British Boer War Skirmish Near Nguta Details Emerged
Reports from Durban detail a day long clash near Nguta on July 28 between a British column and a Boer commando. Major Edwards and Gummer Carpenter were killed as four hundred Boers repeatedly pressured the British position. The 67th field battery narrowly saved a gun under heavy fire and three miles were covered at speed. London dispatches record captures of a pom pom, twenty two wagons, and prisoners amid British casualties.
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Durban
Natal
Nguta
Edwards
Gummer Carpenter
Sritish Rwee
Comte de la Vaulx Prepares Balloon Crossing in August
Paris reports Comte de la Vaulx has arrived in Toulon to supervise preparations for a Mediterranean balloon crossing planned for mid August. President Bouchet minister De Lanessan and other prominent figures have funded the expedition.
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Paris
Comte de la Vaulx
Mediterranean
Toulon
Bouchet
M. de Lanessan
Tolstoi Plans Final Novel From Convalescent State
Moscow reports Count Tolstoi near recovery and planning a new novel titled Old Men. He says the work may be his last message to the world reflecting on life as he nears death. Tolstoi expresses frustration at his reduced ability to work, calling labor the best cure for his ills.
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Moscow
Count Tolstoi
Tolstoi
Vacation plans to Clear Lake Iowa with travel deals
A notice urging a vacation to Clear Lake Iowa praising cool weather good hotels and amusements. It notes very low round trip rates from the Iowa Central Route and directs readers to ticket agents for particulars or a handle and address for Geo S Batty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Iowa Central
Geo. S. Batty
Kemble's Flowers Advertises Express-Order Benefits
Kemble Flower Co of Oskaloosa Iowa advertises direct ordering with payment of express charges. The note touts fast delivery and service, highlighting local availability and emphasis on prompt handling for customers.
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Kemble
Kemele Flower Co
Oskaloosa, Lowa
Brewers Defy the Union Over Arbitration Standoff
Milwaukee Brewers association votes to terminate its contract with the Milwaukee Building Trades Council after a brewery refuses to recognize the Master Plumbers' monopoly and avoid arbitration. The Building Trades Council appeals to the Federated Trades Council, signaling a likely wider conflict.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Brewers’ Association
Milwaukee Building Trades Council
Plumbers’ Association
Brewers’ Association
Building Trades Council
Federated Trades Council
Millions in It Perhaps No Government Patent for Illinois Land
An attorney in Washington reveals about 60 000 acres across Effingham Cumberland Coles and Douglas counties in Illinois lack government patents though they include city and farm parcels. Owned by about 500 people none of whom may know the title deficiency the land was entered long ago but not patented.
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Tuscola
Effingham
Cumberland
Coles
Douglas
Land Department
Washington
Illinois Withdraws From Canada Cup Yachting Race
In Chicago on July 31 the Illinois withdrew from the Canada cup defense contest after the trial committee had awarded Cadillac the prize for winning three of seven races. The committee planned three more races between Cadillac and Milwaukee to settle the outcome. The first race was to be held today.
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Chicago
Illinois
Cadillac
Hinois
Milwaukee
Linois
New Orleans
Richland Parish
Morgan Leaves £10000 Check for Lafayette Relics
J Pierpont Morgan before leaving for the United States left a £10000 check with General Horace Porter to be paid on delivery at the U S embassy for valuable Lafayette relics in a London pawnbroker shop. Reportedly among them are a sculptured gold jug and a sword Lafayette carried during the American campaign.
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Morgan
London
J. Pierpont Morgan
United States
Paris
Daily Express
Horace Porter
Lafayette
Canton Man Held After Preliminary Hearing in Lane Murder
George F. Ditch, arrested for the July 16 murder of Mrs. G. W. Lane, appeared for a preliminary hearing Monday in Canton, was ordered held to the circuit court without bail. Ditch had been seen near the murder scene and previously served ten years for a Pekin assault.
