Tornado Strikes Northwestern Ohio Skims Fair Grounds
Toledo dispatch reports a fierce tornado Tuesday afternoon near Adrian Michigan and Sylvania Ohio, narrowly missing the Tri-State Fair Grounds. It caused extensive damage to the Northwestern Ohio Insane Asylum with losses around 10 000 dollars, while farms orchards and a brick schoolhouse at Mudge's Corner were damaged. no fatalities or injuries to citizens were reported.
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Insane Asylum
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Frances Folsom Dixon Declines New York Invitation
The letter from Frances Folsom Cleveland explains her reluctance to attend a New York ceremony with the president, citing her role as the first lady and her belief he has no part in the public event. The page also notes a League pennant race with five strong clubs and lists win-loss records and standings.
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James E. Fitzg Gurren
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Failures Hit Iron and Leather Firms in Midwest and East
Dispatches from New Haven report the failure of E. Wheeler & Co. importers of iron and steel with liabilities of 2 000 000. The house has branches in several cities including Chicago. The Wisconsin Leather Company of Milwaukee, oldest of its kind in the West, yielded to judgments Monday and went under with liabilities said to be 400 000. No asset statements available yet. Mr B K Miller was appointed receiver.
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E. Wheeler & Co
Chicago
Wisconsin Leather Company
Milwaukee
West
B. K. Miller
Telegraphic Brevities From The Era
The Charles Stewart Paper Co of Cincinnati failed with about 75000 in assets and 100000 in liabilities. Ann Arbor City Treasurer removed for $6078 cash shortage. Garden Springs Illinois explosion injures William Bumphus and two others fatally. Elk City Nebraska night hawk shooting: Streat dies and nephew wounded by a misfired cartridge. Rawson Ohio nearly destroyed by fire from a locomotive spark. loss 60000 to 100000. Ponsonby estates evictions in Ireland halted. 26 tenants protected. Ayoub Khan, after Persia, seeks aid among border tribes to seize the Afghan throne. Ameer's forces may counter.
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Mich
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Henry Streat
Elk City
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Findlay
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Ireland
Persia
Ayoub Khan
Ameer
Ayoub
Financial and social unrest across cities in late 19th century notes
A broad summary reports bank and firm troubles including Gace bank official suits, Pennock Co and Valley Iron Works issues, and a Boston coal firm with Powell. It cites improving trade signals for cotton while wheat and corn remain mixed. Labor Day parades in Chicago and other cities mark public demonstrations, alongside criminal acts and vigilante actions in Kentucky and Ohio, with embezzlement and lynching cases noted.
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of & Co
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Valley Iron Works
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New York
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Kentucky Furniture Manufacturing Company
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Allentown Nominates Thompson and McGrath at Democratic State Nominating
At the Democratic State convention in Allentown J Ross Thompson was named for Supreme Court justice and Bernard J McGranh for Treasurer. The platform backs debt payment from surplus, tax reform, pensions for veterans, Ireland Home Rule sympathy, anti monopoly aims, and lands opened to settlers. A Des Moines dispatch notes the Greenback party’s demise and Iowa factions. The Des Moines convention yielded Democratic nominations including Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Superintendent. The Mills interview indicates tariff reform plans and no formal Democratic tariff talks yet.
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Paris Guillotine and Exeter Theater Fire Tragedy News
Paris reports Pranzini was executed at five o'clock this morning after protests of innocence. In Exeter, England a theater fire during The Romany Rye caused panic, with many crushed or burned. about 130 dead and numerous injured. Gladstone responds to Duke of Argyle, calling for legal action rather than force.
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Death of Bishop William Logan Harris in New York
The noted bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, William Logan Harris, died at his New York residence after years of ill health and recurring heart disease. The obituary notes his standing in the church and his long service.
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Balloon ascent ends in deadly fall near Princeton
Mercer County Fair incident reports Randall Blakeslee a half breed Indian hanging to a trapeze during balloon ascent. He swung up to 2000 feet then lost grip and fell landing in a cornfield breaking thighs. Pueblo Colorado recounts a water tank car runaway on the Denver and Santa Fe line near Palmer Lake. A brakeman escaped but a collision with hand-cars left one man dead John Gallagher and George Golden survived the crash. St Henry tannery fire at Moseley’s causes 100000 loss. A Leavenworth Kansas derailment on Union Pacific kills engineer James Munden brakeman T W Brown and fireman Frank Chase.
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Ives Career: Young Financier Grows Into Billionaire Risk Taker
A Washington telegraph profiles the rise of the so called Napoleon of Finance. Born in Connecticut, he moved to New York as a youth, worked as a Harpers bellboy, rose through brokerages, and within a decade built a banking house with wealth estimated from ten to twenty million dollars.
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Farm man shot on Pence melon field near Port Joland Ind
Eli Williams, a farmer near Port jland Indiana, was shot and killed while trespassing on a melon field owned by Levi Pence. Pence denies being the shooter. Frank McNeilly, a clerk at the Maco and Biddeford Savings Institution in Saco Maine, has fled with 3500 in cash and bonds totaling 276000. Detectives pursue the fugitive. the bank is solvent and cannot use 155000 in government bonds seized. McNeilly is 19. New Albany dispatch reports White Caps attacked Justice of the Peace John Hulds brand residence near
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Syndicate Buys Baltimore and Ohio Rail Way
A New York report states the Baltimore and Ohio Railway has been purchased by a syndicate including Baring Brothers J S Morgan Co Brown Shipley Co Drexel Morgan Co Kidder Peabody Co and Brown Brothers of New York. The line will be managed by acceptable parties most likely J S Cassatt with antagonisms removed and operations harmonized with other trunks. Staten Island work and the Philadelphia to New York line will stop as the syndicate advances 10 000 000 to settle debt and eye telegraph lines likely to Western Union.
