Webster City Social Notes Date Aug 3 1990
Webster City society items list visitors from Kamrar Des Moines and Eagle Grove plus residents of Williams Jewell and Iowa Falls. Several locals travel for work visits, family visits, and short trips while others plan extended stays to Spirit Lake and Chicago. Col L B Raymond visits Kendall Young library after attending state GOP convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCrary
Kamrar
T.F. O’brien
Iowa Falls
C. H. Brown
Des Moines
B. Li
Willia
Jewell
Mire Wi
Hunter
Williams
Pi Murphy
Mueller
Lake City
Joe'Oppenheimer
Rolfe
E. Stake
Council Bluffs
John
A.C. Smith
Eagle Grove
Gladys Miller
Mary Chamberlin
Mra
W. G. Bale
J. R. Sparks
Mra. J. R. Compton
Minneapolis
Mary Evans
Williama
Frank Lawin
Hartley
H. Center
State Center
W. J. Biernatzki
Desmond
Harry Hanech
Dees Moines
J. E
Marshall
Edna Trier
Dee
Edna
Col. L. B. Raymond
Hampton Recorder
Franklin County
Kendall Young Library
National Encampment Trip Notice for Chicago
All comrades and others intending to attend the national encampment in Chicago must notify the transportation committee promptly to allow arrangements for accommodations. J. R. Waite, Jas Kephart, A. A. Cook.
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Chicago
Transportation Committee
J. R. Waite
Jas, Kephart
A. A. Cook
A Populist Lament From Oklahoma
A stark verse laments populist anger fading as Democrats rise. It accuses the era of Plutocracy and calls out ruined faith, comparing current prosperity with widespread alarm and a bow to Mr. Bryan’s crown amid political shifts in Oklahoma.
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Mr. Bryan
Gerber
Oklahoma
Young Peoples Convention Excursion Fare Notice
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers excursion tickets on the certificate plan for the Young Peoples Convention and Camp meeting from August 20 to 25. Tickets are good for return until August 25 at a fare one third above the round trip. Inquiries may be made through any Great Western agent or at 113 Adams Street Chicago.
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Chicago Great Western Ry
Great Western
F. H. Lord
Adams Street
Chicago
D&w
Secretary Hay Demands Free Legations in China Ultimatum
Washington reports Secretary Hay has rejected Li Hung Chang’s initial terms and demands full acceptance of U S protection for legations and free ministerial communication. A hostile tone signals near formal war as negotiations hinge on China granting unrestrained access and diplomatic rights.
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Washington
Hay
Li Hung
Chang
China
Conger
British Cabinet Opposes China Partition During Tien Tsin Relief Talks
In London August 3 the parliamentary secretary William St John Brodrick said there is full cooperation among Tien Tsin commanders and no delay in relief efforts. The cabinet remains unanimously against partition of China and favors a Chinese administration under no foreign officers. Advices report Russians capturing forts north of Tien Tsin near Sien-T’sin, with a Chinese garrison of 10 000 fleeing, boosting allied defense on the road to Peking. The relief force is estimated at 20 000 with 170 runs. E Hung Chang reportedly spoke to the French consul general in Shanghai.
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Commons
Brodrick
Lord Salisbury
London
House of Commons
Foreign Office
William St. John Brodrick
Tien-Tsin
China
Sien-T'sin
Peking
Shanghai
Paris
E Hung Chang
Ministers Seek Communication Over Peking March Arrest
States consul says ministers will be put in contact with their governments if the allies halt their march on Peking. Chang cannot secure a reply to the message sent to M. Pinchon the French minister in Peking, as the tsung-li-yamen will not allow cipher messages for the ministers.
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Peking
Chang
M. Pinchon
Powers Case Yields Six New Witnesses At Trial
In Georgetown Kentucky on August 8 the Powers defense added six new witnesses. Colonel Mengel produced an autograph letter from Governor Taylor dated January 18 ordering him to heed all orders from Adjutant General Collier. The defense lost two key points with judges Cantrill ruling against testimony about a pay-for-testimony claim and blocking reading of mountain petition resolutions. The defense aims to prove petitioner assembling was not unlawful.
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Georgetown
Mengel
State Guards
Taylor
Goebel
Collier
Cantrill
Wharton Golden
PISTOLS AND COFFEE PERHAPS
Raleigh dispatch notes a likely duel may arise from Marion Butler's letter to Representative Bellamy of Wilmington. The missive accuses Bellamy of inciting Democrats to expel Butler and challenges him to carry out the act himself with courage and no mob backing.
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Raleigh
N. C
Marion Butler
Representative Bellamy
Wilmington
No Negro Need Apply in Raleigh Campaign
Raleigh reports one of the bitterest campaigns with Democrats and white supremacy winning by about 30000 votes. The election disfranchises Black citizens and shifts North Carolina legislature to Democrats, ensuring Marion Butler’s bid for another term as U.S. senator. Black voters largely abstained from voting.
