Davenport boasts largest filter plant in world
A sweep of Iowa items notes Davenport claiming the world’s largest filter plant, Dubuque jail counts, high potato yields in Pottawattamie, land prices near Charter Oak, and varied local crimes and incidents across several towns including Ottumwa Creston and Fort Madison. The report blends industrial claims with crime, fires, robberies, and farm details from multiple counties.
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Davenport
Dubuque
Pottawattamie County
Charter Oak
Ottmmn
Ptuthe
Bert Kilware
Washington County
Murdered a Child Case Leads to Citizen Arrest in Everest
Justice Hees of Everest holds Mrs. John Bradley without bail for alleged murder of an infant, tied to the Bradley family and a cousin Maury Cmley. The case centers on a child reportedly the legitimate offspring of Bradley's son Chittles.
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Atchison, Haw
Justice Hees
Everest
John Bradley
Maury Cmley
Drowned While Bathing Off Atlantic City
Bar ney McLaughlin, 45, of Philadelphia, drowned while bathing in rough antlertow near Atlantic City New Jersey. Rescue efforts failed as the surf swept him offshore and the body was not recovered.
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Atlantic City
N.d
Barney McLaughlin
Philadelphia
Lincoln assassination history shocks Harris claims
General T M Harris of Ritchie county defends a court martial that condemned Mrs Surratt over the Lincoln assassination. Harris asserts Jefferson Davis and cabinet members encouraged the crime, backed by documentary evidence, predicting the book will cause a sensation. Also notes Odd Fellows temple plans in Chicago and Minot land office reorganization.
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Lincoln
Parkershuig
W. Va
T. M. Harris
Ritchie County
Harris
Congessimn
Creneral Harris Beldly
Jefferson Davis
Lands for Minnesota Value to State Schools in Cedar Lands
Senator Davis argued before the general land office for Minnesota to gain sections 16 and 86 in the White Earth and Red Lake reserves totaling about 206000 acres. The lands, rich in pine, are valued around seven million dollars. The government may appraise and sell, but Davis seeks to halt sale, citing precedent from Wisconsin where section 16 was granted for schools. The case raises opposition from Indians and defenders of ceded lands.
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Davis
Carter
Digis
Supreme Court of the Us
Wisconsin
Supreme Court of the United States
Minnesota
Obach
Force Element Within Farmers' Alliance Sparks Split
A state Farmers' Alliance meeting in Wirrensburg Missouri revealed an internal group favoring force to achieve the alliance goals. The minority insisted ballots would do the business, and the secret order called the "Innti Inquopelists" claimed its strength mainly in cities with aim to influence actions, as ex President Hall warned his life was said to be forfeit in underground meetings.
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Kansas City
the Star
Farmers’ Alliance
Wirrensburg
Sub-Treasury
Force
Hall
Decision preserves Mille Lacs lands from railroad indemnity use
Washington officials render a ruling in the case of Northern Pacific and the Duluth railroad versus Amanda J. Waiters and others. The Mille Lacs Indian Reservation lands cannot be seized as indemnity funds, as treaty provisions allow Indians to remain on these lands during good behavior, resulting in a decision favoring numerous homestead claimants and against the railroads.
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Washington
Nos Dic
Northern Pacific Railroad
Bt. Pautl and
Duluth Railroad
Amanda J. Waiters
Mille Lace
Minnesota
Ibid
Slaughtered Bandits Fight Ends With Dozen Dead
Thirteen of the bandits and two rangers were killed in a gun battle after pursuing a desert train-robbery gang across fountain passes toward Las Vegas. Several on both sides were wounded as the outlaws, who had seized about $20,000 from a Southern Pacific express car, faced stiffer resistance and fled after heavy fire. Two bandits reportedly escaped.
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Avanne
Tex
Rio Grande
Southern Pacific
Fountain Passes
Las Vegas
Cattle Thieves Lynched in Eastern Montana
News from Herma Montana reports cattle rustling surged as stock thieves operate near shipping points. In Custer County a posse hanged Jerry Thompson and two accomplices for altering brands, the first cattle thief lynching in years in Montana.
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Eastern Montana
Herma
Mon
Montana
Custer County
Jack Moore
Jerry Thompson
Bastler
Fire devastates Harve Oregon leaving over a thousand homeless
A midweek blaze in Harve Oregon rendered more than 1,000 people homeless and caused nearly 1 million dollars in damage. The fire swept across eighteen blocks, destroying churches, stores, and hundreds of residences. The mayor formed a relief committee and authorities imposed a night curfew with limited arrests. militia and deputies were later withdrawn.
