Secretary Blaine Resumes Official Duties in Washington
Washington reports show Secretary Blaine arrived in capital in seeming frail health with some weight lost but eyes bright and mobility steady. He plans to resume duties at the State Department while likely drafting most of his annual report at home for quiet. Meanwhile Colonel C P Haines, father of Thornton Haines, has been relieved from his Potomac river work and reassigned to harbor improvements in Portland Maine. Major Lewis C Overman to assume Haines’s duties.
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Washngtox
Blaine
Washington
State Department
C. P. Haines
Thornton Haines
Ned Hannegan
Fortunes Monroe
Potomac River
Portland
Maine
Lewis C. Overman
Tenth
Cleveland
Haines
Jrong
Ming
Thornton
Sensation in Berlin dubbed Jack the Ripper style murder
Berlin reports a gruesome female murder in a squalid lodging, victim Hedwi Nitsche of Holamarket Gasse. A well-dressed stranger was seen with her at 1 a m before fleeing, blood spattered the room, and police probe multiple suspects but lack leads as the case draws a large reward.
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Berlin
Hedwi; Nitsche
Holamarket Gasse
Texas school land law under the dollar act debated
San Antonio October 26 state attorney J B Early of the 88th district visits on a matter affecting Texas land holders nationwide. The dollar act requires down payments and yearly interest on the remainder, with many clients advised that annual interest relaxes land payments, affecting thousands of acres across the state.
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San Antonio
J. B. Early
88Th Judicial District
Uvalde
Kerr
Kendall
Medina
Texas
Sta
Novel plan saves life of laborer Feltheger in Kansas
In Stave Sworts Kansas on October 26 a line man used an inventive method to rescue laborer Joseph Feltheger, who was trapped while excavating for a sewer. Feltheger remained alive, and witnesses credited the quick, unconventional action as the key to his survival.
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Stave Sworts
Kan
Joseph Feltheger
Feltheger
Walthegers
Burt
Growth of the South industrial boom week ending Oct 24
The Tradesman reports 51 new industries 11 new buildings 8 new railroads in the week ending Oct 24. Key additions include a carriage factory at Anniston Alabama a coal and coke company at Piedmont West Virginia and several mills plants and tram lines across multiple states. New rail lines electric lines and a street car line are planned with many capital investments and new structures listed.
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Cuatlaxcoaa
the Tradesman
Anniston
Ala
Piedmont
W. Va
Chester
8. C
Glenwood
Sheffield
Lawrenceburg
Arlington
Ten
Jefferson, Tenn
New Decatur
Knoxville
Sulphur Springs
Tex
Birmingham
Pittsburg
Stanley
Owensboro
Wheeling
Flatonia
Temple
Anderson, D. C
Phosphate
Ocala
Little Rock
Ark
Memphis
Vicksburg
Miss
Axelandria
Cynthiana
Roaring Creek
W. C A
Alpharetta
Folkston
Macon
Ashley and Richmond
Fla
Ashville
Cumberland Gap
Tenn
Tampa
Tuscaloosa
Washington, Ga
Princeton
Marietta
Sapencoals Ga
Chattanooga
Fort Worth
National Union Company Establishes Kentucky Depot
The National Union Company, linked to the Florida farmers' convention and Polk approval, sets a Kentucky state depot in Louisville led by W. H. Harris and E. A. Bedinger Jr. as general manager. Plans include 35 stores statewide with Louisville as distributing hub amid existing Farmers' Alliance trade. In New York, detectives uncover a green goods ring, cipher code, and 500000 circulars sent to writers, with Frank Brooks and Terrence delivering letters to recipients.
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National Union Company
Louisville
New York
Ocala
Fla
Polk
Kentucky
W. H. Harris
Union For
E. A. Bedinger, Jr
Farmers’ ' Alliance
Wilson
National Union
Byville
Paducah
Hopkinsville
Bowling Green
Harrodsburg
Bloomfield
Weat Point
Seeraae
Union
Frank Brooks
Terrence Mi
Hey
Ins. Byrnes
Murdered the Mother and Children in Queen City Texas
Fragmentary OCR recalls a driver saving a woman from a steam team fatality while another item reports Lee Green, a 19 year old Black man, shooting Mrs Lowe, wife of a pearl farmer, in Queen City Texas. The text is garbled and lacks full details.
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Queen Crry
Tex
Lee Green
Mra. Lowe
Up in Flames Seven Bridges Burned on Georgia Central Line
A Tennille Tennille Tennille report says seven bridges burned on the Georgia Central railroad between Sawhill and Tennille in one night. Trains delayed telegraph lines cut. Incendiaries unknown but suspected as relatives of Thornton the express robber. Railroad officials offer no clues.
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Sawhill
Tennille
Central Railroad
Friends of Express
Thornton
Atlanta
Washington County
Rube Burrows
Sunhill
Georgia Central Railroad
Distress cries amid frost and famine reports
From Sr. Peterssura Oct 26 reports 20,000,000 people without food as frost renews distress cries. Kovlaks and corn merchants blamed for extortionate prices. a Bathiho woman finds her children dead with stomachs filled by rags. Beazen district plagued by disease and depopulation. Hair trade abuses noted and desertions rise.
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Peterssura
Novostoe
Samara
Bathiho
Farm
Beazen
Noted forger in custody linked to Philadelphia detective
Atlanta dispatch reports William Frankel alias Julius Friend, a famed forger, captured at the police station by Philadelphia detective William R. Hulfish. Described as educated, fluent in multiple languages, and a morphine addict, Frankel faces extradition and is said to have forged checks in several cities including New York, St. Louis, Boston, and Philadelphia. He will be sent to Philadelphia tonight, with authorities seeking other captures.
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Atlanta
Philadelphia
William Frankel
Julius Friend
New York
St. Louis
Boston
William R. Hulfish
Frankel
Germany
New Orleans
Wadsworth Slams Kirmess and King Solomon in Avensra
In Avensra Georgia on October 26 a large crowd heard Rev. Wadsworth denounce the kirmess and King Solomon. He argued dancing harms spiritual life, attacked Episcopal endorsement as neutral in politics and religion, and labeled the kir niss a job scheme for an itinerant dancing master. He claimed Episcopalians lack the church spirit and warned of improper attire and crowds at such shows.
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Avensra
Wadsworth
Kirmess
Solomon
Dumbell
Chattanooga
Episcopal Church
Hoe
Church of God
Atlanta
Augusta
Georgia
West
South
College for Colored Girls to Locate in Jackson Mississippi
Misa Mary Holmes of Minols informs Jackson that a committee has chosen this city to host her endowment college. It will be an industrial institute for colored girls of Mississippi, with estimated construction around 75000 dollars. The colored people donated twenty acres and are glad the price is secured after competing offers from other cities.
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Jackson, Miss
Misa Mary Holmes
Minols
Jackson
Mississippi
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