President's Maine Tour Draws Big Crowds Across Cities
President Sewall tours Maine visiting Augusta Waterville and Ranger drawing large audiences. He recalls hunting days with a Maine guide Will Powers and jokes about a dinner invite while locals cheer his civic visit. The trip also prompts holiday closures and echoes his stateside reception.
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Governors
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Ranger
Devere
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Cride
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Island Falls
Trikota
Panger
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Sewall
Washston
Bill
President at Bangor rally stresses everyday decency and duty
The president spoke at a Bangor to Nashua drive, praising practical morality in government. He urged crowd to help the needy, honor family values, and called for personal responsibility, then departed for Nashua after addressing crowds at the track and at Hale’s home. Zink wins Democratic nomination in Iowa district.
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Town's New Insane Asylum Solves First Patient Transfer
Iowa's new hospital at Cherokee began operations on Tuesday and received its first patients from other asylums. The transfer occurred without incident and everything proceeded quietly.
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This Place
Ndeee
Missionary Josephine Mekkelson Dies in Africa
News from Portu Africa confirms the death of well known Methodist missionary Josephine Mekkelson. The Sioux City report notes her long service in Africa and the loss to the mission community.
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Death of ex Governor George Hoadley at Watkins New York
Ex Governor George Hoadley of Ohio died at a Watkins sanatorium near New York City after weeks of illness. Born 1826 in New Haven, Conn he studied law after Western Reserve College and served in Ohio politics before joining the Liberal Republicans and defeating Foraker in 1880 to become governor.
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New Haven
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Unprecedented Mississippi River Conditions Split River Use
Keokuk Iowa August 28 Scattered river levels cause lumber mills to stall on upper river while industry near St Louis benefits from high water. Lumbermen fear the season will be the shortest in twenty years. Below Des Moines river mouth the river stays high all summer disrupting dredge work at Burlington route yards in Hannibal.
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Des Moines River
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Burlington Route
Earthquakes in Mindanao Kill Natives Near Camp Vickers
A cablegram from General Chaffee to the war department reports earthquakes in the Lake Lanao area of Mindanao Moro country near Camp Vickers. Fifty or sixty natives are killed while no U.S. soldiers die. The military situation there remains unchanged.
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United States
Troop called to Shenandoah as coal strike grows
Aug. 28 report from Tamaqua: Governor Stone orders the Second troop Philadelphia city cavalry to Shenandoah to aid militia amid Panther Creek valley unrest. Strikes intensify at Lansford Summit Hill with crowds clashing with troops. no time set for mine reopenings though preparations proceed.
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Hope of arbitration in coal strike ends as operators refuse
New York reports August 28 that coal strike arbitration is unlikely as operators announce they will fight on and make no further overtures. The stance signals a hard position with no immediate settlement in sight.
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Market Quotations from Chicago and East Buffalo Livestock Markets
Quotations from the Chicago Board of Trade cover Wheat Corn and Oats with varying open high and close figures for September December May and other months. Live stock in Chicago and East Buffalo show receipts and price ranges for cattle pigs sheep and lambs with itemized bids and top offers.
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Take Chances and Health Warnings on Digestion
An essay argues that attempting to outpace nature leads to failure while stomach disease is a root cause of many illnesses. It cites Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy that cures stomach related ailments and thus improves heart, lung, liver and kidney health. Testimonials claim dramatic relief after using the medicine and emphasize early treatment.
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Cruise of Dorothea Arrives in Milwaukee on Naval Cruise
The United States training ship Dorothea docked in Milwaukee on a two day visit. A party of officers including Lt. Cmdr Kraft of Quincy and Lt. Purdy of Chicago toured the city. The crew reported cruising up to Mackinac and planned to depart for Chicago to coal and receive General Wollet’s observer for the Illinois National Guard.
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Law Declared Invalid in Town Coercion Case
A town law to remove children from incompetent mothers and place them in better homes was ruled unconstitutional in a local court. The ruling said the act lacked proper title and denied trial by jury, with proceedings possible before city mayors with summary jurisdiction. Appeals noted, case likely to reach the state supreme court.
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Plunge Fled Springfield Girl Found Safe in Chicago
Bustle Newton 17 fled Springfield with no foul play suspected. She arrived in Chicago to seek independence, spent Tuesday night at Harrison Street station annex, then returned home with father James J. Newton. She denied a broken troth or sensational motive and said she wanted to earn her own living.
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Sightseer shot dead in box car incident near San Francisco
W G Rogers a Wells Fargo clerk from New York arrived on a sightseeing trip and was killed by Watchman Sullivan. Rogers and Haffner were asleep in a box car when Sullivan allegedly struck them with a club and fired after they fled. Haffner, also from New York, says they were beaten before Sullivan shot Rogers.
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Meat That Was Overripe and Market Tensions
The beef trust inquiry continues in St Joseph with cross examination of John Wood revealing a price scale by retail butchers and packers concessions on overripe meat. Also reports baseball scores from Pittsburg to Indianapolis, weather floods in the Arkansas valley, and French sisters returning to Landerneau under an old law amid Russian evacuation rumors.
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Mont Pelee Volcano Eruption Fears Rise
Consul Ayme reports possible Krakatoa style eruption at Mont Pelee in Martinique. He notes recent tremors and a new crater forming, warning a tidal wave could follow and affect the entire island chain as fears grow of renewed violent activity.
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Martinique Volcano Threat and Island Toll Predictions
A consul warns that If Mont Pele may erupt a tidal wave could devastate Martinique and neighboring islands. A three foot rise would flood Fort de France while fifteen feet could wipe it out. US relief efforts are praised as Consul Ayme eyes a Cuban mission amid broader tensions.
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