Illinois Supreme Court Decision Foretold in Dispatch
A Chicago dispatch reports the Illinois Supreme Court will affirm the new verdict in the Anarchists case. The opinion is to be filed by the justice who wrote it, with the other justices fully acquainted. vote was unanimous to uphold the lower court finding. The piece also references Boyd vs United States and Kilbourn vs Thompson regarding privacy and congressional inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Supreme Court
Chicago Dispatch
Herald
Supreme Court
Eeu
Ewe
Ball
Circuit Or District Court of the
United States
Boyd
Court of the Unitedates
Kilbourn
House of Congress
South crops boost hopes for farmers and debt pay year
Reports from the Manufacturers' Record via Baltimore indicate a very strong South crop outlook. Corn yields exceed 1885 and 1884 by tens of millions of bushels, cotton prospects dip but remain large, tobacco expected to rise with acreage. Overall, farmers are poised for prosperity and a debt‑paying year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Pivon
Says & Baltimore Dispatch
South
Coterow and followers settle on Utah reservation
Chicago dispatch reports General Terry receiving word from Fort Duchesne Utah dated August 29 that Coterow and his followers are at Ouray Agency fifty miles from the Colorado line and intend to remain on the reservation. Settlers have driven Indians from land while Colrovw leads a cautious retreat toward the reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coterow
Chicago
Terry
Fort Duchesne
Utah
Ouray Agency
Colorado
Kee
Chirtie
Auray
Mystery of Terre Haute Woman Ends in Skeleton Found
One year after Mrs. Eliza McAlister went missing on a Chicago and Alton train between St Louis and Kansas City, her skeleton was found along the Missouri River bank near Marshall. A ring bearing her name identified the remains. authorities suspect robbery and disposal from the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza McAlister
Terre Haute
Ind
Chicago
Wires Flash News From Across The Nation
New York Democrats plan a state convention at Saratoga on September 27. A fire in Levanna Ohio destroyed twenty dwellings and the Boyd Manufacturing mill, with losses around 100000 and insured. A freight train near Clinton Illinois derailed injuring two trainmen likely fatally. A steam thrashing boiler exploded near Flint Michigan killing Lyman Curtis and Daniel Steegar while injuring others. A buggy quarrel in Auburn Iowa ended with one man killed. Philadelphia saw coal firms Robert Hare Powel and Sons fail, liabilities about 1578000, assets over 4000000, tied to Charles E Pennock & Co. suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Daniel Steegar
Belle Newcomb
Jennie Fosdick
Wade Tupper
D. Newt
Auburn
Iowa
Tupper
Philadelphia
Robert Hare Powel & Co
Robert Hare Powel, Sons & Co
Charles E. Pennock & Co
Coateville
Gladstone Opens Debate on Irish Proclamation and National League
In the House of Commons a cable dispatch reports Mr. Gladstone moving a humble address to Queen Victoria challenging the Irish Viceroy's proclamation of the National League as a dangerous association. He condemned the lack of parliamentary information justifying the proclamation and called for its immediate reconsideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
House of Commons
Ireland
National League Dangerous Association
Duke of Connaught
Egypt
Order of the Bath
London
Bristol Channel
Zanzibar
Emin Bey
John Mandeville
County Cork
Condon
East Tipperary
William O'Brien
Mandeville
Retired Rear Admiral Craven Dies at Charlestown Navy Yard
Rear Admiral Craven United States Navy retired died suddenly at Charlestown yard where he visited his son the civil engineer of the yard He was about 80 years old Senator Riddieberger Virginia issues a two column vindication regarding contempt of court matter related to the case at hand and the San Francisco US Court blocks Pacific Railway investigation by refusing to compel Senator Stanford to answer questions or produce books Justice delivers an abstract of the decision.
