Governors Sails to Aid Wilson Campaign Big Fete at Glen eter
Former Minnesota Governor John Lind sails home to assist Governor Wilson in his presidential bid. European interest calls Wilson a step toward decency and clean politics. A lavish outdoor fete near Beaulieu features international gifts, vaudeville acts from Hammerstein’s, and a $25,000 budget.
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John Lind
Minnesota
America
Wilson
Stockholm
Europe
Hanging for Father and Son in Gainesville
Gainesville, August 22. Caine and Fortune Perry, a father and son both Black, face execution by hanging today for the May murders of two white men. The father, crippled and wounded, protests his innocence as officers tried to restore order at a party.
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Gainesville
Fla
Caine
Fortune Perry
Fete for Tepanto Arch in Gloucester Hosts Tafts Expected
Gaily bedecked yachts and cars head to Lookout Hill on the Hays Hammond estate for a lawn fete to fund the Women’s Titanic Memorial Arch. President and Mrs. Taft are expected to attend the Gloucester event.
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Gloucester
Mass
Lookout Hill
John Hays Hammond
Taft
Bryan Headlines Chautauqua Speech in Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge dated August 28 reports William Jennings Bryan delivering one of his three Chautauqua speeches this summer while shortening his program to aid Governor Wilson of New Jersey's presidential campaign.
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Ft. Dodge
William Jennings Bryan
Wilson
New Jersey
Wives and Daughters Raise Chicken Fund for Suffrage
In Topeka Kansas Aug 23 farmers wives and daughters rally for suffrage by selling chickens at the county seat to fund campaign expenses. The chicken fund marks the first such effort in the state since the Civil War.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Costume party hosted by Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt
Newport Alabama August 23. The costume party hosted by Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt of New York drew a fashionable crowd to the seaside resort. Guests from high society attended and supper followed the festivities ending late in the evening.
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Newport
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
Famous English Clergy Was Coming to America
London August 28 The Rev Dr Kensley Henson of Westminster Abbey, a leading clergyman and original thinker, sailed for America. He said he aims to meet American religious leaders and will preach at Yale Harvard and Cornell and in various U S churches.
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London
Kensley Henson
Westminster Abbey
Great Britain
America
Yale
Harvard
Cornell
United States
Murderer Domin Selvaggio to Die by Electrocution
Domin Selvaggio has been sentenced to execution by electric chair for the murder of Antonio Viscario last September in Sandusky Ohio. His wife, in a bid for his freedom, sold her home in southern Italy and sent the money to appeal, but the supreme court rejected all reversals, and the money will be returned to the widow in Italy.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Dominick Selvaggio
Antonio Viscario
Italy
Supreme Court
Westminster Abbey at burial site for Booth body
Gen William Booth's body lies in state at Congress Hall Clapton before a state funeral in London. Relatives plan burial beside his wife with Gen Cramwell Booth leading services as thousands attend. Eve Booth sails from New York to attend the funeral representing America.
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London
Westminster Abbey
William Booth
Salvation Army
New York
Eve Hooth
William Josth
New France
America
Ofivers
Misetooth
Des Moines Gas Victory Sets 90 Cent Gas Rate
Federal Judge McPherson sustains Master of Chancery report fixing gas holdings value and main valuation. Gas company to pay all costs. three year trial allows restart if 0 cent gas fails to pay dividends. Objections raised but decision upholds 90 cent gas outcome in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Gas Company
McPherson
Master of Chancery
Hall's Catarrh Cure endorsed by physician prescription
A historical notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy that acts on the blood and mucous surfaces. It claims to be a regular prescription from top physicians, with tonics and blood purifiers, and offers testimonials. Sold by druggists with J Cheney & Co as proprietors.
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J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Runaway Crash Kills Guthrie Center Woman
Mrs. James Pierce age 41 died after a buggy runaway northwest of Guthrie Center. The vehicle struck by an automobile driven by Wes Runnells caused the team to bolt dragging Mrs. Pierce half a mile while her husband James Pierce and daughter Effie Rukes were thrown clear. Mrs. Pierce struggled to hold the lines before the horses stopped. The accident occurred around 6:30 PM Tuesday. she died two hours later at Guthrie Center. Bonaparte reports Meek’s Woolen Mill and clothing factory, sold to M. J. Mosster of Chicago and S. E. Irish of Keosauqua, with plans to reopen.
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Meek
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Mosster
Chicago
Keosauqua
Hearing on state fair rates ends with bitter exchanges
Des Moines reports the railroad commission hearing on state fair rates closed amid sharp exchanges. Judge Henderson rebuked Clifford Thorne for alleging railroad bias while insisting his opinion on jurisdiction was personal and not pro railroads. The commission adjourned at six pm, finding the case not timely filed and offering no immediate date to resume. HH Byers defended the city claim that railroads promised twenty years of fair rates and the commission could force continuation.
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Railroad Commission
Henderson
Commerce Causel
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HH. W. Byers
Mexican survives 65 foot fall into Mississippi River
Clinton Aug. 24 report says a Mexican man leaped from the bridge into the Mississippi and floated for twenty minutes before rescue downstream. He was part of a four man party working on the structure when the fall occurred.
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Clinton
Bieh Bridge
Mississippi River
Somewhere in the Sun and Snow
A man laments his misery as Aunt Susan quotes optimistic lines about distant places where sun shines and snow flies. Despite her cheer, the speaker seeks sympathy for suffering and questions the value of hopeful phrases amid hardship.
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The
Sunshine Sisters
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Bridge incident reported with unclear details
Uncertain account from Illinois side describes a man possibly falling or leaping from a bridge in intoxicated delirium. A separate claim says Mexicans were involved in a brawl and the man was thrown from the bridge, but police have no definite information on what occurred.
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Illinois
Chariton Woman Dora Gifford Dies After Illness
Mrs. Dora Gifford wife of C B Gifford of Chariton died Tuesday at age 42 after an extended illness with blood poisoning and other diseases. Funeral services were held at Bethel church Cedar township with interment in Bethel cemetery. She was born Dora Beatty on January 4 1870 and is survived by her husband and eight children.
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C. B. Gifford
Geo. J. Cornford
Russell
J. W. Thomas
Bethel Church
Cedar Township
Bethel Cemetery
Dora Beatty
This County
Missionary Ordination Sets Davenport Pastor for China
Rev. Kelper Van Kven, a Coe College graduate and Chicago theological school alumnus, was ordained last evening at Summit in Scott county as a Presbyterian minister. He will soon depart with his bride to serve as a missionary in the interior of China.
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Kelper van Kven
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Wags
Presbyterian Church
Summit
Scott County
China
Humeston Banker Samuel Moore Dies of Heart Failure
Samuel H. Moore aged sixty seven a Civil War veteran retired farmer and longtime vice president of Humiston State Bank collapsed and died of heart failure at Humeston Sons grain office after helping unload timothy seed. a prominent republican from Wayne county and the Eighth district he served in the state house in the Twenty fourth and Twenty fifth general assemblies. he is survived by a widow and three children.
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Samuel Hi. Moore
Humiston State Bank
Humeston & Sons Grain
Moore
Timothy
Wayne County
Eigth
House of Representatives
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