McLean Kilbourne Bring Battle to Ohio Democratic Convention
John R. McLean and Col James Kilbourne arrive as Ohio Democrats begin formal fight for governor and state tickets. Sherwood favored for second place with McLean, Kilbourne’s camp holding out on lieutenant governor. Old Guard and Thurman allies mobilize as delegates gather for the convention opening tomorrow.
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Zanesville, O
John R. McLean
James Kilbourne
McLean
Kilbourne
Sherwood
Gotham's Beef Fight Drives Butchers to Block Trust Power
New York August 29. Lewis J. Wagner heads the Greater New York Retail Butchers association as talks with cattle dealers continue over a proposed slaughter house. A Chicago western dealer, wealthier and independent, is willing to sell cattle to the association at favorable terms, potentially challenging the beef trust. Officials Storck and Loeser expect success and a strong capital base to counter the trust, citing cheap range cattle prices from North Dakota to Chicago markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lewis J. Wagner
Greater
Beef Trust
Trust
Sebastian Storck
George Loeser
Chicago
Wagner
North Dakota Cattle Company
Murder attempt shocks Rushville as woman, two others injured
In Rushville Indiana at 2 am Sunday an unseen shooter fired three shotgun blasts into the home of Mrs Elizabeth Veatch four miles west leaving Mrs Ruby Powell 30 wounded, William Searcey 22 critically hurt and Mrs Veatch 77 injured. Grant Powell a young farmer, linked to the Powell family, was arrested on suspicion amid threats to kill his ex wife. If Mrs Powell dies, talk of summary punishment runs high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushville
Ind
Elizabeth Veatch
Grant Powell
Ruby Powell
William Searcey
Powell
Kentucky rider Nellie Wheeler arrives in Kokomo by horseback
Miss Nellie Wheeler of Greenwood Kentucky traveled 900 miles to Kokomo on horseback in eighteen days. She rode a fine horse from the bluegrass region and wore a mixed pattern costume that complemented her figure. Two revolvers hung from her belt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Nellie Wheeler
Greenwood
Kentucky
Bluegrass
Beer keg derailment delays trains near Wabash
A beer keg spilled from a box car on freight No. 53 derailed several cars near Wabash Indiana on the Big Four line. The track was blocked for hours delaying southbound and northbound passenger trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Ind
Whitaker Announces Candidacy for Michigan City Warden
Indianapolis Aug 29 W H Whitaker chief clerk at Michigan City prison announces his candidacy for the warden ship created by Charley Harley's resignation. Whitaker cites prison reform and improved inmate management as his platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
W. H. Whitaker
Michigan City Prison
Charley Harley
Finding His Faithful Wife Still Waiting for Him
Columbus Indiana August 29 George Thompson a young farmer who disappeared fifteen years ago has returned home from Indian Territory to find his wife and children still living on the farm. The widow never remarried and kept the family together. The husband arrived Saturday evening after an overland journey and says he has been in Indian Territory. The family is now happily reunited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ind
George Thompson
Indian Territory
Cabinet to summon senate as high court martial
Paris reports the cabinet moving to convene the senate as high court martial for M. Paul Deroulede deputy and League of Patriots leaders and other recent detainees on conspiracy charges. In Rockford, George Jacob Schweinfarth abandons his former faith guiding his flock toward Christian Science.
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Paris
Senate
M. Paul Deroulede
Chamber of Deputies
League of Patriots
Rockford, Ills
George Jacob Schweinfarth
Church Triumphant
Schweinfurth
Notable deaths and incidents across sparsely reported 1900s events
Two Philippine towns founded by Americans collapsed due to native treachery. Frank C. Ives the billiard player is said dying of consumption in Havana. Sculptor Giovanni Turini died in New York of heart disease. Post Wheeler vanished after an engagement break with Hallie Erminie Rives and reportedly joined an Indian tribe in the Northwest. A. Miller jewelry store in Monroe Wisconsin burned losing about 4000 dollars. About thirty Chinese Masons held their Wisconsin state session at Oshkosh. Reverend Peter B. Morrison of Eau Claire stricken with paralysis like illness. Tra Jackson of Houghton capsized a boat and drowned while demonstrating boat-rocking. William H. Condon seeks admission to Cook county poor house. Golden Reward smelter plant at Deadwood burned. An estimated 70000 American visitors will spend 100000000 in Europe. County jail at Houghton filled with hoboes. Central Michigan reports bees harming the grape crop. Danaher and Melendy saw mill at Ludington closed.
