Leishman Calls for Recall amid Beirut Plot Probe
U S Minister Leishman urged Washington to recall the European squadron en route to Beirut after a life attempt on View Conwal Magelwon. Turkish minister Chekib Bey shows unease over a U S fleet in Turkish waters as officials weigh next moves amid Beirut unrest.
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Constantinople
United States
Leishman
Conwal Magelwon
Beirut
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Tewfik J'asha
Washington
Genoa
United State
Brooklyn
aSn Franisco
Vert
Views of a Turkish diplomat beguile cautious stance on US squadron
In a candid interview Chebix Bey warns that sending the American fleet into Turkish waters could hinder the Sublime Porte from protecting foreigners. He notes Beirut observers would view US actions as support for revolutionaries and could spark further atrocities.
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Chebix Bey
Turkey
Sublime Porte
United States
Beirut
Washington
Foreign Office
Leishman
Iowa Crop Damage Seen At One Percent Of Harvest
Des Moines reports J R Sage head of the Iowa crop service bureau says no man can judge the year's crops until harvest. He estimates hail and wind damage will not exceed 1 percent of the total crop.
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Des Moines
Iowa
J. R. Sage
Iowa Crop Service Bureau
Forecasts Weigh on Iowa Farm Yields Amid Frost Risk
Reporters in several counties assess frost timing and crop health. Averages show first killing frost around Oct 10, while fields vary from rich to worthless for the shingle corn variety. Directors warn estimates are guesses, with corn yields ranging from forty to ten bushels per acre.
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Lowa
Sage
Cummins Denies Candidacy for Vice Presidency
IA Governor A B Cummins spoke at the Auditorium in Chicago and rejected any bid for the vice presidential nomination. He said he is focusing on state affairs and hopes friends will not urge him to run, noting Democrats are united behind his opponent Sullivan and predicting a smaller statewide majority.
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Chicago
A. B. Cummins
Iowa
Sullivan
Rivers Run High As Flood Peak Seen Passed
Reports from South Bend Meadow and Springfield near the Platte River say water remains very high with 14 leaving banks in low bottom lands. The flood follows heavy rains but the worst is believed over. Missouri River at Nebraska City up four feet and seven feet above normal. Rail traffic on both rivers remains disrupted and mail delays persist.
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Lincoln
Neb
South Bend
Meadow
Springfield
Platte River
Nebraska City
Missouri
Seven Hurt In Pennsy Rail Collision Near Flat Rock
Collision on the Cambridge City branch of the Pennsylvania railway injured seven men one mile north of Flat Rock. An extra gravel train was struck by a train. Ed Like conductor and Bert Greenlee fireman were burned by escaping steam, perhaps fatally.
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Columbus
Ind
Cambridge City
Pennsylvania Railway
Flat Rock
Ed Like
Bert Greenlee
Weather delays seas endanger yacht race at Sandy Hook
Sandy Hook N J Aug 31 The conditions make it highly unlikely the Reliance and Shamrock will race today. Strong winds from Saturday created rough seas making it unsafe for the yachts to sail.
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Sandy Hook
N. 4
Reliance
Shamrock
Rail line collision claims three injured in Rileyburg
Danville August 31. A Chicago and Eastern line collision at Rileyburg kills Brakeman Robert Steeley son of Attorney H M Steeley and seriously injures Engineer B D Smith and Mireman C Lesle.
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Danville
Lil
Chicago and Eastern Line
Rileyburg
Robert Steeley
H. M. Steeley
D. Smith
Mireman C. Lesle
Baseball Scores Across Leagues and Cities
Baseball scores from Saturday and Sunday across the League American Association and Western circuits. Highlights include St. Louis and Chicago results, Cincinnati and Brooklyn weather notes, Cleveland, Detroit, and Milwaukee showdowns, plus Kansas City, Minneapolis, and Columbus games.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Brooklyn
New York
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Washington
Boston
Bosten
Philadelphia
Detroit
Toledo
Minneapolis
Columbus St. Paul
Columbus
Louisville
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Toledo -Minneapolis
St. Paul
Muncie
Western
St. Joseph
Colorado Springs
Omaha
Denver
Des Moines
Den
Peoria
Six More Convicted In Danville Riot Case
Six of the eight defendants were found guilty by a jury in Danville. Convicted players include Winfield Baker Adam Murray Thomas Bell Isaac Slade Joan Walton and John Robertson. William Redwine and Clay Biddle were acquitted for insufficient evidence. The 10 year old Biddle’s youth helped him escape conviction. Jurors delayed verdict due to coal miner William Pate.
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Danville
Winfield Baker
Adam Murray
Thomas Bell
Isaac Slade
Joan Walton
John Robertson
William Redwine
Clay Biddle
William Pate
Catlin
Pale
Attack urged on the Jali by wealthier classes
Wealthier city residents surrounding city hall and the Jali in carriages and automobiles urged violence but did not actively participate in lynching or storms.