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Amhong
Opera House
Vogl Llock
Gibbons, McAllister & Cox
Hillion Bros
B. P. Witzgerald
Uwinatilla
J. P. Fitzgerald
Bnly
IMPURE WATER KILLS FIVE IN MICHIGAN AREA
Five people in Doxnor n Mich die from poisonous water from a well on Gilson property. Two weeks of heavy use drained an already insufficient source leaving water muddy and foul tasting as all drank. The deaths include three Gilson children and two farm hands with two more affected.
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Michigan
Mich
Gilson
Dhal
Week's Events and Debates Around the Nation
A range of items includes Teemer and Wise offering to tow Fanlan and O'Connor for a major prize at Point of Pines with time to be fixed later. Major McKinley and Governor Campbell to debate in Ada, Ohio, in October. The world’s fair board votes 46 to 86 to close the show on Sundays. Antwerp ports proposed as free ports to become Europe’s warehouse. Juan Bautista Pembo collects cinchona trees for the world’s fair and to show quinine production. John L. Mitchell pledges twenty $40 scholarships for Madison’s university agricultural course. A forest fire sweeps Cascade mountains near Hot Springs, Washington, threatening lodges and cottages. Cherokee land claims cluster as tents on allotments may be sold to whites. Mexican politics stir as Dias’ regime considered, with insurgent hopes impacting a key party. Eugene Davenport offered Brazil college presidency with $6,000 salary. Mine report notes 62 fatal and 184 nonfatal accidents. 5,777,069 tons of coal mined, a district record.
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Teemer
Wise
Fanlan
O'Connor
Point of Pines
Major McKinley
Campbell
Ada
Antwerp
Belginh
Europe
Juan Bautista Pembo
Columbia
John L. Mitchell
Milwaukee
State University At
Madison
Cascade Mountains
Hot Springs
Wash
Mexico
Dias
Eugene Davenport
Michigan Agricultural College
Itis
Brazil
John M. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Canadian Pacific Deal Linking Duluth Rail Lines
A Duluth paper says Canadian Pacific plans rapid through service via New Duluth joining Duluth and Winnipeg with the Duluth South Shore and Atlantic. The merged route would make Duluth a chief Lake Superior shipping port and winter all red shipments hub, with through lines to Winnipeg and Dakota wheat belts via Crookston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Lake Superior
Cimcano
J. W. Norton
New Duluth Land Company
Canadian Pacific
New Duluth
Winnipeg
South Shore
Atlantic
Crookston
Port Arthur
Barlt
Keller Nears Patent For Binding Twine Machine
Henry Keller of Sauk Centre Minnesota expects final patent papers soon for a machine that makes binding twine from wild North West grass. After five years of development samples were shown at the Merchants hotel. The device reportedly produces fifty feet of fibreless twine per minute in a grain field, using material unusable by other means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pach
Aus
Henry Keller
Sauk Centre
Merchants Hotel
Keller
Robbery attempt ends in double killing at Velpen
News from Velpen, Pike county, reports a bloody affray where Posey and Fleming were instantly killed by the proprietor after a botched robbery. Miller was wounded in the thigh as he fled, while another assailant fled. The proprietor had pursued them with a pistol.
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Vansvik
Ind
Velpen
Pike County
Posey
Miller
Fleming
Reduction of Public Debt in August
Washington September 1 The monthly public debt statement from the treasury shows a net reduction of 5 551 805 in the debt for August with a 1 001 216 fall in non interest bearing debt and a 4 440 670 rise in surplus cash in the treasury.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Det
Treasury
Duluth Grain Trade Totals For Crop Year Ending Aug 31
Duluth reports in the crop year ending August 31 totals show 18,249,000 bushels of wheat received and 45,875,000 shipped. Flour handling includes 8,844,000 barrels received and 2,672,000 shipped, with 570,000 barrels ground. Other grain shows 1,000,000 bushels received and shipped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dluth
Dulvurm
Duluth
Symptoms of oxyg Fever Reported in Denver
Denver reports the state veterinary surgeon has returned from Tickf and notes ongoing concerns about an outbreak. The brief dispatch cites preliminary findings from field inspections and urges vigilance for fever symptoms among livestock and admissions to veterinary facilities as investigations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Blaine Said Ready for Presidential Bid if Unanimous
A Maine congressman cited by the Sunday Gazette claims Secretary Blaine would accept a presidential nomination if the Republican convention pledges unanimity. The report notes a Portland conference with Hale Frye and Manley, declaring Blaine will be the sole convention choice and likely winner against Cleveland or any new rival.
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Washinaton
The
Sunday Gazette
Maine
Blaine
Portland
Hale and Frye
Joe Manley
Manley
Harrison
Grover Cleveland
Hawley Pressed for War Portfolio in Civil War Era
Sen Hawley of Connecticut is said to have been offered the war office to replace Proctor. General Hawley is at Cape May conferring with President Harrison. Connecticut politics grip renomination chances against Governor Bulkey and a U S Senate term starting 1893. In New Jersey, Thomas B Dudley cites English funds aimed at defeating McKinley for Ohio governor, noting up to a million dollars could be raised.
