Remedial cattle fever cure touted for western markets
Denver reports Dr. V A Norgaard finds a tick elimination method using a petroleum solution to dip fever cattle. After 27 tested, 17 hours later no ticks remain. if confirmed, up to 500000 cattle yearly may be shipped north once the fever line policy is eased and a Fort Worth convention confirms dipping plans.
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Denver
V. A. Norgaard
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Virgina
West Virginia
Louisiana
Goswell
Norgaard
Fort Worth
Foreclosure Likely in Union Pacific Sale Report
Government not opposed to foreclosure of Union Pacific railroad per McKenna as cabinet debate delays final decision. Also reports fatal ship collision on the Volga, a North Carolina railway crash with a child spared, and a severe runaway accident near Wer with three injured and grave prognosis.
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Mhington
McKenna
Union Pacific Railroad
Allowfale
North
Wreck on Wisconsin Central Kills Five in Front of Milwaukee
A Wisconsin Central line wreck six miles west of Milwaukee kills five persons and injures four after two freights collide on a curve at 40 miles per hour. Engineers Warren and Smith, Fireman Smiley, Brakeman Miller, and an unnamed man die. two brakemen are severely injured and two caboose passengers are lightly hurt.
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Milwaukee
Journal
Chippawa Falls
Wis
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Warren
Smith
Firenan Smiley
Miller
Smiley
Brockton strike hits Chase machines in shoe trade
In Brockton and surrounding areas about a thousand operators walked out at Chase lasting machines in response to a prior lasters strike at Churchill and Alden. The walkout spreads labor unrest across the local shoe industry as workers press conditions.
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Brockton
Mass
Brockton and
Churchill & Alden
Attempted Diaz Life Stuns St Louis Crowd
A man named Arroyo, described as Italian, attempted to stab President Diaz in a public park during a troop review. The minister of war restrained the assailant, who was then arrested as police arrived.
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St. Louis
Diaz
Arroyo
Lynching of Arnulfo Arroyo shocks Mexico City
In Mexico City on September 20 a mob stormed the municipal palace and killed Arnulfo Arroyo, inspector-general. He was found dead in a bloodstained room, riddled with bullets and knife wounds, as police detained several suspects.
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City
Mexico
Diaz
Arnulfo Arroyo
Arroyo
Fourth Ward
Indian strike ends with record Chilkoot crossing
Port Townsend Washington September 20 A letter says David E Brown former mail carrier set a crossing record on Chilkoot pass. He left for Juneau August 29 sailed Queen to Juneau then Dyea by boat to Lake Bennett. He crossed the pass in 45 hours with 850 pounds of gear and paid 450 for river passage. He carried much of the load himself and used a revolver to enforce an agreement with Indian porters.
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Port Townshed
Wash
David E. Brown
Chilkoot Pass
Brown
Juneau
Queen
Dyea
Lake Bennett
Dawson
Lake Benitet
Gold Rush Tremors Reach Northwest Mining Camp
Reports from a newly found quartz district eight miles south of the Canadian border near Mount Baker stir Sumas and Seattle. Assays claim up to 10,000 dollars in gold per ton and many prepare to head to the Mount of mines. Experts warn against overstatement while optimism grows and transport routes improve. A separate note from San Francisco questions the Coffee creek district finds, saying surface gold is limited to small quantities and large strikes need capital and machinery. Paris predicts 20 million quin tals of wheat must be imported this season to meet needs, costing 140 million francs in duties.
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Seattle
Sumas
Seattle & International Railroad
International Boundary Line
Mount Baker
Suains
Seattles
Okanogan
Methow
Slate Creek
Ruby Creek
San Francisco
George Madeira
Coffee Creek
Trinity County
Durden
State Mining Bureau
Post Office Uncovers Counterfeit Card Scheme
Denver officials report discovery of a scheme to defraud the government with counterfeit postal cards found in Denver mail. Arrests are expected as cards are said to be sold in large quantities to merchants and investment houses, with at least one operator believed in the city.
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Bank of England
Cver
United States
USA
America
Michael Slicks
Denver
Harvest Drought Hits 17 Russian Provinces
The drought has halted sowing of winter wheat in many areas, with 17 Russian provinces already affected and fears that the poor harvest will extend into 1898.
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St. Petersburg
Weather and rifle capacity facts in brief
The weather map reports killing frosts across the Dakotas and frost general in Minnesota North Dakota and Iowa. Separately a new rifle issued to the Italian army can fire 24 shots per minute.
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Chicago
Dakotas
Minnesota
North Dakota
Iowa
Weekly Market Letter on Wheat and Corn Trends
The renewed export demand dominates the wheat market with an uptrend in stocks at accumulation centers while forward movement of the new crop lags in quantity and quality. Europe’s continued need for surplus supports prices as speculation wanes and corn rises alongside other commodities.
