Bandit Wounded by Own Gun After railcar robbery
A Kansas City bound Union Pacific mail car robbery ends with the robber shot in the chest by his own revolver while fleeing to a sleeper. He lies wounded in Topeka hospital as police seek his identity from a letter to Mrs Willis Lonesberry of Medford Oregon.
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Topeka
Kan
Union Pacific
Kansas City
Denver
Union Pacific Railroad
J. D. Withers
Withers
Lfe
E. D. Smalley
Joseph Gaines
C. H. Stewart
F. R. Oldham
Robert Hartsfall
M. E. Smith
Lawrence
Smith
Willis Lonesberry
Medford
Ore
Archbold Testifies Roosevelt Knew of 1904 Standard Oil Gift
John D. Archbold told the Senate committee the Standard Oil Company gave 125000 to the 1904 Republican fund with Bliss's assurances that Col. Roosevelt would approve. He said a further 150000 was urged but refused, and that attacks by the government dated from that refusal.
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Washington, D. C
John D. Archbold
Senate
Standard Oil Company
Cornelius N. Elisa
Col
Roosevelt
Standard At
Buffalo
United States
Washington
Penrose
Archbold
National Fund
Republican Campaign Committee
Col. Roosevelt
Wim. Rockefeller
Wm. Rockefeller
Geo. B. Cortelyou
Standard Oil
Clapp
Cornelius N. Bliss
Senator Penrose
Mr. Archbold
Senator Clapp
Mr. Bliss
H. H. Rogers
Bliss
Pomerene
Ohio
Senator Pomerene
Crozier
Ion
Ponerene
Pomerone
Garfield
Smith
Roosevelt Pulled the String,’ Declared Mr. Archbold
Mr. Roosevelt
Clairvoyant Doctor D P Shattuck Dies at 67 in Iowa
Independence Iowa August 23 Dr D P Shattuck physician renowned for clairvoyant powers dies at 67 funeral held led by Rev J C Kepford He could locate hidden money and objects and drew attention across Iowa after a long illness involving kidney trouble diabetes and Brights disease and a career extending beyond Buchanan county with friends and a wide practice
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Independence
D. P. Shattuck
J. C. Kepford
Shattuck
Wapsie
Dr. Shattuck
Bright
Buchanan County
Otterville
Hahnemann Medical College
Chicago
Iowa
General Crozier Named New Army War College President
Brigadier General William Crozier U S A has been chosen to succeed Brigadier General Albert Mills as president of the Army War College. The Ohio native, aged fifty seven, graduated from West Point in 1876 and has led the bureau of ordnance since 1901. He co invented the Buffington Crozier disappearing gun carriage and a wire gun, and attended the 1899 Hague Peace Conference as a delegate.
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Washington
William Crozier
Albert J. Mills
Army War College
Ohio
United State Military Academy
Bureau of Ordnance
General Buffington
General Crozier
Buffington-Crozier
The
Hague
Bremer County Fair Set For September Dates
Catalogues issued for the Bremer county fair to be held at Waverly September 16 through 20 detail premiums and attractions. The 208 page booklet highlights features likely to draw attendees. State representative C. W. Miller writes a tribute to Th. A. Long on page WAT for his role promoting fall fairs in Iowa.
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Bremer County
Waverly
C. W. Miller
Th. A. Long
Long
Iowa
Thousands view dead evangelist at Clapton General Memorial
The body of Gen William Booth was moved from Hadley wood to Congress Hall Clapton for state services Friday and Saturday with flags of many nations on display. Queen Mother Alexandra and world leaders sent condolences as memorials plan a gun-carriage coffin and nationwide services. Memorials in Chicago and across the United States set for Sunday September 1.
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London
Booth
Evangelist
Hadleywood
Congress Hall
Clapton
Salvation Army
Calvary
Palestine
Queen Mother
Alexandra
Bramwell Booth
Gen. Booth
Aoss
Louis Botha
Union of South Africa
Lord Islington
New Zealand
Lord Rosebery
Abney Park
Chicago
William Booth
The
United States
United
Orchestra Hall
Futill
Night blooming cactus blossoms at midnight
A cereus grandiflorus specimen at the D L Huff home Ninth and Commercial streets bloomed last midnight and closed by 6 am. The blossom lasts six hours and opens at midnight annually, a cycle the Huff Nagles have observed for two years with the same roaming bloom pattern.