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Canton
George F. Ditch
G. W. Lane
Circuitecourt
Ditch
Joliet
Pekin
Payne reported in Germany not Berlin on way home
Milwaukee dispatch says Henry C. Payne national Republican committeeman of Wisconsin is in Nuremburg not Berlin. Cable reports he will sail from Cherbourg for home August 2, with Friday departure seen as indication he is not seriously ill.
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Milwaukee
Henry C. Payne
National Republican
British naval maneuvers open with cruiser battle off Scilly Islands
London reports the first day of British naval drills ended with the defending fleet seemingly annihilated as eighteen cruisers were presumed sunk off the Scilly Islands. The channel is deemed exposed to the enemy. In Iowa, James C. Henry aged 93 and veteran of the Independent Brady Guards died at the Soldiers Home after a long service record.
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London
Scilly Islands
John Bull
Marshalltown
Iowa
James C. Henry
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
Brady Guards
Detroit
Strike Settled At Joliet Pressed Steel Car Works
The Joliet Illinois strike at the Pressed Steel Car works ended amicably after two weeks. About 200 workers return on a piece rate, a slight wage increase over previous daily pay, and the plant reopened after full closure.
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Joliet
Ills
Sioux City abandons fall festival for auditorium plan
Sioux City Iowa July 31 The fall festival has been abandoned in favor of an auditorium project. The failure of the festival is blamed on the anti saloon league and liquor interests who refused to contribute while temperance crusades continued.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Anti-Saloon League
Record Gold Stock Reaches New High in Treasury
Washington reports the treasury gold stock hitting a historic peak as it grows by about 4.5 to 5 million dollars monthly. The latest tally shows 504,354,297 dollars total with 248,658,698 dollars in free gold.
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Washington
Treasury
Mrs Kennedy Released on Bond in Appeal
Mrs Kennedy, sentenced to ten years for the January 10 killing of her husband Philip H Kennedy, was released on $10,000 bond pending appeal to the state supreme court in Kansas City Missouri.
Guaranteed Kidney Cure Claims by Smith
Ad pitches Smith's Sure Kidney Cure with a money back guarantee. It promises a refund via your druggist if one bottle does not yield complete relief, priced at 50 cents.
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Smith
Clear Lake Resort Ad Offers Low Rates for Tourists
Continuously at Clear Lake in western Iowa the resort offers great fishing sailing and bathing with extremely low rates for single travelers or groups of five or more. Ticket agents or Geo S. Batty G P TA Marshalltown Iowa can provide details.
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Clear Lake
Boer Preacher Speaks On Refugee Camps In South Africa
Chicago July 31 Rev Herman D P Van Broekhuizen, former Pre toria pastor, urged relief for Boers in Transvaal and Orange Free State camps. He described cooped, undernourished refugees with disease ravaging the population. He said Boers will keep fighting Britain until exhaustion and cited large, uncertain burgher numbers.
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Chicago
South Africa
Trans- Vaal
Orange Free State
Christian Reformed Church
Pretoria
Couple’s婚 wedding denied by pastor then wed elsewhere
In Lansing on July 31 a prospective bride found the groom had a prior divorce for cruelty and non support. Pastor Dodds refused to wed a divorced man unless the innocent party. The couple moved to another minister and the marriage took place there.
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Lansing
Mich
Dodds
First Presbyterian Church
London canal tragedy adds to family murder wave
In London on July 81 three children were seen struggling in Regents' Canal and a laboring man leapt in after them. A policeman rescued the man, but the children died on shore. The man admitted the children were his and said he threw them into the canal due to their sufferings. Several similar family murders have occurred in the past two weeks.
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London
Regents’ Canal
Baseball scores from July 31 games across leagues
Chicago date notes 8 league baseball scores with results including Brooklyn 3 Philadelphia 8 Cincinnati 5 Chicago 4 Cincinnati 4 Boston 5 New York 4 Cleveland 11 Philadelphia 5 Fort Wayne 16 Dayton 4 Columbus 8 Grand Rapids 18 Cleveland games reported with multiple city matchups and scores.
