Young Man Go West Openings Are Very Thick There
Rep Hull of Iowa after five months in China Japan and the Philippines advocates opportunity in the orient. He says young men should go to the Philippines for vast business prospect and mineral, agricultural and timber wealth while noting needs for defense and firm governance. He predicts 40,000 troops needed for stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Hull
Iowa
House Committee On Military Affairs
China
Japan
Philippines
Orient
Islands
War Fears Between Colombia and Venezuela Surface
A Colombian minister said peace would be sought between Colombia and Venezuela, while Cartagena reports Venezuelan insurgent control in parts of Pa chira and 16 000 Colombian troops on the frontier. A Panama dispatch describes Colombia as torn by civil strife with villages decimated and battles looming across the republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veneguelan
Ravuel Garbiras
Gonmilez Valencia
Canteder
Colombia
New York
The
Herald
Panama
Pastor marked 50 years in ministry in Laporte
Rev. George Jink Sr. of St. John's German Lutheran celebrated his golden jubilee, marking the 1851 ordination at Concordia Missouri. He studied at Fort Wayne and previously led churches in Pleasant Ridge Illinois Lebanon Wisconsin Frazer Springfield Illinois and Red Bud Illinois.
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Laporte
Ind
George Jink
St. John’s German Lutheran Church
Concordia
Fort Wayne
Pleasant Ridge
Ills
Lebanon
Wis
Frazer
Springfield
Ils
Red Bud
Rock Island to Run State Fair Special Train
The Rock Island route will operate a special passenger train Monday through Friday from August 26 to 30. Departs Washington at 5:20 a.m. Arrives Des Moines 9:50 a.m. Returns Des Moines 6:30 p.m. Arrives Washington 11:20 p.m. Round trip fare is 3.50 or 4.20 with fair admission.
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Rock Island
Washington
Des Moines
Masonic Conclave Ends After Meeting in Louisville
The twenty eighth triennial conclave of Knight Templars adjourned in Louisville after electing officers and selecting San Francisco as the 1904 meeting site. A grand ball at the Horse Show building capped the festivities. New officers include Frank H. Thomas as grand junior warden and John A. Gerow as grand recorder, with other posts filled by senior advancement.
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Louisville
San Francisco
Knight Templars
Horse Show
Frank H. Thomas
District of Columbia
John A. Gerow
Detroit
W. H. Mayo
St. Louis
Hi. B. Stoddard
Bryan
Tex
George M. Moulton
Chicago
Fool Killer II to Test Niagara Rapids in August
Peter Nissen, 39, former Fool Killer inventor, launches the Fool Killer II with an eight horsepower engine to attempt a safe passage through Niagara rapids and whirlpool. The craft is heavier and sturdier than the first and will be photographed by a moving picture crew. Nissen aims to obtain soundings below the falls and says he is not seeking notoriety.
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Chicago
Peter Nissen
Niagara
Nissen
Cave-in at North Star mine buries four men
Silverton Colorado August 30 A cave in on the fifth level of the North Star mine on King Solomon mountain buries four men Three are killed instantly and a fourth T J McCormick escapes without serious injury The dead are Thomas Hodge Edgar Tressinger and Gus Conrad
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Silverton
Colo
North Star
King Solomon Mountain
T. J. McCormick
Thomas Hodge
Edgar Tressinger
Gus Conrad
Buck Ewing Named President of Cincinnati School for Baseball
Buck Ewing, former manager and player, was yesterday made president of the Cincinnati School for Base Ball Players, a correspondence school in Cincinnati, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Buck Ewing
Cincinnati School For
Chicago Live Stock Prices and World Wide Remedy Note
Hogs, cattle, sheep and lambs receipts and price ranges from Chicago East Buffalo St. Louis and Milwaukee markets with mixed notes. Also ad mentions Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, praised for cures and sold by Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook and Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Milwaukee
Chamberlain
Stewart’s Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
Visit Clear Lake Iowa for Rest and Recreation
Mr Clerk urged to take a break at Clear Lake Iowa offering fishing sailing and bathing. Low tourist rates available via Iowa Central Railway with a ticket agent and booklet for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerk
Clear Lake
Iowa
Iowa Central Railway
Hidden Money Found in Lumber Yard Mystery
In Omaha on August 80, boys found $6,000 in moldy bills at Ninth and Farnum, easing suspicion on an express messenger tied to missing Pacific Express packages. Earlier cases include a $6,000 loss, a robbery of $3,000 from George Archibald and his later defamation suit loss.
