Mayors Sword and Liberty Bell Marked Fourth at World’s Fair
Worp's Fark Grounds Curicano July 5 reports a dramatic Fourth of July at the World's Fair. Mayor Harrison wielded a Jackson sword and waved Liberty flowers as Mrs. Stafford hoisted the flag while crowds swore allegiance. The Columbian liberty bell rang, signaling nationwide patriotism amid vast attendance and a grand fireworks display.
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Fark
Curicano
Chestnut Street
Liberty
Independence
Sherman
Sheridan
Dom Pedro
Republic
Harrison
Thomas Jefferson
America
Andrew Jackson
Paul Jane
Jackson
Ajax
Stopped Just In Time
E W Bono and wife driving near Vincennes Indiana on Sunday evening spotted a burning trestle 15 feet deep chasm lay ahead for a westbound O and N train Bono ran ahead to flag the train it halted just in time before the gap News notes advise Des Moines voting on water works purchase with terms and payoff options by 1894
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Vincennes
Ind
E. W. Bono
Illinois
Des Moines
Mastodon finds reported in Glose mountains near Hennessy
O T July 6. M C Painter of Hennessy reports uncovering mastodon remains in the Glose mountains 75 miles west of here. They claim the bones are the most massive yet found in the southwest, including two teeth eight and eight and a half pounds, a leg bone 10 inches in diameter, and an ivory tusk five inches in diameter.
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Guturiz
O. T
M. C. Painter
Hennessy
Glose Mountains
Here
Merchant's carnival ends with accidental shooting
Minonk Illinois July 5 At a merchant's carnival Joseph Pickard a member of Pickard Bros was accidentally shot by Miss May C Mitchell who represented a hardware firm The wound is not considered serious
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Minonk
Als
Joseph Pickard
Pickard Bros
May C. Mitchell
Big Shop Reductions Hit Indianapolis Jobs
Indianapolis July 5. With market stringency, nearly 5000 workers in local manufacturing face layoffs as factories cut forces across several plants. Job losses underline continuing economic strain in the city’s industrial sector.
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Indianapolis
Miners Entombed After Yorkshire Explosion
Great excitement in Thornhill York shire after Ingram's colliery blast. One hundred and forty five miners were missing or entombed with fears of heavy loss. Four bodies recovered. rescue teams labor to reach any survivors as gas cleared briefly in the evening.
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Lonpoy
Thornhill
Yorkshire
Ingram’s
Paris Police Struggle to Deter Riot in Latin Quarter
Paris reports riotous student demonstrations around St. Germain Des Pres Rue Jacob and La Charite hospital. Cavalry dispersed mobs after police failed to stop the disorder. Three thousand workers gathered at the Labor Exchange to stay overnight to thwart authorities. M Lose, prefect of police, offered resignation but was rebuffed. Deroulede quits politics for four years.
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Rue de Seine
Moggs
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Charity Hospital
Ministry of Public Works
Marine Department
Echole Des Beaux Arts
Jacob
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Palais de Justice
Latin Quarter
Reichstag opened by Emperor in Bern
The session began in Bern as Emperor William opened the reichstag in person and declared it a breach of faith. In Syracuse a man was left for dead after an assault, with two suspects jailed. A washout disrupted rail traffic near Junction City. In Chicago a man, Thomas Malley, was struck by a train with multiple injuries. In Topeka a washout blocked the Missouri Kansas and Texas line for 300 feet. In Indianapolis the city comptroller returned from New York discouraged over bond sale dealings with Coffin and Stanton.
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Reichstag
Emperor William
Arianapolis
Woolen
Coffin & Stanton
New York
Topeka
Missouri, Kansas and
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Neosho
Junction City
Skiddy
Three Men Killed By Lightning
A Jackson dispatch reports three men named Lotia were instantly killed while sheltering under a tree during a severe thunderstorm. Separately, Sam Jones drew crowds as the Missouri Chautauqua’s big card on its twelfth day at Sepa using Sepauia, Missouri.
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Jackson
Lotia
Sam Jones
Sepauia
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