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Philippines
Frank C. Ives
Havana
Giovanni Turini
New York
Post Wheeler
Hallie Erminie Rives
Northwest Territory
A. Miller
Monroe
Wis
Wisconsin
Oshkosh
Peter B. Morrison
Eau Claire
United Workmen
Houghton
Mich
Michigan
Danaher & Melendy
Ludington
Coliseum Collapse and Convent Fire Reported in Chicago
Chicago reports two disasters with multiple fatalities. Twelve arches toppled at the Coliseum construction on Wabash Avenue, killing six men and injuring many others, while a New York convent fire in New York killed four residents and left several others injured. Sister Reginald aided evacuations as the dormitories burned.
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New York
Chicago
Coliseum
Wabash Avenue
Fifteenth
Charles Walpot
Stephen J. Thompson
John Fay
Richard Sherman
Edward Murray
Theodore Thorn
Frank Logan
Alexander Millas
Samuel Smith
John Dowd
John White
Cornelius Toomey
John Geohegan
Peter Pelletere
John Hawthorne
Leroy Fenner
Fire devastates St. Agnes convent orphanage sparking four deaths
Fire at St. Agnes convent and orphanage Sparkill New York destroyed nine of ten buildings midnight August 28 1924 killing Helen Brown Emma Mackin Jane pensioner Mary Kate M cCarthy and four others with Therese Murphy and Mary Brown listed missing. Twenty five inmates injured many by falls and burns as sisters and older inmates aided escapes.
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Sienna
Marie
Bertrand
Katherine
Hannah Shea
Secret Wedding Linked to War Duty in Charles City
Miss Mabelle Fleming resigns as instrumental music instructor at Charles City College and is revealed to be Mrs Melvin Turnbull wife of a soldier correspondent. The couple married before Turnbull enlisted in the Forty-ninth Iowa Volunteers and served in Cuba while she kept the marriage secret. Both natives of Nashua, Turnbull once edited The Post weekly.
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Charles City
Mabelle Fleming
Charles City College
Miss Fleming
Melvin Turnbull
Turnbull
Forty-ninth
Iowa Volunteers
Cuba
Nashua
The
Post
Rueping Leather Company Rejects Trust Promoters
Fond du Lac Wisconsin reports the Fred Rueping Leather company will stay out of the upper leather trust. A New York meeting followed Rueping’s rejection of a second proposition. The firm, 45 years old, doubts its plant will operate and awaits word on possible concessions.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Upper
Fred Rueping
United States
Chicago
New York
Santo Domingo Revolt Report Claims Insurgent Victory
Dispatch from Santiago de Cuba says Santo Domingo government surrendered to rebels. General Juan Isidro Jiminez arrived with his two sons but could not land, amid protests from Dominican sympathizers and refugees who were denied access to the steamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Santo Domingo
Santiago de Cuba
Jiminez
Santiago
Juan Isidro Jiminez
Republic of Santo Domingo
Baseball Records From Yesterday’s League Games
Chicago report lists results across major and western leagues. Cleveland beat Boston 6 to 4. Pittsburg defeated Brooklyn 7 to 4. St Louis lost 14 to 12 to Washington. Cincinnati swept Baltimore 14 to 4. Louisville shutout Philadelphia 12 to 0. Chicago split with New York 6 to 4 and 11 to 38 in the second game. St Paul topped Indianapolis 10 to 2. Minneapolis beat Detroit 3 to 4. Kansas City defeated Buffalo 6 to 2.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Boston
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Washington
Cincinnati- Baltimore
Cincinnati
Louisville
Philadelphia
New York
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Detroit
Kansas City
Buffalo
Panic in Southern Russia Over End of World Belief
Reports from southern Russia say that a current belief in the approaching end of the world is causing panic among the uneducated classes. A London hosiery firm filed a bankruptcy petition against the Earl of Yarmouth, who has been a Newport society figure this summer. The steamship City of Columbia was abandoned at sea in a waterlogged condition, with thirty-eight crew members left in Honolulu.