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America
Europe
Market Prices Report From The Valley and Coast
Wheat prices for Wheat Walla Walla and Bluestem range from 83 to 87 per bushel with valley and Bluestem. Flour grades sell at 4.40 for standard, 3.85 for graham, 2.50 for superfine per barrel. Oats vary with white 87 88c and gray 36c per bushel. Barley and millstuffs list multiple rates per ton and per ton equivalents. Livestock and dairy items show varied quotes across eggs butter cheese and poultry with regional references to Oregon and California markets.
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Walla Walla
California
Oregon
Wool—Valley
Market Goods Prices From Butter to Fish
A regional listing shows dairy items such as Butter-Fancy native creamery brick at 22c and Eggs-Fresh ranch at 20 21c. Poultry prices include live chickens per pound 10c and spring chickens at 2.75 to 3.75, with ducks at 2.50. Fish prices list halibut 6c and salmon 8 5c, among others.
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Washington
California
Market Prices for Farm Staples and Produce for June
The report lists current market values across commodities including wool, hops, millstuffs, onions, potatoes, butter, eggs, citrus, fresh fruit, and hay. Prices are shown per pound, per ton, or per box, with ranges for grades and varieties such as Valencias oranges, New red onions, fancy creamery butter, and crab apples, reflecting regional variations in California and Oregon markets.
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San Joaquin
Mountain
Oregon
California
Sleepy Hollow Church To Mark 200th Anniversary
The Dutch Church of Tarrytown New York will celebrate its 200th anniversary on October 10 and 11. Built in 1697 it is said to be the oldest church in the state. A bell cast in 1685 hangs in the cupola bearing the Latin motto If God be for us who can be against us.
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Eastdale
Fourd & Stokes Co
Foard & Stokes Co
Ary & Co
New York
A. C. Foard
McCreary & Co
Weiner New York
Imale M
Sleepy Hollow
Tarrytown
N. Y
Washington Irving
Curtain falls on a tragic drama of love and betrayal
In a Detroit Free Press excerpt, two theatergoers discuss realism in drama and speech. Lester learns his fiancée has married another, yoking emotion to danger as he confronts despair and ends with a fatal pistol shot and a grim quip about stage talk.
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Lester
Thad
Frank
Detroit Free Press
Costumes of the Spreewald described by de Kay
Consul-General de Kay writes An Inland Venice on life in the Serbian Swamp Wendland. He notes Burg village school children in bright short dress and winged mob caps. Downstream toward Leipe skirts lengthen and caps tighten, signaling village origins and social pride in dress.
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Spreewald
de Kay
Venice
Wendland
Burg
Leipe
Lubbenau
No Royal Road to Success Through Steady Work
The passage emphasizes that Dickens and most successful people reach goals through diligent patient persevering effort. It argues that young men must learn this truth early, building achievement step by step through toilsome labor, with steady long-term application as the sole price for valuable outcomes.
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Charles Dickens
Shrugging the Shoulders in Cold Weather Instincts
The passage explains that shrugging the shoulders serves as part of an ancient instinct to raise the skin and hair for insulation. It notes that despite changes in anatomy, many animals with long hair or feathers erect their coverings in cold weather to trap air, warming through thickness and air volume rather than bulk.
Hairdresser's Gratitude and the Crown Jewels Theft
A barber in revolutionary Paris, Lamierette, helps recover France's missing crown jewels. Marceau, moved by a shaved prisoner plea, learns from the hairdresser that the jewels are hidden in two beams on Cash street. A search confirms the location. thieves are never identified.
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France
Marceau
National Assembly
Monsieur
Jacobin Club
National Guard
Monsieur Administrator
National Guardsman
Lamierette
Cash Street
Newsboys who rose to prominence in politics and law
The article recalls figures who started as newsboys including governors of North Dakota and Connecticut, a Connecticut lawyer ex-governor, Thurlow Weed, Daniel Manning, and Ex-Senator David B. Hill. It highlights their beginnings selling newspapers and how their early work shaped notable public careers.
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New York Children’s Aid Society
Andy Burke
North Dakota
Connecticut
Grand Central Depot
New York
Waller
Thomas N. Waller
Thurlow Weed
Daniel Manning
Cleveland
David B. Hill
Albany
Buffalo
How Rain Quiets a Sea Says English Scientist
Sailors report a heavy shower knocking down a sea while wind remains high. An English scientist explains drops push water below the surface in rings that descend up to eight inches, creating motion beneath and above the surface and destroying wave motion.
Bad Year for Italian Vineyards Reported
The article notes record rainfall in summer and autumn harming Italian vineyards. Much wine was doctored with alcohol and coloring to dangerous levels, and large quantities were destroyed by sanitary inspectors. The piece ends with a remark praising honest workers over evangelists in the trade.
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Italy
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