorses The People s Common Sense Medical Adviser available by mail from Dr. R V Pierce Buffalo NY.
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Tmes
Frank Smith
Granite, Chaffee Co
Cole
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Ory
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Buffalo
Fragmented OCR leads to terse local notices
A garbled OCR item notes a painter Jo ti died at home after a brief illness. Another fragment records an American merchant’s fall at the Aquarium leaving him unconscious. A White House note mentions no actions on Ambassador White’s Berlin resignation. the matter sits with the president.
WATER POWER MEETING SET FOR JOLIET DISCUSSING RIVER POWER
The Illinois Valley Waterway Association calls a mass meeting of officials and towns along the Illinois river in Joliet to discuss Joliet water power development and the waterway project. Secretary Bourland of Deora will be requested to issue general information. Engineers connected with the plant will be invited to explain their work.
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Joliet
Leen
Illinese Valley
Variows
Girl Shot Near Right Ear in Woodland Mystery
Ada Altman of Woodland Wisconsin was shot while walking home from Rutecan. A bullet lodged near her right ear and she collapsed unconscious. She regained consciousness later that afternoon and a passerby summoned aid. The shooter is unknown and the bullet remains in place.
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Woodland
Wis
Roosevelt to Visit Nebraska For Fall Festival
Ang t Senator Millard's private secretary says President Roosevelt will arrive in Nebraska on September 26 and 27 and attend the fall festival in Omaha. Also note J K Burton to appoint W E Mackey United States marshal to succeed the late T L Cram.
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Abilene
Kaw
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United States
J. K. Burton
Roosevelt
W. E. Mackey
Junction City
Cram
Labor and Capital Clashs Promoted By Civic Talks
Senator M A Tianna spoke in Urbana on labor relations urging patient education and civic dialogue to ease strikes. He cited the Tuscarawas valley miners dispute, praised the National Civic Federation, and urged talks across platforms to win trust and contracts.
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Ole
Tuscarawas Valley
National Civic Federation
Ile
Civile Federation
Tie
Salt Lake Drying Up
Salt Lake City reports the Great Salt Lake at its lowest level since records began. Weather Bureau official Streeter Murdock says water has fallen about six feet since 1804, with the eastern shore losing three quarters of a mile. He notes Utah has endured a seventeen to eighteen year dry cycle and predicts longer drought before increased precipitation returns.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Great Salt Lake
Streeter Murdock
United States Weather Bureau
Department
Murdock
Cummins Addresses Chautauqua As crowds hear citizenship talk
Iowa Governor Albert J. Cummins spoke at the Chautauqua in Iowa Falls with 3000 to 4000 on the grounds. Mil ton Remley and L. Courtright of Waterloo also spoke as Cummins urged broader education and study of government. He later attended a banquet of the editorial association to discuss The Country Editor and the Politician. Sale of a Packing Plant Clinton In Aug 7. The town Packing and Provision company plant, built ten years ago for about 290000, with a 1500 hogs per day capacity, was sold to unknown purchasers likely a major packing syndicate to move it from the field.
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Iowa Falls
Iowa
Chautauqua Assembly
Albert J. Cummins
Milton Remley
L. Courtright
Waterloo
United States
Editorial Association
Clinton
Tows Packing and Provision Company
Deadly Wreck On The Rail Near Rhodes Iowa
A collision two miles west of Rhodes Iowa between a fast freight and a work train on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway killed two engineers and injured a fireman who lost a leg. Eight bodies recovered among seventy eight laborers aboard the work train. Freight train ran on a reverse curve at full speed.
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Marshalltown
Rhodes
This County
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Gas Pumps Case Leads to Supreme Court Appeal
Anderson Indiana August attorneys for the Richmond Natural Gas company begin preparation for an appeal to the supreme court in the Newcastle dispute. The Enterprise Gas company seeks to lift an injunction that bars the Richmond company from operating its gas pumps and compressors at the Newcastle station after Judge Ryan refused relief.
No Watermelons This Year on Walker's Island
Sioux City Aug. 7 Walker's Island in the Missouri River west of the city has little to no crop this year with an estimated loss of 50000 to growers. Insects fed on sap causing vines to wilt and dry before melons matured. Muskmelon crop also ruined with many growers plowing patches and sowing millet.
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Sioux City
Walker's Island
Missouri River
Death for Five Girls at Dawson Springs Tragic Train Accident
A Ulineis Central excursion train struck a high trestle at Dawson Springs Kentucky killing five young women who were staying at the springs. Miss Johnny Smith Paducah and Lucy Stevenson Hickory Grove are dead with Lenna Flint Edith Stevenson Annie Nichols among the injured. The victims were travelers at the resort.
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Ulineis Central
Dawson Springes
Johnny Smith
Paducah
Lucy Stevenson
Hickory Grove
Lenna Flint
Edith Stevenson
Annie Nichols
Ilawes
Earl of Dudley to be lord lieutenant of Ireland
Earl of Dudley is expected to succeed Earl Cadogan as lord lieutenant of Ireland. The National Apple Shippers Association holds its Rochester meeting with 150 delegates. Kruger met Steyn after visiting him. Japan wins Marcus Island claim with guano deposits possible. Aloysius Reiss dies in Trenton after two weeks’ illness. King Edward plans a new Clyde racing cutter. Cecil Rhodes’s will has been probated.
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Earl Cadogan
Ireland
National
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Rochester
N. Y
Kruger
Steyn
Japan
Marcus Island
Aloysius Reiss
Trenton
N. J
Edward
Clyde
Cecil Rhodes
Cholera Epidemic Report From Manila May 15 1900
The War Department records Asiatic cholera outbreaks in Manila from March 10 to April 18 with 1 005 cases and 205 deaths among all nationalities including Filipinos Chinese Americans and Europeans. Health authorities established hospitals and detention camps, deployed sanitary inspectors, and launched fly control and mosquito destruction efforts to curb spread.
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Bureau of
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USA
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Pring Pal
Manila, March 2010, To the Date of the Repeat, Wllelieve
Hand of
San Lagare
Sisters of Charity
Tade Tooftoblie
Doo
Tense Situation at Panama Involving British Vessel Quito
Washington reports a developing Panama incident where Panama may seize the British vessel Quito with no British warship present. Commander Potter of the US Ranger would act to protect British interests if formally requested, after potential use of the Quito or seizure of the British ship.
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Panama
United States
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Ranger
Boyaca
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Quito
Navy Department
Nomination counts in Sixteenth Pennsylvania district
It took 120 beallots to nominate 4 Republicandidate In the Sixteenth Pennsylvania congressional district. Typhoid fever is very prevalent at Chicago. Floods are now causing great dam age in Colorado where drought was prevalent but crops are benefited. Emperors Nicholas and William met yesterday at Reval Russia with cordiality. A syndicate of Chicagoe stockmen has purchased 5 000 acres of land on the Omaha road near Birchwood Wis for use as sheep and cattle ranges. The thirty second annual convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America is in session at Durbuque Ta. William Evans and Charles Kirken dall charged with deserting from the United States gunboat Dixie March 16 1901 have been arrested at Warsaw Ind
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William
Reval
Russia
Omaha Road
Birchwood
Wis
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
Durbuque
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Charles Kirkendall
United States
Dixie
Warsaw
Ind
Fruitless search quoted in Chicago News dialogue
A exchange mocks the phrase fruitless search describing a man seeking pineapples on a pine tree. Father explains it likely refers to that futile quest, framed as a father and son conversation in a Chicago News style.
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Little Willie
Chicago News
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