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Omaha
Ninth and Farnum Streets
Express
Pacific Express Company
Express Company
George Archibald
Archibald
WENT MAD OVER RELIGION
Kalamazoo man Henry Meeninga, a devout Adventist, became a rav ing madman at an Adventist camp meeting in Lansing. He tried to throw himself under a train, overpowered by five men, broke jail bars, and escaped before officers recaptured him. Previously, a similar attack occurred two years earlier at a meeting in Tonia after which he was released as cured.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Henry Meeninga
Ile
Lansing
Tonia
Baseball scores from Aug 29 games across leagues
Chicago reports yesterday’s baseball results with multiple city matchups. Brooklyn fell to Boston 1 to 5 in Boston, New York defeated Philadelphia 7 to 6, Pittsburg swept Chicago 4 to 1 in the first game and 2 to 1 in the second, Detroit beat Boston 5 to 3, Cleveland routed Washington 18 to 11, Grand Rapids crushed Columbus 10 to 0, Marion defeated Fort Wayne 8 to 7, and Toledo edged Wheeling 6 to 2.
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Chicago
Boston
Rooklyn
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Western Association
Grand Rapids
Columbus
Marion
Fort Wayne
Toledo
Wheeling
Seattle Marries News of O'Brien Hange for 1809 Murders
Seattle dispatch from Skagway reports the Aug 23 execution of George O'Brien for the Christmas day 1809 killings of Lynne Rolfe Fred Clayson and Lineman Olsen. O'Brien proclaimed innocence as he faced the scaffold.
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Seattle
Wash
Skagway
Dawson
George O'Brien
Lynne Rolfe
Fred Clayson
Lineman Olsen
O’brien
Tragic double shooting ends in suicide in Beallsville
William Montgomery, intoxicated after a farmers reunion, shot his wife in the right temple then killed himself in Beallsville Ohio. Mrs Montgomery survived briefly but was not expected to live.
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Beallsville, O
William Montgomery
Convention Opens to Federation of Catholic Societies
Bishop McFaul of New Jersey opened the convention at Long Branch to unite Roman Catholic societies nationwide. A temporary organization was formed to coordinate efforts across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mc. Faul
New Jersey
Long Branch
United States
Beatrice Bride Kath arine Jansen Wed To Gerhard Wiebe
Beatrice Nebraska August 20 Miss Katharine Jansen daughter of Hon Peter Jansen special United States commissioner to Russia wed Gerhardt Wiebe a Beatrice merchant at the bride’s parents home in Jansen yesterday afternoon.
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Beatrice, Neb
Katharine Jansen
Peter Jansen
United States
Russia
Gerhardt Wiebe
Beatrice
Jansen, Neb
Miner killed in Shamokin dynamite explosion
One miner was killed and seven injured by a dynamite blast at the Scott shaft near Shamokin Tuesday. The dead worker was John Shenasky of Shamokin.
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Shamokin
Scott Shaft
Here
John Shenasky
Quincy baseball tragedy claims El more Silvers
In Quincy Georgia El more Silvers was killed when struck on the head by a pitched ball at a local game. The incident adds to a string of misfortunes in the region as other notes report a boy's suicide attempt in Fostoria Ohio and various regional events.
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Quincy
Elmore Silvers
Fostoria
George Fall
Hocking Valley
Oklahoma
Smith
Guthrie
Alpine Pass
Colo
Sheridan
San Francisco
Copenhagen
Juneau
Alaska
Skagway
Weather Bureau
Milwaukee
Wis
Lexington Park
St. Paul
Mexico
Thomas H. Monstery
Chicago
Cleveland
Lake Shore
Buffalo
Sallie Salisbury
Detention Hospital
Klondike
Guaranteed Kidney Cure Claim Ad Ends with Refund Offer
An advertisement touts Smith's Sure Kidney Cure as a guaranteed remedy. The druggist refunds money if not satisfied after taking one bottle, priced at 50 cents.
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Smith
Immensely Popular Clear Lake Resort Draws Crowds
Each summer brings more visitors to Clear Lake the northwest resort reached by the Iowa Central Railway. It is fast becoming the popular summer home for all. Special low party rates available and ticket agents can provide full particulars and a booklet.
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Clear Lake
Northwest
Iowa Central Railway
Murderer Bossie Francis Eludes Mob After Columbus Killing
A mob of 200 huntsman in Missouri fails to capture Francis, the Columbus murder suspect. Bloodhounds trail him to a Blackwater coal mine. he hides with protection from local black communities. Deputies discuss night dispersal as three men tortured for information. Sheriff Manlove blamed for the Peirce City lynching incident.