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Craven
United States Navy
Charlestown
Maes) Navy Yard
Riddieberger
Virginia
United States Court
San Francisco
Pacific Railway
Stanford
Emigrant Train Collision Kills Two in Ohio Valley
An emigrant train on the Baltimore and Ohio line collided with a freight train twenty miles east of Wheeling. Engineer Al Smith and fireman Isaac Arbuthnot were killed instantly. freight train crew injured lightly. Fifteen emigrants seriously hurt but none fatally. Cause cited as misinterpreted orders by the freight train engineer who believed he had right of way.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Wheeling
al Smith
Isaac Arbuthnot
Lawrenceburg
Colored Baptist Church
Nashville, Tenn
Standard Oil Works
Pearce
Swan
New Mexico
Black Range
Theodore Edwards
Lefebre
Lafleur
Boucherville
Owosso
Mich
W. G. Ketcham
Timothy Coughlin
Chateworth
Montreal Herald
Herald
Herald Company
Utes Fights Near Meeker Stir Denver Dispatches
Denver reports detail a clash six miles west of Rangely between Colorow's Utes and Kendall’s men. Casualties include several Indians and one white man. Major Leslie’s scouts and Aspen volunteers pressed the defense amid a two hour battle. Colorow is described as defensive with no confirmed war intent.
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Denver
Adams
Major Brooks
Glenwoop Springs
Col
Lie
Cowboy
Kendall
F. M. Reardon
Glenwood Springs
California and Oregon Railway Company
California
Roseville
Sacramento
California and
Oregon
Colorow
Meeker
Rangely
Leslie
Hooper
Aspen
Dr. Dunmont
Jack Ward
Denver Dispatch
New York
John M. Ward
National League
Brotherhood
Dawn M. Srrruer
Pacific Railway Commission
Chicago
Pacific Railway
Sioux City
Banking Crisis Looms As Dansville Bank Fails
The First National Bank of Dansville closes its doors amid a nationwide wave of failures. July 1887 records show $50,000 paid-in capital, $15,000 surplus, and $7,000 undivided profits. The piece notes widespread business weakness, rising money market ease from gold imports, and uneven recovery with cotton prices steady and wool not improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of
Dansville
R G Dan & Co
United States
Canada
Pittsburgh
New York
Standard Oil Company
Washington
Arkansas
Political conventions and appointments across states
Maryland Republicans nominate Walter B. Brooks for Governor and others at Baltimore August 24. Pennsylvania Prohibition delegates nominate Simeon B. Chase for Supreme Court Judge and D. C. Irish for State Treasurer, with a platform supporting woman suffrage immigration limits and public lands for settlers. Civil Service Commission receives 212 male eligibles for war department vacancies. Alexander McCue named Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries replacing Baird. Georgia's Glenn bill shelved. lower house approves a race coeducation stance and blocks funds to Atlanta University pending assurances.
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Lewis E. McComas
Maryland
Baltimore
Walter B. Brooks
R. B. Dixon
Talbot County
Francis Miller
Montgomery County
Harrisburg
Simeon B. Chase
Supreme Court
D. C. Irish
Civil Service Commission
Secretary of War
Alexander McCue
New York
Fish and Fisheries
Baird
McCue
the Treasury
Dodge Waives Hearing In Slaying Case At Gardner
Miss Sarah H. Dodge, accused of killing Walter Babcock, Chicago lumber merchant, waives a hearing and is admitted to bail of 10000 dollars. State's Attorney Carter signals doubt about conviction, noting little chance of prosecution by Babecock’s friends and possible self defense or accident defenses.
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Gardner, Ill
Sarah H. Dodge
Walter & Babcock
Chicago
Carter
Miss Dodge
Far Reaches of a Death Mystery and Related Crimes
The dispatch covers the Babcock case with talk of Miss Dodge and Sarah Dodge in Gardner Illinois, plus a violent Colfax Forsythe County incident where Mahala Sapp was harmed and Hairston was killed near a school. It mentions a Havana police clash, a New York arrest tied to a Minnesota theft, and Rev. Seymour’s elopement and church funds theft.
