Corbett Mitchell Fight Sought by Cripple Creek District
A large Cripple Creek meeting secured local support to host the Corbett Mitchell bout. A committee led by Mayor Whiting and others received subscriptions from seventy gold producing mines and reported a $25,000 Cripple Creek bullion bonus offered to bring the fight to the city. The committee continues collecting funds to raise the stake if needed.
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Corbett-Mitchell
Whiting
E. H. Martin
John Nolan
F. F. Frisbie
James Corbett
Charles Mitchell
Jacksonville
Fila
Cripple Creek
ER. H. Martin
Doctored the Lion at New York Veterinary College
Nero a young performing lion at an up town museum was taken to the New York College of Veterinary Surgeons after a leg wound. He mounted the operating table briefly escaping ropes but was restrained and his right hind leg fractured near the thigh joint set with morphine anesthesia.
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New York
Nero
New York College of Veterinary Surgeons
Busner
Kaulbach warns on Nova Scotia coal mine control
Mr Kaulbach the Dominion MP for Lunenburg says the provincial grant of control to the Whitney syndicate will be an election issue next spring. He argues reduced American coal duties will not aid Canadian consumers if one group controls Nova Scotia and Pennsylvania mines.
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Montreal
Kaulbach
Lunenburg
Whitney Syndicate
Nova Scotia
Canada
Pennsylvania
Springer Plans National Currency Bill in Congress
Representative Springer proposes a national currency bill creating a currency commission, issuing notes redeemable in coin, and backed by U S and state bonds. The plan sets tax exemptions, bank elasticity provisions, reserve requirements, and annual congressional reports.
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Washington
Springer
Committee On Banking and Currency
House
National Currency Commission
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Congress
Ex governor Ames defends lower duties and free coal idea
Ex governor Oliver Ames argues for moderated tariffs and free coal to aid labor and small mills. He cites experiences with McKinley era policy, Pacific Coast and Nova Scotia coal, and compares protections with free coal benefits for New England and rivals.
Sticks to Old Tricks: Briggs Faces New False Pretence Charges
Richard F. Briggs, about 60, appeared in Municipal Criminal Court before Judge Ely charged with obtaining money by false pretences from F. O. Thaxter and Charles H. Dodge. He has prior convictions and probation for similiar acts tied to soliciting subscriptions for the Carney Hospital in the name of the Boston Post. The court found him guilty and sentenced him to two months on each count, with a $400 bond for the grand jury appeal.
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Ely
F. O. Thaxter
Charles H. Dodge
Briggs
Boston Post
Carney Hospital
House of Correction
Dodge
Builders’ and Architects
Thaxter
Businessman's death by his own hand in Philadelphia
William J. Lloyd, 68, former hardware merchant and president of William J. Lloyd Manufacturing Company, shot himself at his home 3258 Chestnut St. He had retired after selling his stake last spring and left a wife, three sons, and one daughter. He chaired Union League activities and belonged to the Board of Trade.
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Philadelphia
William J. Lloyd
William’ J. Lloyd
Lloyd
Union League
Board of Trade
Bellaires Hat Trimmers Ready to Resume as Union Shop
Bellaire Lurch Co. hat trimmers accepted yesterday’s price bill with a 10 percent cut. Other debts already accepted the new rate. Factories to reopen Monday as a union shop. other plants undecided on immediate restart.
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Danbury, Conn
Bellaire, Lurch & Co
New Jersey Rabbi and Son Arrested in Moonshine Distillery
Newark reports Rabbi Elias Wachman and his son Robert were arrested after revenue agents raided the rabbi's home and found a moonshining outfit in operation. The pair allegedly supplied liquor for the Jewish holiday trade as a significant illicit business. Wachman previously ran a butcher shop and has no regular synagogue.
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Newark
Elias Wachman
Robert
Wachman
Inside a fragmented page a hopeful civic message
A damaged OCR passage hints at community outreach and public engagement with names and places obscured. The fragment references a group or initiative aimed at influencing local discussion and participation. The context remains unclear but suggests a civic communication effort.
Boston Lawyer Attacked in New York Street Robbery
John C Sidney, a Boston lawyer, was robbed and beaten by three men on Park Avenue in New York. One assailant, Edward Corcoran, was jailed while another remains sought. the victim lost 23 dollars and his hat.
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New York
John P. Sibney
Boston
Murray Hill
Robert McClellan
Park Avenue
Forty-first Street
McClellan
Policeman Collins
Station House
Edward Clark
Edward Corcoran
Grand Central Depot
John C. Sidney
Windsor
Windsor Hotel
Grady
Sidney
Corcoran
Collins
Butler Trial Over Forgery Case Reaches Jury
John E. Butler ex-lawyer faces forgery charges over his mother's deed on Charter Street in December 1880. He testified in his own defense that the transfer was part of an arrangement to care for his mother after his father’s death. Witnesses claimed the deed bore the mother’s mark. Judge Blodgett explained the two counts and noted possible flight or name change as factors. Jury deliberated after 4:15 pm and would reconvene next morning.
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John E. Butler
Charter Street
Blodgett
John Hebron
Butler
Emma J
Mabel Butler
Defendant
Alee Gove
Hurd
Carnegie cuts hit machinists and laborers at Homestead
At Carnegie's Homestead works the scale readjustment now cuts machinists 2.12 dollars per hour and laborers 2 cents per hour. Machinists earned 2.25 to 2.75 dollars daily, laborers 1.40. Open hearth furnaces shut Sunday night with full plant to resume Monday. Company says orders exist to run until April 1.
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Homestead
Penn
Carnegie Steel Works
President Returns to Washington After Trip
The President, after a recent trip, has returned to Washington. Details of the journey and schedule remain to be announced as he resumes official duties in the capital.
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Washington
Pee Nemy
Mellin's Food For Healthy Happy Babies
Parents are advised to use Mellin's Food to support early nutrition for infants. The guidance emphasizes safe preparation, feeding schedules, and monitoring growth to help babies remain healthy and content.
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Mellin
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