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Kansas City
Borsie
Francis
Mary Henderson
Columbus
Manhattan
Kan
Hyatt Farm
Temple
Warrensburg
Bossie
Blackwater
Emmet Davenport
Charles Briscoe
Bud Francis
Ifelden
Davenport
Jefferson City
Cameron
Dockery
Peirce City
Manlove
Lawrence County
Will Godley
Gene Carter
Miss Wild
Mount Vernon
Pierce City
Roosevelt in Illinois for two days of Guard and Militia events
Vice President Roosevelt arrives in Chicago and proceeds to Springfield to meet Governor Yates. A military welcome includes a dinner at the executive mansion and a review of Illinois troops at Camp Lincoln. Further entertainments planned upon his return to Chicago tomorrow.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Springfield
Ilinois National Guard
J. S .Strong
Yates
Executive Mansion
Iinois
Camp Lincoln
Wages of Farm Laborers 1866 to 1899 Bulletin Planned
The department of agriculture prepares to issue a bulletin on farm laborer wages in the United States from 1866 to 1899. The report shows monthly wages with and without board, peaking in 1866 and dipping to a minimum in 1879 across the country.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Bashford to Remain President of Ohio Wesleyan
After an all day trustees session at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, it was announced that Dr. J W Bashford will continue as president of the institution.
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Delaware, O
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
J. W. Bashford
Grant Returns to Duty for Philippines Voyage
Brigadier General Fred ID. Grant arrived in San Francisco after a three months leave and will sail on the transport Sheridan tomorrow en route to the Philippines.
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Gen. Grant
San Francisco
Fred ID. Grant
Philippines
Sheridan
Secretary Gage Readies Westward Trip
Secretary Gage will depart Washington next Monday and travel to the west, expecting to be away about a month.
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Gage
Washington
West
Shine at Hotel Colenso Shoe Parlors
Dave Keltner, proprietor, advertises reliable shine services at the Hotel Colenso shoe shining parlor offering quick buffing and attentive care.
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Hotel
Delightful Breezes At Clear Lake Resort
Continuous breezes at Clear Lake, a northwestern Iowa summer resort reached by the Iowa Central Route. The area offers great fishing, sailing, and bathing with extremely low rates for single tourists or groups. Ask ticket agents or Geo Batty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Batty
G.p.&t.a
Marshalltown
Father Nugent Lectures Open September Evening
A lecture course opens Monday evening September with Father Nugent presenting A Life Size Portrait of God. Matlod
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Nugent
God
Matlod
Eleven Dead and Many Missing After City of Trenton Boiler Blast
Philadelphia August 30 Eleven are known dead and at least nineteen missing after the boiler explosion on the steamer City of Trenton en route from Philadelphia to Trenton New Jersey. Identified dead include William Nelson James McCormick Elizabeth Green and others with two charred bodies in the morgue. The list of missing expands the death toll with names from Camden Trenton and Philadelphia and many patients remain hospitalized with several likely to die. Most victims are Philadelphia residents unless noted.
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Philadelphia
Trenton
Delaware
William Nelson
James McCormick
Withington
Del
Elizabeth Green
Wiliam Dunn
Arthurd TY
Lansingboy
N. J
Willem HH. Keen
Jessie Stratton
Potters’ Feld
Rene Weild
Clara Weild
Dora Weild
William H. Keen
John D. Chewt
Camden
Aterastus Merkle
Matt Merkle
Anna Herr
John W. Matthews
Frank Albert
Nellie Ballantyne
Herbert Cress
Ethal Stokes
N. 4
Henry Johnson
Julmeville
Pad
Marion Ashmead
Elizabeth Gillison
James O'Connell
Edna Kinney
Edna van Schoick
Hightstown
Fannie Keen
Opinion could reclassify Minnesota elevators as public
Attorney General Douglas writes an opinion for the railroad and warehouse commission stating that all elevators adjacent to railroad lines are public elevators under the law. About one hundred such elevators exist in Minnesota and have never been licensed or regulated by the state, previously labeled as private elevators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Douglas
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Thieves Steal Horses Near Medora Then Retreat
A Medora area ranch was hit by horse thieves who took provisions from the storehouse, saddle horses from the corral, and 100 fifth-blooded Normans from a pasture. They fled southward but were chased by Carey Cattle company men and abandoned the stolen horses. Several valued at $100 were found dead along the trail as a sheriff's posse pursues the thieves.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Medora
N. D
Huidehofer
Carey Cattle Company
Two Knoxville Women Charged in Child Deaths
Elsie and Julia McFalls near Knoxville are jailed on homicide charges for the deaths of Bessie aged 18 months Charley age 1 and Annie age 2. A 6 year old Elsie child also reportedly died but no doctors were summoned in any case. Coming Populist Conference in Kansas City Aug 30 HH Cook says Missouri Kansas and Nebraska lead delegations with reps from elsewhere.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Elsie
Julia McFalls
Bessie
Julia McPalls
Charley
Annie
Kansas City
HH. Cook
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Lovelace Offers Free Land for Seminary Building
Mrs. Johanna M Lovelace of Turner Kansas offers a free gift of ninety acres valued at fifty thousand dollars to the Kansas City Kansas Baptist Theological Seminary. The condition is that five thousand dollars be raised to purchase a building on the land for seminary use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Johanna M. Lovelace
Turner
Kan
Baptist Theological Seminary
Peru Senate Defeats Motion to Impeach Cabinet
In Lima on Aug 30 the Peru Vian senate rejected a motion to impeach the cabinet by one vote. The cabinet faces a deputies boycott as the censure dispute between the chamber and senate persists.
