Bridge Collapse Kills Five Men in Umpqua River Work Site
Five workers die and five injured when a bridge over the Umpqua River near Roseburg Oregon collapses during construction. Names of the deceased include William Belien Cary Brown William Gardner Peer Marland and William Accusta. Defective timber in the main span is blamed for the fall.
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Roseburg
Ore
Umpqua River
William Hbelien
Cary Brown
William Gardner
Peer Mcarland
William Accusta
Pontiff Gains Strength Walks Daily in Vatican Gardens
Rome August 26 The pope continues to gain strength visiting the Vatican gardens daily and walking briefly with less difficulty. Huntington Indiana August 26 Frank Rockefeller and family left for Poughkeepsie to join John D Rockefeller at the family reunion and to visit a distant cousin of the deceased.
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Pontiff
Vatican Gardens
Rome
Huntington
Ind
Frank Rockefeller
Poughkeepsie
John D Rockefeller
Palmerston Installed at Dover and England’s Hanging Record
Fifty years ago this Sunday August 27 England saw its last hanging for attempt to murder. Lord Palmerston was installed as warder of the Cinque Ports and spoke of two securities for peace, one perfect insignificance and the other perfect defense. Earthquakes struck Greece and Italy with Pyrgos destroyed and Flatra overwhelmed, killing hundreds.
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England
Lord Palmerston
Dover
Cinque Ports
Greece
Italy
Pyrgos
Flatra
Saskatchewan
International Harvester Company
Saskatoon
Houghton Lake
St. Paul
Washington
Deer team to haul across country to New York
Frank Clemens trains two American white tailed deer for a cross country trek from San Francisco to New York. The deer, harnessed like horses, respond well to commands as Clemens aims to reach New York in three months and then Europe.
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San Francisco
Cal
Frank Clemens
New York City
Clemens
Europe
Iowa State College to Test Profitable Apple Growing in Iowa
Ames Iowa August 26 A new ten year project by Iowa State College horticulture and soils staff will test profitable apple growing in Pottawattamie County near Council Bluffs. Six plots across twenty three acres compare mulching clover legume cover crops clean cultivation blue grass and mixed methods to measure soil humus moisture and tree growth with the aim of showing orchards can pay in Iowa.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
C. F. Curtiss
Pottawattamie County
Council Bluffs
8. A. Beach
W. H. Stevenson
Laurence Greene
Fifty Fourth Regiment Goes Into Camp at Ottumwa
The Fifty fourth regiment National Guard will camp at Ottumwa for ten days starting next Monday August 28. Company D will travel with a full company and the local unit now numbers fifty eight men. Captain G A Dewey orders dawn report at the aviary with full field equipment and dress uniforms packed in squad chests.
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Ottumwa
Bishop
Stra
G. A. Dewey
Dewey
Aviary
Milwaukee
Davenport
Muscatine
Iowa City
Schilling
Jackson
Camp Perry
Ohio
Col
R. P. Howell
Federals Surrounded at Breakfast by Confederates in Ohio
Fifty years ago today on August 26 Federals of Seventh Ohio regiment at breakfast were surrounded by Confederates at their quarters and forced to fight their way through with superior enemy numbers. James Rae an English clergyman was sentenced to ten years penal servitude for forgery.
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Seventh
Ohio Regiment
James Rae
Memorial is dedicated at Lincoln Douglas site in Metamora
Bloomington IL August 26 old settlers from Woodford and nearby counties joined at Metamora for the dedication of a six ton bowlder marking the 1858 Lincoln Douglas debate. Judge G W Patton of Pontiac spoke as thousands attended. The Ninety Fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteers annual reunion was held with 200 survivors attending. John McNulta of Chicago was colonel.
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Bloomington
Woodford
Metamore
Lincoln
Douglas
G. W. Patton
Pontiac
Ninety-Fourth Regiment
Illinois Volunteers
John McNulta
Chicago
Wisconsin land offer lures two Iowa neighbors near Packwood
Sam Martin and R G Angeles of Packwood Iowa report surveying level ditched black soil lands in Monroe county Wisconsin 65 miles from Iowa and see sell prices from 25 to 230 per acre They plan to buy and Martin even lowers his Iowa town land price by 10 per acre to acquire 640 acres in Wisconsin Contact P O Box 325 Davenport Iowa G413 for details
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Sam Martin
R. G. Angeles
Towa
Packwood
Jefferson County
Monroe County
Wis
Iowa
Mr. Martin
Wisconsin
P. O. Box
Davenport
Two Paths to a Successful Play
A renowned actor says there are two ways a successful play can exist. One is to profit, the other to avoid losses. He notes no sure recipe for profit, but warns that the only way to absolutely insure not losing money is to not produce the play.
Special Train Schedule for Iowa State Fair
Agent H. W. Russell announced a special train to Des Moines and back for four days around the Iowa state fair. Depart Washington at 5 a m reaching Des Moines at 9 30 am. return from Des Moines at 5 45 pm arriving Washington at 10 15 pm. Intermediate station times given. passengers urged to bring exact change due to crowds.
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H. W. Russell
Des Moines
Washington
Oskaloosa
Mr. Russell
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West Chester
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Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
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United States
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Minnesota
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Southeastern
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