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Fiotera
Manete Tragedy: Crane Fall Leads to Death of Owen Turner
Owen Turner, 20, a worker for the Chicago Cincinnati and Louisville Railway, prophesied misfortune and fell from a large hoisting crane two hours after warning. He survived the fall briefly, requested transport to save him, died an hour after hospital arrival.
Miller to Get No Pay for Government Absence
Washington decree denies pay to W A Miller assistant foreman in the government printing office bookbindery after a 63 day absence caused by removal at the union's request. The comptroller rules he is an employer not an official and must be present to earn wages. Richmond ind woman repels two burglars in yard firing shots from her revolver halting the intrusion at midnight.
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Washington
Tracewell
Palmer
W. A. Miller
Government Printing Office
Miller
Richmond
Ind
J. F. Hawkins
Liberty
Hawkins
Senator Cal lom Talks On Possible Finance Bill At Extra Session
Omaha Nebraska August 31 Senator Callom said he expects financial legislation at the extra session of Congress The sub committee of the Senate finance committee will likely report a bill of its own perhaps incorporating features of both the Fowler and the Aldrich bills Mentioned he was en route to California and spoke while passing through Omaha
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Omaha
Neb
Callom
Hilnels
California
Congress
Fowler
Aldrich
Senate Finance Committee
Sale of Levine & Co stock in Lake Linden closes quietly
In Houghton Michigan August 81 the stock of P Levine & Co bankrupts was sold for 2400 to be distributed among forty creditors less than a fifth of amounts owed. Judge Wanty ruled 9000 worth of goods missing but Levine freed from contempt. Partner Louis Miller remains missing.
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Houghton, Mich
P. Levine & Co
Lake Linden
United States
Wanty
Marquette
Levine
Louis Miller
Misselag
Anthrax Reported At Palatine Stock Farm
Health department reports an outbreak of anthrax in a cattle herd on a stock farm near Palatine in Cook County. The area previously experienced a similar outbreak two years ago and authorities warn of severe illness if the disease reaches humans.
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Chicago
Health Department
Palatine
Kenosha Teens Elope After Sudden Chicago Book Agent Marriage
Maud Dunford aged 19 eloped with Eugene Thompson a Chicago book agent. They reportedly wed in Waukegan as the girl escaped from her home window. The couple fled toward Racine pursued for five miles by the girl's father who finally gave up.
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Kenosha
Wis
Maud Dunford
Eugene Thompson
Chicago
Waukegan
Racine
Long-lived Polish-born woman dies at 107 in Indiana
La Porte Indiana August 31 Mrs A L Turczynea aged 107 died near Terre Coupee after living in La Porte and St Joseph counties for over 50 years. Born in Poland she spent most of her life in this region.
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la Porte
Ind
A. L. Turczynea
Terre Coupee
Poland
St. Joseph Counties
Union Strikes and Global News Digest
Mrs Ballington called on President Roosevelt Saturday night. Two hundred sixty of 1,000 American Smelting and Refining workers in Orange Colorado struck for an eight hour day. Opera singer Laura Hilgermann studies medicine in spare time in Vienna. Yellow fever spreads in Monterey and other Mexican towns. A Paris dispatch reports a large Ottoman force surprised by insurgents with over 1000 killed or wounded. The National Milliners Association begins its semi annual Chicago convention. France moves to raise deputy pay. Chicago claims the largest unified labor force with 243000 members. Robert Shaw Oliver sworn in as assistant secretary of war heading the department as Root serves in Europe. Oberlin M Carter to be released from federal prison. Peru weighs barring exiled French religious order members from entering. New Mexico world’s fair board to exhibit turquoise mine.
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Ballington
Roosevelt
American Smelting and Refining Company
Orange
Colo
Laura Hilgermann
Imperial Opera
Vienna
Monterey
Mexico
Paris
Morocco
National
Milliners’ Association
Chicago
France
Robert Shaw Oliver
Root
Europe
Oberlin M. Carter
Army Engineers
Navy
Chamber of Deputies
Lima
Peru
New Mexico
Heavy Turkish Victory Stuns Bulgarians in Macedonia
Turkiye forces under Servet Pasha stormed a hillside redoubt held by Bulgarians, killing about 1,000 insurgents while Turkish losses were reported as insignificant. Dispatches from Sofia detail rising unrest in Salonica Monastir Adrianople and widespread raids, with insurgents dominating districts near Demirhis sar Kitschevo and Monastir.
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Rolonien
Stallone
AAKK
Servet Pasha
Miscreants Located After House Bomb Attempt
Private detective George Cantwell traced suspects in a failed dynamite blast at George Brownell’s marble township residence on Oct 28. Pred Metgueen of Deerauus named as ringleader. eight in the house. Reward of 500 offered. Meanwhile miners’ strike fears eased by agreement in Chicago.
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Maretall
Mich
George
Cantwell
Tattle Creek
George Brownell
Marengo Township
They Stand by Parks Union Keeps Sam Parks Employed
New York August 31 At a United Housesmiths and Bridge meeting plans were adopted to allow Sam Parks to continue as business agent while confined at Sing Sing prison and resist signing the employers arbitration agreement. The union kept his $48 weekly salary. A prison physician reports Parks suffers tuberculosis and has at most one year to live.