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Raleigh
8. C
Mahala Sapp
Jesse Sapp
Colfax
Forsythe County
Horo
Hairston
Babcock
Gardner
Sarah Dodge
Grandy County Grand Jury
Washington
State Department
McGarigle
First National Bank of
Burlington
Col
Havana
Cuba
David Seymour
John A Henry
Janesville
Minn
New York
Europe
Seymour
Henry
Commodities move in price listings across cities
A dense OCR style price table from New York Chicago Milwaukee St. Louis Toledo Cincinnati and others shows assorted grains, dairy, meats, and produce. Prices for wheat corn oats and butter are listed with varying grades and market points, reflecting a wide regional snapshot of agricultural trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ms Deco Creamery
Milwaukee
ST. Louis
New Moss
Toledo
Waurat
Caeb
Eeess
Cies
Uae
Eihieke
Cincinnati
Cicccmvmronnieneneinn
BOO
Eveeweenress
East Liberty
Duel over Shakespeare and Bacon claims in Donnelly study
New York World excerpt by Thomas Davidson argues Ignatius Donnelly's Great Cryptogram supports Baconian authorship of the Shakespeare plays. Davidson, once skeptic, highlights Baconian parallels, cipher details, and Donnelly's life. notes the cipher rules remain partly unsettled while deeming Donnelly not a crank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York World
Ignatius Donnelly
Shakspeare
Lord Bacon
Thomas Davidson
Donnelly
Davidson
Bacon
William Shakspeare
Stratford
Avon
St. Albans
England
Mr. Donnelly
Minnesota
Mississippi
Mr. Davidson
Elizabeth
Hayward
Henry IV
Bell and Clover End Publication Ties
The Bell collapses with debts while Clover preserves clean hands and enters new ventures. Clover will keep the printing and bookbinding offices tied to the Bell. the humorist moves to a New York and Chicago daily syndicate group.
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Bell
Clover
New York
Chicago
Notorious Jesse Pomeroy’s Escape Plot Foiled
Boston dispatch reports Jesse Pomeroy the boy murderer attempted a careful escape from Charlestown State Prison by sawing through cell bars. Gelatine and steel filings disguised the damage. two fine saws were found on his person. He pledged he would kill the guard if given time to reach the corridor window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Pomeroy
Charlestown
Pomeroy
Winslow
Dakota Bell Ends Its Run In Sioux Falls Telegram
The Dakota Bell, a locally noted humor weekly, publishes its valedictory in today’s issue and will cease publication. Publisher Samuel T. Clover and humorist Fred H. Carruth have decided that opportunities elsewhere in the Territory are stronger.
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Dakota
Sioux Falls (Dak
Dakota Bell
Samuel T. Clover
Fred. H. Carruth
A Noted Ball Player Richardson of Detroit Club
Richardson, famed as one of the Big Four and later the Big Five, is a veteran of eight seasons with the Detroit Club. He ranks eighth all time with a .301 average, led by a .351 clip in 1886, and posted a .940 infield average with a .899 fielding mark.
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Grand Army
Connecticut
Richardson
Detroit
Hardy Richardson
Buffalos
Thompson
Supreme Council of American Legion of Honor Adjourns
The Supreme Council of the American Legion of Honor has adjourned after eight days of sessions. Visiting members praised the hospitality extended during their stay and the week ended with a banquet and toasts including one to the President of the United States. The Legion currently has 63,000 members and has paid nearly $9,500,000 in death and sick benefits.
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Supreme Council of the American Legion of Honor
United States
McLean
Legion
Food and heat balance in all seasons by Abernethy’s view
The Philadelphia Ledger notes that yearly food needs are surprisingly small for repair and growth, while heat generation varies. Blood temperature stays near 98.3 degrees in winter and summer, so the body uses less food for heat in summer yet risks health from excess intake.
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Abernethy
Philadelphia Ledger
Two Kansas women at the polls recall color coded tickets
In a Nashville American clipping, a chatty exchange reports two Kansas women voting yesterday. One recalls seeing a red ticket and mistaking it for a dress color, revealing playful confusion about party symbols and election day memory.
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Kansas
Minnie
Ublican
Nashville American
Ruskin Critiques Cheap Churches in Tendon Suburb
The English architect John Ruskin reportedly advised incautious Christians building a cheap Tendon mission chapel to reflect on affordability and purpose. He questioned why churches were built beyond means and suggested preaching behind hedges instead of incurring debt, calling an iron church “the damnablest.”
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Tur
England
John Ruskin
Tendon
Ruskin
Hawthorne Quote Reflects Women Shaping Domestic Life
A Hawthorne line envisions a woman’s office as central to practical affairs and to imbuing routine tasks like washing and cooking with beauty and joy. The quote elevates domestic labor as worthy and uplifting within daily life.