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Connecticut
Wasnineros
Hawley
Proctor
Cape May
Harrison
Bulkey
United States Senate
McKinley
Prtrspure
Thomas B. Dudley
New Jersey
England
Pittsburg
Cresson Springs
Cobden Elu
Ohio
Durham named minister resident and consul general at Hayti
Durham, a Philadelphia native and University of Pennsylvania graduate, has been appointed minister resident and consul general at Hayti. A journalist by training, he previously served as consul at Santo Domingo and is described as a capable, educated Black man. The appointment aims to address the current situation in the Black Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Bulletin
San Domingo
Washngtox
San Jose
Costa Rica
Important Decision in Pierre Land Contests
The land office ruled for homesteader Jennings against Allison Town Site Co over a valuable quarter section opposite Pierre. The firm platted and sold gold lots nationwide at high prices, guaranteeing title, while the land remains key for a Missouri River bridge point. Testimony notes strategic value and federal stance on American industry boosting trade with Spanish-American states.
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Pierre
Jennings
Allison Town Site Company
Town Site Company
Missouri River
Will Be Reserved for Keaharg Department of Genet a Baul
The note indicates reserved status for a Keaharg department in relation to Genet a Baul. No further details on purpose or scope are provided in readable text.
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Keaharg
Genet A Baul
Balmaceda's Successor May Be Edwards President of Chile
London reports, citing Congressional agents in Paris and London, that Don Augustin Edwards will be the next Chilean president. Edwards, wealthy and influential in nitrate interests, funded Balmaceda's early insurgent forces and owns cattle farms in Chile. His properties were damaged in the war, and he narrowly escaped harm. Congressionalists press Britain to block Balmaceda’s claim to Valparaiso silver aboard a British war vessel. The Herald notes the U.S. may recognize the insurgent government in Chile.
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Don Augustin Edwards
Chit
London
Congressional
Paris
Chile
England
Chili
Europe
Balmaceda
Edwards
British
Foreign Office
Valpaaiso
Lorimer Sermon Upsets Orthodoxy in Chicago Speech
Dr George C Lorimer of Tre mont Temple Boston preached a dedicatory sermon at the Fourth Baptist church in Chicago. He urged liberal interpretations of sacred texts including the nature of communion and God s universality and challenged strict Sunday observance. The address drew mixed reactions from listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorimer
Chicago
Cariaco
New Fourth Baptist
George C. Lorimer
Tremont Temple
Boston
Germany lifts embargo on American pork imports
The German government raised the embargo on American pork after a Cape May agreement. The accord allows pork entry with official health certificates and extends the same agricultural schedule to the United States as that with Russia. Secretary Rusk received formal notice from Berlin. Newport reports Ex- congressman Scott faces renewed criticism as supporters grow hopeful.
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Stask Motiflad
Wasamaron
Rusk
Germany
Cape May
United States
Russia
Hogs and cattle steady at St Paul yard report
Market report from St Paul Union Stock Yard Sept 5 notes hogs about steady with bids around 150 for butcher stock and quiet yard activity. Cattle also listed as about steady with mixed bids for steers cows bulls and calves. receipts mostly western in transit and several price figures scattered across categories.
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St. Paul Union
Soura St. Pau
Gogg
Bere Teeders
Grain and Wheat Prices Reported in Chicago Trade
Fragmented OCR notes show opening prices for wheat with September and December futures, including references to September and October maturities, and rough figures around 81.00 to 85.00, with scattered mentions of shorts ribs and clocking terms. Names and exact entities are unclear due to garbled text.
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Minhnapolis
Minnuavonis
Chicago
Chicaco
Gotuber
Celuber
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Des Moines
Tiel
Port Madieon Som
Denate Headawarn
Liowxs City
Lilly Crandall
Olof Theris
Biai
Peton
New Hampton
Rock Island
Farha
Challar’s Mith
McCrae
Aitiuen Erickson
la Mars
Sloan State Bank
Correctionville
Wits
Alexander Butterworth
Chird Street
Allerton
M. Direct
Nile
Jeff Davis
Cricacdo
Odd Fellows Temple
Washington Monument
Cassenros
WN. D
W. C. Phuviner
Minot Tand
Minot Ais
Galvestox
Colored Alliance
Humphrey
Niagara Fants
Ont
Sept
Historical Society
Blaiie
Harley
Hayti
Loxe Pram
Minn
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Richardson
Ahe
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Egan
Benin
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York
Scott Lu
Newport, R. 1
Scott
Cornsman
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