Engineering Congress Opens At World's Fair In Chicago
Report from Aug 1 on the Engineers congress at the Chicago World’s Fair. Major events include opening addresses by Chanute and departmental divisions, with 600 delegates from the United States and Europe. News covers awards controversy, souvenir sale for a teachers’ home, and notable speeches by Burnham Coxe and others. Includes obits and notices from various states and a series of financial failures and bank suspensions in several western towns.
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Thatcher
Chicago
Columbus
Eiginbotham
Worp
Catcaco
Donald McNaughton
Empire State
New York
National Commission
J. McPherson
Illinois Central
Associated American
Music Hall
Director of Works and Exposition Engineers
O.F. J. Porter
Burnham
Eckley
American Society of Engineers
Cox
Krupp
Court of Appeals
Tonsley
Minnesota
Full Commission On Awards
Executive Committee On
The
New Yorker
John Boyd Thatcher
Cook County
Commission On Awards
America
England
William Robinson
Boston
Higinbotham
Spain
Isabella
High Seas
Golden Islands
New World
Veragua
Infanta Eulalia
Art Institute
Congress of Engineers
Europe
C. Chanute
Wiliam Metcalf
American Society of Civil Engineers
Congress of Architects
Associated Engineers’ Societies
Convention opens as Silverites gather in Chicago
Governor Waite and Mayor Harrison lead a large Silverite gathering with delegations from Colorado, Kansas and the south. The convention forms a permanent committee structure while debates over free coinage of silver dominate. Over 1,000 attendees fill the Great Western and Montauk HQs as July silver purchases fall short of the Sherman law.
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Carcano
Colorado
Palmer House
Waite
Hill and
Tabor
Judge Rising
Boutt
India
Reagan
Texas
Congress
Warner
J. H. McDowell
Tennessee
People’s Party
South
Kansas
Great Western Hotel
Nebraska
Harbey
Commission
Coin
Montauk
Harrison
Washineton
Treasury
Messia
Peace Bell
Carlisle
Preston
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
France Moves to Enforce Siam Ultimatum and Blockade
Paris officials signal decisive action to compel Siam to honor the 1860 treaty terms. The Siamese port blockade will stay until France’s demands are met as gunboats bolster the fleet. London reports rising unrest and a second Fuhrt blockade notice as French forces press Bangkok. A Chicago trip is planned to study a Mississippi River valley export route to Europe via Gulf and Atlantic.
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France
Paris
Siam
Frances
London
Bangkok
Koh Si Chang
Human
Pallas
Swift
M. Paiie
Saigon
Humann
Toreka
Lewelling
Chicago
Mississippi River Valley
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Judge Miller Improves as Graduation Note Appears
Bay City Michigan July 27 Judge Albert Miller shows steady improvement. The transcribed remarks from President Wood to the class of 1892 highlight the blend of married classical learning with practical modern civilization. The item notes the Georgias colored minstrel show touring, with performers Billy Kersands and others, appearing August 18 at the Atlantic Opera House.
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Judge Miller
Bay City
Mich
Albert Miller
Agricultural College
Wood
Republic of Letters
Messrs
Billy Kersands
Jas. Croaby
the Great Gauze
Billy Reynolds
Cheathem Bros
W. O. ‘Erry
Crescent City Quartette
Atlantic Opera House
Dwlt
Y P C U Convention Held At College Springs
The Fifth Annual Young People's Christian Union convention met at the U P church in College Springs Presbytery with Rev C F Crooks presiding pro tem. Sermon by Rev W R Gray urged immediate work in God’s vineyard and service to self, nation, and mission. Delegates numbered about forty five. reports from St Louis convention and presbytery societies followed, with medical student Dr D F Emmert noted for extensive training.
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Young People’s Christian Union
College Springs
U. P. Church of Our City
C. F. Crooks
J. A. Thompson
Torkio College
L. N. Lafferty
Creston
W. R. Gray
Cointe
Misa Franc Steward
Red Oak
Miss Elder
Tingley
J. D. Graham
St. Louis
Sandy Reed Arrested for Rape in Iowa Case
Information sworn by A Skonover details an assault involving fifteen year old Ida Skonover near Wiota. Dan Reed known as Sandy abducted her toward the cold storage building, threatening with a revolver. He was bound over to the grand jury and jailed in Atlantic.
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Sandy" Reed
A. Skonover
Mr. Skonover
Wiota
Atlantic
Dan Reed
Sandy
Council’ Bluffs
Reed
Ida Skonover
Wallace
Silas Wilson Company forms nursery business in Atlantic
The Telegraph reports the incorporation of the Silas Wilson Company with $150,000 capital, $40,000 paid in, located in Atlantic, Ja. Incorporators include Silas Wilson and four others, who will serve as directors. The piece notes Atlantic as a growing nursery center and praises Wilson’s soil tests and market reach extending to Minneapolis, the Dakotas, and the Rocky Mountains. Also covered are the Atlantic Military Band’s street performance and local notes on Prott Wilson and Edmund’s studies.
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Atlantic
Tax Telegraph
Silas Wilson
Julian Phelps
F.H. Crombie
A. W. Dickerson
F.c.temple
Minneapolis
Dakotahs
Rocky Mountains
Wilson
Atlantic Military Band
Chestnut Street
J. W. Love
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Minn
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Omaha
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New York City
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Dick Harding
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