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Hawthorne
Trinity Church Rector and Assistants Salaries Reported
Reverend Doctor Dix at Trinity Church New York receives a $30000 annual salary. His two assistants are paid $5000 each, according to the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Dix
Trinity Church
New York
The Langley legend claims a hanging was a ruse
Campbell Langley, resident of Bell County Texas, asserts his son Bill Langley faked his hanging in Gid dings County twelve years ago with a California uncle’s $4000 bribe. The supposed corpse was buried and Bill later lived freely in Nicaragua as a rancher. Sheriff Jim Brown is dead, and the tale is told amid local skepticism from those who know the Langley family.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Campbell Langley
Bill Langley
Bell County
Lexington
Lee County
Senet
Lee
Bell Counties
Campell Langley
Gidings County
Jim Brown
Supreme Court
Bill
California
Coffn
Nicaragua
Central America
Sherif Brown
Rights of Ball-Players Movement to Reform Buying and Selling
Boston dispatch reports baseball players forming the Brotherhood of League Base-Ball Players led by Ward of New York. They seek abolition or reform of player trading, promise no strikes, and anticipate amicable settlement to prevent disruption of the National League with public sympathy likely on the players' side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Dispatch
Brotherhood of League
Ward
New York
Brotherhood
National League
Williamson
Celebration of the Twenty Fifth Anniversary of the Battle
New Ulm Minnesota celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary of the battle with a welcome for surviving defenders who risked their lives to defend the city. Recalled were drafts for the Civil War the Sioux conflicts and Colonel Charles Flandrau's rescue from St Peter. Citizens from Mankato St Paul Le Sueur St Peter and other towns joined the observance as streets were decked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Ulm
Minn
Minnesota
Charles Flandrau
St. Paul
St. Peter
Mankato
le Sueur
Miss Minna Pollock Becomes NYC Commissioner
Miss Minna R Pollock is named the first female Commissioner in New York City. She is the daughter of Julius L Pollock of Hamburg Germany and Mrs Elliott Haswell Pollock of Glasgow Scotland. Born in Manchester England she lived in Hamburg and New York City before completing education in Glasgow England and Vienna Austria. A well travelled woman with broad experience.
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Minna R. Pollock
New York City
Julius L. Pollock
Hamburg
Germany
Elliot Haswell Pollock
Glasgow
Scotland
Miss Pollock
Manchester
England
Vienna
Austria
Immigrants Swindled by College Currency in Hamilton
Complaint alleges immigrants at Castle Garden saw paper imitating United States money called college currency. It was traced to Jacob H. Long’s Hamilton printing office where plates were seized and warned against further printing. The imitation closely resembles US notes, especially the back. It was intended for business colleges but used to swindle strangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Castle Garden
United States
Jacob H. Long
Hamilton
Ohio
Enormous Salmon-Canning Surge in Alaska Cannery Output
Reports from Kodiak Island say the Kadiuk Cannery fell in with an extraordinary salmon run. By July 12, 30 000 cases were canned and the company plans at least 70 000 more this season. Cook Inlet cannery workers toil through nights while Nushejekar River operations mirror the rush. The Alaska pack is expected to offset smaller canning elsewhere.
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Alaska
San Francisco
Kadiuk
Kodiak Island
Cook's Inlet
Nushejekar River
Columbia River
Galveston Telegram Details Richard Stewart in Mexican Jail
Richard Stewart, a Galveston relative, has been jailed for four months in Ojenila Mexico on fraud charges. He claims a trampl ed case engineered by rivals seeking control of his Texas and Chihuahua business interests. He appeals for U S government intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Richard Stewart
Chihuahua
Mexico
Ojenila
United States
Stewart
United States District
J. Stewart
Austin
Swiss Law Urges Newlyweds to Plant Trees
A curious Swiss custom requires every newly married couple to plant a tree after the wedding. Willows are planted on wedding days, while birches are chosen for birthdays, marking a woodland ritual linked to the couple's milestones.
