Presidential Candidate Tells of Chicago Convention Events
General Butler speaks in Lowell and Newark urging labor unity against monopolists. He argues for tariff reform to protect American workers, warns of Southern pauper labor undercutting wages, and proposes a labor capital tribunal while rallying to form a party of the people.
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Chicago
South
Democratic Party
Lowell
Mappenss
California
Pasesset
Appery
Brin
Commonwealth
Collins
Mr. Collins
Blaine
United States
ELOPEMENTS EPIDEMIC Miss Roma Sickles Marries Meade Dentist
New Rochelle gossip centers on Roma Sickles daughter of George G Sickles marrying William H Meade a Connecticut clerk. Meade vows backing by Roma's father while Bailey and Nervon elope separately with a minor and a butcher’s son in Chicago.
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New York
New Rochelle
The
Sun
Roma Sickles
George G. Sickles
Daniel Sickles
Cornelius E. Byrne
Miss Sickles
Sickles
William H. Meade
Cheney Brothers’ Grocery
South Manchester
Conn
Brooklyn
Meade
Father Kelly
Connecticut
Mr. Sickles
Third Avenue
Roma
Discovery of Gold Mines in Murray County Ga
Chattanooga reports F S Winkley a seasoned prospector from New Mexico and Idaho brought ore samples from Murray county Ga mountains fifty miles from town. Assays show ore averaging 27 dollars per ton with silver at 100 dollars per ton and gold quartz at 1200 dollars per ton. The claim sparks widespread excitement as people rush to the mines and experts deem them among America's richest discoveries.
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Tenne
Chattanooga
Tenn
F. S. Winkley
New Mexico
Idaho
Murray County
America
A Fortune in an Undershirt
Memphis Tennessee September 20 John Murga troyde a well known Memphis figure died yesterday at City Hospital His extreme frugality yielded 27000 in United States bonds sewn into his undershirt A sealed tin box by his bed likely holds his will and a telegraph was sent to a Philadelphia slater He also kept money in savings banks in Boston and Philadelphia
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Mr. Collins
Democratic Party
Massachusetts
Jay Gould
United States
Treasury
Memphis
John Murgatroyde
City Hospital
Slater
Philadelphia
Boston
Union
Senate
Souther
Republican Party
South
Cash
South Carolina
Young Cash
Chalmers
Mississippi
Republican
Fort Pillow
Virginia
Ostade
Washington
Mount Vernon
Old Dominion
Grover Cleveland
New York
Empire State
Buffalo
Yonkers Elopement Involving Coachman And Laundress
New York September 16 A Yonkers elopement plot unfolds at Yorkville Police Court as Mrs Walsh seeks arrest of her husband Luke, coachman to Mr Sheppard, who fled with Sarah Coyle Morosini’s laundress. letter from L F Walsh reveals a long estrangement. justice orders an abandonment warrant.
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Yorkville
Justice Duffy
Sheppard
Morosini
Yonkers
Yonkers-On-Hipson
Manta
Providence
Sarah
Emma
Jeannie
Johnny
L. F. Walsh
Mrs. Walsh
Sarah Coyle
Luke
Thirty-fifth Street
Victoria
Nellie
Kitty
Georgie
Commissioners of Charities and Correction
Happy Ending to an Elopement in Sing Sing NY
William B. Shryock civil engineer of New York and Miss Mary Schroeder daughter of a wealthy gentleman were wed by Rev. Dr. Fitch after a ride to Irvington. They informed her parents who were angry at first but relented, the father proposing cake and wine in celebration.
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Sing Sing
N. Y
William B. Shryock
New York
Mary Schroeder
Irvington
Fitch
Youth Couple Elopes Prompted by Threats and Dogs
In Wrightsville Georgia on September 17 Willie Rowland a 16 year old boy and Miss Thomas a 13 year old girl eloped after a late walk from the meeting house. The bride is kept inside as her father pursues legal options and guards with dogs and firearms. The couple fears separation as a second story lookouts for the beloved remain blocked by the family.
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Maine
M. D
Bannon
D. M. Bailey
Danforth
Washington County
Lucy Moore
Woodstock
N. B
Wrightsville
Willie Rowland
Thomas
Willie
Miss Thomas
German elopement tale ends in Castle Garden scene
In New York on September 18 a young couple named Fritz Vedder and Rosa Latz arrived at Castle Garden. Rosa claimed she eloped from Germany with Fritz, but he refused marriage upon arrival. Detective Groden pressed Fritz to commit, and he trembled as the matter unfolded.