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Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Boston
New York
Cleveland- Philadelphia
Cleveland
Wesleyan Association
Fort Wayne
Matthews
Dayton
Toledo
Colmbus
Marion
Columbus
Grand Rapids
Wheeling
Penick widens search for bank cashier body in Racine
James Penick of Chariton Iowa former congressman and now attorney for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy rail road visited Racine Monday. He arranged a systematic search for his brother the bank cashier who fell overboard from the steamer Virginia Friday morning. He increased the reward for recovery of the remains to eight hundred dollars to spur renewed search.
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Racine
Wis
James Penick
Chariton
Congress
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Virginia
Penick
Prisoners Escape From Toledo County Jail
In Toledo Ohio on July 381 a turnkey delivering breakfast to prisoners was confronted by two armed men and the inmates were marched out of the county jail. Suspects John Brown alias Topeka Joe Thomas Keegan James Stewart and David Morgan remain at large after the bold daytime escape from the West Toledo post office robbery case.
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Toledo
John Brown
Topeka Joe
Thomas Keegan
James Stewart
West Toledo
David Morgan
Oldest traveling salesman marks 50 years on road
Thomas D P D Skinner of St Joseph Missouri celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his traveling career. He is 78 years old and has sold goods since age fourteen. He and his wife, married in Ogdensburg New York, are in good health and have eight children.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Thomas Dpd. Skinner
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Fireman fatally injured boarding moving locomotive in Cadillac
Roy Jennings, fireman on the Ann Arbor RR, lost both legs and died hours later after missing the foot board while boarding a moving engine in Cadillac Michigan on July 31. His brother was killed here three years earlier while switching for the G R and L railroad.
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Cadillac
Mich
Roy Jennings
Ann Arbor
Jennings
Bishop John Moore Dies in St Augustine
Jacksonville July 31 Bishop John Moore died at his home in St Augustine surrounded by all the priests of Florida. His end was peaceful. The funeral will take place in the cathedral in St Augustine Friday morning at o o'clock. Distinguished prelates from all over the country will be present.
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Jacksonville
Fla
John Moore
St. Augustine
Florida
Dowager Empress Frederick Grievously Ill in Isomburg
Late night report from Isomburg notes Dowager Empress Frederick g gravely ill. Emile William is returning from a Norwegian cruise and will arrive in three days.
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Kaiser
Isomburg
Frederick G
William
Threshing accident in Galveston injures man
In Kokomo Indiana on July 31 Charles Breckle was struck by a flying belt as he threshing wheat near Galveston. The injury crushed his lower jaw and doctors fear he may die due to the peculiarity of the wound.
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Kokomo
Ind
Galveston
Charles Breckle
Couple dies within hours after sixty five years wed
Galena report states Peter R. Kelly aged 89 and his wife four years older died Monday within hours of each other after a sixty five year marriage. They will be buried in the same grave.
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Galena
Peter R. Kelly
Candidate for County Treasurer Nomination at County Convention
I will be a candidate for nomination to the office of County Treasurer subject to the action of the Republican convention of Washington county December 29. E. W Swissen.
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Washington County
E. W Swissen
Rest at Clear Lake Iowa for fishing sailing and bathing
Travel advice promotes Low a tourist boon with easy access by the Iowa Central Railway. The piece suggests a restful retreat at Clear Lake Iowa offering fishing sailing and bathing with low rates and a ticket agent ready to provide details and a booklet.