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Raleigh
N. C
Old North
Marion Butler
United States
National Guard starts camp at Camp Walter Wagner
The Fifty First regiment Iowa National Guard and troop A Iowa cavalry began camp at Red Oak Iowa on Wednesday at Camp Walter Wagner named for the only Fifty-first Iowa soldier killed in the Philippines campaign. Colonel Jas Rush Lincoln, a Spanish war brigadier general, will command.
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Red Oak
Fifty- First Regiment
Iowa National Guard
Iowa Cavalry
Walter Wagner
Fifty-first
Towa
Philippines
Jas, Rush Lincoln
Weather Buoyed Harvest After Heav y Rains in Southern Counties
The weekly crop bulletin notes heavy rains early in the week delayed harvest and haying, with slight damage to hay and sprouting wheat in shocks. Overall weather supported crop growth and harvest. Braceville Illinois faces mine shutdown after a failed town appropriation, leaving no producing industry. National and American League baseball scores and events include multiple games and scheduling notes.
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Nage
Lansing
Mich
Joliet
Braceville
Wilmington
Interparliamentary peace talk stirs Paris Exposition
At the Paris Exposition an interparliamentary congress for peace arbitration nearly split over the Transvaal war issue. Lord Stanhope defended England while Dovrand criticized The Hague impotence. The international medical congress opened with women delegates honored and a focus on military surgery with US figures present.
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Paris
Dovrand
Transvaal
Europe
Lord Stanhope
Friends of Peace
England
United States
Canada
Germany
Austria
Roumania
Spain
Portugal
Greece
Norway
Russia
Lannelongue
International Committee
Sternberg
la Grade
United States Army
van Reypen
Navy
Wyman
Hosenau
Marine Hospital Service
No Money in the Caterers Concessions at Paris Fair
Paris August 3. Restaurateurs at the Champ de Mars protest heavy losses from Paris exposition leases. A meeting by about a dozen owners considers closing or not. Lessee says 200 francs per square meter with 1 165 square meters led to 233 000 francs in rent for the season. Many stalls favored by few visitors, foreigners mostly, sparking talk of relief from further payments and imminent shutdown after medals awarded.
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Paris
Champ de Mars
Robbery Plot Foiled On Pioneer Limited Train
In Sparta Wisconsin on August 3 masked men attempted to rob the Pioneer limited on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line. They bound the telegraph operator and muffled signals but halted plans when the train ran late by a wreck. A traveling man was harmed in the chaos. Milwaukee reports Warden McClaughry moved through with John Wilson who fled Waupun in January with Edward Hadgan and Whack. Wilson was captured near San Francisco after burglary exposure.
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Sparta
Wis
Pioneer Limited
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Milwaukee
McClaughry
Waupun Penitentiary
John Wilson
Edward Hadgan
Amherst Bank
Whack
Wilson
San Francisco
Youth shoots self over alleged secret wedding tale
Terre Haute Indiana August 3 Otto Cottom a youth shot himself at his father's doorway and doctors fear his death. He claimed a staged wedding near Fort Harrison involving Lou Chandler of National City and a man posing as a minister, said to be a joke by Otto. He recalls a letter from a month earlier to "The Window Trimmer." The newspapers deny issuing any license.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Otto Cottom
Thomas Cottom
Lou Chandler
National City
Schimer
Indianapolis
Fort Harrison
Peoria
Burglars Hit Michigan Towns as Campaign Opens
Thieves target Beaudry & Co dry goods in Grand Haven taking 500 dollars in silk goods. In Clinton a bank was robbed with a jimmy and hot nitro glycerine used, but no further loot found. Kalamazoo reports two attackers repelled by a resident with revolvers. Albion burglars entered Wilder's lumber office but left no money. Chicago features Judge Yates addressing a Veterans gathering at the Auditorium, launching the campaign with state and local candidates present.
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Grand ‘Haven
Mich
Beaudry & Co
Michigan
Clinton
Exchange Bank of van Tuyle & Silvers
Wilder
Chicago
Yates
Yates Veteran Association
Richard Yates
Illinois
Cullom
Tanner
Denver Divorce Leads to Cheyenne Marriage For Mine Manager
In Cheyenne Wyoming on August 3 Helen Co Brown, recently divorced from Denver millionaire H C Brown, wed John W Campbell a Scottish mine manager of the Prussian mine at Rowena Colorado. Brown Palace hotel was home to the couple during five years of marriage.
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Denver
H. C. Brown
Helen Co. Brown
Cheyenne
Wyo
John W. Campbell
Rowena
Colo
Brown
Brown Palace
Campbell
Rural tree delivery expands to Cambridge and Westby now
The post office department establishes rural tree delivery service to begin August 18 in Cambridge Illinois and Westby Wisconsin, extending mail access for farmers.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Cambridge
Ill
Westby
Wis
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