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D.L. Huffneyl
Ninth
Commercelal
Whitman Probes Graft Ties in Rosenthal Case
New York August 23 District Attorney Whitman reveals evidence implicating a police inspector and a civilian in graft tied to the Rosenthal murder. He expects a confession from a higher ranking police figure whose account may expose a widespread blackmail network connected to gambling and disorderly houses.
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New York
Rosenthal
Whitman
Roosevelt Primary Funds Denied as Hoax by Dixon
Senator Dixon chairman of Roosevelt fight declares no $3,000,000 fund was spent in pre convention campaign. He cites total Washington spend around $160,000 with $60,000 on literature and three million copies of Catching Up with Roosevelt mailed. Illinois expense under $20,000. no money from corporations.
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Chicago
United States Senate
Penrose
Col. Roosevelt
Joseph M. Dixon
Progressive Party
Dixon
la Salle
New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Ilinois
Medill McCormick
Washington
Roosevelt
South Dakota
Nebraska
Polis
Taft
Gifford Pinchot
Oscar King Davis
National Committees
Waterloo's Entry in Baby Health Contest at Fair
Waterloo plans one entry in the baby health contest as part of the town fair in Des Moines. Master Robert Lawrence Heal, son of Mr and Mrs Willard Wo Real, age one next Wednesday, weighs 23 pounds and is described as unusually healthy. He traveled with his mother to Des Moines to be measured, while Dr Margaret V Clark promotes the event. There are already 61 entries, surpassing last year's total.
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Waterloo
Ha Town
Des Moines
Robert
Lawrence Heal
Willard Wo Real
Independence Avenue
Margaret V. Clark
Train Its Auto Victims That Night Near Des Moines
Three people were seriously injured and two more painfully hurt when a Rock Island train struck an automobile in Des Moines on August 22. The vehicle carried W. R. Passenberger and a group of relatives and friends returning to Knoxville after a day at the state fair. Injured were Mrs. G. Stier Wald of Knoxville, W. R. Passenberger, and Mrs. W. R. Passenberger, Knoxville.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
W. R. Passenberger
Knoxville
G. Stier Wald
Colonel Roosevelt denounces Penrose in New York
In New York on August 23 Col. Roosevelt dismissed Senator Penrose's claim that George W. Perkins underwrote his primary expenses by 8 million dollars or any similar amount as a deliberate falsehood. He urged Penrose not to impute baseness to others.
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New York
Col. Roosevelt
Penrose
George W. Perking
Cedar Rapids Fire Destroys Elevator and Carnival Tents
A fire in Cedar Rapids Iowa Aug 23 caused by a defective wire destroyed the Jackson Grain company elevator and damaged a nearby carnival. Losses were estimated at 25 six hundred dollars for the elevator with about half covered by insurance. The carnival sustained about 6 thousand dollars in damage. Tents and several animals were burned when burning embers blew from the elevator.
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Cedar Rapids
Jackson Grain Company
Weather Report Notes Warm Day With 78 Degree High
The day reached a maximum temperature of 78 degrees by 4 p.m. Last year the high was 74 with a low of 64. Reading from the Buchanan Optical Syndicate block, the record also mentions prior marks and local details.
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Buchanan Optical O
Asee Ees
Drownings Reported in Iowa River Near Scott Linn Bridge
Davenport Aug. 23 Carty Ghermann 20 was drowned while swimming near the Scott Linn county bridge in the Wapsie river. He resided at Follette Iowa. John Dillon of Company B Fourth Iowa cavalry and J Sir Anderson commander of the royal post accompanied by Dillon visited Marshalltown for the soldiers home admission.
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Davenport
Carty Ghermann
Wapsie
Scott-Linn County
Follette
John Dillon
Ember
Fourth Iowa Cavalry
Marshalltown
J. Sir Anderson
Royal Post
Baby Health Contest At Iowa State Fair Draws 200 Plus Entries
Des Moines Aug 23 The Iowa state fair opened its second day with a baby health contest supervised by Mr Mary Watts of Audubon Ia. Over 200 babies aged 1 to 3 years entered. Each undergoes a 15 minute examination with measurements taken and organs tested.
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Des Moines
Mary Watts
Audubon
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Gan
Bremer County Fair
el Verso
Havana
Dixon Brands
Robert Lawrence Byal
R. I
Cedar Rapido Fire
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