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Switzerland
Iodine Found Free in Woodhall Spa Water
A new element, previously known only in compounds, has been found in free form in the waters of Woodhall Spa near Lincoln England. The water appears brown due to the iodine content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodhall Spa
Lincoln
England
Overruling Superstitions in China and Dyspepsia Remedies
The article discusses Chinese Feng Shui and ancestral worship as barriers to progress, noting the Great Dragon metaphor and April graves with costly offerings. It then shifts to a health advert touting Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a trusted remedy for dyspepsia, claiming broad benefits and professional sanction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Ningpo
Harps and Harsh Cries At Guadalupe Gambling Booths
A description from American Magazine notes near a church in Guadalupe booths where music of harps and guitars plays while visitors gamble openly. Men women and children partake in varied stakes and games as voices calling deals echo, yet participants display calm, celebratory mood rather than typical gambling frenzy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalupe
Bal Let Master Reflects on Diminished Fame
An elderly man in a car confides to a traveling companion that he feels his usefulness has passed. He recalls a past in show business and longs for applause and sawdust. The man asserts he was a ballet master, not a circus performer, clarifying his former occupation.
Liver Health and Blood Purity Warned by Physician
The article urges keeping the liver in order to prevent disease and blood stagnation. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as an effective remedy to act upon the liver and purify the blood, implying health and strength from clean bodily channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
O Pierce
Dr. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Mein St. Buffalo
Pope Discusses Buyout for a Dder and Women's Ailments
A satirical note cites the Pope on avoiding threats to remove a bothersome person by “buying him out.” It references Dr. R V Pierce and his remedies for women, claiming cures for conditions like displacements and ulceration.Price reduced to one dollar by druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope
R V. Pierce
Renee
Beards as Symbols of Rank in Ancient Asia and Egypt
The text notes that long beards signified dignity in ancient India Persia and Assyria, while Egyptian depictions often show kings without beards to indicate high status. It frames beards as a badge of dignity in some cultures and a mark of rank without them in Egypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Persia
Assyria
Awakening Clergy Role Shapes Early Anglo-Saxon Society
The text notes that before Christianity Anglos lacked distinctions and that clergy were later compelled by law to share. It also compares a spring mattress to spring chicken, indicating a seasonal metaphor.
Extract of Moxe Nerve Plant Sparks Public Dispute
The article claims eight cents worth daily extract of the Moxe Nerve Plant can help hardworking people save time by preventing Senscan loss. Dealers call the sale well known, while nervous women spread talk if a bottle circulates, and curiosity drives purchases even at the price of a bonnet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rena
English Passenger Sacrifices Hat in Hat Box Plan
In a German first class carriage an Englishman hats his wind blown cap with a hat box throw. He boasts the box will return his hat, as it bears his full name and hotel address. The German crowd laughs, then admires the English for practicality.
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Germany
Passenge
Paris Morning News
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Telegraph
the News
Lants
Broad Ocean
Tare South.s
Glenn
Georgia
Atlanta University
American Legion of Honor
Washington Dispatch
Beecher’s Wistem
Hell Gate
Marshal Air
Scott
Neott
Garden of Eden
Adam's
Loisette
Mark Twain
Mr. Proctor
W. W. Astor
Judah P. Benjamin
de Buckley
Prof. L
Fifth Ave
Columbia Law
Yale
Meriden
Norwich
Wellesley College
University of Peon
Odd Fellows
Rock Island
RL & P. By
A. Horproox
P. Ry
Chicago, Il
Lyon
Druggista
Ely
Fezers
FREY
Awit Feeir
Fety Rein Holder Co
Holly
Hood
W. Huis
Millersburg
C. I. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Densing Giles Seomerezati
Bath Pensions
T Fzgrral Powell
Indianapolis
J. Stephens
Lebaron
Cireslars
Bank
Express Co
Uencinnat
MES Co
Kidder
Guinea
WM. F. Kidder & CO
N.Y
Paowrtz
Cruegist
R. W. Tansill & CO
Richard Proctor
Hone W.W Astor
Jada P. Benjamin
Dr. Minor
University of Penna
Prospectus Post Free
Loisetie
iPhis
Webster
Frith
G. G
C. Merriam & CO
Pul're
Springfield
Mase
Piso
Warren
Wiptes
Antes
Bright
Druggietsx
Euarret & Coc
Tee. Ie
Louts
Ballard Gallery
Marlin Fire Arms Co
Laven
Conn
Bid &F
Sore
Vali
Ler
Drugg
OL Company
Jgowers
S.lcnen
Cnet
TOWER
Procter & Gamble
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