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Russia
Earl of Yarmouth
Earl
Newport
Columbia
Honolulu
Tenth Volunteers Welcome Home From Philippines Parade
Pittsburg crowds of about 500000 lined Allegheny streets to greet the Tenth volunteers returning from the Philippines. President McKinley reviewed the troops in Schenley park and addressed the crowd as a wave of decorations and celebration filled the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Schonntey Park
Pittsburg
Philippines
Hawkins
Allegheny
Schenley Park
McKinley
Merritt
Francis W. Greene
New Brighton
Town
Commissioned Press Clipping Bureau to Chronicle Michigan Troops
Lansing reports Quartermaster General White has commissioned Burrelle's press clipping bureau to compile a newspaper history of Michigan troops and naval militia from the Spanish American War era. The project will use Michigan newspaper files and scrapbooks with interspersed period photographs. Contributors are invited to send unmounted pictures to Lansing or Frank A Burrelle in New York, with memoranda detailing sender name address photo origin and subject. The finished work will belong to the state and be publicly accessible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
White
Burelle
New York
Michigan
Quartermaster General
Frank A. Burrelle
Parkrow
Darien riot calm after Delagat arrest. orders quiet in Georgia
In Darien Georgia no new developments after John Delagat arrest. The First Georgia Volunteer Regiment remains quartered in town. Local negro leaders urge countywide restraint and peace while avoiding provocation. No further trouble anticipated. Salem Illinois suit seeks 10000 dollars for a lost foot from a Chicago train incident filed by Louis G. Pavey of Mount Vernon in Marion County circuit court.
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Darien
John Delagat
Georgia Volunteers
Salem, Ills
Marion County
Louis G. Pavey
Mount Vernon
Chicago
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Ohio
State Committee
John R. M'Lean
Old Guard
MclLean
Sherman
Hanna
Thurman
Gotham
M. Deroulede
Pate
Pittsburg Company
Pittsburg Bridge Company
Reginald
John Cody
Cody
Jane
Orphan Asylum
Fred Raueping Leather Company
Republic of Dominion
Keystone Men Home
Johnny
Michigan War History
General Bragg
EB. S. Bragg
Italy
Scriven
Bragg
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Joseph Keck
CHAS
Casey Bros
Reed and Sale Stable
Allan
E. M. McConaughy
Urrick
Klein's Clothing Store
J. R. Burroughs
Southeast Corner Square
Columbia Corner
Washinton, TA
J. H
H. C. Hull
Physicians and Surgeons
Erick Howie
Tod
Tos
Nat's Bank
East Main Root
Dor. P. W. McElwain
Washinaron Lowa
Marsh W. Bailey
C.J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
W. FE. Anderson, M. D
VRICE
Klein's Clothing
Ida Bailey
Geo. W. Hay
Olpicee
Graham Opera House
East Washington Street
Iowa
Kemble
Kemp_et Flower Co
Oskaloosa
Hatel Allen
Frank Rogers
Vita Medical CO
Jackson & Clinton Sts
F. C. Carris & Co
Schneider
Wirs, B
Riley
G. H. Pratt
I. Klein
DeTong
T. T. Keeley
W. Washington Street
H. Sanford
Selephone
T. J. Dempsey
SES Coffee
Side Square
National Bank
Puriius
J. H. Young
W. RK
Jeffrey
A. Anderson
Cash
J.T. Anderson
Washington County
Capital
Wings Bank
Jon. Krox
A. Warn
H. Keon
V. P
M. Keon
Ass't
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
A. H. Wallace
0. H. Keck
L. D. Robinson
Frank Stewart
J. F. Henderson
W. H. Butterfield
Crail
Ices
Kant
Qwar
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