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Lima
Peru
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
General William B. Anderson Dies in Chicago
Chicago obituary notes General William B. Anderson pension agent for the Chicago district during Cleveland’s second term died of heart disease at Edgewater. He led Illinois Democrats before 1896.
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Chicago
William B. Anderson
Cleveland
Edgewater
Anderson
Illinois
Bottle accident ends life of Bussey man in Iowa county
Ira Godfrey of Bussey Iowa carried carbolic acid in his hip pocket. He fell breaking the bottle and burning the flesh to the bone on his spine and hip. He died within hours at age 55 in Knoxville Iowa.
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Knoxville
Ira Giodfrey
Bussey
Ile
Three Men In Fatal Fight Over 25 Cents Near Furman
In Selma Alabama a man lay dead in the road and two others were mortally wounded after a three way brawl among three black men near Furman yesterday. A dispute over 25 cents sparked the incident.
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Selma
Ala
Furman
Vast underground cavity floods Dalton water supply
An oil drillers' strike in Dalton O Aug 30 opened a large cavity 250 feet deep. Water from the village wells and surrounding farms has begun pouring into the pit, disrupting the local water system.
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Dalton
New Men to Speed Steel Mills Reopening
United States Steel Corp officials report many applicants from former employees after strike closures. They expect rapid skills training to fill idle plants while Amalgamated Association aims to keep its rank and file intact. Progress varies by mill as the arbitration prospect looms and new lodge efforts continue in Chicago.
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Pittsburg
Aug
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Nominion
Amalgamated
Corporation
Tighe
Chicago
W. €. Davis
American Tinplate Company
Demniler Mills
Piack
Meeleesport
Nurne
Burns
Schwab
Shaffer
Indianapolis
Judge grants injunction to curb steel plant strike
United States Judge Wiig issued an injunction to stop the Canal Dover Ohio plant strike from interfering with the company or its employees. At the plant, striking workers detained men they believed were strikebreakers, and the sheriff refused to provide protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Aug
United States
Wiig
American Sheet Steel Company
Canal Dover
Mississippi treasurer suspended sparks political feud
Governor Longino suspends State Treasurer J R Stowers after audit shows 107000 missing from treasury. Stowers refuses to name banks and cannot account for funds. Carlisle named acting treasurer. Stowers vows to seek reinstatement in court, stirring a long political and legal battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stowers
G. W. Carlisle
First European direct ship reaches Chicago port
The British steamer Midland Queen from Manchester arrived with Norway iron, marking the first direct European port call to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Midland Queen
Manchester
England
Norway
Vacation Offer to Clear Lake Iowa with Low Round Trip Rates
The message promotes a trip to Clear Lake Iowa with cool weather and good hotels. It mentions the Iowa Central Route offering very low round trip rates and suggests asking ticket agents for details or a booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo
Clear Lake
Lowa
Sggrss
Geo
Batty
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Venezuela
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Frisco
Niagara Rapids
Louis Grain
Milwaukee Grain
Board of Trade
Ohio
Sherif
Bashford
Minnesota
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North Dakota
Ita
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Madison
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Washington, Iowa
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Cons
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Equare
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Harwood
South Side
L. E. Latta
Joseph Pollard, Jr
Wasmington, Lowwaa
Knecht
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Journal Office
J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
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Temple Huilding
Owa
W. J. Butterfield
Ora T'S
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Laws
Tn Tate
Federal
Uourta
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
Klein's Clothin
Cor. Sq
Htathington
W. D. Lowry
Dennis T
Mercer & Chilcote’s
W. A. Stiles & Co
West Main St
Lila Whitmore
Dover
Mississippi
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Kaloosa
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Royal Tatlors
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Brown
CR. A. Riley
Niagara Falls
Adama Street
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Doen
Hare
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O.M. Kmok
First National Bank
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C. #, Keck
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J. F. Henderson
W. KR. Jeffrey
Pres. Anderson
Capital
J.T. Anderson
Osteopathy
F. E. Townsend
D. C
Flossie Roads
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Kirksville
M. Lombardo
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Peoria Mail
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