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Groden
Rosa
Fritz
New York
Fritz Vedder
Rosa Latz
Castle Garden
Germany
Emanuel Barker's Crime in Taunton Street Shooting
Emanuel Barker, enraged husband, chased his wife through City square Taunton and fired a 22 inch Colt at her near a bank building, driving into the post office where Special Officer Els tackled him. Mrs Barker survived the assault after later medical care. Barker is confined at the Central police station.
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Emanuel Barker
City Square
F. R. Washburn
Barker
Mesio Cling
County Bank
Mrs. Barker
Els
D. 5. Elliott’s
Shores Street
Lancashire
Eng
Fall River
Woonsocket
Daring Robbery in Heath Seizes Safe During Night
A widow, Mrs Philip Gale of Heath, was forced to open a house safe about midnight. The burglar seized her, bound her, and escaped with $1000. Her son, at home, found her bound but unharmed as he traced the thief toward the road before traces were lost.
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Springfield
Mass
Heath
Philip Gale
Old Maid Mary A Foster Will Admits Probate
The late Mary A Foster sister of Charles J Foster editor of The Sportsman has died and her will provides for her horse and three dogs to be cared for by executors for their lives. The residue goes to her brother Charles J Foster for his natural life with arrangements for distribution if he dies.
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New York
Mary A. Foster
Miss Foster
Charles J. Foster
the Sportsman
Bayard Urges Fair Treatment for the South in Brooklyn Speech
In a Brooklyn address Senator Bayard denounces class conflict and tariff injustices, appeals for unity, and attacks Blaine. He faulted Southern betrayals by the Republican Party, urged honoring able, reputable Southern citizens, and defended Grover Cleveland as a duty-minded leader fit for president.
Remarkable Woman Founder of Mercy Order Dies
Manchester N H September 17 Rev Mother Frances Ward Xavier founder of the Order of Sisters of Mercy in this country died at Mount St Mary's Convent aged 70. She established convents and missions across Ireland, the Middle and Western and New England States. She entered Mercy in Dublin in 1829.
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Manchester
N. H
Frances Ward Xavier
Order of Sisters of Mercy
Mount St Mary’s
Ireland
Middle
Western
New England
Convent of Mercy
Dublin
Catherine McCaulay
A Bit of Comparative Geography of Tom Green County
A Fort Worth Gazette piece compares Tom Green County to various states and countries, noting its area of 12 579 square miles and showing it is much larger than Rhode Island and Delaware. It measures several times larger than Connecticut and Massachusetts, with approximate percentages against many regions.
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Tom Green County
Rhode Island
Delaware
Connecticut
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New Hampshire
Vermont
Maryland
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Wales
Portugal
Ireland
Scotland
Greece
Switzerland
Ater
Denmark
Belgium
Hidden Treasure Tale Draws Out New Castle Survey
A New Castle New Hampshire report recounts a long rumored buried fortune off Little Harbor. A chart sewn in a vest links wealth to one and a half miles south of Portsmouth near New Castle Island. Griffin of Melrose holds the chart and contractor Thomas Symond aided digs without success.
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New Caste
N. H
New Castle Little Harbor
England
America
Isles of Shoals
Maine
Searen
A. Jd. Griffin
Melrose
Portsmouth
New Castle Island
Black Point
Thomas Symond
Leominster
Government Harbor
Tredger
Griffin
Disease Among Jersey Cattle in Missouri Excluded From Fair
In view of pleuro-pneumonia among Jersey cattle in various regions, the St Louis fair association board of directors has decided to exclude Jersey cattle from exhibition at the fair this year. Also mentions a cure advertisement for rough on itch and related skin ailments.
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Missouri
Louis, Mo
St. Louis
The Woman's Hour on Hair, Aging, and Domestic Strain
A late 19th century column explores women's fading appearances, hair care myths, and modern pressures. It notes hair growth facts, powder origins, and a Washington hair destruction method, then links fatigue to shifting domestic duties and societal expectations on wives and mothers.
Strong Edging Knitting Guide for Leisure Time Work
A practical note urges women to turn leisure into profit with hand made goods. It details a strong knitted edging using No 18 needles Barbour white linen No 60 thread and a long sequence of rows with plain stitches and thread overs to form a decorative border.
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Barbour
Earthquake Off Mid Ocean Affects Brig Dennis Near Pensacola
The brig Dennis arriving from Friendship Maine reported a marine earthquake on August 15 in mid Atlantic waters about ten degrees off shore. The sea boiled violently and the vessel was tossed, partly dismasted, with a roaring noise exceeding thunder though the wind was light. The sky showed signs of a hurricane.
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Pensacola
Fla
Dennis
Friendship
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