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New York
United Housesmiths and Bridgemen's Union
Sam Parks
Sing Sing
Parks
Baby Sues Uncle Sam Over Indian Land Allotment Policy
Ora Cecelia Robtaille, an infant, sues the United States in Fergus Falls Minnesota contesting land allotment rules for Indian children born after July 21 1900. The suit targets Interior Department decisions denying an allotment to the plaintiff whose mother is Chippewa and father of mixed blood.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Ora Cecelia Robtaille
United States
Secretary of the Interior
Heing
Mississippi Band of Chippewas
Arbitration Court to Convene September First
The Venezuelan plain arbitration court will assemble on September 1 to address pending issues. Vatican participation in the St Louis exposition resumed after delays caused by Pope Leo XII’s illness and death. Charles Kingsley is praised for his wisdom in parenting as he built an outdoor nursery atop his rectory to foster observation and love of God’s works in his children. He avoided rigid rules and kept a calm, engaged demeanor despite political worries, often joining his children with small wonders from nature.
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Vatican
Leo XII
Charles Kingstey
Kingsley
Chicago Record-Herald
Ostrich Dance and Ancient Iron Pillar Discussed
A rustic note describes ostrich dancing as a hereditary early morning display with risky outcomes. The piece then details the Delhi iron pillar, a solid wrought iron shaft of about seventeen tons and up to sixty feet long, bearing an inscription about Rajah Dhara and ancient sovereignty.
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Delhi
Cassier
Rajah Dhara
Sardhu
Vahlikas
Rescue at sea as Henry V Mason sinks off Highlands
Eight aboard the three masted schooner Henry V Mason from Perth Amboy to Portland were rescued after the vessel struck eight miles off Highlands in heavy gale. Captain A W Prost and crew members including John Simsley and Charles Johnson survived with two passengers and were towed to Sandy Hook then reached New York. Survivors included N G Mastlius, George Coffin, Henry Roth, Michael Halversen, Gus Franklin, and Michael Halgen.
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New York
Highlands
No 4
Bolt
Henry VY. Mason
Perth Amboy
No J
Portland
Paterson
Halllee
New York Yacht Club
Navigator
Oliver Leelin
Kellance and Hert
Leeds
Sandy
Capetain
A. W. Prost
John MH. Simsley
Boston
Charlee Johnson
Dealthmore
Preston Grover
Tencent
Harber
N. G. Mastlous
Wengers
Proet
Courageous rescue at sea by Navigator and Iselin crew
In a furious sea the life savers failed to launch a boat to reach a wreck. The Navigator towed by Iselin aided the yawl crew and saved two women and three sailors as Captain Paterson and crew lifted them aboard. The rescue drew crowds and praise, with Captain Barr offering his fifty men to help.
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Sandy Hook
Iselin
Patterson
Frost
Mason
Old Dominion Hine
Hamllom
Ife Savers
Paterson
Charles Barr
Reliance
Marriage by pact keeps couple apart a year
Charles Lapin of Chicago and Lena Jaffee of St Paul wed in a formal ceremony to bind their engagement for a year despite plans for a September 1904 church wedding. Each placed savings in the other's name with access restricted until they cohabit. The arrangement aims to ensure the match endures.
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St. Paul
Charles Lapin
Chicago
Lena Jaffee
St Paul
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Will Ron
Samuel J. Parks
Baby Sues
Uncle Sam
Kinngstey
Iselin OF
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Roescuing
Maysville
David Daily
William Malone
Manchester
Clarence Thomas
William Jackson
Daily
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Kamourghelle
Sheepshead Bay
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Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Washington County
Onaei Keon
Vreaident Cant
Keon
Prank BK Bane
Onabler
Citizen's National Bank
Washington, Jow
Shaw, Jenkine & Co
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Jenkine & Ge
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Viret National Bank
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Washington County Savings Bank
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Pullman
ALLEN
General Passeragen Lines
Kaat
Unioago
J. W. Roussel
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WOT
Mason Alty Mall
Sun
Pauli
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Peoria Mall
Marshalltown
O & N Way
Pears
Southens
Terremone
Barry TraMic
Pata Marshalltown
W. A. White
Crail's Dry Store
Weet Corner Square
New Set Abstract Books
Mitches
J. L. Brookmart
Lew
Rice
Opera House
Puore
W. Scofield
Osteopathy
C. S. Harper
Over Kiein & Co
Arthaud, Osteopath
American School of Osteopathy
Kirksville, Mo
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A. Anderson
J.T. Anderson
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Anon McCully
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D. J. Palmer
Capital
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D.M McLaughlin
A. White
K. G. Wilson
Henry Knecht
Tabor
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Sale Cove
Piret Baro North Hotel
T. J. Dempsey Billiard Parlors
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Dr. King
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