Crop failure in Europe sparks talk of grain shortages
Colonel J B Montgomery of Oregon, fresh from Germany, warns the European crop failure will cause distress. He cites a 33 percent shortfall in grain with Europe’s rye and wheat dwindling, and predicts U S wheat could reach 1.50 per bushel by Christmas due to demand.
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J. B. Montgomery
Oregon
New York
Germany
J.B. Montgomery
Fifth Avenue
Europe
Russia
France
America
Train Robbery At Samuels Texas Nets Thousands
Telegraphic copy reports six masked robbers halted a Southern Pacific train at Samuels Texas just after midnight. They looted the express car safe and mail sacks, fired over forty shots, and used dynamite to blast a window. The gang escaped toward Mexico. a bounty of 250 dollars per capita was offered for their capture. The item blends several other dispatches from Hamburg Atlanta and Portsville with varied notes.
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del Rio
Samuels
Texas
Southern Pacific Railway
Hiewindey
Express
Eepenters
Horsea
Mexico
Aleca
Polk ill but touring as third party talk swirls
News notes Polk of the National alliance, showing illness yet planning a campaigning tour through Missouri, Kansas, and Iowa. A report of third party recruitment is dismissed as a canard, with emphasis on his commitment to win if a ticket is fielded.
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Wasiingtox
Polk
National Alliance
Raleigh
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Alliance
South
Col. Ashe
Ashe
Polk's Warning Sparks Alarm in North Carolina Politics
Raleigh reports rumors that the third party led by President Polk of the national Alliance sent letters to political aspirants warning them to join or lose support. Confirmation states some letters reached North Carolina Democratic leaders and others nationwide, stirring Democratic voters. In a separate note, a Perry County Indiana railroad wreck near Pell City and Troy left four dead and sixteen injured as a mixed train derailed and burned. Engine crew escaped injury.
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Raleigh
People’s Party
Polk
National Alliance
Washington
North Carolina
Evansville
Commercial Gazette
Pell City
Troy
Perry County
Indiana
Jake App
Freman
Gordon
Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis
Captain Little Appointed Assistant Attorney General of Georgia
Governor Northen selects W. A. Little of Columbus to serve one year as assistant attorney general. A Talbot county native and noted Georgia politician, Little is regarded as an accomplished lawyer who has held several key posts and enjoys strong statewide popularity. The appointment is expected to meet broad approval. Chinamen Coming by Way of Canada reported in Rochester. Large numbers entering via Canada with a $100 bounty to land on U S soil, Chinamen risk landing near Charlotte after steamer voyage, potential border incidents suspected.
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Georgia
Ariana
Northen
W. A. Little
Columbus
Captain Little
Talbot County
Canada
Rochester
N. Y
United States
Charlotte
God
Adam
Eve
Glenwood hotel in Dallas burned by flames
A condensed dispatch notes the Glenwood hotel in Dallas Texas was destroyed by fire. Other items include rain brought to Wyoming by Frank Melbourne and various political and economic notes from New York Utah and St Petersburg.
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Glenwood
Dallas
Tex
Frank Melbourne
Wyoming
Jones
New York
Porter
H. D. Johnson
Lawrence
County
Ala
St. Petersburg
Perial Bank
Treasury Department
Robinson
Montreal
Two Workmen Fall From Church Scaffold in Tragic Accident
A scaffold at a Catholic church collapsed sending two workmen to the roof and ground. Doc McKennie sustained only bruises while John Bennett, a colored worker, broke his right leg. Dr. Miller treated him at home. The incident occurred around five in the evening with bystanders witnessing the fall.
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Doc McKennie
Jom Bennett
George T. Miller
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