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Clear Lake
Lowa
Lowa Central Railway
Talks Occupies a Day Terms Not Quite Satisfactory
Pittsburg July 31 Disappointment and apprehension linger as the Amalgamated Association executive board fails to ratify New York conference peace proposals with Morgan Schwab and Gry of United States Steel. Dissent centers on opening mills to non union workers and the retention of strike breakers.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association
New York
Messrs. Morgan, Schwab and aGry
United States Steel Corporation
Sattsburg
Combine
Labor walkout paralyzes San Francisco port front
In San Francisco on July 31 the City Front Federation's general walkout order halted maritime traffic and shore labor. About 12 000 of 15 000 federation members obeyed, blocking shipping except for two noncompliant vessels. Two nonunion drivers fired on strikers, injuring one. Police arrested the shooters claiming self defense.
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Cal
City Front Federation
Sailors’ Union of the Pacific
Brotherhood of
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Firemens Union
Union of Teamsters
Employers’ Association
Teamsters
Sable Seeks Relief From Divorced Wife in Laketown
Henry Sable of Laketown township seeks to end living with his divorced wife after a February decree for extreme cruelty. He paid her to go east but she returned and insisted on living with him, leading to a plea to Sheriff Payne and Prosecuting Attorney Cross for relief, which the authorities could not provide.
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Muskegon
Mich
Henry Sable
Laketown Township
Sable
Payne
Cross
Rockford Woman Dies After Self Inflicted Wound
Mrs J E Williams wife of the president of the Rockford Building Posting company shot herself in the right temple Sunday afternoon and died hours later. Officials say excessive heat left her temporarily unbalanced. The family moved from Chicago about two years ago.
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Rockford
J. E Williams
Rockford Bui
Chicago
Th'a Is Another Young Hopeful
Deep River Michigan July 31 William McKenzie of Pinconning was shot in the arm after an altercation with a boy companion The wound is not serious and criminal proceedings will probably not be taken
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Deep River, Mich
William McKenzie
Pinconning
Murder Shocks Campbelsburg as Overseer Kills Tenant
In Brown township Campblelsburg Indiana on July 81 Henry Huddleson, overseer of his sister’s farm, shot tenant James McKinney in the back during a dispute over possession. McKinney died at his home while his family watched. Huddleson surrendered at Tunnelton and a warrant was issued for Bud Singhes as an accessory.
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Campblelsburg
Ind
James McWinney
Henry Huddleson
Brown Township
Huddleson
Tunnelton
Bud” Singhes
Huddleton
McKinney
Pont
Anchale
Hughes
Two More Strenuous Women Fight Over Lover with Knives
English Ind July 81 report says May Falter and Ella Stine of Mafitin quarreled over a lover and fought with knives and flatirons. Falter was badly cut on face and arm. Stine was probably fatally injured by a blow on the head with an iron.
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English
Ind
May Falter
Ella Stine
Miss Falter
Miss Stine
Markets Report Spoils Hogs and Cattle Prices Across Regions
Chicago notes hog receipts about 20 000 with prices from 3 25 to 6 00 for various lots while cattle receipts reach 3 500 with steers from 3 60 to 6 15 and calves and stockers in mixed ranges East Buffalo reports duller cattle and steady hogs with current quotes. Grain at St Louis shows wheat corn oats and rye movements with July and September bids. Milwaukee quotes firm wheat and oats with rye lower and corn steady. The ad for a Rocky Mountain Tea is included at the end.
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Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
T. Wouls
Milwaukee
Fraud Scheme Targeting Phillips Name Uncovered in 1901 Mailings
A New York based impostor group calling itself Phillips and Co circulated confiden tial banker circulars to raise 2 million dollars for a September corn pool. The scam claimed profits from a Phillips May deal and used forged letters including one from a Minnesota bank offering to expose the fraud at the sender's expense.
Speculator Phillips Firm Foretells Large Corn Syndicate
A dated letter from Phillips & Co. bankers in New York to George Knoblaugh of Carver Minnesota outlines a plan to sustain September corn deals with 3 million dollars in new capital, seeking subscriptions from trusted bankers and promising high profits.
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Bankers and Brokers
Wall &Treet
New York
George Knoblaugh
Carver, Minn
Philip S
Phillips & 40
George TH. Phillips
Wall Street
United States
Phillips
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