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Nine Million Dollar Stock Suit From Wall Street Case
New York extends a special report on Ives & Co facing federal action to cancel nine million dollars of Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton stock issued as preferred stock. The suit argues the issuance was fraudulent while Ives and partner controlled the railroad. Wall Street holds most stock as collateral for loans.
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Napoleon of Finance
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Washington debt statement recaps interest bearing and non interest items
Recap shows total debt 1 671 081 815 including interest bearing bonds Certificates of deposit silver certificates and fractional currency with detailed figures for principal and interest. Notes decrease in debt during the month and cash available in the treasury for debt reduction are listed.
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Pacific Railroad
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General Butler Urges Universal Military Pensions
Boston dispatch reports General Butler at the Butler Club dinner commemorating Hatteras's capture advocating a service pension for every war veteran. He proposes using Treasury surplus to pension Confederates as nonresistant victims of the war. Corroder Tanner comments on Cleveland and St Louis remarks by opponents.
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Fisheries Dispute Interview Acknowledges British Commission
In Washington Secretary Bayard says the British Government will appoint a fisheries commission to secure a speedy, just, and honorable adjustment of long-pending issues over American fishing rights near British American shores.
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Cable Rates Cut and Capital Boost by Company
The Commercial Cable Company announces reduced telegram rates of twelve cents a word from New York to England Ireland and France and fifteen cents to Germany. The firm also votes to add 2,000,000 dollars to its capital through new funding.
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Germany
Commercial Cable Company
No man should live without purpose or joy in life
The quote urges healthy men with wealth to consider suicide if they do not enjoy life or help others. It argues against resenting unpreventable harms and counsels studious work, industriousness, and frugality as paths to wealth and health.
The World of Base Ball Eastern Trip Hurts White Stockings
Chicago correspondence reports Chicago's pennant hopes dimming after a tough Eastern trip. Detroit enjoys strong form and luck, widening their lead. Pettitt joins Chicago as an outfielder. Pettitt praised by Wilkes-Barre's manager and slated for right field. President Spalding remains confident Chicago can still win, condemning insinuations about bias and stressing merit-based play.
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White Stockings
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Anson
Robert Sttitt
Wilkesbarre
Pettitt
Pfeffer
van Haltren
Chicago Nine
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Beach
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Hewitt
Brush
Why Mormons Are Denied Passes
A St Louis Globe-Democrat note explains Mormon elders are denied railroad passes under a law that exempts ministers. They lack regular ordination and thus aren’t in charge of congregations on routes with reduced fares. The result is higher evangelization costs and intensified effort against unbelievers in the U S and Europe.
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Disciples of Brigham Young
Europe
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Dakota County Treasurers Cross Border in Laughable Exchange
A humorous exchange contrasts bankers and honesty in the Dakota Territory and Canada. A Dakota man boasts of financial integrity while an Eastern counterpart suggests treasurers can easily steal large sums by crossing the border, highlighting political opportunism and cross border banter.
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Canada
Dakota
Parson's Lesson Ends With Humorous Outburst
A Texas clergyman's wife sits in as a class is examined. When asked who sinned first in Eden, a boy named Tommy answers by hinting at the clergyman's wife and loudly proclaims she sinned first, delivering a comic baptism of wit in Teras Siftings.
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Teras Siftings
Scots tavern tale of stingo and a mug request
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a Scotch cobleman who treated tenantry to a sumptuous dinner and a delicate starter, a tiny glass of precious stingo. One gruff Scot enjoyed the taste so much he asked for more in a mug, much to the amusement of the guests.
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Detroit Free Press
A Chinese Complexion and Health Restored by Bitters
A discussion of jaundice and complexion linked to bile, praising Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a benign alterative. The article touts relief from tongue fur, nausea, headaches, rib or shoulder pain, bad breath, and digestive distress while claiming it cleanses liver and digestive organs without harsh cathartics or mercury. It credits Sarah with earning the public’s trust through steady performance and consistent claims.
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Togo
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Alpine wildflowers cultivated at high mountain stations
The extinction threat to edel weiss and other Alpine flowers spurred gardens and enclosures for cultivation and protection. At a mountain station around 7500 feet, Pyrenees Himalayas Caucasus and Alpine species are grown, while Papa hesitates to aid his daughter's happiness.
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Himalayas
Caucasus
Alps
Postage Costs in 1887 for Letters Over Distances
A historical note explains 1887 tariffs: single sheet letters over 100 miles cost 18 cents, over 400 miles 25 cents, with extra sheets adding to the rate. Billet-doux were costly and daily letters accumulated charges quickly. Young ladies bore the duty, while gallantry made men pay at both ends. Both sexes wrote less and used large mammoth sheets to vent.
Jury Rules For Dr Pierce Purgative Pellets
The people absolve Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as the standard remedy for bowel and stomach disorders biliousness sick headache dizziness constipation and sluggish liver in a unanimous verdict.
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Dr. Pierce
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